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Quiz about Dont Worry Be HappyJoyful Songs

Don't Worry, Be Happy-Joyful Songs Quiz


Songs are magical creations...they can make us sigh, make us cry, make us sad, and make us glad. These ten tunes were written to make us happy. So sit back and enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by paulmallon. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
paulmallon
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
378,623
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Song: "Happy Together"

"Imagine me and you, I do
I think about you day and night, it's only right
To think about the girl you love
And hold her tight, so happy together

If I should call you up, invest a dime
And you say you belong to me and ease my mind
Imagine how the world could be, so very fine
So happy together"

Now isn't that sweet? Those lovely lyrics were part of just the fourth album by a California based group of six lads (also titled "Happy Together"). It would be the group's only Number One "Billboard Hot 100" hit (1967). They enjoyed more success by placing another four tunes in the top ten. Do you remember the group who happily sang this song together?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Song: "My Happiness"

"Evening shadows make me blue
When each weary day is through
How I long to be with you -- my happiness

Every day I reminisce
Dreaming of your tender kiss
Always thinking how I miss -- my happiness"

The artist who recorded "My Happiness" was born in Newark, New Jersey on December 12, 1938. She was one of the most popular female singers of the Rock & Roll era (and beyond), having recorded over 65 singles between 1955-1970. Who was the songstress who had us feelin' good listening to "My Happiness"?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Song: "You Light Up My Life"

"So many nights, I sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me his song
So many dreams, I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark, but now you've come along

You light up my life, you give me hope to carry on
You light up my days and fill my nights with song"

Joe Brooks (born Joe Kaplan) wrote "You light Up My Life" for the 1977 movie of the same moniker. His song earned the young lady who sang it a Grammy Award for Best New Artist (1978). "You Light Up My Life" lit up the "Billboard Hot 100" by topping the chart for ten straight weeks, the first song ever to have a run of that length. She would later leave the pop field and head over to Country, then in the 1980s, she began a career singing Christian music.
Can you recall who lit up our lives with her beautiful voice?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Song: "If You Wanna Be Happy (For The Rest Of Your Life)".

"If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty women your wife
Go for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

A pretty women makes her husband look small
it very often causes his downfall
As soon as he marries her then she starts
to do the things that will break his heart"

"If You Want To Be Happy" zoomed up the "Billboard Hot 100" chart, before becoming Number One in 1963.
Born James McCleese, by what more recognizable sobriquet did we know the man who was delighted to impart his recipe for happiness?
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Song: "You've Made Me So Very Happy"

"I lost at love before
Got mad and closed the door
But you said, "Try, just once more"

I chose you for the one
Now we're having so much fun
You treated me so kind
I'm about to lose my mind
You made me so very happy
I'm so glad you came into my life"

Back in 1967 a bunch of New Yorkers formed a band which would later become known for its "Jazz-rock" style. They hit pay-dirt just three years later, when they took the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. A couple of other hits from that same album were "And When I Die", and "Spinning Wheel".
Which well known performers was positively ecstatic after recording "You've Made Me So Very Happy"?
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Question 6 of 10
6. Song: "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"

"Tra la la la la la la la la
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen
Tra la la la la la la la la
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen

Tonight's the night I've waited for
Because you're not a baby anymore
You've turned into the prettiest girl, I've ever seen
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen"

"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" peaked at number six on the "Billboard Hot 100" list in 1961. The artist who sang it had prolific careers as a singer as well as a songwriter. Which member of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame brought us this merry melody?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Song: "Happy Days Are Here Again"

"Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let's sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again

Altogether, shout it now, there's no one
Who can doubt it now
So let's tell the world about it now
Happy days are here again"

Did you know that "Happy Days Are Here Again" was used as a presidential campaign song? 'Tis true...while stumping for his first term in The White House, Franklin Delano Roosevelt used that uplifting song to bring enjoyment to the electorate.

