QUIZ KEY:
1. In the summer between our junior and senior year Johnny Rivers made a #1 hit out of Chuck Berry's 'Memphis.' As we started our senior year in September he had another Chuck Berry song in the top twenty. What was it?
-- A) Johnny B. Goode; B) Maybelline; C) Summertime Blues; D) The Poor Side of Town
• Correct Answer: Maybelline
•Hint: 'The Poor Side of Town' was released in 1966.
•Feedback: Rivers did well covering previously released songs -- 'Maybelline' peaked at #12. In December he would make the top ten with a cover of Harold Dorman's 'Mountain of Love.'
2. Roy Orbison hadn't had a top ten hit for over a year, but in September he made it all the way to #1 with what song?
-- A) Mean Woman Blues; B) It Hurts To Be In Love; C) Pretty Woman; D) Everybody Loves Somebody
• Correct Answer: Pretty Woman
•Hint: Julia Roberts
•Feedback: Orbison wouldn't make the top 40 again until 1989 with 'You Got It.'
3. Car songs were big during our years in high school. In October of our senior year, what car did Ronny & The Daytonas sing about?
-- A) G.T.O.; B) Little Deuce Coup; C) Nash Rambler; D) Cobra
• Correct Answer: G.T.O.
•Hint: The Nash Rambler was the car The Playmates' Cadillac couldn't catch up with in the 1960 song 'Beep Beep.'
•Feedback: 'G.T.O.' peaked at #4 at the end of September.
4. What song that peaked in November contained the lyric, 'Make you want to holler, 'Hi-de-ho!'?
-- A) Dancing in the Street; B) Tobacco Road; C) Chug a Lug; D) Do Wah Diddy Diddy
• Correct Answer: Chug a Lug
•Hint: It was sung by Roger Miller.
•Feedback: Roger Miller had five top ten records in 1964 - 1965.
5. In November 'Baby Love' reached #1. Who sang 'Baby Love?'
-- A) Martha & The Vandellas; B) The Supremes; C) The Ronettes; D) The Shirelles
• Correct Answer: The Supremes
•Hint: It was their second #1, on the way to five #1's in a row.
•Feedback: In the sequel to the movie 'American Graffiti', 'More American Graffiti,' 'Baby Love' was featured as a 'protest' song on a bus.
6. What group that had their original success in 1958 made it to the top ten in December with 'Goin' Out of My Head?'
-- A) Little Anthony & The Imperials; B) The Platters; C) The Fleetwoods; D) The Diamonds
• Correct Answer: Little Anthony & The Imperials
•Hint: Their first top ten hit was 'Tears On My Pillow.'
•Feedback: Little Anthony & The Imperials would reach the top ten again in March with 'Hurts So Bad.'
7. Bobby Vinton first had success in 1962 with a #1 song, 'Roses Are Red.' He reached #1 again in December of 1964 with what song?
-- A) Blue Velvet; B) Mountain of Love; C) Time Is On My Side; D) Mr. Lonely
• Correct Answer: Mr. Lonely
•Hint: If you were paying attention, 'Mountain of Love' was mentioned earlier as a record by Johnny Rivers.
•Feedback: 'Mr. Lonely' was Bobby Vinton's fourth #1.
8. 'Love Potion Number 9' was originally a hit for The Clovers in 1959. What British Invasion group took it to #3 in January of 1965?
-- A) The Dave Clark Five; B) The Searchers; C) Herman's Hermits; D) The Zombies
• Correct Answer: The Searchers
•Hint: The group's first success in the U.S. was a cover of the Jackie DeShannon song, 'Needles and Pins.'
•Feedback: The Searchers version of 'Love Potion #9' peaked at #3. The Clovers got no higher than #23.
9. 'My Girl' first reached the top ten on February 6th. Four weeks later it would be #1. Who sang 'My Girl'?
-- A) The Four Tops; B) The Contours; C) The Temptations; D) The Righteous Brothers
• Correct Answer: The Temptations
•Hint: Their first hit was 'The Way You Do The Things You Do.'
•Feedback: The Temptations wouldn't have another #1 until 1969 with 'I Can't Get Next to You.'
10. What song by The Kingsmen featured mentioning names of vegetables?
-- A) Louie, Louie; B) The Jolly Green Giant; C) The Boy From New York City; D) The Birds and the Bees
• Correct Answer: The Jolly Green Giant
•Hint: Part of a sales campaign to sell canned vegetables -- he lives in a valley.
•Feedback: 'The Jolly Green Giant' peaked at #4 in March.
