That Musician is from Oklahoma? Quiz

Answer: Bread

David Gates is the son of a band director and a piano teacher. He became proficient in piano, bass and guitar by the time he enrolled in Will Rogers High School. He played in local bands around Tulsa and in 1957 his high school band backed Chuck Berry. Gates released his first regional single called "Jo-Baby" in honor of his future wife, Jo Rita.

The Gates family relocated to Los Angeles in 1961. He formed Bread with Jimmy Griffin in 1967. The group was signed by Elektra Records and their first album, "Bread", was released the same year.

After a series of hit records the band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Love is a rock group from the late sixties led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Arthur Lee. Their 1967 album "Forever Changes" influenced many future bands. Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman fronted the Turtles. Steam was a pop group best known for the 1969 number one hit song "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye".

The song was written and recorded by studio musicians Garrett Scott, Dale Frashuer and producer Paul Leka.

Answer: Vince Gill

In 1979 Norman, Oklahoma, born Vincent Grant Gill gained national attention as a singer with Pure Prairie League. He has since recorded more than 20 studio albums, charted more than 40 singles and has earned 19 Grammy Awards. In 2007 Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Mark Knopfler once asked Gill to join Dire Straits. Gill married country singer Janis Oliver in 1980.

They separated in the nineties and Vince married singer Amy Grant in 2000. Vince Bell is a singer/songwriter who has appeared on "Austin City Limits".

His songs have been performed and recorded by Little Feat, Lyle Lovett and Nanci Griffith. Lee Roy Parnell is a country music singer/songwriter and slide guitarist. He has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country charts. Lyle Lovett has won four Grammy Awards, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1990 and Best Country Album in 1997. Lovett, Bell and Parnell are all from Texas.

Answer: Leon Russell

Leon Russell started performing as a young teen in Tulsa. He was born Claude Russell Bridges in Lawton, Oklahoma. He followed the music scene to Los Angeles and became a session player for Phil Spector, playing on many top hits for Phil's groups. Some of the other musicians he has done sessions for include Jerry Lee Lewis, Ringo Starr, BB King, Freddie King, Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman, The Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Badfinger, Tijuana Brass, Frank Sinatra, The Band, Edgar and Johnny Winter, The Byrds, Gary Lewis and the Playboys and many more.

He served as Snuff Garrett's assistant on several productions. While doing tracks for a Badfinger album he was asked by George Harrison to participate in the "Concert For Bangladesh" and sang "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Young Blood". Russell collaborated with Freddie King in the early seventies and did an album with Willie Nelson. Russell's many solo efforts began in 1966 with "Rhapsodies for Young Lovers" by Leon Russell and the Midnight String Quartet to the 2008 release, "In Your Dreams". Jack Wessel has been Russell's bass player for over 25 years. Leon returns to Tulsa each year for a birthday bash concert.

Answer: Elvin Bishop

After graduating from Will Rogers High School in 1963, Elvin bishop met Paul Butterfield and worked with his band for several years. Their third album, "The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw", takes its name from Bishop's nickname. In 1968 he went solo and formed the Elvin Bishop Group.

In 1976 Bishop released "Fooled Around and Fell In Love", about his love affair with the late Jenny Villarin. The recording also features Mickey Thomas and Donny Baldwin who both later joined Jefferson Starship. In 1975 he played guitar on Bo Diddley's "The 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll" album and toured with B. B. King in 1995. Elvis Costello is a British musician and singer. Oklahoma musician Carl Radle was the bassist for Derek and the Dominos. Oklahoman Hank Thompson was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997.

Answer: The Hansons

The Hansons were originally called The Hanson Brothers. Their first performance as a professional group took place in 1992 at the "Mayfest Arts Festival" in Tulsa. The young boys then did the "South By Southwest" music festival in Texas, where they were signed by manager Christopher Sabec. An A&R representative for Mercury Records heard them play at the Kansas State Fair and they were signed by Mercury.

They quickly became a worldwide sensation with the release of their first album, "Middle of Nowhere", and the 1997 hit single "MMMBop". The Poppy Family recorded the Canadian number one song "Which way you Goin' Billy?".

The Cowsills are from Newport, Rhode Island, and had hits with "Indian Lake" and "Hair". The Canadian DeFranco Family's debut 1973 single "Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat," reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Answer: Tommy Allsup

While recording at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico, Allsup was asked to work with Buddy Holly. He agreed and backed Holly on the road with bassist Waylon Jennings and drummer Carl Bunch. His guitar work can be heard on "Wishing", "Heartbeat", "It's So Easy", "Love's Made A Fool Of You", "Lonesome Tears" and "Come Back Baby". According to Allsup the coin toss which decided the seating on the plane in 1959 was done in a bathroom and not at the airfield as depicted in the movie.

