Sing Me to Sleep This Night Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lionel Richie

Richie's hit single was taken from his "Can't Slow Down" (1983) album and reached number three on the Billboard charts (Pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary). It reached the number two position on the UK Singles Chart. Lionel Richie wrote "All Night Long (All Night)" as well as produced it with James Carmichael. On the flip side of the single recording, back in 1983, was the song "Wandering Stranger".

Answer: Heartache Tonight

The Eagles came together as a rock band in 1971. As they rose to stardom many of their songs were hits. "Heartache Tonight" from their 1979 album "The Long Run" was a number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. This song also received the award for 1979's Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.

Answer: Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart was born in 1945 in North London, England. His gravelly voice made him unique and he became a noted singer by the time the late 1960s rolled around. Rod Stewart has had a grand career which has earned him over sixty hit singles in the U.K. with over thirty reaching the status of top ten hits. He has had more than fifteen top ten hit singles in the U. S.
"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" was Stewart's second number one chart topper on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number five on the UK Singles Chart and was high on the charts in several other countries.

Answer: The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues are the band who released "Nights in White Satin" in 1967. The song was written by Justin Hayward and appeared on the album titled "Days of Future Passed". This timeless song reached number one on the Canada RPM number-one single in 1972. Also, in 1972, it reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the US Cash Box Top 100 singles.

The song did not fair quite as well in the UK but was still a top 100 song there. The band was formed in 1964 and have sold more than 70 million albums worldwide.

The Moody Blues have been awarded 14 platinum and gold discs since their conception.

Answer: Dance the Night Away

"Dance the Night Away" reached the number fifteen position on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song remained in this position for fifteen weeks. One of the band's writers, David Lee Roth, was inspired by "Go Your Own Way" which is a song by Fleetwood Mac.

Answer: Ringo Starr

After having worked all day and again all night, Ringo, very tired, thought it was still day time. He made a statement saying "It's been a hard day" looked around and noticed that it was dark out so he added "night" to his comment. This is how the Beatles came up with the title of their popular song, album name and also used it as the name of one of their movies.

"A Hard Day's Night" album from 1964, placed fifth on the list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 1965, "A Hard Day's Night" won the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group. In 2004 it was ranked number 153 on the Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Ringo Starr was born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940. Ringo joined the Beatles in 1962, replacing Pete Best as the drummer. On January 30, 2012, Ringo released the album titled "Ringo 2012".

Answer: The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones had a hit song with "Let's Spend the Night Together" back in 1967. When the band appeared on the "Ed Sullivan Show" they were asked not to play the hit song due to the suggestive nature of the song. Mick Jagger and Ed Sullivan reached a compromise by which Mick made a slight change by singing the song as "Let's Spend Some Time Together". Mick Jagger rolled his eyes while performing the song in its altered state which prompted Ed Sullivan to ban them from his show for a while. The song managed to survive with its original title and remains popular.

Answer: Night Moves

Bob Seger's hit "Night Moves" reached the number four position on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1976. The hit was recorded in Toronto, Canada when Seger and the Silver Bullet Band were there to record with Jack Richardson from Nimbus 9 Productions.

This song helped to define Bob Seger as an artist. On the Canadian RPM Top Singles, "Night Moves" reached number five. The U.K. Singles Chart had the song placed at number forty-five and was number twenty five on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Answer: 5th Dimension

The 5th Dimension has had hits in R&R, soul, pop and jazz. The original members of the group consisted of Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo and Ron Townson. They were a popular group with such hits as "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (1968), "One Less Bell to Answer" (1970) and "Up, Up and Away" (1967).

Their 1972 hit "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" reached the number eight position on the US Billboard top 100, number two on the US Adult Contemporary chart and number five on the Canadian CHUM chart.

Answer: Frank Sinatra

"Strangers in the Night" reached the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Easy Listening charts in 1966. As a single, it reached the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart. Frank Sinatra won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and also the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in the 1967 Grammy Awards. Frank was born in Hoboken, New Jersey as Francis Albert Sinatra on December 12, 1915 and died May 14, 1998.

He was an idol of the 'bobby soxers' (swing music lovers) of the 1940s.

His first wife Nancy (nee Barbato) and he had three children, Nancy, Frank Jr., and Tina. After divorcing Frank was married to Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow and Barbara Marx in that order.