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1. I beg your pardon, "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", was a smash hit in 1970. It was track one on the artist's album "Rose Garden". The single of "Rose Garden" won her the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, and she has been voted Female Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music on more than one occasion. She is also a highly skilled equestrian. Can you name this multi-talented songstress?
2. "Who Wears Short Shorts"? (1958) was a cute little ditty performed by four teenaged guys from New Jersey. The band, which formed in 1956 (under a different name) recorded only a handful of singles. "...Short Shorts", was their biggest success, peaking at number three on "Billboard" Magazine's Number One Singles chart in January 1958. What was the name of this quartet?
3. I know it's difficult to fathom why, but for some reason, three groups all decided that it would be a good idea to record "Alley Oop" in 1960. I mean, yeah, he was a popular comic strip character, but, three?
As it turns out, one version actually had a two week seat at the Number One spot on the "Billboard" Hot 100 list. Which group was the chart-topper with the caveman?
4. When I think of a song that has a great Gospel beat to it, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", is the one that first comes to mind. Although it was published in 1927, the first noteworthy recording of it didn't occur before Frank Warner made it in 1952. The most popular version which made it to the "Billboard" and "Cashbox" charts was performed in 1958, by a youngster from Jolly Old England. Can you recall the young man's moniker?
5. "If You Leave Me Now", you'll take away the biggest part of me
No baby please don't go.
And if you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me,
No baby please don't go, no I just want you to stay.
A love like ours is love that's hard to find,
How could we let it slip away?"
The group that took, "If You Leave Me Now" to Number One on both the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and the U.K. chart in July 1976, first started performing in 1967. Can you name these urban sounding recording artists?
6. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is sometimes easier said than done. But it was easier sung than done in 1988, when a N.Y.C. born singer took it to the top of the "Billboard" Hot 100, on September 24, 1988. It enjoyed a two week stay there, due partially to its being included in the soundtrack of the popular Tom Cruise film, "Cocktail". Who was this carefree crooner?
7. In 1962 a young female quartet gave their peers an idea about what to do, if they had a guy they were crazy about and wanted to keep. Their advice was pretty simple..."Tell Him", they said. Not only was it sound advice, but the sound was pretty good as well. It hit the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart on December 1, 1962. Who were the lasses who took it there?
8. "Eve of Destruction" was a song of protest against many things, which was recorded in the turmoil of 1965. The singer was born an Okie, moved to CA at the age of two, and in 1962 became a member of the New Christy Minstrels. He decided to leave the Minstrels and go solo, and that's when he recorded "Eve of Destruction". Can you name this singer-songwriter-musician?
9. I believe, "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" (1955), is one of the most beautiful songs to come out of the Rock & Roll era. Composed by Sammy Fain, with lyrics by Paul Weber for the movie of the same name earlier in the year, it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Here's the way it begins:
"Love is a Many Splendored Thing,
It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring.
Love is nature's way of giving, a reason to be living
The golden crown that makes a man, a king."
Which group from the Philadelphia area took it to the top of the "Billboard" and "Cashbox" charts?
10. So a couple walks into a club and see a guy croonin' a tune and ticklin' the ivories. They go up to the bar, drop some bread in his jar and request him to "sing us a song, you're the piano man, sing us a song tonight. Well, we're all in the mood for a melody, and you've got us feelin' alright". Which superstar singer-songwriter, made "Piano Man" his signature song?
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