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Quiz about Sixties and Seventies Songs with False Endings
Quiz about Sixties and Seventies Songs with False Endings

Sixties and Seventies Songs with False Endings Quiz


Several US singles from the sixties and seventies have been released that featured false endings. This quiz is about some of them.

A multiple-choice quiz by shanteyman. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
shanteyman
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
347,722
Updated
Jul 20 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
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Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which 1965 US Number Four hit by The Gentrys had a false ending? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which One-Hit Wonder band released the 1964 Top Forty US single, "She's the One", that featured a false ending? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The Young Rascals' 1966 hit, "Good Lovin'", was originally released the year before by an artist named Limmie Snell using the name Lemme B. Good.


Question 4 of 10
4. Which Beatles song did NOT feature a false ending? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which 1965 Beach Boys song from their "Today" album featured several false fades on the original recording? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which Creedence Clearwater Revival song featured a false ending? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Guitarist and singer Pete Ham was a member of which band that recorded his composition, "No Matter What" in 1970? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which Elvis Presley single listed featured a false fade? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What was first heard when the Mamas and the Papas 1966 song, "Monday Monday", returned after a cold ending? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which 1962 single by The Contours featured a prominent return after fading out?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which 1965 US Number Four hit by The Gentrys had a false ending?

Answer: Keep on Dancing

After "Keep on Dancing" faded out drummer Larry Wall played a drum fill to kick off another verse. Although the Gentrys had two strong singers with Jimmy Hart and Bruce Bowles, guitarist Larry Raspberry sang "Keep on Dancing", their highest charting single.
The Gentrys formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1963 by students at Treadwell High School. When "Keep on Dancing" became successful the group appeared on "Hullabaloo", "Shindig!" and "Where the Action Is". They and also toured with Sonny and Cher, The Beach Boys and Dick Clark's tours. By the early seventies the band had gone through several members and eventually dissolved. Founding member Jimmy Hart found success in professional wrestling as a manager called "The Mouth of the South".
"Break Away (from That Boy)" was a Top Forty by The Newbeats. Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels released "Jenny Take a Ride" and "Just a Little" was by The Beau Brummels.
2. Which One-Hit Wonder band released the 1964 Top Forty US single, "She's the One", that featured a false ending?

Answer: The Chartbusters

The Chartbusters formed in Washington, D.C. They qualified for One-Hit Wonder status when "She's the One" hit the Top Forty, peaking at Number 33. "She's The One" was turned down by 20 record labels before Mutual Records took a chance on it. The group also released several singles in 1964 on the Diplomat label using the name The Manchesters to capitalize on the British Invasion sound.
Tom Hanks related in a "People" magazine interview that The Chartbusters were the inspiration for his 1996 film "That Thing You Do".
"Rip Van Winkle" by The Devotions reached Number 36 in 1964. "Farmer John" was a 1964 Top Twenty from The Premiers and "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" was a 1964 single by The Reflections.
3. The Young Rascals' 1966 hit, "Good Lovin'", was originally released the year before by an artist named Limmie Snell using the name Lemme B. Good.

Answer: True

Limmie Snell was born in Alabama but relocated to Canton, Ohio. Snell began recording for Columbia Records when he was only 11 years old. In addition to using the name Lemme B. Good he also formed Limmie and the Family Cooking. The band recorded for Scepter Records and Atco Records. Limme Snell released the Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick composition, "Good Lovin'", about a month before the Olympics recorded their version. When Felix Cavaliere of The Young Rascals heard the Olympics' version being played on a New York radio station the band added it to their live repertoire.

When they recorded the song the session producer tried to capture the live energy of the song by using a count-in. While the group did not believe the recording was a winner "Good Lovin'" became the first of their three Number One hits.
4. Which Beatles song did NOT feature a false ending?

Answer: She's a Woman

"She's A Woman" ended with Paul McCartney repeating "She's a Woman" as the song faded.
Strawberry Field was the name of a Salvation Army Children's Home near John Lennon's childhood home in a suburb of Liverpool. After fading out "Strawberry Fields Forever" came back with a Mellotron playing notes on the flutes patch backwards backed by scattered drumming.
"Helter Skelter" fades in at the end after a long pause. The last of 18 five minutes takes was used on the original LP which prompted Ringo to shout "I've got blisters on my fingers" when the song returned at around three minutes and 50 seconds
The outro of "Cry Baby Cry" featured a return with "Can You Take Me Back" lyrics composed by Paul.
5. Which 1965 Beach Boys song from their "Today" album featured several false fades on the original recording?

