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1
What year was Motown founded?
1948
1939
1901
1959
2
Who first performed "A little Bird Told Me"?
Ruth Brown
Paula Watson
Estelle Axton
Evelyn Night
3
What album changed the way people thought about alum covers in 1965?
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Bringing it All Back Home
Otis Blue
Calypso
4
What was Nat King Cole's first hit, and in what year?
Nature Boy, 1948
Aint that a shame, 1955
(I love you) For Sentimental Reasons, 1946
Tutti Frutti, 1956
5
What company released the Sound Tape Cartridges?
RCA
CBS
Motown
Philips
6
What as Motown's first million selling pop hit?
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
You Keep Me Hangin on- the Supremes
I Got a Woman
Shop Around- Miracles
7
What year did AMPEX deliver their first 1-inch eight track machine to Les Paul?
1957
1948
1954
1931
8
What kind of music is Chess Records mostly known for?
Rural blues
New Orleans Sound
Urban Blues
Skiffle
9
What was the first record label to work with Johny Cash?
Vee Jay
Atlantic
Chess
Sun Records
10
What material was the first commercially viable LP made of?
Shellac
Vinyl
Gold
Tin Foil
11
Who wrote "All Shook up"?
Little Richard
Elvis Presley
Johny Cash
Otis Blackwell
12
What record label first signed Bob Dylan?
RCA Victor
Decca
CBS Columbia
Capitol
13
What was the name of AMPEX's first popular magnetic tape recorder?
Model 200
The Octopus
Model 400
Model- T
14
Who wrote "Aint That a Shame"?
Otis Blackwell
Pat Boone
Elvis Presley
Fats Domino
15
What was Motown's first million selling pop hit single?
"Shop around"- The Miracles
"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley version
"Calypso" - Harry Belafonte
Enrico Caruso's song
16
Who brought to America the first two magnetophones?
John Hammond
Les Paul
Jack Mullen
Jack Sparrow
17
What year did the Beatles quit touring?
1966
1948
1960
1964
18
What year did the Cassette Tape hit the scene from Philips?
1901
1863
1948
1963
19
Who was the first African American musician to have their own regular T.V. show?
Fats Domino
Nat King Cole
Little Richard
Louis Jordan
20
What years were the 8-track tapes popular?
1965-1970
1948-1950
1963-1966
1958-1964
21
Around when was STAX records founded?
1967
1950
1960
1860
22
Who had a huge hit with their version of "Mr. Tamborine Man" in 1965
Robert Zimmerman
The Byrds
Flock of Seagulls
Bob Dylan
23
What years were the RCA Sound Tape Cartridges popular?
1958-1964
1965-1970
1948-1950
1963-1966
24
How much did RCA pay for Elvis Presley?
$50,000
$350,000
$1,035,000
$35,000
25
Who wrote "Don't be cruel"?
Otis Blackwell
Big Mama Thornton
Elvis Presley
Leiber and Stoller
26
Who was a regular studio session singer for Phil Spector, though very often uncredited?
Lord Woodbine
Fats Domino
Ruth Brown
Darlene Love
27
Who went to jail for murder?
Cosimo Matassa
Phil Spector
Sam Phillips
Ahmet Ertegun
28
How many inches was the diameter of the LP?
7
5-12
24
12
29
What year did the Beatles release their first album (in England)
1964
1962
1963
1967
30
There was a period of years when RCA Victor and CBS Columbia were selling all three record RPMs
False
True
31
What record label did 19 year old Elvis Presley walk into in 1954 for an audition?
CBS-Columbia
Sun Records
Chess Records
RCA- Victor
32
What year did the 45 RPM record first come out?
1950
1949
1931
1948
33
Which was the country's first all-black programming station?
Alan Freed's show
Dewey Philips' show
WDIA Memphis
WLAC Nashville
34
What year was "Calypso" Released?
1956
1967
1946
1964
35
What record label did Ruth Brown work with?
Chess
Atlantic
Capitol
Pacific
36
True or False: Ahmet Ertegun was a hit producer and songwriter?
True
Flase
37
What year did Pet Sounds come out by the Beach Boys?
1966
1948
1956
1967
38
Who was the host of ABC's American Bandstand TV show?
