Trivia quiz questions about singers, songs, groups,
bands, and more.
Who sang "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man which was a hit after he died?
A: Buddy Holly.
What six words are the most famous words spoken in The Jazz
Singer, the first movie with a sound track?
A: Al Jolson's first words: "You ain't heard nothing yet, folks!"
As a child, what opera star was featured as a singing orphan on a
radio soap opera?
A: Beverly Sills, on the radio serial Our Gal Sunday.
Why was opera singer Enrico Caruso's first film, My Cousin, a big
flop?
A: It was a silent movie - not a big box office draw for a
professional singer.
How did the lead singer and lyricist of the Irish rock band U2,
Bono, get his name?
A: From a hearing aid store in Dublin called Bono Voz adapted from
Latin meaning "good voice".
Who was the original lead singer with the group The Wailers?
A: Junior Braithwaite.
What famous country singing star starred in the movie 9 to 5?
A: Dolly Parton.
Who was the lead singer with INXS?
A: Michael Hutchence.
What musical instrument was singer Nat King Cole also very
talented with?
A: Piano.
What environmental campaigner and UK pop singer appeared in the
movie Dune?
A: Sting.
The Way We Were was the first number one hit for what singer?
A: Barbra Streisand.
In Woody Allen's 1977 movie hit, Annie Hall, what famous American
singer-songwriter played the part of slick record promoter Tony
Lacey?
A: Paul Simon.
In 1985 what famous female singer married Sean Penn?
A: Madonna.
What's Love Got To Do With It? was a movie about what famous
female vocalist?
A: Tina Turner.
Author Peter Benchley was born on exactly the same day as what
singer?
A: Rick Nelson.
The Jazz Singer was made by what film company?
A: Warner Brothers.
Time Inc merged with what movie company in 1989 to make Time
Warner?
A: Warner Brothers.
Which singer "ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more?
A: Bob Dylan.
What was singer Sinead O'Coner re-dubbed when she became a
priestess of the Catholic Latin Tridenine Church?
A: Mother Bernadette Mary.
What was the name of the male vocalist backed by the Zodiacs?
A: Maurice Williams.
What are veteran pop singer Stewarts first names?
A: Roderick David.
Daryl Hanna once performed as a singer in an all-girl band known
as what?
A: "Psychotic Kindergarten".
At 54 years old, which famous singer took everything but her
boots off for a playboy cover?
A: Nancy Sinatra.
What major Hollywood studio signed the first black performer,
singer Lena Horne, in 1942?
A: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Bob Marley's birthday, February 6, is a national holiday in what
country?
A: Bob Marley's.
What is the name of the country singer who recorded The IRS
Tapes; Who'll Buy My Memories to help pay a $16.7 million tax bill?
A: Willie Nelson.
After getting out of jail in 1991, what famous soul singer said,
"I feel good"?
A: James Brown.
When three alternative rock producers spied singer Shirley Manson
on MTV and asked her to play with them, what hit band got its start?
A: Garbage.
In 1991, which famous rock n roll band resurrected Bob Dylan's
Knockin on Heaven's Door?
A: Guns N' Roses.
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