COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE ABOUT THE WELL-KNOWN 1960S BRITISH DRUMMER JIMMY NICHOL. JIMMY DID NOT PLAY LIVE ON STAGE WITH
Herman’s Hermits, The Beatles, The Dave Clark Five
WHICH OF THESE BIG 1960S MANFRED MANN HITS WAS COMPOSED BY SINGER/ SONGWRITER BOB DYLAN
If You Gotta Go, Go Now, My Name Is Jack, Semi Detached Suburban Mr. James
WHO IS THE ONLY ARTISTS IN THE 1960S TO HAVE HAD EIGHT ALBUMS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE BRITISH TOP 20?
The Beatles, Jim Reeves, Elvis Presley
WHICH WAS THE FIRST ACT TO ACHIEVE FOUR CHART TOPPING ALBUMS IN A CALENDAR YEAR IN THE USA?
The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Monkees
WHICH OF THESE 1960S ACTS HAVE RECORDED WITH LEGENDARY PRODUCER JOE MEEK IN HIS STUDIO ABOVE A SHOP IN LONDON’S HOLLOWAY ROAD?
Tom Jones, Adam Faith, Eden Kane
WHAT WAS THE GAP BETWEEN STEVIE WONDER’S FIRST US NO. 1 SINGLE AND HIS FIRST UK CHART TOPPER?
Eight months, Eight years and eight months, Eighteen years and eight months.
WAS THE STAGE NAME OF THE REGULAR 1960S CHART MAKER WHO WAS BORN CHARLES WESTOVER?
Engelbert Humperdinck, Ray Charles, Del Shannon
WHEN THEY WERE FIRST RELEASED IN THE EARLY 1960S, DID SAM COOKE’S ‘WONDERFUL WORLD’ OR BEN E. KING’S ‘STAND BY ME’ GET HIGHER IN THE TOP 20?
HOW MANY HITS HAD THE ROLLING STONES AMASSED BEFORE THEY RELEASED ONE OF THEIR OWN SONGS AS AN A-SIDE SINGLE?
None, their first hit was an original song, 5 previous hit singles, 2 previous hit singles
AS DETROIT IS TO MOTOWN RECORDS, WHICH FAMOUS AMERICAN CITY IS TO ATLANTIC RECORDS?
New York, Memphis, Los Angeles
THREE IMPOSSIBLE ONES (Without Internet help)?
1. WHICH FEMALE VOCALIST (SEEN IN A CLASSIC R&R FILM) EARLIER RECORDED AS ANNA MARIE ON FLAIR RECORDS?
2. WHOSE GUITAR & AMP DID ELVIS USE ON HIS COMEBACK TV SPECIAL?
3. JOHNNY MATHIS' BROTHER RALPH SANG IN WHICH LATE 50S DOO WOP GROUP?
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ANSWERS TO OCTOBER QUIZ
EARTHA KITT’S BIGGEST
Perry Como, Dean Martin,
Maurice Chevalier
TOP FIFTIES HEARTTHROB
EDDIE FISHER HAD TWO
Oh My Papa, Outside Of
Heaven, I’m Walking Behind You
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HITS
WAS COMPOSED BY THE WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN SINGER/SONGWRITER (HARRY) NILSSON?
All I Think About Is You,
Without You, Everybody’s Talkin’
AMERICAN COMPOSER /
ARRANGER AND CONDUCTOR HENRY MANCINI HAS RECEIVED OVER 70 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
FOR HIS WORK, BUT HAS ONLY COMPOSED ONE UK NO.1 SONG – WHAT WAS IT?
Strangers In The Night,
TWO OF THESE SINGLES BY CONNIE FRANCIS TOPPED THE
BRITISH CHART. NAME THE ONE THAT FAILED TO ACHIEVE THIS FEAT
Carolina Moon, Lipstick On Your Collar, Who’s Sorry
Now
WHO WERE THE FIRST VOCAL GROUP TO NOT ONLY SING, BUT
ALSO WRITE, A SINGLE THAT TOPPED THE
Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers with ‘Why Do Fools Fall In Love’, The
Dreamweavers with ‘It’s Almost Tomorrow’, The Stargazers with ‘I See The Moon’
WHAT WAS THE WINNER OF THE VERY FIRST GRAMMY AWARD IN
1958 FOR THE RECORD OF THE YEAR?
‘Fever’ – Peggy Lee,‘Catch A Falling Star’ – Perry
Como, ‘Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)’ by Domenico Modugno
WHICH OF THESE BURT BACHARACH COMPOSITIONS WAS THE
FIRST OF HIS
The Story Of My Life (Michael Holliday), Magic Moments
(Perry Como),
WHAT IS THE FULL AND CORRECT TITLE OF CLIFF RICHARD
AND THE DRIFTERS THIRD BRITISH CHART ENTRY?
