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Who was the Lead Singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company?

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Janice Joplin

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Maynard Ferguson’s Instrument

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Trumpet

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Number of keys on a piano

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88

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Bells instrument

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Glockenspiel

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Who recored the album Tapestry?

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Carole King

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Who was the Lead Singer of The Police

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Sting

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Rhode Island jazz festival city

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Newport

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Lawrence Welk’s Instrument

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Accordion

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9
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Night piece

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Nocturne

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Who was the renowned Boston Pops Conductor?

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Arthur Fiedler

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Who was the Lead Singer of The Stone Ponies?

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Linda Ronstadt

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12
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The Texas Troubadour

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Ernest Tubb

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13
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Lowest female voice

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Contralto

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Itzhak Perlman’s Instrument

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Violin

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15
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Who sang Blue Velvet?

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Bobby Vinton

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16
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Who wrote the musical On the Town?

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Leonard Bernstein

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17
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Bellows instrument

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Bag Pipes

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18
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Who wrote the musical Jesus Christ Superstar?

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

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19
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Harry Connick Jr’s Instrument

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Piano

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20
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Who sang Just my Imagination?

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The Temptations

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21
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Fast pace

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Presto

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22
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Who were the founders of A and M records?

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Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss

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23
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Who sang Downtown?

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Petula Clark

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24
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Berkshire Music Festival city

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Tanglewood MA

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25
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Who wrote the musical Cabaret?

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Bob Fosse

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26
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Who sang Convoy?

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C.W. McCall

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27
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Who sang Vision of Love?

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Mariah Carey

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28
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What instrument is a “licorice stick”?

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Clarinet

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29
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Ignace Paderewski’s Instrument

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Piano

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30
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Who wrote the musical Evita?

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

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31
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Icelandic Pop Group

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Bjork

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32
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Who sang La Bamba (Original)?

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Richie Valens

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33
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Who wrote the musical Starlight Express?

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

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34
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Van Cliburn’s Instrument

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Piano

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35
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Who wrote the musical Babes in Toyland?

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Victor Herbert

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36
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Who wrote the Theme From Pink Panther?

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Henry Mancini

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37
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Who was the Lead Singer of Cream?

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Eric Clapton

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38
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Who sang the theme for Shaft?

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Isaac Hayes

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39
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Who wrote the musical Guys and Dolls?

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Frank Loesser

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40
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Who sang Paper Roses?

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Marie Osmond

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41
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Broadway’s second longest-running musical

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A Chorus Line

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42
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Richard Wagner Music festival city

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Bayreuth Germany

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43
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Who sang chances Are?

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Johnny Mathis

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44
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Obligatory accompaniment

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Obligato

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45
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Who wrote the musical The King and I?

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Rogers and Hammerstein

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46
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Solo in an opera

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Aria

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47
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Light music played in the evening

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Seranade

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48
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What instrument is a “sweet potato”?

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Ocarina

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49
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Who sang Venus (remake)?

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Bananarama

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50
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What was Elvis Presley’s first #1 Single?

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Heartbreak Hotel

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51
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Who wrote the musical Kiss Me Kate?

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Cole Porter

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52
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The Fifth Beatle

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Stu Sutcliff

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53
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Who was the Philadelphia Symphony Conductor?

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Eugene Ormandy

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54
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Who was the Lead Singer of Blondie?

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Debbie Harry

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55
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Who was the Chicago Symphony Conductor?

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George Solti (31 grammys)

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56
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Who sang Constant Craving?

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k.d. Lang

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57
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Who sang My Girl?

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The Temptations

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58
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The Father of Bluegrass

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Bill Monroe

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59
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Who was the Lead Singer of REM?

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Michael Stipe

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60
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Who are the three tenors?

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Jose Carreras; Placido Domingo; Luciano Pavarotti

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61
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Who wrote the musical Porgy and Bess?

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George and Ira Gershwin

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62
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Vladimir Horowitz’ Instrument

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Piano

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63
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Musical based on The Matcher

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Hello Dolly

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64
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Who sang Crazy?

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Patsy Cline

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65
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Who sang La Bamba (remake)?

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Los Lobos

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66
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Empress of the blues

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Bessie Smith

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67
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Who was the Lead Singer of Dire Straits?

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Mark Knoffler

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68
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California Jazz festival city

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Monterey

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69
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Jack Benny’s Instrument

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Violin

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70
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Who was the Lead Singer of Jefferson Airplane/Starship?

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Grace Slick

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71
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Who sang Johnny Angel?

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Shelly Fabares

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72
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Sailor’s work song

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Chanty

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73
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Franz Liszt’s Instrument

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Piano

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74
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Moderate pace

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Andante

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75
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Who wrote the song St. Louis Blues?

