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What breed of dog is on the cover of the Rush album 'Signals'?

Dalmatian. The dog is sniffing the signals on a fire hydrant!

In the year 2000, a popular hit was the rap and reggae-flavored song 'Who Let The Dogs Out?' Who sings it?

Baha Men. The song is filled with woofing, panting and howling.

What group, once teen idols, sang 'I'm Gonna Buy Me a Dog'?

The Monkees. It was, of course, featured in an episode of their TV show.

Which Beatles song is actually about an Old English Sheepdog?

Martha My Dear. She belonged to Paul McCartney.

There was a farmer had a dog...What was his name?

Bingo. "And Bingo was his name-o."

'Black Dog', despite its name, contains no mention of a dog in the lyrics. Who sang this hard-rocking tune?

Led Zeppelin. Hey, hey mama, like the way you move....

Rush has another canine-themed entry here. What was their song about a dog?

By-Tor and the Snow Dog. It's a long and rather poor(in my opinion) epic from the album "All The World's a Stage." The dog is the "bad guy."

In a Jim Croce tune, who was 'meaner than a junkyard dog'?

Leroy Brown & Le Roy Brown. This is probably Croce's most famous song. He seemed to like to project a tough-guy image occasionally.

Who put a business-suit clad mutt on the cover of his album 'Working Class Dog'?

Rick Springfield. The dog resembled a bull terrier.

The Beatles had another song named after a dog. One of the lyrics was, 'Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles, What make you think you're something special when you smile?' What breed was mentioned in the title?

Bulldog. 'Hey, Bulldog' was the song.

Tha Canadian women rockers of Heart penned a dog song. What other animal was mentioned in the title of the song?

Butterfly. 'Dog and Butterfly' was the song, which seemed to be a dream interpretation.

In the Who song 'You Better, You Bet', what does the dog keep doing to the singer?

Licking his nose. 'Your dog keeps licking my nose, and chewing up all those letters that say, 'You better'

There is actually a breed of dog called a 'Singing Dog.' In what country did it originate?

New Guinea. A very primitive breed, it's closely related to the Basenji. It has a melodious howl and makes lots of other musical noises.

Who crooned 'You ain't nuthin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time'?

Elvis Presley & Elvis. Like many of his references, this was a very Southern one.

Lastly, what wild canine is really called a 'song dog'?

Coyote & The coyote. Yep- the musical howler of the West.