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1. From where did the song "Easy to be Hard" by Three Dog Night come?
2. Got a "Black Magic Woman"? What a recording by Santana! If you look at the credits the song was written by Peter Green. What group was Peter Green the leader of and they are the group which did "Black Magic Woman" first.
3. "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" was a big hit for Three Dog Night. Didn't they ever write their own songs? Which songwriter, also famous for his film scores, ("Monsters, Inc.") wrote and recorded this song? His uncle Alfred is regarded by some to be the best composer of film scores in Hollywood history with 34 Oscar nominations.
4. In 1968 The Mamas and the Papas hit it big with "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" which is a lot older than I realized. After some research I found that it was written by Wilbur Schwandt and Fabian Andre with lyrics by Gus Kahn back in the early 1930's. It was recorded by a big band(orchestra) on February 16th, 1931 which had its famous leader sing the song. I didn't realize he even led an orchestra! I only remember him from TV Land reruns. Who is this 1950's television icon who recorded the song in 1931?
5. "Can't help it bout the shape I'm in, I can't dance, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin." Peter Green wrote these lyrics for the song "Oh Well." What group made it a hit after Fleetwood Mac recorded it?
6. "Roll Over Beethoven" has been redone many times since this person or group originally did it?
7. There's a really rockin' version of the song "America" on a couple or more Yes albums. Who, where, or from what play did that song come from or what group recorded it first?
8. Aretha Franklin, what a great cover artist! With her voice almost any song would be great. Who wrote and recorded one of her many covers, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"?
9. What folk music legend wrote the song "If I had a Hammer"?
He also wrote "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?"
10. Sometime there's more than one side to a story. At least that's what the famous saying says. Judy Collins hit it big with a song on the subject, "Both Sides Now." Who wrote and sang the original version of the song "Both Sides Now"? She may have had to take a "Big Yellow Taxi" to the studio during the "Chelsea Morning". In the taxi an item on the dashboard may have said "You Turn Me On I'm a Radio". A huge concert in New York in 1969("Woodstock") was the title of another song she wrote which was covered by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young along with "Circle Game" and "Jericho".
11. Two of Eric Clapton's hits were called "After Midnight" and "Cocaine". These songs were written and performed first by somebody else. Who was the person who also wrote the Lynard Skynard cover of "Call Me The Breeze"?
12. Manfred Mann's Earth Band did a few covers, at least. "The Mighty Quinn", mentioned later in the quiz was one. Two other covers, "Blinded by the Light" and "Spirit in the Night", were from another singer/songwriter. Who is he?
13. "One Bourboun, One Scotch, One Beer" was a big hit for George Thorogood, but what legendary blues artist wrote the song?
14. Another song from the stage was the Beatles song "Til' There Was You". From what Broadway play by did this song come?
15. What quiz about song covers would be complete without a question where this artist is the answer. He wrote songs with titles "All Along the Watchtower", "The Mighty Quinn", "It ain't Me Babe", "Mr. Tambourine Man", and Olivia Newton-John's hit "If Not For You".
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