Bobbys of Pop Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bobby Day

To many, Bobby Day was a one-hit-wonder. He did however make the charts a few times in and outside the USA. His first hit was "Little Bitty Pretty One" which he wrote. Then followed his big hit "Rockin' Robin". The flipside of "Rockin' Robin" was "Over and Over" written by Day and a US number one in 1965 for the Dave Clark Five.

This was followed with "The Bluebird, The Buzzard and The Oriole" and "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz".

Answer: Bobby Darin

"Splish Splash" was the multi-talented Bobby Darin's first hit, and is considered one of the classic Rock and Roll songs. Bobby Darin had many hits and has been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Answer: Bobby Rydell

Between 1959 and 1965, Bobby Rydell placed 30 songs on the Billboard Pop Charts. More than half of these songs made the top 20. Rydell's biggest hits were, "Wild One", "Swinging School", "Kissin' Time" and "Good Time Baby". He then successfully reworked, "Sway", "That Old Black Magic" and "Volare". Bobby was one of the many Teen Idols of the early 1960s.

Answer: Bobby Bloom

Bobby Bloom was a one-hit-wonder, his recording of "Montego Bay" made the top ten on Billboard's pop chart in 1970. Bobby worked as a songwriter in the 1960s; his most well known song, co-written with Jeff Barry, was "Mony, Mony" a number three hit for Tommy James and The Shondells in 1968 and a number one for Billy Idol in 1987.

Answer: Bobby Curtola

Bobby Curtola hit the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962 reaching number 41 for fourteen weeks with "Fortune Teller". Curtola was a major popstar in the early 1960s in Canada. Indeed, he charted 30 songs between 1960 and 1966 with 20 of those reaching the top 15. Bobby Curtola died at his home in June 2016 mere months after his partner tragically died in an automobile accident.

Answer: Bobby Helms

Bobby Helms was basically a country singer who scored two crossover hits in 1957
with, "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel". His best known and most famous tune is "Jingle Bell Rock". Originally released in 1957, "Jingle Bell Rock" revisits the charts almost every December.

Answer: Bobby Comstock

A top fifty hit in 1963, "Let's Stomp" was the last hit for Bobby Comstock. Despite plenty of airplay in Australia "Let's Stomp" did not make the national chart. The song was however a favourite of surfin' stomp bands of the time. Bobby Comstock and his band (The Counts) charted in 1959 with a 'rock' version of "The Tennessee Waltz".

Answer: Bobby Lewis

Bobby Lewis had the distinction of having the number one charting song of 1961 with "Tossin' and Turnin'". The song was on the Billboard Hot 100 for 23 weeks spending seven weeks at number one. The song was followed by "One Track Mind" which peaked at number ten, Bobby then faded from the recording scene.

Answer: Bobby Edwards

Born in Alabama, Bobby Edwards enjoyed a brief career charting a few songs only on the Billboard Country chart and a number 11 on the Pop Chart. "You're the Reason" was his biggest hit and became his signature song. Bobby reportedly retired from the music business in the early 1970s.

Answer: Bobby Pedrick, Jr

Born Robert John Pedrick Jr and recording as Bobby Pedrick he charted at twelve years old, with "White Bucks and Saddle Shoes". In 1972 he made number three on the Billboard pop charts with a reworking of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" now recording as Robert John. His biggest hit came in 1979 with "Sad Eyes" unique in the fact it was a late seventies number one without a disco slant.

Answer: Bobby Fuller

Originally recorded by The Crickets, "I Fought The Law" was Bobby Fuller's biggest hit. Born in Texas but moved to Salt Lake City, Utah at a young moving to El Paso Texas at age 14. Starting his own band with brother Randy, he played clubs and dances around El Paso recording for small labels in Texas and New Mexico. Bobby moved to Los Angeles where as the leader of The Bobby Fuller Four he issued, "Saturday Night", "I Fought The Law" and "Loves Made A Fool Of You". Bobby died under mysterious circumstances in his car in 1966 at the tender age of 23.

Answer: Bobby Russell

Much better known as a songwriter, Bobby Russell took "Saturday Morning Confusion' into the charts in 1971, reaching number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other charting songs were "1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero" and "Carlie". As a songwriter he wrote "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" for his then wife, Vicki Lawrence.

He also wrote, "Little Green Apples" a number two hit for O C Smith, "Honey" a number one hit for Bobby Goldsboro and "The Joker Went Wild" a top twenty for Brian Hyland.

Answer: Bobby Goldsboro

Written by Bobby Russell, "Honey" stayed at Number one for five weeks in 1968 for Bobby Goldsboro. Goldsboro had many hits on the Billboard hot 100 with "Honey" being the biggest. He also charted with "Voodoo Woman", "Little Things", "Watching Scotty Grow", "Summer (The First Time)" and "It's Too Late". In all he placed 27 singles on the Hot 100 between 1962 and 1973. From 1973-75 Bobby had his own television series and in 1990 he composed the theme song for the TV series "Evening Shade" starring Burt Reynolds.

Answer: Bobby Vinton

"Blue on Blue" was a number three hit for Bobby Vinton in 1963. Bobby had over 40 Hot 100 hits between 1962 and 1981. He achieved the number one position four times with, "Roses Are Red (My Love)", "Blue Velvet", "There! I've Said It Again" and "Mr Lonely". Bobby Vinton for many years owned and performed at his own theatre in Branson Missouri.

As of 2015 at age 80 Bobby was still performing.

Answer: Bobby Vee

Bobby Vee made number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962 with "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes". He had top ten hits with "Devil or Angel", "Rubber Ball", "Take Good Care of My Baby" a number one in 1961 and "Run To Him". Bobby charted over 35 singles between 1959 and 1970. Bobby recorded "One Last Kiss" from the musical "Bye Bye Birdie" in 1960, the song did not chart in the US but in a twist of fate it made number one in Australia tied with Billy "Crash" Craddock's version in February 1961, displacing his own record "Rubber Ball" in the top spot.

In England where he was very popular, he appeared with both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Both Bobby Vee and Bobby Vinton were married for over 50 years to the same women, a rarity in showbiz.