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Singer/Songwriters, Glam Rock, and Marvin Gaye

Singer/Songwriters, Glam Rock, and Marvin Gaye

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Singer/Songwriters, Glam Rock, and Marvin Gaye

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Multiple Choice

What was the first studio album released by Jimi Hendrix

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Electric Ladyland

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Band of Gypsys

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Are You Experienced?

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Axis: Bold as Love

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Multiple Choice

Which festival was headlined by the Rolling Stones and resulted in a tragic death?

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Woodstock

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Altamont

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Monterey

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Newport Folk

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a Cream album

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Goodbye

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Disraeli Gears

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Maggot Brain

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Fresh Cream

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Singer-Songwriters


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Multiple Choice

Which singer-songwriter wrote the hit album Tapestry in 1971?

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James Taylor

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Carole King

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Paul Simon

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Joni Mitchell

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Multiple Choice

Which singer-songwriter released the album Blue in 1971

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Joni Mitchell

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Carole King

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Elton John

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James Taylor

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Multiple Choice

Which singer-songwriter released a self titled debut LP with Apple records and subsequently, his/her breakthrough LP Sweet Baby James in 1970?

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James Taylor

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Paul Simon

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Elton John

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Van Morrison

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is Elton John's 1973 smash hit double LP?

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

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Frampton Comes Alive

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What's Going On

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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Tapestry - Carole King

  • 1971

  • A&M Records

  • Won 4 Grammys

  • Her most successful album

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Blue - Joni Mitchell

  • 1971

  • Reprise Records

  • written about "the complexities of love"

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James Taylor

  • His first album, James Taylor, was released by Apple Records in 1968.

  • His breakthrough LP was Sweet Baby James (1970)

  • His first number one album was Before This World (2015)

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

  • 1973

  • MCA Records

  • Double Album

  • Arguably his most successful album

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What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

  • 1971

  • Motown

  • Berry Gordy thought this album had no commercial potential

  • There were 3 hit singles: "What's Going On" "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" "Inner City Blues"

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New Rock


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Multiple Choice

Which artist was one of the first to be a Glam Rock star?

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Tom Scholz

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Boston

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Peter Frampton

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David Bowie

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Multiple Choice

What is the highest selling live album of all time?

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u2: Under a Blood Red Sky

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Frampton Comes Alive

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James Brown: Live at the Apollo

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Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous

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Multiple Choice

What popular album featuring the "More than a Feeling" single and was popularly recorded completely by one person, in that person's basement?

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

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Boston

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Diamond Dogs

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What's Goin On?

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David Bowie

  • His first chart topping single: "Fame" (1975)

  • One of the first Glam-Rockstars

  • released Diamond Dogs LP in (1974)

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Frampton Comes Alive

  • 1976

  • Best selling live album of all time

  • top selling LP of 1976

  • Recorded by Peter Frampton

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Boston - Boston

  • 1976

  • recorded completely by Tom Scholz in his basement

  • showed the power of multi-tracking

  • sold more than 17 million copies

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Corporate Consolidation

  • Six corporations sold 80% of records sold by the end of the 1970s.

  • 1975: Prerecorded tapes = almost one-third of all U.S. music sales.

  • The energy crisis especially affected smaller record companies.

  • Radio formatting was introduced.

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