I will elaborate tonight but right now I am off to w*rk! See ya later!

Take care now!

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These "hints" will come in a multiple choice format, with the correct answer being one of three possibilities.

I will now list the remaining questions, followed by the hints!
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01) When Decca Records first released "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley And His Comets in the Spring of 1954, most people had never heard of Rock And Roll and the company had a hard time describing the song.
The label on the single called it a what?

04) Ross Bagdasarian (Davis Seville) named The Chipmunks after executives at what record company? Alvin was named for Al Bennett, president of the company, Simon was named after Bennett's partner, Si Waronker and Theodore was named for Ted Keep, a recording engineer.

08) What drummer, played drums on The Beatles' track "Love Me Do", which was included on the Beatles Greatest Hits album? He did not earn any money in royalties from it. He only received his original session fee of £7 ($14 US), which is not even enough for him to buy his own copy of the album.

11) This Rigteous Brothers' hit was never intended to be a single. It was recorded as an album cut and later pressed on the "B" side of the 45 "Hung On You". When it was released, DJs flipped the disc over and it quickly rose to #4 in the US and #1 in the UK. What song is it?

12) Bobby "Boris" Pickett, who topped the Billboard Pop chart in 1962 with "The Monster Mash", once had his tour bus break down outside of a town called Frankenstein, in what state?

13) When asked about their controversial hit song "One Toke Over The Line" during an interview with Brewer and Shipley, they said that "toke" had nothing to do with marijuana, but meant what?

14) When this Beatles' song was first issued, the fine print under the title said "From the United Artists Release
Eight Arms To Hold You", which was the original name for the film Help!. Can you name the song?

15) What popular songstress was a background vocalist on the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"?

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01)
a- a bee bop zinger
b- a dancer's delight
c- a novelty foxtrot

04)
a- liberty records
b- swan records
c- chess records

08)
a- pete best
b- andy white
c- jim keltner

11)
a- unchained melody
b- little latin lupe lu
c- you're my soul and inspiration

12)
a- hawaii
b- rhode island
c- missouri

13)
a- drink
b- step
c- token

14)
a- help
b- ticket to ride
c- another girl

15)
a- cher
b- cilla black
c- cass elliot

1)a bee bop zinger
4) swan records
8) andy white
11) unchained melody
12) rhode island
13) token
14) ticket to ride
15) cher

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#8 is indeed Andy White. He was hired by George Martin to play drums in the studio, because Pete Best wasn't good enough, but meanwhile, Best had been dismissed and Ringo had joined the band. Martin, who was unfamiliar with Ringo's talent, still had White play drums on Love Me Do and on P.S. I Love You.

#11 is indeed Unchained Melody. Hard to believe it wasn't thought of as good enough to be a single!

#13 is indeed "token" hence the line about "sittin' downtown in a railway station."

#14 is indeed Ticket To Ride which was the first single from the HELP album!

#15 is indeed Cher who was doing session work for Phil Spector when she met a guy named Sonny, around that time!

That brings your total to 12 Rog! Excellent contestantization (is that a word?) and leaves only 3 more unanswered questions!

If anyone knows the answers to #'s 1, 4 and 12, now is the time to chime in.
If nobody gets them by tomorrow night, I'll give ya'all the answers and game #8 will be over!

01) The label on the decca single referred to 'Rock Around The Clock' as a NOVELTY FOXTROT.

04) The Chipmunks were named after executives at LIBERTY RECORDS.

12) Bobby "Boris" Pickett once had his tour bus break down outside of a town called Frankenstein, MISSOURI.

This concludes Game #8 and I'd like to congratulate Ellanoize on an excellent showing!
Twelve out of fifteen possible atta-boys are being forwarded to him, even as we speak!

Thanks for playing....I'll be back with Game #9 as soon as soon can be!

Till then, let me wish you all a Happy New Year from all of us here at R.G.A. Trivia Contests Inc.

Have fun!!!!

01) When Stu Cook and Doug Clifford reformed CCR as Creedence Clearwater Revisited in 1995, former band mate John Fogerty won a court injunction to prevent the use of the name and the live performance of CCR's hits. The pair toured with a different band name until the injunction was overturned on appeal. What band name did they use?

