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This band was on the 2013 charts singing, "if you're lost & alone, or you're sinking like a stone, carry on"; sounds like...
.fun
Born Curtis Jackson, this rap superstar took his stage name from an armed robber he knew in Brooklyn
50 cent
What Beninese singer-songwriter, which TIME Magazine called "Africa's premier diva, has won multiple Grammys for Best Global Music Album, including the 2020 Grammy for Best World Music Album for Celia?
ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO
She asked, "Or should I just keep chasing pavements?" & not, as some have misheard, "Or should I just keep chasing penguins?"
Adele (2011)
What 4-member k-pop girl group released their first single "Black mamba" in Nov 2020?
Aespa (known for "Savage")
Last name of British singer Lily & brother Alfie from "Game of Thrones"
Allen
Kim Petras released her lead single from her debut album as a leading artist this year, featuring Nicki Minaj. What is the name of that single? It samples a Eurodance classic by Alice Deejay and takes its name from its title.
Alone (From better off alone)
What is Iggy Azalea's real name?
Amethyst Amelia Kelly
(Hey, I'm Lars Ulrich from Metallica.) You are out of order if you can't name this album of ours that shares its name with an Al Pacino movie
And justice for all
What Beninese singer, one of the most internationally popular African singers since the early 1990s, has won 5 Grammy Awards, the most for any African solo artist? Her first win came for her 2007 album Djin Djin, and her most recent win came for her 2021 album Mother Nature.
Angelique Kidjo
Which 18 time Grammy winner covered "I Say a Little Prayer" in 1968?
Aretha Franklin
Which record label was nicknamed "The House that Ruth Built" for the two dozen charting singles released on the label early in its history by R&B singer Ruth Brown?
Atlantic Records
What are Jordin Sparks best songs?
Battlefield, One step at a time, Tattoo
To be clear, this Canadian sang, "As long as you love me, we could be starving", & not "starfish", which is a bit less romantic
Beiber (2012)
Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee are the non-titular members of what mathematically deficient band?
Ben Folds Five
Appropriately, the last track of her "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" is "Goodbye"
Billie Eilish
An argument with her mother over money matters inspired this jazz great's lyrics to "God Bless The Child"
Billie Holliday
The tracks on this 1957 Miles Davis album introduced a kind of jazz that never got too hot, hence its title
Birth of the cool
Would you spin your chair for this country star's "You'll Always Be Beautiful", off the "Hillbilly Bone" EP?
Blake Shelton
"Nikes" and "Ivy" are two tracks on which 2016 studio album by Frank Ocean?
Blonde
"Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?" he asked in "Redemption Song", the last song on his last non-posthumous album
Bob Marley
Bruce Springsteen: "I'm ten years burning down the road"
Born in the USA
What 2000s band from Texas who produced albums such as Drunk Enough to Dance and A Hangover You Don't Deserve also sang the theme song to Phineas and Ferb?
Bowling for Soup (Girl all the bad guys want, 1985)
On what disco dance track from Beyonce's Renaissance does she implore listeners to "quit your job?" The track hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July.
Break my soul
No wonder he wears shades: Omaha's Conor Oberst achieved indie rock superstardom with this anatomically-named band
Bright Eyes
On Crickets Avenue in Lubbock, a visual arts center with a guitar-shaped gallery honors the life & legacy of this early rocker
Buddy Holly
John Prine founded his own indie record label, Oh Boy Records. In his own telling, he borrowed the name from the hit single "Oh, Boy!", which went to #3 on the charts for what band?
Buddy Holly and the crickets
Cool jazz' Bud Shank improv-ed the solo on this song by The Mamas & The Papas that begins, "All the leaves are brown"
California Dreamin'
The 1993 Breeders song about one of these projectiles makes a "crash" & a "splash"
Cannonball
A triple AMA winner in 2018, she performed "I Like It" with J Balvin & Bad Bunny
Cardi B
What rapper is featured with Bruno Mars on the songs "Finesse" and "Please Me"?
Cardi B
Who sang "Blue Suede Shoes"?
Carl Perkins
Which winner of American Idol Season Four played Maria von Trapp in the 2013 TV special The Sound of Music Live?
