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Main Discussion Area => Mondegreens, My 3 Songs, Other Trivia => Topic started by: Gazoo on August 31, 2008, 05:00:31 PM
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From 1973 through 1979, there was exactly one Top 10 hit each year whose first word was "Boogie." Identify them:
1973: Boogie ____________________
1974: Boogie ____________________
1975: Boogie ____________________
1976: Boogie ____________________
1977: Boogie ____________________
1978: Boogie ____________________
1979: Boogie ____________________
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I can't remember which year Stevie Wonder was, 74 or 75, so I'll leave that blank for now.
1973: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
1974: Boogie ____________________
1975: Boogie ____________________
1976: Boogie Fever
1977: Boogie Nights
1978: Boogie ____________________
1979: Boogie Wonderland
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1978: Boogie Oogie Oogie
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I can't remember which year Stevie Wonder was, 74 or 75, so I'll leave that blank for now.
1973: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
1974: Boogie ____________________
1975: Boogie ____________________
1976: Boogie Fever
1977: Boogie Nights
1978: Boogie ____________________
1979: Boogie Wonderland
The Stevie song you're obviously referring to is Boogie On, Reggae Woman; it was in '74. I'm not coming up with anything for '75 though.
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1973: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Nice: I thought this would be the stumper.
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The Stevie song you're obviously referring to is Boogie On, Reggae Woman; it was in '74. I'm not coming up with anything for '75 though.
per Billboard, the Stevie didn't chart as a single until March of '75 (!); '74's song would then have to be "Boogie Down"
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The Stevie song you're obviously referring to is Boogie On, Reggae Woman; it was in '74. I'm not coming up with anything for '75 though.
per Billboard, the Stevie didn't chart as a single until March of '75 (!); '74's song would then have to be "Boogie Down"
And with that, you guys have completed the board. Nice work!
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Today's WLNG TV Triva Quiz is one only Gaz can answer: Phoebe Figalilly is a silly name, but... "What was the name of the family on Nanny & the Professor?"
ETA: oops, the question referred to that *other* nanny (the Fran Drescher one; it was "Sheffield"). But if Gaz can answer the N&TP question anyway, I'd be interested because I have no clue.
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The Professor in Nanny & the Professor was Professor Everett.
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The Professor in Nanny & the Professor was Professor Everett.
thank you, sir! (I would not have slept tonight)
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The Professor in Nanny & the Professor was Professor Everett.
thank you, sir! (I would not have slept tonight)
Nice work. How I wish some network (or DVD) would revive that show. If for no reason than that the Addrisi Brothers' theme song is the only TV theme that ranks in my Top 100 Songs of All Time list.
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The Professor in Nanny & the Professor was Professor Everett.
thank you, sir! (I would not have slept tonight)
Nice work. How I wish some network (or DVD) would revive that show. If for no reason than that the Addrisi Brothers' theme song is the only TV theme that ranks in my Top 100 Songs of All Time list.
Actually, I think "ion" (formerly PAX-TV) was showing it for a while. But don't get me started on the fact that the "old" shows are becoming scarce as Nick-at-Nite shows stuff like George Lopez. And WTF is TVLand doing showing Scrubs which is available on, like, 5 other channels?
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Friday night I took part in the annual M-T Bowl, a charity trivia event staged by Rich Appel, whose "Hz So Good" newsletter is a favorite of mine (and Mike's, when the graphics finally load). (This year's recipient was World Hunger Year.) Impossibly difficult trivia questions tossed out to six teams of longtime radio listeners and trivia fanatics. I usually know but a fraction of them and typically score a couple surprises, leaving the night with a fair amount of schwag.
This time, though, was a disappointment; I was off my game, answered more incorrectly than I usually do, and went home empty-handed. Here's a sampling of some of the questions thrown at us - have at 'em:
1. Smokey Robinson is mentioned in which two '80s hits? (I knew only one.)
2. Which '50s recording star was instrumental in creating USA for Africa?
3. What dance was inspired by TV's Ed Sullivan? (I incorrectly guessed "The Freddie.")
4. What football team's fans did Charlie Daniels advise against messing with?
5. What Led Zeppelin song did Robert Plant refer to as their "wedding song"?
6. Who once recorded as "Moidonna"?
7. How old were the Everly Brothers when they began touring?
8. Who won the CMA's male vocalist of the year award each year from 1991 through 1995?
9. Who penned for a Leonard Bernstein piece in 1970: "Half of the people are stoned and the other half are waiting for the next election."? (I incorrectly thought, but did not guess, Janis Ian.)
10. In "Jesus Walks," Kanye West declared that he needs Jesus like __________ needs __________.
11. What was Count Basie's real first name? (I incorrectly replied, "Countess. Long story.")
12. Who was the very first performing act on MTV Unplugged? (I incorrectly guessed the Alarm.)
13. What '00s one-hit wonder scored with "Addictive"?
14. "Rainy Day," sort of ironically, was the flip side of what 1968 hit?
15. Who graduated from Columbia after scoring a couple dozen hit singles?
16. What 1968 hit involved someone losing his gal and his job within eight days?
17. Bon Jovi hit the country charts with a singer from what country band?
18. What band had a hit in 1975 by referring to characters from their 1967 and 1972 hits?
19. In "London Bridge," what makes Fergie get loose?
20. Name the #2 hit by each of the following:
a. Sam Cooke
b. the Beach Boys
c. Ray Charles
d. The Fifth Dimension
e. Bryan Adams
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
One half of #1 is pretty easy (as easy as one-two-three, do-re-mi, etc.), but is the other half of #1 The Commodores' "Night Shift?"
eta: Nope, I just checked -- and that song mentions Marvin (Gaye) and Jackie (Wilson).
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
One half of #1 is pretty easy (as easy as one-two-three, do-re-mi, etc.), but is the other half of #1 The Commodores' "Night Shift?"
eta: Nope, I just checked -- and that song mentions Marvin (Gaye) and Jackie (Wilson).
which itself would be half the answer to "what two '80s hits mention Marvin by name?"
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
One half of #1 is pretty easy (as easy as one-two-three, do-re-mi, etc.), but is the other half of #1 The Commodores' "Night Shift?"
eta: Nope, I just checked -- and that song mentions Marvin (Gaye) and Jackie (Wilson).
which itself would be half the answer to "what two '80s hits mention Marvin by name?"
