*** music trivia ***

[Sea Ray]

Yeah, I won't post it. Someone will get this one.

I'm going to send it to my 62 yr old girlfriend. She likes this sort of thing

[dfs]

Our connection is rock solid. I don’t need to score brownie points
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Dude, We ALL need to score brownie points. Now, maybe you don't need as many as I do, but that's a different story.

[dfs]

195. *** TODAY IN ROCK MUSIC HISTORY ***


On this day, June 3rd, in 1967 my song hit #1 in America , topping the Billboard Hot 100 and remaining at #1 for two consecutive weeks. I would turn the song , written by the late, great Otis Redding , into a women's empowerment anthem. The song, in the most recent rankings in Rolling Stone magazine, is ranked as the #1 Greatest Song of all-time.

Now, it would be another 20 years before I would have a song that would again top the Billboard Hot 100. For that hit, I would team up with a golden -voiced British singer to top the Billboard chart for the second , and last, time in my career.


Who am I and what is my hit song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 on this day 59 years ago? Also, what was my duet that hit#1 on the Hot 100 in 1987 and who was my singing partner for that chart topper?

This sounds a lot like Aretha Franklin and RESPECT but there are a lot of details that I don't know if they fit or not. The golden voiced british singer duet comeback isn't ringing bells....

[Sea Ray]

Anyone know anything about this group? I do not

Cincy-bred band among NYT's 100 Greatest Living American Songwriters

A Cincinnati-bred band is among the greatest living songwriters in America, according to a new list.

New York Times Magazine released a list of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters in April. It then followed that effort by asking its readers for their thoughts on who should have been honored. After its poll brought in over 25,000 ballots and about 12,000 unique choices, the magazine put together it's readers' top 100 Greatest Living American Songwriters.

And The National made the list.

The band, consisting of Cincinnati natives Matt Berninger, Aaron and Bryce Dessner, and Bryan and Scott Devendorf, ranked No. 85 on the readers' choice ranking, right behind Billie Joe Armstrong and ahead of Lauryn Hill, Barry Manilow, Alicia Keys, Olivia Rodrigo and others.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/ent...0007/?tbref=hp

[Ky Fried Redleg]

196. This gal is still a cutie. The Australian singer just recently turned 58 . She's earned 2 Grammys and released 17 albums. There's only been one song in history that has reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in three different decades and for three different artists. The song was #1 in 1962, #1 in 1974 , and the young lady pictured below, who just turned 58, took the song to # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987.






Can you name the pretty pop princess and the song that she sent into the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the third time in three decades?

[Roy Tucker]

This sounds a lot like Aretha Franklin and RESPECT but there are a lot of details that I don't know if they fit or not. The golden voiced british singer duet comeback isn't ringing bells....

I believe the comeback song was with George Michael but I can’t remember the name of the song.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

195. *** TODAY IN ROCK MUSIC HISTORY ***


On this day, June 3rd, in 1967 my song hit #1 in America , topping the Billboard Hot 100 and remaining at #1 for two consecutive weeks. I would turn the song , written by the late, great Otis Redding , into a women's empowerment anthem. The song, in the most recent rankings in Rolling Stone magazine, is ranked as the #1 Greatest Song of all-time.

Now, it would be another 20 years before I would have a song that would again top the Billboard Hot 100. For that hit, I would team up with a golden -voiced British singer to top the Billboard chart for the second , and last, time in my career.


Who am I and what is my hit song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 on this day 59 years ago? Also, what was my duet that hit#1 on the Hot 100 in 1987 and who was my singing partner for that chart topper?

Billboard #1( June 3, 1967) :





Billboard #1 (1987) :

[Ky Fried Redleg]

197. Paul wrote it, originally for a long-forgotten movie starring Ringo Starr, and then offered it to four boys that called themselves The Iveys. But Paul was to the point, and very direct--- you are to do it as an exact copy of my demo. You see , Paul had come to the Abby Road Studios about thirty or forty minutes early on the morning of July 24, 1969. The Beatles had a recording session scheduled in less than an hour but Paul wanted to demo the new song he had written for the movie. He made the demo in about thirty minutes or so. Paul approached the Iveys with an offer for them to record his song: 'Look, I've got this song; I've been asked to do the film and I really don't have the time.Do you wanna do it?"

Now, when Paul offered the song to the Iveys, he didn't mince words---the song had to be essentially a copy of his demo. There was some slight resistance, with the Iveys wanting to add their own variations , but Paul said no. He wanted an exact duplicate of his demo because he felt if it was done exactly the same, it would be a sure fire hit.

