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music	Rhiannon was a hit song for this group in 1976.	[ "Quarterflash", "Fleetwood Mac", "Scandal", "Heart" ]	Fleetwood Mac
music	Which of the following jazz artists has his/her name in the title of this 1976 #1 hit for Stevie Wonder?	[ "Glenn Miller", "Ella Fitzgerald", "Count Basie", "Duke Ellington" ]	Duke Ellington
music	Peg and Josie are both tracks from the 1977 album, Aja, by this rock group.	[ "Foghat", "Supertramp", "Steely Dan", "Steve Miller Band" ]	Steely Dan
music	Band member Geddy Lee has referred to this 1981 track as the quintessential Rush song.	[ "Tom Sawyer", "Lizzy Borden", "Pablo Picasso", "Lois Lane" ]	Tom Sawyer
music	Bette Davis Eyes was originally recorded in 1974 by Jackie DeShannon, but this female vocalist brought the song to number one for nine consecutive weeks in 1981.	[ "Kim Carnes", "Bonnie Tyler", "Juice Newton", "Crystal Gayle" ]	Kim Carnes
music	Which artist released the top ten hit Valerie in 1982?	[ "Steve Winwood", "Peter Gabriel", "Phil Collins", "Daryl Hall" ]	Steve Winwood
music	According to the title and lyrics of this 1982 Tommy Tutone hit, whose phone number is 867-5309?	[ "Jamie", "Jenny", "Josie", "Jessie" ]	Jenny
music	Joanna was a successful single for this New Jersey group in 1983.	[ "New Edition", "The Gap Band", "Kool the Gang", "Midnight Starr" ]	Kool the Gang
music	Which artist released the hit Think of Laura in 1983?	[ "Benny Mardones", "Leo Sayer", "Christopher Cross", "Rupert Holmes" ]	Christopher Cross
music	The track Darling Nikki (1984) is included on which of the following Prince albums?	[ "Purple Rain", "Sign O the Times", "1999", "Around the World in a Day" ]	Purple Rain
music	Amanda was a hit from the album, Third Stage, in 1986 for this band which hadnt released an album in eight years.	[ "Chicago", "Boston", "Kansas", "Orleans" ]	Boston
music	Peter Piper is a track on this 1986 album by Run DMC.	[ "Raising Hell", "Walk This Way", "Krush Groove", "Licensed to Ill" ]	Raising Hell
music	Mr. Brownstone is a song performed by Guns N Roses on this 1987 album.	[ "Out of the Cellar", "Slippery When Wet", "Use Your Illusion", "Appetite for Destruction" ]	Appetite for Destruction
music	This English musician released the top ten hit Veronica in 1989 from his album, Spike.	[ "Paul Young", "Howard Jones", "Elvis Costello", "Phil Collins" ]	Elvis Costello
music	The poignant Grammy winning single Jeremy is a track from the 1991 album, Ten, by this Seattle band.	[ "Pearl Jam", "Stone Temple Pilots", "The Replacements", "Primus" ]	Pearl Jam
music	The song Ms. Jackson was a successful track from the album Stankonia, which has been certified quadruple platinum. Which hip hop group released this profitable record in 2000?	[ "Digital Underground", "Wu Tang Clan", "Outkast", "Naughty By Nature" ]	Outkast
music	The 2006 single Grace Kelly was a top 5 hit in seemingly every country in the world including Argentina, Croatia, Italy, Ireland, and the U. K.; however, in the U.S. it didnt even crack the top 40. Which artist(s) released this track?	[ "Travis", "Mika", "Moby", "Bush" ]	Mika
music	Bali Hai is the forbidden mystical island in which musical of the 50âs?	[ "Brigadoon", "Little me", "Kismet", "South Pacific" ]	South Pacific
music	Barbra Streisand cashed in a number one selling single with the song People from which long-running show?	[ "The Most Happy Fella", "Grren Grow the Lilacs", "42nd. Street", "Funny Girl" ]	Funny Girl
music	Hot Honey Rag is the closing song of which popular musical based on a play by Maurine Dallas Watkins?	[ "Sweet Charity", "Les Miserables", "Chicago", "La Cage aux folles" ]	Chicago
music	Summertime is the best-known song from what popular musical by George Gershwin?	[ "Lucky Lady", "Showboat", "Porgy and Bess", "Fiddler on the Roof" ]	Porgy and Bess
music	For the price of a dime, who would answer when Tommy Tutone dialed 867-5309?	[ "Sexy Sadie", "Peggy Sue", "Diana", "Jenny" ]	Jenny
music	An encounter at a Soho bar made it to #442 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs list.	[ "at was the name of the fetching person in The Kinks song who walked like a woman and talked like a man?", "Gloria", "Sexy Sadie", "Lucy", "Lola" ]	Lola
music	Steve Nicks sings She is like a cat in the dark. And then she is the darkness. Who is the mystical woman who is taken by the wind?	[ "Gold Dust Woman", "Rhiannon", "Sara", "Angel" ]	Rhiannon
music	Wilson Pickett bought his lady a new car but now all she wants to do is ride around. Who is the lady that is in danger of having her flat feet on the ground.	[ "Mustang Sally", "Run Around Sue", "Ruby", "Sexy Sadie" ]	Mustang Sally
music	In the song On the Cover of Rolling Stone Dr Hook has teenage blue eyed groupies, an Indian guru, and his dad who drives his limousine. Whats the name of his freaky ole lady who embroiders on his jeans?	[ "Sexy Sadie", "Cocaine Katy", "Sweet Betsy from Pike", "Sweet Jane" ]	Cocaine Katy
music	Although she wears a braided chain made of finest silver from the north of Spain this lady works layin whiskey down. Late at night she walks through a silent town because her mans life, love and lady is the sea.	[ "Angie", "Rhiannon", "Sweet Jane", "Brandy" ]	Brandy
music	Charles Manson and his followers were convicted of the Sharon Tate murders and the following night murders of Rosemary and Leo LaBianca. Charles Manson thought the Beatles were singing to him in the White album about the worlds destruction. From what Beatles song did Manson choose a nickname for convicted murderer Susan Atkins?	[ "Lucy (in the Sky with Diamonds)", "Lovely Rita Meter Maid", "Rocky Raccoon", "Sexy Sadie" ]	Sexy Sadie