Dewey Philips
Dick Clark
Alan Freed
Nat King Cole
39
What hit song did Les Paul release in 1948?
Blueberry Hill
Hater
Lover
Tutti Fruitti
40
True or False: The Beatles toured throughout their careers?
True
False
41
Who released the album Pet Sounds?
The Beatles
The Beach Girls
Bob Dylan
The Beach Boys
42
Who invested money with AMPEX to create their magnetic tape recorder
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Jack Mullen
Fats Domino
43
Early on, who was most likely to buy a 45?
Parents
Lovers of classical music
The Youth
Everybody
44
Who covered "A little Bird Told Me"?
Otis Blackwell
Paula Watson
Pat Boone
Evelyn Night
45
True or False: Berry Gordy Jr. wanted to market Motown's music to just black audiences
True
False
46
Who was the most popular blues musician in the 40's and 50's in Chicago?
Ruth Brown
Fats Domino
Little Richard
Muddy Waters
47
Who produced Bob Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel?
Tom Wilson
George Martin
George White
Andrew Loog Oldham
48
What album was the first album to have an album cover?
Smash Song Hits- Rogers and Hart
La Grange- ZZ Top
Elvis Presley- Elvis Presley
The Voice of Frank Sinatra- Frank Sinatra
49
What record label was the last major player to adopt the 45 RPM format?
Chess Records
CBS-Columbia
Edison Records
RCA-Victor
50
Otis Redding died in...?
1976
1967
1953
1959
51
Who is the artist who released the album "Calypso"?
Big Mamma Thornton
Harry Belafonte
The Beatles
Elvis Presley
52
What was the Beatles Sgt. Pepper album created for?
Recording
Performance
53
Who is considered to have the "New Orleans Sound"?
Little Richard and Fats Domino
Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry
Ruth Brown and Nat King Cole
The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
54
What year did Elvis release his debut album?
1950
1939
1956
1948
55
What is Muddy Waters' real name?
Cosimo Matassa
McKinley Morganfield
Alex Steinweiss
Muddy Waters
56
What kind of music is Ray Charles credited as a pioneer?
Punk
Soul
Swing
Jazz
57
True or False: Otis Redding tragically died while sitting on the dock of the bay in 1967?
True
False
58
What year did the country's first all-black programming station debut?
1956
1959
1964
1948
59
What record label released "Love Me Do" in the U.S?
J&M Records
Tollie Records
Atlantic Records
Capitol Records
60
Who wrote "Great Balls of Fire"?
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bing Crosby
Otis Blackwell
Elvis Presley
61
Who founded Sun Records?
Estelle Axton and Jim Stewart
Les Paul
Sam Phillips
Herb Abramson
62
Who wrote "Love me Do" in 1962?
The Kinks
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Animals
63
What year did the Beatles have their first hit in the U.S.?
1967
1964
1960
1966
64
Who wrote "Hound Dog"?
Big Mamma Thornton
Otis Blackwell
Elvis Presley
Leiber, Stoller, Otis
65
What year did the LP and Single overtake the 78 RPM record in popularity?
1931
1954
1950
1948
66
When did the Beatles first tour America?
1964
1954
1966
1948
67
What year did Louis Jordan sign to Decca Records?
1948
1931
1954
1939
68
in 1965, who had a hit with a cover of "Mr. Tamborine Man"?
Robert Zimmerman
Bob Dylan
The Byrds
Simon and Garfunkel
69
Who wrote "Hey Good Lookin'"?
Hank Williams
Little Richard
Elvis Presley
Otis Blackwell
70
What was the most successful African American owned label until Motown?
Chess
J&M
STAX
Vee-Jay
71
Who founded STAX Records?
Estelle Axton and Jim Stewart
Berry Gordy Jr.
Herb Abramson
Cosimo Matassa
72
Who created Atlantic Records?
Eldridge Johnson and Emile Berliner
Phill and Leonard Chess
Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
73
What year did AMPEX release their first magnetic tape recorder?
1948
1945
1954
1939
74
The famous backing band for STAX records was the absolutely legendary...?
Wrecking Crew
Swampers
Power Company
Booker T. and the MGs
75
Otis Redding, Wilson Picket, and Sam and Dave were key artists at what record label?
