THE ARCHIVE
21/02/2009 - Q:THE SONG ' BOSSA NOVA BABY' BY ELVIS PRESLEY WAS FEATURED IN WHICH OF HIS MOVIES?
A: FUN IN ACAPULCO
14/02/2009 - Q:FREDERICK HEATH WAS THE REAL NAME OF WHICH 50'S/60'S POP STAR?
A: JOHNNY KIDD
17/01/2009 - Q: 'CIRCUS' IS THE CURRENT HIT ALBUM FROM BRITNEY SPEARS, BUT WHICH 2 ARTISTS HAD TOP 20 ALBUMS IN THE 90'S WITH ALBUMS ALSO CALLED 'CIRCUS'?
A: MARY BLACK AND LENNY KRAVITZ
15/11/2008 - Q: ONE HIT WONDER JIMMY HELMS MADE THE CHARTS IN 1973 WITH 'GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE'....HE WENT ON TO HAVE CHART SUCCESS WITH WHICH BAND IN THE LATE 80S?
A: LONDONBEAT
25/10/2008 - Q: WHO WON THE BEST SONG AWARD AT THIS YEARS MOBO AWARDS WHICH WERE HELD EARLIER THIS MONTH?
A: ESTELLE (FT KANYE WEST) - AMERICAN BOY.
11/10/2008 - Q: 'SPACEMAN' , A NUMBER 53 HIT IN 1993, WAS THE FOLLOW UP TO WHICH NUMBER 2 HIT FROM EARLIER IN THE SAME YEAR?
A: WHAT'S UP by 4 NON BLONDES
04/10/2008 - Q: LYNN RIPLEY HAD 2 HIT SINGLES IN THE 1960'S UNDER WHICH NAME?
A: TWINKLE
04/09/2008 - Q: NAME THE 3 UK NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLES WHICH HAVE A MONTH IN THE SONG TITLE?
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MAGGIE MAY - ROD STEWART
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JANUARY - PILOT
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DECEMBER '63 - 4 SEASONS
30/08/2008 - Q: THE SONG 'RAPPERS' DELIGHT' BY SUGARHILL GANG WAS BASED AROUND WHICH CHIC HIT?
A: GOOD TIMES.
16/08/2008 - Q: APART FROM THE DOORS, NAME THE OTHER 4 ARTISTS WHO HAVE MADE THE UK TOP 40 WITH THE SONG 'LIGHT MY FIRE'?
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JOSE FELICIANO - 1968
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AMII STEWART - 1979
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MIKE FLOWERS POPS - 1996
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WILL YOUNG - 2002
05/07/2008 - Q: WHICH LATE AMERICAN SINGER'S REAL NAME WAS VIRGINIA HENSLEY?
A: PATSY CLINE
31/05/2008 - Q: WHICH 2 ARTISTS HAVE MADE THE UK TOP 30 WITH COVER VERSIONS OF THE OASIS SONG 'WONDERWALL'...?
A: MIKE FLOWERS POPS....NO.2 IN 95 AND RYAN ADAMS...NO. 27 IN 2004...
24/05/2008 - Q:CHERYL BAKER APPEARED IN WHICH 2 EUROVISION ACTS?
A: 'CO-CO' IN 1978 and BUCKS FIZZ IN 1981....
10/05/2008 - Q: THE SONG 'SOMETHING GOOD' BY UTAH SAINTS CONTAINS A SAMPLE OF WHICH KATE BUSH SONG?
A: CLOUDBUSTING.
26/04/2008 - Q:THE SONG 'PUSS 'N' BOOTS' BY ADAM ANT REACHED NUMBER 5 IN 1983...IT WAS PRODUCED BY WHICH OTHER POP STAR?
A: PHIL COLLINS
12/04/2008 - Q: JOSEPH FOREMAN IS THE REAL NAME OF WHICH NUMBER ONE HITMAKING ARTIST?
A: AFROMAN.
05/04/2008 - Q: CHRIS HAMILL IS THE REAL NAME OF WHICH 80'S POP STAR?
A: LIMAHL.....HIS STAGE NAME BEING AN ANAGRAM OF HIS SURNAME...
29/03/2008 Q: IN THE SONG BY LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GIRL WITH THE 'PERFECT SKIN'?
A: LOUISE
15/03/2008 - Q: IAN BROUDIE FROM THE LIGHTNING SEEDS PRODUCED WHICH WELWYN GARDEN CITY BAND'S DEBUT ALBUM IN 2005?
A: THE SUBWAYS - YOUNG FOR ETERNITY...
07/03/2008 - Q: MR BLOBBY BY MR BLOBBY IS ONE OF ONLY 2 EPONYMOUS NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLES IN THE UK....NAME THE OTHER?
A: DOOP BY DOOP.
01/03/2008 - Q: ON ST DAVID'S DAY, WHO WAS THE FIRST WELSH ARTIST TO HAVE A NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE IN THE UK?
A: SHIRLEY BASSEY - AS I LOVE YOU...NO. ONE 1959...
23/02/2008
WHO AM I ?
A: DAVE BERRY.
26/01/2008 - Q: RICHARD COLES WAS ONE HALF OF WHICH 80'S HITMAKING DUO?
A: THE COMMUNARDS...THE OTHER HALF BEING JIMMY SOMERVILLE....
19/01/2008 - Q:THE SONG 'SOUP FOR ONE' BY 70'S BAND CHIC, WAS SAMPLED ON WHICH NUMBER ONE HIT?
A: MODJO - LADY (HEAR ME TONIGHT)
12/01/2008 - Q: PAUL WALDEN HAD A TOP 5 HIT IN 1990 UNDER WHICH NAME?
A: GURU JOSH. 'INFINITY' MADE NUMBER 5 IN FEBRUARY 1990.
05/01/2008 - Q: CHRIS EATON WROTE WHICH FESTIVE NUMBER ONE HIT?
A: SAVIOURS DAY.....A 1990 NUMBER ONE FOR CLIFF RICHARD.
22/12/07 - Q: WHO AM I?
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I FIRST HIT THE CHARTS AS A MEMBER OF TERRY DACTYL AND THE DINOSAURS.
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MY REAL NAME IS JOHN LEWIS.
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I HAD A NOVELTY CHRISTMAS TOP 3 HIT IN 1980.
A: JONA LEWIE.
15/12/07 - Q: THE LATE SOUL SINGER JOHNNY BRISTOL WROTE WHICH UK NO. ONE HIT SINGLE?
A: LOVE ME FOR A REASON by THE OSMONDS.
08/12/07 - Q: MEMBERS OF THIN LIZZY AND THE SEX PISTOLS TEAMED UP IN 1979 TO HAVE A XMAS HIT SINGLE UNDER WHICH NAME?
A: THE GREEDIES. THEIR SONG 'A MERRY JINGLE' MADE THE TOP 30 IN 1979..
01/12/07 - Q: WHICH NUMBER ONE HIT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA IN MARCH 1991?
A: DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME by GEORGE MICHAEL AND ELTON JOHN.
24/11/07 - Q: WHICH BAND WERE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS 'THE FUTURE'?
A: HUMAN LEAGUE.
17/11/07 - Q: WHICH BAND TOOK THEIR NAME FROM A LINE IN THE DAVID BOWIE SONG 'JEAN GENIE'?
A: SIMPLE MINDS...."HE'S SO SIMPLE MINDED"
3/11/07 - Q: 'HALFNELSON' WAS A PREVIOUS NAME OF WHICH BROTHERLY BAND?
A:THE MAEL BROTHERS, RON AND RUSSELL, BETTER KNOWN AS SPARKS.
27/10/07 - Q: WHICH CURRENT BAND IS FRONTED BY GARY LIGHTBODY?
A: SNOW PATROL.
20/10/07 - Q: WHO IS THE OLDEST FEMALE SOLO ARTIST TO HAVE A NUMBER ONE HIT IN THE UK SINGLES CHART?
A: CHER. 52 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS WHEN 'BELIEVE' REACHED THE TOP IN 1998.
13/10/07 - Q: ACCORDING TO THE LYRICS OF MORRISSEY'S TOP 10 HIT FROM 2004, WHO WAS 'THE FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE'?
A: HECTOR
06/10/07 - Q: WHO AM I?
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I WAS ORIGINALLY LEAD SINGER WITH AN 80'S GROUP.
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MY BIGGEST SOLO SUCCESS ALSO FEATURED THE VOCALS OF BETH ANDERSON.
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MY REAL NAME IS CHRISTOPHER HAMILL.
A: LIMAHL. LEAD SINGER WITH 80S GROUP KAJAGOOGOO WHO HAD THE NUMBER ONE HIT 'TOO SHY'. HIS BIGGEST SOLO HIT WAS 'NEVER ENDING STORY'......HIS STAGE NAME LIMAHL IS AN ANAGRAM OF HIS REAL SURNAME.....
27/09/07 - Q: TONY BLACKBURN PRESENTED THE FIRST SHOW ON RADIO ONE 40 YEARS AGO THIS WEEKEND....WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE DOG WHO FEATURED ON THE SHOW?
A: ARNOLD.
22/09/07 - Q: SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH MARC BOLAN TOURED WITH WHICH PUNK BAND?
A: THE DAMNED.
08/09/07 - Q: FIVE OF 'TAKE THAT'S' TEN UK NUMBER ONE HITS HAVE SINGLE WORD TITLES....NAME THEM?
A: PRAY, BABE, SURE, PATIENCE AND SHINE.
01/09/07 - Q: WHO AM I ?
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I WAS FOUNDER MEMBER OF A SUCCESFUL REGGAE BAND
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MY BAND HAD A NUMBER ONE HIT IN THE 1980'S
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AS A CHILD I STARRED IN THE CHILDREN'S TV SERIES 'HERE COMES THE DOUBLE DECKERS'
A: BRINSLEY FORDE OF ASWAD. THEY REACHED THE TOP OF THE UK SINGLES CHART IN 1988 WITH THE SONG 'DON'T TURN AROUND'. HE PLAYED THE CHARACTER 'SPRING' IN THE DOUBLE DECKERS TV SERIES....
25/08/07 - Q: ACCORDING TO THE URBAN MYTH, TV PRESENTER BOB HOLNESS PLAYED WHICH INSTRUMENT ON WHICH HIT SINGLE?
A: SAXOPHONE ON 'BAKER STREET' BY GERRY RAFFERTY......IT WAS ACTUALLY PLAYED BY RAPH RAVENSCROFT.
18/08/07 - Q: THE SONG 'SUSPICIOUS MINDS' REACHED NUMBER 2 IN 1969 FOR ELVIS PRESLEY. WHICH OTHER 3 ARTISTS HAVE MADE THE TOP 40 WITH THEIR VERSIONS OF THE SONG?
