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My Birthday Top Ten - 1969 Trivia Quiz

Tenth in a series of quizzes about the music in the UK Top Ten in the week of my birthday - 19th July. We're now onto 1969.

A multiple-choice quiz by Bazingstoke. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Bazingstoke

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
362,311

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. At Number One was "Something In The Air", a one-hit wonder from Thunderclap Newman, a band featuring John "Speedy "Keen, Jimmy McCulloch (later of Wings), Andy "Thunderclap" Newman, and which guitar god? Hint

Jeff Beck

Eric Clapton

Pete Townshend

Jimmie Hendrix

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Question 2 of 10

2. At Number Two was Elvis Presley with a song containing the following lyrics: "A young man breaks away. He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far". Name the song. Hint

Suspicious Minds

In The Ghetto

Jailhouse Rock

Crying In The Chapel

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Question 3 of 10

3. At Number Three were the Rolling Stones with a song which became their eighth and last UK Number One. It was the sixth UK chart-topper penned by Jagger and Richards. Name the song. Hint

Honky Tonk Women

Get Off My Cloud

Paint It, Black

Brown Sugar

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Question 4 of 10

4. At Number Four was The Plastic Ono Band with a song which contained the following lines: "Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout revolution, evolution, masturbation, flagellation, regulation, integrations, mediations, United Nations, congratulations". Name the song. Hint

Mother

Cold Turkey

Give Peace A Chance

Instant Karma

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Question 5 of 10

5. At Number Five, with "Hello Suzie", their fourth and final UK Top Ten hit, was a band with the same name as a difficult section of the Augusta National Golf Course. Who were they? Hint

Cream

Fair Weather

Amen Corner

Mott The Hoople

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Question 6 of 10

6. At Number Six was a one-hit wonder entitled "A Way Of Life" by a group which included Steve Rowland, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood and Christine Holmes. What was the group called? Hint

The Pretty Things

Blue Mink

The Family Dogg

The Pipkins

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Question 7 of 10

7. At Number Seven, where it peaked, was a song called "It Mek", by an act which had had a UK Number One the previous year with a song where many people thought the lyrics included the phrase "My Ears Are Alight", though it was actually "The Israelites"! Name the act. Hint

Bob and Marcia

Desmond Dekker and the Aces

Dave and Ansil Collins

Jimmy Cliff

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Question 8 of 10

8. At Number Eight, having peaked at Number Six, were the Beach Boys with a song containing these lyrics: "Where the shackles never hold me down. I'm gonna make a way for each happy day as my life turns around". Name the song. Hint

Do It Again

Break Away

Darlin'

Cottonfields

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Question 9 of 10

9. At Number Nine was a Scottish band enjoying their third of eight Top Ten Hits with "Baby Make It Soon". Their biggest hit had come the previous year when they topped the UK charts with a Lennon and McCartney number which the Beatles did not release as a single in the UK. Name the band. Hint

Middle of the Road

Gallagher and Lyle

Marmalade

Nazareth

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Question 10 of 10

10. At Number Ten, having peaked at Number Eight, was "Proud Mary", the first UK hit for which band, who, although they came from the San Francisco Bay, sang mainly about life on the Mississippi and the bayous? Hint

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Poco

The Allman Brothers

Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Pete Townshend

Thunderclap Newman was formed to showcase the talents of John "Speedy" Keen, who had been Pete Townshend's chauffeur.

2. At Number Two was Elvis Presley with a song containing the following lyrics: "A young man breaks away. He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far". Name the song.

Answer: In The Ghetto

"In The Ghetto" marked the start of Elvis's comeback - he hadn't had a big hit for three years when it was released.

3. At Number Three were the Rolling Stones with a song which became their eighth and last UK Number One. It was the sixth UK chart-topper penned by Jagger and Richards. Name the song.

Answer: Honky Tonk Women

"Honky Tonk Women" was climbing the charts just as Brian Jones was found dead in his swimming pool.

Answer: Give Peace A Chance

The Plastic Ono Band was more of a concept than a real band, and included among its performers at different times John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, Keith Moon, Billy Preston and Phil Spector.

5. At Number Five, with "Hello Suzie", their fourth and final UK Top Ten hit, was a band with the same name as a difficult section of the Augusta National Golf Course. Who were they?

Answer: Amen Corner

The Amen Corner they were actually named after was a weekly spot at the Victoria Ballroom in Cardiff, where, every Sunday, DJ Doctor Rock would play American soul music. Over the past couple of decades their lead guitarist and singer Andy Fairweather Low has toured and played extensively with George Harrison, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Roger Waters and Eric Clapton.

6. At Number Six was a one-hit wonder entitled "A Way Of Life" by a group which included Steve Rowland, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood and Christine Holmes. What was the group called?

Answer: The Family Dogg

The other bands mentioned were all associated with Rowland, Hammond and Hazlewood.
Albert Hammond was awarded the OBE in 2000 for his services to music.

Answer: Desmond Dekker and the Aces

The mis-hearing of the lyrics of "The Israelites" was set in concrete in 1989 when Maxell produced an advert showing a man doing a Bob Dylan "Subterranean Homesick Blues" style version of it, with what he thought were the lyrics on big cards.

Answer: Break Away

"Break Away" (sometimes shown as "Breakaway", but it's plainly two words on my vinyl single label) was a much bigger success in the UK than in the USA, where it crept up only as far as 63 on the Billboard Chart.

Answer: Marmalade

That big Beatles-penned hit was "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da". I bumped into Patrick Fairley, one of the original members of Marmalade, in Los Angeles a few years ago, when I visited his bar, the Scotland Yard Pub, in the San Fernando Valley.

Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Often known as CCR, the band included Tom Fogerty and his brother John, who went on to have significant solo success, with his 1985 album "Centerfield" topping the Billboard charts.

Source: Author Bazingstoke

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