The Greatest Music Quiz Book

Which record producer had a #1 hit as lead singer of The Buggles with “Video Killed the Radio Star” in 1979?

Which Queen hit topped the charts in 1975 for nine weeks?

Which pop star’s daughter had a hit with “Kids in America” in January 1981 reaching #2 in the UK charts?

Which year was the word Pop first used to describe a piece of music having popular appeal?

Having worked with people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) for 35 years, in 2013 Kevin decided to use his experience to benefit others and wrote a book about the subject.

Kevin Snelgrove was born in Frome, Somerset, in 1960.

Every piece of music trivia that you absorbed over the years is now going to be put to good use with this marvellous quiz book.

For me the time I spent absorbing all that stuff came in useful in my career as a TV presenter when I was known as Gaz Top and required to do interviews with musicians or introduce artists.

I recall a period in my life when I could name all of Slade’s single and album releases in order, I could recite the album’s track listings, name the B-sides of all the singles, I knew the song writing credits, the location and date of recording, the names of any guest musicians on individual tracks or indeed any information I could glean from the record sleeve, or in my own particular case the cassette sleeve.

Brian Eno describes culture as “That which you *choose* to do”, and so in my opinion the music you choose to listen to simply defines your culture.