Flashback: Freeze-Frame

By Mick Harper

Pop, Rock, and Soul Trivia.

1. Which group released "Takin' Care of Business"?

2. Who were Marisa, Merlina, Tony, Benny and Nino?

3. Name the group that released "Freeze-Frame."

4. Who released an album titled "Disco Train"?

5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: "Maybe I don't wanna know the reason why, But lately you don't talk to me, Darling I can't see me in your eyes."

Answers

1. Bachman-Turner Overdrive in 1973. Randy Bachman had started playing with ideas for the song when he was still a member of The Guess Who.

2. The DeFranco Family. Their best known hit was "Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat," in 1973. They were on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" nine times.

3. The J. Geils Band, in 1981, on the album of the same name. The song charted around the world.

4. Donny Osmond, in 1976. His cover of "C'mon Marianne" was the one song from the album released as a single, and it only went to No. 38. The Four Seasons' original 1967 release had climbed to No. 9.

5. "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away," by Andy Gibb in 1978. Written by his brother Barry, it was Andy's fifth Top 10 single. Others have covered the song, including Barbra Streisand in 2005.

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