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MUSH 201 - U of I
Rock and Roll History - Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where were the members of The Band from? | 4 were from Canada, and 1 was from Arkansas |
| What year was The Band formed? | 1964 |
| How many years did The Band travel with Bob Dylan as his backup band? | Two; 1964-66 |
| What was the name of the house The Band rented in Upstate New York in 1966? | Big Pink |
| What was Big Pink? | The house The Band rented in Upstate New York in 1966. |
| What was the result of The Band's work in Big Pink? | Their debut album "Music from Big Pink" |
| What was The Band's debut album called? | Music from Big Pink (r. 1966?) |
| Who wrote the songs on The Band's album "Music from Big Pink?" | Several were written by Bob Dylan, and the rest by The Band members... |
| What number did The Band's debut album "Music from Big Pink" on the album charts in the U.S.? | #30 |
| How many more albums did The Band release after their debut album, before beginning a decline that culminated with a final concert and documentary, "The Last Waltz" in 1975? | 2 albums |
| What is the documentary about The Band called? | The Last Waltz |
| What genres was The Bands music a mixture of? | Gospel, country, and rock. |
| What were the names of The Band's albums? (hint: there are 3 of them.) | Music from Big Pink, The Band, and Stagefright |
| What are the names of the members of the Beach Boys? | Brothers: Carl, Brian, and Dennis Wilson. Their cousin, Mike Love, and a friend, Al Jardine. |
| Who are Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine? | The Beach Boys |
| What band became America's first great rock band? | The Beach Boys |
| What band came out of Hawthorne, a suburb of Los Angeles? | The Beach Boys |
| The Beach Boy's songs were mainly about? | Cars, surfing, and having a good time. |
| What bands songs glorified Southern California? | The Beach Boys |
| How many number one hits did the Beach Boys have? | 4 |
| The Beach Boys gave us a band that was able to stand up to British invasion groups that flooded the U.S. in '64. True or False? | True |
| Crisp instrumental style and astonishing vocal harmonies. These are characteristics of what California band? | The Beach Boys |
| The Beach Boys first national hit was released in 1962, what was it called? | Surfin' Safari |
| Brian Wilson focused on producing The Beach Boy's studio sound beginning with what album? | Their third album, "Surfer Girl." |
| By whom was Brian Wilson impressed enough to mimic his "wall of sound." | Phil Spector |
| The Beach Boys' songs focused mainly on... | Adolescent fun |
| What Beach Boys song was inspired by JFK's assassination? | Warmth of the Sun |
| What Beach Boy's album was inspired by the release of the Beatles' album, Rubber Soul? | Pet Sounds (r. 1966) |
| Good Vibrations features an interesting instrument... what is the name of that instrument? | Theremin |
| With what album did The Beach Boys reach their creative zenith? | Pet Sounds (r.1966) |
| What Beach Boys album was a concept album, "charting a young man's growth to maturity (rollingstone.com)? | Pet Sounds (r. 1966) |
| What follow up album to "Pet Sounds" was abandoned for 37 years due to Brian Wilson's drug problems? | Smile (r. 2004) |
| What were The Beach Boys four #1 songs? | I Get Around (1964), Help Me Rhonda (1965), Good Vibrations (1966), and Kokomo (1988) |
| What is one of the big events that started the "British Invasion"? | The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. |
| From 1964 to 1970, how many number one singles did the Beatles have in the United States? | 20 |
| How many of the Beatles' members wrote the Beatles songs? | 2; John Lennon and Paul McCartney (George Harrison also helped...) |
| What good characteristics did the Beatles have in their musical abilities? | Great vocal harmonies, strong instrument skills, and the ability to change their sound as time went on. |
| What was the name of the band before it was called The Beatles? (Liverpool, late 1950s) | The Quarrymen |
| When 'The Beatles' started out as 'The Quarrymen,' what musical style did they play? | They mostly covered American Rhythm and Blues. |
| What was The Beatles' first original record? (r. 1962) | "Love Me Do" |
| What did The Beatles cause when they came to America? | A pop explosion (also triggered the start of the "British Invasion") |
| What Beatles album reached #1 on the charts in the U.K. in the year 1963? | "Please, Please Me" |
| Were the Beatles bigger than Elvis? | Yes |
| What record label did the Beatles sign with first? | EMI |
