Posts tagged with Music

What song spent the most weeks at number 1 in the '70s?

By Nerdy Trivia | January 18, 2025

While countless hits topped the charts in the 1970s, one tune dominated Billboard's number-one spot. Can you name the song that refused to budge from the top spot?

Who won Record of the Year at the 1990 Grammy Awards?

By Nerdy Trivia | January 11, 2025

Behind the glitz and glamour of the 1990 Grammy Awards, an unprecedented controversy was brewing. Which hit song took home the coveted Record of the Year trophy that fateful night?

Which musician is also an astrophysicist?

By Nerdy Trivia | January 8, 2025

Somewhere between stadium tours and platinum records, one legendary guitarist found time to earn a PhD in astrophysics. Which famous musician doubles as a space scientist?

Simon and Garfunkel originally performed under what stage names?

By Nerdy Trivia | December 26, 2024

Before becoming the legendary folk duo Simon and Garfunkel, two teenagers from Queens tried their hand at pop stardom under different identities. What did these future legends call themselves?

What year did Adam Sandler first perform "The Chanukah Song"?

By Nerdy Trivia | December 25, 2024

Jewish kids in the 90s had zero holiday songs to call their own until SNL's resident goofball, Adam Sandler, grabbed a guitar and decided to fix that.

Who performed the theme song for the James Bond movie "A View to a Kill"?

By Nerdy Trivia | December 19, 2024

Roger Moore's final outing as James Bond needed a theme song as bold as the '80s themselves. But which group brought their new wave sound to 007 and got the license to thrill?

What year was Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" released?

By Nerdy Trivia | December 16, 2024

Between the thumping bassline and an iconic guitar riff, "Hot Stuff" turned up the temperature on the charts. When was the disco-rock anthem released?

Which musician is known as the "Demon of Screamin'"?

By Nerdy Trivia | December 9, 2024

When rock was still finding its wildest voices in the 1970s, his glass-shattering vocals and banshee wails became so notorious that fans gave him a devilishly fitting nickname. So which legendary singer earned the title "Demon of Screamin'"?

What were The Beatles originally going to call "Abbey Road"?

By Nerdy Trivia | December 6, 2024

When the album we know as Abbey Road headed to record stores in 1969, it was nearly under a completely different name. What was the original title planned for the Beatles' final recorded masterpiece?

Which TV show used "Love and Marriage" for its theme song?

By Nerdy Trivia | November 29, 2024

When Frank Sinatra recorded "Love and Marriage" in 1955, he probably never imagined how his swinging celebration of matrimony would find new life as one of TV's most memorable theme songs. But which show made it their own?

How many weeks was Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" at #1?

By Nerdy Trivia | November 27, 2024

Flying monkeys and emerald cities might be everywhere these days, with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo lighting up screens as Glinda and Elphaba. But this revolutionary retelling started with a book. When did "Wicked" first land in bookstores?

Which musician wrote the “Tarzan” soundtrack?

By Jesse Lennox | November 25, 2024

Disney was such a powerhouse in the '90s that it could call on basically any musician in the world to compose a film’s soundtrack. But who was tasked with writing the music for “Tarzan”?

Which band battled Ticketmaster and canceled their tour in 1994?

By Nerdy Trivia | November 20, 2024

When the Department of Justice sued Live Nation/Ticketmaster earlier this year, it felt like déjà vu for music fans of a certain age. Which '90s band chose to cancel an entire tour rather than play Ticketmaster's game?

What was Gloria Estefan's first #1 song?

By Nerdy Trivia | November 12, 2024

Before becoming the most successful Latin crossover artist of her era, which song finally earned Gloria Estefan a coveted #1 hit?

Who Was the First Rapper to Win an Oscar?

By Nerdy Trivia | November 6, 2024

The Academy Awards spent decades celebrating classical composers and Broadway veterans, while hip-hop shaped global culture from the outside looking in. But in 2003, a rapper would claim that golden statue, but who would break through first?