Do You Really Mean "Goodbye"? Trivia Quiz

Answer: James Darren

James Darren discovered and became a teen idol in the late 1950s with his appearance in the origiNal motion picture called "Gidget". He also laid claim to fame as a pop singer with his "Goodbye Cruel World" which became a major Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at number three during 1961.

He followed with a couple of more Top 40 placings but turned to acting full time with a co-starring role in "The Guns Of Navarone" during 1961, and then a full time role in the television series "Time Tunnel" in the late 1960s and in the 1970s he was a regular on the series "T.J.Hooker".

Answer: The Casinos

"The You Can Tell Me Goodbye" was a doo-wop style song performed by The Casinos, from Cincinnati Ohio. It reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts with a number six placing during its run in 1967. It was their only Top 40 hit. It also reached number 28 in the U.K.

Answer: Hello Goodbye

"Hello, Goodbye" was a 1967 composition credited to Lennon/McCartney, but actually written by Paul McCartney. The song was part of the "Magical Mystery Tour" album and was released in 1967, becoming number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and the U.K. charts. McCartney made a statement when he was interview about the record by a reporter from Disc Magazine that the song was "about everything and nothing; if you have black then you have to have white, that's what makes everything so simple" he said.

Answer: Never Can Say Goodbye

The Jackson 5 released "Never Can Say Goodbye" in 1971 and took it to the number two spot on the Billboard charts that year as well as a number 33 placing in the U.K. Michael Jackson was singing about love at the age of 12...hmmm. Gloria Gaynor took the song in 1974 and went up the charts reaching as high as number nine that year.

This version was one of the most well known of the disco era.

Answer: Yellow

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin was a 1973 single off the album of the same name. The song reached the number two position on the U.S. Billboard charts as well as number six in the U.K. and number four in Ireland. In some circles this is considered to be Elton John's best song.

Answer: David Gates

David Gates was a successful member and lead singer of the group Bread, who had such memorable hits as "Make It With You", "If", and It Don't Matter To me" in the early 1970s. Gates went out on his own for a solo career in the mid 1970s. His biggest success as a solo artist was this song, which peaked at number 15 on the Billboard charts in 1977, and was the theme song from the motion picture starring Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason.

Answer: Love

"Goodbye To Love" was written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis and was performed by Karen and Richard Carpenter. The song was released in 1972 and went to number seven on the U.S. Billboard charts as well as number six in the U.K. and number for in Canada. Richard said the song came about while he was watching a 1940 film called Rhythm on The River in which they kept referring to a composer's unfinished work called "Goodbye To Love", and that's what inspired the song.

Answer: 5 years

Joel cut the original recording of "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" for his 1976 Turnstiles album but never released it as a single. The song only got onto the chart in 1981, five years later, when he released a live concert version of the song. That's the one most people are familiar with. This version went as high as number 17 on the U.S. Billboard charts.

Answer: You

"Goodbye to You' was a release from this group led by Patti Smyth. It was written by group member Zack Smith and came of an album simply titled 'Scandal'. The song could only muster a number 65 placing on the Billboard Hot 100 charts that year. The New York City based group would have more success down the road with a song called "The Warrior" which became a number seven charting song in 1984. One interesting note about Scandal's history. For a short time, one of the members of the group was Jon Bon Jovi.

Answer: Never

"Never Say Goodbye" was Bon Jovi's fourth release off their hugely successful "Slippery When Wet" album of 1986. Curiously, this song never made it to the U.S Billboard Hot 100 charts, but did manage a number 11 placing on the U.S Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. It also placed in the U. K. at number 21.