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20 | How many songs were on the first Billboard easy listening chart? |
Brook Benton | Who performed the first #1 on the easy listening chart? |
Connie Francis | Along with Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, and Perry Como, who was a prominent early adult contemporary radio artist? |
instrumental | What type of covers of pop and rock songs were usually played on adult contemporary? |
big band-era recordings | What songs from the 1940s and 1950s would adult contemporary stations play? |
the Hot 100 chart | What chart did the Easy Listening chart begin to diverge from? |
1965 | In what year did the Easy Listening and Hot 100 charts begin to diverge? |
Bobby Vinton | Along with Roger Miller and Barbra Streisand, who was a successful Easy Listening artist in this era? |
rock music continued to harden | Why did the crossover between Hot 100 and Easy Listening decrease? |
1950s | During what decade did rock and roll music first rise to popularity? |
middle of the road | What does the acronym MOR stand for? |
big band titles | Along with pre-rock standards, what type of older songs did MOR stations play? |
beautiful music | What was another term for easy listening stations? |
instrumental | Easy listening was predominately what type of music? |
hit singles and album cuts | What types of tracks from popular artists did adult contemporary radio play? |
lite | What type of format were adult contemporary and easy listening stations meant to share? |
1965 | As of what year was hard rock a mainstream type of music? |
hard rock | Along with soft rock, what type of music made up mainstream rock music in the late 1960s? |
acoustic | What type of instruments were prominent in soft rock? |
folk rock | What genre of music was soft rock descended from? |
James Taylor | Along with Barbra Streisand, Carole King, Cat Stevens and Bread, who was a prominent soft rock artist of this era? |
1960s | At the end of what decade did the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts begin to converge? |
1970s | During the middle and early parts of what decade did the similarity of Easy Listening and Hot 100 increase? |
began to soften | How did Top 40 radio what ifmusic change during this era? |
Chicago | With Elton John and the Eagles, what was a prominent adult contemporary artist in this period? |
the mid-to-late 1970s | During what period was adult contemporary its most commercially successful? |
Fleetwood Mac | What artist released the best selling album of the 1970s? |
1977 | In what year was the best selling album of the 1970s released? |
WYNY | What radio stationed owned by NBC played only soft rock? |
Walter Sabo | Who was a prominent figure at NBC's radio division? |
disco | What genre of music was was listening to by a different demographic than hard rock? |
1970s | In what decade did genres begin to diverge on the basis of demographic groups? |
Billy Joel | Along with Linda Ronstadt, Elton John, Rod Stewart and Elvis Presley, what rock musician sometimes had songs featured on adult contemporary radio? |
the early 1970s | During what period were artists like Anne Murray and Barbra Streisand featured on Top 40 radio? |
R&B | Along with rock and roll, what genre of music was sometimes featured on Easy Listening radio? |
disco | What genre of music was surprisingly successful on adult contemporary radio? |
singer-songwriters | What type of musicians were artists such as Diana Ross, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Carole King and Janis Ian? |
April 7, 1979 | When did the Adult Contemporary chart receive its current name? |
the Easy Listening chart | What was the Adult Contemporary chart previously known as? |
heavy metal | Along with rap/hip-hop, what genre of music were aging listeners not as interested in? |
1980s | During what decade did adult contemporary become a very popular format for radio? |
Michael Jackson | Along with Richard Marx, Bonnie Tyler, George Michael, Phil Collins, and Laura Branigan, what artist was also frequently played on Contemporary Hit Radio stations? |
MTV | What television station was responsible for the increasing success of Contemporary Hit Radio artists on the AC charts? |
John Denver | 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? |
Phil Collins | Who did Allmusic refer to as "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond"? |
disco or new wave | In the 1970s, what two genres were not particularly successful on the adult contemporary charts? |
hip-hop and harder rock music | What genres, featured on the CHR radio format, were rarely found on adult contemporary radio? |
1980s | During what decade did hip-hop begin to be featured on the radio? |
ballad-oriented rock | Along with electronic pop, what type of music was the most successful in the 1980s? |
soft rock | What genre did the music of Billy Ocean belong to? |
