Mystery Music Sort V Trivia Quiz

Answer: TV show theme songs

"My Life" by Billy Joel was released in 1978 and reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The song was used as the theme song for the TV comedy series "Bosom Buddies" starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari. The series ran from November 27, 1980, to March 27, 1982.

Answer: Motor vehicle crash songs

"Bat Out of Hell" by Meat Loaf was released in 1977 and reached number 23 on the US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard) Chart. The song is about a man crashing his motor cycle and dying. Some of the last lyrics are:
"Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
Oh, torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell (ooh)
And the last thing I see is my heart still beating, still beating
I'm breaking out of my body and flying away."

Answer: Instrumental songs

"Green Onions" by Booker T. & the M.G.'s. is an instrumental released in 1962 that reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The song was featured in the 1993 film "The Sandlot", the 1973 film "American Graffiti", and the 1996 film "Happy Gilmore".

Answer: TV show theme songs

"Stand" by the American alternative rock band R.E.M was released in 1989 and reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The song was used as the theme song for the TV Sitcom "Get a Life" starring Chris Elliott. The show ran for two seasons from September 23, 1990, to March 8, 1992.

Answer: Motor vehicle crash songs

"Deacon Blues" by Steely Dan was released in 1978 and reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The song is about a man who ends up dying because of drunk driving. The last chorus of the song goes:
"I'll learn to work the saxophone
I, I'll play just what I feel.
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel.
They got a name for the winners in the world
I, I want a name when I lose.
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues (Deacon Blues)"

Answer: Instrumental songs

"Walk, Don't Run" by The Ventures was released in 1960 and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Other songs by the Ventures include "Perfidia", "Ram-Bunk-Shush", "Green Hornet Theme", and "Hawaii Five-O".

Answer: TV show theme songs

"With a Little Help from My Friends" by singer-songwriter Joe Cocker was released in 1969 and reached number 35 on the US Billboard 200 Chart. The song is used as the theme song for the coming of age TV sitcom "The Wonder Years" that ran from January 31, 1988, until May 12, 1993.

Answer: Motor vehicle crash songs

"Leader of the Pack" by the American girl group the Shangri-Las was released in 1964 and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The song is about a girl named Betty who is in love with the leader of a motorcycle gang. The leader, named Jimmy, ends up dying in an accident. The lyrics at the end are:
"He sort of smiled, then kissed me goodbye
The tears were beginning to show
As he drove away on that rainy night
I begged him to go slow, whether he heard
I'll never know (know, know, know, know, know, know, know)
Look out, look out, look out!

I felt so helpless, what could I do?
Remembering all the things we'd been through
In school, they all stop and stare
I can't hide the tears, but I don't care
I'll never forget him, the leader of the pack"

Answer: Instrumental songs

"Frankenstein" by the American rock band Edgar Winter Group is an instrumental that was released in 1973 and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Other songs by the group include "Tobacco Road", "Keep Playin' That Rock 'n' Roll", "Free Ride", and "River's Risin'".

Answer: TV show theme songs

"Forever Young" by Bob Dylan was released as a single in 1979. A cover of the song by British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart was released in 1988 and reached number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Dylan's version was the theme song for the TV show "Parenthood" that ran from March 2, 2010, to January 29, 2015.

Answer: Motor vehicle crash songs

"Detroit Rock City" by the American hard rock group Kiss was released in 1976. It was inspired by a real life incident involving someone getting killed in an auto accident outside of an arena they had previously played at. The song starts with a radio reporting on the news stating:

"...In Detroit, a Pontiac, Michigan youth
Was reported dead at the scene of
A head-on collision on Grand Avenue this morning
He was reportedly driving on the wrong side of the boulevard When he struck a delivery truck
And was catapulted through the windshield of his car
The driver of the truck is reported to be uninjured
The identities of both men are being withheld by local police...
...Roll all night and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all night
And party every day..."

Answer: Instrumental songs

"Outa-Space" is an instrumental recorded by Billy Preston that was released in 1971 and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Other songs by Preston include "That's the Way God Planned It", "Will It Go Round in Circles", "Space Race", and "Nothing from Nothing".

Answer: TV show theme songs

"Low Rider" by American funk band War was released in 1975 and reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The song was also the theme song for The "George Lopez Show" that ran from March 27, 2002, to May 8, 2007.

Answer: Motor vehicle crash songs

"Last Kiss" by Wayne Cochran was released in 1961. The song was covered by the Cavaliers in 1964 where it reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The song was also covered by the Canadian group Wednesday in 1973, and by the Rock group Pearl Jam in 1999. The song is about a guy and his girlfriend who get into a car crash - the girl slowly dies in her boyfriend's arms. Some of the lyrics are:
"We were out on a date in my daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far
There in the road, up straight ahead
A car was stalled, the engine was dead
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
I'll never forget the sound that night
The screamin' tires, the bustin' glass
The painful scream that I heard last."

Answer: Instrumental songs

"Baby Elephant Walk" by Henry Mancini is an instrumental released in 1962. It was composed for the 1962 film "Hatari!" starring John Wayne. Later the same year, Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra covered the tune and took it to the number 10 spot on the Easy Listening chart.