No. 1 Hits of the 70s Vol.7 Trivia Quiz

Answer: ABC

"ABC" was the second of four Jackson Five hits to get to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1970 when it had a two week stay in the spring of that year. It was the first cut from the Jackson's second album of the same name. The song also reached number eight in the U.K.

Answer: Brown Sugar

The song came off the album called "Sticky Fingers", and it was a number one Billboard Hit in the U.S. for two weeks during the spring of 1971 as well as number two in the U.K. and number four in Norway. It dealt with the taboo subjects of interracial sex, various sexual acts, and drug use. By 1971, these types of subjects actually made it through the censors, and although controversial, were accepted in certain rock songs.

The song is also listed at number 490 on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Rock and Roll Songs".

Answer: Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack took this song, originally written in 1957, and made it a hit 15 years later, spending an astounding six weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the spring of that year. She originally recorded the composition in 1969 for an album of hers, but when it was used in Clint Eastwood's 1971 motion picture "Play Misty For Me", the song took off.

It also won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1972.

Answer: Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder wrote and recorded this song in 1973 and it hit the top of the charts for one week in the spring that year. It earned him a Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance" in 1974, and is listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's compilation of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 281.

Answer: Dark Lady

Cher recorded all these songs, but it was "Dark Lady", the tale of a visit to fortune teller and the eventual conclusion that her man was cheating on her that propelled Cher to the top of the charts for one week during the spring of 1974. The song came off an album of the same name, and it was Cher's last number one hit as a solo artist until "Believe" hit the top of the charts in 1999, some 25 years later. "Dark Lady" was also a number one hit in Canada and Sweden as well.

Answer: Pick Up The Pieces

The Average White Band recorded "Pick Up The Pieces' after moving to New York from their native Scotland in 1974. The song was a posthumous hit for one of its band members, Robbie McIntosh, who died of a heroin overdose in September of 1974, about three months after the song, part of the album called "AWB" was released in the U.K. with little fanfare.

The song took hold in the U.S. and reached the number one spot for one week in the winter of 1975. It is essentially an instrumental piece, with shouts of "Pick Up The Pieces" scattered throughout the tune.

Answer: S.W.A.T.

"The Theme From S.W.A.T." was the one that went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for The Rhythm Heritage for one week in the winter of 1976. The group was considered a disco-funk band and also recorded music for the "Baretta" series. This song was their only number one single.

Answer: Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh's first appearance with the Eagles came on this album and "New Kid In Town", the first single from the album "Hotel California" went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the U.S. as well as number 20 in the U.K. in the winter of 1977. Walsh had just replaced Bernie Leadon who left the group in 1976. Walsh came on just in time, as the "Hotel California" album became the most successful album in the group's career.

Answer: Deniece Williams

"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" spent a week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the U.S. during June of 1978. It also was a number three hit in the U.K. It was a duet for Johnny Mathis, who had his last number one with "Chances Are" in 1957, and Deniece Williams, a former back-up singer for Stevie Wonder, who went solo in the mid 1970s and scored with songs like "Let's Hear It For the Boy" and "It's Gonna Take a Miracle".

Answer: Amii Stewart

The original hit, by Eddie Floyd, made it as only as high as number 28 on the Billboard charts in 1966. It took disco to bring this song back to the forefront, and Amii Stewart took full advantage, going all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for a one week stay in April 1979.

It was Stewart's biggest success in the U.S. although she did have some continued success in Europe, most notably in Italy and the U.K. throughout the 1980s.