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1. In her all too brief lifetime, Janis Joplin recorded several major hits. One of her most well-known is "Me and Bobby McGee". Who wrote this ditty for Janis?
2. In the mid-80s, a funk band called The Family recorded the tune "Nothing Compares 2 U" but it went nowhere. A few years later, the tune was recorded by Sinead O'Connor and became a hit. Who wrote "Nothing Compares 2 U"?
3. Put on your platform shoes: We're going back to the early 70s when "All the Young Dudes" was a hit for Mott the Hoople. Can you name the mega-star who wrote that tune?
4. The late Harry Nilsson, who penned the classic tune about putting the lime in the coconut, was a fairly accomplished singer/songwriter in his own time. But his biggest hit was a song called "Without You" which hit Number One on the Billboard chart in 1971. (Remember? "Can't live if living is without you"?) But the song was actually written by the songwriting team of Peter Ham and Tom Evans. Ham and Evans, however, were the songwriting duo for another popular group of that era. Their band also recorded the song. Which band did Ham and Evans belong to?
5. In the early 70s, the band Badfinger had a huge hit with the song "Come and Get It" which was written for the movie "The Magic Christian". But they didn't write the song. Which former Beatle did?
6. Patti Smith's fan base has usually been an underground one. However, she did hit the Billboard chart in 1978 with "Because the Night". However, this song was her re-vamping of an already existing tune by another singer/songwriter. Who wrote the original "Because the Night"?
7. British rocker Dave Edmunds has a career that spans back to 1968. His one significant hit was 1979's "Girl's Talk". Guess what? He didn't write it. Who did?
8. You would think with all their songwriting firepower and talent that The Beatles would never record someone else's song. However, their album "Beatles '65" contains four cover tunes. One of them was "Honey Don't", written by one of rockabilly's kings. Who wrote "Honey Don't"?
9. In the mid 80s, the pop group Power Station found themselves at the top of the chart. Comprised of accomplished songwriters like Robert Palmer, Andy and John Taylor (of Duran Duran), and Tony Thompson the band experienced phenomenal success. Their biggest hit, "Get It On (Bang a Gong)" was a huge hit for someone else in the early '70s. Who wrote the song?
10. Whitney Houston holds the record for the most consecutive Number One records: seven. One of her biggest hits was 1992's soulful "I Will Always Love You". The tune was actually penned years earlier by one of country music's greatest icons. Who was it?
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