Days of the Week in Songs Trivia

1. Which band sings the song "Ruby Tuesday"?

From Quiz Songs With a Day of the Week in the Title

Answer: The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones' original band members were Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts. Some songs by The Rolling Stones include "Honky Tonk Women", "Start Me Up", and "It's All Over Now". "Ruby Tuesday" was about Keith Richards's one-time girlfriend, Linda Keith. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote the song.

From Quiz Days of the Week in Song Titles

Answer: "Monday, Monday" (The Mamas & the Papas)

"Monday, Monday" was The Mamas & the Papas' only number one hit in the US and it peaked at the top of the chart for three weeks in May, 1966. "Rainy Days and Mondays" by the Carpenters peaked at number two in 1971. "Blue Monday" recorded by Fats Domino topped at number five in 1956. "Come Monday" by Jimmy Buffett could only manage to get to number 30 in 1974.

From Quiz Ten Songs A Week

Answer: The Sandpipers

"Come Saturday Morning" is from "The Sterile Cuckoo," a 1976 film starring Liza Minnelli. The other groups each had at least one song with "Saturday" in the title: Bay City Rollers with "Saturday Night" (1976); Chicago with "Saturday In The Park" (1972); and Lynyrd Skynyrd with "Saturday Night Special" (1975).

From Quiz Song About Saturdays

Answer: Children play in the park.

"Children play in the park" was the first line from Chicago's Top Ten 1970 single, "Make me Smile", written by the band's trombone player, James Pankow. "Saturday In the Park" was written by Chicago's singer Robert Lamm. Peter Cetera played bass and provided backing vocals. Lamm entered the studio one day during the recording of the band's 1972 "Chicago V" album excited about all the things he had seen going on in a nearby park and decided to put them to music. The song is often played during Saturday afternoon baseball games at several US baseball fields including Wrigley Field in Chicago.

From Quiz Mondays in Pop Music

Answer: Jimmy Buffett

"Come Monday" was a single from Jimmy Buffett's "Living and Dying in 3/4 Time" album. The flip side was "The Wino I Know". "Come Monday" reached Number 30 on the US Billboard charts, establishing Jimmy Buffett as a Top Forty artist. Three years later Jimmy made the Top Ten with the Number Eight hit, "Margaritaville". It became his highest charting single until he released the Number Eight "Hey Good Lookin'" with Alan Jackson, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and George Strait in 2004. "Carefree Highway" was a 1974 Top ten for Gordon Lightfoot. Johnny Bristol charted with "Hang on in There Baby" in 1974 and Jim Stafford took "My Girl Bill" to Number 12.

From Quiz Sundays in the Sixties

Answer: Spanky and Our Gang

After releasing a cover version of the Beatles' "And Your Bird Can Sing" that failed to chart, Spanky and Our Gang bounced back with the Number Nine hit, "Sunday Will Never be the Same". Although they had other successful Top Forty chart hits including "Lazy Day", "Sunday Mornin'" and "Like to Get to Know You" they did not have another Top Ten US Billboard hit before breaking up in 1969. Other cover songs on albums recorded by the group included "Stardust", "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and "Everybody's Talkin'". When the Tikis released Leon Russell's arrangement of "Feeling Groovy" they changed their name to Harpers Bizarre. Harpers Bizarre drummer John Peterson had already tasted success when he was with The Beau Brummels. In 1967 "Hello, Hello" became a hit single from Sopwith Camel's eponymous debut album.

From Quiz Musical Days of the Week

Answer: New Order

New Order was formed in 1980 following the break-up of Joy Division. Bad Lieutenant was formed in 2007 following the break-up of New Order.

From Quiz "Saturday" Songs

Answer: Chicago

On Chicago's 1972 album "V", this gold single reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100. Noted for its "improvised Italian lyrics", this is a great song to lift one's spirit.

From Quiz A Song For Each Day of the Week

Answer: I Don't Like Mondays

On 29 January 1979, sixteen-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer shot and killed two adults and injured eight children and a police officer at an elementary school in San Diego, California. Later questioned about her motives, Spencer said "I don't like Mondays; this livens up the day". Tori Amos recorded a cover of the song, which was featured in an episode of The West Wing about a bomb blast at a college. It's a pretty eerie version.

From Quiz My Weekly Calendar

Answer: Wednesday

"Wednesday Morning 3 A.M." was the title cut from their debut album released in late 1964. The song was a flop when it came out, but was re-released in 1966, and went to number 30 on Billboard's U.S. Top 40 after the duo had some major success. Another song on the album which you may have heard of, was released a little later and had a little more success. It was called "Sounds Of Silence".

From Quiz "Tuesday" in Song Lyrics

Answer: George Ivan Morrison

This classic song, "Brown Eyed Girl", in it's original version, was considered at the time to be "too suggestive" for popular radio airplay. Well meaning editors worried about what actually happened in that green grass behind the stadium changed the lyrics to a more conservative view. This song was covered by many artists, some with the original lyrics, some with revised lyrics, including Billy Ray Cyrus, who was "Holding hands in the green grass".

From Quiz Popular Monday Tunes

Answer: Lindsey Buckingham

This 1975 classic was written by guitarist Lindsey Buckingham for his second effort of the duo Buckingham/Nicks. When Lindsey joined Fleetwood Mac, he brought this song, "Monday Morning", along with him.

