Types of Records
What is the older speed of record that is being replaced in the late 40's, and what is it made out of?
What is the 78 RPM record made out of Shellac
Who brought back two magnetophones around 1945 and from where did they bring them?
Who is Jack Mullen who brought them from Germany
What record label was the most successful African American owned label until Motown?
What is Vee-Jay Records
What year did the Beatles come to tour America?
When is 1964
What type of music did Ray Charles help to pioneer?
What is Soul
What record label created the first 33 1/3 RPM record, and in what year did it happen?
What is RCA - Victor in 1931
What year did AMPEX release their first magnetic tape recorder?
What is 1948
What record label signed Little Richard and Fats Domino?
What is J&M Records
What year did both Chuck Berry and Fats Domino die?
When is 2017
What was the first record label to release a Beatles single in the US?
What is Vee-Jay Records
What record label released the first 45 RPM record, what year did it happen, and what amount of songs were generally on each side?
What is RCA - Victor in 1949 and 1 song on each side = the "single"
Who invested in AMPEX to help them create their first magnetic tape recorder?
Who is Bing Crosby
What record label was characterized largely by the "Urban Blues" genre of music? Also who was one artist signed to this label?
What is Chess Records and your choice of
-Muddy Waters
-Chuck Berry
-Bo Diddley
-Willie Dixon
What year did Les Paul release his first solid body electric guitar?
When is 1941
Who wrote "Mr. Tamborine Man", and who had a hit cover version of it in 1965?
Who is Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman), and The Byrds
What record label was the last to adopt the 45 RPM record, what year did that happen, and in what year did the LP and Single surpass the 78 in sales?
What is CBS - Columbia in 1950, and 1950
What year did AMPEX release their first multitrack recorder?
What is 1954
What label was Bob Dylan signed to and what was the name of his album that changed the album cover game from simple and shallow to deep and meaningful?
What is CBS - Columbia and "Bringing it all Back Home"
What year did Fender release their Precision Bass guitar AND in what year did they release their Stratocaster electric guitar?
When is 1951, and 1954
Where was the Dave Clark Five formed and what kind of music did they play early on?
Where is Tottenham, London and Skiffle
What Record Label released the first commercially viable 33 1/3 record, in what year did it happen, how many inches in diameter was it, how many minutes of play time did it have per side, and what was it made out of?
What is CBS - Columbia in 1948 with a 12- inch diameter and 22 1/2 minutes of playtime per side made out of vinyl.
What companies made these two inventions and in what years did they happen? -- Sound Tape Cartridges and Cassette Tapes
What is RCA and Philips in 1958 and 1963, respectively
Who founded Motown Records, where was it located, what year did it happen, and what was their first 1,000,000 selling pop hit?
Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown in Detroit in 1959 and had "Shop Around" - Miracles (Smokey Robinson) as their first 1,000,000 selling pop hit
What years did the Beatles get their first American #1 hit, what was the hit, what year did they stop touring, and what year did they release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
AND Who is Lord Woodbine?
What is 1964 - "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
-1966
-1967
-The forgotten sixth Beatle
Who wrote these songs: -"Hound Dog"
-"All Shook up" and "Don't Be Cruel"
-"You Keep Me Hangin On"
-"Sittin on the Dock of the Bay"
Who are -Leiber, Stoller, and Otis
-Otis Blackwell
-Holland - Dozier - Holland
-Otis Redding