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Music by Year, 1950–1969

One fact per year about the music industry. Can you guess them all?
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First submittedAugust 19, 2013
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1969
Musical festival at which Jimi Hendrix played a psychedelic version of the
American national anthem
Woodstock
1968
Singer who performed at Folsom State Prison
Johnny Cash
1967
Singer who recorded "Sitting On the Dock of the Bay" just days before
dying in a plane crash
Otis Redding
1966
Band whose song "Good Vibrations" went to #1 on the pop charts
The Beach Boys
1965
Icon who dismayed fans by playing electric music at the Newport Folk Festival
Bob Dylan
1964
Band which caused "mania" when they visited the United States
The Beatles
1963
Folk trio who released "Puff (The Magic Dragon)"
Peter, Paul and Mary
1962
Halloween song which became a "Graveyard Smash"
Monster Mash
1961
Blind, eleven year old prodigy who was signed by Motown Records
Stevie Wonder
1960
Dance moved which Chubby Checker invited people to do
The Twist
1959
Singer who was killed in a plane crash along with Ritchie Valens
and the Big Bopper
Buddy Holly
1958
Rock and roller who recorded "Johnny B. Goode"
Chuck Berry
1957
Mansion purchased by Elvis
Graceland
1956
European song contest which was held for the first time
Eurovision
1955
Singer who wrote his first song with Art Garfunkel
Paul Simon
1954
Person who the Chordettes implored to "bring them a dream"
Mr. Sandman
1953
Flamboyant piano player who debuted at Carnegie Hall
Liberace
1952
City which hosted the "Moondog Coronation Ball" – considered by many to be
the world's first rock & roll concert
Cleveland
1951
Singer who recorded his signature tune, "Unforgettable"
Nat King Cole
1950
New Orleans piano player who had his first hit song, "The Fat Man"
Fats Domino
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17 Comments
buck1017
+2
Level 78
Dec 1, 2013
huh...i guess Cleveland really DOES rock.
blinky
+4
Level 58
Mar 9, 2017
Totally guessed on Cleveland, only because the R&R Hall of Fame is there.
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Nov 4, 2017
The rock and roll hall of fame is there because that's where rock and roll started. Its spread is credited to a Cleveland DJ, Alan Freed. His nickname was Moondog, hence "the Moondog Coronation Ball."
LVSAS
+1
Level 43
Nov 4, 2017
Well, rock and roll didn't start in Cleveland, that's just where Freed worked.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Dec 26, 2013
dang it. I figured the first rock concert was somewhere around Ohio, possibly Pennsylvania or New York, but I guessed just about every other city in Ohio and somehow forgot Cleveland...
AmyD85
+1
Level 73
Nov 14, 2017
Some additional background info:

The original Moondog Coronation Ball was a concert organized by DJ Alan Freed in Cleveland in 1952 as a special event for his radio show. The concert was revived in 1992 by another Cleveland radio station and is now an annual event featuring old rock and roll groups. So - I live in NE Ohio but had no idea where the name "Moondog" came from until I read the comments on this quiz today. ;)

CliveDexter
+6
Level 75
Oct 25, 2017
Fats died today. He had a good run and gave us all a thrill.
ander217
+2
Level 75
Nov 4, 2017
On Blueberry Hill. Yes, indeed.
Archangel55
+1
Level 66
Nov 4, 2017
Kept typing "Beatles" without the word "The" and missed 100% by 1 answer.
Walacama
+3
Level 82
Nov 6, 2017
I think you spelled it wrong, because the quiz accepts the answer without "the."
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 91
Aug 15, 2018
VW should also be accepted. It was indeed a great year for playing Punch Buggy.
stayc0tt
+2
Level 45
May 1, 2018
Alan freed --took the fall for the payola scandal. Had the pleasure of growing up in New York City listening to him on 1010 WINS-AM radio in the 1950's. That is where I learned most of my Doo-Wop songs. He also had a TV dance show called The Big Beat. I do not think there are any copies of this show in existence. What a shame. He was a great DJ.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 91
Aug 15, 2018
I know I've heard of Eurovision and seenbaome videos, usually as laughable Whiskey Tango Foxtrot clips on the internet, but I still googled it. This is why Jetpunkers are always told to google something if they don't know: the first result is Top 10 Eurovision entries from Cyprus.
joez
+1
Level 76
May 16, 2020
Got all but the European song contest. I knew it was Euro-something. I tried Europop and words like that.
GlassMonkeyCode
+2
Level 69
Jan 19, 2023
So they played the first rock n roll concert 6 years after rock n roll had already been invented?
yourmommacalled
+1
Level 25
Aug 23, 2024
Eurovision song contest , you should accept esc as it is the official abreviation
Phil
+1
Level 57
Aug 23, 2024
No mention of The Shaggs?
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