07-06-2010, 08:58 PM
It's high time we had a thread like this, if anybody wants to play. This isn't "Name That Tune;" we won't be baffling each other with lyrics, looking for titles. But any other music trivia questions are fine. As in other games: when the correct answer is given, the winner will ask the next question. I'll go first, with an easy one.
A single songwriter has had his songs recorded by the following people (and others). Who is he? Hint: he is also a performer.
His songs have been recorded by Chet Atkins, Shirley Bassey, Harry Belafonte, the Box Tops, the Brothers Four, Glen Campbell, Vikki Carr, Johnny Cash, Petula Clark, Ray Conniff, Floyd Cramer, Michael Crawford, Bobby Darin, Deep Purple, the Drifters, David Essex, Percy Faith, José Feliciano, the Four Tops, Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Goldsboro, Engelbert Humperdinck, Julio Iglesias, Chris Isaak, Jay & the Americans, Waylon Jennings, Tom Jones, Bert Kaempfert, André Kostelanetz, Patti LaBelle, Peggy Lee, Liberace, Mantovani, Johnny Mathis, Ronnie Milsap, the Monkees, Wayne Newton, Roy Orbison, Johnny Paycheck, Elvis Presley, Boots Randolph, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, B.J. Thomas, Tina Turner, UB40, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Urge Overkill, Billy Vaughn, the Ventures, Bobby Vinton, Junior Walker & the All-Stars, Roger Whittaker, Andy Williams, and Bobby Womack.
A single songwriter has had his songs recorded by the following people (and others). Who is he? Hint: he is also a performer.
His songs have been recorded by Chet Atkins, Shirley Bassey, Harry Belafonte, the Box Tops, the Brothers Four, Glen Campbell, Vikki Carr, Johnny Cash, Petula Clark, Ray Conniff, Floyd Cramer, Michael Crawford, Bobby Darin, Deep Purple, the Drifters, David Essex, Percy Faith, José Feliciano, the Four Tops, Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Goldsboro, Engelbert Humperdinck, Julio Iglesias, Chris Isaak, Jay & the Americans, Waylon Jennings, Tom Jones, Bert Kaempfert, André Kostelanetz, Patti LaBelle, Peggy Lee, Liberace, Mantovani, Johnny Mathis, Ronnie Milsap, the Monkees, Wayne Newton, Roy Orbison, Johnny Paycheck, Elvis Presley, Boots Randolph, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, B.J. Thomas, Tina Turner, UB40, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Urge Overkill, Billy Vaughn, the Ventures, Bobby Vinton, Junior Walker & the All-Stars, Roger Whittaker, Andy Williams, and Bobby Womack.