| Hint | Extra Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| Ike | “River Deep — Mountain High” (London), 1966 | Ike & Tina Turner. Husband and wife performers from 1960 until their divorce in 1976. Tina had a successful solo career after the act split up. Ike … not so much. | Tina Turner | 91%
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| Lady Gaga | “Shallow” (Interscope), 2018 | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. The credit on the single release of “Shallow,” lifted from the soundtrack of the 2018 film A Star Is Born. | Bradley Cooper | 87%
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| Florence | “Dog Days Are Over” (Island), 2008 | Florence + the Machine. (Pronounced “Florence and the Machine.”) English indie rock band from London. | the Machine | 81%
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| Elton John | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (MCA), 1976 | Elton John and Kiki Dee. The credit on the single "Don't Go Breaking My Heart,” which was never released on an original album. | Kiki Dee | 68%
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| Herb Alpert | “What Now My Love” (A&M), 1966 | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. Trumpeter and sometime vocalist, and beginning around 1966, his band. (Before that date, the Tijuana Brass was Alpert overdubbing his own trumpet, and then various studio bands.) Sometimes styled as “Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass.” | the Tijuana Brass | 62%
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| Aretha Franklin | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (Arista), 1987 | Aretha Franklin and George Michael. The credit on the single release of "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” written by Michael and recorded for Franklin’s 1986 album Aretha. | George Michael | 60%
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| Watching | The Moody Blues, 1969 | "Watching and Waiting.” A single from the Moody Blues’ 1969 album To Our Children's Children's Children. | Waiting | 55%
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| Nice | "Sometimes I Rhyme Slow" (Rush/Columbia), 1992 | Nice & Smooth. New York hip hop duo Gregory O. "Greg Nice" Mays and Darryl O. "Smooth B" Barnes, 1986-present. | Smooth | 51%
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| Barbra Streisand | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Columbia, Casablanca), 1979 | Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer. The credit on the single version of "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough), which was recorded for Streisand’s Wet album, and also released (in an 11-minute long edit) on Summer’s compilation album On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II. | Donna Summer | 49%
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| The Farmer | Oklahoma!, 1943 | “The Farmer and the Cowman.” A song from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1943 musical play Oklahoma!. | the Cowman | 49%
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| K-Ci | “Love Always” (MCA), 1997 | K-Ci & JoJo. U.S. R&B duo, comprised of Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey and his brother, Joel "JoJo" Hailey, 1996-present. | JoJo | 40%
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| Marilyn McCoo | “You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)” (ABC), 1976 | Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. Husband and wife duo who formed their own act after leaving The 5th Dimension. | Billy Davis, Jr. | 36%
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| Patti Austin | "Baby, Come to Me" (Qwest), 1982 | Patti Austin and James Ingram. Credited on the single version of "Baby, Come to Me", recorded for Austin’s 1981 album Every Home Should Have One. | James Ingram | 36%
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| Sam Smith | “Unholy” (Capitol/EMI), 2022 | Sam Smith and Kim Petras. Credited on the single version of “Unholy,” recorded for (but released before) Smith’s 2023 album Gloria. | Kim Petras | 36%
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| Archie Bell | “Tighten Up” (Atlantic), 1968 | Archie Bell & the Drells. U.S. R&B vocal group, 1966-1980. | the Drells | 34%
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| Eddie | "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (Island), 1977 | Eddie and the Hot Rods. British pub rock band from Essex. | the Hot Rods | 34%
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| Danny | “At the Hop” (ABC), 1957 | Danny & the Juniors. U.S. doo-wop and rock and roll vocal group formed in Philadelphia. | the Juniors | 30%
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| James | "I'm Your Puppet" (Bell), 1966 | James & Bobby Purify. U.S. R&B/soul duo, originally consisting of James Lee Purify and his cousin, Robert Lee Dickey, 1965-1971 and 1974-1980s (with Ben Moore replacing Dickey). | Bobby Purify | 28%
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| David | “Michelle” (Columbia UK), 1966 | David and Jonathan. Pop duo Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook from Bristol, England. | Jonathan | 19%
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| Cat Mother | “Good Old Rock 'N Roll” (Polydor), 1969 | Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys. Musical group originally based in New York, but later in Mendocino, California (1967-1977). | the All Night Newsboys | 19%
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| Gary | “Hi, Hi, Hazel” (Smash), 1966 | Gary and the Hornets. Garage rock band from Franklin, Ohio. | the Hornets | 19%
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| Carter-Lewis | “Back On The Scene” (Piccadilly), 1961 | Carter-Lewis and the Southerners. English rock band formed by John Carter and Ken Lewis in Birmingham. Sometimes credited as Carter, Lewis and The Southerners. | the Southerners | 19%
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| Randy | “Denise” (Rust), 1963 | Randy & the Rainbows. A doo-wop group from Maspeth, Queens, originally comprised of brothers Dominick (“Randy”) and Frank Safuto, brothers Mike and Sal Zero, and Ken Arcipowski. | the Rainbows | 17%
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| Venus | “I Wanna Be Where The Boys Are” (Spark), 1977 | Venus and the Razorblades. Los Angeles punk rock band, 1976-1977. | the Razorblades | 15%
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| Barry | "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" (Valiant), 1963 | Barry & the Tamerlanes. Los Angeles doo-wop trio. | the Tamerlanes | 15%
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