Music L-P: 'P' Trivia

1. What label signed Charley Pride to his first recording contract?

From Quiz A Tribute To Charley Pride

Answer: RCA Victor

After hearing a tape of Charlie singing, Chet Atkins signed him to a recording contract in 1965. His first single, "The Snakes Crawl At Night" failed to make the country Top 40 chart. He was initially called "Country Charley Pride" in the promotional materials sent to radio stations along with the single but no photo accompanied the materials causing speculation that the label was concerned about his acceptance because of his race.

From Quiz I'm So Excited So Jump For My Quiz

Answer: Ruth

Sisters Bonnie and June Pointer formed the duo 'Pointers, a Pair' in 1969. Sister Anita Pointer joined the duo soon after forming the trio known as the Pointer Sisters. Sister Ruth Pointer joined the group in December 1972 and the quartet signed a record deal with Blue Thumb Records. Bonnie Pointer left the group in 1978 for a solo career.

From Quiz Ray Parker Jr., the Ghostbusting Musical Genius

Answer: Talking Book

Rey Parker Jr. played electric guitar on Stevie Wonder's 1972 song "Maybe Your Baby". This song came from Wonder's studio album "Talking Book". This album reached gold status in Canada and the United Kingdom.

From Quiz Anything But a Blank Page

Answer: Bassist

Guitarist Eric Clapton, when departing the Yardbirds in 1965, recommended Page as his replacement, but Jimmy wasn't interested, and recommended Jeff Beck, who got the job. Page finally joined the band in 1966 as bass player when Paul Samwell-Smith quit as he was tired of the constant touring, although Chris Dreja took over bass duties not long after Page joined, allowing the band to have two guitarists in Beck and Page. This was a short lived arrangement however as Beck left the band in November 1966.

From Quiz Pretty Things

Answer: Bo Diddley

"Pretty Thing" was written by Willie Dixon and was Diddley's third hit single. "You pretty thing, Let me buy you a wedding ring," are the opening lines of the song. John Mayall and Spencer Davis were British musicians.

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song: "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble"

Answer: Psyche

PJ & Duncan was the stage name used by Anthony McPartlin (born 18th November 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25th September 1975) during their pop career.

From Quiz Lyrics Of The Platters

Answer: Red Sails In The Sunset

In 1960, "Red Sails In The Sunset" was a number 36 song on the Billboard Hot 100. "Helpless" and "Ebb Tide" each got to number 56, "Helpless" on the Top 100 in 1957 and "Ebb Tide" on the Hot 100 in 1960. "Tell The World" did not chart in 1955.

From Quiz The Astonishing Outrageous Amazing Gary Paxton

Answer: Coffeyville, Kansas

Paxton was born in 1939. His parents were aged 14 and 15 when he was born. By the time Gary was a year old, he weighed just seven pounds and had rickets.

From Quiz Shawn Phillips: Folk Music's Best Kept Secret

Answer: Lovely Rita

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was the eighth album released by The Beatles. The album spent a number of weeks at number one on both the UK and US album charts. "Lovely Rita" is a song about a female traffic warden. Paul McCartney apparently received a parking ticket and then wrote a song about the lovely traffic warden who gave him the citation. A young Shawn Phillips, as a session musician, sang backing vocals on this song.

From Quiz Belinda Peregrin

Answer: August 15, 1989

Her brother's birthday is two weeks after hers, on August 29, 1996.

From Quiz Cassadee Pope

Answer: Torn

Cassadee sang "Torn" on "The Voice" for her blind audition. "The Voice" is a show where four coaches, famous singers, compete to win a trophy.

From Quiz Christina Perri's "Lovestrong"

Answer: Tragedy

Christina Perri was born on August 19, 1986 in Pennsylvania. Her first CD, "Lovestrong" came out in 2011. Christina wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on it. She also plays the guitar and piano.

From Quiz Marti Pellow

Answer: Mark McLachlan

He was born Mark McLachlan and took his stage name from his nickname which was "Marti" and "Pellow" being his mother's maiden name.