Carrie Underwood
Singer-songwriter Chan Marshall became a college radio staple in the '90s and 2000s with albums like "Moon Pix," "You Are Free," and "The Greatest." She's best known by what stage name, which she took from an advertisement for Caterpillar construction vehicles?
Cat Power
Who did the 2006 song "Ridin'" that was parodied by Weird Al?
Chamillionaire & Krayzie Bone
This legendary drummer who passed away in 2021 was called "the heartbeat of The Rolling Stone"
Charlie Watts
What album has the song "Beggin" by maneskin?
Chosen
Who did the sexy video "Wicked Game" in 1990 with model Helena Christensen?
Chris Isaak
Keyboardist on "You Make Loving Fun" (1977)
Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
Michael McDonald can also be heard on background vocals on the classic Yacht Rock tune, 1979's "Ride Like the Wind" by this artist.
Christopher Cross
C.G.: In the 1970s I had a giant hit with the song "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
Chrystal Gayle (Loretta Lynn's sister)
This leader of Public Enemy was originally Carlton Ridenhour
Chuck D
Who is the Metallica bassist that died in a bus crash in 1986?
Cliff Burton
What Australian fashion brand is best known for its bright and colorful sweaters? This brand is particularly associated with the Notorious B.I.G. who, in "Hypnotize", rapped that "every cutie with a booty got a (brand name)"
Coogi
"LITTLE" MUSIC": Be cool, relax & name this 1980 chart-topper by Queen
Crazy little thing called love
What french rapper released the hit "SG" in 2021 with Ozuna, Doja cat and Lisa of BlackPink?
DJ snake
who told us, "You can rock it, you can roll it, you can stop and you can stroll it at the hop"
Danny and the Juniors
Neil Young released the album "Barn" in 2021. A documentary on the making of "Barn" was directed by Young's wife, this successful actress and activist.
Darryl Hannah
Which former Disney star and singer of "Cool for the Summer" and "Sorry Not Sorry" came out as non-binary in 2021?
Demi Lovato
"Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer", "Ruby Baby", and "Lovers Who Wonders" were all hits of what American singer, whose surname is DiMucci?
Dion
"LITTLE" MUSIC": "I'll keep you my" this, sang the All-American Rejects, though having a No. 1 hit might not be the best way to do that
Dirty little secret
What american female rapper gained success with the novelty song Mooo in 2018?
Doja Cat (Amala Dlamini)
"You got me running, going out of my mind. You got me thinking that I'm wasting my time." These are the opening lyrics to what 1979 song from the album Discovery?
Don't bring me down
"ELTON JOHN SONGS": "I can't light no more of your darkness, all my pictures seem to fade to black and white"
Don't let the sun shine down on me
What 70's band led by Michael MacDonald did China Grove and Listen to the music?
Doobie brothers
Who was the blonde beehive'd bombshell from Henley-on-Thames that had a huge string of hits including "I Only Want To Be With You", "Wishin' and Hopin'", and "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"?
Dusty Springfield (Son of a preacher man)
Name the classic lineup of Van Halen when they had changed their name to Van Halen in 1974
Eddie & Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Michael Anthony
This woman & her New Bohemians sing, "Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box"
Edie Brickell (what I am)
The Outkast song "Ms. Jackson" was written by Andre 3000 about what R&B singer and her mom? He had ended a 3-year relationship with her in 1999.
Erykah Badu
What band sings "Hey man, nice shot" about the suicide of Pennsylvania Treasurer Budd Dwyer
Filter
Winning a talent contest held in Park Slope, Brooklyn got this rapper a spot on the remix of LL Cool J's "I Shot Ya", and she achieved her greatest success with the album Ill Na Na, which included the hit singles "Get Me Home" and "I'll Be". What rapper, who took her stage name from a 1974 movie starring Pam Grier, is this?
Foxy Brown
"Novacane," a song off the 2011 mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra, was the debut single of which queer American rapper?
