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1. Mother of Chastity and Elijah Blue, this one named singer started in the 1960s with singles like "Bang Bang" and "All I Really Want to Do" and charted at least one single on Billboard in every decade since. Who is she?
2. Everybody was talking about this one named singer in the early 1970s. This Brooklyn born songster really must have thought the Lord was in New York City. What name was on his record label?
3. Which artist who began his career in the U.K. caught the wind and came across to the U.S. in the mid 1960s and gave us an epistle, told us how to wear our love, and also gave us a lesson in ancient history with a song about a legendary continent?
4. "Those schoolgirl days of telling tales and biting nails are gone, but in my mind I know they will still live on and on ..." These lyrics begin the song for which this U.K. artist is most famous. The song was the theme song from a 1967 motion picture starring Sidney Poitier. Her name was Melanie.
5. "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)", and "Brand New Key" made this one named artist very recognizable in the early 1970s. What was the name?
6. This one named lady had a hit as part of a duet way back in 1957. She has worked in all aspects of the music industry and is perhaps best known for her single called "Pillow Talk" in 1973. Can you get the name right?
7. The Material Girl. Do you really need more information? I think not. So I won't preach about holidays, virgins or anything else. Who is this?
8. This singer with the royal name actually changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol in 1993. Whatever he called himself, he was part of the 'revolution' of music in the 1980s and beyond. Who was he?
9. This guy was not going to use his daddy's name to get into the recording business in the mid 1980s. He secured a recording contract while his father (a successful CEO of a major record company) wasn't watching him. Who was this artist with the one name who had a hit song while no one was watching him?
10. "I think I'd like to sing and have a music career. How should I start? Maybe I'll get a recording contract and go sing in shopping malls. That'll do it". What late 1980s teen aged young lady who was never alone could have said this?
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