Musical Memories of the 1960s Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Shadows

"Stars Fell on Stockton" was an instrumental hit for the Shadows in 1962. Released as the flipside of their UK number one hit "Wonderful Land". The song did not chart in the UK as the flipside got all the airplay, however in Australia, "Wonderful Land" made number two and "Stars Fell on Stockton" hit number six. The record did not make the US charts.
A small piece of trivia on the Shadows, they are the only act to have their first ten charting sides make the Australian top ten, as follows.
"Apache" 1960 Number Three.
"Kon Tiki" 1961 Number Two.
"Wonderful Land" 1962 Number Two.
"Stars Fell on Stockton" 1962 Number Six.
"The Savage"/"Peace Pipe" 1962 Number Seven.
"Guitar Tango" 1962 Number Four.
"The Boys" 1962 Number One.
"Dance On" 1963 Number Seven.
"Foot Tapper" 1963 Number Five.
"Atlantis" 1963 Number Four.

Answer: Cliff Richard and the Shadows

"Please Don't Tease" was a number one hit in the UK for Cliff Richard and The Shadows in 1960.
The song was written by Shadows rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch and his friend Pete Chester. As stated, the song went to number one in the UK and parts of Europe, it rose to number two in Australia and number one in New Zealand. Ironically, "Please Don't Tease" was number one in the UK the week ending 13 August 1960; the following week it was replaced by The Shadows with their first number one hit "Apache".

Answer: Elvis Presley

"Judy" by Elvis Presley was a particular favourite of mine. Initially released on the 1961 album "Something for Everybody" the song was not released as a single until 1967. The record did not chart in the UK and only made 74 on the Billboard hot 100. In Australia the single rose to number four in late 1967.

When the album "Something for Everybody" was released the disc jockeys in Australia gave the tracks "Judy" and "Sentimental Me" a lot of airplay in hope that the record company, RCA Australia, would release them as a single, sadly this did not happen as the song was very popular in 1961 and upon its release as a single in 1967 the sound was not up with times.

Answer: Neil Sedaka

Led Zeppelin were not the only artist to have a song titled "Stairway to Heaven". Neil Sedaka in 1960 had a top ten hit with a song of that title. Sedaka's record went to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and to number eight on the UK chart. In Australia, where he was very popular, the song was a top ten hit. "Stairway to Heaven" was Neil Sedaka's follow up to "Oh Carol" and he followed with probably one of his best known songs, "Calendar Girl".

Answer: Johnny Burnette

"Cincinnati Fireball" was the flipside of a hit for Johnny Burnette in 1960, the 'A' side of the single was "Dreamin'" which was a top ten hit reaching number five in the UK and Australia. "Dreamin'" reached number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 while "Cincinnati Fireball" did not bother the US charts. Johnny Burnette's follow up hit was "You're Sixteen" which was also a top ten and the song was a number one in 1973 for Ringo Starr.

Answer: Eden Kane

Eden Kane scored a number hit on the UK pop chart with "Well I Ask You" in 1961. He followed this with "Get Lost" in 1962 and again in the same year "Forget Me Not". In Australia "Forget Me Not" languished around the bottom of the top forty for eight weeks so it received a lot of airplay.

It was a particular favourite of mine at the time. Eden Kane's real name was Richard Sarstedt, older brother of Peter Sarstedt who had a hit number one in 1969 with "Where Do You Go to My Lovely". Eden Kane is unique in that he only charted five singles in the UK, all in the 1960s, all five made the UK top ten.

Answer: Chubby Checker

"Twenty Miles" made the Australian charts in 1963 for Chubby Checker as the flipside to "Let's Limbo Some More". "Twenty Miles" was a hit in its own right in Australia making number twenty three on the chart. The song was recorded in 1965 by the then fashionable beat/soul group, Ray Brown and the Whispers, who took it to number one in Australia.

Answer: Mark Wynter

Mark Wynter hit the UK top ten in 1961 with "Dream Girl". In Australia the song went to number one and competed with a version by local boy Brian Davies whose version also hit number one. Mark Wynter did not have many more hits although he released many singles. His best known songs are "Exclusively Yours", "Venus in Blue Jeans" (his version is better IMHO than the original hit by Jimmy Clanton) and "Go Away Little Girl".
Mark went into acting after the sixties ended and appeared in a few movies and had some success in musical theatre.

Answer: Sheb Wooley

"Hootenanny Hoot" was written and recorded by Sheb Wooley in 1963. The record did not chart in the USA or UK but rose to number two on the Aussie chart. "Hootenanny Hoot" was the theme song for a movie of the same name starring Peter Breck and a bunch of musical guests including Wooley, Johnny Cash, The Brothers Four to name a few.

The movie has the same plot as "Rock Around the Clock" and "Twist Around the Clock"; the redeeming feature of all three movies was the music and the performers. Sheb Wooley previously had a monster hit in 1958 when he wrote and recorded the million selling "The Purple People Eater", and he later recorded as Ben Colder.

Sheb was also well known as an actor having a long run as head scout, Pete Nolan on television's "Rawhide" alongside Clint Eastwood.

Answer: Marianne Faithful

"Come and Stay With Me" was written for Marianne Faithfull by Jackie De Shannon who recorded it herself much later.
The record was a top ten hit in the UK in 1865 peaking at number four. In the USA the song made it to twenty six on the Billboard Hot 100 and in Australia it was also a top ten reaching number six. This recording by Marianne Faithfull was her second top ten hit as she had scored in 1964 with "As Tears Go By" written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.