Sounds Of The Sixties Rewound Part 15 Quiz

Answer: Lulu

Neil Diamond wrote "The Boat That I Row" and included it on his 1967 album "Just For You".

That same year Scottish singer Lulu took it to number six on the UK singles charts.

Answer: Gary Puckett & the Union Gap

"Lady Willpower" made it to number two on the Hot 100 in 1968.

It has been said that Gary Puckett & the Union Gap sold more records than The Beatles in 1968.

Why, then, did the combo not kick on to better things? Simple, Gary Puckett wanted to do other things and walked away.

In 2019 he told 'Washington Life' magazine: "It was the wrong turn. It was the wrong move. It was the wrong time...I had decided that I wanted to take a year off. Silly me. I mean, I didn't know what was coming up. It was a foolish move."

Answer: Lance Fortune

Now, which Lance Fortune sang "Be Mine"? It was in fact the second to bear that name.

Chris Morris was born in Cheshire, England, in 1940 and gave up a scholarship at a Welsh university to work as an odd-job man at the famous London coffee bar, the 2Is, where he was heard singing by manager and impresario Larry Parnes.

Parnes gave him the name Lance Fortune - a name he had previously given to Clive Powell, a singer and pianist, who he later renamed Georgie Fame.

Morris/Fortune recorded "Be Mine", backed by John Barry and made it to number four on the UK charts in 1960.

Answer: Petula Clark

Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent wrote "Don't Sleep In The Subway" for Petula Clark and she took it to number five on the Hot 100 and number 12 in the UK.

The songwriters stitched together three other compositions, leaving Clark clueless as to what it was all about. In an interview with songfacts.com she said: "It's a bit of a mystery to me, the song. But it's got to be one of my favourites, though I'm not quite sure what it's about. It doesn't matter."

Answer: Badfinger

Well here is a song that just about creeps into "Sounds Of The Sixties". "Come & Get It" was released on December 5 1969 and made it to number four on the UK charts in January 1970.

Badfinger, it seemed, had it all. Backed by Apple Records, they had Paul McCartney and George Hatton providing songs. They should have made it great, but Apple collapsed and colossal financial mismanagement took its toll. Their American manager ripped them off to the tune of millions, leaving the band members penniless and in debt.

Answer: B J Thomas

What was Hal David on when he wrote the lyrics to "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"? - that was a question many asked when the song came out.

David and Burt Bacharach wrote it for the 1969 movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".

Years later, B. J. Thomas, who sang it, said in an interview: "The song, initially when it came out, I believe it was October of '69, the movie didn't come out until December, it did get some bad reviews.

"It was a very unique and different sounding song, Bacharach and David never had any qualms about trying to do anything different, or push the envelope so to speak.

"So nowadays, it sounds pretty tame, but back then, radio resisted it to some degree. But, when the movie came out it hit hugely and sold about 200,000 to 300,000 records a day for about three years."

"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" topped the Hot 100 and was a UK number 38.

Answer: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was a Hot 100 number 19 for Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell in 1967. Diana Ross had a bigger hit with it three years later.

The original was recorded in two parts, with Terrell recording her vocals in New York City and Gaye's later added from a Los Angeles studio.

While Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell were great friends, they did not have any romantic relationship. Having said that, Marvin Gaye was totally broken-hearted at Terrell's death and reportedly never got over it.

Answer: Billy Fury

The American singer Jimmy Jones was first to record "Wondrous Place", followed by Billy Fury in England, both in 1960.

The Billy Fury version reached number 25 on the Record Retailer Top 50. (Several different charts were published each week in the UK at that time.)

Answer: Chris Farlowe

"Out Of Time" was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and was on the 1966 Rolling Stones album "Aftermath".

Mick Jagger then went on to produce the single for Chris Farlowe, and it reached number one in the UK in 1966.

Jimmy Page played guitar on the Farlowe version while Andy White - a one-time temporary replacement for Ringo Starr in The Beatles - played drums.

It was Farlowe's only top ten hit.

Answer: Paul Jones

"High Time" was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded by Paul Jones, formerly lead singer with Manfred Mann.

In 1966, it reached number four in the UK.

Answer: Billie Davis

"Tell Him" was a bit of a flop for two artists in 1962, then in 1963 the New York trio The Exciters took it to number four on the Hot 100.

That same year, Billie Davis had a UK number ten hit with the song. Sadly, she was unable to capitalise on it after a serious road traffic collision late in 1963 left her with injures that meant she was unable to sing for a considerable time.

She did return to the business and had a busy career thereafter, including scoring hits in Spain, where she lived for some time.

Answer: Herman's Hermits

"I'm Into Something Good" was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. They wrote a string of hits, but King got tired of having her name second in songwriting credits. The mainly male producers and writers at the Brill building, where she worked, shrugged her off. Eventually she began to write for herself and recorded "Winter", an also-ran album in the charts in 1970, and the now-legendary "Tapestry" in 1971.

Going back to "I'm Into Something Good", Herman's Hermits made it a UK number one and US number 13 in 1964. Before that, Earl-Jean had a US number 38.

In 1988, HH lead singer Peter Noone recorded a new version for the movie "Naked Gun". One hurdle was that Allen Klein - yes, the infamous Allen Klein - owned the rights to the HH songs. He refused to allow the song to go into the movie. Peter Noone's new version substituted whahhoo machine for guitar to make it a "new" song that Klein had no say over.

Answer: The Honeycombs

Before Karen Carpenter came to fame as a girl drummer, there was Honey Lantree, who wielded the sticks for The Honeycombs.

They had a UK number one hit with "Have I The Right" in 1966. It also topped charts in Australia, Canada and New Zealand and reached number five on the Hot 100. Honey's brother John played bass.

Sadly, "Have I The Right" was their only UK top ten.

The band was initially called The Sheratons, but the record company changed it to combine Honey's name and her profession - she was a hairdresser. (Actually her birth name was Anne.)

Answer: The Kinks

In 1964, The Kinks took "You Really Got Me" to the top of the UK charts. It reached number seven on the Hot 100.

Ray Davis wrote the song about a woman he saw in a club.

In a 2016 interview with 'Q' magazine Davis said: "I was playing a gig at a club in Piccadilly and there was a young girl in the audience who I really liked. She had beautiful lips. Thin, but not skinny. A bit similar to Françoise Hardy. Not long hair, but down to about there (points to shoulders). Long enough to put your hands through... (drifts off, wistfully)... long enough to hold. I wrote 'You Really Got Me' for her, even though I never met her."

Answer: The Ronettes

Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich wrote "Be My Baby" and its was the first single by The Ronettes to be produced by Phil Spector.

It was a US number two in 1963 and reached number four in the UK.

The Ronettes were Veronica Bennett, her sister Estelle Bennett and their cousin Nedra Talley.

Actually, though, only Veronica (aka Ronnie) sang on the single and it reportedly took 42 takes to get the sound Spector wanted.