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1. A famous recording artist was born on the 17th June in Brooklyn, New York City. His colossal debut single that swept North America had to have its title changed so as not to be confused with a previous Billboard Hot 100 Number One single. His track topped the list in the Billboard Hot 100, the Billboard Adult Contemporary, Cashbox, and the Canadian Charts along with two other songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Can you name this singer who tells us that he "writes the songs"?
2. The lady lead singer of a group, The Seekers,that pioneered Australian folk music into the US and UK charts in the mid-sixties was born on the 3rd of July in Melbourne, Australia. The band's first hit topped the charts in Australia and the UK and was top Five in the US Ireland and Canada. Their following five hits collectively gained top spots in Australia, The UK, Canada, South Africa and Ireland with a best effort of number two on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Georgy Girl". She took a hiatus from the band for a solo career in 1968 and rejoined in 1974. Can you name this very popular lead singer who could not find another you?
3. An actress who was well known to all British TV viewers and well known abroad because of syndication of these programs to the world at large, was born in Middlesbrough, England on the 20th of July. In 1972 she starred in a hilarious comedy for 69 episodes, and then spent many years as a family matriarch in a long running British soap opera. She also took part in a hit record that topped the UK charts for two weeks in 1962 and reached number five in Australia. Can you name this lady who refused to "come outside"?
4. Born on March 9th this young man became one of the most exacting players of his craft in history. The world organisation that administered his sport awarded him their highest title at fifteen years of age. He won his first world championship in 1972 in a marathon contest against a formidable opponent and stamped himself as, arguably, as the greatest of all time. This seemed highly out of left field as this game had for decades been dominated completely by another country which seemed to have an unbreakable hold on it. Can you name the man who was granted Icelandic citizenship long after scoring his greatest victory in that country?
5. A singer-songwriter-guitarist born in Tallahassee Florida on July 31st had a brief but successful visit into the respective record charts in the early 1970s He scored eight Top Ten hits on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts with four of these reaching Top Spot and had three Top Tens on the Billboard Hot 100. Added to these were three Top Tens in Australia and two of these in the UK charts. In 1971 American country singer Stonewall Jackson took his breakthrough hit to number seven on the US country charts and a version was sung by the Brady Kids on their TV show. Can you name the singer with a dog's name that could scare you?
6. A very talented guitarist, singer and songwriter born on October 5th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin started out by forming a band in San Francico during 1966. After a lean few years, they hit paydirt with a single that topped the charts in four countries in 1973 and set off a total of three worldwide international hit records. Added to this were four Top Three albums in the Billboard charts.Can you identify the man whose song titles make him either a super villain of Batman or a conjurer?
7. A young man born on April 30th in Fargo North Dakota found himself an instant celebrity following a successful concert performance. It was the result of a last-minute call-up following a tragic accident earlier that day. His Fargo schoolboys band called themselves the Shadows and the lead singer went on to be one of the biggest rock stars of the early 1960s. He scored a Number One song and four other Top Tens on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, two Number One hits with four other Top Tens in Australia and six Top Tens on the UK charts. Who was this man who came to fame on "The Day the Music Died"?
8. Born on the 27th August in New York City, this lady advanced from being a child movie star to a mature actress playing mostly in dramatic roles. When sixteen she won a Golden Globe Award as "The Most Promising Female Newcomer". In 1977 she was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Supporting Actress" in a movie starring Diane Keaton, Richard Gere and William Atherton. Who was the young lady who played Thalia Menninger in the TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"?
9. A man who was regarded as a heart-throb rock star in the early seventies, was born on the 22nd July in Santa Monica, California. During a relatively short career he scored four Top Tens and seven Top Forty hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts but without a Number One record. His best effort on Billboard was at Number Three with "Little Woman". Overseas he had three Top 40 hits in Australia but only reached the charts once in the UK. However, on tour in the US he played to sell-out crowds of admiring young women. He also had a successful acting career with his biggest break coming when selected from hundreds of applicants to play the bashful stammering logger in the popular TV series "Here Come the Brides". Can you name the man who played Jeremy Bolt in that series?
10. One of the all-time greatest Country and Western artists was born on January 16th in Robbinsville, North Carolina. At thirteen he formed a band with classmates called "The Apparitions", worked in nightclubs and by the early seventies was signing record contracts to start off a fabulous career. On the Billboard Country and Western charts, he had produced forty Number One hits including seven in seven releases at one stage by the turn of the century. Coupled with this was twenty nine Top records on the RPM Canada Country Charts. Can you name this wonderful artist who was born almost completely blind?
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