Sounds Of The 60s Rewound Part 13 Quiz

Answer: Stevie Wonder

"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" was a number three for Stevie Wonder on the Hot 100 in 1965. It made number 14 in the UK.

This was also the first song that Wonder received writing credits for - at the tender age of 15.

It was one of 28 songs to make the top 10 in the USA - 10 at the top.

Wonder signed to Motown records in 1961 and was in their 'stable' for the next six decades.

Answer: The Dave Clark Five

The Dave Clark Five started out as the backing musicians for north London vocalist Stan Saxon in 1958. They parted company and became their own entity in 1962.

The band had 12 Top 40 hits in the UK between 1964 and 1967, and 17 records in the Top 40 of the US Billboard chart.

"Catch Us Us If You Can" was a 1965 musical film that, some said, compared poorly to similar efforts by The Beatles. The single reached number five in the UK and number four in the US.

Answer: Gary Mills

Written by Tony Hatch for a 1959 movie, "Look for a Star" was not actually used, but was reworked and released by Gary Mills the following year. It appeared in another movie, "Circus of Horrors".

The song made it to number five on the UK charts.

The Mills version was not released in the USA, but producers there liked it so much that by the summer of 1960 four versions were on the airwaves.
One version by 'Gary Miles' (did you see what the record company did there?) peaked at number 16 on the Hot 100.

Answer: Lesley Gore

"Maybe I Know" was one of 11 top 40 hits for Lesley Gore on the Hot 100.

"Maybe I Know" reached number 14 in 1964. We're going to slip past her sole number one, since it's bound to come up sometime in this series (unless the regular editor gets fed up with it.)

Answer: The Turtles

"Happy Together" was a song of unrequited love - a bit at odds with the title - but it topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.

The song appeared in several movies and there were several covers, including one by the Captain & Tennille.

Answer: The Rolling Stones

In 1965, "Get Off Of My Cloud" was the second Stones record to top the Hot 100 in the USA. It also reached number one in the UK.

The title sounds more American than British. Brits would not say get off of my cloud, merely get off my cloud.

Mick Jagger wrote the lyrics and Keith Richards the melody.

Answer: The Impressions

Curtis Mayfield wrote "You've Been Cheatin'" and The Impressions took it to number 33 on the Hot 100 in 1965.

In a near 30-year career, The Impressions recorded regularly but only hit the US top ten on two occasions. They did not unduly trouble the compilers of charts in the UK.

Answer: Sonny & Cher

"Baby Don't Go" was a Hot 100 number eight for Sonny & Cher in 1964. It reached number 11 in the UK. It was originally the B side of another unsuccessful single.

Answer: Jimmy Radcliffe

In 1964 Jimmy Radcliffe was first to record this Burt Bacharach and Hal David song. It reached number 40 in the UK.

Radcliffe was a jobbing writer and backing singer.
He was the first African-American performing artist to write, produce and sing commercial jingles for the advertising industry.

He also wrote songs for "The Banana Splits" TV show.

Answer: The Righteous Brothers

It has been calculated that "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers has been played more than eight million times on radio and television in the US alone.

Phil Spector had asked Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil to write a song for The Righteous Brothers, whom he had just signed. In 1964 it topped the charts in both the US and UK.


"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" has been covered by many artists, but somehow none seemed to match the original.

Answer: Bobby Darin

This was originally a French song, "La Mer" that was written by Charles Trenet. In 1945 Jack Lawrence took the melody and added English lyrics to make this a love song, rather than one about the sea.

Bobby Darin took it to number six on the Hot 100 in 1960 - although it had already appeared twice in the Hot 100 through Benny Goodman in 1948 and Roger Williams in 1955. It reached umber eight in the UK.

Numerous other artists have covered the song.

Answer: Scott McKenzie

No other song is (probably) more associated with the 'Summer of Love' and the hippie counter-culture than "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)".

It was written by John Phillips, of The Mamas and the Papas, as the unofficial anthem for the Monterey Pop Festival.

Phillips played guitar in the recording and was joined in the studio by several members of the Wrecking Crew.

Years later Phillips recalled: "The town of Monterey, 26,000 people, were absolutely terrified by this rush of youth coming across the country.

"So I tried to write a song that would make people who were coming to Monterey understand that it was supposed to be world peace, love and not war.
"It was the beginning of the flower power movement and all that kind of thing... I fell asleep in the studio and Scott recorded it."

The song reached number one in the UK and number four in the USA in 1967.

Answer: Tom Jones

In 1967, Ton Jones took "(It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall in Love Again" to number two in the UK and number 49 on the US Hot 100.

England's "King of Skiffle" Lonnie Donegan wrote the song along with Jimmy Currie. Donegan released it in 1962, but it failed to chart. Elvis Presley later covered it.

(Also known as "I'll Never Fall in Love Again").

Answer: Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck spent five weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart with "The Last Waltz". It was his biggest hit.

French singer Mireille Mathieu spent three weeks at the top of her country's charts with a translation, "La Derniere Valse,"

Answer: Val Doonican

"Elusive Butterfly" was written by the American Bob Lind who had it on the B side of a 1965 single. However, radio presenters 'flipped' the record and "Elusive Butterfly" was a UK and US number five for Lind.

The next year the Irish gentle crooner Val Doonican recorded the song in the UK and made it to number five.

Val Doonican was an interesting figure in UK music. He was never 'hip' and was often derided by those who liked their music hard. Still, he was popular with his own audiences. He had nine top 30 hits in the UK between 1964 and 1973 and hosted his own primetime television show - he won the BBC Television Personality of the Year award in 1966

Doonican probably knew his reputation and in 1967 released "Val Doonican Rocks But Gently", which topped the UK album charts.

(This quiz author owes Doonican a debt for featuring American folkie Tom Paxton on his TV show - sparking a life long love affair for his music, and a gallimaufry of quizzes on this site.)