UK groups of 60s & 70s starting with "The". Quiz

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1. What better group to start off with than "The" Beatles. They had a record 17 singles that reached number one. However, what was their first top of the UK Singles Chart single in May 1963?

Answer: From Me to You

"From Me to You" spent seven weeks at the top of the UK charts in 1963.

"She Loves You" spent four weeks at the top in September 1963 and then two weeks at the top in November 1963. "Please, Please Me" only made it to number two on the UK charts. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" spent five weeks at the top in December/January in 1963-64.

2. "The" Shadows had ten number one hits on the UK Singles Chart. Five solo and five with Cliff Richard. Of these four solo singles, which one spent the longest at number one for eight weeks?

Answer: Wonderful Land

The Shadows were Cliff Richard's backing group from 1958-1968. They had a total of ten number one hits solo and with Cliff another five. "Wonderful Land" spent eight weeks at the top of the chart beginning in March 1962.

"Apache" spent five weeks at the top in August 1960 and was their first chart topper. "Kon-Tiki" spent one week at the top in October 1961 and "Dance On" was a chart topper for one week in January 1963. The fifth solo number one, not mentioned above, was "Foot Tapper" that spent one week at the top in March 1963.

3. All of the following "The" groups had number one hits on the UK Singles Chart. However, which "The" group did it with "Glad All Over"?

Answer: The Dave Clark Five

"Glad All Over" was the first and only number one hit on the UK charts for The Dave Clark Five which was formed in Tottenham in 1957. The single topped the chart for two weeks in January 1964, knocking The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top.

The Temperance Seven was formed in 1955 from students of the Chelsea School of Art and they had a number one hit in 1961 with "You're Driving Me Crazy". The Bachelors were an Irish group that hit the top of the charts with "Diane" in 1964. The Four Pennies was formed in Blackburn in a shop on Penny Street, hence the name. Their number one hit was "Juliet" in May 1964.

4. "The" Searchers had three number one hits on the UK Singles Chart in 1963-64. Which of the following was not one of those three?

Answer: Have I the Right?

"Have I the Right?" was a number one hit for the North London group, The Honeycombs, for two weeks in August 1964 and at the time they were one of only a few groups to have a female drummer in Honey Lantree.

The Searchers' three top of the chart singles were "Sweets for My Sweet", peaked at number one for two weeks in August 1963, "Needles and Pins", which hit the top for three weeks in January 1964 and four months later in May, and "Don't Throw Your Love Away" which hit the top for two weeks.

5. "The" Tornados had the second British recording to hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. That same recording also hit top of the UK Singles Chart. What was the single?

Answer: Telstar

"Telstar" was the second British recording after Acker Bilk's "Stranger on the Shore" to peak at number one on the US Charts. Both were instrumentals in 1962 with "Stranger on the Shore" peaking at number two in the UK.

"House of the Rising Sun" was a number one hit in the UK and USA for The Animals in 1964. "Go Now" peaked at number one in the UK for the Birmingham rock group The Moody Blues in January 1965.

6. "The" Rolling Stones have had eight number one hits on the UK Singles Chart. Of the four mentioned which one was their first number one chart topper way back in July 1964?

Answer: It's All Over Now

"It's All Over Now" stayed at the top for one week in July 1964.

"Little Red Rooster" was their second chart topper for one week in December 1964. "The Last Time" topped the UK chart for three weeks in March 1965 and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" topped the chart for two weeks in September 1965 and it was also their first number one hit on the US charts.

7. Which "The" group had two number one UK Singles Chart hits in 1962 with "Keep on Running" and "Somebody Help Me"?

Answer: The Spencer Davis Group

The Spencer Davis Group were from Birmingham and were formed in 1963. They had two other hits "I'm a Man" and "Gimme Some Lovin'" that made the top ten on the UK and US charts.

The Hollies were a British pop rock group formed in 1962 and they had the number one hit "I'm Alive" in 1965.
The Overlanders were a British music group and their only number one hit in 1966 was a cover version of The Beatles' "Michelle". The Troggs were a garage rock band formed in Hampshire 1964. Their only number one hit in the UK was "With a Girl Like You". In the same year their hit "Wild Thing" peaked at number two in the UK but reached number one on the US chart.

8. This "The" group from north London had only one number one hit on the UK chart called "Baby, Come Back". Who were they?

Answer: The Equals

The Equals only had this hit at number one which lasted for three weeks at the top in July 1968.

The Move was a rock band out of Birmingham with the chart topper "Blackberry Way" in February 1969. The Foundations were a soul group out of London that had the chart topper for two weeks in November 1967 with "Baby Now That I've Found You". The Kinks were a group out of London that had a number one hit in each year of 1964-65-66. They were "You Really Got Me" (1964), "Tired of Waiting for You" (1965) and "Sunny Afternoon" (1966).

9. The Beatles had only one single number one hit in which they gave credit to another artist on the label. This hit was credited as "The Beatles with Billy Preston". What was this hit single?

Answer: Get Back

Billy Preston accompanied The Beatles on the electric keyboard for "Get Back" and was a session keyboardist also for The Rolling Stones.

"Silence is Golden" was a number one hit for The Tremeloes from Essex in 1967 and "Lily the Pink" was a chart topper for The Scaffold from Liverpool. "Hey Jude" was a number one hit for The Beatles in 1968.

10. This "The" group had only one number one in the 1970s. The single was "I Don't Like Mondays" and the lead vocalist was Bob Geldof. What was this group? (It's not UK, but it is British Isles)

Answer: The Boomtown Rats

The Boomtown Rats were an Irish group from Dublin and their only number one hit on the UK chart was "I Don't Like Mondays" which stayed at the top for four weeks in July 1979.

The Wurzels are a scrumpy and western group from Somerset and their number one hit was "The Combine Harvester" in 1976. The Buggles were a group from London and their number one hit was "Video Killed the Radio Star" in 1979. The Police were a rock band from London and they had two number one hits in 1979 being "Walking on the Moon" and "Message in a Bottle".

Source: Author zambesi

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This quiz is about the many British Isles "The" groups of the 1960s and 1970s and their number one hits on the UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart). Have fun remembering some of these great hits.

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