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Rockin' the 60's

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : 1960s Music : Rockin' the 60's

Introduction:
"I got a radio in 1962, bought my first single in 1963. These questions are about groups and songs from the whole decade."


1. The Beatles had the top five songs for much of the beginning of 1964. What artist or group knocked the Beatles "She Loves You" out of Number One May 1964?
    Frank Sinatra
    The Supremes
    Louis Armstrong
    The Four Seasons


2. Car songs were very big in the '60's. What was the name of the group that had a hit with "Hey Little Cobra" in 1964?
    Johnny and the Daytonas
    The Astronauts
    The Beach Boys
    The Ripchords


3. Acts got wilder and crazier as the decade went on. Who was known for performing his hit, "FIRE" while being lowered on stage in a flaming headdress?
    Arthur Brown
    Alice Cooper
    Jimi Hendrix
    Screamin' Jay Hawkins


4. Which "numerical" group had a hit with the song, "Concrete and Clay"?
    Unit 4 plus Two
    We Five
    Dave Clark Five
    Count Five


5. The American Group, The Shadows of Knight had a big hit in 1966 with "Gloria" but which group first released a version of the song in England in 1965?
    The Searchers
    Them
    The Shadows
    Status Quo


6. Gary Lewis, son of Jerry had a hit called "This Diamond Ring". It was written by this future Bob Dylan sideman (in the studio).
    Mike Bloomfield
    Eric Weissberg
    Robbie Robertson
    Al Kooper


7. Group members often had weird names. "Banana" was the lead guitarist for which group?
    The Youngbloods
    The Strawberry Alarm Clock
    The Lovin' Spoonful
    The Turtles


8. There were many cheesy "pyschodelic" singles in the late sixties. Which group had a hit with "Green Tambourine"?
    The Byrds
    Every Mother's Son
    Spiral Staircase
    The Lemon Pipers


9. The lead singer of which group wrote the song "Dandy" that was a hit for Herman's Hermits in the US?
    The Animals
    The Nazz
    The Yardbirds
    The Kinks


10. Easy as 1, 2, 3 -- the song 1, 2, 3 was a hit for ...
    Lou Christie
    Len Barry
    Frankie Valli
    Jackson Five


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