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Music by Year, 1970–1989

One fact per year about the music industry. Can you guess them all?
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First submittedAugust 19, 2013
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1989
Rapper who left N.W.A. to go solo
Ice Cube
1988
Singer who encouraged people to not worry and be happy
Bobby McFerrin
1987
Soul singer who became the first woman in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin
1986
Group whose "Licensed to Ill" became the first hip hop album to reach
#1 on the U.S. pop charts
Beastie Boys
1985
Singer parodied by Weird Al Yankovic in his song "Like a Surgeon"
Madonna
1984
Unusual singer whose song "Time after Time" became a #1 hit
Cyndi Lauper
1983
Technology released for the first time in the U.S.
(after debuting in Japan the year before)
Compact Disc
1982
The best-selling album of all-time
Thriller
1981
Cable station whose debut led to video killing the radio star
MTV
1980
Group whose lead singer, Bon Scott, died of alcohol poisoning
AC/DC
1979
Incredibly popular Sony product which debuted in stores
Walkman
1978
Musical duo, consisting of John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, which made its first
appearance on "Saturday Night Live"
The Blues Brothers
1977
Blockbuster disco movie starring John Travolta
Saturday Night Fever
1976
Band who released their debut single "Anarchy in the U.K."
The Sex Pistols
1975
Jazz trumpeter who announced his retirement
Miles Davis
1974
Famous NYC punk club which hosted the Ramones
CBGB
1973
Singer whose "Aloha from Hawaii" became the first concert to be
broadcast globally via satellite
Elvis Presley
1972
Motown singer who made her movie debut in "Lady Sings the Blues"
Diana Ross
1971
Deep Purple song inspired by a fire at a Frank Zappa concert
Smoke on the Water
1970
Band which released its final album, "Let it Be"
The Beatles
choosegoose
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Level 43
Nov 11, 2013
This comment is the first on the page.
Punewolf
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Level 69
Dec 14, 2015
Is this the last comment
tom88
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Level 72
Feb 18, 2016
no
dasims45
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Level 81
Jun 9, 2016
Not to be overly nitpicky, but it's "Weird Al" Yankovic, not Yankovich.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Nov 13, 2019
Not to be overly late in replying, but this is finally fixed.
DiscoBayGolfer
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Level 79
Jun 9, 2016
I could only think of Studio 54, and I don't even know if that's an actual club or not. But I think Andy Warhol used to hang at a place named that...I don't know.
loganite
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Level 88
Mar 16, 2020
Given your name, I'm surprised you don't know Studio 54 was a disco club, not a punk club like CBGB...which, oddly enough, stands for Country, Bluegrass, Blues.
Atkinson
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Level 63
Jul 14, 2016
I haven't commented at all.
orange3472
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Level 54
Apr 26, 2024
And yet here we are...
Arp2600
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Level 86
Nov 14, 2019
As most musical quizzes here, it's too American, but not a bad quiz though.
burntofferings4all
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Level 54
Jan 18, 2020
Every year the comment section is littered with the same comment over and over, "Too American", "There are other countries in the world besides America", "To US centered". There are British bands on the quiz, Australian, questions stemming from Japan, there is also the option of making your own quiz and you can ignore anything American when you make it.
Arp2600
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Level 86
Mar 16, 2020
Hey, I was kind. At least all of these are famous. I don't think that many remember that Weird Al guy in Europe, but it's easy to guess that it's about Madonna. I would have avoided that awful Bobby McFerrin song though... To remain american, I would clearly have chosen the Pixies for 88.
camus
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Level 78
Mar 18, 2020
Tried to make a "Non-US Music by Year" quiz and gave up. 1 for both Japan and the Netherlands (CD), something about ABBA for Sweden, 1 for Germany (99 Luftballons), 2 or 3 for France. Some of them in the same year. Of course one could make the rest about the UK, but that should provoke a "it's too English-language centric" comment.
roleybob
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Level 75
Nov 14, 2019
There is nothing special about this comment
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Mar 16, 2020
I guessed discman but not cd's :/
wtstoudt
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Level 79
Mar 16, 2020
It is "LicenseD to Ill," as a minor correction. This really brings into perspective how quickly the music scene moved, going from the breakup of the Beatles to the breakup of NWA in 19 years. 19 years ago from today doesn't feel THAT different...
bostjan
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Level 72
Mar 16, 2020
I was thinking the same thing. The 2010's, musically, were not that distinguishable from the 2000's. The 2000's were fairly distinguishable from the 1990's. The 1990's were quite different from the 1980's, and the 1980's were night and day different from the 1970's.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Dec 4, 2023
Fixed the Beastie Boys album title.
Ferbin
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Level 76
Mar 16, 2020
It's debatable wether Let it Be is their final album. You could instead say it's the last one they released.
FatSpartanJediLlama
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Level 67
May 12, 2020
True
mightythor
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Level 66
Mar 16, 2020
The retirement question threw me because my brother worked for him doing sound until he died.
FatSpartanJediLlama
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Level 67
May 12, 2020
interesting
FatSpartanJediLlama
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Level 67
May 12, 2020
Smoke on the Water is the only Deep Purple song I know
MxAxRxIxAxNxA
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Level 38
Sep 1, 2023
same
Dimby
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Level 77
Apr 25, 2024
Hush is great. It's more psychedelic, but also a bop. It's funny that Deep Purple was widely considered a one-hit wonder because of that late 60s hit, but Smoke on the Water became an even bigger hit and now some think they're a one-hit wonder for that song!
theenforcer22
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Level 65
Apr 25, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster.
celebeth
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Level 70
Apr 25, 2024
Why is Cyndi Lauper unusual?
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