Top 15 Hits from 1964 Trivia Quiz

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FYI - All incorrect songs were from 1954.

1) "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (The Beatles) was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was the Beatles' first American number-one hit and started the British Invasion of the American music industry.

2) "She Loves You" (The Beatles) was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The single set a record in the US as one of the five Beatles songs that held the top five positions in the charts simultaneously, on April 4, 1964.

3) "Hello, Dolly!" (Louis Armstrong) had music and lyrics written by Jerry Herman. It is the title song of the 1964 musical of the same name. Louis Armstrong's version was entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.

4) "Oh, Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison) was written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees. The record marked the high point in Orbison's career. The song was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999 and was named one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

5) "I Get Around" (The Beach Boys) was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. It became the Beach Boys' first number-one charting song in the United States. In 2017, "I Get Around" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

6) "Everybody Loves Somebody" (Dean Martin) was written in 1947 by Sam Coslow, Irving Taylor and pianist Ken Lane. It had been recorded by several artists without much success. It replaced "That's Amore" as Martin's signature song and he sang it as the theme of his weekly television variety show.

7) "My Guy" (Mary Wells) was written and produced by Smokey Robinson of The Miracles. "My Guy" was the biggest hit ever for Wells, Motown's first female star. "My Guy" was also Wells' final hit single for Motown, excepting duets she recorded with label partner Marvin Gaye.

8) "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" (Gale Garnett) was written and recorded by Gale Garnett. Garnett's only Top 40 hit, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1965. In 2015 the song was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

9) "Last Kiss" (J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers) was written by Wayne Cochran, Joe Carpenter, Randall Hoyal and Bobby McGlon. J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers had their only commercial success with "Last Kiss". It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and earned the band a gold record.

10) "Where Did Our Love Go" (The Supremes) was written and produced by Motown's team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. It was the first single by the Supremes to go to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Billboard magazine named the song number four on its list of the 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.

11) "People" (Barbra Streisand) was composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Bob Merrill for the 1964 Broadway musical Funny Girl. The single was released in January 1964, and peaked at number five on the Billboard pop chart, becoming Streisand's first Top 40 hit. The song earned Styne and Merrill a nomination for a 1964 Tony Award as Best Composer and Lyricist.

12) "Java" (Al Hirt) was an instrumental adaptation from a 1958 LP of piano compositions by producer/songwriter Allen Toussaint. It was Hirt's biggest hit on the US pop charts, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100. Hirt won the Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra in 1964.

13) "A Hard Day's Night" (The Beatles) was written by John Lennon with some collaboration from Paul McCartney. The song featured on the soundtrack to the Beatles' first feature film, "A Hard Day's Night". The song is immediately identifiable due to the unmistakable "mighty opening chord" played by George Harrison.

14) "Love Me Do" (The Beatles) was the US debut single by the Beatles which became a number-one hit. The single showcases John Lennon's prominent harmonica playing and duet vocals with Paul McCartney. The song was primarily written by Paul McCartney while playing hooky from school at age 16.

15) "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (Manfred Mann) was written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. Manfred Mann's version was released on July 10, 1964, where, in August, it spent two weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart. It then also spent two weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in October.