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- CANDI STATON - NO. 31 IN 1982
- FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS - NO. 8 IN 1986
- GARETH GATES - NO. 1 IN 2002
11/08/07 - Q: WHICH NO.2 HIT FROM THE 80'S WAS ORIGINALLY TITLED 'KITTY'.
A: MICKEY by TONI BASIL. ORIGINALLY CALLED KITTY AND RECORDED BY THE BAND 'RACEY', IT WAS RETITLED FOR TONI BASIL'S MASSIVE 1982 HIT. THE SONG ALSO REACHED NUMBER 4 IN 1999 WHEN RECORDED BY THE MIGHTY 'LOLLY'.
04/08/07 - Q: BUBBLER RANX APPEARED ON WHICH NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE?
A: MYSTERIOUS GIRL by PETER ANDRE.
28/07/07 - Q: WHICH SONG , ORIGINALLY FROM ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S MUSICAL 'SUNSET BOULEVARD', WAS A TOP 5 HIT IN 1993.
A: THE PERFECT YEAR by DINA CARROLL.
21/07/07 - Q: THE 'SCORE' BROTHERS FEATURED IN WHICH EARLY 80'S NEW ROMANTIC ACT?
A: LEAD SINGER MIKE AND DRUMMER ALI SCORE WERE MEMBERS OF 'A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS'.
14/07/07 - Q: MAGGIE DE MONDE WAS LEAD VOCALIST WITH WHICH 80'S BAND WHOSE BIGGEST HIT MADE THE TOP 30 IN 1987?
A: SCARLET FANTASTIC. THEIR SONG 'NO MEMORY' MADE NO.24.
07/07/07 - Q: NATALIE MCINTYRE IS THE REAL NAME OF WHICH AMERICAN FEMALE SINGER?
A: MACY GRAY.
30/06/07 - Q:BEFORE SUEDE LANDED A RECORD DEAL, THEY WERE BRIEFLY MANAGED BY WHICH COMEDIAN?
A: RICKY GERVAIS.
23/06/07 - Q: WHICH BAND WHO ACHIEVED 2 NUMBER HITS IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES, TOOK THEIR NAME FROM A CHARACTER IN THE BOOK 'OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS' BY T.S ELLIOT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED INTO THE MUSICAL 'CATS'.
A: MUNGO JERRY
16/06/07 - Q: WHICH CURRENT ENGLISH BAND FROM CHORLEY TOOK THEIR NAME FROM A 1970 ALBUM BY AMERICAN SINGER TIM BUCKLEY?
A: STARSAILOR.
09/06/07 - Q: WHICH FORMER RADIO 1 DJ RELEASED THE SINGLE 'ALCATRAZ' UNDER THE NAME OF KIRK HOUSTON ?
A: NOEL EDMONDS. THE SINGLE FAILED TO CHART WHEN RELEASED IN 1972, BUT NOEL DID REACH THE TOP 20 9 YEARS LATER WITH THE TRIO 'BROWN SAUCE'. THEIR NUMBER 15 HIT 'I WANNA BE A WINNER ALSO FEATURED THE MUSICAL TALENTS OF FELLOW SWAP SHOP PRESENTERS KEITH CHEGWIN AND MAGGIE PHILBIN.
02/06//07 - Q:THE HIGGINS SISTERS ACHIEVED CHART SUCCESS IN THE 1990'S UNDER WHICH NAME?
A: CLEOPATRA.
26/05//07 - Q: WHICH SINGER WHO WAS IN A NUMBER ONE HITMAKING BAND AND ALSO WON THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST WAS BORN RITA CRUDGINGTON.
A: CHERYL BAKER....SHE WON IN 1981 WITH BUCKS FIZZ HAVING PREVIOUSLY FINISHED 11TH WITH C0-C0 IN 1978...
19/05//07 - Q: WHO AM I?
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I WAS BORN IN MUNICH IN 1975
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MY ONLY TOP 40 HIT WAS A NUMBER ONE IN THE 1990'S
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MY NEXT SINGLE ' I GOT A GIRL' ONLY REACHED NUMBER 55
A. LOU BEGA.
12/05//07 - Q: WHEN ABBA WON THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST IN BRIGHTON IN 1974, WHICH SUCCESFUL ENGLISH CHART ACT PERFORMED 2 OF THEIR HITS DURING THE BREAK?
A: THE WOMBLES
05/05//07 - Q: WHICH LEGENDARY MOTOWN GROUP SANG BACKING VOCALS ON BRUCE WILLIS' NUMBER 2 HIT FROM 1987 'UNDER THE BOARDWALK'?
A: THE TEMPTATIONS.
28/04//07 - Q: MARIA MCKEE HAD A NUMBER ONE HIT IN 1990 WITH 'SHOW ME HEAVEN'......PREVIOUSLY SHE HAD WRITTEN WHICH NUMBER ONE HIT FROM THE 1980'S?
A: A GOOD HEART....A NUMBER ONE HIT FOR FEARGAL SHARKEY IN 1985.
21/04//07 - Q: WHICH SUCCESSFUL GROUP WERE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS 'JOHNNY AND THE SELF ABUSERS'?
A: SIMPLE MINDS.
14/04//07 - Q: NAME THE 4 'LENNON/MCCARTNEY' COMPOSED BEATLES TRACKS WHICH MENTION 'DIAMOND' OR 'DIAMONDS' IN THE LYRICS?
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CAN'T BUY ME LOVE - "I'LL BUY YOU A DIAMOND RING MY FRIEND IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ALRIGHT"
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I FEEL FINE - "HE BUYS HER DIAMOND RINGS YOU KNOW SHE SAID SO"
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LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
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IF YOU'VE GOT TROUBLE - "ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE STANDING THERE WEARING DIAMONDS AND RINGS" ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY LENNON/MCCARTNEY AS RINGO'S VOCAL OFFERING FOR THE FILM 'HELP', IT WAS EVENTUALLY SCRAPPED IN FAVOUR OF THE SONG 'ACT NATURALLY'. THE SONG WAS EVENTUALLY ISSUED IN 1996 ON PART 2 OF THE 'BEATLES ANTHOLOGY'.
07/04//07 - Q: STEPHEN JONES WAS THE LEAD VOCALIST ON WHICH TOP 3 HIT FROM THE 1990'S?
A: BABYBIRD - YOU'RE GORGEOUS. A NUMBER 3 HIT IN 1996.
24/03//07 - Q: WHICH 60'S BAND WERE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE MARS BARS ?
A: GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS.........ORIGINALLY HOPING TO GET SPONSORSHIP FROM MARS, THEY WERE FORCED TO CHANGE THEIR NAME AFTER MARS THREATENED TO SUE?
17/03//07 - Q: ROYSTON VASEY WAS A VOCALIST ON WHICH TOP 3 HIT OF THE 1990'S?
A: LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE (WHO THE F**K IS ALICE) by SMOKIE FEATURING ROY CHUBBY BROWN WHOSE REAL NAME IS ROYSTON VASEY.
10/03//07 - Q: WHAT WAS THE FIRST EVER COMIC RELIEF CHARITY SINGLE ?
A: CLIFF RICHARD AND THE YOUNG ONES - LIVING DOLL..... NO. ONE IN 1986.
03/03//07 - Q: WHICH CURRENT ACT FROM WALES WERE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS 'WHITE RABBIT'?
A: THE AUTOMATIC.
24/02//07
WHO AM I?
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I HAVE HAD ONE UK. NO HIT SINGLE WHICH JUMPED FROM NO. 33 TO NO.1.
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MY NO. ONE HIT WAS ORIGINALLY FEATURED IN A ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN MUSICAL
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MY REAL NAME IS RAYMOND BURNS.
A: CAPTAIN SENSIBLE......THE SONG 'HAPPY TALK' ORIGINALLY FEATURED IN THE MUSICAL 'SOUTH PACIFIC'.
17/02//07 - Q: NAME THE 3 BEATLES TOP 10 HIT SINGLES WHOSE TITLES END WITH THE WORD 'LOVE' ?
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CAN'T BUY ME LOVE - NUMBER ONE IN 1964
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ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - NUMBER ONE IN 1967
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REAL LOVE - NUMBER FOUR IN 1996
10/02//07 - Q: BROWN SAUCE WHICH FEATURED SWAP SHOP PRESENTERS NOEL EDMONDS, KEITH CHEGWIN AND MAGGIE PHILBIN MADE THE TOP 20 IN 1982 WITH THE SONG 'I WANNA BE A WINNER'. WHICH SINGER WHO HAD 3 TOP 10 HITS OF THEIR OWN, WROTE THE SONG?
A: B.A. ROBERTSON.
03/02//07 - Q: WHAT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN 50'S ROCK AND ROLLER 'LITTLE RICHARD' AND THE CURRENT NUMBER ONE ARTIST 'MIKA' ?
A: THEY BOTH SHARE THE SAME SURNAME.....PENNIMAN.
27/01//07 - Q: A FRAMED PICTURE OF SONGWRITER BURT BACHARACH APPEARS ON THE COVER OF WHICH NUMBER ONE ALBUM OF THE 1990'S?
A: DEFINITELY MAYBE by OASIS.
20/01/07 - Q: LIVERPUDLIAN SINGER SONGWRITER LALLY SCOTT WROTE WHICH NUMBER ONE HIT FROM THE 70'S?
CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP. SCOTTISH BAND MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, FRONTED BY SALLY CARR, TOOK THE SONG TO THE TOP OF THE UK CHARTS FOR 5 WEEKS IN JUNE 1971....
13/01//07 - Q:NAME THE NUMBER ONE UK HIT SINGLE THAT WAS PRODUCED BY PETE TOWNSHEND?
A: SOMETHING IN THE AIR by THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN. DESPITE 14 TOP 10 HITS, THE WHO NEVER REACHED NUMBER ONE IN THE UK SINGLES CHART, SO THIS REMAINS TOWNSHEND'S ONLY CONNECTION WITH A NUMBER ONE HIT. HE ALSO PRODUCED THE FOLLOW UP SINGLE 'ACCIDENTS' WHICH STALLED AT NUMBER 46 AFTER WHICH THE BAND SPLIT.....
06/01//07 - Q: NAME THE ONLY 2 TOP 40 HITS THAT MENTION 'JANUARY' IN THEIR TITLE?
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30/12/06 - Q: APART FROM BING CROSBY, ONLY ONE OTHER ARTIST HAS MADE THE TOP 10 WITH THE SONG 'WHITE CHRISTMAS'. NAME THEM ?
