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1. Of Baker Street fame, Gerry Rafferty started out in which band, with which Scottish singer/comedian/actor?

2. Cryptically speaking, name the band "a bovine state capital"

3. Name the 5 Beatle songs from the following lines...
a - So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
b - Sitting in an english garden waiting for the sun
c - Sit beneath the trees, By the railroad track
d - And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen
e - On the way the paper bag was on my knee

4. Musically speaking, Madonna, Mel Brooks, Frank Zappa, Jamie Oliver, Paul McCartney, Rick Astley, Peter Sellers, Peter Gabriel and Billy Bob Thornton, have all at one time or other, had a 'flutter' at what?

5. Who was shot on stage in 1961, died in 1984 and then had a No 1 hit in 1986?

6. In 1988, who broke a long standing Beatles record of 7 No.1 hit singles in a row .. by getting 8 No.1 hit singles in a row in the UK charts?

7. Which same song has been recorded by Barry Manilow, Take That, and Donna Summer, ?

8. In the song "When I'm 64" what are the names of the grandchildren ? also can you name the Beatle album the track in from ?

9. Who was the biggest selling Country artist, worldwide, of the 1990's?

10. What is the missing number in each of the following song titles?
a - ? Miles Away - Cannonball Adderley Quintet
b - ? Years - Bob Marley
c - ? Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
d - ? Or ? Times - Lionel Hampton
e - ? Times Goodbye - Megadeth.
f - ? O'Clock Jump - Count Basie .
g - ? Light Years Away - Green Day
h - ? and Holding - Jerry Lee Lewis.
i - ? Miles An Hour - New Order .
j- ? Toy Soldier - Enya

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ANSWERS

1. In the band Humblebums with Billy Connolly

2. Buffalo Springfield

3. a - A Hard Day's Night
b - I Am The Walrus
c- Johnny B. Goode
d - Penny Lane
e - Back In The USSR

4. They have all at some time played drums in a band.
Madonna - The Breakfast Club Band
Mel Brooks - many 40s bands including Artie Shaw's band
Frank Zappa - Mission Bay High School Band & The Black Outs
Jamie Oliver (yes the naked chef) - Scarlet Division
Paul McCartney - his own bands including The Beatles
Rick Astley - the soul band FBI
Peter Sellers - visiting touring jazz bands
Peter Gabriel - school and early bands before co-founding Genesis
Billy Bob Thornton - a ZZ Top cover band

5. Jackie Wilson

Billy Connolly & Gerry Rafferty Buffalo Springfield The Beatles jamie-oliver Jackie Wilson

6. Whitney Houston... with
Saving All My Love for You,
How will I Know ,
Greatest Love of All ,
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (who loves me) ,
Didnt We Almost Have It All ,
So Emotional ,
Where Do Broken Hearts Go

7. Could it be Magic

8. Vera, Chuck and Dave
song is from the 1967, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album

9. Garth Brooks

10. a - 74 Miles Away - Cannonball Adderley Quintet
b - 400 Years - Bob Marley
c - 2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
d - Four Or Five Times - Lionel Hampton
e - 1,000 Times Goodbye - Megadeth.
f - One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie .
g - 2000 Light Years Away - Green Day
h - Thirty-Nine and Holding - Jerry Lee Lewis.
i - 60 Miles An Hour - New Order .
j- One Toy Soldier - Enya

Whitney Houston Barry Manilow Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover Garth Brookes Bob Marley