This week is not for the faint of heart – or for the casual music fan. The questions are all about specific song titles – days of the week, girls names, colours, love songs, you get the drift. If you know your music, you’ll be fine. I do suggest that you get a pen and paper and write your answers down, as it’ll be a whole lot easier that way. There are 10 questions, as usual, so score yourself 10 points for each correct answer – see how close you can come to 100%. Answers are below the questions, so let’s get rolling.
1. There are 7 hit songs that made the top twenty on Billboards’ Hot 100 chart with
‘Saturday’ in the title from 1963 until 1976. Elton John, Chicago and The Drifters had
three of them. How many of those 7 hits can you name? (You must name the song and
the performer – half points if you only get one or the other correct).
2. Now, let’s move to Sunday. 9 songs with ‘Sunday’ in the title made Billboard’s Hot 100
chart in the 1960’s, although two of those were the same song performed by two
different artists. All 9 songs made it into the top thirty. How many can you name?
3. Monday had the third most songs written about it. There were only 5 'Monday' songs
that made the Top Ten in Billboard’s Hot 100 chart from 1957 until 1986. Can you name
them all?
4. This one is about the late Michael Jackson. How many number one hits in the 1980’s
did Michael Jackson have with a girl’s name in the title? How many can you name?
5. Let’s get a little bit sweeter now. The word ‘Sugar’ shows up in the title of five Top 10
Billboard hits. The first one charted in 1958 and the last one in 1988 and they all made
it to the number one or number two position. Can you name all 5?
6. ‘The eyes are the window to the soul’ is a very famous quote. According to Billboard’s
Hot 100 chart, 9 songs with the word ‘eye’ or ’eyes’ in the title became top five hits
during the 1980’s. Female singers had 3 of those, male solo singers had 2, the rest
were sung by duos or groups. You’ll be considered a musical genius by your friends if
you can name them all. Good luck.
7. The most important muscle of the body is the heart. Literally, hundreds of hit songs
have the word ‘heart’ in the title, but this time, we’re looking for solo female artists who
made it into Billboards’ Top Ten with songs about the ‘heart’. There are 15 songs in
total from 1960 until 1998. How many can you name?
8. There are 6 songs about the colour blue that made it to Number One on Billboards’ Hot
100 singles chart from the late 1950’s through to the early 1970’s. How many of those 6
songs and their performers can you name?
9. How many of Elvis Presley’s seven top ten charted hits with the word ‘love’ in the title
can you name? (HINT: The first one charted in 1956 and the last in 1972. 1957’s
“Loving You” only made it to number 20, so that one obviously doesn’t count).
10. We couldn’t do a rock’n’roll trivia column about song titles without including
‘rock’n’roll’, or more specifically, the word ‘rock’. There are hundreds of songs with
‘rock’ in the title, but this time, we’re only looking for hits from the 1970’s with
either the words ‘rock’, ‘rockin’’ or rock’n’roll’ in their title and all of them made the Top
10, so how hard can it be? Do your best and come up with at least 7 out of 10 titles.
ANSWERS
1. “Another Saturday Night” Sam Cooke 1963 # 10
“Saturday Night At The Movies” The Drifters 1964 # 18
“Come Saturday Morning” The Sandpipers 1970 # 17
“Saturday In The Park” Chicago 1972 # 3
“Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting” Elton John 1973 # 12
“Another Saturday Night” Cat Stevens 1974 # 6
“Saturday Night” The Bay City Rollers 1976 # 1
2. “Never On Sunday” Don Costa 1960 # 19
“Never On Sunday” The Chordettes 1961 # 13
“That Sunday, That Summer” Nat ‘King’ Cole 1963 # 12
“Sunday And Me” Jay & The Americans 1965 # 18
“Pleasant Valley Sunday” The Monkees 1967 # 3
“Sunday Will Never Be The Same” Spanky & Our Gang 1967 # 9
“Sunday Mornin’” Spanky & Our Gang 1968 # 30
“Sugar on Sunday” The Clique 1969 # 22
“Beautiful Sunday” Daniel Boone 1972 # 15
3. “Blue Monday” Fats Domino 1957 # 5
“Monday Monday” The Mamas & The Papas 1966 # 1
“Rainy Days And Mondays” Carpenters 1971 # 2
“New Moon On Monday” Duran Duran 1984 # 10
“Manic Monday” The Bangles 1986 # 2
4. Michael Jackson only had two number one hits with a girl’s
name in the title during the 1980’s. Those songs were “Billy
Jean” in 1983 and “Dirty Diana” in 1988.
