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1. The 1969 single "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley featured backup vocals from what Grateful Dead band member?
2. Tommy Roe's single "Sweet Pea" hit Number Eight on the Billboard Top 100. In what market did the same single hit Number One?
3. In 1963, The Drifters scored a Number Nine hit with their single "On Broadway". In 1978, what artist had an even bigger hit with the same song, going all the way to Number Seven?
4. According to an interview with the BBC, Paul McCartney revealed one of the four Beatles came up with the line "If we ever get out of here" as one of the lyrics for the 1974 hit "Band On the Run". Which Beatle was it?
5. The Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up" was Astley's first Number One single on the Billboard Top 100 on March 12-19, 1988. What was the Number One single the following week?
6. In 1983, Stevie Nicks wrote "Stand Back" after hearing what Prince song in her car?
7. What song by Duran Duran brought them back their commercial prowess in the early 1990s after the failed "Liberty" album?
8. What song by Soul Asylum hit Number Five in the Billboard Top 100 and won the 1994 Grammy for the best rock song in 1994?
9. In 2004, No Doubt recorded a cover of the Talk Talk song "It's My Life" for their greatest hits album "The Singles 1992-2003". The band originally contemplated recording what INXS song for that same album?
10. Although released in 2005, "Hey There Delilah" from the Plain White T's would wait over two years before becoming a massive Billboard Top 100 hit, peaking at Number One when the record company re-released the track as a single. What album was the 2007 single supporting?
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