Q 01/05

Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You, from The Bodyguard, was written and first recorded by which country star?

A) Loretta Lynn

B) Tammy Wynette

C) Dolly Parton

D) Emmylou Harris

Answer · why

C) Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton wrote it in 1973 as a farewell to Porter Wagoner, the mentor and business partner she was leaving for a solo career.

Q 02/05

Johnny Cash's late-career cover of Hurt reworked the closing track of The Downward Spiral, an album by which band?

A) Soundgarden

B) Nine Inch Nails

C) Alice in Chains

D) Stone Temple Pilots

Answer · why

B) Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor wrote it, and after hearing Cash's version he praised its sincerity and said the song was no longer his.

Q 03/05

Sinéad O'Connor's worldwide hit Nothing Compares 2 U was written by which star for his side project the Family?

A) Prince

B) Sting

C) Rick James

D) Billy Idol

Answer · why

A) Prince

Prince gave it to his funk band the Family for their only album in 1985, and his own 1984 demo was not released until 2018.

Q 04/05

Aretha Franklin's signature song Respect was written and first recorded two years earlier by which soul singer?

A) Sam Cooke

B) Wilson Pickett

C) Solomon Burke

D) Otis Redding

Answer · why

D) Otis Redding

Otis Redding released it in 1965, and after Franklin's version took off he joked at the Monterey Pop Festival that a friend had taken his song away.

Q 05/05

Jimi Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower covers a song first released less than a year earlier by which songwriter?

A) Van Morrison

B) Bob Dylan

C) Donovan

D) Phil Ochs

Answer · why

B) Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan recorded it for his album John Wesley Harding, and he has since performed it live more than any of his other songs.