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Post by erik on Jan 19, 2020 14:00:30 GMT -5
Nina Simone
Name the country singer/songwriter who had his biggest hit as a recording artist in 1973 with "Rednecks, White Socks, And Blue Ribbon Beer", and his biggest overall songwriting success with "Act Naturally".
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Post by egoodstein on Jan 29, 2020 0:43:04 GMT -5
Johnny Russell
A 1933 Broadway musical featured a cast that included (among others): Bob Hope, Fred McMurray, George Murphy and Sydney Greenstreet. What was the musical, and who wrote the songs (music and lyrics- 2 people).
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Post by erik on Feb 1, 2020 18:32:45 GMT -5
Roberta, with words and music by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach.
Name the traditional folk ballad that later became a Top 5 rock instrumental hit in 1959 for Johnny and the Hurricanes (Bonus: name the title of that '59 hit).
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Post by egoodstein on Feb 3, 2020 13:26:08 GMT -5
I think it was Red River Valley, which the band renamed Red River Rock.
Composer Burton Lane is credited with discovering and arranging a first studio audition (c1935) for what future famous singer and movie star?
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Post by erik on Feb 5, 2020 9:52:02 GMT -5
I think it was Judy Garland.
Name the song off of Linda Ronstadt's Canciones De Mi Padre that the NYC-based all-female mariachi ensemble Flor de Toloache performed during the Kennedy Center Honors' segment honoring Linda.
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Post by egoodstein on Feb 14, 2020 22:58:04 GMT -5
La Cigarra
What new pop star sings the title song for the upcoming James Bond film (25th Bond film), and give title of the film and the song?
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Post by erik on Feb 15, 2020 18:36:50 GMT -5
Billie Eilish: "No Time To Die"
Name the female artist who became the first to top the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, and the Billboard Country Album chart during the same reporting week (this happened 45 years ago, on February 15, 1975).
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Post by egoodstein on Feb 22, 2020 22:45:21 GMT -5
I suspect Linda Ronstadt
What major soul pop group first went by the names The Five Chimes and The Matadors?
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Post by erik on Feb 23, 2020 0:38:19 GMT -5
The Miracles
Which actor did Bob Dylan write his song "Knocking On Heaven's Door" for? (Bonus: name the film that song was a part of)
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Post by egoodstein on Mar 1, 2020 22:05:03 GMT -5
Maybe Kris Kristofferson? He wrote song for Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid film.
Who was the real co-writer of Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash duo hit Jackson, along with Billy Edd Wheeler? (Hint: one of a famous duo of songwriters)
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Post by erik on Mar 7, 2020 12:27:33 GMT -5
Actually Dylan wrote a song for the scene in which Slim Pickens' Sheriff Cullen Baker slowly dies after being mortally wounded in a shoot-out. It was "Knockin' On Heaven's Door".
Quote by egoodstein:
Jerry Leiber (incredibly!)
Recently, California-based Americana singer/songwriter Alice Wallace recorded a song that had been a hit fifty years ago, and had given that artist the first of twenty-seven Grammy nominations. Name both the song and the original artist, both of whom are huge favorites of Alice's.
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Post by egoodstein on Mar 13, 2020 6:42:39 GMT -5
I think she recorded Long Long Time, early hit for Linda Ronstadt.
The late McCoy Tyner composed what tune that was the title track of a 1964 John Coltrane album on Prestige Records? (This was before Tyner actually played in the Coltrane band)
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Post by erik on Mar 14, 2020 12:25:39 GMT -5
I think it was "The Believer"
Name the composition Herbie Hancock first composed (but didn't record for himself until 1973) that was initially a hit for Mongo Santamaria in 1963.
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Post by egoodstein on Mar 22, 2020 18:42:08 GMT -5
Watermelon Man
What was the name of the Austin countryish band that first featured future blues/boogie singer and pianist Marcia Ball (happy birthday March 20)?
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Post by erik on Mar 23, 2020 9:04:25 GMT -5
I think it was Freda and the Firedogs
Which band has alternately gone by two different names, and had two big 1970s dance hits with "Flashlight" and "Tear The Roof Off The Sucker?" (name both monikers)
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Post by egoodstein on Apr 4, 2020 11:26:17 GMT -5
Parliament/Funkedelic
One for the late, great Bill Withers: What was the name of the soul/funk band who accompanied and helped produce Withers on his 1972 hit album Still Bill?
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Post by erik on Apr 4, 2020 17:27:39 GMT -5
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.
Withers' vocals on the 1981 hit "Just The Two Of Us" were for what prominent R&B/jazz saxophonist?
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Post by egoodstein on Apr 19, 2020 19:01:05 GMT -5
Grover Washington, Jr.
What song by the late John Prine has also been recorded by (among others): Carly Simon, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi, Tanya Tucker and John Denver?
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Post by erik on Apr 20, 2020 19:24:49 GMT -5
"Angel From Montgomery"
Name the songwriter behind these two #1 pop hits: "Game Of Love" (Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders; 1965) and "You're No Good" (Linda Ronstadt; 1975).
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Post by egoodstein on May 4, 2020 18:05:01 GMT -5
Clint Ballard, Jr.
What was the name of the record company which Leonard and Phil Chess took over to create Chess Records?
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Post by erik on May 4, 2020 19:30:06 GMT -5
I think it was called Aristocrat.
Although initially diagnosed as Parkinson's, Linda Ronstadt's career-ending disability was re-diagnosed recently as what other disease?
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Post by egoodstein on May 17, 2020 16:59:36 GMT -5
Progressive supernuclear palsy
One for 85th birthday (May 12) of great jazz bassist Gary Peacock: though he has played with many notable jazz pianists, what pianist is 'leader' of the longstanding 'Standards Trio' including Peacock? Bonus-- name the drummer in that group.
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Post by erik on May 17, 2020 19:41:58 GMT -5
Keith Jarrett, I believe.
"Musetta's Waltz" from Giacomo Puccini's classic opera "La Boheme" was adapted into a big 1959 pop hit. Name this hit, and the artist who made it a hit.
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Post by egoodstein on May 25, 2020 14:12:34 GMT -5
Don't You Know, sung by Della Reese.
What superfamous singing group was originally called The Primettes?
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Post by erik on May 25, 2020 19:10:00 GMT -5
I believe it was The Supremes.
Name the 18,000-seat outdoor music venue that was forced to cancel its 2020 summer season, the first time in its 98-year existence, because of COID-19.
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