A: MANTOVANI AND HIS ORCHESTRA. THEIR VERSION REACHED NUMBER 6 IN DECEMBER 1952.
23/12/06 - Q: THE SONG WHITE CHRISTMAS IS POSSIBLY THE MOST FAMOUS CHRISTMAS SONG OF ALL. IT WAS FIRST HEARD IN THE 1942 FILM 'HOLIDAY INN' WHEN IT WAS SUNG AS A DUET BETWEEN BING CROSBY AND WHICH ACTRESS?
A: MARJORIE REYNOLDS. BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE IN 'HOLIDAY INN' , SHE APPEARED IN OVER 70 FILMS. SHE DIED IN 1997.
16/12/06 - Q: APART FROM THE SONG 'DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS' (3 TIMES), HOW MANY NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLES HAVE CONTAINED THE WORD 'CHRISTMAS' IN THE SONG TITLE?
A: THREE.
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DICKIE VALENTINE - CHRISTMAS ALPHABET - 1955
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MUD - LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS - 1974
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SHAKIN' STEVENS - MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - 1985
SLADE'S FESTIVE CHART TOPPER IN 1973 WAS 'MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY' WITH AN ALTERNATE SPELLING SO DOES NOT COUNT.
09/12/06 -Q: MISS SNOB WAS CREDITED ON WHICH CLASSIC CHRISTMAS HIT?
A: WIZZARD - I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY......THE FULL CREDIT ON THE LABEL IS 'WIZZARD FEATURING VOCAL BACKING BY THE SUEDETTES PLUS THE STOCKLAND GREEN BILATERAL SCHOOL FIRST YEAR CHOIR WITH ADDITIONAL NOISES BY MISS SNOB AND CLASS 3C'.
02/12/06 - Q: IAN TOUGH WAS A MEMBER OF WHICH SCOTTISH ONE HIT WONDER ACT?
A: ALONG WITH HIS WIFE JANETTE, HE MADE UP THE DUO 'THE KRANKIES' WHO REACHED NUMBER 46 IN 1981 WITH 'FAN DABI DOZI'.
25/11/06 - Q:WITH ST. ANDREW'S DAY NEXT THURSDAY, WHICH SCOTTISH BAND WERE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS 'GLASS ONION'.
A: TRAVIS. GLASS ONION WAS, OF COURSE, A SONG WRITTEN BY JOHN LENNON AND FEATURED ON THE BEATLES 'WHITE' ALBUM.
18/11/06- Q: WHICH SIXTIES HITMAKER HAD PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED UNDER THE NAMES AL JORDAN AND FRED FLANGE ?
MATT MONRO. BORN TERENCE PARSONS, HE WENT UNDER VARIOUS STAGE NAMES BEFORE SETTLING ON MATT MONRO. HE WENT UNDER THE NAME FRED FLANGE WHEN HE GUESTED ON AN ALBUM BY PETER SELLERS.
11/11/06 Q: - WHICH CURRENT CHART ACT TOOK THEIR NAME FROM A TRACK ON DAVID BOWIE'S 'HUNKY DORY' ALBUM?
A: KOOKS.
04/11/06 Q: - WHAT CONNECTS THE FOLLOWING 3 ONE HIT WONDER ACTS..?
TRIO, OHIO EXPRESS AND JO JO GUNNE?
A: THEIR 3 HITS ALL CONSISTED OF 3 IDENTICAL WORDS.....'DA DA DA', 'YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY' and 'RUN RUN RUN' RESPECTIVELY.
28/10/06 Q: - WHO ARE WE?
- WE ARE A ONE HIT WONDER GROUP FROM THE 1970'S.
- WE COME FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
- OUR ONE HIT SHARES IT'S TITLE WITH A HIT BY THE WHO.
A: CLOUT. THEIR NO. 2 HIT FROM 1978 'SUBSTITUTE', WAS A COVER OF AN OLD RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS ALBUM TRACK......
21/10/06 Q: - ONE HIT WONDER JIM GILSTRAP IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS 1975 TOP 5 HIT 'SWING YOUR DADDY'. 2 YEARS EARLIER, HE HAD SUNG THE OPENING LINE ON WHICH TOP 10 HIT?
A: YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE by STEVIE WONDER.
12/10/06 Q: - WHAT CONNECTS THE SONG 'TAINTED LOVE' AND 70'S GLAM ROCK STAR MARC BOLAN?
A: GLORIA JONES. SHE ORIGINALLY RECORDED 'TAINTED LOVE' IN THE 60'S, AND THEN IN THE 70'S BECAME MARC BOLAN'S GIRLFRIEND. SHE GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR SON ROLAN, AND WAS ALSO DRIVING THE MINI IN WHICH BOLAN DIED ON 16/09/77.
07/10/06 Q: - ED COBB, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE VOCAL GROUP THE FOUR PREPS, WROTE WHICH NUMBER ONE HIT ?
A: TAINTED LOVE. A 1981 CHART TOPPER FOR SOFT CELL.
23/09/06 Q: - WHICH NUMBER ONE HITMAKING GROUP TOOK THEIR NAME FROM A LYRIC IN A SONG BY SCRITTI POLITTI ?
A: WET WET WET. THE SCOTTISH HITMAKERS TOOK THEIR NAME FROM A LINE IN THE SCRITTI POLITTI SONG 'GETTING, HAVING AND HOLDING'.
23/09/06 Q: - THE SONG 'LIFE ON MARS' BY DAVID BOWIE WAS RECENTLY VOTED THE 45TH GREATEST SONG EVER BY READERS OF Q MAGAZINE. WHO PLAYED PIANO ON THE TRACK?
A: RICK WAKEMAN.
16/09/06 Q: - JYOTI MISHRA HAD A NUMBER ONE HIT UNDER WHICH NAME?
A: WHITE TOWN. RECORDED IN HIS BEDROOM, THE SONG 'YOUR WOMAN' SHOT TO NUMBER ONE IN JANUARY 1997.
09/09/06 Q: - ROSINA LAWRENCE IS THE UNCREDITED FEMALE VOCALIST ON WHICH NUMBER 2 HIT ?
A: 'THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE' by LAUREL AND HARDY. SHE IS THE FEMALE VOICE AT THE END OF THE SONG WHICH IS TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE 'WAY OUT WEST'.
02/09/06 Q:- NAME THE ONLY ARTIST TO BE BILLED 'WITH' THE BEATLES ON ONE OF THEIR NUMBER ONE HITS?
A: BILLY PRESTON. THE LATE SINGER/PIANIST IS BILLED ON THE 1969 SINGLE 'GET BACK' AND PLAYS ELECTRIC PIANO ON THE TRACK.
26/08/06 - Q: ON BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, WHICH NUMBER ONE ALBUM FROM THE 1990'S CONTAINS A TRACK CALLED 'BANK HOLIDAY'?
A: 'BANK HOLIDAY' IS TRACK 5 ON BLUR'S 1994 NO. ONE ALBUM 'PARKLIFE'.
19/08/06
WHO AM I?
- MY GROUP'S BIGGEST HIT FEATURED IN A FILM WHICH STARRED MY DAUGHTER.
A: STEVEN TYLER. LEAD SINGER WITH AEROSMITH WHOSE BIGGEST HIT 'I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING', FEATURED IN THE 1998 FILM 'ARMAGEDDON' WHICH STARRED HIS DAUGHTER LIV.
12/08/06 - Q: JON MARSH REACHED THE SEMI FINAL OF THE T.V. QUIZ 'COUNTDOWN' IN 1987.....HE LATER WENT ON TO FRONT WHICH CHART ACT?
A: THE BELOVED. THEIR BIGGEST HIT WAS 1993'S TOP 10, 'SWEET HARMONY'.
05/08/06 - Q: WHAT CONNECTS THE 2 NUMBER ONE HITS 'WORLD IN MOTION' BY NEW ORDER AND 'SMILE' BY LILLY ALLEN?
A: KEITH ALLEN. THE ACTOR/COMEDIAN IS THE FATHER OF LILLY ALLEN, AND CO-WROTE 'WORLD IN MOTION'.
29/07/06 - Q:PANS PEOPLE ARE THE BEST REMEMBERED OF THE DANCERS WHO APPEARED ON TOTP, BUT WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST FEMALE DANCERS TO APPEAR ON TOTP IN THE 60'S?
A: THE GO-JO'S
22/07/06 - Q:THE FIRST EVER 'TOP OF THE POPS' WAS AIRED AT 6.36 P.M. ON NEW YEARS DAY 1964. JIMMY SAVILE INTRODUCED THE SHOW, BUT WHICH GROUP OPENED THE SHOW WITH THEIR LATEST SINGLE?
A: THE ROLLING STONES WITH THE LENNON/McCARTNEY COMPOSITION, 'I WANNA BE YOUR MAN'.
15/07/06 - Q: PAUL PHILLIPS WAS A ONE HIT WONDER FROM THE 1970'S, WHOSE HIT WAS A FAVOURITE OF THE QUEEN MOTHER. UNDER WHICH NAME DID HE CHART AND WHAT'S THE SONG?
A: HE MADE THE TOP 10 IN 1978 WITH THE TRACK 'CAR 67' UNDER THE NAME 'DRIVER 67'
08/07/06 - Q: 'COME AND GET ME' WAS THE FINAL TOP 40 ENTRY FOR THE HIGGINS SISTERS. BY WHICH NAME ARE THEY BETTER KNOWN?
A: CLEOPATRA
01/07/2006 - WHO AM I?
A: PETER NOONE. APPEARED AS LEN FAIRCLOUGH'S SON IN CORRIE IN THE EARLY 60'S BEFORE FINDING FAME AS FRONTMAN WITH HERMAN'S HERMITS. HIS ONLY SOLO SUCCESS WAS A 1971 COVER OF BOWIE'S 'OH YOU PRETTY THING' WHICH MADE NO. 12 IN THE UK.
24/06/06 - Q: DESPITE BEING ONE OF THE MOST COVERED SONGS OF ALL TIME, PAUL McCARTNEY'S 'YESTERDAY' HAS ONLY MADE THE U.K. TOP 40 ON 4 OCCASIONS. WHICH ARTIST HAS HAD THE BIGGEST HIT TO DATE WITH THAT SONG?
A: WITH HUNDREDS OF COVER VERSIONS RANGING FROM FRANK SINATRA TO DAFFY DUCK, 'YESTERDAY' IS ONE OF THE MOST RECORDED SONGS EVER. THE HIGHEST IT HAS PEAKED IN THE U.K. SINGLES CHART IS NUMBER FOUR, WHICH WAS ACHIEVED BY 'WET WET WET' IN 1997. THE OTHER 3 VERSIONS TO MAKE THE TOP 40 WERE BY MATT MONRO, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, AND THE BEATLES THEMSELVES.
