60's Test Review

What was the name of the record label that made history by being the first one owned by an African-American?

• Atlantic

• RCA

• Motown

• Columbia

This artist produced one of the biggest hits of the decade with The Twist in 1960.

• Dee Dee Sharp

• Chubby Checker

• Aretha Franklin

• Marvin Gaye

The Beatles had their first #1 hit in the US with ______ which they performed on the Ed Sullivan Show in early 1964.

• Let It Be

• Help!

• Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

• I Want to Hold Your Hand

Check box the members of the "Fab Four" Beatles combination.

• John Lennon

• Pete Best

• Ringo Starr

• George Harrison

• Paul McCartney

Aretha Franklin had her big breakthrough with the 1967 album ______.

• I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)

• Lady Soul

• Meet Aretha!

• Wholly Holy

Marvin Gaye got his big start on Motown with his duet partner _______.

• Diana Ross

• Aretha Franklin

• Tammi Terrell

• Florence Ballard

The girl group's popularity rivaled the Beatles in the mid-60's and kick-started Diana Ross's career.

• The Shirelles

• The Chordettes

• The Chantels

• The Supremes

This type of music is defined as songs about every day people and/or everyday things and took on a political/social context in the mid/late 1960's with artists such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.

• folk music

• funk music

• R&B music

• surf rock

The Woodstock Music Festival introduced a large, live audience to folk and rock music of the day. It took place in the state of ____.

• Pennsylvania

• New Jersey

• Virginia

• New York

The Beach Boys was a surf rock group initially which had a breakthrough in 1966 with the critically acclaimed album:

• Rubber Soul

• Surfin' USA

• Pet Sounds

• If You Believe Your Eyes and Ears