The Beatles '64 Multiple Choice Quiz | Songs by The Beatles

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1. The Beatles' first four hits on the Billboard Hot 100 were all released on different record labels. Which one was number one for seven weeks?

Answer: "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (Capitol)

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" was written by Lennon/McCartney. It was number one for seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was number one for five weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1963/64.

"She Loves You" was number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was number one for six non-consecutive weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1963.

"Please Please Me" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1963.

"Twist And Shout" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was a track on the first UK Beatles' album "Please Please Me" and was never released as a single in the UK.

2. Which was the first Beatles' single that never made it to number one on the Billboard Hot 100?

Answer: Please Please Me

"Please Please Me" was written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1963.

"Please Please Me" was the third Beatles' single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first not to reach number one. In the UK The Beatles's first two singles to chart, "Love Me Do" and "Please Please Me", never made it to number one. Then they had 11 consecutive official Parlophone number one hits on the UK Singles Chart. "From Me To You" in 1963 to "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" in 1966.

3. Which one of these Beatles' 1964 US number one hits was NOT a UK number one hit?

Answer: Love Me Do

"Love Me Do" was written by Paul McCartney but credited to McCartney/Lennon on the original UK single. It was number one for one week on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart in 1962.

"Love Me Do" peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart on the 20th anniversary of its release in 1982. It peaked at number 53 on the 30th anniversary of its release in 1992. On its 50th anniversary limited release it was withdrawn when it was discovered that the version with Andy White on drums and Ringo on tambourine had been pressed. The original single version with Ringo on drums was then pressed and released in 2012.

The Andy White version is on the UK "Please Please Me" album and was also used for the US single release.

4. Which one of these Beatles' songs was the only one to reach the Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten in 1964, with George Harrison singing the lead vocal?

Answer: Do You Want To Know A Secret

"Do You Want To Know A Secret" was written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was a track on the first UK album by The Beatles "Pleasse Please Me" but was never released as a single in the UK.

"Roll Over Beethoven" peaked at number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was a track on the second UK album by The Beatles "with the beatles" but was never released as a single in the UK.

"I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" peaked at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was a track on the third UK album by The Beatles "A Hard Day's Night" but was never released as a single in the UK.

"Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby" was a track on the US E. P. "4 - By The Beatles" which peaked at number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1965. It was a track on the fourth UK album by The Beatles "Beatles For Sale" but was never released as a single in the UK.

5. On April 4 1964 The Beatles held the Top Five positions on the Billboard Hot 100. Which one of their records was number one on that day?

Answer: Can't Buy Me Love

"Can't Buy Me Love" was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was number one for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was number one for three weeks on the UK Singles Chart the same year.

"Can't Buy Me Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 27 and jumped to number one the following week. It was the first record to jump to number one from outside the Top 20. It replaced "She Loves You" at number one, which had replaced "I Want To Hold Your Hand" at number one, this had never been done before.

"Can't Buy Me Love" jumping to number one gave The Beatles the Top 5 singles on April 4 1964 and on April 11 1964 they had a total of 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 that week.

April 4 1964

1. "Can't Buy Me Love"
2. "Twist And Shout"
3. "She Loves You"
4. "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
5. "Please Please Me"

April 11 1964

1. "Can't Buy Me Love"
2. "Twist And Shout"
4. "She Loves You"
7. "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
9. "Please Please Me"
14. "Do You Want To Know A Secret"
38. "I Saw Her Standing There"
48. "You Can't Do That"
50. "All My Loving"
52. "From Me To You"
61. "Thank You Girl"
74. "There's A Place"
78. "Roll Over Beethoven"
81. "Love Me Do"

6. Which song was also a hit for The Beatles on the Billboard Hot 100, in a German language version in 1964?

Answer: She Loves You

"Sie Liebt Dich" ("She Loves You") was written by Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Montague. It peaked at number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It did not chart in the UK.

"Sie Liebt Dich" along with "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" was recorded in Paris, France, in 1964. The Beatles' West German record company released it as a double A-Side single for the German market in March 1964. The Beatles had to re-record "Sie Liebt Dich" from scratch as the original two track tape of "She Loves You" had been detroyed by EMI and they could not use the music for the new lyrics.

7. A number of songs by The Beatles with Pete Best on drums entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. True/False?

Answer: True

Pete Best played the drums on these three songs that entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. Only "My Bonnie" and "Ain't She Sweet" entered the UK Singles Chart but have never been considered part of The Beatles' official catalogue.

"My Bonnie" Trad. arr. Sheridan. It peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles with Tony Sheridan in 1964. It peaked at number 48 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963.

"Why" was written by Bill Crompton/Tony Sheridan. It peaked at number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles with Tony Sheridan in 1964. It did not chart in the UK.

"Ain't She Sweet" was written by Milton Ager/Jack Yellen in 1927. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It peaked at number 29 on the UK Singles Chart the same year.

8. There were seven consecutive hits on the Billboard Hot 100 taken from the US version of the "Hard Day's Night" album. Which one of the four below charted the highest?

Answer: And I Love Her

"And I Love Her" was written by Lennon/McCartney. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was not released as a single in the UK.

The seven songs from the motion picture soundtrack were, "A Hard Day's Night" (number one)/"I Should Have Known Better" (number 53), "And I Love Her" (number 12)/"If I Fell" (number 53), "Ringo's Theme" ("This Boy") (number 53), George Martin and His Orchestra, "I'll Cry Instead" (number 25)/"I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" (number 95). The UK version of the "A Hard Day's Night" album only contained seven songs from the movie on side one and six other songs on side two.

9. Who was the lead singer on "Matchbox"?

Answer: Ringo

"Matchbox" was written by Carl Perkins. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964. It was not released as a single in the UK.

In the UK "Matchbox" was a track on the "Long Tall Sally" E. P. On side one, "Long Tall Sally" written by Enotris Johnson/Richard Penniman/Robert Blackwell, "I Call Your Name" written by Lennon/McCartney. On side two, "Slow Down" written by Larry Williams and "Matchbox" written by Carl Perkins.

"Matchbox" was the first single by The Beatles featuring Ringo Starr singing lead vocal, to reach the Billboard Hot 100.

10. This Beatles B-Side reached the Top Five on the Billboard Hot 100 with these lyrics. What is the title of the number one A-Side? "She don't give boys the eye She hates to see me cry She is happy just to hear me Say that I will never leave her She don't give boys the eye"

Answer: I Feel Fine

"I Feel Fine" was written by Lennon/McCartney. It was number one for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1964/65. It was number one for five weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1964/65.

The B-Side "She's A Woman" peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and was The Beatles highest charting B-Side of a single released in 1964. It did not chart in the UK. It was featured in The Beatles movie "Help!" but was not on the album of the same name.

When "She's A Woman" made the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, it gave The Beatles the record of the most Top Ten records in a calendar year with 11.

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The Beatles '64 Trivia Quiz

1964 was the momentous first year on the US Billboard Hot 100 for The Fab Four. Do you know enough about it to take this quiz? US chart: Joel Whitburn's Billboard book of Top Pop Singles. UK chart: Guinness book of British Hit Singles.

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