The answer to THAT is also the answer to Gaz's orig question.
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which itself would be half the answer to "what two '80s hits mention Marvin by name?"
the other half being spandau ballet's "true".
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
One half of #1 is pretty easy (as easy as one-two-three, do-re-mi, etc.), but is the other half of #1 The Commodores' "Night Shift?"
eta: Nope, I just checked -- and that song mentions Marvin (Gaye) and Jackie (Wilson).
Nice way to beat around the bush on ABC. I spent at least half a minute trying to get the reference (that's either a complement to both of us - if it takes me longer than 5 secs it usually means it's a stumper - or a clear sign that I'm losing my mind)
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
One half of #1 is pretty easy (as easy as one-two-three, do-re-mi, etc.), but is the other half of #1 The Commodores' "Night Shift?"
eta: Nope, I just checked -- and that song mentions Marvin (Gaye) and Jackie (Wilson).
which itself would be half the answer to "what two '80s hits mention Marvin by name?"
The answer to THAT is also the answer to Gaz's orig question.
OK, now I'm confused -- I'm thinking of "True", as the princess says above. But that song doesn't mention Smokey.
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
One half of #1 is pretty easy (as easy as one-two-three, do-re-mi, etc.), but is the other half of #1 The Commodores' "Night Shift?"
eta: Nope, I just checked -- and that song mentions Marvin (Gaye) and Jackie (Wilson).
which itself would be half the answer to "what two '80s hits mention Marvin by name?"
The answer to THAT is also the answer to Gaz's orig question.
OK, now I'm confused -- I'm thinking of "True", as the princess says above. But that song doesn't mention Smokey.
yeah, i'm confused, too! i thought it was just the doobie.
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which itself would be half the answer to "what two '80s hits mention Marvin by name?"
the other half being spandau ballet's "true".
ummm, no. Smokey's not in that one. And I don't know if "Genius Of Love" attained the status of a hit, but it contained:
No
One
Ca-a-a-a-n sing
Quite like Smokey
Smokey Ro-BIN-son
Is that the other half?
In the late 70's there was also the following from Ian Dury:
Health service glasses
Gigolos and brassies
Round or skinny bottoms
(Reasons to be cheerful - part 3)
Take your mum to Paris
Lighting up the chalice
Wee Willy Harris
(Reasons to be cheerful - part 3)
Bantu Stephen Biko
Listening to Rico
Harpo, Groucho, Chico
(Reasons to be cheerful - part 3)
Cheddar cheese and pickle
The Vincent motorsickle
Slap and tickle
(Reasons to be cheerful - part 3)
Woody Allen, Dali
Dimitri and Pasquale
Balabalabala and Volare
(Reasons to be cheerful - part 3)
Something nice to study
Phoning up a buddy
Being in my nuddy
(Reasons to be cheerful - part 3)
Saying hokey-dokey
Singalonga Smokey
Coming out of chokey
(Reasons to be cheerful - part 3)
John Coltrane's soprano
Adi Celentano
Bonar Colleano
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
One half of #1 is pretty easy (as easy as one-two-three, do-re-mi, etc.), but is the other half of #1 The Commodores' "Night Shift?"
eta: Nope, I just checked -- and that song mentions Marvin (Gaye) and Jackie (Wilson).
which itself would be half the answer to "what two '80s hits mention Marvin by name?"
ABC's "When Smokey Sings" also mentions Marvin:
Luther croons
Sly's the original originator
James screams
Marvin was the only innovator
But nothing can compare
Nothing can compare
When Smokey sings
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
One half of #1 is pretty easy (as easy as one-two-three, do-re-mi, etc.), but is the other half of #1 The Commodores' "Night Shift?"
eta: Nope, I just checked -- and that song mentions Marvin (Gaye) and Jackie (Wilson).
which itself would be half the answer to "what two '80s hits mention Marvin by name?"
ABC's "When Smokey Sings" also mentions Marvin:
Luther croons
Sly's the original originator
James screams
Marvin was the only innovator
But nothing can compare
Nothing can compare
When Smokey sings
damn -- save that for a My 3 Songs a year from now.
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
One half of #1 is pretty easy (as easy as one-two-three, do-re-mi, etc.), but is the other half of #1 The Commodores' "Night Shift?"
eta: Nope, I just checked -- and that song mentions Marvin (Gaye) and Jackie (Wilson).
which itself would be half the answer to "what two '80s hits mention Marvin by name?"
ABC's "When Smokey Sings" also mentions Marvin:
Luther croons
Sly's the original originator
James screams
Marvin was the only innovator
But nothing can compare
Nothing can compare
When Smokey sings
damn -- save that for a My 3 Songs a year from now.
DU-U-UDE!!! You are getting old & losing your memory. I did exactly that M3S a couple years ago, and then got to chastise you for not getting the ABC component despite all the griping that you & I had collectively done over the fact that Dave has never played that song. (follow?)
In other words I thought it was a lob pass to you & you failed to dunk it.
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I also know half of #1, along with only #4 & #12. At first I thought #18 was the Steve Miller Band, but the dates don't work out.
One half of #1 is pretty easy (as easy as one-two-three, do-re-mi, etc.), but is the other half of #1 The Commodores' "Night Shift?"
eta: Nope, I just checked -- and that song mentions Marvin (Gaye) and Jackie (Wilson).
which itself would be half the answer to "what two '80s hits mention Marvin by name?"
ABC's "When Smokey Sings" also mentions Marvin:
Luther croons
Sly's the original originator
James screams
Marvin was the only innovator
But nothing can compare
Nothing can compare
When Smokey sings
damn -- save that for a My 3 Songs a year from now.
DU-U-UDE!!! You are getting old & losing your memory. I did exactly that M3S a couple years ago, and then got to chastise you for not getting the ABC component despite the griping that you & I had collectively done over the fact that Dave has never played that song. (follow?)
Imagine if I smoked pot!
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2. Which '50s recording star was instrumental in creating USA for Africa?
pat boone
3. What dance was inspired by TV's Ed Sullivan? (I incorrectly guessed "The Freddie.")
the jerk
8. Who won the CMA's male vocalist of the year award each year from 1991 through 1995?
garth brooks
12. Who was the very first performing act on MTV Unplugged? (I incorrectly guessed the Alarm.)
aerosmith
15. Who graduated from Columbia after scoring a couple dozen hit singles?
michael jackson
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I was all set to say Garth for #8, and the Princess beat me to it. As for the Unplugged question (12?), was it Paul McCartney?