After Holly died, Allsup relocated to California and did session work for Liberty Records, eventually becoming one of their producers.

In 1968 he moved to Nashville to manage Metromedia Records. He was elected to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Petty is a New Medico native. Waylon Jennings and Carl Bunch are from Texas.

Answer: Anita Bryant

By the time Anita Bryant was six she was singing at fairgrounds in Oklahoma. She then sang occasionally on radio and television and was invited to audition for Arthur Godfrey's talent show when it came to Oklahoma. After graduating from Tulsa's Will Rogers High School, Bryant became Miss Oklahoma in 1958 and was a second runner-up in the 1959 Miss America beauty pageant at age 19.

Her three biggest pop hits were "'Till There Was You", "Paper Roses", and "In My Little Corner of the World". She placed a total of eleven songs in the Top 100.

She now lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, and does charity work for various youth organizations while heading The Anita Bryant Ministries International. Jennifer Jones is a Tulsa native as well as an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress. Tulsa native Mary Kay Place is an actress, singer, director and screen writer who achieved national stardom on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman". Rue McClanahan is from in Healdton, Oklahoma.

She is an Emmy Award-winning American actress who starred on the sitcoms "Maude" and "The Golden Girls".

Answer: Eve of Destruction

Barry McGuire was born in Oklahoma City. He relocated to California and joined the Navy at age 16, but he was shortly kicked out for being underage. He then joined the New Christy Minstrels with his friend Barry Kane in 1962. In 1963 McGuire wrote the group's first and biggest hit single, "Green, Green." He left the group in 1965 after recording their album "Cowboys and Indians". "Eve of Destruction" was recorded in one take from words scrawled on crumpled piece of paper. McGuire received a call from his record company within a week letting him know the song was getting airplay. McGuire appeared as "Old Wrangle" in the 1967 movie, "The President's Analyst", with James Coburn and in "Werewolves on Wheels" in 1971.

He also starred for a year in the Broadway musical "Hair".

In 2008 McGuire teamed up with former Byrds member John York for a tour called "Trippin' the '60s". "I Like It Like That" is the only hit by Kris Kenner. It was also done by The Dave Clark Five. Bobby Fuller left Texas and hit the Los Angeles scene with "I Fought the Law" before his untimely death. Texas native Jewel Aikens hit the Top Ten with "Birds and the Bees" in the sixties.

Answer: Toby Keith

Toby Keith was born in Clinton, Oklahoma. After the oil company he was working for as a field hand fell on hard times, Keith relocated to Nashville in 1993 to try to get a recording contract. His break came when a fan who worked as a stewardess gave a record executive on her plane a demo tape.

The tape led to a contract. His debut single, "Should've Been a Cowboy", went to number one on the Billboard country singles chart and his self-titled debut album was certified platinum. Other hits include "A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action" and "Wish I Didn't Know Now".

In 2005 he filmed "Broken Bridges" with Kelly Preston, Burt Reynolds and Tess Harper. In 2005 he opened Toby Keith's "I Love This Bar & Grill" in Oklahoma City. Joe Diffie was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He played in a rock band, gospel music quartet and a bluegrass band while attending Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. He began a solo career with his song "Home". Jeff Carson was also born in Tulsa. He was signed to Curb Records in 1995 and released his Number One single "Not on Your Love" from his self-titled album. Kentucky-raised country singer Dwight Yoakam has appeared in over 20 films, including "Slingblade".

Answer: J J Cale

"After Midnight" and "Cocaine" are Eric Clapton songs written by J J Cale. In addition to Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young and Bryan Ferry have acknowledged Cale's influence on their music. A collaborative album with Eric Clapton, "The Road to Escondido", won "Best Contemporary Blues Album" at the 2008 Grammy Awards. "Cajun Moon", "Same Old Blues" and "Anyway The Wind Blows" are a few of the many J J Cale songs recorded by several artists. John D. LeVan is a Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee and one of the original "Tulsa Sound" guitarists. R B Greaves was born in Georgetown, Guyana.

His 1969 song, "Take a Letter, Maria", went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100. William Dale Fries, Jr, also known as C. W. McCall, is best known for the 1976 number one hit "Convoy",