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Question 1 of 10

What moonwalker's 14-minute video for Thriller became one of MTV's most popular?

Question 2 of 10

Per the lullaby, what will Mama buy you if that mockingbird don't sing?

Question 3 of 10

As the story goes, the US Navy considered using what group's song "In the Navy" in its recruitment ... until somebody pointed out the song's subtext?

Question 4 of 10

Who "left the building" ... for good ... after his last concert, on June 26, 1977, at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis?

Question 5 of 10

Perhaps unsurprisingly, what U2 singer was born just nine days after Gary Powers' U2 spy plane was shot down over the USSR?

Question 6 of 10

What band imploded when Denny Doherty caught the eye of Mama Cass and began sleeping with Michelle Phillips, wife of bandmate John Phillips?

Question 7 of 10

Known for a blackface minstrel character called Gus, who had a monster hit with George Gershwin's "Swanee," from his show "Sinbad"?

Question 8 of 10

The 2006 Broadway flop "The Times They Are A-Changin'" was based on whose songs?

Question 9 of 10

What album's spectrum-producing prism cover was inspired by Pink Floyd's light shows?

Question 10 of 10

In 1957, whose Whole Lotta Shakin' was the first song on Dick Clark's American Bandstand?