History of Rock: Chapter 6

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Which guitarist and songwriter worked with the Chicago-based group the Impressions?

Curtis Mayfield

Motown Records was founded in what city?

Detroit, MI

What recording studio, owned and operated by Rick Hall, was located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama?

Fame

What was Motown's studio called?

Hitsville USA

Which songwriting team produced a string of hits for Motown between 1963 and 1967?

Holland Doizer Holland

The Flames were the backing group for

James Brown

Which artist had a chart hit with "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" in 1968?

James Brown

Which artist started his career singing doo-wop and performing as a stand-in for Little Richard?

James Brown

Which Atlantic Records executive and producer played an important role in developing southern soul music in the 1960s?

Jerry Wexler

Stax Records is located in

Memphis

Maxine Powell ran a finishing school for artists signed to which record label?

Motown

The Funk Brothers were the studio band at

Motown

The Temptations recorded for

Motown

All of the following artists were signed to Motown Records in the 1960s, EXCEPT

Otis Redding

Who wrote the song "Respect"?

Otis Redding

What songwriting team wrote hits for many of Stax's recording artists?

Porter and Hayes

Which vocal duo was loaned by Atlantic Records to Stax, where they recorded "You Don't Know Like I Know" and "Hold On, I'm Comin' "?

Sam and Dave

Which lead singer of the group the Miracles took on many songwriting and production duties at Motown Records?

Smokey Robinson

Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton formed which record label?

Stax

Which artist, blind from birth, had a surprise number-one hit at the age of thirteen with "Fingertips, pt. 2"?

Stevie Wonder

Which successful vocal group was formed by Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard in Detroit in 1959?

The Supremes

The song "Baby Love," made famous by the Supremes, is in what form?

The simple verse

The distinctive sound of Stax recordings, heard in records such as "In the Midnight Hour," was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

orchestral strings

Aretha Franklin's father was a

prominent clergyman.

Vee-Jay released records by

the Beatles and the Four Seasons

After producing her first records for Columbia, Aretha Franklin was signed by what label in 1966

Atlantic

Stax Records licensed music to what larger company in the 1960s?

Atlantic

Who was the founder of Motown Records?

Berry Gordy Jr.

What was the name of the studio band at Stax?

Booker T. and the MGs

Which Chicago-based label, known for its electric blues and rock and roll records in the 1950s, was still active in producing black pop in the 1960s?

Chess


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