Flashback: Anything for Love

By Mick Harper

Pop, Rock, and Soul Trivia.

1. Which artist netted a Grammy for his "I'd Do Anything for Love"?

2. Name the first group to release "Teach Your Children."

3. Name the duo that released "Teardrops."

4. Which artist released "Maybe I Know"?

5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: "When no one else can understand me, When everything I do is wrong, You give me hope and consolation, You give me strength to carry on."

Answers

1. Meat Loaf, aka Michael Lee Aday. Before he died in 2022, Aday appeared in over 50 films, including the 1975 "Rocky Horror Picture Show" playing Eddie, the former delivery boy.

2. Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released a different version the following year. Band member Graham Nash had written the song in 1968.

3. Womack & Womack, in 1988. Elton John and k.d. lang covered the song in 1993, followed by several other duos over the years, including Cliff Richard and Candi Staton in 2011.

4. Lesley Gore, in 1964.

5. "The Wonder of You," by Elvis Presley in 1970. The song has been used in England and Scotland by football clubs as their anthem, although with different lyrics.

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