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I was all set to say Garth for #8, and the Princess beat me to it. As for the Unplugged question (12?), was it Paul McCartney?
I just remembered (this has been bugging me all DAY) it was Squeeze. But (iirc) Macca was the 1st to do a whole album of just Unplugged stuff, & the subsequent success of that album was credited for ensuring the longevity of the show.
Footnote ( ;) ) if Jacko graduated from Columbia, I'll eat my smelly socks. (let's assume that was a POC joke).
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The Unplugged was indeed Squeeze. Nice catch, Mark.
Smokey's two hits were ABC's "When Smokey Sings" and Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" - I never paid close enough attention to the lyrics to notice. As for Marvin, yup, we're up to 3 '80s hits (would be 4 if Diana Ross's "Missing You" had mentioned him by name).
And shocker - the CMA answer isn't Garth Brooks! That had been my guess too.
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And shocker - the CMA answer isn't Garth Brooks! That had been my guess too.
i wanted to say dwight yoakam, but i seem to remember him from an earlier period. and george strait and randy travis were cooked by then, i think.
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And shocker - the CMA answer isn't Garth Brooks! That had been my guess too.
i wanted to say dwight yoakam, but i seem to remember him from an earlier period. and george strait and randy travis were cooked by then, i think.
actually Mr Strait woulda been my guess.
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And shocker - the CMA answer isn't Garth Brooks! That had been my guess too.
i wanted to say dwight yoakam, but i seem to remember him from an earlier period. and george strait and randy travis were cooked by then, i think.
actually Mr Strait woulda been my guess.
he had a hit with "we tell ourselves", which was from a great album. but i think that was in '91, and i don't remember much about him after that.
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And shocker - the CMA answer isn't Garth Brooks! That had been my guess too.
i wanted to say dwight yoakam, but i seem to remember him from an earlier period. and george strait and randy travis were cooked by then, i think.
actually Mr Strait woulda been my guess.
he had a hit with "we tell ourselves", which was from a great album. but i think that was in '91, and i don't remember much about him after that.
"We Tell Ourselves" was Clint Black, actually -- a terrific song, and pretty dark compared to most we're-poor-but-we're-happy country lyrics.
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And shocker - the CMA answer isn't Garth Brooks! That had been my guess too.
i wanted to say dwight yoakam, but i seem to remember him from an earlier period. and george strait and randy travis were cooked by then, i think.
actually Mr Strait woulda been my guess.
he had a hit with "we tell ourselves", which was from a great album. but i think that was in '91, and i don't remember much about him after that.
"We Tell Ourselves" was Clint Black, actually -- a terrific song, and pretty dark compared to most we're-poor-but-we're-happy country lyrics.
no wonder i don't remember anything about george strait after that.
well! clint black is my vote, then (for the answer). that was a great album. i've been singing "hearts like mine" all day, and picturing george strait singing it. oops!
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Here's the shocker: that CMA winner was actually Vince Gill!
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Here's the shocker: that CMA winner was actually Vince Gill!
not a shocker at all: he was quite popular.
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Here's the shocker: that CMA winner was actually Vince Gill!
not a shocker at all: he was quite popular.
oh yeah! forgot about him, but he was everywhere for awhile. bad hairdo.
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But (iirc) Macca was the 1st to do a whole album of just Unplugged stuff, & the subsequent success of that album was credited for ensuring the longevity of the show.
"hang on, hang on, hang on...i've forgotten the words!" (iirc)
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I'd guess #5 (Led Zeps wedding song) is "Thank You". At least, one of my friends recessional was that.
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ANSWERS BELOW
1. Smokey Robinson is mentioned in which two '80s hits? (I knew only one.)
"When Smokey Sings," "Genius of Love"
2. Which '50s recording star was instrumental in creating USA for Africa?
Harry Belafonte
3. What dance was inspired by TV's Ed Sullivan? (I incorrectly guessed "The Freddie.")
The "Sully Gully"
4. What football team's fans did Charlie Daniels advise against messing with?
Pittsburgh Steelers
5. What Led Zeppelin song did Robert Plant refer to as their "wedding song"?
"Stairway to Heaven"
6. Who once recorded as "Moidonna"?
Miss Piggy
7. How old were the Everly Brothers when they began touring?
5 and 7
8. Who won the CMA's male vocalist of the year award each year from 1991 through 1995?
Vince Gill
9. Who penned for a Leonard Bernstein piece in 1970: "Half of the people are stoned and the other half are waiting for the next election."? (I incorrectly thought, but did not guess, Janis Ian.)
Paul Simon
10. In "Jesus Walks," Kanye West declared that he needs Jesus like __________ needs __________.
Kathie Lee needs Regis
11. What was Count Basie's real first name? (I incorrectly replied, "Countess. Long story.")
William
12. Who was the very first performing act on MTV Unplugged? (I incorrectly guessed the Alarm.)
Squeeze
13. What '00s one-hit wonder scored with "Addictive"?
Truth Hurts
14. "Rainy Day," sort of ironically, was the flip side of what 1968 hit?
"It's a Beautiful Morning"
15. Who graduated from Columbia after scoring a couple dozen hit singles?
Pat Boone
16. What 1968 hit involved someone losing his gal and his job within eight days?
Frank Sinatra, "Cycles"
17. Bon Jovi hit the country charts with a singer from what country band?
Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland ("Who Says You Can't Go Home")
18. What band had a hit in 1975 by referring to characters from their 1967 and 1972 hits?
Jimmy Castor Bunch, "Bertha Butt Boogie" (ref'd "Hey Leroy" and "Troglodyte" characters)
19. In "London Bridge," what makes Fergie get loose?
Grey Goose
20. Name the #2 hit by each of the following:
a. Sam Cooke
"Chain Gang"
b. the Beach Boys
"Barbara Ann"
c. Ray Charles
"You Don't Know Me"
d. The Fifth Dimension
"One Less Bell to Answer"
e. Bryan Adams
"Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
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i knew pat boone was in there somewhere! :)
those were good and hard.
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6. Who once recorded as "Moidonna"?
Miss Piggy
if you'd spelled it "Moi"-donna I might've gotten it; as written I assumed it was pronounced moy-donna and had no clue.
