#9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $400: (I'm Ellie Kemper.) Like "30 Rock"'s, the theme song from "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" was written by Jeff Richmond, who is married to this creator of both shows Tina Fey |
#9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $1600: In a song by the goth rock band Bauhaus, this horror movie legend is "Dead, undead, undead, undead" Bela Lugosi |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $400: "England's Dreaming", the title from a Sex Pistols lyric, chronicles this 1970s musical movement punk rock |
#8879, aired 2023-05-25 | MUSIC OF THE MONTH $400: "Gloria" & maybe fittingly "I Fall Down" are but 2 of the rock & roll servings on the U2 album named for this month October |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THEATER BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Wannabe music star Dewey Finn gets his prep students in tune at the Sunset Strip's Bourbon Room, so "Don't Stop Believin'" School of Rock of Ages |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $200: This rock & roll legend passed away in 2020 Little Richard |
#8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $1600: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" propelled this rock 'n' roll legend to stardom in 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $200: "Between a Heart and a Rock Place" is the memoir of this singer, with 40-plus years in the music business Pat Benatar |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $1000: "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" is a Grammy-nominated tune by this hard rock band whose name is a type of shark Great White |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $800: On hits like "I Love Rock 'N Roll" & "Crimson & Clover", she was backed by The Blackhearts Joan Jett |
#8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUSIC ICONS $200: Valerie Bertinelli said of this rock icon that she loved him "more than I know how to explain. I loved his soul" Eddie Van Halen |
#8654, aired 2022-06-02 | ROCK & ROLL $800: In 2022 music by this late performer, including his "Bat Out of Hell" album, returned to the Billboard charts Meat Loaf |
#8566, aired 2022-01-31 | MUSIC BIOPIC SUBJECTS $800: "La Bamba":
this early rock & roller who died young, tragically Ritchie Valens |
#8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $200: Irked by this band's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Johnny Rotten wrote, "We're not coming. We're not your monkeys" the Sex Pistols |
#8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $1000: Mark Feld was the original name of this late style icon who joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 with his band T. Rex Marc Bolan |
#8475, aired 2021-09-24 | NOTABLE ASIAN AMERICANS $6,000 (Daily Double): Not a fan of rock music, he initially turned down the job of designing the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (I.M.) Pei |
#8406, aired 2021-05-24 | MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS $600: "Poetic Champions Compose" is a 1987 album by this Irish rock & R&B legend who was knighted in 2016 Van Morrison |
#8392, aired 2021-05-04 | AMERICAN MUSIC $400: This 10-letter term for a mix of rock & roll & country was likely coined to describe the music of Elvis Presley rockabilly |
#8305, aired 2020-12-18 | YACHT ROCK $200: Mike Campbell wrote the music for "Boys Of Summer" working on a Tom Petty album but gave it to this Eagle who penned the lyrics, flying solo Don Henley |
#8305, aired 2020-12-18 | YACHT ROCK $400: Adding music to a personal ad, Rupert Holmes began, "If you like" these cocktails "and getting caught in the rain..." piña coladas |
#8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $400: In 2011 & 2012 this Adam Levine band was honored as the Favorite Pop/Rock Group Maroon 5 |
#8231, aired 2020-06-08 | "ROCK" &/OR "ROLL" SONGS $600: "Today's music ain't got the same soul, I like that" 1979 Bob Seger hit with this title "Old Time Rock And Roll" |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $1000: Among this band's many awards are Top Rock Artist 2014, 2018, 2019, & Top Rock Song for "Believer"
"My life, my love, my drive, it came from... pain! /
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer..." Imagine Dragons |
#8144, aired 2020-01-23 | THE OPERATING THEATER $600: A Spotify survey shows most surgeons listen to music in the O.R. & the No. 1 selection is this band's "Rock You Like A Hurricane" the Scorpions |
#8130, aired 2020-01-03 | ROCK BANDS $2000: Bryan Ferry & mates reunited to play "Avalon" as this band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 Roxy Music |
#8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $800: The 2015 AMAs saw Taylor Swift take home the trophy for Pop/Rock Album--this one named for the year of Taylor's birth 1989 |
#8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1200: This guy probably felt "Better Now" after winning Favorite Male Artist--Pop/Rock at the 2018 American Music Awards Post Malone |
#8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1600: At the 2017 AMAs, Favorite Song--Pop/Rock went to this one by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Despacito" |
