Streets and Roads in Songs Trivia

1. Who co-wrote and recorded "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"?

From Quiz The Road Goes Ever On

Answer: Elton John

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" was the title track of Elton John's seventh studio album. Elton composed the music and his regular writing partner Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics. It was the second single release from the album, the first being "Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting". On his "Greatest Hits Live" album, recorded at Madison Square Garden, Billy Joel joins him in a duet of the song. The single was certified gold on January 4, 1974, just a few months after its release in October, 1973.

From Quiz Street Names in Song Lyrics

Answer: Waitin' in School

"Waitin' in School" was a Rock-A-Billy song written by Johnny and Dorsey Burnette. The song was performed by Ricky in an episode of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" (1952-1966) titled "Picture in Rick's Notebook". The chorus went "Well, it's a-one, two, a-pull off my shoes, Three, four, get out on the floor, Five, six, come get your kicks down on the corner of Lincoln and a-Forty-Six". "Waitin' in School" was Ricky's sixth Top Twenty US single. Later the same year he had his first Number One single with "Poor Little Fool". "Be-Bop Baby" was a 1957 Number Three single for Ricky. "Stood Up" made it to Number Two in 1958 and Ricky's cover of Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" was a 1957 Number Four hit.

From Quiz Follow That Road

Answer: red dirt

"Red Dirt Road," the title track of Brooks & Dunn's 2003 album by the same name, recounts first events from the singer's life like having a beer and wrecking his car. Brooks & Dunn performed this song at the Daytona International Speedway at a 2003 concert in tribute to Dale Earnhardt.

From Quiz Let's Take A Road Trip Part II

Answer: Duane Eddy

In 1958 "Rebel 'Rouser" became Duane Eddy's first US Top Ten Instrumental single. The following year "Forty Miles of Bad Road" reached Number Nine on the US charts. In 1960 the movie soundtrack single "Because They're Young" reached Number Four, becoming Eddy's highest charting US single release. Duane also released television and movie related songs including the theme from "Peter Gunn" (1960), "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" (1961), "The Ballad Of Paladin" (1962) and "Theme From Dixie" (1960). In 1959, Eddy's debut album, "Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel", reached Number Five and stayed on the album charts for more than 80 weeks. George Tomsco was the guitar player for The Fireballs. In 1957 Chet Atkins' first charted US album was titled "Chet Atkins at Home". In 1945 Chet Atkins released a single with Bing Crosby titled "It's Been a Long Long Time".

From Quiz My Street Is Alive With The Sound Of Music

Answer: Penny Lane

"Penny Lane" reached number two on the UK chart in 1967. It was number one for one week on the US pop chart the same year. "Penny Lane" brought to an end a run of 11 consecutive number one hits on the UK chart. If it had not been kept off the top spot by "Release Me" by Engelbert Humperdinck, The Beatles would have had 18 consecutive number one hits on the UK chart. If you have a US promo single copy of "Penny Lane" with the added piccolo trumpet at the end of the song similar to the version on "Anthology 2", get it valued as it is extremely rare.

From Quiz Take a Trip on Route 66

Answer: Nat King Cole

The year 1946 was a banner year for Nat King Cole. He released "The Christmas Song" as The King Cole Trio as well as standards such as "Paper Moon" and "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66". He released four albums as the King Cole Trio between 1944 and 1949. In 1956 he debuted "The Nat King Cole Show", becoming the first black artist to host a television variety show. Nat had a unique voice that he attributed to smoking up to three packs of menthol cigarettes per day. He was only 45 when he passed due to lung cancer in 1965. Perry Como had a big hit in 1946 with "Prisoner of Love". "Sioux City Sue" was a 1946 release by Bing Crosby and The Jesters and "Day By Day" was done by Ol' Blue Eyes the same year.

From Quiz Addresses and Streets In Songs

Answer: Twelfth Street and Vine

In the second verse of "Kansas City" the lyrics state the singer will be "On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine". "Kansas City" was composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in the early fifties. It was one of their first collaborations. The song was recorded in 1952 by Little Willie Littlefield under the title of "K C Lovin'". It became a smash hit seven years later when Wilbert Harrison recorded a version as "Kansas City". The guitar solo was done by Wild Jimmy Spruill. Since Harrison recorded the song it has been covered by artists from The Beatles to James Brown. Little Richard recorded the version that added the "Hey, hey, hey, hey" phrase. The city of Kansas City adopted "Kansas City" as its official song in 2005 and a plaque in a park commemorates the address of Twelfth Street and Vine.

From Quiz Are You "Street" Wise?

Answer: The Gunner's Dream

"The Final Cut" was released in 1983 and reached number one on the UK Album Chart and number six on the US chart. It was the last studio album from Pink Floyd to feature Roger Waters on bass.

