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1.Tim Bergling was a Swedish DJ and record producer who took his own life in 2018. His most successful singles were Wake Me Up and Hey Brother, released under what name?
2.Released on 13th April 1973, what is the title of this David Bowie album?
3.Released in 1976, what group holds the record for the world's best selling greatest hits compilation?
4.By what nickname is American singer Harry Wayne Casey better known?
5.What 1965 song, more famously covered in 1981, includes these lyrics?
The love we share seems to go nowhere and I've lost my light
6.What British funk and acid jazz band's hits in the late 90s include Virtual Insanity, Deeper Underground, and Canned Heat?
7.Who had a hit in 1961 with Hit The Road, Jack?
8.All That She Wants, The Sign and Don't Turn Around were worldwide hits in the 90s for what group?
9.A parody of Michael Jackson's Beat It, who said Eat It in 1984?
10.What song title is shared by hits for The Four Seasons in 1962 and Fergie in 2007?
11."Where you goin' with that gun in your hand?" are lyrics from what 1966 song?
12.Fill in the blank from these lyrics to Don McLean's American Pie: "But _______ made me shiver. With every paper I'd deliver."
13.Who said I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) in 1976?
14.What song, made famous by Frank Sinatra in 1964, features the lyrics .. and let me sing forever more?
15.Formed in Manchester in 1983, what English rock band is fronted by vocalist Ian Brown?
16.Which singer-songwriter has been married to American rapper Jay-Z since April 2008?

17.What American band were formed in 1974 by Johnny, Tommy, Joey, and Dee Dee?
18.What boy band was founded in London in 1997, originally consisting of Sean Conlon, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson, Abz Love and Jason "J" Brown?
19.Who composed the Brandenburg concertos in 1721?
20.When asked "What is jazz?", what musician famously replied, "If you have to ask, you'll never know"?
21.Later achieving international success as the Eurythmics, of what band were Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart members before it split up in 1980?
22.Handel was a German-born, British Baroque composer. What was his first name?
23.Who were Top of the World in 1973?
24.What band said She Sells Sanctuary in 1985?
25.What rock 'n roll singer and dancer was born Ernest Evans in South Carolina on 3rd October 1941?
26.What 1967 song begins with these lyrics?
You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
27.Which Grammy Award-winning female singer won the first American Idol in 2002?
28.Who had a worldwide hit in 1987 with Heaven is a Place on Earth?
29.Formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, which well known American alternative rock band is this?
30.What actress and singer had hit in 2013 with Come & Get It?
31.Which band's first worldwide hits were Harder to Breathe in 2002 and This Love in 2004?
32.What song, originally released by Los Bravos in 1966, was covered by French female trio Belle Epoque in 1977?

33.Whose hits in the 2000s include Clint Eastwood, Feel Good Inc., Dare, and Dirty Harry?
34.In which 1956 film musical did Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm sing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire??
35.What 1974 folk rock song includes the lyrics Little boy blue and the man on the moon?
36.What 1983 hit song was sampled in Puff Daddy and Faith Evans' 1997 song I'll Be Missing You?
37.Actually having 18, 19 or 20 strings; what Asian musical instrument gets its name from the Persian for "three strings"?
38.Who had a worldwide hit in 1996 with Un-Break My Heart?
39.Later covered by The Marvelettes and Dusty Springfield, who was Tossin' and Turnin' in 1961?
40.Turn Me On (David Guetta 2011), Beauty and a Beat (Justin Bieber 2012), Side to Side (Ariana Grande 2016), and Woman Like Me (Little Mix 2018) all feature what artist?
41."His clothes are dirty but his, his hands are clean. And you're the best thing that he's ever seen." are lyrics from what 1969 song?
42.What founding member of the Rolling Stones died in his swimming pool in July 1969, aged just 27?
43.Which song includes the lyrics:
"I hope my legs don't break"?
44.Which 1995 song includes these lyrics:
I said, "Pretend you've got no money."
She just laughed and said, "Oh you're so funny."
I said, "Yeah?"
"Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here."
45.What Jamaican singer-songwriter had a worldwide hit in 1964 with her cover version of My Boy Lollipop?
46.What is the name of Nat King Cole's 1946 hit, commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"?
47.Which American singer was born in 1903 with the first names Harry Lillis?
48.Up Where We Belong was recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for what 1982 film?
49.Who was Sitting On The Dock of the Bay in 1968?
50."Clock strikes upon the hour, and the sun begins to fade." are the opening lyrics to what 1987 song?


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