Song About Saturdays Trivia Quiz

Answer: Children play in the park.

"Children play in the park" was the first line from Chicago's Top Ten 1970 single, "Make me Smile", written by the band's trombone player, James Pankow.
"Saturday In the Park" was written by Chicago's singer Robert Lamm. Peter Cetera played bass and provided backing vocals. Lamm entered the studio one day during the recording of the band's 1972 "Chicago V" album excited about all the things he had seen going on in a nearby park and decided to put them to music.
The song is often played during Saturday afternoon baseball games at several US baseball fields including Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Answer: Scotland

In 1966 the Saxons formed in Edinburgh, Scotland. After throwing a dart at a US map that landed on Bay City, Michigan, the band changed their name. They endured some personnel changes and released their first single in 1971. The single was a remake of the Gentry's hit, "Keep on Dancing" which led to an appearance on Britain's "Top of the Pops" program.
Two years later they released a version of "Saturday Night" but the single failed to catch on. The song was recorded again with Les McKeown replacing Gordon "Nobby" Clark on vocals for the band's 1974 "Rollin'" LP. A single of the new version was released the following year and became the band's only US Number One single.
The Bay City Rollers subsequently released other singles that reached the top slot in the UK,Canada and Australia.

Answer: Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke first topped the US charts in 1957 with "You Send Me". Over the next few years he released hits including "Wonderful World", (1960) "Cupid", (1961) and "Another Saturday Night". "Another Saturday Night" reached the Number Ten spot on the US Billboard chart.
The song was reissued in 1986 but failed to chart. Cooke's final US Top Ten was "Shake", released a year after his death at age 33 while at the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles on December 11, 1964.
"Donna the Prima Donna" and "Drip Drop" were US Top Ten hits for Dion in 1963. "I (Who Have Nothing)" was a 1963 release from Ben E. King and Jackie Wilson had a US Top Ten hit in 1963 with "Baby Workout".

Answer: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

The title cut from Elton's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" made it to Number Two on the US charts. Despite Elton's objections to releasing "Bennie and the Jets" from the album as a single it topped the US charts. Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" for an album that originally had the working title of "Vodka and Tonics" but ended up using the title "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". Contrary to Elton's usual recording process "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" was recorded by the band with Elton recording the piano tracks later. "Daniel" and "Crocodile Rock" were hits from Elton's 1973 "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" album. "Caribou" was released in 1974 and "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" came out the following year.

Answer: The Monkees

The biggest hit from "The Monkees" album was "Last Train to Clarksville". The group released their eponymous debut album in October of 1966. The front of the album had a shot of the group while the back side featured scenes from their television show framed in film strips.
"Saturday's Child" was one of the few songs on the record album that were not composed by the songwriting team of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. David Gates composed "Saturday's Child" and Mickey Dolenz sang the lead vocal. Although never released as a single the song appeared on many of the "greatest hits" collections by The Monkees.
In 1967 Herman's Hermits released an acoustic version on their "There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World" LP.
"Come On, Let's Go" by The McCoys was a follow up to their hit, "Hang on Sloopy". The Outsiders broke into the US charts with "Time Won't Let Me". "Green Grass" by Gary Lewis and The Playboys was one of many hits that followed "This Diamond Ring".

Answer: The Sterile Cuckoo

Liza Minnelli starred as Mary Ann 'Pookie' Adams in "The Sterile Cuckoo". She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Fred Karlin and Dory Previn composed "Come Saturday Morning". The Sandpipers had already released a successful single with "Guantanamera" in 1966. The group was performing in a club as The Grads in Lake Tahoe when Herb Alpert of A and M Records heard them.
After releasing "Guantanamera" the group recorded "Come Saturday Morning" and "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" before breaking up in 1975.
"Cactus Flower (1969) starred Goldie Hawn. "Goodbye, Columbus" was a 1969 film starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw. Suzanne Pleshette and Ian McShane starred in "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium" the same year.

Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd

"Saturday Night Special" was the lead song on Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Nuthin' Fancy" album. It was the group's third studio album. Ironically singer Ronnie Van Zant was a hunter and owned a collection of shotguns and rifles.
As a single "Saturday Night Special" only reached Number 27 on the US Billboard charts but continued to be a favorite on FM Classic Rock stations well after the song faded from the charts.
Two years after the release of "Nuthin' Fancy" the band's chartered plane ran out of fuel and crashed near Gillsburg, Mississippi.
Grand Funk Railroad released "Bad Time" in 1975. "Cut the Cake" was a US Top Ten by Average White Band in 1975 and Bad Company also reached Number Ten with "Feel Like Makin' Love".

Answer: Earth, Wind and Fire

Maurice White formed Earth, Wind and Fire in Chicago, Illinois, in 1971. White had been a session drummer for Chicago's Chess Records. With a few friends he formed Salty Peppers and got a recording contract with Capitol. They changed their name to Earth, Wind and Fire based on the astrological signs of some of the members.
Their self-titled debut album was released in 1971 and they recorded the soundtrack to "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" the same year.
"Saturday Nite" was written by Maurice White, Al Mc Kay and Phillip Bailey and was a single from the band's 1976 album, "Spirit".
Ides of March released "Vehicle" in 1970. In 1972 The Tradewinds changed their name to Styx when they signed to Wooden Nickel Records. Chicago's first album was released in 1969 as The Chicago Transit Authority.

Answer: The Drifters

"Saturday Night at the Movies" was a US Number 21 single by The Drifters. Johnny Moore sang lead vocals on the tune. The Drifters first hit the US charts in 1953 with "Honey Love" and reached number two six years later with "There Goes My Baby" with Ben E. King on lead vocals.

Some members of The Drifters went on to have successful recording careers including Ben E. King and Clyde McPhatter. Atlantic Records originally formed The Drifters with Clyde McPhatter as lead vocalist and released "Money Honey" in 1953 as Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters. The Coasters had a string of hits beginning in the early fifties such as "Young Blood" and "Searchin'".

The Platters formed in 1953 and signed with Federal Records. The Olympics formed in 1957 and had a hit with "Western Movies" two years later.

Answer: Thelma Houston

Mississippi native Thelma Jackson joined the Art Reynolds Singers Gospel group. In 1969 she released her first solo album on Dunhill Records titled "Sunshower". Two years later she signed with Motown Records but did not immediately release any successful singles so she became a skit actress on "The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine" in 1975.
The following year she released her "Any Way You Like It" album that included a cover version of "Don't Leave Me This Way", originally done by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. The song went to Number One.
"Saturday Night, Sunday Morning" was her highest charting single after "Don't Leave Me This Way". Her last Motown album, "Reachin' All Around", was released in 1982.
Anita Ward had a Disco-era hit with "Ring my Bell". Evelyn Champagne Smith had a hit with "Shame" in 1977 from her "Smooth Talk" album. Donna Summer's first US Top Ten hit came in 1975 with "Love to Love You Baby".