Q: Was Della Reese’s biggest hit song: (a) "Don’t You Know;" (b)
"Not One Minute More;" or (c) "And that Reminds Me?" A: "Don’t You Know" hit #2 on the Billboard
pop chart in 1959. "Not One Minute More" reached #16 the same year.
Fun Fact: A one-string African guitar is called a bo diddley. That’s where
bluesman Ellas Bates got his stage name.
Q: In her high
school production of Alice in Wonderland, did singer Mathy Mattea play: (a) Alice;
(b) the Mad Hatter; or (c) the Cheshire Cat? A: The Cheshire Cat.
Q: In Krakow, Poland, will
you find the Paul McCartney: (a) High School; (b) Middle School; or (c) Kindergarten? A: At the Paul McCartney Kindergarten, children learn
English through Paul’s songs.
Q: Before she teamed up to
travel with Bobby McGee, where was Janis Joplin waiting for a train: (a) in Biloxi; (b) in
New Orleans; or (c) in Baton Rouge? A: Baton Rouge.
Q: Was Freddy
Fender’s "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" a country hit in: (a) 1965; (b)
1975; or (c) 1985? A: 1975. It was his biggest.
Q: In addition to
singing, composing, and producing, Huey Lewis is an outstanding musician. Does he play:
(a) keyboard; (b) guitar; or (c) harmonica? A: Harmonica.
Q: Is singer
Alanis Morissette’s twin brother named: (a) Alan; (b) Blade; or (c) Wade? A: Wade.
Q: In the 1964
hit song "Bread and Butter," what did the Newbeats see their baby eating with
another man: (a) peanut butter; (b) a Whopper; or (c) chicken and dumplings? A: Chicken and dumplings.
Q: Is singer
George Strait’s Australian blueheeler cattle dog named: (a) Barbee; (b) Big Gulp; or
(c) Bin? A: Bin, short for Bindarra Bounce.
Q: Was
"Little" Stevie Wonder’s first musical instrument: (a) piano; (b)
harmonica; or (c) pots and pans? A: He became a drummer, beating rhythm with spoons on pots
and pans to songs on the radio.
Q: When singer
Randy Travis was 14, what was unusual about the roadhouse stage he performed on? Did it
have: (a) wheels; (b) a chain-link fence in front of it; or (c) holes you could fall
through? A: A chain-link fence to protect performers from the
customers.
Q: Is
singer Wade Hayes’ favorite country love song: (a) "I Love You Because" by
Leon Payne; (b) "I Love You A Thousand Ways" by Lefty Frizzell; or (c) "I
Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton? A: Lefty’s "I Love You A Thousand Ways."
Q: Was
singer Paula Cole the first woman ever: (a) to lose all her cowboys; (b) to have a nervous
breakdown at Berklee College of Music; or (c) to be nominated for a Grammy as a producer? A: First woman producer ever nominated for a Grammy. For This
Fire.
Fun Fact: John Lennon's
first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
Q: On two
state championship basketball teams in high school, was Queen Latifah: (a) a power
forward; (b) a shooting guard; or (c) a small forward? A: Power forward.
Q: When Felix Mendelssohn
wrote the overture to "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," was he: (a) 17; (b) 27;
or (c) 37 years old? A: 17. He already had written an opera and a dozen
symphonies.
Q: According to British
research, are chickens more relaxed if the henhouse boombox: (a) is turned off; (b) plays
talk radio; or (c) plays music? A: Music definiely calms the nervous chicken. Chickens
prefer easy listening or Top 40 and don’t like heavy metal, opera, or jazz. Though
more research is needed to make sure the preferences are actually the chickens’ and
not the chicken farmers’.
Q: Does the title of Jon
Bon Jovi’s album 7800º Fahrenheit refer to the temperature of: (a) his
wife when he forgets Valentine’s Day; (b) a forge required to make 24-carot gold
jewelry; or (c) an exploding volcano? A: An expoding volcano.
Q: Does the lighted candle at
singer Erykah Badu’s concerts symbolize: (a) her son Seven; (b) her cousin Free; or
(c) her cat? A: Her cousin, Free Bradford, part of the original group
Erykah Free. The record company insisted on signing only Erykah.
Q: Is singer Juice Newton
married to a professional: (a) wrestler; (b) polo player; or (c) racecar driver? A: Tom Goodspeed is a pro polo player.
Q: Before taking up
guitar at age 17, did singer Bryan White play: (a) accordion; (b) drums; or (c) piano? A: He played drums from age 5.
Q: For which Billy Joel
album did model Christie Brinkley design the cover: (a) Stormfront; (b) River of
Dreams; or (c) The Bridge? A:River of Dreams, 1993.
Q: Was the backup vocal
group on Paul Simon’s "Slip Slidin’ Away:" (a) the Oak Ridge Boys; (b)
the Jordanaires; or (c) the Statler Brothers? A: The Oak Ridge Boys.
Q: Was the doctor who
delivered Dolly Parton paid: (a) two chickens; (b) a sack of cornmeal; or (c) three
matching flour sacks for his wife to make a dress? A: A sack of cornmeal.
Sad Truth:
If music can make you cry, chances are 99 to one that you’re a man. Very rarely is a
woman moved to tears by music (columnist L.M. Boyd).
Q: Was
singer Trace Adkins’ first public appearance at: (a) a pancake festival; (b) a
bowling alley; or (c) a mortuary? A: The 1973 Kiwanis Pancake and Talent Festival in
Shreveport.
Q: Is Naomi Judd the
National Honorary Spokesperson for: (a) the American Lung Association; (b) the American
Liver Foundation; or (c) the National Pancreas Foundation? A: The American Liver Foundation. She has been diagnosed
with chronic hepatitis-C.
Q: Was singer David
Bowie’s first single with the group: (a) Davie Jones with the King Bees; (b) the
Konrads; or (c) George & The Dragon? A: "Liza Jane" and "Louie Louie Go
Home" by Davie Jones with the King Bees, released June 5, 1964.
Q: Who inspired Kenny Loggins
to write "Danny’s Song:" (a) his brother; (b) his sister; or (c) his son? A: His brother Danny. "Danny’s Song" was an
Anne Murray hit in 1973.
