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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 six
months.
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.
Questions for October 2010
The monthly winner will
receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1468 |
José Feliciano has an accent above the "e" in his first name. Give
me two other singers who have an accented "e" in either their first
or last name. |
September 7 |
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1469 |
Duke Ellington's career was advanced in part through the services
of Irving Mills, a white man who helped Duke get recognition in a
white-oriented music profession. Name the man who performed a
similar role for Louis Armstrong. |
September 14 |
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1470 |
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September 21 |
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1471 |
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September 28 |
Answers for October 2010
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1468 |
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0 |
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1469 |
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0 |
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1470 |
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1471 |
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Questions for September 2010
The monthly winner will
receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1464 |
What was the name of the musical conductor brother of Raymond Scott? |
September 7 |
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1465 |
Shep Fields' first theme song was Rippling Rhythm.
Later he adopted a new concept, with nine reeds and a rhythm
section. Name the theme song associated with that band. |
September 14 |
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1466 |
A well-known big band theme song, played as an instrumental, was
also recorded with a vocal by a female. Name the song and the
vocalist. |
September 21 |
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1467 |
I'll name the theme song, you name the deejay associated with it: (a)
The All Night Record Man (b) It's Make Believe
Ballroom Time. |
September 28 |
Answers for September 2010
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1464 |
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0 |
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1465 |
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0 |
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1466 |
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0 |
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1467 |
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0 |
Questions for August 2010
This month's winner is Lanny Bender of
Las Vegas, Nevada. He'll
receive a CD of any episode of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1459 |
In the tune Down the Road A Piece, the lyrics go "The
drummer man's a guy they call eight-beat Mac and you remember Doc
and ol' Beat Me Daddy Slack. Slack is Freddie the piano player.
Identify the other two members of the Will Bradley Trio. |
August 3 |
|
1460 |
The Count Basie band recorded a composition that Quincy Jones wrote in
honor of a singer and her musical director husband. Identify the
couple. |
August 10 |
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1461 |
Bob Wills led a western swing band called the Texas Playboys. By
what name did they go by before they referred to themselves that
way? |
August 17 |
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1462 |
Name two big band theme songs with the word "Star" in the title. |
August 24 |
|
1463 |
A song nominated for an Academy Award in 1943 was sung in a movie by a
Hollywood star noted for dramatic roles rather than vocalizing. Name
the song and the movie queen. |
August 31 |
Answers for August 2010
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1459 |
Eight-Beat Mac is drummer Ray McKinley. The bass player is Doc
Goldberg. |
2 |
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1460 |
Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton. The composition was entitled
For Lena and Lennie. |
1 |
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1461 |
The were the Light Crust Doughboys, so-called because they had a
bread company as sponsor of their radio broadcasts. They were also
known as Bob Wills' Fiddle Band. |
3 |
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1462 |
Hats off to Dave Balaban, who provided a handful of stars: Nat
Brandwynne's If Stars Could Talk, Jack Denny's
Under the Stars, Edgar Hayes' Stardust,
Gene Krupa's Starburst, Enoch Light's
You're the Only Star, Johnny Long's The White Star
of Sigma Nu, Paul Specht's Evening Star
and Charlie Spivak's Stardreams! |
2 |
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1463 |
Bette Davis sang They're Either Too Young or Too Old
in the movie "Thank Your Lucky Stars." |
1 |
Questions for July 2010
Our July winner is Ed Cecchini of
Clinton, Massachusetts. If his name sounds familiar, he won the
January prize, too, which means that he's back in the winner's
circle after the mandatory time out. He'll
receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1455 |
How did Glenn Miller's theme song acquire the title
Moonlight Serenade? |
July 6 |
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1456 |
Stan Kenton was noted for hiring talented female singers, one of whom
became his wife. Name four. |
July 13 |
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1457 |
Count Basie's theme was One O'Clock Jump. Give the
titles of three more songs that include "o'clock." |
July 20 |
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1458 |
Kay Kyser turned his back on the popular music scene to pursue another
interest. What was that? |
July 27 |
Answers for July 2010
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1455 |
It had no official title until it was recorded. It was on the reverse
side of Sunrise Serenade, so that's how it acquired
its new name. Mitchell Parish later added lyrics. |
2 |
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1456 |
Anita O'Day, June Christy, Chris Connor and Stan's wife, Ann
Richards |
2 |
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1457 |
Three that quickly come to mind are Two O'Clock Jump, Three
O'Clock in the Morning and Five O'Clock Whistle.
