Q 01/05

Earl Thomas Conley's 1986 R&B duet earned him a rare country booking on which syndicated dance show?

A) American Bandstand

B) Soul Train

C) Solid Gold

D) Dance Fever

Answer · why

B) Soul Train

Soul Train had Conley on to sing his crossover duet, and he is widely cited as the only country artist ever to appear on the show.

Q 02/05

Which country star, co-writer of 'All Over Me' with Earl Thomas Conley, called him his all-time favorite singer?

A) Toby Keith

B) Chris Young

C) Chris Stapleton

D) Blake Shelton

Answer · why

D) Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton broke the news of Conley's death in 2019, calling him his hero and friend. Their song, written with Michael Pyle, was a top twenty count...

Q 03/05

In Earl Thomas Conley's 'What I'd Say', the narrator rehearses imaginary conversations with which absent person?

A) The woman who left him

B) A brother who moved far away

C) His late father

D) The son he never met

Answer · why

A) The woman who left him

The woman who left him never hears the speech: the song ends with her having to wait until they meet to find out. It became Conley's seventeenth count...

Q 04/05

Which Eagles member first recorded the song Earl Thomas Conley released in 1989 as 'You Must Not Be Drinking Enough'?

A) Glenn Frey

B) Joe Walsh

C) Don Henley

D) Timothy B. Schmit

Answer · why

C) Don Henley

Don Henley cut it in 1984 as 'You're Not Drinking Enough' on his solo album Building the Perfect Beast, with soul singer Sam Moore on harmony.

Q 05/05

Which Dukes of Hazzard actor co-wrote Earl Thomas Conley's 1991 top ten country single 'Shadow of a Doubt'?

A) Ben Jones

B) Tom Wopat

C) James Best

D) Sonny Shroyer

Answer · why

B) Tom Wopat

Tom Wopat, who played Luke Duke, wrote it with Robert Byrne and released a string of country singles of his own. Conley's recording reached number eig...