Flashback Pop Rock and Soul Trivia – 4/21/22

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1. How many No. 1 chart toppers have Stray Cats had?

2. Which group released “How ‘Bout Us”?

3. What city was “Leroy Brown” from?

4. Who had his first hit with “Splish Splash”?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Look at us baby, up all night, Tearing our love apart, Aren’t we the same two people, Who lived through years in the dark?”

Answers

1. Just one: “Runaway Boys,” in 1980 … in Finland. The song, from their debut album, also did well in Belgium and the U.K., but not the U.S.

2. The R&B group Champaign, in 1981, off their debut album. The song charted around the world and reached No. 1 in the U.S. on the Adult Contemporary chart.

3. “The baddest man in the whole downtown” was from the south side of Chicago. Songwriter Jim Croce wrote the song about a soldier he met in the Army who went AWOL but was arrested when he came back to pick up his paycheck.

4. Bobby Darin, in 1958.

5. “I Can’t Tell You Why,” by the Eagles in 1980. The rock ballad went to the Top 10 on multiple charts and was the first Eagles’ song to feature bass guitarist Timothy B. Schmit on lead vocals.

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