Note: the number after the answer denotes the highest position reached on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart.
1. And would you cry if I told you that I lied?
Ans : Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Let It Ride - 23
2. Come out of the garden, baby, you'll catch your death in the fog.
Ans : David Bowie - Diamond Dogs - track from Diamond Dogs
3. I'm gonna give you more than you ever thought possible.
Ans : Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There Baby - 8
4. As my life goes on, I believe somehow, something's changed.
Ans : Chicago - (I've Been) Searchin' So Long - 9
5. I've got them steadily depressing, lowdown, mind-messing.
Ans : Jim Croce - Workin' At The Car Wash Blues - 32
6. She's movin', she's groovin', dancing until the music stops now.
Ans : The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine - 2
7. I'm bad enough to make an elephant fly, I'm gonna hook ya on a natural high.
Ans : Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down - 2
8. Hey, hey, hey, whatcha got to say?
Ans : Kool & the Gang - Hollywood Swinging - 6
9. It's your money or your life, it's alright, it's alright.
Ans : John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band - Whatever Gets You Thru The Night - 1
10. Was your father as bold as the Sergeant Major?
Ans : Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet - 7
11. Oh woman, take me in your arms.
Ans : George McCrae - Rock Your Baby - 1
12. Stoking the starmaker machinery behind the popular song.
Ans : Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris - 22
13. Como una guitarra en la noche.
Ans : Mocedades - Eres Tu (Touch The Wind) - 9
14. Send your camel to bed.
Ans : Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis - 6
15. You're a real fine lady, but your walk's a little shady.
Ans : Ohio Players - Skin Tight - 13
16. Let us pray that tomorrow there'll be a better day.
Ans : The O'Jays - Put Your Hands Together - 10
17. The headlines read that a boy's disappeared and everyone thinks he died.
Ans : Helen Reddy - Angie Baby - 1
18. Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me.
Ans : Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) - 8
19. What I've got will knock your pride aside.
Ans : Rufus - Tell Me Something Good - 3
20. Now melodrama never makes me weep anymore.
Ans : Carly Simon - Haven't Got Time For The Pain - 14
21. Will sometimes make a rich man weak and knock him off his feet.
Ans : Spinners - Mighty Love-Pt. 1 - 20
22. That ain't what it takes to love me like I wanna be loved by you.
Ans : Jim Stafford - Spiders & Snakes - 3
23. Is this my beginning or is this the end?
Ans : The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again - 2
24. Your love is like a chunk of gold, hard to get and hard to hold.
Ans : Bill Withers - The Same Love That Made Me Laugh - 50
25. 'Cause I'll be standing on the side when you check it out.
Ans : Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - 16
Bonus questions:
B1. The singers of two of the above lyrics collaborated to co-write
a song that would become a #1 hit in 1975. Which two artists and which
song? (1 point)
Ans : David Bowie and John Lennon co-wrote the song "Fame".
B2. One of the solo artists on this quiz wrote two of the above songs,
one performed by himself/herself, the other by another artist. Which
artist and which two songs? (2 points)
Ans : Stevie Wonder wrote both "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" and
Rufus' "Tell Me Something Good".
B3. A popular song-writing team of the 1970's also wrote two of the
above songs. Name the two songwriters, the city they're associated
with and the two songs on this quiz that they wrote. (3 points)
Ans : Philadelphia songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff were famous
for their "Philly Soul" songs. They wrote the O'Jays' "Put Your Hands
Together" and the Three Degrees' "When Will I See You Again".
B4. In the complete lyrics for the songs on this quiz, 3 of the artists
on this quiz are mentioned by name. Which three artists and which songs
include the references? (4 points)
Ans : "Hollywood Swinging" mentions seeing "the Kool & the Gang show,"
(yes, it's self-referential). Reunion's "Life Is A Rock (But The Radio
Rolled Me)" mentions numerous artists including both David Bowie and
Carly Simon.
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