Flashback: Carry me home

By Mick Harper

Pop, Rock, and Soul Trivia.

1. Name the group that had a Top Ten hit with "Let Me Love You Tonight."

2. What was Billy Joel's first No. 1 chart topper?

3. Where did Gogi Grant get her first name?

4. Name the artist who wrote and released "Against the Wind."

5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: "I want you to come back and carry me home, Away from these long, lonely nights."

Answers

1. Pure Prairie League, in 1980. Vince Gill sang lead before launching his solo career as a country singer.

2. "Just the Way You Are," in 1977. The song took two Grammy awards for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1979.

3. A record producer changed her first name to Gogi, after the name of a restaurant. Her hit "The Wayward Wind" stayed at the top of the charts for six weeks in 1956.

4. Bob Seger, in 1980.

5. "All Out of Love," by Air Supply, in 1980. The first line of the chorus was originally written as "I'm all out of love, I want to arrest you" but the group was convinced to change it to "I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you."

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