Hey, That's My Song Vol. 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Clovers

This tune was written by the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The Searchers' version was a number three Billboard hit in 1964 and was their highest charting hit in the U.S. Coincidentally, this song failed to chart in the group's U.K. home. The Clovers' original version, released in 1960, was also their biggest hit, although that group had been around since 1948.

Answer: Gladys Knight and The Pips

This song has been covered numerous times over the years, but the 1967 version by Gladys Knight started it. The song went to number two in the U.S. on her watch. The following year, when covered by Marvin Gaye, it went to number one. His version is listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs Of All Time" at a lofty number 80.

This version was also revived in the 1980s when it was used in some very successful television ads for The California Raisins. Creedence's version, which appeared on their album called "Cosmo's Factory", was an 11 minute extended cut.

Answer: Chuck Berry

While The Beatles did record a popular version of this in late 1964, which appeared on the album "Beatles '65", in the U.S., it was never officially released as a single. The original, of course, is by Chuck Berry, recorded way back in 1957. Berry's version reached as high as number eight on the Billboard charts.

The Beach Boys' version went to number five in 1976, and featured all five of the original members.

Answer: The Drifters

Ben E. King and The Drifters first put this Doc Pomus penned song to music in 1960. The song reached number 16 on the charts that year. Jay and The Americans had more success with the remake, as that version went to number six and earned a Gold Record for the group.

Answer: The Isley Brothers

This song was actually recorded first in 1961 by a group called The Topnotes, who were one of the first groups produced by Phil Spector. However, it was evident at that time that Spector still had a lot to learn, as this version never made it to the charts.

The Isley's version is widely considered to be the original, as it made the charts and peaked at number 17. The Beatles' cover, with John Lennon on the raspy vocals, was said to be the last of ten songs recorded in ten hours for the Beatles U.K album "Please Please Me". Allegedly, Lennon's voice was shot by then, thus the raspy sounds.

The songs was released in the U.S. in March of 1964, and went to number two on the charts. The song was revived in 1986 when their version was used in the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off' with Matthew Broderick lip-synching it, and was also used by Rodney Dangerfield in his movie, "Back To School".

This helped the song get back on the charts, a mere 22 years after the Beatles release, and it reached number 23 that year.

Answer: The Shirelles

Smith's version was the highest ranked cover of the song, which was arranged by Del Shannon, peaking at number five on the Billboard U.S. charts in 1969. The Shirelles' version was originally released in 1961 and went to number eight on the charts, and The Beatles did cover the song as well, albeit for an album called "Please Please Me", a 1963 U.K. release.

Their cut was never released as a single in the U.S.

Answer: The Contours

Dave Clark and the group hit paydirt in May 1964 with this song, their third straight Top 20 offering, which was virtually a carbon copy of the original by The Contours. This version peaked on The Billboard charts at number 11. The Contours' recording was their only Top 40 hit ever in the U.S.

Interestingly, it was a Top 40 hit twice, first in 1962, when it peaked at number three, and then again in 1987, when it was re-released after being prominently featured in the film "Dirty Dancing", topping out at number 11 that time.

Answer: B. J. Thomas

Blue Swede was a Swedish group that used this song to jumpstart their international career in 1974. The song made it to number one in the U.S. on the charts. The B.J. Thomas version, recorded in 1968 was a hit as well, peaking at number five on the charts for Thomas, who would have a string of hits throughout the 1970s with songs such as "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", and "Rock and Roll Lullaby", among others.

Answer: The Crickets

This is a tough one. Buddy Holly wrote this song, and originally recorded it in 1956. This version was never released, but with Holly moving to a new label, the song was re-recorded and released in 1957, with the version that most people know. The trouble lies in the fact that since Buddy had changed record labels, he could not use the original recordings or music for release with the new label.

His manager got around this by crediting "That'll Be The Day" to The Crickets, thereby getting the song released with Buddy, of course, on lead vocals.

The song became a number one hit and is listed on The Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs Of All Time" at number 39. Linda's version hit number 11 in 1976, and was part of an album called "Hasten The Wind" which won a Grammy Award for her that year.

Answer: Steve Lawrence

Steve Lawrence cut this song in 1962, and took it to number one on the charts. He was a popular singer in what is referred to as the "Easy Listening" genre, both as a solo artist, and with his wife, Eydie Gorme. The Happenings successfully covered the song in 1966, bringing it to number five on the charts, and young heart-throb Donny Osmond made this a number one hit again in 1971.