Flashback: Perfect Harmony

By Mick Harper

Pop, Rock, and Soul Trivia.

1. Who was the lead singer for The Crickets?

2. "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" ended up as advertising for which product?

3. Name the group that released "Our Day Will Come."

4. Which artist released the "One Man Dog" and "Walking Man" albums?

5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: "Why can't you see what you're doing to me, When you don't believe a word I say?"

Answers

1. Buddy Holly. Holly was releasing music under both his own name and anonymously with the group, working for two different record producers.

2. Coca-Cola, in 1971. The original was a jingle called "True Love and Apple Pie," by a pair of British songwriters. In TV commercials, groups of people stood on a hill in Italy lip-synching the altered lyrics with and without references to the soft drink.

3. Ruby & the Romantics, in 1963. In 2007 the group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

4. James Taylor, in 1972 and 1974.

5. "Suspicious Minds," by Elvis Presley in 1969. The song was originally written and released by Mark James, but it never got any attention until Presley released a cover the following year. 

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