Canadian Music of the 70s Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Poppy Family

The Poppy Family were based out of Vancouver, B.C. Although their first big hit "Which Way You Goin' Billy" was recorded, released and reached number one in 1969, The Poppy Family had most of their hits into the early 1970s. These included "Where Evil Grows" and "That's Where I Went Wrong". Terry and Susan divorced in 1973. Terry went on to have a hit with "Seasons in the Sun" and Susan was successful with "I Thought of You Again".

Answer: The Stampeders

The Stampeders, made up of Ron King, Rich Dodson and Kim Berly, were one of Canada's top rock groups in the 1970s. Four of their songs reached the Top 30 in the United States and twelve songs hit the Top 10 in Canada. "Sweet City Woman" is now considered a classic in pop music. "Carry Me", "Sweet City Woman" and "Oh My Lady" have been inducted into the SOCAN Hall of Fame.

Their cover of "Hit The Road Jack" was recorded with famous radio DJ, Wolfman Jack.

Answer: Chilliwack

Chilliwack actually started out in the 1960s under the names of The Classics and then The Collectors. In 1970, they changed their name to Chilliwack, which is also the name of a town in British Columbia, meaning "going back up" in the Salish language.

The band had only moderate success in Canada until the late 70s when they acquired two new band members, Brian MacLeod and Ab Bryant. Lead singer Bill Henderson started with the band and remained with them throughout their career.

Answer: Five Man Electrical Band

The Five Man Electrical Band was originally formed in the mid 60s as The Staccatos, but changed their name in 1969. They recorded such hit songs as "Signs", "Absolutely Right" and "I'm a Stranger Here", until their breakup in 1975. The unique thing about this band is that all five members were strong vocalists.

Answer: Lighthouse

Lighthouse was formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1968 by Paul Hoffert and Skip Prokop. The band originally consisted of 13 members and included a horn and a string section, which is very apparent on the song "One Fine Morning". Although they were classified as a hard rock band, their music also included elements of swing, jazz and and classical and became known as "swing rock".

They have performed at Carnegie Hall, the Newport Jazz Festival and the Isle of Wight Festival in the UK. They were the only performers other than Jimi Hendrix, that were asked to return to the Isle of Wright Festival.

Answer: Trooper

Trooper is one of the most popular rock bands in Canada. Their greatest hits album "Hot Shots", broke all records in Canada for sales of a Canadian album and reached Quadruple-Platinum status. Lead singer Ramon McGuire and guitarist Brian Smith, have been with the band since their formation in 1965 under the names Winters Green and Applejack.

In their many years of entertaining, they have become one of the most active and popular touring bands across Canada.

Answer: Streetheart

Kenny Shields of Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Daryl Gutheil and Ken Sinnaeve formed the band Wascana in 1975 and then renamed it Witness. In 1977, Paul Dean and Matt Frenette joined and the band's name was again changed; this time to Streetheart. Their biggest hit was "Under My Thumb", but they had a few more successful singles such as "Here Comes the Night" and "Action".

At the height of their career, they toured with numerous Canadian bands, as well as internationally popular bands such as Styx, Kansas and AC/DC.

Answer: Prism

Prism is yet another Canadian rock band from Vancouver, B.C. They were formed in 1976, by Bruce Fairbairn and Jim Vallance. They have had 14 singles in total from the time they started until the year 1988. They released five albums in the 1970's and six more since then. In July of 2008, they released their album entitled "Big Black Sky".

Answer: Max Webster

The band Max Webster was formed in Sarnia, Ontario in 1973. Their most popular songs were "Let Go The Line" and "Paradise Skies". The band never achieved success outside of Canada, but their lead singer, Kim Mitchell, managed to do so in the 1980s, with his songs "Patio Lanterns", "Easy to Tame" and "Go for a Soda".

Answer: April Wine

April Wine is one of Canada's most successful and popular rock bands. They released their self-titled album "April Wine" in 1971 which contained their first hit single, "Fast Train". They had many other hits to follow, including "Tonight is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love", "Sign of the Gypsy Queen", "Oowatanite", "Lady Run, Lady Hide" and "I'm on Fire for You Baby".

Despite their success, they have never been awarded a Juno, although they have been nominated eleven times. Neither have they been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, but I'm sure that's coming soon.

Answer: Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell was born in 1943, in Fort MacLeod, Alberta as Roberta Joan Anderson. She and her family moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan when she was 11 years old and she considers it her home town. It's hard to write anything brief about this lady, because she has done so much for the music industry.

She has influenced many artists including Madonna, Prince, Janet Jackson, Sheryl Crow, Maynard James Keenan of Tool, George Michael and even Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. The list goes on, but there are too many to mention.

She has written songs for numerous artists as well, but her most famous is probably "Woodstock", which was a big song for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Rolling Stone magazine has called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever".

Answer: Neil Young

Neil Young is another great artist, whose achievements are too many to mention. He was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1945. He moved back to his mother's hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba at the age of 12, where he became interested in music. He has been in a number of bands, including Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Crazy Horse. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1982 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. He has influenced many musicians including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pearl Jam and Nirvana and has been called the "Godfather of Grunge" because of his influence on Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1994 for his song "Philadelphia" and he is on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
Neil was diagnosed with diabetes and suffered from polio as a child, which left him with a weak left side and a limp. In 2005, Neil suffered a brain aneurysm, but his treatment was successful.
Although Neil has lived in the U.S. for many years, he has chosen not to give up his Canadian citizenship.
He is still "Rockin in the Free World" today!

Answer: Bachman Turner Overdrive

Bachman Turner Overdrive, also known as "BTO", started in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the early seventies. Their fans are known as "gearheads", due to the band logo, designed by band member Tim Bachman. Randy Bachman, formerly of The Guess Who was the founding member of the band. The band has sold an estimated 20 million albums worldwide.
Famous writer, Stephen King took his pen name "Richard Bachman" from the band after he heard the song "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"

Answer: Rush

Rush was and still is one of Canada's most successful bands. Formed in the late sixties in Toronto, Ontario, the band consists of bassist, keyboardist and vocalist, Geddy Lee, guitar player Alex Lifeson and drummer/lyricist, Neil Peart. Their music is classified as hard rock to heavy metal.

The band became popular in the seventies and are still enjoying success over 30 years later. They have used such instruments as triangles, cowbells, a gong, and a glockenspiel in their songs. Their most well-known song is probably "Tom Sawyer".

The band members themselves have said that "people either love Rush, or hate Rush". Geddy Lee and Rush were also a favorite of hosers Doug and Bob McKenzie, if anyone remembers them. Beauty, eh? :)

Answer: The Guess Who

The Guess Who is from Winnipeg, Manitoba. They were formed by musician Chad Allan and were called Al and the Silvertones, Chad Allan and the Reflections and Chad Allan and the Expressions, before finally settling on the name The Guess Who around 1968. They released their first hit "Shakin' All Over" under Chad Allan and the Expressions.
The band enjoyed most of their success in the early to mid seventies with band members, Burton Cummings, Donnie McDougall, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson, Bill Wallace, and Kurt Winter. Some of these members came and went over the years.
The Guess Who had many hits including "These Eyes", "Share the Land", "Life in the Bloodstream", "Hand Me Down World" and "Glamour Boy", to name a few. They broke up in 1975. Burton Cummings went on to a successful solo career. Randy Bachman had left the band much earlier and formed Bachman Turner Overdrive.