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Do You Know The Lyric? 1960 Trivia Quiz


How well do you remember the lyrical elements of a song, especially songs from over a generation ago? This quiz will test your knowledge on that very issue! All these songs date from 1960. Good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by maddogrick16. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
maddogrick16
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
201,319
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Connie Stevens scored a #3 hit in 1960 with a song listing the reasons why she loved her beau. Here's a sampling:

"The way you comb your hair
Your freckled nose
The way you say you care
Your crazy clothes"

How many of these reasons does she enumerate, essentially the title of the song?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In 2004, a movie about Bobby Darin was released. Kevin Spacey wrote the script, directed the movie and took the lead Darin role. It was entitled "Beyond The Sea", also the title of a top ten hit for Darin in 1960. Four of the five verses of the song end with the same word. I'll give one two line segment, you supply that final word.

"Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go _________"
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The Fendermen had a big #5 hit in 1960 with a rock-a-billy tune originally done in the 1920s by the great country legend Jimmie Rodgers. Here's a sample of the lyric.

"Well, good morning, Captain
Well, good morning to you
Do you need another _________
Down on your new mud run"

What job are they applying for that completes the lyric?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Jimmy Jones had two hits in 1960. His debut "Handy Man" charted at #2. His follow-up peaked at #3. In the latter, he draws an analogous comparison between David, Goliath's slayer, and Christopher Columbus. What trait or fortune did they share? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. A #2 hit from 1960 featured these lines.

"Someone, help me, help me, help me please
Is the answer up above
How can I, how can I tell them
This is not a puppy love"

Another example of the insipid lyrics the singer of this song crafted on his way to amassing a fortune! An "Uglybird" favorite, who was this artist?
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "The Old Lamplighter" was another old classic that was reborn in 1960 courtesy The Browns. In the lyric, the title character does things in certain ways. In this question, you are to identify the characterisation that does NOT appear in the lyric. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "Well, way down yonder in ________ in the land of dreamy scenes
There's a Garden of Eden, you know what I mean"

Freddy Cannon sang this #3 hit, a standard originally composed in 1922! Where is this Garden of Eden?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 8 of 10
8. "The honey suckle is bloomin' on the honeysuckle vine
And love is bloomin' there all the time
Every Southern belle is a Mississippi queen
Down the Mississippi down in ___________"

Where was Gary U.S. Bonds singing about in this 1960 #6 rocker.

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 9 of 10
9. One of the more clever lyrical efforts of 1960 came from a Perry Como ditty. It deserved to chart higher than the #22 it achieved. This was the concept - the names of selected American States were sung in such a way to give them a "new" meaning. One example - "How did Wisconsin?" becomes "How did Wiscon sin?". The answer - "She stole a Nebraska" or, the way Como presented it, a "New-brass-key". It goes on, "Too bad Arkansas (Arkan-saw) and so did Tennessee (Tenne-see)". Does anyone remember the title of this novelty number? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Some WWII history courtesy of Johnny Horton.

"In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun
The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns"

What was the name of the ship?
Hint



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1. Connie Stevens scored a #3 hit in 1960 with a song listing the reasons why she loved her beau. Here's a sampling: "The way you comb your hair Your freckled nose The way you say you care Your crazy clothes" How many of these reasons does she enumerate, essentially the title of the song?

Answer: 16

Might as well list all the reasons from the lyric of "Sixteen Reasons"
1. The way you hold my hand
2. Your laughing eyes
3. The way you understand
4. Your secret sighs
5.-8. are in the question
9. Snuggling in the car
10.Your wish upon a star
11.Whispering on the phone
12.Your kiss when we're alone
13.The way you thrill my heart
14.Your voice so neat
15.You say we'll never part
16.Our love's complete

