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Post by arjan on Jun 26, 2008 2:55:22 GMT -5
Nena indeed
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Post by egoodstein on Jun 27, 2008 11:07:36 GMT -5
Nena indeed **Lucky guess !!
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Post by erik on Jun 27, 2008 17:36:44 GMT -5
Mariska Veres was the lead singer of a Dutch group that had a #1 international hit in the winter of 1970 with "Venus." Name the group?
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Post by egoodstein on Jun 28, 2008 0:58:51 GMT -5
Shocking Blue I think.
Answer to that singer/songwriter question is Judee Sill by the way.
Which influential group first played together as members of Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks?
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Post by erik on Jun 28, 2008 18:26:23 GMT -5
The Band
Herbie Hancock provided the score to what memorable (and hugely controversial) 1974 film starring Charles Bronson?
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Post by egoodstein on Jun 30, 2008 13:16:46 GMT -5
Death Wish.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner was the last Spencer/Tracy film. Name the FIRST.
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Post by erik on Jul 1, 2008 12:39:00 GMT -5
STATE OF THE UNION
What song from the Elvis Presley canon did Linda Ronstadt do in concert (and later recorded) following the King's untimely death in August 1977?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 1, 2008 19:47:38 GMT -5
Love Me Tender (sorry bout that movie question-- I spaced out!!! Name the husband/wife songwriting duo who're best known (probably) for writing many hits for The Everly Brothers.
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Post by erik on Jul 2, 2008 12:57:27 GMT -5
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Whose career was almost ruined when the press found out he had married his thirteen year-old third cousin in '57?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 2, 2008 16:21:33 GMT -5
Jerry Lee Lewis.
What famous singer's real name is Norma Deloris Egstrom? (Hint: jazz/classic pop era)
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Post by erik on Jul 3, 2008 12:57:39 GMT -5
Peggy Lee
Name the gospel-influenced inspirational ballad was done by Elvis at the end of his 1968 Comeback Special (it hit #12 for him shortly after).
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 3, 2008 19:35:08 GMT -5
All I can think of is 'In the Ghetto' but don't think that's right.
The Byrds didn't just cover Bob Dylan. What versatile singer/songwriter wrote 'Don't Doubt Yourself Babe,' recorded on the first Byrds album?
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Post by erik on Jul 4, 2008 13:52:22 GMT -5
It was actually "If I Can Dream"
To Ed's question: Jackie DeShannon
Name the one-hit group from Chicago (their one hit being "Vehicle", by the way) who also sounded like the band with that city's name?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 5, 2008 12:35:39 GMT -5
Ides of March.
Black Francis, Frank Black, or Charles Thompson are the same person. Name his trailblazing Boston band.
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Post by erik on Jul 5, 2008 18:00:24 GMT -5
The Pixies
Mark Lindsay, the lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders, had a sizeable Top Ten solo hit in the winter of 1970 with what song?
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 5, 2008 21:17:17 GMT -5
Arizona.... speaking of which, the Raiders and the Monkees both had a hit with what song?
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 6, 2008 10:26:40 GMT -5
Stepping Stone Name the songwriter who wrote Paul Revere and the Raiders Hit 'Indian Reservation' and also 'Tobacco Road' (covered by Lou Rawls & Jefferson Airplane among others) as well as other well known songs (can't make it TOO easy ).
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Post by erik on Jul 6, 2008 18:19:10 GMT -5
John D. Loudermilk
What song were the Stones performing at Altamont the moment that Meredith Hunter was fatally stabbed by a Hell's Angel? (P.S.: It was not "Sympathy For The Devil", as some might believe)
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 7, 2008 9:53:07 GMT -5
I think it was 'Under My Thumb.' (2nd choice-- 'Jumpin' Jack Flash').
Name group founded by Alexis Koerner in which both Brian Jones and Charlie Watts played before joining the Rolling Stones. Ed
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Post by erik on Jul 7, 2008 12:46:59 GMT -5
It was indeed "Under My Thumb"
Answer to Ed's question: Blues Incorporated
One of Linda Ronstadt's few rock festival appearances was in October 1970 at what California coastal town's folk music festival?
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 7, 2008 15:55:55 GMT -5
Big Sur (I have the vinyl record somewhere)
What was slated to be Led Zeppelin's original name?
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Post by erik on Jul 8, 2008 9:43:31 GMT -5
The New Yardbirds (until Keith Moon shot it down)
From Elvis In Memphis was one of two albums Elvis released of his marathon recording sessions in Memphis in 1969. Name the other.
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Post by egoodstein on Jul 8, 2008 10:38:21 GMT -5
I think it was 'From Memphis to Vegas.'
Preacher Jimmy Swaggart is one of Jerry Lee Lewis's cousins. Name another cousin who became a country music star.
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Post by erik on Jul 9, 2008 12:28:17 GMT -5
Mickey Gilley
Name the Leiber/Stoller song that was recorded by Ben E. King (in 1961), John Lennon (in 1974), and Mickey Gilley (in 1980).
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Post by robertaxel on Jul 9, 2008 16:00:23 GMT -5
Stand By Me?
What was Carole King's original surname?
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