Pose a rock & roll trivia question

[red dog 1]

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Chuck Barris (Creator of The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game and Gong Show host) wrote a hit rock & roll song.

What was it? (answered)

[Glorfindel]

1. Who wrote The Searchers' hit song, "Needles and Pins"?

[Warren_Pointe]

2. Sonny Bono

Ramones do a kick-ass cover as well.

[Glorfindel]

3. Yes!

One of my favorite rock songs of all time.

[Warren_Pointe]

5. That's how it begins...

[Zambero]

47. A LOT of chords in that song

Most Ramones recordings were three-chord wonders. That particular song might have been a heavy lift for them, and Johnny in particular, with verses, choruses, bridge, and modulation thrown in. A bit more complex than most pop songs. I understand that Sonny Bono wrote the song lyrics and Jack Nitzsche the melody and chord changes. Jackie DeShannon, who had a hit with the original recording, has claimed that she participated in the songwriting as well but didn't receive a credit.

[Warren_Pointe]

4. Chuck Berry recorded many great tunes, but only one made it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. What was the song?

[red dog 1]

7. My Ding-A-Ling?

[Warren_Pointe]

9. We have a winner

[Freddie]

76. My Ding-a-Ling

[rogerballard]

6. Who was the lead singer for Stealers Wheel?

He went solo and had a big hit in 1978.

[Upthevibe]

15. rogerballard

Was it Gary Wright? And was the hit Bakers Street?

And I think the big hit by Steelers Wheel was Stuck in the Middle with you

[rogerballard]

17. Bakers Street and Stuck in the middle with you are correct...

Gerry Rafferty was the singer

[Upthevibe]

18. rogerballard.

That's right.....I thought I may have been off with the name but at least I got the songs right!

If you've ever seen the Quentin Tarantino movie Resovior Dogs, you'll never be able to listen to Stuck in the Middle With You without thinking about that terrifying scene!

[rogerballard]

20. I was 13 when that song came out. Played a lot on the radio :)

Big hit back then.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Gerry Rafferty?

They had a guitar player named Luther Grosvenor who went on to a glam band under a pseudonym. What was the band ge went to.

[rogerballard]

22. Mott the Hoople?

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Yes

He took the name Aerial Bender, which was a riff on the fact that in the final blow-up with Mott, Mick Ralph's (who Bender replaced) stormed down the street bending car antennas.
He only played on that studio album, and their live album. Mick Ronson, Bowie's band partner, replaced Bender.

[werdna]

8. Palisades Park n/t

[red dog 1]

11. That's it!

[Warren_Pointe]

10. Who the hell is Pigboy Crabshaw?

He was resurrected for the third Butterfield Blues Band album.

[VGNonly]

39. Elvin Bishop

[Warren_Pointe]

43. You are correct!

One of my heroes.

[k55f5r]

143. Hook, sinker, and line.

n/t

[Brother Buzz]

12. The Mamas & The Papas recorded Dream A Little Dream Of Me in...

John and Michelle Phillips' illegal attic recording studio in their Bel Air home. They got horribly stoned before starting, and everyone forgot the lyrics. They called Wallich's, the go-to, one stop music store in Hollywood. As the gobsmacked clerk read them, Cass jotted the words down, then immediately belted it out in one take, the pro that she was. It reached #12 on the charts.

What was the name of the Rock and Roll heartthrob's father who first recorded Dream A Little Dream Of Me in 1931?

[rogerballard]

13. Ozzie Nelson?

[Brother Buzz]

14. Yes

A bunch of bigger names covered the song, but Ozzie Nelson was the first to record it.

I believe The Mamas & the Papas cover was the most monetarily successful....by a country mile (You know, add a couple of zeros)

[rogerballard]

16. Doris Day cover is my favorite

Lots of names were going through my head, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Rudy Vallee, David Cassidy but Jack Cassidy wasn't a singer etc.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. What Song Did David Bowie...

...offer to Mott The Hoople before they recorded All The Young Dudes? (Also written by David)

[rogerballard]

23. Diamond Dogs?

[ProfessorGAC]

24. No. Think Even Earlier

Bowie ended up releasing it as a single for himself.

