Whose Albums Are They? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ike & Tina Turner

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, Ike & Tina Turner released 27 studio albums between their debut, "The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner" in 1961 and their final release, "The Edge" in 1980. There were also 12 live albums, although only one of their 17 compilation albums was released whilst they were still active as a duo.

Answer: The Beach Boys

Founded in 1961 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, it is surely remarkable that The Beach Boys had to wait until 2011 to receive their very first Grammy award (for "The Smile Sessions").
Their first album, "Surfin' Safari" in 1962 also produced their first number one single (the title track topped the chart in Sweden). Their three 1963 albums all made it into the Top Ten in the US with "Surfin' U.S.A." getting to number two. "Summer Days (And Summer Nights!)" matched that performance in 1965. Remarkably, though, The Beach Boys never topped the US or UK charts with any studio album. They are still trying, though: their 29th studio album, "That's Why God Made the Radio" released in 2012, reached number three in the US and number 15 in the UK.
Their first live album, "Beach Boys Concert" in 1964, did top the US chart. They also topped the US chart once and the UK chart twice with their 50 (yes fifty) compilation albums.
They also topped the US Billboard 100 chart four times and the UK singles chart once (with "Good Vibrations" in 1966).

Answer: Martha and the Vandellas

Martha and the Vandellas, an all-girl vocal group comprising Martha Reeves, Rosalind Ashford and Annette Beard, recorded all of the hits for Motown's Gordy label.
"(Love is Like a) Heat Wave" was their first hit single, reaching number four in the Billboard 100 and topping the R&B chart in 1963. Their biggest hit, and their only UK Top Five single, was "Dancing in the Street" in 1964.
They were primarily a singles group, with their studio albums making little impression on the charts. Their best-charting performer was a Greatest Hits album released in 1966. They also released a live album in 1967.

Answer: The Kinks

The Kinks were founded in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. In a 23-year career together, they released 26 studio albums, seven live albums and 32 compilations. They also put out 78 singles including three UK numbers ones. Strangely, the song for which they are best remembered today, "Lola", made it only to number two.

It came off that strangely-named 1970 album that has a clue in the title.

Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd

Founded in Jacksonville FL in 1964, they were originally called The Pretty Ones before changing to The Noble Five and One Percent and finally to Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1968. Their first album, "(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)", was released in 1973 and contained the iconic "Free Bird" (their only UK chart single).

Their most successful single, "Sweet Home Alabama", which reached number eight in the Billboard 100, came from "Second Helping". Their fifth album, "Street Survivors" was their most successful album, but it was also to be their last for more than a decade as disaster struck with three members of the group dying in a 1977 airplane crash. The group reformed in 1987 and began producing albums again in 1991, but they were never really the same.

Answer: The Doors

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the career of The Doors was cut short by the death of their iconic leader, Jim Morrison, in 1971. They produced only nine studio albums and there have also been five live albums and 19 compilations.

The group officially disbanded in 1973 but they continue to sell albums and are one of the best-selling artists of all time. Three of the band's studio albums were included in the 'Rolling Stone" magazine list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time": "The Doors" from 1967 at number 42, "L.A. Woman" from 1971 at 362 and "Strange Days" from 1967 at 407.

Answer: Slade

Slade were at the heart of the glam rock movement in the 1970s. Founded in Wolverhampton, England in 1966, they produced 15 studio albums including two number ones, four live albums and 14 compilations, one of which ("Sladest!" in 1973 was a number one in the UK). They also had 17 Top 20 singles, six of them number ones.
Memorable singles include "Coz I Luv You" from 1971, "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" in 1972 and, from 1973, "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" and everyone's favorite holiday sing-a-long track "Merry Xmas Everybody".

Answer: Genesis

Active from 1967 until 1998 and then again since 2006, Genesis have produced only 15 studio albums plus six live albums and one compilation. They have also released 42 singles. There were effectively two eras of Genesis -- with Peter Gabriel and post-Gabriel.

The first period produced the excellent albums "Selling England by the Pound" in 1973, which reached number three in the UK album chart, "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" in 1974 and "A Trick of the Tail" in 1976. The second incarnation, with Phil Collins moving from back-of-stage to front, began with "...And Then There Were Three..." in 1978, another number three.

Then came five consecutive number one albums starting with "Duke" in 1980. The third of those five, "Genesis" in 1983, contained the band's highest-charting single, "Mama", which reached number four in the UK.

In 1986, the band scored their only Billboard 100 number one single with the title track from "Invisible Touch".

Answer: Black Sabbath

Surviving numerous line-up changes, Black Sabbath survived from 1968 until 2006 and again re-formed in 2011. Prior to re-forming, they produced 18 studio albums and five live albums. There were also eight compilations and 31 singles. The classic albums of Black Sabbath's first incarnation, with Ozzy Osbourne as the frontman, include their eponymous debut and the only UK number one album of their first 45 years in existence, "Paranoid" and the title-track single too. "Master of Reality" in 1971 and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" in 1973 are also classics.

The first vocalist change came in 1980, with Ronnie James Dio taking over in time for "Heaven and Hell". Ian Gillan's only album at the mike was "Born Again" in 1983, followed by "Seventh Star" with former Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes. "Forbidden", in 1995, was to be the band's last studio album for almost two decades, until Ozzy returned for "13" in 2013.

Answer: Supertramp

Named Daddy when they formed in 1969, they were renamed Supertramp the following year. Active from 1969 until 1988 and then again between 1996 and 2002, they released eleven studio albums, four live albums and four compilations. They also issued 28 singles. Most casual fans will know three of their 1970s albums: "Crime of the Century", which provided them with their first UK Top Five album in 1974.

This album contained two memorable singles, "Dreamer" and their first charting single, "Bloody Well Right" in addition to the title track and "Rudy".

Then came "Crisis? What Crisis?", released in 1975. The band's magnum opus, "Breakfast in America" released in 1979, topped the album charts in eight countries including the U.S. but, remarkably, only reached number three in the UK (their highest chart position in their home country). From this album came the title track and the band's signature song and also their most successful single, "The Logical Song".