From Quiz Days Of The Week

Answer: Melissa Etheridge

This is from the song "I Want To Be In Love", featured on Melissa's 2001 album, "Skin".

From Quiz Day By Day......a lyrics quiz

Answer: Monday Monday

'Monday Monday' was a number one hit for the Mamas and the Papas in 1966.

From Quiz Days Of The Week

Answer: Monday

'And every other day of the week is fine, yeah, but whenever Monday comes ----' from 'Monday, Monday', 1966

From Quiz Monday 'Til Friday Songs

Answer: Little River Band

From Quiz Saturday And Sunday Songs

Answer: Small Faces

From Quiz Songs With a Day of the Week in the Title

Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd's original band members were Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Larry Junstrom, and Bob Burns. Some songs by Lynyrd Skynyrd include "Sweet Home Alabama", "On The Hunt", and "Cry For The Bad Man". "Tuesday's Gone" has been in many films, including "Happy Gilmore". Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins wrote the song.

From Quiz Ten Songs A Week

Answer: Ruby Tuesday

"Ruby Tuesday" was a Billboard Hot 100 number one hit for The Rolling Stones in 1967. "Tuesday's Gone" was by Lynyrd Skynyrd (1963), "Tuesday Afternoon" by The Moody Blues (1968), and "Tuesday Morning" by The Pogues (1993).

From Quiz Song About Saturdays

Answer: Scotland

In 1966 the Saxons formed in Edinburgh, Scotland. After throwing a dart at a US map that landed on Bay City, Michigan, the band changed their name. They endured some personnel changes and released their first single in 1971. The single was a remake of the Gentry's hit, "Keep on Dancing" which led to an appearance on Britain's "Top of the Pops" program. Two years later they released a version of "Saturday Night" but the single failed to catch on. The song was recorded again with Les McKeown replacing Gordon "Nobby" Clark on vocals for the band's 1974 "Rollin'" LP. A single of the new version was released the following year and became the band's only US Number One single. The Bay City Rollers subsequently released other singles that reached the top slot in the UK,Canada and Australia.

From Quiz Mondays in Pop Music

Answer: Boomtown Rats

Bob Geldof was a former journalist with the NME magazine when he formed Boomtown Rats in 1975. In 1977 they released their first single, "Lookin' After No. 1". They followed later the same year with their debut album, "The Boomtown Rats". Geldorf went on to become involved in musical charities and formed Band Aid Trust in 1984. The final performance by the Boomtown Rats was at Self Aid in 1986. In 1976 the Number 12 "The Boys Are Back in Town" became Thin Lizzy's highest charting US single. In 1972 Horslips recorded their first album, "Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part" in the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. U2 broke into the US charts in 1983 with "New Year's Day".

From Quiz Sundays in the Sixties

Answer: Nat "King" Cole

The year 1963 was a good year for veteran singer Nat "King" Cole. He also had a Top Ten US hit with "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer". Joe Sherman and George David Weiss composed "That Sunday, That Summer" in 1963. The song has been recorded by over 20 artists including Natalie Cole, Johnny Mathis and Dinah Washington but Nat "King" Cole's version reached the highest spot on the US Billboard Charts. "Two Tickets To Paradise" was a Top Forty release by Brook Benton in 1963. Lloyd Price's "Misty" went to Number 21 the same year and "The Good Life" by Tony Bennett made it to Number 18.

From Quiz Musical Days of the Week

Answer: The Rolling Stones

All of these bands were considered part of the 'British Invasion' of the US music scene in the mid 1960s.

From Quiz "Saturday" Songs

Answer: Elton John

The song was a track on the 1973 album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album by Elton John. The single reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart and Top 20 in the US Billboard Hot 100. The song is about drinking, dancing and fighting.

From Quiz A Song For Each Day of the Week

Answer: Still I'm gonna miss you.

Paired with "Let's Spend the Night Together", the single reached number 1 in the US and number 3 in the UK. It was ranked 303 in Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

From Quiz My Weekly Calendar

Answer: Saturday

"Another Saturday Night" was a top ten hit for Sam Cooke in 1963, peaking at number ten on the Billboard charts that year. The song was most notably covered in 1974 by Cat Stevens. The talented Cooke had 29 Top 40 records in a span of eight years between 1957 and 1965. Unfortunately he was shot to death in 1965, in a dispute with a California hotel manager.

From Quiz "Tuesday" in Song Lyrics

Answer: The Moody Blues

The song "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)" is from the album and stage show "Days of Future Passed." The "concept" was to trace an "every-man's day" from awakening at dawn to going to sleep at night.

From Quiz Popular Monday Tunes

Answer: Monday Monday

Denny Doherty of the group the "Mamas and Papas" sings the lead of this classic hit of 1966. The song won a Grammy award in 1967 for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group.

From Quiz Days Of The Week

Answer: Bowling For Soup

This is from the single "Girl All The Bad Guys Want", Bowling For Soup's biggest hit so far. It is off 2002's "Drunk Enough To Dance" album

From Quiz Day By Day......a lyrics quiz

Answer: Lazy Sunday Afternoon

British band The Small Faces released this song in April 1968 and it went straight to the number two position on the UK charts.

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