The Day the Music Died
What was the name of the 1970s song written about the Day the Music Died?
American Pie
What is Hitsville USA?
The original Detroit headquarters of Motown (now a museum).
Name three Motown artists who participated in We Are the World.
Stevie Wonder
Michael Jackson (and some of the Jackson brothers)
Diana Ross
What was the name of Smokey Robinson's group?
The Miracles.
Which Motown artist was the first who really pushed to record his songs about social issues?
Marvin Gaye.
What was the name of the 1987 movie about Ritchie Valens (also one of his songs)?
La Bamba
Who founded Motown?
Berry Gordy, Jr.
How many Billboard Top 10 hits did Motown produce between 1960 and 1969?
79.
How old was Stevie Wonder when he signed with Motown?
11.
Berry Gordy was worried about the album called "Psychedlic Soul" because he thought it might promote drugs. Whose album was it?
The Temptations.
What exactly was the Day the Music Died?
The plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper (J.D. Richardson).
In what year was Motown founded?
1959
What music "legend" called Smokey Robinson "America's greatest living poet?"
Diana Ross was with what group before she went solo?
The Supremes.
A 1970 Motown recording by Edwin Starr protested the Vietnam War. What was it?
"War."
Who wrote American Pie?
Don McLean.
Who were the two main narrators/presenters of "Hitsville: The Making of Motown?"
Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson.
What was the name of the song written by Jackie Wilson and Berry Gordy, Jr.?
Reet Petite.
Was Aretha Franklin a Motown artist?
No.
Why was Motown so important, in terms of social change?
It helped promote integration and the importance of black artists.
Where did the fatal plane crash happen?
North of Clear Lake, Iowa.
What job provided Berry Gordy with the business model he used for Motown operations?
What two artists/groups recorded "I Heard it Through the Grapevine?"
Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight and the Pips.
Stevie Wonder advocated against what in South Africa?
Apartheid.