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Those cats were fast as lightning. In fact, it was a little frightening. Carl Douglas became the first Jamaican with a #1 Billboard song, thanks to what tune?
Originally the B-side of "Whatever Gets You Through the Night," what Elton John song was inspired by Billie Jean King, who had a World Team Tennis League team with a similar name?
According to Jan and Dean, where would you find two girls to every boy?
What vessel appeared on the cover of the first Led Zeppelin album?
David Clayton-Thomas, a three-named Canadian, led what three-named American band, which in turn was named after a 1963 album by Johnny Cash?
According to the Leonard Cohen lyrics inspired by a friend name Vaillancourt, who took you down to a boat by the river?
What band's lawyers sued Little Roger and the Goosebumps over their song "Stairway to Gilligan's Island," which put the lyrics to "Gilligan's Island" over a classic rock song?
What hard rocking 1960s band released a greatest hits album in 2004 that included covers of' N Sync's "Tearing Up My Heart" and the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way"?
Outside of Motown's African Americans, only two American groups survived the British Invasions, the Beach Boys and the Four Seasons. The Beach Boys were WASPs. What ethnicity where the Four Seasons?
In a copyright infringement case, whose song "I'm Your Angel" was alleged to be "largely copied from and substantially similar to Makin' Whoopee," a standard from the 1920s?
The only Broadway show tune song ever recorded by the Beatles was which "The Music Man" tune, which appeared on "With the Beatles"?
After a disastrous Who concert in 1979 at Riverfront Coliseum, in which 11 people were trampled by the crowd, what city banned festival seating?
In the lyrics to the Three Dog Night song, what bullfrog was a good friend of theirs?
On August 27, 1965, with whom did Elvis jam in Bel Air, after blurting out, "If you damn guys are gonna sit here and stare at me all night, I'm gonna go to bed"?
Paul Shaffer, then an SNL band member and later David Letterman's band leader, wrote what disco novelty song and gay camp classic?
Who claimed that he invented his duck walk to hide wrinkles in a rayon suit during a 1956 show in New York City?
In "My Melody of Love," what Polish American sang "Moja droga, ja cie kocham," which means "My dear, I love you"?
What Beatles song includes a chorus quietly singing "Frere Jacques"?
What Australian band got his start in Britain as the Rattlesnakes?
As any Beatles fan knows, what street in St John's Wood, London, was EMI Studios on?
In 1985, Princess Diana stunned royal watchers when she got up on stage and danced as what star played Uptown Girl at the Royal Opera House?
Led Zeppelin's only top 10 song in the US turned out to have been stolen from Willie Dixon. What is it?
The Spooky Kids all followed Brian Warner's lead. Just as he renamed himself Marilyn Manson, they all renamed themselves by combining the names of killers and sex symbols. But which one instead named himself for a food brand?
Formed in 1958 by construction workers Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, what surf band had two hit versions of "Walk Don't Run," one in 1960 and one in 1964?
The original Woodstock didn't occur in Woodstock, New York, because of local opposition. Instead, it occurred one county over. Where?
What Dylan song, best known for a video segment used in the Dylan concert film "Don't Look Back," also inspired the name of the radical group the Weathermen?
A skeletal figure called Eddie the Head, designed by Derek Riggs, is what band's mascot?
Who recorded a 1975 album of cover tunes to settle a lawsuit over allegations that "Come Together" plagiarized Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me"?
Minus Jack Bruce, what 60s supergroup formed the basis for Blind Faith?
Who set his guitar afire for the first time in Finsbury Park, London, on March 31, 1967, as he was playing it with his teeth?
What band gave a free concert in memory of Brian Jones in Hyde Park in July 2, 1969?
Who started the song "Isn't She Lovely" with the sounds of his daughter Aisha laughing as she took a bath?
Who was the lead singer of a British Invasion group known as the Pacemakers?
Despite having appeared from the waist down on the Milton Berle, Steve Allen and Dorsey Brothers shows, whose wiggling pelvis was censored when it appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show?
In 1973, who strongly advised that you not eat the yellow snow?
Who taught us all how to spell "respect" in 1967?
What soul singer's middle name is Ronzoni, because the pasta was the only food his mother could keep down when she pregnant with him?
What bad boy rocker owned Aleister Crowley's Loch Ness estate, Boleskine House, from 1971 to 1992?
What 1961 #1 hit by the Marvellettes was re-recorded by both the Beatles and the Carpenters?
