1960s Music Legends
Instructions: From the British Invasion to Woodstock — how well do you remember the sounds that defined the Sixties?
- 1.
Which Beatles album, released in 1967, is often called the greatest rock album ever made?
ARevolverBThe White AlbumCSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandDAbbey Road - 2.
What Motown group sang 'My Girl' in 1964?
AThe SupremesBThe MiraclesCThe Four TopsDThe Temptations - 3.
Which legendary music festival took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, in August 1969?
AMonterey Pop FestivalBAltamont Free ConcertCWoodstockDIsle of Wight Festival - 4.
What was the Rolling Stones' first US number-one hit single?
APaint It BlackBTime Is on My SideC(I Can't Get No) SatisfactionDGet Off of My Cloud - 5.
Which folk singer wrote and performed 'Blowin' in the Wind'?
ABob DylanBJoan BaezCPete SeegerDWoody Guthrie - 6.
What city was home to the Motown record label?
AMemphisBDetroitCPhiladelphiaDChicago - 7.
Which Beatles song was the first to hit number one in the United States in 1964?
ALove Me DoBI Want to Hold Your HandCShe Loves YouDPlease Please Me - 8.
Which Supremes hit begins with the lyrics 'Stop! In the name of love'?
AYou Can't Hurry LoveBBaby LoveCWhere Did Our Love GoDStop! In the Name of Love - 9.
Which guitarist famously played 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at Woodstock?
AJimmy PageBCarlos SantanaCEric ClaptonDJimi Hendrix - 10.
What was the Beach Boys' 1966 album that rivaled Sgt. Pepper's in musical innovation?
APet SoundsBSurfer GirlCToday!DSurfin' USA - 11.
Which singer, known as 'The Queen of Soul,' released 'Respect' in 1967?
ADiana RossBTina TurnerCEtta JamesDAretha Franklin - 12.
What 1967 event in San Francisco is considered the start of the 'Summer of Love'?
AFillmore West OpeningBMonterey Pop FestivalCAltamont Free ConcertDHuman Be-In - 13.
Which Simon & Garfunkel song was featured on the soundtrack of 'The Graduate' (1967)?
AThe Sound of SilenceBBridge Over Troubled WaterCMrs. RobinsonDScarborough Fair - 14.
Which musician died in a 1967 plane crash, cutting short a career that included hits like '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay'?
ASam CookeBMarvin GayeCJackie WilsonDOtis Redding - 15.
What was the name of the concert venue in San Francisco that became the epicenter of psychedelic rock?
AThe Whisky a Go GoBCBGBCThe FillmoreDThe Cavern Club
Answer Key
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was a groundbreaking concept album that spent 27 weeks at number one in the UK and 15 weeks at number one in the US.
The Temptations took 'My Girl' to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965. It was written and produced by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White.
Woodstock attracted over 400,000 people for three days of peace and music, featuring acts like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and The Who.
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction reached number one in 1965 and became the song that made the Rolling Stones international superstars.
Bob Dylan wrote 'Blowin' in the Wind' in 1962. It became an anthem of the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s.
Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records in Detroit in 1959. The name 'Motown' is short for 'Motor Town,' Detroit's nickname for its auto industry.
I Want to Hold Your Hand reached number one on February 1, 1964, launching Beatlemania in America and the entire British Invasion.
Stop! In the Name of Love was the Supremes' fourth consecutive number-one hit in 1965. Diana Ross's iconic hand-out gesture became legendary.
Jimi Hendrix closed out Woodstock on Monday morning, August 18, 1969, with a legendary electric guitar rendition of the national anthem.
Pet Sounds, masterminded by Brian Wilson, used unconventional instruments and complex arrangements. Paul McCartney has called it his favorite album of all time.
Aretha Franklin's version of 'Respect' (originally by Otis Redding) became a feminist and civil rights anthem and earned her two Grammy Awards.
The Human Be-In, held in Golden Gate Park on January 14, 1967, drew 20,000-30,000 people and set the stage for the Summer of Love that followed.
Mrs. Robinson was written specifically for the film and became Simon & Garfunkel's first and only number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.
Otis Redding died on December 10, 1967. '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' was released posthumously in 1968 and became his biggest hit, reaching number one.
The Fillmore, managed by legendary promoter Bill Graham, hosted Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, and virtually every major 1960s rock act.