[rogerballard]

25. Space Oddity

[ProfessorGAC]

27. Too Early!

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He offered them Suffragette City. They passed because they couldn't make it "Mott enough".
David was trying to help them out, because he really liked them & they were on the verge of breaking up.
"Dudes" was recorded, saved the ban, and took them on a 3 or 4 year ride as big stars.
When David died, 6 of the still living members of Mott went to the funeral. They knew what ge did for them.

[Ohio Joe]

38. Suffragette City...

But they held out for All the Young Dudes.

[ProfessorGAC]

62. Yes!

[Ohio Joe]

65. I was a big Mott fan in high school

The only other band I know a good bit about is Rush.

[ProfessorGAC]

67. Me, Too

I might be the only guy in the US that had all the Mott albums.
I had Mad Shadows & the debut album before "Dudes" even came out.
The old Chicago rock station WSDM, was the first FM channel I ever listened to. And, one of their all-female DJs was a fan. In no time, I found myself agreeing with her & started buying their records.

[Lemonwurst]

28. Klaatu was what?

Canadian rock band Klaatu had a few minor hits in the early 70’s, but which very well established band were they believed to actually be, simply as a “pen name”?

[ProfessorGAC]

30. The Beatles

Which I never got, because they sounding nothing alike to me.

[Lemonwurst]

34. Right you are

Many of us impressionable lads were hopeful regarding that rumor, but honestly, it was a stretch, and no more meaningful than the famed “Paul Is Dead” rumor that preceded it.

[malthaussen]

55. "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" is the culprit.

The lead singer on that sounded vaguely like Paul, and the arrangement was Beatle-esque in quality.

The irony is that Klaatu was a pretty good band, but the initial surge they got in sales recoiled when people figured out they really weren't the Beatles.

-- Mal

[Boomerproud]

69. Love that song.

Just chiming in.

[BOSSHOG]

29. He joined The Herd in 1966

[ProfessorGAC]

31. Frampton?

Pretty sure that's right. He was just a kid when he joined them. 16 years old l, IIRC.

[BOSSHOG]

35. Yes Sir Prof

I got one of their CDs. 16 year old Baby Faced Pete and his mates dressed up kinda sorta like Sgt Peppers. “I don’t want our loving to Die” was a nice lil rockin ditty. Part of my wacko days soundtrack.

Happy New Year My Friend.

[ProfessorGAC]

61. Same To You

Talk about completing the circle; Peter ended up starring in the Sgt. Pepper movie.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

32. What government agency did Chuck work for part time?

Sorry it's not rock and roll.

[Zambero]

37. USDA Forest Service

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

40. I was thinking of the Central Intelligence Agency. n/t

[Zambero]

45. Chuck Leavell, USDA partner and piano man for the Stones

https://www.fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/out-and-about/chuck-leavell-takes-us-tour-americas-forests

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

58. Good cover...

[ProfessorGAC]

63. He Played The Iconic Solo On Jessica, Too

Off the Allman's Brithers & Sisters album.
Chuck is in my top 5 best piano players in the rock era. Actually, he's #5! So, just made the top 5.

[red dog 1]

70. "In an interview on NBC's Today Show in 1984, Barris admitted to having made the story up.

"No, I was never a CIA hit man. I never did those things. I once applied for the CIA, and while I was going through the process, I got a job and went on television."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris

[Docreed2003]

33. What comedian was a founding member of the band that would become "Steely Dan"?

[VGNonly]

41. Chevy Chase

He was a drummer.

[Docreed2003]

49. Yep he was!

[Zambero]

36. The Rolling Stones started as a 6-person band

One of them was fired from the band and demoted to road manager, for not fitting the proper "image" as conveyed by manager Andrew Oldham. Who was this person, and what instrument did he play?

[VGNonly]

42. Ian Stewart

Ian played piano for them.

[Zambero]

46. "Stu"

Correct answer! He played the (mostly uncredited) keys on quite a few Stones tracks even after being unceremoniously tossed out of the band by Andrew Oldham.

[VGNonly]

48. Oldham

demoted him because Ian was older, stocky and square jawed, not a party animal. Stu didn''t fit the image of a rebellious rock band. Keyboardist Nicky Hopkins was more accomplished as was Billy Preston.

The present keyboardist for the Stones is Chuck Leavell. Best known for playing for the Allman Brothers, starting with the Brothers and Sisters album.

