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SEPTEMBER
2011MUSIC QUIZ
1.
Bands... Booker T. & The MG's; The Doors and The Grateful Dead all
received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards in which year ?,
2. British rock artist Billy Idol had a universal hit with "Mony
Mony" in 1981, but who had the original 1968 hit with it in both
the US and the UK ?
3. Elton John donates all proceeds from the sale of his singles to which
Foundation ?
4. What is comedian-singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic's
principle instrument ?
5. David Bowie's first single was "Liza Jane" / "Louie
Louie Go Home", under what name did he start his singing career
?
6. In 1966 at the age of 16, David Brown became famous as a bassist
in which rock band based in San Francisco, getting their big break at
Woodstock in 1969 ?
7. Which artist has won 17 Latin Grammy Awards, winning more than any other artist ?
8.
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow married whichfamous frontman in December 2003
?
9. Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Tommy Emmanuel
originates from which country ?
10. Guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt along with French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli founded which jazz band 1934, one of the first all-string jazz bands in France ?
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ANSWERS
1.. 2007
2. Tommy James & the Shondells
3. The Elton John AIDS Foundation.
4. The Accordion
5. Davie Jones with the King Bees, his 1st record was released June 5th 1964.
6. Santana
7. Colombian musician, Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez aka Juanes
8. Coldplay's frontman, Chris Martin.
9. Australia
10. The Quintette du Hot Club de France
SEPTEMBER
2010
MUSIC QUIZ
1. Legendary British drummer Colin Flooks is better by what stage name
?
2. Saxophonist Kenny G, with global sales totaling more than 75 million albums, started out at the age of 17 as a sideman in which band in 1973 ?
3.
Noted for using Stratocasters, but what was Stevie Ray Vaughan's nickname
for his favorite Strat ?
4. Who was the last batchelor Beatle, which of the Beatles was the last to marry ?
5.
Which 2 Undertones share a birthday on August 13th ?
6. What nationality is Airto Moreira, former drummer of Weather Report, Miles Davis and many others ?
7. Who were the two original guitarists in the rock band Whitesnake ?
8.
Back in 1954 the "Million Dollar Quartet" was made up of which
famous four ?
9.
What was the very first full-length gramophone LP to sell over one million
copies (1956) ?
10. Which legendary musician appeared as an opening act for The Clash in their 1979 American tour ?
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ANSWERS
1. Cozy Powell.
2. Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra
3. Lenny
4. Paul McCartney was the last bachelor Beatle. He married Linda Eastman in a civil ceremony in London, 1969. Paul's brother Mike was his best man. No other Beatle attended the wedding.
5. Michael Bradley ~ August 13th 1959; Sean Feargal Sharkey ~ August 13th 1958
6. Brazilian
7. Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody,
8.
Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.
The "Million Dollar Quartet" is the name given to recordings
made on Tuesday Dec 4th 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
The recordings were of an impromptu jam session among Elvis Presley,
Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.
9. Harry Belafonte's "Calypso" album of 1956.
10. Bo Diddley
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