Double Duty

Part 1: LINKS

DIRECTIONS:

The following ten items (A-J) could be interpreted as a list of Top Ten song titles or as a list of artists who had Top Ten songs. For each item, identify the artist that recorded a song by that title and a song performed by an artist with that name. Use the list that follows, checking off songs and artists as you use them. The numbers in parentheses indicate the peak chart positions.

EXAMPLE:

Henry Gross #6 Shannon #8 Let The Music Play
Henry Gross had a number six song entitled "Shannon," and Shannon had a number eight song entitled "Let The Music Play."


A. #1 ABC #5
B. #3 Alive & Kicking #7
C. #1 Candyman #9
D. #9 Cars #3
E. #1 Deep Purple #4
F. #4 Heat Wave #2
G. #1 Kiss #7
H. #3 Poison #1
I. #7 Taste Of Honey #1
J. #1 War #2
Bell Biv DeVoe Beth Boogie Nights Boogie Oogie Oogie
Cisco Kid Drive Edwin Starr Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Gary Numan Herb Alpert Jackson 5 Knockin' Boots
Martha & The Vandellas Nino Tempo & April Stevens Prince Sammy Davis, Jr.
Simple Minds Smoke On The Water Tighter, Tighter When Smokey Sings

Double Duty

Part 2: SELF-AWARENESS

DIRECTIONS:

Some names double as the title of a song as well as the very artist who recorded it. The answer to each of the following questions is the name of an artist who recorded a song, the title of which is the same as the artist's name who recorded the song with the same title as the artist's name. Is that clear? The length of each word is indicated in parentheses.

EXAMPLE:

What British band from the 1970s, consisting of former members of Free, Mott The Hoople, and King Crimson, recorded a song named after themselves?

Bad Company


  1. What horn rock band explored their jazz roots on an album that opens with a song about their hometown?
    (7)
  2. What female rap trio has a member named Dee Dee DJ Spinderella LaToya Roper?
    - - (4-1-4)
  3. What group was formed by Don Grady, who played Robbie Douglas on "My Three Sons"?
      (6, 6)
  4. What group's members were chosen from over 400 applicants to star in a TV series from 1966 to 1968?
      (3, 7)
  5. What R&B guitarist / singer / hall-of-famer took his stage name from a one-stringed African instrument?
      (2, 7)
  6. What soul-styled trio from England appeared in the Top 20 in 1987 with their self-named song?
          (6, 2, 1, 3)
  7. What superstar choir, led by David Foster & Peter Cetera, lent support for the Persian Gulf War troops?
        (6, 4, 4)
  8. What was the name of the #1 song that was a string of ten excerpts (mostly from the Beatles)?
        (5, 2, 2)

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