Sounds Of The Sixties Rewound Part 26 Quiz

Answer: The Beatles

Surprisingly for the times, "Day Tripper" - a song about drugs - was not banned. In 1965 it became a UK number one and reached number five on the Hot 100. "We Can Work It Out" on the flip side got more airplay in the USA.

John Lennon was mainly responsible for the lyrics. In an interview years later, Paul McCartney said drugs influenced many Beatles songs. "Day Tripper" was about LSD.

Answer: The Beach Boys

Close your eyes and listen: do you hear the similarities between "Don't Worry Baby" and "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes?
Indeed, after hearing The Ronettes, Brian Wilson wondered if he could do something like it.

"Don't Worry Baby" only reached umber 24 in the US Hot 100 in 1964. "Don't Worry Baby" had been number two.

Philip Lambert, author of 'Inside The Music of Brian Wilson', wrote about the similarities between the two songs: "They're in the same key - E Major - and they start the same. The phrase structure is the same, the chord progressions are almost the same, the melodies are almost the same." Even the drums at the beginning were the same rhythm."

(Given the litigious nature of the music business, you might wonder if these similarities would be cause for legal action, but apparently the answer is "no". Brian Wilson was said to be infatuated with The Ronettes and his song was intended be a homage to their hit.)

Answer: Twinkle

File "Terry" under 'another hit song banned by the Beeb'.

In 1964, "Terry" was a UK number four for the English singer Twinkle - despite being banned by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The song referred to the death of a young man in a motorcycle crash. At that time "Auntie" had a corporate ban on songs about death.

Twinkle, Lynn Annette Ripley to give her name, wrote the song when she was aged 14. Her career was a short one; she largely disappeared by 1966.

Answer: The Byrds

The Byrds covered yet another Bob Dylan song to take "All I Really Want to Do" to number 40 on the Hot 100 and number four in the UK.

So, I hear you ask, "how many Dylan songs did The Byrds cover?" The answer is more than 20 and they put 13 on the 1979 compilation album, "The Byrds Play Dylan".

Answer: Johnny Kidd and the Pirates

"Shakin' All Over" was a UK number one in 1960.

In 1965 The Guess Who took it to number one in their native Canada and number 22 in the US.

The Guess Who were actually, at that time, Chad Allen and the Expressions in disguise.

Answer: Betty Everett

Betty Everett took "It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)" to number six in the Hot 100.

This was the second Everett song to make the top ten of the Hot 100, and she never repeated that success.

Answer: Harry Nilsson

"Everybody's Talkin'" was written by Fred Neil, a songwriter whose influence has long been forgotten - not that he probably cared: he lost interest in the music scene to concentrate on the conservation of dolphins.

Harry Nilsson sang the song on the soundtrack of "Midnight Cowboy" and made it a number six in the Hot 100. It also won him a Grammy.

Answer: Perry Como

"Delaware" was a novelty song recorded by Perry Como in 1959. In it he mentioned 15 states of the US in pun form.

The song peaked at number 22 on the Hot 100 in 1960.

A search of lyrics.com lists 133 songs with Delaware in the lyrics.

Answer: Tom Jones

"Thunderball" was written by John Barry and Don Black to be the theme of the fourth official "James Bond" movie. In 1965, it reached number 35 on the UK charts and number 25 on the US Hot 100.

In 2011, 'Variety' magazine did a feature "Every James Bond Theme Song, Ranked Worst to Best" and placed "Thunderball" at number 11 out of 25 at that time.

Answer: Del Shannon

In 1962, Del Shannon took "The Swiss Maid" to number two in the UK, number one in Australia, but only number 64 in the USA.

It was written by Roger Miller, who recorded the song as "Fair Swiss Maiden." It did nothing on the US charts for him, either.

Answer: Chris Montez

In 1962, "Let's Dance" reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the UK at a time when dance-related songs were all the rage. It climbed to number nine on the UK charts on re-release in 1972.

Chris Montez had seven songs in the Hot 100, but "Let's Dance" was his highest entry.

Answer: Anita Harris

Not to be confused by the Elvis Presley song of the same name, "Just Loving You" was written by Tom Springfield (brother of Dusty).

In reached number six in the UK in 1967. Harris had four songs hit the UK top 75 and she went on to have a stellar career as an actor on television and the big screen.

Answer: The Kinks

Ray Davies was the writer of "Sunny Afternoon". It reached number one in the UK in 1966 and number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The Kinks came to be hugely underrated, partly due to their internal difficulties. But they were an important part of the "British Invasion" of the USA. They were, though, highly rated by contemporaries such as Paul McCartney. Macca was a little bit jealous of the Kinks' song "See My Friends". In his autobiography, Dave Davies recalled McCartney saying: "I should have made that record".

Answer: Len Barry

Len Barry (real name: Leonard Borisoff) took "1-2-3" to number two on the Hot 100 in 1965. It reached number three in the UK.

The writers faced legal action from Motown records, who alleged that the song had similarities to a Supremes number "Ask Any Girl". An agreement was reached to give the writers of "Ask Any Girl" 15 per cent of the royalties.

This is a different song from the "1-2-3" recorded by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine in 1987.

Answer: Roger Miller

"Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents..." was there ever a more descriptive opening line for a song?

Roger Miller took this to number one in the UK and number four in the USA in 1965.

Miller later said the idea for "King Of The Road" came when he was driving in Indiana and saw a sign offering trailers for sale or rent.