U S Number One Hits From Canadian Artists. Quiz

Answer: Odia Coates

"One Man Woman/One Woman Man", "I Don't Like To Sleep Alone" and "(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love" were other duets by Paul Anka and Odia Coates released in 1974 and 1975. She had a minor hit with a song written by Anka titled "You Come And You Go" in 1976. Paul wrote "You're Having My Baby" and was scheduled to record it as a solo but Coates happened to be in the studio and a United Artists producer suggested the idea of recording the song as a duet.
Odia Coates was the daughter of a minister from Mississippi and learned her vocal craft singing gospel music. She passed away in 1991 at the age of 49. Paul Anka had several other chart successes in the US, but "You're Having My Baby" was the final US Number One for him.
Dorothy Moore had a 1976 hit with "Misty Blue". Phoebe Snow's biggest hit was the 1975 "Poetry Man". and English singer Kiki Dee did a Number One duet with Elton John in 1976 titled "Don't Go Breaking My Heart".

Answer: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

"Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" was the second highest grossing film of 1991, right behind "Terminator 2: Judgment Day". Kevin Costner had the lead role and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was cast as Maid Marian. Robin Wright Penn was originally offered the role but she was pregnant.
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" was on Adams' "Waking Up the Neighbours" album, released the same year as the movie. He won a Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture.
"The Commitments" was a 1991 release about a band that featured a musical soundtrack. Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery starred in the second "Highlander" film, "Highlander II: The Quickening" and "Paradise" was a 1991 film with Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. They were husband and wife at the time.

Answer: The Crew Cuts

The American group The Chords had a Top Ten hit with "Sh-boom" before the Crew Cuts took it to Number One. The original members of the band met at Saint Michael's Choir School in Toronto. The Four Lads also formed while at the same school. When the Crew Cuts began appearing on a local Canadian show the members all quit their day jobs and became full time singers.

They began appearing on more US and Canadian TV shows where they became known for doing renditions of popular songs. They released over 30 singles between 1953 and 1959, with "Sh-Boom" becoming their only Number One in the States. The Diamonds were Canadians who had US hits with "Little Darlin'" and "The Stroll".

The Canadian Four Lads had a chart hit in 1952 with "Mocking Bird" and followed up with "Istanbul".

The Penguins were an American group who released "Earth Angel" in 1954. The Crew Cuts did a cover version of the song the following year.

Answer: Andy Kim/"Rock Me Gently"

Andy Kim was born Andrew Youakim in Montreal, Canada. He began charting songs in 1968 with "How'd We Ever Get This Way?". The song barely made the Top Twenty in the US. The following year he broke the Top Ten with his cover version of "Baby, I Love You" and co-wrote the Archies' hit, "Sugar, Sugar" with Jeff Barry. Kim spent the next few years maintaining a rigorous US touring schedule but failed to chart another significant hit, losing his record deal in the process.

He formed his own record label and funded a recording of "Rock Me Gently".

His efforts paid off when Capitol Records signed a deal for the song and it began a 14-week trip to the top of the US charts in 1974. George McCrae is a native of West Palm Beach, Florida. David Essex hails from London and The Hues Corporation formed in Santa Monica California.

Answer: Black Velvet

Alannah Myles was born in Toronto. She released her "Alannah Myles" album in 1989 and "Black Velvet" was a single release from the album. The video that was done for the release was actually filmed on the family ranch where she was raised. By the age of 16 she had formed a band and was performing locally. Myles met fellow Canadian musicians David Tyson and Christopher Ward while performing in a band and the pair wrote "Black Velvet" while Tyson was producing the "Alannah Myles" album. "Better the Devil You Know" was a 1990 single by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. "Black Cat" was done by Janet Jackson in 1990 and Taylor Dayne did "Love Will Lead You Back" the same year.

Answer: Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams sang the song with Sting and Rod Stewart. Michael Kaman, Bryan Adams and Mutt Lange wrote "All For Love" for "The Three Musketeers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" album. It was released as a single in the US in November, 1993, and topped the charts the following January. It knocked "Hero" by Mariah Carey from the top slot. The song also made it to Number One in Canada.
Mike Reno was the singer for the Canadian band, Loverboy. Canadian Corey Hart is known for the 1983 hit, "Sunglasses at Night". "Hot Child in the City" was by London born Canadian transplant Nick Gilder.

Answer: Say It Right

The 2007 US Number One "Say it Right" was written by Nelly Furtado, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley and Nate "Danja" Hills for Nelly's third album, "Loose", released in 2006. Timbaland and Danja shared producing chores on the album but were not featured as singers on the "Say it Right" release.
Timbaland sang on the US Number One hit, "Promiscuous", and has rarely done the song live with Furtado. They performed the song together on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) and at the MuchMusic Video Awards in 2006. The US Number One "Give It to Me" featured the mutual talents of Nelly, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake and is a single release from Timbaland's 2007 "Shock Value" album.
Furtado's "All Good Things (Come to an End)" was also from the "Loose" album and only reached Number 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Answer: Heart of Gold

"Heart of Gold" was a 1972 song from Neil Young's "Harvest" album. James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt shared backing vocal tracks on the hit. The two were also in Nashville at the time the song was being recorded because they were scheduled to appear on "The Johnny Cash Show". Johnny is one of the many artists who have done versions of the song. Neil Young was born in Ontario and worked with various bands before migrating to California and becoming part of Buffalo Springfield in 1967.

When the band dissolved Neil began an enduring solo career and worked with Crosby, Stills and Nash. The 1970 release, "Cinnamon Girl", only made it to Number 55 in the US. "Old Man" reached Number 31 in 1972 and "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" reached Number 33 in 1970.

Answer: Guess Who

The Guess Who came from Winnipeg and had their own US Number One hit with "American Woman" in 1970. Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman, Jim Kale and Garry Peterson of Guess Who wrote the song. Randy Bachman played the blues shuffle on the acoustic guitar that's heard on the intro of the song while Cummings did a voice-over.

The hit stayed on the top of the charts for three weeks. The group maintained a string of hits in the States beginning with the Number 22, "Shakin' All Over", until they broke up in 1975.

Their final US Top Ten hit was "Clap for the Wolfman" in 1974. The Stampeders hailed from Calgary. Mahogany Rush was a Montreal-based band and Vancouver was the home base of The Collectors.

Answer: I'm Your Angel

"I'm Your Angel" was a song written and produced by R. Kelly. The song was included on both Celine Dion's 1998 "These Are Special Times" album as well as Kelly's "R" album. It not only debuted at Number One on the US Billboard Hot 100, it remained at the top spot for six weeks.
"One Week" was a Number One hit for one week in 1998 for Barenaked Ladies. Canada's Daniel Powter recorded the Number One "Bad Day" in 2006 and "Because You Loved Me" was a solo hit for Dion in 1996.