Definitive 200 (140 - 126) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Frank Sinatra

Songs from this album are "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning", "Indigo Mood" and "What is This Thing Called Love"

This was a concept album arranged by Nelson Riddle and released in 1955. The songs are strung together and tell a bleak story. It is rumored that his relationship with Ava Gardner played a role in the mood of this album.

Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey and he first worked with a local singing group, The Three Flashes.

His recordings, as well as solo, include work with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers, and The Rat Pack.

He has recorded for many labels, Bluebird, RCA, Columbia, Capitol, and Reprise , which was his own record label. His first solo recordings were on 78 speed records.

He would sometimes put out more then one album, with more then one record company in the same year.

As well as being singer, Sinatra was an actor and in 1954 he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in "From Here to Eternity".

He had a short retirement in the early 1970's but in the end he toured until a few years before his death

Tribute albums dedicated to him have been recorded since 1959 and as recent as 2008.

Answer: Tuesday Night Music Club

"All I Wanna Do", "Leaving Las Vegas" and "The Na-Na Song" are some of the hits from this album.

Sheryl has won nine Grammy Awards. This album won her three Grammy Awards in 1995: Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Female Vocal Performance.

Her debut album was supposed to be released in 1993, but she convinced the record company not to release it.

The album title comes from a collection of Los Angeles music industry people who got together and worked on this album. Members of the club include David Baerwald, David Ricketts, Brian McLeod and producer Bill Bottrell.

Answer: Ride the Lightning

"For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Fade to Black" and the title track "Ride the Lightning" are on this album.

The band has won seven Grammy Awards.

Megaforce records and later Elektra records, released this album in 1984. The album was recorded at Sweet Silence Studios in Denmark.

The original line-up for Metallica was Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Ron McGovney. This album is the last one to have Dave Mustaine in the credits for the songs "Ride the Lightning" and "Call of Ktulu". Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton, who Jason Newsted replaced in 1986 following a fatal bus accident, replaced Mustaine and McGovney on this album.

There are some album covers that were mistakenly printed green and are now considered collectors items.

Answer: Bonnie Raitt

Some selections from this album are "Nick of Time", "Thing Called Love" and "I Will Not be Denied".

Bonnie was always a respected musician but this album was her first big commercial breakthrough.

David Crosby and Graham Nash are well known and have been collaborating with each other for decades. Don Was (Producer and Keyboards) and Herbie Hancock (Piano) might only be known to people familiar with the music from the 1980s. Herbie Hancock released the instrumental song "Rockit", known for its early use of turntable scratching and the music video which featured robotic mannequin parts.

Outside of his producing and music playing Don Was is known for the band Was Not Was, which released the song and video "Walk Like a Dinosaur".

Raitt has said before, that growing up in a Quaker household helped her get started on her political activism.

Answer: Surfacing

"Angel", "Sweet Surrender" and "Building a Mystery" are on this album.

She has also won three Grammy Awards. She was awarded Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1997 for "Building a Mystery".

Sarah received the Officer of the Order of Canada award in 1999 from Governor General Adrienne Clarkson. This acknowledged her singing career, work on Lilith Fair and philanthropy.

She was also inducted into the Order of British Columbia in 2001.

Surfacing was released as the first Lilith Fair tour hit the road, and her popularity benefited enormously from the timing.

Answer: Can't Slow Down

"All Night Long", "Hello" and "Running With the Night" came off of this album.

"Can't Slow Down" won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1985. Lionel wrote the Kenny Rogers hit son "Lady", as well as collaborating with Michael Jackson on the song "We Are the World". He has won an Oscar for his song "Say You, Say Me" from the movie White Knights. He was a member of the popular group the Commadores and would like to see them get back together again.

Lionel, music mogul Quincy Jones and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch were among a group of people who spoke on behalf of music producer Dallas Austin when he was jailed on drug possession charges in the United Arab Emirates. Consul for the United Arab Emirates called Ritchie for a character reference.

Answer: Footloose

As well as the two songs listed in the questions other songs from this soundtrack received a lot of radio play in the 1980's, including the title track "Footloose", "Dancing in the Sheets" and "Almost Paradise".

Kevin Bacon stars in the movie where he convinces a town that dancing is not a bad thing and plays a game of chicken with a tractor.

Answer: Unforgettable With Love Natalie Cole

"Mona Lisa", "Route 66", "Lush Life" and "Unforgettable" are on this album.

This was a very meaningful album in which Natalie pays tribute to her father, the great Nat King Cole. The songs on this album were all previously recorded by her father. Overdubbing was used to allow the feeling of Natalie and her father singing the song "Mona Lisa" as a duet.

