Girlbands Trivia

1. Who is the lead singer for The Dixie Chicks?

From Quiz Leader of the Bands

Answer: Natalie Maines

Natalie Maines is the lead singer for the American country music band The Dixie Chicks, formed in 1989 in Dallas, Texas; the other members include sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire. Aside from winning over a dozen Grammy Awards, The Dixie Chicks obtained a good deal of notoriety in London in March 2003 (right before the invasion of Iraq), when Maines said "We don't want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas". The reaction in the US to Natalie's comment by conservatives was mostly negative and involved boycotts, which The Dixie Chicks later followed up with the song "Not Ready To Make Nice". BTW, the wrong answers were all in The Dixie Cups.

From Quiz Girl Singers & Groups of the '60s Vol.II

Answer: Long Live Love

Sandie Shaw had her second of three UK number one hits with "Long Live Love". It was number one for three weeks in 1965. It reached number 97 on the US pop chart the same year. Barefoot on stage Sandie (Sandra Goodrich), was the first UK winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with "Puppet On A String" in 1967. That song gave her her third UK number one, making her the first female singer to achieve three UK number one hits. "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me" was number one for three weeks on the UK chart in 1964. It reached number 52 on the US pop chart in 1965. "Girl Don't Come" reached number three on the UK chart in 1964. It reached number 42 on the US pop chart in 1965. "Puppet On A Sting" was number one for three weeks on the UK chart in 1967. It did not chart in the US.

From Quiz Girl Singers & Groups of the '60s Vol.1

Answer: Lesley Gore

Lesley Gore was the singer and had a number five hit on the US pop chart with the song "She's A Fool" in 1963, it did not chart in the UK. Her biggest hit in the US & UK and her only US number one hit was "It's My Party" in 1963. It reached number nine on the UK chart. Dusty Springfield was part of The Springfields group that had a number 20 hit on the US pop chart in 1962 with "Silver Threads And Golden Needles". It never charted in the UK. Connie Francis had a number nine hit on the US pop chart with "Vacation" in 1962. It reached number ten in the UK and was her last top ten hit on both charts. Shelley Fabares had her fourth and last hit at number 72 on the US pop chart with "Ronnie, Call Me When You Get A Chance" in 1963. It never charted in the UK.

From Quiz Sisters, Sisters

Answer: The DeMarco Sisters

The five DeMarco Sisters, Anne, Gina, Gloria, Terri and Arlene, were actually sisters. They had a very lush sound that was popular with audiences of the time. They were regularly heard on radio, appearing on "The Fred Allen Show" for four years, and made many television appearances with Ed Sullivan and Jackie Gleason. They toured with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Nat "King" Cole.

From Quiz Girl Groups: The Early Years

Answer: The Shirelles

The group formed in 1958 in New Jersey and had a myriad of hits including "Baby Its You",and "Foolish Little Girl", but saw their biggest success with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", which was a number one hit in 1961 followed by "Dedicated To The One I Love", which was a Billboard Hot 100 number three hit in 1961, and "Soldier Boy" which was a number one hit in 1962. The group continued to chart hits until 1967.

From Quiz Girl Bands

Answer: Please Mr. Postman

"Please Mr. Postman" was recorded by the Marvelettes and later by the Carpenters.

From Quiz Let the Girls Sing

Answer: Jan Bradley

This is a great song and Jan had a great set of pipes. Too bad she never found another tune that would move her short career forward.

From Quiz Female Fronted Bands

Answer: Garbage

Garbage's 1998 album "Version 2.0" peaked at number 13 on the Billboard album chart and was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year. Before joining Garbage in 1994, Shirley Manson played keyboards for a band named Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie and sang vocals for another band named Angelfish.

From Quiz Girl Groups & Singers '50's & 60's

Answer: Little Peggy March

Later used in the Whoopi Goldberg film "Sister Act" as a song to God.

From Quiz Girl Power #2: Girl Bands

Answer: Forever

This was their last album before they officially split. It is the only album that does not feature the vocals of Geri. The hit single "Holler" is on this album.

From Quiz Girl Power #1: Girl Bands

Answer: 1996

The Spice Girls formed in 1994, They signed with Virgin Records in 1995. Then, a year later, they released their world wide hit "Wannabe". This was the first of many UK and international number one singles. The song was taken off their first album "Spice".

