A Potpourri of Pop II Trivia Quiz

Answer: Billie Joe McAllister

"Was the third of June, another sleepy dusty delta day
I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay
And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And Mama hollered at the back door "Y'all remember to wipe your feet
And then she said "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

"Ode To Billie Joe" written by Bobbie Gentry was number one for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for Bobbie Gentry in 1967. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart the same year. "Ode To Billie Joe" was her only number one hit and only Top 20 entry on the Billboard Hot 100. She had a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart with "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", which was number one for one week in 1969, it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

Answer: The Surfaris

"Down in Doheny where the surfers all go
There's a big beach blondie, named Surfer Joe
He's got a green surfboard and a Woody to match
And when he's ridin' the freeway's
Man, is he hard to catch"

"Surfer Joe" written by Ron Wilson peaked at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Surfaris in 1963. It did not chart on the UK Singles Chart. "Surfer Joe" was the B-Side of "Wipeout" which peaked at number two in 1963 and at number 16 in 1966. It was The Surfaris only Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and it was their only hit on the UK Singles Chart where it peaked at number five in 1963.

Answer: Eleanor

"Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for"

"Eleanor Rigby" written by Lennon/McCartney was number one for four weeks on the UK Singles Chart for The Beatles in 1966. It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year. In the UK it was a double A-Side with "Yellow Submarine", in the US it was the B-Side of "Yellow Submarine". "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" was the 11th consecutive number one hit for The Beatles on the UK Singles Chart which started with "From Me To You" in 1963.

Answer: The New Vaudeville Band

"Winchester Cathedral, you're bringin' me down
You stood and you watched as, my baby left town
You could have done something but you didn't try
You didn't do nothing, you let her walk by"

"Winchester Cathedral" written by Geoff Stephens peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart for The New Vaudeville Band in 1966. It was number one for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year. It won the 1967 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&R Recording. Other nominees, "Cherish"-The Association, "Good Vibrations"-The Beach Boys, "Eleanor Rigby"-The Beatles, "Monday, Monday"-The Mamas & The Papas and "Last Train To Clarksville"-The Monkees.

Answer: Mrs. Avery

"Sylvia's mother, says Sylvia's busy
Too busy to come to the phone
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's tryin'
To start a new life of her own
Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's happy
So why don't you leave her alone?
And the operator says forty cents more
For the next three minutes
Please, Mrs. Avery I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her awhile
Please, Mrs. Avery I just want to tell her, goodbye"

"Sylvia's Mother" written by Shel Silverstein peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 for Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show in 1972. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart the same year. Between 1972 and 1980 they had six Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and six Top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart which included "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman", number one for three weeks in 1979.

Answer: 19th Nervous Breakdown

"When you were a child you were treated kind
But never brought up right
You were always spoiled with a thousand toys
But still you cried all night
Your mother who neglected you
Owes a million dollars tax
And your father's still perfecting ways of making sealing wax"

"19th Nervous Breakdown" written by Jagger/Richards peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart for The Rolling Stones in 1966. It also peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year. Incredibly it was the only Rolling Stones record to peak at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart during the '60s. "19th Nervous Breakdown" brought to an end a run of five consecutive number one hits for The Rolling Stones on the UK Singles Chart.

Answer: Crazy Little Thing Called Love/Another One Bites The Dust

"This thing called love
I just can't handle it
This thing called love
I must get 'round to it, I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love"

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" written by Freddie Mercury was number one for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for Queen in 1980. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1979.

"Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust, yeah
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust"

"Another One Bites The Dust" written by John Deacon was number one for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for Queen in 1980. It peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart the same year. Queen had their two number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the '80s and four number one hits on the UK Singles Chart in the '70s, '80s and '90s. The last one was the re-release of "Bohemian Rhapsody" which added five more weeks at number one in 1991, to the nine from 1975/76.

Answer: Dolly Parton/Sheena Easton

"Working 9 to 5 what a way to make a living
Barely gettin' by it's all taking and no giving
They just use your mind and they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it"

"9 To 5" written by Dolly Parton was number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for Dolly Parton in 1981. It peaked at number 47 on the UK singles chart the same year.

"My baby takes the morning train
He works from nine to five and then
He takes another home again
To find me waitin' for him"

"Morning Train (Nine To Five)" written by Florrie Palmer was number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for Sheena Easton in 1981. It peaked at number three on the UK singles chart in 1980. In May 1980 Sheena Easton releases "9 To 5" in the UK, in November 1980 Dolly Parton releases "9 To 5" in the USA. In February 1981 EMI releases Sheena Easton's "9 To 5" in the USA but change the title to "Morning Train (Nine To Five)", so as not to clash with "9 To 5" by Dolly Parton.

Answer: The Kinks

"They put a parking lot on a piece of land
Where the supermarket used to stand
Before that they put up a bowling alley
On the site that used to be the local Palais
That's where the big bands used to come and play
My sister went there on a Saturday
Come dancin', all her boyfriends used to come and call
Why not come dancin' it's only natural"

"Come Dancing" written by Ray Davies peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Kinks in 1983. It peaked at number 12 on the UK singles chart the same year. The Kinks missed out with a number of their UK hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the '60s. Never as popular in the US as Herman's Hermits or the DC5, they out did both in the UK with 13 Top 10 hits, including three number one hits, "You Really Got Me" (1964), "Tired Of Waiting For You" (1965) and "Sunny Afternoon" (1966).

Answer: Unchained Melody

"Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea, yeah
Lonely rivers sigh, "Wait for me, wait for me
I'll be coming home, wait for me"

"Unchained Melody" written by Alex North/Hy Zaret was number one for four weeks on the UK singles chart for The Righteous Brothers in 1990. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year. In 1965 The Righteous Brothers had a UK number one hit with "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'". Later that year "Unchained Melody" peaked at number 14 on the UK singles chart. The song was used in the 1990 movie "Ghost" and became a hit all over again, just over 25 years later.