Entertainment: Music trivia questions
5102 multiple-choice Entertainment: Music trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What bird song did Prince include in his 1984 album Purple Rain?
- What carnivorous song did Duran Duran release in May 1982 from their second studio album Rio?
- This animal song was written by Nelly Furtado and was the first single from her 2000 debut album Whoa, Nelly!.
- Elvis Presley recorded this dog song in 1956.
- What bird song has been covered by artists like Josephine Baker, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Dean Martin, Joe Cocker?
- This animal song was co-written and recorded by American country singer Taylor Swift in 2008.
- What animal song was written and recorded by Elton John in in June 1972?
- This reggae song was co-written and recorded by Bob Marley in 1980, and was released in 1983.
- Michael Jackson recorded this bird song in 1971, and released it in 1972 from his debut solo album Got to Be There.
- This flower song was recorded in 1978 by by Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand.
- What male musician recorded the 1994 song Kiss from a Rose?
- What popular flower song was recorded by Nick Lucas in 1929?
- What female musician recorded the song Where the Wild Roses Grow with Nick Cave in 1995?
- What rock band originally recorded the song Dead Flowers, released in 1971?
- What female musician wrote the song A Rose Is Still a Rose for Aretha Franklin?
- What popular flower song from 1962 won the Academy Award for Best Original Song?
- What flower song was released by Bon Jovi in 1992?
- The 2005 song Blue Orchid by The White Stripes was rumored to have been inspired by the breakup between band member Jack White and this Hollywood actress.
- What male musician recorded the song Desert Rose in 1999?
- This great Chicago-born singer was married to Max Roach and sang on his famous We Insist!-Freedom Now Suite. She appeared in such movies as For the Love of Ivy” and Nothing but a Man. One of her signature songs is Buddy Can You Spare a Dime?.
- Orson Welles called this singer the most exciting girl in the world.” Her signature songs include: CEst Si Bon, Mink Schmink, and the very sexy Santa Baby. Her criticism of the Vietnam War made Lady Bird Johnson cry. What is her name?
- One of the most important American jazz singers of the 20th century, she was discovered by Teddy Wilson. She was famous for her behind the beat type of phrasing and for her renditions of Thelonius Monk songs.
- This real beauty was born in Brooklyn in 1917. Her first mentors were Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. A great singer and actress, she appeared in Panama Hattie, Cabin in the Sky” and Show Boat. Her signature song is Stormy Weather.
- This great singer and actress who lived from 1896-1977 was the first African-American to star on a national radio show. She was sometimes called Sweet Mama Stringbean.
- What jazz singer better known as Mama Corleone from The Godfather first hit the big time with her 1964 album A Taste of Honey?”
- This soft -voiced Dakota-born singer was discovered by Benny Goodman. Her most famous song is Fever.
- Born in the UK, this this singing beauty was discovered by her husband John Dankworth. She sang and acted on the British stage with Robert Morley and Ruth Gordon. She recorded Porgy and Bess” with Ray Charles.
- This Michigan-born jazz great was never as popular as other vocalists but was admired by her peers. Her signature song was “Open the Door, her own composition and a song featured in the movie American Beauty. She died in 1998 at the age of 69.
- Born in Oklahoma in 1903, this jazz singer nicknamed Mr. Five by Five was best known for his work with the Basie Band from 1935-1950.
- This singer was called The Queen of the blues. She was born Ruth Lee Jones in Alabama in 1924 and her career began at age 15. She changed her name and developed a distinctive singing style. Her most popular hit was What a Difference a Day Made.”