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| 1. | Who had worldwide hits in 1982 with Hot in the City and White Wedding? |
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Billy Idol | |
| 2. | Prior to co-founding the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1968, Graham Nash was a founding member of what chart-topping group? |
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The Hollies | |
| 3. | What rock band had a worldwide hit in 1975-6 with a cover of the Everly Brothers' 1960 song Love Hurts? |
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Nazareth | |
| 4. | What instrument is being played in this famous opening glissando to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue?
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Clarinet | |
| 5. | Born in 1984, how is British rapper Dylan Kwabena Mills better known? |
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Dizzee Rascal | |
| 6. | What industrial rock band was founded by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988? |
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Nine Inch Nails | |
| 7. | Covered by Jimmy Cliff for the soundtrack of Cool Runnings in 1993, who originally wrote and recorded I Can See Clearly Now in the early 70s? |
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Johnny Nash | |
| 8. | "I got me a Chrysler, it seats about twenty. So hurry up and bring your jukebox money," are lyrics from what 1989 song? |
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The B-52's|Love Shack
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| 9. | In 1962, shortly after Acker Bilk's Stranger on the Shore, what became the second U.S. No. 1 single by a British artist, and the first by a British group? |
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The Tornados|Telstar | |
| 10. | What actress and singer had hit in 2013 with Come & Get It? |
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Selena Gomez | |
| 11. | 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) | |
| 12. | What was the title of Lady Gaga's 2008 début single and worldwide hit? |
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Just Dance (ft. Colby O'Donis)
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| 13. | Born in Santa Barbara, California on 25th October, 1984, by what name is singer/songwriter Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson better known? |
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Katy Perry | |
| 14. | Who said It’s Oh So Quiet in 1995? |
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Björk | |
| 15. | Name the New Zealand born, Australian country music singer married to Nicole Kidman since 2006. |
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Keith Urban | |
| 16. | Which 1970 song by Cat Stevens was most notably covered by Maxi Priest in 1988 and Mr. Big in 1993? |
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Wild World | |
| 17. | Founding members of the eponymous rock band, what are the first names of the two Van Halen brothers? |
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Eddie and Alex | |
| 18. | Who won a Grammy Award for My Father's Eyes in 1998? |
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Eric Clapton | |
| 19. | Formed in 1976, which famous band consists of Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr? |
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U2 (Paul Hewson is 'Bono', Dave Evans is 'The Edge') | |
| 20. | Complete the title of this early 90s American hip-hop group: ____ ____ and the Funky Bunch. |
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Marky Mark | |
| 21. | What is Mozart's full name? |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| 22. | Whose début single was Wannabe in 1996? |
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Spice Girls | |
| 23. | Who said Therefore I Am in 2020? |
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Billie Eilish | |
| 24. | What 2006 single, featuring Wyclef Jean, charted at number 1 in at least 55 countries? |
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Shakira|Hips Don't Lie
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| 25. | Who was "at a payphone trying to call home" in 2012? |
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Maroon 5 (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
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| 26. | Who sang the theme song for the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill? |
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Gladys Knight | |
| 27. | Machine Gun, Easy, Brick House, and Still are among the songs released in the 70s by what soul band? |
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Commodores | |
| 28. | Formed in 1982, what nationality are synth-pop band A-ha? |
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Norwegian | |
| 29. | Formed in 1973, what American band's original lineup were Starchild, the Demon, the Spaceman, and the Catman? |
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Kiss | |
| 30. | Which American rock and roll star was killed in a car crash during a UK tour in April 1960 at the age of 21? |
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Eddie Cochran | |
| 31. | Which musical superstar founded The Rocket Record Company in 1973? |
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Elton John (named after his hit song Rocket Man) | |
| 32. | Whose band in the 1960s were the Tijuana Brass? |
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Herb Alpert | |
| 33. | Quadrophenia, The Dark Side of the Moon, Houses of the Holy and Aladdin Sane were all released in what year? |
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1973 | |
| 34. | Which well known band consist of Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard? |
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ZZ Top | |
| 35. | Who released the first hit version of The Shoop Shoop Song in 1964? |
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Betty Everett | |
| 36. | What song by Sandie Shaw won the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest? |
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Puppet on a String | |
| 37. | What band's line-up in the 1970s comprised Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan and Rick Parfitt? |
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Status Quo | |
| 38. | What English band was formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979 by Mark King, Mike Lindup, and brothers Phil and Rowland "Boon" Gould? |
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Level 42 | |
| 39. | The title of what 1979 ABBA hit is a Spanish term of endearment for a woman, meaning "little one"? |
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Chiquitita | |
| 40. | What jazz trumpeter, born in 1926, was portrayed on film in 2015 by Don Cheadle? |
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Miles Davis (Miles Ahead) | |
| 41. | Complete the missing words from this 1980 song title: Sheena Easton - ______ ______ (9 to 5) |
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Morning Train | |
| 42. | Most successful in the 1990s, which American group comprised T-Boz, Left Eye, and Chilli? |
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TLC (Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas) | |
| 43. | Who had a worldwide hit in 1960 with Everybody's Somebody's Fool? |
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Connie Francis | |
| 44. | What 1960 Paul Anka song was covered by Donny Osmond in 1972? |
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Puppy Love | |
| 45. | Who had hits in 1988 with Don't Be Cruel and My Prerogative? |
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Bobby Brown | |
| 46. | What song title links Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Thelma Houston, and The Communards? |
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Don't Leave Me This Way (1975, 1977, 1986) | |
| 47. | A backlash to negative press and the paparazzi, what song from the album Bad did Michael Jackson release as a single in February 1989? |
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Leave me Alone | |
| 48. | Formed in 1964, what British pop duo had the surnames Asher and Waller? |
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Peter and Gordon | |
| 49. | In 1939, who wrote the famous outlaw song The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd? |
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Woody Guthrie | |
| 50. | In 1984, who said, "If Morrissey says not to eat meat, then I'll eat meat ... that's how much I hate Morrissey"? |
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Robert Smith (The Cure) | |
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