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1. Letter "A"
Boy - boy !?! Wait a moment, I am NOT a boy. I'm a grown up man. Named like the late great Queen Victoria's husband. Ask Mr. McCartney, he knows who I am. He calls me his uncle, by the way.
Do you know me, too?
2. Letter "B"
Hey there, the cutest boy in town is speaking now. My car is fast and my teeth are shiny.
Sure you know me, even if you're not a Frank Zappa fan?
3. Letter "C"
I'm living on an island, dancing in a ring of fire, laughing and singing. Oh life is so SWEET.
Which boy is it this time?
4. Letter "D"
I am from Spain. I lived a long time ago, just a poor monk and I walked the whole of Europe. I founded a holy order. A nun did sing about me a long time after my death. In French!
Who is this?
5. Letter "E"
Liar? I am who I said I am. Kirsty McColl's friend may be a liar. But I am not. I've got to go back to the chip shop, I'm working there.
Well who does he think he is ?
6. Letter "F"
OK, yes I do remember you. We were friends. How old? I was 15, you were twelve. Right, let's go to the deli again and sit on the top. What's that, what did you say? We could have had twins?
In what Sister Sledge song can you find this boy?
7. Letter "G",
I left my hometown with a greyhound bus and had a good time in New York.
Then one evening I was at the wrong place at a wrong time and I was killed by a gang. I died on fifty-third and third.
Rod Stewart told my story. Do you remember me?
8. Letter "H"
Hi, what a wonderful day! Just got married. She's a widow, by the way. What's really funny: each of her late husbands had the same name (mine by the way, too). So she just numbered us.
About whom did Herman's Hermits sing?
9. Letter "J"
Goodness, now she's crying. Well, it wasn't perhaps perfect timing to end it here and now. At her party and at her birthday. But I had a eye on Judy and somehow it just happened, so I did give Judy my ring.
The story of the unfaithful guy and the girl Judy was told (at least) twice: by Lesley Gore and later by Barbara Gaskin & Dave Stewart. Who was that boy?
10. Letter "L"
I'm a boy, even if you have to look very close to see this. I'm working at a club in old Soho, London. Some cherry cola?
Who's this person, remembered by the Kinks?
11. Letter "M"
Daddy asked me what I was watching on TV, and I told him. Then he asked me what I wanted to be and I told him, too.
Who's Karel Fialka's son?
12. Letter "N"
I've got a nice girl, she's not at home when Jimmy calls, she prefers sitting in a car with me. Billy wanted to take her out to a show, but instead she sewed a dress to wear when I take her out. And Joey? No chance!
Do you know me? (My name is not Schwarzkopf!)
13. Letter "Q"
When I come, everybody jumps for joy, all the pigeons run to me and everybody wants to doze.
You might know me through Bob Dylan, but even better through Manfred Mann. Who am I?
14. Letter "R"
They say that I own "one half of this whole town
with political connections to spread my wealth around
Born into society, a banker's only child
I have everything a man could want: power, grace, and style"
People want to be me, I know, but I am not all happy - and I do have this gun...
A Simon & Garfunkel album track. Do you know the man who kills himself?
15. Letter "S"
"Put your hands in the air, shake them all about,
put your hands on the head, let your backbone stretch
put your hands on the head, let the backbone stiff"
The song is by the 1910 Fruitgum Company. Who advises us to move?
16. Letter "T"
I'm far away now. I've taken my protein pills and I put my helmet on. Checked everything else. Stepped out of the door now. Something is wrong, but nothing can be done. Did they greet my wife?
"Space Oddity", David Bowie. What is the name of the major?
17. Letter "V"
I'm a Dutch painter. I painted flowers, starry nights full of swirling clouds and stars. I took my own life.
Don McLean sung about me. Do you have a clue?
18. Letter "W"
My favourite dance is called the hand jive. Showed a doctor and a lawyer and an Indian chief how to do the hand jive with the feet. Got married last fall, had a kid and we're now doing the hand jive on TV.
Eric Clapton sung about this guy. Who's this man?
19. Letter "Z"
I am Greek. My story was made into the film. Anthony Quinn played me.
What's the title of this syrtaki?
20. Letter "A-Z"
There are quite a lot of names appearing in the Paul Simon Song "50 Ways to Leave your Lover".
Who's the odd one out?
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