Fire and Heat in Songs Trivia

1. Donna Summer had a US Billboard 1979 Number One single with "Hot Stuff" from her "Bad Girls" album. What was her name at birth?

From Quiz Hot Songs on the US Billboard Charts

Answer: LaDonna Gaines

Boston native LaDonna Adrian Gaines became involved in musicals in high school and went to Germany as part of the Munich production of "Hair" after landing the role of Sheila. She worked with a variety of German artists, married Helmuth Sommer and after meeting producer Giorgio Moroder signed a contract with Oasis Records. Her name was misspelled as Donna on her 1974 LP "Lady of the Night". The following year she recorded "Love to Love You" which was distributed in the US by Casablanca Records. The single reached Number Two in the US and began a string of 14 Top Ten US singles. Donna won five of her 17 Grammy nominations and six of her 12 American Music Award nominations. She was also the first American artist to release three consecutive Number One double albums. Francine Hurd Barker was the first of seven Peaches in the Peaches and Herb duo. Marie Dionne Warrick was Dionne Warwick's birth name. Lynda Cheryl Smith released "Got to be Real" under the name Cheryl Lynn in 1979.

From Quiz Through The Fire

Answer: burn

This song was released in 2011 by the Dutch band Within Temptation on their album "The Unforgiving". The music video featured a female angel who left the burning battlefield, removed her armor and had her wings cut off, and became human.

From Quiz Hot Songs

Answer: Katy Perry

The tune is about a rocky up and down relationship as depicted by Perry's viewpoint. It was well received and topped the charts in many countries. The song was a runner-up in the 52nd Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

From Quiz Fire in Song

Answer: Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded "Crossfire" on his 1989 "In Step" album, his final LP with Double Trouble. Other cuts from the album included "The House Is Rockin'" and Willie Dixon's "Let Me Love You Baby". The following year he released an album with his brother, Jimmie Vaughan, titled "Family Style". "Fire" was a Number Two US hit single by Arthur Brown in 1968 from his album, "Crazy World of Arthur Brown". In 1975 The Ohio Players took a song called "Fire" to the top of the charts. Three years later The Pointer Sisters had a Number Two hit with a song titled "Fire". Jimi Hendrix was another artist to record a song titled "Fire".

From Quiz Sir, I Do Believe You Are On "Fire"!

Answer: Trivium

Trivium are an American band formed in Orlando, Florida formed in 1999. The band consists of four members, Travis Smith, Matt Heafy, Corey Beaulieu and Paolo Gregoletto. Although the band formed in Florida, lead singer Matt Heafy was born in Japan. Arguably, their most famous single, "Anthem (We Are The Fire)" was released on Trivium's third album, "The Crusade". In the music video, the band are seen playing outside around a swimming pool in a backyard. The fans are seen headbanging and going mad around the pool. They then start to jump in the pool.

From Quiz It's Getting "Hot"

Answer: Sly and The Family Stone

Sly and The Family Stone had successfully played Woodstock earlier in the year, and that appearance greatly increased the number of fans interested in their work. They released this song subsequently, and it became a smash hit, reaching number two on the U.S. charts. The song is interpreted as being about the joys of summer, but in some circles it has been analyzed to be a commentary on race relations, and the riots of the 1960s. It is listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's Greatest Songs Of All Time at number 247.

From Quiz Elements # 2: Fire

Answer: Buddy Miles Express

"Turn On Your Love Light" is on the Edgar Winter's White Trash's "Roadwork", on the Grateful Dead's "Live Dead" and is one of the highlights on "Them Again". Buddy Miles recorded a song called "Let Your Love Light Shine" for his "Expressway To Your Skull" album.

From Quiz Fighting Fire With Fire

Answer: Jack Flash

In an appearance on the UK television show "Songbook" Don McLean indicated that, what started life as a song on American politics, turned into a number that showcased the loss of the innocence that was prevalent in 1950s music and got progressively darker during the 1960s. He has not directly revealed what the images in the song represent which has allowed a lot of conjecture to evolve. For example, the "jester" is seen as Bob Dylan, the "quartet" as the Beatles and the "girl who sang the blues" is seen as Janis Joplin. "Jack Flash" is generally accepted as being Mick Jagger and, in this verse, McLean talks of music moving into its darkest moments of 1960s, culminating with the disastrous Rolling Stones' concert at Altamont Speedway.

From Quiz Hot Songs on the US Billboard Charts

Answer: Sly and The Family Stone

Sly and the Family Stone topped the charts in 1968 with "Everyday People" before reaching Number two in 1969 with "Hot Fun in the Summertime". The San Francisco area band formed three years before Woodstock and hit the US Top Ten in 1967 with "Dance to the Music". Originally called Sly and the Stoners and Sly Brothers and Sisters, they were signed to Epic Records and released the critically acclaimed "Whole New Thing" LP in 1967. Their "Stand!" album was released in 1969 and featured hits including "I Want to Take You Higher", "Everyday People" and "You Can Make It If You Try" securing them an invitation to Woodstock. "Spinning Wheel" was a 1969 release by Blood, Sweat and Tears. "Somebody to Love" was one of the songs on Jefferson Airplane's set list at Woodstock. The "Crosby, Stills and Nash" LP was released in May 1969, three months before Woodstock.

