Black, Red, Yellow...and Other Colours in Song Quiz

Answer: Black Magic Woman

"Black Magic Woman" was written by Peter Green for Fleetwood Mac. It first appeared as a single and in 1969 appeared on their album "English Rose". Santana covered it in 1970 and since then it has been done by various others, including the ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist, Snowy White.

Answer: Brown Eyed Girl

"Brown Eyed Girl" was written by Van Morrison and was released in June 1967 and became an instant hit. According to Morrison, the Romantic poets were an influence in this song.

Something interesting I found while researching this song, was that is was originally meant to be called "Brown-Skinned Girl" which Morrison said was a mistake. Well, mistake or not, "Brown Eyed Girl" is a BIG favourite of mine :)

Answer: Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road

"Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road" was created in honour of Elton John and to commemorate Elton John's first concert in Vermont which is also the home of the ice cream makers. The ice cream contained chocolate ice cream, butter brickle, white chocolate pieces and peanut butter biscuit dough. I could do with some now :)

Answer: Sister Golden Hair

Written by Gerry Beckley, "Sister Golden Hair" as recorded by the band America for their album "Hearts". Unfortunately it reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 but only remained in the top position for a week.

Answer: 1910 Fruit Gum Company

Wacky name for a band but the 1910 Fruit Gum Company went on to produce a number of hits for which they received gold discs including "Simon Says" and "Indian Giver".

Answer: Red Red Wine

"Red Red Wine" was written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond but was made famous by the Reggae group UB40.

"Beaujolais" was sung by the Alan Parsons Project, "Bitter Wine" was done by Bon Jovi, and "Champagne Supernova" was by Oasis

That's enough talk of wine, I need a glass :)

Answer: Tommy James and the Shondells

"Crimson and Clover" was a 1968 song written by Tommy James and Peter Lucia Jr., drummer of "Tommy James and the Shondells". It has sold in excess of five million copies to make it their best hit. Joan Jett, Prince, Cher and many other artists have all covered it as well over the years.

Answer: Bob Dylan

"Diamonds and Rust" was released in 1975 and in her second autobiography "A Voice to Sing with" she admitted that this song alluded to and brought back fond memories of her relationship with Bob Dylan which had fizzled out years ago.

Answer: Forever in Blue Jeans

Written by Neil Diamond and his guitarist Richard Bennett, "Forever in Blue Jeans" was released as a single in 1979. According to various sources, sales of blue jeans soared in that year.

Answer: Irving Berlin

"White Christmas" was written by Irving Berlin in 1940 and the story goes that he told his secretary to "grab her pen and write down the best song I've ever written."

It was sung in by Bing Crosby on Christmas Day, 1941 and in 1942 it spent eleven weeks on the US Billboard Charts, being especially popular with the Armed Forces Network which was flooded with requests.

On April 30, 1975, a recording was broadcast on the radio as a secret, pre-arranged signal precipitating the U.S. evacuation from Saigon.