music	Neil Young sings Dreamer of Pictures, I run in the night. You see us together chasing the moonlight. Who could Neil Young live with for the rest of his life?	[ "Gold Dust Woman", "Witchy Woman", "Cinnamon Girl", "Sweet Jane" ]	Cinnamon Girl
music	Who looked like a beauty queen from a movie scene and would dance on the floor, in the round?	[ "Gloria", "Girl with Bette Davis Eyes", "Delilah", "Billie Jean" ]	Billie Jean
music	Which of these bands released their break through album Pride in 1987, which included the single Wait?	[ "Great White", "Def Leppard", "White Lion", "Ratt" ]	White Lion
music	Which of the following bands are known for the songs Slide It In, Slow and Easy, and Love Aint No Stranger?	[ "Winger", "Bon Jovi", "Whitesnake", "White Lion" ]	Whitesnake
music	The 1980s heavy rock band Quiet Riot was founded by guitar player Randy Rhoads.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
music	This 1980s band, popular for the song Girls, Girls, Girls, was made up of members Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, and Nikki Sixx.	[ "Bon Jovi", "Poison", "Motley Crue", "Warrant" ]	Motley Crue
music	Who was the lead vocalist for the band Winger, known for the 1988 song Seventeen?	[ "Pat Winger", "Paul Winger", "Brian Winger", "Kip Winger" ]	Kip Winger
music	Like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra before him, Elvis Presley became the newest heartthrob at the microphone. This time, however, the teen idol brought a new form of music to the mainstream - rock and roll.	[ "is 1954 hit by Elvis is arguably the first rock and roll record.", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Thats All Right (Mama)", "Rock Around the Clock", "Johnny Be Good" ]	Thats All Right (Mama)
music	By the early 1960s this new form of music had started to get watered down. The rawness and rough edges were gone, and rock and roll seemed destined for blandness.	[ "is artist released such radio friendly songs as Roses Are Red (My Love), Blue on Blue and Blue Velvet.", "Pat Boone", "Paul Anka", "Frankie Avalon", "Bobby Vinton" ]	Bobby Vinton
music	A second era in rock music began with the arrival of the Fab Four. The Beatles would breathe new life into rock roll and become the most successful and influential band of all time.	[ "ich of the following bands were NOT part of the so-called British Invasion?", "The Rolling Stones", "The Who", "The Beatles", "The Byrds" ]	The Byrds
music	By the late 1960s, rock music started to get adventurous. Even the Monkees were releasing psychedelic music, and The Beatles made the LP into an art form with Revolver and Sgt. Pepper.	[ "ich psychedelic pioneer released the influential album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967?", "Donovan", "The Velvet Underground", "Pink Floyd", "The Doors" ]	Pink Floyd
music	In the early 1970s, there was a reaction against the over-the-top excesses of psychedelic music. The singer-songwriter movement was psychedelic musics polar opposite, and often nothing more than a musician and his or her acoustic guitar.	[ "is singer-songwriter released Youve Got a Friend in 1971.", "James Taylor", "Jim Croce", "Jackson Browne", "Cat Stevens" ]	James Taylor
music	In the early 1970s, bands like Led Zeppelin and Grand Funk Railroad initiated a form of rock devised specifically for large concert venues. By mid-decade, stadium or arena rock was in full swing, and bands with big sounds like Boston and Queen dominated the music scene until the 1980s.	[ "ich of the following arena-rock bands released the singles Come Sail Away, Babe, and Lady?", "Styx", "KISS", "Journey", "Foreigner" ]	Styx
music	Punk rock was largely a reaction against stadium filling bands like Pink Floyd and other so-called pretentious rock acts. Punk songs were short and raw, and would never dream of containing long guitar solos or complex themed albums like their arena rock enemies.	[ "at was the name of the Sex Pistols controversial lead singer?", "Henry Rollins", "Joe Strummer", "Joey Ramone", "Johnny Rotten" ]	Johnny Rotten
music	Punk rock was, by its very nature, destined to self-destruct. Many punk bands like Blondie began to morph into a friendlier brand of music called New Wave. This shift coincided with a new television channel called MTV that suited their aristic style perfectly.	[ "ich of the following former punk musicians became New Wave with the release of the albums: Kings of the Wild Frontier and Prince Charming?", "Dexys Midnight Runners", "Adam and the Ants", "Talking Heads", "Bow Wow Wow" ]	Adam and the Ants
music	Heavy metal had its origins with Black Sabbath back in 1970, but it was this bands 1980 heavy metal masterpiece, British Steel, that sent metal on its path to world domination. By the latter half of the 1980s, bands like Ratt, Def Leppard, and Motley Crue would emerge that were perfectly suited for the excesses that characterized the 80s.	[ "Scorpions", "AC/DC", "Judas Priest", "Iron Maiden" ]	Judas Priest
music	By the 1990s, heavy metal was almost unrecognizable from its ancestors. There simply wasnt much metal left in bands like Poison, Warrant, White Lion and Winger. So, the time was absolutely right for a new brand of music called grunge to cut through the artificial fluff in much the same way as The Beatles did in 1963 (see questions 2 and 3). Instead of Liverpool, however, this time the bands would predominantly eminate from which city?	[ "New Orleans", "Boston", "Seattle", "Los Angeles" ]	Seattle
