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1. In the early part of the 1960s, a music genre sometimes called "vocal surf rock" became hugely popular in the U.S. Appropriately hailing from California, one of the first groups to perform this type of music released recordings such as "Dead Man's Curve" and "Little Old Lady from Pasadena". Can you name this duo?
2. This Canadian duo were husband and wife in real life. Their most famous song was "Four Strong Winds." They were very influential figures on the folk music scene in the 1960s. They began performing together in 1959, were married in 1964, and divorced in 1975. Many people believe they were the inspiration for the characters Mitch and Mickey in the movie, "A Mighty Wind." Who were these Canadian songbirds?
3. She's a famous fiddle player who contributed many songs to the soundtrack of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and he's a multiple Grammy Award winner whose hits include "Alcohol" and "I'm Gonna Miss Her." Which two country music superstars teamed up to record the Country Music Association's 2005 Song of the Year, "Whiskey Lullaby"?
4. Who did Nancy Sinatra team up with to produce such 1960s hits as "Jackson" and "Some Velvet Morning"?
5. Elton John has had numerous hit songs throughout his long career, but his first Number One single in the UK was actually a duet! Who joined with him to take "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" to the top of the charts in 1976?
6. These two legendary country singers teamed up to win four consecutive Country Music Association Awards for Vocal Duo of the Year from 1972 through 1975. Some of their greatest hits were "After the Fire Is Gone" and "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man." Can you name these legends of country music?
7. "Up Where We Belong" was the theme song for the 1982 film, "An Officer and a Gentleman," as well as a Number One hit song for which two singers?
8. This song has been voted "the best Christmas song of all time" in various polls, despite its controversial lyrics and generally pessimistic theme. It tells the story of an Irish immigrant spending Christmas Eve in jail, sleeping off a drunken spree. It actually was the Christmas Number 1 in Ireland in 1987, and reached the Number Two spot in the UK that year. What two singers can be heard singing "A Fairytale of New York"?
9. When Maddy Prior and June Tabor, two of the most influential English folk singers of the 20th century, got together to record an album in 1976, they chose a rather strange and not very dignified name for it. The tracks included "The Lass of Loch Royal" and "The Grey Funnel Line," the latter of which was featured in the movie, "Sirens," starring Hugh Grant. What was the name of this iconic album, which the ladies later used to describe themselves?
10. In 1989, Hank Williams, Jr. released a duet of the song, "There's A Tear In My Beer," and in 1992 Natalie Cole sang a duet of "Unforgettable." Both of these duets were unusual in what way?
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