A Musical Interlude

1 The father of Chesney Hawkes was a member of which chart topping group?

2 Which song features the lyric, “a dream that will need all the love you can give, every day of your life for as long as you live”?

3 Who hosted the 2007 Brit Awards?

4 Which singer acquired the nickname The Bard of Barking?

5 Which boy band named themselves after a shopping area in Orlando?

6 In 1996 which song was Michael Jackson performing at the Brit Awards when Jarvis Cocker invaded the stage?

7 Dave Mount who passed away in 2006 was a member of which glam rock band?

8 Which song by Lulu topped the charts in the USA?

9 Which song by REM contains the name of a variety of horned rattlesnake in the title?

10 Which London building was depicted on the cover of the Pink Floyd album Animals?

11 The theme song from which Australian TV series provided Lynne Hamilton with a top 10 hit in the UK?

12 What is the surname of the only brother and sister to date (2007) to have recorded separate UK number one hit singles?

13 Who were the first two Irish groups to top the UK singles charts?

14 Which early hit for the Carpenters originated as a jingle on a TV advert selling insurance to newly weds?

15 Which Oasis album took its title from an extract of a quote by Isaac Newton?

16 According to the lyrics of the Chicken Song by Spitting Image what does one do with ones left knee?

17 Which pop group share their name with Bob the Builders tractor?

18 Which song from the Sound of Music did Gwen Stefani sample on her hit Wind It Up?

19 Which song was inspired by events that occurred on February 3rd 1959?

20 In 1966 a Cat had a hit singing about a dog. Name the singer and the song

Answers

1 The Tremeloes

2 Climb Every Mountain

3 Russell Brand

4 Billy Bragg

5 Backstreet Boys

6 Earth Song

7 Mud

8 To Sir With Love

9 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight

10 Battersea Power Station

11 Prisoner Cell Block H

12 Bedingfield

13 The Bachelors, Boomtown Rats

14 We’ve Only Just Begun

15 Standing On the Shoulders Of Giants

16 Paint it green

17 Travis

18 The Lonely Goatherd

19 American Pie, the date that Buddy Holly died

20 Cat Stevens with I Love My Dog