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5ad50ebd5b96ef001a10ab28 | Paper | Some manufacturers have started using a new, significantly more environmentally friendly alternative to expanded plastic packaging. Made out of paper, and known commercially as paperfoam, the new packaging has very similar mechanical properties to some expanded plastic packaging, but is biodegradable and can also be re... | What is ordinary paper made out of? | {
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56e6b7e56fe0821900b8eb3a | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary music (AC) is a style of music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence. Adult contemporary is rather a continuation of the easy list... | Along with pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock, what musical style influenced adult contemporary? | {
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56e6b7e56fe0821900b8eb3b | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary music (AC) is a style of music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence. Adult contemporary is rather a continuation of the easy list... | What was the prevailing style of adult contemporary music in the 1970s? | {
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56e6b8436fe0821900b8eb44 | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary tends to have lush, soothing and highly polished qualities where emphasis on melody and harmonies is accentuated. It is usually melodic enough to get a listener's attention, and is inoffensive and pleasurable enough to work well as background music. Like most of pop music, its songs tend to be writte... | Along with harmonies, what aspect of music is emphasized in adult contemporary? | {
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56e6b8c76fe0821900b8eb4c | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as acoustic guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set. The electric guitars are normally faint and high-pitched. However, recent adult contemporary music may usu... | What type of song is frequently seen in the adult contemporary genre? | {
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56e6b8c76fe0821900b8eb4d | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as acoustic guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set. The electric guitars are normally faint and high-pitched. However, recent adult contemporary music may usu... | Along with synthesizers, what electronic instruments sometimes appear in modern adult contemporary? | {
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56e6b8c76fe0821900b8eb4e | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as acoustic guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set. The electric guitars are normally faint and high-pitched. However, recent adult contemporary music may usu... | What general type of instruments tend to be used in adult contemporary? | {
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56e6b8c76fe0821900b8eb4f | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as acoustic guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set. The electric guitars are normally faint and high-pitched. However, recent adult contemporary music may usu... | What electric instrument is often seen in adult contemporary? | {
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56e6b94d6fe0821900b8eb56 | Adult_contemporary_music | AC radio stations may play mainstream music, but they will exclude hip hop, dance tracks, hard rock, and some forms of teen pop, as they are less popular amongst the target demographic of these radio stations, which is intended for an adult audience. AC radio often targets the 25–44 age group, the demographic that has ... | What age group does adult contemporary radio typically focus on? | {
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56e6b94d6fe0821900b8eb57 | Adult_contemporary_music | AC radio stations may play mainstream music, but they will exclude hip hop, dance tracks, hard rock, and some forms of teen pop, as they are less popular amongst the target demographic of these radio stations, which is intended for an adult audience. AC radio often targets the 25–44 age group, the demographic that has ... | Along with teen pop, dance and hard rock, what form of music is typically not heard on AC radio? | {
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56e6bfc4de9d37140006800c | Adult_contemporary_music | Over the years, AC has spawned subgenres including "hot AC", "soft AC" (also known as "lite AC"), "urban AC", "rhythmic AC", and "Christian AC" (a softer type of contemporary Christian music). Some stations play only "hot AC", "soft AC", or only one of the variety of subgenres. Therefore, it is not usually considered a... | What is lite AC otherwise known as? | {
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56e6bfc4de9d37140006800e | Adult_contemporary_music | Over the years, AC has spawned subgenres including "hot AC", "soft AC" (also known as "lite AC"), "urban AC", "rhythmic AC", and "Christian AC" (a softer type of contemporary Christian music). Some stations play only "hot AC", "soft AC", or only one of the variety of subgenres. Therefore, it is not usually considered a... | Along with hot, soft, urban and Christian AC, what is another prominent time of adult contemporary music? | {
