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1. Before he and Lucy became big T.V. stars, Desi Arnaz performed in whose band?
Harry James
Xavier Cugat
Tommy Dorsey
Baja Marima Band
2. The first performer or group to knock the Beatles off their stranglehold of the #1 singles chart was?
Dean Martin with 'Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes' (1964)
Steve Lawrence
Frank Sinatra
The Lovin' Spoonfull
3. One of the greatest song and dance men of all time never won a Grammy, Tony, Oscar or Emmy. Name him.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
4. Name the beatnik movie starring Kim Novak and Jack Lemmon.
Novak was a witch who turned in a human when she cried and Lemmon played the bongos in the Zodiac Lounge in 'Bell Book and Candle'.
5. Which GoGo boot-wearing singer sang the title track to the James Bond flick 'You Only Live Twice'?
Nancy Sinatra
6. Who was the first african-american to have his own television show?
Nat King Cole
7. This underrated singer had hits in the lounge, bobbysoxer and folk catagories.
Paul Anka
Fabian
Dion
Bobby Darin scored with a loung hit 'Mac the Knife", bobbysoxer hit 'Splish Splash', and a folk hit 'If I Were a Carpenter'.
8. Which superstar singer won a special Oscar for a film on racial tolerance?
In 1945 Frank Sinatra wrote and starred in a short film entitled 'The House That I Live In.'
9. Peter Sellers' terrific 'Pink Panther' movies had a great theme song. Who wrote and arranged this huge theme song?
Henry Mancini
10. What were the girls called on Dean Martin's 1960's T.V. show 'The Hollywood Palace'?
'The Golddiggers'.
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