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1. Released in 1964 on the Mercury red label, this album's last track was a medley of two songs sung following the deaths of JFK ("In the Summer of his Years") and Abraham Lincoln ("Rally Round the Flag"). My favorite is the first track, "Barry's Boys," a shot at the followers of the 1964 Republican Presidential nominee. Name the group and album which also includes "The First Time Ever" and "The Sinking of the Reuben James."
2. The title of my next album includes the group's name, which I am asking you to identify. It is "(Group's Name) Sing of Our Times" and includes songs like "Beans Taste Fine," "Take This Hammer," and "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportees)" on Side Two. Side One includes "Seven Daffodils" and "The Spring Hill Mine Disaster." Name the group.
3. Again, released in 1964, the title track of this album begins, "I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love,/ As she lies here beside me asleep with the night..." Who recorded this album which also included songs like "Benedictus," "Bleeker Street," "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream," and "He Was My Brother," not to mention the title track, "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." and the final track on Side One, "The Sounds of Silence"?
4. Although admittedly not from the Sixties, the next album claimed to be "The Record That Launched the Folk Renaissance," and referred to itself as "the Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert." So what group was recorded at this concert on Christmas Eve of 1955 with songs like "Darling Corey," "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," "Greensleeves," "Sixteen Tons," "Goodnight Irene," "Wimoweh," and "Rock Island Line"?
5. This group's big hit was "Guantanamera," which was the first track on their 1966 album titled "Spanish Album." Other songs included were "La Bamba," "Michelle," "Y La Quiero" ("And I Love Her"), "Ayer" ("Yesterday"), and "Ojos Espanoles" ("Spanish Eyes"), not to mention "Louie, Louie." Who is this group, who was often also classified as "Easy Listening"?
6. Album number six on our quiz was released in 1963. Founded by Randy Sparks in 1961 as a group of 14, by the release of the album entitled "Ramblin'," the group had only ten singers and featured the voice of Barry McGuire. Who recorded this record with such hits as "Green, Green," "Hi Jolly," "The Drinking Gourd," "Rovin' Gambler," "Down the Ohio," "Last Farewell," and the title song?
7. I can only find one album of mine by this group, and it is "The Best Of...., Vol. III" So here are some of their third-tier best songs: "Hangman," "500 Miles," "Lemon Tree," "It Was a Very Good Year," and "This Land is Your Land." hint: appearing on "Best of..., Volume I," no doubt, were "Tom Dooley" and "M.T.A."
8. OK, here's a little twist. The album is "Violets of Dawn" by the Mitchell Trio, released in 1965. Two tracks include the title song and "Your Friendly, Liberal, Neighborhood Ku Klux Klan." Can you identify which of the following pairs of songs is also on this album?
9. OK, name the group whose "Greatest Hits" album was released in 1962. Among these hits were "The Green Leaves of Summer," "Eddystone Light," "Nobody Knows," "My Tani," "Frogg," and "Blue Water Line."
10. My final Sixties folk album for this quiz was recorded in 1967. According to Wikipedia, this group "are widely credited with popularizing Irish traditional music in the United States." This album's title is "Hearty and Hellish" and was recorded live in a night club in Chicago. Songs included are "Irish Rover," "God Bless England," "Whiskey, You're the Devil," "The Rising of the Moon," "Mountain Dew," and "The Jolly Tinker."
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