MUSIC QUIZ 54 BABY BOOMER'S PART 1
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:28 pm1 The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? PEGGY LEE
2 Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? HERB ALPERT
3 Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? THE SHADOWS
4 Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? THE JORDANAIRES
5 The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? FENDER
6 Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? FATS DONIMO
7 Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? JERRY LEE LEWIS
8 Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? MILES DAVIS
9 Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
10 Whose band was the All Stars? JUNIOR WALKER
11 Larry Adler played what instrument? HARMONICA
12 Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? LITTLE STEVIE WONDER
13 Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? LES PAUL
14 The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? DAVIES
15 What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? THE MIRACLES
16 Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? SIAMESE CHILDREN
17 Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? FRANKIE LAINE
18 John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? BLUESBREAKERS
19 Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? COMETS
20 Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? CHARLIE DRAKE
21 Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? JANE BIRKIN
22 Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? THE ZOMBIES
23 What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? WENDY RICHARD
24 Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name? BIG BOPPER
25 Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? GLEN CAMPBELL
26 Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? DEAN MARTIN
27 What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? DJANGO REINHARDT
28 What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME
29 Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? BRIAN EPSTEIN
30 Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? LOUIS ARMSTRONG
31 What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? JIMMY
32 Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? GRAM PARSONS
33 Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? JIMMY DURANTE
34 Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? MASON WILLIAMS
35 Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? WILLIE NELSON
36 What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? HAMBURG
37 The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? PAINTED SMILE
38 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16
39 American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? WOLFMAN JACK
40 What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? GILLY GILLY OSSENFEFFER KATZENELLEN BOGEN BY THE SEA
41 Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS
42 What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR
43 Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Brothers? JOE BROWN
44 Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? BRIAN JONES
45 Who founded the Tamla Motown record label? BERRY GORDY JR.
46 What folksy British singer-songwriting guitarist was famous also for his whistling? ROGER WHITTAKER
47 What was Hugo Montenegro's instrumental hit, composed by Ennio Morricone for the film of the same name? THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
48 Tom Parker managed which huge star? ELVIS PRESLEY
49 Who won (barefoot) the British Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with Puppet on String? SANDIE SHAW
50 The 1956 inaugural Eurovision Song Contest featured Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy and which other country? SWITZERLAND
2 Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? HERB ALPERT
3 Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? THE SHADOWS
4 Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? THE JORDANAIRES
5 The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? FENDER
6 Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? FATS DONIMO
7 Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? JERRY LEE LEWIS
8 Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? MILES DAVIS
9 Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
10 Whose band was the All Stars? JUNIOR WALKER
11 Larry Adler played what instrument? HARMONICA
12 Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? LITTLE STEVIE WONDER
13 Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? LES PAUL
14 The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? DAVIES
15 What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? THE MIRACLES
16 Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? SIAMESE CHILDREN
17 Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? FRANKIE LAINE
18 John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? BLUESBREAKERS
19 Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? COMETS
20 Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? CHARLIE DRAKE
21 Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? JANE BIRKIN
22 Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? THE ZOMBIES
23 What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? WENDY RICHARD
24 Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name? BIG BOPPER
25 Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? GLEN CAMPBELL
26 Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? DEAN MARTIN
27 What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? DJANGO REINHARDT
28 What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME
29 Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? BRIAN EPSTEIN
30 Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? LOUIS ARMSTRONG
31 What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? JIMMY
32 Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? GRAM PARSONS
33 Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? JIMMY DURANTE
34 Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? MASON WILLIAMS
35 Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? WILLIE NELSON
36 What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? HAMBURG
37 The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? PAINTED SMILE
38 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16
39 American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? WOLFMAN JACK
40 What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? GILLY GILLY OSSENFEFFER KATZENELLEN BOGEN BY THE SEA
41 Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS
42 What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR
43 Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Brothers? JOE BROWN
44 Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? BRIAN JONES
45 Who founded the Tamla Motown record label? BERRY GORDY JR.
46 What folksy British singer-songwriting guitarist was famous also for his whistling? ROGER WHITTAKER
47 What was Hugo Montenegro's instrumental hit, composed by Ennio Morricone for the film of the same name? THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
48 Tom Parker managed which huge star? ELVIS PRESLEY
49 Who won (barefoot) the British Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with Puppet on String? SANDIE SHAW
50 The 1956 inaugural Eurovision Song Contest featured Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy and which other country? SWITZERLAND
