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"Last thread got too big!
Who's going to start us off?
Ok then ... who sings about a "gentle bossanova"?
Downtown by Patti thingie? "
Yes Petula Clark x
Your turn xx |
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"Which Tears For Fears song was bested in the charts by it's cover version and by whom?
Mad World? Cant remember the cover artist though 
Gary Jules"
Who he? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Which Tears For Fears song was bested in the charts by it's cover version and by whom?
Mad World? Cant remember the cover artist though
Gary Jules
Who he?
He who covered Mad World  "
he slaughtered it  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thanks .
What unique feat , 28 years after his death , did Elvis Presley reach on January 16th ( my birthday ) 2005 ??
Rose from the dead?"
Number one with a little less conversation. |
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"Thanks .
What unique feat , 28 years after his death , did Elvis Presley reach on January 16th ( my birthday ) 2005 ??
Rose from the dead?
Number one with a little less conversation. "
Well yes , but what was unique about that Number 1 ?? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Thanks .
What unique feat , 28 years after his death , did Elvis Presley reach on January 16th ( my birthday ) 2005 ??
Rose from the dead?
Number one with a little less conversation. "
Wasnt his birthday in january, so was he the first dead performer to be number one on his birthday? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thanks .
What unique feat , 28 years after his death , did Elvis Presley reach on January 16th ( my birthday ) 2005 ??
Rose from the dead?
Number one with a little less conversation.
Well yes , but what was unique about that Number 1 ??"
Elvis was dead lol...
Clutching at straws here ! |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"Thanks .
What unique feat , 28 years after his death , did Elvis Presley reach on January 16th ( my birthday ) 2005 ??
A number 1"
That was a long time to hold a wee in 
Seriously I don't think it's that - pretty sure A Little Less Conversation got to no. 1 in 2002 and that he'd had others before then |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thanks .
What unique feat , 28 years after his death , did Elvis Presley reach on January 16th ( my birthday ) 2005 ??
A number 1
That was a long time to hold a wee in
Seriously I don't think it's that - pretty sure A Little Less Conversation got to no. 1 in 2002 and that he'd had others before then"
I know it did because it was number one the day my son was born. Amazing cos he was number one with The Wonder of You on the day i was born |
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"What is unusual, musically, about the Genesis track Turn It On Again?
A wacky time signature...maybe 7/4 or something like that ?"
Close enough
It's actually in 13/8, which is why you keep ending up on the offbeat of you try to dance / clap along to it |
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"What is unusual, musically, about the Genesis track Turn It On Again?
A wacky time signature...maybe 7/4 or something like that ?
Close enough
It's actually in 13/8, which is why you keep ending up on the offbeat of you try to dance / clap along to it"
Would never have got that in a squillion years  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Nobody is correct yet .
Yes it went to number one, but what was unique about that Number 1 ??
It was a collaboration with someone else
Nope  "
Was it no 1 simultaneously in loads of countries? As in more than anyone else? |
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"The estate of Johnny Cash were approached by the makers of an advert promoting haemorrhoid cream to use one of his songs on the ad. It was refused. What song was it? "
Got a be ring of fire x |
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"Which Tears For Fears song was bested in the charts by it's cover version and by whom?
Mad World? Cant remember the cover artist though
Gary Jules
Who he?
He who covered Mad World "
Adam Lambert did a great cover of it. |
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"Nobody is correct yet .
Yes it went to number one, but what was unique about that Number 1 ??
It was a collaboration with someone else
Nope
Was it no 1 simultaneously in loads of countries? As in more than anyone else?"
Nope |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Nobody is correct yet .
Yes it went to number one, but what was unique about that Number 1 ??
It was a collaboration with someone else
Nope
Was it no 1 simultaneously in loads of countries? As in more than anyone else? Nope "
Curses!
Was it the first time Elvis got to number one where he wasn't the sole artist credited? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Nobody is correct yet .
Yes it went to number one, but what was unique about that Number 1 ??
It was a collaboration with someone else
Nope
Was it no 1 simultaneously in loads of countries? As in more than anyone else? Nope "
was jxl the only artist to do an elvis remix? Or appear on his greatest hits? |
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"Nobody is correct yet .
Yes it went to number one, but what was unique about that Number 1 ??
It gave him the most number ones by an artist ever? "
It may of I'm not sure , but that's not the answer I seek |
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"Nobody is correct yet .
