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Quiz about Its My Birthday and Ill Sing If I Want To
Quiz about Its My Birthday and Ill Sing If I Want To

It's My Birthday and I'll Sing If I Want To Quiz


This quiz is on UK Number One Hits on some of my significant birthdays. Plenty of clues to help you. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by Quiz_Beagle. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Quiz_Beagle
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
279,717
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
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853
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. When I was born this hit by Eddie Cochrane may have been playing. A number one for Eddie on my birthday, I saw Showaddywaddy perform it over 15 years later. What journey to Paradise was this? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Some significant events for my first birth year include Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space and the Berlin wall being built. The number one on my birthday was this Michigan-born singer's first hit. He followed it up with 'Hats Off to Larry', 'Little Town Flirt' and his last big hit in 1965, 'Keep Searchin'. Both John Frusciante and Rooney have covered this hit. As you walk alone, can you give me the title? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Four years old, and probably my last carefree birthday before I was sent to school and thence to work. On my fourth birthday, a Roy Orbison hit was topping the charts. This song was also recorded by Bonnie Tyler and Billy Mackenzie and was sung by Michael Caine in the film 'Little Voice'. Which Roy Orbison hit was this? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. I loved being a teenager! Number one when I became 13 was the fifth number one of a string of badly spelled hits by Slade. Which one was this? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Surely everyone's 16th birthday was momentous? I celebrated mine by doing a parachute jump at 10 in the morning. The number one that day was by The Real Thing, a Liverpool band, and was their only number one. What was this romantic ditty, the 'the sweetest song'? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. My eighteenth birthday and I became an adult (officially!) The number one on my birthday was a duet. It was from a musical film. It was the first of two songs by this duo to reach number one during this year and it was covered by the unlikely pair of British comedians Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker. What was the song? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I told you I loved being a teenager, so my 20th birthday was a real trauma. I may have spent the whole day doing the title of the Don McLean hit that was number one on my birthday. What song was this?

Answer: (One Word. Not 'American Pie'!)
Question 8 of 10
8. Life begins at 40, so they say. So what song, which was a hit for a tiny Australian diva, was number one on the day my 'life began'? I'll give you a clue, she might have got dizzy doing it? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. I held a 'Life, the universe and everything' party for my 42nd birthday. Douglas Adams would have no doubt been delighted to learn that the number one that day was a posthumous hit for someone Vs JXL. The title? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Of course, a lady should never reveal her age, so I won't. The number one hit on my birthday in 2007 came in at number one on the 26th May and stayed there for ten weeks. Sung by Rihanna featuring Jay.Z, it is something that could be carried when you go out. The title? Hint



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1. When I was born this hit by Eddie Cochrane may have been playing. A number one for Eddie on my birthday, I saw Showaddywaddy perform it over 15 years later. What journey to Paradise was this?

Answer: Three Steps to Heaven

Tragically dead in a car crash at 21, Eddie Cochrane could have been one of the greatest ever. Showaddywaddy rereleased their version in 1975. To anybody that thought it was 'Walking in the Air' (released 1985) - thank you!
2. Some significant events for my first birth year include Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space and the Berlin wall being built. The number one on my birthday was this Michigan-born singer's first hit. He followed it up with 'Hats Off to Larry', 'Little Town Flirt' and his last big hit in 1965, 'Keep Searchin'. Both John Frusciante and Rooney have covered this hit. As you walk alone, can you give me the title?

Answer: Runaway

Elvis Presley was number one with 'Surrender' before 'Runaway' and the Everley Brothers 'Temptation' afterwards. Johnny Leyton and 'Johnny Remember Me' was two months later. Del Shannon, singer of 'Runaway', was born in Michigan in 1934. After a long battle with drugs, alcohol and depression he shot himself in 1990. Hmm, two artists, two untimely deaths. Are we starting to see a pattern here?
3. Four years old, and probably my last carefree birthday before I was sent to school and thence to work. On my fourth birthday, a Roy Orbison hit was topping the charts. This song was also recorded by Bonnie Tyler and Billy Mackenzie and was sung by Michael Caine in the film 'Little Voice'. Which Roy Orbison hit was this?