11. Which of the following is a lyric from Gary Lewis and The Playboys' 'This Diamond Ring?'
-- A) Hope you need my love babe, just like I need you.; B) This stone is genuine, like love shoud be.; C) When you asked me to meet your ma, I knew that baby we'd be going far.; D) ... his lies can't disguise what you fear
• Correct Answer: This stone is genuine, like love shoud be.
•Hint: 'meet your ma' is something Herman's Hermits would sing
•Feedback: 'This Diamond Ring' was the start of seven consecutive top ten records for Gary Lewis & The Playboys.
12. Bobby Freeman took 'Do You Wanna Dance' to #5 in 1958. What group remade the song in 1965, reaching #12?
-- A) The Temptations; B) The Four Seasons; C) The Dave Clark Five; D) The Beach Boys
• Correct Answer: The Beach Boys
•Hint: The group's previous hit in December of 1964 was 'Dance, Dance, Dance.'
•Feedback: 'Do You Wanna Dance' was from the album, 'The Beach Boys Today' that also featured 'When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)', and 'Help Me Ronda.'
13. On March 27th Herman's Hermits' 'Can't You Hear My Heart Beat' peaked at #2. Who was the lead singer for Herman's Hermits?
-- A) Bobby Hatfield; B) Herman Melville; C) Peter Noone; D) Jan Berry
• Correct Answer: Peter Noone
•Hint: Not the author of 'Moby Dick'
•Feedback: 'Can't You Hear My Heart Beat' was the beginning of nine consecutive top ten records for Herman's Hermits.
14. Jack Jones had a top twenty hit with 'The Race is On' in April. It was a cover of what country music star's rendition that made #3 on the Billboard Country chart?
-- A) George Jones; B) Grandpa Jones; C) Willie Nelson; D) Conway Twitty
• Correct Answer: George Jones
•Hint: one of the Joneses
•Feedback: Cashbox combined the sales of both records to give it a ranking of #12 on the Cashbox chart -- George Jones' only top forty record on a pop chart.
15. Linda Ronstadt had a #7 hit with 'Ooo Baby Baby' in 1978. What group originally recorded it in 1965?
-- A) The Impressions; B) The Miracles; C) The Supremes; D) The Temptations
• Correct Answer: The Miracles
•Hint: 'Ooo Baby Baby' was written by Smokey Robinson
•Feedback: The original 'Ooo Baby Baby' reached no higher than #16. The group had considerable top forty success but didn't have a #1 until 1970 with "Tears of a Clown."
16. Glenn Yarbrough had a #12 hit with 'Baby the Rain Must Fall.' Who starred in the movie of the same name?
-- A) Steve McQueen; B) Richard Burton; C) James Garner; D) Elvis Presley
• Correct Answer: Steve McQueen
•Hint: not 'the King'
•Feedback: 'Baby the Rain Must Fall' is Glenn Yarbrough's only top twenty record.
17. What song contains the lyric, 'The purpose of a man is to love a woman?'
-- A) 'It's Not Unusual' by Tom Jones; B) 'The Last Time' by The Rolling Stones; C) 'Ticket To Ride' by The Beatles; D) 'The Game of Love' by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
• Correct Answer: 'The Game of Love' by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
•Hint: The lead singer took his name from Elvis Presley's drummer.
•Feedback: 'The Game of Love' was Wayne Fontana's most succesful record, peaking at #2.
18. Peter & Gordon reached the top twenty with 'True Love Ways.' What early rock and roll martyr wrote it?
-- A) Ritchie Valens; B) Buddy Holly; C) Patsy Cline; D) Rick Nelson
• Correct Answer: Buddy Holly
•Hint: plane crash in Iowa -- "the day the music died"
•Feedback: 'True Love Ways' was released posthumously for Holly. It failed to chart.
19. 'Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte' was the title song to the Bette Davis movie. What singer who was popular in the 1950's recorded it and made it to #8 in June?
-- A) Doris Day; B) Petula Clark; C) Patti Page; D) Nancy Sinatra
• Correct Answer: Patti Page
•Hint: This one's not about boots walking.
•Feedback: Patti Page sang 'Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte' on the 37th Academy Awards show.
20. What was the #1 song the week the Class of '65 graduated? (as published on 6/12/1965)
-- A) 'I Can't Stop Loving You' by Ray Charles; B) 'Sukiyaki' by Kyu Sakamoto; C) 'Chapel of Love' by The Dixie Cups; D) 'Back in My Arms Again' by The Supremes
• Correct Answer: 'Back in My Arms Again' by The Supremes
•Hint: they are listed in chronological order
•Feedback: 'I Can't Stop Loving You' -- June, 1962; 'Sukiyaki' -- June, 1963; 'Chapel of Love' -- June 1964 |
