Song Quiz from Craig Looney’s Looney’s Tunes live show on October 24, 2021 Show #153

*This outstanding band lost its leader in 1979 with his unfortunate passing and was able to carry on a few more years before breaking up.  And then in 1987, several long-time bandmembers decided to reconvene with a brand-new line-up.  They cut an album that put them back on the map the next year...Name the leader and band...
 
*This British band's guitarist wrote the song that tells the story about a lovelorn guy stuck in his lonely room.  The track is one of a handful of their hits and their highest charting song in America.  The story turned tragic when in 1975, after a dispute with their record label over missing money, the guitarist committed suicide...Name the band and the artist...
 
*Don Cornelius was the host of Soul Train...but then you all knew that.  He pretty much controlled which groups got on the show.  In 1975 a groundbreaking event...Cornelius chose the first white artist ever to appear on the show...Name the artist...
 
*This artist who was born in New Jersey in 1943 is a former child actor who appeared on Broadway in a production of Fanny, had a huge hit in 1976.  He had bands all through High School before turning his attention to psychology, completing his studies at Frei University in Berlin, Germany.  A stint with a name band that temporarily disbanded in 1970 led to his dream solo career.  Name the artist...
 
 
 Battle Of The Bands!
American Woman by Guess Who vs  Riders on the Storm  by The Doors
 
Answers:
1. Lowell George, Little Feat   2. Badfinger, Pete Ham
3. Gino Vannelli    4. Gary Wright
Guess Who was the winner by a single vote