STAX
Motown
J&M
Chess
76
Skiffle was a catalyst for the formation of who's sound?
Little Richard
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Darlene Love
77
Who invented magnetic tape recording?
The French
The Americans
The Greenlanders
The Germans
78
Who wrote "Tutti Fruitti"?
Little Richard
Ruth Brown
Pat Boone
Fats Domino
79
Payola hearings were thought by many to be a political attempt to eliminate...?
Jazz
Blues
Swing
Rock and Roll
80
How many inches was the diameter of the "single"?
12
5-12
10
7
81
What record label was the first to release a Beatles single in America?
J&M Records
Decca Records
Capitol Records
Vee-Jay Records
82
Who invented the album cover, and in what year?
Les Paul, 1939
Alex Steinweiss, 1939
Fats Domino, 1948
Alex Steinweiss, 1948
83
What idea led to the practice of Payola?
The cassette tape
Top 40 Format
WDIA Memphis
Solid body electric guitar
84
Who released the "Precision Bass" Guitar, and in what year?
Fender, 1941
Fender, 1951
Ibanez, 1941
Les Paul, 1951
85
Who is the Forgotten Mother/ Godmother of Rock and Roll?
Bessie Smith
Ruth Brown
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Mammie Smith
86
Who became the main target of the Payola hearings?
Alan Freed
Dewey Philips
Dick Clark
Les Paul
87
Who wrote "Maybellene"?
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Elvis Presley
88
Who invented the album cover, and in what year?
Les Paul, 1939
Alex Steinweiss, 1939
Fats Domino, 1948
Alex Steinweiss, 1948
89
True or False: Chuck Berry and Fats Domino both died in 2017?
True
False
90
What record label introduced the first 33 1/3 RPM LP?
CBS-Columbia
Decca
Chess
RCA-Victor
91
How many minutes of playing time did the LP offer per side?
33 1/3
22 1/2
45
5
92
What record label released the first 45 RPM record?
RCA-Victor
CBS-Columbia
J&M Records
Chess Records
93
True or False: Motown was a record label and a publishing company?
False
True
94
What product did Philips introduce the same year that the Beatles released their first album?
Sound Tape Cartridges
LP's
Cassette Tapes
Portable 8-Track players
95
Who was the first African American musician to have their own regular radio show?
James Reese Europe
Louis Jordan
Nat King Cole
W.C. Handy
96
Who was the first to play an Elvis record on the radio?
WDIA Memphis
WLAC Nashville
Alan Freed
Dewey Philips
97
Who made Fats Domino famous?
Little Richard
Otis Blackwell
Herb Abramson
Pat Boone
98
Who was signed to Dot Records?
Ruth Brown
Little Richard
Pat Boone
Nat King Cole
99
What record label released the first commercially viable LP?
RCA-Victor
Vee Jay Records
Chess Records
CBS- Columbia
100
Who founded J&M Records?
Phil and Leonard
Sam Phillips
Ahmet Ertegun
Cosimo Matassa
101
Who's sound defined the girl group era of the early 1960's?
Keith Richards
Les Paul
Phil Spector
Phil and Leonard Chess
102
What song was Ray Charles' first #1 R&B chart hit in 1955?
"I got a Woman"
"What'd I say"
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"Maybellene"
103
Who is credited as the first person to use the term Rock 'n' Roll?
Cosimo Matassa
Jerry Wexler
Dick Clark
Alan Freed
104
Where was Motown located?
New Orleans
Detroit
Los Angeles
Chicago
105
In what year was it lawfully decided that musical arrangements could not be copyrighted?
1954
1948
1955
1931
106
What was a folk and blues related root of British rock in the 50's?
Skiffle
Whiffle
R&B
Ragtime
107
What was a big R&B radio station in Nashville, TN?
WDIA
NWA
WLAC
105.9
108
What year did the Payola hearings begin?
1951
1948
1959
1956
109
Which 1962 Ray Charles album "stands as a milestone in the history of American popular music"?
"Please, Please, Me"
"Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
"Calypso"
110
What record label bought Elvis from his first label?
RCA- Victor
Sun Records
Chess Records
CBS- Columbia
111
What year did "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" come out?
1963
1901
1964
1967
112
What year was the first 33 1/3 RPM LP Invented?
