Music Quiz: Not-So-Greatest Hits A&B Artists

Last week’s quiz produced a tie between 2loud2oldmusic and Geoff Stephen.

This week we’re continuing the theme of less-than-blockbuster hit songs. Your challenge is to identify artists by the their three biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100 that failed to reach the top 10.

https://www.sporcle.com/games/rockgolf/participation-trophies

I scored 25/30 – I struggled to identify artists where I wasn’t overly familiar with their work. It’s weird looking at the end of a list for something starting with B.

I hadn’t heard this song, featured in the quiz, for ages:

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  1. Not too good at this one…
    SCORE
    23/30 The two Billys…I got in a hurry and messed up on one of those.

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