Connie Stevens only had two big hits - this one and "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" from 1959 which tied into the TV series that she occasionally performed in, "77 Sunset Strip". The highlight of her acting career was playing Cricket Blake on "Hawaiian Eye" from 1959 to 1963. Thereafter, and up to the present time, she's made fairly regular appearances in the movies and on TV primarily in fare that is decidedly light weight... just like her music! But, she's an active humanitarian and has been duly honored for her part in creating the "Windfeather" project to promote the awarding of scholarships to Native Americans. She also is in business, opening the Connie Stevens Garden Sanctuary Executive Day Spa in Los Angeles in the late 1990s.
2. In 2004, a movie about Bobby Darin was released. Kevin Spacey wrote the script, directed the movie and took the lead Darin role. It was entitled "Beyond The Sea", also the title of a top ten hit for Darin in 1960. Four of the five verses of the song end with the same word. I'll give one two line segment, you supply that final word. "Happy we'll be beyond the sea And never again I'll go _________"

Answer: sailing

Darin was a star crossed performer. Born with a rheumatic heart, he was aware as a child that living to an old age was a dubious prospect for him. Hence, he chose to rev his life up to the "red line" and accomplish as much as he could in the time given him.

This meant testing himself constantly, diversifying his interests and taking risks that others might not. It shows in how he is remembered now... some see him as a rocker, others recall him as a folk singer of sorts, still others as a Vegas lounge lizard. Whatever, he left behind a varied portfolio and a lot of musical memories.
3. The Fendermen had a big #5 hit in 1960 with a rock-a-billy tune originally done in the 1920s by the great country legend Jimmie Rodgers. Here's a sample of the lyric. "Well, good morning, Captain Well, good morning to you Do you need another _________ Down on your new mud run" What job are they applying for that completes the lyric?

Answer: mule skinner

The Fendermen were classic one hit wonders... thay never had another song chart on the Billboard Hot 100! Consisting of only two singers, Jim Sundquist and Phil Humphries with their Fender guitars, hence the name, they recorded the song on the cheap in their native Wisconsin.

It slowly went from a regional success to a nationwide smash. They later added a bassist and drummer to the ensemble but within two years, the lads went their separate ways.
4. Jimmy Jones had two hits in 1960. His debut "Handy Man" charted at #2. His follow-up peaked at #3. In the latter, he draws an analogous comparison between David, Goliath's slayer, and Christopher Columbus. What trait or fortune did they share?

Answer: good timing

The song title - "Good Timin'". In Jones' words, David had good timin' to be near the stone to kill Goliath before the giant squashed him and similarly, Columbus had good timin' when Queen Isabella decided to finance his explorations. He goes on to tell his lover that both of them had the same "good timin'" when they happened to meet lest they would have spent the rest of their days on "Misery Street". Be at the right place at the right time is the message!
5. A #2 hit from 1960 featured these lines. "Someone, help me, help me, help me please Is the answer up above How can I, how can I tell them This is not a puppy love" Another example of the insipid lyrics the singer of this song crafted on his way to amassing a fortune! An "Uglybird" favorite, who was this artist?

Answer: Paul Anka

Anka's lyrics were never of paramount concern. They were always simple songs that seven year olds could understand and sing along to. But he had a knack of connecting those lyrics with listenable music and he would churn out hit after hit from 1957 with his debut "Diana" right up to 1963, then make a strong comeback in the mid 1970s with precisely the same formula. Altogether, he's had a total of 33 songs chart top forty in his career. Blending this song writing talent with a stage act that's a big Vegas draw and an undeniable business acumen has resulted in this son of a Lebanese immigrant to become one of the wealthiest men in his native Canada.
6. "The Old Lamplighter" was another old classic that was reborn in 1960 courtesy The Browns. In the lyric, the title character does things in certain ways. In this question, you are to identify the characterisation that does NOT appear in the lyric.

Answer: his dog walked the rounds with him

"The Old Lamplighter" was a romantic ballad that suited the vocal talents of the Browns' lead singer Jim Ed Brown perfectly. One might justifiably ask "Why would the old lamplighter pass a lamp and leave it dark? Wasn't his job to light those lamps?" Well, he'd pass a lamp if a couple of young lovers were underneath one, not wanting to impinge on their privacy. He remembered the days when he was young!