[Zambero]

52. Chuck Leavell

Coincidentally, I'd mentioned Chuck in an earlier and unrelated post above. Stylistically, Stu was certainly less versatile than Hopkins and Preston, or Leavell, although he was very good at what he brought to the Stones, which was adherence and devotion to the blues, boogie-woogie, and R&B. He sat out the slicker pop stuff that came along later. Oldham pushed the "bad boy" image to great effect, and could also be a cold and calculating SOB. His treatment of Brian Jones after taking on the band's managerial duties (ironically brought in by Jones) might have contributed to their founder's eventual demise. Once Oldham was no longer useful, Jagger and Richards pointed him to the door in early '67.

[VGNonly]

57. I saw the Stones in 78 and 81.

Stu and Ian McLagan played keyboards on both tours. In 78 Peter Tosh and Kansas opened. That was at The World Series of Rock in Cleveland. A crazy event marked by general mayhem, bikers and many M80s being thrown. In 81 Iggy Pop and Santana at The Pontiac Silverdome, that was relatively calm.

[VGNonly]

44. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper

in Easy Rider were supposedly based on what two rock stars?

[Docreed2003]

50. Roger McGuinn and David Crosby

[Mister Ed]

51. Who is the male backup vocalist heard on Carly Simon's hit, "You're So Vain"?

[Zambero]

53. Sir Mick Jagger

Some years before he went by "Sir".

[Mister Ed]

54. Yep!

[Niagara]

56. What song released in 1983 by a female vocalist was originally written for a vampire musical?

[BootOutTheGoons]

59. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler

[Niagara]

60. Nicely done, BootOutTheGoons

[thucythucy]

64. Who first introduced Bob Dylan to the Band? nt

[rogerballard]

66. Robbie Robertson

[thucythucy]

68. Nope. Spoiler alert--answer in text:

It was Albert Grossman's wife, Sally. She had seen them when they were still "The Hawks" and when Dylan started looking for a band she recommended he check them out.

BTW, she's the woman in red on the cover of "Bringing It All Back Home."

[red dog 1]

71. In what city did The Rolling Stones begin their first U.S. tour in 1964?

[rogerballard]

72. Los Angeles

[red dog 1]

73. Close, but no cigar.

[rogerballard]

75. San Francisco

[red dog 1]

78. Nope, good guess.

(Hint: It's a city near L.A.)

[Mr.Bill]

115. San Jose California.

[red dog 1]

136. Nope

It's a city near La La Land

[ProfessorGAC]

74. Fun One Here

What was the biggest reason Kim Carnes got picked to sing Bette Davis Eyes?
(Clue: The song was written by Jackie DeShannon)

[SarahD]

77. Betty Davis voice?

She has a husky, raspy voice.

[ProfessorGAC]

80. Incredibly Close

Not Betty's voice, but Jackie's!
Story goes:
Jackie recorded this song a couple years earlier & both the producer and A&R guy liked it, but the producer thought the arrangement & production was all wrong. Too up tempo, didn't like the steel guitars, thought the piano was to honky-tonk, and so on. But, he liked how Jackie's sounded singing it.
Kim was already a know commodity from her work with David Cassidy & Kenny Roger's. So, she needed to buy in.
Kim didn't like the song as it was either, but wanted to hear what the producer had in mind.
A quick demo with synths, drum machine & bass created the moody, atmospheric sound with a pulse. Kim bought in, agreeing it was perfect because she had the right voice.
Basically, she ended up doing her biggest hit because she sounded like the lady who wrote it.
Later on MTV, Jackie did an acoustic version but with the feel of Kim's version. You know what? She sounded just like Kim!

[rogerballard]

79. Kim's birth name is Bette?

[ProfessorGAC]

81. Sorry No. But, Great Guess

See my answer in this sub.

[ariadne0614]

82. What 60s Milwaukee garage band still has a worldwide cult following? n/t

[SarahD]

83. Johnny Green!

My neighbor in Srevens Point was buddies with Green in Milwaukee and he insisted Johnny was a musical giant and world famous. Johnny came through town one day and my neighbor threw a BBQ picnic for him. He and Johnny fired up the guitars and plodded through a couple songs. Johnny was good and I could believe he was famous. Band was Johnny Green and the Little Green Men.

