Monday Morning Motown Trivia

Motown music may be the most popular music ever made, so this should be easy. Who doesn’t remember the hits from The Four Tops, The Temptations or The Supremes? It’s true, Motown groups weren’t that creative with their names, but their music could not have any better. Let’s play some trivia this Monday and match the artist with the descriptor…

1.) Jr Walker and the All Stars
2.) The Supremes
3.) The Four Tops
4.) The Temptations
5.) Edwin Star
6.) Mary Wells
7.) Rare Earth
8.) Martha Reeves & Vandellas
9.) Smokey Robinson & Miracles

A.) 70s Motown Rock band “I Just Wanna Celebrate”
B.) Lead singer label receptionist before being discovered
C.) Appeared on “Urgent” Foreigner song with sax
D.) Lead singer actually born Diane on birth certificate
E.) Born William – uncle gave him nickname we know his as
F.) Originally called themselves the Four Ames
G.) Born Charles Edwin Hatcher
H.) Began ‘Psychedelic Soul’ genre
I.) Hit song Inspired Temptations response with “My Girl”

1.(C) 2.(D) 3.(F) 4.(H) 5.(G) 6.(I) 7.(A) 8.(B) 9.(E)

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