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W.C. Handy

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76
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Broadway’s longest-running musical

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Cats

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77
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Who sang Tennessee Waltz?

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Patti Page

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78
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Who recored the album Pieces of You?

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Jewel

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79
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Who wrote the song Stardust?

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Hoagy Carmichael

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80
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London theater built by Gilbert and Sulliven

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The Savoy

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81
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Who wrote the musical Oklahoma!?

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Rogers and Hammerstein

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82
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Helicon instrument

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Tuba

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83
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Jamaican Reggae Singer

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Bob Marley

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84
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Musical based on La Boheme

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Rent

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85
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Who sang Earth Angel?

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Penguins

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86
Q

Who sang All I Want to Do?

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Sheryl Crow

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87
Q

Who sang Take the A Train?

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Duke Ellington

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88
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Side-blown flute

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Fife

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89
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Who wrote the musical Gigi?

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Lerner and Loewe

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90
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Combination of two or more notes

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Chord

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91
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Who was the Fantasia Conductor?

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Leopold Stokowski

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92
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Who wrote the musical My Fair Lady?

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Lerner and Loewe

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93
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Midori’s Instrument

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Violin

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94
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Medieval play of good and evil

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Morality Play

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95
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Who sang Sixteen Candles?

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The Crests

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96
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Middle-range male voice

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Baritone

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97
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Lady Day

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Billie Holiday

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98
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Who wrote the musical Hello Dolly?

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Jerry Herman

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99
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Pablo Casals’ Instrument

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Cello

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100
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Lively and fast tempo

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Allegro

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101
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Who was the Lead Singer of U2?

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Bono

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102
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Who sang In the Mood?

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Glenn Miller

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103
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Doc Sevrinsen’s Instrument

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Trumpet

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104
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Jacqueline Du Pre’s Instrument

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Cello

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105
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Who recored the album Born in the USA?

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Bruce Springsteen

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106
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Benny Goodman’s Instrument

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Clarinet

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107
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Who wrote the musical Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat?

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

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108
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Who wrote the musical The Music Man?

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Meredith Wilson

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109
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Who sang Light My Fire (Original)?

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Doors

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110
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Louis Armstrong’s Instrument

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Trumpet (jazz)

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111
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Who wrote the musical A Chorus Line?

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Marvin Hamlisch

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112
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Yo Yo Ma’s Instrument

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Cello

113
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David Helgott (from Shine)’s Instrument

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Piano

114
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Who was the NBC Symphony Conductor?

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Arturo Toscanini

115
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Who was the Lead Singer of Queen?

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Freddie Mercury

116
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Who was the Lead Singer of The Boomtown Rats?

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Bob Geldoff

117
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Who was the Lead Singer of Miami Sound Machine?

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Gloria Estefan

118
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Who wrote the musical Annie Get Your Gun?

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Irving Berlin

119
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Swedish Pop Group

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Abba

120
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Who wrote the musical La Cage Aux Folles?

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Jerry Herman

121
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Harry James’ Instrument

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Trumpet

122
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Who sang Unchained Melody (Original)?

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Righteous Brothers

123
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Who was the Berlin Philharmonic Conductor?

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Herbert von Karajan

124
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Who sang To Sir With Love?

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Lulu

125
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B.B. King’s guitar

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Lucille

126
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Slow pace

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Lento

127
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Who recored the album Unplugged?

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Eric Clapton

128
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Music by a soloist

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Recital

129
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Who wrote the song I Dream of Jeannie?

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Stephen Foster

130
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Dave Brubeck’s Instrument

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Piano

131
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Who wrote the musical South Pacific?

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Rogers and Hammerstein

132
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Who was the Boston Symphony Conductor?

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Seiji Ozawa

133
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What was the top selling single of all time (as of 2001)?

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English Rose by Elton John

134
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Miles Davis’ Instrument

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Trumpet

135
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Who sang Big Girls Don’t Cry?

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The Four Seasons

136
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Who sang This Land is your land?

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Woody Guthrie

137
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Swiss Jazz festival city

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Montreux

138
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Who was the Lead Singer of Genesis

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Phil Collins

139
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Artificial form of singing

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Falsetto

140
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Who sang In the Year 2525?

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Zager and Evens

141
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Who sang This Guy is in Love With You?

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Herb Alpert

142
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Kenny G’s Instrument

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Saxophone

143
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Who wrote the musical The Mikado?

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Gilbert and Sullivan

144
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Who recored the album The Chronic Album?

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Dr. Dre

145
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World’s largest indoor theater

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Radio City Music Hall

146
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Who wrote the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying?

