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1. The Routers were an American instrumental group. What is the title of their only Billboard Top 20 hit?
2. This trio from Liverpool were the favourites of many of the other groups in the city but never made it to the UK Top 20. Although only a minor hit, their first one was the only version of "Some Other Guy" to chart in the UK. Who were this big group?
3. What did The Applejacks want you to tell them on their way to oblivion?
4. The US Top Ten hit "I Wanna Love Him So Bad" was by a group with the same name as the favourite candy/sweets of the 40th President of the USA. What is the name of that group?
5. "G. T. O." by a guy named Ronny and his group actually made the US Top Ten. What was the name of his group?
6. This indeed was the moment in the sun for The Rivieras. Which sun?
7. Which scary UK group sang the song with these lyrics?
"But it's too late to say you're sorry
How would I know? Why should I care?
Please don't bother trying to find her
She's not there"
8. Which member of The Searchers had a minor UK hit with his backing group The Vibrations?
9. The Mighty Avengers sounded like a cross between Herman's Hermits and The Hollies. How could they not make the UK Top Ten with "So Much In Love", written by two members of one of the top groups of the time? Who are these songwriters?
10. The Ad Libs sang about a boy from a city in America. What's the name of the place?
11. A US girl group with no US chart entries ever, had a minor hit on the UK singles chart. The same year British invasion group Herman's Hermits took the same song to number two on the US chart. What was the name of the US girl group?
12. Which British sounding American group had a hit with a song with these lyrics?
"Well she was walking down the street
Looking fine as she could be, hey hey
Well she was walking down the street
Looking fine as she could be, hey hey
If you have love and conversation
Whoa, yeah, what'd I say
Hey hey"
13. A British group named The Smoke had a UK hit about someone named Jack who liked sugar lumps. What was the title of the song?
14. From the underworld to three hits and a UK chart career of ten months. Then having to swallow Humble Pie to keep the Status Quo, then one of them came alive. Who was this group?
15. Which UK girl group had a Top 20 hit with "Something Here In My Heart (Keeps A Tellin' Me No)"?
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