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6. Who once recorded as "Moidonna"?
Miss Piggy
if you'd spelled it "Moi"-donna I might've gotten it; as written I assumed it was pronounced moy-donna and had no clue.
That was how they presented it to us, so it seemed only fair to give y'alls the same disadvantage.
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Today's TV Trivia question on WLNG: "on the sitcom, who actually owned WKRP in Cincinnati?"
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Today's TV Trivia question on WLNG: "on the sitcom, who actually owned WKRP in Cincinnati?"
Mr. Carlson's mother, yes?
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Today's TV Trivia question on WLNG: "on the sitcom, who actually owned WKRP in Cincinnati?"
Mr. Carlson's mother, yes?
DINGDINGDING! Many many callers to 'LNG incorrectly said "Mr Carlson". Not as bad as the Foghead the other day who said "Don't Fear the Reaper" was by Deep Purple, but still...
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Something I just became aware of yesterday: Who was the first artist to chart with a song from musical Hair? (It's not who you think!)
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Something I just became aware of yesterday: Who was the first artist to chart with a song from musical Hair? (It's not who you think!)
Did Jennifer Warnes chart with her stage version of "Easy to Be Hard"?
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Something I just became aware of yesterday: Who was the first artist to chart with a song from musical Hair? (It's not who you think!)
Did Jennifer Warnes chart with her stage version of "Easy to Be Hard"?
nope.
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Something I just became aware of yesterday: Who was the first artist to chart with a song from musical Hair? (It's not who you think!)
Melba Moore?
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Something I just became aware of yesterday: Who was the first artist to chart with a song from musical Hair? (It's not who you think!)
Melba Moore?
Thanks for reminding me I never answered this one!
Carla Thomas charted (but didn't make the Top 40) with "Where Do I Go?" in 1968, nearly a year before the 5-D hit with "Aquarius", which opened the floodgates for "Good Morning Starshine", "Hair", and "Easy To Be Hard" in the Summer of '69 (wow -- all that great music and Bryan Adams still grew up to suck!). Also that summer, The Happenings also recorded "Where Do I Go?" (in a rather odd medley with "Hare Krishna") in an attempt at a comeback, but the record flopped. And sadly, Nina Simone's "Ain't Got No/I Got Life" never did anything in the US, but reached #2 in the UK
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(wow -- all that great music and Bryan Adams still grew up to suck!).
"Blame Canada!"
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(wow -- all that great music and Bryan Adams still grew up to suck!).
"Blame Canada!"
(http://www.pastdeadline.com/images/blame_canada_1.jpg)
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a Facebook friend (and old ABC co-worker) posted this today:
"what artist went to #1 in both the US and UK with their first hit... and never charted again in either country?"
I got it right; he said I was the first person who ever has, even tho' it's been his go-to stumper question for years and years.
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a Facebook friend (and old ABC co-worker) posted this today:
"what artist went to #1 in both the US and UK with their first hit... and never charted again in either country?"
I got it right; he said I was the first person who ever has, even tho' it's been his go-to stumper question for years and years.
Susan Boyle?
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a Facebook friend (and old ABC co-worker) posted this today:
"what artist went to #1 in both the US and UK with their first hit... and never charted again in either country?"
I got it right; he said I was the first person who ever has, even tho' it's been his go-to stumper question for years and years.
Susan Boyle?
Bwa ha ha ha!!!
(but my real my guess would be Zager & Evans)
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a Facebook friend (and old ABC co-worker) posted this today:
"what artist went to #1 in both the US and UK with their first hit... and never charted again in either country?"
I got it right; he said I was the first person who ever has, even tho' it's been his go-to stumper question for years and years.
Susan Boyle?
Bwa ha ha ha!!!
(but my real my guess would be Zager & Evans)
DING DING DING! You're now the 2nd person to ever get it right. And find their follow-up single "Mr. Turnkey" on YouTube -- how a single on a major label (RCA), following up a song that was #1 for 5 or 6 weeks, and getting airplay on huge Top 40 stations like WABC (heard in 20+ states at night) could fail to chart (even for a week) is really a mystery for the ages.
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a Facebook friend (and old ABC co-worker) posted this today:
"what artist went to #1 in both the US and UK with their first hit... and never charted again in either country?"
I got it right; he said I was the first person who ever has, even tho' it's been his go-to stumper question for years and years.
Susan Boyle?
Bwa ha ha ha!!!
(but my real my guess would be Zager & Evans)
DING DING DING! You're now the 2nd person to ever get it right. And find their follow-up single "Mr. Turnkey" on YouTube -- how a single on a major label (RCA), following up a song that was #1 for 5 or 6 weeks, and getting airplay on huge Top 40 stations like WABC (heard in 20+ states at night) could fail to chart (even for a week) is really a mystery for the ages.
I gotsta give my props to Gaz, I've heard him say for years that Z&E somehow managed to hit #1 & then never appear in even the Bubbling Under chart after. I'm sure we both completely agree with your mystery of the ages comment, but honestly I'd never have had a clue but for Gaz. And even then I was only guessign about the UK quotient.
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I gotsta give my props to Gaz, I've heard him say for years that Z&E somehow managed to hit #1 & then never appear in even the Bubbling Under chart after. I'm sure we both completely agree with your mystery of the ages comment, but honestly I'd never have had a clue but for Gaz. And even then I was only guessign about the UK quotient.
To close this out with some uber-geekiness: Casey Kasem did 2 OHW countdowns in the '70s (or "The Greatest Disappearing Acts of All Time" -- did he think "One Hit Wonder" was copyrighted?) and there are actually 2 artists who logged multiple weeks at #1 and then disappeared. The other was Joan Weber, whose "Let Me Go Lover" was at the top for 4 weeks in early 1955 (a great story; google her). Weber was #1 on Casey's OHW list the first time; Z&E were #1 the 2nd time around. But every song he played was a *TRUE* OHW, a top 40 hit whose artist never hit the Hot 100 again. Anyway, I remembered that, but had to look up Z&E in the British chart db to confirm that part.
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Forgive me if we've covered this here before, but I can't remember it being mentioned, and it's an amazing bit o' trivia IMHO. I think we covered the "which Bond theme hit #1?" question but not this:
There have been 24 James Bond films -- 22 "official" plus the first Casino Royale (a comedy) and Never Say Never Again, the Connery "comeback" which was a remake of Thunderball. Only 4 have produced Best Song Oscar nominees. Without googling/wiki-ing, Name the films/songs. (none actually won)
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I'm totally guessing, and assuming from the way you asked that it's not the obvious big hits, so I'll say Diamonds Are Forever, The Spy Who Loved Me, Casino Royale and You Only Live Twice.
