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* This Motown artist had a defining hit in her career with this track in 1964 The song has been covered by many, but her track was re-issued in 1972 with another round of renewed interest. One interesting cover was done in the movie, Sister Act. Name the artist and song...
*Bob Seger's friend, Glenn Frey assisted with an idea for a song that ended up with a guitar joining in on what was previously a piano solo. And, the two of them collaborated on the background vocals. Seger won the 1980 Best Rock Performance by a Duo or a Group with Vocal Grammy Award for this song. Name the track... *This artist wrote his best-known song in 1959 with his friend, Margaret Cobb. He performed it often, but did not record it until 1963. Delbert McClinton played harmonica on the track. During one live performance that also included a little-known (at the time) band, The Beatles, John Lennon was so impressed with the harmonica intro, he asked McClinton how to play it. A harmonica passage on The Beatles' Love Me Do' ensued. But name the song written in 1959 and the artist if you can... *This band started the decade of the 80's on a low note with a poorly received album, but made a bit of a comeback with their next album a year later. But their next studio album, their 5th, was a monster success, spawning no less than 5 Top 40 singles. Anymore and I might just give it away...who is the group and what was their 1984 album... Battle Of The Bands! I Heard It Trough The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye vs I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown Answers: 1. My Guy, Mary Wells 2. Against The Wind 3. Hey Baby, Bruce Channel 4. The Cars Heartbeat City Listeners picked James Brown a single vote
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* This song was written by Randy Newman in 1960. The Tokens recorded it in 1965. Gene Pitney recorded it in 1966. Neither version was very popular. In 1968, this band turned in an excellent version on their 'Child Is Father To The Man' album. Name the band and song
*A song originally composed and produced way back in 1921 has flourished and endured through the years as a jazz standard (although I have a difficult time placing it in the jazz genre). By 2018, the song had been recorded over 400 different times by an amazing list of artists. Two legendary guitarists that you would not normally pair as collaborators, actually got together and recorded a terrific version in 1990. Their version is just pure fun....Name the artists and song... *This artist wrote a song with his brother and recorded it in 1986. An instrument in the title of the track is very much featured in the song. The track was used in the 2009 movie, 'World's Greatest Dad', starring Robin Williams. The artist made a cameo appearance in the film and played an alternate acoustic version arranged for the film's soundtrack. Name the artist, the song and extra credit for the instrument... *A song originally written and recorded by singer-songwriter, Fred Neil in 1966 was not very successful when released 2 years later. Another artist recorded it in 1969 with huge success, including a Grammy Award after it was featured in the film Midnight Cowboy and a bit later in 1994's Forrest Gump. Name the artist and song.... Battle Of The Bands! What A Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers vs Ventura Highway by America Answers: 1. Just One Smile, Blood, Sweat & Tears 2. Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler, There’ll Be Some Changes Made 3. Bruce Hornsby & The Range, Mandolin Rain, Dulcimer 4. Everybody’s Talkin, Harry Nilsson Listeners picked America a single vote * This Springsteen track was briefly considered as the title of the album on which it appears, but it didn't make it in the end. The song's title came from a 1973 movie of the same name starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek.
The Boss never saw the movie, but got the name from a poster he saw for it. Name the song. *The great Eric Clapton covered a song by this notable artist who first recorded the track in 1980. Clapton almost felt that to do the song, he would be in vocal competition with said artist, something of which he was quite uncomfortable. Accompanied by the 5-man version of the group, The Impressions, this track became quite vocally pleasing and acceptable to Clapton. Name the artist Clapton covered and extra credit if you know the song *A song written by 1/2 of this famous musical duo back in 1965 was the 1st single released from their album that same year. It sold well over 1 million copies and was #1 in the US, Canada and the UK. 20 years later, Chrissie Hynde with reggae/pop band, UB40 recorded a cover version. Name the original artists and the track. *This song made its public debut in the musical 'Hair' in 1967. It was recorded in 1968 by a female artist who played the role of Sheila on the stage version of the play. Three Dog Night covered the track the next year. Name the song... Battle Of The Bands! Mandolin Wind by Rod Stewart vs Higher Love by Steve Windwood Answers: 1. Badlands 2. Stevie Wonder, I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It 3. Sonny and Cher, I Got You Babe 4. Easy To Be Hard Listeners picked Steve Windwood with 53% of votes * This Canadian artist attained musical and personal popularity in the 80's and 90's, but battled health issues his entire life all of which caught up to him at the tender age of 41, when he passed away. He started playing guitar at the age of 3 and developed his own unique style of playing due to his ill-health limitations. Name the artist
*This artist made an appearance on Soul Train in November of 1975, lip synching his way through 2 songs. Few white performers had appeared on the show, but host Don Cornelius gave him a very warm welcome. The artist was pretty nervous and reportedly got a little drunk beforehand to take the edge off, which might have contributed to his stumbling over some of the lyrics. Name the artist *The members of this band were once part of Roy Orbison's backing band as they became key contributors to the State of Georgia's thriving studio scene. While influenced by some of the great Southern rock bands of the time, they came up with a kind of 'boogie swing' that brought them a gold status album in the late 70's. Name the band *One of this band's members was considered a 'Military Brat' and lived in many different places around the world. The band has a legendary list of songs and has sold millions of records, but the group has had only 1 single that topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. Name the band (a combination of names) and extra credit if you know who the military brat was and better yet, if you know the name of their only #1 single Battle Of The Bands! Little Miss Night and Day by Boz Skaggs vs Dangerous Mood by Keb’ Mo’ Answers: 1. Jeff Healy 2. David Bowie 3. Atlanta Rhythm Section 4. Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Dreams Listeners picked Keb’ Mo’ with 51.6% of votes * The wife of this artist's manager was pregnant when the track we'll be playing early in the show was being written. The songwriters suggested the name of this song as a perfect name for a little baby girl. And when the baby girl was born...that is precisely the name she received. The artist who sings the song also became the godfather to the little girl...more to that story...name the artist and the song...
