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music trivia: the "kings" of music - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 261 times
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| When he worked at a cotton plantation, he went by "Riley", He was later billed as "The Beale Street Blues Boy", and now many call him The King of the Blues. | B.B. King | 70%
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| Though the title could justifiably go to Chuck Berry or Little Richard, most people think of this Tupelo, Miss. native when they hear the phrase "king of rock & roll". | Elvis Presley | 67%
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| This band of "kings" named their band in honor of their grandfather. They sang the songs "Sex on Fire" and "Use Somebody", both multi-platinum hits, and earned 4 Grammys. | Kings of Leon | 60%
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| Back in 1978 Steve Martin had a hit song about a king. What was the name of that king? | King Tut | 32%
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| Robert Fripp started this band in 1969 with Greg Lake, Peter Sinfield, Michael Giles, and Ian McDonald. The band made 13 studio albums including one called "Larks' Tongues in Aspic". | King Crimson | 31%
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| One of the finest jazz pianists of his era, most know him primarily as a singer (Mona Lisa, Nature Boy, Too Young, Sweet Lorraine, etc.) | Nat King Cole | 26%
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| When The Police sang about this king it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. | King of Pain | 24%
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| In a segregated era, which Chicago-born clarinetist, bandleader and "King of Swing" led one of the first integrated jazz groups? | Benny Goodman | 20%
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| Singer of "America's Sweetheart" and "Ex's and Oh's". | Elle King | 20%
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| The Beatles sang about this king on their Abbey Road album | Sun King | 20%
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| The above singer's 6th album. The titular king was also a song and a movie title. | King Creole | 17%
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| Which other strong contender for King of Country Music is a neo-traditionalist who reached his commercial peak in the 80s and 90s? He amassed 60 #1 hits on the country charts and sold over 100 million records worldwide. Only Elvis has more certified platinum albums. | George Strait | 15%
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| There are two artists that are refered to as the King of Country most frequently. Which one was a singer and fiddler strongly associated with The Grand Ole Opry, and the first living inductee of the Country Music Hall of Fame? | Roy Acuff | 5%
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| This New Orleans king was a mentor and teacher of Louis Armstrong. | King Oliver | 3%
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| By her 20s she was hailed as one of "The New Guitar Gods" by Rolling Stone, the only female and the youngest person on that list. Her guitar playing is featured in the movie "August Rush". Who is this "king"? | Kaki King | 2%
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