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I'm totally guessing, and assuming from the way you asked that it's not the obvious big hits, so I'll say Diamonds Are Forever, The Spy Who Loved Me, Casino Royale and You Only Live Twice.
Indeed, one of 'em is Spy Who Loved Me (song: "Nobody does it Better"). But which Casino Royale are you picking?
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the old one
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the old one
then you got 2 out of 4 (song: "The Look of Love", tho' no one really thinks of it as a "Bond song"). Tragically, "Diamonds" and "Only Live Twice" were not nominated.
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"All-Time High" from Octopussy?
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"All-Time High" from Octopussy?
"i love you more than Gary Busey
i love you more than dykes love poosey"
sadly, no.
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Goldfinger and Live and Let Die.
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Goldfinger and Live and Let Die.
Yes to Macca; no to Shirley Bassey -- and that is the mosty amazing fact in this whole shebang, IMHO. It's the quintessential, iconic Bond song. It was a Top Ten single. But the 5 Best Song nominees for 1964 were:
"Chim Chim Cher-ee" — Mary Poppins (*winner*)
"Dear Heart" -- Dear Heart
"Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" — Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
"My Kind of Town" — Robin and the 7 Hoods
"Where Love Has Gone" — Where Love Has Gone
one more left...
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Goldfinger and Live and Let Die.
Yes to Macca; no to Shirley Bassey -- and that is the mosty amazing fact in this whole shebang, IMHO. It's the quintessential, iconic Bond song. It was a Top Ten single. But the 5 Best Song nominees for 1964 were:
"Chim Chim Cher-ee" — Mary Poppins (*winner*)
"Dear Heart" -- Dear Heart
"Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" — Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
"My Kind of Town" — Robin and the 7 Hoods
"Where Love Has Gone" — Where Love Has Gone
one more left...
It was starting to bug me so I peeked. Not one I would have guessed. There are certainly others that were better that didn't get nominated--and not just the Shirley Bassey tune.
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Bob Shannon just mentioned this on 'LNG...
This week in 1969, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour replaced the Smothers Bros show on CBS. Trivia:
What iconic American product (still available today) was introduced in a commercial on that very first Glen Campbell show?
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Bob Shannon just mentioned this on 'LNG...
This week in 1969, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour replaced the Smothers Bros show on CBS. Trivia:
What iconic American product (still available today) was introduced in a commercial on that very first Glen Campbell show?
I lurve trivia, but I am completely stuck. hint?
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the Slinky?
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Bob Shannon just mentioned this on 'LNG...
This week in 1969, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour replaced the Smothers Bros show on CBS. Trivia:
What iconic American product (still available today) was introduced in a commercial on that very first Glen Campbell show?
I lurve trivia, but I am completely stuck. hint?
This iconic product has an equally iconic jingle associated with it, but the jingle didn't appear until 1975.
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Bob Shannon just mentioned this on 'LNG...
This week in 1969, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour replaced the Smothers Bros show on CBS. Trivia:
What iconic American product (still available today) was introduced in a commercial on that very first Glen Campbell show?
I lurve trivia, but I am completely stuck. hint?
This iconic product has an equally iconic jingle associated with it, but the jingle didn't appear until 1975.
The Big Mac? (Two all beef patties, special sauce, etc.)
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Bob Shannon just mentioned this on 'LNG...
This week in 1969, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour replaced the Smothers Bros show on CBS. Trivia:
What iconic American product (still available today) was introduced in a commercial on that very first Glen Campbell show?
I lurve trivia, but I am completely stuck. hint?
This iconic product has an equally iconic jingle associated with it, but the jingle didn't appear until 1975.
The Big Mac? (Two all beef patties, special sauce, etc.)
DINGDINGDING!
(http://llamabutchers.mu.nu/archives/Big_Mac.jpg)
as I've said for years, the most ridiculous sandwich evah -- is there anyone who doesn't throw the middle piece of bread away?
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Bob Shannon just mentioned this on 'LNG...
This week in 1969, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour replaced the Smothers Bros show on CBS. Trivia:
What iconic American product (still available today) was introduced in a commercial on that very first Glen Campbell show?
I lurve trivia, but I am completely stuck. hint?
This iconic product has an equally iconic jingle associated with it, but the jingle didn't appear until 1975.
The Big Mac? (Two all beef patties, special sauce, etc.)
DINGDINGDING!
as I've said for years, the most ridiculous sandwich evah -- is there anyone who doesn't throw the middle piece of bread away?
I worked at McD's one summer. The Special sauce and Tartar sauce came to us in these tubes tthat fit in regulation caulking guns, and that's how we put that stuff on the buns. Just like you were applying a squirt of caulk.
Oh man, I remember too much about that job. Fascinating expereince in some ways, excruciating and horrible in so many others
everything was accounted for. anything that fell on the floor was kept, weighed at the end of the night, and noted by the mgr on some tally sheet.
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Bob Shannon just mentioned this on 'LNG...
This week in 1969, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour replaced the Smothers Bros show on CBS. Trivia:
What iconic American product (still available today) was introduced in a commercial on that very first Glen Campbell show?
I lurve trivia, but I am completely stuck. hint?
This iconic product has an equally iconic jingle associated with it, but the jingle didn't appear until 1975.
The Big Mac? (Two all beef patties, special sauce, etc.)
DINGDINGDING!
as I've said for years, the most ridiculous sandwich evah -- is there anyone who doesn't throw the middle piece of bread away?
I worked at McD's one summer. The Special sauce and Tartar sauce came to us in these tubes tthat fit in regulation caulking guns, and that's how we put that stuff on the buns. Just like you were applying a squirt of caulk.
Oh man, I remember too much about that job. Fascinating expereince in some ways, excruciating and horrible in so many others
everything was accounted for. anything that fell on the floor was kept, weighed at the end of the night, and noted by the mgr on some tally sheet.
Toxic Smell applies sour cream to their Burrito Supremes etc. via the same means. Nutritional value is probably equivalent to caulk, too.