Yes it went to number one, but what was unique about that Number 1 ??
It was a collaboration with someone else
Nope
Was it no 1 simultaneously in loads of countries? As in more than anyone else? Nope
Curses!
Was it the first time Elvis got to number one where he wasn't the sole artist credited?"
Nope |
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"Nobody is correct yet .
Yes it went to number one, but what was unique about that Number 1 ??
It was a collaboration with someone else
Nope
Was it no 1 simultaneously in loads of countries? As in more than anyone else? Nope was jxl the only artist to do an elvis remix? Or appear on his greatest hits?"
Nope |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Nobody is correct yet .
Yes it went to number one, but what was unique about that Number 1 ??
It was a collaboration with someone else
Nope
Was it no 1 simultaneously in loads of countries? As in more than anyone else? Nope was jxl the only artist to do an elvis remix? Or appear on his greatest hits? Nope "
CLUE PLEASE!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Nobody is correct yet .
Yes it went to number one, but what was unique about that Number 1 ??
It was a collaboration with someone else
Nope
Was it no 1 simultaneously in loads of countries? As in more than anyone else? Nope was jxl the only artist to do an elvis remix? Or appear on his greatest hits?"
It's not that track, because it wasn't number one on that date. |
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"Nobody is correct yet .
Yes it went to number one, but what was unique about that Number 1 ??
It was a collaboration with someone else
Nope
Was it no 1 simultaneously in loads of countries? As in more than anyone else? Nope was jxl the only artist to do an elvis remix? Or appear on his greatest hits? Nope
CLUE PLEASE!!!"
Ok the clue is that its more to do with what that particular number one was , it just happened to be Elvis but could have been any other artist |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Last thread got too big!
Who's going to start us off?
Ok then ... who sings about a "gentle bossanova"?
Cliff Richard
Nah. Was Petula Clark
Close then "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there "
got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol."
5000th uk no 1? |
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol.
5000th uk no 1?"
Ooooh close-ish |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol.
5000th uk no 1?"
Too far |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol.
5000th uk no 1?
Too far "
4000th? |
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol.
5000th uk no 1?
Too far
4000th?"
 no |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol.
5000th uk no 1?
Too far
4000th? no"
3000?
2500? |
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol.
5000th uk no 1?
Too far
4000th? no
3000?
2500?"
Haha keep going |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol.
5000th uk no 1?
Too far
4000th? no
3000?
2500? Haha keep going "
1000? |
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol.
5000th uk no 1?
Too far
4000th? no
3000?
2500? Haha keep going "
1000th |
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol.
5000th uk no 1?
Too far
4000th? no
3000?
2500? Haha keep going
1000?"
Yay Finally .
Yes his single One Night reached No.1 on my 28th Birthday on the 16th Jan 2005 . It just happened to also be the UK's 1000th Number 1 single |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've looked up the song (One Night) on Wikipedia.
Clue - it's a chart milestone, not an Elvis milestone.
Haha you're getting there got to be something to do with TOTP or some kind of anniversary lol.
5000th uk no 1?
Too far
4000th? no
3000?
2500? Haha keep going
1000?
Yay Finally .
Yes his single One Night reached No.1 on my 28th Birthday on the 16th Jan 2005 . It just happened to also be the UK's 1000th Number 1 single "
so I was kinda close with anniversary lol. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Who had a hit on 1977, despite not getting any alradio airplay owing to the content, with "The Winker's* Song *Misprint"? "
Ivor Big'un and the Rednosed Burglars |
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"Why did Crazy by Gnarls Barkley make chart history in 2006?"
I know the vocals were recorded in one go the very first time th singer had seen the lyrics. But I guess that's not the answer? |
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On the cover of the live Rolling Stones album "Get Your YaYas Out" there's a donkey wearing an ornate necklace and a set of binoculars round his neck. Why? |
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"Who replaced Freddie Mercury at Queens Hyde Park concert in 2005?
Was it George Micheal ?
No but he would have bee good"
Is that a clue ?
One of the Bee gees ?  |
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"Who replaced Freddie Mercury at Queens Hyde Park concert in 2005?
Was it George Micheal ?
No but he would have bee good
Is that a clue ?
