When Was It Originally Released? Online Quiz | Music

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1. When was "Yesterday" originally released in the UK?

Answer: 1965

"Yesterday" was originally released by the Beatles in August 1965 on the "Help!" album. It was released as a single in the US in September of the same year and stayed at number 1 for four weeks but wasn't released as a single in the UK until 1976.

2. When was "Number of the Beast" first released as a single in the UK?

Answer: 1982

"Number of the Beast" was released by Iron Maiden on 26th April 1982. It was taken from the album with the same name, which was released in March of the same year.

3. In what year was "Lean On Me" released as a single in the USA?

Answer: 1972

"Lean On Me" was written and originally released by Bill Withers in 1972. It got to number one in the US in July, three months after it had been released there. The song based on his experience of growing up in a West Virginia coal mining town.

4. In what year was "Stand By Me" released as a single in the UK?

Answer: 1961

"Stand By Me" was originally released by Ben E. King in 1961. It reached number 50 in June of that year and re-entered the charts a month later at number 27. In the US it reached the top 5.

5. In what year was "Spirit in the Sky" as a single in the UK?

Answer: 1969

"Spirit in the Sky" was originally released by Norman Greenbaum in 1969, from the album of the same name. It got to number one in March 1970. The song has been in the charts three times, each time for a different artist, and has yet to fail reaching the number one spot.

6. In what year was the album "A Little Less Conversation" is on released in the USA?

Answer: 1970

"A Little Less Conversation" original by Elvis Presley from the 1970 album "Almost in Love". Used in his 1968 film live a little, love a little. The track became famous in 2002 when it was remixed by JXL and got to number one.

7. In what year was "Space Oddity" originally released?

Answer: 1969

"Space Oddity" was released in July 1969 by David Bowie. It was used as the theme to the tv coverage of the apollo moon landing. However the song didn't reach number one until October 1975. The album its from was originally released as David Bowie in the UK and Man of Words, Man of Music everywhere else, but was re-released in 1972 with the title Space Oddity.

8. When was the original instrumental version of "Unchained Melody" released in the UK

Answer: 1955

"Unchained Melody" was first released in 1955. Two different versions were both released on April 9th 1955, Al Hibber's vocal version and Les Baxter's orchestral one. The instrumental version got to number one whereas the vocal versions best was number three. The song was used in the film Unchained.

9. When was "Lady Marmalade" originally released in the USA?

Answer: 1974

"Lady Marmalade" was originally released by The Eleventh Hour in 1974. Many people think that Patti LaBelle did the original version.

10. When was the first album "Blinded by the Light" was on originally released in the USA?

Answer: 1973

"Blinded by the Light" from Bruce Springsteen's debut album "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J." released in January 1973. Manfred Mann's Earth Band did a cover of it that went to number 1 in the US and number 6 in the UK in 1976.

Source: Author tigereye_101

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When Was It Originally Released? Quiz

Done with the help of Death_2000ad. For each question give me the year in which the song was first released by the original artist.

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