From Quiz Titles - Music In The Streets

Answer: David Bowie and Mick Jagger

From Quiz Travel The "A" Roads Of UK With A Song

Answer: A17

"Edge Of Seventeen" (1982) was written by Nicks following the death of her uncle Jonathan and John Lennon in the same week in December 1980. The credit for the title belongs to Jane Petty, first wife of musician Tom, who had remarked to Nicks that they had met "at the age of seventeen", a phrase that, due to Jane's strong southern accent, Nicks misheard as "at the edge of seventeen". The riff for "Edge Of Seventeen" was sampled by Destiny's Child for their hit, "Bootylicious" (2001) and Nicks appeared in the video that accompanied the track. The A17 is almost constantly busy and carries far more traffic than it was designed for, including slow moving vehicles such as heavy goods vehicles, which are restricted to 50 mph on the single carriageway road, and many tractors which travel even slower. Despite several by-passes being built, taking the A17 around built up areas, the rate of accidents remains high, and seems to have always been above average, as a parliamentary report published in the "Hansard" in 1973 lists 35 accidents involving heavy goods vehicles during the previous four years just on the stretch between King's Lynn and the north western boundary of Norfolk.

From Quiz The Road Goes Ever On

Answer: James Taylor

James Taylor's recording of "Country Road" was produced for Warner Brothers Records by Peter Asher (of the British duo Peter and Gordon). The song was inspired by a wooded road in Belmont, Massachusetts called Somerset Street. It topped out at number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971, but peaked at number nine on the Easy Listening chart.

From Quiz Street Names in Song Lyrics

Answer: Colorado Boulevard

"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" was written by Don Altfeld along with Jan Berry and Roger Christian. The last lines of the chorus are "She drives real fast and she drives real hard she's the terror of Colorado Boulevard". The writers were inspired by a Dodge commercial starring Kathryn Minner as a little old lady who buys a Super Stock Dodge. In the song she races her Dodge with any takers. In 1964 The Beach Boys recorded the song live and included it on their 1964 "Beach Boys Concert" album. Thee Midniters had a single titled "Whittier Boulevard" in 1965. West Sunset Blvd and North Crescent Heights Blvd were referenced in the lyrics to the 1964 Jan and Dean hit "Dead Man's Curve".

From Quiz Follow That Road

Answer: country

The road in Taylor's "Country Road" single refers to one that ran close to a Massachusetts hospital where Taylor was being treated for depression in 1965. One take on the meaning of the song is that it is good to withdraw from the problems of life and leave their solving to a higher power like Jesus. In 1971, "Country Road" became number 37 on the Billboard pop singles chart.

From Quiz Let's Take A Road Trip Part II

Answer: Roy orbison

The first verse of "Thunder Road" began "The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely." Bruce was heavily influenced by Roy Orbison and was one of the musicians who backed him during a 1988 concert, "Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night". The concert brought Roy to the attention of a new generation of fans. In 1987 Bruce Springsteen inducted Roy into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and specifically mentioned "Thunder Road" during the induction ceremony.

From Quiz Take a Trip on Route 66

Answer: Chicago

They lyrics indicated that "It winds from Chicago to LA". The official beginning of the road was by the shores of Lake Michigan and passed through the communities of Cicero and Berwyn. The road also passed through Springfield. The last town a traveler would hit as he went through Illinois would have been Mitchell. Route 66 did not go through or near Detroit, Cleveland or Columbus.

From Quiz Addresses and Streets In Songs

Answer: The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones derived their name from the title of a Muddy Waters song. Muddy recorded at Chess Records and the Rolling Stones eventually got to record at Chess Records and meet Muddy Waters. The Rolling Stones composed "2120 South Michigan Avenue" under the fictitious collective band pseudonym of Nanker Phelge. The song was the lead cut on side two of the "12 X 5" album. The album also included their hits, "Time is on my Side" and "It's All Over Now". In his 2002 book, "Rolling with the Stones", Bill Wyman revealed that a Nanker was the name for a weird face that the band members would sometimes make and that Jimmy Phelge was a roommate when the band lived in a London flat.

From Quiz Are You "Street" Wise?

Answer: If I Should Fall Behind

The song was from the soundtrack of the film "Philadelphia", released in 1993. The single, released the following year, won six major awards including an Oscar for Best Original Song and four Grammy Awards. There was also a maxi-single version, which in addition to "Streets of Philadelphia" and "If I Should Fall Behind", had the songs "The Big Muddy" and "Growin' Up" on it.

From Quiz Hit the Road, Jack!

Answer: Penny Lane

'And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen, He likes to keep his fire engine clean, it's a clean machine.'

