Songs by The Beatles Trivia

31. In which part of "Dakota" does Rocky Raccoon live?

From Quiz Simple Rocky Raccoon Quiz

Answer: Black mountain hills

The opening lyrics of the song are, "Somewhere in the black mining hills of Dakota there lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon..." Odd, isn't it, that John Lennon lived the last years of his life in NYC's Dakota Building? Other residents of the Dakota include the fictional Rosemary of the classic film, "Rosemary's Baby," in which Mia Farrow starred as the unwitting vessel of Satan's incarnate spawn.

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song: "I Am The Walrus"

Answer: Policemen

"Mister city policeman sitting Pretty little policemen in a row" Policemen sitting down? Must have been their tea break.

From Quiz "A Day In The Life": Words and Background

Answer: he "saw the photograph"

The complete lyrics are as follows: "I read the news today--oh, boy--about a lucky man who'd made the grade. And though the news was rather sad, I just had to laugh--I saw the photograph." Could John Lennon have been referring to himself? We'll never know.

From Quiz George Sings Too!

Answer: Old Brown Shoe

This song was released in 1969 as the B-side to "The Ballad of John and Yoko". It is one of George's best and most overlooked songs.

From Quiz Beatles Songs Written By George Harrison

Answer: Something

"Something" is the only Beatles song that Sinatra has sung and performed - he simply called it "the greatest love song ever written". However, he tended to give the credits for the song to McCartney/Lennon, when he performed "Something", even though it was a George Harrison song.

From Quiz One-Word Beatles Trivia

Answer: Eleanor Rigby

Originally when writing "Eleanor Rigby", Paul just put together a random first name with a random family name. He later found out it was the name on somebody's gravestone in a graveyard in which him and John Lennon used to hang out as teenagers....talk about creepy.

From Quiz Behind The Songs: The Beatles Song Stories

Answer: Misery

The Beatles wrote several songs for other artists. This song in particular was turned down by an executive before Helen Shapiro even saw it. It was given to Kenny Lynch, another British singer. He was the first non-Beatle to record a Lennon/McCartney song.

From Quiz The Beatles - Behind the Music

Answer: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

Manager Brian Epstein apparently had feelings for John, and John wrote this song in response.

From Quiz Were you listening? - Beatles Songs

Answer: shouts out something obscene

"... only place that he's ever been - such a dirty old man." This is a fun little song from "Abbey Road", which was released in the U.S. in October 1969.

From Quiz Name That Tune Beatles Styles 1968-1970

Answer: Yer Blues

Recorded August 13, 1968, "Yer Blues" is one of the rare opportunities we get to hear John Lennon on lead guitar.

From Quiz Name That Beatles Tune 1967-68

Answer: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" was inspired by a drawing by Julian Lennon, he told John it was Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

From Quiz Things They Said That Day

Answer: Two of Us

This quote was said by John Lennon at the beginning of the album "Let it Be" in the first seconds of "Two of Us." He also says, after some laughter from another Beatle (possibly Ringo), "Phase one in which Doris gets her oats." (thanks, styxman)

From Quiz 10 Questions About Beatles 45s

Answer: Rain

Both "Paperback Writer" and "Rain" were recorded from April 13th to 16th, 1966. Paul McCartney appeared in the single's promotional video with a chipped tooth from the motorcycle accident that caused his "death."

From Quiz Did the Bard Write This II

Answer: All My Loving

"I'll pretend that I'm kissing the lips I am missing." "All My Loving", from the CD "With the Beatles."

From Quiz I Am the Walrus

Answer: from a gun

This is the third line of the song. "I Am the Walrus" was released on the "Magical Mystery Tour" album in 1967.

From Quiz Obscure Beatles Covers

Answer: Across the Universe

Bowie's version was included on the album "Young Americans", with John Lennon contributing guitar parts. Lennon also got a co-composer credit on the album for the track 'Fame'.

From Quiz Beatles Singles

Answer: 'The Saints'

This single was by "Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers", later to be known as The Beatles. This was the first Beatles record to be released in America. They were a back-up band for Tony Sheridan. It was released on April 23, 1962 on Decca Records.

From Quiz Name That Tune Name

Answer: Get Back

"Get Back" became The Beatles' 19th British single.

From Quiz The Beatles' "And I Love Her"

Answer: Love

The Beatles were John, Paul, George and Ringo.

From Quiz When I'm Sixty-Four

Answer: 'Bottle of wine'

'Will you still be sending me a Valentine, Birthday greetins, bottle of wine?'

From Quiz Beatles Song Titles

Answer: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

'Picture yourself on a train at a station, With plasticene porters with looking glass ties, Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile, The girl with kaleidoscope eyes, Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Ah Ah.'

From Quiz Song by Song: "A Day in the Life"

Answer: Guinness

Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness empire, was an Irish socialite and a friend of the Beatles. He died in 1966, at the age of 21, when he ran a red light and hit a van while under the influence of alcohol. Tara was in line to inherit a one-million-pound fortune on his 25th birthday. "I didn't copy the accident," John Lennon is quoted as saying in Hunter Davies' 1968 authorized biography. "Tara didn't blow his mind out. But it was in my mind when I was writing that verse."

From Quiz Song by Song: "Strawberry Fields Forever"

Answer: Swarmandal

Also known as a sumeandal, the swarmandal is a plucked box zither instrument frequently used in Northern India in concerts. This Indian harp takes its name from from the words mandala (meaning circle) and svara (meaning notes). The instrument was played by George Harrison.

From Quiz Song by Song: "Here, There and Everywhere"

Answer: God Only Knows

The song is credited to the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership. According to Robert Rodriguez in his 2012 book "Revolver: How the Beatles Reimagined Rock 'n' Roll," McCartney was inspired to write the song after attending a listening party for Brian Wilson's "God Only Knows." The Beach Boys' love ballad was recorded in March and April of 1966 but not released until July 18, 1966.

From Quiz Song by Song: Help!

Answer: I'm Down

Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Help!" number 29 on its 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time." It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and produced by George Martin. The single was released in July of 1965 by Capitol Records with "I'm Down" on the B-side.

From Quiz Song by Song: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

Answer: I Saw Her Standing There

"This Boy" was on the B-side of the single released in the U.K. on November 29, 1963, but in the U.S., it was "I Saw Her Standing There." This song, originally titled "Seventeen," begins: "Well, she was just seventeen You know what I mean..."

From Quiz Song by Song: "Yesterday"

Answer: Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney told Rolling Stone magazine that the song came to him in a dream, explaining, "My dad used to know a lot of old jazz tunes. I thought maybe I'd just remembered it from the past." The song was credited to the John Lennon and Paul McCartney writing partnership.

From Quiz The Beatles '64

Answer: Please Please Me

"Please Please Me" was written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1963. "Please Please Me" was the third Beatles' single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first not to reach number one. In the UK The Beatles's first two singles to chart, "Love Me Do" and "Please Please Me", never made it to number one. Then they had 11 consecutive official Parlophone number one hits on the UK Singles Chart. "From Me To You" in 1963 to "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" in 1966.

From Quiz Just Another Beatles Quiz

Answer: Engelbert Humperdinck

The Beatles double A-Side single "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" written by Lennon/McCartney peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1967. It was kept out of the number one spot by Engelbert Humperdinck with his first UK number one hit "Release Me". "Release Me" remained at the top for six weeks in 1967 and spent 56 consecutive weeks on the UK Singles Chart. It was Engelbert Humperdinck's first chart entry since his recording debut for Decca records in 1958, as Gerry Dorsey.

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