Popular Music

No. Question Answer 1 Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Chas Chandler, Hilton Valentine and John Steel The Animals were the original line-up of what group? 2 What rock band formed in Dublin in 1976 had hit albums: “The Joshua U2 Tree”, “Achtung Baby” and “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb”? 3 Born in 1948, Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie is better known as? Lulu 4 What well-known song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows was the flip Bachelor Boy side of “The Next Time”, was a no. 1 single in 1963 and featured in the film “Summer Holiday”? 5 Heather Small was the lead singer with which 90s group that had hits M People with: “Moving On Up”, “One Night In Heaven” and “Search for the Hero”? 6 The album “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!” was the first to top the UK Frank Sinatra Album Chart, compiled weekly by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on 22 July 1956, who recorded it? 7 Before he joined Emerson, Lake and Palmer with what group was Greg King Crimson Lake the lead singer and bass guitarist? 8 Born in Hertfordshire in 1958 who is the lead singer with Duran Duran? Simon Le Bon 9 What New York music venue saw: the singing debut of Ella Fitzgerald at The Apollo (Harlem) the age of 17; Jimi Hendrix win first place in an amateur musician contest in 1964 and James Brown record an iconic live album in 1962? 10 What was the first LP released by Virgin Records? Tubular Bells 11 Who had no. 1 hit singles in the UK in 2014 with “Money on My Mind” Sam Smith and “Stay with Me”? 12 What US singer-songwriter has had hits with: “My Cherie Amour”, Stevie Wonder “Superstition” and “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours”? 13 Dizzy Gillespie is famous for playing what instrument? Trumpet 14 “Cry! Cry! Cry!” was what country artist’s first hit in 1955 when it rose to Johnny Cash number 14 in the US country chart? 15 Who played bass guitar for Led Zeppelin? John Paul Jones 16 What song composed in 1941 by Walter Kent and with words by Nat (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) Burton was made popular by Vera Lynn? The White Cliffs of Dover 17 What English rock and blues singer was backed by the Thunderbirds Chris Farlowe and had a no. 1 single in 1966 with ”Out of Time”? 18 In 1957 who had hits with “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Jerry Lee Lewis Goin’ On”? 19 Whose “Greatest Hits” is the best-selling album of all time in the UK? Queen 20 Before forming Joan Jett and the Blackhearts what group did Jett form The Runaways with Sandy West in 1975 and had a big hit in Japan with “Cherry Bomb”? 21 The Bee Gees song “Stayin’ Alive” featured in what 1977 film? Saturday Night Fever 22 What Tony Hatch song was a hit for Petula Clark in 1964? Downtown 23 What singer had a hit with “One Night in Bangkok” from the 1984 Murray Head musical “Chess”? 24 “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” was what group’s first UK no. 1 hit? Wham 25 Who recorded the song “Shallow” from the 2018 film “A Star is Born”? Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper