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FEBRUARY
2010. . . . MUSIC QUIZ . . . .
1. Who has recorded under pseudonyms, including Bob Landy, Robert Milkwood Thomas, and Blind Boy Grunt ?
2.
Which American male vocalist featured on the group Soirée's "You
Are The Sunshine Of My Life" in 1979.
3. Who was the Scottish pianist/keyboard player who co-founded The Rolling
Stones with Brian Jones in 1962 ?
4. With the Phil Collins' song "In The Air Tonight" playing in the background, who is the man behind the drum-playing gorilla suit in the UK's Cadbury's advert ?
5.
Sammy Hagar of Van Halen/Montrose, Michael Anthony of Van Halen, Chad
Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Joe Satriani of Mick Jagger / Deep
Purple bands and soloist got together in 2008 to form which supergroup
?.
6. Which Motown legend started out in the '50s as lead singer with Marquees from Washington, D.C., discovered by Bo Diddley first, then found by Harvey Fuqua in 1959 ?
7. Dec 10th 2007 the surviving members of Led Zeppelin reunited for the Ahmet Ertegün Tribute Concert at The O2 Arena in London, who was on the drums ?
8. Which of Bonnie Tyler's album went Double Platinum in Canadan, Platinum in America, Gold in France and Silver in the UK ?
9. Which heavy metal band took its name from the title of the final song written by their founder/lead singer/musician for his previous band?"
10. Which country legend is also known as The Silver Fox ?
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ANSWERS
1. Bob Dylan
2.
Luther Vandross
3. Ian Stewart .. Ian ended up as road manager to the
Stones and contributed piano, organ, marimbas and/or percussion to all
Rolling Stones albums released between 1964 and 1983 as well as being
a much in demand session musician.
4. American actor.. Garon Michael
5. Chickenfoot
6. Marvin Gaye
7. Jason Bonham .. the son of Led Zeppelin's original drummer, the late John Bonham
8.
Faster Than the Speed of Night .. on the Columbia Label
released in 1983
9. Motörhead .. When forming his new band, Lemmy (Ian Fraser Kilmister) decided to call the band 'Motörhead', inspired by the final song he had written for Hawkwind.
10. Charlie Rich
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FEBRUARY
2009
MUSIC QUIZ.
1.
Which well seasoned, forever rocking UK band opened the Live Aid 1985
Concert at Wembley Stadium in the U.K. at 12.02 on July 13th ?
TV
pictures beamed to over 1.5bn people in
160 countries
2. According to the Guinness Book of Records, who holds the title as being the worlds most successful female solo arist ?
3. What is the only song ever to have reached the No.1 spot in the UK charts by FOUR different artists/acts ?
4. US guitar hero Saul Hudson is better known by what name?
5. American lyricist and songwriter Howard Greenfield teamed up with which US pianist singer-songwriter mega star to write countless hits together from the late 50's till the mid 70's ?
6. Who wrote the music to ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot ?
7. Who was the very influential, early cutting edge guitarist who played on 35 of Gene Vincent records ?
8. How many No.1 hits have the now legendary rock band The Who had ? (Answers for UK and USA charts)
9. Which UK rock guitar god will be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the April 4th 2009 ceremony ?
10.
What
have these songs and song titles all got in commen ?
"Virginia Plain" by Roxy Music;
"Boots of Spanish Leather" by Bob Dylan;
"Up The Junction" by Squeeze;
"Manhattan Skyline" by A-Ha;
"One More Try" by George Michael;
"Running To Stand Still" by U2 and "Our Mutual Friend"
by Divine Comedy
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ANSWERS
1. Status Quo
2. Mariah Carey
3.
"Unchained Melody". Artists to take it to number one in the
UK are:
Jimmy Young (1955), Righteous Brothers (as a re-issue in 1990), Robson
& Jerome (1995) and Gareth Gates (2002).
4. Slash ... of Velvet Revolver, former guitarist of Guns N Roses
5. Neil Sedaka
6. Sir Elton John
7. Cliff Gallup
8. None in UK or US
9. Jeff Beck
10. The titles do not appear throughout the song until the very end, the titles are the last words of the song. (if you know anymore .. please email me)
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