On to 1958! Let's review the top ranked hits of the year based on their longevity and position on the U.S. Top 100 chart. What a mix!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Music from 1958
Once again we'll review the highest rated hits from Billboard's Hot 100, this time for the year 1960. After a two year hiatus, Presley makes his presence felt again. Check it out!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Music from 1960
20 questions based on lyrics from 1963 for your amusement. This was the end of another era. The British invasion took place in 1964 and music was never the same thereafter!
Average, 20 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Music from 1963
The year is 1960. I'll provide a lyric from a hit song from that year - you'll be asked to complete the lyric, guess the artist, or identify the song title. Easy!
Average, 20 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Music from 1960
Join me on a trip to Ireland. Not geography, per se, but a quiz on the many sights that draw tourists to the Emerald Isle!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Ireland
These were the songs that dominated the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980. Hard to believe but they're the new "oldies". How many of these nuggets will you remember?
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Mar 18 21
Category:
1980s Lyrics
This quiz will chronicle, more or less in chronological order, the artists and their songs that contributed to the British Invasion of Billboard's Hot 100 in 1964.
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Apr 08 17
Category:
Music from 1964
Some rather big instrumental hits were recorded from 1965 to 1969. Simply match the artist to his creation and hum along (if you can).
Easier, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Feb 04 20
Category:
Instrumental Hits
KFTS, quizzyland's "fun trivia song" station, is dedicating this segment of programming to the lyrics of 1969. It was not only the end of a decade but the end of an era in so many respects. Listen!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Jun 14 23
Category:
Music from 1969
KFTS-FM is wrapping up our programming with this set of music from 1967. We've saved some interesting stuff for this segment, maybe not the biggest hits, but all will have been at least top twenty on the Billboard charts. Let's get happening!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Music from 1967
15 more lyric oriented questions pertaining to the hits of 1964 and lots of trivial information about those songs. As in part 1, no Beatle questions - they are amply represented elsewhere in this website!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Music from 1964
"Have I the Right" to be "Glad All Over" when you play this quiz? I'm "Wishin' and Hopin'" you do. It might give you "Satisfaction"! The quiz will feature four acts who continued their blitz from 1964 and six artists who'll have their Billboard debuts.
Easier, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Jan 25 18
Category:
Music from 1965
Another opportunity to test your knowledge of the instrumental hits, and the artists (some of whom are fairly obscure) that created them, this time from 1962. Don't forget to hum along!
Easier, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 09 19
Category:
Instrumental Hits
For you KFTS regulars out there in quizzyland, this set will focus on the hits from 1964 and 1965. These were oldies in 1969! Crank up the old transistor and hum along.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Music from 1964
More two-hit wonders, this time from the late 1960s. Some very fine artists and songs are featured in this edition and I hope that neither will be forgotten as you do the quiz. G'Luck!
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Feb 21 13
Category:
Two Hit Wonders
You'll be asked to either identify the artist or the song title of these songs back in the days when you could "really" sing along. If this is well received, I'll do more!
Average, 20 Qns, maddogrick16,
Apr 09 20
Category:
1950s Music
The big band era ended in the late 40's. The rock era began in 1955. What filled up the vacuum? Some mighty fine vocals and instrumentals! Let's reminisce a bit and have some fun.
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
1950s Music
The third in my series of quizzes based on the lyrics of 1966. As usual, we'll cover the gamut of pop genres and all the songs will be top five Billboard hits.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Music from 1966
More classics from the Great American Songbook and if you have Rod Stewart's collection of the same name, Volumes 1 through 4, you're way ahead of the game. All these songs were featured on those albums.
Easier, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 29 15
Category:
Standards - Great American Songbook
Somehow I overlooked these classics from 1964 in my previous quizzes. No accounting of the year would be complete without acknowledging these hits. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Mar 25 16
Category:
Music from 1964
Fifteen lyric oriented questions from 1939 to 1945 and not one will deal with WWII. If you know music, you'll do well. If you're into nostalgia, you'll eat it up!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
1940s Music
Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, the Gershwin Brothers... it was composers and lyricists like these who created the Great American Songbook and it's artists like Rod Stewart, Diana Krall and Michael Buble who are keeping it alive and current.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 27 15
Category:
Standards - Great American Songbook
How well do you remember the lyrical elements of a song, especially songs from over a generation ago? This quiz will test your knowledge on that very issue! All these songs date from 1960. Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Music from 1960
More 50s lyrics.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
1950s Music
This selection of 15 hits should wrap up all the remaining songs that missed inclusion on my previous lyrically based music quizzes from 1962. Be sure to read the II sections for interesting background info on the songs and artists!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Mar 17 19
Category:
1960s Lyrics
The instrumental was dying a slow death as the rock era progressed. But it went down fighting! Here are the last few instrumental hits that made an impact on the Hot 100 Billboard chart. Then there were no more!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Feb 29 20
Category:
Instrumental Hits
More two-hit wonders (Hot 100 Top 40s), this time from 1965-7. I've identified 15 recording artists who came and went faster than a Canadian prairie summer. Will you?
