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Question One: Who were the original members of The Yardbirds?
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Answer: The Yardbirds were originally called the Metropolitan Blues Quartet in 1962 but soon changed their name and increased the band to five. The original members were:
Keith Relf – lead vocals and harmonica, who was electrocuted in 1976 while recording at his house
Anthony "Top" Topham – lead guitar, who was replaced in October, 1963, by a young guitarist named Eric Clapton
Paul Samwell-Smith – bass
Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar
Jimmy McCarty – drums, who went on to work with several other groups
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Question Two: Which artists' lives were cut short on February 3, 1959, "the day the music died"? Which artist gave up his seat on the plane that fateful day?
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Answer: On February 3, 1959, the first "rock 'n' roll" plane tragedy took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper. Buddy had recently been married and was trying to keep his career going. Ritchie Valens (Valenzuela), only 17, was riding high on his first big hit, "Donna," with the flip side, "La Bamba," following closely on the charts. The Big Bopper, a DJ whose real name was J.P. Richardson, had a huge hit with the novelty song, "Chantilly Lace." Dion (DiMucci) had decided not to take the plane on that fateful night.
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Question Three: What was the first song from a musical to sell over a million copies of sheet music?
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Answer: The first song to sell over a million copies was "After the Ball," written by Charles K. Harris, published in 1892. However, the first song from a musical to sell over a million copies of sheet music was "You're a Grand Old Flag," a patriotic song written by George M. Cohan. Cohan wrote it in 1906 for George Washington, Jr., his stage musical. It was first performed publicly on February 6, the play's opening night, at Herald Square Theater in New York City, and became the first song from a musical to sell over a million copies of sheet music.
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trivia elmoremagazine.com
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