17/06/06 - Q:DANIEL JONES WAS ONE HALF OF WHICH HITMAKING DUO?
A: SAVAGE GARDEN. ALONG WITH DARREN HAYES, JONES HAD 9 TOP 20 HITS BETWEEN 1997 AND WHEN THEY SPLIT IN 2001.
10/06/06 - Q: WHICH SONG WRITTEN BY MICK JAGGER AND KEITH RICHARDS WAS NUMBER ONE IN THE UK SINGLES CHARTS WHEN ENGLAND LIFTED THE WORLD CUP IN JULY 1966.
A: WHEN BOBBY MOORE LIFTED THE WORLD CUP ON 30TH JULY 1966, THE NUMBER ONE SONG WAS 'OUT OF TIME' by CHRIS FARLOWE. THE NUMBER ONE ALBUM WAS THE SOUNDTRACK TO 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC'.
03/06/06 - Q: WHO IN 1992, AGED 75 , BECAME THE OLDEST SOLO ARTIST TO HAVE A TOP 20 HIT SINGLE IN THE U.K ?
A: JOHN LEE HOOKER. HE WAS 75 YEARS OLD WHEN 'BOOM BOOM' ENTERED THE TOP 20 IN 1992.
27/05/06 - Q: ELLIE HOPE IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LEAD VOCALIST WITH 'LIQUID GOLD' WHO HAD A NUMBER 2 HIT IN 1980 WITH 'DANCE YOURSELF DIZZY'. PREVIOUSLY SHE APPEARED AS THE FEMALE VOCALIST ON WHICH NUMBER ONE HIT OF THE SEVENTIES ?
A: OH BOY by MUD. THE 3RD AND FINAL NUMBER ONE BY 70'S HITMAKER'S MUD FEATURED A SPOKEN MIDDLE EIGHT BY ELLIE HOPE. LIQUID GOLD ALMOST REPRESENTED THE UK IN THE 1981 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, BUT THEIR SONG 'DON'T PANIC' FINISHED SECOND IN 'A SONG FOR EUROPE' TO BUCKS FIZZ......... LIQUID GOLD GUITARIST SYD TWYNHAM, LATER JOINED LES GRAY IN A TOURING VERSION OF MUD.
20/05/06 - WHO AM I?
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I WAS BORN IN AUSTRALIA IN 1970.
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I REPRESENTED THE UK IN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST.
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ALTHOUGH MY SONG ONLY CAME 7TH IN THE CONTEST, IT REACHED NUMBER ONE IN THE SINGLES CHART.
A: GINA G.
13/05/06 - Q: 'THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT I GOTTA WEAR SHADES' WAS AN 80'S ONE HIT WONDER FOR WHICH HUSBAND AND WIFE DUO ?
A: TIMBUK 3. THE SONG REACHED NO. 21 IN 1987...
06/05/06 - Q:THE SONG 'BECAUSE OF YOU' WAS A TOP 20 HIT FOR DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS IN 1986. IT WAS THE THEME TUNE TO WHICH BBC COMEDY SERIES?
A: BRUSH STROKES.
29/04/06 - Q: Taumatawhakatangihangakoayauo-tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoro-nukypokaiwhenuakitanatahu
THOSE LYRICS OPEN WHICH TOP 5 HITS FROM THE 70'S?
A: LONE RANGER by QUANTUM JUMP. THE SPOKEN INTRO FROM THIS SONG WAS ALSO USED ON KENNY EVERETT'S T.V. SHOW.
22/04/06 - Q: THE QUEEN CELEBRATED HER 80th BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. CAN YOU NAME THE ONLY 2 SONGS TO REACH NUMBER ONE IN THE UK SINGLES CHART WITH 'QUEEN' IN THE TITLE?
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15/04/06 - Q: SONIA CLARKE REACHED NUMBER ONE IN 2000. UNDER WHICH NAME DID SHE ACHIEVE THAT NUMBER ONE HIT?
A: SONIQUE. THE SONG 'IT FEELS SO GOOD' SPENT 3 WEEKS AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS IN THE SUMMER OF 2000.
08/04/06 - Q: ONLY 2 SONGS WITH THE TITLE 'CRAZY' HAVE EVER MADE THE TOP 10 OF THE U.K. SINGLES CHART. NAME THE 2 ARTISTS WHO RECORDED THOSE SONGS?
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01/04/06 - Q: QUEEN FIRST BROKE INTO THE CHARTS IN 1974 WITH THEIR DEBUT SMASH 'SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE'. A YEAR EARLIER FREDDIE MERCURY HAD RELEASED A COVER VERSION OF THE SONG 'I CAN HEAR MUSIC'. UNDER WHICH NAME DID HE RELEASE THAT SINGLE?
A: LARRY LUREX
25/03/2006 - Q: TRACEY THORN AND BEN WATT ARE BETTER KNOWN AS HITMAKING DUO 'EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL' BUT HOW DID THEY GET THEIR NAME?
A: THE DUO MET WHILE AT UNIVERSITY IN HULL AND TOOK THEIR NAME FROM A LOCAL SECOND HAND FURNITURE SHOP WHERE 'EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL' WAS FOR SALE....
18/03/2006 - Q: THE SONG 'ANGEL OF HARLEM' BY U2 WAS WRITTEN AS A TRIBUTE TO WHICH AMERICAN FEMALE SINGER?
A: BILLIE HOLIDAY
11/03/2006 - Q : ALTHOUGH SHE WAS BORN IN CANADA, WHICH COUNTRY DID CELINE DION REPRESENT AT THE 1988 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST?
A: SWITZERLAND. SHE WON THE COMPETITION SINGING 'NE PARTEZ PAS SANS MOI'.
04/03/2006 - Q: EARLIER THIS WEEK WAS ST. DAVID'S DAY, BUT WHO WAS THE FIRST WELSH ARTIST TO HAVE A U.K. NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE?
A: SHIRLEY BASSEY - AS I LOVE YOU. NUMBER ONE IN FEBRUARY 1959.
25/02/2006 - Q: BRYAN ADAMS TOPPED THE UK SINGLES CHART FOR A RECORD BREAKING 16 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS WITH THE SONG (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU. HOW MANY WEEKS DID IT SPEND AT THE TOP OF THE U.S. SINGLES CHART?
A: 7 WEEKS.
18/02/2006 - Q: JIMMY MERCHANT WAS A MEMBER OF WHICH ACT WHICH HAS TOPPED THE U.K SINGLES CHART?
A: HE WAS ONE OF 'THE TEENAGERS' WHO ALONG WITH FRANKIE LYMON, TOPPED THE UK SINGLES CHART IN 1956 WITH 'WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE'.
11/02/2006 - Q: IN THE SONG 'MAN ON THE MOON' BY REM, HOW MANY TIMES DOES MICHAEL STIPE USE THE WORD 'YEAH'?
A: THE ANSWER IS 56 AND YES, SADLY, I DID COUNT THEM!..... APPARENTLY MICHAEL STIPE WANTED TO WRITE A SONG THAT HAD AS MANY 'YEAH'S' AS NIRVANA. NIRVANA'S SONG 'LITHIUM' ALSO HAS 56 YEAH'S ALTHOUGH I HAVE YET TO COUNT THEM...
04/02/2006 - Q: WHO WAS THE FIRST ARTIST TO HAVE A POSTHUMOUS NUMBER ONE HIT IN THE U.K. SINGLES CHARTS?
A: THE UNFORTUNATE HOLDER OF THIS FEAT IS BUDDY HOLLY WHOSE 'IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE' REACHED THE TOP OF THE CHARTS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER HIS DEATH IN A PLANE CRASH ON 3RD FEBRUARY 1959. THE UNLUCKY RUNNER UP IS EDDIE COCHRAN WITH THE IRONICALLY TITLED 'THRRE STEPS TO HEAVEN' WHICH TOPPED THE CHARTS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER HIS DEATH IN A CAR CRASH ON 17TH APRIL 1960.
28/01/2006 - Q: BOB HOLNESS' DAUGHTER ROS WAS A MEMBER OF WHICH 80'S ALL GIRL BAND?
A: TOTO COELO. THEY HAD ONE TOP 40 HIT 'I EAT CANNIBALS PT. 1' WHICH REACHED NUMBER 8 IN 1982. HIS OTHER DAUGHTER, CAROLE ALSO HAD A MINOR HIT IN THE SAME YEAR UNDER THE NAME 'NANCY NOVA'.
21/01/2006 - Q: WHO AM I?
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I WAS BORN IN OHIO, U.S.A IN 1969.
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MY REAL NAME IS BRIAN WARNER.
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MY BIGGEST HIT WAS FEATURED IN THE 2002 FILM 'NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE' AND WAS RECORDED BY GLORIA JONES IN 1965.
A: MARILYN MANSON. HIS BIGGEST UK SOLO SINGLE TO DATE WAS 'TAINTED LOVE' WHICH REACHED NO. 5 IN 2002.
14/01/2006 - Q: BEFORE LAUNCHING HER SUCCESFUL SINGING CAREER, LISA STANSFIELD PRESENTED WHICH CHILDRENS T.V SERIES?
A: RAZZMATAZZ.
07/01/2006 - Q: ACTRESS HAYLEY MILLS' SON CRISPIAN ACHIEVED SUCCESS AS LEAD SINGER WITH WHICH BAND?
A: KULA SHAKER
24/12//2005 - Q: COMEDIAN MEL SMITH HAS MADE THE U.K. SINGLES CHARTS WITH WHICH 2 CHRISTMAS SONGS?
17/12//2005 - Q: WHICH ARTIST HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONES?
THE BEATLES HOLD THE RECORD WITH 4 FESTIVE CHART TOPPERS. THEY WERE:-
IN SECOND PLACE WITH 3 CHRISTMAS CHART TOPPERS EACH ARE CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SPICE GIRLS, ALTHOUGH ONE OF CLIFF'S WAS WITH THE SHADOWS.
10/12/2005 - Q: THE SONG 'DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS' HAS TOPPED THE CHART 3 TIMES...
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1984 - BAND AID
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1989- BAND AID II
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2004 - BAND AID 20
WHO SANG THE OPENING LINE ON EACH OF THE 3 VERSIONS?
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1984 - PAUL YOUNG
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1989 - KYLIE MINOGUE
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2004 - CHRIS MARTIN
03/12//2005 - Q: ON THE ORIGINAL 1984 RECORDING OF 'DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS' BY BAND AID, WHICH SINGER SANG THEIR OWN NAME IN THE LYRICS?
