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1. I do have some soundtracks among my iTunes. The song is "Blue Hawaii" from the 1961 movie of the same name. Who had the starring role and sang the song?
2. "Mr. Blue" was a hit for the Fleetwoods in 1959. But I don't have that one. The one I have was covered by a country star on his album "No Fences" in 1990. Who is this Oklahoman who also has "The Thunder Rolls" and "Friends in Low Places" on the same album?
3. Let's stick with country music for a sec. "I got a feeling called the blues, oh, Lord / Since my baby said good-bye..." begins one of the great blues songs by the legendary Hank Williams. It was a number 1 hit in 1949. Hank had several hits with "Blues" in the title, such as "Long Gone Blues", "Moanin' the Blues", and "Honky Tonk Blues." But what was the name of his biggest "blues" hit?
4. Everyone knows "Song Sung Blue" was a big hit for Neil Diamond in 1972, and, yes, it's on my iTunes. But what was another "Blue" hit for him in 1979?
5. I don't have very many female vocalists among my iTunes. But one I do have had a hit with "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" in 1977. Which country singer sang this great crossover song?
6. Speaking of blue eyes, how about "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"? Originally recorded by Roy Acuff in 1945, which outlaw country singer made it a bigger hit on his "Red Headed Stranger" album in 1975, triggering his career as a singer and not just a writer?
7. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" was written by Bob Dylan in 1965 and recorded by him when he still played acoustic guitar. It has been covered by Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Marianne Faithfull, the Byrds, the Animals, and the Grateful Dead, among others. But my cut was recorded in 1985 on an album by an Austrian singer. Other cuts on that same album include "Rock Me Amadeus" and "Vienna Calling." Who was this European rock star who passed away in 1998?
8. "Jimmy Crack Corn" is an alternate title for this 1840s minstrel song covered by Burl Ives on my iTunes. According to the lyrics and title, what is the cause of the plantation master's demise?
9. Linda Ronstadt had a big hit in 1977 with our next blue song, but my cover is by its co-writer, Roy Orbison, who first recorded it in 1963. Which of these titles am I referring to, which sounds like a Nolan Ryan fastball?
10. Our last blue song is really an oldie, going back to a 17th Century English folk song and nursery rhyme. Burl Ives covered it in 1948, but my cover is the 1959 cut which made it to number 3 on the pop chart for Sammy Turner. Can you identify its title, which does not include all the "dilly dillies"?
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