Spineless Singers and Spineless Songs Quiz

Answer: HIM

Finnish band HIM released "Wings of a Butterfly" as the first single from their album "Dark Light". It was a moderate success in the USA and reached number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Answer: Worms

"Waiting for the Worms" is from Pink Floyd's album "The Wall". Released in 1979, it is one of the best selling albums of all time, and was of course made into a film starring Bob Geldof in 1982.

Answer: Joe Elliott

The song was originally released on David Bowie's 1972 album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars". In 2004, "Rolling Stone" magazine placed it at number 277 on their list "The 500 Greatest Songs of all Time".
The Bauhaus version was released as a single in the UK in 1982, and reached number 15 in the Singles Chart.
Joe Elliott is the lead singer of Def Leppard, and they recorded the song and released it as a B Side on the single "Slang" (on some versions in certain countries, not worldwide) in 1996.
Brian Johnson is the singer with AC/DC, who had their own 'invertebrate hit' with their 1985 album "Fly on the Wall".
Liam Gallagher was of course a member of Oasis.

Answer: Danny Kaye

The song was written by Frank Loesser, and in the film the chorus is sung by a class of school children, while Danny Kaye, as Hans, sings the verses outside the classroom window. Although the film was nominated for six Oscars, it didn't win any.

Answer: Elusive Butterfly

Bob Lind's version was released first, reaching number five on March 10th, and Val Doonican followed a week later, on the 17th. Lind only ever released one more single in the UK, which made it to number 46 in May of 1966. Val Doonican has had sixteen hit singles in the UK, and released no less than 71 albums over the years since the 1960s.

Answer: Lonesome Crow

"Lonesome Crow" was the first of eighteen studio albums for the Scorpions, not counting compilations and live recordings. They released their final album "Sting in the Tail" in 2010 and announced they would retire at the end of their tour in 2012.

Answer: Cockroach

Barbra Streisand starred with Kris Kristofferson in "A Star is Born", which was the third version of the film then made. It won five Golden Globe Awards, including one for Best Picture, and the song "Evergreen" also won the Oscar for Best Song.

Answer: Misplaced Childhood

"Misplaced Childhood", by Marillion was released in 1985, and became their biggest hit when it went to number one on the UK Album Chart. The songs "Kayleigh" and "Lavender" were the band's biggest UK hit singles too.
The "Bitter Suite" track consists of five little 'chapters', with the lyrics in question being the beginning of Chapter 1, subtitled "Brief Encounter".

Answer: Octopus

The lyrics are from the song "Octopus's Garden", written by Ringo Starr. It first appeared on the 1969 "Abbey Road" album.
It has also been covered several times by characters from The Muppets, for "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show", during the 1970s.

Answer: The Jam

"Butterfly Collector" was originally released as the B side of "Strange Town" which reached number fifteen in the UK Singles Charts in 1979. The song was eventually included on the "Snap!" and "The Jam Collection" albums, in 1983 and 1996 respectively.
The Jam comprised Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton, and Rick Buckler.