Flashback: All Things Must Pass

By Mick Harper

Pop, Rock, and Soul Trivia.

1. Which artist released the album titled "All Things Must Pass"?

2. Who was the first to release "Blue Bayou"?

3. Which group released "Tears of a Clown"?

4. Who released "Venus in Blue Jeans"?

5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: "There goes my baby with someone new, She sure looks happy, I sure am blue."

Answers

1. George Harrison, in 1970, right after the Beatles broke up. It was a triple album: two records of songs and one of jams with other musicians. It went to No. 1 in most places around the globe. The 50th Anniversary box set (2021) did not do nearly as well.

2. The song's writer Roy Orbison, in 1961. Linda Ronstadt released her cover of the song in 1977, and it became her signature song.

3. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, in 1970. Robinson had been about to leave the group until he saw how well the song charted. He stayed two additional years.

4. Jimmy Clanton, in 1962.

5. "Bye Bye Love," by The Everly Brothers in 1957. While The Everly Brothers' release is the best-known version, others gave it a try over the years, including George Harrison (who changed the lyrics after his wife left him).

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