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Quiz about Country Songs  1980s Number One Hits
Quiz about Country Songs  1980s Number One Hits

Country Songs - 1980s Number One Hits Quiz


Identify the artist, song title, missing words ... remember, all songs were number one hits of the 80s. Referenced chart positions - Billboard Hot Country Singles. Have Fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by annanne. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
annanne
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
357,054
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
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714
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Question 1 of 15
1. Hi Y'all ... let's grab some "Burgers And Fries" and play this quiz!

Who had a 1982 number one hit beginning with this line?

"Standing on a mountain looking down on a city
The way I feel is a dog-gone pity
Teardrops are fallin' down the mountainside
Many times I've been here, and many times I cried
We used to be so happy, when we were in love
High on a ______________" (no need to fill in, it's the song's title).
Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Over the years he's told us to "Talk To Me", "Stand By Me" and "Bring It On Home To Me".

He's also seen those "City Lights", that "Room Full Of Roses" and the "Window Up Above".

Can you name the singer of these number one hits?
Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Mel Tillis had a number one hit February of 1981, singing about what type of rain? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. From the 1988 album "Diamonds & Dirt", it's conceivable he wrote this song for his then singer/songwriter wife (they sang the duet "It's Such A Small World")?

"The sun is coming up and I'm just going down
Everywhere I look the world keeps turning 'round
Though I said I never would be satisfied
Baby I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried"
Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Realizing he couldn't "afford to feed a rich girl's appetite", who wound up "laying' by those (these) railroad tracks in Denver"?

"I still recall the morning that I met you
Standing out in front of Wilson's five and dime
Staring through the window at the jewelry
Hungry for the things you couldn't buy"
Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Here is the title track's chorus from the 1983 album by John ________" - can you choose the correct artist named John?

"And in my eyes
She just grows lovelier to me
And in my eyes
She's only aging gracefully
And a thousand strands of gray won't disguise
The woman she'll always be in my eyes"
Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Ricky Skaggs achieved number one status with each song listed below, but which song would the following verse be found?

"Well, who wouldn't notice the fire in your eyes
Or the bitter direction of impending goodbyes
I'm fallin', I'm folded, I'm welded in place
At the sight of you standin' with streaks down your face"
Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. In this song, what exactly is Eddie Rabbitt's observation?

"I took a plane around the world
Trying to lose her memory
But every where that I touched down
I found it waiting there for me"
Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. In 1975, he relayed a message to Hank Williams, Sr. through his song, "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life". Then, four years later he recorded a song beginning like this ... who is the singer?

"After hundreds of lies, fake alibis
After too many times of playing, out all night
After too many women, too many times of actin' free
After all this time of cheatin', I've been cheatin' me"
Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. "Don't Go To Strangers" for help on this question, "Darlene" knows the artist ... do you?

"Now baby don't worry, if he troubles your mind
It'll all wash away girl, in the river of time
If you need a shoulder, I'll be a-round
Be your rock to hold onto, till the river goes down"
Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Can you choose the correct words that begin this Ricky Van Shelton hit?

"_____________________"
Leave with my blessings
Once in a while, let me hear from you
If we never meet again, before my life is over
I'll leave this world loving you"
Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers", so he says. Then, a few years later, he co-wrote and recorded this number one ... can you name this highly credited singer/songwriter/guitarist?

"Well I've heard it said
The grass is always greener
We want what we can't have
Or so it seems
When I looked at you
The world never looked any sweeter
I go home to her
And see you in my dreams"
Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Here is the first verse to a number one hit by Gary Morris - do you know the title?

"8 AM, radio on, just for a little noise
Empty house, I just needed to hear
The sound of another voice
One more day
They're all runnin' together
One more day
They're all startin' to look the same"
Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Do you know who wrote America's most recognized patriotic song (released 1984), and had a number one hit beginning with this chorus?

"Oh it tears me up when you go all to pieces
Your cryin' eyes say you've been hurt enough
Tryin' hard don't always make it easy
'Cause hearts aren't made to break, they're made to love"
Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. "Somebody's needin' somebody, the way I do
Somebody's wantin' somebody, they can hold on to
To be loved by somebody, that's the way it should be
Oh, there's got to be somebody, somewhere waitin' for me"

Who is this singer?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Hi Y'all ... let's grab some "Burgers And Fries" and play this quiz! Who had a 1982 number one hit beginning with this line? "Standing on a mountain looking down on a city The way I feel is a dog-gone pity Teardrops are fallin' down the mountainside Many times I've been here, and many times I cried We used to be so happy, when we were in love High on a ______________" (no need to fill in, it's the song's title).

