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| Berry Gordy Jr. had success with writing songs for what artist before the founding of motown records? |
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| Who was the beatles producer, sometimes called "The fifth beatle?" |
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| What city, known as the Las Vegas of Europe, gave the Beatles their first regular gigs? |
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| During what month and year did the Beatles become the only popular musical act to ever simultaneously hold all top 5 positions on the U.S. Billboard singles chart? |
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| What term is used to describe the U.S. pop success by British acts such as the Animals, The Yardbirds, Dave Clark Five, The Rolling Stones, and the Kinks following the breakout of the Beatles? |
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| What city was the home of Chess Records |
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| What artist, dubbed "King of the Surf Guitar," Created a style copied by better known surfer groups? |
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| What California vocal group combined surfer themes with jazzy doo-wop vocals and Chuck Berry-style guitar and developed one of the most innovative and successful pop groups of the 1960's? |
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| Who emerged as the prominent musical force behind the Beach Boys by writing most of the songs, arranging them, and later producing the sessions? |
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| Where is James Brown from? |
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| What year did James Brown get his first U.S. R&B hit, Please Please Please? |
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| Jamaica was last controlled by what European country? |
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| Jamaica was last controlled by what European country? |
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| Which specific style of music initially dominated the Jamaican sound system dances of the 1950s? |
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| What is toasting as it relates to Jamaican sound systems? |
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| Competition between live sounds systems |
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| Who was the Jamaican DJ credited as first at creating lyrics that were performed live over a record at sound systems? |
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| Which ska group was founded in 1964 as jazz-trained studio musicians, embodying the instrumental music of that era, while backing acts such as The Maytals and The Wailers, as well as recording their own work? |
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| Berry Gordy Jr. had success with writing songs for what artist before the founding of Motown Records? |
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True or false
Berry Gordy employed the traditional "artist stable" system of talent organization and corporate departmentalization at Motown |
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| Who was Motown's, and the America's, leading group of the 1960s? |
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| Who wrote the majority of the supremes' hits, including Where Did Our Love Go?, Baby Love, Stop in the Name of Love, You Can't Hurry Love, and Love is Here and Now You're Gone? |
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| Which Motown soloist sang with Chicago's Moonglows doo-wop group, later played drums for the Miracles, married Berry Gordy's sister and scored twenty big hits? |
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| Which Motown soloist sang with Chicago's Moonglows doo-wop group, later played drums for the Miracles, married Berry Gordy's sister and scored twenty big hits? |
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| What city was the home of Stax Records? |
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| Which two record labels played the biggest roles in producing the raw, emotional grooves known as "Southern Soul?" (two answers) |
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| Which "Southern Soul" studio struck a production deal with Jerry Wexler and Atlantic Records after the New York label broke their agreement with Stax Records? |
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| Guitarist Steve Cropper and bassist Donald Duck Dunn played for what record label as members of the Mar-Keys and the MGs? |
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| What Atlantic Records producer and co-owner was behind the successes of Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin? |
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| What city did the Beatles come from? |
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| Who were the four members of the Beatles, from 1962 onward? |
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John Lennon
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| Who was the Beatles producer, sometimes called "the fifth Beatle?" |
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| What city, known as the Las Vegas of Europe, gave the Beatles their first regular gigs? |
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| During what month and year did the Beatles become the only popular musical act to ever simultaneously hold all top 5 positions on the U.S. Billboard Singles Chart? |
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| What is the term used to describe the U.S. pop success by British acts such as The Animals, The Yardbirds, Dave Clark Five, The Rolling Stones, and The Kinks following the breakout of The Beatles? |
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| What city was the home of Chess Records? |
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| What was the name of the San Francisco area student writer who was part of the "Merry Pranksters" crew, introducing the public to LSD through the legendary "Acid Test" events? |
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