1971- The Year Of Classic Rock! Quiz

Answer: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Some proof of this is the line "Sergeants played a marching tune" is likely a reference "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". However there are also many other references in the song, including references to Bob Dylan, the Byrds, Janis Joplin, and the Altamont Speedway Concert in 1969. "American Pie" was released as a single, despite the song running about 8 minutes long, and hit number one on the U.S. charts and number three on the U.K. charts.

Answer: Pearl

"Me and Bobby McGee" was written by Kris Kristofferson, who has written hundreds of songs for a lot of artists in his career. The song was released as a single after Joplin died, the death causing everybody to give attention to her album. This effect made "Pearl" go number one.

Answer: Rock And Roll

"Rock And Roll", a favorite from Zeppelin, reached number 47 on the U.S. Charts. The only other single that was released off of "Led Zeppelin IV" was "Black Dog", which hit number 16 on the U.S. Charts.

Answer: Echoes

Pink Floyd also released two more albums in 1971, "Relics" and "Atom Heart Mother", but "Meddle" was the most popular.

Answer: Three

All the instruments on this song were acoustic, and Stephen Stills played lead guitar on the song. "Ain't No Sunshine" didn't chart in the U.K., but Michael Jackson's cover hit number eight there in 1972. Also this song won a Grammy for best R & B song in 1972.

Answer: The last Doors album to be recorded with Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison shortly died after the recording of "L.A. Woman". R.I.P Jim. "L.A. Woman" was the FIRST Doors' album to be produced by the Doors. Their usual producer, Paul Rothchild, who produced the previous Doors 5 albums, refused to produce this one because he did not like the songs. He instead produced an album for Janis Joplin.

Answer: Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was a famous painter who created very interesting painting (my opinion) and are selling at good prices these days. The two big songs off of "Sticky Fingers" (as mentioned before) are "Brown Sugar", which hit number one in the U.S. and number two in the U.K., and "Wild Horses", which hit number 28 in the U.S.

Answer: Eight

This was the third of four number one hits by the Temptations. Another interesting footnote is that this was the last single the Temptations with Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams in the group. Kendricks pursued a solo career, Williams unfortunately died in 1972.

Answer: My Wife

The dark-humor song "My Wife" was written by Entwistle, which lead to the bassist to become the band's alternate song writer. Most of his tunes are on the humorous side, like "Boris the Spider" of off the early Who album "A Quick One". "My Wife" is about a man out to late partying and gotten in trouble with his wife. A great album overall.

Answer: Six

In 1980, when it was re-released, it hit number one on the U.K. charts easily. It was replaced by Lennon's song "Woman", marking only the second time an artist replaced himself/herself on top of the U.K. charts. The Lennon lead Beatles did it first, by following "I Want To Hold Your Hand" with "She Loves You". Thanks for playing my 1971-Year of Music quiz. Keep rocking.