music	The 2000s so far (2008) find rock music in a definite downward slope. Hip Hop and RB dominate the charts, and rock music seems to be unable to produce any bands that can create much of an impact. Most rock bands are either a hybrid (like rap-metal or pop-punk) or a revival of something old (like garage rock).	[ "ich garage rock revival band consists of only two members, and began their career in Detroit?", "The White Stripes", "The Strokes", "The Killers", "Franz Ferdinand" ]	The White Stripes
music	Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, England on which date?	[ "March 29, 1944", "March 30, 1946", "March 28, 1943", "March 30, 1945" ]	March 30, 1945
music	Its common knowledge among Eric Clapton fans that his song, Tears in Heaven was written about his son who died from a fall from a window screen. What was the boys name?	[ "Connor", "Jack", "Patrick", "Ricky" ]	Connor
music	Eric Clapton played the guitar solo on which Beatles song?	[ "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Eleanor Rigby", "Help!" ]	While My Guitar Gently Weeps
music	Eric Clapton was in all but which of the following bands?	[ "Blind Faith", "He was in all of these bands", "Derek the Dominoes", "Yardbirds" ]	He was in all of these bands
music	J.J. Cale wrote Cocaine, which Eric Clapton made a hit. Which song, made famous by Lynyrd Skynyrd was also written by J.J. Cale?	[ "Free Bird", "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe", "They Call Me the Breeze", "Gimme Three Steps" ]	They Call Me the Breeze
music	Eric Clapton wrote Wonderful Tonight in a matter of fifteen minutes while doing what?	[ "Waiting for a bus.", "Waiting for his son to be born.", "Waiting for his wife to get ready.", "Waiting for the rest of his band to arrive for a gig." ]	Waiting for his wife to get ready.
music	In June 2004, Eric Clapton had a fundraiser in Dallas, TX, for his Crossroads Centre in Antigua. What is the Crossroads Centre?	[ "A hospice", "A burn clinic", "An orphanage", "An alcohol rehabilitation clinic" ]	An alcohol rehabilitation clinic
music	Who was the inspiration for Eric Claptons song, Layla?	[ "Pattie Boyd", "Yvonne Kelly", "Melia McEnery", "Linda McCartney" ]	Pattie Boyd
music	Who wrote the song heard here?	[ "Bob Marley", "Doyle Bramhall II", "Andy Fairweather Low", "J.J. Cale" ]	Bob Marley
music	What is the name of the Eric Clapton song heard here?	[ "Worried Life Blues", "Bell Bottom Blues", "Walking Blues", "San Francisco Bay Blues" ]	Bell Bottom Blues
music	With whom did Eric Clapton write Old Love?	[ "J.J. Cale", "George Harrison", "Robert Cray", "He penned Old Love by himself" ]	Robert Cray
music	In 2000, Eric Clapton collaborated with what other musician on an album that consisted of songs such as Key to the Highway, Marry You, and Help the Poor?	[ "Sheryl Crow", "Bonnie Raitt", "Billy Preston", "B.B. King" ]	B.B. King
music	The band, Cream consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and what other man?	[ "Stevie Winwood", "Jimmy Page", "Jeff Beck", "Jack Bruce" ]	Jack Bruce
music	On Unplugged, Eric Clapton identifies this musician as being in a peculiar outfit.	[ "Ray Cooper", "Katie Kissoon", "Steve Ferrone", "Tessa Niles" ]	Steve Ferrone
music	The song No More Tears is authored by rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
music	Who sang the song Hot Legs?	[ "Paul McCartney", "Robert Palmer", "Eddie Money", "Rod Stewart" ]	Rod Stewart
music	Who performed the song Brown Eyed Girl in 1967?	[ "Van Morrison", "Rod Stewart", "Greg Allman", "Creedence Clearwater Revival" ]	Van Morrison
music	This classic rock band performed the song Take Me in Your Arms.	[ "The Doobie Brothers", "The Allman Brothers", "Creedence Clearwater Revival", "Lynyrd Skynyrd" ]	The Doobie Brothers
music	What rock band performed the song Machinehead?	[ "Godsmack", "Nirvana", "Bush", "Nickleback" ]	Bush
music	Which of these bands performed the 1994 song Hold My Hand?	[ "The Stone Temple Pilots", "Candlebox", "Hootie and the Blowfish", "Bush" ]	Hootie and the Blowfish
music	Which of these country bands performed the song If a Broken Heart Could Kill?	[ "Little Texas", "The Charlie Daniels Band", "Alabama", "Montgomery Gentry" ]	Montgomery Gentry
music	The song Lips of an Angel has been performed by the rock band Hinder and country artist Jack Ingram.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
music	Which 80s band performed Face the Day?	[ "Tesla", "Bon Jovi", "Motley Crue", "Great White" ]	Great White
music	Who performed the song Long Haired Country Boy?	[ "Alabama", "Willie Nelson", "Lynyrd Skynyrd", "Charlie Daniels" ]	Charlie Daniels
music	What band from Charlottesville, Virginia was popular with grassroots campaigning until their hits, What Would You Say and Ants Marching hit the Top 40 in 1994?	[ "The Black Crowes", "Rusted Root", "Dave Matthews Band", "Blues Traveler" ]	Dave Matthews Band
music	This Austrian musician is famous for Rock Me Amadeus, a song inspired by the Oscar-winning film, Amadeus.	[ "Falco", "Flock of Seagulls", "Mister Mister", "Duran Duran" ]	Falco
music	This rock band, formed in 1978 by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan, performed the song Eye of the Tiger.	[ "Journey", "Boston", "Survivor", "Foreigner" ]	Survivor
music	This British rock band, which debuted in 1968, performed the songs In My Time of Dying, Stairway to Heaven and Thank You.	[ "The Doors", "The Black Crowes", "Counting Crows", "Led Zeppelin" ]	Led Zeppelin