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I worked at McD's one summer. The Special sauce and Tartar sauce came to us in these tubes tthat fit in regulation caulking guns, and that's how we put that stuff on the buns. Just like you were applying a squirt of caulk.
Oh man, I remember too much about that job. Fascinating expereince in some ways, excruciating and horrible in so many others
everything was accounted for. anything that fell on the floor was kept, weighed at the end of the night, and noted by the mgr on some tally sheet.
I could have written the above myself. The one I worked at was in a predominatly black neighborhood, and one thing you learn quickly is that you get a lot of requests for the "fish wit' cheese" aka the Filet O' Fish sandwich. The manager Steve (who was white) had not only graduated from my high school, he had known me from my neighborhood when I was 10-11.
There was this one dude named Tyrone* who was always trying to pick up shifts, because it was apparently his main goal in life to get paid overtime by McDonald's. The workweek ended on Saturday night, which was on Tyrone's regular schedule, but nearly every week I'd get a call from Steve (who closed on Saturdays) asking me to come in because he was going to cut Tyrone's shift back so he'd only work 39.75 hrs. Then sometime before we closed Steve would send Ray, the swing manager, next door to the 7-11 to get a couple 6-packs, which would be put in one of those green 5 gal. pickle buckets & buried under ice (about the only thing that didn't get measured out nightly). After the store closed for business we'd go into high gear cleaning up & when we were done Steve would lock up & then join, me, Ray & whichever employee had closed the front (I closed the ktichen) out in the parking lot with the green bucket. Good times!
*Tyrone was very talkative, could hardly get him to shut up, but if you asked him a question he'd unfailingly reply "I 'on' know" - 'on' being the closest typewritten approximation I can think of for the way he said "don't", it came out like "own". One time someone told a suggestive joke & Tyrone failed to get it. Steve asked him, "Are you gay Tyrone?" and he replied "I 'on' know".
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Here's a tough one, but I think it's a good one. Something I just noticed.
What unusual (and ironic, if one applies a loose definition) Billboard chart activity do Night Ranger and Spice Girls have in common?
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Here's a tough one, but I think it's a good one. Something I just noticed.
What unusual (and ironic, if one applies a loose definition) Billboard chart activity do Night Ranger and Spice Girls have in common?
I think Sister Christian was used in a movie (was it Boogie Nights?) several years after its initial release, and maybe that brought it back to the charts? So I'm guessing the Spice Girls movie (Spice World, IIRC) probably brought the Spice Girls' hit(s) back to the charts, too.
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The link was that the final Top 40 hits for both Night Ranger and the Spice Girls were titled "Goodbye."
Night Ranger's was far better, fwiw.
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The annual M-T Bowl music trivia contest was last night. Thought I'd try this out on you:
What do these artists have in common, and give the appropriate song title:
Bananarama
Chicago
Gorillaz
Jason Aldean
Johnny Wakelin and the Kinshasa Band
Ray Stevens
Stars on 45
Taylor Swift
Van Morrison
(There was a 10th one, but I can't remember it.)
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The annual M-T Bowl music trivia contest was last night. Thought I'd try this out on you:
What do these artists have in common, and give the appropriate song title:
Bananarama
Chicago
Gorillaz
Jason Aldean
Johnny Wakelin and the Kinshasa Band
Ray Stevens
Stars on 45
Taylor Swift
Van Morrison
(There was a 10th one, but I can't remember it.)
I'm thinking... songs with real-life people in the title?
Bananarama - Robert DeNiro's Waiting
Chicago - Harry Truman
Gorillaz - ??
Jason Aldean - ??
Johnny Wakelin and the Kinshasa Band - Black Superman/Muhammad Ali (they only had one hit, so that was the clue)
Ray Stevens - I Need Your Help Barry Manilow
Stars on 45 - Stars on 45 III (A Tribute To Stevie Wonder) [kind of a lame choice for inclusion here, IMHO]
Taylor Swift - ??
Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said
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The annual M-T Bowl music trivia contest was last night. Thought I'd try this out on you:
What do these artists have in common, and give the appropriate song title:
Bananarama
Chicago
Gorillaz
Jason Aldean
Johnny Wakelin and the Kinshasa Band
Ray Stevens
Stars on 45
Taylor Swift
Van Morrison
(There was a 10th one, but I can't remember it.)
I'm thinking... songs with real-life people in the title?
Bananarama - Robert DeNiro's Waiting
Chicago - Harry Truman
Gorillaz - ??
Jason Aldean - ??
Johnny Wakelin and the Kinshasa Band - Black Superman/Muhammad Ali (they only had one hit, so that was the clue)
Ray Stevens - I Need Your Help Barry Manilow
Stars on 45 - Stars on 45 III (A Tribute To Stevie Wonder) [kind of a lame choice for inclusion here, IMHO]
Taylor Swift - ??
Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said
Very well played, including catching the tipoff! The Gorillaz track was "Clint Eastwood" (confusingly, they also had a song called "Dirty Harry," which I guessed at first); the Taylor Swift tune was her debut pop hit, "Tim McGraw"; and the Jason Aldean song, which none of us knew, was "Johnny Cash."
When Ray Stevens came up, I immediately said, "Gitarzan!" A few people in the crowd said, "Famous people!" I said, "Tarzan's famous!"
I also had the line of the night (he said immodestly). Another team got the question, "The Police share what in common with Charlie Chaplin?" I shouted, in Paul Lynde voice, "They were both better silent." The whole room erupted. :D
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I also had the line of the night (he said immodestly). Another team got the question, "The Police share what in common with Charlie Chaplin?" I shouted, in Paul Lynde voice, "They were both better silent." The whole room erupted. :D
LOL! So what was the answer? both were part British and part American?
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The link was that the final Top 40 hits for both Night Ranger and the Spice Girls were titled "Goodbye."
Night Ranger's was far better, fwiw.
Aww, "Holler" never charted on Billboard? I know it made R&R/AT40 for a few weeks.
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I also had the line of the night (he said immodestly). Another team got the question, "The Police share what in common with Charlie Chaplin?" I shouted, in Paul Lynde voice, "They were both better silent." The whole room erupted. :D
LOL! So what was the answer? both were part British and part American?
The Police filmed the "Every Breath You Take" video on CC's sound stage.
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A few other trivia questions that came up Friday night:
Will Smith song that paid props to the Jeffersons
Auteur of "There's No Easy Way Out" (audio clue)
Guest vocalist on hits by Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes
Song performed by Hank Williams I and III on their respective Grand Ole Opry debuts
Artist who had a hit in '68 who named his daughter after that hit
Movie in which "For All We Know" appeared (audio clue)
Movie in which Amerie's "1 Thing" appeared (audio clue)
Product for which ELO's "Hold On Tight" was used in '80s commercials
First female artist to hit #1 in the U.K. posthumously
More trivia TK!
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A few other trivia questions that came up Friday night:
Will Smith song that paid props to the Jeffersons
Auteur of "There's No Easy Way Out" (audio clue)
Guest vocalist on hits by Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes
Song performed by Hank Williams I and III on their respective Grand Ole Opry debuts
Artist who had a hit in '68 who named his daughter after that hit
Movie in which "For All We Know" appeared (audio clue)
Movie in which Amerie's "1 Thing" appeared (audio clue)
Product for which ELO's "Hold On Tight" was used in '80s commercials
First female artist to hit #1 in the U.K. posthumously
More trivia TK!
yikes. the only one I *might* know is the ELO question: Was Hold On Tight used for some diapers?
so what was this M-T Bowl for? Does it stand for "Music Trivia Bowl"? Who puts it on? I googled a bit for it , but didn't see any obvious answers. Hope you killed.
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First female artist to hit #1 in the U.K. posthumously
Eva Cassidy?
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First female artist to hit #1 in the U.K. posthumously
Eva Cassidy?
That's what I guessed! Not right, though.
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A few other trivia questions that came up Friday night:
Will Smith song that paid props to the Jeffersons
Auteur of "There's No Easy Way Out" (audio clue)
Guest vocalist on hits by Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes
Song performed by Hank Williams I and III on their respective Grand Ole Opry debuts
Artist who had a hit in '68 who named his daughter after that hit
Movie in which "For All We Know" appeared (audio clue)
Movie in which Amerie's "1 Thing" appeared (audio clue)
Product for which ELO's "Hold On Tight" was used in '80s commercials
First female artist to hit #1 in the U.K. posthumously
More trivia TK!
Yikes, I only know one of these: "For All We Know" was from Lovers & Other Stangers (and was the Best Song Oscar winner that year)
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First female artist to hit #1 in the U.K. posthumously
If not Eva Cassidy, only possible answer I can think of is Aaliyah.
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First female artist to hit #1 in the U.K. posthumously
If not Eva Cassidy, only possible answer I can think of is Aaliyah.
And you would be right! Well done.
I slightly muffed the title of the above tune; it's just "No Easy Way Out." Link here for those stumped: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEGd7PkZuM
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Will Smith song that paid props to the Jeffersons
"Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"
Auteur of "There's No Easy Way Out" (audio clue)
Robert Tepper
Guest vocalist on hits by Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes
Mariah Carey
Song performed by Hank Williams I and III on their respective Grand Ole Opry debuts
(sorry, I forget; it was totally unknown to me)
Artist who had a hit in '68 who named his daughter after that hit
Tiny Tim (Tulip) (Yes, really.)
Movie in which "For All We Know" appeared (audio clue)
As Mike knew, Lovers and Other Strangers
Movie in which Amerie's "1 Thing" appeared (audio clue)
Hitch
Product for which ELO's "Hold On Tight" was used in '80s commercials
Instant coffee
First female artist to hit #1 in the U.K. posthumously
As R-347 said, Aaliyah.
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More trivia from the latest M-T Bowl:
What artist had a Top 10 remake of Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle"?
What artist charted Hot 100 in the '80s with a remake of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"?
What Top 40 hit by the Band was a Motown remake?
What Top 10 hit was Kix's Top 10 power ballad "Don't Close Your Eyes" an answer record to?
What two artists were kicked out of a Smothers Brothers show in L.A. in '74?
What #1 hit was listed as being 3:00 - but was considerably longer, its label intentionally misleading so as to not dissuade DJs from playing it?
What did Dee Dee Ramone call his first happy song? (Or words to that effect ...)
The rest of what I can recall are audio and video clues, alas. A splendid time was had by all.
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More trivia from the latest M-T Bowl:
What artist had a Top 10 remake of Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle"? Ugly Kid Joe
What artist charted Hot 100 in the '80s with a remake of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"? Roger Troutman
What Top 40 hit by the Band was a Motown remake? Baby, Don't Do It (Marvin Gaye)
What Top 10 hit was Kix's Top 10 power ballad "Don't Close Your Eyes" an answer record to? I'm guessing here; "If I Close My Eyes Forever"?
What two artists were kicked out of a Smothers Brothers show in L.A. in '74? Harry Nilsson & John Lennon
What #1 hit was listed as being 3:00 - but was considerably longer, its label intentionally misleading so as to not dissuade DJs from playing it? most famously, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" , tho' methinks there were others over the years
What did Dee Dee Ramone call his first happy song? (Or words to that effect ...)
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More trivia from the latest M-T Bowl:
What artist had a Top 10 remake of Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle"? Ugly Kid Joe
What artist charted Hot 100 in the '80s with a remake of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"? Roger Troutman
What Top 40 hit by the Band was a Motown remake? Baby, Don't Do It (Marvin Gaye)
What Top 10 hit was Kix's Top 10 power ballad "Don't Close Your Eyes" an answer record to? I'm guessing here; "If I Close My Eyes Forever"?
What two artists were kicked out of a Smothers Brothers show in L.A. in '74? Harry Nilsson & John Lennon
What #1 hit was listed as being 3:00 - but was considerably longer, its label intentionally misleading so as to not dissuade DJs from playing it? most famously, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" , tho' methinks there were others over the years
What did Dee Dee Ramone call his first happy song? (Or words to that effect ...)
You got 4 of those! And both of the ones you missed (the Troutman and Righteous Bros) were guesses made by people at our bowl.
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More trivia from the latest M-T Bowl:
What artist had a Top 10 remake of Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle"? Ugly Kid Joe
What artist charted Hot 100 in the '80s with a remake of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"? Roger Troutman
What Top 40 hit by the Band was a Motown remake? Baby, Don't Do It (Marvin Gaye)
What Top 10 hit was Kix's Top 10 power ballad "Don't Close Your Eyes" an answer record to? I'm guessing here; "If I Close My Eyes Forever"?
