Sounds Of The 60s Rewound Part 5 Quiz

Answer: The Four Seasons

"I can see there ain't no room for me
You're only holding up your heart in sympathy
If there's another man, then girl I understand
Go on and take his hand and don't you worry 'bout me.."

Denny Randall, who co-wrote "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)", said he wanted to give the song "a classical feel". The 17 refers to it being the 17th single from The Four Seasons. It was a US number 13 in 1966. It did not chart in the UK.

Answer: Bob Dylan

"I Want You" was a US number 20 in 1966. It was taken from the album "Blonde On Blonde", which has often been hailed as one of Dylan's finest. 'Ultimate Classic Rock' made it top of their list "Bob Dylan Albums Ranked" in 2023.

The song promotes a variety of characters such as a "guilty undertaker: and a "lonesome organist". It marked a time when Dylan was moving away from the topical songs that had made his name towards more poetic imagery.

It also marked a time when he derided those contemporaries who continued to write and sing topical songs and was one reason for his break up from Joan Baez.

Answer: The Beatles

"Try to see it my way
Do I have to keep on talking 'til I can't go on?
While you see it your way
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone
We can work it out
We can work it out..."

Paul McCartney wrote "We Can Work It Out" about his then girlfriend Jane Asher. It was a chart-topper on both sides of the Atlantic in 1966.

Answer: Junior Walker & the All Stars

"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" reached number four in the US and number 13 in the UK in1969.

The band had eight top 30 singles on the Hot 100.

Answer: Shirley Bassey

A plethora of artists have covered "You'll Never Know" (AKA "You'll Never Know (Just How Much I Love You)"). Welsh singer Shirley Bassey took it to number six in the UK in 1961.

While it originated from a poem written by a young Oklahoma war bride, the song has been covered by men and women alike. Frank Sinatra took it to number two in the US charts.

Answer: The Mamas And The Papas

The first recording of "Dedicated To The One I Love" was by The 5 Royales in 1958. The Shirelles released it in 1969 and again in 1961, when it went to number three in the USA.

The Mamas and the Papas released a cover in 1967. It reached number two on the Hot 100. The group had ten US top 30 hits, including the number one "Monday Monday".

Answer: Neil Sedaka

Can you imagine that one New York City school produced songwriting talents like Neil Sedaka, Carole King and Neil Diamond?

Sedaka is nowadays often overlooked as a songwriter, but in 1959 he composed a song that Howard Greenfield wrote lyrics to and they named it "Oh Carol" after Carole King. (This was her professional name, she was born Carol Joan Klein.)

It went to number three in the UK, his biggest hit there, and number nine in the US.

Answer: The Shangri‐Las

Fun fact, Billy Joel played piano in the recording session for Remember ("Walkin' In The Sand)" by The Shangr-Las, as well as their biggest hit "Leader Of The Pack". In an interview many years later, Joel said these were pretty easy songs to play and added: "I didn't get paid anything."

"Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)" was a US number five and a UK number 14 in 1964.

Answer: Randy & the Rainbows

"Oh Denise, shooby doo
I'm in love with you, Denise shooby doo
I'm in love with you, Denise shooby doo
I'm in love with you..."

In 1963 "Denise" was the first single and a US top ten hit for Randy & The Rainbows. They were the proverbial one-hit owners; their next single only just crept into the Top 100 at number 97.

Twenty-four years later Blondie covered the song as "Denis", changing the gender but with Debbie Harry pronouncing it as Denise. She also sang some of the lyrics in French. Producer Richard Gottehrer said: "I didn't even know if the French was real."

It gave them a hit in Europe, it was a UK number two, even before they had a hit in the USA.

Answer: Dionne Warwick

"Mother told me always to follow the golden rule
And she said it's really a sin to be mean and cruel
So remember if you're untrue
Angels up in heaven are looking at you
You'll never get to heaven if you break my heart..."

"You'll Never Get to Heaven" was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and was a US number 34 for Dionne Warwick in 1964

Answer: The Walker Brothers

"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" was a UK number one and US number 13 in 1966. This was all the more surprising since an earlier version by Frankie Valli did not reach the Hit 100 (it topped out at 128.)

The Walker Brothers were not siblings. They were Scott Walker (Noel Scott Engel), John Walker (John Maus), and Gary Walker (Gary Leeds).

History (mythtory?) has it the song was playing on a jukebox when a gunman - gang leader Ronnie Kray - walked into the Blind Beggar pub in London in March 1966 and fatally shot a rival gangster, George Cornell. It was said that a stray bullet hit the jukebox, causing the song to repeat itself on the title line.

Kray was later convicted of the murder.

* The shooting was factual, the bit about the jukebox though?

Answer: Billy Fury

Here we go, "Halfway to Paradise" was yet another Carole King and Gerry Goffin composition.

Tony Orlando was first to record it and it got a bit above halfway to the top of the Hot 100, running out of steam at number 49.

Billy Fury had better luck in the UK, taking it to number three. It was one of 11 top ten hits for the Briton.

Answer: Helen Shapiro

Singer and actor Helen Shapiro was born in London and in 1961 at the age of 14 released her first single. After she appeared on a television talent show, "Don't Treat Me Like a Child" treated number three in the UK.

"You Don't Know" reached the top of the UK charts the same year

Although she released a number of albums, only the first reached the charts.

She later turned to acting and had several television and stage show performances.

Answer: Dusty Springfield

Another London-born songstress, Dusty Springfield made "I'll Try Anything" a UK number 13 in 1966.

She had a steady recording career, but, apart from a few songs, was better known in the UK than in North America.

She also had three series of British television entertainment shows during the mid and late 1960s.

Answer: Eden Kane

Eden Kane was the stage name of Richard Graham Sarstedt and he recorded "Well I Ask You" in 1962 and took it to the top of the UK charts.

If you are thinking "Sarstedt, that's an unusual name, where have I heard it before?", then I will tell you: he was a brother of Peter Sarsted who had a number one with "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"

They had another brother, Clive. He recorded as Clive Sands, Wes Sands, and Robin Sarstedt and took "My Resistance Is Low" to number three in the UK in 1976.