02) Pat Boone spent a total of 21 weeks at the top of the Billboard Pop chart with six different number one hits spread out between 1955 and 1961. His daughter had only one hit, in 1977, but it stayed number one for 10 straight weeks. What was the name of the song?

03) When United Artists was preparing to release this band's debut album, a company representative tried to place a call to someone connected with them to find out what the LP should be titled. The caller, having failed to reach the desired party, jotted down the notation "no answer," a phrase which was mistaken for an album title and assigned to the U.S. version of the LP. Can you name the band?

04) Al Kooper, founder of Blood, Sweat and Tears was a co-writer of a Gary Lewis and The Playboys' hit record. Although the song was a US number one smash, Kooper has said he was very disappointed at how the Playboys version sounded, and sheepish that it became such a hit. Can you name the song?

05) A #1 hit, by Brenda Lee, was recorded at the tail end of a recording session with just five minutes of studio time left. It was intended to be the "B" side of a 45 that featured "That's All You Gotta Do", but disc jockeys flipped the platter over and the song soon shot to the top of Billboard's Hot 100. Can you name the song?

06) A member of a popular 60's band changed his middle name to Roger and began using it as a stage name after becoming interested in Eastern religion. A guru had told him that names starting with the letter "R" would vibrate better with the universe. Can you name this band member?

07) Roy Orbison's highest charting album did not come about until after his untimely death in 1989. It reached #5 and was eventually certified platinum. Can you name the album?

08) This traditional Folk song was first recorded in 1920 and tells a story about a brothel in New Orleans named after Madame Marianne Le Soleil Levant. It was open for business from 1862, when Union Troops occupied the town, until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. Can you name the song, which was made popular during the British invasion of the 1960's?

09) After the death of his band's drummer in 1980, this guitarist refused to even pick up a guitar for nearly nine months. Can you name him?

10) Who wrote Linda Ronstadt's 1968 hit, "Different Drum"?

11) This singer wrote and recorded a song called "Sheila" when he was just 14 years old. The effort went nowhere, but six years later, he recorded it again for ABC-Paramount and this time it went to number one in the US. Can you name him?

12) Elvis' girlfriend, Ginger Alden, found him dead, lying on the floor of his bathroom. He had been seated on the toilet reading what?

13) Who appeared in The Bangles video 'Going Down To Liverpool" as their driver?

14) Tommy James and the Shondells' "It's Only Love" album cover was the first professional photo shoot by a popular rock star's future wife. Can you name her?

15) Sam The Sham And The Pharoahs was augmented with a trio of female backup singers who released a couple singles on their own, one being a novelty response to Li'l Red Riding Hood, called (Hey There) Big Bad Wolf.
Can you name the trio?

02) What was the name of the song?
You Light Up My Life by Debbie Boone

03) Can you name the band?
Electric Light Orchestra

04) Can you name the song?
This Diamond Ring

That leaves ten more folks so jump right in and I'll be back later!

1) they used the title of CCR's first album, Cosmos Factory

5) I'm ashamed to admit owning 2 Lp's by "Little Miss Dyamite" The song is "I'm Sorry"

6) I knew he changed his name after the first Byrds Lp, but I never heard the reason, I think it is Jim "roger" McGuinn

9) My first guess. John Bohnham died in 1980, could the answer be Page?

10) Ohh Ohh I Know This one. Former Monkee Mike Nesmith wrote it, somewhere in my music collection I have a cassette copy of an acoustic demo by Mike

11) Another Cd that is in my collection,Tommy Roe - Greatest hits

12) The enquirer

All of your answers are correct, except for #12 which gives you 7 correct answers. Todd is in second place with 4 correct answers and Paul is in third place with 1 correct answer.

Let's take a look at your answers guys!

01) Stu Cook and Doug Clifford did indeed call their band Cosmo's Factory! Cosmo was Doug's nickname and Cosmo's Factory was CCR's fifth album!

02) You Light Up My Life was indeed the big hit, by Pat Boone's "one hit wonder" daughter, Debbie!