A: STING. STING AND BONO SING THE LINE 'WHERE THE ONLY WATER FLOWING IS THE BITTER STING OF TEARS'.
26/11//2005 - Q: HELEN SHAPIRO BECAME A TEEN STAR IN THE 1960'S WITH 11 HIT SINGLES INCLUDING 2 NUMBER ONES. SHE ATTEMPTED A COMEBACK AS AN ACTRESS IN THE 1980'S APPEARING IN WHICH SOAP OPERA?
A: ALBION MARKET
19/11//2005 - Q: BERNI FLINT FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ' WITH HIS NUMBER 3 HIT FROM 1977, 'I DON'T WANT TO PUT A HOLD ON YOU'. HE FOUND FAME AFTER SINGING THAT SONG ON WHICH T.V. TALENT SHOW?
A: OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
12/11//2005 - Q: IRISH GIRL GROUP B*WITCHED HIT THE NUMBER ONE SPOT WITH THEIR FIRST 4 RELEASES. THE GROUP INCLUDED SISTERS EDELE AND KEAVY WHO ARE THE SISTERS OF WHICH FORMER BOY BAND MEMBER?
A: SHANE LYNCH OF BOYZONE.
05/11//2005 - Q: ON GUY FAWKES NIGHT, WHICH OTHER 'GUY' REACHED NUMBER 12 IN 1973 WITH THE SONG 'I'VE BEEN HURT'.
A: GUY DARRELL. THE FORMER BUTLINS WAITER RECORDED FOR MANY LABELS, BUT THIS REMAINS HIS ONE AND ONLY HIT.
29/10/2005 - Q: WHICH ROLLING STONES COVER VERSION FEATURED IN THE 1994 TOM CRUISE FILM 'INTERVIEW WTH THE VAMPIRE' AND REACHED THE TOP 10 IN 1995 ?
A: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL by GUNS 'N' ROSES.
22/10/2005 - Q: THE TRACK 'BEAN BAG' BY HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS WAS USED AS THE THEME TUNE TO WHICH POPULAR BBC TV PROGRAMME?
A: IT'S A KNOCKOUT.
15/10/2005 - Q: 3 VERSIONS OF THE SONG 'DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA' HAVE BEEN TOP 5 HITS. NAME THE 3 ARTISTS WHO RECORDED THOSE HITS?
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08/10/2005 - Q: JOHN LENNON WOULD HAVE BEEN 65 TOMORROW (9TH OCTOBER). CHRISTENED JOHN WINSTON LENNON, HE CHANGED HIS MIDDLE NAME TO WHAT IN 1969?
A: ONO.
01/10/2005 - Q: BOB DYLAN WAS THE FEATURED SONGWRITER IN THIS WEEK'S 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ'. ALTHOUGH NEVER ACHIEVING A UK NUMBER ONE SINGLE, THREE OF HIS SONGS HAVE REACHED NUMBER ONE FOR OTHER ARTISTS AND A SAMPLE OF ONE OF HIS SONGS HAS BEEN USED ON A FOURTH. NAME THE 4 NUMBER ONE HITS IN QUESTION?
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THE BYRDS - MR TAMBOURINE MAN......1965
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MANFRED MANN - MIGHTY QUINN..........1968
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DUNBLANE - KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR....1996
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GABRIELLE - RISE......2000 (SAMPLED KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR)
24/09/2005 - Q: ON THIS DAY IN 1988 DEREK DICK LEFT HIS SUCCESSFUL BAND FOR A SOLO CAREER.....BY WHAT NAME IS HE BETTER KNOWN?
A: 'FISH' FROM THE BAND MARILLION.
17/09/05 - Q: STOCK, AITKEN AND WATERMAN FEATURED IN THE LATEST 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ'. WHAT ARE THEIR CHRISTIAN NAMES?
A: MIKE (STOCK), MATT (AITKEN) AND PETE (WATERMAN).
10/09/2005 - Q: 10 YEARS AGO IN 'THE BATTLE OF BRITPOP', BLUR'S 'COUNTRY HOUSE' BEAT WHICH OASIS SINGLE TO THE TOP OF THE CHART?
A: ROLL WITH IT
03/09/2005 - Q :JOHN LENNON FEATURED IN THE LATEST 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ' WITH IMAGINE.....THE PIANO ON WHICH HE COMPOSED THE SONG WAS SOLD AT AUCTION IN 2000 FOR £1.45 MILLION TO WHICH POP STAR?
A: GEORGE MICHAEL.
27/08/2005 - Q:BRUCE WILLIS APPEARED IN THE LATEST 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ' WITH HIS 1987 NUMBER 2 HIT 'UNDER THE BOARDWALK'. WHICH LEGENDARY MOTOWN GROUP SANG BACKING VOCALS ON THE SONG?
A: THE TEMPTATIONS.
20/08/2005 - Q:ROGER PETERSON HAS AN UNFORTUNATE PLACE IN THE COURSE OF POPULAR MUSIC HISTORY.....WHY?
A: HE WAS THE PILOT ON THE PLANE THAT CRASHED ON 3RD FEBRUARY 1959, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF BUDDY HOLLY, THE BIG BOPPER AND RICHIE VALENS, ALONG WITH PETERSON HIMSELF.
13/08/2005 - Q: MUSE FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ' WITH THEIR HIT SINGLE 'TIME IS RUNNING OUT'. LEAD SINGER MATT BELLAMY'S FATHER, GEORGE PLAYED GUITAR WITH WHICH NUMBER ONE HITMAKERS OF THE SIXTIES?
A: THE TORNADOS.
06/08/2005 - Q: JULIAN CLARY FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ' WITH HIS COVER OF 'WANDRIN' STAR'........HE HAD PREVIOUSLY REACHED THE LOWER REGIONS OF THE CHART IN 1988 WITH HIS VERSION OF 'LEADER OF THE PACK'........UNDER WHAT NAME DID HE RELEASE THAT SINGLE?
A: THE JOAN COLLINS FAN CLUB. APPARENTLY HE STOPPED USING THE NAME AFTER A COMPLAINT FROM JOAN COLLINS HERSELF.
30/07/2005 - Q: NAME THE 5 BROTHERS WHO APPEARED IN THE CLASSIC ORIGINAL LINE UP OF THE JACKSON 5?
A: MICHAEL, MARLON, JACKIE, TITO AND JERMAINE. YOUNGEST BROTHER RANDY REPLACED JERMAINE WHEN THE GROUP BECAME 'THE JACKSONS'.....
23/07/2005 - Q: THE STONE ROSES WERE ONE OF THE FEATURED ARTISTS AT THIS WEEK'S 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ'. THEIR FORMER LEAD SINGER IAN BROWN MADE A CAMEO APPEARANCE IN WHICH 2004 FILM?
A: HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN. HE APPEARED BRIEFLY IN THE SCENE BASED IN 'THE LEAKY CAULDRON'.
16/07/2005 - Q:WHICH 'ONE HIT WONDERS' FROM MY HOMETOWN OF WELWYN GARDEN CITY CONSISTED OF ED BORRIE ON GUITAR AND VOCALS, SALV ALESSI ON BASS AND ROB HAGUE ON DRUMS?
A: SMASH. THE RECENTLY RE-FORMED TRIO HAD THEIR ONLY CHARTING SINGLE IN THE SUMMER OF 1994 WITH '(I WANT TO) KILL SOMEBODY'. THE SINGLE LISTED VAROIUS POLITICIANS THAT THE BAND WOULD LIKE TO KILL, AND WAS EDITED FOR RADIO. THE SINGLE WAS DELETED AFTER ONE DAY, WHICH COULD EXPLAIN WHY IT CHARTED FOR ONE WEEK ONLY, PEAKING AT NO. 26.
09/07/2005 - Q: 'MARBLES' FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ' WITH THEIR 1968 TOP 5 HIT 'ONLY ONE WOMAN'. THEIR LEAD SINGER WENT ON TO HAVE SUCCESS IN THE 70'S AND 80'S AS A SOLO ARTIST AND AS LEAD SINGER WITH A ROCK BAND. NAME HIM?
A: GRAHAM BONNET. HE HAD TO WAIT ELEVEN YEARS BEFORE FURTHER CHART SUCCESS AS LEAD SINGER OF 'RAINBOW'. HE THEN WENT ON TO HAVE A TOP 10 HIT IN HIS OWN RIGHT IN 1981 WITH 'NIGHT GAMES'.
02/07/2005 - Q :BEFORE BREAKING THROUGH AS A SOLO ARTIST, THE LATE LUTHER VANDROSS SANG BACKING VOCALS ON WHICH SUPERSTAR'S 1975 ALBUM ?
A: DAVID BOWIE. THE LATE SOUL SINGER SANG AND ARRANGED THE BACKING VOCALS FOR BOWIE'S ALBUM 'YOUNG AMERICANS'. LESSER KNOWN IS THE FACT THAT HE APPEARED WITH HIS SINGING GROUP ON THE FIRST EVER EPISODE OF 'SESAME STREET' IN 1969.
25/06/2005 - Q: NAZARETH FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ' WITH THEIR 1975 HIT 'MY WHITE BICYCLE'. THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS A SINGLE IN 1967 BY WHICH BAND?
A: TOMORROW. FOUR PIECE ENGLISH GROUP FEATURING LEAD SINGER KEITH WEST (REAL NAME KEITH HOPKINS). AFTER THE BAND SPLIT, IT'S MEMBERS WENT ON TO GREATER SUCCESS. TWINK JOINED 'THE PRETTY THINGS', STEVE HOWE JOINED 'YES' AND LEAD SINGER WEST HAD A NUMBER TWO HIT WITH 'EXCERPT FROM A TEENAGE OPERA'.
18/06/2005 - Q: CONTINUING WITH THE 'CORRIE' THEME, WHICH FUTURE POP STAR PLAYED ENA SHARPLES' GRANDSON 'COLIN LOMAX' IN THE EARLY SIXTIES....?
A:DAVY JONES. BORN 30/12/45 IN MANCHESTER, HE APPEARED IN CORRIE AND ZCARS IN THE EARLY SIXTIES, BEFORE FINDING FAME AS ONE QUARTER OF THE MONKEES.
10/06/2005 - Q:SUE NICHOLLS WHO PLAYS 'AUDREY ROBERTS' IN CORONATION STREET, MADE THE TOP 20 IN 1968 WITH WHICH SONG?
A: 'WHERE WILL YOU BE'. THE SONG REACHED NUMBER 17 IN 1968. AT THE TIME SHE WAS APPEARING IN ANOTHER SOAP 'CROSSROADS'.
