How Many of These Covers Do You Know? Part 4 Quiz

Answer: Jake Holmes

Jake Holmes wrote the song in 1967. The Yardbirds then covered the song in 1968. Then Jimmy Page, formerly of the Yardbirds, recorded the song with his then-new group on their massively successful debut album in 1969. Jimmy Page has a writing credit on the song but the credits acknowledge that the song was "inspired by Jake Holmes."

Answer: The Top Notes

The Beatles weren't even the first band to cover the song.

"Twist And Shout" was written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns. The first band to record it was the Top Notes. Their version wasn't a big hit. The first group to record the song and make it a hit were the Isley Brothers in 1962, one year before the Beatles' version.

Answer: Don Von Tress

Yes, this shocked me too.

"Achy Breaky Heart" was written by Don Von Tress in 1990. Tress originally wrote it for the Oak Ridge Boys, but they didn't like the song, so the Marcy Brothers were the first to record it. Billy Ray Cyrus then recorded the song, and it went on to become a major hit.

A lot of people do not like the song. Wierd Al Yankovic recorded a parody of the song called "Achy Breaky Song," where the title and lyrics clearly mock the original song.

Answer: Otis Redding

Otis Redding wrote the song in 1968. It has been covered by many artists, including Tom Jones and the Grateful Dead. The most popular version of the song, even more popular than the original version, was written by the Black Crowes in 1990.

Answer: Damaso Perez Prado

Prado was a Cuban musician who performed mambo music. He wrote the song "Mambo Number 5" in 1949. He also wrote a popular song called "Mambo Number 8." It was Lou Bega who popularized "Mambo Number 5" in America for those of us who weren't alive in 1949.

Answer: Robert Hazard

That's right. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" wasn't written by a girl.

Robert Hazard wrote the song in 1979. Originally, the song was a punk rock song. Cyndi Lauper remade the song in 1983 and turned it into pop song. Lauper's version of the song became a major hit and is now considered to be a feminist anthem.

At the 2017 Women's March, a number of protesters held up a sign that said "Girls Just Want to Have Fun-damental rights."

Answer: Tears For Fears

"Mad World" was written in 1982 by Roland Orzabal Curt Smith and first recorded by Tears For Fears. Their version of the song became a hit in many countries, but not the U.S. Michael Andrews and Gary Jules recorded a stripped down version of the song for the 2001 movie Donnie Darko.

Their version became more of a worldwide hit than the Tears For Fears' version, and their version was a hit in the U.S.

Answer: George Benson

"The Greatest Love of All" was written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed. The first artist to record the song was George Benson. Whitney Houston covered the song in 1986 and had a number one hit with it.

According to Wikipedia, Gordon Lightfoot sued Michael Masser over the song because he felt that the song plagiarized music from his own song "If You Could Read My Mind." Lightfoot rescinded the lawsuit when he realized it was having an adverse effect on Whitney Houston's reputation, since the lawsuit was about Masser and not about Houston.

Answer: Talk Talk

All the other options recorded called "It's My Life," but the song that we are talking about here was written by Talk Talk in 1984. The original version was a top 10 hit in Italy and Poland and a minor hit in some other countries. No Doubt covered the song in 2003 and turned it into a major hit in most countries where it was previously just a minor hit.

Answer: Neil Diamond

The Monkees didn't write the song either, nor were they the first to record it. Neil Diamond wrote the song and recorded it first. It was the Monkees who made the song a hit in the UK. It was Smash Mouth who made the song a hit in the U.S. when they recorded it for the 2001 movie "Shrek."