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What 1948 song makes the musical request:
"Mr. Florist, take my order, please"?"Red Roses for a Blue Lady"
What song did Stephen Foster write after
dreaming of his estranged wife?"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"
What nostalgic band man spent 62 of his 75
years as a leader?Guy Lombardo
What annual visitor comes to town with
"rooty-toot-toots" and "rummy-tum-tums"?Santa Claus
What month is "bustin' out all over" in
Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel"?June
What songwriting duo believed "falling in
love with love is falling for make-believe"?Rodgers and Hart
What songs are "never out of date," in the
classic "As Time Goes By"?Love songs
What magic weaves its spell in a 1942 Johnny
Mercer-Harold Arlen number?That old black magic
What pianist called himself "Mrs. Waller's
285 pounds of jam, jive and everythin'"?Fats Waller
Which of the Marx Brothers played the piano?Chico Marx
What's the first song heard in the Disney
movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"?"Someday My Prince Will Come"
What do troubles melt like, when Dorothy
sings "Over the Rainbow"?Lemon drops
What colors are Johnny Mercer's autumn
leaves?Red and gold
What ditty from "The Three Little Pigs"
became the first hit derived from a cartoon?"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
What Cole Porter song requests: "Do do that
voodoo that you do so well"?"You Do Something to Me"
What races are "goin' to run all night" and
"goin' to run all day"?Camptown races
What's "the sweetest flower that grows," in
a song by Chauncey Olcott, The Irish Thrush?"My wild Irish rose"
Who were A.P., Sara, June and Mother
Maybelle?The Carter Family
What Cole Porter musical was based on
Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew"?"Kiss Me, Kate"
Who wears "second-hand hats" and "second-hand clothes"?Second-hand Rose
What once-a-year song celebrates "the dreams
of a million girls who are more than pretty"?"Miss America"
What did opera singer Alfred Arnold Cocozza
change his name to for a '40s film career?Mario Lanza
What Ivy League school's football fight song
is "Boola Boola"?Yale's
Whose big band played the first   jazz concert
at Carnegie Hall on January 16, 1938?Benny Goodman's
Who was the piano soloist in 1924's premiere
performance of "Rhapsody in Blue"?George Gershwin
What bandleader remarked: "When I go I'm
gonna take New Year's Eve with me"?Guy Lombardo
What opera company got live TV coverage on
November 29, 1948?The New York Metropolitan
What bandleader gained renown for the "Hi-de-ho" he shouted when he forgot lyrics?Cab Calloway
What urban lullaby debuted in the movie
"Gold Diggers of Broadway"?"Lullaby of Broadway"
What singer-trumpeter popularized "scat
singing" when he forgot lyrics in 1927?Louis Armstrong
Who preceded Oscar Hammerstein as lyricist
for Richard Rodgers?Lorenz Hart
Where did songwriter Harry Warren find his
million-dollar baby?In a 5-and-10-cent store
What brassy Broadway belter first exclaimed:
"I got rhythm"?Ethel Merman
Who "drove a wheelbarrow, through streets
broad and narrow," in an Irish traditional?Molly Malone
When will you "meet a stranger," in "South
Pacific"?Some enchanted evening
Whose occupation of Paris prompted Jerome
Kern to write "The Last Time I Saw Paris"?The Germans'
What Cole Porter song observes: "Birds do
it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it"?"Let's Do It"
Who killed Laura Foster in song?Tom Dooley
What state's state prison does the "Midnight
Special" roll by?Texas's
What George Gershwin work did he describe as
a "folk opera"?"Porgy and Bess"
What jazz singer was known as Lady Day?Billie Holiday
What hobo train is "long, tall and handsome,
and loved by one and all"?The "Wabash Cannonball"
What two-word term in "Blue-Tail Fly" means
to open a bottle of whisky?Crack corn
What cowboy ditty is the state song of
Kansas?"Home on the Range"
What stride piano player coined the
expression: "One never knows, do one"?Fats Waller
What Christmas carol invites: "Come and
behold him, born the king of angels"?"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
What crash cut short the run of the 1929
Broadway show "Sweet Adeline"?The stock market crash
What alto sax great waxed "Bird Gets the
Worm", "Blue Bird" and "Bird Feathers"?Charlie Parker
What Iowa-born trumpeter is widely acclaimed
as the first great white jazz musician?Bix Beiderbecke
What spiritual sees a "band of angels comin'
after me, comin' for to carry me home"?"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
What brotherly quartet harmonized "Heart of
My Heart"?The Mills Brothers
What ditty opens: "You put your right foot
in, you put your right foot out"?"The Hokey Pokey"
What comedian's violin theme was "Love in
Bloom"?Jack Benny's
What songwriting team's last collaboration
was 1937's "Love is Here to Stay"?George and Ira Gershwin's
What eye ailment did Ray Charles contract in
childhood, leading to blindness?Glaucoma
What does Irving Berlin want us to "come
along, come on along" and listen to?Alexander's Ragtime Band
What club did Duke Ellington meet future
wife Mildred Dixon at?The Cotton Club
What do you ride to "hear the lonesome hobos
squall"?The "Wabash Cannonball"
How many white horses will she be drivin'
when she comes 'round the mountain?Six
What do they begin that "brings back the