Answer: Enya

Found on this album are "A Day Without Rain" , "Deora Ar Mo Chroí", "Fallen Embers" and "The First of Autumn"

Released in 2000, "Day Without Rain" won a Grammy for Best New Age Album. She is the second most popular artist from Ireland, behind U2. She has performed in ten different languages during her career. Enya did songs for the BBC television documentary "The Celts" and these songs later became her first solo album. One song from the album "Boadicea" was sampled by the group The Fugees for their popular tune "Ready or Not". The Fugees had not asked her permission or given her credit when the song originally came out.

Answer: Cars

"Good Times Roll", "My Best Friend's Girl", "Just What I Needed" and "You're All I've Got Tonight" comprise some of the songs from this album.

Members of this Boston based band for this album released in 1978 are Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes and David Robinson. The cover model is for the album is Natalya Medvedeva, a Russian born model, journalist, and musician. In Fast Times at Ridgemont High's famous pool scene, the Cars song "Moving in Stereo" is used. Their most successful album "Heartbeat City" came out in the early days of MTV and the video for "You Might Think" won Video of Year at MTV awards.

Answer: O Brother Where Art Thou?

The following songs can be found on this album among others, "Po' Lazarus", "Man of Constant Sorrow", "In the Jailhouse Now" and "Angel Band"

"O' Brother Where Art Thou" is the Coen brothers retelling of Homer's Odyssey. T-Bone Burnett, who has worked with the likes of Elvis Costello and Counting Crows, put together the songs for this soundtrack, none of which are original compositions. Many scenes are set to the songs.

The documentary film, Down From the Mountain, was performed by the artists from this soundtrack and was done at the Ryman Auditorium in Tennessee.

Answer: Alicia Keys

"Harlem's Nocturne" , "If I Ain't Got You" , "Wake Up" and "Slow Down" are on this album.

Alicia has been in the movies "Smokin Aces" and "The Nanny Diaries". She has also released the novel "Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics" in 2004.
She has won 11 Grammy Awards and seventeen Billboard Music Awards.

Alicia is a philanthropist as the Global Ambassador for Keep a Child Alive, a non-profit organization that provides life-saving AIDS medicines directly to children and families with HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Answer: Jay-Z

"The Ruler's Back", "Takeover" and "Never Change" are on this work.

Artists sampled by Jay-Z on this album include Slick Rick, David Bowie, The Doors, KRS-1, Natalie Cole, Al Green, The Jackson 5, Disco Dave & the Force of Five MC's, Bobby Byrd, Bobby Blue Band, Bobby Glenn and The Persuaders.

Featured guests on this album include Eminem, Timberland, Kanye West, Slick Rick, Q-Tip and Biz Markie.

Six different producers worked with Jay-Z on this album, including featured guests Eninem and Kanye West.

Jay-Z along with Diddy pledged 1 million dollars to the American Red Cross following Hurricane Katrina.

Answer: Christina Aguilera

You can find "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants" and "So Emotional" on this album.

As well as being a Mouseketeer, she played herself on Beverly Hills 90210 and lent her voice to Shark Tale. She has won four Grammy awards, all in different categories, including Best New Artist in 2000. She also has a Latin Grammy Award. She grew up in Pittsburgh and sang "The Star Spangled Banner" before all of the cities major sports teams at some point when younger. Her first recording was at fourteen.

Just a few of her Philanthropy causes include PETA, Missing Kids, Women's Cancer Research Fund and Do Something. She is involved in many charities in Pittsburgh and the national face for other charities.

Answer: Escape

The well known songs "Don't Stop Believing", "Who's Crying Now" and "Open Arms" all come from this album

The band originally got together in San Franciso. This album features Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Steve Smith, Jonathan Cain and Ross Valory. A later member of Journey was "American Idol's" Randy Jackson.

When it first came out I thought the use of E5C4P3 as the album title was strange, with the use of numbers for letters. Then in the last ten years with more use of the internet and text messaging it seems they were way ahead of their time with the usage.

Hollywood loves this album as shown by eleven different songs from this album being featured in movies or television shows, some of the songs in more then one movie, from 1980 - 2007.

Television shows where songs from this album were used include "The Simpsons", "Supernatural", "South Park", "The Shield" and "The Sopranos", including the final scene having "Don't Stop Believing" play on the diner jukebox.

"Don't Stop Believing" has been in Superbowl ad. A fan rallying call used by the 2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox and 2005 World Series champion Chicago White Sox, at whose victory parade Steve Perry sang the song, along with members of the team. Other sports teams that have used the song are the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins. Popular as it is, I don't think it will surpass Queen's "We are the Champions" in use at sporting events.