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Each week we'll
post a trivia question, each with its own deadline.
If you e-mail the correct answer to
any question before its deadline has passed, your name will be entered
into a drawing for a FREE CD. E-mails should be
addressed to
swing@bigband-era.com. ,
Please, no more than one entry per
trivia question.
You may submit answers to more than
one question in the same e-mail message
Once you're declared a winner, you'll be ineligible to win again for
three
months. (New relaxed rule!)
NOTICE THE SMALL NUMBER
OF CORRECT ANSWERS TO PAST QUESTIONS. IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER,
CHANCES ARE VERY GOOD THAT YOU'LL WIN A PRIZE.
Our monthly winners will
receive a CD of any episode of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music store.
Questions for February 2012
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
| 1538 |
Composer Walter Donaldson wrote at least four songs with the name
of a girl in the title. Just name one. |
2/7 |
|
1539 |
Stan Kenton was a pianist, bandleader and arranger, though
as he became more successful he tuned many arranging
assignments over to others. Name three people besides Kenton
who arranged for the band. |
2/14 |
| 1540 |
What was the name of the boat they were
waiting for down on the levee back in 1912? |
2/21 |
|
1541 |
I'll name five band theme songs, you identify the leader.
You ought to get one right, anyway:
1. Lean Baby
2. Adios
3. South
4. Jazznocracy
5. Moonlight Serenade |
2/28 |
Answers for February 2012
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1538 |
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2 |
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1539 |
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2 |
| 1540 |
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1 |
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1541 |
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1 |
Questions for January 2012
It pains me to report that we have no winners this month since all who
entered have rendered themselves ineligible by winning recently.
|
Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
|
1533 |
True or false: If Stan Kenton were alive, he will celebrate his 100th
birthday in 2012. |
1/3 |
| 1534 |
Stan Kenton utilized several outstanding female vocalists, one of whom
he married. Name her. |
1/10 |
| 1535 |
Ray Noble recorded Irving Berlin's Remember using
an arrangement by a young man who would later co-lead a band. Name
him. |
1/17 |
|
1536 |
Name an instrumental that was recorded by both Charlie Barnet and
Jimmy Dorsey in 1941. |
1/24 |
|
1537 |
Composer Burton Lane wrote a song called Melinda.
Name five other songs that mention in their titles a female whose
first name begins with the letter M. |
1/31 |
Answers for January 2012
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
|
1533 |
This one tripped me up. One source said he was born in early 1912 but
it turns out his actual birth date was in December, 1911. |
2 |
|
1534 |
Her name was Ann Richards. |
2 |
|
1535 |
No, it wasn't Glenn Miller. It was Eddie Sauter, who would later
form one-half the leadership of the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra. |
0 |
|
1536 |
Charleston Alley. |
1 |
|
1537 |
Those that readily come to mind are Marie,
Minnie the Moocher, Maria, Maria
Elena, Michelle, Mary's a grand
old name, Thoroughly Modern Millie and, of
course, Mame. There are lots more. |
2 |
Questions for December 2011
Winner for December is Debbie Dunbar. She really knows her
Beantown!
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
|
1529 |
A World War II song makes reference to a sky pilot. Two-part question:
What was the name of the song and what's a sky pilot? |
12/6 |
| 1530 |
A Broadway show that opened in 1946 referred to service personnel
returning from duty in World War II. What was the title of the show? |
12/13 |
|
1531 |
A member of Spike Jones' band left to form his own musical group,
the Natural Seven. Identify him. |
12/20 |
|
1532 |
Artie Shaw paid tribute to an American city with his instrumental,
Back Bay Shuffle. Name the city. |
12/27 |
Answers for December 2011
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1529 |
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition. Sky pilot
was a nickname for a chaplain. |
2 |
|
1530 |
"This is the Army," posted here on December 22, was
NOT the correct answer, as Gene Lasinski kindly pointed out. The
correct answer is "Call Me Mister." For his vigilance I'm sending
him a CD of Program #1530. |
2 |
|
1531 |
Red Ingle. He and Jo Stafford teamed up to record a terrible
interpretation of Temptation (Tim-Tay-Shun). |
2 |
|
1532 |
Boston, popularly known as Beantown. |
4 |
Questions for November 2011
Winner this month is Eddie Cecchino of Clinton, Massachusetts.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
|
1524 |
Identify these Joneses:
1. Real first name: Lindley
2. Actor and singer who was father of singer Jack Jones
3. bandleader-composer who hired Woody Herman as his vocalist |
11/15 |
| 1525 |
A song written in 1942 was entitled We Did It Before.
We did what before?
|
11/15 |
|
1526 |
What was the original title of Duke Ellington's Don't Get
Around Much Anymore? |
11/22
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|
1527 |
True or false: On many recordings, maestro Sammy Kaye sang the title
to a song at the very beginning. |
11/29
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|
1528 |
Frank Sinatra sang a World War II song called Buy a Piece of
the Peace. What was he referring to? |
11/29 |
Answers for November 2011
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1524 |
Spike, Allan and Isham. |
4 |
|
1525 |
Won a war, World War I |
4 |
|
1526 |
Never No Lament. |
4 |
|
1527 |
No, Sammy didn't sing. His male vocalist (Tommy Ryan etc.) sang the
song title. After a chorus, Sammy stepped to the microphone to
announce the vocalist. Like this: "These romantic words are
interpreted by Nancy Norman." |
0 |
|
1528 |
War bonds, a device used with remarkable success by the Treasury
Department to ward off inflation. |
2 |
Questions for October 2011
Just six correct answers this month. Tells me I've got to promote the
site more aggressively. Meanwhile I'm sending a CD to all
who had at least one correct answer.
