Flashback Pop Rock and Soul Trivia – 1/27/22

1. Which group released an album titled “Agents of Fortune”?
2. Who wrote and released “Sundown”?
3. Name the ’60s singer who was partially deaf as a result of having meningitis as a child.
4. What do The Chords, Bobby Hebb and Edison Lighthouse all have in common?
5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Jubilation, she loves me again, I fall on the floor and I’m laughing.”

Answers
1. Blue Oyster Cult, in 1976. The 2001 CD reissue had four additional songs, including the longer demo version of “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.”
2. Gordon Lightfoot, in 1974. It was his only chart topper in the U.S. (He’s Canadian.)
3. Mary Wells, of “My Guy” fame. She was singing in clubs by the age of 10.
4. They all made it to the list of One-Hit Wonders for the decades when their songs hit the charts, the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.
5. “Cecilia,” by Simon & Garfunkel, in 1970. The song was partially created at a late-night party and recorded on a tape recorder. Simon later came back to it, deciding that it had the making of a song. The title likely refers to St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music.

FLASHBACK By Mick Harper

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