These are mostly to do with the UK music charts and I am at a loss. Thanks for the help.

4. I Talk To The Trees sung by Clint Eastwood was the B-side of which American actor's only U.K. hit single?

5. What was the name of the group, led by a Scottish singer who had two sons who later achieved rather more chart success, whose only U.K. hit single was a cover of a Bob Dylan song in 1965?

9. Name the group whose only U.K. hit single, a cover of a Lennon/McCartney song, lost the race to the top of the chart to a version by Marmalade.

11. Which American singer had his only U.K. hit single in 1981, a year after he died at the age of sixty one?

12. Name the British entertainer whose only U.K. hit single was a cover of a song that had been a hit for The Shangri-Las in 1965, 1972 and again in 1976.

22. Name the group whose only U.K. hit single was also the title of an album by Big Brother and the Holding Company.

25. Which American singer's only U.K. hit single, written by Joe South, was also a hit for New World?
27. Born in Chicago in 1947, whose tragic death at the age of thirty one ended the career of the singer whose only U.K. hit single had reached No. 2 in 1975?

29. Who, having debuted on his uncle's radio show at the age of eleven, had his only U.K. hit single in 1965 with his version of a Joe South song?

30. Born in Limerick, Ireland, which BBC Radio Two presenter had his only U.K. hit single in 1978

PF

4. I Talk To The Trees sung by Clint Eastwood was the B-side of which American actor's only U.K. hit single?

Wanderin' Star by Lee Marvin

25. Which American singer's only U.K. hit single, written by Joe South, was also a hit for New World?

it's probably Rose Garden by the C&W singer Lynn Anderson, back in the late 60s early 70s .. New World were an Aussie band, who also had a hit with the same song

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12. Name the British entertainer whose only U.K. hit single was a cover of a song that had been a hit for The Shangri-Las in 1965, 1972 and again in 1976.

that has to be Leader Of The Pack, but no idea whose cover version is the answer to the question

Wow your amazing! I have looked till I am crosseyed and in a matter of minutes you have found these! Thank you so much! PF

9. Name the group whose only U.K. hit single, a cover of a Lennon/McCartney song, lost the race to the top of the chart to a version by Marmalade.

the song has to be Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da but I've got no idea who did the other cover version

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29. Who, having debuted on his uncle's radio show at the age of eleven, had his only U.K. hit single in 1965 with his version of a Joe South song?

Down In The Boondocks by Billy Joe Royal
www.xentel.com/xentel/events/royal.htm

strewth, I remember all these songs!

27. Born in Chicago in 1947, whose tragic death at the age of thirty one ended the career of the singer whose only U.K. hit single had reached No. 2 in 1975?

it's probably Minnie Riperton (1947-1979) whose 1975 hit Loving You reached #2 in the UK and #1 in the US

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30. Born in Limerick, Ireland, which BBC Radio Two presenter had his only U.K. hit single in 1978

Terry Wogan is at BBC2 and had a hit in 1978 with Floral Dance. It went as high as #21.
http://home6.inet.tele.dk/abekat/wogan.html
www.radiorewind.co.uk/terry_wogan_page.htm

Q9

this page has a list of all all UK Top 40 hits in 1968. It shows the other version was by a group called Bedrocks .. see also this cached page out of google (the page is no longer available).

Awww George your a sweetheart! I remember most of those songs too. I guess that means we have good taste in music.
Thanks for the help. I sure appreciate it.I had no clue where to start looking.
PF

Q12

have a look at www.everyhit.com .. it has every single that has made the UK Charts since January 1952. You can search by title or artist, or by dates. Punching in Leader of The Pack brings up three entries, all by the Shangri-Las:-

Jan 65 #11
Oct 72 #3
Jun 76 #7

Even if you change the top 40 to the top 200, there's been no other entry in the charts from 1952 to 2003 by that name. You may need to ask the QuizMaster what "hit" means. Good luck!
very nice site btw, bookmark it, I did!

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11. Which American singer had his only U.K. hit single in 1981, a year after he died at the age of sixty one?

this may be it: Red Sovine
Born: Woodrow Wilson Sovine
July 17, 1918 in Charleston, WV
Died April 4, 1980 in Nashville, TN

his single Teddy Bear reached #4 in the UK charts in June 1981 and, according to www.everyhit.com, it was his only entry in the UK charts

Oh George I can't tell you how happy you have made me! I was so frustrated I started to cry.Thanks for the site too! I have bookmarked it for sure!

You are a Prince PF

PF, these are driving me bonkers .. please post the answers in this thread when you get them! Some more pointers:

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Q5. What was the name of the group, led by a Scottish singer who had two sons who later achieved rather more chart success, whose only U.K. hit single was a cover of a Bob Dylan song in 1965?

using a website with every cover version of a Bob Dylan song came up blank when cross-referencing it to everyhit.com .. the list has 5870 covers of 350 different Dylan songs by 2791 artists!

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Q22. Name the group whose only U.K. hit single was also the title of an album by Big Brother and the Holding Company.

using everyhit.com on one screen, and Big Brother's discography on another screen, came up blank as well

I Know how you feel George! This is a two month which ends May 31st so as soon as I get the answers I shall post them! I appreciate your help and I understand the bonkers part!
I am hoping my library can help me.I was also thinking maybe if I phoned one of our radio stations they might know?
I shall keep looking!
Thanks George. PF

Q12

The song was also recorded in 1985 by the heavy-metal quintet Twisted Sister. That' s not the answer, but it's interesting! Have a look at amazon.com, and see what comes up when you punch in Leader of the Pack .. Frank Alamo and Bette Midler have also recorded covers of this song -- there were 256 matches -- good luck!

p.s. Billy Joel played piano on that song, but was never paid as he wasn't a union member!

As Promised here are the correct answers to these questions. I must Thank Tryst &Gtho4.You two were a HUGE Help!
OK so
4. Lee Marvin (Thanks George)
5 The Ian Campbell Folk Group (Thanks Tryst)
9 Bedrocks(Thanks Tryst)
11 Red Sovine(Thanks George)
12Julian Clary (Thanks Tryst)
22Planet Patrol(Thanks Tryst)
25 Lynn Anderson (Thanks George)
27 Minnie Riperton (Thanks George)
29 Billy Joe Royal (Thanks George)
30 Terry Wogan (Thanks George)
This quiz had alot of groups I have never heard of. I appreciate both your help.Thanks to you both I got 30/30 on this quiz.
PF

Purplefan - What did you win? Holiday in Venice , 20th share in a packet of biscuits or just the satisfaction of winning (the best result!)

Fosse4 It was just for the satisfaction of winning and coming in first thanks to the help I received here from George and Tryst. It is nice to know that I can come here and receive help from such a great group of friends.
PF