Q 01/05
A) Sammy Davis Jr.
B) Louis Armstrong
C) Nat King Cole
D) Duke Ellington
Answer · why
Her mother, Maria Hawkins Ellington, had sung with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Q 02/05
A) Inseparable
B) Natalie
C) Thankful
D) Unpredictable
Answer · why
Its title track and "This Will Be" both went to No. 1 on the R&B chart.
Q 03/05
A) Song of the Year
B) Best New Artist
C) Album of the Year
D) Record of the Year
Answer · why
She won it at the 18th Grammys in 1976, the first R&B act to do so.
Q 04/05
A) Ashford and Simpson
B) Holland and Dozier
C) Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy
D) Gamble and Huff
Answer · why
Yancy later became her first husband and the father of her son Robbie.
Q 05/05
A) Berry Gordy's
B) Curtis Mayfield's
C) Isaac Hayes's
D) Quincy Jones's
Answer · why
The tapes won her a deal with Capitol, her father's old label.
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