Hey, That's My Song Vol. 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Ronettes

This was a song written by the team of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, along with Phil Spector. It peaked for the Ronettes at number 24 on the U. S. Billboard charts in 1964. It was one of Spector's "Wall Of Sound" type recordings, and featured Leon Russell on piano, as well as background vocals by Cher and Darlene Love. Kim's version was a number five hit in 1969, and helped earn him a Juno Award that year, in his native Canada, as Top Male Vocalist.

Answer: The Doors

Released in early 1967, The Doors version was number one for three weeks on the Billboard charts. It is ranked at number 35 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The Greatest Songs Of All Time". Feliciano followed in 1968 with his Latin influenced version, which peaked at number three on the charts, and won him a Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance". Since its release it has been covered by numerous artists, among them Stevie Wonder, Will Young, Nancy Sinatra, UB40, and many many others.

Answer: Bobby Helms

Helms, who is probably best known for his "Jingle Bell Rock", recorded "My Special Angel" during his heyday in 1957. The song got as high as number seven on the Billboard Top 100 charts, as well as number one on the Country Charts. The Vogues used this song as a follow up to two earlier hits "You're The One", and "Five O'Clock World", and reached number seven on the charts, the same as Helms.

Answer: The Isley Brothers

Stewart's version only peaked at number 83 in the U.S., although it was a number four hit in the U.K. The original was done by The Isley Brothers in 1966. Their version, written by Motown's crack songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, reached number 12 in the U.S.

Interestingly, Stewart and Ronald Isley teamed up to release the song again in 1990, and that time it reached number ten in the U.S.

Answer: The Drifters

The Drifters made this a Top ten hit in 1963, peaking at number nine that year. Benson's rendition in 1978 went to number seven on the Billboard charts. The song has been covered numerous times, by such artists as the aforementioned Sinatra and Rawls, as well as Eric Carmen, Bobby Darin, Percy Faith, Neil Young, and Johnny Mathis, among many, many others.

Answer: Dusty Springfield

Dusty did it in 1963 while still a member of the group called The Springfields. It is mistakenly thought that this song was part of the "British Invasion" in 1964, however this song hit before the Beatles arrival in the U.S. It made it to number 12 in the U.S. and number four in the U.K.

The Bay City Rollers version interestingly peaked at number 12 in the U.S., and number four in the U.K., the exact same positions as the original.

Answer: Johnny Burnette

Johnny Burnette was a singer who was part of the genre called "Rockabilly" which was kind of a combination of rock and country music. He hit with this song sending it to number eight in the U.S. and number three in the U.K. in 1960. Ringo's 1974 version went to number one in the U.S. and featured a kazoo solo by Paul McCartney, as well as background vocals by Harry Nilsson.

Answer: Inez Foxx

Inez Foxx is credited as the artist although her brother Charlie did background vocals as they traded off on "Mock", "Yeah", "ing", 'yeah" "bird", "yeah", etc. The song reached number seven on the charts in late 1963. The Simon-Taylor cover reached number five on the U.S. Billboard charts in 1974.

Answer: Marvin Gaye

Gaye's rendition, written by the Motown team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, was one of his most popular songs. The song peaked at number six in 1965 in the U.S. The Taylor cover made it to number five in 1975. A song that's been covered many times, it can by heard in renditions by artists such as Jr. Walker and The All Stars, Cissy Houston, The Jerry Garcia Band, and Michael Buble.

Answer: The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons, led by Frankie Valli made this song a hit in 1966, reaching number nine on the Billboard U.S. charts that year. The Spinners version which was sung as a medley in conjunction with a song called "Forgive Me Girl" peaked at two in the U.S., and made it to number one on the U.K. charts in March of 1980.