The Second Of Two "Oldie's Quizzes"...The Harder One

[Scott Reppert]

The second of the two part "oldies quizzes" that I prepared for a friend who asked for them. Something tells me this one may even be easier for "radio types":


1. The MC5 were forced by Censors to change who was going to “Kick Out The Jams” in the opening line of their song of the same title. In the edited version, who did “Kick Out The Jams”?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. Ian Hunter’s “Cleveland Rocks” was originally recorded as:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. The last Beatles song released DURING their career was:
A). Across The Universe
B). Let It Be
C). Get Back
D). Don’t Let Me Down
E). You Know My Name
E). Her Majesty

4. Brian Jones’ drowning in a swimming pool was labeled as:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. Harmonica on Millie Small’s “My Boy Lollipop” was played by:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6. The Troggs’ “Wild Thing” was issued on TWO separate labels in the U.S.. Which two?
A). Swan and Tollie
B). Capitol and Vee-Jay
C). Atco and Fontana
D). Reprise and Warner Brothers

7. Who was Napoleon XIV?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8. Despite many Dance and Club chart hits, Kraftwerk had only one Top 40 hit. What was it? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9. Elton John’s first single release in the U.S. was this song: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10. “Returning From A Journey”, “The Beauty Of Poison” and “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang” were all featured on a Sire Records 12” EP
by this band, who even had their own Showtime TV special: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

11. Wayne County is now known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12. The four singers that Van Morrison quotes at the end of “Real Real Gone” are:
A). Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, Gene Chandler, and James Brown
B). Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Arthur Conley, and Arthur Alexander
C). Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Brook Benton, and Jewel Akens

13. Roy Byrd was known professionally as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

14. “Did you see the moon last night, hung like a Chinese ball?” is a line from what song: (Dave Loudin exempt from this one!)
A). “It Came Out Of The Sky” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
B). “Joybringer” by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
C). “Rocket Cathedrals” by Be Bop DeLuxe
D). “13 Questions” by Seatrain

15. David Bowie played sax on which Steeleye Span LP:
A). Rocket Cottage
B). Now We Are Six
C). Please To See The King
D). Commoner’s Crown

16. Gloria Jones is best know for which song and which event:
A). The original “Tainted Love” and driving the car that killed T. Rex
B). Writing “I’m Coming Out” and dating Michael Jackson in 1979
C). Duet with Billy Preston on “With You I’m Born Again” and 9/11
D). “Telephone Man” and appearing in Minute Maid juice commercials

17. He ran for Governor of Texas in 2006 and sang “Something Wrong With The Beaver”: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

18. “Moulty” by The Barbarians dealt with the following subject matter”
A). A transvestite
B). A one armed drummer
C). A group member folks “thought” was a guy
D). All of the above

19. Lieutenant Pigeon’s piano player quit the day before they recorded their biggest hit. Who took his place?
A). Jerry Lee Lewis
B). The lead singer’s grandmother
C). The lead singer’s father
D). BillyJoel

20. The Sir Douglas Quintet’s front man was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

[Hoosier Daddy]

11. A haven for incest.

Oh, never mind.

[Scott Reppert]

Funny, but resembles the real answer too closely...

[Bob Campbell]

This is one tough sumbitch.

4. an accident.

5. Little stevie wonder
6. Atco and Fontana
8.. Autobahn.

9. Border Song?

17. Kinky Friedman

20. Doug Sahm.

I think Billy Joel is the piano player question, but mostly I'm just guessing.

[AmpedNow]

11. An alternate dimension?

Sorry, had to...



Otherwise, got nothing for you this time.