| In 1965, what album did the Beatles start to change direction with musically? | "Rubber Soul" |
| What type of instruments did the Beatles album "Rubber Soul" feature? | Exotic instruments like the sitar. |
| What Beatles song was the first to feature a sitar (musical instrument)? | Norwegian Wood |
| In what city did the Beatles make their last concert appearance in 1966? | San Francisco |
| What year did John Lennon marry Yoko Ono? | 1969 |
| What relationship helped lead to the Beatles dissolution in 1970? | "Let It Be," 1970 |
| What are the characteristics of the Blues | Lyrics have an AAB pattern Lyrics about trouble, depression, lonliness 12 bar form The blues scale The use of bent notes |
| A resurgence of interest in in the blues occurred in the US and the UK, when? | During the 1960s |
| In England, what was the most important Blues Revival figure? | John Mayall and his band The Blues Breakers. |
| What do Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, and Jack Bruce have in common? | They were all members of John Mayall's Blues Breakers at some point. |
| In the U.S. one of the first Blues Revival groups was??? | The Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
| The Paul Butterfield Blues Band members are/were? | Paul Butterfield (harmonica and vocals), and Michael Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop (Guitars) |
| What sort of blues did the P.B. Blues Band play in their early recordings? | Rough Chicago-style blues |
| What are some blues artists from the 60s? | Johnny Winter (who inspired Eric Clapton), Canned Heat, and The Blues Project. |
| The Texas guitarist, Stevie Ray Vaughn, was a member of what blues band? | Double Trouble |
| Stevie Ray Vaughn played what type of guitar? | Virtuoso |
| A contemporary blues artist who has made a name for himself and grew up in Tacoma, Washington is? | Robert Cray |
| Robert Cray was inspired to play the blues when he saw whom in concert? | Texas guitarist, Albert Collins. |
| What has been recently featured on television in a series put together by film director, Martin Scorsese? | The blues |
| What year has been officially designated "The Year of the Blues" by U.S. congress? | 2003 |
| In what TV series is the blues prominent? | The Sopranos |
| What band can be heard in the opening credits of the Sopranos? | The Alabama 3 |
| The Alabama 3's sound is similar to that of what Mississippi bluesman's? | R. L. Burnside |
| With what does R.L. Burnside blend rap mixing techniques to create an interesting music hybrid? | Traditional blues |
| In what year was the U.S. ready for a new direction in pop music? | early 1964 |
| In what year was the country recovering from the assassination of JFK and our rock scene was temporarily on ebb (aside from the girl group and the Beach Boys)? | 1964 |
| In 1964, where was a scene developing in clubs where emerging groups had built styles from American Rhythm&Blues and blues roots? | In Liverpool and later in Hamburg |
| What was just the tonic needed to set off a new movement in rock (around 1964)? | The infectious energy of the new British groups |
| What happened what the Beatles debuted on the Ed Sullivan Show in February, 1964? | The flood gates opened and dozens of groups from the UK crossed the Atlantic to tour North American cities. |
| When did the flood gates open and dozens of groups from the UK cross the Atlantic to tour North American cities? | Right after the Beatles debuted on the Ed Sullivan Show in February, 1964. |
| What were some minor talents that produced few hits and disappeared? (British Invasion groups) | Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Them, The Searchers, and Peter & Gordon. |
| What were some successful but very short lived British Invasion groups? | Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, and Gerry and the Pacemakers |
| What are five of the best and most influential groups to come in the first wave during the British Invasion? | The Animals, The Hollies, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, and The Zombies |
| What popular British Invasion band was led by frontman Eric Burdon? | The Animals |
| What type of music did the British Invasion band, The Animals, play? | Rhythm and Blues flavored songs like, "The House of the Rising Sun." |
| What British Invasion group had great vocal harmonies and strong instrumental arrangements in songs such as "Bus Stop" and "Look Through Any Window?" | The Hollies |
| What band was the hardest rocking (and raw sounding) of the early British Invasion groups? | The Kinks |
| Which Kinks' songs were forerunners of punk and metal? | "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night" |