04/06/2005 - Q: TONY CHRISTIE'S FOLLOW UP SINGLE TO THE NUMBER ONE 'IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO' IS A RE-RELEASE OF HIS 1973 SONG 'AVENUES AND ALLEYWAYS'. IT WAS ORIGINALLY USED AS THE THEME TUNE TO WHICH 1970'S T.V. SHOW?
A: THE PROTECTORS. THIS ADVENTURE SERIES ABOUT THREE FRIENDS WHO FORMED A CRIME FIGHTING AGENCY STARRED ROBERT VAUGHN AND NYREE DAWN PORTER.
28/05/2005 - Q: THE 'CRAZY FROG'S' VERSION OF 'AXEL F' IS CURRENTLY NUMBER ONE IN THE SINGLES CHARTS . IT ORIGINALLY REACHED NUMBER TWO IN 1985 BY 'HAROLD FALTERMEYER'.......WHAT DOES THE 'F' IN THE SONG TITLE STAND FOR?
A: FOLEY . AXEL FOLEY IS EDDIE MURPHY'S CHARACTER IN THE BEVERLY HILLS COP FILMS, FROM WHICH THE SONG WAS TAKEN.
21/05/2005
Q: WHO AM I?
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I WAS BORN ROGER JOURET IN BELGIUM IN 1958.
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I WAS IN THE GROUPS STALAG 6 AND HUBBLE BUBBLE.
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THE BIGGEST OF MY TWO TOP 40 HITS WAS A TOP 10 HIT SUNG IN FRENCH.
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I REPRESENTED LUXEMBOURG IN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST IN 1987, COMING 21ST OUT OF 22 COUNTRIES!
A: PLASTIC BERTRAND
14/05/2005 - Q:BOBBY VINTON (WHO FEATURES ON AKON'S NUMBER ONE 'LONELY') HAD HIS BIGGEST UK HIT IN 1990 WITH 'BLUE VELVET' WHICH REACHED NUMBER TWO. IT WAS ORIGINALLY AN AMERICAN NUMBER ONE IN 1963 AND ONLY BECAME A HIT IN THE UK AFTER IT WAS USED IN WHICH ADVERT?
A: NIVEA LOTION
7/05/2005 - Q: THE CURRENT NUMBER ONE HIT 'LONELY' by AKON, FEATURES SPEEDED UP VOCALS FROM WHICH AMERICAN CROONER?
A: BOBBY VINTON. AKON'S SONG FEATURES A SAMPLE FROM VINTON'S AMERICAN NUMBER ONE FROM THE SIXTIES 'MR LONELY'.
30/04/2005 - Q: HOW OLD WAS KATE BUSH WHEN SHE MADE NO. ONE IN 1978 WITH 'WUTHERING HEIGHTS'?
A: 19
23/04/2005 - Q: THE SONG 'SOMETHING GOOD' BY UTAH SAINTS FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S 'MICK'S MUSIC QUIZ', AND WAS THEIR BIGGEST HIT, REACHING NUMBER 4 IN 1992. IT IS BASED AROUND A SAMPLE FROM WHICH KATE BUSH SONG?
A: CLOUDBUSTING
16/04/2005 - Q: FOLLOWING ON FROM LAST WEEK'S QUESTION ABOUT TONY CHRISTIE, WHEN THE SONG 'WALK LIKE A PANTHER' WAS PERFORMED ON TOTP IN JANUARY 1999, TONY CHRISTIE WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND UNABLE TO PERFORM ON THE SHOW. WHO REPLACED HIM ON LEAD VOCALS FOR THAT TOTP PERFORMANCE?
A: JARVIS COCKER WHO WROTE THE LYRICS TO THE SONG DEPUTIZED FOR TONY CHRISTIE ON THAT TOTP PERFORMANCE.
09/04/2005 - Q: TONY CHRISTIE IS CURRENTLY AT NUMBER ONE WITH ' IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO', HIS FIRST HIT FOR 29 YEARS. HE DID, HOWEVER APPEAR AS A GUEST VOCALIST ON A TOP 10 HIT IN THE NINETIES.......NAME IT?
A: 'WALK LIKE A PANTHER' by the 'ALL SEEING EYE'.......A NUMBER 10 HIT IN 1999.
02/04/2005 - Q: KEREN WOODWARD OF BANANARAMA WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1961. SHE LIVES IN CORNWALL WITH WHICH OTHER 80'S POP STAR?
A: ANDREW RIDGELEY
26/03/2005 - Q: ELVIS COSTELLO RELEASED HIS FIRST SINGLE 'LESS THAN ZERO' ,ON THIS DAY IN 1977........WHAT IS HIS REAL NAME ?
A: DECLAN MCMANUS.
19/03/2005 - Q: SINGER LESLEY GARRETT RECENTLY APPEARED AS A JUDGE ON THE CELEBRITY FAME ACADEMY SHOWS. SHE HAS ALSO SUNG ON A CHART TOPPING SINGLE . NAME IT?
A: IT WAS THE 1997 'CHILDREN IN NEED' CHARITY SINGLE 'PERFECT DAY' by VARIOUS ARTISTS. OTHER ARTISTS APPEARING ON THE SINGLE INCLUDED BONO, ELTON JOHN, DAVID BOWIE AND THE SONG'S WRITER LOU REED.
12/03/2005
Q: WHO AM I?
MY FATHER WAS A MEMBER OF A CHART TOPPING GROUP.
MY ONE AND ONLY TOP 20 HIT WAS WRITTEN BY NIK KERSHAW.
MY HIT WAS USED IN A FILM IN WHICH I STARRED WITH ANOTHER FAMOUS ROCK STAR IN THE ROLE OF MY FATHER.
A: CHESNEY HAWKES. HIS DAD IS 'CHIP' HAWKES FROM THE TREMELOES. THE FILM IN WHICH 'THE ONE AND ONLY' WAS FEATURED WAS BUDDY'S SONG, IN WHICH ROGER DALTREY PLAYED THE ROLE OF HIS FATHER........UNFORTUNATELY FOR CHESNEY, HE FOLLOWED UP HIS NUMBER ONE HIT WITH 'I'M A MAN NOT A BOY' WHICH WAS KEPT OFF THE TOP SPOT BY THE LONG RUNNING NUMBER ONE'(EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU' BY BRYAN ADAMS....................AND 25 OTHER SONGS..........IT PEAKED AT NUMBER 27. HE HAS SINCE FAILED TO TROUBLE THE TOP 50.
05/03/2005 - Q: INCLUDING THIS YEAR'S SONG FROM 'MCFLY', THERE HAVE BEEN 13 SINGLES RELEASED FOR THE COMIC RELIEF CHARITY. 7 OF THESE HAVE REACHED NUMBER ONE. CAN YOU NAME THEM?
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1986 - LIVIN' DOLL by CLIFF RICHARD & THE YOUNG ONES
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1991 - THE STONK by HALE AND PACE & THE STONKERS
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1995 - LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE by CHER,CHRISSIE HYNDE & NENEH CHERRY with ERIC CLAPTON
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1997 - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE/MAMA by THE SPICE GIRLS
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1999 - WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH by BOYZONE
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2001 - UPTOWN GIRL by WESTLIFE
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2003 - SPIRIT IN THE SKY by GARETH GATES & THE KUMARS
26/02/2005 - Q: WHAT WAS THE LAST LENNON/MCCARTNEY COMPOSITION TO REACH NUMBER ONE IN THE U.K SINGLES CHART?
A: 'WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS' by SAM AND MARK. THE POP IDOL DUO REACHED NUMBER ONE IN FEBRUARY 2004. THE SONG HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN NUMBER ONE IN 1968 FOR JOE COCKER, AND 20 YEARS LATER FOR WET WET WET.
19/02/2005 - Q: ELVIS RECENTLY HAD THE 1000TH NUMBER ONE U.K SINGLE WITH 'ONE NIGHT'. IT WAS THE SECOND TIME HE HAD TOPPED THE CHARTS WITH THE SONG. ONLY ONE ARTIST HAS EVER HAD 2 NUMBER ONES WITH DIFFERENT SONGS BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER 'O'. NAME THE ARTIST AND THE 2 SONGS?
A: IT WAS THE ARTIST KNOWN AS 'THE BIG O' ROY ORBISON. THE 2 SONGS WERE 'ONLY THE LONELY' AND 'OH PRETTY WOMAN'.
12/02/2005 - Q: WHO AM I?
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I HAVE REACHED THE TOP 20 THREE TIMES, TWICE AS A SOLO ARTIST AND ONCE AS PART OF A GROUP.
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MY 2 SOLO HITS WERE WRITTEN BY TIM RICE /ANDREW LLOYD-WEBBER AND ALICE COOPER RESPECTIVELY.
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I WAS PART OF A FICTITIOUS GROUP FROM A T.V SERIES.
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MY NUMBER ONE HIT WAS ALMOST CALLED 'IT'S ONLY YOUR LOVER RETURNING', BUT I RE-RECORDED IT AFTER THE TITLE WAS CHANGED AT THE LAST MINUTE.
A: JULIE COVINGTON. HER 2 SOLO HITS WERE 'DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA' AND 'ONLY WOMEN BLEED' . THE T.V SERIES WAS 'ROCK FOLLIES' FROM WHICH THE TOP 10 HIT 'OK' WAS TAKEN.
05/02/2005 - Q :THE WORD 'FANDANGO' APPEARS IN THE LYRICS OF WHICH 2 CLASSIC NUMBER ONE UK HIT SINGLES?
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'A WHITER SHADE OF PALE' by PROCOL HARUM . "WE SKIPPED THE LIGHT FANDANGO".
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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY by QUEEN. "SCARAMOUCHE, SCARAMOUCHE, WILL YOU DO THE FANDANGO"
29/01/2005 - Q: WE ARE CURRENTLY ON THE 1001st NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN THE UK. WHICH ONE HAS THE SHORTEST TITLE?
A: 'IF' by TELLY SAVALAS. 'KOJAK'S' VERSION GOT TO NUMBER ONE IN 1975.
22/01/2005 - Q: APART FROM ELVIS, ONLY ONE ACT HAS EVER CHARTED WITH THE SONG 'ONE NIGHT'. NAME THEM.
A: MUD. THEIR VERSION GOT TO NUMBER 32 IN 1975.
15/01/2005 - Q: JOHN FIDDLER WAS LEAD SINGER WITH WHICH DUO, WHO ACHIEVED 4 TOP 30 HITS IN THE SEVENTIES?
