*** music trivia ***

[Ky Fried Redleg]

Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation. Until the early 80’s, I missheard the group’s name and thought it was Used Corporation.


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This song always made me happy.

[Roy Tucker]

74. What singer once had a song that sold over 33 million physical copies, never made a penny from the record, and only performed it one time?

I think know this one. Candle in the Wind sung by Elton John at Princess Diane’s funeral. I think he did a special version for her hence the one-time part. I think he gave all the proceeds to a charity.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

75. This song was written after the writer/lead singer had drank a gallon of Red Mountain wine. When he played it for the band's drummer, he slurred the words to the song's title . The drummer wrote down the drunken phonetic spelling, and the band decided to keep it, feeling it fit with the song's mystical vibe. LMAO The song also included a snippet of the hymn, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."

The extended 17-minute album version was recorded from a sound check. This extended version features a lengthy organ and drum solo, with the drum solo alone lasting over two minutes. The track took up the entire second side of the album, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The single peaked at # 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.


Can you name this song, which was birthed from the bottom of a gallon jug of Red Mountain wine? Also, what was the intended original (non-inebriated) title of the song and what was the name of the band?

Roy, did you ever write a song after drinking a gallon of wine???


I forgot to mention that this song is a definitive psychedelic anthem and a cornerstone of late 60's acid-rock.

[Roy Tucker]

Rev, goreds2, Roy, and other music junkies , let me know which version you like the best. All of them are pretty cool.

I like the ARS version. Saw them perform at the Electric Ballroom in Atlanta. My then-wife had split up and I went to Atlanta (where she had gone) to make a last ditch effort to save our marriage. It didn’t work. We went to that show and had big fight at it. Every time I hear the song Neon Nights, I remember that night.

And for the record, I’ve been happily married to Mrs Tucker #2 for over 40 years. #1 was a practice marriage where I learned what not to do.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

I like the ARS version. Saw them perform at the Electric Ballroom in Atlanta. My then-wife had split up and I went to Atlanta (where she had gone) to make a last ditch effort to save our marriage. It didn’t work. We went to that show and had big fight at it. Every time I hear the song Neon Nights, I remember that night.

And for the record, I’ve been happily married to Mrs Tucker #2 for over 40 years. #1 was a practice marriage where I learned what not to do.

I'm a 70's guy, so I would probably give a nod to ARS, as well. Love the Classic Four and Dusty's version, also. My God, Dusty Springfield could sing a collection of articles from a magazine and release it as an album and I would buy it. Amazing voice... so sensual and soulful. The sax only version by Sharpe is also really good. I love good sax.

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75. This song was written after the writer/lead singer had drank a gallon of Red Mountain wine. When he played it for the band's drummer, he slurred the words to the song's title . The drummer wrote down the drunken phonetic spelling, and the band decided to keep it, feeling it fit with the song's mystical vibe. LMAO The song also included a snippet of the hymn, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."

If that's not In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida then it should be.

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Dusty Springfield could sing a collection of articles from a magazine and release it as an album and I would buy it. Amazing voice... so sensual and soulful.

Spooky is a great chart and her singing it is just unfair.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

If that's not In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida then it should be.

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Spooky is a great chart and her singing it is just unfair.

I'm sober, so I won't slur the words: "In the Garden of Eden" lol

[Ky Fried Redleg]

77. What song(non-instrumental) is widely considered to have the fewest unique words(only six) in the lyrics of any song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It hit #1 just 38 days after the Reds defeated the Red Sox in the World Series.

Can you name the song and the group who recorded it?

I had a girlfriend years ago who said this was her favorite song as a kid. She remembers swinging on her swing set listening to this song playing on the radio and singing along to the few words in the song, while swinging as high as she could.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

You know, I'm not a religious person but heaven, to me, would be this for eternity: Lay my head on my pillow every night, while Karen Carpenter and Dusty Springfield alternated nights sitting beside my bed and singing me to sleep. Then one night out of the week, probably Sunday, the holiest of days, Ann Wilson drops in to rock my ass off before I go nighty night.

[Roy Tucker]

You know, I'm not a religious person but heaven, to me, would be this for eternity: Lay my head on my pillow every night, while Karen Carpenter and Dusty Springfield alternated nights sitting beside my bed and singing me to sleep. Then one night out of the week, probably Sunday, the holiest of days, Ann Wilson drops in to rock my ass off before I go nighty night.

My go-to’s are the aforementioned Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, and Dolly. Later, Alison Krauss and Lucinda Williams got added to the playlist. They speak to my heart.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

My go-to’s are the aforementioned Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, and Dolly. Later, Alison Krauss and Lucinda Williams got added to the playlist. They speak to my heart.

Oh gosh, how could I have forgotten about Alison? Her and Olivia Newton-John would be my super subs, when Karen or Dusty took lunch breaks. Well, I mean , when Dusty took a lunch break.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

78. This #1 song was written as a tribute to tennis legend and close personal friend, Billie King King, and her World Team Tennis team. The song spent two weeks at #1 in the spring of '75. Do you know the song?

[Ky Fried Redleg]

79. This 1978 hit song originated as a joke by Phil Everly after he had watched an old 1935 horror flick. Everly suggested the singer/songwriter adapt the movie title into a song and dance craze. The song was crafted in , literally, 15 minutes. None of the song's co-writers, including the singer, himself, took the song seriously. The spontaneous composition, which the singer referred to as "a dumb song for smart people," was chosen to be the first single off his third album release, much to the surprise of the singer, who was perplexed at his record label's logic for releasing "that piece of s##t."

Well, "that piece of s##t" became his signature song, an overnight sensation that peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. Jackson Browne actually performed the song live at some gigs over two years before its release in '78. Fleetwood Mac's John McVie and Mick Fleetwood played played bass and drums on the record . The song helped propel the album to #8 on the Billboard album chart, making it the singer's best-selling and most commercially successful album.

So, yeah, without Phil Everly, you would have never heard this song. Ah-hoo!!!


Can you name the song and singer?

[Roy Tucker]

78. This #1 song was written as a tribute to tennis legend and close personal friend, Billie King King, and her World Team Tennis team. The song spent two weeks at #1 in the spring of '75. Do you know the song?

I know this one. Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

80. According to this song's author, who wrote the song in his early 20's : "My eye trouble was the initial inspiration for the song's lyrics. But as I wrote them, the eye issue became a metaphor for lost innocence and for having seen too much."

The hit song is a melancholic folk-rock song about emotional exhaustion. The lyrics serve as a metaphor for losing innocence and becoming jaded after witnessing too much of the world's pain(my God, I feel that more than ever).

The song was co-produced with Glenn Frey, and featured David Crosby and Graham Nash on backing vocals. The upbeat tempo was designed to contrast with the dark, reflective lyrics. The singer/songwriter's record label originally was hesitant about the song, finding it too depressing. The record-buying public didn't agree. It reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972.

Can you name the song and writer?