edna Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 OK, give me some hours and I'll post one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 The original name of this band was Feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 What is U2 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Right question, Master Sir... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 ...no answers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 [smaller]It's Not Rocket Science (But Close Enough For Rock & Roll) for 600[/smaller] Before this singer-songwriter, music producer and video director earned 3 Grammy Awards, 4 gold records, and 6 platinum records in the US, he received an an degree in architecture from prestigious CalPoly and was a disc jockey at the university's radio station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Who is "Weird Al" Yankovic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 That was fast, Brad! And correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I've been a fan of Weird Al since I first heard "My Bologna" on the Dr. Demento Show back in high school. Surprise Reflections for 1000: When this #1 album from the '80s is held up to a mirror, the letters and numbers on the airplane spell out "EATME". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 What is Beastie Boys' Licensed To Ill ? [smaller] . . voilà [/smaller] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 That is correct, Bazooka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 [smaller]Let Someone Else Do It for 600[/smaller] Although other artists had hits with this composer/writer’s songs, in a second time ever major live appearance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, the musician was reportedly booed off the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Who is Laura Nyro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Right on, edna ! Come back with a tough one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 While the original performers/songwriters were away, their producer added electric and bass guitars and drums on this acoustic song and it became a hit. The musicians were Bob Dylan's session band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 What is "The Sound Of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 That's the right question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 They are the largest group to ever have a hit record on the U.S. Billboard Top-40 charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Oh I know this!! Who are The Mormon Tabernacle Choir? - Battle Hymn of the Republic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 That is correct, Laurie. The 375-voice choir directed by Richard Condie hit #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1959 with that song with the Philadelphia Orchestra providing the music. The song was written in 1862. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 This artist has never won a grammy, but has recorded 18 number one hits in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Who is Diana Ross? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Who is Mariah Carey? That answer refers to the U.S. Billboard Pop Chart(Hot 100) only. She actually has 20 total #1 hits in the U.S. Her song, "Can't Let Go" which only reached #2 on the Pop chart, was a #1 hit on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. Her song, "Loverboy" which only reached #2 on the Pop chart was a #1 hit on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 ...but she has many Grammys... Diana Ross never won a Grammy... though she was nominated several times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 That's right, Edna. My guess is not correct. I forgot about Carey winning the Best New Artist Grammy award in 1990. I didn't look at Diana Ross as an answer because I was only looking at her solo hits and not her time with the Supremes. They started out as The Supremes and then started recording as Diana Ross And The Supremes in mid-1967 but she wasn't a solo artist at the time, she was part of the group. If you count Diana Ross solo hits and her time with The Supremes, she does have 18 #1 hits that she recorded on, but that would apply only for the Pop chart (Hot 100). Diana Ross as a solo artist also had the song, "Last Time I Saw Him" which only reached #14 on the Pop chart but peaked at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and also, "Missing You" which only reached #10 on the Pop chart but peaked at #1 on the R&B chart. Diana Ross And The Supremes also had "Stoned Love" which only reached #7 on the Pop chart but peaked at #1 on the R&B chart. This would make a total of 21 #1 hits in the U.S. I think Laurie must have meant to word the question as "18 #1 hits on the U.S. Pop chart" which then would make your answer of Diana Ross as the answer. Good call, Edna. All that makes it a tricky question because the record books do not count any time an artist has spent with a group as a hit for that artist. It's counted as a hit for the group only. That's also the criteria we use for the quiz here on SongFacts, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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