[ariadne0614]

84. Good story, but not Johnny Green. n/t

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Give up? Oh, alright. It’s the Baroques, of course!

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https://moofmag.com/2018/01/05/album-review-the-baroques-1967/

https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/11/22/fifty-years-after-break-up-milwaukee-band-baroques-ready-rediscovery/889709001/

[jmowreader]

85. Roger Linn cowrote Eric Clapton's hit "Promises"

What is Mr. Linn more famous for?

[SarahD]

86. I know he tinkered with electronics.

The wha-wha peddle?

[jmowreader]

92. The digital drum machine

Mr. Linn was the first person to build a drum machine that worked by playing samples recorded from real drums - which is how all current drum machines work. His first machine was the LM-1 Drum Computer. This $5500 machine was quickly superseded by the $3000 LinnDrum, which was eventually superseded by the $5000 Linn 9000...whose software was so bad it put the company out of business.

Chet Atkins invented the wah-wah pedal for himself in the 1950s, but Bradley Plunkett made the first ones that were sold to other guitarists.

[Harker]

87. To whom does the "James" in The James Gang refer?

[rogerballard]

88. Wild guess, Jesse James...

[Harker]

89. No go, rogerballard...

This one's still living.

[SarahD]

90. The drummer?

His name was Jim.

[Harker]

91. That's it!

James "Jim" Fox.

[jmowreader]

93. How did A Flock of Seagulls react to dozens of "How to Play 'I Ran'" videos appearing on YouTube?

[SarahD]

94. Like many others?

There are numerous videos of musicians explaining how particular solos, riffs, etc are done wrong. I remember a good one from Wayne Kramer of the MC5 where he said everybody was getting it wrong when playing "Kick Out the Jams." "All of you are doing it wrong, every single one of you, no exceptions."

[red dog 1]

95. What was the first girl group act of Motown Records?

(They also were the first Motown group with a number 1 hit)

[rogerballard]

96. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

[red dog 1]

98. Good guess but no.

[SarahD]

131. Martha is cool.

Used to work at the airport and saw her frequently. She was always energetic, friendly.

[rogerballard]

132. That is awesome...

As much as I LOVE Diana Ross, I heard she was not so friendly. I was raised on Motown music.

[Harker]

97. The Marvelettes?

Please Mr. Postman, I think.

[red dog 1]

99. WinnerWinnerChickenDinner!

[Harker]

100. I'll have the salad, please, Red! n/t

[Harker]

101. Tommy Bolin's last performance Dec. 4, 1976...

was as an opener for what legendary guitarist?

[Jrose]

102. Eric Clapton?

[Harker]

107. Not him, but there's a connection! n/t

[rogerballard]

105. Peter Frampton

[Harker]

106. Good shot!, but not him.

'76 was the "summer of Frampton", and I saw him play that summer.

[rogerballard]

121. I went to a Frampton concert in 1976/ Gary Wright was the opener...

I was 17. Memories...

[Harker]

124. Same tour as me!

Frampton
Steve Miller Band
Gary Wright (featuring Jan Hammer)
Tommy Bolin
Natural Gas

That was a fun one. Being a Boulder boy I was all in for Tommy Bolin, and was heartbroken that he died at just 25.

Steve Miller was a real jerk. Insulting.

[rogerballard]

126. Just Frampton and Wright for my concert...

I lived in Colorado for 22 years, Denver, Lakewood, Littleton, Englewood, Golden, been to Boulder a few times, had a couple painting jobs there. I miss the sun in Colorado

[Harker]

128. I've been in PA and now NY for five years

after 50 in Boulder, Loveland, and Drake.

My wife grew up near where we now live in upstate NY, and we do love it here - but I left a bit of myself along the front range and in The Rockies.

[DaBronx]

156. Loved Gary!

[Jrose]

113. Carlos Santana?

[Harker]

119. Jeff Beck.

[Goonch]

103. Axl Rose is an anagram for.....

[Harker]

108. Oral sex !

[Goonch]

123. 👇👇👇👁️👁️

[RainCaster]

104. Name guitarists missing one or more fingers

I can think of at least two, there's probably more.

[Harker]

109. Tony Iommi, Jerry Garcia...

Lee Van Cleef?