| Which early British Invasion band was a "guitar factory?" | The Yardbirds. |
| What British Invasion band had Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page all pass through? | The Yardbirds |
| What band evolved into Led Zeppelin? | The New Yardbirds |
| What band did The New Yardbirds evolve into? | Led Zeppelin |
| What gave The Zombies a different sound heard on songs like "She's Not There" and "Time of the Season"? | Jazz tinged songs written by keyboardist Rod Argent. |
| Who said, "A colored is a frighted-to-death Afro American. A Negro is one that makes it in the system, and he wants to be white. A nigger, he's loud and boisterous, wants to be seen. Nobody likes a nigger. A black man has pride. He wants to build, he want | James Brown (1982) |
| Who is also known as the "hardest working man in show business"? | James Brown |
| Of what was James Brown sometimes called the godfather? | The Godfather of Soul |
| Where was James Brown born? | Barnwell, South Carolina (in the year 1933) |
| Where did James Brown's father work and what did he do? | He worked in the woods, harvesting turpentine. |
| Where did James Brown's father move his family when James was very young? | To Augusta, Georgia |
| Who lived in a brothel in the black section of Augusta, Georgia, and earned money shining shoes? | James Brown |
| After what grade did James Brown quit school? | 7th grade |
| Who served a 3 year sentence at a reformatory for petty theft? | James Brown |
| James Brown was involved with music from a very early age. True or False? | True |
| Who was befriended by Cliff Brantly (the man who managed Little Richard) and offered an apartment about one of his night clubs in Macon, Georgia? | James Brown |
| Jame Brown was befriended by the man who managed Little Richard. What was his name? | Cliff Brantley |
| Who joined a house band at one of Cliff Brantley's night clubs? | James Brown |
| James Brown did some work with pianist Bobby Byrd, who had a gospel group. True or False? | True. |
| Bobby Byrd's group, The Three Swanees, eventually evolved into whose backup group? | James Brown's |
| The Three Swanees became... | James Brown's backup group, The Famous Flames. |
| Whose group developed a signature style that included a choke-rhythm guitar, punchy horn riffs, a stuttering bass, and one chord drones that supported his unique vocal style? | James Brown's group |
| What kind of performer was James Brown? | Brown was an extremely high energy performer who danced up a storm on stage. |
| What musician had very high standards for his band members and he frequently fined them for tardiness, making mistakes, or not looking sharp enough? | James Brown |
| What was one of James Brown's most common stage routines? | A mock breakdown followed by someone draping a cape or coat over him. Seemingly overcome, he would begin to leave the stage only to "recover" and start performing again with manic energy. |
| Whose business empire included a chain of soul food restaurants, several radio stations, and his own music business? | James Brown's |
| Who encouraged young black people to stay in school through his song, "Don't be a Dropout?" | James Brown |
| After Martin Luther King's assassination, James Brown was a voice for what? | Moderation, pleading for the people to "learn, not burn." |
| What was James Brown's single most influential song? | "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" (1968) |
| Who taught James Brown to play the guitar? | Tampa Red (well known traveling bluesman) |
| What band was inspired by Bob Dylan as well as the Beatles? | The Byrds |
| What band became pioneers of the folk-rock genre? | The Byrds |
| With what did The Byrds combine lyrics by Bob Dylan to create a sound that was totally unique? | They combine Dylan's lyrics (and sometimes Pete Seeger's) with electric instruments. |
| What was the Byrds' sound centered around? | The 12-string guitar that Roger McGuinn played. |
| Why did Roger McGuinn of The Byrds play a 12-string guitar? | Who was inspired to do so after seeing George Harrison used the instrument in the Beatles film, "A Hard Day's Night." |
| What instrument did the Byrds use that most other bands don't? | The 12-string guitar. |
| Two musicians with folk music backgrounds met in Los Angeles in 1964, they went on to form the band The Byrds... who were they? | Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark |
| Who were the members of the Byrds? | Gene Clark (wrote many of their songs), Michael Clarke, Christ Hillman, David Crosby, and Roger McGuinn. |