Another contestant for a grand title sang all about the happy days being here again, when competing for the title of Miss America. Can you name this groundbreaking singer-actress?
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Song: (The Sun'll Come Out)"Tomorrow"

"Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!

When I'm stuck with a day
That's gray, and lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And grin, and say

The sun'll come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow there'll be sun"

Those uplifting lyrics were first heard on Broadway, April 21, 1977 in a play based around the life and times of a character who first appeared as a comic strip character. The show was one of the Great White Way's most successful musicals, running for six years and change. Go ahead, stick out your chin...can you come up with the correct title? (Hint: there's lots of young' uns' in this show).
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Song: "Wonderful!, Wonderful!"

"Sometimes we walk hand in hand by the sea
And we breathe in the cool salty air
You turn to me with a kiss in your eyes
And my heart feels a thrill beyond compare

Then your lips cling to mine
It's wonderful, wonderful
Oh, so wonderful, my love"

Composer Sherman Edwards and lyricist Ben Raleigh penned "Wonderful, Wonderful" in 1957. That same year it climbed to number 14 on the "Billboard Hot 100". The tune was crooned by one of the most popular singers of the 20th century (and he was still touring in the 21st). Who is the American icon that once had an album stay on the "Billboard Top 100 Albums" chart for almost ten straight years?
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Song: "Over The Rainbow"

"Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I heard of, once in a lullaby
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star and
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me"

Good grief, where to start with this one? Let's start at the beginning. "Over The Rainbow" was composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It is best known for being sung in one of Hollywood's most memorable musicals, "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). "Over the Rainbow" took home the Oscar for Best Original Song and helped make the singer a household name for over 40 years.
Who was the young lass that made the world smile with the tune which was Number One on the American Film Industry list of "100 Years...100 Songs"?
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1. Song: "Happy Together" "Imagine me and you, I do I think about you day and night, it's only right To think about the girl you love And hold her tight, so happy together If I should call you up, invest a dime And you say you belong to me and ease my mind Imagine how the world could be, so very fine So happy together" Now isn't that sweet? Those lovely lyrics were part of just the fourth album by a California based group of six lads (also titled "Happy Together"). It would be the group's only Number One "Billboard Hot 100" hit (1967). They enjoyed more success by placing another four tunes in the top ten. Do you remember the group who happily sang this song together?

Answer: The Turtles

The Turtles (briefly called "The Tyrtles") was made up of Chip Douglas, John Barbata, Al Nichol, Mark Volman, Jim Tucker, and Howard Kaylan. "Happy Together" topped the 1967 "Billboard" chart for three weeks, March 25-April 14. The Turtles other top ten "Billboard" hits were, "It Ain't Me Babe" (1965), "She'd Rather be With Me" (1967), "Elenore", and "You Showed Me" (both in 1969). Their signature song has been covered by a variety of singers, including Captain and Tennille, Petula Clark, and Miley Cyrus.

Let's get happy together:
"I can't see me loving nobody
But you for all my life
When you're with me, baby
The skies will be blue for all my life

Me and you and you and me
No matter how they tossed the dice, it had to be
The only one for me is you and you for me
So happy together"
2. Song: "My Happiness" "Evening shadows make me blue When each weary day is through How I long to be with you -- my happiness Every day I reminisce Dreaming of your tender kiss Always thinking how I miss -- my happiness" The artist who recorded "My Happiness" was born in Newark, New Jersey on December 12, 1938. She was one of the most popular female singers of the Rock & Roll era (and beyond), having recorded over 65 singles between 1955-1970. Who was the songstress who had us feelin' good listening to "My Happiness"?

Answer: Connie Francis

Born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, Connie Francis scored numerous "Billboard Hot 100" hits. Among her top five charted recordings were: "Who's Sorry Now?" (1957), "Lipstick on Your Collar" (1959), "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (a Number One hit in 1960), and "Where the Boys Are" (1961).
"My Happiness" climbed all the way to number two in 1958.
Ms. Francis, who could belt out rock, pop, country, and jazz, recorded songs in an amazing nine languages.