From Quiz Slither In To Puscifer

Answer: Maynard James Keenan

He also describes Puscifer as "simply a playground for the various voices in my head." Maynard James Keenan is may be more well-known as the lead singer of Tool and A Perfect Circle. (quotes from puscifer.com)

From Quiz Paradise Lost in the Early 1990s

Answer: Nick Holmes

Nick Holmes was one of the founding members of Paradise Lost. The band was originally formed in 1988.

From Quiz Johnny Paycheck: An Outlaw of Country Music

Answer: Greenfield, OH

Johnny Paycheck was born in Greenfield Ohio, a small town on the border of Highland and Ross County. He was born on May 31, 1938.

From Quiz How Well Do You Know PiL Lyrics?

Answer: I could be Nero

The song 'Flowers of Romance' was a track from PiL's third record, 'The Flowers of Romance'. It was released as a single in March 1981.

From Quiz How Well Do You Know The Pretty Reckless?

Answer: Gossip Girl

She began acting on "Gossip Girl" in 2007. She has also appeared in films, including "Hansel and Gretel" (2002).

From Quiz Pachelbel's Stalking Me

Answer: 54

If you're interested, those eight notes are D, A, B, F Sharp, G, D, G, A. Johann Pachelbel was a German composer who lived from 1653 to 1706. His canon only really became popular in the twentieth century and is now used in many different ways, particularly as a wedding piece. It was also used in the 1980 film, "Ordinary People" Rob also bemoans the uncoolness of learning the cello as a child. There is, he says, "no way to be cool when your instrument is larger than you" and he goes on to describe the bullies eying up the cello carrying school child, as though it were "a wounded gazelle in the Serengeti".

From Quiz The Legend, Les Paul

Answer: Lester Polfuss

I wonder if he realized his real name wouldn't fit on the headstock of the most popular guitar that Gibson made. For over 50 years, Gibson Guitars has sold countless versions of his great idea.

From Quiz Mike Patton Side Projects

Answer: Mr. Bungle

The band heard the Bungle demo "Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny."

From Quiz Preston, Billy

Answer: Saturday Night Live

Billy played his hit "Nothing From Nothing."

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song: All I Want is You

Answer: My sweet honey bee

'If I was a flower growing wild and free All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee' Honey bees (apis mellifera) are found all over the world, where they have been introduced by humans. Wild honey bees nest in hollow trees. In the UK, at least, there are hardly any wild honey bees left, wiped out by a pest called the parasitic varroa mite, and a mystery disease is also decimating domestic honey bees, with half the US affected. Of the wrong answers, the bumble bee is any member of the genus bombus, but it is not true that the bumble bee should scientifically not be able to fly. The carpenter bee can cause great damage to wooden houses. The Africanised bee is sometimes called the killer bee because of their aggressive nature and the fact they attack in large numbers - not something you want from a lover!

From Quiz My Top 10 Portishead Songs

Answer: Mysterons

This song is from Portishead´s debut album "Dummy". They were formed in Bristol back in 1991, and their original lineup included producer Geoff Barrow and a young and shy lady, who used to sing in pubs, called Beth Gibbons. They were later joined by jazz guitarist Adrian Utley.

From Quiz Kellie Pickler

Answer: June 28, 1986

She was born in Albermarle, North Carolina to Cynthia Morton and Clyde Pickler.

From Quiz Edith Piaf: her Music and her Life

Answer: Edith Gassion

Her full name at birth was Édith Giovanna Gassion. She was given the name "La Mome Piaf" by Louis Leplee, a nightclub owner who discovered her on the street and gave her her first big break in show business.

From Quiz Wilson Pickett: We'll miss you

Answer: Land of 1000 Dances

Chris Kenner recorded this song in 1962, but Pickett's 1966 version is most widely recognized.

From Quiz The Psychedelic Furs

Answer: 1976

The band formed in England in 1976, rehearsing in Richard Butler's front room. The three brothers, Richard and Simon on guitar and Tim on bass, were the founding members of the band.

From Quiz How Much Do You Know About THE POSIES?

Answer: Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow

Jon and Ken both sang in their choirs in high school.

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