Raindrops Will Hide my Teardrops #1 Quiz

Answer: Dee Clark

With the birth name of Delecta Clark, Dee came into the world on November 7th, 1938 in Blytheville, Arkansas. Like many African American families living in the South in the first half of the 20th century, the Clarks migrated north and settled in Chicago.

His mother sang church spirituals and encouraged him to do likewise. "Raindrops" was his last top 40 hit and his most successful, hitting number two in May of 1961. His other hits include "Just Keep it Up" and "Hey Little Girl."

Answer: The Everly Brothers

This song was written by the Brill Building combo of Carole King and Jeff Greenfield and was recorded in 1961 just before the brothers, Don and Phil, entered the Marine Corps together in November. They performed it in full uniform on "The Ed Sullivan Show" February 18th, 1962.

It peaked on the charts at number six in March. The Everly Brothers were part of the first class of inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame in 1986. Incongrous Trivia: Don's daughter Erin was married to Axl Rose, of Guns 'N Roses for a short time in 1990.

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Answer: The Cascades

Lead singer John Gummoe was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1938. He got the idea for the song standing on the bridge of a ship in the rain. He was serving in the US Navy in the Pacific at the time, in the late 1950s, which is where he met fellow band member and Bassist David Stevens.

The song was recorded at Gold Star Studios in California, backed by legendary studio musicians from "The Wrecking Crew," including Glen Campbell on guitar. It reached number three in 1963 and has been covered by numerous other Artists, from Neil Sedaka to Lawrence Welk.

Answer: The Ronettes

The Ronettes are often considered the prototypical "girl group" from the 1960s, although their run as hit makers was brief. They were formed and managed with an iron fist by legendary producer Phil Spector, who was married to lead singer Veronica Bennett from 1968 through 1974.

He dressed them like princesses, wrote their material, and backed their harmonies with his signature "Wall of Sound." "Walking in the Rain" (December 1964) was their last Top 40 hit, and "Be My Baby" from 1963 was their biggest record, getting to number two in 1963.

Answer: Glenn Yarbrough

Yarbrough was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin January 12th, 1930. He sang lead for The Limeliters, an influential early 1960s folk group formed at the club in Aspen, Colorado from which they took their name. They moved to California and honed their act at the famous "Hungry i" venue in San Francisco, producing many well received albums of folk standards, rather than top 40 material. Yarbrough left the group in late 1963 and created a successful solo career in concert and on record.

His replacement in the group, Ernie Sheldon, wrote the words to "Baby the Rain Must Fall" as the title track for the 1965 movie of the same name. Conductor and composer Elmer Bernstein wrote the music.

It plays over the opening credits of the film and again later with star Steve McQueen lip syncing the words sung by Yarbrough's big, powerful voice.

The song was his biggest seller, hitting number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Answer: The Beatles

"Rain" was the b-side of the number one hit "Paperback Writer" and was a number 29 Billboard hit in its own right. It debuted on the Billboard Top 40 in June, 1966. John Lennon allegedly wrote the tune upon arrival in Sydney, Australia when it rained heavily for several days.

He said his fatigue with people constantly complaining about the weather inspired the song. It was recorded at the same session that produced the songs on the "Revolver" LP, but was not included on that album. The song was also one of the first on which the Beatles experimented with slowed down tracks and playing vocal tracks backward.

Answer: Johnny Rivers

Johnny Rivers is an one of the more underrated 1960s artists who combined talent, showmanship and hard work into a long and productive career. He had 17 top 40 hits between 1964 and 1977, including "The Poor Side of Town," which made number one in 1966.

He continued to be active well into the 21st century playing blues and rock at concerts and festivals. He was born in New York in 1942 with the last name of Ramistella, and spent his childhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he picked up his southern twang and love of soul music. "Summer Rain," from late 1967, is a beautiful story ballad celebrating the "summer of love" in San Francisco, which many consider the high point of the 1960s.

Answer: The Temptations

David Ruffin sings lead on this plaintive ballad which, like Dee Clark's earlier lament, has the singer looking for rain to hide the sorrow of tears. He left the group soon after and eventually died of a drug overdose in 1991. Dennis Edwards, formerly of The Contours, was his replacement. Appearing in January of 1968, this was the sixth out of an eventual sixteen top ten Billboard singles for this enduring and popular soul/vocal group. Along with the Supremes, The Temptations were one of the flag bearers of the Motown sound, although their recordings were on the subsidiary Gordy label.

They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

Answer: Elvis Presley

"Kentucky Rain," recorded in 1969 and released in January of 1970, was one of Elvis' more moderate hits, peaking at "only" number sixteen, and coming after his last number one record, the 1969 masterpiece "Suspicious Minds." Between 1956 and 1962, Elvis had an amazing seventeen songs reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Country music singer/songwriter Eddie Rabbitt wrote "Kentucky Rain." Is Kentucky rain any sadder than Tennessee rain?

Answer: B.J. Thomas

"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," was written for the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" in 1969 by Hal David and Burt Bacharach. The song is surely identified in many minds by Paul Newman's Bolivian bike ride with Katherine Ross part way through the movie, and it won the songwriters an Oscar. Country singer B.J. Thomas handled the vocals and made number one with the single for four weeks in January 1970.

Much to Thomas's benefit in retrospect, Ray Stevens and Bob Dylan both turned down the opportunity to record the song. Thomas got his chance when Bacharach/David protege Dionne Warwick played his recording of "Hooked on a Feeling" for them and basically said, "This your guy."