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If you think about it, famous people have been writing famous people in their songs since biblical times, if not earlier. Jesus sang about David, who wrote songs about Abraham, etc. All these years later, nothing has changed.
Think you can match the famous face with the artists who sang about ‘em? Go take our Celebs in Songs quiz and find out.
Leo- nard Bern-stein! It took a minute but eventually it popped into my head. Good quiz!
posted by Tricia on 3-14-2008 at 11:00 am
Good quiz, but it’s spelled Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced ‘lĕh-’nérd ’skin-’nérd).
posted by Erik on 3-14-2008 at 1:18 pm
First try 15 out of 15! I’m kvelling.
posted by Hannah on 3-14-2008 at 1:43 pm
11/15 – That one was fun!
posted by Debi on 3-14-2008 at 3:17 pm
Not bad, Score: 80% (12 out of 15)
considering “This quiz has been taken 787 times with an average score of 52%”
posted by valentine on 3-14-2008 at 3:45 pm
11 out of 15 (73%)….not bad…i froze on some of them so i had to guess
posted by stef on 3-14-2008 at 7:21 pm
oh and everyone should get at least 1 out of 15….if you miss the obvious one then…you might have a problem!
posted by stef on 3-14-2008 at 7:23 pm