Trivia about Movies, TV, Music, or anything to do with anything.

[Raf]

no and no

[Human without the bean]

Tony Bennett

[Raf]

You're getting the right idea.

But not close yet.

 

[Raf]

22 hours ago, Raf said:

People just aren't buying music CDs the way they used to.

In 2016, Beyonce was the number 4 music artist in the U.S. in terms of CDs sold.

Number 3 was Adele.

Number 2 was Drake.

Who was Number 1?

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[GeorgeStGeorge]

Was the artist living?

George

[Raf]

No

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Michael Jackson?

George

[Raf]

way off course.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Elvis?

George

[WordWolf]

I have to ask.  Was it Pink Floyd's "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON"? 

Happy Birthday to the album, BTW.

[Human without the bean]

56 minutes ago, WordWolf said:

I have to ask.  Was it Pink Floyd's "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON"? 

Happy Birthday to the album, BTW.

Couldn't be Dark Side as the artists for the most part are still alive.

 

15 hours ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

Was the artist living?

George

 

13 hours ago, Raf said:

No

And this was sales of most CDs in 2016.

[Raf]

While it's plausible that this audience knows him by three names, most people only know him by one.

 

[WordWolf]

Hm. Meatloaf was still alive. 

I'm not sure if BERT BACHARACH was still alive, though.

[Human without the bean]

54 minutes ago, WordWolf said:

Hm. Meatloaf was still alive. 

I'm not sure if BERT BACHARACH was still alive, though.

I'm not trying to speak for Raf, I'm just following the thread WordWolf, but Burt Bacharach just died a couple of months ago.  So not him.  The artist wasn't alive in 2016 as noted before.

[Raf]

The artist was not alive in 2016.

Or 1916.

 

[WordWolf]

6 hours ago, Raf said:

While it's plausible that this audience knows him by three names, most people only know him by one.

 

OK, that narrows it down a lot, once we stopped naming more recent artists.

How about

JOHANN SEBASTIAN MASTROPIERO?  

No, wait, he's fictional.

Then, maybe JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH{/b]?

[Raf]

I would have thought if anyone would have guessed it by now, it would be you, WordWolf.

But not yet.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

(Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart?

George

[Raf]

Mozart is correct.

 

[WordWolf]

4 hours ago, Raf said:

I would have thought if anyone would have guessed it by now, it would be you, WordWolf.

But not yet.

Mozart would have been my next guess, but I had to finish with Mastropiero first.

[Raf]

Why I'm right about Mozart selling the most CDs, and why that is totally misleading.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Satchel Paige was the oldest player in MLB history, playing his last game at the age of 59 years, 80 days.  Which player had the longest career, playing games in five different decades?  (This player was also known for regularly getting hit by pitches.)

George

[Human without the bean]

Whitey Ford?

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Ford was a pitcher, so he didn't bat that often and is not known for getting beaned much.  Also, his career was only 16 years, spanning 2 decades.  His career did overlap the career of the mystery player.

Note:  I just found out that Nick Altrock also played in 5 decades (the only other person to do so), but his career spanned the turn of the 20th century.  The player I'm looking for played most of his career during our lifetimes.

George

[Raf]

This is a trick question, isn't it?
Or at least misleading?