#8095, aired 2019-11-15 | THE NIFTY '50s $600: Cleveland DJ Alan Freed gets the credit for popularizing this term for the music he played on the radio rock and roll |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $200: This "Hotel California" band first came together to back Linda Ronstadt at a concert at Disneyland the Eagles |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $400: Oddly, female rapper Megan Pete calls herself "Megan Thee" this word for a male horse Stallion |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $600: In 2019 this 5-letter rap & R&B artist had the "Juice" to be nominated for Best New Artist at the VMAs Lizzo |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $800: In 2019 Madonna performed at but did not compete in this international song competition Eurovision |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $1000: This Jackson Browne album about life on the road was recorded onstage, backstage, in hotel rooms & on a tour bus Running On Empty |
#7991, aired 2019-05-13 | ALMOST RHYMES WITH ORANGE $400: This form of rock music that emerged in the 1990s was also known as the Seattle sound grunge |
#7872, aired 2018-11-27 | FAMILIAL MUSIC $2000: Formerly Kid Rock's DJ, this avuncular fellow has ranged from country-pop to rap-rock Uncle Kracker |
#7852, aired 2018-10-30 | '60s MUSIC POTPOURRI $1000: Mind-expanding drugs influenced the name of this style of rock performed by the Grateful Dead & Jefferson Airplane psychedelic rock |
#7752, aired 2018-05-01 | WORLD MUSIC GRAMMYS $1200: 1991: Mickey Hart, one of the drummers for this legendary San Francisco rock band, for "Planet Drum" The Grateful Dead |
#7719, aired 2018-03-15 | '80s MUSIC $400: On "The Simpsons", the "Planet of the Apes" musical had a song about Dr. Zaius a la Falco's "Rock Me" him Amadeus |
#7653, aired 2017-12-13 | MUSIC DOC SUBJECTS $800: "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" & "The Filth & the Fury":
the same punks the Sex Pistols |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | 1960s POP MUSIC $1600: Roger McGuinn & David Crosby formed this folk-rock band in Los Angeles in 1964 The Byrds |
#7514, aired 2017-04-20 | GREAT ROCK SONGS $400: It asks, "Do you recall what was revealed, the day the music died?" "American Pie" |
#7481, aired 2017-03-06 | FAMILIAR TRIOS $400: Gender & medications & beat-driven pop music sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll |
#7453, aired 2017-01-25 | MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES $400: Kenny Wormald & Julianne Hough starred in this remake in which rock music & dancing are banned in a small town Footloose |
#7143, aired 2015-10-07 | I PREDICT YOU'RE WRONG $200: Show biz' Variety, referring to this style of music in 1955:
"It will be gone by June" rock 'n' roll |
#7093, aired 2015-06-17 | POP MUSIC ROYALTY $800: His 2012 single "Rock And Roll Love Affair" was released on the Purple Music label Prince |
#7093, aired 2015-06-17 | POP MUSIC ROYALTY $2000: Robert Fripp has long reigned over prog rock as leader of this colorful band King Crimson |
#7057, aired 2015-04-28 | 2 SYLLABLES, 2 SYLLABLES $400: Cadmium, or a term for aggressive rock music heavy metal |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | ROCKIN' MUSEUMS $1600: With its roots in rock 'n' roll, the EMP, originally Experience Music Project, is located in this West Coast city Seattle |
#6855, aired 2014-06-06 | POP MUSIC $2000: This "Save Rock & Roll" band takes its name from the sidekick of Radioactive Man, a superhero on "The Simpsons" Fall Out Boy |
#6609, aired 2013-05-16 | MUSIC OF TODAY $1200: Modern rock band heard here The Killers |
#6574, aired 2013-03-28 | MEMPHIS MUSIC HALL OF FAME $400: The 2012 first group of inductees of course includes this "King of Rock & Roll" who moved to Memphis in his teens Elvis Presley |
#6518, aired 2013-01-09 | THE LONDON STAGE $400: "We Will Rock You", playing in the West End since 2002, features the music of this group Queen |
#6193, aired 2011-07-13 | ROCK OF STAGES $400: Gonna be a big man someday & name this hit U.K. musical based on the music of Queen We Will Rock You |
#6193, aired 2011-07-13 | ROCK OF STAGES $1000: In Tom Stoppard's "Rock 'n' Roll", Syd Barrett is a character & the music of this band of his is heard Pink Floyd |
#6185, aired 2011-07-01 | RADIO MUSIC $1200: "Do you remember rock & roll radio?" asked this NYC punk quartet the Ramones |
#6125, aired 2011-04-08 | 21st CENTURY MUSIC $800: "Icky Thump" was a No. 1 modern rock hit for this duo the White Stripes |
#6125, aired 2011-04-08 | 21st CENTURY MUSIC $1000: Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band Nickelback |
#5820, aired 2009-12-25 | "SWEET" CHARITY $400: I always listen to this rock anthem after "Free Bird" "Sweet Home Alabama" |
#5803, aired 2009-12-02 | A MUSICAL PASTICHE $200: In the 1950s Sinatra described the music of this rock legend as "deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac" Elvis Presley |
#5801, aired 2009-11-30 | IT'S OFFICIAL $400: Fittingly, this music-themed cafe is the "official venue" for Grammy viewing parties the Hard Rock Cafe |
#5783, aired 2009-11-04 | GEEK LOVE $400: Harmonix created Guitar Hero &, in 2007, released this other music-playing megahit Rock Band |
#5757, aired 2009-09-29 | CHARITY $2000: In 1971 this Beatle headlined the "Concert for Bangladesh", rock music's first major charity event Harrison |
#5632, aired 2009-02-17 | BODY OF MUSIC $1600: In a 1975 hit the rock group America just couldn't "live without" this tressed girl "Sister Golden Hair" |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | ROCK MUSIC $200: In 1994 Pearl Jam complained to the U.S. Justice Dept. that this company held a monopoly on concert sales Ticketmaster |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | ROCK MUSIC $400: "Are we not men? We are" this New Wave group that gave us "Whip It" Devo |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | ROCK MUSIC $600: "I Want You To Want" this Robin Zander band that went platinum "at Budokan" Cheap Trick |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | ROCK MUSIC $800: In 1989 Rolling Stone named this "Murmur"-ing quartet America's hippest band R.E.M. |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | ROCK MUSIC $1000: This 1962 Roy Orbison hit is subtitled "How Long Must I Dream" "Dream Baby" |