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Frank Loesser

147
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Who wrote the song Unforgettable?

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Nat King Cole

148
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Who sang My Maria?

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Brooks and Dunn

149
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Who wrote the song I’m Just Wild About Harry?

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Eubie Blake

150
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Wynton Marsalis’ Instrument

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Trumpet

151
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Who wrote the musical Paint Your Wagon?

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Lerner and Loewe

152
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Andres Segovia’s Instrument

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Guitar

153
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Slow Tempo

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Adagio

154
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The Godfather of Soul

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James Brown

155
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Who recored the album Thriller?

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Michael Jackson

156
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Beatles original drummer

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Pete Best

157
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Study or solo instrument piece

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Etude

158
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First white performer on Soul Train

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Elton John

159
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Who wrote the musical Phantom of the Opera?

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

160
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Main female singer

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Prima Dona

161
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Who sang Venus (Original)?

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Shocking Blue

162
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Who sang Pretty Woman (Original)?

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Roy Orbison

163
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Who sang Light My Fire (remake)?

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Jose Feliciano

164
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Who wrote the musical Camelot?

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Lerner and Loewe

165
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Liberace’s Instrument

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Piano

166
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The Velvet Fog

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Mel Torme

167
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Who recored the album Rumours?

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Fleetwood Mac

168
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Who was the Lead Singer of Faces?

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Rod Stewart

169
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Beatles original name

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Johnny and the Moondogs

170
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Who wrote the song Night and Day?

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Cole Porter

171
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Who wrote the musical West Side Story?

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Leonard Bernstein

172
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Who was the Lead Singer of Sex Pistols?

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Sid Vicious

173
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Milan Theater

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Piccolo Teatro

174
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Blanche Dubois is a character in this play

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A Streetcar Named Desire

175
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Who was the Lead Singer of The Doors?

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Jim Morrison

176
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Who wrote the musical Yeoman of the Guard?

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Gilbert and Sullivan

177
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Plucked keyboard instrument

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Harpsichord

178
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What is the second top selling single of all time (as of 2001)?

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White Christmas by Bing Crosby

179
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The King of Swing

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Benny Goodman

180
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Who recored the album Blues Summit?

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B.B. King

181
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Who sang Rhythm is Gonna Get You?

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Gloria Estefan

182
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Who wrote the musical Anything Goes?

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Cole Porter

183
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Who was the Lead Singer of Rolling Stones?

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Mick Jagger

184
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Musical based on The Taming of the Shrew

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Kiss Me Kate

185
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Who sang Okie From Muskogee?

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Merle Haggard

186
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Who wrote the musical Carousel?

A

Rogers and Hammerstein

187
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Isaac Stern’s Instrument

A

Violin

188
Q

Who sang Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy?

A

Andrews Sisters

189
Q

Who wrote the musical Rent?

A

Jonathan Larson

190
Q

Who sang Sherry?

A

The Four Seasons

191
Q

Who sang Woolly Bully?

A

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

192
Q

The Silver Fox

A

Charlie Rich

193
Q

Who recored the album Physical?

A

Olivia Newton John

194
Q

Buddy Rich’s Instrument

A

Drums

195
Q

What is the Bob Dylan bootleg album - 1966

A

Bob Dylan Live

196
Q

Niccolo Paganini’s Instrument

A

Violin

197
Q

Who wrote the musical Brigadoon?

A

Lerner and Loewe

198
Q

Who wrote the musical Cats?

A

Andrew Lloyd Webber

199
Q

Lionel Hampton’s Instrument

A

Vibraphone

200
Q

The Father of Country Music

A

Jimmie Rogers

201
Q

Who wrote the musical The Sound of Music?

A

Rogers and Hammerstein

202
Q

Who sang When I Fall in Love?

A

Nat King Cole

203
Q

1953 musical set in Bagdad

A

Kismet

204
Q

Unconventional Theater

A

Theater of the Absurd

205
Q

Who was the Lead Singer of Nine Inch Nails?

A

Trent Reznor

206
Q

Who wrote the musical Showboat?

A

Jerome Kern

207
Q

Who was the Lead Singer of The Commodores

A

Lionel Richie

208
Q

Who wrote the musical Mame?

A

Jerry Herman

209
Q

Who wrote the Theme From Star Wars?

A

John Williams

210
Q

First rap group on American Bandstand

A

Run DMC

211
Q

Who wrote the song Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head?

A

Bert Bacharach and Hal David

212
Q

Who was the Lead Singer of Aerosmith?