| Who were Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, Christ Hillman, David Crosby, and Roger McGuinn? | The Byrds |
| What genre of music did The Byrds play? | Folk-Rock |
| Chris Hillman founded The Flying Burrito Brothers (seminal country-rock band). He was a member of what Folk-Rock band? | The Byrds |
| David Crosby became a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. What band was he a member of before this? | The Byrds |
| What were some of the best songs by the Byrds? | "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Turn, Turn, Turn", "Eight Miles High", and "So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star." |
| "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Turn, Turn, Turn", "Eight Miles High", and "So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star" were some of the best songs of what band? | The Byrds |
| Who said, "Maybe I put together two things that hadn't been put together before, but hell, give credit to the church singers and the bluesmen who I got it from. I got enough credit." | Ray Charles |
| Where was Ray Charles born? | Albany, Georgia |
| What was Ray Charles' original name? | Ray Charles Robinson |
| Why did Ray Charles Robinson change his name to Ray Charles? | To avoid being confused with the boxer, Ray Robinson. |
| When did Ray Charles begin to lose his sight? | At the age of 6 |
| When did Ray Charles' parents enroll him at the St. Augustine School for the Deaf and Blind? | When he was 7 years old. |
| Where did Ray Charles learn to read and write music using Braille and study the piano, organ, alto saxophone, clarinet, and trumpet? | At St. Augustine School for the Deaf and Blind |
| What instrument did Ray Charles mainly focus on while at St. Augustine School for the Deaf and Blind? | The piano |
| At what age did Ray Charles start to gig around Florida? | When he was 15 years old. |
| How old was Ray Charles when he moved to Seattle? | 17 |
| What year did Ray Charles cut his first records in Los Angeles? | 1949 |
| What was Ray Charles' first hit? | "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand" (1951) |
| By what record company was Ray Charles' contract picked up in 1952? | Atlantic Records |
| When did Ray Charles career really start to move forward? | In 1953, when he hooked up with Guitar Slim in New Orleans. |
| In what city did Ray Charles pick up the gospel influences that changed his style? | New Orleans |
| Gospel style piano, a seven piece back-up group, and no hold barred vocals were the hallmarks of Ray Charles new approach to music, what song shows of this new approach? | "I've Got a Woman" (1954) |
| What was the key to Ray Charles' success? | The transformation of gospel standards into secular hits providing the foundation for soul music... |
| What provided the foundation for soul music and was the key to the later success of singers like James Brown, Solomon Burke, Same Cooke, and countless others? | Ray Charles' transformation of gospel standards into secular hits... |
| James Brown, Solomon Burke, and Sam Cooke were successful in what genre of music? | Soul music |
| In 1959, Ray Charles' had his first million seller. What was the name of the song? | "What I'd Say" (The song was later covered by Elvis Presley in the movie Viva Las Vegas) |
| Whose vocals in the middle of the song "What I'd Say" were considered so suggestive that the hit was banned from some markets? | Ray Charles' |
| In the 1960s, Ray Charles released a two record set of versions of country songs that blurred the lines between country, pop, and R&B. What record company was he signed with at this point? | ABC |
| Who, along with Jimi Hendrix, was one of the most influential guitarists in rock history? | Eric Clapton |
| Eric Clapton took his initial inspiration from the blues, especially the music of this man. | Robert Johnson |
| What was the first band of note that Eric Clapton joined? | The Yardbirds (1963) |
| Why did Eric Clapton quit the Yardbirds? | It started to become more pop oriented. |
| After leaving the Yardbirds, what band did Eric Clapton join? | John Mayall's Blues Breakers |
| How many albums did Eric Clapton make with John Mayall's Blues Breakers? | Just one. |
| With what group was Eric Clapton able to focus exclusively on blues? | John mayall's Blues Breakers |
| What group did Jack Bruce join, causing Eric Clapton to envision a trio of virtuosic improvisers? | John mayall's Blues Breakers |
| What was the result of Eric Clapton's vision of a trio of virtuosic improvisers? | Cream (formed in 1966) |
| Ginger Baker on drums, Jack Bruce on bass, and Eric Clapton on guitar formed what super-group? | Cream |
