3. There is some controversy whether "Delilah" was a real person or whether indeed there was a biblical connection. Nevertheless it was a huge hit in 1967 for whom?
From Quiz Why, Why, Why, Delilah
Answer:
Tom Jones
Originally recorded in November, 1967 by P.J. Proby who disliked it and did not include it on his subsequent album. It was then made a massive hit by Tom Jones in 1968, reaching number one in several countries though it only made number two in Jones' native UK and number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100.
A man discovers that Delilah has been sleeping with another man, so when her new man leaves, the singer shows up at her door and stabs her to death in a crime of passion. The bleakness of the lyrics is offset by the lilting rhythm and a catchy chorus. As such the song features in many a (drunken) singalong.
Why Delilah? Lyric writer Barry Mason stated in a 2001 interview with "The Sun" newspaper that he based the song (without the murder) on a girl he met in Blackpool, England when he was on summer holidays aged 15. They had a summer romance, but when it came time for her to return to her home in Llandudno in Wales, she told Mason that she had a boyfriend at home, and it was over between them. Mason is quoted in the paper as saying, "I was shattered. I never shook it off and I became sick with jealousy and a whole lot of pain. She had dark hair, brooding eyes and she was really feisty. If there's a typical Welsh girl, she was the one." Her name was Delia, which impossibly did not fit into the song he wrote ten years later. Working with Les Reed (music) he had the idea to change her name to Delilah, which then became the famous song. "The Sun" searched for Delia asking readers to call the newspaper if they knew Delia from Llandudno. The search ended when Sylvan Mason, who co-wrote the song (and was belatedly credited) said there was no Delia. She stated Les Reed had already written the chorus "Why, why, why Delilah," and the lyric was based on the 1954 musical "Carmen Jones". "Les Reed's idea was to write a modern-day Samson and Delilah song but we got carried away and it ended up like Carmen Jones," she told "WalesOnline", The line "I was lost like a slave that no man could free" was the remaining reference to the biblical Samson story, and fitted the new story so was left in the song.
The song tempo is unusual that it is in triple time when most pop music is in quadruple time.
The theme for this quiz is songs with the name 'Mary' in the title. Your task is to work out which artists sang which songs, starting with "Mary, Did You Know?". Photo clues and some of their other songs may point you in the right direction. 
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