Livin’ Lovin’
Doll, Walking Talking Living Doll, Living Doll
WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF BRITISH HITS SCORED IN THE
3, 7, 0
QUESTIONS – THREE IMPOSSIBLE ONES?
Can you prove me wrong - without using the internet?1. WHICH LATE 80S UK TOP 10 HIT BY A BRITISH ACT HAD BEEN A US TOP 100 ENTRY IN THE PRE BEATLES YEARS? -DONALD WHERE'S YOUR TROOSERS - ANDY STEWART
2. WHICH MILLION SELLING EARLY 60S HIT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN ENTITLED 'BEHAVE YOURSELF'?
GREEN ONIONS -BOOKER T & THE MG'S
3. NAME A 1953 UK TOP 10 HIT BY AN AMERICAN ACT WHICH WAS RECORDED IN LONDON?
WANTED - AL MARTINO
Clue: The had one release on RCA fifty years ago in 1958.
SEPTEMBER'S QUIZ & ANSWERS
Question
1
In 1975 TAMMY
WYNETTE topped the UK chart with ‘STAND BY YOUR MAN’. When did she
D.I.V.O.R.C.E. her man, fellow country legend GEORGE JONES?
A: The
same year
B: Five years
later
C: Ten
years later
Question
2
What were
SIMON & GARFUNKEL called as an act on their first US hit, "HEY
SCHOOLGIRL", in 1957?
A: Paul
and Artie
B: Tom
and Jerry
C: The
Peptones
Question
3
Which of
these famous 1930s and 1940s big bands did FRANK SINATRA NEVER
record as a vocalist with?
A: GLENN
MILLER and His Orchestra
B: TOMMY
DORSEY and His Orchestra
C: HARRY
JAMES and His Orchestra
Question
4
Who wrote
the theme song, ‘STEP INSIDE LOVE’, for CILLA
BLACK’S first TV series back in the 1960s?
A: GERRY GOFFIN and CAROLE KING
B: JOHN LENNON and PAUL McCARTNEY
C: BURT BACHARACH and HAL DAVID
Question
5
The title
song from actor-turned singer NICK
BERRY’S very successful TV series ‘HEARTBEAT’ has been a hit for several
artists. Who was the first to take it into the top 10 in the UK?
A: NICK BERRY
B: SHOWADDYWADDY
C: BUDDY HOLLY
Question
6
Who was
the composer of ARETHA FRANKLIN’S
theme song, ‘RESPECT’, which gave the queen of soul her first UK hit in 1967?
A: OTIS REDDING
B: ARETHA FRANKLIN
C: KENNY GAMBLE and LEON HUFF
Question
7
What was
the title of the song that Irish vocalist CLODAGH
RODGERS sang as the British entry to the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest?
A: KNOCK
KNOCK (WHO’S THERE)
B: JACK
IN THE BOX
C: COME
BACK AND SHAKE ME
Question
8
EDDY
ARNOLD has had more singles in the American Country Music Top 10 than
any other artist. In the UK he has had only one – What was it called?
A: PLEASE
HELP ME I’M FALLING
B: MAKE
THE WORLD GO AWAY
C: FROM A
JACK TO A KING
Question
9
Who wrote
DOLLY PARTON’S million selling 1981
Top 10 Hit with KENNY ROGERS,
‘ISLANDS IN THE STREAM’?
A: NEIL DIAMOND
B: THE BEE GEES
C: DOLLY PARTON
Question
10
Which of
these three big DUANE EDDY hit songs
was NOT the theme for a
successful US TV series?
A: PETER
GUNN
B: THE
BALLAD OF PALADIN
C: THEME FROM DIXIE
QUESTIONS – THREE IMPOSSIBLE ONES?
Can you prove me wrong - without using the internet?
1. Which
2. Which two R&B vocal
groups released single versions of the standard ‘These Foolish Things’ in
1953? THE FIVE KEYS & BILLY WARD & THE DOMINOES
3. Name the song that was
released by all of the following 1950s acts: ‘Handsome’ Bill Balcom, Tortilla
Pete and Jimmy Church? 'CORRIDO ROCK'