1950's
This massively successful heartthrob's first hit, "That's Alright," was recorded as a joke in between takes of the gospel record he was trying to make.
Elvis Presley
Between the years of 1962 to 1969, this British songwriting duo wrote 180 songs together, with 69 of them charting on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lennon and McCartney
Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant reported breaking into literal hives at the prospect of singing this, the band's biggest hit, over and over.
This group's third studio album, Slippery When Wet, brought such hits as "Livin' on a Prayer" and "You Give Love a Bad Name."
Bon Jovi
This debut album from Nirvana launched the grunge movement to mainstream success.
Nevermind
The lyrics of this artist's "Tutti Frutti" were heavily adapted/censored from their original homoerotic content.
Little Richard
This singer-songwriter won the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition" since he got his start in the 1960's.
Bob Dylan
This most successful Swedish music act of all time got their start when they won the Eurovision song contest in 1974.
ABBA
This rock guitarist contributed his talents to Michael Jackson's "Beat It," reportedly laying down the iconic solo in just one take.
Eddie Van Halen
This Canadian singer/songwriter's hit "You Oughta Know" featured bassist Flea and guitarist Dave Navarro.
Alanis Morissette
This song by Bill Hailey & His Comets is the first rock n' roll record to top the charts, bringing the genre to the mainstream.
Rock Around The Clock
This now legendary R&B artist dropped the "Little" from his stage name upon the 1968 release of "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," his first single that he himself wrote.
Stevie Wonder
This group's heavy, slow, intense sound on songs such as "Iron Man" established them as the first true Heavy Metal group.
Black Sabbath
Name two original members of Guns n Roses who AREN'T Slash or Axl Rose
Duff McKagan (bass), Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar), Steven Adler (drums)
R&B singer Ginuwine is perhaps best known for this equestrian double entendre.
Pony
This group's version of of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" was featured in American Graffiti, directed by then-obscure filmmaker George Lucas.
The Platters
Brian Wilson attributed the groundbreaking songwriting and production on this Beach Boys album to a spiritual awakening brought on by his use of LSD.
Pet Sounds
This classic rock staple album, according to urban legend/your stoner friend, synchronizes perfectly with The Wizard of Oz.
The Dark Side of the Moon
This group had a #1 hit in the US and the UK with "Don't You Want Me, Baby."
The Human League
This 1994 album from Nas was a landmark release for East Coast Hip Hop, with critic Jeff Weiss calling it the "story of a gifted writer born into squalor, trying to claw his way out of the trap."
illmatic
This is the producer responsible for scouting 50's giants such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Jerry Lee Lewis during his years as head of Sun Records.
Sam Phillips
"Please, Mr. Postman" by this girl group marked the first big hit of the Motown craze of the 1960s.
The Marvelettes
This group created the trippy Maggot Brain the title track of which band leader George Clinton told guitarist Eddie Hazel to play "as if he just found out his mother just died."
Funkadelic
This artist is credited with popularizing the "valley girl" speech pattern in his song "Valley Girl" featuring a spoken word intro by his daughter, Moon Unit.
Frank Zappa
After the success of their first album, this Weezer frontman enrolled at Harvard University, finally finishing his English degree in 2006.
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