Flashback: Leo Sayer Song

By Mick Harper

Pop, Rock, and Soul Trivia.

1. Name the artist who had an ice cream flavor named after him.

2. Why was the "In the Navy" video filmed on a U.S. Navy ship?

3. Who released "Message in a Bottle"?

4. Name the Leo Sayer song that is based on his long conversation in a phone booth.

5. Name the soundtrack song that contains this lyric: "First there are kisses, Then there are sighs, And then, before you know where you are, You're sayin' goodbye."

Answers

1. Ben & Jerry's named one of their flavors Cherry Garcia after Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead in 1987.

2. The Village People were asked by the Navy for permission to use the song in a recruiting video. The answer was yes, as long as the group was included in the video.

3. The Police, in 1979.

4. "Orchard Road," in 1983. Sayer was on the phone asking his wife's forgiveness for a mistake he'd made. The song was recorded in one raw take.

5. "The Crying Game," by Boy George in the 1992 film of the same name. The film, about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, took not only a BAFTA for Best British Film but Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and more.

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