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Quiz about Songs With Boy in the Title
Quiz about Songs With Boy in the Title

Songs With "Boy" in the Title Trivia Quiz


Each question in the quiz will deal with a song that has the word "boy" in its title. These are mostly oldies. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by elmo7. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
elmo7
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
382,205
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
474
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. A song that was a hit in 1965, "The Boy from New York City" was sung by a girl group. Can you name that group? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Here are the lyrics for the song's bridge: "Stars appear and the shadows are falling, you can hear my heart a- calling, A little bit of love makes everything right, and I'm gonna see my baby tonight", and the song was sung by Buddy Holly and the Crickets. What was the name of the song? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. A very popular song in the 1960s was one called "Soldier Boy". Who sang "Soldier Boy"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. There was a song called "The Boy In the Bubble" that was one of the singles from this artist's "Graceland" album (1986). Who sang this intriguing number? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This is a great singalong-type song, and it comes in two versions from two different countries. The name of the song is "The Wild Colonial Boy". Which are the two countries that remember this interesting outlaw? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In 1970 a musician/musical group released a song called "The Only Living Boy in New York." This was on an album called "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Who sang this particular song? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. There was a major song in the blues pantheon, first recorded in 1955. The name of the song was "Mannish Boy". Which blues musician had a huge hit with this song? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The National Film Board of Canada produced a film in 1959, called "Lonely Boy". It told the story of which teenage idol? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" was a big hit for a singer (or singers) produced by Phil Spector for the Philles label. Who had a big hit with this dreamy-sounding number in 1963? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. There was a song on the early UK Beatles album, called "Boys". Now which of the boys sang lead on this little number? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A song that was a hit in 1965, "The Boy from New York City" was sung by a girl group. Can you name that group?

Answer: The AdLibs

The Ad-Libs had a one-hit wonder with "The Boy from New York City" but were not able to repeat that recording success. The song was written by George Davis and
John T. Taylor. It had some interesting lyrics for its day; for example, the singer says she likes "his dueling scar" as well as "his brand new car".

"The Boy from New York City" went to Number Eight on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1965, and a later version recorded by the group Manhattan Transfer hit Number Seven on the same chart in 1981.
2. Here are the lyrics for the song's bridge: "Stars appear and the shadows are falling, you can hear my heart a- calling, A little bit of love makes everything right, and I'm gonna see my baby tonight", and the song was sung by Buddy Holly and the Crickets. What was the name of the song?

Answer: Oh Boy!

Buddy Holly originally recorded "Oh Boy!" with a backup group called the Picks, but in 1957 it appeared on the album "Buddy Holly and the Chirping Crickets".
The Crickets sang it with Holly on the "Ed Sullivan Show", but Sullivan was not pleased with the song choice, as he found it too "raunchy". Sure sounds innocent enough from the vantage point of 2016!
3. A very popular song in the 1960s was one called "Soldier Boy". Who sang "Soldier Boy"?

Answer: The Shirelles

The song "Soldier Boy" shot the Shirelles, four young singing sensations from Passaic, NJ, to the top of Billboard's Hot 100. It wasn't the only time they were there, as they had multiple hits such as "Dedicated to the One I Love" and the iconic "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"

The Shirelles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
4. There was a song called "The Boy In the Bubble" that was one of the singles from this artist's "Graceland" album (1986). Who sang this intriguing number?

Answer: Paul Simon

Even for Paul Simon's usual standard, this is a complicated and sophisticated song. It seems to refer to an act of terrorism: "the bomb in the baby carriage was wired to the radio..."

It also treats the phenomenon of ultra-mass communication, seeming to prefigure the time of Facebook. Here is another lyric: "Staccato signals of constant information, a loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires..." and the chorus: " These are the days of miracles and wonders, this is the long distance call, The way the camera follows us in slo-mo, the way we look to us all..."
5. This is a great singalong-type song, and it comes in two versions from two different countries. The name of the song is "The Wild Colonial Boy". Which are the two countries that remember this interesting outlaw?

Answer: Ireland and Australia

The Australian version names Jack Doolan as the title character, while the Irish one has it that Jack Duggan is the boy. But actually, the narrative that is told through the song's lyrics is much the same in both versions, though some verses may be different.

They both agree on the story of the legendary "boy, both mythic features such as robbing the rich to help the poor, and also quasi-historical matters: his emigration from Ireland, the other characters in the adventure. At the end, "The Wild Colonial Boy" is killed by the authorities in Australia.
6. In 1970 a musician/musical group released a song called "The Only Living Boy in New York." This was on an album called "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Who sang this particular song?

Answer: Simon and Garfunkel

By 1970, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were going their separate ways. Paul Simon wrote the song for his partner Art Garfunkel, who was off to Mexico to act in a movie, while Simon stayed in New York alone. The duo had started off their public career under the name Tom and Jerry, hence the lyric: "Tom, get your plane right on time..."

"The Only Living Boy in New York was the B-side of the hit single "Cecilia".
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" was the last Simon and Garfunkel album.
7. There was a major song in the blues pantheon, first recorded in 1955. The name of the song was "Mannish Boy". Which blues musician had a huge hit with this song?

Answer: Muddy Waters

In 1955, Muddy Waters released the first studio version of "Mannish Boy". He would record it later, both live and for several studio albums. The lyrics are explicit, especially compared to those of someone like Pat Boone, whose covers of some black artists' songs seem unduly prim, from the perspective of 2016. "Mannish Boy" boasts of the singer's opinion of himself, as a full-grown twenty-one- year-old who now is ready to take on all the women who care to get involved with him. In fact, he can be ready in "five minutes time"!

Rolling Stone magazine's "Top 500 Songs of All Time" rated "Mannish Boy" at Number 229.
8. The National Film Board of Canada produced a film in 1959, called "Lonely Boy". It told the story of which teenage idol?

Answer: Paul Anka

Paul Anka hails from Ottawa, which is the capital of Canada. One of his biggest hits in the fifties was a song called "Lonely Boy".

From the beginnings of his career, Paul Anka became known as a songwriter, as well as a singer. He wrote songs for everyone from Buddy Holly ("It Doesn't Matter Any More") to Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley (both are identified with Anka's "My Way").
9. "Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" was a big hit for a singer (or singers) produced by Phil Spector for the Philles label. Who had a big hit with this dreamy-sounding number in 1963?

Answer: Darlene Love

Darlene Love is a singer whose career began when she was a child. She was "discovered" singing in her church choir, in San Antonio, Texas. "Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" was the only release that featured her name. She was usually credited by Spector and other record producers as a backup singer, and she did sing with many groups, notably the Crystals.

She subsequently raised a family and has enjoyed a long career in singing, and in acting in TV and in movies. Darlene Love was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, by her friend Bette Midler.
10. There was a song on the early UK Beatles album, called "Boys". Now which of the boys sang lead on this little number?

Answer: Ringo Starr

"Boys" is a catchy little song, as is most of the material on the "Twist and Shout" album (1964). "Boys" was written by Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell, a professional songwriting team. The Shirelles first recorded the song, as the B-side of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" in 1960.

The Beatles took it from their "Please Please Me" album which had been released in the UK on the Parlephone label, but even earlier, "Boys" was incorporated into their show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. According to Paul McCartney, it was a show piece for their drummer, and the first song on which Ringo Starr took the vocals.
Source: Author elmo7

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