5. “Sugartime” The McGuire Sisters 1958 # 1
“Sugar Shack” Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs 1963 # 1
“Sugar Sugar” The Archies 1969 # 1
“No Sugar Tonight” The Guess Who 1970 # 1 (This one was the flip side of The Guess
Who’s “American Woman” 45 which was a number one hit – so, this one counts as a
number one as well).
“Pour Some Sugar On Me” Def Leppard 1988 # 2
6. “Sexy Eyes” Dr. Hook 1980 # 5
“For Your Eyes Only” Sheena Easton 1981 # 4
“Private Eyes” Daryl Hall & John Oates 1981 # 1
“Bette Davis Eyes” Kim Carnes 1981 # 1
“Eye Of The Tiger” Survivor 1982 # 1
“Eye In The Sky’ The Alan Parsons Project 1982 # 3
“Eyes Without A Face” Billy Idol 1984 # 4
“Hungry Eyes” Eric Carmen 1988 # 4
“Lost In Your Eyes’ Debbie Gibson 1989 # 1
7. “My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own” Connie Francis 1960 # 1
“Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You” Connie Francis 1962 # 1
“My Heart Belongs To Me” Barbra Streisand 1977 # 4
“Heart Of Glass” Blondie 1979 # 1
“Total Eclipse Of The Heart” Bonnie Tyler 1981 # 1
“Queen Of Hearts” Juice Newton 1982 # 2
“Heart Attack” Olivia Newton-John 1982 # 3
“Two Of Hearts” Stacey Q 1986 # 3
“Change Of Heart” Cyndi Lauper 1987 # 3
“Open Your Heart” Madonna 1987 # 1
“Where Do Broken Hearts Go” Whitney Houston 1988 # 1
“Tell It To My Heart” Taylor Dayne 1988 # 7
“With Every Beat Of My Heart” Taylor Dayne 1989 # 5
“Where Does My Heart Beat Now” Celine Dion 1991 # 4
“My Heart Will Go On” Celine Dion 1998 # 1
8. “Mr. Blue” The Fleetwoods 1959 # 1
“Blue Moon” The Marcels 1961 # 1
“Blue Velvet” Bobby Vinton 1963 # 1
“Blue Christmas” Elvis Presley 1964 # 1
“Love Is Blue” Paul Mauriat 1968 # 1 (Instrumental)
“Song Sung Blue” Neil Diamond 1972 # 1
9. “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You’ 1956 # 1
“Love Me Tender” 1956 # 1
“Love Me” 1956 # 2
“I Need Your Love Tonight” 1959 # 4
“A Big Hunk O’ Love” 1959 # 1
“Can’t Help Falling In Love” 1961/62 # 2
“Burning Love” 1972 # 2
10. “Rockin’ Robin” Michael Jackson 1972 # 2
“Crocodile Rock” Elton John 1973 # 1
“Rockin’ Pneumonia – Boogie Woogie Flu” Johnny Rivers 1973 # 6
“Rock On” David Essex 1974 # 5
“Rock The Boat” The Hues Corporation 1974 # 1
“Rock Me Gently” Andy Kim 1974 # 1
“Rock’n Me” Steve Miller 1976 # 1
“Rock And Roll Music” The Beach Boys 1976 # 5
“That’s Rock ‘N’ Roll” Shaun Cassidy 1977 # 3
“We Will Rock You” Queen 1978 # 4
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