03) The band whose debut album, in 1972, was called "No Answer" was indeed The Electric Light Orchestra!

04) Al Kooper did indeed co-write 'This Diamond Ring' for Gary Lewis and The Playboys. Interestingly, this Leon Russell arrangement had none of the Playboys actually playing their instruments on the recording and Lewis' vocals were heavily supported by Ron Hicklin's overdubs.

05) Brenda Lee's 'I'm Sorry' was indeed meant to be just a B-Side but the DJ's knew a #1 hit when they heard it!

06) The Byrds Jim McGuinn indeed changed his name to Roger, confusing Byrd fans world-wide!
I too was in the dark as to why, until recently!

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08) Madame Marianne Le Soleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) was indeed the inspiration for the traditional folk song 'House Of The Rising Sun' which was brought to prominence by The Animals in 1964!

09) After John Bonham's death in 1980, Jimmy Page indeed refused to pick up a guitar for 9 months. Bonham died in Page's home of asphyxiation!

10) Mike Nesmith indeed wrote 'Different Drum' for Linda Ronstadt. I'd love to hear that demo you mentioned Rog!

11) Tommy Roe indeed had the #1 hit recording, with 'Sheila' 6 years after the initial attempt!

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13) It was indeed our favorite Vulcan, Leonard Nimoy, who played the driver in The Bangle's video for Going Down To Liverpool!

14) It was indeed Linda Eastman's photo of Tommy James and The Shondells' on their It's Only Love album! A few years later, she met and married Paul McCartney!

15)

Does anybody know the answers to the remaining three questions?

Chime in, if so!

#07 man of mystery
#12 reader's digest
#15 egyptian hotties

Well Wink, did I hit any nails on the head?

DT

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Here are the correct answers:

07) Roy Orbison's highest charting album did not come about until after his untimely death in 1989.
"Mystery Girl" reached #5 and was eventually certified platinum.

12) Elvis' girlfriend, Ginger Alden, found him dead, lying on the floor of his bathroom. He had been seated
on the toilet reading The Scientific Search For Jesus.

15) Sam The Sham And The Pharoahs was augmented with a trio of female backup singers,
Fran Curcio, Lorraine Gennaro, and Jane Anderson known as The Shamettes.

This concludes our Music Trivia Game #9 folks & it's another big win for our reigning champion, Mr. Ellanoize!!!

That's
atta-boys for Mr. Ella!
atta-boys for Mr. Twister!
atta-boy for Mr. Raintown!
and an
for effort for Mr. Tew!

See ya'all next time, with another fun-filled, exciting Music Trivia Game!

Yep, some of my factual findings, lately, have surprised me too but seven out of fifteen ain't too shabby dude!

I'll be back a.s.a.p., if not sooner, with some more HARD rock trivia questions.

By the time we finish this series we'll be real know-it-alls! LOL!

Let's play MUSIC TRIVIA!!!

01) The co-founder of the Rock band Orleans, was elected to US Congress in November, 2006, representing New York's 19th congressional district. That's him you hear doing the slick guitar work on "Still The One" and "Dance With Me". Can you name him?

02) The Barry Manilow hit "I Write The Songs" has been recorded by over two hundred artists and has a cumulative, worldwide sales figure of twenty-five million copies. In actuality Barry did not write the song. Do you know who did?

03) At the same time as their big hit, written by Neil Sedaka, was starting to fade from the Billboard Hot 100, this pop duo had a Spanish version of the same song enter the chart.
It was the only time in Rock history that an act had two versions of the same song in different languages and on different singles, appear simultaneously on the Hot 100. Can you name this pop duo?

04) While this Ernie K-Doe hit was at the top of the US charts in 1961, Dick Clark decided he would not have K-Doe on American Bandstand because he felt the song was disrespectful towards his Mother-in-Law. Can you name the song?

05) The line from Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode, "That little country boy could play" was originally written as, what?
Berry knew that in order to get the song played on the radio, he would have to change that lyric.

06) Janis Ian got the inspiration for her biggest hit while sitting at the kitchen table reading a New York Times article about a debutant. The opening line of the story was "I learned the truth at 18."
Can you name the song?

