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| 1. | Which British singer was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on 3rd November 1948? |
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Lulu | |
| 2. | What 1985 song includes these lyrics? Oh I saw you by the wall Ten of your tin soldiers in a row |
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Elton John|Nikita
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| 3. | Richard Wright was an English musician who co-founded and played keyboards for what band? |
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Pink Floyd | |
| 4. | What 1985 song includes these lyrics? He got the action, he got the motion Yeah the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day |
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Dire Straits|Walk Of Life
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| 5. | Don't Dream It's Over and Something So Strong were worldwide hits from the 1986 debut album of what Australian band? |
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Crowded House | |
| 6. | Please please tell me now is repeated four times in the opening lines of what 1983 song? |
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Duran Duran|Is There Something I Should Know?
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| 7. | Rob Halford is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for what heavy metal band? |
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Judas Priest | |
| 8. | What 1987 Fleetwood Mac album includes the hit singles Big Love, Seven Wonders, Everywhere, and Little Lies? |
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Tango in the Night | |
| 9. | Who said Turn! Turn! Turn! in 1965? |
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The Byrds | |
| 10. | Released in 1984, what iconic album is this? |
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Bruce Springsteen|Born in the U.S.A. | |
| 11. | What 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival song was a hit for Ike and Tina Turner in 1971? |
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Proud Mary
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| 12. | What 1978 song begins with these lyrics? I'm in the phone booth, it's the one across the hall |
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Blondie|Hanging on the Telephone
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| 13. | A standard six string guitar is tuned to E, A, D, G, B ... what comes next? |
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E (Every Apple Does Go Bad Eventually / Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie) | |
| 14. | Of what 1970s Californian soft rock band were David Gates and Jimmy Griffin co-lead singers? |
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Bread | |
| 15. | "Your moves are so raw, I've got to let you know" are lyrics from what 1987 song? |
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INXS|Need You Tonight | |
| 16. | Between 1995 and 2002, Justin Timberlake was a vocalist in which band? |
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'N Sync | |
| 17. | Whose 1980s hit singles included West End Girls, It's A Sin and Always On My Mind? |
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Pet Shop Boys | |
| 18. | Name the artist whose worldwide hits in recent years include Low, Right Round and Club Can't Handle Me. |
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Flo Rida (Tramar Dillard) | |
| 19. | What nationality is singer, instrumentalist and songwriter Enya? |
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Irish | |
| 20. | What well known singer was born Graham McPherson in Hastings, England on 13th January, 1961? |
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Suggs | |
| 21. | By what name was trumpeter John Birks Gillespie better known? |
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Dizzy | |
| 22. | Who had More Than a Feeling in 1976? |
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Boston | |
| 23. | Yeah!, Burn, and My Boo were hits in 2004 for who? |
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Usher | |
| 24. | Take a Bow, Disturbia, and Rehab were 2008 hits for who? |
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Rihanna | |
| 25. | Who wrote the 1928 song Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love? |
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Cole Porter | |
| 26. | What is the sum of the titles of Adele's first four studio albums? |
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95 (19+21+25+30) | |
| 27. | With a playing time of around 3 minutes per side, throughout the early-mid 20th century, what was the diameter of most 78 rpm gramophone records? |
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10" | |
| 28. | What American band eventually wrote most of the songs and played their own instruments on their third album release, Headquarters, in 1967? |
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The Monkees | |
| 29. | What Irish singer had a 2014 hit single with Take Me to Church? |
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Hozier | |
| 30. | What 'B' describes this musical instrument? |
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Bassoon | |
| 31. | Who sings the theme tune to the forthcoming 2020 Bond film No Time to Die? |
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Billie Eilish | |
| 32. | Between 1981 and 1988, at the height of their success, what British rock band had a Scottish lead singer called Fish? |
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Marillion ('Fish' was born Derek William Dick in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland) | |
| 33. | Who sang about a "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" in 1972? |
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The Hollies | |
| 34. | "I met a devil woman. She took my heart away. She said, I've had it comin' to me. But I wanted it that way" are the opening lines to what 1974 song? |
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Bachman–Turner Overdrive|You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
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| 35. | Who released albums in the late 70s and early 80s titled Outlandos d'Amour, Reggatta de Blanc, and Zenyatta Mondatta? |
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The Police | |
| 36. | What 1972 song begins with these lyrics? You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht |
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Carly Simon|You're So Vain
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| 37. | Which famous singer and musician wrote Mott the Hoople's 1972 hit All the Young Dudes? |
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David Bowie | |
| 38. | Chasing Cars (2006), Signal Fire (2007), and Called Out in the Dark (2011) are among hits by what British band? |
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Snow Patrol | |
| 39. | Born in 1984, how is British rapper Dylan Kwabena Mills better known? |
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Dizzee Rascal | |
| 40. | "This is our last dance. This is ourselves." are among the closing lyrics to what 1981 song? |
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Queen and David Bowie|Under Pressure
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| 41. | A virtually unknown American vocalist and guitarist died in November 1996 of melanoma, but gained worldwide recognition four years later after her songs were played by the BBC. She has since had three UK number 1 records and charted top 10 positions in Australia, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland. What is her name? |
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Eva Cassidy | |
| 42. | Kiss on My List, You Make My Dreams, Private Eyes, and I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) were worldwide hits in 1981 for what pop rock duo? |
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Hall & Oates | |
| 43. | Who had worldwide hits in the late 90s with You're Still the One, That Don't Impress Me Much and Man! I Feel Like a Woman!? |
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Shania Twain | |
| 44. | Originally written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets in 1960, whose cover of |
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Bobby Fuller Four | |
| 45. | What English singer-songwriter was born George Alan O'Dowd on 14th June 1961? |
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Boy George | |
| 46. | Name the New York businesswoman who married Paul McCartney on 9th October 2011. |
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Nancy Shevell | |
| 47. | Notable for featuring Stairway to Heaven, what is the adopted title of this album, released in November 1971? |
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Led Zeppelin IV | |
| 48. | 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? |
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Nicki Minaj | |
| 49. | The French song Non, je ne regrette rien is best known for its 1960 recording by which artist? |
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Édith Piaf | |
| 50. | Released three years after Bob Marley's death, what was the title of his 1984 greatest hits album, the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 25 million copies worldwide? |
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Legend | |
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