Sounds Of The 60s Rewound Part 49 Quiz

Answer: Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson was a not-too-successful boxer before he started singing in clubs in the late l950s.

In 1957, "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)" got him onto the Hot 100 at number 52, while making umber six in the UK. In 1986 a re-release topped the UK charts.

It's probably fair to say there were more misses than hits on the charts thereafter, and "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" reached number 34 on the Hot 100 and number three in the UK in 1968.

Answer: Lulu

"Try To Understand" topped out at number 25 in the UK in 1965 for the Scottish singer Lulu.
The song was on an album by the American group The Seeds in 1966. A single failed to chart.

Answer: The Ronettes

"Da Doo Ron Ron" was written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, but Phil Spector also got a credit.

In 1963 this was a number three on the Hot 100 and number five in the UK.

The song has been covered by several artists, often with male singers changing the name "Bill" to Jill". An alternative parody was sung by 'The Ruinettes' - Lenny Henry, Tracey Ullman, and David Copperfield, the cast of the British television comedy "Three Of A Kind" - in 1983. (You can find it with an internet search.)

Answer: Freddy Cannon

"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" had been around from the 1920s when Freddy Cannon released his version in 1959. It got onto the charts in early 1960, making number three in each of Canada, the UK and the USA.

Freddy Cannon had just three top ten hits in a long recording career. He died on July 17, 2026 at the age of 89.

Answer: The Seekers

In 1965, "A World Of Our Own" was an international hit for the Aussie foursome The Seekers. It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, number two in Australia, number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number five in Canada.

In September 2026, an internet site that tracks song steaming put "A World Of Our Own" at number five among Seekers songs, with a shade under eight million. Their top streamed song was "Georgy Girl", with 411.5 million.

Answer: Dion

"Donna the Prima Donna" was a solo number six for Dion DiMucci in 1963.

Dion started his recording career with The Belmonts and they had their first hit in 1958. As a solo artist Dion had his first hit in 1960, but recorded and performed with The Belmonts often.

Answer: Tony Bennett

"I Left My Heart In San Francisco" was written in 1954 by George C. Cory Jr and Douglass Cross. It was offered to Tony Bennett, but lay forgotten until 1961 when Bennett needed a song for a show in 'Fog City'.

It came out as a B side to "Once Upon A Time", but was later flipped.

"I Left My Heart In San Francisco" was a number 19 on the Hot 100 and number 25 in the UK.

This is one of (probably) the most famous songs with San Francisco in the title: you can probably think of one about wearing flowers in your hair. There are many more, so I asked Dola (while Artificial Intelligence is still a thing) and it (she? he?) declares "hundreds". The tunecaster website claims more than 80 chart entries with San Francisco in the title.

Answer: Pink Floyd

In 1967, "See Emily Play" reached number six on the UK charts. It was written by Syd Barrett, a founder member of Pink Floyd.

As the songfacts website noted: "...he was the group's leader until he lost his mind. He did a lot of acid and became very unpredictable, sometimes refusing to play at shows. His band mates kicked him out in 1968."

In a feature "All 167 Punk Floyd Songs Ranked From Worst To Best", ultimateclassicrock placed "See Emily Play" at number seven.
They put "Dark Side of The Moon" as their number one, ahead of "Wish You Were Here" - an unfathomable choice in the view of this quiz author.

Answer: The Walker Brothers

Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe of The Four Seasons wrote "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", intending it to go to The Righteous Brothers.

Frankie Valli released it as a single but it flopped. Then the Walker Brothers put it out with a Phil Spector wall of sound in 1966 and it went to number one in the UK and number 13 on the Hot 100.

The Righteous Brothers never did get to record "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", but it is hard to think they could have bettered the Walker Brothers rendition.

Answer: Eddie Floyd

In 1966, "Knock On Wood" was a UK number 19 and US number 28. It was Eddie Floyd's biggest hit.

In 1979, a disco version by Amii Stewart reached number one in the US.

Answer: Los Bravos

In 1966 Los Bravos, a Spanish band with a German lead singer, took "Black Is Black" to number two in the UK, number four on the Hot 100, and to number one in Canada. It also topped the charts in Spain, naturalmente.

In 1977, La Belle Epoque, a French female disco group, made this a number two in the UK.

Answer: Cass Elliott

Let's dispel that myth first of all; Cass Elliott did not choke to death on a sandwich. She was found dead in a London flat she had borrowed from Harry Nilsson and, yes, there was a sandwich by her bedside, but the official cause of death was heart failure.

That was in 1974 and, four years later, Keith Moon, of The Who, died in the same flat.

Undoubtedly, Cass (her real first name was Ellen) had one of the most beautiful singing voices of her era. She anchored the Mamas and the Papas and was starting to make her own kind of music at her untimely death at the age of 32.
"Make Your Own Kind of Music" reached number 26 on the Hot 100 and number 20 in Canada.

Answer: The Supremes

Those who have been following this quiz series will know that it is almost de rigueur to include a song by the Holland-Dozier-Holland team and "You Can't Hurry Love" is the offering here. To be fair, they based it on a gospel song "You Can't Hurry God," by Dorothy Love Coates and the Gospel Harmonettes, a gospel group from Birmingham, Alabama.

The Supremes took their version to number one in the USA in 1966 and number three in the UK.

Answer: Maureen Evans

In 1962, Maureen Evans had a UK number three with "Like I Do".

Earlier that year a version by Nancy Sinatra was a hit in Italy, South Africa, The Netherlands and Japan, but does not appear to have charted in the UK or North America.

Evans had a busy recording career and notched up four UK Top 40 hits.

Answer: Del Shannon

Del Shannon released "Kelly" in 1963 on his LP "Little Town Flirt". It was also the B-side on the single "Two Kinds of Teardrops".