From Quiz From the Ashes Came These Musical Acts

Answer: The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins are a rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Their most successful albums include the 1993 album "Siamese Dream", the 1995 album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" and the 1998 album "Adore".

From Quiz Hot Songs

Answer: Foreigner

The single was released in 1978 in the USA and managed to get to the third spot on the US billboard Hot 100. The hard rock song has been used in many areas of pop culture such as TV shows, some of which included "WKRP in Cincinnati", "Supernatural", "Bones" and "The Simpsons".

From Quiz Fire in Song

Answer: Play With Fire

"Play with Fire" was a song composed by the Rolling Stones under their collective name Nanker Phelge. The only two members of the group to perform on the recording were Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. In 1965 the Rolling Stones were recording with Phil Spector at the RCA Studios in Los Angeles when they tracked "Play With Fire". Phil played the bass parts while Jack Nitzsche was on harpsichord. "Hang Fire" was released by The Rolling Stones in 1982. "Wind's On Fire" was done by Yonder Mountain String Band. "After The Fire" was a Roger Daltrey song.

From Quiz It's Getting "Hot"

Answer: James Brown

The actual title of the song was "Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants), but it's doubtful that this would fit on the record label. James Brown recorded and released this song in 1971, and it became a number one R&B hit and made it to number 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts. The song is actually about the fashion garments known as hot pants in the early 1970s and their effect on guys, when worn by the right woman.

From Quiz Elements # 2: Fire

Answer: Burning Of The Midnight Lamp

"Let Me Light Your Fire" was the A-side of the 1969 single and is the same song as "Fire" from the "Are You Experienced" album. "3rd Stone From The Sun", from the same album, was released on a maxi-single in the 80s..

From Quiz Fighting Fire With Fire

Answer: Fried-out

For the uninitiated, a "fried out Kombi" is a run-down van that barely goes. Kombi vans, made by Volkswagen, were very popular amongst hippies and surfers during the 1970s in Australia. The term "zombie" relates to a potent batch of marijuana, known as zombie grass, that had been available in the country during the same period. Colin Hay, who penned the lyrics for this track, advised that he gained impetus for the lyrics from phrases published by Barry Humphries (best known as Dame Edna Everidge) for the character "Barry McKenzie". "Downunder" appears on the Men at Work's 1982 album "Business as Usual" with both single and album topping various charts around the globe.

From Quiz Hot Songs on the US Billboard Charts

Answer: Sweeney Todd

Nick Gilder enjoyed Number One success in Canada in 1975 with Sweeney Todd when they released "Roxy Roller". The single went on to win a Juno Award for "Best Selling Single". After the success of "Roxy Roller" Gilder embarked on a solo career and had a Number One hit when the single release "Hot Child in the City" topped the charts from his second album, "City Nights" (1978). Although subsequent chart singles failed to achieve the same success Gilder has composed songs for other artists including Joe Cocker, Pat Benatar and Bette Midler. When his composition "The Warrior" by Scandal went to Number One in 1984 Gilder became the first Canadian to have chart topping success as solo artist, band member and songwriter in that country. Singer/guitarist Myles Goodwyn was an original member of April Wine. Honeymoon Suite formed in Niagara Falls in 1981. Kid Wikkid formed 1983 in Toronto and featured a young Sebastian Bach.

From Quiz From the Ashes Came These Musical Acts

Answer: Ashanti

Ashanti was featured on three different songs to reach the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 between February and May 2002. The songs include her number one solo hit "Foolish", the number two hit "What's Luv?" with Fat Joe and Ja Rule and the number one hit "Always on Time" with Ja Rule. In 2003, her album "Ashanti" won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album.

From Quiz Hot Songs

Answer: Nelly

"Hot in Herre" was a gem for Nelly as he won a Grammy Award in 2003 for Best Male Rap Solo Performance. The song was part of his second studio album "Nellyville". The music video became very popular worldwide.

From Quiz Fire in Song

Answer: A horse

"Wildfire" was a single release from Murphey's, "Blue Sky, Night Thunder", album and reached Number Three on the US Billboard charts. He wrote the song about a pony with songwriter Larry Cansler 1968. At the time Michael Martin Murphey was part of a duo with Boomer Castleman called Lewis and Clarke Expedition. They released one album together and had a minor hit with "I Feel Good (I Feel Bad)". Murphey was friends with Michael Nesmith of The Monkees. One of Murphey's early successes as a songwriter was when he wrote "What Am I Doing Hangin' Round" for the Monkees.

From Quiz Sir, I Do Believe You Are On "Fire"!

Answer: The Used

"I Caught Fire (In Your Eyes)" was released by American rock band The Used on their 2004 album "In Love And Death". The song was not released as a single. The Used formed in Orem, Utah in 2001. The band consist of four members, Bert McCracken, Dan Whitesides, Jeph Howard and Quinn Allman.

