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Which November 1975 song became Queen's first no.1 UK hit
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Bohemian Rhapsody
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What was the first Beatles album to reach the UK no. 1, doing so in 1963?
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Please Please Me
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Adele famously sung the theme song for which 2012 James Bond film?
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Skyfall
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London-founded rock band Fleetwood Mac was joined in 1974 by American musicians Lindsey Buckingham and who?
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Stevie Nicks
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What was Ed Sheeran's single that debuted at no.3 in the UK singles chart in 2011?
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The A Team
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Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) rock band only reached the UK #1 for what 1980 song and film of the same name?
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Xanadu
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The film and ELO song above also specially featured what Cambridge-born singer and famous Pink Lady?
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Olivia Newton-John
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Welsh singer Tom Jones scored 3 #1 UK top chart hits, and remained there for how many weeks in total?
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9
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In what year was Beatles' guitarist John Lennon murdered?
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1980
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Which Scottish singer represented Britain at the 1969 Eurovision song contest in a joint four-way tie for first place alongside Spain, France, and the Netherlands?
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Lulu
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In 1981, pop quartet Buck's Fizz secured Britain's fourth Eurovision win with what catchy song?
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Making Your Mind Up
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Having recently resurged this song in popularity thanks to Jennifer Saunders' cover in Shrek 2 (2004), Holding Out For a Hero was originally sung by which Welsh singer?
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Bonnie Tyler
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Disco icons the Bee Gees wrote the soundtrack to what 1977 film starring John Travolta?
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Saturday Night Fever
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Having been an original member until he passed in 2023, Paul Cattermole was part of this millennium pop band with hit songs 'Don't Stop Movin' and 'Reach'
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S Club 7
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As the best-selling girl group in history, what was the Spice Girls' best selling album, selling more than 23 million copies worldwide?
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Spice
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Born in Enfield in 1983, who became the first British woman to win 5 Grammys, including 2008's song of the year for 'Rehab'?
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Amy Winehouse
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Formed in 1998, this all-girl pop group released their debut album 'One Touch' in 2000, with their later platinum album 'Taller In More Ways' reaching to be their first no.1 on the UK albums chart
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Sugababes
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Released in 1986 by Irish-English pop group Bananarama, what song was named after the Roman goddess of love and peaked at no.8 on the UK singles chart for 13 weeks?
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Venus
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For her singles 'Just For Me' and 'Pain', PinkPantheress won the Sound of 2022 Award from which broadcasting coroporation?
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BBC
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Around stories she didn't even read it, in 1978 Kate Bush became the first female music artist to have a uk no.1 hit with a self-written song about what book?
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Wuthering Heights
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Kate Bush also had another UK no.1 hit in 2022 from what song she released in 1985, because of its use in Series 4 of Stranger Things?
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Running Up That Hill
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In 1977, David Bowie guest starred a performance 'Little Drummer Boy' with which American singer in his Christmas special 'Merrie Olde Christmas'?
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Bing Crosby
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Formed 1981, this pop duo released their debut album Fantastic in 1983 and the rise of MTV helping to push songs like 'Everything She Wants' and 'Careless Whisper' into the US Billboard Hot 100
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Wham!
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Reginald Kenneth Dwight is the real name of which flamboyant piano singer?
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Elton John
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Which swinging sixties London-born soul and country singer was known for 'I Only Want to be With You' in 1963 and 'Son of a Preacher Man' in 1968?
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Dusty Springfield
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One Direction was a teen-pop boyband formed in 2010 by what music producer?
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Simon Cowell
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