The rolling pop music quiz

[Jakenorrish]

Well, hopefully it'll continue, either that or it'll sink like a stone.

The rule is that the first person to correctly answer, asks the next question.

I'll start with the first (easy one) then:

Who guested on keyboards with the Beatles' Let it Be song 'Get back'?

[Eric Vaxxine]

Billy Preston.

Eddie played the rock guitar solo on Jackson's 'Beat It' pop tune.
What is his surname?

[Jakenorrish]

That'll be Mr Van Halen!

Ok, what's David Bowie's real name?

[Damien Evans]

David Robert Jones

Which song was Pink Floyds highest charting single?
And what was the B-side track?

[Peter Wilson]

US or British charts?

[Damien Evans]

doesn't matter, the answer is the same

hint: the song has become something of an anthem

[Jakenorrish]

Another Brick in the wall. B side? I'll need a clue on that one! I'll guess at 'Mother' from the Wall...

[Damien Evans]

think "dirty woman"

[Peter Wilson]

I can hear that phrase, and about 3 bars...

[Eric Vaxxine]

Reg Dwight is more famously known as ...?

[Mellow]

Elton John

Whose first solo chart topper was?

[Damien Evans]

fine, just ignore my question, i know when i'm not wanted...

The answer for the B side was "Young Lust"

[Peter Wilson]

Elton John

Whose first solo chart topper was?
Crocadile rock?

[Eric Vaxxine]

Or was it Rocket Man?

[Jakenorrish]

His first solo chart topper was 'sacrifice.' He topped the charts with Kiki Dee on 'don't go breaking my heart' many years earlier.

Ok, who is Vincent Furnier better known as?

[Damien Evans]

Alice Cooper

There was a song about a spider on his "Welcome To My Nightmare" album

What is the name of that song?

[Jakenorrish]

The brilliant 'Black Widow'! Vincent Price guested on it!

Who replaced Keith Moon in the Who?

[Peter Wilson]

48-hour Rule.

How many keyboardists for The Dead "went dead" before band-leader Jerry Garcia?*








*I know that's kind of a morbid question, but someone should be able to at least guess the answer and get the thread rolling again ;)

[Jakenorrish]

Ok, it was Kenny Jones (formally of the Small Faces and Faces.)

Erm at a guess, 2?