AS ALBERT EINSTEIN ONCE SAID, IT'S ALL RELATIVE

You're probably familiar with the game, "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", in which almost anyone can be connected to actor Kevin Bacon within six movies. This week's quiz is kinda like that, except Kevin Bacon's not in it. I'm vegetarian, ya see, so no bacon at all for me. This one is about relatives of famous people who most likely are famous themselves, otherwise how would you know of them? The questions are also true or false, so if you have absolutely no idea, then you've a 50/50 chance of getting it right anyway.
Let's take a shot, shall we?

QUESTIONS:

1. One of actress Angelina Jolie's relatives is a music legend, having written several major hits over the years. True or false?

2. Television evangelist Jimmy Swaggert is related to country rocker Jerry Reed. True or false?

3. The son of Motown founder Berry Gordy had a charted hit that also featured Michael Jackson. True or false?

4. At least one relative of each of the four Beatles has recorded and released a record (or CD). True or false?

5. Rapper L'il Wayne is the son of pioneering rocker Little Richard. True or false.


ANSWERS:

1. That's absolutely true. Chip Taylor, real name James Wesley Voight, is Angelina's uncle (and brother of Mrs. Brad Pitt's father Jon Voight). Chip wrote several hit songs, including the 1966 # 1 smash for The Troggs, "Wild Thing" as well as Merilee Rush's 1968 Top Ten hit, "Angel OF The Morning".

2. False. Jimmy Swaggart is the cousin of wildman piano rocker Jerry Lee Lewis. He's also the cousin of country performer Mickey Gilly.

3. That one is True. Berry Gordy's son Kennedy used the stage name of Rockwell and had a number two hit with "Somebody's Watching Me" and asked his pal Michael Jackson to sing the chorus with him, which he did.

4. Yep, it's true. George Harrison's sister, Louise Harrison Caldwell, released an album of Beatle stories in 1965 titled "All About The Beatles" on Recar Records. Both of John Lennon's sons, Julian and Sean also recorded CDs with Julian having the most commercial success. Paul McCartney's brother, using the stage name Mike McGear, was in the group The Scaffold, who hit the North American record charts only once with "Thank U Very Much" in 1969, and Ringo's son, drummer Zak Starkey, has toured and recorded with The Who, Oasis and was a founding member of Johnny Marr & The Healers. He's also performed as part of Ringo Starr's All Star Band.

5. Oh c'mon, this one's a gimme. It's False. L'il Wayne's real name is Wayne Carter. Little Richard's real name is Richard Penniman and they are definitely NOT related.