A Music Medley

1 The group Ned’s Atomic Dustbin took their name from an episode of which radio show?

2 Which fourteen year old schoolgirl topped the UK charts in 1961?

3 In 2005, for the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, what was voted the best ever Eurovision song?

4 Who did Carly Simon marry in 1976 and divorce in 1983?

5 Who came third in Pop Idol when Will Young and Gareth Gates came first and second?

6 Which pop act named themselves after a second hand furniture store in Hull?

7 Which work by Gilbert and Sullivan is sub-titled The Town of Titipu?

8 The song Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder is a tribute to which musician?

9 Which song a Christmas chart topper in 2003 was originally a hit for Tears for Fears?

10 What was the title of Michael Jackson’s follow up album to Thriller?

11 What word provides the first word of the lyrics for the songs Green Door and Memory?

12 What is the surname of the sister duo Mel and Kim?

13 In July 1957 which two famous men met for the first time at the Woolton Parish Church garden fete?

14 Which member of the Spice Girls could be called zingiber officinale?

15 Who shared lead vocals with Roberta Flack on the song, Tonight I Celebrate My Love?

16 Who topped the UK charts for three consecutive months in 1991?

17 What was the title of Beethoven’s only opera?

18 Who won the Best British Group Award at the 2006 Brits?

19 In what year did Radio 1 begin broadcasting?

20 With which song did Shayne Ward top the 2005 Christmas charts?

21 Which song opens with the line, “There may be trouble ahead”?

22 Who has had hits singing about Guy, Bennie, Lucy and Daniel?

23 Who as a youngster lived at 20 Forthlin Road, Allerton, Liverpool?

24 How are Harry, Tom, Dougie and Danny collectively known?

25 What was the best selling song in the UK in the 20th century performed by a duo?

26 Which country was Helena Paparizou representing when she won the Eurovision Song Contest?

27 Whose 1991 album Time Love and Tenderness, earned him a Grammy award?

28 Which song about a wedding ring provided Freda Payne with her biggest hit record?

29 Who recorded the 2005 album Back to Bedlam?

30 At the 2005 Live 8 concert David, Nick, Richard and Roger reunited. How are they collectively known?

31 What provides the connection between the songs Teenager In Love and Kids In America?

32 Who owned a private plane called Lisa Marie?

33 Which Christmas number one hit had backing vocals provided by the Islington Green School Choir?

34 By 2006, how many number one hit singles in the UK had Cliff Richard recorded?

35 Which singer is the daughter of former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis?

36 In which city was Kylie Minogue born?

37 Which song was a hit for both Shocking Blue and Bananarama?

38 Which iconic rock star penned a book of poetry entitled The New Creatures?

39 Who backed Tommy James on his number one hit Mony Mony?

40 How were Gift, Cox and Steele collectively known?

Answers

1 The Goon Show
2 Helen Shapiro
3 Waterloo
4 James Taylor
5 Darius Danesh
6 Everything But the Girl
7 The Mikado
8 Duke Ellington
9 Mad World
10 Bad
11 Midnight
12 Appleby
13 John Lennon and Paul McCartney
14 Ginger Spice, the scientific name for ginger
15 Peabo Bryson
16 Bryan Adams
17 Fidelio
18 Kaiser Chiefs
19 1967
20 That’s My Goal
21 Lets Face the Music and Dance
22 Elton John
23 Paul McCartney
24 McFly
25 You’re The One That I Want
26 Greece
27 Michael Bolton
28 Band of Gold
29 James Blunt
30 Pink Floyd
31 Recorded by father and daughter Marty and Kim Wilde
32 Elvis Presley
33 Another Brick in the Wall
34 Fourteen
35 Sophie Ellis Bextor
36 Melbourne
37 Venus
38 Jim Morrison
39 The Shondells
40 Fine Young Cannibals