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| 1. | In what year were all the songs in this medley first released as singles?
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| 2. | What chart-topping album did Pink Floyd release in 1975, two years after The Dark Side of the Moon? |
| 3. | Which famous rock star has model daughters called Georgia May and Elizabeth? |
| 4. | What song was a hit for the Mindbenders in 1965, and Phil Collins in 1988? |
| 5. | Who had worldwide hits in 1985 with Crazy for You, Angel, and Dress You Up? |
| 6. | What 1973 Stevie Wonder song was covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1989? |
| 7. | Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin and "Blue Lou" Marini were among the original members of what band? |
| 8. | In 1986, Club Nouveau revived a Bill Withers classic with a cover of what song? |
| 9. | Who was Dizzy in 1969? |
| 10. | Starstrukk by 3OH!3 (2009), If We Ever Meet Again by Timbaland (2010), and Who You Love by John Mayer (2013) all feature what artist? |
| 11. | The lyrics of what 1957 song include Spider Murphy, Little Joe, and the Purple Gang? |
| 12. | Who plays drums for British rock band Queen? |
| 13. | What 1979 song by Squeeze doesn't mention the song title until the very last line of the song? |
| 14. | Who said Rock Me Gently in 1974? |
| 15. | Who said Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine in 1970? |
| 16. | Sussudio, One More Night, Don't Lose My Number, and Take Me Home are hit singles from what 1985 Phil Collins studio album? |
| 17. | What band, formed in 1973, got their name from something their sister, Margaret, saw written on the nameplate of a sewing machine motor? |
| 18. | What album by Blondie includes the 1979 hit songs Heart of Glass, Sunday Girl, and One Way or Another? |
| 19. | Who was the lead singer of '70s glam rock band Slade? |
| 20. | To which family of musical instruments does the bassoon belong? |
| 21. | What American group, formed in 1974, released a two-disc greatest hits album in 1992 titled Sand in the Vaseline ? |
| 22. | Up Where We Belong was recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for what 1982 film? |
| 23. | The 2009 album The E.N.D provided what group with three chart-topping hits? |
| 24. | What 1985 song includes these lyrics? He got the action, he got the motion Yeah the boy can play Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day |
| 25. | Later achieving international success as the Eurythmics, of what band were Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart members before it split up in 1980? |
| 26. | One of his signature tunes, who sang Super Freak in 1981? |
| 27. | Who sold 13 million copies worldwide in 1982 with Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha? |
| 28. | What rock band had a worldwide hit in 1975-6 with a cover of the Everly Brothers' 1960 song Love Hurts? |
| 29. | Which 1978 worldwide hit begins with these lyrics? First I was afraid; I was petrified. |
| 30. | The French song Non, je ne regrette rien is best known for its 1960 recording by which artist? |
| 31. | Who features with The Weeknd on the 2016 singles Starboy and I Feel It Coming? |
| 32. | Father McKenzie is mentioned twice in the lyrics to what 1966 song? |
| 33. | "Whether, times are good or bad, happy or sad." are lyrics from what 1971 song? |
| 34. | By what stage name is English musician and record producer Norman Quentin Cook better known? |
| 35. | Who did Michael Jackson marry in 1994? |
| 36. | Which 1969 song includes the lyrics His welfare is of my concern. No burden is he to bear. We'll get there? |
| 37. | What type of Supernova did Oasis sing about in 1996? |
| 38. | Who said Heaven Is a Place on Earth in 1987? |
| 39. | Who had a worldwide hit in 1976 with If You Leave Me Now? |
| 40. | How many of the four U2 members were born in Ireland? |
| 41. | In a 1968 song by The Turtles, who was my pride and joy, et cetera? |
| 42. | Released in 1970, Fire and Rain is one of the best known original songs by what artist? |
| 43. | Which band had hits in the 90s with Salvation, Ode to My Family and Linger. |
| 44. | What 1981 hit song was sampled in Rihanna's 2006 song SOS? |
| 45. | Who swung on a Wrecking Ball in 2013? |
| 46. | What 1979 hit song was sampled in Sugababes' 2002 song Freak Like Me? |
| 47. | Why did Don McLean refer to 3rd February 1959 as, "The day the music died"? |
| 48. | What 1973 Bruce Springsteen song was a wordwide hit for Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1976? |
| 49. | Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, and Top Topham were the original members of what band formed in 1963? |
| 50. | Who had Wind Beneath My Wings in 1989? |
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