A: MEDICINE HEAD - THE BIGGEST OF THE 4 HITS WAS 'ONE AND ONE IS ONE', A NUMBER 3 HIT IN 1973.
08/01/2005 - Q: ROY WARD WHO WAS DRUMMER WITH THE BAND 'CITY BOY' AND PLAYED AND SANG ON THEIR BIGGEST HIT '5705', WAS ALSO LEAD VOCALIST ON A 1982 NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE. NAME IT?
A: 'THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT' by TIGHT FIT.............. A GROUP WAS ASSEMBLED TO APPEAR AS TIGHT FIT WHICH INCLUDED MODEL STEVE GRANT, AND HE MIMED TO ROY WARD'S VOCALS ON T.V. APPEARANCES.
01/01/2005 - Q: THE WHISPERING VOICE OF KATHY WARREN APPEARS ON WHICH CLASSIC NUMBER ONE HIT FROM THE SEVENTIES ?
A: 10CC - I'M NOT IN LOVE. AT THE TIME OF THE RECORDING IN 1975 SHE WAS THE RECEPTIONIST AT THE RECORDING STUDIO AND HER WHISPERING VOICE WAS FEATURED IN THE MIDDLE EIGHT OF THE SONG IN THE LINE "BE QUIET, BIG BOYS DON'T CRY". 'I'M NOT IN LOVE' BECAME THE SECOND OF THREE NUMBER ONE HITS FOR 10CC, THE OTHER TWO BEING 'RUBBER BULLETS' IN 1973 AND 'DREADLOCK HOLIDAY' IN 1978.
25/12/2004 - Q: WHO AM I?
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I HAVE REACHED THE U.K SINGLES CHART ON 2 OCCASSIONS.
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MY SEASONAL HITS WERE IN CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
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BOTH MY HITS PEAKED AT NO. 10 AND SPENT 7 WEEKS ON THE CHART RESPECTIVELY.
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THE TITLE OF BOTH OF MY HITS ENDED IN THE WORD 'SANTA'.
A: CHRIS HILL - THE 2 HITS WERE 'RENTA SANTA' IN 1975 AND 'BIONIC SANTA' IN 1976. BETTER KNOWN AS A D.J., BOTH HIS FESTIVE HITS CONTAINED SNIPPETS FROM OTHER HITS OF THE ERA.
18/12/2004 - Q: VINCE CLARKE HAS WRITTEN TOP 10 HITS FOR MANY ACTS. HIS ONLY NUMBER ONE HIT AS A WRITER WAS ALSO A CHRISTMAS CHART TOPPER. NAME THE SONG AND THE ACT THAT TOOK IT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS?
A: ONLY YOU by FLYING PICKETS. THE SONG HAD BEEN A NUMBER TWO IN 1982 FOR VINCE CLARKE AS PART OF THE DUO YAZOO WITH ALISON MOYET. WHEN COVERED THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IT BECAME THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE FOR THE FLYING PICKETS, STAYING AT NUMBER ONE FOR 5 WEEKS.
11/12/2004 - Q: ON THE ORIGINAL 1984 VERSION AND THE CURRENT 2004 VERSION OF THE SONG 'DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS', BONO SINGS THE FAMOUS LINE "WELL TONIGHT THANK GOD IT'S THEM INSTEAD OF YOU". WHO SANG THE LINE ON THE 1989 NO. ONE HIT VERSION BY BAND AID II ?
A: MATT GOSS (FROM BROS)
04/12/2004 - Q: THERE HAVE BEEN 6 NUMBER ONE SINGLES WITH THE WORD 'CHRISTMAS' IN THE TITLE. NAME THEM?
- CHRISTMAS ALPHABET - DICKIE VALENTINE - 1955
- LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS - MUD - 1974
- DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? - BAND AID - 1984
- MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN' STEVENS - 1985
- DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? - BAND AID II - 1989
- DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? - BAND AID 20 - 2004
THERE HAS ALSO BEEN ONE NUMBER ONE SINGLE WITH THE WORD 'XMAS' IN THE TITLE......SLADE'S FESTIVE OFFERING FROM 1973 'MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY'.
27/11/2004 - Q: ACTRESS LUAN PETERS WHO PLAYED RAYLENE IN THE FAWLTY TOWERS EPISODE 'THE PSYCHIATRIST', HAD PREVIOUSLY APPEARED ON TOP OF THE POPS IN 1975 AS LEAD SINGER WITH WHICH GROUP?
A: 5000 VOLTS. ALTHOUGH HER VOCALS WERE USED ON THE TOTP VERSION, THE ACTUAL RECORD FEATURED LEAD VOCALS FROM THEN SESSION SINGER, TINA CHARLES (REAL NAME TINA HOSKINS). TINA CHARLES WENT ON TO HAVE SOLO SUCCESS IN HER OWN RIGHT, INCLUDING THE 1976 NUMBER ONE HIT 'I LOVE TO LOVE (BUT MY BABY LOVES TO DANCE)'. HER BACKING BAND INCLUDED TREVOR HORN AND GEOFF DOWNES WHO LATER WENT ON TO FORM NUMBER ONE HITMAKERS 'BUGGLES'.
20/11/2004 - Q:ROWETTA FROM ITV'S 'X FACTOR' WAS A BACKING VOCALIST WITH WHICH SUCCESSFUL MANCHESTER GROUP?
A: THE HAPPY MONDAYS
13/11/2004 - Q: THE NEW VERSION OF 'DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS' IS BEING RECORDED THIS WEEKEND. ON THE ORIGINAL SINGLE IN 1984, WHO SANG THE OPENING LINE?
A: PAUL YOUNG
06/11/2004 - Q: LEGENDARY INDIAN SITARIST RAVI SHANKAR IS THE FATHER OF WHICH CURRENT CHART STAR?
A: NORAH JONES
30/10/2004 - Q: DAVID PATON FROM PILOT CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. HE WROTE THEIR ONLY NUMBER ONE HIT 'JANUARY'..............THERE HAVE ONLY EVER BEEN 2 OTHER NUMBER ONE U.K. HIT SINGLES THAT HAVE A MONTH IN THE TITLE. NAME THEM?
A:
- MAGGIE MAY - ROD STEWART - 1971
- DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) - FOUR SEASONS - 1976
23/10/2004 - Q: A JAMES BOND QUESTION THIS WEEK..........ROGER MOORE PLAYED 'BOND', JANE SEYMORE PLAYED 'SOLITAIRE', BUT WHO PROVIDED THE THEME SONG FOR THIS BOND MOVIE?
A: PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS...........'LIVE AND LET DIE'.
16/10/2004 - Q: KELLY MARIE IS 48 TODAY.........HER ONLY NUMBER ONE HIT 'FEELS LIKE I'M IN LOVE' WAS WRITTEN BY WHICH OTHER NUMBER ONE HITMAKING ARTIST?
A: RAY DORSET of MUNGO JERRY. HE ALSO WROTE BOTH OF THEIR NO. ONE HITS, 'IN THE SUMMERTIME' AND 'BABY JUMP'. 'FEELS LIKE I'M IN LOVE' WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR ELVIS PRESLEY, BUT HE DIED BEFORE DORSET HAD THE CHANCE TO SEND THE SONG TO HIM......SO INSTEAD HE GAVE IT TO KELLY MARIE!?
09/10/2004 - Q: JOHN LENNON WOULD HAVE BEEN 64 TODAY. HIS LAST LIVE PERFORMANCE WAS IN 1974 WHEN HE APPEARED ON STAGE AS A GUEST AT WHICH SINGER'S CONCERT?
A: ELTON JOHN - JOHN PROMISED ELTON THAT IF THEIR DUET 'WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT' REACHED THE TOP OF THE U.S CHARTS, THEN HE WOULD APPEAR ON STAGE WITH ELTON. THE SONG DID REACH NUMBER ONE AND LENNON KEPT HIS PROMISE, APPEARING ON STAGE AS A SURPRISE GUEST AT ELTON'S CONCERT AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ON NOVEMBER 28TH 1974. THEY PERFORMED 3 SONGS TOGETHER,'WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT', 'LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS', AND 'I SAW HER STANDING THERE' WHICH JOHN INTRODUCED WITH THE WORDS "WE'D LIKE TO DO A NUMBER OF AN OLD, ESTRANGED FIANCE OF MINE CALLED PAUL". IT WAS TO BE THE LAST SONG HE EVER PERFORMED LIVE.........
2/10/2004 - Q: THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE NUMBER SINGLE THAT HAS TOPPED THE CHART IN 4 DIFFERENT YEARS. NAME IT?
A: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY by QUEEN...........TOPPED THE CHART TWICE, BOTH TIMES OVER THE NEW YEAR PERIOD AND THEREFORE WAS NUMBER ONE IN 1975/1976/1991/1992.
25/09/2004 - Q: BENNY AND BJORN FROM ABBA HAVE WRITTEN HOW MANY NUMBER ONE U.K HIT SINGLES?
A: 11
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NINE FOR ABBA - WATERLOO (1974) , MAMMA MIA (1976) , FERNANDO (1976) , DANCING QUEEN (1976) , KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU (1977) , THE NAME OF THE GAME (1977) , TAKE A CHANCE ON ME (1978) , THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL (1980) , SUPER TROUPER (1980).
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ONE FOR ELAINE PAIGE/BARBARA DICKSON - I KNOW HIM SO WELL (1985).
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ONE FOR ERASURE - ABBA-ESQUE E.P (1992) feat. LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME, TAKE A CHANCE ON ME, VOULEZ-VOUZ, S.O.S.
18/09/2004 - Q: WHICH ACT SCORED SUCCESSIVE NUMBER ONES IN THE SEVENTIES WITH SONGS WHOSE TITLES BOTH ENDED IN THE LETTER 'O'.
A: BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
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ANGELO - 1977
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FIGARO - 1978.
11/09/2004 - Q: WHICH SINGLE, RECORDED LIVE AT THE LANCHESTER ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE UK IN 1972, TOPPED BOTH THE UK AND AMERICAN CHARTS?
A: CHUCK BERRY - MY DING A LING
05/09/2004 - Q: DOUGLAS TRENDLE, WHO TURNS 46 THIS WEEK, IS BETTER KNOWN AS WHICH DISTINCTIVE LOOKING POP STAR?
A: BUSTER BLOODVESSEL
21/08/2004 - Q: SONGWRITER/PRODUCER ROB DAVIS, WHO CO-WROTE NUMBER ONE HITS FOR 'SPILLER' AND 'KYLIE MINOGUE', WAS LEAD GUITARIST WITH WHICH SUCCESSFUL 70'S GROUP?
