Robert's Midi Music Quiz!

[Robert Bruce]

Sorry Di, it is not Bon Marley or even a song penned by him.

Have another go.

[Alfred Boehme]

Do you Really Want to Hurt me
Culture Club
Boy Goerge

[Robert Bruce]

Congratulations. Alfred proves that being a Boy George groupie all these years certainly pays off! Yessir that is a 100% correct answer Alfred. It is Boy George as part of Culture Club singing "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me."

Those were the days of girlie blokes hey?! A karma point has been added Alfred.

[Robert Bruce]

I reckon you need to be as ancient, wise in all things musical, be expert at playing the triangle, have the patience of Job with a constantly updating ecyclopeadic musical memory chip at the core of your brain just like our buddy Ricky has in order to fathom out who sings this song and the title of the track.

No pressure Ricky.......................................!!

Who sings this song and what is the name of the song?

[Robert Bruce]

No not yet.... You can have a second chance at sussing out what the song is called and who sings it.

I am telling you that you all know it.  Their fisrt hit became the standard song for all budding guitarists to learn. I think it was the first, the last and the only one I learned.

[Ricky Barron (RIP)]

Mr. Bruce, you are driving me wild!!! I know this thing, but as usual the memory chip has gone missing.

In my era, most "budding guitarists" started with a very well known "Troggs" hit (as did I)..............Ah, them were the days.

[davismj]

We gotta get out of this place - The Animals

[Ricky Barron (RIP)]

Yep that's it, well done Mr. Davis.........

[Ricky Barron (RIP)]

Rats! - The house of the rising sun

My first number was Wild Thing!

[Robert Bruce]

Mike gets the Karma point.

Who sings this song and what is the name of the song?

[davismj]

Maria - Blondie ?

[Robert Bruce]

Mr Davis is proving that being an ancient OMer is not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to music quizzes...!

An early childhood with an ear glueds to the tranny or huge Grundig listening to Mr David Davies hosting LM Radio's Sunday Top Twenty (what was the name of the programme?) seems to have triggered a penchant for modern music and proves listening to LM was worthwhile hey?!

Correct it is Maria by Blondie. Karma point to you Mr Davis.

Here is an eeeezipeeeziweeezilemoniskweezi track.......

Who sings this song and what is the name of the song?

[Ricky Barron (RIP)]

Maybellene - Chuck Berry?

[Robert Bruce]

Ricky - did you eat all your Pro Nutro this morning?

Phew that was a quick and 100% correct answer. Karma and loadsa maize nutrients to you my man!

Oh dear look -  the new song is #13. You have to be 1000% correct on this to earn your maize & Karma point Ricky!

Who sings this song and what is the name of the song?

[Ricky Barron (RIP)]

Not quite sure how to get 1000%, but here goes..................

Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a song from the 1978 musical Evita with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Sung by the title character Eva Perón, it was titled "It's Only Your Lover Returning" before Rice settled on the eventual name. It appears early in the second act as Evita addresses the crowd from the balcony of the Casa Rosada and features a sweeping melody tied to broad emotional themes of regret and defiance, characteristic of Lloyd Webber's most popular songs.
The musical Evita began as an album, before being adapted for the stage. The song was first offered to singer Elkie Brooks, who turned it down. Julie Covington sang "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" for the original 1976 studio release. The single reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1977 for a week, selling almost a million copies in the United Kingdom.
Due to concerns that the song might not have commercial appeal in its original form, Covington recorded a version with alternative lines; however, in the end the original version was released for the single.
The B-side was "Rainbow High". When Madonna covered "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", this song did not appear as a B side for the same song, but for "You Must Love Me" instead.
When Covington chose not to take the stage role, Elaine Paige was cast as Eva in the London production. In the United States, the song is also closely linked with Patti LuPone, who performed the role of Eva in the original Broadway production of the show
The song has been either recorded or performed live by:
•   Julie Covington (1976)
•   Olivia Newton-John (1977, on her album Making a Good Thing Better
•   Carpenters (1977, on their album Passage)
•   Petula Clark (1977, CBS single, her French version "La Chanson d'Evita" peaked a #8 in France. She also recorded an Italian language version, "La No flores por mi Argentina"
•   Elaine Paige (1978 original London cast)
•   Shirley Bassey (1978, on her album The Magic Is You and in 1993 on her album Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber)
•   The Shadows (1978)
•   Festival (1979 a dance disco version)[citation needed] (Later versions of album Disco Evita (Chronicles) (CD))[7]
•   Tom Jones (1979, album "Rescue Me")
•   Patti LuPone (1979 original American cast recording)
•   The Dooleys (1980, on their album Full House)
•   Joan Baez (1980)
•   Marti Webb (1981 on her album Won't Change Places and in 1995 on the album Music and Songs from Evita) Webb was the second actress to play Eva in London.
•   Donna Summer (1981)
•   Barbara Dickson (1985)
•   Helene Fischer
•   Stephanie Lawrence (1988) Lawrence succeeded Marti Webb, who had in turn replaced Paige in the original London production of Evita.
•   Laura Branigan (1990, on her VHS / LD Laura Branigan in Concert)
•   Sinéad O'Connor (1992, on her album Am I Not Your Girl)
•   Andrea McArdle (1995)
•   Sarah Brightman (1996)
•   Madonna, for the 1996 film Evita
•   The Mike Flowers Pops (1996)
•   Maria Friedman (1996)
•   Priscilla Chan (1997 Musical Encounters with Priscilla and the Philharmonic Orchestra)
•   Judy Collins (1999, on her album Classic Broadway)
•   Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (1999, on their album Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Are a Drag)
•   Julian Lloyd Webber on the 2001 album Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber
•   Elena Roger (2006 London cast recording)
•   Tina Arena (2008)
•   Cilla Black
•   Sharon Campbell
•   Idina Menzel (2008 at Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th Birthday Concert in London's Hyde Park )
•   Fiona Hendley
•   Katherine Jenkins
•   Lea Michele and Chris Colfer (2010 for the TV series Glee) as a duet, with each singer taking a different stanza and performing before a different audience in a split-scene. Their solo versions were also in Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One
•   Il Divo (2011, on their album Wicked Game)
Paloma San Basilio and Nacha Guevara recorded versions of the song in Spanish ("No llores por mí Argentina"). Katja Ebstein did a popular German version called "Wein' nicht um mich Argentinien".
Laura Branigan never recorded the song, but regularly sang it during concerts throughout her career.
Gheorghe Zamfir also produced a classical version of the music as part of his Magic of the Panpipes collection.