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Friday Night Pub Quiz #14
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Stories Behind Songs Quiz – Friday Night Pub Quiz #14: Stories behind seven of the classic songs from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.
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Substitute 1966
1.Who was The Who’s producer at Brunswick, who sued them for breach of contract when they used Instant Party as the B-side of Substitute?
2. Which song replaced Instant Party/Circles on the B-side of Substitute?
3. The new B-side was credited to The Who Orchestra – but which band was posing as “The Who Orchestra”?
Ohio 1970
4. The song was written about an anti-Vietnam war demonstration, where four students were shot dead – which demonstration?
5. Who wrote Ohio?
6. Which bands did they come from to form Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young?
He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) / He’s a Rebel 1962
7. Who wrote He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)?
8. Who was the writers’ babysitter, she had hit with The Loco-Motion in 1962, whose story of physical abuse inspired He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
9. Both songs, He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) and He’s a Rebel were produced by Phil Spector – what was the name used by the session musicians who played on all of his wall-of-sound hits?
10. He’s a Rebel was credited to “The Crystals” but which other Phil Spector artist actually recorded the song?
11. The writer of He’s a Rebel also had a hit in the UK and America with Backstage in 1966 – who was he?
Louie Louie 1957
12. Who wrote and recorded the original version of Louie Louie in 1957?
13. Which group had a hit with Louie Louie in America and the UK (1963/1964) and found themselves being investigated by the FBI for obscenity?
14. Who performed Louie Louie in the 1978 movie Animal House?
Hello Little Girl 1962
15. Written by John Lennon, the Beatles recorded Hello Little Girl when they famously failed their audition for which record label in January 1962?
16. Which Merseybeat group had a UK hit with Hello Little Girl in 1963?
17. Which Merseybeat band turned down Hello Little Girl in favour of You’ll Never Walk Alone, which gave them their third consecutive UK #1?
God Save The Queen 1977
18. Which two record labels did the Sex Pistols briefly sign to before releasing their first single on Virgin ?
19. Who did bassist Sid Vicious replace when he joined the Sex Pistols in early 1977?
20. Which UK TV show did the Sex Pistols make their infamous appearance on 1 December 1976, when Steve Jones said the “F” word and shocked the nation?