[Harker]

110. Jim Pilster, aka J.C. Hooke of The Cryan' Shames

from my hometown of Hinsdale, Illinois was missing four fingers and a thumb.

[Harker]

111. Django Reinhart, though not exactly a rocker

Sorry for the sporadic responses!

[Mr.Bill]

117. Not quite missing fingers,

they were still there but badly damaged in a fire.

[Harker]

120. Ah. Yes. n/t

[Mr.Bill]

130. The damaged fingers could still be used to mute strings,

but they were not functional enough to fret the strings. It's still amazing what he did with those two good fingers.

[Harker]

112. Then there's bluesman Hound Dog Taylor, who had vestigial

sixth digits on both hands.

[RainCaster]

114. I was thinking of Jerry Garcia & Phil Keaggy

You brought in some other masters, too.

[Mr.Bill]

116. On Donovan's Mellow Yellow

who is whispering "Quite rightly"?

[rogerballard]

122. Ian Hunter

[Harker]

125. Jimmy Page?

[Mr.Bill]

129. Nope. He is British, though

[rogerballard]

134. Ringo Starr

[Mr.Bill]

135. Getting warmer.

[Boomerproud]

137. Paul McCartney.

Famous in his own right, I've been told.

[Mr.Bill]

138. Winner!

[GReedDiamond]

118. Dewey Martin, drummer of Buffalo Springfield - name other artists he was the drummer for BEFORE...

...he was in Buffalo Springfield, and who did he play with a decade or more later?

This would include both live performing and recording with other artists.

[thomski64]

127. Which guitarist had his broken.

..elbow reset at 90 degrees, so he could still play guitar?

[rogerballard]

133. Robin Trower?

[Mr.Bill]

139. Les Paul.

[The Wizard]

152. yes It's Les

[Mr.Bill]

140. Name the guitarist who later became one of the greats

after he opened a few shows for the Monkees.

[Brother Buzz]

141. That left handed guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, right? Speaking of left and right....

Mickey Dolenz played his drums right handed, but the foot pedals left footed (Bass drum and hi-hat reversed). Why?

[Mr.Bill]

142. Correct!

I never noticed that about Mickey Dolenz. Did you know Ringo is a natural left hander who played a right handed kit? Likewise Paul McCartney when he plays drums.

[red dog 1]

144. Who gave Keith Richards his first guitar?

[Mr.Bill]

145. His grandfather.

[red dog 1]

146. Yes

His maternal grandfather, Gus Dupree, who had a jazz band, Gus Dupree & His Boys, had the guitar on a shelf.

Gus told little Keith that if he could reach the guitar, he could have it.

Keith tried to reach the guitar by putting books & cushions on a chair until finally reaching the guitar.

[Mr.Bill]

147. He talked about this in his book "Life".

Excellent book, by the way. This guy has lots of stories to tell, for sure.

[red dog 1]

148. What well-known American doo-wop singer did Keith Richards fall in love with early in his career?

[Dulcinea]

153. Ronnie Bennett, aka Ronnie Spector. nt

[red dog 1]

149. What band was backstage at the Rolling Stones Altamont concert but decided not to play?

[Boomerproud]

150. Grateful Dead

Guess.

[red dog 1]

161. Good guess!

[The Wizard]

151. Who wrote

"Georgia on My Mind?"

[Dulcinea]

154. Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell. nt

[The Wizard]

163. winner

[rogerballard]

158. Jimmy Webb

[jmowreader]

155. Pat Boone covered Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame"

What did he try to change the title to until he realized it killed the song to do it that way?

[Harker]

164. "Isn't That a Shame"?

Sounds Boonish.

[jmowreader]

166. That's Boonishly right

He thought it would appeal to his fans more to sing it that way.

[Harker]

168. He's like a brand new handkerchief. n/t

[Wolf Frankula]

157. Grace Slick's maiden name

Hint, it's a part of a bird.

Wolf

[rogerballard]

159. Feather

[Wolf Frankula]

160. Nope

Wolf

[XanaDUer2]

162. Beak. Nt

[Harker]

165. Wing.

Highland Park, Illinois.

[Wolf Frankula]

167. Yuparoonie

Wolf

[red dog 1]

169. Name one or both of the musicians who decided not to join The Rolling Stones after their very first rehearsal

(Hint: One was a vocalist and the other was a guitarist)