Duet or Don't Trivia Quiz

Answer: Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse recorded the duet with Bennett in March of that year (a cover of a 1930 song) and in July she passed away. The song was released in September, and was included on her posthumous album "Lioness: Hidden Treasures" as well as on Bennett's album "Duets II".

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Answer: Victor Borge

Born Boerge Rosenbaum (1909-2000) to Jewish parents in Denmark, he later changed his name and became an American citizen in 1948.
Victor gave his first piano recital at the age of 8, having been trained in the classics; both his parents were musicians. He was accepted into the Royal Danish Academy of Music with a full scholarship and gave his first concert in 1926. Victor escaped to America during WWII, and began to be noticed by the public after appearing on Rudy Vallee's radio Show and Bing Crosby's 'Kraft Music Hall'. His one liners and stand-up comedy became his primary routine and the piano and accompanist his foils.
Marylyn was a talented operatic singer and very patient and gracious; her arias and songs were often interrupted by Victor's clowning around - as when she hit a high note and he slid off the piano seat to the floor. He often started playing tunes that sounded strange, and then, looking confused, turned the sheet music around and played it right side up.
Victor used many foils in his acts and appeared with many other well known performers and orchestras. He also released several albums and videos.

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Answer: Simon & Garfunkel

In "The Sound of Silence" (1964), "Mrs. Robinson" (1967) and "Bridge Over Troubled Water"(1970), Simon & Garfunkel had three number one Billboard hits. Several of the songs they released on their first four albums reappeared on the soundtrack to "The Graduate", released in 1968. After their 1970 breakup, they reunited, first in 1981, in 2003 and finally in 2009. None of these reunions resulted in a new album, but there were several new songs, including the 1975 "My Little Town" and a 1981 cover of "Wake Up Little Susie".

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Answer: Frank Sinatra

Carson Parks and his wife, Gail Foote, were the first to record this song, which he wrote, in 1966. The Sinatras released their version in 1967 and it was number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for four weeks, then topped the easy listening chart for even longer. In 2001 Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman covered the song again, resulting in yet another hit.

Nat King Cole's daughter, Natalie, recorded a duet of the two of them singing his big hit 'Unforgettable' in 1992, using her live singing and edited tapes of the original recording (Nat King Cole had passed away in 1965).

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Answer: Norwood and Brown

"The Boy Is Mine", released in 1998, and remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for 13 weeks in that year. The song was nominated for three Grammy Awards, one of which the duo won. The song was released on Brandy's album "Never Say Never" and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" where it was the lead single on both (each released in 1998).

Question submitted by salami_swami.

Answer: Woman

Paul McCartney wrote all four of these songs, but "Woman" was credited to Bernard Webb. Allegedly this was because he wanted to see if it was the Lennon/McCartney label or the quality of the song that appealed. Apparently, the answer was "a little from column A and a little from column B" (to quote Grandpa Simpson).
"Woman" was a hit, but didn't achieve the stellar success of "A World Without Love", their first release.

Question submitted by looney_tunes.

Answer: Modern Talking

"You're My Heart, You're My Soul", a synthpop number was Modern Talking's first major success and, at the time, a rather big surprise - no one had these newcomers on the radar. The single ultimately sold over eight million copies worldwide and was in the top ten of 35 national charts. While successful all over Europe, Modern Talking never became a big act in the U.S. While band member Thomas Anders has mostly remained active as a singer and performer after the second breakup, his partner Dieter Bohlen has shifted his focus to finding and developing new musical talents, most notably acting as judge and mentor in "Deutschland sucht den Superstar", Germany's version of the "Idol" casting show franchise.

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Answer: Bee Gees

Robin, Maurice and Barry Gibb, aka the Bee Gees, performed together for many years, with their music changing style with the times. They are probably best remembered for their disco hits of the '70s, including "Stayin' Alive", one of the tracks they contributed to the soundtrack of the 1977 film "Saturday Night Fever". They originally wrote "Islands In The Sun" as an R&B song intended for Marvin Gaye, but changed it to have a country feel for Rogers and Parton.

The title for the song was taken from the first of Hemingway's novels to be published after his death. It was actually a compilation of three separate bits of writing, two originally intended to be part of a larger novel whose third part had already been published as "The Old Man and the Sea", and an unrelated story.

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Answer: Justin Bieber

After the success of her third album, Nicki Minaj seemed to dominate the pop charts as she seemed to feature in just about every song out, and in 2012 she sang a duet with Justin Bieber called "Beauty and a Beat". The song was released on Bieber's album "Believe". Minaj has also recorded songs with all the other artists mentioned: Madonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin'", Christine Aguilera's "Woohoo", and Sean Kingston's "Dutty Love (Letting Go)".

Question submitted by salami_swami.

Answer: Eurythmics

While their first album "In The Garden" was hardly a big hit - it peaked at number 63 in the British charts - Eurythmics had their first great success with 1983's "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)". They continued to record and perform together until 1989 when they broke up to establish solo careers. David Stewart had only moderate success, including a number six (UK) single "Lily Was Here", while Annie Lennox's debut solo album "Diva" went on to become a number one release with quadruple platinum status.

Question submitted by Wesley_Crusher.