sound of music so tender"?The beguine
What Memphis tunesmith was nicknamed
The Father of the Blues?W.C. Handy
What Cole Porter song exults: "Oh, give me
land, lots of land under starry skies above"?"Don't Fence Me In"
What George M. Cohan classic claims: "Every
heart beats true under red, white and blue"?"You're a Grand Old Flag"
Who crossed the wide mountains with her
lover Ike?Sweet Betsy from Pike
What folk hero drove steel on West
Virginia's Chesapeake & Ohio railroad?John Henry
What movie musical sees Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers dance the carioca?"Flying Down to Rio"
What sea shantey's chorus begins: "Way, hey,
and up she rises"?"The Drunken Sailor"'s
What folk song is often called "The Cowboy's
Lament"?"The Streets of Laredo"
Whose band did Gene Krupa leave after a
fight with its leader in March, 1938?Benny Goodman's
What big-band star led a quartet featuring
Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa and Teddy Wilson?Benny Goodman
What railroad folk hero told his crew to
jump before meeting his death?Casey Jones
What Gene Autry item sees "the longhorn
cattle feed on the lowly jimson weed"?"Back in the Saddle Again"
What TV host's theme was "Near You"?Milton Berle's
What trumpet great recorded the 1926 classic
"Cornet Chop Suey"?Louis Armstrong
What's the singer looking over that he'd
overlooked before, in a 1927 number?A four-leaf clover
What Ella Fitzgerald number focuses on a
green and yellow basket?"A-Tisket A-Tasket"
What Stephen Foster number opens: "I come
from Alabama wid my banjo on my knee"?"Oh! Susanna"
What music do The Sweet Adelines harmonize?Barbershop quartet music
What song claims: "There's a land that I
heard of once in a lullaby"?"Over the Rainbow"
What swing-era drummer's calling card read
"Drumming Man"?Gene Krupa's
What plump singer was known on '30s radio as
The Songbird of the South?Kate Smith
What "saw me standing alone, without a dream
in my heart, without a love of my own"?Blue moon
Who was Adele Astaire's dancing partner in
the 1924 Gershwin musical "Lady, Be Good!"?Fred Astaire
What quartet was almost The Black Dots?The Ink Spots
What song takes place in "dear old golden
rule days"?"School Days"
What cabaret star made her screen debut in
Judy Garland's "In the Good Old Summertime"?Liza Minnelli
What folksinger's guitar sported a sign
warning: "This Machine Kills Fascists"?Woody Guthrie's
What's the first song in "Porgy and Bess"?"Summertime"
What Christmas song exults: "Glory to the
newborn King!"?"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
Who were Ivory (Deke) Watson, Jerry Daniels,
Charlie Faqua and Orville (Hoppy) Jones?The Ink Spots
Who immortalized: "You ain't heard nothin'
yet"?Al Jolson
What songwriter was The Music Box Theatre
built for?Irving Berlin
What singer did the host of the Grand Ole
Opry dub The Tennessee Plowboy?Eddy Arnold
What dance does Anna teach the king with
"Shall We Dance" in "The King and I"?The polka
What rainy day ditty notes: "I'm laughing at
clouds so dark up above"?"Singin' in the Rain"
What song releases the painful truth: "To
waste our lives would be a sin"?"Release Me"
Was "Hello! Ma Baby" written before or after
the talkies?Before
What patriotic U.S. song's melody comes from
the German rouser "Heir Dir im Siegerkranz"?"America"'s
What song sports the second line: "What the
heck do we care"?"Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here"
What alto sax star recorded 175 blues
numbers?Charlie Parker
What happened to Bing Crosby's voice on the
morning of his 1931 U.S.-wide radio debut?He lost it
What Disney film features the song "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum"?"Jack and the Beanstalk"
What Richard Rodgers number from "Pal Joey"
left him "bothered and bewildered"?"Bewitched"
What vibraphonist recorded "Slide Hamp
Slide" and "Sweatin' with Hamp"?Lionel Hampton
What bandleader's Musical Depreciation Revue
featured a goat bleating in C major?Spike Jones's
What pops conductor was nicknamed Kosti?Andre Kostelanetz
What kind of river is by the old mill run?A lazy river
What folksinger described himself as "a fat
man who likes to sit around and sing"?Burl Ives
Who was the first jazz vibraphonist to star
on records?Lionel Hampton
Where are you going to, in "Oh! Susanna"?Louisiana
What traditional song exclaims: "Ha! ha! ha!
'Tis you and me"?"Little Brown Jug"
Whose renowned big band had its first hit
with "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio"?Les Brown's
What didn't Ina Ray Hutton's band boast that
Benny Goodman's did?Men
Whose life story is told in the musical
"Yankee Doodle Boy"?George M. Cohan's
What's "M" for, in 1915's "M-O-T-H-E-R"?The million things she gave me
What Christmas song urges: "O come let us
adore him"?"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
What country provided maestro Andre
Kostelanetz with his early musical training?Russia
What 63-year-old conductor tied the knot
with 21-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt in 1945?Leopold Stokowski
What military song boasts: "Then it's hi!
hi! hee! in the field artillery"?"The Caissons Go Rolling Along"
What does Mammy's little baby love?Short'nin' bread
What drummer was lured away from Buddy
Rogers's orchestra to join Benny Goodman's?Gene Krupa
What have you got to be to get along with
the beautiful girls?A football hero