Hello Darkness My Old Friend Trivia Quiz

Answer: AC/DC

AC/DC released "You Shook Me All Night Long" in 1980 on their "Back in Black" album. It was the first single to have Brian Johnson on vocals after the untimely death of former lead singer Bon Scott. The song reached position thirty-five on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart.

As expected, it did better on the Australian charts, reaching number eight. Surprisingly, the best chart position was in France, with the song reaching fifth place.

Answer: The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones released "Ruby Tuesday" and "Lets Spend The Night Together" as a double A-side single in 1967. "Ruby Tuesday" topped the charts and "Lets Spend The Night Together" managed fifty-fifth place on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart. "Lets Spend The Night Together" was recorded for the Stones' 1967 album "Between The Buttons".

The song did better on the UK charts, reaching third place and it topped the charts in Germany.

Answer: The Beatles

The Beatles recorded the song "A Hard Day's Night" for the album "A Hard Day's Night", which contained songs from the soundtrack of their film "A Hard Day's Night" in 1964. As can be expected, the album topped the charts in the UK, as well as Germany and Australia. The album also topped the US Billboard charts and remained there for fourteen weeks. The song itself was released as a single and topped the UK Singles chart, US "Billboard Hot 100" and US "Cash Box Top 100". It also reached number one in Australia, Canada, Norway, Netherlands and Ireland.

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards and was rated by certain critics at the time, to be the second best film behind Stanley Kubrick's "Dr Strangelove".

Answer: The Moody Blues

"Nights In White Satin" was released in 1967 by The Moody Blues from their album "Days Of Future Passed". This song charted four times in various years. Firstly reaching position nineteen on the UK Singles chart in 1967. It then reached second position in 1972 on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart and first place on the US "Cash Box" chart.

It then charted again in the UK in 1972, reaching ninth place. It was then re-released in 1979, earning a fourteenth place on the UK charts.

Answer: Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Cliff released the single "Reggae Night" in 1983 from the album "The Power and the Glory". This song was co-written by Latoya Jackson, who then covered the song in 1991 for her album "No Relations". Jimmy Cliff's song did fairly well internationally, the only number one chart spot being achieved in New Zealand.

Answer: Paper Lace

Paper Lace recorded the single "The Night Chicago Died" from their album "And Other Bits of Material, Paper Lace" in 1974. The song reached number one on the US "Billboard Hot 100" and third place on the UK charts. Paper Lace, a British band, wrote the song based on what they had seen in gangster films and the song is not strictly based on historical events. Technically there is no east side of Chicago, as directly to the east of downtown Chicago, is Lake Michigan.

Answer: Sam Cooke

"Another Saturday Night" was recorded by Sam Cooke in 1963 and released on his album "Ain't That Good News". It reached position ten on the US "Billboard Hot 100". Cat Stevens recorded the song in 1974 for his album "Saturnight" which reached position six on the same chart. It also reached number one twice in Canada.

Answer: George Benson

"Give Me The Night" was released in 1980 from the album of the same name. It was Benson's first number one hit single, reaching number one on the US "Billboard Soul Singles" chart. It also reached number four on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart and position two on the US "Billboard Hot Disco Singles" chart.

Answer: Them

Them was fronted by Van Morrison and they recorded "Here Comes the Night" in 1965 for their album "Them: Featuring Here Comes the Night". The song was originally recorded by UK artist Lulu in 1964, but was unsuccessful for her reaching a mere fiftieth place on the UK Singles Charts. Them's version reached second place on the same chart a year later.

Answer: Bee Gees

"Night Fever" was recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 and appeared on the soundtrack to the John Travolta film "Saturday Night Fever". The soundtrack album "Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track" featured six Bee Gees songs and topped both the US and UK charts for a number of weeks.

The album was added to the Library of Congresses National Recording Registry for being culturally significant. The song "Night Fever" reached number one on the Uk charts as well as the US "Billboard Hot 100" and US "Cash Box" charts.