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Throughout rock and roll history, many acts have made but one appearance on Billboard's Top 40 pop chart. A scant few have taken their one moment of glory all the way to the #1 position. Try to identify these songs from the clues given, and have fun!

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

Author
LeeRoyBoy

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
188,184

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4107

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 90 (9/10), Guest 207 (10/10), Guest 136 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. This novelty song was about a beast with an appetite for colorful humans. Hint

Purple People Eater

Red Crocodile

Monster Mash

Puff the Magic Dragon

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Question 2 of 10

2. This song was an unlikely hit in the US. Why? Because the original version was sung completely in Italian. Hint

Amore Scusami

Al Di La

Volare

Non Dimenticar

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Question 3 of 10

3. This song was by a group of three individuals, one of whom would return numerous times to the top forty, but as a producer and writer. Hint

Yogi

I Love How You Love Me

Cry

To Know Him Is to Love Him

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Question 4 of 10

4. One of the first "teen death" songs to hit the charts, this sad tale tells the story of a stalled car, an oncoming train, and an evidently irreplacable class ring. Hint

This Diamond Ring

My True Love

Teen Angel

Last Kiss

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Question 5 of 10

5. This song is by a poor guy who gets not a moment's peace at home, due to constant nagging by a particular family member. Hint

Mother-in-Law

My Dad

Yiddishe Mama

Shout! Shout! Knock Yourself Out!

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Question 6 of 10

6. This instrumental featured a hypnotic clarinet solo, just made for slow dancin' at the sock hop. Hint

Stardust

Witchcraft

My Funny Valentine

Stranger on the Shore

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Question 7 of 10

7. This song was the first ever Japanese import to make it to #1 in the States. Hint

Sukiyaki

Yokohama Nights

Hurt

Anoko no namaewa nantenkana

8. Here's another unlikely hit. In the midst of the British Invasion, with Beatlemania at it's height, a middle aged Canadian takes a spoken-word tale of the old west to #1. Can you name the "song"? Hint

High Noon

Tin Cup

Ringo

Gunslinger

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Question 9 of 10

9. This novelty song featured a sound that was a throwback to the 1920's, in which the singer sang through a megaphone into the mike. It also contained those memorable lyrics "Oh vo-dee-oh-doe". Name the song. Hint

Tangerine

Sunny Days

Winchester Cathedral

Jolson and Me

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Question 10 of 10

10. This song, about small town gossip and hypocrisy, topped both the pop and country charts in 1968. Hint

Satin Sheets

Stand by Your Man

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Ode to Billy Joe

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This novelty song was about a beast with an appetite for colorful humans.

Answer: Purple People Eater

Sheb Wooley took this ditty to #1 in 1958.

2. This song was an unlikely hit in the US. Why? Because the original version was sung completely in Italian.

Answer: Volare

This song, based on a dream by it's composer, was a #1 hit for Domenico Modugno in 1958.

3. This song was by a group of three individuals, one of whom would return numerous times to the top forty, but as a producer and writer.

Answer: To Know Him Is to Love Him

One of the founding members of the Teddy Bears, who had a #1 hit with this song, was none other than Phil Spector, legendary producer from the 60's. Spector's father's grave bears the epitaph, "To Know Him is to Love Him".

4. One of the first "teen death" songs to hit the charts, this sad tale tells the story of a stalled car, an oncoming train, and an evidently irreplacable class ring.

Answer: Teen Angel

Mark Dinning took this tear-jerker to #1 in 1960.

5. This song is by a poor guy who gets not a moment's peace at home, due to constant nagging by a particular family member.

Answer: Mother-in-Law

Poor Ernie K-Doe. We can only hope things got better for him after having a hit record. A 1961 #1 tune.

6. This instrumental featured a hypnotic clarinet solo, just made for slow dancin' at the sock hop.

Answer: Stranger on the Shore

Mr. Acker Bilk performed this lovely song, and took it to the top in 1962.

7. This song was the first ever Japanese import to make it to #1 in the States.

Answer: Sukiyaki

Kyu Sakamoto, who performed this #1 hit in 1963, and subsequently enjoyed a successful career in his native Japan, died tragically in a 1987 plane crash.

Answer: Ringo

Lorne Greene, familiar to millions as Pa Cartwright on the TV series "Bonanza", scored with this one. Perhaps some thought it was about the Beatles' drummer, but it was a good story nonetheless. The year was 1964.

Answer: Winchester Cathedral

Taken to #1 in 1966 by Geoff Stephens and the New Vaudeville Band, this song spawned a number of "23 skidoo" take-offs, none of which was as successful.

10. This song, about small town gossip and hypocrisy, topped both the pop and country charts in 1968.

Answer: Harper Valley P.T.A.

A sassy shot at all the gossip-mongers of the world, "Harper Valley" was written by Tom T. Hall, and performed by Jeannie C. Riley.

Source: Author LeeRoyBoy

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