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MUSIC QUIZ


1. The song "Killing Me Softly with His Song", was inspired by which singer ?

2. Which of Alanis Morissette's albums was first to top the charts in Canada, USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium and The Netherlands ?

3. Which 4 singer-musicians were recorded in the Million Dollar Quartet the name given to recordings made in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee in 1956 ?

4. The power ballad "Nobody Does It Better" recorded by Carly Simon was the theme song for which James Bond film ?

5. In September 1976 A&M Records sued George Harrison for $6 million over what ?

6. British singer Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE is better known by what stage name?

7. Which UK pop star was released from HM Edmunds Hill Prison in Newmarket, Suffolk, U.K. May 11th 2009, four months into a fifteen-month sentence?

8. What was Duke Ellington's main instrument ?

9. What was David Bowie's character name in his first major film role 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' in 1976.

10. At the 2005 BRIT Awards, which American group won three International awards ~ International Group, International Breakthrough, and International Album ?



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1. Don McLean ~ "Killing Me Softly with His Song", written by composers Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel after Lori Lieberman saw Don McLean in concert and wrote a poem about the experience, called "Killing Me Softly With His Blues."

2. Jagged Little Pill ~ Released: June 13th 1995

3. Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash ~ Million Dollar Quartet is the name given to recordings made on Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an impromptu jam session between Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash. A musical based on the recording session opened at Chicago's Goodman Theatre on Sept. 27, 2008.

4. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

5. Non-delivery of a new album after he missed the deadline by two months.

Don McLeanAlanis MorissetteThe Million Dollar QuartetCarley SimonGeorge Harrison

6. Dusty Springfield

7. Boy George ~ he was released from HM Edmunds Hill Prison in Newmarket, Suffolk, four months into a fifteen-month sentence for the assault and false imprisonment of a male escort in his East London flat. He will wear an ankle monitor and be placed on a curfew for the balance of the sentence.

8. Piano

9. Thomas Jerome Newton

10. The Scissor Sister

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SEPTEMBER 2008
MUSIC QUIZ

1) Which female singer has been married to both Ray Davis of The Kinks and Jim Kerr of the band Simple Minds ?

2) Which US singer of international fame, holds the record for having the most entries into the Billboard Hot 100 chart without making it to the No. 1 spot ?

3) Which member of the Rolling Stones UK rock band played oboe on "Baby You're A Rich Man" by the Beatles ?

4) Who is the singing legend that once said, "I dont know anything about music. In my line you dont have to" ?

5) What was the collective name for the studio band for Motown Records in Detroit ?

6) Who is Eagle Eye Cherry's award winning sister?

7) Feedback was the original name for which mega band of international fame ?

8) Which singer-songwriter was murdered on Jim Morrison's birthday ?

9) Which singer - musician became the oldest person to top the American album charts in 2006, when his album "Modern Times" ?

10) Kim Carnes' sang about a lady with Bette Davis eyes, but how did she describe her hair?



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1) Chrissie Hynde

2) James Brown with a total of 99 songs entered into the charts without a No.1 hit

3) Brian Jones

4) Elvis Presley

5) The Funk Brothers, who played on more number one hits than Elvis, The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones combined.

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6) Neneh Cherry

7) U2

8) John Lennon

9) Bob Dylan, he was 65 years old at this time in 2006.

10) Harlow Gold

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