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Music by Letter - C

Identify these musical things that start with the letter C.
The previous quiz in this series can be found here (Quiz B)
Quiz by kiwirage
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Last updated: March 30, 2023
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First submittedFebruary 18, 2017
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Hint
Answer
"Layla" singer Eric
Clapton
Singer who wanted to "Turn Back Time"
Cher
The Eagles sang of this hotel
California
Hi-hat, or suspended instrument, e.g.
Cymbal
19th century Polish composer
of piano music
Chopin
Yuletide song
Carol
Trinidadian genre that evolved from kaiso
Calypso
Bigger than a viola, smaller than a bass
Cello
Band led by Chris Martin
Coldplay
"My Heart Will Go On" singer Dion
Céline
Hint
Answer
2014 hit by Australian singer Sia
Chandelier
Song from "The Lion King"
Circle of Life
Last name of Nirvana's frontman
Cobain
Trumpet-like instrument
Cornet
2002 musical film that won 6 Oscars
Chicago
Paris's "Le Chat Noir" was the
first of this type of club
Cabaret
Large group of singers
Choir
Elton John song
Crocodile Rock
Another name for a maestro
Conductor
"Spanish" opera by Bizet
Carmen
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Level 65
Feb 18, 2017
You should add more time.
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Level 82
Mar 24, 2018
Nah
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Level 21
Feb 20, 2017
I think this is an excellent idea for a series, i do hope you would make more of these in the future. I do have a suggestion:

You listed Celine Dion by her first name, but you have Clapton and Chopin listed by their last, i think it should be kept to one format.

Great work nonetheless, keep the series going!

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Level 63
Mar 24, 2018
In today's world Dion DiMucci could marry Celine and his name would be Dion Dion.
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Level 67
Mar 24, 2018
Celine Dion's husband is much older than she is too. Probably not as old as DiMucci, but still...what could have been!
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Level 44
Apr 18, 2018
I think it should be kept to words starting with 'C'...
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Level 29
Dec 22, 2017
Great quiz!!
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Level 89
Dec 22, 2017
Never heard of that caribbean music style. Looking it up I noticed there are more styles starting with a C. Wikipedia also mentions cadence-lypso, chutney, chutney-soca and compas. Although they are all new to me, it might be good to add them as alternative answers.
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Level 69
Dec 23, 2017
Calypso is by far the most well-known of any of the others you listed, though.
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Level 63
Mar 24, 2018
Really? Calypso was extremely popular in the states with Harry Belafonte fronting it.

Calypso pants were popular in the early sixties. I had a pair.

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Level 69
Mar 28, 2018
my first (and only) guess was chachachá, which is Cuban so I guess it should be accepted
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Level 74
Feb 5, 2019
Yes agreed. Cha-cha originated in Cuba (and hence the Caribbean) in the 1950s and should be accepted as well.
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Level 69
Mar 24, 2018
Brain freeze - mixed up Genesis and Nirvana. Deeply ashamed. Doh
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Level 65
Mar 24, 2018
Forgiven my son for recognising the horror of such a mistake.
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Level 54
Mar 24, 2018
Chopin. My favourite composer of all time. Listen to his music, and you can thank me later.
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Level 85
Jan 12, 2022
And, for a pianist, his works are enormously fun to play.
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Level 63
Mar 24, 2018
Maybe allow for misspelling "cymbal" as "cymbol"?
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Level ∞
Mar 25, 2018
Okay
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Level 65
Mar 24, 2018
Christ. Jetpunk is a hotbed of Lion King fans!?!
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Level 88
Dec 16, 2019
Everyone was a kid or been around them. It's an annoying song, but it's been burned into people 100s of times.
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Level 71
Mar 25, 2018
I typed in "Christmas carol" and it wasn't accepted. :/
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Level 90
Mar 26, 2018
Under no scenario should Clapton's clue be about a song that he covered not when there is a mountain of other clues that could have been used. How about "Slowhand" or "Only person to be enshrined in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame three times" or "'God', according to popular 1960s London Graffiti"?
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Level 61
Jun 3, 2018
or "reasonably good guitar player"? :)
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Level 66
Aug 20, 2019
Ah I was already confused, huh is that by clapton???

I agree that clue should definitely be changed. I suggest using "Layla" or "Wonderful tonight" or "Tears in heaven" those are what he is most known for.

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Level 72
Mar 26, 2018
Shouldn't Céline have an accent on the "e"? Or does she remove it on the international stage?
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Level 74
Feb 5, 2019
Yes her name has an accent aigu on the first e. It's written that way on her website it looks like.
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Level 66
Mar 26, 2018
I spent so much time thing of Elton John songs, I forgot about Cello. I didn't even see that question until time was up. that was the only one I missed. I am greatly ashamed of myself. I need to sit in the corner and think of what I have done.
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Level 56
Mar 29, 2018
I was going to complain that Cyndi Lauper should be accepted as a "C" name who sang "Turn Back Time" (as in, "If only I could turn back time, if only I had said what I still hide," that one). My world was rocked to find that that was actually sung by Aqua, of "Barbie Girl" fame. Am I the only one who always thought that was Cyndi Lauper, or is that a Mandela Effect thing going on?
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Level 74
Feb 5, 2019
You're thinking of 'Time After Time' which I learned to play on the synth in 1984. Good times!
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Level 68
Apr 11, 2018
Link to 'B' is broken!
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Level 62
Apr 11, 2018
Thanks, I submitted a fix.
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Level 72
Aug 26, 2018
I hadn't a clue WTF that fourth question was all about. It just didn't make any sense to me at all. Then I saw the answer.
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Level 64
Feb 12, 2021
can you accept chachacha as caribbean music genre?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha-cha-ch%C3%A1_(music)

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Level 79
Dec 7, 2021
You should probably accept "Christmas Carol". I don't think I've ever heard someone just say "carol".
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Level 49
Jul 14, 2022
I don't think that the first clue about "I Shot the Sheriff" is fair, as that's a Bob Marley song and Eric Clapton only covered it. Could it be reworded to say something to the effect of "cover singer" or just changed entirely to a different clue?
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Level 67
Mar 29, 2023
Cumbia should definitely be accepted if not replaced as the Caribbean answer. It originated on the Caribbean coast in Colombia. These are facts. And my opinion is that it’s more famous and wide spread than Calypso.
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Level 62
Mar 30, 2023
It's okay, I believe you. I've made the clue more precise.