#5350, aired 2007-12-07 | DREW BARRYMORE LOVES MUSIC $200: (Drew Barrymore delivers the clue one last time.) Bernie Taupin was a teenager when he answered an ad looking for songwriters, this future partner of his did the same, & the rest is rock & roll history Elton John |
#5285, aired 2007-07-27 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $2000: This "Piano Man" has had hits with "Uptown Girl", "My Life" & "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" Billy Joel |
#5273, aired 2007-07-11 | LULLABIES THAT ROCK $200: This lullabye will either "rock" your little ones or make them acrophobic "Rock-a-bye Baby" |
#5169, aired 2007-02-15 | POP MUSIC $1000: Welcome MCR, this alt-rock group, to "The Black Parade", its 2006 concept album My Chemical Romance |
#5160, aired 2007-02-02 | MUSIC & LYRICS $1600: (Drew Barrymore delivers the clue.) "Jailhouse Rock" & "Love Potion No. 9" are just 2 of the rock & roll classics by Jerry Leiber & this partner (Mike) Stoller |
#5090, aired 2006-10-27 | HYMNS & HERS $1200: In 2005, this "First Lady of Contemporary Christian Music" gave us "Rock of Ages... Hymns & Faith" Amy Grant |
#5060, aired 2006-09-15 | THE KIDS LOVE THEIR MUSIC $2000: Alt rock band Franz Ferdinand formed in this largest Scottish city Glasgow |
#5015, aired 2006-06-02 | '80s MUSIC $600: Hurry up & name this Canadian power-rock trio with the 1981 album "Moving Pictures" Rush |
#4948, aired 2006-03-01 | DOUBLE G WHIZ $200: Dis music of da Caribbean blends da blues, calypso & rock, mon reggae |
#4898, aired 2005-12-21 | INSECTOID RHYME TIME $400: Butterfly-like insect that listens to gloomy rock music a goth moth |
#4750, aired 2005-04-08 | THANK YOU, I PREFER NOT TO ROCK $400: Benedetto is the original last name of this man who's been crooning great music for decades (Tony) Bennett |
#4724, aired 2005-03-03 | "R"OCK MUSIC $800: This alternative rock band's "Stand" served as the theme song to the sitcom "Get a Life" R.E.M. |
#4641, aired 2004-11-08 | CHAMPAGNE MUSIC $600: Ann-Margret sang a song called "Champagne" in the movie version of this rock opera Tommy |
#4610, aired 2004-09-24 | PUNK $400: Lester Bangs called this "Combat Rock" band "the missing link between black music and white noise" The Clash |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew holds a giant black boot at Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA.) The dragon boots were part of the finery of this hard rock band Kiss |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew holds a red hat at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA.) Experience Music Project has a hat from the collection of this man from Romeo, Michigan Kid Rock |
#4540, aired 2004-05-07 | POP MUSIC $800: With spiky hair & names like Sid Vicious, this style of rock music shocked people in the '70s punk |
#4512, aired 2004-03-30 | '70s MUSIC $800: A 1973 song says, "Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock & roll and" do this drift away |
#4484, aired 2004-02-19 | MUSIC CLASS $200: Disc jockey Alan Freed is credited with giving this 3-word style of music its name back in 1951 rock and roll |
#4477, aired 2004-02-10 | POP MUSIC $2000: This hard rock group took its name from an Alice in Chains song Godsmack |
#4453, aired 2004-01-07 | ROCK MUSIC $400: She called her 2001 & 2002 tours "Dream Within a Dream" Britney Spears |
#4453, aired 2004-01-07 | ROCK MUSIC $800: In 1999 this Latin heartthrob won an MTV award for Best Pop Video for "Livin' La Vida Loca" Ricky Martin |
#4453, aired 2004-01-07 | ROCK MUSIC $1200: This veteran performer won a 1994 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Elton John |
#4453, aired 2004-01-07 | ROCK MUSIC $1600: In 1980 Devo had its only Top 40 hit with this song "Whip It" |
#4453, aired 2004-01-07 | ROCK MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): The soundtrack CD of this 2002 movie blockbuster included "Learn to Crawl" by Black Lab & "Bug Bytes" by Alien Ant Farm Spider-Man |
#4426, aired 2003-12-01 | SPORTS & MUSIC $1600: This song that hit the pop charts in 1972 has become a ubiquitous sports arena anthem "Rock and Roll Part 2" |
#4348, aired 2003-06-25 | SONGS $400: "I Dig Rock And Roll Music" was a Top 10 hit for this trio better-known for folk songs Peter, Paul and Mary |
#4337, aired 2003-06-10 | LET'S ROCK $1600: This quartet leader died young & mysteriously in 1966, but his music lives on
"I fought the law and the law won..." Bobby Fuller |
#4233, aired 2003-01-15 | RANKS & MEASURES $400: Amplified rock music & a very close thunderclap hit 120 on this noise scale decibel scale |
#4212, aired 2002-12-17 | I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE $400: Beach music lives at the Rock 'N Roll Beach Club at this Florida theme park's Pleasure Island Walt Disney World |
#4209, aired 2002-12-12 | '70s MUSIC $200: This jazz-rock group gave us the songs "25 or 6 to 4" & "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" Chicago |
#4204, aired 2002-12-05 | MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $400: I Am a ____ Lobster Rock |
