POP POURRI

1 In June 2006, who was tricked into criticising his own Vida Nova wine?

2 Which pop group was founded by Victor Willis in tribute to a gay district of New York?

3 Which song contains the line, “I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine”?

4 Which 1998 band recorded the World Cup song “Don’t Come Home Too Soon” directing their message at the Scotland World Cup squad?

5 Which two people connect the number one hits Belfast Child and Brass in Pocket?

6 According to Barry Manilow what is the name of the showgirl at the Copacabana?

7 In which city were Wet Wet Wet founded?

8 Which rock star was born on May 25th, 1958 on Stanley Road, Woking?

9 Billy Preston died in 2006. On which Beatles chart topper did he play the keyboards?

10 Buddy Holly recorded the first posthumous number one hit in the UK in 1959. Who recorded the second in 1960?

11 Which 60s singing star was born Kathleen O’Rourke?

12 To date, 2006 who are the only brother and sister to have recorded separate UK number one hit singles?

13 Which singer was killed in a plane crash alongside his manager Dean Manuel?

14 Who celebrated his 45th birthday in 2005 by performing a concert billed as, Who Put the M in Manchester?

15 Which rock band previously performed as The Polka Tulk Blues Band and Earth?

16 Which song performed by three Spanish sisters topped the UK charts in 2002?

17 Who married Bjorn Ulvaeus in 1971?

18 Which glam rock band featured in the 1972 film Born To Boogie?

19 Which song contains the line, “Why do you miss when my baby kisses me”?

20 In what year was Cliff Richard knighted?

21 Which Swedish pop group include the Berggren siblings in their line up?

22 In 1967 who became the first singer to have a posthumous number one hit in the USA?

23 At the age of 16 who was incarcerated in the Toccoa Juvenile Detention Centre for armed robbery and went on to become an iconic name in the world of music?

24 Which 60s chart topping star was backed by the Roulettes?

25 In 1972 what became the first UK number one hit single to feature a Moog synthesizer?

26 In 1966 who became the first British female singer to perform in a concert in Poland?

27 Which front man for Freddie and the Dreamers died in 2006?

28 Which chart topping band of the 1980s originally performed under the name of The Makers?

29 Who were the three members of Genesis on the album And Then There Were Three?

30 In January 2006 at whose funeral did Little Richard perform the eulogy?

31 The name of which rock band is also a slang term to describe a person addicted to amphetamines?

32 Who played Ace Face in the 1979 film Quadrophenia?

33 Who penned the autobiography Who’s Crazee Now?

34 Which singer was born Anthony Fitzgerald?

35 Who plays keyboards for Duran Duran?

36 Which trio of country and western female singers collaborated on the 1993 album Honky Tonk Angels?

37 What is the name of the group, a parody on the Beatles that featured in the 1978 film All You Need Is Cash?

38 Which soul legend is the godmother of Whitney Houston?

39 Which female Motown band originally performed under the name of The Del-Phis?

40 In which state of the USA was Donny Osmond born?
 

Answers

1 Cliff Richard

2 Village People

3 All I Have To Do Is Dream

4 Del Amitri

5 Jim Kerr and Chrissie Hynde, former husband and wife

6 Lola

7 Glasgow

8 Paul Weller

9 Get Back

10 Eddie Cochran

11 Kathy Kirby

12 Daniel and Natasha Bedingfield

13 Jim Reeves

14 Morrissey

15 Black Sabbath

16 The Ketchup Song

17 Agnetha Faltskog

18 T Rex

19 Heartbeat

20 1995

21 Ace of Base

22 Otis Redding

23 James Brown

24 Adam Faith

25 Son of My Father by Chicory Tip

26 Lulu

27 Freddie Garrity

28 Spandau Ballet

29 Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks

30 Wilson Pickett

31 Motorhead

32 Sting

33 Noddy Holder

34 Tony Christie

35 Nick Rhodes

36 Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn

37 The Rutles

38 Aretha Franklin

39 Martha and the Vandellas

40 Utah