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Quiz about My Birthday Top Ten  1966
Quiz about My Birthday Top Ten  1966

My Birthday Top Ten - 1966 Trivia Quiz


Seventh in a series of quizzes about the music in the UK Top Ten in the week of my birthday - 19th July. We're now onto 1966.

A multiple-choice quiz by Bazingstoke. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Bazingstoke
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
361,308
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
645
Last 3 plays: Guest 204 (8/10), Guest 110 (6/10), Guest 100 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. At Number One was one of my favourite British bands, The Kinks, with their ninth UK Top Ten entry and third chart-topper. Name the song. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. At number two was the first American act of the week, Gene Pitney, with which song containing these lyrics: "Why do I go on this way? You don't hear a word I say. If you care about me please don't leave without me"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Another American act at Number Three with "River Deep, Mountain High". This was the highest UK chart position for them as a duo. One of them went on to have much more chart success as a single act, but still could not get above Number Three. Name the duo. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. At Number Four were Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames, making their second appearance in the UK Top Ten, with a song that went on to top the chart. Name the song. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. At Number Five was "Bus Stop", the ninth UK Top Ten entry for a very successful band. Who were they? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. At Number Six was Frank Sinatra with a song that seems to run out of lyrics as it ends with a string of "Dooby-dooby-doo's"! What was the song? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. At Number Seven was a Beatles song containing these lyrics: "It's a dirty story of a dirty man, and his clinging wife doesn't understand". Name the song. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. At Number Eight was a singer with her tenth Top Ten entry, with "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" - who was she? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. At Number Nine was a singer enjoying his only major chart success with a song, "Out Of Time", that went on to top the UK charts. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was also produced by Jagger. Who was the singer? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. At Number Ten, which was as high as it got, was a song by the band with the longest name in the charts, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. The song contained the lines: "Far from the light of day - come on. Leaving the world behind and out of mind". What was the song? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. At Number One was one of my favourite British bands, The Kinks, with their ninth UK Top Ten entry and third chart-topper. Name the song.

Answer: Sunny Afternoon

Brothers Ray and Dave Davies, with Mick Avory and Pete Quaife, were one of the most influential bands of the 60s, combining great musicianship with really well-written songs.
2. At number two was the first American act of the week, Gene Pitney, with which song containing these lyrics: "Why do I go on this way? You don't hear a word I say. If you care about me please don't leave without me"?

Answer: Nobody Needs Your Love

This song was released only in Europe, and brought Gene his second Number Two in the UK charts, equalling the performance two years earlier of "I'm Gonna Be Strong".
3. Another American act at Number Three with "River Deep, Mountain High". This was the highest UK chart position for them as a duo. One of them went on to have much more chart success as a single act, but still could not get above Number Three. Name the duo.

Answer: Ike and Tina Turner

Tina ran away from Ike, and then divorced him, in 1976, after he had become totally addicted to cocaine. She went on to have a string of hits in the 80s. Ike went to prison in 1990 for cocaine possession and although he got off the drug, he relapsed after more than a decade and it was a cocaine overdose that led to his death in 2007.
4. At Number Four were Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames, making their second appearance in the UK Top Ten, with a song that went on to top the chart. Name the song.

Answer: Getaway

A great rhythm and blues outfit, Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames had a number of chart successes, but they split soon after "Getaway" topped the charts and Georgie went on to pursue a solo career.
5. At Number Five was "Bus Stop", the ninth UK Top Ten entry for a very successful band. Who were they?

Answer: The Hollies

The Hollies had a great chart career, starting in 1963. They had 21 Top Twenty hits between then and 1970, and another major hit several years later in 1974 with "The Air That I Breathe".
6. At Number Six was Frank Sinatra with a song that seems to run out of lyrics as it ends with a string of "Dooby-dooby-doo's"! What was the song?

Answer: Strangers In The Night

Ol' Blue Eyes certainly had a long run - his first entry in the Top Forty was in 1939, and his last in 1975!
7. At Number Seven was a Beatles song containing these lyrics: "It's a dirty story of a dirty man, and his clinging wife doesn't understand". Name the song.

Answer: Paperback Writer

This was the Beatles' eleventh UK chart-topper, and they would go on to have another eight before breaking up in 1970.
8. At Number Eight was a singer with her tenth Top Ten entry, with "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" - who was she?

Answer: Petula Clark

Another long chart career here - Petula's first UK Top Ten appearance was in 1954 with "The Little Shoemaker", and her last in 1988 with "Downtown '88".
9. At Number Nine was a singer enjoying his only major chart success with a song, "Out Of Time", that went on to top the UK charts. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was also produced by Jagger. Who was the singer?

Answer: Chris Farlowe

I saw Chris Farlowe at the Cambridge Corn Exchange recently and, although he was in his late sixties, he brought the house down with his instantly recognisable gravelly voice and his great feel for the music.
10. At Number Ten, which was as high as it got, was a song by the band with the longest name in the charts, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. The song contained the lines: "Far from the light of day - come on. Leaving the world behind and out of mind". What was the song?

Answer: Hideaway

Dave Dee - real name David Harman - was a police cadet in 1960 and was one of the first on the scene of a road accident which killed Eddie Cochran and injured Gene Vincent.
Source: Author Bazingstoke

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