*Don Henley said in 2007: "Here I am, just turned 60, but I'm not complaining. I'm thrilled and delighted...none of us ever thought it would go on this long. We are not afraid of the passage of time, necessarily, and we've been sitting one out for a long time." And that is kind of what the track we'll play tonight implies. They were most patient in anticipation of releasing this album and this track...Name the song... *This song is about 2 boys who have broken a law, although the exact law that has been broken is not stated in the track. The crime is reported to the police and the 2 boys get arrested, but released when "a radical priest" intervenes on their behalf. Daniel Berrigan, who appeared on the cover of Time magazine around the release of this song was thought to be that priest. Name the artist and the song... *Some of the members of this great 70's band (and beyond) had other talents as well. One member played college basketball in California. Another was an expert fisherman...being so good at it, in fact, he eventually became an editor for the Outdoor Life magazine. Name the band...extra credit for the band member names... Battle Of The Bands! Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by Carole King vs Down To You by Joni Mitchell Answers: 1. Elton John, Amoreena 2. Long Road out of Eden Waiting in the Weeds 3. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard by Paul Simon 4. Three Dog Night, Chuck Negron, Corey Wells, Danny Hutton Listeners picked Carole King with 55% of votes *We'll play a track from what some have called one of the great singers in Rock and Roll history and an artist with a compelling story. He rocketed to fame with his group in the late 50's before going solo and recording some great songs of his own. Most stars like him were destined for the 'supper club' circuit and oldies concerts...but he went on another musical journey of folk, blues and gospel...that continues to this day. He is generally know by his 1st name. Name the artist.
*A track by George Harrison from his 'All Things Must Pass' album was initially written by Harrison in 1968 and offered to The Beatles in 1969 for inclusion on the 'Let It Be' album. The rest of the band were not convinced and it got left off, a continuing source of conflict that ultimately lead to their breakup. Name the tune. *James Honeyman-Scott was a guitarist for The Pretenders who eventually passed due to a drug overdose in 1982 at the age of 26. This track was a tribute to Honeyman-Scott and one that is very difficult for Chrissie Hynde to perform as a result. Any guesses on the song? *Pete Brown was a friend of Jack Bruce of Cream fame. He was also a poet who wrote the lyrics for a number of Cream songs including Sunshine Of Your Love and I Feel Free. He also wrote the track we'll play that is a song about depression and hopelessness with the setting being an empty apartment. Name the popular tune. Battle Of The Bands! Ain’t Even Done With The Night by John Mellencamp vs Still The Same by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Answers: 1. Dion 2. Let It Down 3. Back On The Chain Gang 4. White Room Listeners picked Bob Seger with 53% of votes * There was a film in 1970...To Kill A Mockingbird starring actress Mary Badham. The lead singer and front man for this band fell briefly in love with the actress, but after a short romance...she dumped him. This track was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance in 1997, the year it was released. Name the band, the singer and extra credit for the song title....
*Daryl Hall shared once that Eddie Van Halen admitted copying the synthesizer part from this Hall & Oates song and used it in the classic Van Halen song, 'Jump'. Hall had no problem whatsoever with him doing so. Name the Hall & Oates track... *The real name of this band was Chad Allan & The Expressions, but the band fell victim to a marketing gimmick that backfired. Once the gimmick was introduced...it was continued by radio station DJ's and the band's name accompanied them as long as this Canadian group was together. Name the band... *Eagles founding member, the late Glenn Frey, knew what he was saying when he dubbed this band...'the best singing band in the world'...Name the band Battle Of The Bands! Let’s Dance by David Bowie vs Somebody to Love by Queen Answers: 1. Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Anybody Seen My Baby? 2. Kiss on My List 3. The Guess Who 4. Little River Band Listeners picked Queen with 54% of votes * This track was Steely Dan's highest charting single, reaching #4 on the Hot 100 in 1974. For fans of Frank Zappa, you may have a different context for this song. Zappa's track, Dupree's Paradise on 'You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Frank sang a couple of joke lines from the classic Steely Dan song. Name the Steely Dan track.
