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1. Many of us have probably heard a bittersweet tune about a forlorn lover who left a certain part of his anatomy on the west coast of the United States.
Which singer do you think of when you hear "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"?
2. In 1978 a group released an album called "Cruisin'". Only one song from that album was released as a single: "Y.M.C.A.", written by Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali and Victor Willis.
What was the name of the group that told us it was "fun to stay at the "Y.M.C.A."?
3. Can you name the crooner who drove the girls crazy back in the day, and later went on to sing a song extolling the virtues of the Big Apple when he recorded "New York, New York"?
4. Can you recall the name of the group that assured us that any time of year,
there's always plenty of room at the "Hotel California"?
CAUTION: They also told us "You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave".
5. What female disco star of the 1970s and '80s sang "At first I was afraid, I was petrified, thinking I could never live without you by my side" in what has become one of the most recognizable songs of the disco era, "I Will Survive"?
6. In a song written in 1965, a young couple pondering their future mused, "They say we're young and we don't know, we won't find out until we're grown. Well I don't know if all that's true, 'cause you got me and baby I got you." What dynamic duo had a huge hit with "I Got You Babe"?
7. This next song may well be THE signature song of all signature songs. It is the anthem of one of America's most popular singers of all-time. He has helped raise millions of dollars to help impoverished farmers and others. According to one of his songs, his heroes have always been cowboys, and he is a hero to millions as well. OK, short and sweet, who is the legendary singer-songwriter who won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Country Song with "On the Road Again"?
8. "Stop! In the Name of Love" was first song by one of the most famous girl groups in pop record history. Originally begun in Detroit as "The Primettes", they went on to record twelve songs that made it to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 lists. In 1961 they changed their name. Who is this marvelous group of misses from Motown?
9. The haunting "Stormy Weather", was written in 1933 by Harold Arlen and Ted Kohler. It was first performed by Ethel Waters who belted it out at the Cottton Club in Harlem, N.Y. It has been covered by dozens of artists including Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, and Etta James featured it on her very first album, "At Last" (1961). But, c'mon when you hear it, who is the one singer that comes to mind?
10. "Everybody's got the fever, that is somethin' you all know, fever isn't such a new thing, fever started long ago". And so begins a refrain from the torrid 1958 version of "Fever". Our mystery singer took "Fever" to the number eight spot on the Billboard Hot 100 list, and earlier had two tunes reach the very top of of the chart: "Somebody Else is Taking My Place" (1941) and "Manana" (1948).
Who is this sultry songstress, who made us believe that this kind of fever is "a lovely way to burn"?
11. "Come on, baby, let's do the twist, take me by my little hand and go like this". Do those lyrics take you back to early 1960's and the dance craze created by the number one hit tune, "The Twist"? The song was written by Hank Ballard in 1959. He and his group, "The Moonlighters" were unable to crack the top 15 with it. The following year, however, another artist would stamp it with his imprimatur and take it to number one on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
Can you remember the name of this rock and roll star?
12. Christmas of 1941 treated us for the first time to a memorable, melancholy song about a guy thinking of holidays spent back in the day. The most popular crooner of the era sang the words written by a guy named Irving Berlin: "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know." A year later the song was featured in the film "Holiday Inn and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. This one should be a "gimme". When you hear "White Christmas" which crooner comes to mind?
13. For almost half a century on New Year's Eve, a famous musical director would lead his band in reminiscing about the year that had just ended. Can you name the bandleader who regaled us annually with the lyrics "should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind" as the opening to "Auld Lang Syne?
14. Famed composer Henry Mancini and equally famous lyricist Johnny Mercer combined to write about a body of water that was "wider than a mile" when they penned "Moon River" in 1961. It was written for that year's movie, "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Audrey Hepburn, in her iconic role of Holly Golightly, sang it in the film. Dozens of singers have covered it, but whose version turned out to be his signature song?
15. When you think about it, probably nobody could have recorded "Material Girl" and carried it off as well as this young diva did. In 1984 she freely admitted that she was "living in a material world, and...a material girl". The undisputed "Queen of Pop" was born in Bay City, MI, August 16, 1958, and has been one of the most sensational, controversial and popular stars for over 30 years. What is the moniker of this mega-star singer-dancer-actress?
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