QUIZ: Guess These ’60s Singers Just by Their Image
Can you guess these 60s singers just by their image? Take this amazing quiz to find out as we take a trip through 60s music history.
When it comes to the 60s, they were home for a lot of ways through which people entertained themselves, from attending movies to going to the opera, there was something for just about anything.
Accompanying almost all forms of entertainment at the time was music, which, was usually listened to live due to the fact that computers were not as common as they are today, so those who were really interested in an artist, chances were that they had to hear them in the real world.
Let’s see if we have what it takes to guess these singers!
1. Truly iconic, none other than ___.
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.
2. Revolutionized the music industry at the time, can be none other than ___.
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader.
3. Do you know the name?
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961.
4. Can you guess the name?
The Supremes were an American female singing group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.
5. Truly spectacular, none other than ___.
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
6. On the image we are obviously seeing ____.
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, author, and visual artist.
7. Can you guess the name here?
Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist.
8. Who’s on the image?
Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor.
9. Can you guess the name?
Samuel Cook, known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, civil-rights activist and entrepreneur.
10. This one’s worth remembering, do you know who it is?
James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix was an American musician, singer, and songwriter.
11. We’ve heard him for decades now, do you know the name?
Ray Charles Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer.
12. The creator of timeless classics, can you guess the name?
Otis Ray Redding Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout.
13. One of a kind, known as ____.
The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.
14. Truly the best, known as ____.
The Miracles were an American rhythm and blues vocal group that was the first successful recording act for Berry Gordy’s Motown Records.
15. Called ____, the image truly showcases it.
The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964.
16. Do you know the name?
Marvin Gaye was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
17. Can you guess the name?
The Four Seasons are an American rock and doo-wop band that became internationally successful in the 1960s and 1970s.
18. Can you recall the name?
The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.
19. Do you have what it takes to guess the singer?
Wilson Pickett was an American singer and songwriter.
20. A singer worth listening to, do you know the name?
Stevland Hardaway Morris, known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
21. Can you recall the name?
The Kinks are an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, north London, in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.
22. An iconic singer, known as ____.
Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads.
23. Truly iconic in every way, can you guess the name?
The Impressions were an American music group originally formed in 1958.
24. Who could it be?
The Shirelles were an American girl group notable for their rhythm and blues, doo-wop and soul music and gaining popularity in the early 1960s.
25. Can you guess from the choices?
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore.
26. The image says it all, can you?
The Drifters are an American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal group.
27. Unmistakable, do you know who it is?
The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet from Detroit, Michigan who helped to define the city’s Motown sound of the 1960s.
28. The best around, relevant to this very day, do you know who?
Led Zeppelin was an English rock band formed in London in 1968.
29. Can you guess the name?
Martha and the Vandellas were an American vocal girl group formed in Detroit in 1957.
30. Can you recall the name?
Dion Francis DiMucci, better known mononymously as Dion, is an American singer and songwriter.
31. An iconic band, known as ____.
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock.
32. Truly iconic in every way, can you guess the name?
The Mamas and the Papas was an American folk rock vocal group which recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968.
33. Who could they be?
Sam & Dave were an American soul and R&B duo who performed together from 1961 until 1981.
34. Can you guess from the choices?
Solomon Vincent McDonald Burke was an American preacher and singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s.
35. Truly spectacular, none other than ___.
Jack Leroy Wilson Jr. was an American soul singer and performer.
36. On the image we are obviously seeing ____.
Creedence Clearwater Revival, also referred to as Creedence and CCR, was an American rock band which recorded and performed from 1968 to 1972.
37. Can you guess the name here?
Booker T. & the M.G.’s are an American instrumental R&B/funk band that was influential in shaping the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul.
38. Who’s on the image?
Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983.
39. Try to guess the name based on the image, its none other than ____.
The Monkees are an American rock and pop band originally active between 1966 and 1971.
40. Simply the best, known as ____.
The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963.
