Sisters in Song Trivia Quiz

Answer: Boom Boom

"Transistor Sister" was Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon's fifth US Top Forty single. He burst on the scene in 1959 with the Top Ten "Tallahassee Lassie". The highest he ever charted was Number Three with "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" in 1959 and "Palisades Park" three years later.
After Dick Clark heard his recording of "Tallahassee Lassie" he produced another version using pounding drum beats that earned Cannon the nickname "Boom Boom". The moniker stuck and Freddy's frequent appearances on "American Bandstand" helped propel his career. His last US Top Forty was in 1965 when he sang, "Action" the theme for the "Where the Action Is" television show.
Fabian was dubbed "The Hound Dog Man" after he released a song with the same title. Jerry Lee Lewis was known as "The Killer and Tab Hunter had the nickname "Golden Boy".

Answer: (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame

"(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" topped out at Number Four and "Little Sister" reached Number Five on the US Billboard charts in 1961. The songwriting team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman composed both hits.
Del Shannon originally recorded "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" on his "Runaway With Del Shannon" album earlier in 1961.
"Little Sister" was originally released as a single by Elvis and Dwight Yoakam had a Number Seven Country hit with the song in 1987.
"Can't Help Falling in Love" from Elvis' "Blue Hawaii" (1961) soundtrack was a Number Two single in 1961 with "Rock-A-Hula" as the "Flip" side. "She's Not You" was a 1962 Top Ten for Elvis and "Good Luck Charm" topped the charts the same year.

Answer: Keith Moon

Keith Moon took drumming lessons from Carlos Little and was influenced by Surf genre and Jazz styles. He began his professional career with The Escorts and The Beachcombers. He supplemented his performing income by working for British Gypsum until auditioning to replace Doug Sandom in The Who.
John Bonham of Led Zeppelin passed away in 1980. The late Cozy Powell worked with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Roger Daltrey, Whitesnake and many other rock legends over a thirty-year period. Kiss drummer Eric Carr passed away on the same day as Freddie Mercury.

Answer: Marianne Faithfull

"Sister Morphine" was intended to be the "Flip-side" of Marianne Faithfull's single "Something Better". The song was credited to Mick Jagger and keith Richards. An ensuing lawsuit resulting in Marianne also receiving co-writing credits.
Mick Jagger played acoustic guitar on Faithfull's recording. Stones' drummer Charlie Watts played drums and Ry Cooder did the slide guitar. Jack Nitzsche produced the recording and played piano.
The Rolling Stones' version was not released as a single.
Singer Cilla Black worked at The Cavern Club when The Beatles performed there in the early sixties. Carly Simon and Anita Pallenberg were romantically linked to Mick Jagger early in his career.

Answer: Night Ranger

"Sister Christian" was the highest charting single for Night Ranger. In the early eighties the band called themselves The Stereos. After changing their name to Night Ranger the group released "Dawn Patrol" and opened for Ozzy and ZZ Top. When "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" was released as a single from the "Dawn Patrol" album it received rotation on MTV giving the group exposure. In 1983 the band recorded their "Midnight Madness" album which featured "Sister Christian".
The band recorded songs for song tracks of a number of movies in the eighties and broke up in 1989.
In 1987 "Carrie" became Europe's highest charting US hit, peaking at Number Three. "Shake Me" (1986) was Cinderella's first Top Forty single. Vixen was an all-female American hard rock band formed in 1980 that was termed the female Bon Jovi.

Answer: False

In 1971 the band's debut single, "A Horse with No Name", topped the charts. "I Need You" and "Ventura Highway" were 1972 Top Ten hits for America. Founding member Gerry Beckley composed "Sister Golden Hair" for the band's fifth album, "Hearts". George Martin was the band's producer. In 1975 "Today's the Day" was the original band's final US Top Forty single.
In 1977 Dan peek left the group and Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell continued on as a duo.

Answer: Dance Little Sister

"Dance Little Sister" was a track from "It's Only Rock 'n Roll". The album was the final album with Brian Jones' replacement, Mick Taylor, on guitar. Ronnie Wood had asked Mick Taylor to play guitar on his debut solo album, "I've Got My Own Album to Do" leading to an eventually invitation from The Rolling Stones to have Wood replace Taylor.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote "Dance Little Sister" along with all the tracks on the album with the exception of "Ain't Too Proud to Beg".

Answer: Kinks

"Something Else by The Kinks" was the fifth studio album by The Kinks. "Two Sisters" was written by Ray Davies and featured harpsichord playing by Nicky Hopkins. Ray's wife Rasa provided backing vocals.
By the time the album began production in late 1966 the band had cut back on their touring schedule to focus on recording projects.
"Village Green" was recorded during the sessions for "Something Else by The Kinks" but was included on their subsequent concept album, "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society".

Answer: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" was Elton John's seventh studio album. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", "Bennie and the Jets" along with the title track were all hit singles for Elton. "Silent Movies" and "Vodka and Tonics" were two of the working titles for the album while it was being recorded.

The album was originally scheduled to be recorded in Jamaica but because of a variety of complications it was decided to record the project at Chateau d'Herouville in France. Elton John and Bernie Taupin composed "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n' Roll)" as well as all the songs on the album. "Honky Château" was recorded in 1972, "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" was a 1975 release and "Madman Across the Water" came out in 1971.

Answer: Hank Ballard

Hank Ballard and his band The Midnighters originally recorded a demo version of "The Twist" in 1958 with Jimmy Reed on guitar. A tighter version was done later the same year and the group's label wanted to put "The Twist" on the "Flip-side" of "Teardrops on Your Letter".
"The Twist" was played frequently by a Baltimore Disc jockey and came to the attention of Dick Clark. Clark tried to book Ballard and his band on his show but they were unavailable. He finally decided to have a local singer named Ernest Evans record a version because his voice sounded similar to Ballard's. Evans recorded the song under the name Chubby Checker and when it was played on "American Bbandstand" it shot to the top of the charts.
Joey Dee released "The Peppermint Twist" in 1961. Gary "U.S." Bonds was an artist who released Twist songs in the sixties such as "Dear Lady Twist".