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 Rainbow
| Ritchie Blackmore, on leaving Deep Purple in 1975, created Rainbow by recruiting wholesale the members of which other band? | Rainbow
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Elf. Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Mickey Lee Soule (Keyboards), Craig Gruber (Bass), and Gary Driscoll (Drums), joined lead guitarist Blackmore in the original Rainbow line-up.
| Later in 1975, Mickey Lee Soule, Craig Gruber, and Gary Driscoll were all replaced. Which legendary drummer replaced Driscoll? | Rainbow
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Cozy Powell. Tony Carey and Jimmy Bain replaced Soule and Gruber, respectively.
| Rainbow finally hit the UK singles charts in August 1977 with which song? | Rainbow
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Kill the King. "Kill the King", from the album "Long Live Rock `n` Roll", made it to number 44.
| More wholesale changes were made to the line-up in 1979, with only Powell being retained. Graham Bonnet was the new vocalist; for which band was he previously the lead singer? | Rainbow
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The Marbles. Roger Glover (Bass) and Don Airey (Keyboards) were other new recruits.
| Cozy Powell quit in 1980 following the band`s headlining appearance at which rock festival? | Rainbow
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Donnington. Bobby Rondinelli was the new man behind the drum kit.
| Also in 1980, singer Graham Bonnet was replaced by which American vocalist? | Rainbow
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Joe Lynn Turner. Turner would later join Blackmore with Deep Purple for their "Slaves and Masters" album.
| In 1981, Rainbow achieved their highest UK singles chart appearance of the 20th century with which song? | Rainbow
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I Surrender. The song hit number 3, and also cracked the Billboard top 50.
| The title track of "Difficult to Cure" was an adaptation of whose Ninth Symphony? | Rainbow
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Beethoven. Blackmore regularly included Beethoven`s music in his guitar solos whilst on stage with Rainbow and Deep Purple.
| Ritchie Blackmore finally folded the band in 1984 when he and Roger Glover rejoined Deep Purple. In 1986, a double live/compilation album was released with which rather apt title? | Rainbow
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Finyl Vinyl. "Purple Rainbows" was a compilation album featuring Deep Purple, as well as Rainbow, Whitesnake, and other Purple "off-shoots".
| Remarkably, Blackmore revived the Rainbow name in 1995 for which one-off album? | Rainbow
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Stranger In Us All. The all-new line-up for this album included Doogie White (vocals), Paul Morris (keyboards), Greg Smith (Bass), and John O`Reilly (Drums).
The Rainbow Bar and Grill in Los Angeles, CA.. The name comes from the Rainbow bar and grill in L.A. While Ritchie Blackmore was still in Deep Purple and planning on leaving, he was drinking with the then Elf vocalist Ronnie James Dio, when the question appeared, "What are we going to call our new band?".' Legend has it that they looked up and saw the Rainbow sign, agreed, and a new band was born.
David Willardson. The cover was designed and drawn by David Willardson, who worked for Disney, which explains the cartoon feeling to it. Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio liked the cover. so they used it. Ken Kelly has nothing to do with 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow', he painted the cover for 'Rainbow Rising'.
Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio/Craig Gruber/Gary Driscoll/Mickey Lee Soule. The original line-up was the band Elf, and Ritchie Blackmore. Blackmore/Dio/Bain/Powell and Carey was the line-up for 'Rainbow Rising'.
Blackmore/Dio/Daisley/Powell and Stone was the line-up for 'Long Live Rock N' Roll'.
Blackmore/Dio/Glover/Paice and Lord never existed as a group, it's Blackmore and Dio from Rainbow and Glover/Paice and Lord from Deep Purple mark II.
| 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow' was mainly original songs, but it did contain two cover songs. One was 'Black Sheep Of The Family'. Who originally wrote this song? | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
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Quartermass. Quartermass originally wrote the song, it was one of Ritchie Blackmore's favourites at the time. The song was intended to be the first single from the album, but the strength of the original material was released instead.
