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Music Trivia Quiz Of The Week!

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Motown Records


1. The Motown Records label was incorporated in what year?

1959
1960
1961
1962

2. Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. held all but one of these occupations prior to starting the label:

Songwriter
Auto plant foreman
Boxer
Record store owner


3. Nicknamed "Hitsville U.S.A.", the label spawned how many Top 10 hits throughout the '60s?

65
110
150
207


4. Which of these songs was Motown's first #1 on Billboard's Hot 100?

Please Mr. Postman-The Marvelettes
Fingertips Pt.2- Little Stevie Wonder
My Guy-Mary Wells
Where Did Our Love Go-The Supremes


5. Which Motown act scored the most different #1 singles (4) in the same year?

The Jackson 5
The Four Tops
The Supremes
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles


6. Which of these famous songwriting teams were not part of the Motown roster?

Carole King/Gerry Goffin
Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland/Eddie Holland
Nickolas Ashford/Valerie Simpson
Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong


7. What was the name of the band of studio musicians maintained throughout the label's peak years?

The Pips
The Miracles
Funk Brothers
The Association


8. Founded in Detroit, the label moved all its operations to what city in 1972?

New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Memphis


9. Motown boasts the youngest solo artist ever to score a #1 on Billboard's charts. Who is this artist?

Michael Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Martha Reeves
Smokey Robinson


10. Despite all the early success, the label started to lose money, and Gordy sold the company to MCA in what year?

1979
1984
1988
1992



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