Music Trivia Including Questions About bandleader Lawrence Welk, Beatle John Lennon, West Side Story, Stephen Sondheim, Broadway musical, the Beach Boys and More!

Tons of free music related trivia including subjects like Lawrence Welk, Auld Lang Syne, Gorden Mills, John Lennon, Tom Jones, West Side Story, the Beach Boys, the Stone Pony's and more!

 

Free music trivia questions and answers about Beatle John Lennon, Tom Jones Linda Ronstadt, the Beach Boys, Lawrence Welk, The Battle of New Orleans, and more.

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Tenor Stefan Zucker held the longest-sustained high note on record during a Carnegie Hall performance in 1972. How long did he hold it?
A: 3.8 seconds. It was an A in alt-altissimo.

What distinctive vanity license plates did bandleader Lawrence Welk have in California?
A: A1ANA2-- his trademark phrase.

What are the three most frequently sung songs n the English language, according to the Guinness Book of World Records?
A: "Happy Birthday," "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and "Auld Lang Syne."

What hit song was banned on Canadian radio during a 1960 royal visit by Queen Elisabeth II?
A: Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans," which celebrates the smashing defeat of the British by American troops led by Andrew Jackson in 1815.

What was Beatle John Lennon's middle name?
A: Winston, after Winston Churchill.

British songwriter-impresario Gordon Mills gave three rock stars their stage names. Can you name them?
A: Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold George Dorsey), Tom Jones (Thomas Jones Woodward) and Gilbert O'Sullivan (Ray O'Sullivan)

What classical music inspired the theme music for TV's Alfred Hitchcock Presents?
A: Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette."

What famous songwriter supported himself by writing Topper TV scripts?
A: Stephen Sondheim, before his West Side Story success in 1957.

What song about a rat became a hit single?
A: "Ben's Song"--performed by Michael Jackson--the title song from the movie Ben, which is about a rat.

What's the name of theatrical rock musician David Bowie's son?
A: Originally Zowie, now renamed Joey.

With what group did Linda Ronstadt launch her musical career as a lead singer in 1964?
A: The Stone Poneys.

What was the site of the Beatles' last performance on August 29, 1966?
A: Candlestick Park, San Francisco.

What was the musical version of the Broadway show The Rainmaker called?
A: 110 in the Shade

What American songwriter could compose music and play the piano only in the key of F?
A: Irving Berlin.

What pop rock singer-songwriter helped launch Bette Midler's career?
A: Barry "I Write the Songs" Manilow; who was the Divine Miss M's accompanist-arranger.

What musician was the first to write down blues music an the first to publish it?
A: Handy, composer of "The St. Louis Blues," who is known as the "father of the blues."

What Broadway musical was staged by a labor union in 1939?
A: Pins and Needles, produced by and with International Ladies Garment Workers Union personnel.

What inspired John, Paul, George, and Ringo to call them selves the Beatles?
A: Buddy Holly's group, the Crickets. The "beat" spelling was intended as a musical pun.

Brothers Jimmy  and Tommy Dorsey were famous band leaders. Who is Arnold Dorsey?
A: Pop singer Englebert Humperdinck.

What singer subbed for Brian Wilson during the Beach Boys' 1965 tour?
A: Glen Campbell.

What rock superstar left $2,500 in her will for a farewell party "so my friends can have a ball after I'm gone"?
A: Janis Joplin.

 

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