May I Have This "Dance"? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Save the Last Dance for Me

"Save the Last Dance for Me" was a hit for the lead singer Ben E. King and the Drifters in 1960, spending three non-consecutive at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts. The tune also climbed to the number two spot on the U.K. charts. Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman were prolific songwriters at that time and wrote songs for many of the top artists of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Answer: George

"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" was never released as a single, but was part of the soundtrack of the 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night". The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, specifically to be sung by George Harrison. Harrison allegedly lacked the confidence to write his own material at that time.

Answer: True

"Dance, Dance, Dance" was a composition written by Brian and Carl Wilson, along with Mike Love. The song was released as a single in 1964 and as an album cut in 1965. It peaked in the U.S. at number eight on the charts and was a number 24 hit in the U.K. In addition to the Wilson brothers and Al Jardine, there were a couple of pretty famous backup musicians who took part in the recording. One was a young guitarist named Glen Campbell, and also backup up was future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Hal Blaine.

Answer: Sly and the Family Stone

Sly and the Family Stone" historically became one of the most influential groups of the late 1960s and were one of the leaders in what is now called "Psychedelic Soul". The first entry into this genre was "Dance to The Music". It is said that the group didn't like and didn't want to record the song, but did so at the insistence of record executive Clive Davis. Guess he knew best.

The song reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and established the group as a major force in the rock music scene.

The song comes in at number 223 on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Answer: Orleans

Orleans was the name of the group formed in the mid 1970s in upstate New York. They had previously been on the Billboard charts with a song called "Let There Be Music" which peaked at number 55 on the charts. "Dance with Me" did much better, peaking at number six later that year.

The group is probably best known for their single called "Still The One" which climbed to number five on the Billboard charts in 1976.

Answer: Donna Summer

"Last Dance" was a major hit for Donna Summer in 1978. It got as high as number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts during its run. It came from the motion picture soundtrack of "Thank God It's Friday' (1978), and Summer had a small role in the film. The song won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song in 1978.

Answer: Men Without Hats

Men Without Hats were a Canadian based New Wave band that had a short run of success in the early 1980s. Their most successful hit, "Safety Dance", released in 1982 got as high as number three on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and also scored a number six placing in the U.K. Unfortunately for the group they could not maintain their success and although they did have a couple of Top 40 placings in Canada in the late 1980s, they were basically a one hit wonder in the U.S. and the U.K.

Answer: It was the only Bowie tune to be number one in both the U.S. and U.K.

"Let's Dance" reached the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts during the early months of 1983, and also reached number one in the U.K. during that time. It was the only tune released by Bowie to be number one in both countries. He has had a number of other songs which have topped the charts in one country of the other, such as "Space Oddity" (U.K. #1, U.S. #15), "Fame" (#17 U.K., #1 U.S.), "Ashes to Ashes" (U.K. #1, U.S. did not chart),"Under Pressure (U.K. #1, U.S. #29), and "Dancing in the Street" (U.K. #1, U.S. #7).

Answer: Tom Petty

It was Tom Petty along with The Heartbreakers who recorded "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and took it to a number 14 position on the Billboard Hot 100 charts during 1993.The song had a title change, since its original name was going to be "Indiana Girl". Petty was known as Charlie T. Wilbury Jr. during his time with The Traveling Wilburys, along with Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, and the late Roy Orbison and George Harrison.

Answer: Richard Marx

"Dance with My Father" was a 2003 release by Luther Vandross which reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It was co-written by Richard Marx, who had written such hits as "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting" and "Satisfied", and "This I Promise You" which was a hit for NSYNC. "Dance with My Father" was Luther Vandross' final Top 40 hit before his passing in 2005.