Vaguely INTERESTING POP Trivia questions

[Stato]

1. What's the link between Stafford Road, Seaford and The Sex Pistols?
2. What's the link between Upper Belgrave Road, Seaford and Jimi Hendrix?

1) Jordan?
2) Arthur Brown?

I know these two lived in Seaford at different times.

Which Stiff recording artist was born in Railway Road, Newhaven?

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Name the only Beatles track to feature a lead vocal from someone other than one of the fab four?

 

[Tarpon]

Who had trials for Manchester City, and claims he was good enough, but City didn't follow up their interest because he was "probably the only player wearing eyeliner"?

Johnny Marr?

 

[Bombadier Botty]

1) Jordan?
2) Arthur Brown?

I know these two lived in Seaford at different times.

Which Stiff recording artist was born in Railway Road, Newhaven?

Good work on No.1

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Johnny Marr?

Correct.

 

[OzMike]

Dave Gilmore

Correct.

 

[The Large One]

Name the only Beatles track to feature a lead vocal from someone other than one of the fab four?

'My Bonnie' by Tony Sheridan & The Beatles.

 

[Mowgli37]

'My Bonnie' by Tony Sheridan & The Beatles.

Doesn't count I'm afraid. It was a Tony Sheridan single and the Beatles were credited as 'The Beat Brothers'.

 

[Stato]

Good work on No.1

It wasn't Arthur Brown who lived in Seaford, it was Uli Jon Roth from The Scorpions, but I don't know a Hendrix connection.

 

[Nitram]

Delian makes cakes! I guess she made this one?

Correct the cake on the album cover was made by a young Delia.

 

[Bombadier Botty]

It wasn't Arthur Brown who lived in Seaford, it was Uli Jon Roth from The Scorpions, but I don't know a Hendrix connection.

Bizarrely Uli Jon Roth will indirectly give you the Hendrix link! Small world.

 

[The Large One]

Doesn't count I'm afraid. It was a Tony Sheridan single and the Beatles were credited as 'The Beat Brothers'.

In Germany. Credited as 'The Beatles' here.

 

[Mowgli37]

In Germany. Credited as 'The Beatles' here.

Nonetheless, the Beatles acted as essentially a backing band for Tony.

The song I'm looking for comes from their main catalogue.

 

[Stato]

Nonetheless, the Beatles acted as essentially a backing band for Tony.

The song I'm looking for comes from their main catalogue.

Does saying the words 'Number 9' count as a lead vocal?

 

[Mowgli37]

Does saying the words 'Number 9' count as a lead vocal?

No. Looking for a proper, original composition by the Beatles which had someone other than themselves take a lead vocal (as a clue: it's a solitary line in the song, making this a bit harder!).

 

[Worthingite]

top ten hit where the artists and song are palindromic ?

abba- sos

 

[Flex Your Head]

Which Stiff recording artist was born in Railway Road, Newhaven?

Wreckless Eric

 

[Nitram]

No. Looking for a proper, original composition by the Beatles which had someone other than themselves take a lead vocal (as a clue: it's a solitary line in the song, making this a bit harder!).

Probably Yoko Ono but would not have a clue which song.

 

[Tony Le Mesmer]

No. Looking for a proper, original composition by the Beatles which had someone other than themselves take a lead vocal (as a clue: it's a solitary line in the song, making this a bit harder!).

The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill.

Yoko Ono

 

[Nitram]

Name the person who is an iconic lead guitarist despite losing the ends of his fingers in an accident in his early years.