Among the more obscure: 12 O'Clock Waltz, 5
O'Clock Shadow (and Jump, News,
Blues and Drag, and 5
O'Clock in the Morning Blues. |
6 |
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1458 |
He became the principal spokesperson for Christian Science. |
5 |
Questions for June 2010
He's done it again! Dave Balaban of
Boynton Beach, FL is our monthly winner. He will
receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1450 |
The song Baby Mine was a lullaby from a 1940 movie.
Identify the baby. |
June 1 |
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1451 |
The song's lyrics include "I'll repeat that I love you, sweet, in all
the 48 [states]." Name that tune. |
June 8 |
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1452 |
What was the highest rank achieved by Ray McKinley in the armed
forces? |
June 15 |
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1453 |
Jimmy Dorsey recorded an instrumental with a one-word title that also
applied to a mineral, a range of Italian mountains, a 1975 movie and
the principal character in that movie. Name the Jimmy Dorsey
instrumental. |
June 22 |
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1454 |
Artie Shaw recorded a number called simply Blues,
from the Lenox Avenue Suite. Two parter: Who was the composer and
where is Lenox Avenue? |
June 29 |
Answers for June 2010
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1450 |
Dumbo the elephant, from the Walt Disney animated film. |
3 |
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1451 |
Let's Get Away From It All, most notably recorded
by Tommy Dorsey with vocals by Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers on
one side and Connie Haines and Frank Sinatra on the reverse. This
was obviously written a few years before Alaska and Hawaii joined
the Union. |
3 |
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1452 |
Ray was Technical Sergeant in the Army Air Force. |
3 |
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1453 |
Dolimite (not always spelled this way). |
2 |
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1454 |
William Grant Still. Upper Manhattan, New York City. |
1 |
Questions for
May 2010
I'm back from vacation, refreshed and
bursting to tantalize you with more puzzlers. The May winner is John
Overstreet, who listens to the program on Troy (AL) public radio.
He'll
receive a CD of any segment of
"Swingin' Down The Lane" that's listed in the music store.
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Question # |
Trivia Questions |
Deadline |
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1446 |
Artie Shaw recorded Any Old Time three times, with
three different female vocalists. Name them. |
May 4 |
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1447 |
Jerry Gray was responsible for arranging Artie Shaw's first big
recording hit. Name the tune and indicate what Jerry's original role
was, back in the earlier days of the Shaw band. |
May 11 |
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1448 |
After Artie Shaw had stopped playing the clarinet he conducted an
orchestra and produced an album for Capitol re-creating some of his
hits from 1938. Whom did he choose to play the clarinet solos? |
May 18 |
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1449 |
Can you think of a famous vocalist whose last name has only two
letters? |
May 25 |
Answers for May 2010
| Question # |
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# of
Correct Entries |
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1446 |
February 15, 1938: Anita Bradley; July 24, 1938: Billie Holiday; March
12, 1939: Helen Forrest. I stumped everybody? |
0 |
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1447 |
Jerry Gray, who earlier played violin in Shaw's first band, did the
arrangement for Begin The Beguine. |
3 |
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1448 |
Walt Levinsky. Congrats to Dave Balaban, who figured out that Artie
pledged allegiance to Walt Levinsky. Some years later, Artie
declared that Dick Johnson was the only clarinetist good enough to
gain Artie's blessing and lead a band devoted to the Shaw book. |
1 |
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1449 |
Don Ho, the Hawaiian crooner known to me as the Frank Sinatra of the
Islands. |
3 |
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