No.1 Hits of the 60s Vol.22 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Running Scared

"Running Scared" became Orbison's first number one hit when it reached the top of the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 charts in the summer of 1961 for a one week stay. It was co-written by Orbison along with Joe Melson.

Answer: Jeanine Deckers

The Singing Nun was born Jeanine Deckers in October 1933, in Belgium. She recorded this tune while spending time in a Belgian monastery in 1963. The song spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 charts in December of 1963. Although the song was a hit Deckers never received much international fame, and slowly faded to obscurity.

She left the monastery in 1967, and tried her hand at a musical career, but with little success. With a myriad of personal and financial problems, she and her life partner took their own lives in March of 1985.

Answer: Vinton

"Mr. Lonely" was Bobby Vinton's fourth number one hit during the 1960s. He had previously scored with "Roses are Red", "Blue Velvet" and "There I've Said It Again". "Mr. Lonely" spent one week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in December 1964. It was actually recorded in 1962 and appeared on Vinton's "Roses are Red" album but was not released as a single until late 1964.

Answer: First song they ever performed on America's "Ed Sullivan Show"

The Supremes first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, America's premier variety show at the time, on December 27, 1964. The first song they performed was "Come See About Me", which had reached the top of the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 charts one week earlier.

The Supremes would eventually appear on the Sullivan show 17 times. "Come See About Me" was The Supremes third straight number one tune following "Where Did Our Love Go?" and "Baby Love". The would eventually have two more number one hits after this with "Stop! In The Name of Love", and "Back In My Arms Again" to make five straight number one releases, something that was unprecedented at the time.

Answer: Turn Turn Turn

The lyrics of this song, sometimes referred to as "Turn! Turn! Turn (to Everything There is a Season)" are taken right from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. The music was composed by folk singer Pete Seeger and released by him in 1962. The Byrds version was a 1965 smash hit is the most successful recording of the song, reaching number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts for a three week stay in December 1965, and it also reached number 26 in the U.K.

Answer: Over and Over

Surprisingly, with the number of releases by the group during the British Invasion of 1964-65, "Over and Over" was the only one to make it to the top of the charts in the U.S. It had a one week stay at the top reaching the number one position on Christmas Day 1965. Also surprisingly, the song only got as high as number 45 in the group's home, the U.K.

It was written by Bobby Day of "Rockin' Robin" fame.

Answer: You Keep Me Hangin' On

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" was the Supremes eighth number one singles in the U.S. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the fall of 1966 and remained there for two weeks. It was successfully covered and turned into a psychedelic tune by the group Vanilla Fudge the following year who took it to number six on the charts..

It also was successfully covered by Kim Wilde in 1986 who took the song back to the top of the charts in the U.S. as well as Canada, Australia and Norway. The Supremes version is listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's compilation of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 339.

Answer: Good Vibrations

All of these were major hits for The Beach Boys, considered by some the most popular American rock and roll act of all time. The song "Good Vibrations" spent only one week at the top of the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 charts in December of 1966, but is considered a classic.

The song took 26 takes to create, cost an estimated $50,000 to produce and required over twenty musicians to complete. It was well worth it for the group though. The song is listed as the number six tune on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Answer: I'm A Believer

"I'm A Believer" was written by Neil Diamond and recorded by The Monkees in 1966. It was released in November that year and made it to the number one position the on New Year's Eve 1966. It carried over for six more weeks at the beginning of 1967. It also appears on Billboard's "All Time Top 100" at number 48.

Answer: Someday We'll Be Together

"Someday We'll Be Together" was the last number one song of the 1960s, reaching the top spot on December 27, 1969. The song is significant in that it was the 12th and final number one song for the group with Diana Ross as a member. She left shortly thereafter for a solo career.

Although the song is labeled as Diana Ross and The Supremes, Diana actually was the only member of the group to do any vocals for the song.