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1. "Why don't you come out, come out, to my twist party
Come out, where the bright moon shines
Come out, we'll dance the night away
I'm gonna make you mi-yi-yine."
This was one of the biggest songs of 1962. Name it.
2. "You know you twist, little girl
You know you twist so fine
Come on and twist a little closer now
And let me know that you're mine."
Another lyric from one of those 'dance song' hits. Which one?
3. "This time I'm gonna take it myself and put it right in her hand.
And if it comes back the very next day then I'll understand."
What was the title of this #2 hit?
4. "See the way he walks down the street
Watch the way he shuffles his feet
My, he holds his head up high
When he goes walking by. He's my guy."
Another #1 hit from October 1962. It was?
5. "When I saw you walking down the street,
I said that's the kind of gal I'd like to meet.
She's so pretty. Lord, she's fine.
I'm gonna make her mine all mine."
This #1 hit from Bruce Channel was entitled?
6. "_______ rose, _______ rose, why I want you, heaven knows.
Though I love you with a love true, who can cling to a _______ rose?"
Fill in all the blanks with the same word and you've completed the song's title.
7. "Early in the morning we'll be startin' out, some honeys will be coming along.
We're loading up our Woody with our boards inside and headin' out singing our song"
Essentially, I'm asking you to identify the first 'surf song' to be something other than a regional hit. It peaked at #14 in the fall of 1962.
8. Just by coincidence (so that I could do this quiz question over 40 years later), Burl Ives only had four top 40 songs, all in 1962. Here's the lyric, you name the Ives hit!
"If you see me with a great big smile
At some party where the fun runs wild
If tears start to flow and I fall apart
Please don't think you broke my heart"
9. "When people ask of me, what would you like to be now that your not a kid anymore?
I know just what to say, I answer right away, there's just one thing I've been wishing for."
These lyrics are from one of the "Johnny" songs (songs with Johnny in the title) that were popular in 1962. True or False?
10. "We ate and ate at a hot dog stand
We danced around to a rockin' band
And when I could, I gave that girl a hug"
Where in Palisades Park did the singer do his huggin'?
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