From Quiz It's Getting "Hot"

Answer: Nick Gilder

The song was actually recorded by Nick Gilder, a British born Canadian singer who first appeared as a member of the group Sweeney Todd in the mid 1970s. Lowe went solo in the late 1970s and scored with this tune off his second solo album. The song went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the U.S. and number one in Canada as well. Gilder also had major success as a songwriter, penning tunes for the likes of Bette Midler, Joe Cocker Pat Benetar, and Patty Smyth, who took his song called "The Warrior" to the top of the charts in 1984 along with her group called Scandal.

From Quiz Elements # 2: Fire

Answer: Wishbone Ash

Lynyrd Skynyrd had their "Free Bird", Fleetwood Mac their "Albatross" and ZZ Top got "high, high, high, way up in the sky" with their "Thunderbird".

From Quiz Fighting Fire With Fire

Answer: Inferno

The Trammps were an R&B band from Philadelphia who got inspiration for this song from the 1974 disaster film "The Towering Inferno". They used the term "inferno" as a metaphor for the heat that could be generated on the dance floor. They first released the single in 1976 but it never got into the Top Fifty of the US Billboard Hot 100 charts. It peaked then at number fifty three but its inclusion onto the soundtrack for "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) saw it popularity take off and, when re-released, it rose to number eleven.

From Quiz From the Ashes Came These Musical Acts

Answer: Graham Nash

Singer-songwriter Graham Nash was a founding member of the pop group the Hollies and the folk group Crosby, Stills and Nash. Graham Nash entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Crosby, Stills and Nash in 1997 and as a member of the Hollies in 2010. Graham Nash sang lead on the 1967 song by the Hollies called "On a Carousel" and wrote the 1970 Crosby, Stills and Nash songs "Teach Your Children" and "Our House".

From Quiz Hot Songs

Answer: Loverboy

The song was only the second single for Loverboy following "Turn Me Loose". It is about about an up and coming rock star who might become famous or may just be a flash in a pan, and was originally performed when the band was on the bar circuit in Calgary.

From Quiz Fire in Song

Answer: Chaka Khan

"I Feel for You" was Chaka Khan's fifth studio album as a solo artist. She was part of Rufus when they debuted in 1973 with a self-titled LP. In 1978 she recorded her first solo album, "Chaka", which featured "I'm Every Woman". In addition to releasing several follow-up studio albums she was a guest singer on releases by several artists. When her "I Feel For You" album was released the title song and "Through the Fire" were both hit singles. "Through the Fire" remained on the US Billboard charts for 23 weeks, peaking at Number Five. "Freeway Of Love" was a 1985 hit by Aretha Franklin. "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" was a 1983 hit for Bonnie Tyler. Tina Turner released "What's Love Got To Do With It" in 1984.

From Quiz It's Getting "Hot"

Answer: Foreigner

Foreigner was made up of three Americans (Lou Gramm, Ed Gagliardi, Al Greenwood) and two British rockers (Mick Jones, Dennis Elliott) and Jones came up with the band name. They have had numerous hits and some of their biggest include "Feels Like The First Time", "Cold as Ice", "Double Vision", "Waiting For a Girl Like You", and "Urgent" in addition to "Hot Blooded". This song was one of 15 U.S. Billboard Top 20 hits for the group in a little over a 10 year spans in the late 1970s through the late 1980s. It peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1978.

From Quiz Elements # 2: Fire

Answer: The Sunrays

The Moon was the band David Marks, Al Jardine's substitute in the early Beach Boys days, joined after his dismissal. Their 1968 "Without Earth" album is chock full of delicious light-psych. The Sunbeams were Joe Tex's 50-s vocal group and The Sunrise ... I haven't got a clue but it sounds good, right ;^)) ?

From Quiz Fighting Fire With Fire

Answer: Shoot

"Hey Joe" was originally written in the early 1960s by Billy Roberts as a conversation between two friends. We uncover that Joe has found his wife cheating on him and plans to kill her. In a subsequent conversation he's done the deed and is now planning to shoot through to Mexico to escape the law. Hendrix added this number to the setlist of a band he'd been working for, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. His version was heard, at a Greenwich Village café, by Chas Chandler, who was member of The Animals. Chandler convinced Hendrix to accompany him to England where he introduced him to Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, forming the Jimi Hendrix Experience. They recorded the track and it became a hit in the United Kingdom, climbing to number six on the UK Singles chart. However, America was not quite ready for Hendrix. Released there in May of 1967, "Hey Joe" failed to chart on Billboard's Hot 100.

From Quiz Hot Songs on the US Billboard Charts

Answer: Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed's first US Pop Top Ten success was "Amos Moses" in 1970. The song also reached Number 16 on the Country charts. Atlanta native Jerry Reed Hubbard was singing and writing songs in high school. Right after graduation he was signed by a publisher and record producer. In 1958 Gene Vincent released a recording of Reed's composition "Crazy Legs". After a stint in the military Reed did session work and finally released a moderate hit in 1967 titled "Guitar Man" which Elvis also recorded using Reed as the guitarist. Reed recorded a string of successful singles and embarked on a film career in 1972. "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" was released by Daddy Dewdrop in 1971. Freddie Hart released "Easy Loving" the same year and "Groove Me" was a single by King Floyd.

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