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1. You've probably heard the old expression, "All's fair in love and war". Call me sentimental, but this scenario, as told by a heart-broken young lady, seems a bit too harsh for my liking:
"I was dancin' with my darlin'
To the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
I introduced her to my loved one
And while they were dancin'
My friend stole my sweetheart from me"
Some friend! Do you recall the name of this enormously popular singer who had a huge hit with "The Tennessee Waltz"?
2. It's a pretty tough thing to be stood up waiting at the altar, and many a person who has been so-slighted has had to come to terms about what to do next. In 1972 a young singer told us of the thoughts running through his mind. He sang:
"Left standing in the lurch, at a church where people are saying, my God that's tough, she stood him up, no point in us remaining.
May as well go home, as I did on my own. Alone again, naturally."
Can you select this solitary singer?
3. "Why does the rain fall from up above? Why do fools fall in love? Why do they fall in love?(Fools fall in love)
Why does my heart skip this crazy beat? For I know, it will reach defeat. Tell me why, tell me why? Why, do fools fall in love?"
You have to admit, that's an understandable rhetorical question for a group of youngsters to ask. Now, can you name the adolescent quintet who had a big hit with, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"?
4. "Gloria" (1982) was one of the greatest hits of the decade. It sold over two million copies and was a Number One hit in both Canada and Australia. In the US, "Gloria" reached as high as number two on the BBH100 chart and stayed on the chart for what was then an unprecedented 36 consecutive weeks, the longest tenure of any song by a female singer. As a songwriter the artist wrote lyrics for, among other movies, "Flashdance" (1983). Can you listen to the voices in your head, and name her?
5. Did you ever notice how many great, memorable songs are about unrequited love?
Take the following lyrics as an example:
"Maybe I hang around here a little more than I should
We both know I got somewhere else to go
But I got something to tell you, that I never thought I would
But I believe you really ought to know
I love you, I honestly love you".
AND LATER:
"If we both were born in another place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours, and here I am with mine
So I guess we'll just be leaving it at this
I love you, I honestly love you, I honestly love you".
Helen of Troy's face is supposed to have launched 1,000 ships and one could easily make the case that "I Honestly Love You" (1974), helped launch the songs' singer to international fame and success. She would go on to win four Grammy Awards and sell over 100 million records worldwide. Can you name this multi-talented artist who also won the Peoples Choice Award for Best Actress in 1978?
6. Do you remember the song "Africa" (1982)? Here's a few bars:
"It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had"
"Africa" was first released on an album that won six Grammy Awards for the American rock band that recorded it. Name that band.
7. "Harper Valley PTA" (1968) was the musical example of why people who live in glass houses should never throw stones. It seem a bunch of, to be kind, aloof, members of the school board sent a young girl home with a note to be given to her mom. The holier-than-thou PTAers felt the youngster's mother was dressing and acting far too seductively and inappropriately for their liking. When she read the sanctimonious missive, the widowed mother (Mrs. Johnson), was not amused.
Can you remember the name of the popular country singer whose recording of "HVPTA" won her the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance?
8. "Make It With You" was written by David Gates. He was a founder of the band that would take it to Number One on the BBH100 list in August of 1970. "Make It With You", which sold over a million copies, was track two on the band's second album, "On the Waters". The album itself reached number 12 on the BB200 Album chart. Can you name this band which was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006?
9. "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality. Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see, I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy".
Those are the opening lyrics from "Bohemian Rhapsody". It was recorded by one of the greatest selling bands of all time, and when it was released as a single it reached number one on the U.K., Australian, Irish, New Zealand and Netherlands charts. It also cracked the top 10 on the BBH100 chart. Can you name this group, whose lead singer was born Farrokh Bulsara?
10. Do you recall these lyrics from the late 1950s?:
"Come with me, my love
To the sea, the sea of love
I want to tell you how much I love you
Do you remember when we met?
That's the day I knew you were my pet
I want to tell you how much I love you".
The 1959 song, "Sea of Love" was a big hit (and the only hit) for a singer born with the name John Phillip Baptiste. On October 12, 1959, "Sea of Love" was the Number One song on the BBR&B charts, and it also reached as high as number two on the BBH100 chart in August, 1959. Under what new moniker did Baptiste release this million selling gold single?
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