Frank Ocean
In law it's possession of an estate for the duration of one's life; in New Jersey, it's the town Bruce Springsteen is from
Freehold
One of reggaeton's major early crossover moments came with what Daddy Yankee hit, released in 2004? A catchy line in the chorus, sung by Glory, demanded more of the song's title substance.
Gasolina
John Prine's "I Just Want to Dance With You," a ballad from his 1986 album German Afternoons, went to #1 on the Billboard country charts in 1998, thanks to a cover by what superstar (and recordholder for most country #1 singles, with 44)?
George Strait
The trance DJ ATB, the metal band Powerwolf, and the Eurovision champion Lena all hail from which country?
Germany
They're from Liverpool. They cut their teeth in Hamburg. They were managed by Brian Epstein and produced by George Martin. There were four of them. What is the name of this band who are definitely NOT the Beatles, and who had hits with "Ferry 'Cross The Mersey" and "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying"?
Gerry and the pacemakers
Many qawwali songs are written in the form of what highly structured Arabic poetry associated with the Indian subcontinent? Consisting of between seven to twelve couplets called bayts, they follow the rhyming pattern AA BA CA DA, etc., and are traditionally themed around either romantic or religious love.
Ghazal
Billie Holiday & frequent collaborator Arthur Herzog wrote this song about a youth "that's got his own"
God bless the child
The Chicks closed their 2022 tour with what Angry Country anthem? This iconic song features best friends Mary Ann and Wanda teaming up to poison Wanda's abusive ex-husband's black-eyed peas and starting a new life together selling strawberry jam
Goodbye earl
GBV can only be this indie band led by former Ohio schoolteacher Robert Pollard
Guided by voices
"SINGER WHO PLAYED": The dashing Jack Chambers in "Don't Worry Darling"
Harry Styles
Possessive title of the third solo album by Mr. Styles
Harry's House
The band Halestorm recorded a cover of WHAT SONG by twenty one pilots? Lead singer Tyler Joseph says "please don't make any sudden moves" on this single that was released as part of the Suicide Squad soundtrack
Heathens (stressed out)
A long-time Victoria's Secret model, what Danish supermodel first came to fame playing Chris Isaac's lover in the Herb Ritts-directed music video for "Wicked Game"
Helena Christensen
At his death in 1994, this composer was writing songs for a stage version of "Victor/Victoria"
Henry Mancini
What album by Drake and 21 Savage debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album charts? All 16 songs hit the Billboard Hot 100 in November 2022.
Her loss
On a warm day after a long winter, in Eric Clapton's garden, George Harrison came up with this song (& I say it's alright)
Here comes the sun
In this song released in 1995 by country artist John Michael Montgomery and covered later that year by All-4-One, the lyrics start: "They read you Cinderella, you hoped it would come true. That one day your Prince Charming would come rescue you."
I could love you like that
"Wake up in the morning with a head like 'what ya done?' This used to be the life but I don't need another one." These are the opening lyrics to what 2006 song by the group Scissor Sisters?
I don't feel like dancin'
Who does the 1979 hit with lyrics"The silicon chip inside her head, gets switched to overload. And nobody's gonna go to school today, she's gonna make them stay at home."
I don't like Mondays (Boomtown rats)
Two Donna Summer songs made a Rolling Stone poll for the 10 greatest disco songs of all time, including what 1977 song that's "so good, it's so good, it's so good" according to its lyrics?
I feel love
Cool rapper O'Shea Jackson
Ice Cube
This Drake song asks, "Kiki, do you love me? Are you riding?"
In my feelings
Because this band had a song called "The Juggla", its fans are Juggalos & Juggalettes
Insane clown posse
Lesley Gore's 1963 hit single "Judy's Turn to Cry" served as a sequel to which smash hit of hers that was released a mere two months earlier?
It's my party
In 2001 she released a song called "Dance with Me"; in 2019, she gave the same order in "Baila Conmigo"
J.Lo.
Portrayed on film in "Hilary & Jackie", the life of this British cellist was cut short by ms at age 42
Jacqueline de Pre
Many of the songs on Taylor Swift's album Red, probably most notoriously "All Too Well", are reportedly about what Academy Award nominated actor, nine years her senior, with whom she broke up a few months before the album's release?
