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What does the word "motown" stand for?
She was known as the "Queen of Soul"
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She was known as the "Queen of Soul"
Ella Fitzgerald
Diana Ross
Aretha Franklin
Sarah Vaughn
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What does the word "motown" stand for?
Motor Town
Detroit
Temptations
Mo Johnson
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They recorded "Just My Imagination"
Jackson 5
The Temptations
The Supremes
The Miracles
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Who was the "King of the Motown Sound"
Michael Jackson
Smokey Robinson
Otis Williams
Berry Gordy Jr.
5
What what Stevie Wonder's nickname?
Key of Life
The Father of Soul
Little Stevie
The Blind Man
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What were the 3 reasons of why Motown was so special
Clean dress, Vocal harmonies, Choreography
Choreography, Rappers can now sing
Vocal Harmonies, Men Only, and Choreography
Female Vocalists & White community have a voice, clean dress
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Who is known as "The Prince of Soul"
Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
Tito Jackson
Michael Jackson
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Who was the founder of Motown records?
Elvis Presley
Paul Williams
Berry Gordy
The Temptations
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What was Motown records called?
Hitsville Detroit
Hicksville USA
Hitsville Motown
Hitsville USA
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Where was Motown originally founded?
Detroit
New Orleans
New York City
Chicago
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How did Stevie Wonder loose his sense of smell?
Gun shot
From Birth
Car Accident
Got into a fight
12
Where were the Jackson 5 originally from?
Indiana
Chicago
Idaho
Detroit
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What was Stevie Wonder's first record hit song?
Fingertips
Isn't She Lovely
Superstition
Sir Duke
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Who wrote the song "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
Jackson 5
The Temptation
Stevie Wonder
The Supremes
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This was Stevie Wonder's first #1 hit
Uptight
Superstition
Sir Duke
Fingertips
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What is the song "Sir Duke" about?
The Sir Duke of Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Musician (Duke Ellington) passing away and influenced him
Dukes of Hazard
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This group had more #1 hits than the Beatles, Elvis, Rolling Stones, & Beach Boys combined
The Temptations
Jackson 5
Funk Brothers
The Miracles
18
Motown Records was most popular in which decade?
70's
50's
40's
60's
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Who did Motown records sign?
The White Community
African American Community & Women
Men Only
Pop Artists
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Who was the 1st successful recording group from Motown?
Jackson 5
The Temptations
The Supremes
The Miracles
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Why were The Temptations so important?
They where the first Motown group
They desegregated all music
They revolutionized R&B & Gospel
Most of them died
22
Who was the famous female vocalist that came from the group "The Supremes"
Diana Ross
Ayisha Morris
Ella Fitzgerald
Courtney Stevens
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Which artists's were not part of the Motown?
Beyonce
Aretha Franklin
Bruno Mars
Lionel Richie
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Who was the most commercially successful female motown group in history?
Jackson 5
The Supremes
The Temptations
Aretha Franklin
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What "superstition" is not mentioned in the song "Superstition"
Walking under a latter
Breaking a Mirror
Black Cat
Number 13
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How did Stevie become blind?
He was born 3 weeks early and was born blind
His brother poked him in the eye
He got into a car accident
He got glaucoma
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How old was Stevie Wonder during his first record hit?
10
8
15
13
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What is the song "Isn't She Lovely" about?
The woman of his dreams
The mother of his daughter
His daughter being born
His daughter finding her first true love
