July 2009 Archives

The weekly music quiz is back - see if you can answer the questions I've set this week.

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Don't forget there's a quiz on my radio show too every week, plus an Elvis twin spin, A Beatles cover, One hit wonders, Original versions of classic hits, The A to Z of rock, a Movie theme, etc, etc -- two hours of fab music spanning the last 50 years.

Tune into BBC WM 95.6 every Sunday, 2pm 'til 4pm,( and repeated for the next 7 days on BBC i player ).

Hope you are enjoying my quiz folks, you can catch the next installment here...

http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/celebrity-news/2009/07/17/bev-bevans-weekly-quiz-week-three-66331-24177805/

Don't forget there's a quiz on my radio show too every week, plus an Elvis twin spin, A Beatles cover, One hit wonders, Original versions of classic hits, The A to Z of rock, a Movie theme, etc, etc -- two hours of fab music spanning the last 50 years.
Tune into BBC WM 95.6 every Sunday, 2pm 'til 4pm,( and repeated for the next 7 days on BBC i player ).

Week two of the quiz is here folks - have a go and see how well you do!

http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/07/10/can-you-beat-bev-bevan-in-his-weekly-pop-quiz-66331-24123724/

There's a quiz on my radio show too every week, plus an Elvis twin spin, A Beatles cover, One hit wonders, Original versions of classic hits, The A to Z of rock, a Movie theme, etc, etc -- two hours of fab music spanning the last 50 years.
Tune into BBC WM 95.6 every Sunday, 2pm 'til 4pm,( and repeated for the next 7 days on BBC
i player ).

How did you get on folks? here's the answers...

New quiz tomorrow!

1  THE TORNADOES   ( 1962 WITH "TELSTAR" ) 
2 PETE TOWSHEND / ROGER DALTREY / JOHN ENTWHISTLE / KEITH MOON 
3 "THE BODYGUARD" 
4 FRIDA ( LYNGSTAD ) , BORN IN NORWAY. 
5 1  ELO, 2 The Monkees, 3 Johnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys, 4 KLF,  
6 ANNIE MAE BULLOCK 
7 WESTLIFE 
8 RICHIE VALENS AND THE BIG BOPPER 
9 NORWEGIAN 
10 27.    

Every week on my radio show, ( BBC WM, Sunday afternoons 2 'til 4, and repeated for 7 days on BBC Iplayer ) I have a quiz - and it's proving to be incredibly popular.

So, are YOU really into your music - do you consider yourself a bit of an expert on rock, pop, soul, blues, rock'n'roll, country, etc ? If so, you are going to love my brand new weekly blog.

Every week, beginning today, there will be a "BEV BEVAN'S POP QUIZ" - 10 very varied questions that might cover any genre of popular music spanning the past 50 years or so - from Fifties pop and rock'n'roll right up to the present day.