Jake Gyllenhaal
"So Let It Be Written", a bio of this lead singer, gets its title from a lyric in Metallica's "Creeping Death"
James Hetfield
What BTS member released "Promise" in Mar 2023?
Jimin
After Darius Rucker in 2009, who in 2021 became the second Black artist to win the CMA Award for New Artist of the Year, coming from songs like "Best Shot" and "Make Me Want To" from his album "Mercury Lane"?
Jimmy Allen
Reaching the half century mark in the 80's, this singer-songwriter published a memoir, "A Pirate Looks at Fifty"
Jimmy Buffett
Weird Al may be the most famous name in polka, but who won 18 "Best Polka Album" Grammy awards between 1987 and 2009, some solo and some with His Orchestra?
Jimmy Sturr
Under what four-letter stage name did George Kusonoki Miller score a worldwide hit in 2022 with the single "Glimpse of Us"?
Joji
In 2021 this teen became the first celebrity on "Dancing with the Stars" to have a same-sex partner
Jojo Siwa (Blond girl sings Boomerang)
Name the five founding members of the band Bon Jovi.
Jon Bon Jovi Alec John Such, Richie Sambora, Tico Torres, David Bryan
Lil' Kim achieved her first success as the only female member of what hip hop group? Formed and mentored by the Notorious B.I.G., their 1995 album Conspiracy spawned the top 20 hits "Get Money" and "Player's Anthem".
Junior MAFIA
This country superstar, seen here, added to his hit parade in 2020 with "Happy Does"
Kenny Chesney
The legendary Jerry Lee Lewis has this lethal nickname
Killer
A little monstera is a small plant of a specific genus within the Araceae family. A Little Monster is a fan of what pop superstar?
Lady Gaga
"Do you want to sleep with me tonight?" was the question asked, in French, by what song from Labelle in 1975?
Lady marmalade
Played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Almost Famous", this critic wrote a book about Blondie & "Let It Blurt" is a book about him
Lester Bangs
What is the name of the top 10 hiphop hit from lil mama?
Lip Gloss
Discover "Exactly How I Feel" on "Cuz I Love You" by this rap & R&B singer who needs but one name
Lizzo
Fans by the thousands flock to Chicago's Grant Park for this annual summer music festival
Lolapalooza
That's Paul Simonon destroying his bass on the cover of this classic Clash album
London calling
Bruce Springsteen was indeed born in the U.S.A.--in this town, in fact
Long Branch, NJ
One critic likened Ella Fitzgerald's voice to Cabernet Sauvignon; that of this trumpeter & duet partner, to Wild Turkey
Louis Armstrong
"DUETS": 1994: "Endless Love" remade by these 2
Luther vandross & Mariah carey
Born Gertrude Pridgett, which pioneering blues singer was credited with saving the label Paramount Records with the massive sales of her 1920s singles "New Boweavil Blues" and "Dead Drunk Blues"?
Ma Rainey
Who released the punk single "Love Race" in 2021?
Machine Gun Kelly
Back in the "Good Old Days", he was Ben Haggerty from Seattle
Macklemore
What italian eurovision winner released the megahit "Beggin" in 2021?
Maneskin (moonlight in danish)
What is the stage name of American DJ and music producer Christopher Comstock?
Marshmello
"My Guy", written by Smokey Robinson in 1964, was the one of Motown's first major hits sung by what singer, who was once recognized as "The Queen of Motown"?
Mary Wells
The 2014 song, "Champion", is by Matthew Miller who performed under this Hebrew stage name
Matisyahu
This Houston native was a student at Texas Southern University before her music career took off
Meghan thee stallion
A substitute for the Incredible String Band, who wouldn't play Friday night at Woodstock because it was raining, what folk-pop performer of "Brand New Key" wrote her first top-ten hit "Lay Down" about watching the Woodstock crowd holding up candles during her set?
Melanie (Safka) (Brand new pair of roller skates)
What band had albums "Master of Puppets", "Death Magnetic"
Metallica
What singer-songwriter is best known for having been the lead singer & lyricist for the alternative rock band R.E.M.?
