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1. This 1973 release by the Doobie Brothers became a top-ten hit on the U.S Billboard charts. It opens with the lines,
"Down around the corner,
Half a mile from here..."
and later:
"Without love, where would you be now?
Without love, where would you be now?"
What travellin' song is this?
2. In 1968, Dion released a melancholy song in the US, which Marvin Gaye covered and released in the UK in 1970. The song asked,
"Anybody here seen my old friend _______?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lotta people
But it seems, the good, they die young.
I just looked around and he's gone."
All of the following four "friends" are mentioned in the song, but one is *NOT* mentioned in the title - which one is it (he was shot in a hotel kitchen, and later died)?
3. Harry Chapin's first big hit (number 24 US) was from his 1972 album, "Heads and Tales". It tells a story of a man encountering a former girlfriend and reflecting on how things turned out.
"You see, she was gonna be an actress
And I was gonna learn to fly.
She took off to find the footlights,
And I took off for the sky."
What's the name of this hit song?
4. This song, written by the Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan, was released by Anne Murray in 1970, hitting the charts like a blizzard. Its well-known chorus is as follows:
"Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
And if I could, I would fly away with you"
What was the title of this hit song?
5. Rod Stewart originally released this song in the UK as the B-side of the single "Reason to Believe". It's about a relationship between a younger man and an older woman.
"Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried any more.
You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone.
You stole my soul and that's a pain I can do without."
What's the title?
6. In 1964, J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers released their famous cover of this song in June 1964. The familiar chorus is:
"Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me.
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world."
What's the song's title?
7. In 1979, Peter Gabriel, former front man for Genesis, released a song in which he reflected upon his having just left that group. Its lyrics include:
"I did not believe the information
Just had to trust imagination
My heart was going boom, boom, boom.
Son, he said, grab your things, I've come to take you home."
What's this song?
8. In 1975, Genesis released the album, "Trick of the Tail". On it was a song about a hunter and his prey: a small, grotesque, mythical creature.
"Like father like son
Not flesh nor fish nor bone
A red rag hangs from an open mouth.
Alive at both ends but a little dead in the middle"
What is this song's title?
9. This song, written by Joni Mitchell was made into a US hit by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. A Matthews' Southern Comfort cover reached number one in the UK.
"I came upon a child of God.
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going,
And this he told me."
Its title refers to perhaps the biggest and most (in)famous rock-and-roll event to ever occur. What is it?
10. Released in 1974 by Steely Dan, this song is also the album's title. It has the lyrics:
"Well, I've seen 'em on the TV, the movie show.
They say the times are changing but I just don't know.
These things are gone forever,
Over a long time ago, oh yeah"
What's the yummy title?
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