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These are music questions identifying the Billboard top twenty from June 4, 1966 -- graduation for the Class of '66. For each of the top twenty songs a lyric is given and you are to guess the song. Select your answer and "correct" or "wrong" will be displayed. If you want help before you answer, click on "Get Hint." The question # and score are displayed at the bottom. Your points will be determined by how many correct answers you have - .5 for each hint used. TO LISTEN TO THE TUNES OF 1966, CLICK BELOW:

JUNE 1966 MUSIC QUIZ



 


 

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Choices: Barefootin; Cool Jerk; Good Lovin; Kicks; Love Is Like An Itchin In My Heart; Message To Michael; Oh How Happy; Opus 17 (Don't You Worry Bout Me; Sweet Talkin Guy; The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore;

1. #20 ... 'Spread your wings for New Orleans, Kentucky bluebird fly away.' ; 'Oh tell him how my heart just breaks in two'; 'Message to Michael' by Dionne Warwick peaked at #8 on May 14th.
Correct Answer: Message To Michael

2. #19 ... 'I'll be blue an I'll be crying too.' ; 'Oh tell him how my heart just breaks in two'; 'Opus 17' by The Four Seasons was their fifteenth top twenty record.
Correct Answer: Oh How Happy

3. #18 ... 'You brought joy to my empty life, yeah; and all that was wrong, you made it right.' ; 'You have made me, you have made me.'; 'Oh How Happy' by Shades of Blue was their only top twenty hit. It was written by Edwin Starr and he sang the lead vocal.
Correct Answer: Oh How Happy

4. #17 ... 'Well, this cat they talkin' about, I wonder who could it be?' ; 'On their faces they wear a silly smirk cause they know I'm the king ot the ...'; 'Cool Jerk' by The Capitols would reach #7 in July.
Correct Answer: Cool Jerk

5. #16 ... 'Emptiness is the place you're in; there's nothing to lose but no more to win.' ; 'The moon ain't gonna rise in the sky'; 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore' by The Walker Brothers was first recorded by Frankie Valli but never made the Hot 100.
Correct Answer: The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore

6. #15 ... 'Now honey please, squeeze metight; Don't you want your baby to feel alright.' ; 'Yes indeed, all I really need.'; 'Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals was #1 on April 30th.
Correct Answer: Good Lovin

7. #14 ... 'Well you think you're gonna find yourself a little piece of paradise.' ; 'Before you find out it's too late, girl you better get straight.'; 'Kicks' by Paul Revere & The Raiders was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia West and peaked at #4.
Correct Answer: Kicks

8. #13 ... 'He'll send you flowers and paint the town with another girl.' ; 'Sweeter than sugar, kisses like wine.'; 'Sweet Talkin' Guy' by The Chiffons was their fourth top twenty hit and peaked at #10.
Correct Answer: Sweet Talkin Guy

9. #12 ... 'You make me nervous when you in your seat.' ; 'She threw her wig, and her high sneakers too; she was doin' a dance without any shoes.'; 'Barefootin' by Robert Parker spent seven weeks in the top twenty, peaking at #7.
Correct Answer: Barefootin

10. #11 ... 'The love bug done bit me; didn't mean for him to get me.' ; 'Love is a nagging irritation; causing my heart complication.'; 'Love Is Like An Itchin In My Heart' by The Supremes was their ninth top twenty hit and would peak at #9.
Correct Answer: Love Is Like An Itchin In My Heart

Choices: A Groovy Kind of Love; Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind; Green Grass; I Am A Rock; It's a Man's Man's Man's World; Monday Monday; Paint It Black; Rainy Day Women; Strangers In The Night; When A Man Loves A Woman;

11. 'Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away.'; 'Strangers In The Night' by Frank Sinatra was his first top ten record since 'Witchcraft' in 1958 -- it would make it to #1 on June 25th.
Correct Answer: Strangers In The Night

12. 'All the winter we've been waitin'; Girl and I anticipating.'; 'Green Grass' by Gary Lewis & The Playboys would peak at #8 in two more weeks.
Correct Answer: Green Grass

13. 'But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.'; 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World' by James Brown was his third top ten record.
Correct Answer: It's a Man's Man's Man's World