From Quiz Bouffants and Beehives: Girl Groups of the 60s

Answer: Please Mr. Postman

The recording of "Please Mr. Postman" marked the beginning of the Marvelettes' commercial success. The song tells a story from the perspective of a girl waiting for a letter from her off-at-war boyfriend.

From Quiz Leader of the Bands

Answer: The Chiffons

Did you get the hint? The Chiffons originated in the Bronx, New York in 1960. Their lead singers were Judy Craig and Sylvia Peterson, and other members Patricia Bennett and Barbara Lee were both schoolmates with Judy Craig at James Monroe High School (putting the 'girl' in girl bands). Besides "One Fine Day", written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, the group had another Goffin and King hit song, "Sweet Talkin' Guy"; but it was their very first single "He's So Fine" which hit number one in the U.S., sold over a million copies and received 'a gold disc', which would have been platinum by today's standards.

From Quiz Girl Singers & Groups of the '60s Vol.II

Answer: Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick had a number eight hit on the US pop chart with "Anyone Who Had A Heart" in 1964. It stalled at number 42 on the UK chart the same year. Cilla Black (Priscilla White) had a three week run at number one with the song on the UK chart in 1964 but it never charted in the US. While it was at number one, the UK chart had it's first ever all British top ten. Mary Wells had a number one hit for two weeks on the US pop chart with "My Guy" in 1964. It reached number five on the UK chart in 1964 and number 14 in 1972. It was written and produced by Smokey Robinson. Doris Troy had a number ten hit (her only chart hit) on the US pop chart with "Just One Look" in 1963. It did not chart in the UK. The Hollies had a UK number two hit in 1964 and a US number 98 in 1964 and number 44 in 1967 with a cover version of the song. She later sang backing vocals on "Dark Side Of The Moon" by Pink Floyd. Betty Everett had a number six hit on the US pop chart with "The Soop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" in 1964. It reached number 34 on the UK chart in 1968. Cher had number 33 hit on the US pop chart and a number one hit for five weeks on the UK chart in 1991 with a cover version of "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss).

From Quiz Sisters, Sisters

Answer: The Beverley Sisters

Consisting of older sister Joy, and twins Babs and Teddie, the Beverley Sisters started their long career in the 1950s, and were popular throughout the 1950s and 1960s. They toured extensively, and appeared frequently on television variety shows. In 1958 Joy married Billy Wright, the first footballer to be capped for England 100 times. In 2002 they entered the "Guinness Book of Records" as the longest surviving vocal group without a change of line up, and in 2006 were given the MBE in the New Year Honours List. Their best known song is "Sisters", which became their unofficial theme tune.

From Quiz Girl Groups: The Early Years

Answer: The Blossoms

The Blossoms were out of Los Angeles, and were originally called The Dreamers when they started recording as a group of six high school girls in 1954. They had little chart success. The group added a new singer named Darlene Love in 1958, but still had no success with charting hits. Then came 1962. Phil Spector needed a group to record a song called "He's A Rebel" which he had acquired from singer/songwriter Gene Pitney. He was going to let the group called "The Crystals" record it, but problems between him and the group prompted him to record the song using The Blossoms, with Darlene Love out front and using the name "The Crystals". Needless to say, the song was a number one smash hit. Thus, there were two groups with the same name, both controlled by Spector. They also did backup for Shelley Fabares in the aforementioned "Johnny Angel", and helped The Bob B. Sox and the Blue Jeans with their hit "Zip A Dee Doo Dah" The group later appeared on the television show "Shindig" and did backup vocals for various artists all the way into the 1970s. Darlene stepped out of the business for a while but returned in the 1980s to be part of a show on Broadway called "Leader Of The Pack" and also was a co-star in the movies, playing the wife of Danny Glover's character in the "Lethal Weapon" series.

From Quiz Girl Bands

Answer: Philadelphia International

The company created the "Philadelphia sound", its answer to the Motown sound. The Three Degrees had hits with "Dirty Old Man", "When Will I See You Again" and "TSOP(The Sound of Philadelphia)".

From Quiz Let the Girls Sing

Answer: Judy's Turn To Cry

In "It's My Party", Judy walks in thinking she's all that but Ms. Gore got her revenge making "Judy's Turn to Cry".

From Quiz Female Fronted Bands

Answer: The Sugarcubes

Bjork, the lead singer of The Sugarcubes, began her solo career in 1992, shortly after the group disbanded. In 2001, Bjork was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song for "I've Seen it All" from "Dancer in the Dark".