music	In 1991, this rock band from York, Pennsylvania released their album Mental Jewelry, which was based on the writings of Indian philosopher, J. Krishnamurti.	[ "Live", "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers", "Bush", "Santana" ]	Live
music	This jazz musician created the album, Bitches Brew in 1969, after being influenced by Jimi Hendrixs electric and eclectic sounds.	[ "Miles Davis", "John Coltrane", "Chick Corea", "Wynton Marsalis" ]	Miles Davis
music	In 1993, this band released their debut album August and Everything After, which featured the hit song Mr. Jones.	[ "Counting Crows", "Bush", "The Black Crowes", "Led Zeppelin" ]	Counting Crows
music	The 2004 Grammy Award for Best Film Soundtrack went to which film?	[ "Garden State", "Beyond the Sea", "Crash", "Anchorman" ]	Garden State
music	This remake of The Crystals 1963 classic Da Doo Ron Ron was a mammoth #1 hit for this actor turned singer in 1977.	[ "Shaun Cassidy", "Barbra Streisand", "David Soul", "David Cassidy" ]	Shaun Cassidy
music	In the Duran Duran song, New Moon on Monday the lyric goes, I like my torture way before the new moon on Monday.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
music	Cows and people in the streets or, more aptly, A thousand people in the streets is from which Buffalo Springfieldâs song?	[ "For What its Worth", "Mr. Soul", "Everydays", "Good Time Boy" ]	For What its Worth
music	Which is not a line from Alanis Morissettes song You Oughta Know?	[ "Does she speak eloquently?", "An older version of me", "Is she perverted like me?", "I know the birds and the bees" ]	I know the birds and the bees
music	Which of these completes the lyric from the song, Long Cool Woman by The Hollies: She was a long cool woman ......?	[ "in a black dress", "in a flat bed", "making a bad mess", "in a slack dress" ]	in a black dress
music	Who sings, what many people think of as Is that you baby, or just a bridge of sighsâ? The actual lyric is Is that you baby, or just a brilliant disguise.	[ "U2", "INXS", "Bruce Springsteen", "Katrina and the Waves" ]	Bruce Springsteen
music	A Guns N Roses song includes the lyric, Take me down to the very nice city.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
music	Fugue was perfected by Bach. The greatest example is in Toccata and Fugue. It was elaborated in this historical period.	[ "Baroque", "Classicism", "Middle Ages", "Renaissance" ]	Baroque
music	During this period composers began to seek beauty through simplicity in music with only one music line. Mozart and Beethoven created their masterpieces.	[ "Renaissance", "Classical period", "Baroque", "Neoclassicism" ]	Classical period
music	Program music evolved during this period. This was music designed to describe special feelings, objects or even people. Tchaikovsky gave us the best example of program music - his Swan Lake is a story, danced on stage.	[ "The Classical period", "The Romantic period", "Renaissance", "Baroque" ]	The Romantic period
music	It was typical for the music of this period to create atmosphere or a mood, describing nothing definite. LÃ®sle Joyeuse (The Island of Joy) by Claude Debussy is a typical example of that, due to the lack of characteristic themes.	[ "Neoclassicism", "Modernism", "Impressionism", "Minimalism" ]	Impressionism
music	This music composition technique is characterized by recurring series of ordered elements which are manipulated to give a piece unity. Arnold Schoenberg made extensive use of this technique.	[ "Atonalism", "Serialism", "Impressionism", "Expressionism" ]	Serialism
music	The music of this modern period combines some features from classical music with trends from the 20th century. Shostakovich appears to be among the most famous composers of the period.	[ "Serialism", "Neoclassicism", "Minimalism", "Classicism" ]	Neoclassicism
music	This music became popular in the mid 1900s. It was characterized by the use of very little musical material and repetition of patterns.	[ "Expressionism", "Minimalism", "Neoclassicism", "Modernism" ]	Minimalism
music	During this period, Church was the major patron of music. That is why a great number of composers were associated with it. Just like composer Hildegard von Bingen, who was an abbess of a convent.	[ "Renaissance", "Classical period", "Romantic period", "Middle Ages" ]	Middle Ages
music	During this period the Italian madrigal and the French chanson were created as new types of music. Instrumental music became widely popular. Claudio Monteverdi was the leading composer of this time.	[ "Renaissance", "Classical period", "The Restoration", "Middle Ages" ]	Renaissance
music	The musical elements used during this period were well defined and clear. The music uses fragments from other cultures or from European ethnic groups. Bela Bartok is one of the composers associated with this period.	[ "Primitivism", "Neoromanticism", "Expressionism", "Neoclassicism" ]	Primitivism
music	The song Rescue Me was a huge hit song for this singer in 1965.	[ "Aretha Franklin", "Fontella Bass", "Linda McCartney", "Etta James" ]	Fontella Bass
music	What instrument made these men famous: Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Glenn Gould.	[ "Piano", "Violin", "Viola", "Flute" ]	Piano
music	Which instrument made these men famous: Jascha Heifetz, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern and Joshua Bell?	[ "Viola", "Piano", "Flute", "Violin" ]	Violin
music	Which of the following was not a great conductor?	[ "Fritz Reiner", "George Solti", "Otto Klemperer", "Claudio Brendel" ]	Claudio Brendel
music	Wagon Wheels is a part of Symphony 9, From the New World, written by this famous composer.	[ "Dvorak", "Tchaikovsky", "Mendelssohn", "Lalo" ]	Dvorak

