1950s Popular Music
British Invasion
1960s Folk and Soul
1960s Psychedelic Rock
Hard Rock, Prog, and Metal
100
This is the name of Elvis' first charting single.
What is "Heartbreak Hotel"?
100
Who are the Rolling Stones?
100
This was the city where Motown Records was headquartered.
What is Detroit?
100
A member of the "27 Club", this man was also the lead singer of the Doors.
Who is Jim Morrison?
100
Displayed by metal bands like Black Sabbath, this word describes an obsession with demons, paganism, ghosts, and sorcery.
What is occult?
200
This black pianist was the originator of the song "Tutti Frutti".
Who is Little Richard?
200
This was the American city where the Beatles landed on their first trip to the US.
What is New York City?
200
This 17-minute rambling song by Arlo Guthrie is a defining protest song of the 1960s.
What is "Alice's Restaurant"?
200
This Beatles record - which includes the song "A Day in the Life" - is a defining artifact of 1960s psychedelic rock.
What is Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
200
Who are Led Zeppelin?
300
This song is generally regarded as the first bona fide "hit" of the rock n' roll era.
What is "Rock Around the Clock"?
300
This American form of music never flourished stateside but was a highly influence on 1960s British rock bands.
What is skiffle?
300
Who are the Mamas and the Papas?
300
Who are the Beach Boys?
300
This band wrote the progressive epic, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
Who are Pink Floyd?
400
This rock n' roll pioneer was known partly for his onstage charisma, which included the infamous "duck walk"
Who is Chuck Berry?
400
The British Invasion came to a horrific close with this 1969 event, headlined by the Rolling Stones.
What is the Altamont Festival?
400
This Bob Dylan song is filled with universal themes and rhetorical questions like "how many roads must a man walk down"...
What is "Blowin' in the Wind"?
400
This festival set the template for Woodstock, which would occur two years later.
What is the Monterey Pop Festival?
400
Who are Deep Purple?
500
This blues singer is the lesser known performer of "Hound Dog".
Who is Big Mama Thornton?
500
Who are the Kinks?
500
Who are the Temptations?
500
This was the neighborhood in San Francisco where hippies flocked to during the 1967 Summer of Love.
What is Haight-Ashbury?
500
This is the birth name of Alice Cooper.
Who is Vincent Fournier?