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1. In early 1961, what Everly Brothers' original "A" side single fared worse on the Billboard charts than its flip-side, "Walk Right Back", which beat it by one position by peaking at #7?
2. Back in 1962, a young lady born Eva Sue McKee, produced two top ten hits on the American charts stressing the problems in her character's love life. The first song went to #5 and concerned her upset state at a cinema, and the one that reached #3 was all about a controlling boyfriend who she was bound to obey without question. Who was the boy that she always had to make "rangements with"? (this is also the complete title of the song)
3. Named after a famous Civil War Confederate General (and claiming to be a genuine relative of his), a popular Country Musician was responsible for the hit that topped the Country charts in America for five weeks in mid 1959, and reached #4 on the Billboard charts. Can you name this song that mentions the demise of such notable figures as Napoleon, Adam, and Tom Dooley?
4. A song depicting conditions experienced by those living in the tough North Carolina area of East Durham, was first written and recorded in 1960. In 1964 it was taken to #14 on the Billboard charts by an English group with a very American sounding name. This song has been covered extensively over the years by many artists including Lou Rawls, Eric Burdon, Status Quo, and a seventeen minute version by the Edgar Winter Group.
5. A song that reached #1 on the Billboard charts for one week in 1971, dealt with the plight affecting a large number of Native Americans after they had been forced to migrate from their native Georgia. The group performing the hit had fifteen entries onto the Billboard charts, but this was their sole Top entry. The song had previously reached #20 on the charts in 1968 via another artist.
6. Early in 1960, Mark Dinning burst onto the charts with "Teen Angel" which went to the top of the American charts for two weeks. Though he never regained the top of the Billboard charts, the best of his follow-ups was a clever song about a real mixup of events occurring during 1960. It managed to reach #12 in Australia, and scraped into the Billboard Top 100 in 81st position. The story centered on a very tired Mark listening to the radio while doing his homework on current affairs. Some of the gems he came up with in his muddled brain were "President Ike up at the mike singing "Are You Lonesome Tonight" Presidential candidate "Kennedy taking a station break" and "the boys down at Canaveral shoveling snow".
7. George Hamilton IV had six entries in the Billboard Top 40 between 1956 and 1963, including two Top Tens. What was his debut, hit which ranked highest at #6?
8. Eddie Cochran had a potentially great career cut short when he was killed in a traffic accident while on tour in England in 1960. What was the name of his debut hit of 1957 that peaked at #18 on the American charts?
9. Can you name the only Top 40 hit for the Casinos that peaked at #6 in 1967, and went to #28 on the UK charts? It was also a #1 Country hit for Eddie Arnold in 1968.
10. Who do the preceding nine songs have in common? Besides the artists mentioned, this person was also associated with Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins and Marianne Faithful, among others.
The preceding nine songs all have something in common, and it will be to do with a very prominent musical identity or identities. Have you figured it out?
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