#4184, aired 2002-11-07 | MUSIC FROM THE "HEART" $1600: Huey Lewis & The News sang, "They say" this "is still beating, and from what I've seen I believe 'em" "The Heart of Rock & Roll" |
#4182, aired 2002-11-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: It's the country-rock "railroad" that gave us "Queen of Memphis" in 1992 Confederate Railroad |
#4153, aired 2002-09-25 | ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN $400: Last name of brothers Carl & Dennis who still give off "Good Vibrations" with the music they left behind Wilson |
#4143, aired 2002-09-11 | ROCK & ROLL IS HERE TO STAY $800: This classic says, "Something touched me deep inside the day the music died" "American Pie" |
#4061, aired 2002-04-08 | BIRD PEOPLE $200: All she wanted to do was "have some fun" so she quit teaching music & became a rock star Sheryl Crow |
#4042, aired 2002-03-12 | CELEBRITY KID LIT $400: This "3rd Rock from the Sun" star shared his love of music in "The Remarkable Farkle McBride" John Lithgow |
#4030, aired 2002-02-22 | MUSIC STYLES $600: "Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound, funny, but it's still" this to Billy Joel rock and roll |
#3995, aired 2002-01-04 | MUSIC FOR YOUR FISH $800: This B-52's song says, "There goes a dogfish chased by a catfish... watch out for that piranha!" "Rock Lobster" |
#3978, aired 2001-12-12 | ROCK "E" $1000: The Eurythmics were on the bill in 2000 at the grand opening celebration of this Seattle rock museum Experience Music Project |
#3889, aired 2001-06-28 | "B" IN ROCK $200: Soap star Katherine Kelly Lang was in many of this group's music videos, as the modern "California Girl" The Beach Boys |
#3872, aired 2001-06-05 | REAL AUDIO $100: His "Rock & Roll Music" includes "Maybellene" & "Roll Over Beethoven" Chuck Berry |
#3841, aired 2001-04-23 | ROCK "G"ROUPS $500: Shirley Manson's group got its name when one of the members commented that its music sounded like this Garbage |
#3813, aired 2001-03-14 | I GOT THE MUSIC IN ME $100: To see John Lennon's Sgt. Pepper costume, head to this Ohio establishment The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
#3813, aired 2001-03-14 | I GOT THE MUSIC IN ME $300: An Eric Clapton guitar in London was the first piece of memorabilia donated to this restaurant chain Hard Rock Cafe |
#3787, aired 2001-02-06 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $600 (Daily Double): This interracial soul group got "Everyday People" to "Dance to the Music" Sly and the Family Stone |
#3786, aired 2001-02-05 | POP MUSIC $400: This rock band's 1991 concert film "At the Max" was shot during their Steel Wheels tour The Rolling Stones |
#3692, aired 2000-09-26 | POP GOES THE BALLET $100: The rock & roll ballet "Blue Suede Shoes" celebrates the music & the spirit of this legendary star Elvis Presley |
#3664, aired 2000-07-06 | COMMON BONDS $400: Wells,
graves,
rock & roll music things you dig |
#3651, aired 2000-06-19 | ALSO AT THE 2000 GRAMMYS $400: The Best Long Form Music Video featured this "fiery" rock guitarist who died in 1970 Jimi Hendrix |
#3623, aired 2000-05-10 | HAIL, HAIL ROCK 'N' ROLL $100: In this 1971 hit, Don McLean wrote that "Something touched me deep inside the day the music died" "American Pie" |
#3612, aired 2000-04-25 | POPULAR MUSIC $100: She's the rock & roll legend who died at L.A.'s Landmark Hotel October 4, 1970 Janis Joplin |
#3607, aired 2000-04-18 | ROCK ALL OVER $1000: With Gwen Dickey's vocals, Rose Royce "cleaned up" with this No. 1 hit song in 1976 "Car Wash" |
#3600, aired 2000-04-07 | ROCK MUSIC $100: In January 1962 they topped the first-ever "Mersey Beat" group popularity poll The Beatles |
#3600, aired 2000-04-07 | ROCK MUSIC $200: The Sun Records label for his "Great Balls of Fire" listed his name "and His Pumping Piano" Jerry Lee Lewis |
#3600, aired 2000-04-07 | ROCK MUSIC $300: In 1982 she was off & running with the song heard here:
("Shadows of the Night") Pat Benatar |
#3600, aired 2000-04-07 | ROCK MUSIC $400: In 1999 this group sang, "Maria, you've gotta see her, go insane and out of your mind" Blondie |
#3600, aired 2000-04-07 | ROCK MUSIC $500: This 1962 Roy Orbison hit is subtitled "How Long Must I Dream" "Dream Baby" |
#3555, aired 2000-02-04 | MUSIC ON TV $400: (I'm James McDaniel) Before "NYPD Blue", I appeared in this Steven Bochco series in which policemen burst into song Cop Rock |
#3513, aired 1999-12-08 | THE CINEMA $400: The music of Ritchie Valens was performed by Los Lobos in this 1987 biography of the rock star La Bamba |
#3485, aired 1999-10-29 | MONSTER MASH $400: (Hi, I'm Jeff Probst, host of Rock & Roll Jeopardy!) He had a howling good time as the announcer on the late-night rock music show "The Midnight Special" Wolfman Jack |
#3462, aired 1999-09-28 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $400: (Hi, I'm Meredith Brooks.) I've performed several dates on this annual tour that premiered in 1997 to celebrate women in music Lilith Fair |
#3429, aired 1999-07-01 | COLORFUL AMERICA $1000: U2's first live album, "Under A Blood Red Sky", contains music recorded at this Colorado site Red Rocks |
#3398, aired 1999-05-19 | LAS VEGAS $1000: It's a short trip from New York-New York to Detroit & the home cooking of this music-themed cafe the Motown Cafe |
#3369, aired 1999-04-08 | POP MUSIC $100: 1969's Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year was this "King of Rock & Roll" Elvis Presley |
#3356, aired 1999-03-22 | POP MUSIC $200: Their rock opera albums "Tommy" & "Quadrophenia" were both turned into films The Who |
#3211, aired 1998-07-13 | POP MUSIC $500: After disbanding in 1968 these "brothers" reunited in 1974 & had a No. 3 hit with "Rock And Roll Heaven" The Righteous Brothers |