Michael Stipe
Miles Davis recorded "Freddie Freeloader"; Cab Calloway recorded "Minnie" this
Minnie the moocher
Which Fleetwood Mac album contained the singles "Oh Diane," "Hold Me," and "Gypsy"?
Mirage (1982)
This state comes before the names of blues musicians John Hurt & Fred McDowell
Mississippi
The last album released by the rock group Kiss (in 2012) shares its name with an earlier album from R.E.M. What is that shared title?
Monster
"Well, it's a marvelous night for" this Van Morrison song that features Collin Tilton's tasty flute playing & tenor sax, too
Moondance
What are Buffalo Springfield's most popular songs?
Mr Soul and For what it's worth
Hosting "SNL", Carey Mulligan said she liked to call this band "My Husband & Sons", hubby Marcus being its lead singer
Mumford & Sons
A song by Justin Timberlake ft. T.I. that hit #1 in 2006, a song by Paul McCartney and Wings that hit #1 in 1973, and a song by Petula Clark that hit #1 in 1966 (all on the Billboard Hot 100) share what title?
My love
What was the FIRST SONG by a former Beatle to reach #1 in the U.S. after the band's breakup? (As it happens, it was also the first one in the U.K.) A cover version by "fifth Beatle" Billy Preston charted in the following year.
My sweet lord
What piano player sang Ramblin' rose
Nat king cole
Featuring in Beautiful and on Tapestry, what 1967 King/Goffin composition became a #8 hit and a perennial signature song for Aretha Franklin? The first parenthetical portion of the title is optional.
Natural woman
Which Filipino-American singer and actress won Season 10 of Dancing with the Stars? She also played Moana's mom, Sina in the 2016 film Moana
Nicole Scherzinger
Sadly, this rapper, activist & entrepreneur known for giving back to his South LA community lost his life there in 2019
Nipsey Hussle
The 2000 album "Return of Saturn" by this ska-pop band found "Magic's In The Makeup"
No Doubt
A Tori Kelly tune rhymes, "I've never been to heaven, but it doesn't seem that far, 'cause you're my" this
North Star
"Definitely Maybe" was the name of what band's 1994 debut album?
Oasis
A song by Maroon 5 that hit #1 in 2012 and a song by Phil Collins that hit #1 in 1985 (both on the Billboard Hot 100) share what title?
One more night
The Tim Rice musical "Chess" may have encouraged new chess players, but it's probably better remembered for what chart-topping song that was banned in a South Asian country because of the references to unsavory nightlife activities?
One night in Bangkok (Murray Head)
The Fixx, getting philosophical in the '80s: "Are We ____?"
Ourselves (also did One thing leads to another)
In Sept 2023, Doja Cat's latest single just became her first solo song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the fastest solo female rap song to reach 100 million streams in Spotify history. What is the name of that song?
Paint the town red
Once an opener for Bette Middler at N.Y.'s Continental Baths, she got a "New Attitude" in 1985
Patti Labelle (an the blue belles)
No fooling, this punk poet was voted her class clown
Patti Smith
This singer profiled her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in her 2010 memoir "Just Kids"
Patti Smith
Born with the last name Eisen, this American musician is best known for his stage persona The Starchild
Paul Stanley (Gene Simmons is Chaim Witz)
Which two singers won the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their song "A Whole New World" from the 1992 film Aladdin?
Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
"I hold just one breath here within my chest / Just like innocence", these grunge rockers sang on their 1996 No. 1 album "No Code"
Pearl Jam
The 2006 Springsteen album "We Shall Overcome" is a tribute to this Weavers co-founder & folk legend
Pete Seeger
Bartolomeo Cristofori's invention of this instrument was music to the world's ears around 1700
Piano
"Escape" is the non-parenthetical portion of the title of a song by Rupert Holmes that is perhaps better known by what parenthetical title?
Pina Colada Song
Syd Barrett was in this band when it sold its first of tens of millions of albums in 1967, but Dave Gilmour soon replaced him
Pink Floyd
what Blackpink single was the biggest debut for a music video in 2022?
