Sing Me an Old Song of Love - Vol. 3 Quiz

Answer: Queen

"Somebody to Love" was written by Freddie Mercury and featured on Queen's 1976 album "A Day at the Races". The song went to number two in the United Kingdom, and number thirteen on the U.S. singles chart.

Queen formed in London in 1971 and had many hit albums and songs over the next twenty years. Freddie Mercury died in November 1991.

Answer: Barry White

"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" was released in 1974, went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 and the US R&B Chart. Barry White was born in 1944 and has won five Grammys. In 2003 he suffered a stroke and retired from performing and died from renal failure the same year.

Answer: Jim Croce

This song was written by Jim Croce and was posthumously released. The song reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1974. The song went to number one on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. Jim Croce was killed in a small plane crash in 1973.

Answer: Captain and Tennille

Although "Love Will Keep Us Together" was written and originally recorded by Neil Sedaka, Captain and Tennille covered the song in 1975 and released it as their debut single. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1975 and remained there for four weeks. The recording by Captain and Tennille received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

Captain and Tennille, Daryl Dragon and Cathryn Tennille had chart success from 1975 to 1980. They had a TV variety series in 1976/77.

Answer: The Carpenters

"All You Get from Love is a Love Song" was a hit for the Carpenters in 1977. The song was included on their albums "Kind of Hush" and "Passage". Brother and Sister Richard and Karen Carpenter were the number one selling American singers of the '70s and it is estimated that they have sold over 100 million records. Karen died in 1983. She was 32 years old.

Answer: The Doors

"Hello, I Love You" was released in 1968 and reached number one in the US and sold over a million copies. It was the band's first big UK hit and rose to number fifteen on the British chart. The song has been covered several times by, among others, Oleander, Buddy Rich, The Cure, Eurythmics, Neil Young and Adam Ant.

The Doors were formed in 1965. Jim Morrison died in 1971 and the band finally disbanded in 1973. In 1993, The Doors were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Answer: George Benson

"Turn Your Love Around" was just one of many R&B, jazz and pop hit singles for George Benson. It was released in 1981 and reached number one on the Soul Singles charts and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in early 1982. George Benson was born in 1943 and is a multi-Grammy Award winner.

Answer: The Mamas and the Papas

The Mamas and Papas version of this song went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. The song was also a hit for the Shirelles, and has been covered by the Temptations, Bernadette Peters and Linda Ronstadt, among others. The Mamas and the Papas got together in the early '60s and they recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968, with a short reunion in 1971.

They have sold nearly 100 million records

Answer: Diana Ross And The Supremes

"Love Child" was the number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart for two weeks in November 1967 and as number two on the Soul Charts for three weeks. The song has been covered several times. The Supremes, founded in 1959 as "the Primettes" are America's most successful vocal group.

They have had at least twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. The Supremes disbanded in 1977 after 18 years together.

Answer: Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra recorded two versions of the song, the first in 1955, which became a major chart hit, and then again in 1965. This version was used as the theme for the long-running TV sitcom "Married...With Children". In 1956 "Love and Marriage" won an Emmy for best Musical Contribution from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

The song has been covered many times by, among others, Dinah Shore and Peggy Lee. Frank Sinatra has won many awards including an Oscar, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal and eleven Grammys.