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1. Barry Manilow was the writer of his hit "I Write the Songs" in the mid seventies.
2. The hit song "I Will Always Love You," from the movie "The Bodyguard", was written by what well known female performer?
3. This composer, who sometimes had a partnership with Hal David, wrote hits "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," "What the World Needs Now" and "I Say a Little Prayer" by Dionne Warwick.
4. This English lyricist joined forces with Elton John in 1967 to write songs, such as "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Bennie and the Jets", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "Daniel", "The Bitch is Back" and "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues."
5. Husband and wife songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant wrote hit songs such as "All I Have to Do Is Dream," "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Bye Bye Love" for which musical brothers?
6. Patsy Cline sang "Crazy" which became a 1962 number two country music hit recording, written by which legendary singer/songwriter?
7. Although Elvis Presley shared songwriting credit on several of his tunes, it is believed that he really didn't have anything to do with writing any of them.
8. The national anthem of the United States, "The Star-Spangled Banner," was written by Francis Scott Key, after watching British ships bombard Fort McHenry, in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, during the War of 1812. What was Key's profession at the time?
9. Who composed "The Pink Panther Theme" used in most of the "Pink Panther" movies, as well as the cartoon series?
10. In 1971, ex-Beatle George Harrison was the center of a plagiarism law suit case because a song, written and performed by him on his hit album "All Things Must Pass," sounded too much like the song "He's So Fine" that was a 1963 hit by the Chiffons. What was the song that was the basis of this suit?
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