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Country Cross-Overs - the '60s Quiz

One of the pleasures of Top 40 radio was being exposed to all sorts of music. So it came that all of these country songs "crossed over" to the Pop Charts. Do you remember them? All chart info is from the Billboard Top 100 Pop Charts.

A multiple-choice quiz by JRooowe. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
JRooowe

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
341,764

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Country music got off to a great start in the 60s. What country classic grabbed off the Number One position on the Billboard Pop Charts on the very first week of the decade? Hint

"Young Love" - Sonny James

"El Paso" - Marty Robbins

"Stand By Your Man" - Tammy Wynette

"Last Date "- Floyd Cramer

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Question 2 of 10

2. All of these songs refer to President John Kennedy except one. Which one? Hint

My Daddy Is President

Abraham, Martin and John

In the Summer of His Years

Big Bad John

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Question 3 of 10

3. It was 1961 and there was Tex Ritter talkin' about meeting up with Hank Williams, Johnny Horton and Jimmy Rodgers. Just where was this meeting place? Hint

The Last Round Up

Hill-Billy Heaven

Nashville's Fan Fest

Ryman Auditorium

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Question 4 of 10

4. Few country artists have seen the cross-over success that Glen Campbell has. Which of these four records was Glen's first Top Ten hit on the Billboard Pop Charts? Hint

By the Time I Get To Phoenix

Gentle On My Mind

Wichita Lineman

Galveston

5. In the early '60s this country music performer had four records make the Top 40 on the Billboard Pop Charts. In 1964, however, a tragic plane crash cut short the life of this star. Who was it? Hint

Patsy Cline

Jim Reeves

Johnny Cash

Hank Williams

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Question 6 of 10

6. When the Statler Brothers weren't "counting flowers on the wall" they were busy watching TV. What was their show of choice? Hint

The Lone Ranger

Captain Kangaroo

The Price Is Right

The O'Reilly Factor

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1960 Johnny Horton thought it would be a good idea to sink what ship? Hint

The Bismarck

The Edmund Fitzgerald

Sloop John B

Little Red Rented Rowboat

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Question 8 of 10

8. Honoring a personal request, Roy Clark sang his biggest cross-over hit "Yesterday When I Was Young" at whose funeral? Hint

Richard Nixon

Tupac Shakur

Buck Owens

Mickey Mantle

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Question 9 of 10

9. Country classic "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin" has been recorded by Elvis, Conway Twitty, Sonny James and over a hundred others. Who was the writer? Hint

Johnny Tillotson

Hawkshaw Hawkins

Willie Nelson

Bill Anderson

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Question 10 of 10

10. It was back in '68 that someone "socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A. Who could it have been? Hint

Mrs. Johnson

Widow Brown

Mrs. Robinson

Ingemar Johansson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Country music got off to a great start in the 60s. What country classic grabbed off the Number One position on the Billboard Pop Charts on the very first week of the decade?

Answer: "El Paso" - Marty Robbins

Entering the Billboard Pop Charts in November of '59, Marty Robbins' "El Paso" took the Number One spot on January 4, 1960. It replaced Frankie Avalon's record "Why" and held the position for two weeks.

2. All of these songs refer to President John Kennedy except one. Which one?

Answer: Big Bad John

Country star Jimmy Dean's 1961 mega-hit was about a miner called Big Bad John. Seven year old Jo Ann Morse, aka Little Jo Ann, had the minor hit "My Daddy Is President" in 1962; "I'm learning the alphabet... A B C D J F K..."

3. It was 1961 and there was Tex Ritter talkin' about meeting up with Hank Williams, Johnny Horton and Jimmy Rodgers. Just where was this meeting place?

Answer: Hill-Billy Heaven

Tex's spoken narrative "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven" reached Number 20 on the Billboard Pop Charts in the summer of '61. Starting in the '30s, Tex appeared in dozens of western movies... and picked up the nickname "America's Most Beloved Cowboy."

4. Few country artists have seen the cross-over success that Glen Campbell has. Which of these four records was Glen's first Top Ten hit on the Billboard Pop Charts?

Answer: Wichita Lineman

Released in late 1968, "Wichita Lineman" made it to Number Three; he would not score a Number One until "Rhinestone Cowboy" made it in 1975. It is amazing that Glen's signature song "Gentle On My Mind" never charted higher than Number 39.

5. In the early '60s this country music performer had four records make the Top 40 on the Billboard Pop Charts. In 1964, however, a tragic plane crash cut short the life of this star. Who was it?

Answer: Jim Reeves

Jim Reeves is best known for his hit "He'll Have To Go." It entered the charts at the very end of 1959 and remained in the Top 100 for an impressive 23 weeks... peaking at Number Two. Patsy Cline also had four Top 40 hits; she was killed in a plane crash in 1963.

6. When the Statler Brothers weren't "counting flowers on the wall" they were busy watching TV. What was their show of choice?

Answer: Captain Kangaroo

"...smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo.." "Flowers on the Wall", made the Top Ten on the Pop Charts in 1966 and was their biggest Pop Chart hit. The Statlers are not actually brothers... in fact none of them is even named Statler. They retired in 2002.

7. In 1960 Johnny Horton thought it would be a good idea to sink what ship?

Answer: The Bismarck

Inspired by the film of the same name, "Sink the Bismarck" was Johnny's second Top Ten cross-over hit; it reached Number Three on the Pop Charts. Johnny was married to the widow of Hank Williams at the time of his death in late 1960. Johnny was killed in an auto accident.

8. Honoring a personal request, Roy Clark sang his biggest cross-over hit "Yesterday When I Was Young" at whose funeral?

Answer: Mickey Mantle

Mickey thought this song summed up his life; regrets for his hard living, selfish ways, and missing quality years with his kids apparently haunted his later years. I'm not sure if Tupac Shakur had any idea who Roy was.

9. Country classic "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin" has been recorded by Elvis, Conway Twitty, Sonny James and over a hundred others. Who was the writer?

Answer: Johnny Tillotson

Sometimes pop star, sometimes country artist, Johnny was able to successfully navigate both fields. Johnny took this tune to Number Three on the Billboard Pop Charts in 1962. His version of this song was nominated for a Grammy as "Best Country and Western Recording."

10. It was back in '68 that someone "socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A. Who could it have been?

Answer: Mrs. Johnson

According to Jeannie C. Riley, Mrs. Johnson got that nasty note and went to their meeting that very afternoon. A Number One smash, "Harper Valley P.T.A." was Jeannie's only cross-over Top 40 hit. It was the basis for a silly 1978 movie starring Barbara Eden.

Source: Author JRooowe

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