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56e6c13ade9d371400068012 | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary traces its roots to the 1960s easy listening format, which adopted a 70-80% instrumental - 20-30% vocal mix. A few offered 90% instrumentals, and a handful were entirely instrumental. The easy listening format, as it was first known, was born of a desire by some radio stations in the late 1950s and e... | From what decade of easy listening radio does adult contemporary trace its heritage? | {
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56e6c13ade9d371400068013 | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary traces its roots to the 1960s easy listening format, which adopted a 70-80% instrumental - 20-30% vocal mix. A few offered 90% instrumentals, and a handful were entirely instrumental. The easy listening format, as it was first known, was born of a desire by some radio stations in the late 1950s and e... | Generally speaking, what percentage of music on easy listening stations was instrumental? | {
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56e6c13ade9d371400068014 | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary traces its roots to the 1960s easy listening format, which adopted a 70-80% instrumental - 20-30% vocal mix. A few offered 90% instrumentals, and a handful were entirely instrumental. The easy listening format, as it was first known, was born of a desire by some radio stations in the late 1950s and e... | On what date was the Billboard easy listening chart first published? | {
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56e6c13ade9d371400068015 | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary traces its roots to the 1960s easy listening format, which adopted a 70-80% instrumental - 20-30% vocal mix. A few offered 90% instrumentals, and a handful were entirely instrumental. The easy listening format, as it was first known, was born of a desire by some radio stations in the late 1950s and e... | How many songs were on the first Billboard easy listening chart? | {
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56e6c13ade9d371400068016 | Adult_contemporary_music | Adult contemporary traces its roots to the 1960s easy listening format, which adopted a 70-80% instrumental - 20-30% vocal mix. A few offered 90% instrumentals, and a handful were entirely instrumental. The easy listening format, as it was first known, was born of a desire by some radio stations in the late 1950s and e... | Who performed the first #1 on the easy listening chart? | {
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56e6c2f6de9d37140006801c | Adult_contemporary_music | Initially, the vocalists consisted of artists such as Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, and others. The custom recordings were usually instrumental versions of current or recent rock and roll or pop hit songs, a move intended to give the stations more mass appeal withou... | Along with Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, and Perry Como, who was a prominent early adult contemporary radio artist? | {
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56e6c2f6de9d37140006801d | Adult_contemporary_music | Initially, the vocalists consisted of artists such as Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, and others. The custom recordings were usually instrumental versions of current or recent rock and roll or pop hit songs, a move intended to give the stations more mass appeal withou... | What type of covers of pop and rock songs were usually played on adult contemporary? | {
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56e6c2f6de9d37140006801e | Adult_contemporary_music | Initially, the vocalists consisted of artists such as Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, and others. The custom recordings were usually instrumental versions of current or recent rock and roll or pop hit songs, a move intended to give the stations more mass appeal withou... | What songs from the 1940s and 1950s would adult contemporary stations play? | {
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56e6c362de9d371400068022 | Adult_contemporary_music | After 1965, differences between the Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart became more pronounced. Better reflecting what middle of the road stations were actually playing, the composition of the chart changed dramatically. As rock music continued to harden, there was much less crossover between the Hot 100 and Eas... | What chart did the Easy Listening chart begin to diverge from? | {
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56e6c362de9d371400068023 | Adult_contemporary_music | After 1965, differences between the Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart became more pronounced. Better reflecting what middle of the road stations were actually playing, the composition of the chart changed dramatically. As rock music continued to harden, there was much less crossover between the Hot 100 and Eas... | In what year did the Easy Listening and Hot 100 charts begin to diverge? | {
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56e6c362de9d371400068025 | Adult_contemporary_music | After 1965, differences between the Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart became more pronounced. Better reflecting what middle of the road stations were actually playing, the composition of the chart changed dramatically. As rock music continued to harden, there was much less crossover between the Hot 100 and Eas... | Why did the crossover between Hot 100 and Easy Listening decrease? | {
