MUSIC QUIZ FROM LOONEY’S TUNES SHOW Jun 22, 2025 #320

*The opening line of this artist's biography?  'Pure sonic dynamite!!  She's a rare commodity in blues, a boogie-woogie piano virtuoso in a guitar dominated field.  Her career was cut short in 1999 at the age of 63.  Name the artist....
 
*This artist caught the music career bug at an early age in 1961 upon meeting Elvis Presley, who was working on a film in Florida at the time.  From that point on, the artist wanted to follow an Elvis kind of path to success and fame.  Name the artist...
 
*The year was 1990 and this artist was reeling from many of the vices that confronted many entertainers in that time frame.  He had the sense to get treatment for drug addiction and bulimia and took more control over his life by making his own phone calls, booking his own hotel rooms and even taking care of a dog.  His album in 1992 had a kind of theme song for his new way of doing things.  Name the artist and extra credit for the name of the song...
 
*When The Ronettes cruised up the charts with their early 60's hit, Be My Baby, little did they know that it would inspire a track from this band in 1964.  That band wondered if they could match the success of The Ronettes and they did as their 1964 song, released as a single, turned into a #1 hit.  Name the band and extra credit for the name of the song...
 
BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Say You Love Me by Fleetwood Mac vs Runnin’ Down A Dream by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
 
ANSWERS
1. Katie Webster
2 Tom Petty
3. Elton John, Simple Life
4.  Beach Boys, Don’t Worry Baby 
Battle of the Bands : Tom Petty won the Battle with 52% of votes