#3178, aired 1998-05-27 | BALLET IN THE '90s $300: We hope the Artist Formerly Known As this saw "Billboards", a rock ballet danced to his music Prince |
#3137, aired 1998-03-31 | POP MUSIC $500: The 1995 Best Male Rock Vocal Grammy went to this singer for "You Don't Know How It Feels" Tom Petty |
#3118, aired 1998-03-04 | MUSIC POTPOURRI $600: Ska & rock steady were predecessors of this style that developed in Jamaica in the 1960s Reggae |
#3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ROCK MUSIC $100: In April of 1990 she began her worldwide "Blond Ambition" tour to promote her CD "I'm Breathless" Madonna |
#3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ROCK MUSIC $200 (Daily Double): (Hi. I am Chris Hardwick.) In April 1987 MTV premiered the video show "Headbanger's Ball" for devotees of this type of music heavy metal |
#3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ROCK MUSIC $200: His "Doggystyle" CD was the first debut album ever to enter the Billboard charts at No. 1 Snoop Doggy Dogg |
#3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ROCK MUSIC $400: This Seattle grunge band backed Neil Young on his "Mirror Ball" CD Pearl Jam |
#3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ROCK MUSIC $500: He recorded his 1982 hit album, "Nebraska", as a series of demos on a 4-track machine at home Bruce Springsteen |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | THE KING'S MUSIC $100: "Well since my baby left me, I've found a new place to dwell..." "Heartbreak Hotel" |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | THE KING'S MUSIC $300: "Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone..." "Jailhouse Rock" |
#3047, aired 1997-11-25 | WOMEN AND SONG $500: In 1997 this singer of "You Were Meant For Me" won the American Music Award for New Pop-Rock Artist Jewel |
#3018, aired 1997-10-15 | THE "BLUES" $200: In 1992 Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett jazzed things up with the opening of this music club House of Blues |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | 30 YEARS AGO: SEPTEMBER 1967 $1,000 (Daily Double): In September they reached the Top 40 with the song heard here:
"I dig rock & roll music and I love to get the chance to play..." Peter, Paul & Mary |
#2994, aired 1997-09-11 | MUSIC HONORS $600: Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 was this trio composed of Barry, Maurice & Robin The Bee Gees |
#2967, aired 1997-06-24 | LATE-NIGHT TV $400: After midnight on Fridays in the '80s, you could catch an NBC rock music show devoted to these music videos |
#2967, aired 1997-06-24 | LATE-NIGHT TV $500: After midnight on Fridays in the '70s, you could catch Wolfman Jack on this NBC rock music show The Midnight Special |
#2948, aired 1997-05-28 | POP MUSIC $400: The "Acid Queen" costume she wore in "Tommy" is now in Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Tina Turner |
#2948, aired 1997-05-28 | POP MUSIC $600: "Great Balls of Fire!" In 1968 he played Iago in "Catch My Soul", a rock musical version of "Othello" Jerry Lee Lewis |
#2928, aired 1997-04-30 | POP MUSIC $300: He won a 1996 Grammy for Best Male Rock Performance for "Where It's At" from his "Odelay" CD Beck |
#2928, aired 1997-04-30 | POP MUSIC $400: This group won a 1996 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance for "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" the Smashing Pumpkins |
#2915, aired 1997-04-11 | ROCK MUSIC GEOGRAPHY $100: You can get down under to the music of this country's Hoodoo Gurus, Midnight Oil & INXS Australia |
#2915, aired 1997-04-11 | ROCK MUSIC GEOGRAPHY $200: Punk precursors The MC5 were named for this "Motor City", their home base Detroit |
#2915, aired 1997-04-11 | ROCK MUSIC GEOGRAPHY $300: The songs of Jefferson Airplane were in the air during this city's 1967 "Summer Of Love" San Francisco |
#2915, aired 1997-04-11 | ROCK MUSIC GEOGRAPHY $400: Georgia college town that gave us R.E.M. & the B-52's Athens (home of the Univ. of Georgia) |
#2915, aired 1997-04-11 | ROCK MUSIC GEOGRAPHY $500: Prince, a native of this city, pioneered the smooth, funky "sound" named for it Minneapolis |
#2905, aired 1997-03-28 | ROCK MUSIC $200: He's had 4 No. 1 hits:
1 solo & 3 with Art Garfunkel Paul Simon |
#2905, aired 1997-03-28 | ROCK MUSIC $400: Kiki Dee & Rick Astley sang backup on his 1994 "Lion King" hit "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" Elton John |
#2905, aired 1997-03-28 | ROCK MUSIC $600: This performer's mother appeared in her 1984 video "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper |
#2905, aired 1997-03-28 | ROCK MUSIC $800: The title of a 1927 Hermann Hesse novel gave this "Born To Be Wild" group its name Steppenwolf |
#2905, aired 1997-03-28 | ROCK MUSIC $1000: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", this group's only Top 40 hit, was edited down from a 17-minute album cut Iron Butterfly |
#2897, aired 1997-03-18 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $100: His song "Starting Over" became a transatlantic hit just after his December 1980 murder John Lennon |
#2897, aired 1997-03-18 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $200: Before reaching stardom with "You Give Good Love", she had a short career as a model Whitney Houston |
#2897, aired 1997-03-18 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $300: Exposure on "Family Ties" in 1985 repopularized "At This Moment" by Billy Vera & this group The Beaters |