Answer: It's Over

Roy Orbison, born in Vernon, Texas was, contrary to stories, not blind, although his trademark dark glasses were prescription for short sight. Roy Orbison had a life filled with tragedy. His first wife died in a motorbike accident in 1966. Just two years later two of his three young sons died when Roy Orbison's house burnt down and in 1973, his elder brother died in a car accident when on his way to visit him at Thanksgiving.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, he was dead of a massive heart attack a year later, at only 52 years old.
4. I loved being a teenager! Number one when I became 13 was the fifth number one of a string of badly spelled hits by Slade. Which one was this?

Answer: Skweeze Me Pleeze Me

Their number ones were, in order; 'Coz I Luv You', 'Take Me Bak 'Ome', 'Mama Weer All Crazee Now', 'Cum On Feel The Noize', 'Skweeze Me Pleeze Me' and their last one, the ubiquitous 'Merry Xmas Everybody'. Thank heaven I wasn't born in December. Unlike the rest of the artists, apart from a serious accident to the drummer, Don Powell, the band are still hale and hearty and indeed the two founder Slade members, Dave Hill and Don Powell, are still touring. LA metal band Quiet Riot have covered 'Cum On Feel The Noize' and 'Mama Weer All Crazee Now'.
5. Surely everyone's 16th birthday was momentous? I celebrated mine by doing a parachute jump at 10 in the morning. The number one that day was by The Real Thing, a Liverpool band, and was their only number one. What was this romantic ditty, the 'the sweetest song'?

Answer: You To Me Are Everything

'Oh you to me are everything
The sweetest song that I could sing'
A fabulous song, and I bet it was played at the party that night! An interesting fact about about Chris Amoo, one of the two brothers in the band: In 1987, his Champion Afghan hound, Viscount Grant, won Best of Show at Crufts! Despite his sucess in the canine world, The Real Thing were still performing to rave reviews in 2007. All the wrong answers are also The Real Thing hits, but they never got to number one.
6. My eighteenth birthday and I became an adult (officially!) The number one on my birthday was a duet. It was from a musical film. It was the first of two songs by this duo to reach number one during this year and it was covered by the unlikely pair of British comedians Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker. What was the song?

Answer: You're The One That I Want

Grease is the word! Both 'You're the One That I Want' and 'Summer Nights' got to number one but, thank goodness, Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker left 'Summer Nights' alone. All the wrong answers are, of course, from 'Grease', which was what people my age watched instead of 'High School Musical'.
7. I told you I loved being a teenager, so my 20th birthday was a real trauma. I may have spent the whole day doing the title of the Don McLean hit that was number one on my birthday. What song was this?

Answer: Crying

I didn't actually spend the day crying, but it certainly wasn't my favourite birthday. Don's first UK number one was 'Vincent', followed by his great cover of Roy Orbison's 'Crying'. Believe it or not, 'American Pie' didn't get to number one in the UK until Madonna's version. (I'm sorry Madonna fans, but really!)
8. Life begins at 40, so they say. So what song, which was a hit for a tiny Australian diva, was number one on the day my 'life began'? I'll give you a clue, she might have got dizzy doing it?

Answer: Spinning Around

Kylie Minogue was number one with 'Spinning Around'. Sadly, Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, but made a great recovery and starred in the 2007 Christmas "Dr. Who".
9. I held a 'Life, the universe and everything' party for my 42nd birthday. Douglas Adams would have no doubt been delighted to learn that the number one that day was a posthumous hit for someone Vs JXL. The title?

Answer: A Little Less Conversation

All of these are posthumous number ones and three of them are from the year I turned 42! 'My Sweet Lord' by George Harrison, 'More Than A Woman' by Aaliyah and Elvis Presley Vs JXL with 'A Little Less Conversation'. The rerelease of Jackie Wilson's 'Reet Petite' was earlier, in 1986.
10. Of course, a lady should never reveal her age, so I won't. The number one hit on my birthday in 2007 came in at number one on the 26th May and stayed there for ten weeks. Sung by Rihanna featuring Jay.Z, it is something that could be carried when you go out. The title?

Answer: Umbrella

Off her album 'A Good Girl Gone Bad', this song was allegedly offered to Britney Spears and Mary J Blige before being taken up by Rihanna. I will confess that this is the only song that I couldn't hum or sing to you. I hope you've enjoyed this musical ramble through my birthdays.
Source: Author Quiz_Beagle

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