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1. Top of the charts this week with their sixth UK Number One, "Temptation", were a group with "Brothers" in their name. Unlike some "brothers" groups, they really were brothers. Who were they?
2. At number two was Del Shannon, who had eight hits in the UK Top ten in four years. This was the first of those hits - what was it called? (Hints - it was covered by The Traveling Wilburys on the B-side of "She's My Baby" and Tom Petty describes himself singing along to it on his car radio in "Runnin' Down A Dream").
3. At number three was Cliff Richard's 15th UK Top Twenty hit in four years. It was written by Jerry Lorden, who had written several instrumental hits for Cliff's backing band The Shadows, but this was his first hit composition for Cliff. What was it called?
4. At number four was another young American singer who had been recording hits on both sides of the Atlantic since 1957. This one, "Hello Mary Lou", was a B side, but it got as high as Number Two in the UK in its own right. Name the singer.
5. At number five was "Well, I Ask You". The singer was, remarkably, one of three brothers, all of whom had single chart success in the UK. His brothers released records under the names Peter Sarstedt and Robin Sarstedt. Under what name was "Well, I Ask You" released?
6. At number six was something of a novelty number. The Temperance Seven were a light-hearted British ensemble who played 20s-style jazz with a comedy twist. Their first release "You're Driving Me Crazy" had topped the UK charts earlier in the year and this one, originally written in 1923 and whose title is the name of a Californian city, peaked at Number four. Name the song.
7. At number seven was "Halfway To Paradise". It peaked at Number three, the second best position amongst more than 20 UK Top Twenty hits between 1959 and 1966 for this Liverpudlian singer who sadly died early at the age of 42. Who was he?
8. At number eight was "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do", sung by probably the only chart musician with "Frogman" in his name? What was his full name as it appeared on the record label?
9. At number nine was a song "You Don't Know" which was the second UK chart hit and first UK chart-topper for a girl who was only 14 years old at the time. She went on to have several more hits (although her best US performance was "Walking Back To Happiness" which just scraped into the Billboard Hot 100 at number 100!) Who was she?
10. At number ten, having peaked at a surprisingly low number nine in the UK having topped the USA Billboard charts, was a great song by the "Big O", Roy Orbison. What was the song, which was the final track on his "Crying" album.
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