Sounds Of The 60s Rewound Part 12 Quiz

Answer: Pat Boone

Well, here's a pretty pickle. On the radio show in September 2025, the Englebert Humperdinck version was played, but he did not release his cover until 1998.
Using artistic licence, the Pat Boone version is used in this quiz.

The first release of "Quando, Quando, Quando" was by Italian singer Tony Renis in 1962.

In 1965, Pat Boone crept into the Hot 100 (number 95) with his version.

The song has featured in numerous movies and was also sung at a Super Bowl. In the UK it was used as the theme in a television advertisement for a brand of beer and later for an Italian car model and also by a cosmetics company.

Answer: Duane Eddy

Duane Eddy had a US number 45 and UK number four with "Shazam" in 1960.

This was an instrumental noted for Eddy's 'twangy" guitar playing.

Eddy had several hits in the late 1950s and going Ito the 1960s. His style was said to influence later guitar players like George Harrison and Bruce Springsteen. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Answer: Cliff Richard

Apologies to all those Brits who now have "Congratulations" playing in their heads.

This was a catchy and infectious song that was a Eurovision contest runner-up in 1968 and topped the UK charts.

The song was written by Phil Coulter and Bill Martin, who were behind a string of hits for various artists.

Coulter also performed his own songs over a lengthy career and was noted for writing "The Town I Loved So Well", a lament for what the Northern Irish violence from the late 1960s had done to his native city of Derry.

While disappointed that his song had not won Eurovision (there were claims of a fix), Coulter later said: "'Congratulations' has proven with time that it really was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. I would settle for coming second with 'Congratulations' selling six million records and writing a song that has clothed and fed and educated my children than writing a song that has won Eurovision and disappeared without trace."

Answer: The Supremes

"Reflections" was a number two on the Hot 100 for The Supremes in 1967 and hit number five in the UK.

This was written by the Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland team, who provided nine US chart toppers for The Supremes from 1964.

It became the theme song of the TV series "China Beach", which was set during the Vietnam War.

Although credited on Tony Blackburn's Radio Show to 'Diana Ross and The Supremes', that name change did not happen until after the song was released. The other Supremes were said to be unhappy about the change.

Answer: The Seekers

"Georgy Girl" was a UK number three, US number two for the Australian quartet The Seekers in 1966. It topped the charts in their native land and also in Canada.

The Seekers were credited as being the first Australian band to find sustained international success far from their own shores.

Fronted by the clear vocals of Judith Durham, The Seekers were Australian music icons for decades.

Answer: Keith West

"Excerpt From A Teenage Opera" has been described in some quarters as "the strangest prog hit single ever.

What was released as a single was actually an excerpt from larger volume of music, the Teenage Opera project. It reached number two in the UK in 1967.

Keith West was a member of the band Tomorrow before he wrote the lyrics to music by Mark Wirtz. There had been no intention for West to sing the song, but the record company could find no one else, and already had him under contract.

Although the was a one-off hit, West later said: "It was a good song, and I loved the experience."

Answer: Simon Dupree & the Big Sound

"Kites" was originally the final song by The Rooftop Singers.

The British band Simon Dupree & the Big Sound picked it up, or rather their record company insisted on it - the band hated the song.

Despite their disdain it became a UK top ten - the best for the band.

Fun fact: Elton John (or Reg Dwight as he was then known) played on several songs for the band.

Answer: Del Shannon

"Runaway" was a UK and US number one for Del Shannon in 1961. It was to be the biggest hit of his career.

It has been used numerous times in television shows and in movies.

Answer: The Troggs

Can there be any stranger opening lines than those of "Love Is All Around"?
"I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes..."

Reg Presley wrote this for his band The Troggs. It was a UK number five in 1967 and US number seven. It topped the charts in South Africa.

Presley claimed to have written the song in 20 minutes. When Wet Wet Wet revived it for the 1994 movie "Four Weddings And A Funeral", it won three Ivor Novello awards.

Answer: Billy Joe Royal

Billy Joe Royal was first to record "Hush", but it has been covered a number of times.

Royal took it to number 58 on the Hot 100 in 1967. It was a top ten hit in several European markets.

The song was adapted by Joe South from an old African spiritual.

Answer: Dinah Washington

"September In The Rain" was written in 1937 for the movie "Melody For Two".

It became a staple for many singers over the years. The Dinah Washington version reached number 23 in the US and number 35 in the UK in 1961.

Known as "Queen of the Blues," Dinah Washington had a successful recording career in the 1950s and 1960s and influenced many other singers. She also appeared in a number of movies and television shows.

Fun fact: The Beatles included the song in their audition for Decca Records in January 1962.

Answer: Andy Williams

"Music To Watch Girls By" sprang from a backing track for a diet cola commercial in 1965.

In 1967, Andy Williams recorded a version with vocals that reached number 34 in the United States. In the UK, it charted twice: first at number 33 and then at number nine after it was used for a commercial by an Italian car company.

Answer: The Cascades

In 1962, The Cascades had a US number three with "Rhythm Of The Rain". It reached number five in the UK.

It was covered by many artists, leading BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc) to declare it the ninth most performed song of the 20th century.

Answer: Buddy Holly

There was a real Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue Gerron, a classmate of Buddy Holly and his drummer Jerry Allison.

Holly had wanted to call it "Cindy Lou" but Allison persuaded him to rename it to impress his girlfriend, Peggy Sue. I guess it worked, since they later married.

Buddy Holly released the song in 1957 and it reached number three on the Hot 100. His band, The Crickets, rereleased it in 1960 with David Box singing the Buddy Holly vocals.

Amazingly, for an artist who only recorded three studio albums, more than 30 compilations and 'greatest hits' were released after Holly's death.

Answer: The Flirtations

In 1968 "Nothing But A Heartache" was a Hot 100 number 34 for The Firtations.

Although they hailed from South Carolina, the trio found a lot of work in England and recorded "Nothing But A Heartache" there.

In a throwback to earlier days, there was no multitracking or overdubbing; the backing musicians played their parts in the studio, while the singers added vocals from a booth.