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Quiz about Signature Songs of Singers or GroupsPart 4
Quiz about Signature Songs of Singers or GroupsPart 4

"Signature Songs" of Singers or Groups-Part 4 Quiz


This is a follow up to my "Signature Songs"- Part 3 quiz. Many singers have recorded one special tune with which they will long be associated. I'll give the titles of ten songs- see if you can name the artist most popularly known for singing it.

A multiple-choice quiz by paulmallon. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
paulmallon
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
357,345
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Many folks have gone through the heartbreak of "the one that got away". One day, back in 1967 a popular singer-songwriter sang about his emotions when he lost his "Brown Eyed Girl". It was first released on the album "Blowin' Your Mind" (1967). The single reached the tenth spot on the Billboard Hot 100 list. Can you recall who the sad singer from Northern Ireland was? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I don't know what color eyes "Maybellene" had but she made the guy who loved her pretty blue when he heard she had been steppin' out on him.
He wondered "Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You done started back doin' the things you used to do".
"Maybellene (often mistakenly spelled as "Maybelline") was a 1955 hit for one of the pioneers of the early Rock & Roll era.
Can you remember the moniker of the music man who made "Maybellene" memorable?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "You're So Vain", you probably think this song is about you. That was the suspicion a young lady had about a guy she knew who had a super-sized ego. The artist who sang it also wrote it, and it was track number two on the album "No Secrets" (1972). As a single it was Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 list for the opening three weeks of 1973, and reached number three in the U.K. Check your ego at the door and see if you can name the popular singer-songwriter that made it all happen. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Sometimes no matter how hard I try, ("I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". The group that recorded "Satisfaction" (1965) got plenty of it when that tune became their first song to reach Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 list. It was released earlier that year as track number seven on their hit album "Out of Our Heads". This group is reported to have sold over 200 million albums world-wide. Can you recall which band gave us all some "Satisfaction"? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In 1956 a popular singer recorded a song describing just how much he loved his gal and never wanted to lose her. He proclaimed, "I keep a close watch on this heart of mine, I keep my eyes wide open all the time, I keep the ends out for the tie that binds, because you're mine, I walk the line". Recorded for Sun Records, "I Walk the Line" quickly became Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Who was the iconic artist who had this become his signature song? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Ya' gotta' admit, when a guy hears a pretty woman invite him to "Come on-a my house, my house a come on. Come on-a my house, my house a come on. Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you candy, Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you everything", it's tough to resist.
Although it was written in 1939, "C'mon a My House" didn't become a smash hit for another 12 years, when the singer recorded it as part of her album of the same name in 1951. Despite the fact that it would sit atop the Billboard Best Seller list for eight weeks (July 28 -September 7, 1951) and launch her career, the artist who made that gracious offer would later confess that she hated the song and only agreed to record it rather than being fired.
Can you name her?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. They say the first thing you should do after falling off a horse is to get right "Back in the Saddle Again". The man who made that song famous was pretty busy between 1934 and 1953, when he made over 90 movies, starred in 91 episodes of his own show and recorded more than 35 singles. His horse was pretty famous as well. Can you name this croonin' cowboy? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Obviously the guys that sang this song got around quite a bit, so much so that they felt qualified to opine on the virtues of young ladies from all around the U.S.A. Their discourse went something like this:
"Well East coast girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear, and the
Southern girls with the way they talk, they knock me out when I'm down there. The Mid-West farmer's daughters really make you feel alright, and the Northern girls with the way they kiss, they keep their boyfriends warm at night". After much discussion, they came to the conclusion that they wish all the young lassies could be like "California Girls". Can you recall the name of these chauvinistic singers?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Turn-about is fair play, especially in matters of the heart. A poor gal got hers broken when the guy she was crazy about dumped her. Well, now the girl he gave her the boot for, has given him the boot. It didn't bring the original pair of lovers back together, but it gave her some satisfaction, as she mused, "You had your way now you must pay, I'm glad that you're sorry now". Can you recall the sad songstress whose signature song is "Who's Sorry Now"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "American Pie", sometimes referred to as "The Day the Music Died" was partially inspired by the plane crash (1959) that took the lives of R&R stars, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson ("The Big Bopper"). Who was the singer-songwriter who took this song to the Number One spot on Billboard's Hot 100 list for four weeks (January 15- February 11, 1972)? Hint



