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| 1. | "It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you. There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do." are lyrics from what 1982 song? |
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Toto - Africa
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| 2. | Whose 1968 debut single was titled Those Were the Days? |
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Mary Hopkin | |
| 3. | What rock legend released albums titled Wrecking Ball in 2012 and High Hopes in 2014? |
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Bruce Springsteen | |
| 4. | Whose cover of Simon & Garfunkel's Hazy Shade of Winter was recorded for the soundtrack to the 1987 film Less Than Zero? |
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The Bangles | |
| 5. | In what year was Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You first released? |
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1994 | |
| 6. | Who recorded her own version of These Boots Are Made for Walkin' for the soundtrack to the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard? |
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Jessica Simpson (she also played Daisy Duke in the film) | |
| 7. | The record for the oldest female artist to reach number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 was set on 2nd March 1999. Aged 52 at the time, name the artist and the title of the song. |
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Cher|Believe
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| 8. | What song title links Depeche Mode (1981) and The Black Eyed Peas (2011)? |
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Just Can't Get Enough | |
| 9. | Which 1980 protest song begins with the lyrics: September '77 Port Elizabeth weather fine It was business as usual In police room 619 |
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Peter Gabriel|Biko
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| 10. | Which band told us to Ride a White Swan in 1970 and Get It On in 1971? |
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T. Rex | |
| 11. | In November 2014, after the release of their album Four, who became the first band in U.S. Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one? |
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One Direction | |
| 12. | In 1939, who wrote the famous outlaw song The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd? |
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Woody Guthrie | |
| 13. | A worldwide hit for Sinead O'Connor in 1990, who wrote and recorded the original Nothing Compares 2 U for his 1985 album The Family? |
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Prince | |
| 14. | Released in 2014, what is the title of the the fifteenth and final studio album by British progressive rock band Pink Floyd? |
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The Endless River | |
| 15. | Released in 1981, what album is this? |
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Rush|Moving Pictures | |
| 16. | Make It Easy on Yourself and The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore were both worldwide hits in the 1960s for who? |
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The Walker Brothers | |
| 17. | Who wrote the 1812 Overture? |
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Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) | |
| 18. | What American band released the song Enter Sandman in 1991? |
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Metallica | |
| 19. | Who had a worldwide hit with her debut album The Fame in 2008? |
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Lady Gaga | |
| 20. | With which musical instrument is Herbie Hancock most associated? |
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Piano | |
| 21. | Released in 1977, what album is this? |
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Fleetwood Mac|Rumours | |
| 22. | A one-hit wonder, what song did Louisiana-based John Fred & His Playboy Band release in late 1967? |
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Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) | |
| 23. | Killed in a car accident in 1998, what English rock drummer was born Colin Trevor Flooks on 29th December 1947? |
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Cozy Powell | |
| 24. | What American singer's hits in the 2000s include Since U Been Gone, Behind These Hazel Eyes, Because of You, and My Life Would Suck Without You? |
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Kelly Clarkson | |
| 25. | What is the subtitle of Beyoncé's 2008 hit Single Ladies? |
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Put a Ring on It
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| 26. | Best known for a handful of worldwide hits in the late 90s, name this Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group. |
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Aqua (Lene Nystrøm, René Dif, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen)
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| 27. | The title of what 1979 ABBA hit is a Spanish term of endearment for a woman, meaning "little one"? |
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Chiquitita | |
| 28. | What 1981 song begins with these lyrics? She's a very kinky girl, The kind you don't take home to mother |
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Rick James|Super Freak
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| 29. | Which African American girl group, founded in New Jersey in 1957, became famous with hits such as Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Soldier Boy, and Foolish Little Girl? |
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The Shirelles | |
| 30. | What 1966 song includes these lyrics? I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes |
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The Rolling Stones|Paint It Black
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| 31. | In 2008, who was accompanied by Justin Timberlake and Timbaland to make the hit single 4 Minutes? |
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Madonna | |
| 32. | What English singer-songwriter fronted Anglo-American hard rock supergroup Tin Machine in the late 80s and early 90s? |
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David Bowie | |
| 33. | Arnold George Dorsey was born in Madras, British India, in 1936, and toured England with the Walker Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, and Cat Stevens in 1967. Under what name is this crooner better known? |
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Engelbert Humperdinck | |
| 34. | Telephone help lines were required for distraught fans when what English pop group announced they were splitting up for the first time on 13th February 1996? |
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Take That | |
| 35. | Erotica, Bedtime Stories, and Ray of Light are albums released in the 90s by whom? |
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Madonna | |
| 36. | Seal, Aerosmith, and Gnarls Barkley have all had worldwide hits sharing what one word title? |
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Crazy | |
| 37. | Which American country music duo had their biggest worldwide hit in 1976 with Let Your Love Flow? |
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The Bellamy Brothers | |
| 38. | In 1992, whose début solo album was titled Diva? |
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Annie Lennox | |
| 39. | Who had a worldwide hit in 1970 with Rose Garden? |
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Lynn Anderson | |
| 40. | What 1974 folk rock song includes the lyrics Little boy blue and the man on the moon? |
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Harry Chapin|Cats In The Cradle
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| 41. | Who sang with Serge Gainsborough on the 1969 hit Je t'aime... moi non plus? |
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Jane Birkin (although originally written for, and sung with, Brigitte Bardot in 1967)
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| 42. | Mouth is alive with juices like wine are lyrics from what 1982 new wave song? |
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Duran Duran|Hungry Like the Wolf
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| 43. | Active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, what American band is pictured here? |
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Creedence Clearwater Revival (Doug Clifford, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and John Fogerty) | |
| 44. | Only 30 years of age, who died at the peak of their career in a private plane crash on 5th March, 1963? |
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Patsy Cline | |
| 45. | A famous operetta composed by Johann Strauss II in 1874, what does 'Die Fledermaus' translate to in English? |
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The Bat | |
| 46. | Counter, Sofa, Shower, Camera, and Shoulder all feature in the pre-chorus of what 2000 song? |
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Shaggy|It Wasn't Me
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| 47. | The original theme music to what TV series was written by Australian composer Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1963? |
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Doctor Who
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| 48. | 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? |
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Gary Glitter | |
| 49. | Those Were The Days was a 1968 worldwide hit for who? |
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Mary Hopkin (also released by Sandie Shaw that year but her version failed to top the charts) | |
| 50. | What was the name of Herp Alpert's band between 1962 and 1969? |
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Tijuana Brass | |
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