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| Gil Scott Heron and The Last Poets |
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| When did the Jackson 5 sign to Motown |
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| What is the name of the NYC bar known for birthing the punk scene? |
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| Which club made going to the disco a media/fashion event? |
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| What R&B Philadelphia production team wrote songs with a straight danceable beat lush arrangements and soulful singing, creating the signature disco sound? |
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| The Carpenters, Barbara Streisand and Niel Diamond records fall into what category? |
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| What movie inspired the disco craze that swept the nation in 1977? |
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| What soul singer portrayed life on the streets in the Superfly Soundtrack with songs like Freddy's Dead? |
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| Who was the Sex Pistols Manager? |
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| To what societal group was the Wailer's Simmer Down Directed? |
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| Which producer owned Downbeat Sound System? |
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| Which combination of vocalists sang for the wailers when they first got signed? |
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| Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston, and Peter Tosh |
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| What Motown artist broke from the system and self produced a record reflecting life and hope in the black community against Barry Gordy's advice? |
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| What record label supported second wave Ska Bands? |
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| What was the fastest rising radio format of the 1970's? |
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| The jackson 5 came from what city? |
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| Who started island Records? |
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| What was the style name of Dance Hall music that started to employ digital rhythm machines? |
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| What jamaican producer is known as the Phil Spector of Reggae? |
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| Which act made their reputation at CBGB and went on to have 4 number one singles? |
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| What British punk band opened for the Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the UK tour later performing at Shae Stadium |
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| What was the name of Malcolm mcLaren's fasion store in London? |
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| Which is the first rap track recorded for vynyl release? |
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| Fatback Band king Tim III |
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| Why were the Bee Gees the heaviest featured group in the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack? |
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| Their manager made the film |
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| What record label introduced New York Salsa musicians such as Reuben Blades, Willie Colon, and Eddie Palmeri? |
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| Which producer brought Donna Summer to the top 10 |
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| What are the commonly noted elements that comprise Hip Hop culture? |
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| DJing, Break Dancing, Grafitti, and Emceeing |
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| Where did Hip Hop originate? |
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| What artist sold the most hit singles in the 1970's? |
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| What German electronic band blended electronic beats with minimalism? |
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| What singer topped the soul charts in the 1970's and became a minister in his own church while still cutting R&B records? |
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| Who revolutionized dance venues by using music to ceate a meditative environment? |
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| Which performing poet act was the first from CBGB to sign a major label contract? |
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| What Bronx DJ is credited with spinning two copies of the same record to keep the break going? |
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| What two Bronx DJ's claim to have invented scratching? |
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| Grand Wizard Theodore and Grandmaster Flash |
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| Which engineer/producer recorded the first hit singles by a toasting DJ?> |
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| What DJ is credited with backtiming and backspinning to repeat play a section of the music without losing the beat? |
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| Where did the majority of Peurto Ricans moving to the US settle |
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| Which CBGB act hired Brian Eno to produce? |
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| hich rap artist was the first to get a major label contract and have a Gold record? |
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| What was the name of the only Sex Pistols album released before the group broke up? |
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| Never Mind the Bollocks Heres the Sex Pistols |
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| Tempo slower than Ska and crooning soul singing styles returned to Jamaican singles |
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| who was the british act that relocated to california changed personnel and released an album that was in the top position of the billboard charts for 31 weeks |
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| when MOR format act had their first chart hit with a newer version of Bacharach and Davids Close To You |
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| Which two people teamed up to compose the musicals Joseph Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita |
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| Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber |
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| what event initiated a more focused sober realism in R&B and soul music in the late 1960s and early 1970s |
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| The death of Martin Luther King |
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| which artist gained control over his recording projects during a contract renewal and released two albums in 1972 that resulted in grammy award wins |
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| what was george clinton doowop group, the parliaments founded |
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| what artist and produsers own hard funk acts started to have chart hits after incorporating members of james browns JBs |
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| which two artists performed afrocentric poetry on records |
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| Amiri Baraka, The Last Poets |
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| who added poetry to jazz and soul creating the protest masterpiece the revolution will not be televised |
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| what new york city neighborhood became the main home for puerto ricans setting in the us and spawned a musical fusion of funk soul and rock with latin sounds |
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| who was the grafitiing jamaican transplant to the south bronx that introduced the combined concept of DJing repeated breaks for break dancers while MCing through his own party creq |
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| which act was the first of the punk era bands on the CGBG stage and recorded Marquee Moon a record commonly regarded as on the of the 10 best rock records of the 1970s |
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| what influential post-punk band changed its name to New Orderafter the death of its lead singer |
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| what was the name of johnny lydons post sex pistols corporation that incorporated jamaican dup feel along with roughed up disco beats in the late 1970s |
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| what us television show featured new wave acts such as elvis costello and devo helping propel them to critical and later chart success in the late 70s and early 80s |
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| Which band released a series of albums that fused new wave sensibilities with the massed multi track productions of Roy Thomas Baker for FM rock radio propelling them to superstar status in the early 80s |
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| which new wave band had its first album produced by Brian Eno wore institutional band uniforms and produced videos that would have an influence on the early MTV |
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