music

Rhiannon was a hit song for this group in 1976.

[ "Quarterflash", "Fleetwood Mac", "Scandal", "Heart" ]

Fleetwood Mac

music

Which of the following jazz artists has his/her name in the title of this 1976 #1 hit for Stevie Wonder?

[ "Glenn Miller", "Ella Fitzgerald", "Count Basie", "Duke Ellington" ]

Duke Ellington

music

Peg and Josie are both tracks from the 1977 album, Aja, by this rock group.

[ "Foghat", "Supertramp", "Steely Dan", "Steve Miller Band" ]

Steely Dan

music

Band member Geddy Lee has referred to this 1981 track as the quintessential Rush song.

[ "Tom Sawyer", "Lizzy Borden", "Pablo Picasso", "Lois Lane" ]

Tom Sawyer

music

Bette Davis Eyes was originally recorded in 1974 by Jackie DeShannon, but this female vocalist brought the song to number one for nine consecutive weeks in 1981.

[ "Kim Carnes", "Bonnie Tyler", "Juice Newton", "Crystal Gayle" ]

Kim Carnes

music

Which artist released the top ten hit Valerie in 1982?

[ "Steve Winwood", "Peter Gabriel", "Phil Collins", "Daryl Hall" ]

Steve Winwood

music

According to the title and lyrics of this 1982 Tommy Tutone hit, whose phone number is 867-5309?

[ "Jamie", "Jenny", "Josie", "Jessie" ]

Jenny

music

Joanna was a successful single for this New Jersey group in 1983.

[ "New Edition", "The Gap Band", "Kool the Gang", "Midnight Starr" ]

Kool the Gang

music

Which artist released the hit Think of Laura in 1983?

[ "Benny Mardones", "Leo Sayer", "Christopher Cross", "Rupert Holmes" ]

Christopher Cross

music

The track Darling Nikki (1984) is included on which of the following Prince albums?

[ "Purple Rain", "Sign O the Times", "1999", "Around the World in a Day" ]

Purple Rain

music

Amanda was a hit from the album, Third Stage, in 1986 for this band which hadnt released an album in eight years.

[ "Chicago", "Boston", "Kansas", "Orleans" ]

Boston

music

Peter Piper is a track on this 1986 album by Run DMC.

[ "Raising Hell", "Walk This Way", "Krush Groove", "Licensed to Ill" ]

Raising Hell

music

Mr. Brownstone is a song performed by Guns N Roses on this 1987 album.

[ "Out of the Cellar", "Slippery When Wet", "Use Your Illusion", "Appetite for Destruction" ]

Appetite for Destruction

music

This English musician released the top ten hit Veronica in 1989 from his album, Spike.

[ "Paul Young", "Howard Jones", "Elvis Costello", "Phil Collins" ]

Elvis Costello

music

The poignant Grammy winning single Jeremy is a track from the 1991 album, Ten, by this Seattle band.

[ "Pearl Jam", "Stone Temple Pilots", "The Replacements", "Primus" ]

Pearl Jam

music

The song Ms. Jackson was a successful track from the album Stankonia, which has been certified quadruple platinum. Which hip hop group released this profitable record in 2000?

[ "Digital Underground", "Wu Tang Clan", "Outkast", "Naughty By Nature" ]

Outkast

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The 2006 single Grace Kelly was a top 5 hit in seemingly every country in the world including Argentina, Croatia, Italy, Ireland, and the U. K.; however, in the U.S. it didnt even crack the top 40. Which artist(s) released this track?

[ "Travis", "Mika", "Moby", "Bush" ]

Mika

music

Bali Hai is the forbidden mystical island in which musical of the 50âs?

[ "Brigadoon", "Little me", "Kismet", "South Pacific" ]

South Pacific

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Barbra Streisand cashed in a number one selling single with the song People from which long-running show?

[ "The Most Happy Fella", "Grren Grow the Lilacs", "42nd. Street", "Funny Girl" ]

Funny Girl

music

Hot Honey Rag is the closing song of which popular musical based on a play by Maurine Dallas Watkins?

[ "Sweet Charity", "Les Miserables", "Chicago", "La Cage aux folles" ]

Chicago

music

Summertime is the best-known song from what popular musical by George Gershwin?

[ "Lucky Lady", "Showboat", "Porgy and Bess", "Fiddler on the Roof" ]

Porgy and Bess

music

For the price of a dime, who would answer when Tommy Tutone dialed 867-5309?

[ "Sexy Sadie", "Peggy Sue", "Diana", "Jenny" ]

Jenny

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An encounter at a Soho bar made it to #442 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs list.

[ "at was the name of the fetching person in The Kinks song who walked like a woman and talked like a man?", "Gloria", "Sexy Sadie", "Lucy", "Lola" ]

Lola

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Steve Nicks sings She is like a cat in the dark. And then she is the darkness. Who is the mystical woman who is taken by the wind?

[ "Gold Dust Woman", "Rhiannon", "Sara", "Angel" ]

Rhiannon

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Wilson Pickett bought his lady a new car but now all she wants to do is ride around. Who is the lady that is in danger of having her flat feet on the ground.

[ "Mustang Sally", "Run Around Sue", "Ruby", "Sexy Sadie" ]

Mustang Sally

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In the song On the Cover of Rolling Stone Dr Hook has teenage blue eyed groupies, an Indian guru, and his dad who drives his limousine. Whats the name of his freaky ole lady who embroiders on his jeans?

[ "Sexy Sadie", "Cocaine Katy", "Sweet Betsy from Pike", "Sweet Jane" ]

Cocaine Katy

music

Although she wears a braided chain made of finest silver from the north of Spain this lady works layin whiskey down. Late at night she walks through a silent town because her mans life, love and lady is the sea.