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1. Many folks have gone through the heartbreak of "the one that got away". One day, back in 1967 a popular singer-songwriter sang about his emotions when he lost his "Brown Eyed Girl". It was first released on the album "Blowin' Your Mind" (1967). The single reached the tenth spot on the Billboard Hot 100 list. Can you recall who the sad singer from Northern Ireland was?

Answer: Van Morrison

Van Morrison was born August 31, 1945 in Belfast. He is known to some as "The Belfast Cowboy" and legions of his fans simply refer to him as "Van, the Man".
Between 1967 and 2007 he recorded more than 40 albums and over 70 singles. Here's part of what he wrote about the girl he loved:
"So hard to find my way now that I'm all on my own, I saw you just the other day my, how you have grown!
Cast my memory back there, Lord, sometime I'm overcome thinking about making love in the green grass behind the stadium with you, my brown-eyed girl".

A six-time Grammy Award winner, Van Morrison was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (R&RHOF) in 1993 and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.

Interesting fact: "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked Van Morrison at number 42 on their list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2004).
2. I don't know what color eyes "Maybellene" had but she made the guy who loved her pretty blue when he heard she had been steppin' out on him. He wondered "Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true You done started back doin' the things you used to do". "Maybellene (often mistakenly spelled as "Maybelline") was a 1955 hit for one of the pioneers of the early Rock & Roll era. Can you remember the moniker of the music man who made "Maybellene" memorable?

Answer: Chuck Berry

Born October 18, 1926, Chuck Berry would go on to have a great career which has lasted over seven decades. "Maybellene" was the first single that he recorded, and it would quickly claim the Number One spot on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Best-Seller list. It would not relinquish that position until it had been there for nine weeks, (August 20, 1955-October 15, 1955). He would later entertain fans of R&R with such hits as "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), and "Sweet Little Sixteen" (1958). His version of Maybellene was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988 and Chuck Berry became a member of the R&RHOF in its first year, 1986.

Interesting fact: In 2004 "Rolling Stone" magazine listed Chuck Berry number five on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time.
3. "You're So Vain", you probably think this song is about you. That was the suspicion a young lady had about a guy she knew who had a super-sized ego. The artist who sang it also wrote it, and it was track number two on the album "No Secrets" (1972). As a single it was Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 list for the opening three weeks of 1973, and reached number three in the U.K. Check your ego at the door and see if you can name the popular singer-songwriter that made it all happen.

Answer: Carly Simon

Billboard magazine has "You're So Vain" ranked 72nd on their list of The Greatest Songs of All-Time. Ms. Simon was married to fellow singer-songwriter James Taylor from 1972-1983. Carly Simon, whose career began in the early 1970s, has recorded over 30 albums, five of which went Platinum, including "No Secrets". She has turned out such popular singles as "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (1971), "Anticipation" (1971), and "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (1974).

Interesting fact: Her rendition of "Nobody Does It Better" (1977), the theme song from "The Spy Who Loved Me" (the tenth film in the James Bond series) was number two for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 list that same year.
4. Sometimes no matter how hard I try, ("I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". The group that recorded "Satisfaction" (1965) got plenty of it when that tune became their first song to reach Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 list. It was released earlier that year as track number seven on their hit album "Out of Our Heads". This group is reported to have sold over 200 million albums world-wide. Can you recall which band gave us all some "Satisfaction"?

