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1. "Free" was a one-hit wonder in 1956, reaching number 23 on US Billboard. The singer-songwriter also had a hit with "I Cried" which reached number 30 in 1954. He lived in Australia during the 1960s and 1970s and, for part of that time, hosted his own talk show. Who was this singer-songwriter?
"Free, free to go your way
But let me say
You're always free
To come back to me."
2. The album "Hearts and Flowers" was released in 1990, and the single "Free" was released soon after. The album reached number 29 on the UK Album Charts, but the single didn't chart. Which blues singer, songwriter and guitarist released these?
"You're free
Make your own decisions
You live your life
And let me live mine"
3. Deniece Williams released the R&B hit "Free" in 1976. It reached number 25 on Billboard Hot 100. What album was it released on?
"but I want to be free free free
and I just got to be me me"
4. The Norwegian debut album, "Another Phase", released in 2002 included "Free" as track one. The album "White Turns Blue", produced to appeal to US audiences, was a compilation of songs from the albums "Another Phase" and "Mellow". The song "Free" was relabeled as "Fragile (Free)". What artist released these albums?
"Coz I am fragile
I am hopeless
I'm not perfect
But I am free..."
5. "Free", written by Beth Nielson Chapman and Annie Roboff, was included as a track on Chapman's album "Look". What artist released the track in 2002 on her album "Cry"?
"You're free
Make your own decisions
You live your life
And let me live mine"
6. On the "1999" album, released in 1982, "Free" is a piano ballad about patriotism. What royal-sounding artist released the album?
"Be glad that U r free
Free 2 change your mind
Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime"
7. In 1971 Chicago released an album with a song titled "Free". The song when released as a single reached number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 list. Can you identify the album where it was first released?
"I just want to be free of all the hurt
Free of all the pain
I want to just end these lonely hours
End these lonely days."
8. The album "Twelve Year Silence" was released with the track "Free" in 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. Which band, with members Brett Hestla, Clint Lowery, Troy McLawhorn, Corey Lowery, and Will Hunt, released this debut album?
"Free? Now are you?
Is it life that holds us down?
Free? How are you?
When I'm stuck here on the ground."
9. Originally released on the album "Harem" in 2003, "Free" was a translation from German. Which soprano singer, often categorized as a classical crossover, translated this with Sophie B. Hawkins for her album?
"I had to be free
Had to be free
From feelings that haunted
I wanted to see
Wanted to be
Free"
10. Which band, often compared the Grateful Dead, released "Free" as the first track on "Billy Breathes"?
"I'm floating in the blimp a lot
I feel the feeling I forgot
I'm floating in the blimp a lot
I feel free!"
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