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The Non-Musical Music Hour Bonus

SECTION ONE: "BILLBOARD" STUFF

  1. Sometimes different songs share the same title. For example, both Tone Loc and the Troggs hit it big with tunes entitled "Wild Thing," but the two songs are quite different. On four occasions (or, eight), such double-title cousins have EACH hit #1 (Tone only made it to #2). Name the four titles of the eight songs, and the eight artists.

  2. There's a Broadway musical that spawned four chart hits, and as it happens, those four songs charted at #1, #2, #3, and #4, respectively. Name the show and its four hit tunes.

  3. Five songs have hit #1 with three-letter titles. Name them.

  4. The Shocking Blue hit #1 with their song "Venus." What was unique about the specific manner in which they sang the lyrics?

  5. Michael Jackson had a whole lot of hits off his "Thriller" album. Actually, he had so many that we'd like you to name the only two songs on the LP that DIDN'T go Top Ten.

  6. What was the first song from a James Bond movie to hit #1?

  7. Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album is at 800 weeks and counting, the all-time top LP in terms of weeks logged on the sales charts. What artist got bumped off, when Pink Floyd passed by to the #1 slot?

SECTION TWO: THE BEATLES

  1. Which Beatles song features a rousing background chorus of "Frere Jacques"?

  2. Which arcade video game features the (almost certainly stolen) theme of "Lady Madonna"?

  3. On which two Beatles songs does the terrifying voice of Yoko Ono appear?

  4. Not counting parenthetical clauses (such as "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"), we want you to list songs in which the Beatles do not sing the title, word for word, as written, during the course of the song. One such example would be "A Day In The Life." Please name ten others.

  5. What were the original working titles for the following projects:

    1. Help! (the movie)

    2. Yesterday (the song)

    3. Revolver (the album)

  6. For extra credit, write the first TWO lines of the pre-"Yesterday" ditty.

SECTION THREE: THE FABULOUS RUTLES

  1. How long did it take to record the Rutles' first album? How about their second?

  2. Accortding to lesser celebrity Mick Jagger, what was it that broke up the Rutles?

SECTION FOUR: OTHER STUFF

  1. What is the most successful family act in the history of music?

  2. Freddie "Boom Boom" Cannon had a hit with "Palisades Park." The man who wrote that song later hit it big with a large, flat instrument. Name him.

  3. Name two hit groups who share their names with brands of margarine.

  4. According to the McKenzie Brothers, what are the 12 Days of Christmas?

  5. What was the first song to employ the phrase, "Heavy Metal"?
  6. David Lee Roth has a standing policy with Lloyd's of London that protects him against what personal calamity?

  7. That rock'n'roll rebel, Ozzy Osbourne, has the same tattoo on each of his knees. What is it?

  8. Answer the following questions asked in the Shangri-La's hit, "Give Him A Great Big Kiss."

    1. What color are his eyes?

    2. Is he tall?

    3. Yeah, well, I hear he's bad.

    4. Is he a good dancer?

    5. Well, how does he DANCE?

  9. What two popular Top-20 songs were both inspired by the Queensboro Bridge linking Manhattan with Queens?

  10. What is the only obscene song (with real swearwords!) ever to be nominated for a Best Song Oscar?

  11. Name the eight bands or acts to appear at both Woodstock AND Monterey Pop.

  12. George Harrison was found guilty, Mick Jagger innocent. Lots of rock stars have been accused of plagiarizing one artist or another. When John Fogerty released "The Old Man Down The Road," he was hauled into court and accused of plagiarizing which famous rocker? (Specifically, the CCR song "Run Through The Jungle," written and sung by Fogerty. He and his former manager, Saul Zaantz, have had a feud for more than 20 years, and this lawsuit was but one skirmish.)