Just curious I was going to start posting country music trivia questions if anyone wants to play along just answer!

First Question

After she scored her first top 40 hit in 1963 with "Let Me Off at the Corner" this country icon had to wait 14 years before her first Billboard Number 1. Which Artist is it?

Just an educated guess here, but I think you're talking about Dottie West.

If so, then...

Linda Ronstadt's first major country hit (it reached #20 in April 1974) was a remake of a song first done by Wanda Jackson in 1957. What was this song's title?

Silver Threads And Golden Needles???? not sure

I will wait to see if I am correct before I post another question

Yes, it was "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" indeed.

Next?

how about an easy one

This artist was released from her MCA contract due to the competition she had with powerhouses Reba McEntire,Wynonna Judd and Trisha Yearwood.

I think it was Patty Loveless, but I'm not sure.


Next one...

The late Buck Owens incurred the wrath of the country music establishment in 1964 by publicly supporting this Liverpool combo. Name the combo.

The Beatles

Here's a Trisha-related one - what celebrity's mother (besides her own)
appears in the Everybody Knows video?

I should remember this and I have some vague memory of it but I dont remember. Help me!

It is Pat Boone's Mom - your turn for the next question!

Ok complete the sentence

"Thinkin About You" was the only Trisha Yearwood album to spawn.........

anyone??

...three hit singles? ("Thinkin' 'Bout You"; "XXXs and OOOs"; "On A Bus To St. Cloud")


Here's a good one:

Flatt and Scruggs' 1948 classic "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" got a new lease on life two decades later by being used in what (notorious) 1960s film classic?

Well it did have 3 top 10 hits (XXX's and OOO's, Thinkin About You, and Wanna Go Too Far) but I was thinking it was the only Trisha album to spawn 2 Billboard #1's.

And as for your question Erik I am going with "Bonnie and Clyde"

In a brief career in the late 80's this woman scored 4 Billboard number 1's including a duet with Alabama. And garnered 6 CMA nominations including 2 wins, one for female vocalist of the year and Song of the Year.

I think we're talking about K.D. Lang (her anti-meat stance did her in in Nashville)


Although now considered a country classic, "Ruby (Don't Take Your Love To Town)" actually only reached #39 on the country chart for this male legend and his group in 1969 (#6 pop). Who are we talking about here?

No not K.D Lang close though K.T Oslin

If I read the question right it was Kenny Rogers and the First Edition correct?

this one is too easy for you Erik but I am doing it anyway, The hit "Somewhere Out There" was featured in what animated film? And name the main character.

Yes--in response to my last question, it was indeed Kenny Rogers and the First Edition

To your last one--the film was AN AMERICAN TAIL, and the lead character was named Fievel Mousekewitz.


One of Charlie (The Devil Went Down To Georgia) Daniels' earliest credits was appearing as a session musician on a landmark 1969 C&W-rock album recorded in Nashville by a great modern folk legend. Name the artist and the album title.

hmmmm tough
well modern folk legend I am going to guess Bob Dylan and the album he released that year was Nashville Skyline????

Yes indeed, it was Dylan's Nashville Skyline.

Your turn now.

Before her sexed up image of the late 70's and early 80's Dottie West had turned down this writer's song because it was "too sexy" what is the song and who is the songwriter?

Kris Kristofferson's Help Me Make it Through the Night.....

next question?

correct
its your turn for a question!

ok i will go

How many total weeks has Trisha spent atop the Billboard singles chart in her career??

I'm taking a wild guess here and say 10.


Linda, Dolly, and Emmylou were each nominated in the same category in the same year as individual artists at the Grammys. What year was this, and what category were all three up for?

This husband and wife received a Grammy award for their duet together despite the fact that she isn't primarily a singer by trade?

Name the couple.

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I haven't a clue; this could be just about anybody.

How about my last one?

Linda, Dolly, and Emmylou were each nominated in the same category in the same year as individual artists at the Grammys. What year was this, and what category were all three up for?

The couple was Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black.She was primarily an actress.The song was"When I say I Do".

I don't know the answer to yours.

Was it Album of the Year?
They are all prolific at songwriting ,too,I think.

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Shows you how much I know.
As to my question regarding Dolly, Linda, and Emmylou, all three were up for Best Female Country Vocalist at the Grammys in 1975. Dolly was nominated for "The Bargain Store"; Emmy for "If I Could Only Win Your Love." Linda was the one who walked off with the award for "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You."

That was a tough one!

Here's an easier question:
Who penned the hit "Whiskey Lullabye"?

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This would be Jon Randall and "Whispering" Bill Anderson.


Here's a good one:

Suzy Bogguss' hit "Someday Soon" was actually first a 1969 hit for what legendary folk singer? (Hint: No, it's not Linda [LOL]).

Judy Collins

Who was known as "The Silver Fox"?

Charlie Rich.


One of Johnny Cash's biggest mid-60s hits was a topical novelty record about a folk-singing troupe. Name the song.

I can't think of that one...I Give!

It's a 1966 hit called "The One On The Right (Is On The Left)"


Okay--something a bit easier:

Who is the only artist to have had a song top all three singles charts simultaneously (pop, C&W, and R&B) (in fact, he did it five times)?

Would that be the one, the only, King of Rock and Roll......... Elvis Presley!!!

When he was first starting out, Clint Black was a person he thought his career would never surpass.

Yes, it was indeed Elvis ("Heartbreak Hotel"; 'Don't Be Cruel"; "Hound Dog"; "All Shook Up; "Jailhouse Rock")

As for your question, I'm guessing it would be the Garthmeister.


This particular singer/songwriter wrote some of Elvis' best later-day material, such as "Memories", "In The Ghetto", and "Don't Cry Daddy', later achieving huge success as a performer. Name him.

Scott Davis

The legendary Ian Tyson wrote this rodeo song...
It has been recorded by Chris Ledoux, Suzy Bogguss and Judy Collins...

That would be Someday Soon (Love that song by Suzy Boggus)

A songwriter and singer himself, who wrote songs for Elvis Presley such as Don't Cry Daddy, A Little Less Conversation......

Mac Davis?


What star started out as part of the First Edition?

Kenny Rogers


What was Gordon Lightfoot's only Top 40 country single?

Sundown


The most successful black performer in Country Music, he won a CMA in 1971 for Entertainer of the Year.

Charley Pride

Since everybody keeps mentioning Linda Ronstadt, what LR song did Terri Clark do?
(I know this is easy)

Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me


Now retired, this country star can play steel guitar, bass, banjo and saxaphone.
She performed with her sisters on tv.

Barbara Mandrell...... I know they had a show together - Louise Mandrell had a musical show she did in Gatlinburg weekly in Gatlinburg, TN (or at least appeared quite often since it was named after her) and I'm not sure what happened to Erlene....

This singer-songer began his career in the late 70's with a "country rock" band but now is known as a country singer.

I'm thinking this could be several guys...another clue?

ignore this! I had answered the Kenny Rogers one on accident!

I think you're talking about Vince Gill. He used to be with Pure Prairie League.


How bout a lyric question? What song is "what's meant to be will always find a way"
from?

She's In Love With The Boy


Known for his session work in Nashville (guitar,mandolin), he played in Johnny Cash's band and married Johnny's daughter, Cindy.

I think this is Marty Stuart.


Porter Wagoner's classic "Green, Green Grass Of Home" was #1 for six weeks in England in 1966-67, and a #11 pop hit at that same time, for what famous Welsh vocalist?