Flashback - 8/18/11

1. Name the duo who wrote and released “Summer Breeze.”

2. Who released “Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower)” in 1955? Big bonus points for knowing her birth name.

3. Name the instrument played by duo Ferrante and Teicher.

4. Who wrote and released “Simple Man” in 1973?

5. Joe Esposito’s “Lady, Lady, Lady” was featured in what film’s soundtrack?

6. The Beatles got 10 nominations at the 1966 Grammys for their 1965 work. How many Grammys did they win?

Answers

1. Seals and Crofts, in 1972. The Isley Brothers also covered the song. In 1993 the song made it into the film “Dazed and Confused.”

2. Georgia Gibbs, born Frieda Lipschitz, had one of her two No. 1 hits with the song. The other was “Kiss of Fire” in 1952.

3. Piano. Arthur Ferrante and Louis Teicher played instrumentals that often ended up in big movie soundtracks, such as “Exodus” and “Midnight Cowboy.”

4. Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Bad Company (1976) and Charlie Daniels (1989) also recorded songs titled “Simple Man.”

5. “Flashdance ... What a Feeling,” in 1983. Esposito’s work includes music in “The Karate Kid” and “Coming to America.”

6. None. They were beaten out by Frank Sinatra and Roger Miller.

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