07) Five different record companies, including Decca, Roulette, Columbia, RCA and Atlantic turned down "That'll Be The Day" by Buddy Holly. What record company finally signed Holly to a contract, after hearing the demo?

08) In order to give fans a "gold record", the first 100,000 copies of what song, by Grand Funk Railroad were stamped out of gold colored vinyl?

09) Lesley Gore appeared in two episodes of the TV show Batman in 1966. She may have had a little help landing the role, as Howie Horwitz, one of the show's producers, is her uncle. Do you know what role she played?

10) Even though Frank Zappa's kids have such strange names, Frank Zappa once said that he believed they would always have more trouble because of their last name. Can you name his four kids?

11) Years before scoring 1972's number one smash "I Can See Clearly Now", Johnny Nash entered a talent show in Houston Texas. He lost to a young Soul singer, who would have a chart topping hit of his own in 1968, with "Skinny Legs and All". Can you name that young soul singer?

12) Jimi Hendrix was hired as this bands opening act for their 1967 summer tour. Unfortunately, US audiences had never seen anything like Hendrix before and booed him off of the stage. He quit the tour after two weeks.
Can you name the band he was opening for?

13) Producer Terry Melcher called upon song writers Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil to come up with something for Paul Revere And The Raiders. They sent him a song they had originally written hoping it would help get a friend of theirs off drugs. Can you name the song?

14) The Beatles recorded two different versions of this song. One was a half-tone higher and slightly faster than the other. The group couldn't decide which rendition they liked better and John finally asked producer George Martin if he could put them together somehow. When one was slowed down, it fit perfectly with the other, resulting in the song we know today. Can you name the song?

15) Can you name the popular songstress who sang the theme to PeeWee's Playhouse?

4) You kinda gave this one away, The song was Mother-In-Law

5) The original line was "colored boy"

6)I believe it was "At 17"???

7) I just watched the Buddy Holly Story last weekend, The label was Coral Records

8) I still have my copy of "We're An American Band"

9) I am a big Batman fan and I remember her as one of Catwomans minons, But I can't remember her name, was it Kitten?

10) I can remember Ahmet, Moon Unit and Deweezil

12) I'm really old I remember when Jimi Opened for the Monkees

Great job!

4) The Ernie K-Doe song Dick Clark was so concerned about was indeed Mother-In-Law. I thought I was throwing you a curve by hiding the answer, in plain sight!

5) The original line Chuck Berry changed, in Johnny B.Goode, was indeed "that little colored boy could play."

6) At Seventeen was indeed the song Janis Ian was inspired by, in that New York Times article.

7) It was indeed Bob Thiele at Coral/Brunswick Records who heard the demo and signed Buddy Holly to a contract.

8) "We're An American Band" is indeed the GOLD Grand Funk Railroad record that the first 100,000 fans obtained.

9) I'd say your answer is close enough. Leslie Gore played the role of "Pussycat", one of Catwoman's henchwomen.

10) Three out of four, is close enough to give you an atta-boy, for this one, too Rog. Zappa's kids are Moon Unit, Diva, Dweezil and Ahmet Rodan!

12) Jimi Hendrix indeed opened for the Monkees, for two weeks during the summer of love!

13) "Kicks" is indeed the song that Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil gave to The Raiders!
Their music HAS stood the test of time, hasn't it?!?!
Paul Revere, Mark Lindsay, Phil "Fang" Volk, Michael "Smitty" Smith and Drake Levin were my favorite band, for a while, during their heyday!

Okay folks, just outa curiosity, does anyone know the answers to the rest of these MUSIC TRIVIA questions?

01) The co-founder of the Rock band Orleans, was elected to US Congress in November, 2006, representing New York's 19th congressional district. That's him you hear doing the slick guitar work on "Still The One" and "Dance With Me". Can you name him?

02) The Barry Manilow hit "I Write The Songs" has been recorded by over two hundred artists and has a cumulative, worldwide sales figure of twenty-five million copies. In actuality Barry did not write the song. Do you know who did?

03) At the same time as their big hit, written by Neil Sedaka, was starting to fade from the Billboard Hot 100, this pop duo had a Spanish version of the same song enter the chart. It was the only time in Rock history that an act had two versions of the same song in different languages and on different singles, appear simultaneously on the Hot 100. Can you name this pop duo?

