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1. "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" was recorded by a septet led by Elaine McFarland. Country Music of America award winner Gene Pistilli teamed up with ex-minor league baseball player turned songwriter Terry Cashman, to pen the tune. When it was released as a single, it reached number nine on the "Billboard Hot 100" in 1967.
What was the name of Ms. McFarland's band?
2. "Baker Street" is an actual street in London. It is also the title of a song which was recorded in 1978. The artist who both sang and wrote it included "Baker Street" as track two on "City to City". It was just his second solo album after leaving a band called Steeler's Wheel. Can you name this multi-talented European singer-songwriter-musician?
3. Back in the early 1960s a young songwriter named Jack Keller had warm thoughts about a young lady he was dating, and wanted to express his feelings in a song. "Venus in Blue Jeans", co-written with Howard Greenfield, was the result.
Here's part of the tune:
"She's Venus in blue jeans
Mona Lisa with a pony tail
She's a walking talking work of art
She's the girl who stole my heart
They say there's seven wonders in the world
But what they say is out of date
There's more than seven wonders in the world
I just met number eight
My Venus in blue jeans
Is everything I hoped she be
A teenage goddess from above
And she belongs to me"
Who was the young singer who turned "Venus in Blue Jeans" into a Top Ten hit?
4. Robbing people at gunpoint isn't usually a good idea. Shortly after being released in December, 1965, "I Fought the Law", peaked at number nine on the "Billboard Hot 100". It was written by Sonny Curtis (who later became the lead singer and guitarist for The Crickets, following the tragic death of Buddy Holly). Can you recall the artists who recorded what "Rolling Stone" placed at number 175 on their 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time?
5. "A Thousand Stars in the Sky", (1960), was a very big hit for a very young lady, born October 21, 1945, in Southern California.
Here's a few of the opening lyrics:
"A thousand stars in the sky like the stars in your eyes
They say to me that there'll never be
No other love like you-oo for me-e-e
Each night I count the stars in the sky
Hoping that you aren't telling me lies
You're with me tonight, I'm captured by your charms
Oh, pretty baby, won't you hold me in your arms?"
The singer was backed by a trio founded in 1958, known as The Innocents, ("Honest I Do", 1960). Can you recall this songstress whose only top 25 hit, "A Thousand Stars", made it all the way to number three on the "Billboard Hot 100"?
6. "A Lover's Question" peaked in the sixth position on the "Billboard Hot 100" in 1958. Here's the opening to this often asked conundrum:
"Does she love me with all her heart?
Should I worry, when we're apart?
It's a lover's question, I'd like to know.
The artist who recorded it had his last top ten hit, "Lover Please" in 1962.
Who was this inquisitive tenor, whose over 45 singles included "Treasure of Love", and "Long Lonely Nights" (both in 1957)?
7. "Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Was a good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said
But I helped him a drink his wine
And he always had some mighty fine wine"
When you hear the first four words of this tune: "Jeremiah was a bullfrog", you probably think of the song "Joy to the World" (1971). When you think of the song "Joy to the World, (NOT the Christmas carol!), what group should come to mind? Hint: They also recorded "An Old Fashioned Love Song" (1971).
8. "To Sir, with Love" was a 1967 film which starred Sidney Poitier. It also had in its cast a young lady born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie. She was born November 3, 1948, and was married to Maurice Gibbs of The Bee Gees from 1969-1973. When she took "To Sir with Love's" title tune to Number One on the "Billboard Hot 100" for five weeks in 1968, by what moniker was she better known?
9. Do you ever get the urge to travel to one of America's most popular vacation spots? A song released in 1959 which cracked the top ten on both the "Billboard Hot 100" and the "U.K. Singles Chart" may help you decide which venue to visit. It begins as follows: "Way down yonder in New Orleans, in the land of the dreamy scenes, it's a Garden of Eden, you know what I mean".
Which big-voiced singer gave us the scoop about what was goin' on "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"?
10. "The Night Chicago Died" (1974) contains some well remembered lyrics about the antics of Al Capone and his gang in The Windy City. I'm guessing you'll recall part of the tune:
"I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night it really was
Brother what a fight it really was, glory be
I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw, yes indeed"
Although "The Night Chicago Died" is still remembered almost 40 years after it was recorded, the British male quartet who took it to the top of the "Billboard Hot 100" was all but forgotten just a few years after their mega-hit. They also recorded "Billy, Don't Be a Hero", also in 1974. Can YOU recall the group's moniker?
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