| What led to Cream's demise? | Tension between Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce |
| After the demise of Cream, Eric Clapton formed another super-group with keyboardist/vocalist Stevie Winwood, it was called? | Blind Faith |
| Eric Clapton's group, Blind Faith, was even more short-lived than his group, Cream. True or False? | True |
| Blind Faith disbanded in 1969 after how many albums? | Just one |
| After Blind Faith disbanded in 1969, Eric Clapton began performing as a sideman with who? | Delaney and Bonnie |
| By whom was Eric Clapton urged to develop his singing? | Delaney |
| What year did Eric Clapton release his first solo album? | In 1970 |
| What band did Eric Clapton form in 1970 that focused more on concise songs and vocals while de-emphasizing extended solos? | Derek and the Dominoes |
| Around 1970, Eric Clapton's life was in a shambles. Why? | He was addicted to drugs and also in love with George Harrison's wife Pattie. |
| In 1974, after kicking his drug habit, Eric Clapton's career rebounded with what album? | 461 Ocean Avenue. |
| In 1991, tragedy struck Eric Clapton in what way? | His 4 year old son fell out of a 53rd story window to his death. |
| What song was Eric Clapton's heartfelt response to his son falling out of a window to his death? | "Tears of Heaven" |
| What song earned Eric Clapton a Grammy award? | "Tears of Heaven" |
| What genre do the bands The Orioles, The Ravens, The Nutmegs, The Flamingos, The Edsels, and the Marcels play? | Doo-wop |
| What is the term used for the genre of rock that consists of group vocal harmony with a lead singer and back-up singers who harmonize using nonsense syllables? | Doo-wop |
| What is Doo-wop? | The term used for the genre of rock that consists of group vocal harmony with a lead singer and back-up singers who harmonize using nonsense syllables. |
| What was Doo-wop's heyday? | The late 1950's. |
| What were two groups who were influential in the Doo-Wop style? | The Orioles, and The Ravens (both active around 1950) |
| Who coined the term "Rock n' Roll?" | Alan Freed |
| Who was Alan Freed? | A dee-jay |
| Who made a practice of featuring black vocal groups on his radio show? (as a result, there was a great demand for doo-wop music) | Alan Freed |
| One of the first big Doo-wop hits was by the Orioles... What was it called? | "Crying in the Chapel" (1963) |
| What Doo-wop group released "Earth Angel?" (1954) | The Penguins |
| What song is one of the all time Doo-wop favorites? | Earth Angel, by the Penguins. |
| What years was The Doors' period of prominence? | From 1967 (the release of their debut album) to 1971 (the death of lead singer Jim Morrison) |
| Upon what was The Doors' fame dependent? | The magnetic (yet doomed) persona of Jim Morrison. |
| Who was the lead singer for The Doors? | Jim Morrison |
| What Doors' member self-destructed through heavy drug use? | Jim Morrison, the lead singer |
| What was the instrument lineup for The Doors? | Guitar, keyboard, drums, and vocals -- there was NO bass player. |
| What was interesting about The Doors' lineup? | There was no bass player, bass was played on the keyboard. |
| What was the Doors' music distinguished by? | Dark lyrics laden with themes of loneliness and alienation |
| Some of the Doors songs featured lengthy instrumental solos that were characteristic of much of the rock music in the late 1960s. True or False? | True |
| The Doors' song "Light My Fire" has back to back solos by these two instruments. | Keyboard and Guitar |
| What sort of musician do most people think Bob Dylan to be? | A Folk musician |
| Bob Dylan had a tremendous influence on the history of Rock Music. True or False? | True |
| Where was Bob Dylan born? | Deluth, Minnesota. |
| What famous folk musician was born in Deluth, Minnesota? | Bob Dylan |
| What genre of music did Bob Dylan grow up listening to, until he discovered rock in the 1950s? | Country |
| Bob Dylan's discovery of rock music led to his discovery of blues and folk music, especially the works of one particular artist... Who? | Woody Guthrie |
| In 1961, Bob Dylan went to visit a musician in a hospital, this was a turning point in his life. Who did he visit? | Woody Guthrie |
| Woody Guthrie's songs were a combination of what? | Poetry and Political activism |
| Who did Bob Dylan idolize? | Woody Guthrie |
| After visiting Guthrie, the next two years of Bob Dylan's life were spent bouncing around in coffee houses, where? | In New York City's Greenwich Village. |
| Where did Bob Dylan begin to craft songs that were unlike anything else anyone was writing? | In New York City's Greenwich Village. |
