It's Just "Heaven"ly Trivia Quiz

Answer: Blue

Fats Domino had a 1956 hit with "My Blue Heaven" in 1956. The tune was originally recorded way back in 1927 and has been covered numerous times over the years. Domino's version reached number 19 on the US Billboard charts.

Answer: True

Absolutely true. Neil Sedaka's "Stairway to Heaven", which he co-wrote along with Howard Greenfield, charted as high as number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts when it was released in 1960. It was his follow up tune to "Oh, Carol".

Answer: "Half Heaven, Half Heartache" only reached number twelve on the charts

Pitney actually never had a number one tune on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. "Half Heaven, Half Heartache" reached a peak of number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1962. It was the follow up to "Only Love Can Break Your Heart", which was his highest charting hit at number two on the Billboard charts. Ironically, Pitney was prolific songwriter and among the songs he wrote was "He's A Rebel", which was on the top of the Billboard charts in 1962 for The Crystals, and kept his "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" out of the top spot.

Answer: Love

"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" was a 1967 Donovan Leitch tune which peaked at number 23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts. It was the opening cut from an album called "A Gift from a Flower to a Garden".

Answer: The Grass Roots

The group known as The Grass Roots recorded "Heaven Knows" in 1969. They were actually the third incarnation with the same name, but by far the most successful. They started as The 13th Floor in Los Angeles, and when contracted to record for Dunhill Records, were given the choice of using their own name or using The Grass Roots.

They chose the latter and had such hits as "Let's Live For Today", "Midnight Confessions", and of course, "Heaven Knows" which peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts when it was released in 1969.

Answer: Led Zeppelin

This song is not to be confused with the Neil Sedaka song with the same title, recorded 11 years earlier. This "Stairway to Heaven" was a composition which appeared on Led Zeppelin's fourth album and was untitled but commonly referred to as "Led Zeppelin IV". Written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, the tune ran over eight minutes in length when completed and took almost four months to complete.

It was never released as a single in the U.S., mostly due to its length. Examine these facts: by 1991, the song's 20th anniversary, it had been air played over 2,800,000 times. If played continuously, that would add up to about 44 years.

The song has sold over 1,000,000 copies in sheet music form, and is listed on "Rolling Stone" Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", at number 31.

Answer: A tribute to some deceased icons of Rock and Roll

"Rock and Roll Heaven" was a tribute to several deceased rock singers, namely Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Otis Redding, Jim Croce and Bobby Darin. All are mentioned by their first names in the tune as playing on in Heaven. "If there's a rock and roll heaven, well you know they've got a hell of a band, band, band" go the lyrics.

The song peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but failed to chart in the UK.

Answer: Dylan

Bob Dylan's original version was originally written for the soundtrack of the 1973 motion picture "Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid". Dylan's version went to number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts. Eric Clapton's 1975 version only scored a number 38 placing in the U.K. and didn't chart as a single in the U.S. Guns n' Roses well known 1987 cover of the tune also never charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts, although it became a major hit in almost all of Europe, reaching number two in the U.K. as well as Top 10 status in seven other countries. Anyway, the Dylan recording made "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 190.

Answer: Angel

"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" was a release from the New England based group Tavares in 1976. It was part of the disco genre, popular at that time. It came off an album called "Sky High!". The tune got to a peak position of number 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Answer: Heaven on the 7th Floor

Paul Nicholas has been a notable entertainer in the U.K. since the early 1960s. He did try a rock and roll career in the early 1960s, but his recordings gained no traction. He made a career as an actor in stage productions of "Grease" and "Jesus Christ Superstar", among other shows, and also was cast in a number of motion pictures.

He returned to rock in the U.K. in 1976, and in 1977 scored his only U.S. entry, "Heaven on the 7th Floor", which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Answer: Donna Summer

The so-called "Queen of Disco", Donna Summer recorded the song "Heaven Knows" (no relation to the Grass Roots 1969 tune). The tune was recorded in 1978 and made it to number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in early 1979. Co-credited on the tune was Summer's backup group, The Brooklyn Dreams.

Answer: The Bee Gees

Sure, all those groups had great success during the 1970s, but The Bee Gees topped them all. The group had nine U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart toppers during the decade, and at one point had six straight releases hit the top of the charts. "Too Much Heaven" was one of those six when it hit the top as their fourth straight number one tune in late 1978 as well as a number three placing in the U.K.

Answer: Bonnie Pointer

The Elgins originally recorded the song "Heaven Must Have Sent You" in 1966, but in 1979 Bonnie Pointer, one of the Pointer Sisters, cut a disco version of the tune. She took it to number 11 on the U.S. Hot 100 Billboard charts.

Answer: Heaven

"Heaven" first came to us on the soundtrack of the 1983 motion picture "A Night in Heaven" and then was included on Adams' 1984 album called "Reckless". The song was finally released as a single in 1985 and went to the number one position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts as well as number 11 in Canada and number 38 in the U.K.

Answer: Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Carlisle, formerly of The Go-Gos, had her biggest hit with "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" when it went to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1897. It also went to number one in the U.K., as well as many other countries in Europe. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1988.