1948
1949
1931
1939
113
What year did AMPEX release their first multitrack machine?
1939
1957
1954
1948
114
Who wrote "Mr. Tamborine Man"
The Animals
Bob Dylan
Tom Wilson
The Byrds
115
What record company did Alex Steinweiss work for?
CBS- Columbia
RCA-Victor
Decca
Okeh
116
What type of music did STAX Records focus on?
Rhythm and Blues
Pop
Swing
Delta Blues
117
What song was banned by some radio stations in 1959 and the early 60's?
"What'd I say"
"Love Me Do"
"I Got a Woman"
"Maybellene"
118
Motown featured the songwriting/production team of...?
The Wrecking Crew
Leiber, Stoller, Otis
The Mg's
Holland-Dozier-Holland
119
What record label released "Calypso"?
RCA-Victor
CBS-Columbia
Sun Records
Capitol Records
120
Who first recorded "Hound Dog"?
Big Mama Thornton
Elvis Presley
Fats Domino
Little Richard
121
What material was the first 33 1/3 LP made of?
Shellac
Wax
Vinyl
Sooted Paper
122
Otis Redding was signed to which record label?
Atlantic
Motown
J&M
Stax
123
What year did Fender release the Stratocaster guitar
1948
1957
1963
1954
124
What year was "Maybellene" released?
1939
1951
1955
1948
125
What year did RCA release the Sound Tape Cartridge?
1948
1958
1963
1954
126
What was the first LP by a solo artist to sell 1,000,000 records?
"Calypso"
"Elvis Presley"
Enrico Caruso
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
127
Who invented the first solid body electric guitar, and in what year?
Fender, 1941
Les Paul, 1941
Les Paul, 1951
Fender, 1951
128
What record label did Nat King Cole generate $2.5 Million/ year for?
Atlantic
Chess
J&M
Capitol
129
Early on, who was most likely to buy LP's?
Lovers of Rock and Roll
Everyone
Adults
Teenagers
130
Who created the "Wall of Sound" Technique?
Berry Gordy Jr.
Les Paul
Phil Spector
Herb Abramson
131
What year did STAX Records go bankrupt?
1960
1967
1964
1976
132
Who developed Top 40 radio programming in the early 50's?
Les Paul
Ahmet Ertegun
Todd Storz
Ralph Peer
133
What record label released "Elvis Presley" in 1956?
J&M Records
CBS-Columbia
RCA-Victor
Sun Records
134
What record label did Chuck Berry work for?
J&M records
Vee Jay Records
Atlantic Records
Chess Records
135
Who wrote "Lovesick Blues"?
Leiber and Stoller
Les Paul
Hank Williams
Fats Domino
136
Who wrote the 1966 hit single "you Keep Me Hanging' On", performed by the Supremes?
Holland - Dozier- Holland
Leiber, Stoller, Otis
Nugetre
Otis Blackwell
137
True or False: Dick Clark was prosecuted during the Payola scandal
False
True
138
Who is Lord Woodbine?
The forgotten sixth Animal
The forgotten sixth Rolling Stone
The fifth Beatle
The forgotten sixth Beatle
139
Who is Randy Wood?
Founder of J&M Records
Founder of Dot Records
First person to put an album cover on an album
Founder of Atlantic Records
140
What album was the first album to have an album cover?
The Voice of Frank Sinatra- Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley- Elvis Presley
La Grange- ZZ Top
Smash Song Hits- Rogers and Hart
141
Who founded Motown Records?
Phil and Leonard
Ahmet Ertegun
Berry Gordy Jr.
Cosimo Matassa
142
Where are the Dave Clark 5 from?
Liverpool
New Orleans
Tottenham
Chicago
143
Who wrote the album Bringing it All Back Home?
McKinley Morganfield
Robert Zimmerman
Tom Wilson
Chuck Berry
144
What did the Beatles use to record lots of the craziness in their Sgt. Pepper album?
four-track machine
Cassette Tape
Sound tape cartridge
Precision Bass
145
Louis Jordan's band was called...?
The MG's
The Louis Jordan Band
The Swampers
Tympani Five
146
What was the first big American Beatles hit?
"All I really want to do"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
"I want to Hold Your Hand"
"Mr. Tamborine Man"