Sounds Of The Sixties Rewound Part 39 Quiz

Answer: The Hollies

In 1966, "Stop Stop Stop" reached number one in Canada, number two in the UK and number 17 on the US Billboard charts.

Gold Radio in the UK placed this at number 11 in their countdown of "The Hollies' 15 best songs, ranked".

Answer: Adam Faith

Before he became that cheeky chappy in television's "Budgie", Adam Faith had a successful run in the music business.

In 1960, Faith took "How About That" to number four in the UK.

Faith's first release had been in 1958 and in 1959 he had a UK number one with "What Do You Want?" He had 11 UK top ten hits in all, but failed to crack North America.

Answer: Jackie DeShannon

"Put A Little Love In Your Heart" was a 1969 US number four for Jackie DeShannon.

DeShannon co-wrote this with her brother Randy Myers and soul singer Jimmy Holiday.

Answer: Bob Dylan

In 1965, "Like A Rolling Stone took Bob Dylan close to the top of the Hot 100, peaking at number two. It was a number four in the UK.

As most Dylan fans know, his first single was "Mixed-Up Confusion", which failed to chart in 1962. It was not until 2020 that he scored his first chart-topper in his own right with "Murder Most Foul".

Answer: The Newbeats

The Newbeats were Larry Henley and brothers Dean and Mark Mathis.
"Bread And Butter" was their debut single together, and it reached number two on the Hot 100 in 1964.

Answer: Harmony Grass

In 1969, Harmony Grass took "Move In A Little Closer" to number 24 on the UK charts. It was their only hit and the group disbanded in 1970.

The song was later covered by Cass Elliott and reached number 58 in the USA and number 30 in Canada.

Answer: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Tammi Terrell was widely regarded as one of the best singers of her generation. Terrell and Marvin Gaye had seven songs crack the Hot 100 top 40. "If This World Was Mine", though, only reached number 68.

In 1967, she collapsed onstage and was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour. Although she did return to singing, she died in 1970.

Answer: Michael Holliday

Michel Holiday earned the distinction of posting the first number one UK single of the 1960s when "Starry Eyed" reached the top on New Year's Day 1960. It was a cover of a US song by Gary Stites.

Although he had been singing throughout the 1950s, Holiday suffered from excruciating stage fright and died from a suspected drugs overdose in 1963.

Speaking of stage fright, another performer who suffered from nerves was Kirsty MacColl. From 1979 the English singer had several hits, including "There's a Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and her cover of "A New England", by Billy Bragg. In one performance in Ireland, she sang her set list so quickly it was all done by the interval, and she came out afterwards to do it all again.

And speaking of MacColl, she told the story of going on a school trip and her teachers refused to believe her when she said she was a daughter of Ewan MacColl, among whose catalogue of work was "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face".

She died in a boating tragedy in 2000.

Answer: Anthony Newley

"Why" was UK number one for Anthony Newly in 1960.

Newley was not only a singer and songwriter, he starred in dozens of movies, ranging from children's favourites to gritty WW2 epics. He write the words for "Goldfinger" the 'James Bond' theme that was a big hit for Shirley Bassey.

Answer: Shocking Blue

Shocking Blue were a band from The Netherlands that took "Venus" to the top of the US Hot 100 in 1969. It reached number eight in the UK. It was also a number one in Canada and Australia, but only a number two in their own territory.

Although they were to have more hit songs at home, "Venus" was their biggest success in English language territories.

In 1986, the British female trio Bananarama covered the song and it became a number one on the Hot 200. In 2000, a mass-market razor company began to use the song in commercials for their range of feminine blades.

Answer: Sam Cooke

For a time in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it seemed that no popular artist could eschew dance-themed songs.

The Twist led to many hits by the likes of Chubby Checker and then Sam Cooke came along with "Twistin' the Night Away" in 1962. It reached number nine in the US and number six in the UK.

In 'Dream Boogie: The Triumph Of Sam Cooke', biographer Peter Guralnick said Cooke wrote the lyrics after seeing television footage of wealthy old women getting their twist on at the club. "Look at those old ladies dressed in diamonds, twisting away," he is said to have told his business partner, J.W. Alexander.

Note: This may be the first time this quiz author has ever used the word "eschew", despite a 40-year career in the written word.

Answer: Tony Orlando

Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote "Bless You" and it was recorded by 16-year-old Tony Orlando. It reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961 and number five in the UK.

Answer: Frankie Vaughan

"Rachel" is one of the songs known only to the finest connoisseurs of 1960s pop music. It was a 1961 B side to "Tower of Strength", which Frankie Vaughan took to the top of the UK charts. (You might want to remember that in case it pops up again in this quiz series.)

Vaughan had one chart-topper in the 1960s and another in 1957.

In those days, Frankie Vaughan long playing records could usually be found in the 'easy listening' section of a record store. Classed as a "crooner" he fell into the same classifications as Matt Monro and Anthony Newley.

Answer: Lulu

In 1967, Sidney Poitier starred in the movie "To Sir, With Love", which was set in a London secondary school (for North Americans on here, secondary school in the UK was for ages 11 to 16, or even 18).

The Scottish singer Lulu had been a singing success from about 1964 and this was her movie debut. She also sang the theme song, which went nowhere on the charts in the UK, but was a number one in both Canada and the USA.

Answer: Roy Orbison

File "Oh, Pretty Woman" among a list of songs that later became movie titles.

"P.S. I Love You" by the Beatles, "Strange Brew" by Cream, "Who'll Stop the Rain?" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Tequila Sunrise" by the Eagles, and "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones are other examples.

In 19654, Roy Orbison made "Oh Pretty Woman" a number one in the US and UK. He wrote it with Bill Dees, and the original pretty woman was Orbison's wife Claudette.

In 1990, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere starred in a movie originally to be called "3000", but which was renamed.