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