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56e6c3edde9d37140006802a | Adult_contemporary_music | One big impetus for the development of the AC radio format was that, when rock and roll music first became popular in the mid-1950s, many more conservative radio stations wanted to continue to play current hit songs while shying away from rock. These middle of the road (or "MOR") stations also frequently included older... | During what decade did rock and roll music first rise to popularity? | {
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56e6c3edde9d37140006802b | Adult_contemporary_music | One big impetus for the development of the AC radio format was that, when rock and roll music first became popular in the mid-1950s, many more conservative radio stations wanted to continue to play current hit songs while shying away from rock. These middle of the road (or "MOR") stations also frequently included older... | What does the acronym MOR stand for? | {
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56e6c3edde9d37140006802c | Adult_contemporary_music | One big impetus for the development of the AC radio format was that, when rock and roll music first became popular in the mid-1950s, many more conservative radio stations wanted to continue to play current hit songs while shying away from rock. These middle of the road (or "MOR") stations also frequently included older... | Along with pre-rock standards, what type of older songs did MOR stations play? | {
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56e6c4996fe0821900b8eb5e | Adult_contemporary_music | Another big impetus for the evolution of the AC radio format was the popularity of easy listening or "beautiful music" stations, stations with music specifically designed to be purely ambient. Whereas most easy listening music was instrumental, created by relatively unknown artists, and rarely purchased, AC was an atte... | What was another term for easy listening stations? | {
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} |
56e6c4996fe0821900b8eb5f | Adult_contemporary_music | Another big impetus for the evolution of the AC radio format was the popularity of easy listening or "beautiful music" stations, stations with music specifically designed to be purely ambient. Whereas most easy listening music was instrumental, created by relatively unknown artists, and rarely purchased, AC was an atte... | Easy listening was predominately what type of music? | {
"text": [
"instrumental"
],
"answer_start": [
231
]
} |
56e6c4996fe0821900b8eb60 | Adult_contemporary_music | Another big impetus for the evolution of the AC radio format was the popularity of easy listening or "beautiful music" stations, stations with music specifically designed to be purely ambient. Whereas most easy listening music was instrumental, created by relatively unknown artists, and rarely purchased, AC was an atte... | What types of tracks from popular artists did adult contemporary radio play? | {
"text": [
"hit singles and album cuts"
],
"answer_start": [
391
]
} |
56e6c4996fe0821900b8eb61 | Adult_contemporary_music | Another big impetus for the evolution of the AC radio format was the popularity of easy listening or "beautiful music" stations, stations with music specifically designed to be purely ambient. Whereas most easy listening music was instrumental, created by relatively unknown artists, and rarely purchased, AC was an atte... | What type of format were adult contemporary and easy listening stations meant to share? | {
"text": [
"lite"
],
"answer_start": [
345
]
} |
56e6c52c6fe0821900b8eb66 | Adult_contemporary_music | Hard rock had been established as a mainstream genre by 1965. From the end of the 1960s, it became common to divide mainstream rock music into soft and hard rock, with both emerging as major radio formats in the US. Soft rock was often derived from folk rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melo... | As of what year was hard rock a mainstream type of music? | {
"text": [
"1965"
],
"answer_start": [
56
]
} |
56e6c52c6fe0821900b8eb67 | Adult_contemporary_music | Hard rock had been established as a mainstream genre by 1965. From the end of the 1960s, it became common to divide mainstream rock music into soft and hard rock, with both emerging as major radio formats in the US. Soft rock was often derived from folk rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melo... | Along with soft rock, what type of music made up mainstream rock music in the late 1960s? | {
"text": [
"hard rock"
],
"answer_start": [
152
]
} |
56e6c52c6fe0821900b8eb68 | Adult_contemporary_music | Hard rock had been established as a mainstream genre by 1965. From the end of the 1960s, it became common to divide mainstream rock music into soft and hard rock, with both emerging as major radio formats in the US. Soft rock was often derived from folk rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melo... | What type of instruments were prominent in soft rock? | {
"text": [
"acoustic"
],
"answer_start": [
266
]
} |
56e6c52c6fe0821900b8eb69 | Adult_contemporary_music | Hard rock had been established as a mainstream genre by 1965. From the end of the 1960s, it became common to divide mainstream rock music into soft and hard rock, with both emerging as major radio formats in the US. Soft rock was often derived from folk rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melo... | What genre of music was soft rock descended from? | {
"text": [
