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Songs Of The "Big Apple" Trivia Quiz

All songs listed have "New York" in the titles. All are Billboard U.S. hits from the 60s and 70s, and maybe even an 80s entry. Just tell me the artists who immortalized New York in song.

A multiple-choice quiz by fredsixties. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
fredsixties
Time
4 mins
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Multiple Choice
Quiz #
304,412
Updated
Dec 03 21
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10
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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. This supergroup released "Another Rainy Day In New York City" in 1976, only to have another of their songs blow right by it on the charts. Who were these Midwesterners? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. This artist, with a country sound to his music, released "The Eyes Of A New York Woman" in 1968, a song that preceded one of his biggest hits off an album called "On My Way". Name this fellow. Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. "The Boy From New York City" was a major charting hit for this one-hit wonder group of 1965. Who were they? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. This "piano man" took "New York State Of Mind" up the charts in the late 1970s. Who was this? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. Another group, considered one-hit wonders, came up with "New York's A Lonely Town" in 1965. What name did this "breezy" group go by? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. A member of this high flying group took "New York Minute" onto the charts in the late 1980s. Who was this? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. This group, also considered a one-hit wonder group in the U.S., scored with "Native New Yorker" in 1977. Who was this "odd" group? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. The song called "New York Mining Disaster 1941" isn't about New York at all, but the title fits the category. Who gave us this morbid tune in 1967? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. The song "New York City Rhythm" was an album cut off "Trying To Get The Feeling Again" by this major artist who has endured for over 30 years. Who is this Brooklyn boy? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. "New York, New York". The question is, who recorded this hit from the '70s first?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This supergroup released "Another Rainy Day In New York City" in 1976, only to have another of their songs blow right by it on the charts. Who were these Midwesterners?

Answer: Chicago

 The song was written by founding member Robert Lamm, and was released as a single in 1976 off the album "Chicago X". Disc-jockeys who played the album liked "If You Leave Me Now", and that got more heavy airplay than "Rainy Day". As a result, this song only was able to muster a number 32 placing on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and the record company rushed "If You Leave Me Now" (which eventually went to Number One on the charts) out to stores as a single less than 2 months after the release of "Another Rainy Day".
2. This artist, with a country sound to his music, released "The Eyes Of A New York Woman" in 1968, a song that preceded one of his biggest hits off an album called "On My Way". Name this fellow.

Answer: B.J. Thomas

 B. J. Thomas first appeared on the scene in 1966 with the song "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" which was a Top 10 hit that year. After a few minor charting songs, he released the album " On My Way" in 1968, from which this song charted at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Of course, the follow up to this song was "Hooked On A Feeling" which established Thomas as one of the major solo artists of the late 1960s.

Many of his songs also charted very highly on the U.S. Adult Contemporary Charts. Later in the 1980s he became a major Country charting artist.
3. "The Boy From New York City" was a major charting hit for this one-hit wonder group of 1965. Who were they?

Answer: The Ad Libs

 Coming out of Bayonne, New Jersey, The Ad Libs scored with this hit that reached as high as number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 charts that year. They never again reached as high on the charts, and faded from the scene rather quickly. The song was revived in 1981 by "The Manhattan Transfer" and they took it up the charts to number seven on the Hot 100 charts, as well as number four on the U.S. Adult Contemporary charts.
4. This "piano man" took "New York State Of Mind" up the charts in the late 1970s. Who was this?

Answer: Billy Joel

 This was a Billy Joel composition off the album called "Turnstiles", recorded in 1976. The song was never released as a single, but has become one of the most well known of Joel's songs, and is very often perfomed at his live shows. Interestingly, this album also contained the cut "Say Goodbye To Hollywood".

This song also was never released in 1976, but was released as a single after being recorded at a live show in 1981.
5. Another group, considered one-hit wonders, came up with "New York's A Lonely Town" in 1965. What name did this "breezy" group go by?

Answer: The Trade Winds

 The Trade Winds sent this song onto the charts in 1965 and scored a Billboard number 32 placing. Not much before this song, and not much after. They changed their name in 1966, scored a couple of hits that made the Top 100, but are largely forgotten, and broke up in 1969.
6. A member of this high flying group took "New York Minute" onto the charts in the late 1980s. Who was this?

Answer: Don Henley

 Don Henley recorded this song as a solo artist in 1989,a cut from his "End Of The Innocence" album, and surprisingly, it only got as high as number 48 on the Billboard charts, although it did reach number two on the U.S. Adult Contemporary charts. Henley re-recorded the song with the help of his fellow "Eagles" members for the album "Hell Freezes Over" in 1995.
7. This group, also considered a one-hit wonder group in the U.S., scored with "Native New Yorker" in 1977. Who was this "odd" group?

Answer: Odyssey

 It was "Odyssey" who debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts and took this song to number 21. It did considerably better in the U.K., where it reached number five on the charts. Odyssey could do no better that a number 57 placing with any song released in the U.S. after that.

However, they continued to have success in the U.K., where they scored five more Top 10 hits between 1977 and 1982.
8. The song called "New York Mining Disaster 1941" isn't about New York at all, but the title fits the category. Who gave us this morbid tune in 1967?

Answer: The Bee Gees

 This was the first BeeGees release to hit the charts in either the U.S. or U.K. during their first incarnation. It got as high as number 14 in the U.S., and number 12 in the U.K. The song was allegedly a dialogue about a mining disaster in Wales. New York is never mentioned in the body of the lyrics.
9. The song "New York City Rhythm" was an album cut off "Trying To Get The Feeling Again" by this major artist who has endured for over 30 years. Who is this Brooklyn boy?

Answer: Barry Manilow

 This song was originally supposed to be one of the releases as a single off the album, but those plans were scrapped. The title cut was a release along with "I Write The Songs" which became a number one hit for Manilow. The other notable cut from this album was "Bandstand Boogie" which became the theme song for Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" television show.
10. "New York, New York". The question is, who recorded this hit from the '70s first?

Answer: Liza Minnelli

"Start spreadin' the news..." While the Sinatra version is the one most people identify with, it was originally recorded by Liza Minnelli, as the theme song for the motion picture of the same name. Her recording was done in 1977. It is considered her signature song. Sinatra recorded the song in 1979 for an album called "Trilogy..Past Present Future".

In later years, Sinatra and Minnelli occasionally performed the song as a duet. Minnelli's version, although known worldwide, never even cracked the Billboard Top 100, peaking out at number 104. Sinatra's version, released in 1980, reached as high as number 30.
Source: Author fredsixties

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