Answer: The Rolling Stones

Vocalist Mick Jagger and lead guitarist Keith Richards co-wrote the song that would sit atop the Billboard Hot 100 list from July 10, 1965 to August 6, 1965.
It also reached Number One in the U.K. In 2004, "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked "...Satisfaction" second on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time. (Bob Dylan's 1965 mega-hit, "Like a Rolling Stone", was first). In 2012 when The Stones celebrated their 50th anniversary they had more than 25 albums, over 100 singles, and 40 something tours behind them. The Rolling Stones were inducted into the R&RHOF in 1989.

Interesting fact: ("I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was named the Number One Greatest Rock Song of All-Time by VH-1 in 2000.
5. In 1956 a popular singer recorded a song describing just how much he loved his gal and never wanted to lose her. He proclaimed, "I keep a close watch on this heart of mine, I keep my eyes wide open all the time, I keep the ends out for the tie that binds, because you're mine, I walk the line". Recorded for Sun Records, "I Walk the Line" quickly became Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Who was the iconic artist who had this become his signature song?

Answer: Johnny Cash

Known as "The Man in Black", Johnny Cash also wrote "I Walk the Line". It became his first song to hit the top of the Country charts, and when it did it stayed there for six weeks, and also remained on the chart for three and a half months. It sold over 200 million copies and also reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 1957, it was track nine on his album, "With His Hot and Blue Guitar". His appeal to different groups of song lovers earned him induction into the Songwriter's, Rock & Roll and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. During his career he recorded more than 140 albums, 160 singles and collected over 15 Grammy Awards. A couple of Johnny Cash's top singles were "Ring of Fire" (1963), "Folsom Prison Blues" (1968) and "A Boy Named Sue" (1968).

Interesting fact: Johnny Cash was married to Grammy winning country singer-songwriter June Carter-Cash for over 35 years (1968-2003).
6. Ya' gotta' admit, when a guy hears a pretty woman invite him to "Come on-a my house, my house a come on. Come on-a my house, my house a come on. Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you candy, Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you everything", it's tough to resist. Although it was written in 1939, "C'mon a My House" didn't become a smash hit for another 12 years, when the singer recorded it as part of her album of the same name in 1951. Despite the fact that it would sit atop the Billboard Best Seller list for eight weeks (July 28 -September 7, 1951) and launch her career, the artist who made that gracious offer would later confess that she hated the song and only agreed to record it rather than being fired. Can you name her?

Answer: Rosemary Clooney

Mitch Miller, with whose orchestra Ms. Clooney recorded it, was the man who gave her the ultimatum. In retrospect, I'd say she made a wise choice. One of the co-writers of the song was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright William Saroyan,("The Time of Your Life", 1940)...by the way, he declined to accept the prize. Rosemary Clooney was one of the most popular singers of the 1950s and had three more Number One hits that decade. On the heels of her big '51 hit, came "Half as Much" (1952), "Hey There" and "This Old House" both in 1954. Another popular song of hers was "Mambo Italiano" (1955). She was granted a Grammy Lifetime Award in 2002. Rosemary Clooney died of cancer, June 29, 2002, six months after giving the final performance of her career in Hawaii. The last song she ever sang was "God Bless America".

Interesting fact: Rosemary Clooney is the aunt of Academy Award winning actor, George Clooney.
7. They say the first thing you should do after falling off a horse is to get right "Back in the Saddle Again". The man who made that song famous was pretty busy between 1934 and 1953, when he made over 90 movies, starred in 91 episodes of his own show and recorded more than 35 singles. His horse was pretty famous as well. Can you name this croonin' cowboy?

Answer: Gene Autry

Gene Autry,(born Orvon Grover Autry), wrote "Back in the Saddle Again" in 1939. He recorded such hits as "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds" (1935), "Don't Fence Me In" (1945), "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" (1949), and "Frosty the Snowman" (1950). He and his famous steed Champion also performed live at rodeos for over 20 years. Autry served his country during WWII as an Army pilot. An astute businessman, Autry owned numerous radio and TV stations and even owned the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim Angels of baseball's American League (A.L.) from 1961-1997. In fact he served as V.P. of the A.L. from 1983 until 1998. At the time of his death his net worth was estimated at over $300 million.

