Music Royalty Trivia Quiz

Answer: Paul Young

Pino Palladino, who went on to replace the late John Entwistle in The Who, was bass player for The Royal Family. Howard Jones and Alison Moyet were also 80s stars who had more success in UK than USA. Shelia Chandra was a British-Indian experimental music star.

Answer: Deep Purple

Listen to the lyrics of "Speed King" and it's obvious that Ian Gillan was heavily influenced by the likes of Little Richard and Chuck Berry. The other three bands are all of the same era and high on my personal playlist.

Answer: Witch

Redbone are probably the best known Native American rock band thanks to this song about Marie Laveau, a New Orleans voodoo priestess.

Answer: Rihanna

Rihanna is an in-demand artist, as evidenced by her work with David Guetta, Paul McCartney, Kanye West, Drake, Chris Brown, Jay-Z and Slash among others. Coldplay seem to like the occasional duet as well and have worked with The Chainsmokers, Kylie Minogue, Beyonce and Cat Power.

Answer: King Harvest

King Harvest were a one hit wonder but what a great song to have your hit with. The fact that there was 27 years between the two hit versions of the song illustrate how well it stands the test of time.

Answer: Princess

Princess first had minor success in the early 70s with Afro-Caribbean band Osibisa before going solo and teaming up with hit songwriting team Stock, Aitken, Waterman. "Say I'm Your Number One" was her biggest hit in a chart career that lasted just two years.

Answer: Paisley Park Records

Named after the single from his "Around The World In A Day" album, Paisley Park dealt mainly with releases by Prince and solo offerings from his backing band, although they did release discs by Carmen Electra and Mavis Staples as well.

Answer: The Prince

Wow! Was it really 1979 when Madness released "The Prince"? That makes me feel old. The song was a tribute to original ska man Prince Buster and the follow up to it was perennial favourite "One Step Beyond". Apart from "Our House", Madness never really troubled the charts in USA or Canada.

Answer: Freddie Mercury

Art student Freddie designed the logo, and according to goodlogo.com, he incorporated the band members' star signs into it. Two lions for Leo (Deacon and Taylor), a crab for Cancer (May) and two fairies for Virgo (Mercury).

Answer: King Crimson

King Crimson were still active in 2017 with Robert Fripp as the only original member. "21st Century Schizoid Man" blends heavy metal with prog and jazz rock and was sampled by Kanye West on his album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy".

Answer: U.N.I.T.Y.

"U.N.I.T.Y." was from the album "Black Reign" and addressed the way that society, especially the hip-hop/rap culture, views women.

Answer: Prince Buster

Although all of the possible answers were big on the Jamaican ska scene, Prince Buster was the only one of the four to achieve international success, though surprisingly not with "One Step Beyond". He had a UK top 20 hit in 1967 with "Al Capone."

Answer: Aretha Franklin

Aretha has had an incredible career stretching back to 1956. A true soul great, she has worked with artists as diverse as Frank Sinatra, Mary J. Blige, Keith Richards and George Michael. Etta James was known as Miss Peaches.

Answer: Roger Miller

Country star Roger Miller had a career spanning over 30 years, but will always be remembered for this huge 1965 hit. Apart from the Randy Travis version in 1997, it has also been covered by artists from many different genres such as Boney M, Reverand Horton Heat, The Proclaimers and Joe Strummer from The Clash.

Answer: Spanish

According to Wikipedia, the Gipsy King's parents "were mostly gitanos, Berber-Moroccan and Spanish gypsies who fled Catalonia during the 1930s Spanish Civil War", which explains partly why they sing in Spanish. They do a fine flamenco guitar version of "Hotel California" in Spanish, which was featured in the movie "The Big Lebowski".

Answer: William Prince

Prince is a folk singer/songwriter from the Peguis First Nation of Manitoba. His debut album was called "Earthly Days" and he counts Johnny Cash among his influences according to his interview with CBC radio.

Answer: 2009

Jackson started his solo career at age 13, and went on to have over thirty Top 20 hits in the USA and over forty in UK, as well as number ones throughout the world.

Answer: Edvard Greig

Greig was a Norwegian composer who was asked by Henrik Ibsen to write music for his new play, "Peer Gynt". This music, especially "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" has become his best known composition and has been covered by rock bands such as The Who, Electric Light Orchestra and Marillion.

Answer: Josh Homme

Homme also somehow finds time to record with his other bands, Eagles of Death Metal and Them Crooked Vultures.

Answer: Nothing

"King Nothing" was from Metallica's "Load" album and was about the pursuit of money or status to the detriment of true happiness.