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Answer: French

The beginning of the chorus is "Les yeux sans visage", French for "Eyes Without a Face". The "Les yeux sans visage" section was sung by Perri Lister on the recording when it was tracked at Electric Lady Studios in New York. Idol co-wrote the tune with with guitar player Steve Stevens. The single peaked at Number Four on the US Billboard chart in 1984.
The video for "Eyes Without A Face" was nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 for "Best Cinematography" and "Best Editing". While filming the video Billy's eyes became temporarily damaged and he passed out from exhaustion.
"Les yeux sans visage" was also the title of a 1960 french film directed by Georges Franju.

Answer: Sugar Loaf

Sugar Loaf founding member Jerry Corbetta composed "Green Eyed Lady" with Dave Riordan. Sugar Loaf was originally named Chocolate Hair but changed the band's name to Sugar Loaf after a mountain near Boulder, Colorado, before recording their first album.
They had another US Top Ten hit with "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" in 1975 and broke up the same year.
Jerry Corbetta went on to work with Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes and The Four Seasons.
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" was a 1970 single by Rare Earth. The Marmalade took "Reflections of My Life" to Number Ten the same year. "My Baby Loves Lovin'" went to Number 13 for White Plains in 1970.

Answer: True

After shopping "My Eyes Adored You" to several labels without success Valli eventually made a deal with Private Stock Records. The label would only release the song if it had Valli's name on it, not The Four Seasons. It was released in late 1974 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 in March of the following year.
Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan composed the song with the working title "Blue Eyes in Georgia". Even when it was retitled "My Eyes Adored You" The Four Seasons' label declined to release it, prompting Valli to shop it to other labels.
"My Eyes Adored You" does appear in some Four Season compilation discs.
Ironically after being at the Number One spot for only a week the song was bumped from the top of the charts by "Lady Marmalade", a song also written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan.

Answer: Lita Ford

Ford and Osbourne composed "Close My Eyes Forever". The song was a single released from Lita's 1988 "Lita" album. It became her only US Top Ten single. "Kiss Me Deadly" was a track on the same album.
Lita retained Pat Benatar's rhythm section of Don Nossov on bass guitar and drummer Myron Grombacher for the entire album. Another cut from the album, "Falling In And Out Of Love", was co-written by Nikki Sixx.
When The Runaways disbanded in 1979 guitarist/vocalist Lita Ford embarked on successful solo career.
After his 1987 "Tribute" album Ozzy did not release another LP until "Just Say Ozzy" in 1990.
"Close My Eyes Forever" was included on the video game "Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore".

Answer: Urban Cowboy

Deborah Winger played Sissy opposite John Travolta's Bud in "Urban Cowboy". Gilly's nightclub and a mechanical bull were featured prominently in the film as well as singers Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee, Bonnie Raitt and Charlie Daniels. "Lyin' Eyes" was heard during a diner scene between the two main characters.
"Lyin' Eyes" was written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey with Frey singing lead vocals.
The song was the second single released from the band's "One of These Nights" (1975) album. "Lyin' Eyes" was nominated for "Record of the Year".
"Coal Miner's Daughter" was a 1980 release featuring Sissy Spacek. "Bronco Billy" was a 1980 film featuring Sandra Locke in the female lead role. "The Hunter" (1980) was Steve McQueen's final film.

Answer: Jackson Browne

David Crosby sang backing vocals for Jackson Browne when he recorded his Number Eight single, "Doctor My Eyes". In 1966 Jackson Browne became a member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band who recorded some of his compositions. The Byrds, The Eagles and Linda Ronstadt were among the many artists who also recorded Browne's compositions but Jackson didn't record any of his songs until he signed with Asylum records and released his "Jackson Browne" (1972) album.
During the 2008 elections Browne sued candidate John McCain because he used his song, "Running on Empty", without his consent.
"Clair" was a 1972 Number Two single by Gilbert O'Sullivan. J.J. Cale took "Crazy Mama" to Number 22 the same year. "Power of Love" was a 1972 Number 22 by Joe Simon.

Answer: John Michael Montgomery

"Angel in My Eyes" was recorded by John Michael Montgomery.
Robert John's song, "Sad Eyes" topped the US Billboard charts in 1979. It was one of the few songs that were not part of the Disco genre to reach the top slot in 1979. It knocked the Knack's "My Sharona" from the Number One slot.
A song titled "Sad Eyes" was written by Bruce Springsteen in January, 1990, and released by Springsteen in November. Enrique Iglesias recorded a rendition of Springsteen's "Sad Eyes" on his first English language album, "Enrique", that reached Number 34 on the US charts.

Answer: Can't You See That She's Mine

"Can't You See That She's Mine" was a US Number Four release from The Dave Clark Five written by Clark and vocalist/organist Mike Smith. "Can't You See That She's Mine" was the fourth US single released by The Dave Clark Five. Their first US Top Ten was "Glad All Over", released earlier in 1964..
"You Won't See Me" was a cut from the Beatles' 1965 "Rubber Soul" album. "See My Friends" was a 1965 Kinks recording and "I Don't Want To See You Again" was a 1964 single by Peter and Gordon.

Answer: Johnny Nash

Johnny Nash was a Houston, Texas, native who went to Jamaica in the late sixties where he was introduced to the local music scene by members of The Wailers. "I Can See Clearly Now" was a single release from a Nash album of the same name. The album included four songs composed by Marley.
Jimmy Cliff recorded a version in 1993 for the soundtrack of the film "Cool Runnings". Bob Marley's band, The Wailers, backed Nash when he recorded "I Can See Clearly Now". Nash composed "I Can See Clearly Now" and Marley wrote his follow up single, "Stir It Up".
Peter Tosh was one of the core members of the Wailers.

Answer: The Guess Who

The Guess Who was the first Canadian band to have a US Number One hit. In early 1970 "American Woman" hit Number One on the US charts.
Bachman and Chad Allan co-founded Al and The Silvertones in Winnipeg in 1960. They eventually became Chad Allen and the Expressions and later The Guess Who. Randy left the Guess Who in 1970 and formed The Brave Belt with Chad Allan. In 1973 the name was changed to Bachman Turner Overdrive and the band released a self-titled album. Later the same year "Bachman-Turner Overdrive II" was released and a single from the album, "Takin' Care of Business", began a string of hits for the band.
Steppenwolf was a Canadian/American band featuring vocalist John Kay. Canadian David Clayton-Thomas was a front man for Blood, Sweat and Tears. Zal Yanovsky was a member of The Lovin' Spoonful until 1967.