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1. Tulsa, Oklahoma, native David Gates was an in-demand session player before forming his own band in the sixties. What did he call his band?
2. Which Oklahoma native hosted the CMA Awards for ten years starting in 1992 and won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 2004 for "Next Big Thing"?
3. A prominent session player and recording artist from Oklahoma had his first hit as a songwriter with Joe Cocker's 1969 song, "Delta Lady". He went on to organize Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour and compose "Superstar" for The Carpenters and "This Masquerade", done by Al Jerrou. Who is this musical legend?
4. Relocating to Oklahoma from Iowa at age ten, which artist had a number three hit in 1976 with "Fooled Around and Fell In Love"?
5. Which family band from Tulsa had a successful debut album titled "Middle of Nowhere" that earned three Grammy nominations?
6. Which Oklahoma musician started playing professionally in 1949 as a guitarist with the Oklahoma Swingbillies and went on to work as Buddy Holly's guitar player?
7. Which former Miss Oklahoma and singer hails from Barnsdall, Oklahoma? Her single "'Till There Was You" reached number 30 in 1959.
8. In 1965 Oklahoma native Barry McGuire had his only Top Forty hit with which song?
9. Which Oklahoma born country singer acted in the 2006 film "Broken Bridges".
10. Which Oklahoma-born musician and songwriter released the albums "To Tulsa and Back" and "The Road to Escondido" as well as writing the Lynyrd Skynyrd hit "Call Me The Breeze"?
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