"folk rock"
],
"answer_start": [
249
]
} |
56e6c52c6fe0821900b8eb6a | Adult_contemporary_music | Hard rock had been established as a mainstream genre by 1965. From the end of the 1960s, it became common to divide mainstream rock music into soft and hard rock, with both emerging as major radio formats in the US. Soft rock was often derived from folk rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melo... | Along with Barbra Streisand, Carole King, Cat Stevens and Bread, who was a prominent soft rock artist of this era? | {
"text": [
"James Taylor"
],
"answer_start": [
405
]
} |
56e6c7bdde9d371400068030 | Adult_contemporary_music | The Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts became more similar again toward the end of the 1960s and into the early and mid-1970s, when the texture of much of the music played on Top 40 radio once more began to soften. The adult contemporary format began evolving into the sound that later defined it, with rock-oriented acts... | At the end of what decade did the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts begin to converge? | {
"text": [
"1960s"
],
"answer_start": [
86
]
} |
56e6c7bdde9d371400068031 | Adult_contemporary_music | The Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts became more similar again toward the end of the 1960s and into the early and mid-1970s, when the texture of much of the music played on Top 40 radio once more began to soften. The adult contemporary format began evolving into the sound that later defined it, with rock-oriented acts... | During the middle and early parts of what decade did the similarity of Easy Listening and Hot 100 increase? | {
"text": [
"1970s"
],
"answer_start": [
119
]
} |
56e6c7bdde9d371400068032 | Adult_contemporary_music | The Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts became more similar again toward the end of the 1960s and into the early and mid-1970s, when the texture of much of the music played on Top 40 radio once more began to soften. The adult contemporary format began evolving into the sound that later defined it, with rock-oriented acts... | How did Top 40 radio what ifmusic change during this era? | {
"text": [
"began to soften"
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"answer_start": [
197
]
} |
56e6c7bdde9d371400068033 | Adult_contemporary_music | The Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts became more similar again toward the end of the 1960s and into the early and mid-1970s, when the texture of much of the music played on Top 40 radio once more began to soften. The adult contemporary format began evolving into the sound that later defined it, with rock-oriented acts... | With Elton John and the Eagles, what was a prominent adult contemporary artist in this period? | {
"text": [
"Chicago"
],
"answer_start": [
324
]
} |
56e6c83cde9d371400068038 | Adult_contemporary_music | Soft rock reached its commercial peak in the mid-to-late 1970s with acts such as Toto, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Air Supply, Seals and Crofts, America and the reformed Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours (1977) was the best-selling album of the decade. By 1977, some radio stations, like New York's WTFM and NBC-owned WYNY... | During what period was adult contemporary its most commercially successful? | {
"text": [
"the mid-to-late 1970s"
],
"answer_start": [
41
]
} |
56e6c83cde9d371400068039 | Adult_contemporary_music | Soft rock reached its commercial peak in the mid-to-late 1970s with acts such as Toto, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Air Supply, Seals and Crofts, America and the reformed Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours (1977) was the best-selling album of the decade. By 1977, some radio stations, like New York's WTFM and NBC-owned WYNY... | What artist released the best selling album of the 1970s? | {
"text": [
"Fleetwood Mac"
],
"answer_start": [
173
]
} |
56e6c83cde9d37140006803a | Adult_contemporary_music | Soft rock reached its commercial peak in the mid-to-late 1970s with acts such as Toto, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Air Supply, Seals and Crofts, America and the reformed Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours (1977) was the best-selling album of the decade. By 1977, some radio stations, like New York's WTFM and NBC-owned WYNY... | In what year was the best selling album of the 1970s released? | {
"text": [
"1977"
],
"answer_start": [
203
]
} |
56e6c83cde9d37140006803b | Adult_contemporary_music | Soft rock reached its commercial peak in the mid-to-late 1970s with acts such as Toto, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Air Supply, Seals and Crofts, America and the reformed Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours (1977) was the best-selling album of the decade. By 1977, some radio stations, like New York's WTFM and NBC-owned WYNY... | What radio stationed owned by NBC played only soft rock? | {
"text": [
"WYNY"
],
"answer_start": [
316
]
} |
56e6c83cde9d37140006803c | Adult_contemporary_music | Soft rock reached its commercial peak in the mid-to-late 1970s with acts such as Toto, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Air Supply, Seals and Crofts, America and the reformed Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours (1977) was the best-selling album of the decade. By 1977, some radio stations, like New York's WTFM and NBC-owned WYNY... | Who was a prominent figure at NBC's radio division? | {
