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| Why did Syd Barrett only make one album with Pink Floyd? |
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| Mental illness, accellerated by LSD use seriously affected him |
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| What British group became successful on the basis of a record that was a result of them being hired to make a stereo demonstration record, and went to the top of the charts with Nights in White Satin? |
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| The first sampling keyboard, utilizing a magnetic tape loop |
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| What record label gave Aretha Franklin the freedom to make pop R & B records in a heavy gospel style? |
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| What led to the demise of Stax Records? |
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| Strained racial tensions, It was sold to Warner, Forced to deal with Paramount, (All of the Above) |
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| What type of music did Aretha Franklin sing and record before being discovered by John Hammond? |
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| Who is the undisputed creator of funk? |
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| When did the funk style come together under James Brown with Cold Sweat? |
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| What San Francisco radio DJ and musician formed a funk band that featured black/white, male/female members? |
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| What bass player was the first to bring out slap bass? |
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| True or False: Sly Stone had studied composition and Trumpet in college, became a successful radio DJ, and produced records for bands before starting Sly and the Family Stone. |
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| "The American Tribal Love Rock Musical" Hair appeared in what year? |
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| Which production team popularized Bubble Gum? |
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| Jerry Kasanetz, and Jeff Katz |
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| Who was America's leading force in musical theatre through the 1970's and 80's? |
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| Jimmy Webb is best known as a _______ |
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| 1968's Hair was ___________ |
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| The first successful rock musical |
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| Who did the Rolling Stones arrange to keep security at the Altamonte concert? |
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| How many people died at the Altamonte Speedway concert? |
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| About how many people made it to the Woodstock festival of 1969? |
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| LP's finally outsold singles by the end of which decade? |
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| What year did full built to order recording consoles appear? |
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| What company built the first 2 inch 24 track ATR? |
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| Who took Columbia Records to profitability in Rock n Roll? |
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| What former head of Columbia records began Artista in the early 1970's? |
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| What company first manufactured 24 track Audio Tape Recorders? |
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| When did the big record retail chains begin to appear? |
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| What is the name of Led Zeppelin's manager, who successfully challenged live venue contracts moving more money towards the musicians who performed? |
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| When did the Singer Songwriter era begin? |
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| Which folk artist cofounded the World Hunger fund? |
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| What folk artist has recently been hailed as the godfather of grunge and alternative music? |
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| What singer/songwriter of the late 1960's and early 1970's spent time in mental institutions and became known for his confessional honest lyrics? |
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| Which artist mixed a poetic Dylanesque lyric with folk jazz and R&B to create classic albums including Astral Weeks and Moondance? |
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| Joni Mitchell collaborated with what famous jazz composer/bassist to set songs inspired by TS Elliot in the 1970's? |
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| Which of the folk rockers are from the British Isles? |
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| Fairport Convention and Van Morrisson |
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| What artist was known as the working man's hero renowned for his marathon concerts? |
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| A&R man John Hammond DID NOT first sign which of the following artists? |
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| What band's music reveled in black magic fantasy, drugs, and mental illness, and redefined heavy with giant, primitive, scary riffs? |
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| What rock folk artist devised shocking displays of grandiose violence as a part of the entertainment? |
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| Which British glam rock artist hired Broadway designers to fabricate rock's first full concert stage sets? |
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| What quartet from New York took glam rock to the extreme with heavy make up character role playing and props? |
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| What rock band is touted as "The Greatest Rock n Roll Band" from the 1970's to today? |
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| Progressive rock has a strong influence from what other type of music? |
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| What was the longest lasting and most successful progressive rock group? |
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| What LP has the record number of weeks on the Billboard charts? |
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| Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon |
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| Who originally led the English art rock band Genesis? |
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| After Peter Gabriel left, which drummer, who had been mostly backup singing took over as lead singer? |
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