#2897, aired 1997-03-18 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): In the 1980s this pair heard here surpassed the Everly Brothers as the rock era's top charting duo: [audio clue: "You're out of touch..."] Hall & Oates |
#2897, aired 1997-03-18 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $500: 1 of 3 duet partners with whom Kenny Rogers reached the Top 10 on the pop charts in the '80s Kim Carnes, Sheena Easton or Dolly Parton |
#2889, aired 1997-03-06 | POP MUSIC $100: Pink Floyd & the Velvet Underground were inducted into this at a January 1996 ceremony The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
#2883, aired 1997-02-26 | BIOGRAPHIES $600 (Daily Double): Robert Shelton's "No Direction Home" covered the life of this rock music performer Bob Dylan |
#2866, aired 1997-02-03 | MUSIC $600: Term for the high volume, high intensity style of rock groups like AC/DC & Def Leppard heavy metal |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ROCK MUSIC $100: Although his 1974 hit "Bennie And The Jets" hit No. 1 in the U.S., it only reached No. 37 in the U.K. Elton John |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ROCK MUSIC $300: Her No. 1 hit "Take A Bow" was one of the singles released from her "Bedtime Stories" album Madonna |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ROCK MUSIC $400: This group's 1972 hit "Take It Easy" was written by group member Glenn Frey & Jackson Browne The Eagles |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ROCK MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): Group heard here, they were originally known as The Detours: The Who |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ROCK MUSIC $500: Three Dog Night made this Hoyt Axton tune the No. 1 song of 1971 "Joy To The World" |
#2852, aired 1997-01-14 | MUSIC $200: In the musical styles of this island, reggae came after ska & rock steady, mon Jamaica |
#2848, aired 1997-01-08 | POP MUSIC $100: This rocker's 1988 album "Tina Live in Europe" won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance Tina Turner |
#2840, aired 1996-12-27 | POP MUSIC $200: His 1961 hit "Let's Twist Again" received a Grammy for best rock & roll recording Chubby Checker |
#2816, aired 1996-11-25 | WORD ORIGINS $200: The name of this type of popular music combines "hillbilly" & "rock & roll" rockabilly |
#2805, aired 1996-11-08 | MUSIC '96 $500: This punk rock group reunited with Glen Matlock, not Sid Vicious, on bass Sex Pistols |
#2786, aired 1996-10-14 | ROCK MUSIC $100: "Anthology 2" a 1996 release by this group, included alternative takes of "Yesterday" & "Penny Lane" The Beatles |
#2786, aired 1996-10-14 | ROCK MUSIC $200: By her 22nd birthday, this Canadian's "Jagged Little Pill" album had sold over 7 million copies Alanis Morissette |
#2786, aired 1996-10-14 | ROCK MUSIC $400: In her first top 10 hit, this singer-guitarist gave them "Something to Talk About" Bonnie Raitt |
#2786, aired 1996-10-14 | ROCK MUSIC $500: In spring 1996 she visited U.S. military bases in Italy, Germany & Bosnia, singing her hit "All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow |
#2786, aired 1996-10-14 | ROCK MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): In 1993 he won 6 Grammys, including Best Male Vocalist & Best Record & Song for "Tears in Heaven" Eric Clapton |
#2758, aired 1996-09-04 | POP MUSIC $100: His 1973 hit "Love Me Like a Rock" featured the Dixie Hummingbirds on vocal backup Paul Simon |
#2758, aired 1996-09-04 | POP MUSIC $300: Anthony Kiedis is the lead singer of this "Hot" rock group the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
#2725, aired 1996-06-07 | POP MUSIC $400: Bono & The Edge from this Irish rock group wrote a song on Roy Orbison's last CD, "Mystery Girl" U2 |
#2725, aired 1996-06-07 | POP MUSIC $1000: In 1973 this rock star formed his own label, Rocket Records Elton John |
#2697, aired 1996-04-30 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $200: Although this Jerry Garcia group had a huge following, "Touch of Grey" in 1987 was its only Top 20 hit the Grateful Dead |
#2697, aired 1996-04-30 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $400: This former Lakers cheerleader had the first debut album with 4 No. 1 hits Paula Abdul |
#2697, aired 1996-04-30 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $600: The soundtrack from this Patrick Swayze film topped the album charts for 18 weeks Dirty Dancing |
#2697, aired 1996-04-30 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $800: At the August 12, 1984 closing of the Summer Olympics, he sang "All Night Long" Lionel Richie |
#2697, aired 1996-04-30 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $1000: Joining the Traveling Wilburys in the 1980s helped revive this "Only the Lonely" singer's career Roy Orbison |
#2549, aired 1995-10-05 | MUSIC STYLES $200: It's the decade that introduced us to acid rock the '60s |
#2487, aired 1995-05-30 | ROCK MUSIC $100: This duo's "Love Will Keep Us Together" won a 1975 Grammy for Record of the Year The Captain and Tennille |
#2487, aired 1995-05-30 | ROCK MUSIC $200: In 1972 Looking Glass told her, "You're a fine girl, what a good wife you would be" Brandy |
#2487, aired 1995-05-30 | ROCK MUSIC $300: This group's "Wooly Bully" was named Billboard's No. 1 single of 1965 though it never hit No. 1 Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs |
#2487, aired 1995-05-30 | ROCK MUSIC $400: A photo of a medieval English church inspired this 1966 hit by The New Vaudeville Band "Winchester Cathedral" |
#2487, aired 1995-05-30 | ROCK MUSIC $500: After an absence of 8 years, this duo again reached the Top 10 with "Rock and Roll Heaven" in 1974 The Righteous Brothers |
