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OLD 55's ONGOING MUSIC KNOWLEDGE QUIZ


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Q1. . Who am I? Born in Texas, but achieved very little success in the U.S. Moved to the U.K. in the early 60s and had 5 Top 10 Hits there 1964/65 - 2 of them from a famous Stage Musical (later filmed). Also was engaged to Dean Martin's daughter at one stage.

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Q2. A song written by a famous Country Singer/ Actor(Actress). #1 in the Country Charts in the mid 70s. Charted in the Pop Charts in the early 80s after being featured in a Movie. Charted (much higher) for another Singer/ Actor(Actress) after being featured in another Movie in the early 90s.

What's the song, and who are the 2 Artists who had Hits with it?

You'll figure this one out. Elvish already did! Replacement Question 2 below.

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Q3. An Australian solo Artist had a Big Hit in the first half of the 70s. It was released in over 30 countries and sold at least 2 million copies, a million of those in the U.S. - the first Australian Artist to achieve this.

Who was the Artist and what was the Song ?

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GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK ALL ! :sleepy:

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Q2 Has to be "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston.

TOO EASY! :coolio:CONGRATULATIONS ELVISH! :coolio:It took you less time to answer it than it did for me to type it. WELL DONE. :)

REPLACEMENT Q2.

These 3 Artists all have songs in common. Edna's Spanish would come in handy for one of them! What are they please?

Blondie

Elton John

Madonna

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would "Islands" be the common link?

EJ..Island Girl

Blondie...Island of Lost Souls

La Isla "Bonita"...????? Madonna??

:coolio:CONGRATULATIONS LAURIE! VERY WELL DONE. :coolio:

Just pipped Katie it looks like. I didn't think you'd get that so quickly! :)

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Q3: Wait...Sister Janet Mead... in 1974... with... I don´t remember the name of the song...

It was the "Lord's Prayer". I've told you before that going to Church is good for you, but you wouldn't listen. ::

Fortunately I've just received a divine message to be lenient with you, so..............

:coolio:CONGRATULATIONS EDNA! GOOD THINKING.:coolio:

Now we all know the FIRST Australian Artist to have a Million selling record in the U.S. - unlikely as it may seem.

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QUESTION 1 REMAINS UNANSWERED - ONLY 2 PEOPLE HAVE ATTEMPTED IT.

Who am I? Born in Texas, but achieved very little success in the U.S. Moved to the U.K. in the early 60s and had 5 Top 10 Hits there 1964/65 - 2 of them from a famous Stage Musical (later filmed). Also was engaged to Dean Martin's daughter at one stage.

We know it's not:

Roger Whittaker (Uncle Joe)

Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Del Shannon, Billy Thorpe, Carl Perkins, J.Frank Wilson, Cliff Richard (all from Laurie).

You're on an Honorable Mention Laurie for trying so hard, AND the first 3 at least were more popular in Europe and Australia than they were in the U.S. - maybe because of Beatlemania there? Billy Thorpe is Australian and Cliff Richard is English.

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UPDATED POINTS:(Not Including Q1).

Brad 80

Laurie 68

edna 60

Katie 39

jr 29

miamisammy 21

Kevin 20

UncleJoe 19

bluesboy 18

Elvish 15

bazooka 14

ryansgirl 10

Diggs 6

peaches, Shawna 3

levis, MarkM, scott 2

earth-angel, Soulgirl 1

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PJ Proby is the answer to number 1

:coolio:IT SURE IS! CONGRATULATIONS RYANSGIRL!!! :coolio:

My next clue (IF I could get in here - just managed to do so now) was that he split his trousers on stage a couple of times. :)

CURRENT POINTS

Brad 80

Laurie 70

edna 60

Katie 39

jr 29

miamisammy 21

Kevin, UncleJoe 20

bluesboy 18

Elvish 16

ryansgirl 15

bazooka 14

Diggs 6

peaches, Shawna 3

levis, MarkM, scott 2

earth-angel, Soulgirl 1

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