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Quiz about Ipod Shuffle 02 1960s Billboard Top 100 Part 1

Ipod Shuffle 02: 1960s Billboard Top 100 Part 1 Quiz

For this iPod Shuffle installment, I focus strictly on songs that charted on the Billboard Top 100 in the 1960s.

A multiple-choice quiz by berenlazarus. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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berenlazarus

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Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. "Two girls for every boy!" So begins "Surf City", the first major surf song of 1963. Who took the surf song "Surf City" all the way to Number One on the Billboard Top 100?
Hint

The Beach Boys

Jan and Dean

Gerry and the Pacemakers

The Trashmen:

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Question 2 of 10

2. Buffalo Springfield scored a major hit in 1967 with "For What It's Worth", a song written by Stephen Stills. Stills has said in an interview after he had written the song, he was talking to someone and said ""I have this song here, for what it's worth, if you want it." Who was he talking to? Hint

Neil Young, in an attempt to get Young to play on the recording

To his wife, trying to convince her the band was a good idea

Cher, who he wanted to hear cover this song

Ahmet Ertegun, who signed Buffalo Springfield to Atlantic Records

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Beatles' "Come Together" went to Number One in the Billboard Top 100. What prompted John Lennon, the song's principal composer, to write the song? Hint

He wrote the song as a coded kiss-off to Cynthia Lennon

He wrote the song in response to a conversation he had with Mick Jagger

He wrote the song in response to the whole "Paul Is Dead" mythology

Lennon was working on a song for Timothy Leary's gubernatorial campaign against Ronald Reagan

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 1965, The Byrds burst onto the scene with what many feel is their definitive song: the jangle pop masterpiece "Mr. Tambourine Man". How many members of The Byrds were actually on the recording? Hint

It is a full band recording.

Only one

Half the band

Only two

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Question 5 of 10

5. What unique instrument (for a rock recording, anyway) did The Animals use in their hit "Sky Pilot"? Hint

Sitar

Ondes Martenot

Electro-theremin

Bagpipes

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Question 6 of 10

6. During the Beach Boys' recording of "Help Me, Rhonda", who burst into the studio and interrupted the session? Hint

Mike Love

Glenn Campbell

Carl Wilson

Murray Wilson

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Light My Fire" by The Doors spent three weeks at Number One on the Billboard Top 100. In 1969, Jos� Feliciano's cover garnered him what Grammy Award? Hint

Best Contemporary-Pop Male Vocal Performance

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Record of the Year

Song of the Year

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Question 8 of 10

8. Bob Luman recorded the song "Let's Think About Livin'", a commentary on how several of the then recent country hits dealt with mortality and people getting killed off in the lyrics. Who did he NOT reference in this song? Hint

Marty Robbins

Pattie Page

Johnny Cash

Don and Phil

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote the instrumental "Classical Gas"? Hint

Mason Williams

Jimi Hendrix

Leo Kottke

Duane Allman

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 1965, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs recorded the smash hit "Wooly Bully". The Chipmunks recorded the song and it is featured in what Chipmunks movie? Hint

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein

The Chipmunk Adventure

Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Two girls for every boy!" So begins "Surf City", the first major surf song of 1963. Who took the surf song "Surf City" all the way to Number One on the Billboard Top 100?

Answer: Jan and Dean

Brian Wilson wrote the song in 1962 and gave it to Jan Berry and Dean Torrence. Dean made several lyrical contributions, though he is not credited as a co-writer on the song. Dean moved to Huntington Beach, California in the early 1990s and convinced the city council to make the city's official nickname "Surf City".

Answer: Ahmet Ertegun, who signed Buffalo Springfield to Atlantic Records

He made the comment to Ahmet Ertegun. Ahmet signed them on the strength of that song. The song has gone on to be referenced in popular counter in a variety of ways, and is heavily identified with the Vietnam protest movement.

3. The Beatles' "Come Together" went to Number One in the Billboard Top 100. What prompted John Lennon, the song's principal composer, to write the song?

Answer: Lennon was working on a song for Timothy Leary's gubernatorial campaign against Ronald Reagan

Lennon wrote the song for Timothy Leary when Leary was running against then governor Ronald Reagan, known for his conservative stance. Leary's political aspirations were derailed when he got busted for marijuana.

When Leary died, seven grams of his ashes were buried in space, along with "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenbury and twenty three other people.

Answer: Only one

The Byrds had access to the recording made by Dylan and Ramblin' Jack Elliot in the sessions for "Another Side of Bob Dylan". Dylan scrapped that version and re-recorded the song for "Bringing It All Back Home". The Byrds' version came out a mere two weeks after Dylan's. Roger McGuinn is the only member of The Byrds actually on the recording; the rest of the musicians were session players from L. A.

5. What unique instrument (for a rock recording, anyway) did The Animals use in their hit "Sky Pilot"?

Answer: Bagpipes

The song, so long it was split into two singles, is about a military airplane chaplain who blesses troops before a raid. In the interlude the song includes bagpipes and a dive bomber.

6. During the Beach Boys' recording of "Help Me, Rhonda", who burst into the studio and interrupted the session?

Answer: Murray Wilson

Murray Wilson, Brian Wilson's father, criticized The Beach Boys for their enthusiasm. Brian, cursing, threw off his headphones and confronted his father. They then finished the recording. The tape of this confrontation circulates among fans.

7. "Light My Fire" by The Doors spent three weeks at Number One on the Billboard Top 100. In 1969, Jos� Feliciano's cover garnered him what Grammy Award?

Answer: Best Contemporary-Pop Male Vocal Performance

Jos� Feliciano also won Best New Artist the same year. He took the song to Number three on the Billboard Top 100, just a year after the original had topped the same charts. Feliciano's version has a strong Latin flavor to it.

Answer: Johnny Cash

Recorded in 1960, Luman makes the observation with all these people dying he will be the only one the record buying public will be able to purchase. Luman died in 1978 at the age of 41.

9. Who wrote the instrumental "Classical Gas"?

Answer: Mason Williams

In 1969 this rock instrumental took home three different Grammy Awards: Best Instrumental Composition, Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Instrumental, and Best Instrumental Arrangement. Originally titled "Classical Gasoline", due to a copy error the song became "Classical Gas".

10. In 1965, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs recorded the smash hit "Wooly Bully". The Chipmunks recorded the song and it is featured in what Chipmunks movie?

Answer: The Chipmunk Adventure

"Wooly Bully" stayed in the Top 100 for an impressive eighteen weeks, despite never hitting Number One. Billboard named the song the Number One Record of the Year. This feat of being named the Number One Record without hitting number one would not be matched again until Faith Hill's song "Breathe" replicated it.

The Chipmunks recoded their version for the 1987 animated film "The Chipmunk Adventure".

Source: Author berenlazarus

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