A

Steve Tyler

213
Q

Roller skating musical

A

Starlight Express

214
Q

Musical based on The Once and Future King

A

Camelot

215
Q

Thomas Jefferson’s Instrument

A

Violin

216
Q

Hexagonal accordion-like instrument

A

Concertina

217
Q

Who was the New York Philharmonic Conductor?

A

Leonard Bernstein

218
Q

What singer was “Killer”?

A

Jerry Lee Lewis

219
Q

Norma Desmond is a character in this play

A

Sunset Boulevard

220
Q

African Xylophone

A

Marimba

221
Q

Who sang MacArthur Park?

A

Richard Harris

222
Q

Who sang Walking the Floor Over You?

A

Ernest Tubb

223
Q

Who sang Alice’s Restaurant?

A

Arlo Guthrie

224
Q

Grateful Dead Guitarist

A

Jerry Garcia

225
Q

Who wrote the musical Thespis?

A

Gilbert and Sullivan

226
Q

Scott Joplin’s Instrument

A

Piano

227
Q

What instrument is a “Bull Fiddle”

A

Double Bass

228
Q

Who were the rockers killed in a 1959 plane crash?

A

Buddy Holly; The Big Bopper; Richie Valens

229
Q

Woody Herman’s Instrument

A

Clarinet

230
Q

Who was Bubbles?

A

Beverly Sills

231
Q

Who was the Lead Singer of Nirvana?

A

Kurt Cobain

232
Q

Who wrote the musical Sunset Boulevard?

A

Andrew Lloyd Webber

233
Q

Who sang Georgia on my Mind?

A

Ray Charles

234
Q

Who sang Sixteen Tons?

A

Tennessee Ernie Ford

235
Q

Musical based on I Am a Camera

A

Cabaret

236
Q

Who was the Lead Singer of 10 Thousand Maniacs?

A

Natalie Merchant

237
Q

Male form of female contralto

A

Alto

238
Q

Who sang Stand By Your Man?

A

Tammy Wynette

239
Q

Who sang It’s My Party?

A

Leslie Gore

240
Q

Who sang Big Bad John?

A

Jimmy Dean

241
Q

Who sang Pretty Woman (remake)?

A

Van Halen

242
Q

The First Lady of Song

A

Ella Fitzgerald

243
Q

Who was the Lead Singer of Guns and Roses?

A

Axl Rose

244
Q

Who sang Only the Lonely?

A

Roy Orbison

245
Q

Who sang Banana Boat Song?

A

Harry Belafonte

246
Q

Who was the National Symphony Conductor?

A

Leonard Slatkin

247
Q

Who sang Wild Thing?

A

The Trogs

248
Q

The Man in Black

A

Johnny Cash

249
Q

Who recored the album Dark Side of the Moon?

A

Pink Floyd

250
Q

Who recored the album Music Box?

A

Mariah Carey

251
Q

Jimi Hendrix’ Instrument

A

Fender Stratocaster guitar

252
Q

Chuck Mangione’s Instrument

A

Flugelhorn

253
Q

Who was the Lead Singer of Eurythmics?

A

Annie Lennox

254
Q

Lowest male voice

A

Basso profundo

255
Q

Chick Corea’s Instrument

A

Piano

256
Q

Triangular Russian Instrument

A

Balalaika

257
Q

Who recored the album Fresh Horses?

A

Garth Brooks

258
Q

Highest male voice

A

tenor

259
Q

Piece written for the outdoors

A

Pastoral

260
Q

Dried gourd instrument

A

Maracas

261
Q

Who sang El Paso?

A

Marty Robbins

262
Q

Highest female voice

A

Soprano

263
Q

Who sang Rock Around the Clock?

A

Bill Haley and the Comets

264
Q

The Dust Bowl Balladeer

A

Woody Guthrie

265
Q

“New Trend” in music

A

Bossa Nova

266
Q

Who was the Lead Singer of Jethro Tull?

A

Ian Anderson

267
Q

Falsetto voice (higher than tenor)

A

Countertenor

268
Q

Who was the Lead Singer of The Animals?

A

Eric Burton

269
Q

Sacred musical composition

A

Oratorio

270
Q

London theater on Drury Lane

A

Royal Theater

271
Q

Musical based on Pygmalion

A

My Fair Lady

272
Q

Songs for solo voice or piano

A

Lieder

273
Q

Xylophone’s Latin cousin

A

Marimba

274
Q

Work for a solo instrument with an orchestra

A

Concerto

275
Q

Who wrote the musical A Little Night Music?

A

Stephen Sondheim

276
Q

Coke Time Crooner

A

Eddie Fisher

277
Q

John Coltrain’s Instrument

A

(Soprano) Saxophone

278
Q

Who sang Achy Breaky Heart?

A

Billy Ray Cyrus

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