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« Reply #30 on: October 02, 2005, 09:26:46 PM » |
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Wild guess.....The Monkees outsold the Beatles, etc?
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« Reply #31 on: October 02, 2005, 09:28:24 PM » |
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Wild guess.....The Monkees outsold the Beatles, etc?
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« Reply #32 on: October 02, 2005, 09:30:52 PM » |
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iv) Which duo has the record for the most uk top 20 hits?
wham?
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im not speculating, either, but id have been pretty peeved if i missed the thread and i ended up getting clipped, kindly accepting a lift home.
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« Reply #33 on: October 02, 2005, 09:32:47 PM » |
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wham?
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« Reply #34 on: October 02, 2005, 09:34:29 PM » |
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Most weeks as no. 1 single.......Bohemian Rhapsody.....or that horrible thing by Brian Adams?
Most sampled......Michael Jackson?
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« Reply #35 on: October 02, 2005, 09:35:41 PM » |
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Most weeks as no. 1 single.......Bohemian Rhapsody.....or that horrible thing by Brian Adams?
Most sampled......Michael Jackson?
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« Reply #36 on: October 02, 2005, 09:38:51 PM » |
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iv) Which duo has the record for the most uk top 20 hits?
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no. That was one of my first guesses tho when I heard the question. Simon & Garfunkel? |
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« Reply #37 on: October 02, 2005, 09:42:48 PM » |
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Definitely not googling!
Love 'Summer of 69' but hated 'Everything I Do' (if that's the right title).
Is the 'most top 20 hits' question:
a) most top 20 hits by anyone (and the answer happens to be a duo); or
b) of the duo acts, who had the most top 20 hits........if you see what I mean?
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« Reply #38 on: October 02, 2005, 09:44:55 PM » |
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(vi) Which single has spent the most weeks at the uk number 1 spot?
band aid?
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im not speculating, either, but id have been pretty peeved if i missed the thread and i ended up getting clipped, kindly accepting a lift home.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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« Reply #39 on: October 02, 2005, 09:47:08 PM » |
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iv) Which duo has the record for the most uk top 20 hits?
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no. That was one of my first guesses tho when I heard the question. Simon & Garfunkel? No. but I bet they came close. |
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« Reply #40 on: October 02, 2005, 09:48:34 PM » |
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band aid?
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« Reply #41 on: October 02, 2005, 09:49:13 PM » |
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Definitely not googling!
Love 'Summer of 69' but hated 'Everything I Do' (if that's the right title).
Is the 'most top 20 hits' question:
a) most top 20 hits by anyone (and the answer happens to be a duo); or
b) of the duo acts, who had the most top 20 hits........if you see what I mean?
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« Reply #42 on: October 02, 2005, 09:51:42 PM » |
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(i) Which musical act spent the most weeks in the uk top 20 during the 80s?
(ii) Who sings backing vocals on (a) Dire Strait’s ‘Money for Nothing’ sting(b) Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’ rubber lips Mick(c) The Eurythmics’ ‘Love Is A Stranger’? (3 separate answers/artists)
(iii) Which musical act outsold the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and the Who combined in the year 1967? monkees
(iv) Which duo has the record for the most uk top 20 hits?
(v) What year did the following artists die and how? – (a) Freddie Mercury Aids (b) Kurt Cobain alleged gunshot suicide (c) Buddy Holly plane crash (d) Marvin Gaye shot by father during argument (e) John Denver plane crash
(vi) Which single has spent the most weeks at the uk number 1 spot?
(vii) What is Iron Maiden’s only uk number 1 and what year did it reach the top spot?
(viii) What instrument did Madonna play before she became a singer?
(ix) What is the highest selling film soundtrack? Saturday Night Fever
(x) Who is the most sampled artist in music?
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« Reply #43 on: October 02, 2005, 09:52:51 PM » |
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For the duo...........the Everley Brothers?
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« Reply #44 on: October 02, 2005, 09:54:46 PM » |
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For the duo...........the Everley Brothers?
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