*WKLS was also known as 96 Rock and was an Atlanta, Georgia legendary album rock station. It started in 1984 and lasted 32 years, before a change in its programming took place. The station started broadcasting at exactly midnight on the day it began and this song was the first thing anyone heard. It was also played as the last song with which they closed down the station on November 17, 2006. Name the song and the band. *This song was the (duo) group's first #1 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100. The character in the song is based on a real person, the spoiled heir to a fast food fortune who had dated one of the band's member's girlfriend. The girlfriend's stories of him inspired the song, but the character had to be changed to a girl, since he would be the one singing it. Name the band and the song... *This artist wrote a song during a holiday in Greece. It spotlights the depression he suffered after the break-up of this very famous band...and also doubles as a declaration of his love for his wife at the time. It was a very rough time for him by his own admission. Name the artist, the band that broke up and extra, extra credit if you can name the song... Battle Of The Bands! Doctor My Eyes by Jackson Browne vs Love Letter by Bonnie Raitt Answers: 1. Rikki Don’t Lose That Number 2. Baba O’Reilly by The Who 3. Hall & Oates, Rich Girl 4. Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Every Night Listeners picked Bonnie Raitt with 54% of votes *This artist played high school football in Texas, but due to his relatively small build his coach suggested that he quit and opted for the high school band instead. Starting with the trombone, he moved to the percussion section. He has had a storied career with a legendary band and as a solo artist. Who is he?
*We'll play a great 'cover' of a song written by this famous singer-songwriter who wrote the song to celebrate the birth of his daughter. It has appeared in the soundtrack of various movies and television shows as well. Oddly enough, the song got its highest charting ever when it was sung by the cast of the TV series "Glee' in 2011. Who wrote it and extra credit for correctly identifying the song. *Credence Clearwater Revival was influenced on this R&B song based on the version Ray Charles delivers on his 1960 LP, Ray Charles In Person. John Fogerty regards that body of work as an all-time greatest live album. The song was the last track of CCR on an album in 1969. Name the song. *In all the time of existence of the Billboard Hot 100, one song became the first-ever single in US history to enter the Hot 100 at the top spot...numero uno! The anticipation for it alone...was the reason. In a video promoting the track, the artist and his wife make an appearance...both topless. And that just may have been one of the things that led to the couple's divorce a year later. Name the artist and song. Battle Of The Bands! My Little Town by Simon & Garfunkel vs Shower The People by James Taylor Answers: 1. Don Henley 2. Stevie Wonder, Isn’t She Lovely 3. Night Time Is The Right Time 4. Michael Jackson, You Are Not Alone Listeners picked James Taylor with 55% of votes *This artist cut his teeth in the music business at a young age in '50s, playing a variety of instruments from guitar to saxophone for various Irish showbands. He specialized in covering some of the classic tunes of the era...very good practice for when his solo career started and flourished. He does not like to discuss his personal life, but is willing to talk about his craft, leaving people to speculate about his personal life...through his music...for which he is best known. Name the artist.
*Francis Ford Coppola, the renowned film director did a movie, You're A Big Boy Now, a coming of age story about an awkward young man looking for love in New York City. The frontman for this band was responsible for the whole movie's soundtrack, but more importantly was tasked to write this specific song for an important love scene, where the guy is waiting for his girlfriend to come home. Name the artist, his band and the song *The Netherlands was never really considered a hotbed of recognizable rock artists to many of us in the United States. But this song, by this band topped the charts in 9 different countries, including the US in January of 1970. Name the band and the song. *A duo of artists moved to Kansas City in 1968 and began playing gigs consistently in small college towns throughout a stretch of road in Northwestern, Missouri. Dealing with their own share of 'hair-raising' experiences with rednecks, nosy police, slapstick mishaps and bad sound systems, they found one venue where they connected. They named an album and it's title track after the road they took to get there. Name the band, the album and the song. Battle Of The Bands! Can’t Stop Rockin’ by ZZTop vs Call Me the Breeze by Lynyrd Skynyrd Answers: 1. Van Morrison 2. John Sebastian, Lovin’ Spoonful, Darling Be Home Soon 3. Venus by Shocking Blue 4. Brewer & Shipley, Tarkio, Tarkio Road Lynyrd Skynyrd won the Battle with 57% of the votes |
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