We'll Sing In The Sunshine (Weather Permitting) 3 Quiz

Answer: The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones had a number one hit for three weeks on the UK chart with "Get Off Of My Cloud" in 1965. It was number one for two weeks on the US pop chart the same year. This Jagger/Richards song was the last of five consecutive UK number one hits for The Stones. Only Elvis Presley and The Beatles had achieved this up to then.

Answer: Summer

The Lovin' Spoonful had a number one hit for three weeks on the US pop chart with "Summer In The City" in 1966. It reached number eight on the UK chart the same year. It was the only number one hit that The Lovin' Spoonful had on the US & UK charts.

The original group was John Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky (from the group The Mugwumps which contained future Mamas & Papas Denny Doherty & Cass Elliot), Steve Boone and Joe Butler. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

Answer: Raindrops

B. J. Thomas had a number one hit for four weeks on the US pop chart with "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" in 1970. It reached number 38 on the UK chart the same year. A cover version by French singer Sacha Distel entered the UK chart on five separate occasions from January to August 1970. It reached number 10 on it's first re-entry in January. It was his only UK chart entry.

The song was written by Bacharach/David for the movie "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid". The movie version is different to the single version and Ray Stevens was offered the song first but turned it down. Butch Cassidy was the leader of The Wild Bunch who operated out The-Hole-in-the-Wall Pass, Wyoming. It was a hideout for many other outlaw gangs who became known as The-Hole-in-the-Wall Gang.

Answer: Hazy/Winter

Simon & Garfunkel had a number 13 hit on the US pop chart with "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" in 1966. It reached number 30 on the UK chart as a double A-side with "Silent Night-Seven O'clock News" in 1991.

"A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Procol Harum was number one for six weeks on the UK chart in 1967. It returned to the UK chart in 1972 and reached number 13. It reached number five on the US pop chart in 1967.

Answer: Autumn

The Kinks had a number three hit on the UK chart with "Autumn Almanac" in 1967. It did not chart in the US.

The only original members of the group throughout it's existence were brothers Ray Davies (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) and Dave Davies (lead guitar and vocals). Dave Davies had a solo number three hit on the UK chart with "Death Of A Clown" in 1967. It did not chart in the US. The original group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

Answer: 12 & 35

Bob Dylan had a number two hit on the US pop chart with "Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35" in 1966. It reached number seven on the UK chart the same year.

Bob Dylan played piano in Bobby Vee's backing band. Not true! I hear you shout, oh yes he did in 1959. Only twice so that's OK, we all have to start somewhere. He had his first UK hit with "Times They Are A-Changin'" which reached number nine in 1965. It did not chart in the US. His first hit in the US was "Subterranean Homesick Blues" which reached number 39 in 1965. It reached number nine on the UK chart the same year.

Answer: Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix had a number six hit on the UK chart with "The Wind Cries Mary" in 1967. In the US it was the B-side of "Purple Haze" and did not chart.

Hendrix had certainly been around a while before having his own success. He was in The Isley Brothers backing band, recorded with them and Little Richard. Toured with Joey Dee and The Starliters, toured and recorded with King Curtis. He met The Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham in 1966 but nothing came of it. He then met The Animals bass player Chas Chandler who was looking for acts to manage on leaving The Animals. He brought Hendrix to London signed him up and changed the spelling of his name to Jimi. His first hit on the UK chart "Hey Joe" followed in 1967 and he had five UK Top 10 hits including the number one hit "Voodoo Chile" in 1970. In his own country he only had one Top 40 hit, Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" which reached number 20 in 1968. It reached number five on the UK chart the same year. The three alternative choices to this question did not perform at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

Answer: Lightnin' Strikes

Lou Christie had a number one hit for one week on the US pop chart with "Lightnin' Strikes" in 1966. It reached number 11 on the UK chart the same year.

Lou Christie did not make the US or UK Top 10 again until 1969, when "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" reached number 10 on the US chart and number two on the UK chart. Apart from three minor hits in 1970, 1974 and 1981 that was it chart-wise for Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco.

Answer: Something

Thunderclap Newman had a number one hit for three weeks on the UK chart with "Something In The Air" in 1969. It reached number 37 on the US pop chart the same year.

The group, (put together by Pete Townshend of The Who) consisted of John "Speedy" Keene who wrote the song, Andy Newman and Jimmy McCulloch, who later played in Wings. They had one more minor chart entry in 1970 on the UK chart and that was the end. The song was in the 1969 movie "The Magic Christian" starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr.

Answer: Summer

Cliff Richard And The Shadows had a number one hit on the UK chart with "Summer Holiday" in 1963. It never charted in the US.

Love him or hate him you can't ignore him and he demands respect for being around so long. His first hit was "Move it" with The Shadows. It reached number two on the UK chart in 1958. It did not chart in the US. A re-recording of "Move It" in a double A-side with "21st Century Christmas" reached number two on the UK chart in 2006. Sir Cliff is the only person to have had number one hits in five different decades on the UK chart. (Some say six decades not counting download figures but that is getting too technical for me, I'll stick with vinyl and Cd's).