14. 'They'll stone you and then they'll come back again.'; 'Rainy Day Women' by Bob Dylan was one of those songs that never use the title in the lyrics .. it peaked at #2 in May.
Correct Answer: Rainy Day Women

15. 'Every other day, every other day of the week is fine.'; 'Monday Monday' by The Mamas and the Papas was their second #1 ... 'California Dreamin' was their first.
Correct Answer: Monday Monday

16. 'If I never loved, I never would have cried.'; 'I Am A Rock' by Simon & Garfunkel was their third consecutive top ten record and would peak at #3 the next week.
Correct Answer: I Am A Rock

17. 'Better go home son, and make up your mind.'; 'Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind' by The Lovin' Spoonful would peak at #2 the next week.
Correct Answer: Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind

18. 'I have to turn my head until my darkness goes.'; 'Paint It Black' by The Rolling Stones would be #1 the next week -- it was their third #1.
Correct Answer: Paint It Black

19. 'When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do is take a look at you.'; 'A Groovy Kind of Love' by The Mindbenders was #2 for two weeks ... never made #1.
Correct Answer: A Groovy Kind of Love

20. 'He'd give up all his comforts, and sleep out in the rain.'; 'When A Man Loves A Woman' by Percy Sledge was #1 for a second week.
Correct Answer: When A Man Loves A Woman

7. 'Before you find out it's too late, girl you better get straight.'; 'Kicks' by Paul Revere & The Raiders was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia West and peaked at #4.
Correct Answer: Kicks

8. 'Sweeter than sugar, kisses like wine.'; 'Sweet Talkin' Guy' by The Chiffons was their fourth top twenty hit and peaked at #10.
Correct Answer: Sweet Talkin Guy

9. 'She threw her wig, and her high sneakers too; she was doin' a dance without any shoes.'; 'Barefootin' by Robert Parker spent seven weeks in the top twenty, peaking at #7.
Correct Answer: Barefootin

10. 'Love is a nagging irritation; causing my heart complication.'; 'Love Is Like An Itchin In My Heart' by The Supremes was their ninth top twenty hit and would peak at #9.
Correct Answer: Love Is Like An Itchin In My Heart

Choices: A Groovy Kind of Love; Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind; Green Grass; I Am A Rock; It's a Man's Man's Man's World; Monday Monday; Paint It Black; Rainy Day Women; Strangers In The Night; When A Man Loves A Woman;

11. 'Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away.'; 'Strangers In The Night' by Frank Sinatra was his first top ten record since 'Witchcraft' in 1958 -- it would make it to #1 on June 25th.
Correct Answer: Strangers In The Night

12. 'All the winter we've been waitin'; Girl and I anticipating.'; 'Green Grass' by Gary Lewis & The Playboys would peak at #8 in two more weeks.
Correct Answer: Green Grass

13. 'But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.'; 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World' by James Brown was his third top ten record.
Correct Answer: It's a Man's Man's Man's World

14. 'They'll stone you and then they'll come back again.'; 'Rainy Day Women' by Bob Dylan was one of those songs that never use the title in the lyrics .. it peaked at #2 in May.
Correct Answer: Rainy Day Women

15. 'Every other day, every other day of the week is fine.'; 'Monday Monday' by The Mamas and the Papas was their second #1 ... 'California Dreamin' was their first.
Correct Answer: Monday Monday

16. 'If I never loved, I never would have cried.'; 'I Am A Rock' by Simon & Garfunkel was their third consecutive top ten record and would peak at #3 the next week.
Correct Answer: I Am A Rock

17. 'Better go home son, and make up your mind.'; 'Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind' by The Lovin' Spoonful would peak at #2 the next week.
Correct Answer: Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind

18. 'I have to turn my head until my darkness goes.'; 'Paint It Black' by The Rolling Stones would be #1 the next week -- it was their third #1.
Correct Answer: Paint It Black

19. 'When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do is take a look at you.'; 'A Groovy Kind of Love' by The Mindbenders was #2 for two weeks ... never made #1.
Correct Answer: A Groovy Kind of Love

20. 'He'd give up all his comforts, and sleep out in the rain.'; 'When A Man Loves A Woman' by Percy Sledge was #1 for a second week.
Correct Answer: When A Man Loves A Woman

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