Body Parts, One Song at a Time Quiz

Answer: arms

"Crazy Arms" was a number one country hit for Price. Jerry Lee Lewis released it later that year as his first single record for the Sun label. Many others have covered it including Linda Ronstadt, Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong.

Answer: tongue

A Las Vegas native, Lewis began her professional career in the 1980s in a Jell-O TV commercial. After small roles in several TV shows she decided to concentrate on music and has appeared solo as well as with music groups. "Acid Tongue" came from the 2008 album of the same name.

Answer: brain

"Check My Brain", Alice in Chains' 2009 single, was their first since 1999. It was from the album "Black Gives Way to Blue" and it was their first number one single since 1994. It was nominated for "Best Hard Rock Performance" at the 2010 Grammy Awards.

Answer: hands

When Taylor Swift sings a relationship song you're never sure who it is about - or if it is about anyone in particular. "Dancing With Our Hands Tied" is from her 2017 CD "reputation" which was largely influenced by her personal life. The song was not released as a single.

Answer: heart

Few people could write and perform a honky tonk lost-love song like Hanks Williams Sr. "Cold Cold Heart" was written in 1951 and was one of his biggest hit records. Tony Bennett recorded a version of it, also in 1951, which introduced the song, and Williams, to pop music audiences.

Answer: eyes

Sounding more country than rock, "Faraway Eyes" was the B-side of "Miss You", taken from the Rolling Stones' 1978 album "Some Girls." The Stones were big fans of American country music and Keith Richards was friends with, and influenced by, Gram Parsons of The Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers fame. Mick Jagger said the song was based on a real woman.

Answer: cheek to cheek

"Cheek to Cheek" was written for Astaire by Irving Berlin for the 1935 movie "Top Hat" starring Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It was nominated for the Best Song Academy Award in 1936 but lost to "Lullaby of Broadway". The song was a number one hit in 1935.

Answer: his face

"Der Fuehrer's Face" was written for the 1943 American anti-Nazi propaganda film "Donald Duck in Nutzi Land" and performed by Spike Jones and His City Slickers orchestra. The song became so popular because of its anti-Hitler theme that the name of the movie was changed to it. Jones' orchestras often parodied songs (kind of like being the "Weird Al" Yankovics of their day); this one was released before the movie and reached number 3 in popularity in 1942.

Answer: hair

A play that dealt with the sexual revolution and the Vietnam war, "Hair" also featured a brief nude scene which caused a lot of controversy. The song "Hair" dealt with - hair. It was recorded by the original cast and became a number one hit in much of the world. The Cowsills recorded a cover version in 1969.

Answer: nose

"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" started out as an advertising character for the Montgomery Ward Department Stores in 1939 and soon became the subject of a song. Gene Autry, "The Singing Cowboy", recorded it in 1949 (at his wife's insistence) and it became an instant Christmas classic. Between Autry and all the artists who have covered it over the years it has sold over 150 million copies.