Musical Firsts Trivia Quiz

Answer: Richie Havens

It was Richie Havens who opened up the festival officially known as "The Woodstock Music and Art Fair". It ran from Friday August 15 through Monday August 18, 1969 and featured 32 acts with Jimi Hendrix closing down the show with his band Gypsy Sun and Rainbows.

Answer: Washington, D.C.

The Beatles very first concert in the states was held at the Washington Coliseum in D.C. on February 11, 1964. This was only two days after their appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and had three warm up acts - Jay and the Americans, Tommy Roe and The Righteous Brothers.

The Chiffons were originally scheduled to appear but cancelled due to a large snowstorm that was bearing down on The Nation's Capital.

Answer: Brian Jones

The 27 Club is a list of popular artists/musicians who died at the age of 27 often from alcohol or drug abuse. Brian Jones died July 3, 1969; Jimi Hendrix died September 18, 1970; Janis Joplin died October 4, 1970; and Jim Morrison died July 3, 1971.

Answer: Aretha Franklin

"The Queen of Soul" was inducted into the hall in 1987. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors in 1986 in Cleveland and Aretha was part of the second year class.

Answer: Mark Goodman

All four of these were the original MTV VJ's along with Nina Blackwood. The second video to air was "You Better Run" by Pat Benatar. At the time MTV debuted there were only about 250 music videos available so initially there were a lot of repeats. Due to the popularity of this new channel there was a flurry of new videos made in a short period of time (some of them quite bizarre!).

Answer: Rare Earth

Although Rare Earth was not the first white act signed by Motown they were the first successful one with songs such as "Get Ready" (1970) which reached #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA; "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (1970) peaked at #7 on the chart; "I Just Want to Celebrate" (1971) also went all the way to #7 on the chart; "Born to Wander" (1971) reached as high as #17; and "Hey, Big Brother" (1971) got as high as #19 on the Billboard chart.

There is debate about who the very first all-white act to sign with the label was. Aside from the artists listed above, other names being debated are Kiki Dee, Chris Clark, The Rustix and The Dalton Boys.

Answer: Perry Como

The Gold Record was awarded for sales reaching 1,000,000 copies. Como became the first in 1958 with his hit single recording. Some record labels presented their own Gold Record award for sales over one million. The very first of these independent awards was to Elvis Presley by the RCA label for his recording of "Don't Be Cruel" in 1956.

Answer: Paul Anka

Dick Clark was the host and the show aired in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV. The series was highly successful and there were approximately 3000 episodes that aired up until 1989. The show eventually would move to Los Angeles and went from 90 minute broadcasts to 60 minutes. The majority of the episodes were aired on ABC.

Answer: John

The order of The Beatles walking across the zebra walkway in Abbey Road is John, Ringo, Paul and George. The album was released on September 26, 1969 and was the only Beatles album produced without The Beatles name or the album title appearing on the album cover.

Answer: New Kids on the Block

It was NKOTB at Super Bowl XXV. The following year, Gloria Estefan was the featured artist at Super Bowl XXVI; Michael Jackson the year after that at Super Bowl XXVII and Madonna performed at Super Bowl 46 in 2012.