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1.
What was the title of this 1969 classic?
"Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner but he knew it couldn't last
Jo Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona for some California grass" |
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2.
"When Jesus washed
Oh when he washed
When Jesus washed
He washed my sins away"
This Gospel number was the surprise hit of the year for The Edwin Hawkins Singers. Do you recall the song's title? |
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3.
A #5 hit for The Youngbloods, identify this hit from the lyrics below.
"If you hear the song I sing, you will understand (listen!)
You hold the key to love and fear all in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both, it's there at your command" |
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4.
"Yeah
My mind's such a sweet thing
I wanna do everything
What a beautiful feeling"
Lyrics can't get much simpler than these yet they resulted in a #1 song. Its title? |
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5.
"The others were untrue but when it came to loving you
I'd spend my whole life with you
'Cause you came and you took control
You touched my very soul
You always showed me that
Loving you was where it's at"
Lyrics from the debut #2 single for Blood, Sweat and Tears. It's title? |
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6.
"I met a gin-soaked, bar room queen in Memphis
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
She had to heave me right across her shoulder
'Cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind"
The title is? |
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7.
"And then worst of all, you never call baby
When you say you will but I love you still
I need you more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start"
What was the title of this #2 hit for the Foundations? |
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8.
"Till the sheep in the valley come home my way
Till the stars fall around me and find me alone
When the sun comes a-singin' I'll still be a-waitin'"
What was the title of this #2 hit? |
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9.
"Well I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down but to my surprise
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and a gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer"
Another big #2 hit entitled "A Boy Named _____" |
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10.
"Then one night in desperation a young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries"
Name the song. |
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11.
"Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job
But I get no offers, just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there"
What song was this? |
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12.
"Left a good job in the city
Workin' for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been"
Although this song never hit #1, it sold over two million records. The title? |
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13.
Identify this #1 hit.
"There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby dooby" |
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14.
"When a man loves a woman it's hard to understand
That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man
I never really noticed how sweet you are to me
It just so happens I'm free tonight
Would you like to have dinner with me"
One of my candidates for worst song of all-time, it charted at #2 in 1969. It's title? |
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15.
"What's your name? Who's your daddy? Is he rich like me?
Has he taken any time to show you what you need to live?"
An interesting song from an interesting group! But do you know the title of this #3 hit? |
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