[ "Angie", "Rhiannon", "Sweet Jane", "Brandy" ]

Brandy

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Charles Manson and his followers were convicted of the Sharon Tate murders and the following night murders of Rosemary and Leo LaBianca. Charles Manson thought the Beatles were singing to him in the White album about the worlds destruction. From what Beatles song did Manson choose a nickname for convicted murderer Susan Atkins?

[ "Lucy (in the Sky with Diamonds)", "Lovely Rita Meter Maid", "Rocky Raccoon", "Sexy Sadie" ]

Sexy Sadie

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Neil Young sings Dreamer of Pictures, I run in the night. You see us together chasing the moonlight. Who could Neil Young live with for the rest of his life?

[ "Gold Dust Woman", "Witchy Woman", "Cinnamon Girl", "Sweet Jane" ]

Cinnamon Girl

music

Who looked like a beauty queen from a movie scene and would dance on the floor, in the round?

[ "Gloria", "Girl with Bette Davis Eyes", "Delilah", "Billie Jean" ]

Billie Jean

music

Which of these bands released their break through album Pride in 1987, which included the single Wait?

[ "Great White", "Def Leppard", "White Lion", "Ratt" ]

White Lion

music

Which of the following bands are known for the songs Slide It In, Slow and Easy, and Love Aint No Stranger?

[ "Winger", "Bon Jovi", "Whitesnake", "White Lion" ]

Whitesnake

music

The 1980s heavy rock band Quiet Riot was founded by guitar player Randy Rhoads.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

music

This 1980s band, popular for the song Girls, Girls, Girls, was made up of members Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, and Nikki Sixx.

[ "Bon Jovi", "Poison", "Motley Crue", "Warrant" ]

Motley Crue

music

Who was the lead vocalist for the band Winger, known for the 1988 song Seventeen?

[ "Pat Winger", "Paul Winger", "Brian Winger", "Kip Winger" ]

Kip Winger

music

Like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra before him, Elvis Presley became the newest heartthrob at the microphone. This time, however, the teen idol brought a new form of music to the mainstream - rock and roll.

[ "is 1954 hit by Elvis is arguably the first rock and roll record.", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Thats All Right (Mama)", "Rock Around the Clock", "Johnny Be Good" ]

Thats All Right (Mama)

music

By the early 1960s this new form of music had started to get watered down. The rawness and rough edges were gone, and rock and roll seemed destined for blandness.

[ "is artist released such radio friendly songs as Roses Are Red (My Love), Blue on Blue and Blue Velvet.", "Pat Boone", "Paul Anka", "Frankie Avalon", "Bobby Vinton" ]

Bobby Vinton

music

A second era in rock music began with the arrival of the Fab Four. The Beatles would breathe new life into rock roll and become the most successful and influential band of all time.

[ "ich of the following bands were NOT part of the so-called British Invasion?", "The Rolling Stones", "The Who", "The Beatles", "The Byrds" ]

The Byrds

music

By the late 1960s, rock music started to get adventurous. Even the Monkees were releasing psychedelic music, and The Beatles made the LP into an art form with Revolver and Sgt. Pepper.

[ "ich psychedelic pioneer released the influential album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967?", "Donovan", "The Velvet Underground", "Pink Floyd", "The Doors" ]

Pink Floyd

music

In the early 1970s, there was a reaction against the over-the-top excesses of psychedelic music. The singer-songwriter movement was psychedelic musics polar opposite, and often nothing more than a musician and his or her acoustic guitar.

[ "is singer-songwriter released Youve Got a Friend in 1971.", "James Taylor", "Jim Croce", "Jackson Browne", "Cat Stevens" ]

James Taylor

music

In the early 1970s, bands like Led Zeppelin and Grand Funk Railroad initiated a form of rock devised specifically for large concert venues. By mid-decade, stadium or arena rock was in full swing, and bands with big sounds like Boston and Queen dominated the music scene until the 1980s.

[ "ich of the following arena-rock bands released the singles Come Sail Away, Babe, and Lady?", "Styx", "KISS", "Journey", "Foreigner" ]

Styx

music

Punk rock was largely a reaction against stadium filling bands like Pink Floyd and other so-called pretentious rock acts. Punk songs were short and raw, and would never dream of containing long guitar solos or complex themed albums like their arena rock enemies.

[ "at was the name of the Sex Pistols controversial lead singer?", "Henry Rollins", "Joe Strummer", "Joey Ramone", "Johnny Rotten" ]

Johnny Rotten

music

Punk rock was, by its very nature, destined to self-destruct. Many punk bands like Blondie began to morph into a friendlier brand of music called New Wave. This shift coincided with a new television channel called MTV that suited their aristic style perfectly.

[ "ich of the following former punk musicians became New Wave with the release of the albums: Kings of the Wild Frontier and Prince Charming?", "Dexys Midnight Runners", "Adam and the Ants", "Talking Heads", "Bow Wow Wow" ]

Adam and the Ants

music

Heavy metal had its origins with Black Sabbath back in 1970, but it was this bands 1980 heavy metal masterpiece, British Steel, that sent metal on its path to world domination. By the latter half of the 1980s, bands like Ratt, Def Leppard, and Motley Crue would emerge that were perfectly suited for the excesses that characterized the 80s.

[ "Scorpions", "AC/DC", "Judas Priest", "Iron Maiden" ]

Judas Priest

music

By the 1990s, heavy metal was almost unrecognizable from its ancestors. There simply wasnt much metal left in bands like Poison, Warrant, White Lion and Winger. So, the time was absolutely right for a new brand of music called grunge to cut through the artificial fluff in much the same way as The Beatles did in 1963 (see questions 2 and 3). Instead of Liverpool, however, this time the bands would predominantly eminate from which city?