In July 2004, more than 1000 radio stations celebrated rock music's 50th birthday by playing "That's All Right (Mama)," the first song ever released by what artist?
Originally the B-side of "Whatever Gets You Through the Night," what Elton John song was inspired by Billie Jean King, who had a World Team Tennis League team with a similar name?
According to Jan and Dean, where would you find two girls to every boy?
What vessel appeared on the cover of the first Led Zeppelin album?
David Clayton-Thomas, a three-named Canadian, led what three-named American band, which in turn was named after a 1963 album by Johnny Cash?
According to the Leonard Cohen lyrics inspired by a friend name Vaillancourt, who took you down to a boat by the river?
What band's lawyers sued Little Roger and the Goosebumps over their song "Stairway to Gilligan's Island," which put the lyrics to "Gilligan's Island" over a classic rock song?
What hard rocking 1960s band released a greatest hits album in 2004 that included covers of' N Sync's "Tearing Up My Heart" and the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way"?
Outside of Motown's African Americans, only two American groups survived the British Invasions, the Beach Boys and the Four Seasons. The Beach Boys were WASPs. What ethnicity where the Four Seasons?
In a copyright infringement case, whose song "I'm Your Angel" was alleged to be "largely copied from and substantially similar to Makin' Whoopee," a standard from the 1920s?
The only Broadway show tune song ever recorded by the Beatles was which "The Music Man" tune, which appeared on "With the Beatles"?
After a disastrous Who concert in 1979 at Riverfront Coliseum, in which 11 people were trampled by the crowd, what city banned festival seating?
In the lyrics to the Three Dog Night song, what bullfrog was a good friend of theirs?
On August 27, 1965, with whom did Elvis jam in Bel Air, after blurting out, "If you damn guys are gonna sit here and stare at me all night, I'm gonna go to bed"?
Paul Shaffer, then an SNL band member and later David Letterman's band leader, wrote what disco novelty song and gay camp classic?
Who claimed that he invented his duck walk to hide wrinkles in a rayon suit during a 1956 show in New York City?
In "My Melody of Love," what Polish American sang "Moja droga, ja cie kocham," which means "My dear, I love you"?
What Beatles song includes a chorus quietly singing "Frere Jacques"?
What Australian band got his start in Britain as the Rattlesnakes?
As any Beatles fan knows, what street in St John's Wood, London, was EMI Studios on?
In 1985, Princess Diana stunned royal watchers when she got up on stage and danced as what star played Uptown Girl at the Royal Opera House?
Led Zeppelin's only top 10 song in the US turned out to have been stolen from Willie Dixon. What is it?
The Spooky Kids all followed Brian Warner's lead. Just as he renamed himself Marilyn Manson, they all renamed themselves by combining the names of killers and sex symbols. But which one instead named himself for a food brand?
Formed in 1958 by construction workers Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, what surf band had two hit versions of "Walk Don't Run," one in 1960 and one in 1964?
The original Woodstock didn't occur in Woodstock, New York, because of local opposition. Instead, it occurred one county over. Where?
What Dylan song, best known for a video segment used in the Dylan concert film "Don't Look Back," also inspired the name of the radical group the Weathermen?
A skeletal figure called Eddie the Head, designed by Derek Riggs, is what band's mascot?
Who recorded a 1975 album of cover tunes to settle a lawsuit over allegations that "Come Together" plagiarized Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me"?
Minus Jack Bruce, what 60s supergroup formed the basis for Blind Faith?
Who set his guitar afire for the first time in Finsbury Park, London, on March 31, 1967, as he was playing it with his teeth?
What band gave a free concert in memory of Brian Jones in Hyde Park in July 2, 1969?
Who started the song "Isn't She Lovely" with the sounds of his daughter Aisha laughing as she took a bath?
Who was the lead singer of a British Invasion group known as the Pacemakers?
Despite having appeared from the waist down on the Milton Berle, Steve Allen and Dorsey Brothers shows, whose wiggling pelvis was censored when it appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show?
In 1973, who strongly advised that you not eat the yellow snow?
Who taught us all how to spell "respect" in 1967?
What soul singer's middle name is Ronzoni, because the pasta was the only food his mother could keep down when she pregnant with him?
What bad boy rocker owned Aleister Crowley's Loch Ness estate, Boleskine House, from 1971 to 1992?
What 1961 #1 hit by the Marvellettes was re-recorded by both the Beatles and the Carpenters?
In July 2004, more than 1000 radio stations celebrated rock music's 50th birthday by playing "That's All Right (Mama)," the first song ever released by what artist?