Answer: Charley Pride

The great Charley Pride and his 26th number one hit song "Mountain Of Love".

Pride's life-long love is baseball; he is part owner/investor in the Texas Rangers based in Dallas, TX, where Pride also resides.
2. Over the years he's told us to "Talk To Me", "Stand By Me" and "Bring It On Home To Me". He's also seen those "City Lights", that "Room Full Of Roses" and the "Window Up Above". Can you name the singer of these number one hits?

Answer: Mickey Gilley

During the 1970s, Gilley received six awards from the Academy Of Country Music and also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"Room Full Of Roses" from 1974, was Mickey's breakthrough song.
3. Mel Tillis had a number one hit February of 1981, singing about what type of rain?

Answer: Southern Rains

Here is the first verse to "Southern Rains":

"Sometimes my soul gets weary, and my mind begins to wander
And like that ol' train, the hummingbird, it goes to Alabam
They say home is where the heart is, and mine is down in dixie
When you go down to dixie, you're headin' for higher ground"

In February 2012, for over 50 years in the country music business, Tillis was awarded the National Medal of Arts from President Obama.

He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
4. From the 1988 album "Diamonds & Dirt", it's conceivable he wrote this song for his then singer/songwriter wife (they sang the duet "It's Such A Small World")? "The sun is coming up and I'm just going down Everywhere I look the world keeps turning 'round Though I said I never would be satisfied Baby I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried"

Answer: Rodney Crowell

"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" from 1988, his first number one single totaling thirteen weeks on the charts.

Crowell and Rosanne Cash divorced in 1992 after 13 years of marriage. They have three daughters, remain on good terms and will perform together on occasion. Both are remarried.
5. Realizing he couldn't "afford to feed a rich girl's appetite", who wound up "laying' by those (these) railroad tracks in Denver"? "I still recall the morning that I met you Standing out in front of Wilson's five and dime Staring through the window at the jewelry Hungry for the things you couldn't buy"

Answer: Gene Watson

Second verse to "Fourteen Carat Mind":

"Just like a fool I thought that I could please you
I saw you had an eye for things that shine
I paid seven saw mill dollars for a bracelet
Just to satisfy your fourteen carat mind"

A number one hit for Gene Watson January 1982, charting a total of fifteen weeks. Watson's career took off in 1975 with his number three single "Love In The Hot Afternoon".
6. Here is the title track's chorus from the 1983 album by John ________" - can you choose the correct artist named John? "And in my eyes She just grows lovelier to me And in my eyes She's only aging gracefully And a thousand strands of gray won't disguise The woman she'll always be in my eyes"

Answer: John Conlee

Charting for fifteen weeks, "In My Eyes" was Conlee's fifth number one hit, January 1984. Six years earlier, "Rose Colored Glasses" was a number five song, his well-known signature song.

Conlee and his family live the farm-life outside of Nashville, TN, has retained his childhood home in Versailles, KY and is a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, inducted 1981.
7. Ricky Skaggs achieved number one status with each song listed below, but which song would the following verse be found? "Well, who wouldn't notice the fire in your eyes Or the bitter direction of impending goodbyes I'm fallin', I'm folded, I'm welded in place At the sight of you standin' with streaks down your face"

Answer: Heartbroke

Composed by Guy Clark and released July 1982, "Heartbroke" was Skaggs' third number one hit. He has been a Grand Ole Opry member since 1982.

Ed Koch, former Mayor of New York City and recently deceased (February 1, 2013), appeared in Ricky Skaggs' music video for "Country Boy", a number one hit June 1985.
8. In this song, what exactly is Eddie Rabbitt's observation? "I took a plane around the world Trying to lose her memory But every where that I touched down I found it waiting there for me"

Answer: You Can't Run From Love

The number one hit (April 1970) of Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain", proved Rabbitt's song-writing abilities in Nashville (co-written by Dick Heard).

