Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Jukebox Musicals

Beautiful chronicles Carole King’s rise to superstardom with Tapestry. But the singer-songwriter started writing tunes for other performers while still a teenager. Which of the following is not one of King’s compositions?

Vanessa Carlton in Beautiful. — Vanessa Carlton in *Beautiful*. Photo by Joan Marcus.

“The Loco-Motion,” performed by Little Eva

“Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” performed by The Shirelles

“A Natural Woman,” performed by Aretha Franklin

“Fire and Rain,” performed by James Taylor

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Ain’t Too Proud celebrates the music of Motown’s The Temptations. Which of the group’s songs was their first to reach number one on the Billboard pop chart?

Derrick Baskin, Jeremy Pope, Jawan M. Jackson, Ephraim Sykes, and James Harkness in *Ain’t Too Proud*. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

“I Can’t Get Next to You”

“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”

“My Girl”

“Just My Imagination”

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Jersey Boys maps the journey of this 1960s group, whose hits include “Sherry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” and “December, 1963.”

Mark Edwards, Aaron De Jesus, Austin Colby, and Sam Wolf in Jersey Boys. — Mark Edwards, Aaron De Jesus, Austin Colby, and Sam Wolf in *Jersey Boys*. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

The Monkees

The Beach Boys

Herman’s Hermits

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In Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Tina Turner gains fame with former husband Ike before breaking through as an independent artist in the 1980s. What was her first solo number one in the U.S.?