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 26 12
Category:
Two Hit Wonders
Keep those 45s dust free!
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Sep 07 20
Category:
1950s Music
Quizzyland's oldies station, KFTS, featuring "Fun Trivia Songs", is going to conclude our programming of songs from 1968 on a softer note... well, mostly! Sit back and enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Mar 05 22
Category:
Music from 1968
Just enough ammunition to produce another quiz based on the lyrics of 1961. Let's fire away!
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
Music from 1961
Here we have some classic instrumental hits from 1963-64. Can you match up the recording artist to the song? Humming along is optional!
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Feb 01 20
Category:
Instrumental Hits
A second volume of hits that peaked at Number Two on the Billboard charts, this one will also focus on music from the 1960s.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 20 09
Category:
No. 2 Hits
Up until about 1920, golfers from the U.K. ruled the sport. Then it was the U.S. golfers turn for the next 60+ years. Now, great players are emerging from all over the globe. Let's identify some of them through the years.
Tough, 25 Qns, maddogrick16,
Oct 02 20
Category:
Golf
Most two-hit wonders have one hit, then the other a few months later, then disappear. This quiz pays homage to those few artists who had to wait at least five years before getting their second Billboard Top 40.
Easier, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Jan 03 13
Category:
Two Hit Wonders
All the songs in this quiz were Top Five hits in 1961 except for one that probably should have been. They eluded my earlier quizzes from that year. Lyrical hints provided and plenty of background info to feast on.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Feb 27 19
Category:
1960s Lyrics
A compendium of the most memorable instrumental hits from that period. What a variety! As usual, match the artist with the song. Good luck!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Feb 11 20
Category:
Instrumental Hits
Based on the number of weeks a record placed in the top hundred, top forty, top ten and number of weeks at its highest U.S. chart position, Dave McAleer, and others, have ranked songs for the rock era. Here's the top 14 and a kicker for 1956. Enjoy!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 28 21
Category:
Music from 1956
One would think that I'd run out of stuff to include on music quizzes for the early 1960s. It's not quite a bottomless pit of resources but there are a few big hits left to test your mettle. Give this one a go!
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Nov 01 15
Category:
1960s Music
We return to the 1960s for this volume of those Billboard hits that almost topped the charts... but just fell short. Interesting info, as usual, on the songs and artists!
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Apr 02 10
Category:
No. 2 Hits
1967 was a year of musical diversity. Maybe it was that diversity that resulted in some hit songs not quite achieving the exalted position on the Hot 100 chart that they may have deserved. We pay homage to those songs in this quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Apr 29 12
Category:
Music from 1967
In 2005, I created a 15 question quiz of the biggest hits of 1956. There were way more than 15 big hits that year and this lyrically based quiz will challenge your knowledge of 15 more hits from that year. Enjoy!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
May 23 20
Category:
Music from 1956
Author and historian Arthur Herman believes this to be the case. Let's review his proposition and identify the Scots who were instrumental in him coming to this conclusion.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Feb 23 13
Category:
Scottish History
The blues are my guilty pleasure. We will focus on the various blues styles, the singers and their songs from the 1920s to contemporary times. Take your time, consider your answers carefully and feast on the wealth of backround information.
Tough, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Mar 13 09
Category:
Blues
We'll wrap up 1965 with ten lyric based questions on the big hits of the year. Everything from what was hard rock at the time to tender love songs. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, Maddogrick16,
Jan 27 23
Category:
Music from 1965
1965 - this was a year of transition for popular music. Musical themes became more serious, the lyrics became a little edgier. This quiz will focus on the development of folk-rock in 1965.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Jan 05 16
Category:
Music from 1965
Wales is a tourist's delight with warm and hospitable residents, many interesting and beautiful places to see and all in a reasonably compact area. Here are a few questions on the places I've been on my two vacations in Wales. Iechyd da!
Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16,
Jul 15 23
Category:
Wales
More hits from the 1960s that were denied the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Great songs - bad luck! Don't forget to read the info section. Lots of interesting stuff about the songs and the singers!
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Mar 11 10
Category:
No. 2 Hits
Volume VI in this series of hits that could fare no better than Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100 will focus on the 1970s, primarily before 1975. Lots of interesting info included!
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Mar 27 10
Category:
No. 2 Hits
Another batch of underappreciated Hot 100 hits, mostly from 1967 but some from late 1966 or early 1968. How many of these can you recall?
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
May 29 12
Category:
Music from 1967
There were only ten instances from 1958 to 1999 where a recording artist's only entry on Billboard's Top 100 Chart, then Hot 100 Chart, was a Number One hit! Think you know them? This challenging (but fair) quiz will tell you.
Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16,
Mar 21 20
Category:
One Hit Wonders