Flashback Pop Rock and Soul Trivia – 2/3/22

1. Meat Loaf was taken to court to keep him from recording which song?
2. What is “The Witch Queen of New Orleans” about?
3. The titles of six of the first seven America albums all began with the same letter. What was it?
4. Name the duo that released “River Deep — Mountain High.”
5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Well, it’s been building up inside of me for, oh, I don’t know how long.”

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Answers
1. “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,” penned by Jim Steinman. Steinman insisted it was a woman’s song, and the court agreed, blocking Meat Loaf. He didn’t get the chance to record the song until 2006, when he did so with a Norwegian singer.
2. A 19th-century New Orleans practitioner of voodoo. It was released in 1971 by Redbone.
3. H, for “Homecoming,” “Hat Trick,” “Holiday”, “Hearts”, “Hideaway” and “Harbor,” from 1972 to 1977.
4. Ike and Tina Turner, in 1966.
5. “Don’t Worry Baby,” by the Beach Boys in 1964. Songwriter Brian Wilson later said he considered having the Ronettes record the song. But that never happened because Phil Spector (the Ronettes’ producer) hadn’t written the song.

FLASHBACK By Mick Harper

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