Originally a hit for both Sammy Kaye (#1) and Kay Kyser (#3) during the winter of 1945-6, The Browns version peaked at #5, their second biggest hit after the #1 "The Three Bells".

The Browns hung in there for quite awhile although this would be their last charting hit. In 1967, the two female voices, Maxine and Bonnie, Jim Ed's sisters, retired to family life while Jim Ed soldiered on, primarily performing country and inspirational music.
7. "Well, way down yonder in ________ in the land of dreamy scenes There's a Garden of Eden, you know what I mean" Freddy Cannon sang this #3 hit, a standard originally composed in 1922! Where is this Garden of Eden?

Answer: New Orleans

The lyricist "For Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" was Henry Creamer, one of the few black lyricists of his era to create popular music. He primarily collaborated with J. Turner Layton, his vaudeville partner in the late 1910s, early 1920s.

Probably the most famous of their collaborations, other than this one, was "After You've Gone", written in 1918 and most notably performed by Bessie Smith in 1927 and Bing Crosby with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra in 1930.

Cannon was an entertainer always true to his rock and roll roots. EVERTHING he did rocked and he would have fit right in with such precursers as Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry. "Ballad" was not in his repertoire. It is reported that Cannon can still bring it on whenever he chooses to do a gig on the oldies tour... and he turned 65 in Dec. 2004!
8. "The honey suckle is bloomin' on the honeysuckle vine And love is bloomin' there all the time Every Southern belle is a Mississippi queen Down the Mississippi down in ___________" Where was Gary U.S. Bonds singing about in this 1960 #6 rocker.

Answer: New Orleans

Now what are the odds that I'd do that in back to back questions? I was tempted to go for the triple header... 1960 was also the year that Fats Domino had a #6 hit, "Walking To New Oreans"

New Orleans is one fabulous place to go for a musical vacation! Preservation Hall and many of the clubs in the Basin Street area specialize in Dixieland music of course... this is it's birthplace. But if you look for it, and you don't have to look hard, you can find Delta blues, rhythm and blues, zydeco and cajun music, nouveau jazz, and so on and so on. In my opinion and in no particular order, there are five American cities at the forefront of historical musical traditions: Chicago, Memphis, Nashville, New York and New Orleans.
9. One of the more clever lyrical efforts of 1960 came from a Perry Como ditty. It deserved to chart higher than the #22 it achieved. This was the concept - the names of selected American States were sung in such a way to give them a "new" meaning. One example - "How did Wisconsin?" becomes "How did Wiscon sin?". The answer - "She stole a Nebraska" or, the way Como presented it, a "New-brass-key". It goes on, "Too bad Arkansas (Arkan-saw) and so did Tennessee (Tenne-see)". Does anyone remember the title of this novelty number?

Answer: Delaware

"Oh what did Della-wear boy, what did Delaware
What did Della-wear boy, what did Delaware
She wore a brand New Jersey"

And so it went until fifteen States were obliquely mentioned in this fashion. The composer and lyricist was one Irving Gordon. Other hits from his pen included "Mama From The Train" by Patti Page and the classic "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole and later, his daughter Natalie.
10. Some WWII history courtesy of Johnny Horton. "In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns" What was the name of the ship?

Answer: Bismarck

Horton didn't become a professional musician until the early 1950s but his rock-a-billy style found favor among country music fans. He crossed over to the pop charts with his classic #1 "Battle of New Orleans" (there's that place again!) in 1959. "Sink The Bismarck" was his second hit, a #3, followed by the #5 "North To Alaska". There would be no others!

"North To Alaska" entered the top forty charts on October 17, 1960. On November 5, 1960, Horton was fatally injured in a car wreck travelling along a foggy Texas road from what would be his last performance. He was only 35 years old.
Source: Author maddogrick16

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