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1. "Candy Store Rock"
Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
2. "Sweetest Taboo"
Dolly Parton
3. "Sex and Candy"
Chuck Berry
4. "Sugar Moon"
Neil Young
5. "I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl"
Sade
6. "Sweeter Than You"
Led Zeppelin
7. "Hard Candy Christmas"
Nina Simone
8. "Sweet Little Sixteen"
Warrant
9. "Sugar Mountain"
Ricky Nelson
10. "Cherry Pie"
Marcy Playground
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Candy Store Rock"
Answer: Led Zeppelin
This song was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. It was released on the album "Presence". Led Zeppelin recorded the song at Musicland Studios in Germany. "Candy Store Rock" was written in the fifties style of rock n' roll. "Candy Store Rock" was never performed live. It was recorded in 1975.
2. "Sweetest Taboo"
Answer: Sade
Written by Sade Abu and Martin Ditchham, "Sweetest Taboo" was released on the album "Promise". The song refers to a forbidden sexual relationship. It was the artist's second consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1986.
3. "Sex and Candy"
Answer: Marcy Playground
Written by John Wozniak, and recorded in the alternative rock genre, it was recorded in 1996 on the EMI label It was at number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks for 15 weeks in 1997. The song title was inspired by a roommate of John Wozniak's girlfriend who came into the dorm room while they were together stating that she smelled sex and candy.
4. "Sugar Moon"
Answer: Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
Written by Bob Wills and Cindy Walker, it went to number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. It was released in 1947 and stayed number one for six weeks straight. It was a western swing love song about a man going to see his gal who is referred to as his sugar, and walk under a sugar moon.
5. "I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl"
Answer: Nina Simone
This song is based on a song by Simone's idol, Bessie Smith. It is in the jazz genre. "I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl" was released on the album "It Is Finished", in the United States in 1974. The song describes the yearning for someone to love her.
6. "Sweeter Than You"
Answer: Ricky Nelson
"Sweeter Than You" is a ballad composed by Baker Knight. It was featured on the 1959 album, "Songs by Ricky" The song is ranked number 83 on Billboard Magazine's top 100 songs of 1959. The words of the song encompass the love for another and how the singer could never find anyone sweeter.
7. "Hard Candy Christmas"
Answer: Dolly Parton
"Hard Candy Christmas" is a song written by Carol Hall. Parton released it as a single and it reached number eight on the U.S. country singles chart in November 1982. The song is sung after a break up and about the strength to get through.
8. "Sweet Little Sixteen"
Answer: Chuck Berry
"Sweet Little Sixteen" was a rock n' roll song recorded by Chuck Berry in 1958 under the Chess record label. "Sweet Little Sixteen" went to number two on the U.S. Hot 100 and number one on the U.S. R&B Charts.
9. "Sugar Mountain"
Answer: Neil Young
"Sugar Mountain" was recorded in 1968 as a live performance at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Neil Young wrote this song on his nineteenth birthday and it was about losing the rose-colored-glasses of youthfulness and maturing into adulthood. The song can be found on the album "Decade".
10. "Cherry Pie"
Answer: Warrant
"Cherry Pie" was written by Jani Lane of Warrant. It was written on a pizza box and took approximately 15 minutes to write. The title refers to a sexual encounter between a man and woman. "Cherry Pie" was recorded in 1990 it reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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