Songs That Beat The Beatles Trivia Quiz

Answer: She Loves You

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" written by Lennon/McCartney, was number one for seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was replaced at number one by "She Loves You" written by Lennon/McCartney, it was number one for two weeks.

"She Loves You" was number one for six non-consecutive weeks on the UK Singles Chart. It was The Beatles' biggest selling single of the '60s in the UK. It was also the UK's top selling single of any artist in the '60s. It was replaced by The Beatles with "I Want To Hold Your Hand" on December 12, which was number one for five weeks.

Answer: Can't Buy Me Love

"She Loves You" written by Lennon/McCartney, was number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was replaced at number one by "Can't Buy Me Love" written by Lennon/McCartney, which was at number one for five weeks .

"Can't Buy Me Love" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 4, 1964.

The Billboard Top Five the week of April 4, 1964 was:

1"Can't Buy Me Love"
2."Twist And Shout"
3."She Loves You"
4 "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
5."Please Please Me"

The Beatles had the top five singles, the only time it was achieved in the 20th Century. Also the same week, they had 14 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

Answer: The Dixie Cups

"Love Me Do" written by Lennon/McCartney was number one for one week for The Beatles in 1964. It was replaced by The Dixie Cups with "Chapel Of Love" written by Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector, which was number one for three weeks.

The original version of "Chapel Of Love" was recorded by Darlene Love in 1963 but was not released until 1991. The Dixie Cups' version was the first release by the Red Bird Record label run by song writers Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller and producer George Goldner. Bette Midler recorded a version of "Chapel Of Love" for her 1972 album "The Divine Miss M".

Answer: Dean Martin

"A Hard Day's Night" written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney was number one for two weeks for The Beatles in 1964. It was replaced at number one by Dean Martin with "Everybody Loves Somebody" written by Irving Taylor/Ken Lane, which was number one for one week.

Dean Martin's young son was into groups like The Beatles at the time and Martin told him that he was going to knock his pallies off the charts. Dean Martin's previous number one hit was "Memories Are Made Of This" which spent six weeks at number one in 1956.

"Everybody Loves Somebody" was originally recorded by Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and his orchestra in 1947. Frank Sinatra also recorded the song a few weeks later the same year.

Answer: Petula Clark

"I Feel Fine" written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney was number one for three weeks for The Beatles in 1964/65. It was replaced at number one by Petula Clark with "Downtown" written by Tony Hatch, which spent two weeks at number one.

Petula Clark was very lucky to get "Downtown" to record. Although she was a child actor in the '40s and in movies and the UK Singles Chart in the '50s and '60s, she had never had a hit record in the U.S.A. Her career was on the wane in the UK in 1963 and she left the UK for France, after some remarks about the British public's taste in music.

The song writer Tony Hatch was in Paris to produce an album for Petula Clark and gave her the song which re-started her career and because of the "British Invasion" of the US pop charts she had a new career in America. Although at 32 years old in 1964 I don't really think she was part of the "Invasion".

Answer: Stop! In The Name Of Love

"Eight Days A Week" written by Lennon/McCartney was number one for two weeks for The Beatles in 1965. It was replaced at number one by "Stop! In The Name Of Love" by The Supremes and was number one for two weeks in 1965.

"Eight Days A Week" was only released on the Album "Beatles For Sale" in the UK. It was The Beatles' policy not to release album tracks as singles in the UK but Capitol Records, in the USA, had very different ideas about releasing singles and albums.

"Stop! In The Name Of Love" was the 4th of 12 number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Supremes between 1964 & 1969. They did change their name after their tenth number one hit "The Happening", to Diana Ross & The Supremes.

Answer: The Rolling Stones

"Yesterday" written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney was number one for four weeks for The Beatles in 1965. It was replaced at number one with "Get Off Of My Cloud" by The Rolling Stones, which was number one for two weeks in 1965.

The Rolling Stones were the only British group besides The Beatles themselves to replace The Beatles at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the '60s and '70s. "Get Off Of My Cloud" was The Rolling Stones' second of eight number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the '60s and '70s.

Answer: Strangers In The Night

"Paperback Writer" written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney was number one for two weeks for The Beatles in 1966. "Strangers In The Night", which replaced it at number one, only had one week at the top for Frank Sinatra, the same year.

"Strangers In The Night", written by Bert Kaempfert/Charles Singleton/Eddie Snyder, entered the Billboard Hot 100 on May 7, 1966 and reached number one on July 2, 1966. Eleven years earlier, "Learnin' The Blues" entered the Billboard Chart on May 7, 1955 and reached number one on July 9, 1955.

It was a somewhat shorter wait for Sinatra's next number one hit, which was "Something Stupid" written by C. Carson Parks II. It was a duet with his daughter Nancy Sinatra and it was number one for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.

Answer: The Turtles

"Penny Lane" written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney was number one for one week for The Beatles in 1967. It was replaced by "Happy Together" written by Alan Gordon/Garry Bonner. It was number one for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Turtles in 1967.

"Happy Together" was The Turtles' only number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song had been offered to many artists which included The Happenings, The Tokens and The Vogues, who all turned it down. The Turtles had been ready to break up after a poor run of singles but then they where offered "Happy Together" and were very happy after that.

Answer: Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)

"Hello Goodbye" written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney was number one for three weeks for The Beatles in 1967/68. It was replaced at number one by "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)" written by John Fred Gourrier/Andrew Bernard. It was number one for two weeks for John Fred & His Playboy Band in 1968.

"Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)" is based on a misinterpretation of some of the lyrics of The Beatles' song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", where John Fred thought he heard "Lucy in disguise with diamonds". It was number one in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, South Africa and Switzerland. Not bad for a mondegreen of a John Lennon song.