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Pop Music XXIX Quiz
Here is another themed quiz.
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
1 Which Funkadelic album was recorded in 1984 but not released until 2007 ?
2 Which band had their 1990 Grammy award revoked after it was found that the band's members were not the ones performing on 'their' single All Or Nothing ?
3 Who played bass guitar with the Rolling Stones from 1962 till 1993 ?
4 Pocketful Of Sunshine, from her album of the same name made the US top ten in May 2008 for which singer ?
5 Which band comprised an American, Lady Miss Kier; a Ukranian; Super DJ Dmitri; and a Japanese, Towa Tei ?
6 Which singer, who was dubbed 'The Female Elvis', died in 2007, aged 67 ?
7 Lost In Love and Making Love Out Of Nothing At All were big hit singles for which band ?
8 Beach Boys Carl Wilson and Bruce Johnston sang backing vocals on which Elton John single ?
9 Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson and Mick Jagger are all possible contenders for the subject of which song by Carly Simon ?
10 Which British singer, who had several hits in the 1970s, converted to Islam in 1977 - changing his name to Yusuf Islam ? He was turned back on a flight from London to Washington in 2004 because his new name aroused suspicion with the FBI.
11 'Like a movie scene in the sweetest dreams' are the opening lyrics of which Jennifer Lopez song ?
12 The Bee Gees broke up after the sudden death of which of the brothers in 2003 ?
13 Which Cuban-born singer used to work as a Spanish and French language translator in Miami ?
14 Which famous guitarist produced instrumentals such as Rebel Rouser and Because They're Young ?
15 Whose 'Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent had chart success in 1986 ?
16 Which band's greatest success was the 1996 album The Score, selling over 18 million copies worldwide ?
17 To which musician was Bob Dylan's Song To Woody dedicated ?
18 In 1971-72 two members of which band were killed in separate motorcycle accidents, one year apart, at almost the same location in Macon, Georgia ?
19 Bob Dylan teamed up with which band to record The Basement Tapes ?
20 Which two Bee Gees wrote the classic standard song To Love Somebody ?
21 Which band performed the 1970 hit Come And Get It, featured in the movie The Magic Christian ?
22 Who released her first album, No Angel, in 1999 and her second, Life For Rent, in 2003 ?
23 What is the nationality of R&B/soul/hip hop singer Jamelia ?
24 Which country singer/songwriter added 43 years to his life when he gave up his seat on the fateful Buddy Holly aeroplane which crashed in February 1959 ?
25 What was the title of the 1983 debut solo album that propelled Cyndi Lauper to super-stardom ?
26 Later released as a single that became a big hit for the band, which Paul Simon song featured on the Lemonheads' album It's A Shame About Ray ?
27 Harper Valley PTA was a major hit single for which country singer in 1968 ?
28 Shadowland was the 1988 debut solo album of which singer ?
29 The albums Songs From The Last Century, Older and Listen Without Prejudice are all by which artist ?
30 The rap trio Naughty By Nature scored a big hit with the single O.P.P. : Which Jackson 5 song was sampled in the production of this record ?
31 Which album by Sonic Youth shares its title with that of a Creedence Clearwater Revival single ?
32 Joachim Krauledat escaped from East Germany in the 1940s and changed his name to John Kay to eventually become the frontman of which famous rock band ?
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
Here is another themed quiz.
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
1 Which Funkadelic album was recorded in 1984 but not released until 2007 ?
2 Which band had their 1990 Grammy award revoked after it was found that the band's members were not the ones performing on 'their' single All Or Nothing ?
3 Who played bass guitar with the Rolling Stones from 1962 till 1993 ?
4 Pocketful Of Sunshine, from her album of the same name made the US top ten in May 2008 for which singer ?
5 Which band comprised an American, Lady Miss Kier; a Ukranian; Super DJ Dmitri; and a Japanese, Towa Tei ?
6 Which singer, who was dubbed 'The Female Elvis', died in 2007, aged 67 ?
7 Lost In Love and Making Love Out Of Nothing At All were big hit singles for which band ?
8 Beach Boys Carl Wilson and Bruce Johnston sang backing vocals on which Elton John single ?
9 Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson and Mick Jagger are all possible contenders for the subject of which song by Carly Simon ?
10 Which British singer, who had several hits in the 1970s, converted to Islam in 1977 - changing his name to Yusuf Islam ? He was turned back on a flight from London to Washington in 2004 because his new name aroused suspicion with the FBI.
11 'Like a movie scene in the sweetest dreams' are the opening lyrics of which Jennifer Lopez song ?
12 The Bee Gees broke up after the sudden death of which of the brothers in 2003 ?
13 Which Cuban-born singer used to work as a Spanish and French language translator in Miami ?
14 Which famous guitarist produced instrumentals such as Rebel Rouser and Because They're Young ?
15 Whose 'Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent had chart success in 1986 ?
16 Which band's greatest success was the 1996 album The Score, selling over 18 million copies worldwide ?
17 To which musician was Bob Dylan's Song To Woody dedicated ?
18 In 1971-72 two members of which band were killed in separate motorcycle accidents, one year apart, at almost the same location in Macon, Georgia ?
19 Bob Dylan teamed up with which band to record The Basement Tapes ?
20 Which two Bee Gees wrote the classic standard song To Love Somebody ?
21 Which band performed the 1970 hit Come And Get It, featured in the movie The Magic Christian ?
22 Who released her first album, No Angel, in 1999 and her second, Life For Rent, in 2003 ?
23 What is the nationality of R&B/soul/hip hop singer Jamelia ?
24 Which country singer/songwriter added 43 years to his life when he gave up his seat on the fateful Buddy Holly aeroplane which crashed in February 1959 ?
25 What was the title of the 1983 debut solo album that propelled Cyndi Lauper to super-stardom ?
26 Later released as a single that became a big hit for the band, which Paul Simon song featured on the Lemonheads' album It's A Shame About Ray ?
27 Harper Valley PTA was a major hit single for which country singer in 1968 ?
28 Shadowland was the 1988 debut solo album of which singer ?
29 The albums Songs From The Last Century, Older and Listen Without Prejudice are all by which artist ?
30 The rap trio Naughty By Nature scored a big hit with the single O.P.P. : Which Jackson 5 song was sampled in the production of this record ?
31 Which album by Sonic Youth shares its title with that of a Creedence Clearwater Revival single ?
32 Joachim Krauledat escaped from East Germany in the 1940s and changed his name to John Kay to eventually become the frontman of which famous rock band ?
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
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