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1. At Number One was "Something In The Air", a one-hit wonder from Thunderclap Newman, a band featuring John "Speedy "Keen, Jimmy McCulloch (later of Wings), Andy "Thunderclap" Newman, and which guitar god?
2. At Number Two was Elvis Presley with a song containing the following lyrics: "A young man breaks away. He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far". Name the song.
3. At Number Three were the Rolling Stones with a song which became their eighth and last UK Number One. It was the sixth UK chart-topper penned by Jagger and Richards. Name the song.
4. At Number Four was The Plastic Ono Band with a song which contained the following lines: "Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout revolution, evolution, masturbation, flagellation, regulation, integrations, mediations, United Nations, congratulations". Name the song.
5. At Number Five, with "Hello Suzie", their fourth and final UK Top Ten hit, was a band with the same name as a difficult section of the Augusta National Golf Course. Who were they?
6. At Number Six was a one-hit wonder entitled "A Way Of Life" by a group which included Steve Rowland, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood and Christine Holmes. What was the group called?
7. At Number Seven, where it peaked, was a song called "It Mek", by an act which had had a UK Number One the previous year with a song where many people thought the lyrics included the phrase "My Ears Are Alight", though it was actually "The Israelites"! Name the act.
8. At Number Eight, having peaked at Number Six, were the Beach Boys with a song containing these lyrics: "Where the shackles never hold me down. I'm gonna make a way for each happy day as my life turns around". Name the song.
9. At Number Nine was a Scottish band enjoying their third of eight Top Ten Hits with "Baby Make It Soon". Their biggest hit had come the previous year when they topped the UK charts with a Lennon and McCartney number which the Beatles did not release as a single in the UK. Name the band.
10. At Number Ten, having peaked at Number Eight, was "Proud Mary", the first UK hit for which band, who, although they came from the San Francisco Bay, sang mainly about life on the Mississippi and the bayous?
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