Beatles, Rolling Stones, Who, or Queen? Quiz

Answer: The Beatles

From the album "A Hard Day's Night", "Money Can't Buy Me Love" was one of five Beatles songs that held the top five positions on the US Hot 100 on April 4, 1964.

The song was written by Paul McCartney, who sang lead vocals.

It topped the UK singles charts and the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964 and was also a number one in Australia and Ireland.

Answer: Queen

"Bohemian Rhapsody" was written by Freddie Mercury, and while many interpretations have been put forward, the band always declined to delve into what was in Mercury's mind.

At almost six minutes long, this was one of the longest songs ever to top a hit parade. (Elton John is reputed to have said: "Are you mad? You'll never get that on the radio!")

In a poll by Guinness World Records in 2002, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was named Britain's favourite pop song of all time.

On its release in 1975, the song topped the charts in six countries. It returned to the top of the UK charts when re-released after Mercury's death in 1991.

Answer: The Beatles

"Blackbird" was written by Paul McCartney about the struggle for Civil Rights in the USA.

He told "Mojo" magazine in October 2008: "We were totally immersed in the whole saga which was unfolding. So I got the idea of using a blackbird as a symbol for a black person.

"It wasn't necessarily a black 'bird', but it works that way, as much as then you called girls 'birds'; the Everlys had had 'Bird Dog,' so the word 'bird' was around. 'Take these broken wings' was very much in my mind, but it wasn't exactly an ornithological ditty; it was purposely symbolic."

It was on "The White Album" in 1970.

Answer: The Rolling Stones

The Stones wrote "Honkey Tonk Women" as a country song.

Keith Richards later said: "It's all cowboys. It's all horses and spurs. And Mick and I were sitting on the porch of this ranch house and I started to play, basically fooling around with an old Hank Williams idea. 'Cause we really thought we were like real cowboys. Honky tonk women..."

The song topped the official UK charts and the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969 and was also a number one in Australia, Ireland, and Switzerland.

Answer: The Who

Of the infamous stutter in the vocals, Roger Daltrey told "Uncut" magazine in October 2001: "I have got a stutter. I control it much better now but not in those days. When we were in the studio doing 'My Generation', Kit Lambert came up to me and said 'STUTTER!' I said 'What?' He said 'Stutter the words - it makes it sound like you're pilled' And I said, 'Oh... like I am!'
"And that's how it happened. It was always in there, it was always suggested with the 'f-f-fade' but the rest of it was improvised."

Pete Townsend, who wrote it, said: "'My Generation' was very much about trying to find a place in society. I was very, very lost. The band was young then. It was believed that its career would be incredibly brief."

The song was a UK number two in 1965 and hit the top ten in several other countries. Americans were less impressed, it topped out at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Answer: The Who

"The Song Is Over" was written by Pete Townsend and was on the 1971 album "Who's Next".

Answer: The Rolling Stones

Released in 1965, this was on the album "December's Children (And Everybody's)".

It was to be the Stones' second successive US number one.

Keith Richards later said: "'Get Off My Cloud' was basically a response to people knocking on our door asking us for the follow up to 'Satisfaction,' which was such an enormous hit worldwide.

"This, to us, was mind-blowing. I mean not only was it a number one record but, boom!
"We thought, 'At last. We can sit back and maybe think about events.' Suddenly there's the knock at the door and of course what came out of that was 'Get Off Of My Cloud.'

"Because within three weeks, in those days hey, they want another single. And we weren't quite ready for that. So it was our response to the knock at the door: Get off of my cloud. And I'm surprised that it did so well. I mean it has a certain charm but I really remember it as a knee-jerk reaction. And it came out better than I thought."

Answer: The Beatles

"I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" was written by John Lennon, with George Harrison taking lead vocal. It was on the 1964 album "A Hard Day's Night".

It was also on the "Hard Day's Night" movie.

Answer: The Rolling Stones

From the 1971 album "Sticky Fingers", slave trading and the abuse of slaves were central themes.

The recording took place in Sheffield, Alabama, in 1969. Mick Jagger later spoke of "Brown Sugar" while he was filming the movie "Ned Kelly" (released in 1970) in Australia.

Answer: Queen

From the 1974 album "Queen II", "The Seven Seas of Rhye" gave the band their first chart success in the UK.

The song was written by Freddie Mercury about a fantasy world called Rhye that he had created with his sister, Kashmira.