Randy Travis' Hit Songs Quiz | Music

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1. Travis had his first number one hit with the re-release of which song just one year after its first release?

Answer: On the Other Hand

Twice released, "On The Other Hand" (1985 and 1986), Travis' first hit single, composed by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, recorded on Travis' first studio album, "Storms Of Life".

The song was first recorded by Keith Whitley on his 1985 album, "L.A. To Miami".

2. Here is an opening line ... does it sound correct to you? "Operator, please connect me, with 1982".

Answer: True

Yes, it is correct ... here is the first verse to "1982":

"Operator, please connect me, with 1982
I need to make apologies, for what I didn't do
I sure do need to tell her
That I've thought the whole thing through
And now it's clear that she is what
I should have held on to"

Also released from "Storms of Life", the song peaked at number six on the country charts, number five on Canadian RPM Country Tracks.

3. Can you choose the correct song title this line appears in? "I'm resurrecting memories of a love that's dead and gone"

Answer: Diggin' Up Bones

"Diggin' Up Bones" from 1986, Travis' second number one hit (U.S. and Canada) was co-written by Paul Overstreet.

At the age of ten, Randy and brother Ricky, known by their given name, the Traywick Brothers, performed in and around their hometown of Marshville, North Carolina.

Eight years later, Randy came out on top at a local talent contest in Charlotte, North Carolina.

4. Here's the setting (video) to a number one hit by Travis. See if you can place it to the correct song? A photographer is asking for the brother of the bride to come forward. She then asks her brother to sing a song for her wedding ... and he does.

Answer: Forever and Ever Amen

"Forever And Ever Amen", a great song sung by Travis released in 1987 from his "Always And Forever" album, his third number one single in the U.S. and Canada.

The song won a Grammy for Best Country Song and an award from the Academy of Country Music for Song of the Year (1987).

The song was also written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz.

5. The same word belongs in all three spots ... what is the correct word? "You've been _____ gone, for _____ long Now it's _____ late to come back home"

Answer: Too

"Too Gone Too Long", released November 1987 from the album "Always And Forever", peaked at number one both U.S. and Canada, Travis' fifth number one hit song.

The above line is sung at the beginning and end of the first verse with the following lines in between:

"It's been so long since you walked out my door
Now you're just an old song nobody sings anymore
I gotta a new love and she's a true love
But darlin' how could you have known?"

6. In this song, do you recall what Travis says is shining down on he and his baby? "Through the blue smoky haze, all through the days Trouble seems to melt a-way My heart's on a roll, I'm easy in my soul There's no hurry, no worry, things are goin' my way"

Answer: Honky Tonk Moon

Yes, it's that "Honky Tonk Moon" from 1988, Travis' seventh and fifth consecutive number one hit (U.S. and Canada) from the album "Old 8 x 10", which won Travis the award for Best Male Country Performance in 1989 by the Academy of Country Music; the album was also certified Platinum.

7. Can you fill in the correct missing word from the lyric? "My love is deeper than the holler Stronger than the river Higher than the pine trees growin' _____ upon the hill"

Answer: tall

"Deeper Than The Holler", another Paul Overstreet/Don Schlitz composition, became Travis' eighth number one, sixth consecutive single, January 1989.

The Country Music Association's Horizon Award went to Travis in 1986 and was also awarded the Association's Male Vocalist of the Year both 1987 and 1988.

The song also won Favorite Country Single from the American Music Awards, 1990.

8. A number one song from March 1990, this chorus belongs to which song? "I keep waiting for you to forgive me And you keep saying you can't even start And I feel like a stone you have picked up and thrown"

Answer: Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart

Composed by Hugh Prestwood, Travis' eleventh number one single and second release off of his fifth studio album, "No Holdin' Back".

9. Travis' song "He Walked On Water", tells the story about a special man in a young boy's life. Do you know who the boy is referring to?

Answer: his great grandfather

Yes, it is his great grandfather ... here is part of the first verse:

"He said he was a cowboy when he was young
He could handle a rope and he was good with a gun
And my mama's daddy was his oldest son
And I thought that he walked on water"

The song peaked at number two August 1990 from the "No Holdin' Back' album and was written by Allen Shamblin.

10. Again, what is the one missing word? "I'm getting out of this high-rise penthouse suite Where we pretend life's rosy and sweet I'm going back to the _____ that I used to know Where everyone is what they seem to be"

Answer: folks

Composed by Travis and Alan Jackson, "Better Class of Losers" peaked at number two in the U.S. and Canada.

The music video shows Travis moving through scenes of high-society to country farm life while singing of an undesirable high-class life-style to his preference of a much simpler country way of life.

11. I've provided the first verse to Travis' thirteenth number one hit but the last line is missing, which is also the song's title. Do you know which of the following is the correct song title? "Well I lost my heart on the day we met But I gained a lot that I don't regret Then I hung around till you said I do I knew I wouldn't have nothin' __________________________"

Answer: If I Didn't Have You

Composed by well established songwriters Skip Ewing and Max D. Barnes, "If I Didn't Have You" became Travis' thirteenth number one hit, October of 1992. The song was the lead single off of his album "Greatest Hits Volume 1".

Around this time, Travis started pursuing his acting career and first appeared in Matlock: The Big Payoff, from 1992.

12. What is the correct song title to Travis' fourteenth number one song? "I remember how it used to feel Riding down old two mile hill Tennis shoes up on the handle bars Paying no mind to the passing cars"

Answer: Look Heart No Hands

This song, "Look Heart No Hands" became Travis' fourteenth number one song, January 1993.

Also this year, Travis played himself in "Wind in the Wire".

13. Here you will find the opening line of a 1993 song which only made it to number twenty-one. I don't know why it didn't do better; I love the song and it's video. Do you recognize this one? "I've walked a million miles across this floor But I never have quite made it to the door I never thought the time would come I'd ever see this day When you could make me feel so thrown away"

Answer: An Old Pair of Shoes

Chorus to "An Old Pair of Shoes":

"I'm feeling like an old pair of shoes
All worn out from walking through these blues
There's a hole in my soul
And I'm really feeling used
I'm just like an old pair of shoes"

From Travis' Greatest Hits Volume 1, composed by Jerry Foster, John Robert Morris and A.J. Masters.

Travis' narration of the video shows the journey of an old pair of his shoes discarded by his love, eventually making their way back to her.

14. "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man", conveys a young man's decisions and what path to take. He receives a phone call from his girlfriend: "She cried the day she called to say ____________________"?

Answer: she was having his child

Second half of first verse:

"Hearts caught fire and love ran wild
She cried the day she called to say she was having his child
With so much riding on the choice at hand
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man"

This poignant ballad well-sung by Travis, was released October 1998 peaking at number two, released from his tenth studio album, "You and You Alone".

15. In this song, a bus headed for Mexico leaves three out of four passengers dead, after it collides with an eighteen wheeler. Here is the beginning of the second verse, highlighting two of the passengers ... do you know the title? "That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres The faith an' love for growin' things in his young son's heart An' that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children Did her best to give 'em all a better start"

Answer: Three Wooden Crosses

This gospel song of redemption from Travis' second gospel album "Rise And Shine", was released November 2002 becoming his sixteenth number one hit.

The song was awarded Song of the Year by the Country Music Association for 2003, and received the Dove Award from the Gospel Music Association for Country Song of the Year, 2004.

Randy Travis' Star on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame can be found at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.

Source: Author annanne

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Randy Travis' Hit Songs Trivia Quiz

With my total disregard of Mr. Travis' negative publicity, his smooth, unmistakeable baritone voice is captured in the following fifteen songs. Enjoy and good luck!

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