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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?
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?
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.
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"?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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"?
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)?
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