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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #342 - 9/12/07

R&B Number Ones - 1976

Answers

1. Former Temptation David Ruffin had the first Number One of 1976 with what song?: "Walk Away From Love"
2. What did Earth, Wind & Fire suggest you do "when you feel down and out?"
: "Sing A Song"
3. Was Natalie Cole's "Sophisticated Lady" written by Duke Ellington?
: No, it was a different song
4. The hook of this L.T.D. song was "And what we have is much more than they can see," but what was the title?
: "Love Ballad:
5. "Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)" was a Number One hit for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in January 1976. Who sang lead on that song?
: Teddy Pendergrass
6. These "white boys" from Ohio had a Number One hit in September 1976 with "Play That Funky Music."
: Wild Cherry
7."If there's a cure for this, I don't want it," sang Diana Ross in thin May 1976 Number One hit.
: "Love Hangover"
8. Diana's brother, T-Boy Ross, had a co-writing credit on this Number One hit for Marvin Gaye from May 1976.
: "I Want You"
9. What Number One hit by KC and the Sunshine Band repeats the same word four times in the title?
: "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
10. He reached a "Turning Point" when he had a Number One hit with that song in February 1976.
: Tyrone Davis
11. This family group had "Boogie Fever" in March 1976.
: The Sylvers
12. The unstoppable Aretha Franklin had her sixteenth Number One hit with this song from the movie Sparkle: what was it?
: "Something He Can Feel"
13. What May 1976 song began with a spoken confession: "This has got to be the saddest day of my life"?
: "Kiss and Say Goodbye" by the Manhattans
14. He promised "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" in July 1976.
: Lou Rawls
15. "Dazz," a Number One hit in November 1976, wasn't performed by the Dazz Band, but by who?
: Brick
16. She advised "Young Hearts Run Free" in June 1976.
: Candi Staton
17. The last Number One song of 1976 was a movie theme by Rose Royce; what was it?
: "Car Wash"

Bonus: "The Rubberband Man" by the Spinners, a Number One hit in 1976, was featured prominently on the soundtrack of what 1981 comedy movie?: Stripes

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