Zooming on Lead Singers Trivia Quiz

Answer: Marc Almond

The name of the duo was Soft Cell. Their biggest success was "Tainted Love", in 1981, and they also had other hits like "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", "Torch" and "What!".
Marc and the Mambas was a side project while the duo was still active.
His first solo album "Vermin in Ermine" was released in 1984.

Answer: Grace Slick

"White Rabbit" was written by Slick when she was in the band The Great Society. In 1966 she was asked to replace the lead singer of Jefferson Airplane and duly did.
In 1972 two members of the band left and Grace together with Paul Kantner formed Jefferson Starship.
She retired from the music industry in 1989.

Answer: Russ Ballard

Russel Glyn Ballard was born in 1945. He started his music career with Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers, continued briefly with The Roulettes, and played with Unit 4 + 2.
Argent was formed by ex-Zombies member Rod Argent and the band's biggest hit was "Hold Your Head Up" with Ballard on vocals.
After leaving Argent Russ embarked on a solo career releasing a series of albums and many artists record songs written by him.

Answer: Freddie Mercury

Mercury (1946 - 1991) was the lead singer with Queen and a songwriter as well. Some of Queen's well-known hits such as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "We Are the Champions" and "Somebody to Love" are just a small sample of his work.

Answer: Bad Seeds

In 1984 The Bad Seeds were Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Barry Adamson and Jim Therlwell.
Nick Cave formed the group Birthday Party in 1973 and they stayed together until 1983.

Answer: Led Zeppelin

We have zoomed on Robert Plant who was born in 1948 in the Black Country of England. Plant joined Led Zeppelin in 1968, which had enormous success until the untimely death of drummer John Bonham in 1980. He wrote the lyrics to many of the band's well known songs. After the breakup of Led Zeppelin he embarked on a solo career. "Celebration Day" was a song on the band's third album.

Answer: Bryan Ferry

Englishman Bryan Ferry was born in 1945 in the town of Washington, County Durham. He formed Roxy Music in 1970 with a line-up that included Brian Eno and Andy Mackay. Paul Thomson and Phil Manzanera played with the group later.
Some hits of the group, apart from the ones given in the question, are "Dance Away", "Angel Eyes" and "Avalon".
He started his solo career in 1973 while the band was still active. He had success both with his own songs and covers of other people's ones.

Answer: Billy Idol

Billy Idol was born in 1955 in Stanmore, London, England.
He formed Generation X in late 1976 and took the role of lead singer. The band released three albums before breaking up in 1981.
After that he moved to New York to pursue his solo career. His first eponymous album included tracks that became big hits such as "White Wedding" and "Dancing with Myself".
His second album "Rebel Yell" was a huge commercial success.

Answer: The Blackhearts

Joan Jett was born Joan Marie Larkin in 1958. She formed The Runaways together with Sandy West in 1975 and the band stayed together until 1979.
After that she went to London to pursue a solo career, recorded a few songs before going back to the USA.
She formed The Blackhearts in 1980. The first album recorded with the band was "I Love Rock and Roll" in 1981. The title track was released as a single and it was a major success and the reason behind the success of the album.
Apart from playing and writing music she was also an actress.

Answer: Donita Sparks

She was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1963.
L7 was formed in 1985 together with Suzi Gardner and they released their eponymous album in 1988. It was followed up in 1990 with "Smell the Magic" and in 1992 they released "Bricks are Heavy".
She also has a solo project called Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments.