This remarkable female rock ’n’ roll pioneer recorded fierce songs like “Fujiyama Mama” and embraced the implicit interracial character of rock ’n’ roll to the explicit extent of touring with an integrated band?
Who is Wanda Jackson
100
Who lead the Beach Boys in the 1960s?
Who is Brian Wilson
100
This southern rock band featured guitar virtuoso Duane Allman.
Who is the Allman Brothers
100
This rock album released in 1971 by Joni Mitchel consists of a cycle of songs about the complexities of love.
What is Blue
100
This artists biggest hit was "Don't Be Cruel"
Who is Elvis Presley
200
This disco jockey was the first to use the term "rock 'n' roll" for commercial and generational purposes.
Who is Alan Freed
200
The name of the Motown's house band in the 1960's.
Who are The Funk Brothers
200
This artist recorded the milestone concept album Modern Sounds in Country Music in 1962.
Who is Ray Charles.
200
This artist wrote two Top 40 country hits in the 1980s, including "Lady" which was recorded by Kenny Rogers
Who is Lionel Ritchie
200
This digital format allows sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
What is MP3
300
This performer hit the pop charts in 1956 with "Tutti-Frutti"
Who is Little Richard
300
This British rock band recorded the concept album Exile on Main Street in 1972.
Who are the Rolling Stones
300
This urban folk duo recorded "The Sound of Silence"
Who is Simon and Garfunkel.
300
He debuted the "moonwalk" at a Motown reunion concert in 1983.
Who is Michael Jackson
300
This cable television network debuted in 1981 and changed the way the music industry operated.
What is MTV
400
This instrumentalist and vocalist from Seattle was the most influential guitarist of the rock era as well as the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960's.
Who is Jimi Hendrix
400
This band of the 1960's recorded such classics as "Eleanor Rigby" and "A Hard Day's Night".
Who is The Beatles
400
This popular "sound" involved a sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement in the 1960's and was exemplified by artists like Patsy Cline and Elvis Presley.
What is the Nashville Sound
400
This multitalented African American artist formed the Love Unlimited Orchestra which recorded the instrumental hit "Love's Theme"
Who is Barry White
400
Dr. Funkenstein, Star Child, the Thumpasorous People and Sir Nose D'VoidOfFunk were characters that spoofed commercialized, soulless music in innovated concept albums by this 1970's funk band.
Who is Parliament
500
This band embodied an American punk rock anti-fashion response to the English glam rock movement typified by David Bowie.
Who are The New York Dolls
500
This California-based jazz saxophonist recorded the biggest hit of the bossa nova era "The Girl from Ipanema"
Who is Stan Getz
500
This influential figure in the progressive country movement developed his career as a professional songwriter in Nashville and later recorded the concept album Red-Headed Stranger.
Who is Willie Nelson
500
This 1986 hit song featured a collaboration between Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith which played a pivotal role in mainstreaming rap music.
What is Walk This Way.
500
This genre refers to an extreme varation of punk pioneered during the 1980's by bands like the Dead Kennedys featuring riff-based songs played at fast tempos.