11) Years before scoring 1972's number one smash "I Can See Clearly Now", Johnny Nash entered a talent show in Houston Texas. He lost to a young Soul singer, who would have a chart topping hit of his own in 1968, with "Skinny Legs and All". Can you name that young soul singer?

14) The Beatles recorded two different versions of this song. One was a half-tone higher and slightly faster than the other. The group couldn't decide which rendition they liked better and John finally asked producer George Martin if he could put them together somehow. When one was slowed down, it fit perfectly with the other, resulting in the song we know today. Can you name the song?

15) Can you name the popular songstress who sang the theme to PeeWee's Playhouse?

02) Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys
03) Captain and Tennille
14) Strawberry Fields Forever
15) Cyndi Lauper

Good game Wink. Good job Roger.
I could have answered a couple of those
but you beat me to them fair and square.
That'll teach me to check this board more often.

Your answers are all correct-o-mundo!

02) Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys indeed wrote the Manilow hit "I Write The Songs."

03) It was indeed The Captain and Tennille who had two versions of the same song "Love Will Keep Us Together/Por Amor Viviremos" in different languages and on different singles, appearing simultaneously on the Hot 100.

14) Strawberry Fields Forever was indeed the Beatles song they recorded two different versions of and which fit perfectly together, in spite of the fact that one was a half-tone higher and slightly faster than the other. This even surprised George Martin, their producer!

15) Cyndi Lauper indeed sang the theme to PeeWee's Playhouse. The opening prelude theme is an interpretation of Martin Denny's "Quiet Village." The theme song, which originally followed the prelude, was performed by Cyndi Lauper (credited as Ellen Shaw).

9 atta-boys for Roger!
4 atta-boys for Todd!

Congrats contestants! You done REAL good!!!

BTW, here are the answers to the remaining questions:

01) John Hall, co-founder of the Rock band Orleans, was elected to US Congress in November, 2006, representing New York's 19th congressional district. That's him you hear doing the slick guitar work on "Still The One" and "Dance With Me".

11) Years before scoring 1972's number one smash "I Can See Clearly Now", Johnny Nash entered a talent show in Houston Texas. He lost to a young Soul singer named Joe Tex, who would have a chart topping hit of his own in 1968 with "Skinny Legs and All".

Do you know what all of these songs have in common???

Imagine if every hit song of the late 50s, 60s, 70s, and even into the 80s was performed by one band. Ridiculous, huh? Well, guess what? It's closer to reality than you may think and it's hard to contain my enthusiasm for this stunning new documentary.

Denny Tedesco chronicles the musical history laid down by his legendary late father Tommy, as well as Hal Blaine and Don Randi, Carol Kaye, Al Casey, Earl Palmer, Plas Johnson, Joe Osborn, and the dozens of others who sat in on the recordings. Known informally as The Wrecking Crew, these session musicians played on so many hit songs that it could be said they had a larger role to play in the culture of the last 50 years than any other group of people in the world. You may not have heard their names, but you've heard their music.

The list of artists whose songs they backed up is amazing: The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Association, Glen Campbell, The Mamas & Papas, The Monkees, Richard Harris, The 5th Dimension, Sam Cooke, Sonny and Cher, Captain and Tennille, The Righteous Brothers, Simon and Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Ike and Tina Turner, Nancy Sinatra, The Carpenters, Tommy Roe, The Ronettes, Paul Revere and The Raiders, and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, to name a few. The Wrecking Crew played on almost all their hit songs. To look at the list is to hear the soundtrack of your life, whether you're 15 or 85 -- you know these songs.

No matter what your age, if you have ever listened to music The Wrecking Crew is bound to touch you as few films have. To say that this film is long overdue would be an incredible understatement. It's hard to imagine anyone alive today who hasn't been affected by the people who are profiled in this documentary. There's even a good chance you wouldn't be here if not for the music of The Wrecking Crew. Ponder that.

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Yes indeed folks, THAT was a partial list of hit songs on which the Wrecking Crew performed!