5. Which Newcastle-based band scored their only number one single in both the UK and the US in 1964 with a song that has also been recorded by Woody Guthrie, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Frijid Pink and numerous others?
From Quiz Their Only UK Number One Single
Answer:
The Animals
The song was "The House of the Rising Sun", also sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". Taken from The Animals' self-titled debut album and only their second single release, the song topped singles charts in Canada, Sweden and Australia as well as in the UK and US.
The Animals had seven later Top Ten singles in the UK, notably "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (which got to number three in 1965) and "We Gotta Get out of This Place" (number two in the same year), but never made it back to the number one spot. Two later re-releases of "House of the Rising Sun" again charted in the UK, reaching number 25 in 1972 and number 11 in 1982.
Of the alternatives, all Newcastle-based bands, none ever reached number one in the UK chart.