Flashback: Roger Daltrey

By Mick Harper

Pop, Rock, and Soul Trivia.

1. Who released the English translation of "Seemann (Deine Heimat ist das Meer)" in 1960?

2. Who topped the charts with "The Way You Make Me Feel"?

3. Which artist wrote and released "Lean on Me"?

4. Roger Daltrey is the lead singer of which band?

5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: "I'll go it alone, that's how it must be, I can't be right for somebody else if I'm not right for me."

Answers

1. Anne Shelton, who had a Top Ten version with "Sailor (Your Home is the Sea)." Then Anne Murray released a chart topper with her own version.

2. Michael Jackson, in 1987. The song first appeared on his album "Bad."

3. Bill Withers, in 1972. It came in at No. 208 on The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2010. The list has been updated periodically, most recently in 2021.

4. The Who. Daltrey made his first guitar when he was 13 years old and modeled it after a red Stratocaster.

5. "I've Gotta Be Me," by Sammy Davis Jr., in 1968. The song was used in the musical "Golden Rainbow." In more recent years the song has been used in soda and vehicle commercials.

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