Interesting fact: On February 8, 1960, Gene Autry became the first person to have five stars (the most possible) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. At the end of the 20th century he was still was the only one with more than four.
8. Obviously the guys that sang this song got around quite a bit, so much so that they felt qualified to opine on the virtues of young ladies from all around the U.S.A. Their discourse went something like this: "Well East coast girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear, and the Southern girls with the way they talk, they knock me out when I'm down there. The Mid-West farmer's daughters really make you feel alright, and the Northern girls with the way they kiss, they keep their boyfriends warm at night". After much discussion, they came to the conclusion that they wish all the young lassies could be like "California Girls". Can you recall the name of these chauvinistic singers?

Answer: The Beach Boys

"California Girls" was written by Brian Wilson and his first cousin, Mike Love in 1965. It was track number one, on side two of their album "Summer Days (and Summer Nights". Founded as a quintette in 1961, The Beach Boys have been one of America's most popular groups for over half a century. In that time they have recorded over 65 albums and more than 80 singles. Four of their singles made it to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 list: "I Get Around" (1964), "Help Me Rhonda" (1965), "Good Vibrations" (1966), and "Kokomo" (1988). Two of their albums got to number two: "Surfin' U.S.A." (1963) and "Summer Days...(And Summer Nights! !")" (1965).
The Beach Boys surfed their way into the R&RHOF in 1988.

Interesting fact: "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked the Beach Boys at number 12 on their list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2004).
9. Turn-about is fair play, especially in matters of the heart. A poor gal got hers broken when the guy she was crazy about dumped her. Well, now the girl he gave her the boot for, has given him the boot. It didn't bring the original pair of lovers back together, but it gave her some satisfaction, as she mused, "You had your way now you must pay, I'm glad that you're sorry now". Can you recall the sad songstress whose signature song is "Who's Sorry Now"?

Answer: Connie Francis

Concetta Franconero, who at the suggestion of Arthur Godfrey changed her name to Connie Francis, recorded "Who's Sorry Now" 35 years after it was originally written (1923). Bolstered by its debut on "Dick Clark's New American Bandstand" on New Year's Day, 1958, it quickly shot up to number four on the American charts and Number One in the U.K. Connie Francis' career has spanned eight decades and it all began when she appeared on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" at age 11. The height of her popularity came in the 1950s and 1960s. She appeared as a guest 26 times on "The Ed Sullivan Show" during that time. She also appeared in several Hollywood films, "Where the Boys Are" (1960), being her most popular. A few of her other familiar tunes are, "My Happiness" (1958), "Lipstick on Your Collar" (1959), and "Among My Souvenirs" (1959).

Interesting fact: As Connie Francis has traveled the globe giving concerts, she has sung in 15 languages. Mama Mia!
10. "American Pie", sometimes referred to as "The Day the Music Died" was partially inspired by the plane crash (1959) that took the lives of R&R stars, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson ("The Big Bopper"). Who was the singer-songwriter who took this song to the Number One spot on Billboard's Hot 100 list for four weeks (January 15- February 11, 1972)?

Answer: Don McLean

"American Pie" was released as track number one on the album of the same name in 1971. In addition to topping the Billboard chart, it also reached Number One on the singles charts in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia and was tops on the European Hot 100 as well. In 2001 the Recording Industry Association of America ranked it number five on their list of the 365 Songs of the Century.

Don McLean, who also wrote "And I Love You So", which Perry Como took to number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.

Here's a nostalgic reminder of part of "American Pie's" haunting melody:
"And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most-
the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost-
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died".

Interesting fact: At the end of the 20th century, Don McLean's "American Pie" was the longest song ever to hit number one. The softly, melodic tune runs for eight minutes and thirty-six seconds.
Source: Author paulmallon

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