1968 - Just Dropped In

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1. "Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again" From what #2 hit in 1968 did these lyrics come from? Hey, Good Lookin', Whatcha Got Cookin' Time Has Come Today Rainy Days And Mondays MacArthur Park

2. "I know a man ain't supposed to cry but these tears I can't hold inside Losin' you would end my life you see 'cause you mean that much to me You could have told me yourself that you love someone else" The title is? I Think I'm Going Out Of My Head People Got To Be Free Lonely Teardrops I Heard It Through The Grapevine

3. "Left my home in Georgia headed for the Frisco Bay I had nothin' to live for, looks like nothin's gonna come my way" Ultimately prophetic lines from which song? (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay San Franciscan Nights San Francisco Midnight Train From Georgia

4. "Coo, coo, ca-choo, _________ Jesus loves you more than you will know God bless you please, __________ Heaven holds a place for those who pray" Who was the title character of this Simon and Garfunkel song? Mrs. Robinson Jennifer Eccles Eleanor Rigby Delilah

5. "L.A. is a great big freeway, put a hundred down and buy a car In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass And all the stars that never were are parking cars and pumping gas" The title of this Bacharach/David composition? L.A. State Of Mind Message To Michael Do You Know The Way To San Jose Hollywood Swinging

6. "Have you got cheating on your mind, on your mind A woman wears a certain look when she is on the move And a man can always tell what's on her mind I hate to have to say it but that look's all over you" What was the title of this #4 hit for The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett? The Cheater Young Girl Woman Woman You've Got The Look

7. "And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime And there's no such thing as Doctor Seuss Or Disneyland, and Mother Goose, no nursery rhyme" This song was a charting single for three different recording acts in 1968. What was it's title? Indian Lake In The Summertime It's A Wide, Wide World Little Green Apples

8. Kenny Rogers first hit the charts in 1968 fronting a group known as The First Edition. Their song had rather bizarre lyrics. I'll present a few of the lines and you guess at it's title. "I woke up this mornin' with the sundown shinin' in I found my mind in a brown paper bag within I tripped on a cloud and fell eight miles high I tore my mind on a jagged sky" Something's Burning Eight Miles High Just Dropped In Beyond The Clouds

9. "She holds her head so high Like a statue in the sky Her arms are wicked and her legs are long When she moves, my brain screams out this song" Can you identify this #1 hit? Witchy Woman Hello I Love You Brown Sugar Let's Spend The Night Together

10. "I started my life in an old, cold run down tenement slum My father left, he never even married mom I shared the guilt my mama knew So afraid that others knew I had no name" Another #1 hit. The title? Love Child Run Away Child, Running Wild In The Ghetto Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

11. Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66 had a #4 hit in 1968 with a song that was featured in the James Bond spoof "Casino Royale". A slice of the lyric follows: "I can hardly wait to hold you, feel my arms around you How long I have waited Waited just to love you, now that I have found you Don't ever go Don't ever go" So, what's the song's title? Never Gonna Let You Go The Fool On The Hill The Look Of Love Don't Ever Go (A Bad Choice)

12. "In the cool of the evening when everything is gettin' kind of groovy I call you up and ask you if you want to go and meet and see a movie First you say no, you've got some plans for the night And then you stop, and say, 'all right'" A classic song by the Classics IV. What was it? Spooky Sara Stormy Sheila

13. "Watch the jingle jangle start to chime Reflections of the music that is mine When you drop a coin you'll hear it sing Now listen while I play" What instrument does the singer play? Yellow Euphoneum Taupe Trumpet Purple Piano Green Tambourine

14. "The preacher talked to me and he smiled Said, 'Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile Now for once in your life you're alone But you ain't got a dime, there's no time for the phone'" A #8 hit in the U.S. and a #1 hit in the U.K. It's title? Massachusetts Son Of A Preacher Man I've Gotta Get A Message To You If I Didn't Have A Dime

15. Although this is ostensibly a quiz based on lyrics, some songs without lyrics must be honored. This is one of them. A #1 hit in the U.S. for five weeks and in Australia for six weeks, this instrumental was recorded by a French Parisian. Its title? Poor People Of Paris Grazing In The Grass Love Is Blue The Good, The Bad and The Ugly