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History of 80's music and rock genres.
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The first song to be recorded to CD was:
52nd Street by Billy Joel
You Better Run by Pat Benatar
The Visitors” by ABBA
Video Killed the Radio Star” by theBuggles
2
Sony produced a portable radio/cassette player called:
The VCR
The Walkman
The Camcorder
The Boombox
3
The first CD's were designed to hold how many minutes of music?
44
90
74
35
4
Vocalists with mega hits. Dance was a big part of their concerts/videos and fashion varied was called?
Arena Rock
Heartland Rock
Glam/Hair Metal
80's Superstars
5
The very first video played on this newvideo channel was
“Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles
"The Visitors" by ABBA
“White Wedding” by Billy Idol
“You Better Run” by Pat Benatar
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In 1982 this new media format for music replaced the cassette:
8 track
Beta
VHS
CD
7
Strange costumes, weird melodies and lyrics where geek meets rocker is called?
College Rock
Arena Rock
Heavy Metal
New Wave
8
In 1984, this new awards show premiered to honor music videos
The Academy Awards
The Grammy's
The Video Music Awards
The People's Choice Awards
9
Music that included both hard rock and power ballads in large stadiums was called?
Arena Rock
College Rock
New Wave
Heavy Metal
10
Whose controversial performance involved a wedding cake and crawling around on the stage?
Janet Jackson
Madonna
Cyndi Lauper
Whitney Houston
11
This company is credited with using and marketing the term 'personal computer'
IBM
Sony
Phillips
Apple
12
In the 80’s the only way to record video was by using a hand held video recorder called the:
VCR
Camcorder
Walkman
Discman
13
VCRs made it possible to record television and watch it later. What does VCR stand for?
Video Cassette Recorder
Volume Cassette Recorder
Video Created Recorder
Volume Controlled Recording
14
This music had heavy guitar and drum solos. Artists wore big, long hair, make up and tight clothes. This was called?
Heavy Metal
80's Superstars
Hair/Glam Metal
Arena Rock
15
Which new cable station came on air Aug. 1, 1982 for the sole purpose of playing music videos?
QVC
VMA
MTV
VH1