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Post by egoodstein on Aug 8, 2008 11:22:49 GMT -5
I Love Rock n'Roll by Joan Jett.
Nilsson's hit 'Without You' was penned by members of what band? Name the band and the songwriters.
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Post by erik on Aug 8, 2008 18:15:09 GMT -5
Badfinger (songwriters: Peter Hamm, Tom Evans)
What Neil Diamond composition did Elvis do as part of his 1969 Memphis sessions? (Hint: it wasn't "Sweet Caroline")
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 11, 2008 2:32:12 GMT -5
Dunno-- I'll guess 'Kentucky Rain,' but don't really think Diamond wrote that. . . What Guy Clark song has been recorded by (among others) The Highwaymen, Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson and Nanci Griffith? (hint: it's NOT 'LA Freeway').
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Post by erik on Aug 11, 2008 12:52:06 GMT -5
The Neil Diamond song that Elvis did in Memphis in '69 was "And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind"
Taking a wild guess on the Guy Clark question: "Desperados Waiting For A Train"
Which hit song by the legendary Jim Reeves did Tom Jones cover on his 1967 album Green, Green Grass Of Home?
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 11, 2008 19:42:45 GMT -5
He'll Have to Go Curly Puttnam who wrote Green Green Grass of Home also cowrote two big hits for Tammy Wynette. Name the songs (and bonus for his cowriters!).
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Post by erik on Aug 12, 2008 12:35:45 GMT -5
"D-I-V-O-R-C-E" (with Bobby Braddock)
"My Elusive Dreams" (with Billy Sherrill)
Who were Linda Ronstadt's credited co-writers, respectively, on her 1976 compsitions "Try Me Again" and "Lo Siento Mi Vida"?
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 12, 2008 18:56:27 GMT -5
Kenny Edwards-- 'Lo Siento Mi Vida' & Andrew Gold on 'Try Me Again.'
Though sometimes (early on especially) wrongly listed as a traditional song, Fairport Convention's 'Crazy Man Michael' on 'Liege and Lief' was really written by which two members of the band?
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Post by erik on Aug 13, 2008 12:29:52 GMT -5
Dave Swarbrick and Richard Thompson
Name the Doors' song that was becoming a hit at the time Jim Morrison fatally OD'd in Paris on July 3, 1971.
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 14, 2008 9:36:38 GMT -5
Love Her Madly What name did Prince use at the time he wrote the Bangles's hit 'Manic Monday'?
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Post by arjan on Aug 14, 2008 10:00:22 GMT -5
Christopher
for the Doors song I would guess Riders on the Storm...
The Bangles were guest background-vocalists on a Billboard #3 single in 1986 by a female solo singer. Which single?
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 15, 2008 4:50:08 GMT -5
Cyndi Lauper maybe What was the name of Cyndi Lauper's early band (before 'She's So Unusual')?
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Post by erik on Aug 15, 2008 17:53:59 GMT -5
Blue Angel
Name the legendary surf guitarist whose name got back into the spotlight thanks to the use of "Misirlou" in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 cult masterpiece PULP FICTION.
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 16, 2008 10:10:44 GMT -5
Dick Dale What well known rock female directed videos of Breeders's songs 'Divine Hammer' & 'Cannonball'? Hint-- it was not a member of the band.
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Post by erik on Aug 16, 2008 19:41:41 GMT -5
I'm only guessing here--Kim Gordon.
Which future member of the Eagles worked on two landmark country/bluegrass/rock albums with Gene Clark and Doug Dillard in 1968 and '69?
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 17, 2008 16:26:07 GMT -5
Bernie Leadon I think.
Name the producer (often executive producer) & his label which in the '60's featured such diverse acts as: Judy Collins, Paul Butterfield, The Doors, Tim Buckley, Fred Neil & early albums by The Stooges and MC5 (among many others).
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Post by erik on Aug 17, 2008 18:56:30 GMT -5
Jac Holzmann
Elvis' 1970 hit "Kentucky Rain" was written by which future country/pop crossover star?
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Post by arjan on Aug 18, 2008 5:19:28 GMT -5
Cyndi Lauper maybe Indeed, the song is 'Change of Heart'.
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 19, 2008 0:29:48 GMT -5
Kentucky Rain cowritten by Eddie Rabbit I think.
Scott Le Faro is best known for his trailblazing bass work with which jazz pianist?
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Post by erik on Aug 19, 2008 12:31:12 GMT -5
Bill Evans
What John Denver hit was used in the 1974 Disney film THE BEARS AND I?
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Post by egoodstein on Aug 20, 2008 0:03:24 GMT -5
No clue. 'Thank God I'm a Country boy' maybe Who was one of the original members of The Runaways & later joined The Bangles?
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Post by arjan on Aug 20, 2008 3:55:47 GMT -5
Michael Steele
What was the first song played on American MTV?
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Post by jhar26 on Aug 20, 2008 4:00:08 GMT -5
Michael Steele What was the first song played on American MTV? Knowing America it was probably the Star Spangled Banner or America the Beautiful.
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Post by arjan on Aug 20, 2008 6:56:44 GMT -5
Possibly but I mean the first video
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Post by erik on Aug 20, 2008 12:56:21 GMT -5
"Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles.
Terribly appropriate, in my opinion.
What hit by Donovan was alleged to have been about smoking banana peels, presumably with a leafy narcotic inside?
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Post by arjan on Aug 20, 2008 13:44:43 GMT -5
"Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles. Terribly appropriate, in my opinion. Maybe that's why they chose it
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