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*This 1966 song was actually a cover from a 1965 recording by The Vogues. While the Vogues recorded it back then, their version wasn't released until 1996. But the great American band's 1966 release we'll enjoy this evening spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was described as a "rocker with a surf in' sound in the vocal". Name the band and extra credit for the name of the track...
*The second album for this American soft rock band released in 1970 produced the band's first big hit. The track is a bit saucy as it finds a guy propositioning a lady with suggestive commentary. The title and the song was definitely ambiguous, enough so that censors cleared it for radio play. Name the band and extra credit for the name of the song... *After the success of this band's self-titled debut in 1969, the trio struggled mightily with its demons and by 1982, they got it together enough to release a new album. Egos, drugs and issues of control got resolved with the help of outsiders brought in to make the album, something that would also promote a few additional albums going forward. Name the band... *This serious artist lamented and acknowledged the fact that there is danger in seeming too serious following the release of his 9th album in 1989. No stranger to expressing politics, he ultimately made a point of drifting away from such matters in order to appeal to a much larger audience. Name the artist... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Hitch A Ride by Boston vs Lonely Ol’ Night by John Mellencamp ANSWERS 1. The Turtles. You Baby 2. Bread. Gonna Make It With You 3. Crosby, Stills & Nash 4. Jackson Browne Battle of the Bands : Boston won the Battle with 52% of votes
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*This artist was enrolled in the George Porter, Jr. Academy Of Funk as a member of the Runnin' Pardners late in the 20th century. What's been produced since then...really incredible stuff. Singing, Songwriting Keyboardist with a personal connection to this station. Name the artist...extra credit for identifying the connection...
*For those who enjoyed last Sunday, your hint is that we're dipping into the album from which the requested most excellent track came from...IronMan last week. Name the artist...extra credit for the name of the album. And for those unable to make last week...This epic artist became a true superstar with a 1972 release, but followed it up the next year with an album that yielded 2 big time airplay hits. Name the artist and name any album in the extensive portfolio... Have fun...as there are multiple ways to solve this mystery... *A self-titled debut album for this artist made it clear he was one of the most gifted and idiosyncratic talents to emerge in country music in the 80's. And then things got real serious with a 1987 album...one that gave the artist the opportunity to indulge in his fondness for jazz & blues flavors. is he country anymore? Name the artist... *This 1970 track from a band that featured a seriously physically large guitarist/vocalist and a member that would go on to produce an album for Cream. Name the band and extra credit for the names of the aforementioned band members... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Holding Back The Years by Simply Red vs All I Need Is A Miracle by Mike & The Mechanics ANSWERS 1. John 'Papa' Gros Live interview and show with The LooneyMan 2. Elton John Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player 3. Lyle Lovett 4. Mountain Leslie West & Felix Pappalardi Battle of the Bands : Mike & The Mechanics won the Battle with 58% of votes *So much music is the result of influences, and this 1973 song had more than a few. Comic books, movies and German photographer, Helmut Newton were just a few for the man that wrote this one. He'd always had a wacky science fiction idea about a futuristic rock & roll band of androids fronted by androgynous kind of Helmut Newton style beauty, something that got depicted on this double album's cover art. Name the writer, the artist who performed the song and extra credit for the name of the song...
*It's easy to see why radio listeners loved this band in the 70's and a bit beyond, but why critics kind of hated them. The band's rock studio chops allowed them to play any current pop style at the drop of a hi-hat...one minute prog rock, the next, hard rock and then a bit of funky R& B. All this from a band that also had plenty of credits as session musicians for any number of others, including Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, George Benson and even Micharl Jackson. Name the band... *A debut album for this artist in 1979 established him as part of the camp of angry, intelligent young new wavers (think Elvis Costello, Graham Parker types), artists who approached pop with a sardonic attitude and tense, aggressive energy of punk. An ode to dying print media...name the artist and extra credit for the name of the song we'll enjoy... *One of this outstanding North of the border artist's greatest songs is about the breakup of his first marriage, a rather common theme that showed up in other songs of his as well. He blamed himself for the failure and he was correct in doing so. He carries the weight of empathy for his 1st wife as he is tormented by the breakdown. Name the artist and extra credit for the name of the song... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Hold On Loosely by 38 Special vs Heard It In A Love Song by Marshall Tucker Band ANSWERS 1. Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Bennie & The Jets 2. Toto 3. Joe Jackson, Sunday Papers 4. Gordon Lightfoot, If You Could Read My Mind Battle of the Bands : Marshall Tucker Band won the Battle with 53% of votes * Many songs make liberal use of metaphor in the lyrics, but rarely is a song title a direct metaphor, which is the case here with this band's hit from 1978. It was the groups last Top Ten hit as the group actually transitioned from a glam rock scene for the more plush atmosphere of pop-driven music. Name the band and extra credit for the name of the track.
*This great U.S. band had considerable inspirations and influences. Consider the background and talents of just a few of the members and you'll probably hear a few strains of Buffalo Springfield, Eagles and say a Loggins and Messina kind of sound. Name the band... *Most definitely a part of the late-60's West Coast psychedelic blues revolution that was hipper than hip, this artist was also acutely aware of the British psychedelic movement that was swirling in directing where the future of music would go. This band's late 60's albums often got overlooked by the success and popularity of their 70's-80's output. Name the band... *When people complain about the overuse of the word, 'Supergroup', it's certainly not this band they are talking about. Formed in the 80's in California, they had a short, but quite memorable run. Name the band.... BATTLE OF THE BANDS Man On Your Mind by Little River Band vs Nothing Left To Lose by Alan Parsons Project ANSWERS 1. Sweet…Love Is like Oxygen 2. Poco 3. Steve Miller Band 4. The Traveling Wilburys Battle of the Bands : Alan Parsons Project won the Battle with 52% of votes |
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