Ask a rock & roll trivia question and see if anyone knows the answer W/O using Google - Part 4

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(Guesses Are Welcome)


1) What group recorded "The Wreck of the John B"? (answered)

2) What was the only band ever paid not to be on The Ed Sullivan Show?

3) What famous rock star wrote a book that won The National Book Award? (answered)

4) Who was the youngest person to play on the main stage at Woodstock?

5) What New York City hotel was home to many rock & roll musicians? (answered)

6) What was Pink Floyd's original name?

7) What was the name of Little Richard's backing band? (answered)

8) What rock & roll icon did Freddie Mercury idolize?

9) What band did Billy Joel co-found before he went solo?

10) What was the original name of The Ramones?

11) How long (approximately) did it take Brian Wilson to record "Good Vibrations"?

12) What Beach Boys song did Paul McCartney call "The greatest song ever written"? (answered)








More Rock Trivia Questions From Part 3:
https://democraticunderground.com/10181521767

[Chipper Chat]

1. 1 Kingston trio?

2 Doors?

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9. Kingston Trio is right

[FalloutShelter]

2. #12 God Only Knows?

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14. Ding!

[Leghorn21]

3. 4. Santana's cute red-haired drummer!

[VGNonly]

7. Michael Shrieve

20

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10. Nope

It wasn't Michael Shrieve

[TexasBushwhacker]

18. Yeah, he was my guess too, but he was the 2nd youngest

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16. Shrieve's drum solo with Santana at Woodstock was beyond awesome!

I am a Santana-lover since their early years, when they played for free at Mission Dolores Park.
(across from Mission High School)

Many people, including a couple of members of Santana, agree that they never were the same after Michael Shrieve left the band.

[Tomconroy]

4. 3. Bob Dylan?

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11. Nope, good guess though

[Diamond_Dog]

5. #8

Elvis Presley?

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15. Nope

[Rhiagel]

6. #5 The Chelsea Hotel

Zimmerman stayed up for days there writing "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands."

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12. Ding!

[VGNonly]

8. #7

The Upsetters

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13. That's it!

[VGNonly]

17. A member of The Upsetters:

Jimi Hendrix

[Wolf Frankula]

19. Tea Cups, Tea Pots, Tea Set or something like that.

Probably Tea Set but I'm not sure.

Wolf

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22. It was The Upsetters

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20. #3 is Patti Smith

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21. Ding!

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23. What was "Paul Revere and the Raiders" only number 1 hit?

[Harker]

30. "Indian Reservation". n/t

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34. Correctamundo!

It was Columbia Records biggest-selling single ever, and stayed that way for 10 years.

"The only caveat being that none of The Raiders, including Paul Revere, actually played on the recording.
Lead singer Mark Lindsay was backed by members of "The Wrecking Crew"

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24. What city is Thin Lizzy from?

[Harker]

29. DUblin. n/t

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32. yeah, baby!

(Well done)

[Harker]

36. Thanks. I'm a fan. n/t

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25. What was the name of the band Jerry Jeff Walker co-founded in the late 1960's?

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26. Who co-founded and played bass for Dogstar?

(It's someone famous)

[uriel1972]

27. No. 2 Rolling Stones?

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33. Nope, good guess though

[uriel1972]

38. Hmmm, the Beatles taking a total guess...

[jmowreader]

28. Freddie Mercury had a lot of idols

The one you’re probably looking for is Hendrix, but he was also inspired by Elvis, David Bowie, Boy George and Liza Minnelli.

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31. He idolized Hendrix

(I'm sure he was "inspired" by others, including Elvis)

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35. What band hold's the Guinness World Record for longest-running rock group fan club?

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37. More of a country & western band trivia question, but

What was the country music supergroup composed of singers Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare and Jerry Reid?

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39. When the organizers of "Woodstock" asked Bill Graham to join the team, he agreed, but with one

condition.....What was that condition?

[Jim G.]

40. Who Played The Piano Outro On 'Layla' By Derek & The Dominos?

''''

[UnderThisLaw]

42. Jim Gordon, the group's drummer

whose authorship of that part of the song has been questioned in recent years

[Jim G.]

43. Ding

Though I hadn't heard it was questioned. I'm reading 'One Way Out' by Alan Paul (about the Allman Brothers) & several people interviewed all said the same thing, including Jim Gordon, Bobby Whitlock who was supposed to have come back to do it & Tom Dowd who recorded & engineered it.

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41. Who was the highest-paid performer at Woodstock?

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44. What was the original name of The Sex Pistols?

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45. How did ABBA get it's name?

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46. What was the original name of the band "Heart"?

[Tikki]

47. Who was the Host of 1982's New Wave Theatre?

How many episodes were broadcast?

What event caused the show to end in 1983?

Tikki