Rock and Roll: Chapter 6 – Flashcards
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After producing her first records for Columbia, Aretha Franklin was signed by what label in 1966?
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Atlantic
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All of the following artists were signed to Motown Records in the 1960s, EXCEPT
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Stevie Wonder Martha and the Vandellas Marvin Gaye except: Otis Redding
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Aretha Franklin's father was a
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prominent clergyman
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Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton formed which record label?
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Stax
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Maxine Powell ran a finishing school for artists signed to which record label?
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Motown
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Motown Records was founded in what city?
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Detroit, MI
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Stax Records licensed music to what larger company in the 1960s?
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Atlantic
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Stax Records was located in what city?
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Memphis
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The Flames were the backing group for
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James Brown
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The Funk Brothers were the studio band at
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Motown
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The Temptations recorded for
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Motown
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The distinctive sound of Stax recordings, heard in records as "In the Midnight Hour," was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
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a lack of backing vocals horn arrangements a delayed backbeat except: orchestral strings
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The song "Baby Love," made famous by the Supremes, is in what form?
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simple verse
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Vee-Jay released records by
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the Beatles and the Four Seasons
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What recording studio, owned and operated by Rick Hall, was located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama?
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Fame
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What songwriting team wrote hits for many of Stax's recording artists?
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Porter and Hayes
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What was Motown's studio called?
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Hitsville, USA
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What was the name of the studio band at Stax?
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Booker T. and the MGs
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Which Atlantic Records executive and producer played an important role in developing southern soul music in the 1960s?
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Jerry Wexler
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Which Chicago-based label, known for its electric blues and rock and roll records in the 1950s, was still active in producing black pop in the 1960s?
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Chess
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Which artist had a chart hit with "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" in 1968?
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James Brown
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Which artist started his career singing doo-wop and performing as a stand-in for Little Richard?
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James Brown
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Which artist, blind from birth, had a surprise number-one hit at the age of thirteen with "Fingertips, pt. 2"?
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Stevie Wonder
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Which guitarist and songwriter worked with the Chicago-based group the Impressions?
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Curtis Mayfield
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Which lead singer of the group the Miracles took on many songwriting and production duties at Motown Records?
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Smokey Robinson
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Which songwriting team produced a string of hits for Motown between 1963 and 1967?
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Holland-Dozier-Holand
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Which successful vocal group was formed by Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard in Detroit in 1959?
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the Supremes
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Which vocal duo was loaned by Atlantic Records to Stax, where they recorded "You Don't Know Like I Know" and "Hold On, I'm Comin' "?
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Sam and Dave
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Who was the founder of Motown Records?
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Berry Gordy Jr.
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Who wrote the song "Respect"?
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Otis Redding
