Did He Or Didn't He? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Planes and Boats and Trains

The Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "Trains and Boats and Planes" was a hit for Dionne Warwick in 1966.

Engelbert recorded "Up, Up and Away", Jimmy Web's beloved song about a hot air balloon ride, on "A Man without Love", which came out in 1968. "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize", one of Engelbert's most well-loved songs, is on his 1969 album simply titled "Engelbert. Les Reed and Barry Mason wrote it. The enduring favorite "Red Sails in the Sunset" by Jimmy Kennedy and Hugh Williams is on "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" (1985).

Answer: Volare

The Italian song "Volare", by Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno, was Italy's entry in the 1958 Eurovision Song contest. It came in third and went on to become one of the most successful Eurovision songs ever. Modugno's record was Billboard's Number One single of 1958 and it won the first ever Grammys for Song of the Year and Record of the Year that year.

With English lyrics by Mitchell Parish, "Volare" was a hit for Engelbert's friend and mentor Dean Martin. Engelbert recorded it on "Definition of Love (2003).

"Come Fly with Me" by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusenis the title song of Frank Sinatra's 1957 theme album about various places in the world. "Fly Away" was a hit for John Denver with Olivia Newton John in the mid 1970s, from his 1975 "Wind Song" album. "Fly into the Wind" is on Donny Osmond's 1977 album "Donald Clark Osmond".

Answer: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

This was a tricky one. Engelbert has never recorded the 1935 Rogers and Hart standard "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World".

Engelbert recorded the 1947 Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen song "But Beautiful" on his 1985 album of standards, "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening". It has also been recorded by such greats as Vic Damone and Doris Day. "The Most Beautiful Girl", a 1973 Number One hit for Charlie Rich, is on Engelbert's 1973 album "Engelbert: King of Hearts". Bill Sherrill, Norris Wilson and Rory Michael Bourke wrote it. The 1975 song "You Are SoBeautiful" by Bruce Fisher and Billy Preston is on Engelbert's 1990 album "Heart of Gold".

Answer: More

Although Engelbert performed "More" by Bart Howard on his 1972 television show, "Engelbert and the Young Generation," he has not recorded it.

Mack Gordon and Harry Warren's "The More I See You" is on Engelbert's 1985 album of standards, "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening" and on numerous CD compilations. Engelbert recorded the Phil Collins song "One More Night" on "Christmas Eve", his 1995 album with James Last. "If I Could Love You More" by Hal David and Archie Jordan is on "After Dark" (1996).

Answer: Tokyo Tears

"Tokyo Tears" by Jack White and Mark Spiro is on Engelbert's 1988 album "In Love".

"On a Little Street in Singapore" was written by Billy Hill and Peter DeRose. Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded it in 1939 with Ray Eberle on vocal. "Hon Kong Blues" is a 1941 song by Hoaggy Carmichael. The John Denver favorite "Shanghai Breezes" is from his 1982 album "Seasons of the Heart".

Answer: Trying to Get the Feeling Again

"Trying to Get the Feeling Again" was written by David Pomeranz. Barry Manilow recorded it on his 1975 album "Trying to Get the Feeling".

"Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" by Mickey Newbery is on Engelbert's releases "A Time for Us" (1977) and Greatest Hits & More (2007). "Feelings" is on "Magic Night" (1991) on which the song is credited to Albert Kaisermann. "Maybe the Feeling Will Go" by Les Reed and Barry Mason, is on the 2001 release "It's All in the Game".

Answer: My Foolish Heart

"My Foolish Heart" is on Engelbert's "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening", released in 1985. It was written by Ned Washington and Victor Young for the 1949 movie "My Foolish Heart", starring Susan Hayward.

The Jazz and Pop standard "These Foolish Things" was written in the mid 1930s by Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey and Harry Link. Notable among many recordings of the song are those by Nat "King" Cole on his 1957 album "Just One of Those Things" and Frank Sinatra on "Point of No Return", 1961.

"What Kind of Fool Am I?" was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for their 1962 musical "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off". It won the song of the Year Grammy that year. The great American singers Tony Bennett and Sammy Davis Jr. both recorded the song in 1962. Andy Williams and the british singer Shirley Bassey both recorded it in 1963.

The Lennon/McCartney song "The Fool on the Hill" is on the Beatles' 1967 "Magical Mystery Tour" Album.

Answer: "Red Roses for My Lady

"Red Roses for My Lady" was released as a single in 1989 with "Angel Love" on the other side. It also appears on Engelbert's 1989 album "Step into My Life". Dieter Bohlen wrote it.

In 1921, American songwriters Ben Black and Neil Moret set lyrics to English organist and composer Edwin H. Lemare's very popular 1888 composition "Andantino in D-flat", thereby creating the enduring favorite "Moonlight and Roses".

The 1949 song "Room Full of Roses" by Tim Spensor was successfully recorded by both Dick Haymes and Don Cornell singing with Sammy Kaye and The Kaydets. The song was also recorded by Country and Western artists such as the Sons of the Pioneers and, in 1974, by Mickey Gilley.

Vaughn Monroe had a hit with "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" by Sid Tepper and Roy Brodsky in 1949. Both singer Andy Williams and band leader Bert Kaempfert's had successful recordings of the song in 1965.

Answer: Things

Bobby Darin wrote and recorded "Things" in 1962.

Engelbert's 1967 record of "There Goes My Everything" by Dallas Frazier went to Number Two on the British Singles chart and to Number Twenty on the Billboard Hot 100. It is on the U.S. release of his first album, "Release Me", which came out in 1967. The single has "You Love" on the other side.

He recorded George Harrison's "Something" on his 1970 album "We Made It Happen". The Burt Bacharach/Nigel Lewis song "Nothing in This World" is on the 2001 releases "It's All in the Game" and "Engelbert: At His Very Best".

Answer: A House Is Not a Home

Though Engelbert performed the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "A House Is Not a Home" on the Ed Sullivan Show, he has not recorded it.

"Twenty Miles from Home" is on Engelbert's 1971 album "Another Time, Another Place". "I'll Be Home For Christmas" is part of the "Home Tyme" medley on his 1977 "Christmas Time" album. "Coming Home" is on the 1991 album "Magic Night".