Eddie Rabbitt's charitable work included Easter Seals, Special Olympics, United Cerebral Palsy and Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Eddie Rabbitt died from lung cancer, May 1998 and is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Nashville, TN.
9. In 1975, he relayed a message to Hank Williams, Sr. through his song, "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life". Then, four years later he recorded a song beginning like this ... who is the singer? "After hundreds of lies, fake alibis After too many times of playing, out all night After too many women, too many times of actin' free After all this time of cheatin', I've been cheatin' me"

Answer: Moe Bandy

Chorus to "I Cheated Me Right Out Of You" (Moe Bandy's only number one song December 1979):

"Yes, I cheated me, right out of you
By holding the wrong ends, I had to lose
I lost out at my own game, cause look who cheated who
And I cheated me, right out of you"

From Meridian, Mississippi, Moe and brother Mike were competitive throughout Texas, bull-riding and bronco-busting, before pursuing his music career. In 2007, the brothers were inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall Of Fame.
10. "Don't Go To Strangers" for help on this question, "Darlene" knows the artist ... do you? "Now baby don't worry, if he troubles your mind It'll all wash away girl, in the river of time If you need a shoulder, I'll be a-round Be your rock to hold onto, till the river goes down"

Answer: T. Graham Brown

"It's hell and high water, that your goin' through
But come hell or high water, I'll be here waiting for you"

Born 1958 in Atlanta, GA, Graham started out singing advertising jingles soon after his arrival in Nashville, TN 1982.

December 1986, "Hell And High Water" became his first number one success, composed by T. Graham Brown and Alex Harvey.
11. Can you choose the correct words that begin this Ricky Van Shelton hit? "_____________________" Leave with my blessings Once in a while, let me hear from you If we never meet again, before my life is over I'll leave this world loving you"

Answer: Walk away

"I'll Leave This World Loving You", from Ricky Van Shelton's second studio album "Living Proof". November 1988, this song became his fourth consecutive number one hit single. He's been a Grand Ole Opry member since 1987.

Retired singer/songwriter/guitarist, Shelton and his family reside outside of Nashville, TN, raising cattle. Ricky's hobbies include gardening, drawing/painting, antiquing and car collecting/restoration of many classic models on what he calls his 'junkyard'.
12. "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers", so he says. Then, a few years later, he co-wrote and recorded this number one ... can you name this highly credited singer/songwriter/guitarist? "Well I've heard it said The grass is always greener We want what we can't have Or so it seems When I looked at you The world never looked any sweeter I go home to her And see you in my dreams"

Answer: Steve Wariner

"You Can Dream Of Me" totaled twenty-two weeks on the charts as Wariner's third number one single, March 1986, off of his fourth studio album, "Life's Highway". He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1996 and in 2008 the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, TN.

Born on Christmas Day in Noblesville, Indiana, at age 17 he played bass for three years in Dottie West's band, moving on to Bob Luman's band, then played in Chet Atkins band. Atkins offered Wariner his first record contract in 1977; the close friendship continued until Atkins' death, June 2001.

Among Steve's numerous awards, he owns four Grammys (and eleven nominations). His Grammy in 2010 was Best Country Instrumental Performance for "Producer's Medley", Wariner's "My Tribute To Chet Atkins", released 2009 by Wariner for his mentor, Chet Atkins.
13. Here is the first verse to a number one hit by Gary Morris - do you know the title? "8 AM, radio on, just for a little noise Empty house, I just needed to hear The sound of another voice One more day They're all runnin' together One more day They're all startin' to look the same"

Answer: 100% Chance Of Rain

This song reached number one April 1986; Morris' third number one spending thirteen weeks on the charts.

The 1983 recording of "The Wind Beneath My Wings" took the number four spot on Billboard Hot Country Songs and won Song of the Year awards in both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association.
14. Do you know who wrote America's most recognized patriotic song (released 1984), and had a number one hit beginning with this chorus? "Oh it tears me up when you go all to pieces Your cryin' eyes say you've been hurt enough Tryin' hard don't always make it easy 'Cause hearts aren't made to break, they're made to love"

Answer: Lee Greenwood

"Heart's Aren't Made To Break (They're Made To Love)", Lee Greenwood's sixth number one (July 1986), charting for fourteen weeks.

Greenwood declined a college scholarship and professional baseball career to pursue his love of music. He chose not to attend his high school graduation due to a scheduled performance with his band at a Reno, Nevada casino.

Greenwood's "God Bless The USA" was twice re-released since the original in 1984. The music video was also twice re-released after the 1984 original. Greenwood penned the song on the road while touring.
15. "Somebody's needin' somebody, the way I do Somebody's wantin' somebody, they can hold on to To be loved by somebody, that's the way it should be Oh, there's got to be somebody, somewhere waitin' for me" Who is this singer?

Answer: Conway Twitty

July 1984, "Somebody's Needin' Somebody", Conway's 31st number one hit song totaled fourteen on the country charts.

Conway Twitty's long-standing world record of 55 number one career hits was eventully beat by George Strait in 2006.
Source: Author annanne

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