"text": [
"Walter Sabo"
],
"answer_start": [
480
]
} |
56e6c8a5de9d371400068042 | Adult_contemporary_music | Radio stations played Top 40 hits regardless of genre; although, most were in the same genre until the mid-1970s when different forms of popular music started to target different demographic groups, such as disco vs. hard rock. This evolved into specialized radio stations that played specific genres of music, and gener... | What genre of music was was listening to by a different demographic than hard rock? | {
"text": [
"disco"
],
"answer_start": [
207
]
} |
56e6c8a5de9d371400068043 | Adult_contemporary_music | Radio stations played Top 40 hits regardless of genre; although, most were in the same genre until the mid-1970s when different forms of popular music started to target different demographic groups, such as disco vs. hard rock. This evolved into specialized radio stations that played specific genres of music, and gener... | In what decade did genres begin to diverge on the basis of demographic groups? | {
"text": [
"1970s"
],
"answer_start": [
107
]
} |
56e6c91cde9d371400068046 | Adult_contemporary_music | By the early 1970s, softer songs by artists like The Carpenters, Anne Murray, John Denver, Barry Manilow, and even Streisand, began to be played more often on "Top 40" radio and others were added to the mix on many AC stations. Also, some of these stations even played softer songs by Elvis Presley, Linda Ronstadt, Elto... | Along with Linda Ronstadt, Elton John, Rod Stewart and Elvis Presley, what rock musician sometimes had songs featured on adult contemporary radio? | {
"text": [
"Billy Joel"
],
"answer_start": [
341
]
} |
56e6c91cde9d371400068047 | Adult_contemporary_music | By the early 1970s, softer songs by artists like The Carpenters, Anne Murray, John Denver, Barry Manilow, and even Streisand, began to be played more often on "Top 40" radio and others were added to the mix on many AC stations. Also, some of these stations even played softer songs by Elvis Presley, Linda Ronstadt, Elto... | During what period were artists like Anne Murray and Barbra Streisand featured on Top 40 radio? | {
"text": [
"the early 1970s"
],
"answer_start": [
3
]
} |
56e6c9946fe0821900b8eb70 | Adult_contemporary_music | Much of the music recorded by singer-songwriters such as Diana Ross, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Carole King and Janis Ian got as much, if not more, airplay on this format than on Top 40 stations. Easy Listening radio also began including songs by artists who had begun in other genres, such as rock and roll or R&B. In a... | Along with rock and roll, what genre of music was sometimes featured on Easy Listening radio? | {
"text": [
"R&B"
],
"answer_start": [
311
]
} |
56e6c9946fe0821900b8eb71 | Adult_contemporary_music | Much of the music recorded by singer-songwriters such as Diana Ross, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Carole King and Janis Ian got as much, if not more, airplay on this format than on Top 40 stations. Easy Listening radio also began including songs by artists who had begun in other genres, such as rock and roll or R&B. In a... | What genre of music was surprisingly successful on adult contemporary radio? | {
"text": [
"disco"
],
"answer_start": [
343
]
} |
56e6c9946fe0821900b8eb72 | Adult_contemporary_music | Much of the music recorded by singer-songwriters such as Diana Ross, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Carole King and Janis Ian got as much, if not more, airplay on this format than on Top 40 stations. Easy Listening radio also began including songs by artists who had begun in other genres, such as rock and roll or R&B. In a... | What type of musicians were artists such as Diana Ross, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Carole King and Janis Ian? | {
"text": [
"singer-songwriters"
],
"answer_start": [
30
]
} |
56e6c9fc6fe0821900b8eb76 | Adult_contemporary_music | On April 7, 1979, the Easy Listening chart officially became known as Adult Contemporary, and those two words have remained consistent in the name of the chart ever since. Adult contemporary music became one of the most popular radio formats of the 1980s. The growth of AC was a natural result of the generation that fir... | When did the Adult Contemporary chart receive its current name? | {
"text": [
"April 7, 1979"
],
"answer_start": [
3
]
} |
56e6c9fc6fe0821900b8eb77 | Adult_contemporary_music | On April 7, 1979, the Easy Listening chart officially became known as Adult Contemporary, and those two words have remained consistent in the name of the chart ever since. Adult contemporary music became one of the most popular radio formats of the 1980s. The growth of AC was a natural result of the generation that fir... | What was the Adult Contemporary chart previously known as? | {
"text": [
"the Easy Listening chart"
],
"answer_start": [
18
]
} |
56e6c9fc6fe0821900b8eb78 | Adult_contemporary_music | On April 7, 1979, the Easy Listening chart officially became known as Adult Contemporary, and those two words have remained consistent in the name of the chart ever since. Adult contemporary music became one of the most popular radio formats of the 1980s. The growth of AC was a natural result of the generation that fir... | Along with rap/hip-hop, what genre of music were aging listeners not as interested in? | {
"text": [
"heavy metal"
],
"answer_start": [
432
]
} |
