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| 1. | What soul dance band had a hit in 1977 with Native New Yorker? |
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Odyssey | |
| 2. | Fifties Jazz musician Chet Baker was best known for playing what musical instrument? |
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Trumpet | |
| 3. | What band had A Horse with No Name in the early 1970s? |
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America | |
| 4. | Just the Way You Are and Grenade were 2010 hits for who? |
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Bruno Mars | |
| 5. | No Son of Mine, I Can't Dance and Hold on My Heart were hits in the early 90s for what band? |
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Genesis | |
| 6. | Shirley Bassey has performed the title themes for three James Bond films. Name them. |
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Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker | |
| 7. | What 1974 song features "Little boy blue and the man on the moon"? |
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Harry Chapin|Cat's in the Cradle | |
| 8. | Mad Dogs & Englishmen is a live album released in 1970 by what English singer? |
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Joe Cocker | |
| 9. | It's Still Rock and Roll to Me and Tell Her About It were worldwide hits in the 80s for which musician? |
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Billy Joel | |
| 10. | An American brand of deodorant for young ladies is included in the title of what 1991 worldwide hit? |
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Nirvana|Smells Like Teen Spirit | |
| 11. | Introduced in 1999, what rare RIAA certification is given to an album or single with sales of 10 million or more? |
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Diamond | |
| 12. | Who played drums for The Police? |
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Stewart Copeland | |
| 13. | Who was Torn in 1997? |
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Natalie Imbruglia | |
| 14. | Written by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams, who had a worldwide hit in 1970 with We've Only Just Begun? |
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The Carpenters | |
| 15. | What 1976 song includes the following lyrics? Friday night and the lights are low. Looking out for a place to go. |
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ABBA|Dancing Queen
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| 16. | Richard Wright was an English musician who co-founded and played keyboards for what band? |
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Pink Floyd | |
| 17. | Born in Ontario, Canada in 1984, whose biggest worldwide hits to date have been Complicated (2002) and Girlfriend (2007)? |
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Avril Lavigne | |
| 18. | What well known singer was born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas on 27th September, 1947? |
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Meat Loaf | |
| 19. | Which pop star was the subject of a 1997 TV documentary titled Tantrums and Tiaras? |
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Elton John | |
| 20. | Who said U Can't Touch This in 1990? |
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MC Hammer | |
| 21. | 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 | |
| 22. | Which rock and pop band was formed in Los Angeles in 1971 by brothers Ron and Russell Mael? |
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Sparks | |
| 23. | Most successful in the 1980s, which band comprised Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen, and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy? |
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A-ha | |
| 24. | The soprano Montserrat Caballé was born in which Spanish city? |
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Barcelona
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| 25. | Which English singer and songwriter was born Jessica Ellen Cornish in March 1988? |
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Jessie J | |
| 26. | What British electronic music band, formed in 1989, is composed of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons? |
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The Chemical Brothers | |
| 27. | What 2002 song includes these lyrics? Now this looks like a job for me so everybody just follow me 'Cause we need a little controversy. |
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Eminem|Without Me
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| 28. | Born Mary Sandeman in Scotland in 1947, what retired singer is best known for her 1981 hit Japanese Boy? |
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Aneka | |
| 29. | Up until his death in in August 1995, Jerry Garcia was lead guitarist for which American rock band formed in 1965? |
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Grateful Dead | |
| 30. | From the soundtrack of the 1986 film Top Gun, which group performed Take My Breath Away? |
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Berlin | |
| 31. | What did Spike Jones and his City Slickers ask of Santa in 1948? |
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All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
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| 32. | Who met the head of the herd on the road to Mandalay? |
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Nellie the Elephant (Mandy Miller - 1956) | |
| 33. | Which well known singer was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Michigan on 13th May 1950? |
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Stevie Wonder | |
| 34. | Following on from + (2011), × (2014), and ÷ (2017), what is the title of Ed Sheeran's fourth solo studio album, released in 2021? |
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= (His fifth album, the fourth being No.6 Collaborations Project) | |
| 35. | What 1972 worldwide hit includes these lyrics? Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for them springing fresh from the Word |
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Cat Stevens|Morning Has Broken
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| 36. | The main theme for which 1967 Bond film was sampled in Robbie Williams' 1998 hit Millennium? |
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You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra)
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| 37. | "I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind" are lyrics from what 1968 song? |
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Tom Jones|Delilah
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| 38. | Of what well known backing band is bass player Garry Tallent the only remaining original member? |
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E Street Band | |
| 39. | The Dakotas are best known as the backing group for what singer in the 1960s? |
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Billy J. Kramer | |
| 40. | In what country was recording artist Rihanna born? |
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Barbados (Saint Michael - Robyn Rihanna Fenty) | |
| 41. | Who sang with the Pogues on the 1987 Christmas hit Fairytale of New York? |
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Kirsty MacColl | |
| 42. | Keep on Running and Gimme Some Lovin' were worldwide hits in the 60s for which British band? |
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The Spencer Davis Group | |
| 43. | What 1964 Bobby and Shirley Womack song was covered in the same year by the Rolling Stones, and became their first UK number-one hit? |
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It's All Over Now | |
| 44. | "All around, people looking half dead. Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head." are lyrics from what 1966 song? |
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The Lovin' Spoonful|Summer in the City
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| 45. | Whose greatest hits include Babe (1979), The Best of Times (1981), and Mr. Roboto (1983)? |
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Styx | |
| 46. | An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down is the 1969 debut solo album by what artist? |
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Rod Stewart | |
| 47. | In which modern day country was 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born? |
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Austria (Salzburg - then part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation) | |
| 48. | What Psychedelic Furs song became the theme tune for a 1986 John Hughes film of the same name? |
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Pretty in Pink | |
| 49. | What song was a hit for The Supremes in 1966, Vanilla Fudge in 1967 and Kim Wilde in 1987? |
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You Keep Me Hangin' On | |
| 50. | Who did Michael Jackson marry in 1994? |
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Lisa Marie Presley (Divorced 1996) | |
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