No.1 Hits of the 60s Vol.19 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs

"Stay' was actually written by Maurice Williams in 1953 as a 15 year old. He hit paydirt with his group the Zodiacs in 1960 and took the song to the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for one week in the fall that year. The recording is generally recognized as the shortest single ever to reach number one on the Billboard charts at a time of 1 minute, 37 seconds.

A notable cover of the song was by The Four Seasons in 1964.

Answer: Sue

Dion actually had songs about all the girls listed, but "Runaround Sue" was his number one hit from 1961, spending two weeks at the top of the charts in the fall that year and also got to number 11 on the U.K. charts. The song is listed on Billboard Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 342.

Answer: Monster Mash

Bobby Pickett was an aspiring actor and a member of the band called The Cordials when he put this song together with an imitation of Boris Karloff and turned it into a hit that went to the top of the U.S. Billboard charts for a two week stay in the fall of 1962, right around Halloween time.

The song has become a perennial favorite with lots of airplay every year around Halloween time. A re-release of the song in 1973 took it back to the Top 10 again.

Answer: Sugar Shack

"Sugar Shack" was written by Keith McCormick and his aunt, Fay Voss. Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs recorded the song and it made it to the top of the U.S. Billboard charts for a five week stay, and ultimately was Billboard Magazine's number one song for the year of 1963.

Answer: True

The Supremes rattled off five straight number one hits in a period that spanned 1964 and 1965. The first song was "Where Did Our Love Go?" followed by the aforementioned "Baby Love" which spent four weeks at number one in the fall of 1964. Later tunes going into 1965 were "Come See About Me", "Stop! In The Name of Love", and "Back In My Arms Again", which all reached number one in 1965.

Answer: I Got You Babe

Sonny & Cher was the new singing duo who hit the charts first with "Baby Don't Go" which made it as high as number eight on the U.S. Billboard charts, but it was "I Got You Babe" which became the couple's only number one hit when it had a three week stay in the summer of 1965.

The song also went to number one in the U.K. and made the top 10 in six other countries. The song made it onto Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 444.

Answer: Help

The title song from the soundtrack to The Beatles second feature film, "Help!" had a three week stay at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts and number one for three weeks in the U.K. as well. John Lennon once claimed in an interview that he wrote the lyrics of the song to express his stress coming from the quick rise to success for The Beatles after years of obscurity.

The song is ranked pretty high on The Rolling Stone Magazine list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" coming in at number 29.

Answer: You Can't Hurry Love

Written by the immortal Motown team of Holland-Dozier-Holland "You Can't Hurry Love" was a top selling hit and a number one song for The Supremes in 1966 on the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 charts and also reached number three in the U.K at that time. It was the seventh number one song for the girls during their career.

In 1982 a Phil Collins cover of the song also made it to number one on the charts in the U.K. and number ten in the U.S.

Answer: Cherish

The only listed song from the group that went to number one was "Cherish"a 1966 that spent three weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard charts in the fall that year, as well as hitting the top of the charts in Canada. The others listed were all top 10 hits for the group but none ever reached the top spot. "Cherish" is generally regarded as one of the most beautiful love songs of all time.

Answer: Daydream Believer

The clue is a reference to the very beginning of the cut where Davy asks "What number is this Chip?" The voice in the background (producer Chip Douglas and other members of the group) respond "7a", which was actually the take number for the song. Then Davy responds "Okay I mean don't get excited man, just cause I'm short" and the group breaks out into "Daydream Believer" which may have been the Monkees biggest hit.

It spent four weeks at the number one position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in December 1967.

It also went Top 10 in six other countries around the globe. The song was written by John Stewart who was then a member of The Kingston Trio.