Some sample questions from this category:
* "Pennies from Heaven" was a popular 1970's tv-series (and a movie few years later), but movie of that name was made also in 1936. Who sang the theme song so memorably in that movie?
* "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" was one of the biggest hits back in 1934. Who was the composer of that song?
* "Begin the Beguine" was a song Cole Porter composed in 1935, but it was three years later when it reached its highest popularity being a million-seller to a certain band leader. Who?
* "Night and Day" was a huge success for Fred Astaire in 1932. What was the musical called, made two years later, where he immortalized that song?
* "Dream a Little Dream of Me" was a popular song in 1931, but who female singer made a hit cover version of it in 1968?
* Who was the actress the song "Blue Moon" was originally written for?
* Glenn Miller made his real breakthrough in 1939 and recorded many of that year's biggest sellers. Which of the following songs wasn't one of his hits during that year but somebody elses?
* Which of these black jazz-masters was "Stormy Weather" originally written for?
* "September Song" was unforgettably sang by an actor in a 1938 stage production "Knickerbocker Holiday". Who was that actor not usually heard on singing?
* English band leader Ray Noble, who later moved to US, also composed some of that decade's top hits. Which of these examples wasn't from his pen?
|