Music trivia thread

Are you a Nigerian prince or the widow of a Nigerian prince?

 

What artist holds the record for most consecutive years with a Billboard No. 1 single?

 

The Beatles is my Capt. Obvious pick.

 

I believe it's the psychotic attention whore Mariah Carey. ... And, no, I'm not a fan.

 

Mariah is correct with 11 years (1990-2000). Beatles and Elvis are tied for second place at 7 years each

 

For some reason I came across the Travis Tritt video of "Take It Easy" from the Nashville-based Eagles cover album Common Threads. The video says "feat. The Eagles" and they do appear in the video - the ODD THING is that none of them played on the entire album, though Tim Schmidt did provide a backing vocal on a different song. So in the video they are "playing" and "singing" on work done by others. OK - you authorize the album to raise funds for Henley's Walden Woods project and you even credit the video shoot for the reunion a few months later, but how f-ing weird is it to be playacting in a video featuring music and singing by others covering your earlier song? To make matters worse - they appear to be Travis Tritt's back up band.

 

Which guitar superstar played on Jayne Mansfield's "Suey" and "As the Crowds Drift By?"

 

Based on the era and locale, I’m leaning toward Hendrix?

 

Yes. He was a session musician. Those songs are the absolute dregs.

 

Mansfield was known for her lungs, not her singing voice.

 

No wonder she couldn't hit a B-flat.