History of Recording Industry #3
What was James Brown's first hit?
"Please, Please, Please" (1956)
What was first hit album for Virgin Records Label?
"Tubular Bells" (1973) by Mike Oldfield
Sugar Hill Gang stole what from Chic for Rapper's Delight?
"good times"
Please, Please, Please
(1956) James Brown First hit
Sly & the Family Stone hits
-"Dance To the Music" (1968) -"Everyday People" (1969)
Def Leppard
-"Hysteria" (1987) sold 12 million in America
James Taylor
-"Sweet Baby James" (1970) was second album. feat. fire and rain -His self-titled 1968 debut was released on the Beatles' Apple Records. -Taylor's 2015 album "Before This World" was his first to reach #1 in America
Jimi Hendrix
-"The most original, inventive, and influential guitarist of the rock era." -"The most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s."
LM-1
-(1979) first programmable sound sampled drum machine.
James Brown
-1933-2006 -creator of funk -the most sampled artist in popular music -"Cold Sweat" (1967) is widely considered to be the first funk record -Controversially supported Nixon's presidency
Phil Lynott
-1951 - 1986 -Thin Lizzy -Live and Dangerous
Monterey Pop
-1967 -West Coast artists -"first huge rock festival" -The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, The Who, Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Mamas & the Papas
Summer of Love
-1967 -centered in San Francisco
Altamont
-1969 -A concert featuring the Rolling Stones at this speedway resulted in a violent death. Other acts included Santana, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
Woodstock
-1969 -The major 60's pop music festival. -Richie Havens, Santana, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Sly & the Family Stone, The Who, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jimi Hendrix
4 Hendrix Albums
-Are You Experienced (1967) -Axis: Bold As Love (1967) -Electric Ladyland (1968) -Band of Gypsys (1970)
MTV
-August 1, 1981 -CBS pressured MTV to play Michael Jackson's music which ultimately diversified MTV.
Boston
-Boston's self titled debut album became an enormous hit in 1976, eventually selling more than 17 million copies.
Eagles
-Brought country rock to the mainstream. -"Hotel California" from 1976 is one of the decade's most popular albums. -"The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975" was the first album certified platinum by the RIAA and became the best-selling album of the 20th century in America. The album has sold more than 26 million copies.
Group Logos
-Chicago (columbia) -Yes (atlantic)
First funk song
-Cold Sweat (1967)
Led Zeppelin
-Formed in England in 1968 -Their first album was released in late 1968, and the second in 1969. -The group featured the blues influenced guitar of Jimmy Page.
Parliament/Funkadelic
-Funkadelic: "Maggot Brain" (1971) - a fusion of black rock & funk. -Funkadelic guitarist, Eddie Hazel (1950-1992)
Wendy Carlos
-Switched-On-Bach (1968)
Country Rock & Singer/Songwriters
-The Byrds: the first rock band to play the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. -America: Scored their first hit in 1972 "Horse With No Name" -Paul Simon: began his solo career in 1972 with the reggae hit single, "mother & Child Reunion." -Bill Withers: First album released in 1971. The single, "Ain't No Sunshine" went gold. -Flying Burrito Bros: A side project featuring Byrds members
Best selling album of the 20th century
-The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975 -first to go platinum
Steely Dan
-a studio-based outfit by the mid-1970s, led by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen -Aja (1977)
Jackson Browne
-album cover said "saturate before using" but wasn't name of album
Death
-all black trio -punk rock -detroit based
Joni Mitchell
-blue (1971) -about the complexities of love
Pink Floyd
-dark side of the moon (1973) -album has spent the most charted weeks on billboard's top 200 album chart -engineered by Alan Parsons -wish you were here (1975) was follow up album
Bob Marley
-debut album "Catch a Fire" (1973) -island records
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
-debut album cover from 1969 captured the group in a location reflecting the character of the music
Bill Withers
-first album released in 1971 -"Ain't No Sunshine"
DUB
-first popular music style that included remixing
Paul Simon
-first solo hit (reggae) 1972 "Mother & Child Reunion"
Hipgnosis
-formed by Storm Thorgerson & Aubrey Powell in 1968. This production team designed may of rock's most memorable and inventive album covers.
David Bowie
-glam rock -diamond dogs, dog with balls censored -1st chart topping single: "Fame" - 1975
John McLaughlin
-guitar player for miles davis -bitches brew -started the Mahavishnu Orchestra and released "Birds of Fire"
Elton John
-he scored seven consecutive number 1 albums in America in the early 1970s
Sly & the Family Stone
-music described as "interracial psychedelic soul" played by a band including women -featured slap bass inventor Larry Graham -developed both white and black audiences
ARP2600
-one of the first commercially available synthesizers
Gamble & Huff
-orchestral arrangements
Miles Davis
-popularized jazz fusion with "Bitches Brew" (columbia records) -words of fire, mahavishnu orchestra
Nile Rodgers
-producer, guitarist & songwriter (known initially for his work as a member of the band Chic) who produced hit 1980s albums for a David Bowie, Duran Duran, and Madonna, among others.
What was Carol King's hit album
-tapestry (1971)
"Hey Joe"
-the first hit single for the Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967) -Previously recorded by many other artists, not written by Hendrix -The Leaves: first hit version of the song -Tim Rose: released as a single in 1966, what Jimmy heard
Average White Band
-utizilizing elements of James Brown's style, this all-white funk band from Scotland found success in America with its second album, the self-titled AWB. -the LP topped the pop album chart in 1974 and yielded the #1 single "pick up the pieces"
Carole King
-won 4 grammy's -woman artist -"Tapestry" (1971) -stayed on charts for 6 years
Santana
-woodstock 1969 -released 1st album "abraxas" -
Rod Temperton
-wrote "Thriller" and "Rock With You" -original band was Heat Wave
When did Hendrix die? How old was he?
1970 at the age of 27 still sells 600,000 copies a year.
Isley Brothers
1970's rock & soul fusion -jimi hendrix was once apart of this group
Peter Frampton
1976 live double album 'Frampton Comes Alive' followed four studio albums, none of which had been million-selling releases.
Which label was sex pistols first signed to?
EMI
What was the first African-American group to use special effects and shit
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Best selling album of the 1970's
Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
Cream Albums
Fresh Cream (1967) Disraeli Gears (1967) Wheels of Fire (1968) Goodbye (1969)
Who introduced Reggae to America?
Jimmy Cliff
Marvin Gay and Robin Thicke
Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" (1977)
Best selling album of all time
Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
What artist released "inner visions" and "talking book"
Stevie Wonder
ABC, Def Leppard
THEY IS FROM SHEFFIELD
Cream
a british trio featuring Eric Clapton and the first supergroup. -Ginger Baker (drums) and Jack Bruce (bass)
Flying Burrito Bros
a side project featuring Byrds members
Aubrey Powell
album cover creator for "Boston"
Which Joni Mitchell is "a cycle of songs about the complexities of love"
blue
Who started Island Records?
chris blackwell
Tom Scholz
electronics wizard, songwriter, and guitarist for BOSTON.
George Clinton
funkadelic
Drummer and Bass Player for Cream
ginger baker (drums) Jack Bruce (bass)
What song was included on Marvin Gaye's 1971 album "What's Going On"
inner city blues
Yamaha DX-7
introduced in 1983 -one of the first completely digital synthesizers
Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is about the ______ of life
madness
Storm Thorgerson
main dude at HIPGNOSIS
First affordable sampler
mirage
Roger Dean
the album creator for "Yes" covers. -sued Avatar
Stevie Wonder signed....
the biggest recording contract to date... 13 million