Answer: Help Me, Rhonda

"Help Me, Rhonda" was the first song (other than a Christmas album cut) by the Beach Boys featuring Al Jardine on lead vocals. The song originally appeared on "Today" as an album cut but was eventually re-recorded and released as a single titled "Rhonda" when disc jockeys began putting it over the airwaves. It became their second Number One single.
Among the featured session musicians on the original recording session were Glen Campbell on guitar, Leon Russell on piano and Billy Strange on ukulele.
"Dance, Dance, Dance" featured a clean fade-out at the two minute mark. "When I Grow Up to be A Man" faded with the group singing the ages they would be when they grow up. "Please Let Me Wonder" faded while guitar tracks were being played.
6. Which Creedence Clearwater Revival song featured a false ending?

Answer: Lookin' Out My Back Door

After "Lookin' Out My back Door" slowed and ended a guitar riff brought the song back for a final chorus. John Fogerty composed "Lookin' Out My back Door" and included the song on their fifth album, "Cosmos Factory". When it was released as a single it was blocked from topping the charts by Diana Ross's remake of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
When the song was released there was speculation that the lyrics reflected a drug trip but Fogarty maintained that the song was written for his three-year-old son and was inspired by Dr. Seuss' book "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street."
"Who'll Stop The Rain" and "Fortunate Son" faded out. "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" had a cold ending after the final riff.
7. Guitarist and singer Pete Ham was a member of which band that recorded his composition, "No Matter What" in 1970?

Answer: Badfinger

After a pause "No Matter What" repeated the last line twice before its final chord. Pete Ham composed the song while a member of Badfinger. Ham had originally recorded the song on an acoustic guitar with a Mambo style beat. It was recorded a month later at Abbey Road studios but Apple Records was hesitant to release it as a single from the group's "No Dice" LP.

A representative of Apple Records in New York astutely urged the label to reconsider and release it as a single. Sugarloaf had a 1970 hit with "Green-Eyed Lady". Frijid Pink reached the US Top Ten with a cover of "The House Of the Rising Sun" in 1970 and "I'm Not My Brother's Keeper" was by The Flaming Ember.
8. Which Elvis Presley single listed featured a false fade?

Answer: Suspicious Minds

Mark James wrote and recorded "Suspicious Minds". His release on Scepter Records in 1968 was not commercially successful. Elvis recorded the song in eight takes during an early morning session in January of 1969. The production featured a slower tempo bridge, a time change and a false ending. In 1969 "Suspicious Minds" topped the US charts.
Elvis recorded other songs written by Mark James including "Moody Blue", "Raised On Rock" and a song he wrote with Johnny Christopher and Wayne Carson titled "Always on My Mind". James won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year after Willie Nelson recorded a version of "Always on My Mind".
"Burning Love", "Kentucky Rain" and "In the Ghetto" faded out completely.
9. What was first heard when the Mamas and the Papas 1966 song, "Monday Monday", returned after a cold ending?

Answer: Denny Doherty's voice.

After "Monday Monday" ended there was a pause and Denny Doherty began singing "Monday Monday" again before a guitar riff prompted the other band members to begin backing him. "Monday Monday" became the band's first and only Number One hit in the US and earned the group a Grammy in 1967.
John Phillips composed "Monday Monday" but the group was not originally enthusiastic about the song's success when it was recorded.
"Monday Monday" was a single release from the the group's 1966 debut album, "If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears".
10. Which 1962 single by The Contours featured a prominent return after fading out?

Answer: Do You Love Me

In 1959 Joe Billingslea and Billy Gordon formed a vocal group they dubbed The Blenders in their native Detroit. The following year they auditioned for the new Motown label as The Contours. A year later they released "Whole Lotta' Woman" and "The Stretch" without chart success.
When The Temptations declined Berry Gordy Jr.'s composition, "Do You Love Me", the Contours recorded it. With Billy Gordon's energetic and powerful voice setting the tone of the song it went to Number Two in the US. They released a few more singles that never attained the success of "Do You Love Me". The band underwent personnel changes but performed through the seventies and eighties.
In 2010 the Contours were inducted into the Doo-Wop Hall of Fame. Founding member Billy Gordon died in 1999 and Joe Billingslea carried on with the group calling it The Contours with Joe Billingslea.
Source: Author shanteyman

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