From Quiz Titles - Music In The Streets

Answer: Gerry Rafferty

From Quiz Travel The "A" Roads Of UK With A Song

Answer: A40

"A Pirate Looks at Forty" (1975) never troubled the charts but anyone who has been to a Jimmy Buffet concert will be familiar with this track as it is part of his famed "Big 8", the series of songs that he and his band play at almost every live appearance. In fact, when figures are collated, in 262 shows between 2010 and 2016, Buffet played "A Pirate Looks at Forty" 232 times, four more than "Cheeseburger in Paradise" (1978) and seven more than "Five O'Clock Somewhere" (2003). The A40 takes in Oxford Street and Marble Arch in London, and on leaving the city heads to Oxford where it forms a part of the Oxford ring road before heading off towards Cheltenham, passing through the town centre and going past intelligence and security organisation, GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) and following the Wye Valley, designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, to enter South Wales a mile east of Monmouth. It then continues on to Carmarthen, touching the eastern part of the Brecon Beacons National Park before travelling through some beautiful scenic views and arriving in Fishguard.

From Quiz The Road Goes Ever On

Answer: Canned Heat

Canned Heat's "On The Road Again" was influenced by an early blues recording by Floyd Jones which was also titled "On The Road Again". Alan Wilson provided the vocal on Canned Heat's version and also played the harmonica on the record. Jones was given credit as a co-writer of the song along with Wilson.

From Quiz Street Names in Song Lyrics

Answer: Bobby Russell

"1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero" was a single from Bobby Russell's "Words, Music, Laughter and Tears" album. It was his first release to reach the US Top Forty. Bobby also composed several hits for other artists including "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" recorded by his wife at the time, Vicki Lawrence. "Honey" recorded by Bobby Goldsboro and "Little Green Apples" by O. C. Smith were both 1968 hit singles written by Russell. Elvis, Nancy Sinatra and Ray Stevens also recorded songs written by Russell. Bobby Russell was only 52 when he died of coronary artery disease in 1992. "Autumn of My Life" was a 1968 Top Forty single by Bobby Goldsboro. Glen Campbell reached Number 32 in 1968 with "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife". "Halfway to Paradise" by Bobby Vinton went to Number 23 the same year.

From Quiz Follow That Road

Answer: everyday

"Everyday Is a Winding Road" was a featured single on Crow's 1996 album "Sheryl Crow." The song did well in both the U.S. and U.K. and was a 1998 Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. It has been used in car commercials and can be heard in the movies "Erin Brockovich" and "Phenomenon."

From Quiz Let's Take A Road Trip Part II

Answer: The Nashville Teens

When John D. Loudermilk released his semi-autobiographical composition, "Tobacco Road", in 1960 it was not successful. When the Nashville Teens released it five years later it reached Number 14 in the US. The Nashville Teens went on to have more successful releases in the UK but were relegated to the "One Hit Wonder" file in the US. The group formed in Weybridge, Surrey, England in 1962 and backed Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins in concerts. Eric Burdon and The Animals performed "Tobacco Road" on a German television show in 1967 and Eric later released a version when he was a member of War. The Bronx, New York, band Blues Magoos also recorded a version. In 2003 Status Quo recorded a version on their "Riffs" LP.

From Quiz Take a Trip on Route 66

Answer: Timely

The third verse advised "Won't you get hip to this timely tip". The clever lyrics connected the listener to the singer, as if the singer was giving him advice directly.

From Quiz Addresses and Streets In Songs

Answer: Eddy Grant

Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant was born in Plaisance, British Guiana. His family relocated to London when he was young. In 1968 Eddy had his first Number One UK hit while he was a member of The Equals with "Baby Come Back". He became ill from complications of a collapsed lung which necessitated a hiatus from performing. When he recovered he began a solo career. In 1981 he moved to Barbados and built his own studio complex called Blue Wave. His album, "Killer on the Rampage" contained "I Don't Wanna Dance" and "Electric Avenue". Peter Tosh was a member of The Wailers before going solo. In addition to his own hits Horace Andy released a cover version of "Ain't No Sunshine". Maxi Priest has had a successful solo career and recorded a version of Cat Stevens' "Wild World".

From Quiz Are You "Street" Wise?

Answer: Oasis

From "Wonderwall" released in 1995. This was Oasis' breakthrough single in the US, reaching number eight on the Billboard Top 100 chart. It was held from the number one spot in the UK by Robson and Jerome's "Up on the Roof".

From Quiz Hit the Road, Jack!

Answer: Baker Street

'Winding your way down on Baker Street, Light in your head and dead on your feet.'

From Quiz Titles - Music In The Streets

Answer: The Crusaders

From Quiz Travel The "A" Roads Of UK With A Song

Answer: A50

Although he had experienced several number one hits as part of Simon and Garfunkel, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (1975) became Paul Simon's first solo number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in USA, when it hit the top in 1976. The A50 starts in Leicester city centre and runs to Uttoxeter, forming part of the Derby ring road on the way. From Uttoxeter, the road heads off to Stoke-on-Trent and Knutsford before reaching Warrington. In all the A50 is 99.3 miles (159.8 kilometres) long and passes through the counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire.

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