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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #607 - 10/10/12

The Fall of 1976

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1. The band Wild Cherry, from Jefferson County, Ohio, hit Number One for three weeks in September and October 1976 with what song?: "Play That Funky Music"
2. What did Elton John reveal in an October 1976 interview with Rolling Stone magazine?
: That he was bisexual
3. This rock film, starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, was released in early December 1976.
: A Star Is Born
4. This British composer of "Peter Grimes" and "A Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra" died on December 3, 1976.
: Benjamin Britten
5. What Kiss song, an unusual ballad for them, was on the charts in the fall of 1976?
: "Beth"
6. This AC/DC album was released in Australia in the fall of 1976, but wouldn't come to the United States until 1981.
: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
7. What concert film starring Led Zeppelin premiered in New York in October 1976?
: The Song Remains The Same
8. This classic Bob Seger album was released in October 1976.
: Night Moves
9. The song that has opened nearly every KC and the Sunshine Band live show since 2000 (at least) went to Number One in September 1976 - what is the song?
: "(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty"
10. Chicago had its first-ever Number One song in October 1976. What was the song?
: "If You Leave Me Now"
11. What live album, by a British singer/guitarist, spent five weeks at Number One in September and October 1976?
: Frampton Comes Alive!
12. In December 1976, an inflatable balloon used in a Pink Floyd album cover shoot got loose and floated away. In what shape was the balloon?
: A pig
13. This Rod Stewart classic hit Number One in November 1976 and spent eight consecutive weeks at the top.
: "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
14. What song by George Harrison, released in November 1976, was a sly commentary on his recent plagiarism lawsuit?
: "This Song"
15. Gordon Lightfoot had a Number 2 hit in November 1976 with a song about an event that took place just one year earlier - what was it?
: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
16. This band gave its last performance on November 25, 1976, that was later released as "The Last Waltz."
: The Band
17. "I Wish" you could remember the name of the Stevie Wonder album that was Number One on the charts for all of November and Decemer 1976.
: Songs In The Key Of Life

Bonus: In late September 1976, four men in Dublin, Ireland, formed a band called Feedback. What would that band later become?: U2, and those same four members are still in the band

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