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1. That first record I remember containing a mistake was a hit in the US in December of 1963. Two minutes into the song, following the guitar break, singer Jack Ely started to sing the third verse too early. His error became such a recognizable part of the song that the band left it in their live performances. What 'dirty' song peaked at Number Two despite a blatant error in the recording?
2. What couple's names did Paul McCartney confuse when The Beatles recorded "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"?
3. At 2:45 into this Michael Jackson hit a studio technician didn't realize the studio was in use and knocked on the door. The knock is quite audible just before a great guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen. Which song includes the knock?
4. Which Beatle shouts "I've got blisters on my fingers" at the end of "Helter Skelter"?
5. Just two seconds into the intro of "Why Can't We Be Friends?" the pianist clearly hits a discordant note. What 70s funk band of low riders decided the sour note wasn't that bad and left it in?
6. "You're Driving Me Crazy" is a bouncy tune from the 30s. When a certain blue-eyed crooner from Hoboken recorded his version a lyric caused him to stumble. Who changed "hurt" to "hoit" but decided to leave it in the final take?
7. 1990 has been called "the year rap exploded into the mainstream". Public Enemy's album "Fear Of A Black Planet" helped trigger that explosion. The title track was less than perfect, though. Which singer flubbed the line featuring the song's message of racial harmony and understanding?
8. "Tell Her No" was a Number six hit in the US for a mellow British Invasion band. A sleepy lead singer turned the lyric "Don't take her love from my arms" into "Don't flubba dub fong your arms" (or something like that). Which band became "The Walking Dead" for a minute?
9. Recording a cover of a Black Sabbath hit for 1994's "Nativity In Black" tribute album, this band recorded "Paranoid" in one take. But when the song ended drummer Nick Menza thought there was another verse and kept drumming. Singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine yells "Dave, Dave" to stop him and it's all left on the record. Which band suffered from this failure to communicate?
10. Recording this Police hit, Sting sits on a piano keyboard at the :04 mark and laughs about it a couple of seconds later. In which song did the singer remind his girl that "You don't have to put on the red light?"
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