Pink Venom
Fans sure weren't "Allergic" to his "Hollywood's Bleeding", tops for 2020
Post Malone
This rapper whose face says "always tired" isn't tired of success, like 365 million streams in one week of "Hollywood's Bleeding"
Post malone
"What I did that night/What she said that night/realizing my dreams/I launch myself towards a glorious destiny" is the English translation of the French in the bridge of what 1977 Talking Heads song?
Psycho killer
The opening act at the first Woodstock, he was asked to keep going while other acts were delayed, & improvised his classic "Freedom"
Richie Havens
The music video for "Only Girl (In the World)" features what performer frolicking and throwing herself back into a field of brightly colored flowers?
Rihanna
"RITA": This lovely Rita honored her heritage by wearing an Albanian folk costume in the video for her 2021 EP "Bang"
Rita Ora
They're the 2 members of the Bee Gees who are twins
Robin & Maurice
"Sweet Virginia" & "Loving Cup" were on their 1972 classic "Exile on Main Street"
Rolling Stones
Lyrics: "Stumblin' on my feet, shufflin' through the street, asking people... 'What's the matter whichoo, boy?'"
Rolling Stones (Miss You)
According to Paul Simon, the "Queen of Corona" is named... what?
Rosie (From Me and Julio down on the schoolyard
A single of his, "A Change Is Gonna Come", was released just days after his tragic death in 1964
Sam Cooke (Shot in a LA hotel)
"DAY OF THE WEEK": Sam Cooke faced "Another" one
Saturday night
The music video for "Come & Get It" features what performer dancing and lounging in a mountain meadow?
Selena Gomez
A type of choral music is called this-note singing, where the notes are printed as ovals, triangles, diamonds & rectangles
Shape note singing
What music and dance troupe, billed as presenting "traditional Chinese culture as it once was" before the Communist revolution, is an enterprise of the Falun Gong spiritual movement?
Shenyen
"ALLITEROCKERS": He led a rockin' "Family" on such hits as "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin"
Sly Stone
What funk band played 1971's "Theres a Riot goin' on"?
Sly and the family stone
Before and After: The fourth book in Douglas Adams' humorous sci-fi series is set to the tune of a roly-poly 1978 novelty song by Barnes and Barnes, whose 1980 video was directed by and features Bill Paxton
So long and thanks for all the fish heads
English prof & media pundit Eric Alterman is also the author of "It Ain't No Sin to Be Glad You're Alive", about this rocker
Springsteen
This guy's last time as an opening act was at a 1974 NYC show; Anne Murray insisted on headlining & got badly broooced
Springsteen
You can always right your ship with "Hey Nineteen" & "Deacon Blues" by this jazzy soft-rock band
Steely Dan
Sirius XM rocks out in the underground garage from this bandanna-ed Springsteen sideman
Steven Van Zandt
A motor oil brand helped inspire the name of this grunge band with hits like "Vasoline" & "Creep"
Stone temple pilots
Scott Weiland fronted this '90s band that sang us an "Interstate Love Song"
Stone temple pilots
She joined Neil Diamond on "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" & sang "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" with Donna Summer
Streisand
April 26th, 1992, There was a riot on the streets, Tell me, where were you?' is a lyric from a 1996 song by what band? The song refers to events that actually occurred on April 29th, 1992 in Los Angeles.
Sublime
On April 29t 2022, Korean musician Psy released his 9th studio album,Psy 9th. The lead single of that album, "That That" featured which member of BTS?
Suga
"ALBUM COVERS": Actress Kate Murtagh, who appeared as a waitress on their 1979 "Breakfast in America" album, died in 2017 at age 96
Supertramp
"Ctrl" & "SOS" are albums by her seen here
Sza
Who is known for singing "Puttin' on the Ritz"
Taco (1982 by Irving Berlin)
"OUT": In 2004 indie rockers Franz Ferdinand declared, "You say you don't know; I say" this title
Take me out
Which Fleetwood Mac album contained the singles "Everywhere," "Little Lies," and "Big Love"?
Tango in the night (1987)
We wonder if Carole King felt "the Earth move" in 2021 when this album of hers turned 50
Tapestry
A ZZ plant is a houseplant that can thrive in low light. ZZ Top is a rock band from what southern U.S. state?
