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Gladys Knight and The Pips.
Clint Eastwood and General Saint.
| GTO was the type of car sung about in which "ZZ Top" song? | Cars In Songs
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Bad Girl. "Bad Girl" is from their Eliminator album.
| What type of car did Joe Walsh drive that went 185 in his song "Life's Been Good"? | Cars In Songs
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Maserati. Joe Walsh was a member of The "Eagles" for a couple of albums, most notably, "Hotel California"
| "Bitchin' Camaro" was an underground hit for this group? | Cars In Songs
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Dead Milkman. The Dead Milkmen are from Wisconsin.
| What type of car did Don McLean take to the levy in "American Pie"? | Cars In Songs
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Chevy. Don McLean was the inspiration for the Roberta Flack hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song."
| "Red Barchetta" was the title of a song for which group? | Cars In Songs
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Rush. The drummer from Rush, Neil Peart, was an English teacher before he joined the band.
| What color was the Cadillac that Bruce Springsteen sang about in his 1985 hit? | Cars In Songs
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Pink. A 1988 remake by Natalie Cole was on the top 40 charts.
Despite what a lot of people believe, Aretha Franklin never covered the song.
| Which song had Shania Twain talking about a 55 Chevy and a Cadillac?
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You Win My Love. Shania writes and produces almost all of her songs with her husband Robert "Mutt" Lange.
| The Beach Boys recorded a song about a high performance 409 engine. What car was the 409 engine found in? | Cars In Songs
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Chevy Impala SS. Another Beach Boys song "Don't Worry Baby", contrary to popular belief, was about a car and not about a girl.
| What type of car were Jan and Dean driving in "Dead Man's Curve"? | Cars In Songs
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Corvette Stingray. Jan was almost killed, but left partially paralyzed, on Sunset Blvd just a few miles away from the accident depicted in the song "Dead Man's Curve."
| What type of car did Janis Joplin want to have the Lord buy her? | Cars In Songs
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Mercedes Benz. While attending University of Texas in Austin in 1963, she was cruelly voted Ugliest Man on Campus by a fraternity. She left school and hitchiked to San Francisco and now has been hailed as the greatest white female blues singer who ever lived.
| "Inside, outside, leave me alone. Inside, outside, nowhere is home. Inside, outside, where have I been? Out of my brain on the five-fifteen. Out of my brain on the train." | Songs About Trains
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The Who. "5:15", from The Who's 1973 movie masterpiece, "Quadrophenia". This album also includes the classics "Dr. Jimmy", "The Real Me", and "Love, Reign O'er Me".
| CW McCall had a hit which started the CB radio revolution in the mid 70's. What kind of vehicle were the 11 long haired friends of Jesus in? | Trucking Songs
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Chartreuse Microbus. This song, "Convoy", started the CB craze in 1975/76. Canadian country music singer Paul Brandt has recently re-released it as a music video.
| Red Sovine had a hit with "Phantom 309". What was the name of the driver who drove "Phantom 309"? | Trucking Songs
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Big Joe. "Phantom 309" was recorded in 1967 by Red Sovine.
| Kathy Mattea had a hit called "18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses". In the song lyrics how many years had Charlie been driving a truck? | Trucking Songs
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30 Years. This was a song about Charlie, a truck driver who was finally going to retire after 30 years of driving up and down the interstates.
| Red Sovine recorded a song about a young boy who is crippled. What is the name of this song? | Trucking Songs
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Teddy Bear. "Teddy Bear" got on the CB radio and told a trucker that he was crippled and his dad was killed in a truck wreck. Truckers went to his house and gave him rides in their rigs. A real tear jerker.
| The first verse in this country song by Dave Dudley is:
"Some folks say the country moves on bands of steel
Some say it moves on eighteen wheels
If you really wanna know what gets your goods from state to state..."
What is the final line of this verse? | Trucking Songs
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It's Rolaids, Doan's Pills and Preparation H. Dave Dudley recorded many songs about trucking and the lifestyle associated with it.
| There was a TV series which starred Claude Akins and Frank Converse named "Movin On". The theme song to the series was also named "Movin On". Who sang this song? | Trucking Songs
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Merle Haggard. The series ran on the NBC network from September 1974 until September 1976 when it was cancelled.
| In the Dave Dudley song "Six Days on the Road" where did he pull out of? | Trucking Songs
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Pittsburgh. This was without a doubt Dave Dudley's biggest hit and was released in 1963.
Ian Hunter. The song was written by Ian Hunter and appeared on his 1979 album "You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic". Ian Anderson was the lead singer and flautist for Jethro Tull. Ian Dury & The Blockheads had hits with "Hit Me With Your Rhythym Stick" and "Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll". Ian McLagan was the keyboard player for The Faces, the band that brought Rod Stewart to prominence in the early 70s.
Roller Skates. Melanie's full name was Melanie Safka Schekeryk. The lyrics in the song in question are:
"Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates,
You got a brand new key,
I think that we should get together
And try them out you see"
Firefly. The lyrics in question state:
"Call you up in the middle of the night,
Like a firefly without a light,
You were there like a slow torch burning,
I was a key that could use a little turning"
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