Baby Boomers 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Marianne Faithfull

I am Marianne Faithfull and was only eighteen years old when my first two albums "Come My Way" and "Marianne Faithfull" were both well received in the UK, and the self-titled album reached number twelve on the US charts. I released a great number of albums over the years.

After my "Give My Love To London" album in 2014, I started a twelve month fiftieth anniversary tour. My most recognized acting performance came in 2007 when the European Film Academy nominated me for my role as Maggie in "Irina Palm" but was beaten by Helen Mirren for "The Queen".

The four UK top ten songs of mine in the quiz' introduction were- "As Tears Go By", "Come and Stay With Me", "Little Bird" and "Summer Nights". In 1999 I was named number 25 in VH1'S 100 Greatest Women Of Rock and Roll.

Answer: Johnny Crawford

Hi! I'm Johnny Crawford and I first made an appearance on TV as a Mouseketeer in the Mickey Mouse Club's first year in 1955 and became better known as Mark McCain alongside Chuck Connors' Lucas McCain in the western series "The Rifleman" which premiered in 1958 when I was twelve years old. I was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in this role a year later but was beaten by Dennis Weaver in "Gunsmoke".

In 1970 I starred in the short western movie, "The Resurrection of Broncho Billy" which won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject. Since then I have cameoed in many popular TV shows and I now lead a vintage dance orchestra sponsored by the Playboy Jazz Festival in California.

The three Top Tens of mine from 1962, that featured in the question, were "Rumors", "Cindy's Birthday" and "Your Nose Is Gonna Grow".

Answer: Sandie Shaw

Sandie Shaw was known as the "Barefoot Princess of the Sixties" and her crowning achievement was winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 and more than doubling the score of the second-placed act with "Puppet On a String" which also topped the UK charts and got to number two in Australia.

Her other number ones in the UK, "Long Live Love" and "Always Something There To Remind Me", along with two Top Tens "Message Understood" and "Girl Don't Come" featured in the introduction. In 2012 she joined Amnesty International to assist the strong protest against human rights abuses in Azerbaijan, host country of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.

Answer: Jimmy Buffett

Hello, my name is Jimmy Buffett and I am best known for country and folk music with a helping of what has been categorized as "drunken Caribbean rock'n'roll" My best efforts on the Billboard singles charts with the aforementioned songs "Come Monday", "Margaritaville", "It's Five O'clock Somewhere" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise".

However I have managed eleven Top Ten US country albums since 1970 with two of these being "latter day" number ones in 2004 and 2006 with "License to Chill" and "Take The Weather With You".

In honor of two of the best selling singles, I have named my restaurant chains "Margaritaville Cafes" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise". My fans have earned the title "Parrot Heads" because of a growing number wearing parrot hats. Nowadays there are 239 Parrothead chapters in the US and they have earned a reputation as fine charity workers for many different causes.

Answer: Kiki Dee

Yes, I'm Kiki Dee (born Pauline Matthews) and my only number one single was "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" in 1976 with Elton John (born Reginald Dwight), which topped the charts in the UK, US, Australia, and at least three other countries. And I nearly made top spot again in 1993 in another duet with Elton singing the old Cole Porter classic "True Love" which got to number two in the UK charts. My other top twenty hits all came in the late seventies and early eighties with "Amoureuse", "I've Got The Music In Me", "Loving And Free" and "Star". My self titled album was the most successful in reaching number twenty-four in 1977.

Answer: Don Henley

You have probably guessed by now that I am Don Henley and when going solo after the initial breakup of The Eagles I had quite a deal of success, particularly on the US Mainstream charts with four number one hit singles. Those being "All She Wants To Do Is Dance", "Boys Of Summer", "Dirty Laundry" and "The End Of The Innocence", and a great duo with Patty Smyth produced "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" which labored for six weeks in second spot on the Billboard charts behind "End Of The Road" by Boys11Men.

Answer: David Bowie

You would have guessed that I am David Bowie (born David Jones) and have departed this earth after a very busy musical career which, over forty years, earned me five number one singles and twenty four top tens on the UK charts. My eighty five albums also brought me a lot of success worldwide.

The 1983 single "Let's Dance" was my most successful release and topped the charts in seven countries including the UK and US. My first ever top five hit "Space Oddity" won me the Ivor Novello Award for songwriting and composing in 1969.

The song was re-released as a maxi single in 1975 and achieved the number one place in the UK.

Answer: Shakin' Stevens

Hello, I'm Michael Barratt, but you know me as Shakin' Stevens, and after a fruitless musical career in the 1970s, I was able to revive some old favorites in 1981 and turn my career around almost overnight. The Rosemary Clooney 1954 number one song on the US charts "This Ole House" was first, and my cover version went to the top of the UK charts for three weeks and also aced the Australian, Irish and Swedish lists.

Then, my take on the Jim Lowe 1956 smash "Green Door" spent four weeks at the top in the UK, as did the 1958 number five billboard hit "Oh Julie" by The Crescendos also got there for one week. Those three songs also topped the Irish lists along with "You Drive Me Crazy" which also went number one in Australia.

It seems that my music was only accepted in Europe and Australasia as it never came to the attention of the Billboard statistician.

Answer: Leo Sayer

My birth name is Gerard Hugh Sayer but you know me as Leo Sayer, and back in the 1970s I had great success in breaking into the UK record charts with nine of my first eleven releases make it into the top ten.{ironically one of the "failures" "Thunder in My Heart" that only peaked at number twenty-two, was remixed by Meck in 20006, and went to the top). My fifth and sixth songs, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "When I Need You" both peaked at number one, with the latter named song being my only top hit in the UK. My first seven albums performed extremely well and were almost mirrored along the way in Australia, and culminated with "The Best Of" album topping the list in both countries, and also in New Zealand.

Answer: James Taylor

Hello, I'm James Taylor and my big break in the record industry came in early 1970 with my number three ranked album "Sweet Baby James" which primarily contained my own compositions and included what was to become my signature song "Fire And Rain" which also peaked at number three on the Billboard singles charts.

The second album named "Mud Slide Slim" reached number two on the US charts and included the Carole King classic "You've Got A Friend" which went on to be my only number one single on the Billboard charts.

After a host of top ten albums I finally got to number one on the US album charts with a collection of my own songs "Before This World" in 2015.