'Man On The Silver Mountain' and 'Snake Charmer'. The first single released in the UK was 'Man On The Silver Mountain', the B-Side was 'Snake Charmer'. The single was released on Oyster in October of 1975.
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves. In Ronnie James Dios own words from 'On Stage': "This is a story about a lady, with long greensleeves, who was kept in a tower by a knight, until one day the people saved her, back in the sixteenth century. To which Rainbow changed to read, 'Sixteenth Century Greensleeves'".
If You Don't Like Rock N' Roll. Definatly an oddball song from the album; however, still a good song all the same. 'Still I'm Sad' is an instrumental and the other two follow a medieval path.
| Ritchie Blackmore still plays a song off this album live with his band Blackmore's Night. It is a little different now though. Which song is it? | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
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The Temple Of The King. Ritchie Blackmore now plays a medieval version of 'The Temple Of The King', with Candice Night singing. Ronnie James Dio still plays 'Man On The Silver Mountain'. To my knowledge, 'Sixteenth Century Greensleeves' hasn't been played live for a long time and 'Lady Of The Lake' is off 'Long Live Rock N' Roll'.
Gary Driscoll. Gary Driscoll was sadly murdered in New York in June of 1987. Cozy Powell has also passed away, but was never in Rainbow mark I.
Musicland Studios, Germany. 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow' was recorded at Musicland Studios, Germany between the 20th of February and the 14th of March, 1975. It was produced by Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio and Martin Birch, while the final mix was done by Birch alone.
Chateau Pelly De Cornfeld was where 'Down To Earth' was recorded. Grand Hotel was where the famous Deep Purple album, 'Machine Head', was recorded. No Rainbow or Deep Purple recordings were ever made at Abbey Road Studios.
Ken Kelly. Ken Kelly designed the sleeve for 'Rainbow Rising', Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio liked it so much they used it for the album sleeve and now it has become one of the most famous album covers of the 1970's.
| For what string instrument was the song 'Stargazer' originally written? | Rainbow Rising
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Cello. Cello is one of the instruments that Ritchie Blackmore learned to play in 1970s, Blackmore came up with the riff on the cello, he liked it so much he converted it to guitar.
| Stargazer has an entire orchestra behind it, but which orchestra is it? | Rainbow Rising
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Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. It was the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and it was scored and conducted by Rainer Pietsch
Dio/Blackmore/Bain/Powell/Carey. This is the line-up that is generally considered the 'classic' line-up of Rainbow. Craig Gruber and Gary Driscoll were fired before the sessions began, Mickey Lee Soule left and American, Tony Carey replaced him, whilst Scottish bass player Jimmy Bain and drummer Cozy Powell also joined the band.
Ritchie Blackmore's Stalker. The song was written by Ronnie James Dio about a woman who spent many, many years following and stalking Ritchie Blackmore.
| Which song does this lyric come from? "When the siren calls you go" | Rainbow Rising
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Run With The Wolf. The lyric is from just before the chorus "when the siren calls you go, to run with the wolf"
Starstruck. Starstruck was released as a promo disc, as a double a side in the USA in 1976 by Polydor and was followed elsewhere a few months later with "Run With The Wolf" as the B-Side.
Tarot Woman/Run With The Wolf. "Tarot Woman" was tested out in the rehersals for the 'Rainbow Rising' tour but it didn't work out and "Kill The King" was written to replace it, for reasons unknown Run With The Wolf was never even rehersed. "Do You Close Your Eyes" and "Stargazer" appear on 'Live In Germany. The chorus to Starstruck appears on 'On Stage' and bits from "A Light In The Black" were played on the tour too.
February, 1976. The album was recorded in February, 1976. The album was released in May, 1976.
Richie Blackmore. There has been only one guitarist
Down To Earth. After leaving Rainbow, Bonnet was asked to join Black Sabbath but turned them down.
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