Welcome to My Jukebox! (#4) Trivia Quiz

Answer: I've Got the Music in Me

Yeah, Kiki. I know how you feel. I've got the music in me, too, but unfortunately, not your voice and talent.

British singer-songwriter Kiki Dee was born Pauline Matthews in 1947. She had another hit, a duet with Elton John in 1976, "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart."

Strangely, on the flip side of my 45 of "I've Got the Music in Me" is another band, First Class, singing "Beach Baby," one of those irritatingly memorable (or memorably irritating) "get out of my head!" tunes. A "Who sang 'Beach Baby'?" trivia question might work really well if you're looking to stump somebody.

Answer: "Lido Shuffle" - Boz Scaggs

And I thought Conway Twitty had the worst name in pop music! Boz (a nickname that allegedly evolved from a classmate tagging him "Bosley") was born William Royce Scaggs in Canton, OH, in 1944; he was raised in Texas, went to college at the U of Wisconsin, and owns a night club (Slim's) in San Francisco. Scaggs' early career had him singing with another classmate, Steve Miller, and as of this time (late 2009), he is still touring.

The flip side of "Lido Shuffle" is "Lowdown," also a huge hit off the 1976 "Silk Degrees" album, which went to number two on the Pop Chart (U.S. Billboard). Some of the session musicians on that album evolved into the band Toto.

Boz and his wife also own a vineyard in Napa Valley and raised two sons: Austin, who writes the column "The Smoking Section" for Rolling Stone magazine, and Oscar, who, sadly, died of a drug overdose at the age of 21.

Answer: "Since I Fell For You" - Lenny Welch

Leon (Lenny) Welch was born in Asbury Park, NJ, in 1938. He signed with Cadence Records, which released "Since I Fell for You," which reached number four in 1963. The torch singer, once said to be "the next Johnny Mathis," released an album in 2006, "A Taste of Honey" and has made several music videos shown on VH1.

The folks who issue collectible forty-five r.p.m. records must have been on something when they decided that the B side of this classic body-rubber (slow dance song) should be "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" by Bill Hayes. What were they thinking?

Answer: "Sweetheart" -- Franke & the Knockouts

I'm sorry, but it IS on my juke box so I had to include it. This song reached number ten on the U.S. Pop Charts (Billboard) in 1981. It's such a sweetheart of a song! The "B" side: "Don't Stop," which I confess I've never played.

Lead singer Franke (Previte)'s band, The Knockouts, knocked it off in the mid-80s, but Franke went on to even higher accomplishments. He co-wrote two songs featured in the mega-hit movie "Dirty Dancing": "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," sung by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, which won the Academy Award in 1987 for Best Song; and "Hungry Eyes," sung by Eric Carmen. Franke Previte also wrote "All by Myself," which Carmen took to the top of the charts.

Answer: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

This Rolling Stone classic was voted number two by Rolling Stone magazine on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." (Issue #963, 12/9/04). What beat it out for the top spot? Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," what else?

The opening riff of "Satisfaction," augmented so memorably by Keith Richards' use of the Gibson fuzz box, arguably defines rock and roll.

Answer: One

Three Dog Night was made up of Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron. Despite selling a million records, "One" peaked only at number five on Billboard's Top 40 back in 1969. The flip side is a cover of Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness" ("Oooh, she may be weary. Young girls they do get weary ..."), another great song.

As of 2009, the band is still touring, although their venues are a good deal smaller than they used to be.

Answer: Money For Nothing

British band Dire Straits blasted onto the 80s music scene from Great Britain. "Money For Nothing" hit number one on the U.S. Billboard's Pop chart (where it remained for three weeks) in 1985, but only peaked at number four in the band's homeland. Dire Straits was led by Mark Knopfler playing lead on his famous red guitar. The band included Mark's brother David (rhythm & vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar/vocals), and Pick Withers, percussionist/drummer. They also had hits with "Sultans of Swing" and "Walk of Life," but they did not perform "Video Killed The Radio Star" (The Buggles), and I made up the Christmas song option, as you probably guessed.

I'm thinkin' everyone already knows that Sting donated his falsetto for the "I Want My MTV" intro, but did you know he actually suggested it? It was not part of the song originally. He just "borrowed" a few notes from his own/The Police song, "Don't Stand So Close to Me." How's THAT for "interesting information"?

Answer: Reach Out I'll Be There

The so-called "B" side of this Four Tops 45 is "Standing in the Shadows of Love." These two songs both charted in 1966. "Reach Out" was the group's second number one hit in the U.S. ("I Can't Help Myself," 1965). "Standing in the Shadows of Love" reached number six in December of '66.

Their last hit, "When She Was My Girl," charted in 1981. It's another excellent song, although not by the hit-writing team of Holland-Dozier-Holland.

Answer: Shotgun - Jr. Walker & the All Stars

I don't think The Shotgun ever caught on as a dance, but back in those days, artists were fond of writing songs that told the listener how to "Do the ----", and this was one of them. (Oh, and "Do the Boomerang" is on the "B" side, another dance I didn't see on "Bandstand.")

Forget about the crappy lyrics. just enjoy the fantastic music. You can't sit down when Jr. Walker (born Autry DeWalt, Jr.) plays that sweet, sweet saxophone. I'm sorry to say we lost him to cancer in 1995.

Heads-up: In Quiz # 7 or # 8 of this series, there will be another Jr. Walker and the All Stars song, so be prepared!

Answer: Mony Mony

"Mony Mony" hit the pop chart in the spring of 1968. It was the eighth hit for Tommy James and the Shondells, whose breakout chart-topper was "Hanky Panky," also purporting to be a dance. ("My baby does The Hanky Panky.") Yeah, right.

Rumor has it the band wrote the song in a New York City studio, and the name "Mony" came from a sign they saw across the street: Mutual of New York insurance company (MONY). At least, that's what the disc jockeys say on my radio station.