Rocking Through The Pages Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hunter Davies

This biography, simply called "The Beatles", was originally published in 1968 and was revised and updated in 1985.
Hunter Davies has written numerous books, including one on William Wordsworth.


Question by redwaldo.

Answer: Peter Grant

Mr. Grant also was the manager for The Yardbirds and Bad Company during his infamous and sometimes turbulent career.

Question by rockinsteve

Answer: Kurt Cobain

Journalist Charles R. Cross obtained unprecedented access to Cobain's personal papers and conducted over 400 interviews for this comprehensive biography of a very talented, but also a very troubled, artist. Cobain committed suicide in April 1994, at the age of 27.

Question by iCaramba

Answer: Pat Benatar

Pat's autobiography, "Between A Heart And A Rock Place: A Memoir", chronicles both her difficulty with a sexist recording industry and her happy marriage with husband and music partner Neil Giraldo. Pat Benatar is a good role model, a strong and independent woman who's never strayed from her vision or let others dictate changes to her or her music.

Question by wyambezi

Answer: How to Make Gravy

Subtitled "A Mongrel Memoir", the title of Kelly's autobiography is taken from his song of the same name. The song is written as a letter from a brother in jail close to Christmas.
"I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensland and Stella's
flying in from the coast
They say it's gonna be a hundred degrees, even more maybe, but that
won't stop the roast

Who's gonna make the gravy now?
I bet it won't taste the same

Just add flour, salt, a little red wine and don't forget a dollop of
tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang"

In the song, he expresses regret that he cannot be home to celebrate with his family.

Question by tezza1551

Answer: Bob Dylan

Published in 2004, "Chronicles" is Dylan's attempt to set the record straight on a number of issues and convince us that he is just another guy with a guitar and harmonica. That's not going to happen. Inside the mythos is someone who had a profound effect on music in the 1960s. And despite the facts and revelations, as in anything written by Bob Dylan, the reader is sometimes left sitting there thinking "What?"

Question by CmdrK

Answer: I Me Mine

George Harrison's autobiography is called "I Me Mine". It is about his life from childhood through to his thirties. The second half of the book is just pictures of George, and the lyrics to all his songs written before the publishing of the book.

Question by Snowconeboy789

Answer: Laura Joplin - sister

Janis was not just an entertaining singer. She was an artist. Before discovering her natural talent for singing, she created art on canvas and designed fashion.


Question by trivvya

Answer: Sir Cliff Richard

It was Sir Cliff who admits to sleeping with Carol Ann Harris, (nee Costa) who had separated from Jet Harris at the time of this brief affair. Jet of course was the first Shadows bass player. What doesn't come out in 'My Life, My Way' is that, according to Vicky Marshall, (in whose house the affair blossomed), Carol had an abortion in late 1960. (Information from the 1993 Steve Turner book 'Cliff Richard The Biography').

Question from casey317

Answer: George Melly

The other three men were all singers born in Liverpool in the 1930s and 1940s.

Rory Storm's group was called Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, and had a drummer known as Ringo Starr. Billy Fury had dozens of hits, but "Wondrous Place" was perhaps his most famous. Russ Hamilton was another Liverpudlian who must have been a scout for the British Invasion, as he had top ten hits in America, as well as at home, as early as 1957.

Question by lesley153