"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" was released in 1969 and reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the US Billboard R&B singles chart. Other songs by Marvin Gaye include "Sandman", "Pride and Joy", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "What's Going On", "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), and "Let's Get It On".
2. "Sweeper Caroline"
Answer: Eel Diamond
"Sweet Caroline" (also titled "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)") by American singer Neil Diamond was released in 1969 and reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song has been played at Fenway Park, home of MLB's Boston Red Sox, since at least 1997.
Other songs by Diamond include "Solitary Man", "Cherry, Cherry", "Kentucky Woman", "Holly Holy", "Cracklin' Rosie", and "Longfellow Serenade".
3. "Shad Moon Rising"
Answer: Crevice Kelpfish Revival
"Bad Moon Rising" by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival was released in 1969 and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was featured in the films "American Werewolf in London" (1981), "Twilight Zone: The Movie" (1983), "My Girl" (1991), and "The Big Chill" (1983).
Other songs by the band include "Suzie Q", "Proud Mary", "Green River", "Down on the Corner", and "Lookin' Out My Back Door".
4. "(I'd) Wait a Scallion Years"
Answer: The Bass Roots
"(I'd) Wait a Million Years" by The Grass Roots was released in 1969 and reached number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other songs by the band include "Let's Live for Today", "Midnight Confessions", "Temptation Eyes", and "Sooner or Later".
5. "It Never Rains In Southern Calamari"
Answer: Albert Salmon
"It Never Rains in Southern California" by Albert Hammond was released in 1972 and reached number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Hammond never had another song reach the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is your basic 'One Hit Wonder'.
6. "Will It Goby Round In Circles"
Answer: Krilly Prestuna
"Will It Go Round in Circles" is a song by American soul musician Billy Preston was released in 1973 and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other songs by Preston include "Space Race", and "Outa-Space". Preston also played the keyboard on the Beatles hit "Get Back".
7. "Grouperstition"
Answer: Stevie Flounder
"Superstition" by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder was released in 1972 and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and US Billboard R&B charts. Other songs by Wonder include "For Once in My Life", "My Cherie Amour", "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday", "If You Really Love Me", "Higher Ground", and "Living for the City".
8. "Macho Manatee"
Answer: Krillage People
"Macho Man" by American disco group Village People was released in 1978 and reached number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other songs by the group include "Y.M.C.A", "I Am What I Am", and "In the Navy".
9. "Long Train Grunion"
Answer: The Goby Brothers
"Long Train Runnin'" (or "Long Train Running") by American rock band the Doobie Brothers was released in 1973 and reached number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other songs by the band include "Listen to the Music", "Jesus Is Just Alright", "China Grove", "Black Water", and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me)".
10. "Brandy (You're a Fine Krill)"
Answer: Looking Bass
"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by American pop rock band Looking Glass was released in 1972 and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The only other song the band had to reach the top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart was "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" in 1973.
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