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1. Simon and Garfunkel had a hit song in 1968 that began with lyrics "Slow down you move too fast, you've got make the morning last." It is commonly referred to as "Feeling Groovy" but what is the actual title of this song?

Answer: 59th Street Bridge Song

The song is from Simon and Garfunkel's 1965 album "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme." Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were raised in the New York suburb of Queens and met in high school. The 59th Street Bridge is what locals in Queens call the Queensboro Bridge because it empties onto 59th Street in Manhattan.

2. A recurring line of the 1976 song "Blitzkrieg Bop" is 'Hey! Ho! Let's Go!' This chant is popular at American baseball games to cheer on the home team and is sometimes mistakenly thought to be the tune's title. Which group recorded the song?

Answer: The Ramones

The song was the first single released by the Ramones. It was written by Dee Dee Ramone (real name Douglas Glenn Covin) and Tommy Ramone (real name Thomas Erdelyi). VH1 television ranked "Blitzkrieg Bop" as the 25th best hard rock song of all time. For the entire list go to http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs.

3. The British glam rock band T. Rex had their best selling single with 1971's "Get It On." The song was re-titled in the US with what phrase preceding "Get It On"?

Answer: Bang A Gong

"Bang A Gong (Get It On)" hit number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 in January, 1972 after four weeks at the top of the British charts the previous summer where it was known simply as "Get It On." T. Rex had another hit with "Hot Love", also in 1971. Marc Bolan, the singer, composer and guitarist who founded T. Rex in 1967, died in a car accident in 1977. His music has been widely used in films including the movies "Jarhead", "School of Rock", "Meet the Fockers" and "Billy Elliott".

4. Billboard's number one single of 1971 was a Hoyt Axton tune recorded by Three Dog Night. Though titled "Joy to the World" some know the song only by a few words of the opening lyric. Can you spot it?

Answer: Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog

From 1969 to 1974 Three Dog Night had 21 straight Top 40 hits and 12 gold albums. Many of their best-selling songs were written by composers who were just gaining ground in the late 60s and early 70s like Elton John, Laura Nyro, Randy Newman and Paul Williams.

The band's name is said to come from the Aleutian Eskimo expression for a night so cold that three dogs were needed on the bed to stay warm.

5. Known as "Alabama Song", what is an alternative name for the tune written by German composers Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht that has been covered by artists such as David Bowie, The Doors and Marilyn Manson?

Answer: Whiskey Bar

The tune is also known as 'Moon Over Alabama" and 'Moon of Alabama.' Weill and Brecht also composed the famous "Three Penny Opera" which is the source of Bobby Darin's hit song from the 60s, "Mack the Knife."

6. The Who had a hit song in 1971 with "Baba O'Riley" which was later used as the theme song for the television show "CSI: New York." The song is sometimes mistakenly known by a phrase that is repeated throughout the song. By what name is "Baba O'Riley" sometimes called?

Answer: Teenage Wasteland

The title is said to be a combination of the names of Meher Baba and Terry Riley. Baba (1894-1969) was an Indian mystic who was cited by Rolling Stone in 2004 as the spiritual leader of the song's composer, Who co-founder Pete Townshend. Riley (born in California, 1935) is a minimalist composer and professor of Indian classical music. The same reference further stated that Riley's work "inspired the track's repetitive electronic textures" and that "the Irish fiddle solo at the end... was all Keith Moon's idea."

7. Rupert Holmes composed and sang a song about a man meeting up with his own girlfriend after placing an ad in a newspaper. While often abbreviated to simply "The Pina Colada Song" what is the first word of the song's title?

Answer: Escape

While Holmes (born in England, 1947) will probably always be known for 'Escape (The Pina Colada Song)' he also composed the highly successful Broadway musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" for which he won a Tony Award. His compositions have been recorded by several well-known performers including Barbara Streisand.

In addition to his musical talents, Holmes wrote the novel "Where the Truth Lies" which was made into a 2005 film by Atom Egoyan starring Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth.

8. Another British song that underwent a name change when it crossed the pond is from The Clash's 1979 album "London Calling." Their biggest selling single, the song was called "Train in Vain" to avoid confusion with what same-named song that had previously been a hit in the U.S. for singer Ben E. King?

Answer: Stand By Me

The song is also sometimes called "Train in Vain (Stand By Me)". It was added at the last minute to "London Calling", after the album's cover had already gone into production and was thus unintentionally called 'the secret track.' I verified this legend by checking the "London Calling" cd I bought in the 80s and only 18 tracks are listed with "Train in Vain (Stand By Me)" coming in unannounced as number 19. London Calling was named number eight on "Billboard" magazine's Top 500 Albums of All Time.

9. The Beatles released a song in 1969 that told of the travails faced by one of their members when he and his new wife became peace activists. The song has been referred to by names such as "They're Going to Crucify Me" and "You Know It Ain't Easy" but what is its real title?

Answer: The Ballad of John and Yoko

Though billed as a Beatles song, "The Ballad of John and Yoko" was recorded in one day by just John Lennon and Paul McCartney as Ringo Starr was filming "The Magic Christian" and George Harrison was on holiday out of the country. Lennon and McCartney sang all of the vocals and played all of the instruments including drums, bass, piano, maracas, all guitar parts and percussion (which, according to producer George Martin, included Lennon slapping the back of an acoustic guitar).

As noted in an article on the song from beatlesbible.com, the actual recording started at 2:30 pm and wrapped at 9:00 pm, a feat achieved because the the Beatles were the biggest clients of Abbey Road Studio and could more or less dictate their terms.

10. A word that is often added to Metallica's 1986 hit "Welcome Home" is sometimes known as the song's entire title. What is the word added that is said to be a reference to the book "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?

Answer: Sanitarium

The song, which was written by Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, has been covered by several other groups including Anthrax, Limp Bizkit and Bullet for My Valentine. It was first featured on Metallica's album "Master of Puppets" which was the last album recorded by the group's bassist, Cliff Burton, who died in a bus accident while on tour.

Source: Author brewster76

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