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Top 20 Hits of 1968
1. Hey Jude - The Beatles
2. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
3. Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
4. Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
5. People Got to be Free - The Rascals
6. Sunshine of your Love - Cream
7. This Guy's in Love with you - Herb Albert
8. Stoned Soul Picnic - Fifth Dimension
9. Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel
10. Tighten Up - Archie Bell and the Drells
11. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly - Hugo
Montenegro
12. Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith
13. Mony, Mony - Tommy James & the
Shondells
14. Hello, I love you -The Doors
15. Young Girl - Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
16. Cry Like a Baby - The Box Tops
17. Harper Valley PTA -- Jeannie C. Riley
18. Grazing in the Grass - Hugh Masekela
19. Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots
20. Dance to the Music -- Sly & the Family Stone
More songs to take you back, back, back !
Hum along with me... Do you remember these?
Light My Fire (Jose Feliciano)? Do You Know the Way to San Jose (Dionne Warwick)? Mission Possible theme? Classical Gas (Mason Williams)? Little Green Apples? How about -- By the Time I Get to Phoenix? Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin)? Cloud Nine (The Temptations)? MacArthur Park?
OK, ALL YOU KOOL KATS AND SLICK CHICKS,
LET'S SEE HOW KOOL YOU REALLY ARE.
DON'T CHEAT CAUSE YOU KNOW THAT AIN'T NEAT.
WRITE A, B, OR C DOWN FOR YOUR ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS,
THEN CHECK THE ANSWERS AT THE END.
REMEMBER, NO CHEATING!!!
1. When did 'Little Suzie' finally wake up?
a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock
2. 'Rock Around The Clock' was used in what movie?
a) Rebel Without A Cause
b) Blackboard Jungle
c) The Wild Ones
3. What's missing?____ _Baby, Earth_____,_ ____On My Shoulder
a) Angel
b) Head
4. 'I found my thrill...' where?
a) Kansas City
b) Heartbreak Hotel
c) Blueberry Hill
5. 'Please turn on your magic beam, __________ bring me a dream'
a) Mr Sandman
b) Earth Angel
c) Dream Lover
6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
a) Chancellor
b) RCA
c) Sun
7. He asked, 'Why's everybody always pickin' on me?' Who was he?
a) Bad Bad Leroy Brown
b) Charlie Brown
c) Buster Brown
8. Bobby Darin's 'Mack The Knife', the one with the knife was named:
a) MacHeath
b) MacCloud
c) MacNamara
9. Name the song with 'A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom'?
a) Good Golly Miss Molly
b) Be-Bop-A-Lula
c) Tutti Fruitti
10. Who is generally given credit for the term 'Rock And Roll'?
a) Dick Clark
b) Wolfman Jack
c) Alan Freed
11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher.
a) Little Richard
b) Frankie Lymon
c) Tony Orlando
12. Paul Anka's 'Puppy Love' is written to what star?
a) Brenda Lee
b) Connie Francis
c) Annette Funicello
13. The Everly Brothers are..
a) Pete and Dick
b) Don and Phil
c) Bob and Bill
14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
a) Jiles P. Richardson
b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
c) Marion Michael Morrison
15. In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started a small record company called...
a ) Decc a
b) Cameo
c) Motown
16. Edd Bynnes had a hit with 'Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb...
'What TV show was he on?
a) 77 Sunset Strip
b) Hawaiian Eye
c) Surfside Six
17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
a) Carol Lynley
b) Sandra Dee
c) Natalie Wood
18. They were a one hit wonder with 'Book Of Love .'
a) The Penguins
b) The Monotones
c) The Moonglows
Answers are below---no peeking!
ANSWERS:
1. c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock 2. b) Blackboard Jungle 3. a) Angel 4. c) Blueberry Hill
5. a) Mr. Sandman 6. c) Sun 7. b) Charlie Brown 8. a) MacHeath 9. c) Tutti Fruitti
10. c) Alan Freed 11. a) Little Richard 12. c) Annette Funicello 13. b) Don and Phil
14. a) Jiles P. Richardson 15. c) Motown 16. a) 77 Sunset Strip 17. b) Sandra Dee 18 b) The Monotones