We Built This City On Rock and Roll Quiz

Answer: Kansas

Kansas were formed in 1970 when the bands The Reasons Why and White Clover merged. They released fifteen albums from 1974 to 2016. "Carry On Wayward Son" was recorded on their 1976 album "Leftoverture". It reached position eleven on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart. "Dust in the Wind" was recorded for their 1977 album "Point of Know Return" and peaked at number six on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart.

Answer: Chicago

Chicago the band were formed in Chicago the city in 1967 and were originally known as the Chicago Transit Authority. Their eponymous first album, a double album, was released in 1969 and sold a remarkable one million copies and went platinum. They released twenty four studio albums from 1969 to 2014 all but three have the name "Chicago" in them. They were inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" in 2016. "If You Leave Me Now" was released in 1976 on their album "Chicago X" and was the first number one hit for the band.

"The Night Chicago Died" was recorded by British band Paper Lace in 1974.

Answer: Asia

Asia is a British band formed in 1981, formed from members of four other popular groups; John Wetton (King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash), Steve Howe (Yes), Geoff Downes (Yes and The Buggles) and drummer Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer).

Their eponymous debut album, released in 1982, reached number one in the US and spent several weeks on the US Billboard album charts. "Heat of the Moment" from the album "Asia"(1982), reached position one on the US "Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks" chart and number four on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart.

Answer: Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Frankie Goes To Hollywood was a British band formed in 1980. "Relax" was released on the album "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" in 1984. It reached number one on the UK Singles chart. The song was banned in 1984 by the BBC. A BBC Radio 1 disc jockey took the song off the air after noticing the provocative and "overtly sexual" album cover and printed lyrics and labelled it "obscene". Two days later the BBC banned the album from all their tv and radio outlets and this may have been the cause for the song's immediate rise to the top of the UK charts.

Answer: Europe

Europe the band formed in Sweden in 1979. They are best known for their song "The Final Countdown" released on the album of the same name in 1986. The album itself charted at number one on the Finnish, Swiss, Spanish and Swedish charts and the song reached position eight on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart. The band released a tenth studio album in 2015, "War of Kings".

Answer: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

"A Taste of Honey" was recorded for the 1965 album "Whipped Cream and Other Delights". The song achieved four Grammy Awards for Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass and amazingly earned four Grammy awards for the original artist, Bobby Scott, in 1960. Originally The Tijuana Brass consisted of Alpert overdubbing himself playing the trumpet slightly out of synch, giving the impression of more than one musician.

He later formed a band with actual session musicians in 1965. This band was disbanded and reformed with some of the original band as Herb Alpert and the TJB. Alpert eventually embarked on a solo career and released the hit single "Rise" in 1979 of the album with the same name which went to number one on US "Billboard Hot 100" chart.

Answer: Berlin

Berlin are an American band formed in 1979. The band has released seven albums from 1980 to 2013. The original line-up disbanded in 1987 and lead singer Teri Nunn legally retained the rights to use the band's name and re-formed the band with a brand new line-up. One of their most successful singles, was the song "Take My Breath Away" which was recorded for the 1986 film "Top Gun" starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis.

The song won an Academy and Golden Globe award for Best Original Song in 1986.

The song peaked at number one in the US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Ireland and Belgium.

Answer: Cypress Hill

In 1988, two brothers Sen Dog and Mellow Man Ace teamed up with B-Real and DJ Muggs to form DVX (Devastating Vocal Excellence). Mellow Man Ace left the band shortly afterwards and they renamed themselves Cypress Hill after a street they lived on in California.

Their first two singles, "The Phuncky Feel One" and "How I Could Just Kill a Man" went to number one on the US Rap charts in 1991. "Insane in the Brain" from the album "Black Sunday"(1993)hit number one on the US Rap charts, but also charted at a respectable nineteen on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart.

Answer: Boston

Boston the band was formed in Boston the city in 1976. "More Than a Feeling" was released on the eponymous debut album in 1976 and reached position five on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart. VH1 named it the thirty-ninth best hard rock song of all time in 1999. Boston have released six albums from 1976 to 2013, with four of them being certified platinum "Boston"(1976), "Don't Look Back"(1978), "Third Stage"(1986) and "Walk On"(1994). "Don't Look Back" and "Third Stage" both peaked at number one on the US charts.

Answer: America

America is an English band formed in 1970 by sons of US Air force personnel stationed in London. Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley went on to release their debut self-titled album in 1971 which spawned the hit single "Horse With No Name". This song reached first position in Canada and Finland as well as topping the US "Billboard Hot 100", US "Cashbox Singles" and US "Record World Singles" charts.

They have released fifteen studio albums from 1971 to 2015. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006 and were honoured with a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.