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2 September 2022
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Berry Gordy's method of production was derived from Brill Building practices.
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TRUE
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The quintessential Motown girl group in the 1960s was the Temptations
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FALSE
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Marvin Gaye initially sought a career as a pop crooner in the vein of Frank Sinatra and Nat "King" Cole
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TRUE
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Curtis Mayfield was most famously involved as a producer for the Four Tops.
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FALSE
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There are no stylistic differences between Atlantic's approaches to sweet soul and southern soul.
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FALSE
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In the early 1960s, Stax was a much smaller operation than Motown.
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TRUE
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The "delayed backbeat" is a concept specific to the Chess record label.
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FALSE
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Berry Gordy's desire to appeal to white audiences prompted criticism that Motown sold out to white America.
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TRUE
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Rock communities embraced southern R&B as the "real thing."
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TRUE
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James Brown often fined musicians who made mistakes during performances.
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TRUE
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By the early 1970s, the music of Marvin Gay, the Temptations, and Stevie Wonder increasingly considered issues related to black urban life.
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TRUE
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According to Berry Gordy, Motown artists had to project an image of class and sophistication.
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TRUE
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One of the most important aspects of Sgt. Pepper was that it shifted people's focus to an entire album as opposed to a single.
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TRUE
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Eric Clapton made a name for himself at the 1967 Monterey Rock Festival after he set his guitar on fire
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FALSE
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In psychedelic music, the music is a sound track that provides a trip itself.
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TRUE
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Good Vibrations" consumed more studio time and budget allocation than any other pop single ever had before.
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TRUE
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John Lennon encouraged listeners to think of Sgt. Pepper as a concept album
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FALSE
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The Beach Boys formed Apple Records when they decided to take over their own business affairs
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FALSE
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The first rock band to be billed as a "supergroup" was Pink Floyd.
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FALSE
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Jimi Hendrix first made his mark on the London psychedelic scene
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TRUE
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Psychedelic music was intended to appeal to young teens as well as college-age listeners.
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FALSE
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The Doors, Love, and Iron Butterfly were important bands from the Los Angeles psychedelic scene.
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TRUE
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As dark as the Doors could get, the heaviest band of the late 1960s was Iron Butterfly.
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TRUE
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Big Brother and the Holding Company enjoyed its greatest success backing up Grace Slick on electric blues numbers.
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FALSE