The Old School Music Trivia

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    Michael Jackson's album "Bad" spawned five chart topping singles.

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Test your knowledge with our Music Trivia to see how much you really know about the old school vintage music of 1960's-1980's.

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  • 2. 

    The song "You Give Good Love" was Whitney Houston's first #1 single.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    Released in 1985, "Saving All My Love For You" is the first #1 single for singer, Whitney Houston.

    The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at an impressive #53, jumping to #39 the following week (August 24), and reaching the Top 10 five weeks later. The single reached the #1 spot the week of October 26, 1985, and would became the first of seven record-setting consecutive number-one singles in the United States for Houston; a record that still holds. The single eventually spent fifteen weeks in the top forty.

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  • 3. 

    The song "Let's Say Together" was a number 1 single for singer Al Green.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    "Let's Stay Together", from Al Green's 1972 album of the same name, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks The single also topped Billboard's R&B chart for nine weeks.

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  • 4. 

    Paul McCartney's real first name is Arthur.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    Although Sir James Paul McCartney has always used his middle name as his first name, his first name is James. He became a household name as a musician and songwriter and as one of the four members of the Beatles.

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    The song "A Whole New World" replaced Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" as #1 on the charts in 1993.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    "A Whole New World", the Oscar winning featured pop single (from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney film Aladdin) performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle was the biggest pop hit for each artist.

    The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart thereby taking over Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", which had spent a then record fourteen weeks at the top of the chart.

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    The 1960's hit "To Sir With Love", from film of the same name, was sung by Lulu.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    To Sir, With Love is a 1967 British drama film starring Sidney Poitier. The film's title song "To Sir With Love", sung by Lulu, a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality. She is internationally identified with the song and with the title song to the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun.

    "To Sir, with Love" reached number one on the U.S. pop charts, and ultimately was Billboard magazine's #1 pop single for the year, 1967. The movie ranked number 27 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies.

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  • 7. 

    The song "Saving All My Love for You" was originally recorded by Marilyn McCoo.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    Although Whitney Houston's version of "Saving All My Love For You" single reached the #1 spot on the Billboard chart in 1985, Marilyn McCoo was the first to record the song in 1978.

    The album "Marilyn and Billy", featured that track as well as a disco hit, "Shine On Silver Moon". The pair decided to go solo professionally in the early 1980s with McCoo hosting the popular American syndicated television series Solid Gold from 1981 through 1984 and again from 1986 through 1988.

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    The 1980 remake of the Al Jolson classic musical, The Jazz Singer, stared the singer-songwriter & performer, Neil Sedaka.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    The 1980 musical remake of the 1927 classic, The Jazz Singer starred Neil Diamond, Sir Laurence Olivier, and Lucie Arnaz.

    Diamond earned a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor although he was given the Razzie Award for Worst Actor. The soundtrack was enormously successful, eventually reaching multi-platinum status and becoming Diamond's most successful album to date.

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    George Benson topped the U.S. charts in 1976 with the tripple-platinum album "Weekend in L.A.".

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    George Benson, a ten time Grammy Award winner and one-time child prodigy topped the Billboard 200 in 1976 with the triple-platinum album, Breezin'. The album topped the Pop, Jazz and R&B album charts in Billboard and marked the beginning of Benson's most successful period commercially.

    Breezin' won multiple prizes in the 19th Grammy Awards (1976), including Best Pop Instrumental Performance for Benson.

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  • 10. 

    The 1986 hit "Manic Monday" was written and recorded by the group, The Bangles.

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    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    "Manic Monday" is a song by the pop rock band The Bangles, and the first single released from their second studio album Different Light.

    "Manic Monday" was written by Prince and was originally intended for the group Apollonia 6 in 1984. Two years later, he offered the song to The Bangles under the pseudonym Christopher Tracy, based on his character of the movie Under the Cherry Moon (1986).

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