Looking for help with music trivia

[robkelk]

I got a few possibilities from another friend of mine. His suggestion for #10 was Tony Newton - he started as a classically-trained woodwind player.

#6 and #8 have a definite answer, not opinion. #6 is Marvin Gaye; #8 is Robbie Krieger and John Densmore (guitarist and drummer respectively), The Butts Band.

Consolidating what I do have, so far, EDIT: and adding the hints that have been given:

1 - What song released back in the late 60s had an effect so huge, it changed America forever? (Probably the biggest impact on this country ever.)

number 1 says "it changed America "forever" meaning it will never reverse or go back to the way of life before. Needless to say, this song went straight to number one and held it for a long time because of the impact it had. That is a clue.

(Alice's Restaurant Massacree only made it to #17. Some Wikisurfing prodices this possible answer
People Got to Be Free (The Rascals, 1968). Charted at #1 from August 17 to September 14, this is "an upbeat but impassioned plea for tolerance and freedom." Thirty years later, a black man was elected President, something inconceivable at the time the song was recorded.

2 - What song was a milestone and turning point in the way music was played in America?

Number says "turning point" meaning it changed the way music was played from that point on. I will give you a clue. It was a certain instrument of the recording that changed the way music has been played ever since the song was released. Almost all songs now, that instrument is played that way, and has been since.

There are so many possibilities, but I'll go with Mary Had a Little Lamb, performed by Thomas Edison, 1877 - it changed the way music was played from "played live" to "played back."

3 - What famous musician, known by all, is now broke and living in the streets homeless?

Being famous, I would say they were pretty much known by all in their time of fame. This person now lives in a van, homeless and in the streets. Went from very rice to very poor. You would know them if I said their name instantly. This is the question that was actually on the news recently and almost everyone I know, knows this person and the answer to this question.

Sly Stone.

4 - What musician was asked to join the Beatles, but turned down the offer because they did not like Paul McCartney's way of calling it "his band"?

Process of elimination by his "one correct" reply to a list with three non-goofball answers, with one of those three stated to be incorrect: maybe "Jimi Hendrix."

5 - What 3 well known country artists used the same studio band on all their albums in the 1990s rise of country music?

Don't know yet.

6 - What famous artist was once a drummer for pre Motown Gordy records and played on may of their records, inventing the double time snare "soul beat" used on so many songs back then?

Marvin Gaye.

7 - What famous Bass player, who played in a few very well known bands in the 1970s, was quoted as saying..."I never recorded a single part of a single song sober!"

Don't know yet. Note that he doesn't say whether this is an electric bass or a standup bass...

8 - When the Doors finally broke up, two of it's members formed another band and recorded an album. Who were the two members and what was the name of the band they formed?

Robbie Krieger and John Densmore (guitarist and drummer respectively), The Butts Band.

9 - What artist was originally suppose to play bass for the group "The Monkees" but got sick and was replaced by Peter Tork?

Don't know yet. (Stephen Stills bowed out because of contractual obligations, not illness.)

10 - Who played bass on many of the old Motown hit songs we hear everyday, and had something unusual about them that was different from all the other bass players. This person also played on many movie scores and on most of all those tv theme songs we grew up with in the 60s and 70s. They have over 300 popular songs alone they played on we hear on the radio everyday, even ones you thought were the band members but was really this person. Name the person and say what was so uniquely different about them.

Tony Newton - he started as a classically-trained woodwind player.
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