Texas
The group Nazareth took its name from the first line of a 1968 song from this other group
The Band (Walked into Nazareth)
"All These Things That I've Done", a 2004 song about MTV VJ Matt Pinfield, was performed by what band, fronted by Brandon Flowers?
The Killers (Somebody told me)
What was the only single from Led Zeppelin 3 in 1970?
The immigrant song
Lady Gaga has at least 3 tattoos honoring her biggest fans, called these
The little monsters
Per the lyrics of a 2012 song, Frank Ocean's eyes don't shed tears, but boy, they pour when he's performing what three-word action that lends its name to the song's title? It is Ocean's most played track on Spotify and received a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year.
Thinkin about you
In her first single in 2019, rapper Doja Cat compares herself to a number of celebrities before saying her "twins" are big like what beloved twins from the 1990s, who give their names to the song?
Tia & Tamera Mowry
What's new pussycat? This Welsh legend's unplanned "Voice U.K." duet on "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" with Jennifer Hudson
Tom Jones
"Let Freedom Ring" is a song by the Nightwatchman, the acoustic alter ego of this Rage Against the Machine guitarist
Tom Morello
"Mule Variations" won a Folk Album Grammy for this gravel-voiced singer who also acted in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
Tom Waits
By the Rivers of Babylon" is a reggae classic, with lyrics from Psalm 137 but in patois, written and sung by what late frontman of the Maytals? Nickname is sufficient and required.
Toots Hibbert
"Feeling betrayed when you see your ex stepping into a new relationship while you're still reeling from your separation" is a line from what 2021 Olivia Rodrigo song that might be about actor Joshua Bassett?
Traitor
What nine-member K-pop girl group has made its English-language debut with the song "The Feels"?
Twice
This Sam Cooke song talks about "a place, somewhere up a New York way, where the people are so gay"
Twistin the night away
A longtime model for Ralph Lauren, what male model first came to prominence starring in several R&B music videos in the mid-1990s, especially for playing Toni Braxton's lover in the music video of "UnBreak My Heart"?
Tyson Beckford
What european band has an alterego cover band "The Dalton Brothers"?
U2
Cardi B became the first ever female rapper with multiple solo (i.e. no credited featured artists or collaborators) #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2021 when which of her singles topped the charts following her performance of the song at the Grammy Awards?
UP
What Natasha Bedingfield song was the theme song for the show "The Hills"?
Unwritten
What wholesome song and dance group, the halftime performers at 5 of the first 10 Super Bowls, originated in the wartime and Cold War era Moral Re-Armament organization?
Up with people
After playing guitar with Lou Reed & Nico in this influential '60s band, Sterling Morrison earned a PhD in medieval studies
Velvet Underground
Which Kesha song, released as the first single off her 2010 debut EP Cannibal, was written in hopes that it would become a pride anthem after she learned about the increase in bullying and harassment toward LGBT+ youth?
We R who we R
The rock band The Airborne Toxic Event got its name from this Don DeLillo novel that became a movie in 2022
White Noise
Prominently featuring in the 2014 Broadway musical Beautiful, as well as her 1971 smash album Tapestry, Carole King's first #1 hit as a songwriter came at age 18. Written with her then-husband Gerry Goffin, which song was first charted by the Shirelles in 1960, and was performed by Taylor Swift at the 2021 Rock Hall of Fame ceremony?
Will you still love me tomorrow
I'll relax to some patriotic jazz with the 2021 album "The Democracy! Suite" from this man's Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra septet
Winton Marsalis
The most streamed Nigerian artist of all time on Spotify, what singer born Ayodeji Balogun is known in the US for the 2021 song "Essence" and being featured on the 2016 Drake song "One Dance"?
Wizkid
Who released the afropunk song "Essence" with Justin Bieber in 2021?
