FACING THE MUSIC

1 In 2006 who released the album Surprise, his first studio album for six years?

2 Which pioneer of the synthesizer died in August 2005?

3 Which Yorkshire born singer was awarded the freedom of the city of Amarillo?

4 Which singer who died in 1996 recorded the posthumous best selling album Songbird?

5 What are the surnames of the four members of Slade?

6 Which pop trio disbanded when Charlie Simpson announced he was leaving the group?

7 What is the title of Dennis Waterman’s only top ten UK hit single?

8 Which actor collaborated with Barbra Streisand on the song Till I Loved You?

9 Musically what is a tampon double?

10 Which singer was born Joscelyn Eve Stoker?

11 Which song was a hit for Traffic and a Young One?

12 Which song did Leo Sayer perform on his Top of the Pops debut?

13 What is the title of the only UK number one hit single for Chicago?

14 At whose funeral did Tony Bennett remark “we all fell in love with his voice”?

15 What links Boney M in 1976, David Gray in 2000 and The Ruts in 1979?

16 In September 1970 who was found dead in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel?

17 Which ex man and wife connect the songs Shout and Tragedy?

18 Who composed the song Every Time We Say Goodbye?

19 Who recorded her first album entitled After All at the age of 11?

20 Which rock band were originally called Garden Wall?

21 Which number one hit includes contributions by Elton John, Bono, David Bowie, Tom Jones, The Visual Ministry Choir and the BBC Symphony Orchestra?

22 Who received a civil rights award from Chile for the song, They Dance Alone?

23 Which song about rabbits was written by a Batt?

24 Which female song character, a creation of The Beatles is also the subject of a statue in Liverpool?

25 Which soul legend was backed by the Bar Kays?

26 Which 1975 hit if spelt in Morse Code reads dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot?

27 Which song did Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Jones and Michael Palin sing at the funeral of Graham Chapman?

28 Who left the ranks of Bros in 1989?

29 Which backing band that featured on a 1968 number one hit took their name from a battle in the American Civil War?

30 What is the home city of the Nolan sisters?

31 Which pop star was born George Michael Braddock?

32 What was the Bangles only number one hit in the UK?

33 What links the songs At the Hop, Moon River and Mary’s Prayer?

34 Who provided lead vocals for the Undertones?

35 Under what name did Toni and Daryl enjoy chart success?

36 In which county were the rock band Radiohead founded?

37 Who did Rolling Stone Magazine rank as the greatest guitarist of all time?

38 In the 1960s who famously managed the North End Music Store on Great Charlotte Street?

39 What is the actual first name of Fats Domino?

40 Who sang the Bond theme for Tomorrow Never Dies?

 

Answers

1 Paul Simon

2 Robert Moog

3 Tony Christie

4 Eva Cassidy

5 Hill, Lea, Holder and Powell

6 Busted

7 I Could Be So Good For You

8 Don Johnson

9 A double headed drum stick

10 Joss Stone

11 Hole in my Shoe

12 The Show Must Go On

13 If You Leave Me Now

14 Frank Sinatra

15 Babylon, for the hits Rivers of Babylon, Babylon and Babylon’s Burning

16 Jimi Hendrix

17 Lulu and Maurice Gibb

18 Cole Porter

19 Leanne Rimes

20 Genesis

21 Perfect Day

22 Sting

23 Bright Eyes, written by Mike Batt

24 Eleanor Rigby

25 Otis Redding

26 SOS by Abba

27 Always Look On the Bright Side of Life

28 Craig Logan

29 The Union Gap

30 Dublin

31 Mickey Dolenz

32 Eternal Flame

33 The name Danny for Danny and the Juniors, Danny Williams and the group Danny Wilson

34 Fergal Sharkey

35 Captain and Tennille

36 Oxfordshire

37 Jimi Hendrix

38 Brian Epstein

39 Antoine

40 Sheryl Crow