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1. This song was a hit for Michael Jackson, another song (after "Billie Jean") about a scheming female. This time the woman in question is a groupie, who shamelessly comes on to the singer, while he is determined to stay true to his baby. Who is this scheming hussy?
2. This song included the lyrics: "Who could hang a name on you, when you change with every new day? Still, I'm going to miss you..." The name of the song was "Ruby Tuesday" and it charted big in 1967. Which group released it?
3. This song was a Number One hit for Australian singer Helen Reddy on the US Billboard charts, though not quite as big as her signature song, "I Am Woman". Still, it had a liberated lyric for the time (1974): a teenage girl entraps an evil-minded boy inside her radio, where he must act as her secret lover and keep her satisfied.
What's the name of this song?
4. The next lady on our list is called "Caldonia". Here are the first lines from the lyrics about her: "Hey I'm walking with my woman, She got great big feet. Long, lean and angry, She ain't had nothing to eat, But she's my woman, And I love her just the same." Who sang about Caldonia?
5. "Have you heard the news, it's all over town, if you ain't heard it boys, you'd better sit down!" Those are the opening lines of a song, recorded in 1980, by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. Which of the following titles belongs to that song?
6. Bruce Springsteen sometimes wrote songs specifically for other singers or groups he liked. This was the case with "Little Angelyne" (1981), which typically contained some vivid imagery, such as: "She bought two tickets with her daddy's American Express and hopped a Greyhound bus in her wedding dress."
Who recorded this song?
7. This woman, "Long Tall Sally", is bound for trouble with another woman in the song, namely Aunt Mary. The first lines go: "Gonna tell Aunt Mary about Uncle John, he claims he has the misery but he's having lotta fun..." and "Saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, he saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley..." Who wrote these classic lines?
8. Most song titles written to the woman the singer loves are asking her if she loves him too, and will stay with him. This song, recorded by the Four Seasons, however, told the lady to go away, and that they should break up. Which title contains this woman's name?
9. There is a Chuck Berry song that refers to a certain lady, and a recurring line in the song has the singer asking: "Honey, is that you?" What's this woman's name?
10. This woman had a name often associated with William Shakespeare, as there was a character of the same name in one of his plays. The song was performed and recorded by The Band. What's the lady's name?
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