A: MUD
14/08/2004 - Q: RAY DORSET, LEAD SINGER WITH 'MUNGO JERRY' HAS WRITTEN WHICH 3 NUMBER ONE UK HIT SINGLES?
A: 'IN THE SUMMERTIME' and 'BABY JUMP' for MUNGO JERRY and 'FEELS LIKE I'M IN LOVE' for KELLY MARIE.
07/08/2004 - Q : MIKE BERRY IS NOT THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE CAST OF 'ARE YOU BEING SERVED' TO HAVE CHART SUCCESS. WHICH MEMBER OF THE CAST HAS APPEARED ON A U.K NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE?
A: WENDY RICHARD WHO APPEARED WITH MIKE SARNE ON THE 1962 NUMBER ONE 'COME OUTSIDE'.
31/07/2004 - Q: WHO AM I?
- MY FIRST SINGLE WAS A TRIBUTE RECORD.
- MY 2 TOP 10 HITS WERE SEPERATED BY 17 YEARS.
- I APPEARED AS 'MR SPOONER' IN THE SITCOM 'ARE YOU BEING SERVED'.
- I SHARE MY SURNAME WITH THE OTHER CHART ACTS CHUCK, DAVE AND NICK.
A: MIKE BERRY
24/07/2004 - Q: WHICH GROUP COVERED OASIS' NUMBER ONE HIT 'DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER' IN 2002, TAKING IT TO THE LOWER REACHES OF THE CHARTS?
A: THE WURZELS
17/07/2004 - Q: SALLY LINDSAY WHO PLAYS SHELLEY IN CORONATION STREET APPEARED ON WHICH NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE?
A: 'THERE'S NO-ONE QUITE LIKE GRANDMA' by ST. WINIFREDS SCHOOL CHOIR.
10/07/2004 - Q: WHO AM I?
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I WAS RESERVE TEAM GOALKEEPER FOR REAL MADRID.
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I CAME 4TH IN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST.
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I HAD A NUMBER ONE UK HIT SINGLE IN THE 1980'S
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MY SON HAD A NUMBER ONE HIT IN 2002
A: JULIO IGLESIAS
03/07/2004 - Q: ANOTHER WIMBLEDON RELATED QUESTION THIS WEEK.........WHICH ONE-HIT-WONDER FROM THE SEVENTIES, APPEARED ON TOP OF THE POPS DRESSED AS 'WELLINGTON' WOMBLE, AND ALSO PLAYED GUITAR ON THE WOMBLE'S HIT SINGLES?
A: CHRIS SPEDDING.
26/06/2004 - Q: WITH THE WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS ENTERING IT'S SECOND WEEK, ONLY ONE SONG HAS EVER REACHED THE UK TOP 4O WITH THE WORD 'TENNIS' IN THE TITLE....NAME IT?
A: ANYONE FOR TENNIS by CREAM - no. 40 in 1968.
19/06/2004 - Q: WHO IS THE OLDEST WOMAN TO HAVE A SOLO U.K NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE?
A: CHER - AGED 52 YEARS 7 MONTHS WHEN SHE REACHED NO. ONE IN 1998 WITH 'BELIEVE'.
12/06/2004 - Q: KENNETH WOLSTENHOLME APPEARED ON WHICH NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE?
A : WORLD IN MOTION - ENGLANDNEWORDER - 1990
05/06/2004 - Q : NAME THE GROUP PICTURED AND THEIR ONLY NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE?
A: LIEUTENANT PIGEON - MOULDY OLD DOUGH.
29/05/2004 - Q: THE 4 ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE EAGLES STARTED OUT AS THE BACKING BAND FOR WHICH FEMALE SINGER?
A: LINDA RONSTADT
22/05/2004 - Q: ROY WOOD WROTE WHICH 3 NUMBER ONE UK HIT SINGLES?
- BLACKBERRY WAY - THE MOVE - 1969
- SEE MY BABY JIVE - WIZZARD - 1973
- ANGEL FINGERS - WIZZARD - 1973
15/05/2004 - Q: WHAT WAS THE LAST SONG TO REACH NUMBER ONE IN THE UK SINGLES CHART, THAT ALSO APPEARED IN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST?
A: GINA G - OOH AHH...JUST A LITTLE BIT (REACHED NO. 1 BUT ONLY FINISHED 7TH IN EUROVISION IN 1996.)
08/05/2004 - Q: WHICH MALE ARTIST'S TWO SOLO NUMBER ONE SINGLES BOTH CONTAIN THE WORD 'EYES' IN THEIR TITLE?
A: ART GARFUNKEL
- I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU - 1975
- BRIGHT EYES - 1979
01/05/2004 - Q: AFTER STATUS QUO OPENED THE SHOW, WHO WAS THE NEXT ACT ON STAGE AT 'LIVE AID' IN 1985?
A: STYLE COUNCIL
24/04/2004 - Q: ALTHOUGH NEVER HAVING A NUMBER ONE HIT AS A PERFORMER, NEIL DIAMOND HAS WRITTEN 2 NUMBER ONE HITS. NAME THEM?
A:
- I'M A BELIEVER - THE MONKEES - 1967
- RED RED WINE - UB40 - 1983
17/04/2004 - Q: ST. WINIFRED'S SCHOOL CHOIR SANG ON WHICH 2 NUMBER ONE SINGLES?
A: APART FROM THEIR OWN NUMBER ONE HIT 'THERE'S NO-ONE QUITE LIKE GRANDMA', THEY ALSO SANG BACKING VOCALS ON BRIAN AND MICHAEL'S 'MATCHSTALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS'. THE OTHER CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SONGS? THEY'RE BOTH S**T!
10/04/2004 - Q: WHICH MEMBER OF ABBA WAS NOT BORN IN SWEDEN?
A: ANNI-FRID LYNGSTAD (FRIDA), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE ONE WITH THE DARK HAIR'.....BORN IN NORWAY......
03/04/04 - Q: COMEDIAN STEVE COOGAN WHO PLAYS ALAN PARTRIDGE , HAS AN OLDER BROTHER, MARTIN, WHO WAS LEAD SINGER WITH WHICH MANCHESTER BAND?
A: THE MOCK TURTLES
27/03/04 - Q: LUCY DAVIS WHO PLAYS DAWN IN 'THE OFFICE' HAS A FAMOUS FATHER WHO HAD A TOP 5 HIT IN THE SEVENTIES. NAME HIM AND THE HIT?
A: JASPER CARROTT (REAL NAME BOB DAVIES ) ....HIT THE CHARTS IN 1975 WITH THE DOUBLE 'A' SIDE...... 'FUNKY MOPED/MAGIC ROUNDABOUT'.
20/03/2004 - Q: THERE HAVE BEEN 5 UK NUMBER ONE SINGLES WHOSE TITLES BEGIN WITH THE LETTER 'V'. CAN YOU NAME THEM?
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VOODO0 CHILE - JIMI HENDRIX - 1970
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VINCENT - DON MCLEAN - 1972
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VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR - BUGGLES - 1979
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VOGUE - MADONNA - 1990
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VIVA FOREVER - SPICE GIRLS - 1998
13/03/2004 - Q: ACTOR LEWIS COLLINS WHO STARRED IN 'THE PROFESSIONALS' PLAYED BASS IN WHICH 60'S CHART ACT?
A: THE MOJOS
06/03/2004 - Q: SCOTTISH SINGER MARY SANDEMAN SANG LEAD ON WHICH NUMBER ONE HIT?
A: 'JAPANESE BOY' UNDER THE NAME 'ANEKA'.
28/02/2004 - Q: EARLY 80'S DUO 'SEONA DANCING' RELEASED 2 SINGLES....'BITTER HEART' AND 'MORE TO LOSE'......BOTH JUST FAILING TO CHART........CAN YOU NAME THEIR LEAD SINGER?
A: RICKY GERVAIS (A.K.A. DAVID BRENT FROM 'THE OFFICE')
21/02/2004- Q:WHO AM I?
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I WAS A MEMBER OF A GROUP WHO HAD A NUMBER ONE HIT IN THE 60'S.....
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I HAD 2 HITS AS A SOLO ARTIST IN THE 70'S....
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I CO WROTE THE THEME TO THE KIDS T.V SERIES 'THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE'...
A: JUNIOR CAMPBELL.....FORMERLY OF 'MARMALADE'.
14/02/2004 - Q:TODAY IS VALENTINES DAY......NAME THE ONLY SONG TO REACH THE UK TOP 40 WITH THE WORD 'VALENTINE' IN THE TITLE?
A: 'VALENTINE' BY T'PAU ..........A NUMBER 9 HIT IN 1988, AND NUMBER 53 WHEN RE-ISSUED IN 1993.......Motorhead and Girlschool (Headgirl) reached the top 10 in 1981 with 'The St. Valentines Day Massacre' E.P, although this did not contain any song with 'Valentine' in the title......the lead track on that E.P was 'Please Don't Touch', originally a hit for Johnny Kidd and the Pirates....
07/02/2004 - Q:CHERYL BAKER APPEARED TWICE IN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST AS A MEMBER OF 2 DIFFERENT GROUPS....NAME THE GROUPS, THE YEARS AND THE SONGS ?
A:
- CO- CO - 1978 - THE BAD OLD DAYS
- BUCKS FIZZ - 1981 - MAKING YOUR MIND UP
31/01/2004 - Q:JOHN LYDON (JOHNNY ROTTEN) CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY ON THIS DAY (31ST JANUARY).........HOW OLD WILL HE BE?
A: 48 (BIRTHDATE - 31/01/56)
24/01/2004 - Q: THE 500TH NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN THE UK CHARTS WAS ALSO A EUROVISION SONG CONTEST WINNER. NAME IT?
A: A LITTLE PEACE by NICOLE
17/01/2004 - Q: KAREN AND SHELLIE FROM THE DUO 'ALISHA'S ATTIC' ARE THE DAUGHTERS OF WHICH 60'S POP STAR?
A: BRIAN POOLE
10/01/2004 - Q: WHO WAS THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE BEATLES?
A: RINGO STARR....BORN 7TH JULY 1940.
27/12/2003 - Q: SLADE HAD 6 NUMBER ONE'S IN THE 70'S? NAME ALL 6?
A: COZ I LUV YOU, TAKE ME BAK 'OME, MAMA WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW, CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE, SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME AND MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY.
20/12/2003 - Q: WHAT WAS THE FIRST UK NUMBER ONE SINGLE WITH THE WORD 'CHRISTMAS' IN THE TITLE?
A: CHRISTMAS ALPHABET - DICKIE VALENTINE - 1955
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