Let's climb on Connie's Cloud Nine:
"A million years it seems
Have gone by since we shared our dreams

But I'll hold you again,
There'll be no blue memories then

Whether skies are gray or blue
Any place on earth will do
Just as long as I'm with you -- my happiness"

An eclectic group of famous artists released their own renditions of
"My Happiness", including Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, and Elvis Presley.
3. Song: "You Light Up My Life" "So many nights, I sit by my window Waiting for someone to sing me his song So many dreams, I kept deep inside me Alone in the dark, but now you've come along You light up my life, you give me hope to carry on You light up my days and fill my nights with song" Joe Brooks (born Joe Kaplan) wrote "You light Up My Life" for the 1977 movie of the same moniker. His song earned the young lady who sang it a Grammy Award for Best New Artist (1978). "You Light Up My Life" lit up the "Billboard Hot 100" by topping the chart for ten straight weeks, the first song ever to have a run of that length. She would later leave the pop field and head over to Country, then in the 1980s, she began a career singing Christian music. Can you recall who lit up our lives with her beautiful voice?

Answer: Debby Boone

Believe it or not, "You Light Up My Life" was Debby Boone's first solo release. Born into a musical family in Hackensack, New Jersey, fame came fast for the 21 year old singer. (Debby is the daughter of singer Pat Boone). In later years she turned to musical theatre, even treading the floorboards twice in New York. She played the lead role of "Maria" in the Lincoln Center production of "The Sound of Music" (1990), and later starred as "Rizzo", in a 1996 revival of "Grease".

Let's enjoy along with her:
"Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
Could it be finally I'm turning for home?
Finally, a chance to say hey
I love you, never again to be all alone

You light up my life, you give me hope to carry on
You light up my days and fill my nights with song

It can't be wrong when it feels so right
'Cause you, you light up my life"

Many singers released "You Light Up My Life". Among them were LeAnn Rimes, Perry Como, Carole King, Johnny Mathis, and Whitney Houston, but it was Debby Boone who set the gold standard for this uplifting song.
4. Song: "If You Wanna Be Happy (For The Rest Of Your Life)". "If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life Never make a pretty women your wife Go for my personal point of view Get an ugly girl to marry you A pretty women makes her husband look small it very often causes his downfall As soon as he marries her then she starts to do the things that will break his heart" "If You Want To Be Happy" zoomed up the "Billboard Hot 100" chart, before becoming Number One in 1963. Born James McCleese, by what more recognizable sobriquet did we know the man who was delighted to impart his recipe for happiness?

Answer: Jimmy Soul

"If You Wanna Be Happy (For The Rest Of Your Life)" was the only hit in a brief career for Jimmy Soul. He charted just one other song, "Twistin' Matilda", before calling it a career and joining the United States Army.

His career was fleeting but his advice lives on:
"But if you make an ugly women your wife
you'll be happy for the rest of your life
An ugly women cooks meals on time
and she'll always give you a piece of mind.

Don't let your friends tell you you have no taste
go ahead and marry anyway
Her face is ugly her eyes don't match
take it from me she's a better catch
Go for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you"

Despite exhaustive research, I could find no facts to support Jimmy's theory.
5. Song: "You've Made Me So Very Happy" "I lost at love before Got mad and closed the door But you said, "Try, just once more" I chose you for the one Now we're having so much fun You treated me so kind I'm about to lose my mind You made me so very happy I'm so glad you came into my life" Back in 1967 a bunch of New Yorkers formed a band which would later become known for its "Jazz-rock" style. They hit pay-dirt just three years later, when they took the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. A couple of other hits from that same album were "And When I Die", and "Spinning Wheel". Which well known performers was positively ecstatic after recording "You've Made Me So Very Happy"?

