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1.What singer-songwriter's given names are Kathryn Dawn?
2.Joe Strummer was the 1976 co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of what punk rock band?
3.What American rapper was born Shawn Corey Carter on 4th December 1969?
4.The Rolling Stones were named after a 1950 song by which Blues musician?
5.What former Spice Girls' first solo release was titled Not Such an Innocent Girl in 2001?
6.Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool comprise what American rock band, formed in 1986?
7.Who were Glad All Over in December 1963?
8."Holly came from Miami, Fla." is the opening line to what 1972 song?
9.In song, who Waits at the window wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door?
10.In the song The Twelve Days Of Christmas, how many Swans were a-Swimming?
11.The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy features in which ballet with music by Tchaikovsky?
12.What American thrash metal band was formed in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King?
13.There's No Business Like Show Business and Anything You Can Do are songs from which Irving Berlin musical?
14.Born Stacy Ann Ferguson in California in 1975, she now goes by a different stage name. An accomplished solo artist, she is also lead vocalist for which well known band?
15.What industrial rock band was founded by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988?
16.I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor was the 2005 debut single for what band formed in Sheffield, England in 2002?

17.Up until his death in in August 1995, Jerry Garcia was lead guitarist for which American rock band formed in 1965?
18.What famous song, written in 1898, translates from Neopolitan to English as "My own sun"?
19.What 1973 Bob Marley song features a character named John Brown?
20.Who said Love Is a Battlefield in 1983?
21.Who had worldwide hits in 2011 with Party Rock Anthem and Sexy and I Know It?
22.Upon Stuart Sutcliffe's departure in 1961, who became bass player for the Beatles?
23.What 1963 song by Lesley Gore was covered by British artists Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin in 1981?
24.Eagles - Hotel California, Donna Summer - I Feel Love, and Boney M - Ma Baker were among the biggest selling hit singles around the world, in which year?
25.Released in 1976, what group holds the record for the world's best selling greatest hits compilation?
26.By what name is Gordon Sumner better known?
27.Ummagumma is a double album released on 25th October 1969 by what band?
28.Formed in 2002, what British band consists of Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley?
29.In 1968 in a hotel in Germany, Gene Vincent tried to shoot English singer Paul Raven. He fired several shots but missed and a frightened Raven left the country the next day. Three years on, Paul Raven would change his stage name to what?
30.Complete these lyrics with a 1964 song title:
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light, that split the night. And touched .......
31.Heavily sampling Boney M.'s 1979 hit Gotta Go Home, who had a worldwide hit in 2010 with a song titled Barbra Streisand?
32.Who was King of the Road in 1965?

33.Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" is part of a suite of incidental music (Op. 61) to what Shakespeare play?
34.Joe Perry is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for what American rock band?
35.What band said Miss You in 1978?
36."Your moves are so raw, I've got to let you know" are lyrics from what 1987 song?
37.Formed in 1985, by what name are pop duo Andy Bell and Vince Clarke known?
38.Formed in 1977, which English rock duo had the first names Kevin and Lol?
39.Chris Stein, Gary Valentine, Jimmy Destri, and Clem Burke were four of the five members of what American band when they released their self-titled debut album in 1976?
40.What 1964 Bob Dylan song was covered in 1965 with different versions by both Cher and the Byrds?
41.Born in October 1930, what was American musician, singer and songwriter Jiles Perry Richardson's nickname?
42.Which Scottish singer had worldwide hits in the mid-2000s with Black Horse & The Cherry Tree, Suddenly I See, and Hold On?
43.Do That To Me One More Time was a 1980 hit for who?
44.Which band's first worldwide hits were Harder to Breathe in 2002 and This Love in 2004?
45.Best known for his collaborations with DJ and record producer Ryan Lewis, by what name is American rapper and songwriter Benjamin Hammond Haggerty best known?
46.Which American singer was born in 1903 with the first names Harry Lillis?
47.Founder members of the Bee Gees, name the three Gibb brothers.
48.Which 1935 George Gershwin opera includes the songs Summertime and It Ain't Necessarily So?
49.Name the AC/DC lead singer and co-songwriter who died of "acute alcohol poisoning" in 1980?
50.What 1972 song begins with the line Well, I don' know why I came here tonight?


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