#2411, aired 1995-02-13 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: "There was something vampiric about rock music" is a quote from her novel "The Vampire Lestat" Anne Rice |
#2367, aired 1994-12-13 | POP MUSIC $300: This duo's 1966 singles "Homeward Bound" & "I Am A Rock" were their first hits in the United Kingdom Simon & Garfunkel |
#2333, aired 1994-10-26 | POP MUSIC $100: In 1967 this folk trio told us that they "Dig Rock and Roll Music" Peter, Paul & Mary |
#2316, aired 1994-10-03 | 1960s ROCK $200: "Do you believe in" this "in a young girl's heart? How the music can free her whenever it starts" magic |
#2273, aired 1994-06-22 | ROCK MUSIC $100: Nicknamed "Captain Fantastic", he's known for his huge collection of hats Elton John |
#2273, aired 1994-06-22 | ROCK MUSIC $200: "Every Breath You Take", the biggest hit by The Police, was written by this lead singer Sting |
#2273, aired 1994-06-22 | ROCK MUSIC $300: He wrote, produced, scored & starred in the 1980 movie "One- Trick Pony" Paul Simon |
#2273, aired 1994-06-22 | ROCK MUSIC $400: His recording of "American Pie" reached the Top 10 in the U.K. twice, in 1972 & 1991 Don McLean |
#2273, aired 1994-06-22 | ROCK MUSIC $500: This group's 1985 hit "A View To A Kill" was the first James Bond film theme to top the U.S. charts Duran Duran |
#2272, aired 1994-06-21 | MAGAZINES $100: In 1992 this rock music publication founded by Jann Wenner celebrated its 25th anniversary Rolling Stone |
#2224, aired 1994-04-14 | MUSIC $100: Thomas Hastings' Hymn "Toplady" is the music for this Augustus Toplady poem & its words "cleft for me" "Rock of Ages" |
#2214, aired 1994-03-31 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: Carl Perkins & Elvis Presley were exponents of this musical genre combining rock 'n' roll & hillbilly Music Rockabilly |
#2186, aired 1994-02-21 | POP MUSIC $500: This group's "Janie's Got A Gun" single won a 1990 Grammy for Best Rock Vocal by a Duo or Group Aerosmith |
#2177, aired 1994-02-08 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $200: Over 300,000 showed up for this August 1969 rock festival Woodstock |
#2177, aired 1994-02-08 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $1000: This city's Maracana Stadium has been home to a 10-day rock festival Rio de Janeiro |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | ROCK MUSIC $100: From 1961 to 1971, Smokey Robinson had 14 Top 20 hits with this group The Miracles |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | ROCK MUSIC $200: "Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll" was a 1987 documentary about this pioneer performer Chuck Berry |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | ROCK MUSIC $300: His "Another Day In Paradise" won the 1990 Grammy for Record of the Year Phil Collins |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | ROCK MUSIC $400: 5 years after the release of his first album, he had his first top 10 hit with "Just The Way You Are" Billy Joel |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | ROCK MUSIC $500: Her biggest hit "Me and Bobby McGee" was featured on the posthumous album "Pearl" Janis Joplin |
#2035, aired 1993-06-11 | POP MUSIC $400: The TV soundtrack album "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" was this rock star's last No. 1 LP Elvis Presley |
#2015, aired 1993-05-14 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $100: He left New Edition, going solo with hits like "Don't Be Cruel" & "Every Little Step" Bobby Brown |
#2015, aired 1993-05-14 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $300: Subtitle of En Vogue's "My Lovin'" "You're Never Gonna Get It" |
#2015, aired 1993-05-14 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $400: Hit song title shared by Kris Kross & Van Halen "Jump" |
#2015, aired 1993-05-14 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $500: Smells like this Seattle group was Spin Magazine's Artist of the Year for 1992 Nirvana |
#2015, aired 1993-05-14 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): This group won 3 1992 Billboard Music Awards for the single heard here Boyz II Men |
#1956, aired 1993-02-22 | POP MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): Rock star who, in October 1992, released the album whose title is pictured here: Prince |
#1889, aired 1992-11-19 | POP MUSIC $400: This rock star of the '50s & '60s hit the charts again in the '70s with the Stone Canyon Band Ricky Nelson |
#1872, aired 1992-10-27 | POP MUSIC $500: Formerly of Cream, this legendary rock guitarist is nicknamed "Slowhand" Eric Clapton |
#1782, aired 1992-05-05 | ROCK & RAP LETTERS $400: They hit the charts in 1990 with the "manufactured" song "Gonna Make You Sweat" C+C Music Factory |
#1717, aired 1992-02-04 | POP MUSIC $400: This rock superstar was featured on the album "E.T. -- The Extraterrestrial" Michael Jackson |
#1620, aired 1991-09-20 | THE 1970s $400: 2 weeks after Jimi Hendrix died, rock music fans mourned the death of this female legend Janis Joplin |
#1497, aired 1991-02-19 | MUSIC OF THE '90s $500: This Aussie rock band titled its seventh album "X", as in "X Marks the Spot" INXS |
#1493, aired 1991-02-13 | THE 1980s $800: In 1985 music's hottest acts took part in this all-day rock telethon organized by Bob Geldof Live Aid |
#1469, aired 1991-01-10 | MAGAZINES $500: "Circus" magazine is not devoted to the big top, but to this entertainment field rock & roll music |
#1385, aired 1990-09-14 | MAGAZINES $800: This magazine devoted to the rock music culture is published by Bob Guccione Jr. Spin |
