MUSIC QUIZ NO. 159

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which group backed Vic Reeves on a cover version of the song Dizzy?
THE WONDERSTUFF
2 Which song was a posthumous solo number one hit for Freddie Mercury in 1991?
LIVING ON MY OWN
3 Which song has been a hit for The Drifters, The Tom Tom Club and Bruce Willis?
UNDER THE BOARDWALK
4 Which album cover depicted Twiggy alongside David Bowie?
PIN UPS
5 How was US Army Private 53310761 otherwise known?
ELVIS PRESLEY
6 Who won the Best Group Award at the 2005 Brit Awards?
FRANZ FERDINAND
7 Which singer died in the same plane crash as Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins?
PATSY CLINE
8 How old was Helen Shapiro when she celebrated her first number one hit single?
14
9 On which album cover does James Coburn have his hand on Christopher Lee’s shoulder?
BAND ON THE RUN
10 Which Queen album shares its name with a Sunday newspaper?
NEWS OF THE WORLD
11 Who recorded his first rap single under the name of the Fresh Prince?
WILL SMITH
12 Whose bald head features on the album cover of Hot Buttered Soul?
ISAAC HAYES
13 What title is shared by the autobiography of Prince, a Prince single, a Prince album and a Prince film?
PURPLE RAIN
14 What is the last name of Freddie of Freddie and the Dreamers fame?
GARRITTY
15 The song Pearl’s a Singer was a tribute to which legendary artist?
JANIS JOPLIN
16 Under what name did the trio of Yarrow, Stookey and Travers record?
PETER, PAUL AND MARY
17 In what year was Michael Jackson Bad and Mel & Kim Respectable?
1987
18 The video of which Wham song sees George Michael sipping a cocktail in a swimming pool?
CLUB TROPICANA
19 Who, born in London in 1939, acquired the nickname of the White Queen of Soul?
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
20 Who died in a car that bore the registration plate, FOX 661L?
MARC BOLAN

[crackers]

5 Elvis Presley
11 Will Smith
16 Peter, Paul and Mary
18 Club Tropicana

[FattyLumpkin]

20 Marc Bolan or was it.......

[old moz]

9---sgt peppers
13 ---purple rain
14---garrety
19---dusty springfield

[Footy Chick]

2 Somebody to love?

11 Will Smith

14 Garrity

17 1986 or 1987

[magpie in the 80's]

5 Elvis Presley
11 Will Smith
16 Peter, Paul and Mary
18 Club Tropicana

[magpie in the 80's]

20 Marc Bolan or was it.......

[magpie in the 80's]

9---sgt peppers
13 ---purple rain
14---garrety
19---dusty springfield

OTHERS CORRECT OM

[magpie in the 80's]

2 Somebody to love?
11 Will Smith
14 Garrity
17 1986 or 1987

OTHERS CORRECT FC

[CK]

2. Barcelona - if solo (although Bohemian Rhapsody went back to no.1 after his passing, with Queen)
3. Respect Yourself
15. Janis Joplin

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Barcelona - if solo (although Bohemian Rhapsody went back to no.1 after his passing, with Queen)
3. Respect Yourself
15. Janis Joplin

OTHER 2 INCORRECT CK

[old moz]

8--14 [ or 16 ]

[magpie in the 80's]

8--14 [ or 16 ]

[JK]

7. Patsy Cline

[Kahuna]

10/ News of the World
12/ Errol Brown

[magpie in the 80's]

7. Patsy Cline

[magpie in the 80's]

10/ News of the World
12/ Errol Brown

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[Peterxtc]

4. Pin Ups

[Rik E Boy]

1. The Wonderstuff

regards,

REB