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| 1. | What song title is shared by hits for The Four Seasons in 1962 and Fergie in 2007? |
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Big Girls Don't Cry | |
| 2. | What band said She Sells Sanctuary in 1985? |
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The Cult | |
| 3. | A worldwide one-hit wonder, what group said Pump up the Volume in 1987? |
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MARRS | |
| 4. | What 1962 song begins, "When this old world starts getting me down ..."? |
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The Drifters|Up on the Roof
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| 5. | What was Charlie Rich looking for in 1973? |
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The Most Beautiful Girl | |
| 6. | Jorma Kaukonen, Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, Spencer Dryden, and Jack Casady formed the "classic" lineup of what rock band during the late 1960s and early 1970s? |
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Jefferson Airplane | |
| 7. | Who was Born This Way in 2011? |
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Lady Gaga | |
| 8. | What was the name of Ian Dury's backing band? |
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The Blockheads (from 1977 to his death in 2000) | |
| 9. | What Oscar-winning actor sang on Kanye West's 2005 hit Gold Digger? |
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Jamie Foxx | |
| 10. | They purchased the copyright in 1988 for around US$5 million dollars, but in February 2016, after a long court battle, what early 20th century song did Warner/Chappell Music finally release into the public domain? |
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Happy Birthday To You | |
| 11. | What song title links the Everly Brothers, New Order, Heaven 17, and Wet Wet Wet? |
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Temptation | |
| 12. | If You Let Me Stay and Wishing Well were debut singles released in 1987 by who? |
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Terence Trent D'Arby | |
| 13. | What band were formed in Manchester in 1963 by Keith Hopwood, Karl Green, Alan Wrigley, Steve Titterington and Peter Noone? |
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Herman's Hermits | |
| 14. | What satirical novelty song was released by Memphis disc jockey Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots in 1976? |
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Disco Duck
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| 15. | What was on the Run for Manfred Mann in 1968 and Sweet in 1974? |
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Fox | |
| 16. | What 1986 song begins: I must've dreamed a thousand dreams. Been haunted by a million screams. |
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Genesis|Land Of Confusion
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| 17. | Who did Cynthia Powell marry on 23rd August 1962? |
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John Lennon | |
| 18. | "Beauty I'd always missed, with these eyes before," are lyrics from what 1967 song? |
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The Moody Blues|Nights in White Satin
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| 19. | What is the title of the 1980 anti-apartheid protest song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel? |
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Biko (inspired by the death of the black South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in police custody on 12th September 1977) | |
| 20. | Formed in 1962, from what country were folk-influenced pop quartet The Seekers? |
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Australia | |
| 21. | Who's gonna tell you when it's too late. Who's gonna tell you things aren't so great are the opening lines to what 1984 song? |
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The Cars|Drive
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| 22. | Whose 1980s hit singles included West End Girls, It's A Sin and Always On My Mind? |
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Pet Shop Boys | |
| 23. | "When I find myself in times of trouble" are the opening words to which 1970 song? |
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The Beatles|Let It Be
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| 24. | Who were Making Plans For Nigel in 1979? |
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XTC | |
| 25. | Jennifer Lopez's parents were both born on what Caribbean island? |
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Puerto Rico | |
| 26. | Take a Bow, Disturbia, and Rehab were 2008 hits for who? |
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Rihanna | |
| 27. | The Dakotas are best known as the backing group for what singer in the 1960s? |
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Billy J. Kramer | |
| 28. | Complete these lyrics to Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence: "When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a _____ _____. That split the night." |
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Neon light
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| 29. | Formed in 1995, which Canadian rock band gets its name from the small change bassist Mike Kroeger used to relentlessly give to customers when working at Starbucks? |
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Nickelback | |
| 30. | What singer is known as 'The Groover from Vancouver'? |
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Bryan Adams | |
| 31. | Who had a hit in 1968 with Do You Know the Way to San Jose? |
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Dionne Warwick | |
| 32. | Who has "Hair of gold and lips like cherries" in the song Green, Green Grass of Home? |
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Mary | |
| 33. | What English singer-songwriter was born George Alan O'Dowd on 14th June 1961? |
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Boy George | |
| 34. | The Rolling Stones were named after a 1950 song by which Blues musician? |
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Muddy Waters (Rollin' Stone) | |
| 35. | What instrument is being played in this famous opening glissando to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue?
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Clarinet | |
| 36. | Who replaced Signe Anderson as female vocalist of Jefferson Airplane in 1966? |
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Grace Slick | |
| 37. | What 1973 Bruce Springsteen song was a wordwide hit for Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1976? |
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Blinded by the Light | |
| 38. | Who asked the musical question "What if God was One of Us" in 1995? |
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Joan Osborne | |
| 39. | Who released an album in 1983 called simply War? |
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U2 | |
| 40. | What band said Miss You in 1978? |
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The Rolling Stones | |
| 41. | Identify this 2014 song from the muted video. |
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Sia|Chandelier | |
| 42. | In what year were all the songs in this medley first released as singles?
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1966 (Small Faces - All Or Nothing, The Equals - Baby, Come Back, The Hollies - Bus Stop, The Kinks - Dedicated Follower of Fashion, The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby, TheSeekers - Georgy Girl, The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin', The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe, The Monkees - I'm A Believer, Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son) | |
| 43. | Whose hits in the 2010s include Good Feeling, Wild Ones, Whistle, and My House? |
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Flo Rida | |
| 44. | Formed in 1992, what British band's albums include Performance and Cocktails, Just Enough Education to Perform, and Pull the Pin? |
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Stereophonics | |
| 45. | Jimmy Boyd was 13 years old in 1952 when he released a hit song about something that happened under the mistletoe. What is the name of the song? |
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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
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| 46. | What 1968 song begins with these lyrics? "There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief, "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief" |
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Bob Dylan or The Nashville Teens or Jimi Hendrix|All Along The Watchtower
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| 47. | What British rock band, formed in 1986, comprises James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore? |
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Manic Street Preachers | |
| 48. | In what year was Band Aid's original Do They Know It's Christmas? released? |
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1984 | |
| 49. | In between Mrs. Robinson and Bridge Over Troubled Water, what song was a 1969 hit for Simon & Garfunkel? |
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The Boxer | |
| 50. | John Deacon is best known as the bass player of what band? |
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Queen | |
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