Bongos

Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #166 - 4/28/04

Instrument-al Songs

Answers

1. A 1959 hit that told the story of Little Jimmy Brown: "The Three Bells"
2. Billy Joel's autobiographical song
: "Piano Man"
3. The Deliverance theme
: "Dueling Banjos"
4. The only hit for Stevie Wonder in 1964
: "Hey Harmonica Man"
5. A Number One hit for Dave "Baby" Cortez in 1959
: "The Happy Organ"
6. The last song on the first Grateful Dead album
: "Viola Lee Blues"
7. Martha Jefferson sings this in "1776"
: "He Plays The Violin"
8. Elvis Presley and Bread both recorded songs with this title
: "Guitar Man"
9. KC and the Sunshine Band encourage us to make lots of noise in this song
: "Sound Your Funky Horn" ("Blow Your Whistle" also works)
10. The first American hit for the Miami Sound Machine
: "Conga"
11. An early Rod Stewart favorite
: "Mandolin Wind"
12. Preston Epps' only chart hit
: "Bongo Rock"
13. Professor Harold Hill snookered people into buying instruments with this song
: "Seventy-Six Trombones"
14. Johnny Cymbal took this into the Top Twenty in 1963
: "Mr. Bass Man"
15. Sandy Nelson's 1961 hit
: "Let There Be Drums"
16. Paul McCartney released this album, appropriately enough, following "Tug of War"
: "Pipes of Peace"
17. Benny Hill's theme song
: "Yaketty Sax"

Bonus: A favorite at Oktoberfest that Bela Fleck also recorded - on the wrong instrument!: "Clarinet Polka"

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