OK ... I'll hazard a guess on the last part. The Artist was Roberta Flack, and the mystery songster I think was Don MacLean.
WooHoo!!!!
<flashing lights around the monitor>
"Give That Guy A Cigar!"
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Do you want to ask a question???
(I'm going to be away from my computer for a couple of hours....)
PaL
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Nah, I really shouldn't ask one, I figure ... I don't drop in here enough to keep my end of the bargain up. If nobody minds, I'll pass it back to edgar, as I'd originally intended before I found out I was too late
Looks like you're it, edgar.
Well ...
Hank Williams, known as a prolific songwriter, did not write his greatest hit. Name the song.
Clarifying the question, I referred to Hank's greatest hit during his lifetime.
Would it be Lovesick Blues? Hank Williams revised the song and made it a hit. It was written by Cliff Friend, I think.
Edgar usually doesn't roll out of bed until 3 or 4 in the afternoon, Raggedyaggie.
I hope you're not expecting a prompt reply.
Some of us have to work, ya know. You got it right, Raggedy.
Oh goodie. I have one to ask.
The Daughters of the American Revolution refused Marian Anderson permission to perform at Constitution Hall in 1939. Almost thirty years later they banned another singer from performing there. Can you name that singer?
While performing in Japan, Joan's political comments are intentionally mistranslated. The interpreter claims, and later denies, that a CIA agent pressured him to mistranslate her political remarks. The CIA denies any involvement in the matter. Back in the U.S., Joan is denied permission to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) due to her anti-war activities. She responds by performing in a free concert at the base of the Washington Monument before an estimated audience of 30,000. Later in the year, Joan joins 56 others in filing suit in California's Federal District Court to reclaim portions of their 1965 and 1966 income taxes on the grounds that they are conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War. The suit is dismissed from court in January,
In short - Joan Baez
Yes indeed, Edgar. Joan Baez is correct.
How many successful albums, in terms of sales, did Phil Ochs have?
Successful albums? None; he never had an album of his own climb even as high as 150 on the Billboard charts. I think the best he ever did was around 170, though a single, "Outside of a Small Circle of Freinds" had some legs in the late '60s ... don't remember for sure where it peaked on the charts, but it got airplay for several years.
Right. Every time he went to the studio he renewed a bet with a friend that he would have a success. Never happened.
OK ... here's one that might or might not be a toughie ... we'll see. The Group Electric Light Orchestra spun off from another group. What was the name of the original group?
Yup, you got it. What was oddest about that is that Jeff Lynne, a relative newcommer to The Move, pretty much drafted their last all-togewther album, "Something Different" (and it was different), and there was some dissention within the group concerning what essentially was a radical shift in style. The founder of The Move, Roy Wood, went with Lynne and several other Move members into the new group, ELO. Unusual for a relatively successful group founder, such as Wood, to go with the apostates. Anyhow, The Move foundered, ELO became a legend of Arena Rock, and edgar, its your turn.
Which Sinatra song came from "From Here to Eternity?"
Do you mean the theme, Edgar? Sinatra sang the theme from From Here to Eternity.
You vowed your love
From here to eternity
A love so true,
It never would die
You gave your lips
Gave them so willingly
How could I know
Your kiss meant goodbye?