From Quiz Girl Groups & Singers '50's & 60's

Answer: Sandi Shaw

Sandi was a real favorite of mine. She often appeared onstage barefoot, and had a boyfriend named Duncan. Naked Eyes did another version of this great Bacharach/David song.

From Quiz Girl Power #2: Girl Bands

Answer: The Bangles

This song was first sung by 80's girl group The Bangles. In the mid 90's, boy band Human Nature released their version of the love song. In 2001, Atomic Kitten released the single granting them their second number one single.

From Quiz Girl Power #1: Girl Bands

Answer: Atomic Kitten

This song was the girl band's third single. It reached number 20 in the UK charts and was taken off the band's first album "Right Now."

From Quiz Leader of the Bands

Answer: Silver Convention

Moving along to the 1970s, Silver Convention was a popular Euro disco act from Munich, Germany originally calling themselves Silver Bird Convention. They started out as a studio group featuring Linda G. Thompson, Penny McLean (was there a barber showing photographs?) and Jackie Carter. In 1975 they produced a successful single in the UK called "Save Me" and expanded to later add Ramona Wulf as lead singer, Zenda Jacks and Rhonda Heath. That same year they made a number one hit single with "Fly, Robin, Fly" which used only sin words in the whole song, i.e., "Fly, Robin, Up, To, The, Sky". They followed that in 1976 with another number one, "Get Up and Boogie" - only six words ("That's, Right").

From Quiz Girl Singers & Groups of the '60s Vol.II

Answer: Martha and The Vandellas

Martha and The Vandellas had a number two hit on the US pop chart with "Dancing In The Street" in 1964. It reached number 28 on the UK chart in 1964 and number four in 1969. Mick Jagger & David Bowie had a number one for four weeks with "Dancing In The Street" on the UK chart in 1985. It reached number seven on the US pop chart the same year. Brenda & The tabulations had a number 20 hit on the US pop chart with "Dry Your Eyes" in 1967. It did not chart in the UK. US all female group Goldie and The Gingerbreads had a number 25 hit on the UK chart with "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" in 1965. It failed to chart in the US mainly because a version by UK group Herman's Hermits was released a couple of weeks earlier. Ruby and The Romantics had a number 48 hit on the US pop chart with "When You're Young And In Love" in 1964. It failed to chart in the UK.

From Quiz Girl Singers & Groups of the '60s Vol.1

Answer: Baby Love

"Baby Love" was number one for four weeks on the US pop chart in 1964, it was their second number one and longest at the the top. It reached number one for two weeks on the UK chart in 1964 and was the first record by a girl group to top the UK chart. Upon re-release in the UK it reached number 12 in 1974. "Where Did Our Love Go" was number one for two weeks on the US pop chart in 1964 and was The Supremes first US number one. It reached number three on the UK chart in 1964. "You Can't Hurry Love" was number one for two weeks on the US pop chart in 1966 and was The Supremes seventh US number one. It reached number three on the UK chart in 1966. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" was number two for two weeks on the US pop chart in 1969. It reached number three on the UK chart in 1969.

From Quiz Sisters, Sisters

Answer: Boswell

The Boswell Sisters were well known in their home town in the 1920s, playing local theatres and appearing on local radio shows. They did not come to national attention until the early 1930s, when they moved to New York and started recording for Brunswick Records. With arrangements by Glen Miller, and accompanied by some of the finest jazz musicians of the day, their Brunswick recordings are said by many to be a milestone of vocal jazz. Their last record was made in 1935 and they split up in 1936.

From Quiz Girl Groups: The Early Years

Answer: The Cookies

The Cookies actually formed in 1954 in Brooklyn New York, and became backup singers for Ray Charles in the late 1950s. They had their biggest success with the above mentioned recording which were both on the charts in 1963. "Don't Say Nothin'" came in at number seven on Billboard's Pop Singles charts, and "Chains" was a number 17 hit which was later covered by The Beatles. Both songs were recorded under the direction of Gerry Goffin and Carole King, two of the pre-eminent writer/producer teams of the era.

From Quiz Girl Bands

Answer: Sister Sledge

Sister Sledge had hits with "We Are Family", "Lost in Music" and "He's the Greatest Dancer".

From Quiz Let the Girls Sing

Answer: Claudine Clark

Yeah, Claudine's mother wouldn't let her "make the scene." Parents can be hazardous to your health when you're only sixteen.

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