Answer: Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Blood, Sweat, and Tears' album, cleverly titled, "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" sold over four million copies. All three of the above mentioned tunes reached number two on the "Billboard Hot 100" chart.
The height of their popularity ran from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.
Blood, Sweat, and Tears was a headline group at that little gathering in upstate New York, called Woodstock (1969). The group was never happier than when they were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

More of their walking on air lyrics:
"The others were untrue
But when it came to loving you
I'd spend my whole life with you
'Cause you came and you took control
You touched my very soul

You always showed me that
Loving you is where it's at
You made me so very happy
I'm so glad you came into my life"
6. Song: "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" "Tra la la la la la la la la Happy birthday, sweet sixteen Tra la la la la la la la la Happy birthday, sweet sixteen Tonight's the night I've waited for Because you're not a baby anymore You've turned into the prettiest girl, I've ever seen Happy birthday, sweet sixteen" "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" peaked at number six on the "Billboard Hot 100" list in 1961. The artist who sang it had prolific careers as a singer as well as a songwriter. Which member of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame brought us this merry melody?

Answer: Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka who began recording in 1957 has recorded over 20 albums, more than five dozen singles, and has written some pretty good songs for others to croon. Sedaka sang Number One "Billboard" hits "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" (1962), and "Laughter In The Rain" (1974).
A brace of the songs he co-wrote were "Stupid Cupid" ,a top 15 hit for Connie Francis (1958), and the "Billboard" chart topper, "Love Will Keep Us Together", recorded by Captain & Tennille.
Neil Sedaka was a 1983 inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

More of Sedaka's natal salutations:
"When you were only six, I was your big brother
Then when you were ten, we didn't like each other
When you were thirteen, you were my funny valentine
But since you've grown up, your future is sewn up
From now on you're gonna be mine, so

If I should smile with sweet surprise
It's just that you've grown up before my very eyes
You've turned into the prettiest girl, I've ever seen
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen"
7. Song: "Happy Days Are Here Again" "Happy days are here again The skies above are clear again So let's sing a song of cheer again Happy days are here again Altogether, shout it now, there's no one Who can doubt it now So let's tell the world about it now Happy days are here again" Did you know that "Happy Days Are Here Again" was used as a presidential campaign song? 'Tis true...while stumping for his first term in The White House, Franklin Delano Roosevelt used that uplifting song to bring enjoyment to the electorate. Another contestant for a grand title sang all about the happy days being here again, when competing for the title of Miss America. Can you name this groundbreaking singer-actress?

Answer: Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams wowed the audience (and the judges) when she belted out "Happy Days Are Here Again" during the talent portion of the 1983 pageant, and went on to claim the crown on September 17th.
Miss Williams became the first ever African-American ever to hold the title.

All of the other choices gained the sobriquet of Miss America as well, with Ms. Charles finishing up the final seven weeks of Vanessa Williams' reign, after she resigned in a flap over a "Penthouse" magazine spread. Ms. Williams' happy days returned when she took up successful acting and singing careers, gaining both Emmy and Grammy award nominations.

Tap your toes to more of Ms. Williams' award winning rendition:
"Your cares and troubles are gone
There'll be no more from now on, from now on

Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let's sing a song of cheer again
Happy times, happy nights
Happy days are here again!"
8. Song: (The Sun'll Come Out)"Tomorrow" "Just thinkin' about Tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs, And the sorrow 'Til there's none! When I'm stuck with a day That's gray, and lonely, I just stick out my chin And grin, and say The sun'll come out tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow there'll be sun" Those uplifting lyrics were first heard on Broadway, April 21, 1977 in a play based around the life and times of a character who first appeared as a comic strip character. The show was one of the Great White Way's most successful musicals, running for six years and change. Go ahead, stick out your chin...can you come up with the correct title? (Hint: there's lots of young' uns' in this show).

