Top 15 Hits from 1962 Trivia Quiz

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FYI - All incorrect songs were from 1956.

1) "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk) is a piece for clarinet written by Acker Bilk and originally named "Jenny" after his daughter. In May 1969, the Apollo 10 crew took "Stranger on the Shore" with them on their moon mission. Gene Cernan included the tune on a cassette tape in the command module of the Apollo spacecraft.

2) "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Ray Charles) was written and composed by country singer/songwriter Don Gibson. Ray Charles' version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and held for five weeks. It also reached number one in the UK Singles Chart staying for two weeks.

3) "Mashed Potato Time" (Dee Dee Sharp) was written and composed by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe. The song refers to the Mashed Potato dance which was popular then. The song reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

4) "Roses Are Red (My Love)" (Bobby Vinton) was composed by Al Byron and Paul Evans. The song reached number one in Australia, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, and the United States. The single was the first number-one hit for Epic Records.

5) "The Stripper" (David Rose) is an instrumental composed by David Rose. Rose had recorded "Ebb Tide" but did not have a B-side for it. An MGM office boy was given the job of finding something of Rose's that would work; he liked "The Stripper" and it was chosen as the flip side for the record.

6) "Johnny Angel" (Shelley Fabares) was written by Lyn Duddy and Lee Pockriss. "Johnny Angel" was the debut pop single by Shelley Fabares. The single premiered on Fabares' sitcom, "The Donna Reed Show", during the fourth season.

7) "The Loco-Motion" (Little Eva) was written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The song is famous for appearing in the US top three, three times, each in a different decade. In 1962 by Little Eva (number one), in 1974 by Grand Funk Railroad (number one) and in 1988 by Kylie Minogue (number three).

8) "Let Me In" (The Sensations) is a song with music and lyrics by Yvonne Baker. It was the Sensations' most successful single. "Let Me In" was most memorable for its repetitive "WEEOO" refrain in the chorus.

9) "The Twist" (Chubby Checker) was written and originally released in 1958 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. Chubby Checker's 1960 cover version of the song ushered in the Twist dance craze. In 2014, Billboard magazine named the song the "biggest hit" of the 60s.

10) "Soldier Boy" (The Shirelles) was written by Luther Dixon and Florence Greenberg. The song was originally titled "I'll Be True To You". It was later in the studio that the Shirelles renamed the song with a title more reflective of its narrative.

11) "Hey! Baby" (Bruce Channel) was written by Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel. "Hey! Baby" was used in the 1987 film "Dirty Dancing" in the scene where Johnny and Baby dance on a log. The song features a well-known riff by harmonica player Delbert McClinton.

12) "The Wanderer" (Dion) was written by Ernie Maresca. Maresca had also co-written Dion's previous number-one hit, "Runaround Sue". The song is ranked number 243 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

13) "Duke of Earl" (Gene Chandler) was written by Gene Chandler, Bernice Williams, and Earl Edwards. It is the best-known of Chandler's songs, and he later became known as "The Duke of Earl". This song was a 2002 inductee into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

14) "Palisades Park" (Freddy Cannon) was written by Chuck Barris as a tribute to New Jersey's Palisades Amusement Park. "Palisades Park" premiered when a Flint, Michigan radio DJ played it by mistake. It became the biggest hit of Freddy Cannon's career.

15) "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Neil Sedaka) was co-written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield with background vocals by the female group The Cookies. This is considered to be Sedaka's signature song.