six weeks | What was the longest that a song spent at #1 on the adult contemporary charts in the 1980s? |
1983 | In what year did Lionel Richie record "You Are"? |
Hot 100 | Aside from the adult contemporary chart, on what other chart did Lionel Richie's "Hello" reach the top spot? |
Linda Ronstadt | What artist issued the album known as "the first true Adult Contemporary album of the decade"? |
1989 | In what year was the album Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind released? |
Aaron Neville | What male singer featured on several songs from Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind? |
Triple Platinum | What certification did Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind receive? |
"All My Life" | Along with "Don't Know Much," what single won a Grammy? |
1990s | What decade saw the emergence of alternative rock? |
softening | What happened to urban R&B in the early 1990s? |
widening of the market | The resurgence of traditional pop was one of the factors that led to what change in the music market? |
1980s | Mainstream artists from what decade generally did not have success on the adult contemporary charts? |
Savage Garden | Along with All-4-One, Boyz II Men, Rob Thomas, Christina Aguilera and Backstreet Boys, what 90s artists were notable in the pop/R&B genre? |
Latin pop | What genre of music did Lynda Thomas, Ricky Martin, Selena, Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias and Luis Miguel make? |
multiple number ones | What milestone did Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins, Michael Bolton, Whitney Houston and Shania Twain share on the 1990s adult contemporary charts? |
Jewel | Along with Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow, what female singer-songwriter had chart success in the 1990s? |
AC | On what chart did Whitney Houston see success? |
Adult Top 40 | What was the name of the chart created by Billboard in 1996? |
"adult contemporary" music and "pop" music | Adult Top 40 represented a midpoint between what two radio formats? |
Adult Contemporary | What chart is the Adult Top 40 chart sometimes confused with? |
hot AC | What radio programming genre is sometimes confused with the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart? |
Barry Mayo | Who invented the term "urban adult contemporary format"? |
African Americans | What demographic group is the urban adult contemporary format marketed to? |
rapping | What style of singing is absent from R&B played on urban adult contemporary format stations? |
classic soul | Along with R&B, gospel and dance music, what type of music is represented on urban adult contemporary stations? |
Hot AC | Urban adult contemporary music came into being because of pressure on what previously existing format? |
Toni Braxton | Who performed the song "Unbreak My Heart"? |
Amber | What is the name of a notable dance artist along with C&C Music Factory and Black Box? |
rhythmic AC | What radio station format plays soft AC, hot AC, disco and dance? |
Soul Solution | What artist notably remixed "Unbreak My Heart"? |
smooth jazz | What radio station format was sometimes regarded as a type of adult contemporary? |
instrumental | What type of music was predominantly played on smooth jazz stations? |
George Benson | Along with Kenny G and Dave Koz, what artist was featured on smooth jazz stations? |
soft AC | What other format of station were smooth jazz artists sometimes featured on? |
senior vice president for adult music | What is Adrian Moreira's job title? |
RCA Music Group | For what company does Adrian Moreira work? |
Corey Moss | Who wrote, "In other words, AC stations are where pop songs go to die a very long death. Or, to optimists, to get a second life"? |
MTV's website | Where was Corey Moss' article published? |
after the hits had become established | When do adult contemporary stations begin to play Top 40 songs? |
less and less new music fits their bill | Who have hot AC format radio stations had to change the music they play? |
dance-pop and electronic dance music | By what two genres are modern pop songs heavily influenced? |
too alternative | Why is new rock not suitable for mainstream radio? |
the "Candlelight Mix" | What was the name of DJ Sammy's mix of "Heaven"? |
D.H.T. | Who recorded the song "Listen To Your Heart"? |
Cascada | Who is known for the song "Everytime We Touch"? |
Cee Lo Green | What artist performed the song "Forget You"? |
edited | What version of P!nk's "Perfect" appeared on adult contemporary radio in 2011? |
Michael Bublé | Along with Josh Groban, what notable pop artist started out his career on adult contemporary radio? |
ballad heavy | What sort of sound does the music of Susan Boyle have? |
Carrie Underwood | Along with Faith Hill, Shania Twain and LeAnn Rimes, what country artist has had adult contemporary hits? |
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