Music Trivia Questions - Set 3

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1. In which year did Jimmy Hendricks die?
   THE ANSWER Q1: 1970 at 27 years old
   
    
2. In which year did Cream disband?
   THE ANSWER Q2: 1968
   
   
3.  In 1964 who joined the R&B band 'Them' as a vocalist?
   THE ANSWER Q3: Van Morrison
   
   
4.  What was Otis Redding's first, and only, number one pop hit?
   THE ANSWER Q4: Dock of the Bay
   
   
5.  How did the King of Soul, Sam Cook, die in 1964?
   THE ANSWER Q5: He was shot in a motel
   
   
6.  What was William 'Smokey' Robinson's group called?
   THE ANSWER Q6: The Miracles
   
   
7.  Which two black-owned record labels debut in 1959?
   THE ANSWER Q7: Sam Cooke's STAR and Berry Gordy's MOTOWN
   
   
8.  In which year did the Beach Boys go "Surfin' "?
   THE ANSWER Q8: 1961
   
   
9.  Phil Spector sang on American Bandstand in 1958 with which group?
   THE ANSWER Q9: The Teddy Bears
   
   
10.  Which film in 1955 shot 'Rock Around the Clock' to the top of the pop charts?
    THE ANSWER Q10: The Black Board Jungle
    
    
11.  What was the name of Hank Ballard's band?
    THE ANSWER Q11: The Midnighters
    
    
12.  In 1953, what was the first white rock and roll hit?
    THE ANSWER Q12: Bill Haley's 'Crazy Man Crazy'
    
    
13.  Who was the bandleader, songwriter and producer behind Fats Domino's hits?
    THE ANSWER Q13: Dave Bartholomew
    
    
14.  Who introduced rocking black rhythm to country and western with 'Hillbilly Boogie' in 1945?
    THE ANSWER Q14: The Delmore Brothers
    
    
15.  After Metalica, which band did Dave Mustain start?
    THE ANSWER Q14: The Delmore Brothers
    
    
16.  Who was the guitarist with the Heartbreakers?
    THE ANSWER Q16: Walter Lure
    
    
17.  Under what name did Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell and Billy Ficca record their demos?
    THE ANSWER Q17: The Neon Boys
    
    
18.  What was Sly Stone's group called?
    THE ANSWER Q18: The Family Stone
    
    
19.  What was George Clinton of P-Funk also known as?
    THE ANSWER Q19: Dr. Funkenstein
    
    
20.  In its formal debut in 1965, who was Velvet Underground's drummer?
    THE ANSWER Q20: Maureen Tucker
    
    
    
    

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Otis Redding

 
Otis Redding composed and recorded his famous song "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Steve Cropper just before his death in an aircraft accident.

The album The Dock of the Bay was the first posthumous album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart, and the single became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts.

Redding recorded a number of songs in late 1966, one of which being "Try a Little Tenderness," which was composed in 1932 by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, and Harry M. Woods.

The publishers made an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Redding from singing the song from a "negro perspective" because Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra had already sung it.

'Try a Little Tenderness' is a song that Otis often sang, and Jim Stewart once said, 'if there's one song, one performance that really sort of sums up Otis and what he's about, it's that song.'" He communicates who he is in that one performance because it is so exceptional and different.