Answer: Annie

"Annie" was based on a popular comic strip titled "Little Orphan Annie".
When the Broadway show opened at the Alvin Theatre, 13 year old Andrea McArdle played Annie, an 11 year old orphan living in a depression era orphanage under the watchful scrutiny of a hard drinkin', loud yellin' matron named Miss Hannigan (Dorothy Loudon). "Annie" won seven Tony Awards including Best Musical. A few other numbers from the great score were "It's a Hard-Knock Life", "Easy Street" and "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile".
A 1982 film version starred Aileen Quinn as Annie, with Carol Burnett cast as the old meanie, Miss Hannigan.

If Optimists International had a theme song this would be it...listen:
"So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow, come what may

Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You're always
A day,
Away"!
9. Song: "Wonderful!, Wonderful!" "Sometimes we walk hand in hand by the sea And we breathe in the cool salty air You turn to me with a kiss in your eyes And my heart feels a thrill beyond compare Then your lips cling to mine It's wonderful, wonderful Oh, so wonderful, my love" Composer Sherman Edwards and lyricist Ben Raleigh penned "Wonderful, Wonderful" in 1957. That same year it climbed to number 14 on the "Billboard Hot 100". The tune was crooned by one of the most popular singers of the 20th century (and he was still touring in the 21st). Who is the American icon that once had an album stay on the "Billboard Top 100 Albums" chart for almost ten straight years?

Answer: Johnny Mathis

Texas born (September 30, 1935), John Royce Mathis has had one of the greatest careers of any singer. As he began his sixth decade of entertaining, Johnny Mathis had recorded more than 200 singles, 70 albums, and sold over 350 million records around the world.
It was "Johnny's Greatest Hits" album which was on the "Billboard" chart for an astounding 491 weeks (1958-1967), three of those weeks at Number One. Johnny Mathis has been honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, had three of his songs inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame*, and in 2007 he was an inductee of The Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
*"Chances Are" (1957, "Misty" (2002), and "It's Not For Me To Say" (2008).

More marvelous Mathis music:
"The world is full of wond'rous things it's true
But they wouldn't have much meaning without you
Some quiet ev'ning I sit by your side
And we're lost in a world of our own

I feel the glow of your unspoken love
I'm aware of the treasure that I own
And I say to myself
"It's wonderful, wonderful"
"Oh, so wonderful, my love"
10. Song: "Over The Rainbow" "Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that I heard of, once in a lullaby Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true Someday I'll wish upon a star and Wake up where the clouds are far behind me" Good grief, where to start with this one? Let's start at the beginning. "Over The Rainbow" was composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It is best known for being sung in one of Hollywood's most memorable musicals, "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). "Over the Rainbow" took home the Oscar for Best Original Song and helped make the singer a household name for over 40 years. Who was the young lass that made the world smile with the tune which was Number One on the American Film Industry list of "100 Years...100 Songs"?

Answer: Judy Garland

Judy Garland (born Frances Gumm), played Dorothy Gale, a youngster seemingly swept from her home in Kansas by a tornado to the land of Oz, and her quest to return home (along with her dog, Toto). Judy Garland was an American icon as both a singer and actress. Her accolades were many, here are a few:
*At the time of winning the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, Ms. Garland was just 39 years old, the youngest ever winner.
*Won a Golden Globe award for Best Actress in "A Star is Born" (1954).
*Academy Award nominations for "A Star is Born" (1954), and "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961).
*The American film Institute placed her at number eight on their list of the Top Ten Greatest Female Stars of All Time (1999).
*Awarded two Grammy Awards in addition to receiving a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1997).
Interesting fact: Judy Garland is the mother of Liza (with a "Z") Minnelli.

Let's close this out with some more of Judy Garland's optimistic, merry melody:
"Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me

"Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh, why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
Why, oh, why can't I"?

I'm happy to report that she did eventually make it back to her Auntie Em safely.
Source: Author paulmallon

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