I've Got Your Number Trivia Quiz

Answer: One

This was the song that put Three Dog Night on the map in 1969. It was written by Harry Nilsson. "One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do" is the first line from the song that started the group on their way to 17 straight Top 20 Billboard charting hits between 1969 and 1974.

Answer: Two

"Two Faces Have I" was Christie's second release of 1963 and it went to number six on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Known for his falsetto voice, Christie had a number of hits throughout the 1960s. Some of his songs included "The Gypsy Cried", "Lightning Strikes", and "I'm Gonna Make You Mine".

Answer: 1-2-3

"1-2-3. That's how elementary its gonna be" starts this catchy 1965 song that propelled Barry to the number two position on the Billboard Hot 100. Barry, the former lead singer of The Dovells of "Bristol Stomp" fame, tried his hand as a solo artist in the mid 1960s. This song was his biggest success.

Answer: Five O'Clock

"Five O'Clock World when the whistle blows, no one owns a piece of my time" is a memorable line from this 1965 song by the Vogues as their follow-up to "You're The One" which had hit the charts earlier that year. Both songs made it as high as number four on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song itself tells the story of a working man who can't wait for the 5:00PM work whistle to signal the end of his work day, so he can go home to see his girlfriend.

Answer: Eight Miles

"Eight Miles High" was a song written by the trio of Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, and David Crosby collectively known as The Byrds. The song peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is considered one of the first examples of psychedelic rock which became prominent in the late 1960s.

Answer: Eight Days A Week

Not much to say here. A Lennon/McCartney tune, it was, of course, a number one Billboard Hot 100 hit when released in the U.S. in early 1965. Curiously, it was never released as a single in the U.K.

Answer: Two Of Us

While never released as a single, this was one of the more popular cuts from The Beatles last album release before their breakup and is a perfect example of the harmonies that made Lennon and McCartney as great as they were. The album was released shortly after the announcement of their breakup, and was listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time at number 93.

Answer: 16 Candles

Johnny Maestro led the group who had a number of popular hits in the late 1950s. "Sixteen Candles make a lovely light, but not as bright as your eyes tonight.." begin the classic hit which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958. Maestro later returned in the late 1960s with the group The Brooklyn Bridge.

Answer: You're Sixteen

Rockabilly performer Johnny Burnette came to the Hot 100 charts with this song and took it to number four in 1960. Fourteen years later Ringo Starr reworked the song an propelled it to number one on the charts.

Answer: At Seventeen

Ian first became known in the 1960s as the author and singer of "Society's Child" a song that dealt with interracial romance, which she wrote and recorded as a teenager. "At Seventeen" was written over a period of months and dealt with teenage cruelty and anxiety. The song reached number three on the Hot 100 charts in 1975.

Answer: 19

"19th Nervous Breakdown", written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, was released in the U.S. in January of 1966 and reached number two on the Billboard charts. It also reached number one in the U.K. It was rumored to have been written about Jagger's girlfriend at the time.

Answer: Hey 19

"Hey Nineteen" was written by Steely Dan band-members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and deals with the problems of an older man romancing a teenager, and trying to figure out what they do, or do not have in common. The song made it into the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number ten.

Answer: Twelve Thirty

"Twelve Thirty" was a cut off the album called "The Papas and The Mamas" released in 1968. The song itself was released in 1967 in advance of the album and made number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the U.S. and reached number one in the U.K. This was actually the last Top 20 hit credited to the group. "Dream a Little Dream Of Me" was a number 12 hit that was credited as Mama Cass with The Mamas and Papas, in 1968.

Answer: 25 or 6 To 4

"25 Or 6 To 4" was an album cut from Chicago II, recorded in 1970. An edited version of the song was released for airplay in the summer of that year and became a number four Billboard Hot 100 hit. The song is one of the group's most popular, with its hard driving sound and guitar solo. According to members of the group it is a song about writing a song and staying up till the wee hours of the morning trying to come up with the words.

Answer: 50

This 1975 hit was penned by Paul Simon and released the same year. It features backup vocals by Valerie Simpson, Patti Austin, and Phoebe Snow. The song was written after Simon's own breakup from first wife Peggy Harper. It spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. "Slip out the back Jack, make a new plan Stan, don't need to be coy Roy, just listen to me, hop on the bus Gus, don't need to discuss much, just drop off the key Lee and set your self free..."

Answer: Sixty Minute Man

"Sixty Minute Man" was recorded by a group called The Dominoes in 1951. The singers in the group included Clyde McPhatter, who later went on to success with The Drifters, and Bill Brown, a popular R & B singer at that time. The song was released as an R & B tune and made it to the top of that chart, but it was also released as a crossover, and hit number 17 on the Pop charts as well.

The lyrics were very suggestive with the singer telling how there would be "fifteen minutes of kissing, then you'll holler please don't stop, there'll be fifteen minutes of teasin', fifteen minutes of squeezin', and fifteen minutes of blowin' my top". Very strong lyrics for that era.

Answer: Ninety Six

"96 Tears" was a 1966 smash hit for the group called ? and The Mysterians. The lead singer was one Rudy Martinez from Bay City, Michigan. It is widely recognized as one of the first of examples of "garage band" type music. It spent one week as the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and is listed at #210 on Billboard Magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.

Answer: 98.6

Basically a one hit wonder, Keith set these tracks down in 1967 and made it onto the Billboard Hot 100 charts, reaching number seven and earning him a gold record. He did have two other songs that barely charted.

Answer: 1000

Chris Kenner in 1962 was the first to record "Land Of 1000 Dances". The song actually specifically mentions 16 different dances. Cannibal and The Headhunters did the first cover in 1965, and they made it to number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The most successful cover was that of Wilson Pickett in 1966. Pickett's version made it to number six on the Hot 100 charts, and all the way to number one on the R & B chart.

Answer: A Million To One

Jimmy Charles, from Paterson New Jersey, recorded "A Million To One" at age 18, in 1960, and the song made it to number five on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Charles never charted above number 47 with any subsequent hit. What were the odds of that?