QUIZ OF THE WEEK

MUSICIANS WHO WENT SOLO

1. Before venturing out on his own in 1972, John Fogerty, pictured below, was the frontman for which US rock band?

2. Gwen Stefani, who enjoyed major solo success in the mid-tolate 2000s, first found fame as the lead vocalist of which 90s group?

3. Which chart-topping singer began her career with new wave act The Go-Go’s?

4. Walk On The Wild Side is the signature hit of which musician, released in 1972 shortly after going solo?

5. Glenn Frey and Don Henley went on to enjoy solo success following their tenure with which band?

6. In 1998, Lauryn Hill released her first and only solo album to widepsread critical acclaim.

With which band did she first rise to prominence?

7. Just five months after his previous act disbanded, who went straight to number one just five months later with Forever Love in July 1996?

8. Lionel Richie first rose to fame as a member of which band?

9. Before embarking on a lengthy and highly successful solo career, which still-active singer got his first breakthrough in the 1960s with the Jeff Beck Group?

10. Ozzy Osbourne embarked on a solo career in the 1980s following his departure from which band?

11. ‘Bad Reputation’ was the breakout solo hit of which former member of The Runaways?

12. Before going on to enjoy some solo success since 2015,

Zayn Malik was the first person to leave which boy band?

13. Before being regarded as one of the best live solo acts of all time, Roger Waters was already enjoying considerable success as a member of which progressive rock band?

14. Who was the frontman of

The Stooges before setting out on a solo career?

15. Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher perform separately these days, but enjoyed plenty of success together as founding members of which British band?

16. After several years topping the charts as a member of

Westlife, who left in 2004 to try his hand at a solo career?

17. Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, got his start as

a member of which 1980s indie pop band from Hull?

18. Beyonce Knowles, Kelly

Rowland and Michelle Williams have all enjoyed solo careers following their major success as the best-known line-up of which girl group, pictured above?

19. Whose former groups include The Yardbirds, Cream and Derek and The Dominoes, before going solo in 1970?

20. Justin Timberlake originally found musical success as a member of which boy band?

21. Nothing Like The Sun and

The Soul Cages were among the most popular albums released by which multi-genre British frontman who went solo in 1985?

22. American singer Stevie Nicks has had a successful solo career in tandem with her performances as a member of which band?

23. My Sweet Lord, released in

1970, was the first number one of which member of The Beatles?

24. Which band launched the careers of Phil Collins and Pater Gabriel?

25. Before going on to have hits such as White Wedding, who was the leader singer of punk band Generation X?

26. Morrissey enjoyed a particularly successful spell in the Irish charts following the disbanding of which act for whom he was famously the vocalist?

27. When You Say Nothing

At All was the first solo hit of which Irish singer?

28. Singer-songwriter Enya was the breakout star of which trad band?

29. Sign of the Times was a major hit in 2017 for which singer and actor whose band had recently taken an indefinite hiatus?

30. Nicole Scherzinger rose to fame as the lead singer of which girl group?

31. Upside Down and I’m Comin’

Out were hits for which singer, once a part of a famous Motown act?

32. Christy Moore came to prominence as a member of which folk band?

33. Which Westlife member began their solo career with the single Everything To Me?

34. Long before establishing himself as a solo artist, Paul Weller was a member of which punk rock band?

35. Fergie enjoyed a successful solo career in the mid-2000s in between equally successful spells with which American group?

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