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Quiz about Number One Beginners I The Seventies

Number One Beginners I -The Seventies Quiz

Some artists have a great start: their first single in the charts is a number 1 hit. Here are some of these out of the 1970s British charts! (Source: "Guinness Book of Hit Records"). To make it easier, I included some lyrics.

A multiple-choice quiz by Heidi66. Estimated time: 6 mins.

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Heidi66

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Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. 1970
"When I die and they lay me to rest
Gonna go to the place that's the best"

The singer of this song never appeared in the charts again. Who did sing about the place that's the best? Hint

Norman Greenbaum

England World Cup Squad

Dana

Christie

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Question 2 of 10

2. 1971
"She wears those micro mini dresses, hair hanging down her back
She wears those see-through sweaters, she likes to wear her stockings black"

Which of this number one songs of the year wasn't the first number one hit for the artist - not counting appearances in the charts as a member of another band? Where do you find the quoted lines? Hint

Dave and Ansil Collins " Double Barrel"

George Harrison "My Sweet Lord"

Mungo Jerry " Baby Jump"

Middle of the Road "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"

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Question 3 of 10

3. 1972
Who had the first and only number hit with an instrumental tune? Hint

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Central Band of the Royal Air Force

Royal Guardsmen

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Question 4 of 10

4. 1973
"I'm so alone, my love without you
You're part of everything I do
When you come back, and you're beside me
These are the words I'll say to you"

Only one of this four listed was fresh to the charts. Maybe you know who did sing the lines cited above? Hint

Donny Osmond

Wizzard

Slade

Peters and Lee

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Question 5 of 10

5. 1974
"Jo, jo, vid .... Napoleon fick ge sig
Men, men, sitt �de kan man m�ta p� s� m�nga skilda s�tt Sj�lv k�nner jag, sen jag m�tt dig
Historien upprepar sig"

At the European Song Contest at Brighton on April 6 you could hear the lines written above. Who did write music history that year and had an English version of this song ready to release?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. 1975
"If a picture paints a thousand words
Then why can't I paint you
The words will never show
The you I've come to know"

These lines are from a song of the group Bread. Which actor brought that song to the top? Hint

Telly Savalas

Peter Sellers

Richard Chamberlain

Herbert Gr�nemeyer

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Question 7 of 10

7. 1976
"As it was in the beginning then so should it end
Don't let a lover become just a friend
oh no.
I made you a promise I vowed I would keep
The candle 's still burning the river runs deep
my love"
This lines were sung by a Scottish band. The name of this song is "Forever and Ever" -something that could not be said about their career: the second single was their last chart appearance. Who am I talking about? Hint

Slik

Middle of the Road

Bay City Rollers

Average White Band

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Question 8 of 10

8. 1977
"Aquarius and my name is Ralph
Now I like a woman who loves her freedom
And I like a woman who can hold her own
And if you fit that description baby, come with me"

Which of this four 1977 number one novices stayed an absolute one hit wonder - you can read the text above - and did never see the charts again? Hint

Deniece Williams

Julie Covington

Floaters

David Soul

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Question 9 of 10

9. 1978
"Out on the wiley, windy moors
Wed roll and fall in green.
You had a temper like my jealousy:
Too hot, too greedy.
How could you leave me,
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you. I loved you, too"

The lines of the song above were written about the book "Wuthering Heights" from E. Bronte. Which female singer entered the stage and the charts for the very first time in 1978?

Answer: (Two Words, or surname)

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Question 10 of 10

10. 1979
"It's cold outside
And the paint's peeling off of my walls"

"Here in my car I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live"

This man had two number one hits in this year: the first under his group's name, the second under his own. I'm citing lines out of both songs. Who is this singer?
Hint

Gary Numan

Gary Newman

Gerry Numan

Gerry Newman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 1970 "When I die and they lay me to rest Gonna go to the place that's the best" The singer of this song never appeared in the charts again. Who did sing about the place that's the best?

Answer: Norman Greenbaum

Norman Greenbaum's song is still well known and often covered by
other artists but "Spirit in the Sky" stayed a lonely hit.

Dana had after her 1970 first hit "All Kind of Everything" another one with "Who put the light out" in 1971 and some more to follow. Dana tried for the Irish presidency in 1997.

The England World Cup Squad (that is the soccer team for the world cup) had the song "Back home" twice in the charts in the same year. The fist time before the world cup, the second time when they came back from Mexico -place of the world cup of that year - after being knocked out in the quarter final. The single kicked only up to number 46 the second time around. They made a number 2 in 1982 - "This Time (We'll Get it Right)"/"England, We'll Fly the Flag" and a number one again in 1990 with "World in Motion". Better in the charts than on the grass!

Christie did ride from his 1970 number one hit "Yellow River" to "San Bernadino" (1970, number 7) on an "Iron Horse" (1972, number 47) and wasn't seen again in the charts.

2. 1971 "She wears those micro mini dresses, hair hanging down her back She wears those see-through sweaters, she likes to wear her stockings black" Which of this number one songs of the year wasn't the first number one hit for the artist - not counting appearances in the charts as a member of another band? Where do you find the quoted lines?

Answer: Mungo Jerry " Baby Jump"

Mungo Jerry had already celebrated a number one with "In the Summertime" the year before 1970, "Baby Jump" was a follow up single.

George Harrison had his first solo number one with "My Sweet Lord" 1971 but of cause quite a lot with the Beatles before.

Middle of the Road had their first chart hit with "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"

Dave and Ansil Collins from Jamaica had "Double Barrel" on top of the charts in march. Their last chart single was "Monkey Spanner" - a number 7 in june of the same year.

