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Post by erik on Apr 6, 2019 17:28:35 GMT -5
Olivia Newton-John (YIPE!!!)
For what hugely expensive 1960 Western film opus did Marty Robbins perform the title song?
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Post by egoodstein on Apr 20, 2019 18:48:42 GMT -5
How the West Was Won (I think)
What Rolling Stones album was their first recorded wholly in the USA?
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Post by erik on Apr 20, 2019 20:21:59 GMT -5
Marty Robbins actually sang the title song for THE ALAMO (HOW THE WEST WAS WON came in 1962)
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I'm stumped on this one.
Name the Irish composer whose re-orchestrations of Handel's "Water Music" and "Music For The Royal Fireworks" in the early 20th century led to those works finding permanent places in the repertoire.
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Post by egoodstein on Apr 30, 2019 10:00:07 GMT -5
Hamilton Harty I think.
The 1st Stones album recorded/produced in the USA was Aftermath.
One for Duke Ellington's recent birthday: Who actually composed Ellington's 'signature' tune 'Take the A Train'?
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Post by erik on May 1, 2019 18:47:02 GMT -5
Billy Strayhorn
Another Duke Ellington B-day trivia question: Name the film score he composed for the notoriously temperamental director Otto Preminger in 1959.
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Post by egoodstein on May 23, 2019 23:23:50 GMT -5
Late here, sorry-- been SO busy lately. . .
Anatomy of a Murder was the film score.
Brothers Dallas and Travis Good are the leaders of what Canadian alternative country band?
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Post by erik on May 24, 2019 21:04:24 GMT -5
The Sadies, I believe.
Which two songstresses, acting as backing vocalists, went alternately by the monikers The Bullets and The Saddlebags on Neil Young's anarchic 1977 album American Stars 'N Bars?
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Post by egoodstein on Jun 1, 2019 22:06:00 GMT -5
Linda Ronstadt and Nicolette Larson
In his very early career(before joining Jeff Beck or Small Faces), guitarist Ronnie Wood belonged to what band that sounds like a very successful American band (and even occasioned a UK lawsuit about the names)?
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Post by erik on Jun 2, 2019 12:22:51 GMT -5
The Birds (not to be confused with The Byrds, although I think Hitchcock could have sued [LOL])
What semi-classic C&W song did Glen Campbell record early on in his career with the folk/bluegrass group The Green River Boys that Elvis would record in an R&B version in 1969?
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Post by egoodstein on Jun 22, 2019 8:17:36 GMT -5
I think it was Long Black Limousine
What was the B-side song on the Beatles Paperback Writer single?
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Post by erik on Jun 22, 2019 12:19:12 GMT -5
I think it was "Rain"
Name the C&W classic that was a #1 country hit for Ray Price, and a #1 pop hit for Guy Mitchell, both coming in 1959.
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Post by egoodstein on Jun 29, 2019 22:00:17 GMT -5
Heartaches by the Number
One for Frank Loesser's birthday (June 29--1910). What 1941 Loesser song (written with Jule Styne) was praised by Irving Berlin as 'the greatest song he wished he'd written'?
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Post by erik on Jun 30, 2019 13:57:11 GMT -5
"I Don't Want To Walk Without You".
Who made it into a modest hit remake in 1980?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 7, 2019 13:00:51 GMT -5
I think Barry Manilow recorded that as single ??
One for the late great Joao Gilberto: how is his landmark song (written with Jobim) 'Chega de Saudade' usually translated into English? Bonus for naming the US jazz singer partially responsible for English lyrics to this one.
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Post by erik on Jul 7, 2019 18:41:11 GMT -5
"No More Blues" (I think Jon Hendricks was the one who translated it from the Brazilian original)
Which noted white female blues singer sang "Rock, Salt, and Nails" with Linda Ronstadt on Earl Scruggs' album I Saw The Light under a rather wacky pseudonym? (as a bonus, of course: name the pseudonym she sang under)
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 21, 2019 10:18:45 GMT -5
Tracy Nelson was the singer. But I forget for now the pseudonym she used on that album.
One for birthday gal, jazz singer Helen Merrill (a favorite of mine): What is Merrill's real name?
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Post by erik on Jul 21, 2019 13:02:39 GMT -5
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The pseudonym was "Stacy Belson".
Re. Helen Merrill: Her birth name was Jelena Ana Milcetic.
Name the duo and the song that were at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 the weekend of the Apollo 11 landing.
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 29, 2019 21:38:37 GMT -5
Weirdly enough, I think it was Zager & Evans In the Year 2525 . In honor of Sir Mick Jagger's birthday: what was the first Rolling Stones no. 1 UK hit written by Jagger/Richards (spring 1965)?
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Post by erik on Jul 30, 2019 8:51:11 GMT -5
I think it was "The Last Time".
Name the pedal steel guitarist who recorded on Rick Nelson's 1969 C&W/rock comeback cover of Dylan's "She Belongs To Me".
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 6, 2019 20:01:09 GMT -5
Buddy Emmons I think.
What pop/'art pop/rock' singer/songwriter is the somewhat surprising producer of the upcoming Sleater-Kinney album, The Center Won't Hold?
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Post by erik on Aug 10, 2019 18:01:11 GMT -5
St. Vincent (real name: Annie Erin Clark)
Name the two songwriters who wrote Glen Campbell's two #1 pop hits, respectively "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights" (hint: Jimmy Webb didn't write either).
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 11, 2019 10:40:21 GMT -5
Larry Weiss wrote Rhinestone Cowboy.Southern Nights was written by Allen Toussaint.
What veteran keyboardist has been playing with the Rolling Stones since the late '80's, also played in the Allman Brs. Band, and his own 'jazz rock fusion' group Sea Level?
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Post by erik on Aug 12, 2019 9:04:35 GMT -5
Chuck Leavell, I believe.
Which famous record producer owned the house in which the "Manson Family" killed Sharon Tate and four others fifty years ago? (Bonus: name this record producer's even more famous mother)
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 25, 2019 9:03:17 GMT -5
Terry Melcher-- son of Doris Day.
What UK band did bassist Rich Grech leave to join 'supergroup' Blind Faith?
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Post by erik on Aug 26, 2019 9:04:13 GMT -5
I think it was Family.
Which Danish guitarist had the biggest hit by any artist from that nation in 1961 with the Western-flavored instrumental "Apache"? (it hit #2 here in America in April 1961)
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