My 20th Century CD Collection Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bachman-Turner Overdrive

There are 12 songs on this CD which span the years from 1973 to 1979. But 1973 - 1975 were the biggest years for this group with other hits like "Blue Collar," "Let It Ride" and "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet."
Randy Bachman, a former member and lead guitarist for The Guess Who, formed this group which was originally named Brave Belt.

Answer: Joe Cocker

He started his career in Britain in the early 60s, performing in the pubs as Vance Arnold and the Avengers, playing mostly American blues and R&B. It wasn't until 1968 that he had a number one hit in the UK with the Beatles' song, "With a Little Help From My Friends".

He broke onto the American scene with a performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and a set at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. The next year, he had a top ten US single with his cover of "The Letter."

Answer: Van Morrison's, "Have I Told You Lately"

He was simply a great songwriter at first during the '70s and early '80s, with his songs covered by Three Dog Night, Joe Cocker, Conway Twitty and others, but he never had a big hit himself. After a few albums of barely moderate success, he got his friends Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner together and came up with a hit album, "Bring the Family" in 1987. After a few more solo albums, these guys got together again in 1992 to form a group called Little Village and recorded one album by the same name.
Hiatt has done numerous solo albums since, such as "Slow Turning" and "Stolen Moments."

Answer: Joe Walsh

Other hits on this James Gang CD include "Funk #48," "Stop" and "Ashes the Rain and I".
Glenn Schwartz was the original James Gang guitarist; Domenic Troiano replaced Joe Walsh when he left. Don Felder played guitar with the Eagles.

Answer: B. B. King

"The Thrill is Gone" was a huge success in 1970. After multiple Grammy award-winning recordings since then, he was inducted into both the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame (1980) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

Answer: The Mamas and the Papas

Other members of The Mamas and the Papas included Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty and the the real voice of the group, Cass Elliot. Other great hits on the CD include "Monday, Monday," "Creeque Alley,' and "I Saw Her Again Last Night."

Answer: Bob Marley and the Wailers

As a teenager, Bob Marley recorded a couple of little-known songs in 1962, and then formed a group called The Teenagers in 1963. He reached international success when Eric Clapton recorded a cover version of "I Shot the Sheriff" in 1974.
Marley died of cancer in 1981.

Answer: Roger Miller

Other great songs in this CD collection include "Dang Me," "Chug-A-Lug," "You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd." His international popularity and success took him on a tour of Britain and the song, "England Swings" was written as a result.

Answer: Steppenwolf

John Kay, leader and vocalist for the group, was an immigrant from Germany. He formed his first band called The Sparrow, in Toronto.
Other great hits on this CD include "Magic Carpet Ride" and "The Pusher," the latter being another song featured in the movie, "Easy Rider".

Answer: The Who

"My Generation," "Pinball Wizard," "I Can See for Miles" and "Magic Bus" are some of the other great hits from The Who on this CD. Maybe their greatest achievement was the rock opera "Tommy", in 1969. This was reworked into "The Who's Tommy", the Tony Award-winning Broadway stage production in 1993.