3. 1972 Who had the first and only number hit with an instrumental tune?

Answer: Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

"Amazing Grace" with a a lot of bag pipes piping was not to be overheard in 1972. The guards had two more singles out in 1972 but didn't reach the top 10 again.

The Royal Philamonic Orchestra had their first top 10 in 1981 with "Hooked on Classics" - but never a number one in the seventies.

The Central Band of the Royal Air Force had a number 18 in 1955 with the "Dam Busters March"

The Royal Guards men were an American band who had with "Snoopy vs the Red Baron" a hit in 1967. (Yes, it is about the world's most famous beagle!)

4. 1973 "I'm so alone, my love without you You're part of everything I do When you come back, and you're beside me These are the words I'll say to you" Only one of this four listed was fresh to the charts. Maybe you know who did sing the lines cited above?

Answer: Peters and Lee

Peters and Lee, a male/female duo had the number trophy just for one week with "Welcome Home"

Donny Osmond had his first top of the pops in 1972 with "Puppy Love" and two more ("The Twelfth of Never", "Young Love") in 1973. Which doesn't made him a beginner.

Slade had -starting their number one row with "Coz I Luv You" already in 1971 and had five more of this sort until 1973. Including their "romantic" christmas song, "Merry X-mas Everybody".

Wizzard had before their 1973 singles "See My Baby Jive" and "Angel Fingers" a top ten song with "Ball Park Incident" in 1972. So they weren't new in 1973.

5. 1974 "Jo, jo, vid .... Napoleon fick ge sig Men, men, sitt �de kan man m�ta p� s� m�nga skilda s�tt Sj�lv k�nner jag, sen jag m�tt dig Historien upprepar sig" At the European Song Contest at Brighton on April 6 you could hear the lines written above. Who did write music history that year and had an English version of this song ready to release?

Answer: ABBA

Just in case your Swedish is as bad as mine here is the text of the English version:
"My, my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
The history book on the shelf
Is always repeating itself"

Mainly Swedish group ABBA started their world wide career that year with "Waterloo".

6. 1975 "If a picture paints a thousand words Then why can't I paint you The words will never show The you I've come to know" These lines are from a song of the group Bread. Which actor brought that song to the top?

Answer: Telly Savalas

Strangely enough - Telly Savalas did nothing more than recite the text of the song- his new version of "If" did much better than the original. At least in the UK. Telly Savalas is best known for playing "Kojak".

Richard Chamberlain - fame of the "Thornbirds" -released four singles in the 1960's - like the song "Theme from Dr. Kildare"

Peter Sellers - who played in a lot of movies- made a wonderful cover version of the Beatles "A Hard Day's Night". You could hear it around christmas 1965.

Herbert Gr�nemeyer - actor in "Das Boot" - does a lot of singing and appears quite often in the German top 10. One of his songs from the eighties is called "M�nner"

7. 1976 "As it was in the beginning then so should it end Don't let a lover become just a friend oh no. I made you a promise I vowed I would keep The candle 's still burning the river runs deep my love" This lines were sung by a Scottish band. The name of this song is "Forever and Ever" -something that could not be said about their career: the second single was their last chart appearance. Who am I talking about?

Answer: Slik

Scottish band Salvation changed their name into Slik and started a short career in 1976. "Forever and Ever" wasn't liked much by the singer of the band, Midge Ure, but it gave them their only number 1. Their second was also the last single which reached the charts. It was called "Requiem". Thinking of the meaning of the word requiem, a good title to say good bye... Midge Ure joined Ultravox some years later.

Bay City Rollers had songs like "Bye Bye Baby",Middle of the Road sung "Soley Soley" and the Average Whiteband had a hit with "Pick up the Pieces" These three groups started their chart history before 1976.

8. 1977 "Aquarius and my name is Ralph Now I like a woman who loves her freedom And I like a woman who can hold her own And if you fit that description baby, come with me" Which of this four 1977 number one novices stayed an absolute one hit wonder - you can read the text above - and did never see the charts again?

Answer: Floaters

Just one week on the top spot and then "Float on" floated away. The Floaters were an American group.

Julie Covington had more than her number one hit "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" to offer, "Only Women Bleed" followed.

Actor ("Starsky & Hutch") David Soul had two number one hits: "Don't Give Up On Us" (entered the chart in December 1976, number 1 in January of 1977) and "Silver Lady"(1977)

Deniece Williams had "Free" -number 1 in April 1977 - and a top 10 with "Let's Hear It For the Boy" at a later time.

9. 1978 "Out on the wiley, windy moors Wed roll and fall in green. You had a temper like my jealousy: Too hot, too greedy. How could you leave me, When I needed to possess you? I hated you. I loved you, too" The lines of the song above were written about the book "Wuthering Heights" from E. Bronte. Which female singer entered the stage and the charts for the very first time in 1978?

Answer: Kate Bush

Kate Bush, of cause. Later came "Army Dreamers" and then "Running Up That Hill". In the year of 2005 she released after a break of just 12 years a new CD. It contains some very strange songs like "Pi". The single release of 2005 was "King Of the Mountain".

10. 1979 "It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls" "Here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors It's the only way to live" This man had two number one hits in this year: the first under his group's name, the second under his own. I'm citing lines out of both songs. Who is this singer?

Answer: Gary Numan

"Are 'Friends' Electric" was still released under his group's name: Tubeway Army.
"Cars", released only some months later than the song mentioned before,was thrown on the market under his own name: Gary Numan.

Both songs were re-released and re-mixed in 1987 as a double A-side.

Source: Author Heidi66

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