Pop Music Study Guide

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Tina Turner 7x $314 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1997 This rocker's 1988 album "Tina Live in Europe" won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance

J $500 1985 Asked why she chose 1984 as her comeback year, she said, "I don't have much time left!"

J $100 1997 Her best-selling autobiography was titled "I, Tina: My Life Story"

Michael Jackson 7x $329 avg J:3 DJ:4

DJ $200 1997 In June 1995 he released "HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book One", a solo double-CD set

J $500 1993 His solo career began in 1971 at age 13 with the release of the No. 4 hit "Got To Be There"

DJ $200 1997 In 1985 this performer bought ATV, owner of much of the Beatles' catalogue, for over $40 million

Elvis Presley 6x 16.7% stumper $217 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $100 1999 1969's Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year was this "King of Rock & Roll"

J $100 1996 In 1995 the Leader Federal Bank in Memphis issued a Mastercard featuring 3 images of this performer

J $100 1996 In 1960, the year of his Army discharge, he had 3 No. 1 hits including "It's Now Or Never"

Paul Simon 5x $160 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1996 His 1973 hit "Love Me Like a Rock" featured the Dixie Hummingbirds on vocal backup

J $100 1985 Of Simon & Garfunkel, the one known as a songwriter

DJ $200 1996 He recorded "Gone At Last" with Phoebe Snow, not Art Garfunkel

Paul McCartney 5x $488 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1984 Michael Jackson keeps the beat with this Beatle in "The Girl Is Mine" and "Say, Say, Say"

DJ $1,350 DD 1988 It took a duet with this artist to get Stevie Wonder his 1st #1 hit in England

FJ 1988 Solo or in a duet or group, this artist has had more Billboard #1 hits than any other, 29 in all

Rod Stewart 4x 25.0% stumper $425 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1995 This "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" singer performed the hot harmonica licks on 1964's "My Boy Lollypop"

J $500 1998 In 1978 he asked, "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" & also recorded "I Was Only Joking"

J $300 1985 Former gravedigger now known for his "Infatuation" & "Hot Legs"

Neil Sedaka 4x $825 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 1995 In 1975 this performer released a slow version of his 1962 hit "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"

J $500 1995 His 1959 Top 10 hit "Oh! Carol" was dedicated to singer-songwriter Carole King

DJ $1,600 2016 This singer-songwriter reached the Top 10 twice with "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", in 1962 & 1976

Madonna 4x $250 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1991 Tell us "Who's That Girl" who was "Like a Virgin" in 1984 & "True Blue" in 1986

J $100 1985 In "Desperately Seeking Susan", she was "Into the Groove"

DJ $400 1999 Some Hindus were taken aback at her 1998 MTV Video Awards performance of "Ray of Light"

The Beatles 4x $100 avg J:3 FJ:1

J $100 1998 It's the "Fab" group heard here:

FJ 2001 The special November 2000 TV Guide cover seenherewas part of its tribute to this rock group

J $100 1995 This group's first recordings, cut in Germany in 1961, featured drummer Pete Best

dance 4x $550 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1990 Bobby Freeman, The Beach Boys & Bette Midler all had Top 20 hits with a song that asked, "Do You Want To" do this

J $500 1986 In 1958, Bobby Freeman asked, "Do you, do you, do you, do you want to" do this

DJ $1,200 2021 Luther Vandross emotionally told us he'd "Love, love, love" to do this with his father again

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