Singer/Songwriters, Glam Rock, and Marvin Gaye

Singer/Songwriters, Glam Rock, and Marvin Gaye

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Review Quiz

Multiple Choice

What was the first studio album released by Jimi Hendrix

• Electric Ladyland

• Band of Gypsys

• Are You Experienced?

• Axis: Bold as Love

Multiple Choice

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

• Woodstock

• Altamont

• Monterey

• Newport Folk

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a Cream album

• Goodbye

• Disraeli Gears

• Maggot Brain

• Fresh Cream

Singer-Songwriters

Multiple Choice

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

• James Taylor

• Carole King

• Paul Simon

• Joni Mitchell

Multiple Choice

Which singer-songwriter released the album Blue in 1971

• Joni Mitchell

• Carole King

• Elton John

• James Taylor

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?

• James Taylor

• Paul Simon

• Elton John

• Van Morrison

Multiple Choice

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

• The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

• Frampton Comes Alive

• What's Going On

• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Tapestry - Carole King

• 1971

• A&M Records

• Won 4 Grammys

• Her most successful album

Blue - Joni Mitchell

• 1971

• Reprise Records

• written about "the complexities of love"

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)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

• 1973

• MCA Records

• Double Album

• Arguably his most successful album

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"

New Rock

Multiple Choice

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

• Tom Scholz

• Boston

• Peter Frampton

• David Bowie

Multiple Choice

What is the highest selling live album of all time?

• u2: Under a Blood Red Sky

• Frampton Comes Alive

• James Brown: Live at the Apollo

• Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous

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?

• The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

• Boston

• Diamond Dogs

• What's Goin On?

David Bowie

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

• One of the first Glam-Rockstars

• released Diamond Dogs LP in (1974)

Frampton Comes Alive

• 1976

• Best selling live album of all time

• top selling LP of 1976

• Recorded by Peter Frampton

Boston - Boston

• 1976

• recorded completely by Tom Scholz in his basement

• showed the power of multi-tracking

• sold more than 17 million copies

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.