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1. "What Blue"
Bob Dylan
2. "Blue Jeans And A Rosary"
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
3. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Leonard Cohen
4. "Blue Monday"
Kid Rock
5. "Blue Suede Shoes"
The Tragically Hip
6. "Tangled Up In Blue"
Derek And The Dominoes
7. "Bell Bottom Blues"
Carl Perkins
8. "Jackie Blue"
Crosby, Stills & Nash
9. "Blue Orchid"
The White Stripes
10. "Famous Blue Raincoat"
New Order
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "What Blue"
Answer: The Tragically Hip
The final single released from the final Tragically Hip album before the untimely death of Gord Downie in 2017, this song contains poetry such as, "In your eyes, what love looks like, it's still the longest thing that I do" and "I love you so much, it distorts my life".
2. "Blue Jeans And A Rosary"
Answer: Kid Rock
From 2007's "Rock n Roll Jesus" album, this track was released as a single in 2009 and charted on the U.S. Country Chart. The album went to number one in USA and top ten in many countries in Europe.
3. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Answer: Crosby, Stills & Nash
From the band's 1969 debut album, this track is a proper musical suite, being arranged in four ordered musical pieces. Although it didn't quite break the top 20 in USA, it peaked at number 11 in Canada.
4. "Blue Monday"
Answer: New Order
This song was from the 1983 album "Power, Corruption And Lies" and was originally only released as a 12 inch single, quickly becoming the biggest selling 12 inch ever, helped enormously by sales of over a million in UK and huge sales in New Zealand. where it spent over two years in the top 50.
5. "Blue Suede Shoes"
Answer: Carl Perkins
Inspired by Johnny Cash and written and originally released by Perkins in 1956, this track has a universal appeal and has been recorded by artists as diverse as Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Motorhead, Pat Boone, Conway Twitty and Elvis Presley.
6. "Tangled Up In Blue"
Answer: Bob Dylan
From Dylan's 1975 album, "Blood On The Tracks", this was allegedly written after he had spent a weekend listening to Joni Mitchell's "Blue" album (1971). The track only reached 31 in USA charts when it was released as a single and Dylan has reworked the lyrics many times, once remarking that the track took "ten years to live and two years to write."
7. "Bell Bottom Blues"
Answer: Derek And The Dominoes
As with the band's better known track, "Layla", this 1971 song is about Eric Clapton's love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of Clapton's friend George Harrison. Boyd and Harrison divorced in 1977 and she married Clapton in 1979. The song was covered by Cher on her 1975 album "Stars", but as of 2018, there is no sign of Boyd marrying Cher.
8. "Jackie Blue"
Answer: The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Taken from their 1974 album, "It'll Shine When It Shines", this track was a huge hit for the band, reaching number three in USA, number two in Canada and number nine in New Zealand, surpassing the heady heights reached by their previous single, "If You Wanna Get To Heaven".
9. "Blue Orchid"
Answer: The White Stripes
The opening track to White Stripes "Get Behind Me Satan" album from 2005, it is alleged that the track is about the end of Jack White's romance with Renee Zellweger. The song went to number one on the Canadian charts and broke the top ten in UK.
10. "Famous Blue Raincoat"
Answer: Leonard Cohen
Included on the 1971 Cohen album, "Songs Of Love And Hate", and a firm fan favourite, Cohen himself viewed the song as unfinished, remarking in 1994, "it was a song I've never been satisfied with" although he did like Jennifer Warnes' version of it when she covered it for her album of Cohen songs, also entitled "Famous Blue Raincoat" (1987).
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