| By whom was Bob Dylan "discovered?" | Columbia Records' John Hammond |
| What year did Bob Dylan release his first album? | 1962 |
| What Bob Dylan album featured several social protest songs including "Blowin' in the Wind" and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall?" | "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" |
| Whose music was often simple, but with pretty profound lyrics? | Bob Dylan's |
| How did Bob Dylan turn the folk music scene upside down at the Newport Folk Festival? | He appeared backed by an electric band |
| Bob Dylan's performance at the Newport Folk Festival launched a genre of music, what is it called? | Folk-Rock |
| What do the groups Buffalo Springield, the Byrds, and Crosby,Stills, and Nash have in common? | They were all inspired by Bob Dylan's Folk-Rock... |
| In the late 1960s, Bob Dylan made "Nashville Skyline," this album feature a different genre, what was it? | Country |
| What did Bob Dylan's album "Slow Train Coming" reveal? | A strong Christian faith |
| Bob Dylan disappeared from the public eye for quite a while after an accident, what sort of accident? | Motorcycle |
| Bob Dylan never had a #1 single. True or False? | True |
| Several of Bob Dylan's albums reached #1 on the charts. True or False? | True |
| What are "Planet Waves," "Blood on the Tracks," and "Desire?" | A few of Bob Dylan's #1 albums. |
| When was the genre of Folk Rock born? | When Bob Dylan appeared at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 backed by an electric band. |
| What two groups dominated the short-lived genre of Folk Rock? | Bob Dylan and The Byrds |
| What genre of music was often very personal, but also had a social or political message that was generally not present in other rock styles? | Folk Rock |
| What do Donovan, Joni Mitchell, The Mamas and the Papas, Buffalo Springfield, and Sonny and Cher have in common? | They are giants of the Folk Rock genre |
| Who are the 5 most important rock artists of the 1950s? | Little Richard, Chuck berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, and Buddy Holly |
| Who was born in Macon, Georgia in 1932 and learned to sing gospel and play the piano in a neighborhood church? | Little Richard |
| Little Richard won a recording contract with who company after an audition in 1951? | RCA |
| In 1955, Little Richard mailed a demo to what recording company? | Specialty Records in Los Angeles |
| With what song did Little Richard create his signature sound? | Tutti Frutti |
| How many years did Little Richard spend in religious study? | 7 years |
| What 1950s rock music giant had a great stage presence with a pencil thin mustache, leering eyes, and a distinctive falsetto he often used? | Little Richard |
| What 1950s rock music giant was born in St. Louis in 1926 and worked as a beautician as well as a musician? | Chuck Berry |
| Chuck Berry's songs often featured humorous lyrics and his sound was similar to what genre of music? | The blues |
| What 1950s rock giant, with the support of dee-jay Alan Freed, made "Maybelline" a national hit? | Chuck Berry |
| Chuck Berry often imitated something with his guitar... what was it? | His voice! |
| Chuck Berry's guitar intro on "Johnny B. Goode" is similar to what Beach Boys song? | "Fun, Fun, Fun" |
| What 1950s rock giant was born in Ferriday, LA, in 1935 and was a professional musician by the age of 15? | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| In 1956, Jerry Lee Lewis set out to get a recording contract in Memphis with what recording company? | Sun Records |
| What was Jerry Lee Lewis' first million seller? | "Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On" |
| What 1950s rock giant married his 14 year old second cousin? | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| What was the result of Jerry Lee Lewis marrying his 14 year old second cousin in 1958? | His career took a nosedive. |
| What genre did Jerry Lee Lewis start singing in the 1960s? | Country |
| What 1950s rock music giants were brothers named Don and Phil? | The Everly Brothers |
| What 1950's rock music giants' parents were country and western musicians? | The Everly Brothers |
| When did the Every Brothers start singing with their country and western musician parents? | When they were in their pre-teens |
| What 1950s rock music giants were distinguished by their two-part vocal harmonies floating over tight instrumental arrangements? | The Every Brothers |
| What was the theme of the Everly Brothers songs? | Innocent Love |
| The Every Brothers had a number of Top Ten records between 1957-1962. True or False? | True |
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