a little trivia exercise for music lovers . . .

[OneBlueSky]

I'll name the musicians . . . you name the band . . .

1. Terry Kirkman, Gary Alexander, Brian Cole, Jim Yester, Ted Bluechel, Jr., Russ Giguere

2. Clyde McPhatter, Gerhart Thrasher, Andrew Thrasher, Bill Pinkney

3. Eugene Record (RIP), Robert Lester, Marshall Thompson, Creadel Jones

4. Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings, Martin Lamble, Simon Nicol, Richard Thompson

5. Levi Stubbs, Renaldo Benson, Lawrence Payton, Abdul “Duke” Fakir

6. Freddie Garrity, Derek Quinn, Roy Crewsdon, Peter Birrell, Bernie Dwyer

7. Chad Allan, Randy Bachman, Garr Peterson, Bob Ashley, Jim Kale

8. Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks, Eric Haydok, Don Rathbone

9. David LaFlamme, Linda LaFlamme, Mitchels Homan, Hal Wagenet, Patti Santos, Val Fuentes

10. Joe Walsh, Jim Fox, Tom Kriss

11. Paul Barrere, Lowell George, Bill Payne, Richie Hayward, Kenny Gradney, Sam Clayton

12. William Robinson, Emerson Rogers, Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, Warren “Pete” Moore

13. Terry Cox, Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson

14. Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed, Zola Taylor

15. Rusty Young, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Randy Meisner, Goerge Grantham, Timothy B. Schmit

16. Alvin Lee, Leo Lyons, Chick Churchill, Ric Lee

'nuff for now . . . enjoy . . . :)

[motely36]

1. Not a clue on any of them!

:)

[WCGreen]

2. A couple

16 Ten Years AFter
15 Poco
11 Little Feat

[Richardo]

3. #1 is The Association (jumped out at me.)

I loved them as a kid.

Now I'll read the rest.

[WCGreen]

4. I think 2 are the Platters

and 10 is the James Jang and me a cleveland boy

[RandomKoolzip]

5. Hmmm. I know MOST of these....

1. Dunno
2. The Drifters
3. The Chi-lItes
4. Fairport Convention
5. The Four Tops
6. Freddie and the Dreamers
7. BTO? Brave Belt? I don't see Burton Cummings, so I don't think it's the Guess Who....
8.The Hollies
9. It's a BEautiful Day?
10. The James Gang
11.Little Feat
12. Dunno
13. Pentangle
14. Lifetime? (Tony Williams, the jazz drtummer, right?) Dunno!
15. Poco
16. Ten Years After

On edit: 14 is The Platters.

On edit: 12 is Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

[no name no slogan]

6. #2 The Drifters, #3 The Chi-Lites, #4 Fairport Convention, ...

#8 The Hollies
#10 The James Gang
#11 Little Feat
#15 Buffalo Springfield
#16 Ten Years After

[no name no slogan]

7. D'oh! #15 POCO

stupid damn pre-noon brain.... shoulda caught that one right away

[Wickerman]

8. lets see, some are already named

but:
3. Chi-Lites
4. Fairport Convention
9. It's A Beautiful Day
11. Little Feat
12. Has to be the Miracles

[MN ChimpH8R]

9. Didn't know all of 'em, but

2 - Drifters(?)
4 - Fairport Convention (one of my alltime faves)
5 - Four Tops
6 - Freddie and the Dreamers
7 - Guess Who
8 - The Hollies
9 - It's A Beautiful Day
10 - James Gang
11 - Little Feat
12 - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
13 - Pentangle (another longtime fave)
15 - Poco
16 - Ten Years After

[Stand and Fight]

10. Got Most of Them

1. The Association

2. Drifters (?)

3. Chi-Lites

4. Fairport Convention

5. The Four Tops (first one I recalled)

6. Freddie and the Dreamers

7. ???

8. The Hollies

9. ???

10. James Gang

11. Little Feat

12. The Miracles (to include William "Smokey" Robinson, right?)

13. Pentangle

14. The Platters (one of my favorites!)

15. ???

16. Alvin and the Chipmunks or Ten Years After??

[Misunderestimator]

11. Ok, not classical, that much I know...

:shrug:

[OneBlueSky]

12. very good, class! . . . lots of knowledgable music folks here . . .

I think that all have been correctly identified, so here's the complete list . . . nice work! . . .

1. Association - Terry Kirkman, Gary Alexander, Brian Cole, Jim Yester, Ted Bluechel, Jr., Russ Giguere

2. Drifters – Clyde McPhatter, Gerhart Thrasher, Andrew Thrasher, Bill Pinkney

3. Chi-Lites – Eugene Record, Robert Lester, Marshall Thompson, Creadel Jones

4. Fairport Convention – Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings, Martin Lamble, Simon Nicol, Richard Thompson

5. Four Tops – Levi Stubbs, Renaldo Benson, Lawrence Payton, Abdul “Duke” Fakir

6. Freddie & the Dreamers – Freddie Garrity, Derek Quinn, Roy Crewsdon, Peter Birrell, Bernie Dwyer

7. Guess Who – Chad Allan, Randy Bachman, Garr Peterson, Bob Ashley, Jim Kale (Burton Cummings left out to make it more difficult) :)

8. Hollies – Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks, Eric Haydok, Don Rathbone

9. It’s A Beautiful Day – David LaFlamme, Linda LaFlamme, Mitchels Homan, Hal Wagenet, Patti Santos, Val Fuentes

10. James Gang – Joe Walsh, Jim Fox, Tom Kriss

11. Little Feat – Paul Barrere, Lowell George, Bill Payne, Richie Hayward, Kenny Gradney, Sam Clayton

12. Miracles – William Robinson, Emerson Rogers, Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, Warren “Pete” Moore

13. Pentangle – Terry Cox, Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson

14. Platters – Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed, Zola Taylor

15. Poco – Rusty Young, Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Randy Meisner, Goerge Grantham, Timothy B. Schmit

16. Ten Years After – Alvin Lee, Leo Lyons, Chick Churchill, Ric Lee