#1362, aired 1990-07-03 | THE GRAMMY AWARDS $200: Of Inspirational, Country or Rock 'n" Roll, the type of music for which Elvis won his 3 Grammys Inspiration |
#1324, aired 1990-05-10 | POP MUSIC $100: This group's "Beauty & the Beat" album was the first by a female rock band to reach No. 1 The Go-Go's |
#1324, aired 1990-05-10 | POP MUSIC $200: "Dancing in the Street" from the Live-Aid concert paired David Bowie with this rock legend Mick Jagger |
#1266, aired 1990-02-19 | SINGERS $1,400 (Daily Double): On June 27, 1989 at Radio City Music Hall, they were heard singing the following:
"Did you ever see the faces of..." The Who ("Christmas" from the rock opera Tommy) |
#1232, aired 1990-01-02 | COLORFUL SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Played here by Mantovani, this classic was a rock 'n' roll hit in the '50s, '60s & '70s:
Instrumental music plays. "Deep Purple" |
#1206, aired 1989-11-27 | MOTTOS $400: "All the news that fits" is the motto of this rock music magazine "Rolling Stone" |
#1201, aired 1989-11-20 | SINGERS $400: Valerie Bertinelli is married to this hard rock hunk whose music might make you "Jump" (Eddie) Van Halen |
#1169, aired 1989-10-05 | FAMOUS TRIOS $300: Though a folk group, they had a Top 10 hit singing "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" Peter, Paul and Mary |
#1092, aired 1989-05-09 | 1980s POP MUSIC $300: The title of a 1986 hit by Falco asked this composer to "Rock Me" Amadeus |
#1090, aired 1989-05-05 | DISC JOCKEYS $400: Cleveland DJ Alan Freed is credited with popularizing this music term, which had been around for years rock and roll |
#1088, aired 1989-05-03 | PUBLISHING $600: In August 1987, this rock music magazine spun off from Penthouse International Spin |
#1080, aired 1989-04-21 | FOREIGN WORDS $200: Latin American music that fuses jazz, rock & soul, named for a sauce made with chilies salsa |
#973, aired 1988-11-23 | FAMOUS FOLKS $300: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was an editor of his recent autobiography "Moonwalk" Michael Jackson |
#941, aired 1988-10-10 | MUSIC TRIVIA $400: The 1st line of this song says, "The warden threw a party in the county jail" "Jailhouse Rock" |
#902, aired 1988-07-05 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $300: "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" & "Old Folks At Home" both misspell the name of this river the Suwannee |
#897, aired 1988-06-28 | MUSIC MAKERS $1000: After hearing Elvis live in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, he switched to singing rock 'n' roll Buddy Holly |
#806, aired 1988-02-22 | "COUNTRY" MUSIC $100: Donny's "I'm a little bit rock & roll" was a response to this line by Marie "I'm a little bit country" |
#783, aired 1988-01-20 | "ZZ" IN MUSIC $200: This rock trio consists of Frank Beard & 2 guys with long beards ZZ Top |
#782, aired 1988-01-19 | BEAUTIFUL "MUSIC" $200: In 1967 folk singers Peter, Paul & Mary intoned "I Dig..." this Rock and Roll Music |
#762, aired 1987-12-22 | HIT TUNES $300 (Daily Double): Heard here, Billboard says he'll always be known as "The Father of
Rock & Roll":
"Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans /
Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans..." Bill Haley |
#696, aired 1987-09-21 | POP MUSIC $400: In a speech as governor of Georgia, Carter quoted this rock star born Robt. Zimmerman Bob Dylan |
#695, aired 1987-09-18 | MUSIC PEOPLE $500 (Daily Double): Singer heard here, Alice Cooper called her "The Queen of Housewife Rock":
"In the morning fun when no one will be drinking any more wine / I'll wake the sun..." Helen Reddy |
#676, aired 1987-07-13 | "PUN"s $600: Johnny Rotten's music, or what you'd call a piece of granite with a mohawk haircut punk rock |
#580, aired 1987-02-27 | ROCK 'N ROLL $100: They said their name combined Roxy Music's song "Pyjamarama" with "The Banana Splits" Bananarama |
#565, aired 1987-02-06 | "REBEL"s $1,600 (Daily Double): Called rock & roll's No. 1 instrumentalist, Duane Eddy had his 1st big hit with this: "Rebel-'Rouser" |
#527, aired 1986-12-16 | RELIGION $400: Though a Christian music group, Stryper plays in this rock style heavy metal |
#521, aired 1986-12-08 | SPORTS $400: While rock music's "Killer" is Jerry Lee Lewis, baseball's "Killer" was this Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew |
#401, aired 1986-03-24 | 4-LETTER ROCK $1,200 (Daily Double): Rock group that produced this "elevator music" version of their own hit Devo |
#398, aired 1986-03-19 | "ROCK" & "ROLL" SONGS $600: What Peter, Paul & Mary "dug" in 1967 rock and roll music |
#360, aired 1986-01-24 | ROCK 'N ROLL $200: Harlem theater whose reopening was celebrated in an NBC rock music special in May, 1985 the Apollo |
#359, aired 1986-01-23 | 1959 $200: Britannica said this kind of music "reached a new low of illiteracy, vulgarity, & dullness" rock and roll |
#338, aired 1985-12-25 | ANIMAL ROCK $800: First Steven Georgiou, later this as Muslim convert Yusuf Islam, dropped out of music Cat Stevens |
#316, aired 1985-11-25 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $200: Geographically named rock group that's named 16 of their albums after themselves Chicago |
#268, aired 1985-09-18 | WORLD LEADERS $1,000 (Daily Double): For the king of Thailand's birthday in '84, 1080 men underwent this surgery to help their country a vasectomy |
#264, aired 1985-09-12 | "DANCE" SONGS $300: Loggins & Messina's 1973 "maternal" hit "Your Mama Don't Dance" |
#180, aired 1985-05-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Expelled from a Bible school at age 15, this country-rock star is known as "The Killer" Jerry Lee Lewis |