Sing Me an Address Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gerry Rafferty

Gerry Rafferty had a lot of success with "Baker Street", which he also wrote. It was a number one hit in Australia and Canada, number three in the UK and number two in the US. The song was named after Baker Street in London. The song has been covered many times by artists such as Waylon Jennings, Rick Springfield, Maynard Ferguson, Chicago and the London Symphony Orchestra, among others. Gerry Rafferty was born in 1947 in Scotland and died in January 2011 of liver failure.

Answer: The Nashville Teens

Written and originally recorded by John D Loudermik in 1960, "Tobacco Road" was not a hit for him. However, when it was covered by The Nashville Teens in 1964, it rose to number six on the UK Singles Chart and number 14 on the US Singles Chart. The song has also been covered by many artists, such as Lou Rawls, Jefferson Airplane, David Lee Roth and Status Quo, to name but a few.

Answer: Suzi Quatro

"Devil Gate Drive" was a number one hit for Suzie Quatro in the UK, number two in Australia, Germany, Norway and Switzerland and had chart success in other countries. The song was heard in the TV show "Happy Days" when Suzi Quatro played the character of Leather Tuscadero.

Answer: America

"Ventura Highway" rose to number eight on the Billboard Top 40 Pop charts in 1972, where it stayed for nine weeks. In 1972 "America" won a Grammy Award for "Best New Musical Artist". All the members of "America" were born in the UK, their fathers being members of the USAF stationed in the UK at the time.

Answer: Billy Joel

The "52nd Street" Album topped the Billboard Charts and, in the US, three of the songs on the album reached the Top 40. The album won two Grammy Awards in 1980 for "Album of the Year" and "Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male". In 1982 the album was released by Sony on a compact disc, the first album so released.

In 2003 "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked this album as number 352 on their list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

Answer: Sesame

"Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street" was the theme song for the very popular TV show, "Sesame Street". The song is used in the show's opening credits and has had updated versions in the latter years. "Sesame Street" first went to air on 10 November 1969. Up until 2009 "Sesame Street" has won eight Grammy Awards and 118 Emmy Awards.

Some of the more famous "Sesame Street" characters are the Muppets (created by Jim Henson), Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Elmo, Grover, and of course, Kermit the Frog.

Answer: Strawberry Fields Forever

"Penny Lane" was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was one side of a double A-side record released in 1967. "Strawberry Fields" was the other side. "Penny Lane" is ranked on the "Rolling Stone" 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", as number 449.

The Penny Lane in the song is the name of a street in Liverpool, UK. According to George Martin, The Beatles' Producer, this double A-side record is ". . probably the greatest single ever released by the group."

Answer: Simon & Garfunkel

"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" comes from Simon and Garfunkel's 1966 album "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme". The Queensboro Bridge in New York City is known colloquially as the "59th Street Bridge". In 1967 Harpers Bizarre released a cover version and it went to number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song has been recorded by other artists including The Seekers, and Led Zeppelin. The song has also been used in a movie and TV shows.

Answer: Blues

"Basin Street Blues" was published in the late 1920's and first became famous when Louis Armstrong recorded it in 1928. The "Basin Street" in the song was a red-light district in the French Quarter of New Orleans established in approximately 1870. The song has been covered many times over the years by artists such as Glenn Miller, Louis Prima, Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Jo Stafford and Liza Minnelli.

In the 2008 motion picture "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Basin Street Blues" was used on the soundtrack.

Answer: Goodbye

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" was written by Bernie Taupin and Elton John and appeared on the album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". It was released as a single in 1973 and was an instant hit for Elton John in the US, Canada, Ireland, the UK and Australia. On the "Rolling Stone" list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", this song is ranked at number 380.