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1. In 1967, an English band had an international hit with a song that borrowed from a piece of classical music. The meaning of the song has been much debated and puzzled over.
Can you skip the light fandango to tell which song it was and who sang it?
2. Accompanied by a striking and slightly baffling video featuring Russian and American cultural icons, in 1992 an English electronic music duo reworked a song from the 1970s. Were they really encouraging Russians to emigrate to the USA? Can you find the right direction to a song based on 17th Century music?
3. Before he didn't write the song that makes the whole world sing, an American artist had a hit with a song based on a piece of music by Chopin. Which of these was it?
4. Many classical music compositions have been sampled or paraphrased in pop music. In 1968 a British blues band had a domestic hit with an instrumental that directly recreated the energy of a 1940s ballet movement. What was it called and who were they?
5. One of the best selling singers of all time had a knack of picking up songs that were written in other languages or based on classical music. Which song based on an Italian song became a 1960 hit for a member of musical royalty?
6. It may not have been his biggest hit, but the man who had a cold, cold, heart and went from rags to riches did well enough with a song from an opera. It's a good job he did not leave it in an earthquake-prone California town. What was the song and who was the singer?
7. An artist who made hit records and sold out concerts across a career that spanned 50 years also had the first ever gold-selling single, based on a piece of German classical music. Which multi Grammy winner singer, actor and TV star was it?
8. An 18th Century French song provided a melody that was to be used in a love song that was a hit for several acts in the 20th Century. What was the Billboard number one from a band that took its name from a British Government form?
9. One of the most popular Christmas pop songs around owes a lot to its distinctive classical music 'break'. Remembering that there does not have to be snow at Christmas, can you tell the song and the singer?
10. In 1979, a band closely associated with California used a Johann Sebastian Bach composition in a song. Who were they and what was the song?
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