|
Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1520 |
Several bands featured sidemen who came to the microphone to sing
novelty songs. Glenn Miller had Tex Beneke, Glen Gray had Pee Wee
Hunt, Artie Shaw had Tony Pastor. What Vaughn Monroe sideman fit
that category? |
October 4 |
|
1521 |
(Note new rule: You are eligible to win after only three months rather
than six!) Benny Goodman recorded Buckle Down, Winsocki
twice, once with a vocal by Tommy Dix. Who did the vocal on the
other recording? |
October 11 |
| 1522 |
According to a song from the 1940s, in what foreign city do they
sell "bargain" items that you can buy cheaper at Saks? |
October 18
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|
1523 |
What actors played the parts of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby in the
movie about their lives as songwriters? |
October 25 |
Answers for October 2011
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
|
1520 |
Ziggy Talent |
3 |
|
1521 |
Actually, two other vocalists, Tommy Taylor and Benny Goodman
himself. |
1 |
|
1522 |
Tampico, on the Gulf of Mexico. |
2 |
|
1523 |
Fred Astaire was Bert and Red Skelton played Harry. |
1 |
Questions for September 2011
Winner for September is Gene Lasinski from North Carolina.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
|
1516 |
Name five female vocalists who recorded duets with Bing Crosby. |
September 6 |
|
1517 |
Vocalist Paula Kelly was married to Hal
Dickinson, lead singer of the Modernaires. With what band did she
record In the Mood? |
September 13 |
|
1518 |
Who wrote these clever lyrics? "Warm like the month of May it was
and I'll say it was grand" and "You for me, me for me, I'll give you
plenty of nothing." |
September 20 |
|
1519 |
What bandleader used Pagliacci as his theme song? |
September 27 |
Answers for September 2011
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1516 |
Fifteen would be more like it. People like his first wife, Dixie Lee
Crosby. Connee Boswell. Mary Martin. Dinah Shore. Ethel Merman.
Rosemary Clooney. Kate Smith. Peggy Lee. Someone said the Andrews
Sisters but wait a minute, doesn't duet mean TWO? |
3 |
|
1517 |
She recorded In the Mood with the Al Donahue band a
couple of months before her future boss, Glenn Miller, recorded the
famous instrumental version of this piece. |
2 |
|
1518 |
Lorenz Hart |
3 |
|
1519 |
Joe Reichman, known as "the Pagliacci of the piano." |
2 |
Questions for August 2011
Winner of a free CD is Deb Dunbar.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
|
1511 |
A song from World War I has the vocalist saying "Hello Central." Who
or what was "Central"?
|
August 2 |
|
1512 |
Identify the bandleaders who used these theme songs: Swing
Out, Listen to My Music, I'll Love You in My
Dreams. |
August 9 |
|
1513 |
Identify the one-word song title that's a tree species. |
August 16. |
|
1514 |
Name a singing group that shares a name with an NFL team. |
August 23 |
|
1515 |
What's the origin of the song title, Apurksody? |
August 30 |
Answers for August 2011
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
|
1511 |
Back in the old days, if you wanted to place a call, you contacted the
telephone company's central office where an operator was available
to connect you to your party. |
4 |
|
1512 |
In order: Erskine Hawkins, Ted Heath, Horace Heidt -- the three H's. |
2 |
|
1513 |
I was thinking of Poinciana, but two clever
contestants came up with an equally correct answer, Cherry. |
3 |
|
1514 |
I thought there was only one, the Buffalo Bills, a barbershop
quartet who sang Lida Rose in "The Music Man." But
you came up with the Singing Lions, the Crew Chiefs and the Browns.
O. K., I shoulda said the city and team name had to match the vocal
group, but I gave credit for them all. |
3 |
|
1515 |
Krupa spelled backwards plus the last two syllables of Rhapsody. |
4 |
Questions for July 2011
Bernie Petitjean is this month's winner.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
|
1507 |
Danny Davis was leader of the Nashville Brass.
Who was leader of the Tijuana Brass? |
July 5 |
|
1508 |
What was the original title of Bob Haggart's What's New?
What vocalist revived it in the 1980s, backed by Nelson
Riddle's orchestra? |
July 12 |
|
1509 |
The title of the song Cheek To Cheek starts and
ends with the same word. Name two other song titles, three or more
words long, that begin and end with the same word. |
July 19 |
|
1510 |
A 1958 recording by Anita O'Day identifies one of the songs as
Interlude. By what title is this composition better known? |
July 26 |
Answers for July 2011
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
|
1507 |
Herb Alpert. |
5 |
|
1508 |
Haggart called his instrumental composition I'm Free.
It acquired a new title when Johnny Burke added lyrics. Linda
Ronstadt recorded it in 1983. |
4 |
|
1509 |
People were so inventive! I'm impressed. Here are just some of the
entries: All Or Nothing At All; Side By Side; Sing, Sing,
Sing; Day By Day; Chinatown, My Chinatown; Swing, Brother, Swing;
Over And Over; Oh, Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh; Back To Back; Jingle,
Jangle, Jingle; Heart Of My Heart. |
4 |
|
1510 |
A Night in Tunisia. |
4 |
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