Wizkid
This Sam Cooke song says, "Don't know much about history, don't know much biology"
Wonderful world
From Staten Island, this rap "clan" of 9 MCs is named after a mythical kung fu sword
Wu tang clan
Karen O said this name of her band comes from "a New York City... reaction to everything"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Only #1 hit for Sam Cooke
You send me
Kamil Běhounek, Luciano Biondini, Asmund Bjørken, Pete Jolly, Joe Mooney, and Art Van Damme are some of the jazz musicians who gained recognition playing which instrument?
accordion
What word completes the title of a 2001 album by Missy Elliott: Miss E...So ____?
addictive
Stradivarius learned violin mak!ng from Nicolo of this great Italian family whose instruments are also highly prized today
amatis
If your school's prom is then, put on "Month Of May" from this band's album "The Suburbs"
arcade fire
Pioneers of this jazz style included Dizzy Gillespie & Thelonious Monk
bebop jazz
A perhaps unfamiliar word in the title of what classic Cole Porter hit is a form of dance which was popular in the 1930s?
begin the Beguine
Folks were not happy he went electric at 1965's Newport Folk Festival but in 2013 the Fender Strat he used went for $965,000
bob Dylan
Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" mentions a hookah-smoking one of these insects
caterpiller
The first country artist to win the award was him, for 1968 & "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
glen campbell
Francois Couperin composed for this instrument superseded by the piano & taught Louis XIV's children to play it
harpsichord
Voted one of the worst album titles of all time - complete the title of this 2000 album by Limp Bizkit: "Chocolate Starfish and the..." WHAT?
hot dog water
A short-lived CBS reality competition show Rock Star featured aspiring singers from around the world hoping to become the lead singer of a featured group. The show was hosted by TV personality Brook Burke and Dave Navarro, who played guitar on the Red Hot Chil Peppers' One Hot Minute and was the lead guitarist for what other American rock band?
jane's addiction
Michael McDonald can also be heard on background vocals on 1979's "This is It" by what artist? McDonald collaborated with this artist multiple times, including cowriting "What a Fool Believes."
kenny Loggins
In 2011, she she released an album of remixes titled "I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance"
kesha Sebert
In "Grease" & Billy Joel's "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant", this outerwear goes with blue jeans
leather jacket
This 1-named rapper: "Take this advice that I'm givin', make a difference, make a killin', make a killin', Lord willin"'
logic (Homocide 2019)
A symbol of pride & culture, it's the Mexican style of music heard here
mariachi
Victory in 1805's Battle of Derna on the coast of North Africa inspired a lyric in this song made official in 1929
marine's hymn (Halls of Montezuma, shores of Tripoli)
Ella Fitzgerald & many others sang, "Come to me, my" this "baby, cuddle up & don't be blue"
melancholy
In a Simon & Garfunkel song, this quartet is in the line after "Are you going to Scarborough fair?"
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
90's ALBUMS: "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
smashing pumpkins
The style of tap dancing that doesn't employ the taps is referred to as this
soft shoe
A song written by Abel Meeropol and sung by Billie Holiday was named by Time magazine as the best song of the 20th century. What adjective starts that song's title?
strange (Fruit)
What 1934 song by George Gershwin was a hit on the US pop charts by Billie Holiday? It has been covered by Sam Cooke, Ricky Nelson, Janis Joplin, and Fantasia Barrino.
summertime
Which Kesha song, released as the final single off her 2010 debut studio album Animal, was written after she felt aroused seeing performers strip at a drag show?
take it off
In the late 1980s Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson & Michael Steele (Micki Steele) had 5 Top 10 hits as this band
the bangles
"COLORFUL": My Chemical Romance bid you "Welcome to" this album title
the black parade
"ALBUM COVERS": Alberto Vargas painted model Candy Moore posing on a Ferrari for this band's "Candy-O"
the cars
At the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, this group played "Boys Don't Cry"
the cure
Searching for a bass player, Chris Frantz & David Byrne found Tina Weymouth & this New Wave band was born
the talking heads
What artist released a 2021 album Call me if you get lost?
tyler the creator
Metallica: "What I've known, never shined through in what I've shown, never free, never me, so I dub thee" this
unforgiven
Scandal sang, "Shooting at the walls of heartache, bang bang, I am" this
warrior
John Mason Neale translated "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" & wrote this carol about a virtuous ruler
wenceslas
