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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #292 - 9/27/06

The Fall of 1978

Answers

1. Donna Summer had a Number One hit in the fall of 1978 with a remake of a song with very strange lyrics. What was it?: "MacArthur Park"
2. Her only hit was "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round) which hit the Top Ten in November 1978.
: Alicia Bridges
3. "Don't Look Back," a top ten hit in September and October 1978, was the title track of the second album by who?
: Boston
4. What was Funkadelic's big hit from the fall of 1978?
: "One Nation Under A Groove"
5. This Belgian singer/songwriter was no longer alive and well and living in Paris beginning on October 9, 1978.
; Jacques Brel
6. Gino Vannelli's top ten hit "I Just Wanna Stop" name-checks what Canadian city?
: Montreal
7. Who never brought flowers to who anymore?
: Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
8. This jazz-inflected Billy Joel album, which included the hit "My Life," was Number One for most of November and December 1978.
: "52nd Street"
9. What was unusual about the Chicago album released in October 1978?
: It had a title, "Hot Streets," rather than a number
10. This future American Idol runner-up was born on November 30, 1978, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
: Clay Aiken
11. Bee Gee Robin Gibb had a Top 20 hit that fall with a cover of which Beatles song?
: "Oh Darlin'"
12. Bee Gee brother Andy Gibb had a hit that fall with a song that might be a favorite of recycling plant owners. What was it?
: "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away"
13. Foreigner had this eye condition in October and November 1978.
: "Double Vision"
14. This Australian singer had two songs in the Top Ten - a solo hit and a duet - for most of September and October 1978.
: Olivia Newton-John
15. What song was a Top Ten hit for the Rolling Stones in November 1978?

"Beast of Burden"
16. Which Linda Ronstadt album went to Number One in November 1978?
: "Living in the USA"
17. Al Stewart asked us to buy him "a ticket on the last train home tonight" in what song?
: "Time Passages"

Bonus: Who sang uncredited backup vocals on "Whenever I Call You "Friend" by Kenny Loggins?: Stevie Nicks

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