No. 1 Hits of the 70s Vol.25 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Fame

Bowie was staying in New York and met John Lennon. They ended up doing a one day session together and among other music, came up with "Fame". Lennon was given co-writer's credit for the song and can be heard doing background vocals on the recording. The song spent a week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the fall of 1975.

Answer: Jacques Cousteau

Denver was a close friend of Jacques Cousteau, the famous deep sea explorer, and wrote this song, dedicated to Cousteau, whose research ship was named "Calypso". The song spent a week at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in the fall of 1975.

Answer: John sang background vocals on the song

"Bad Blood" was a number one tune for Neil Sedaka spending three weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard charts in October 1975. You can clearly hear Elton John's distinctive voice doing the background vocals. The song was written by Neil Sedaka along with Phil Cody.

Answer: Island Girl

"Island Girl" was a number one tune for Elton John in the U.S., spending three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in November of 1975. The lyrics are said to be about a prostitute and a man who wants to take her to Jamaica. The song has a tropical feel about it. It was a release from John's album called "Rock of the Westies".

Answer: That's the Way (I Like It)

"That's the Way (I Like It)" was a number one tune for KC and the Sunshine Band in the fall of 1975. It was unusual in that it is one of the few songs in history to be knocked out of the Billboard Hot 100 top spot, and then regain the top of the charts. It spent one week at the top in November of 1975, lost the spot and regained it four weeks later.

Answer: Germany

"Fly, Robin, Fly" went to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts for the Silver Convention who hailed from Munich, Germany. The song spent three weeks at number one and also spent a week at the top of the soul charts. It was the first U.S. number one hit ever for a German pop group.

Answer: The Staple Singers

"Let's Do It Again" was a number one tune for The Staple Singers who consisted of Roebuck Staples and his four daughters Cleotha, Pervis, Yvonne and Mavis. They had a number of hits during the 1970s. This song spent the last week of 1975 at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts.

It was part of the soundtrack of the 1975 film of the same name which starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier.

Answer: Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes scored with "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" which spent three non-consecutive weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts closing out the decade of the 1970s. Although it was Holmes' most successful song, he is said to look at the song with mixed emotions, because although the song made him a lot of money, it typecast him and took away the focus of some his more serious works.

Answer: You Light Up My Life

It was Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" which spent an incredible 10 weeks at the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1977. The others were no slouches either. "Tonight's the Night", the Rod Stewart classic spent eight weeks at the top in 1976 as did 1978's BeeGees classic "Night Fever". "Joy to The World" the Three Dog Night standard, spent six weeks at the top of the charts back in 1971.

Answer: The BeeGees

Top honors go to the BeeGees who had a remarkable total of nine U.S. Billboard number one tunes during the 1970s. They were: "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (1971), "Jive Talkin'" (1975), "You Should Be Dancing" (1976), "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever" (1977), "Too Much Heaven" (1978), "Tragedy" and "Love You Inside and Out" (1979). What a decade! Honorable mentions go to Elton John, with six number one tunes during the 70s, as well as The Eagles and Wings who scored five number ones each.