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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #279 - 6/28/06

New York City

Answers

1. Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley had a solo hit with this in 1978: "New York Groove"
2. David Johansen's band before he became "Buster Poindexter"
: The New York Dolls
3. Run-DMC's Christmas song
: "Christmas in Hollis"
4. "Slow down, you move too fast, you've got to make the morning last"
: "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)"
5. They recorded "A Fifth of Beethoven" in 1976
: Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
6. This line is the hook of "Arthur's Theme" by Christopher Cross
: "When you get caught between the moon and New York City"
7.Bob and Earl song later covered by the Rolling Stones in 1986
: "Harlem Shuffle"
8. A Genesis album from 1974
: "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"
9. Pseudo-Latin song from Chicago X
: "Another Rainy Day In New York City"
10. U2's tribute to musicians such as Billie Holiday and John Coltrane
: "Angel of Harlem"
11. One of Frank Sinatra's signature songs, it was actually introduced by Liza Minnelli in the movie of the same name
: "New York, New York"
12. Ben E. King and Aretha Franklin both hit with this song about a rose
: "Spanish Harlem"
13. Donna Summer recorded "Heaven Knows" with this group that included her husband
: Brooklyn Dreams
14. A Charles Ives piece with a title that sounds a little scary today
: "Central Park in the Dark"
15. A hit for Odyssey in 1977
: "Native New Yorker"
16. KRS-One sample used in Jennifer Lopez' "Jenny from the Block"
: "South Bronx"
17. John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1972 politically-charged album: "Some Time in New York City"

Bonus: This New York landmark (?) is now associated with the O'Jays' 1973 hit "For the Love of Money": Trump Tower (it's the theme from "The Apprentice")

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