From Uptown Funk to Verve royalties, do you know this week in music history?

1. 

   On 4 September 1965, the Who’s van, containing all their equipment, was stolen from outside Battersea Dogs’ Home. What was particularly notable about the theft?

   1. It was performed by Keith Moon’s brother

   2. It was a publicity stunt cooked up by the band’s managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp

   3. It was an insurance fraud, designed to recover some of the cost of all the equipment they had destroyed

   4. Their roadie was inside the home at the time – buying a guard dog

2. 

   Manic Street Preachers reached No 1 this week in 1998 with If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next. Who had been the last Welsh act before them to reach No 1?

   1. Catatonia

   2. Shakin’ Stevens

   3. Tom Jones

   4. Bonnie Tyler

3. 

   Freddie Mercury would have turned 70 this week. On encountering Sid Vicious in a recording studio in 1977, how did he reputedly address him?

   1. “Dear, dear Sidney!”

   2. “Vicious is as vicious does, darling!”

   3. “Ah, Mr Atrocious!”

   4. “And you are?”

4. 

   This week in 1997, the crowd at Wembley Stadium were asked to stand in silence while a pop single was played over the PA. What was that single?

   1. The Drugs Don’t Work by the Verve

   2. I’ll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans

   3. Honey by Mariah Carey

   4. Candle in the Wind 97 by Elton John

5. 

   John Parr went to No 1 in the UK with his theme song to St Elmo’s Fire in 1985. But which of the following brat pack stars did not appear in the movie?

   1. James Spader

   2. Andew McCarthy

   3. Ally Sheedy

   4. Rob Lowe

6. 

   Which band released their first UK single this week in 1997?

   1. B*Witched

   2. Led Zeppelin

   3. The Supernaturals

   4. Northern Uproar

7. 

   Excitingly, Trevor Oakes of Showaddywaddy turns 70 this week. What did his son Scott grow up to be?

   1. The most successful British carp fisherman of all time

   2. The founder of a rival group called Showaddywaddy Next Generation

   3. The Labour mayor of Leiecester

   4. A professional footballer for, among others, Luton Town

8. 

   Happy 45th birthday, Richard Ashcroft! A sample from which record caused him and the Verve to have to surrender their royalties on Bittersweet Symphony?

   1. The Last Time by the Rolling Stones

   2. This May Be the Last Time by the Staple Singers

   3. The Last Time by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra

   4. The Last Time by the Who

9. 

   Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk became the fifth biggest-selling UK single of all time this week last year. How many individual writers are credited with composing the song?

   1. Five

   2. Seven

   3. Nine

   4. Eleven

10. 

    Happy 51st birthday, Moby! Every track on his album Play was licensed for use in adverts, but which product did not use the track Porcelain?

    1. Bailey’s Irish Cream

    2. Maxwell House coffee

    3. Hugo Boss Element

    4. Gaymers Cider

Solutions

1:D - Elton John got his dog Thomas from Battersea, canine rock fans, 2:B - Merry Christmas Everyone had been the festive No 1 in 1985, 3:C - Sid Vicious had apparently begun the exchange by greeting “Freddie Platinum”, 4:D - Elton had just rerecorded the song in tribute to the Princess of Wales, 5:A - Just treasure your memories of Pretty in Pink instead, 6:B - They put out Whole Lotta Love to promote their back catalogue, having never released a UK single during their original lifespan, 7:D - Showaddywaddy once supported German noiseniks Einstürzende Neubaten in London, pop fans, 8:C - The string theme in the Verve song is sampled from this version of the Jagger/Richards song, 9:D - The song was initially credited with six writers, before the five writers of Oops Upside Your Head were added, 10:B - They had to settle for Honey

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