MUSIC QUIZ FROM LOONEY’S TUNES SHOW July 28,2024 #279

*We'll play a song written by country music outlaw, Mickey Newbury...a song about junkies that was first recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1967.  Members of the New Christy Minstrels broke away from that band to form their own group that decided to take a country song, re-write it and perform it as a psychedelic track.  Name the band and extra credit for the name of the song...
 
*The subject of this song is an aspiring actress trying to break into the business as told from the perspective of her ex-boyfriend who was ditched because he really could not advance her career.  The year it was released wsa 1977 and the band included Michael McDonald contributing backing vocals.  Name the band and extra credit for the name of the song...
 
*A couple of members of this band were living together in New York City when they wrote many of the group's early hits.  The best-known of the two would start with his life experiences and ideas about life and the other would finish them.  The song we'll enjoy in 1967 was a follow-up to one of the band's biggest hits (which was actually the one-word title track of the album)..  This great song has been covered quite a bit as well.  Name the band and extra credit for the name of the song...
 
*This 1971 song was a huge hit and an AM radio darlling that made the Top Ten on the U.S. charts.  The track featured the artist's wailing vocal with keyboards and drums as the only accompaniment instruments.  Some might consider this to be the work of a 'One-Hit Wonder', but the artist released 10 albums between 1968 and 1981.  Name the artist and extra credit for the name of the song...
 
BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Stop! In The Name Of Love by The Supremes vs Reach Out I’ll Be There by Four Tops
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ANSWERS
1.Kenny Rogers & First Edition, Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In
2.Steely Dan,Peg
3. the Young Rascals, How Can I Be Sure
4.Lee Michaels,  Do You Know What I Mean
 
Battle of the Bands : Four Tops won with 57% of the votes