Rock and Roll: The Trivia Game- Game#1

Can not believe I have not written anything in over a year. Call it writer's block or just sheer laziness but the fact is there WAS and IS plenty to comment on, with what is happening in the world. However, I do not want to do that today for today is an all new idea. Just a little Rock and Roll trivia for you to ponder. The game goes like this. I'll put down a few questions for your brain to zero in on. Get 'em correct and you are a winner, get 'em wrong, you still win as no one will ever know. So here goes, GAME #1...Good luck

MUSICAL TRIVIA

1)It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty delta day...Name that tune....

2)April Four, a shot rings out in the Memphis sky...Name that tune..

3)Give The date mentioned in the title of this Earth, Wind and Fire November 1978 hit:" Do You Remember the.........."

4)The TEMPTATIONS  informed us that  PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE, and that Papa died on this date........

5)In THE BAND'S historical masterpiece THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN, according to Robbie Robertson's recollection "In the Winter of 65, we were hungry, just barely alive......on which date did Richmond fall?

6) 1959 RECORD OF THE YEAR was THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS by Johnny Horton. In what year did they take "a little trip along with Colonel Jackson along the mighty Mississippi...?

7)The following year of 1960 Johnny Horton had another smash hit with SINK THE BISMARK,historica accurate, what month and year does he mention?

8)Originally an 11 verse B-Side written by Miss Bobbie Gentry, this 1967 classic song was trimmed in half and re-released as an A side winning 4 Grammys and recognition as #412 of Rolling Stone Magazines TOP 500 GREATEST SONGS, ODE TO BILLIE JOE has Billie Joe McAllister jumping off which bridge?

9) The first TOP TEN hit for Gary Lewis and The Playboys was actually recorded by the legendary Wrecking Crew with heavily overdubbed vocals added to very weak vocals by Gary Lewis and of course  The Playboys were nowhere near the record(s). Actually arranged by Leon Russell, this hit was written by Bob Brass, Irwin Levine, and another famous keyboardist who also provided the organ parts for Bob Dylan's LIKE A ROLLING STONE. Name this artist.

10)The Shangri La's had a hit June of 64 with THE LEADER OF THE PACK. What was The Leader's name?