Kris co-wrote it, but Roger Miller was the first one to perform it. Kristofferson, The Grateful Dead, and Joplin all performed it at least a year after Miller.
Artists known by one name clearly fall under the first letter of that name. Being falsely obtuse to try to prove a point is a bad argument. Last name is the clear standard, except in the case of artists known by one name like Prince, Madonna, Beyonce, etc.
So proud of myself for not knowing the Justin Bieber song . . . in fact, other than hearing "Baby, Baby, Baby, Oh" on a commercial, I don't know a single thing that kid has ever done.
I only got the Justin Bieber song by guessing Justin Bieber. In fact, all the artists I got were just me typing artists that started with J, didn’t even look at the songs.
I was watching Lobo in concert at my school in 1973, and after a break he came back out on stage very upset, and told us that his good friend, Jim Croce, had just died in a plane crash after performing at Northwestern State in Louisiana. I'll never forget that moment.
Wow, that's crazy. I guess something like that would stick with you. Impossible to calculate how much good music we lost with Jim Croce dying so young.
A bit Amerocentric. Joe Cocker has probably had a more notable career than a few people listed. Joy Division were better than all of them. That's not even an opinion, that's fact.
Fun quiz, didn't realize how many musical groups with J fit the category. Should be able to do another quiz with those left out (BIlly Joel, Judy Garland, Jane Goodall, Janet Jackson etal)
In four different styles, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Joy Division and Judas Priest are all very significant.