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1. From the young black singer Jimmy Jones: "Hey girls, gather 'round, listen to what I'm puttin' down, hey baby, I'm your_______"
2. A very well-known lyric came from a famous Bobby; this time we're talking about Bobby Vee. In this song, he begged his listener, "Take good care of my baby."
He went on to say, "And if you should discover that you don't really love her,
just "______".
3. Brenda Lee, known as 'Little Miss Dynamite', stood tall at four feet nine inches to perform her signature song "I'm Sorry."(1960). The year before, she had another smash hit with "Sweet Nothin's", where a Southern-accented young lady lingered of an evening with her boyfriend on the front porch, until her Mom said "______".
4. During the sixties, the dance craze known as The Twist inspired many Top 100 hits by various artists. To name only one, there was a smooth R&B-flavoured
number by Sam Cooke, called "Twistin' The Night Away." Sam urged his listeners:
"Let me tell you 'bout a place," but in which American state was that place located?
5. A female artist who had a lot of hits during the 1960s and 1970s, Connie Francis, (whose birth name was Concetta Franconero) was born in 1938 in the state of New Jersey. One of her many popular songs was "Everybody Somebody's Fool." The lyric that goes: "I told myself it's best that I forget you; though I'm a fool at least I know the score; yet darling I'd be twice as blue without you" finishes with which words?
6. The 1960s saw an explosion of "girl groups", based in part on the popularity of the Supremes. One group notably, promoted by Berry Gordy at Motown Records was Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Their smash hit "Dancing in the Streets" has a line which begins, "It doesn't matter what you wear." The next line is?
7. Roy Orbison had a huge hit in 1964, with a song that represented a departure from his "lonely blue dreams" (a quote from Roy himself). That song was "Oh Pretty Woman." When he sang " Don't walk away, OK _______" how did he finish this lyric?
8. No 1960s quiz on popular music would be complete without a reference to the British Invasion, which began in 1964. "Little Children" was one of the big hits of Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas. This song, in which the singer bemoaned his fate, having to cope with his girlfriend's younger siblings, went:
"You saw me kissing your sister, you saw me holding her hand, but if you snitch to your mother_______". Finish this line:
9. Steppenwolf was a band that had both Canadian and American members when it formed in 1968. One of Steppenwolf's big hits that year was "Magic Carpet Ride," and most fans assumed the song was about psychedelia. Here is a lyric from this song: "You don't know what we can find, so why don't you come with me, little girl, on a magic carpet ride, well you don't know what we can see, why don't you tell your dreams to me?" Next line is: "________"
10. The British progressive rock band Procul Harum had a number of hits, but arguably their best-known remains 1967's "Whiter Shade of Pale." The song fueled seemingly endless discussion regarding what the obscure lyrics meant. If you can recall the missing lyric, you will be doing well. "We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels 'cross the floor, I was feelin' kinda seasick _______"
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