[ "New Orleans", "Boston", "Seattle", "Los Angeles" ]

Seattle

music

The 2000s so far (2008) find rock music in a definite downward slope. Hip Hop and RB dominate the charts, and rock music seems to be unable to produce any bands that can create much of an impact. Most rock bands are either a hybrid (like rap-metal or pop-punk) or a revival of something old (like garage rock).

[ "ich garage rock revival band consists of only two members, and began their career in Detroit?", "The White Stripes", "The Strokes", "The Killers", "Franz Ferdinand" ]

The White Stripes

music

Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, England on which date?

[ "March 29, 1944", "March 30, 1946", "March 28, 1943", "March 30, 1945" ]

March 30, 1945

music

Its common knowledge among Eric Clapton fans that his song, Tears in Heaven was written about his son who died from a fall from a window screen. What was the boys name?

[ "Connor", "Jack", "Patrick", "Ricky" ]

Connor

music

Eric Clapton played the guitar solo on which Beatles song?

[ "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Eleanor Rigby", "Help!" ]

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

music

Eric Clapton was in all but which of the following bands?

[ "Blind Faith", "He was in all of these bands", "Derek the Dominoes", "Yardbirds" ]

He was in all of these bands

music

J.J. Cale wrote Cocaine, which Eric Clapton made a hit. Which song, made famous by Lynyrd Skynyrd was also written by J.J. Cale?

[ "Free Bird", "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe", "They Call Me the Breeze", "Gimme Three Steps" ]

They Call Me the Breeze

music

Eric Clapton wrote Wonderful Tonight in a matter of fifteen minutes while doing what?

[ "Waiting for a bus.", "Waiting for his son to be born.", "Waiting for his wife to get ready.", "Waiting for the rest of his band to arrive for a gig." ]

Waiting for his wife to get ready.

music

In June 2004, Eric Clapton had a fundraiser in Dallas, TX, for his Crossroads Centre in Antigua. What is the Crossroads Centre?

[ "A hospice", "A burn clinic", "An orphanage", "An alcohol rehabilitation clinic" ]

An alcohol rehabilitation clinic

music

Who was the inspiration for Eric Claptons song, Layla?

[ "Pattie Boyd", "Yvonne Kelly", "Melia McEnery", "Linda McCartney" ]

Pattie Boyd

music

Who wrote the song heard here?

[ "Bob Marley", "Doyle Bramhall II", "Andy Fairweather Low", "J.J. Cale" ]

Bob Marley

music

What is the name of the Eric Clapton song heard here?

[ "Worried Life Blues", "Bell Bottom Blues", "Walking Blues", "San Francisco Bay Blues" ]

Bell Bottom Blues

music

With whom did Eric Clapton write Old Love?

[ "J.J. Cale", "George Harrison", "Robert Cray", "He penned Old Love by himself" ]

Robert Cray

music

In 2000, Eric Clapton collaborated with what other musician on an album that consisted of songs such as Key to the Highway, Marry You, and Help the Poor?

[ "Sheryl Crow", "Bonnie Raitt", "Billy Preston", "B.B. King" ]

B.B. King

music

The band, Cream consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and what other man?

[ "Stevie Winwood", "Jimmy Page", "Jeff Beck", "Jack Bruce" ]

Jack Bruce

music

On Unplugged, Eric Clapton identifies this musician as being in a peculiar outfit.

[ "Ray Cooper", "Katie Kissoon", "Steve Ferrone", "Tessa Niles" ]

Steve Ferrone

music

The song No More Tears is authored by rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

music

Who sang the song Hot Legs?

[ "Paul McCartney", "Robert Palmer", "Eddie Money", "Rod Stewart" ]

Rod Stewart

music

Who performed the song Brown Eyed Girl in 1967?

[ "Van Morrison", "Rod Stewart", "Greg Allman", "Creedence Clearwater Revival" ]

Van Morrison

music

This classic rock band performed the song Take Me in Your Arms.

[ "The Doobie Brothers", "The Allman Brothers", "Creedence Clearwater Revival", "Lynyrd Skynyrd" ]

The Doobie Brothers

music

What rock band performed the song Machinehead?

[ "Godsmack", "Nirvana", "Bush", "Nickleback" ]

Bush

music

Which of these bands performed the 1994 song Hold My Hand?

[ "The Stone Temple Pilots", "Candlebox", "Hootie and the Blowfish", "Bush" ]

Hootie and the Blowfish

music

Which of these country bands performed the song If a Broken Heart Could Kill?

[ "Little Texas", "The Charlie Daniels Band", "Alabama", "Montgomery Gentry" ]

Montgomery Gentry

music

The song Lips of an Angel has been performed by the rock band Hinder and country artist Jack Ingram.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

music

Which 80s band performed Face the Day?

[ "Tesla", "Bon Jovi", "Motley Crue", "Great White" ]

Great White

music

Who performed the song Long Haired Country Boy?

[ "Alabama", "Willie Nelson", "Lynyrd Skynyrd", "Charlie Daniels" ]

Charlie Daniels

music

What band from Charlottesville, Virginia was popular with grassroots campaigning until their hits, What Would You Say and Ants Marching hit the Top 40 in 1994?

[ "The Black Crowes", "Rusted Root", "Dave Matthews Band", "Blues Traveler" ]

Dave Matthews Band

music

This Austrian musician is famous for Rock Me Amadeus, a song inspired by the Oscar-winning film, Amadeus.

[ "Falco", "Flock of Seagulls", "Mister Mister", "Duran Duran" ]

Falco

music

This rock band, formed in 1978 by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan, performed the song Eye of the Tiger.

