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Quiz about No1 Hits of the 60s Vol16
Quiz about No1 Hits of the 60s Vol16

No.1 Hits of the 60s Vol.16 Trivia Quiz


The series still continues. Will it ever end? All these songs made it to Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts during the 1960s. You might need to furnish either the song or the artist. There may be clues to help you along. Good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by fredsixties. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
fredsixties
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
315,411
Updated
Oct 11 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1013
Last 3 plays: Guest 108 (6/10), Hayes1953 (6/10), Guest 38 (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The Drifters had four releases during the year 1960. Which was the number one song? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What number one song of 1961 was actually written as an African-American spiritual before being turned into a folk song? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This early dance song, sung by a babysitter, ended up as a number one tune during 1962. What song? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Stevie Wonder was 12 years old when "Fingertips Pt.2" reached the top of the charts.


Question 5 of 10
5. The Animals first hit in the U.S. was this folk song in 1964. Think you know it? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "Sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you..." 1965.

Answer: (Four Words)
Question 7 of 10
7. This B-side tune penned by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, became a number one hit for Tommy James in 1966. Name it. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The Box Tops appeared on the scene with this 1967 autumn tune that had a unique distinction. Name the song. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Diana Ross and the Supremes switched gears with this 1968 number one song about a different kind of "love". What song was it? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. These individual tunes became number one hits for The Beatles in 1969 even though they were on the same record.

Answer: (either song is acceptable)

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Most Recent Scores
Mar 15 2024 : Guest 108: 6/10
Mar 15 2024 : Hayes1953: 6/10
Feb 22 2024 : Guest 38: 5/10
Feb 16 2024 : Guest 199: 7/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The Drifters had four releases during the year 1960. Which was the number one song?

Answer: Save The Last Dance For Me

It was "Save The Last Dance For Me" that made it to number one for the Drifters that year. The Doc Pomus-Mort Shuman composition featured lead singer Ben E. King and was a number one song on the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 charts for three non-consecutive weeks in the fall of 1960.

It was ousted for one week by Brenda Lee's "I Want to Be Wanted" but regained the top spot one week later. The other song listed were "This Magic Moment" which got as high as number 16, "I Count the Tears" which was a number 17 charting hit, and "Lonely Winds" which could only muster a number 54 Billboard placing.

It also appears on Rolling Stone Magazine's lst of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 182.
2. What number one song of 1961 was actually written as an African-American spiritual before being turned into a folk song?

Answer: Michael

"Michael" was the shortened title that The Highwaymen used for this song which made it to the top of the Billboard charts and remained there for two weeks in the fall of 1961 as well as reaching number one in the U.K. The original song was titled "Michael Row the Boat Ashore". Written by Charles Pickard Ware, it was first sung by African American slaves whose owners had abandoned them on St.

Helena Island, South Carolina as they tried to row to the mainland. A cover version was a number six hit in the U.K. for Lonnie Donnegan.
3. This early dance song, sung by a babysitter, ended up as a number one tune during 1962. What song?

Answer: The Locomotion

Little Eva was actually Carole King's babysitter, and she was able to take the song that King co-wrote with husband Gerry Goffin and turn it into a number one hit Billboard U.S. Hot 100 hit during the summer of 1962. The song itself stood the test of time, becoming the only song to hit the Billboard U.S. charts as a top 5 hit in three different decades by three different artists. Grand Funk Railroad's rendition hit number one on the charts in 1974, and the version done by Australia's Kylie Minogue topped out on the U.S. charts at number three in 1988.
4. Stevie Wonder was 12 years old when "Fingertips Pt.2" reached the top of the charts.

Answer: False

False. He was performing at the Regal Theatre in Chicago in 1962, and after performing "Fingertips" the story goes that the band was playing his exit music when he left the stage and then came back for an encore which they knew nothing about. After his trademark "Everybody say yeah".. Wonder left the stage and then re-appeared for what would become "Fingertips Pt. 2", a live recording released in the summer of 1963.

Although it was recorded in 1962 when he was 12, the song was released 8 days after his 13th birthday.

The song spent three weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts.
5. The Animals first hit in the U.S. was this folk song in 1964. Think you know it?

Answer: The House of The Rising Sun

"The House Of The Rising Sun" was a folk song written about life in New Orleans with the earliest known recording in 1933. The Animals had the most successful hit with the song, during the so-called British Invasion, taking it to number one for a three week stay on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the summer of 1964.

It also reached number one in the U.K. Sweden and Canada. A cover by Frijid Pink peaked at number seven on the Billboard charts in 1970.
6. "Sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you..." 1965.

Answer: I Can't Help Myself

This was the first number one song for The Four Tops with the incomparable Levi Stubbs as lead singer, during their successful run during the 1960s and 1970s. It made it to the top of the charts for two non-consecutive weeks in the summer of 1965. It was replaced for one week by "Mr. Tambourine Man" by The Byrds, but regained the top spot one week later. Rolling Stone Magazine lists the song at number 415 on its "500 Greatest Hits of All Time".
7. This B-side tune penned by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, became a number one hit for Tommy James in 1966. Name it.

Answer: Hanky Panky

"Hanky Panky" is the right answer this time, being the first major hit for Tommy James and the Shondells and reaching the top of the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 charts for two weeks in the summer of 1966. The song was written in about 20 minutes by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich when they realized they needed a B-side tune for a song to be recorded by a group called The Raindrops. Barry and Greenwich thought the song was inferior to most of their other tunes and initially they were proven correct. The Raindrops didn't do very well with either side, and the song became a popular tune with garage bands. James heard the tune and liked it enough to record it, and released it in 1965, locally in Michigan with little success.

He decided to try again after a Pittsburgh radio station picked up on the tune, and he found more success this time.
8. The Box Tops appeared on the scene with this 1967 autumn tune that had a unique distinction. Name the song.

Answer: The Letter

The Box Tops, led by lead singer Alex Chilton, took "The Letter" to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts for a four week run during the early fall of 1967. It is listed by Rolling Stone Magazine as the number 363 song on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 1970, Joe Cocker covered the song and took it to number seven on the Billboard charts in the U.S.
9. Diana Ross and the Supremes switched gears with this 1968 number one song about a different kind of "love". What song was it?

Answer: Love Child

"Love Child" was a decidedly different type of tune then we used to from the Supremes. The tale of pre-marital sex and the possibility of having a child without being married was still pretty much a taboo subject in 1968. However, Diana Ross took the song to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks in the fall of 1968.

The song was billed as Diana Ross and The Supremes, but Diana was the only one on the recording who was part of the group. The background voices were provided by a group of session singers named The Andantes.
10. These individual tunes became number one hits for The Beatles in 1969 even though they were on the same record.

Answer: Come Together

"Come Together" and "Something" were released as a double a-side record by the Beatles off their "Abbey Road" album. Both songs were given number one status on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for one week in November of 1969. "Come Together" was banned by the BBC for a short time due to the perceived reference to cocaine ("he shoot Coca-Cola") in the lyrics.

This song is on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 202. "Something" was the first Beatles tune with George Harrison as lead singer to top the charts.

It is also listed on the same Rolling Stone Magazine list at number 273. It is the Beatles second most covered tune, being covered over 150 times and trailing only "Yesterday".
Source: Author fredsixties

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