What two artists were kicked out of a Smothers Brothers show in L.A. in '74? Harry Nilsson & John Lennon
What #1 hit was listed as being 3:00 - but was considerably longer, its label intentionally misleading so as to not dissuade DJs from playing it? most famously, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" , tho' methinks there were others over the years
What did Dee Dee Ramone call his first happy song? (Or words to that effect ...)
You got 4 of those! And both of the ones you missed (the Troutman and Righteous Bros) were guesses made by people at our bowl.
PS: I just looked up Troutman on AMG; it says his "Grapevine" indeed charted #79. There must have been additional wording like a year that I missed - sorry! You get 10 frink points.
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You got 4 of those! And both of the ones you missed (the Troutman and Righteous Bros) were guesses made by people at our bowl.
PS: I just looked up Troutman on AMG; it says his "Grapevine" indeed charted #79. There must have been additional wording like a year that I missed - sorry! You get 10 frink points.
I looked up the other "Grapevine"; I suspect there was more to the question. The Troutman version was a #1 R&B hit, BTW; I think that makes "Grapevine" the rare song to hit #1 R&B 3 times.
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You got 4 of those! And both of the ones you missed (the Troutman and Righteous Bros) were guesses made by people at our bowl.
PS: I just looked up Troutman on AMG; it says his "Grapevine" indeed charted #79. There must have been additional wording like a year that I missed - sorry! You get 10 frink points.
I looked up the other "Grapevine"; I suspect there was more to the question. The Troutman version was a # R&B hit, BTW; I think that makes "Grapevine" the rare song to hit #1 R&B 3 times.
Yeah, I suppose a year was specified. ('88?) Care to make another guess?
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You got 4 of those! And both of the ones you missed (the Troutman and Righteous Bros) were guesses made by people at our bowl.
PS: I just looked up Troutman on AMG; it says his "Grapevine" indeed charted #79. There must have been additional wording like a year that I missed - sorry! You get 10 frink points.
I looked up the other "Grapevine"; I suspect there was more to the question. The Troutman version was a # R&B hit, BTW; I think that makes "Grapevine" the rare song to hit #1 R&B 3 times.
Yeah, I suppose a year was specified. ('88?) Care to make another guess?
well, I peeked so it doesn't count, but it was the Calif Raisins ::) Maybe the question said "what fictitious group..."?
the DeeDee Ramone answer is on the tip o' me tongue -- I remember hearing it said in one of the Ramones documentaries.
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The "3:00" #1 hit, I forgot to follow up on, was the Association's "Cherish."
And Dee Dee's fond reminisce was for "Crummy Stuff."
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I just heard this instrumental on one of Larry Grogan's "Funky 16 Corners" podcasts. And I'm thinking "damn, where do I know that melody from?" It finally came to me, but see if you can recognize it -- it turned up in a '90s alt-rock hit but the instrumental is from the '60s or '70s!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q55VK3H7-I
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I just heard this instrumental on one of Larry Grogan's "Funky 16 Corners" podcasts. And I'm thinking "damn, where do I know that melody from?" It finally came to me, but see if you can recognize it -- it turned up in a '90s alt-rock hit but the instrumental is from the '60s or '70s!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q55VK3H7-I
Hey Joe?
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I just heard this instrumental on one of Larry Grogan's "Funky 16 Corners" podcasts. And I'm thinking "damn, where do I know that melody from?" It finally came to me, but see if you can recognize it -- it turned up in a '90s alt-rock hit but the instrumental is from the '60s or '70s!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q55VK3H7-I
Hey Joe?
Nope -- '90s alt rock hit that's a 10@10 frequent-flier in whatever year it's from.
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I just heard this instrumental on one of Larry Grogan's "Funky 16 Corners" podcasts. And I'm thinking "damn, where do I know that melody from?" It finally came to me, but see if you can recognize it -- it turned up in a '90s alt-rock hit but the instrumental is from the '60s or '70s!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q55VK3H7-I
Hey Joe?
Nope -- '90s alt rock hit that's a 10@10 frequent-flier in whatever year it's from.
Just heard Larry Grogan play the above instrumental again and realized no one ever got the answer to this question. Click the YouTube link and listen and tell me what '90s alt-rock hit totally copped that melody.
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I just heard this instrumental on one of Larry Grogan's "Funky 16 Corners" podcasts. And I'm thinking "damn, where do I know that melody from?" It finally came to me, but see if you can recognize it -- it turned up in a '90s alt-rock hit but the instrumental is from the '60s or '70s!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q55VK3H7-I
Hey Joe?
Nope -- '90s alt rock hit that's a 10@10 frequent-flier in whatever year it's from.
Just heard Larry Grogan play the above instrumental again and realized no one ever got the answer to this question. Click the YouTube link and listen and tell me what '90s alt-rock hit totally copped that melody.
Charlatans U.K.?
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I just heard this instrumental on one of Larry Grogan's "Funky 16 Corners" podcasts. And I'm thinking "damn, where do I know that melody from?" It finally came to me, but see if you can recognize it -- it turned up in a '90s alt-rock hit but the instrumental is from the '60s or '70s!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q55VK3H7-I
Hey Joe?
Nope -- '90s alt rock hit that's a 10@10 frequent-flier in whatever year it's from.
Just heard Larry Grogan play the above instrumental again and realized no one ever got the answer to this question. Click the YouTube link and listen and tell me what '90s alt-rock hit totally copped that melody.
Charlatans U.K.?
Nope -- but does the phrase "like some junkie cosmonaut" ring a bell? ;)
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I just heard this instrumental on one of Larry Grogan's "Funky 16 Corners" podcasts. And I'm thinking "damn, where do I know that melody from?" It finally came to me, but see if you can recognize it -- it turned up in a '90s alt-rock hit but the instrumental is from the '60s or '70s!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q55VK3H7-I
Hey Joe?
Nope -- '90s alt rock hit that's a 10@10 frequent-flier in whatever year it's from.
Just heard Larry Grogan play the above instrumental again and realized no one ever got the answer to this question. Click the YouTube link and listen and tell me what '90s alt-rock hit totally copped that melody.
Charlatans U.K.?
Nope -- but does the phrase "like some junkie cosmonaut" ring a bell? ;)
I wouldn't have ever thought of it if you hadn't said, but now I can hear it.
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News to me, courtesy of a FB-friend: the woman who inspired "Brandy"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellis_%28spinster%29