[ "Journey", "Boston", "Survivor", "Foreigner" ]

Survivor

music

This British rock band, which debuted in 1968, performed the songs In My Time of Dying, Stairway to Heaven and Thank You.

[ "The Doors", "The Black Crowes", "Counting Crows", "Led Zeppelin" ]

Led Zeppelin

music

In 1991, this rock band from York, Pennsylvania released their album Mental Jewelry, which was based on the writings of Indian philosopher, J. Krishnamurti.

[ "Live", "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers", "Bush", "Santana" ]

Live

music

This jazz musician created the album, Bitches Brew in 1969, after being influenced by Jimi Hendrixs electric and eclectic sounds.

[ "Miles Davis", "John Coltrane", "Chick Corea", "Wynton Marsalis" ]

Miles Davis

music

In 1993, this band released their debut album August and Everything After, which featured the hit song Mr. Jones.

[ "Counting Crows", "Bush", "The Black Crowes", "Led Zeppelin" ]

Counting Crows

music

The 2004 Grammy Award for Best Film Soundtrack went to which film?

[ "Garden State", "Beyond the Sea", "Crash", "Anchorman" ]

Garden State

music

This remake of The Crystals 1963 classic Da Doo Ron Ron was a mammoth #1 hit for this actor turned singer in 1977.

[ "Shaun Cassidy", "Barbra Streisand", "David Soul", "David Cassidy" ]

Shaun Cassidy

music

In the Duran Duran song, New Moon on Monday the lyric goes, I like my torture way before the new moon on Monday.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

music

Cows and people in the streets or, more aptly, A thousand people in the streets is from which Buffalo Springfieldâs song?

[ "For What its Worth", "Mr. Soul", "Everydays", "Good Time Boy" ]

For What its Worth

music

Which is not a line from Alanis Morissettes song You Oughta Know?

[ "Does she speak eloquently?", "An older version of me", "Is she perverted like me?", "I know the birds and the bees" ]

I know the birds and the bees

music

Which of these completes the lyric from the song, Long Cool Woman by The Hollies: She was a long cool woman ......?

[ "in a black dress", "in a flat bed", "making a bad mess", "in a slack dress" ]

in a black dress

music

Who sings, what many people think of as Is that you baby, or just a bridge of sighsâ? The actual lyric is Is that you baby, or just a brilliant disguise.

[ "U2", "INXS", "Bruce Springsteen", "Katrina and the Waves" ]

Bruce Springsteen

music

A Guns N Roses song includes the lyric, Take me down to the very nice city.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

music

Fugue was perfected by Bach. The greatest example is in Toccata and Fugue. It was elaborated in this historical period.

[ "Baroque", "Classicism", "Middle Ages", "Renaissance" ]

Baroque

music

During this period composers began to seek beauty through simplicity in music with only one music line. Mozart and Beethoven created their masterpieces.

[ "Renaissance", "Classical period", "Baroque", "Neoclassicism" ]

Classical period

music

Program music evolved during this period. This was music designed to describe special feelings, objects or even people. Tchaikovsky gave us the best example of program music - his Swan Lake is a story, danced on stage.

[ "The Classical period", "The Romantic period", "Renaissance", "Baroque" ]

The Romantic period

music

It was typical for the music of this period to create atmosphere or a mood, describing nothing definite. LÃ®sle Joyeuse (The Island of Joy) by Claude Debussy is a typical example of that, due to the lack of characteristic themes.

[ "Neoclassicism", "Modernism", "Impressionism", "Minimalism" ]

Impressionism

music

This music composition technique is characterized by recurring series of ordered elements which are manipulated to give a piece unity. Arnold Schoenberg made extensive use of this technique.

[ "Atonalism", "Serialism", "Impressionism", "Expressionism" ]

Serialism

music

The music of this modern period combines some features from classical music with trends from the 20th century. Shostakovich appears to be among the most famous composers of the period.

[ "Serialism", "Neoclassicism", "Minimalism", "Classicism" ]

Neoclassicism

music

This music became popular in the mid 1900s. It was characterized by the use of very little musical material and repetition of patterns.

[ "Expressionism", "Minimalism", "Neoclassicism", "Modernism" ]

Minimalism

music

During this period, Church was the major patron of music. That is why a great number of composers were associated with it. Just like composer Hildegard von Bingen, who was an abbess of a convent.

[ "Renaissance", "Classical period", "Romantic period", "Middle Ages" ]

Middle Ages

music

During this period the Italian madrigal and the French chanson were created as new types of music. Instrumental music became widely popular. Claudio Monteverdi was the leading composer of this time.

[ "Renaissance", "Classical period", "The Restoration", "Middle Ages" ]

Renaissance

music

The musical elements used during this period were well defined and clear. The music uses fragments from other cultures or from European ethnic groups. Bela Bartok is one of the composers associated with this period.

[ "Primitivism", "Neoromanticism", "Expressionism", "Neoclassicism" ]

Primitivism

music

The song Rescue Me was a huge hit song for this singer in 1965.

[ "Aretha Franklin", "Fontella Bass", "Linda McCartney", "Etta James" ]

Fontella Bass

music

What instrument made these men famous: Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Glenn Gould.

[ "Piano", "Violin", "Viola", "Flute" ]

Piano

music

Which instrument made these men famous: Jascha Heifetz, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern and Joshua Bell?

[ "Viola", "Piano", "Flute", "Violin" ]

Violin

music

Which of the following was not a great conductor?

[ "Fritz Reiner", "George Solti", "Otto Klemperer", "Claudio Brendel" ]

Claudio Brendel

music

Wagon Wheels is a part of Symphony 9, From the New World, written by this famous composer.

[ "Dvorak", "Tchaikovsky", "Mendelssohn", "Lalo" ]

Dvorak