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Post by egoodstein on Jun 13, 2020 13:53:19 GMT -5
Hollywood Bowl I'm guessing.
What famous songwriter's real original name was Edward Chester Babcock?
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Post by erik on Jun 13, 2020 15:14:23 GMT -5
Jimmy Van Heusen, I believe.
Name the Orange County, California-based group whose 1963 hit "Pipeline" remains a huge California surf-rock standard.
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Post by egoodstein on Jun 21, 2020 13:42:42 GMT -5
The Ventures
Joni Mitchell first collaborated with the late engineer (& sometime producer) Henry Lewy on which of her albums?
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Post by erik on Jun 23, 2020 9:05:42 GMT -5
FYI: It wasn't the Ventures who had the 1963 hit with "Pipeline", it was the Chantays.
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I think it was Clouds in 1969.
Name the 1965 R&B classic that Linda recorded live at the Troubadour for her 1972 self-titled album (as a bonus, name the artist who made it a hit originally).
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 5, 2020 21:42:46 GMT -5
Rescue Me. Original hit version by Fontella Bass I think.
What famous, innovative guitarist first recorded under the name 'Rhubard Red'?
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Post by erik on Jul 6, 2020 8:57:38 GMT -5
Les Paul, I believe.
Name the work for harp and string orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams that was based on a tune also found in his "English Folk Song Suite" (hint: it is not "Greensleeves").
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 18, 2020 12:48:56 GMT -5
I think it was his Variants for Dives and Lazurus based on folk song of that title.
What was the last Emmylou Harris album produced by her 1st husband Brian Ahern before they divorced? (They did work together later too).
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Post by erik on Jul 18, 2020 18:47:25 GMT -5
White Shoes (released in 1983)
One of Quincy Jones' earliest film scores was for a 1965 film that was among the first to deal with the aftermath of the Holocaust through the eyes of a survivor. Name this film.
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 28, 2020 21:22:34 GMT -5
The Pawnbroker I believe.
One for the late Annie Ross: one of her earliest and most famous song successes was writing lyrics to what tune by saxophonist Wardell Gray?
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Post by erik on Jul 29, 2020 22:19:29 GMT -5
"Twisted"
Between 1947 and 1979, Maurice Abravanel was the music director of what (thanks to him) major orchestra in the American West?
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 9, 2020 14:55:34 GMT -5
Utah Symphony Orchestra
One for the great avant/jazz saxophonist & composer Roscoe Mitchell, who turned 80 on Aug. 3. What influential group (band) did cofound in mid-late 1960's in his native city?
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Post by erik on Aug 9, 2020 21:26:32 GMT -5
I think it was (alternately) the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, or the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Americana star Brandi Carlile and pop/country starlet Maren Morris are a part of what current all-female Americana quartet?
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 25, 2020 19:12:38 GMT -5
The Highwomen I think.
One for Count Basie, whose birthday was recent. What was the original-- somewhat "salacious" title of one of his early (1937) signature tunes, "One O'Clock Jump"?
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Post by erik on Aug 27, 2020 17:32:07 GMT -5
"Blue Ball" (it got its name change because one radio announcer understandably thought the title a bit too much on the risqué side)
What 1965 film marked the first high-profile scoring credit for the Argentinean-born Lalo Schifrin?
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Post by egoodstein on Sept 12, 2020 8:33:37 GMT -5
I think perhaps The Cincinnati Kid ??
One for the recent 90th birthday of Sonny Rollins. What jazz classic 1956 Prestige album featured both Rollins and John Coltrane?
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Post by erik on Sept 12, 2020 17:37:56 GMT -5
I think it was called Tenor Madness.
Name the Irish singer of recent vintage whose real full name is Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin, but who goes by one name only.
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Post by egoodstein on Sept 19, 2020 19:45:19 GMT -5
Enya
Who is James Newell Osterber Jr.?
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Post by erik on Sept 20, 2020 13:23:37 GMT -5
Iggy Pop
Linda Ronstadt was credited by what singer for having persuaded David Geffen to sign her and her 1980s "cow punk" band to his label after having heard them in a dive bar in the San Fernando Valley? (Name the singer and the band in question).
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Post by egoodstein on Oct 24, 2020 15:49:04 GMT -5
Maria McKee I think-- with band Lone Justice
Written in 1948, Duke Ellington's "The Tattooed Bride" first appeared on disc on his first LP in 1951 (previously he recorded on 78's). Name the album title.
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Post by erik on Oct 24, 2020 18:04:30 GMT -5
I think it was called Masterpieces By Ellington (and that title is not exactly idle boasting)
Under music director Neeme Jarvi in 1993, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra made a recording of the music from the score Sir Duke composed for an allegorical 1971 ballet. Name the ballet score in question.
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 4, 2020 11:03:44 GMT -5
I think ballet suite was The River.
What was the mid-'60's-early '70's British folk/pop band featuring future comic Billy Connolly and Gerry Raferty?
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Post by erik on Nov 4, 2020 20:47:43 GMT -5
The Humblebums.
Before he hit it big with "Dream Weaver", Gary Wright was the keyboardist for what late 60s/early 70s progressive-rock band?
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 15, 2020 14:52:38 GMT -5
I think he was in Spooky Tooth.
Who is Mary Jean Loutsenhizer?
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Post by erik on Nov 21, 2020 18:22:28 GMT -5
Chris Connor
Which cello legend and hugely popular conductor made a highly regarded 1985 recording of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto? (Bonus: name the orchestra that was utilized for said recording)
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Post by egoodstein on Nov 28, 2020 14:46:37 GMT -5
Not sure-- I'll guess Julian Lloyd-Webber with Royal Philharmonic Orch., conducted there by violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
Speaking of the Everly Brs., who wrote their late hit Bowling Green?
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