Paul , who produced the record, auditioned each of the Iveys for lead vocalist on the track. One Ivey was deemed "a bit nasal." Another Ivey was "too muggy." Finally, Paul decided on the rhythm guitarist at the time, a guy by the name of Evans. Paul set out to create a carbon copy of his demo. Apple execs thought the band's name was "really stupid" and suggested a name change. Paul suggested the band change its name to "Home." Lennon suggested "The Glass Onion," and then, sarcastically, "Prix(pronounced "pricks").. Finally, an Apple executive , while meeting with the band's manager, recalled the working title for a Beatles' song from the Sergeant Pepper album. He suggested the band change its name to a word from that working title. The band agreed to the name change.

One day, as Paul was busy working with the band to create the exact carbon copy sound of his demo recording, John and Yoko happened to be looking on in the studio. McCartney's approach in the studio that day was, "just copy that(the demo), the way it is, and I think you'll have a hit with it,' you know?" John looked over at Paul, then bowed and said, "Oh, wise one, oh sage, show us the light." Somehow, I don't think John cared much for Paul. lol

Well, the most Beatles-esque , non-Beatles recording was, in fact , a hit, just as Paul predicted. The "carbon copy" of his July 24, 1969 demo of the song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1970 and reached #4 on the UK Singles chart. This was the breakthrough hit for the band, who went on to have several more hits, including two other Billboard 100 Top ten songs in the 70's .

The song was featured in the soundtrack of the 1969 movie , starring Ringo and Peter Sellers. Paul's 1969 demo officially became a Beatles song in 1996, when it appeared on a Beatles ' compilation album.


Name the song and the band.

[Roy Tucker]

Heck, I knew this one after the first sentence. Come and Get It by Badfinger. From the movie The Magic Christian.

I saw it at Ohio Univ in 1970 in Memorial Aiditorium. Movies were called MIA in MemAud.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

Heck, I knew this one after the first sentence. Come and Get It by Badfinger. From the movie The Magic Christian.

I saw it at Ohio Univ in 1970 in Memorial Aiditorium. Movies were called MIA in MemAud.

DAMN! I could have saved myself about 600 words. LOL

[Ky Fried Redleg]

197. Paul wrote it, originally for a long-forgotten movie starring Ringo Starr, and then offered it to four boys that called themselves The Iveys. But Paul was to the point, and very direct--- you are to do it as an exact copy of my demo. You see , Paul had come to the Abby Road Studios about thirty or forty minutes early on the morning of July 24, 1969. The Beatles had a recording session scheduled in less than an hour but Paul wanted to demo the new song he had written for the movie. He made the demo in about thirty minutes or so. Paul approached the Iveys with an offer for them to record his song: 'Look, I've got this song; I've been asked to do the film and I really don't have the time.Do you wanna do it?"

Now, when Paul offered the song to the Iveys, he didn't mince words---the song had to be essentially a copy of his demo. There was some slight resistance, with the Iveys wanting to add their own variations , but Paul said no. He wanted an exact duplicate of his demo because he felt if it was done exactly the same, it would be a sure fire hit.

Paul , who produced the record, auditioned each of the Iveys for lead vocalist on the track. One Ivey was deemed "a bit nasal." Another Ivey was "too muggy." Finally, Paul decided on the rhythm guitarist at the time, a guy by the name of Evans. Paul set out to create a carbon copy of his demo. Apple execs thought the band's name was "really stupid" and suggested a name change. Paul suggested the band change its name to "Home." Lennon suggested "The Glass Onion," and then, sarcastically, "Prix(pronounced "pricks").. Finally, an Apple executive , while meeting with the band's manager, recalled the working title for a Beatles' song from the Sergeant Pepper album. He suggested the band change its name to a word from that working title. The band agreed to the name change.

One day, as Paul was busy working with the band to create the exact carbon copy sound of his demo recording, John and Yoko happened to be looking on in the studio. McCartney's approach in the studio that day was, "just copy that(the demo), the way it is, and I think you'll have a hit with it,' you know?" John looked over at Paul, then bowed and said, "Oh, wise one, oh sage, show us the light." Somehow, I don't think John cared much for Paul. lol

Well, the most Beatles-esque , non-Beatles recording was, in fact , a hit, just as Paul predicted. The "carbon copy" of his July 24, 1969 demo of the song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1970 and reached #4 on the UK Singles chart. This was the breakthrough hit for the band, who went on to have several more hits, including two other Billboard 100 Top ten songs in the 70's .

The song was featured in the soundtrack of the 1969 movie , starring Ringo and Peter Sellers. Paul's 1969 demo officially became a Beatles song in 1996, when it appeared on a Beatles ' compilation album.


Name the song and the band.

#7 Billboard Hot 100 (1970)




Paul's Demo(1969) :

[RichRed]

196. This gal is still a cutie. The Australian singer just recently turned 58 . She's earned 2 Grammys and released 17 albums. There's only been one song in history that has reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in three different decades and for three different artists. The song was #1 in 1962, #1 in 1974 , and the young lady pictured below, who just turned 58, took the song to # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987.






Can you name the pretty pop princess and the song that she sent into the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the third time in three decades?

Kylie Minogue - Locomotion