56e6c9fc6fe0821900b8eb79 | Adult_contemporary_music | On April 7, 1979, the Easy Listening chart officially became known as Adult Contemporary, and those two words have remained consistent in the name of the chart ever since. Adult contemporary music became one of the most popular radio formats of the 1980s. The growth of AC was a natural result of the generation that fir... | During what decade did adult contemporary become a very popular format for radio? | {
"text": [
"1980s"
],
"answer_start": [
249
]
} |
56e6cac0de9d37140006804a | Adult_contemporary_music | Mainstream AC itself has evolved in a similar fashion over the years; traditional AC artists like Barbra Streisand, the Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, John Denver, and Olivia Newton-John found it harder to have major Top 40 hits as the 1980s wore on, and due to the influence of MTV, artists who were staples... | Along with Richard Marx, Bonnie Tyler, George Michael, Phil Collins, and Laura Branigan, what artist was also frequently played on Contemporary Hit Radio stations? | {
"text": [
"Michael Jackson"
],
"answer_start": [
381
]
} |
56e6cac0de9d37140006804b | Adult_contemporary_music | Mainstream AC itself has evolved in a similar fashion over the years; traditional AC artists like Barbra Streisand, the Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, John Denver, and Olivia Newton-John found it harder to have major Top 40 hits as the 1980s wore on, and due to the influence of MTV, artists who were staples... | What television station was responsible for the increasing success of Contemporary Hit Radio artists on the AC charts? | {
"text": [
"MTV"
],
"answer_start": [
291
]
} |
56e6cac0de9d37140006804c | Adult_contemporary_music | Mainstream AC itself has evolved in a similar fashion over the years; traditional AC artists like Barbra Streisand, the Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, John Denver, and Olivia Newton-John found it harder to have major Top 40 hits as the 1980s wore on, and due to the influence of MTV, artists who were staples... | Along with Barbra Streisand, the Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow and Olivia Newton-John, what adult contemporary staple found it more difficult to score chart hits in the 1980s? | {
"text": [
"John Denver"
],
"answer_start": [
163
]
} |
56e6cac0de9d37140006804d | Adult_contemporary_music | Mainstream AC itself has evolved in a similar fashion over the years; traditional AC artists like Barbra Streisand, the Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, John Denver, and Olivia Newton-John found it harder to have major Top 40 hits as the 1980s wore on, and due to the influence of MTV, artists who were staples... | Who did Allmusic refer to as "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond"? | {
"text": [
"Phil Collins"
],
"answer_start": [
428
]
} |
56e6cb55de9d371400068052 | Adult_contemporary_music | The amount of crossover between the AC chart and the Hot 100 has varied based on how much the passing pop music trends of the times appealed to adult listeners. Not many disco or new wave songs were particularly successful on the AC chart during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and much of the hip-hop and harder rock mu... | In the 1970s, what two genres were not particularly successful on the adult contemporary charts? | {
"text": [
"disco or new wave"
],
"answer_start": [
170
]
} |
56e6cb55de9d371400068053 | Adult_contemporary_music | The amount of crossover between the AC chart and the Hot 100 has varied based on how much the passing pop music trends of the times appealed to adult listeners. Not many disco or new wave songs were particularly successful on the AC chart during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and much of the hip-hop and harder rock mu... | What genres, featured on the CHR radio format, were rarely found on adult contemporary radio? | {
"text": [
"hip-hop and harder rock music"
],
"answer_start": [
294
]
} |
56e6cb55de9d371400068054 | Adult_contemporary_music | The amount of crossover between the AC chart and the Hot 100 has varied based on how much the passing pop music trends of the times appealed to adult listeners. Not many disco or new wave songs were particularly successful on the AC chart during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and much of the hip-hop and harder rock mu... | During what decade did hip-hop begin to be featured on the radio? | {
"text": [
"1980s"
],
"answer_start": [
271
]
} |
56e6cbe0de9d371400068058 | Adult_contemporary_music | Although dance-oriented, electronic pop and ballad-oriented rock dominated the 1980s, soft rock songs still enjoyed a mild success thanks to artists like Sheena Easton, Amy Grant, Lionel Richie, Christopher Cross, Dan Hill, Leo Sayer, Billy Ocean, Julio Iglesias, Bertie Higgins and Tommy Page. No song spent more than s... | Along with electronic pop, what type of music was the most successful in the 1980s? | {
"text": [
"ballad-oriented rock"
],
"answer_start": [
44
]
} |
56e6cbe0de9d371400068059 | Adult_contemporary_music | Although dance-oriented, electronic pop and ballad-oriented rock dominated the 1980s, soft rock songs still enjoyed a mild success thanks to artists like Sheena Easton, Amy Grant, Lionel Richie, Christopher Cross, Dan Hill, Leo Sayer, Billy Ocean, Julio Iglesias, Bertie Higgins and Tommy Page. No song spent more than s... | What genre did the music of Billy Ocean belong to? | {
"text": [
"soft rock"
],
"answer_start": [
86
]
} |
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