Music Trivia Games!

[gus danger]

Sorry Rog! Although they were all good guesses, none of those answers are correct.

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

Take care now!
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[gus danger]

Well folks, it looks like Trivia Game #8 has some difficult questions!
Roger has answered 7 of them, which leaves 8 of them unanswered as we move into the portion of the game
that I like to call HINT TIME!

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

Good luck now!
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[ellanoize]

Guessin' Time Again

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

[gus danger]

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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!

Have fun now!
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[Ol Sparky]

A little conjecture never hurt anybody!
#1 a dancer's delight
#4 chess records
#12 hawaii

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[gus danger]

Sorry Ol Sparky but all of your answers are incorrect! Nice try though!

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.

Vaya Con Dios ya'all!
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[gus danger]

Hi there folks! It's me again "Wink Dangerdale" and I am here, to bring you our Music Trivia Game #9.

It's always good to be here to present these trivia games to Cherie Peeps, around the world, so without furthur adieu, here are your 15 questions and as usual, I wish lots of luck to all contestant!

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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?

There ya go!
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[raintown boy]

I'm clueless on most of these, but I'm going to take a guess on number 14 and say Linda McCartney.

[gus danger]

Hola Todd and Paul! Thanks for playing! I'm pressed for time right now but wanted to let you know that ALL of those answers are correct!

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

Have a great day now!
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[ellanoize]

I have been sick again with some form of killer flu, I still feel like **** , but I wanted to make an apperance & I discover another trivia game already in progress.


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" [img]redface.gif[/img] 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

13) If my memory serves me correctly, I believe Mr Spock, Lenoird Nimony Directed the video and acted in the part of Driver