10 Question Music Quiz: I Whistle a Happy Tune | Music Mixture

Answer: The Smiths

The single itself managed to reach position 49 on the UK Singles chart and position 20 on the Irish charts, but did not do as well as the actual album "Meat Is Murder which reached top spot on the UK Albums chart. The album managed a respectable twenty-ninth position on the European Top 100 Albums chart and featured in the top 200 of the US Billboard 200 chart.

The single's artwork comes from a still of a 1964 Soviet fantasy film, "The Enchanted Desna". Which is fortunate, as lead singer Morrisey wanted an image of a dead chicken on the single's sleeve.

The Smiths formed in 1982 with singer Morrisey and prolific guitarist Johnny Marr. They recorded four studio albums between 1984 and 1987, managing to have all four albums chart at number one on the UK Indie charts and in either first or second place on the UK Album charts. An unbelievable eleven singles charted at number one on the UK Indie charts.

Answer: Tom Petty

Born as Jim McGuinn, he changed his second name in 1967 to Roger on advice from the founder of the Subud spiritual association and has used the name professionally ever since. As a solo artist, McGuinn released ten studio albums between 1973 and 2020 with "Back from Rio" being his most successful.

It charted at position 44 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The single "King of the Hill" charted at position two on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. A second single from the album "Someone to Love" peaked at position twelve on the same chart.

Answer: Grateful Dead

Sublime's album "40oz. To Freedom" is listed as one of the highest selling independently released albums of all time, certified as Multi Platinum. It peaked at position fifteen on the US Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. The cover versions included on the album are an eclectic mix, including songs like "Rivers of Babylon" by The Melodians, "Hope" by punk rock band the Descendants and "We're All Gonna Die" by punk rock band Bad Religion.

Sublime was active from 1988 to 1996 until the death of front-man Bradley Nowell. They released three studio albums, with their eponymous 1996 album being their most successful. It charted at thirteenth position on the US album charts.

"Scarlet Begonias" was from the Grateful Dead's 1974 album "From the Mars Hotel". Written by Jerry Garcia, it has been covered by a number of bands such as Phish, Jimmy Buffett and Bikini Trill.

Answer: Cheap Trick

The album was recorded in support of the Humane Society of the United States a non-profit society for animal welfare produced by the manager of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lindy Goetz. A number of great Lennon songs appear on the album. RHCP covered the song "I Found Out", Collective Soul recorded "Jealous Guy", Toad the Wet Sprocket covered "Instant Karma!" and "Working Class Hero" was recorded by The Screaming Trees.

Cheap Trick, known for their 1977 hit song "I Want You to Want Me", formed in 1973 and recorded twenty albums between 1977 and 2021. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.

Answer: Turnstiles

"Turnstiles" was Billy Joel's fourth studio album and a moderately successful one at that. It only reached position 122 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, but peaked at twelfth position on the Australian charts. It was, however, certified platinum in the United States. The single, "Say Goodbye to Hollywood", peaked at position eleven on the US Billboard Top Tracks chart and position seventeen on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

"New York State of Mind" is immensely popular with fans and other musical artist alike. Joel has performed it at numerous relief and benefit concerts and it has been covered by prominent musicians such as Barbra Streisand, Elton John, Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.

Answer: The Andy Williams Show

Honey Cone was comprised of three singers, Edna Wright, Carolyn Willis and Shelly Clark. Wright's sister, Darlene Love, was unable to fulfill a commitment to appear on "The Andy Williams Show" and Wright filled in for her, asking Willis and Clark to join. Their performance was impressive enough that former Motown record producers Holland-Dozier-Holland signed them to the Hot Wax Records label under which all their albums were released.

"Want Ads" was first recorded by Glass House, a group on the same record label, but they were not fond of the song and passed it along to Honey Cone. Honey Cone shot to number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and US Billboard Hot Soul Singles charts. The song was covered by Taylor Dane for her hugely successful 1988 album "Tell It to My Heart".

Answer: Australia

Air Supply are a British-Australian duo formed in Australia by Aussie lead singer Russell Hitchcock and English guitarist Graham Russell. With seventeen studio albums spanning from 1976 to 2010 under their belts, they were inducted into the the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame in 2013.

They are well known for perennial favourites such as "Lost in Love", number one on the US Adult Contemporary chart, "All Out if Love", number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and "Making Love Out if Nothing at All", number two on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and US Adult Contemporary charts.

Answer: Mookie Blaylock

Seattle grunge band, Pearl Jam, was formed in 1990 from the remnants of the rock band Mother Love Bone. Joined by Californian vocalist, Eddie Vedder, they named themselves Mookie Blaylock after a professional basketball player who played for the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors.

Despite being only 6 ft tall, Blaylock was known as one of the best defensive stoppers in the game. Pearl Jam were forced to change their name however, but named their debut album "Ten" as a nod to Blaylock's jersey number.

Answer: Straight Outta Compton

Eazy-E formed N.W.A. in the late 1980s. Initially the group consisted of Eazy-E and Dr. Dre, but rappers Arabian Prince, Ice Cube, DJ Yella joined shortly after. MC Ren rounded out the line-up a year later. Their debut album "Straight Outta Compton" was released in 1988 and courted controversy from the get go. Their lyrics were deemed controversial enough that the assistant director of the FBI sent a letter to the record label advising that, "advocating violence and assault is wrong and we in the law enforcement community take exception to such action.". Only two studio albums were released prior to Eazy-E's premature death in 1995 at the age of thirty.

The 2015 film "Straight Outta Compton" was a box office success and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. All the surviving members of N.W.A. were involved in the film, either as producers or creative consultants. Ice Cube's real-life son portrayed him in the film.

Answer: I'll Be You

The Replacements formed in 1979. Prior to being joined by vocalist Paul Westerberg, they were known as Dogbreath. With Westerberger they changed their name, recorded a demo tape and were signed to a record label on the strength of the very first song on the demo. The band was notorious for being intoxicated during live performances. They were banned for life from variety show "SNL" by host Lorne Michaels due to a horrendous and profanity laden performance by the intoxicated and drug fueled band.

The Replacements recorded seven studio albums between 1981 and 1990 and had two number one hit singles. "I'll Be You" reached number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock and US Billboard Mainstream Rock charts in 1989. "Merry Go Round" reached number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock chart in 1990.