One of the Bee gees ? "
Lol no ... just a typo. To be fair I wouldn't have known had I not been there. Be a bit more free with your thinking. |
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"Who replaced Freddie Mercury at Queens Hyde Park concert in 2005?
Was it George Micheal ?
No but he would have bee good
Is that a clue ?
One of the Bee gees ?
Lol no ... just a typo. To be fair I wouldn't have known had I not been there. Be a bit more free with your thinking."
And that was a clue x |
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"Who replaced Freddie Mercury at Queens Hyde Park concert in 2005?
Was it George Micheal ?
No but he would have bee good
Is that a clue ?
One of the Bee gees ?
Lol no ... just a typo. To be fair I wouldn't have known had I not been there. Be a bit more free with your thinking.
And that was a clue x"
Tom Petty |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Who replaced Freddie Mercury at Queens Hyde Park concert in 2005?
Was it George Micheal ?
No but he would have bee good
Is that a clue ?
One of the Bee gees ?
Lol no ... just a typo. To be fair I wouldn't have known had I not been there. Be a bit more free with your thinking.
And that was a clue x
Tom Petty "
Nope |
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"Who replaced Freddie Mercury at Queens Hyde Park concert in 2005?
Was it George Micheal ?
No but he would have bee good
Is that a clue ?
One of the Bee gees ?
Lol no ... just a typo. To be fair I wouldn't have known had I not been there. Be a bit more free with your thinking.
And that was a clue x
Tom Petty
Nope"
Paul Rodgers? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Who replaced Freddie Mercury at Queens Hyde Park concert in 2005?
Was it George Micheal ?
No but he would have bee good
Is that a clue ?
One of the Bee gees ?
Lol no ... just a typo. To be fair I wouldn't have known had I not been there. Be a bit more free with your thinking.
And that was a clue x
Tom Petty
Nope
Paul Rodgers? "
BINGO! |
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"Who replaced Freddie Mercury at Queens Hyde Park concert in 2005?
Was it George Micheal ?
No but he would have bee good
Is that a clue ?
One of the Bee gees ?
Lol no ... just a typo. To be fair I wouldn't have known had I not been there. Be a bit more free with your thinking.
And that was a clue x
Tom Petty
Nope
Paul Rodgers?
BINGO!"
It was the clue that helped |
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"Who replaced Freddie Mercury at Queens Hyde Park concert in 2005?
Was it George Micheal ?
No but he would have bee good
Is that a clue ?
One of the Bee gees ?
Lol no ... just a typo. To be fair I wouldn't have known had I not been there. Be a bit more free with your thinking.
And that was a clue x
Tom Petty
Nope
Paul Rodgers?
BINGO!"
Who ?? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Who replaced Freddie Mercury at Queens Hyde Park concert in 2005?
Was it George Micheal ?
No but he would have bee good
Is that a clue ?
One of the Bee gees ?
Lol no ... just a typo. To be fair I wouldn't have known had I not been there. Be a bit more free with your thinking.
And that was a clue x
Tom Petty
Nope
Paul Rodgers?
BINGO! Who ??"
Les singer with Free of 'Alright Now' fame |
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"Why did Crazy by Gnarls Barkley make chart history in 2006?
I know the vocals were recorded in one go the very first time th singer had seen the lyrics. But I guess that's not the answer?"
I didn't know that about the lyrics and the one take recording. But you're right, that wasn't what I was thinking of |
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"Why did Crazy by Gnarls Barkley make chart history in 2006?
I know the vocals were recorded in one go the very first time th singer had seen the lyrics. But I guess that's not the answer?
I didn't know that about the lyrics and the one take recording. But you're right, that wasn't what I was thinking of "
Only just seen this question. I seem to recall it was something to do with getting to number one purely just from downloads. Is that the right answer? |
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"Why did Crazy by Gnarls Barkley make chart history in 2006?
I know the vocals were recorded in one go the very first time th singer had seen the lyrics. But I guess that's not the answer?
I didn't know that about the lyrics and the one take recording. But you're right, that wasn't what I was thinking of
Only just seen this question. I seem to recall it was something to do with getting to number one purely just from downloads. Is that the right answer? "
We have a winner! |
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"In the 1970s an ad was placed in the music press recruiting members for a new band. The ad said "Macho types wanted: must have moustache"
What was the name of the band?
Village People ?"
Yep!
Bit easy that one |
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