# Trivia Quiz on Billboard #1 Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124 "2005-04-26T05:25:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/21 "2005-04-26T20:05:39Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Right on number one. Wrong on number two. > > More info on question two: > > This band had 7 number two hits, 1 number three, 2 number fours, 1 number six, and 2 number 8s, for a total of 13 Top Ten hits, but never once topped the Pop Singles charts. > > They did have two number one albums, though. Creedence Clearwater Revival? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/22 "2005-04-26T21:49:49Z")
> [@Waterman](#): > > 1. Name three songs (same songwriter) that became #1 songs by two different artists? “Go Away Little Girl,” by Steve Lawrence and also Donny Osmond. “The Loco-Motion,” by Little Eva and also Grand Funk Railroad > [@](#): > > 1. The bitter and misunderstood 1970 song by one of the R&B (or soul) artists that essentially marked the end of his and his band’s career? “Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)” by Sly and the Family Stone. Sly’s huge coke problem led him to be the most notorious live act of the day, coming in hours late for concerts when he didn’t just blow them off. There were huge fights inside the group, which was an extended family that depended on Sly for their livelihood. > [@](#): > > 1. Name three #1 song titles that included the names of US Cities in their titles? “The Night Chicago Died,” by Paper Lace. “Philadelphia Freedom,” by Elton John Non-US cities: “Calcutta,” by Lawrence Welk, “Lisbon Antigua,” by Nelson Riddle, and “Poor People of Paris,” by Les Baxter. Bonus cities: “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” By Jeannie C. Riley, “Winchester Cathedral” by The New Vaudeville Band, and “Surf City,” by Jan & Dean. 🙂 And technically, “Tequila” by The Champs is a foreigh language song that precedes “Volare” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/23 "2005-04-26T21:53:16Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Creedence Clearwater Revival? DING DING DING!! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/24 "2005-04-26T22:04:22Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > DING DING DING!! Whoohooo! Since I got one I might as well ask one (forgive me if it’s pretty easy…) What HUGE album of the '80s got its title from the name of a script that went on to become a Michael J. Fox movie? ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/25 "2005-04-26T22:22:36Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Actually, [this site](http://www.recordresearch.com/numones/numone_pop_1970s.html) states that BBLB was #1 for two weeks. > > However, the Croce song that reached #1 after he died was _Time in a Bottle_ (December 1973). While the song was already released as part of the album _You don’t mess around with Jim_, I’m _pretty_ sure that the single was released after his death in September 1973 - but I have to go home to be sure. I wasn’t questioning that “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” had reached #1, however, the song reached #1 on 6/2/1973 and Croce was killed on 9/20/73. “Time In A Bottle” did make it to #1 after he died so that would be a correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47774/32.png) [@ZeroGyro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroGyro)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/26 "2005-04-26T22:32:44Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Whoohooo! Since I got one I might as well ask one (forgive me if it’s pretty easy…) > > What HUGE album of the '80s got its title from the name of a script that went on to become a Michael J. Fox movie? “Born in the U.S.A.” The movie was retitled “Light of Day” and had a Bruce Springsteen song of that name in it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/27 "2005-04-26T22:38:28Z")
Another one: The only song in the rock era (1955+) to have been #1 on the Billboard charts, fall off the charts entirely and re-enter the charts to take the #1 position again. Hint, it’s not the Token’s ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/28 "2005-04-26T22:40:24Z")
Exapno Mapcase: Your answers are correct except I would disagree on the foreign song question since I recall that the only spoken word in the Champs recording of Tequila is the title and I don’t consider that as qualifying. NO ONE HAS GOTTEN THE CORRECT ANSWER TO #1 AND I BELIEVE THERE IS AT LEAST ONE MORE SONG THAT WENT TO #1 BY TWO DIFFERENT ARTISTS (QUESTION #5). Will post ten more questions tonight (left coast time), a little more difficult than the ones already posted, to further test the trivia knowledge of Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/29 "2005-04-26T22:42:47Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Another one: > > The only song in the rock era (1955+) to have been #1 on the Billboard charts, fall off the charts entirely and re-enter the charts to take the #1 position again. > > Hint, it’s not the Token’s ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ Wasn’t this part of the first set? _The Twist_. ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/30 "2005-04-26T22:46:02Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Another one: > > The only song in the rock era (1955+) to have been #1 on the Billboard charts, fall off the charts entirely and re-enter the charts to take the #1 position again. > > Hint, it’s not the Token’s ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ The only song that I am aware of that went off the charts and reapperared at #1 was the aforementioned “Twist” by Chubby Checker. Many #1 songs reached the number one position, then fell out of #1 and then reappeared back at #1 but not after falling off the Top 100 or Hot 100 listing ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47774/32.png) [@ZeroGyro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroGyro)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/31 "2005-04-26T23:16:49Z")
If “Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)” is the correct answer to question #6, then I think it was a just flat-out wrong question. Sly had a #1 song (Family Affair) and #1 album (There’s a Riot Goin’ On) after “Thank You.” His next album (Fresh) was Top Ten and had a Top Ten R&B single. Those two albums were also two of his most critically acclaimed works. I hardly think you can say his career was over at the time of “Thank You” in ANY regard (though he was undoubtedly becoming increasingly lost to drugs). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/32 "2005-04-26T23:25:19Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Another one: > > The only song in the rock era (1955+) to have been #1 on the Billboard charts, fall off the charts entirely and re-enter the charts to take the #1 position again. > > Hint, it’s not the Token’s ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ Shoot. I was going to say “Unchained Melody,” but that only hit #4 in 1965 (Hit #1 in 1990, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/33 "2005-04-26T23:45:07Z")
> [@Waterman](#): > > Name three songs (same songwriter) that became #1 songs by two different artists? Young Love (Tab Hunter and Sonny Jmes). Butterfly (Andy Williams and Charlie Grace). Venus (Shocking Blue and Bananarama). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/34 "2005-04-27T01:26:13Z")
> [@Waterman](#): > > NO ONE HAS GOTTEN THE CORRECT ANSWER TO #1 AND I BELIEVE THERE IS AT LEAST ONE MORE SONG THAT WENT TO #1 BY TWO DIFFERENT ARTISTS (QUESTION #5). **Bricker** came up with _three_ more answers to #5, to which I would add “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” by the Supremes and Kim Wilde. I believe the answer to #1 would be “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” by the Four Aces. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/35 "2005-04-27T02:09:35Z")
> [@ZeroGyro](#): > > If “Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)” is the correct answer to question #6, then I think it was a just flat-out wrong question. Sly had a #1 song (Family Affair) and #1 album (There’s a Riot Goin’ On) after “Thank You.” His next album (Fresh) was Top Ten and had a Top Ten R&B single. Those two albums were also two of his most critically acclaimed works. I hardly think you can say his career was over at the time of “Thank You” in ANY regard (though he was undoubtedly becoming increasingly lost to drugs). I have to agree. I gave Sly as the answer because he was clearly what the OP was looking for. And “Tequila” was a joke. See smilie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/36 "2005-04-27T02:50:34Z")
> [@ZeroGyro](#): > > If “Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)” is the correct answer to question #6, then I think it was a just flat-out wrong question. Sly had a #1 song (Family Affair) and #1 album (There’s a Riot Goin’ On) after “Thank You.” His next album (Fresh) was Top Ten and had a Top Ten R&B single. Those two albums were also two of his most critically acclaimed works. I hardly think you can say his career was over at the time of “Thank You” in ANY regard (though he was undoubtedly becoming increasingly lost to drugs). You are correct! I SCREWED UP. ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/37 "2005-04-27T02:54:10Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Young Love (Tab Hunter and Sonny Jmes). > > Butterfly (Andy Williams and Charlie Grace). > > Venus (Shocking Blue and Bananarama). You’re answers are correct as they relate to the question, however, the first two resulted from the multiple charts and cover versions so prevalent at the time. I was thinking of songs where there at least was an interval of time between hitting #1. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/38 "2005-04-27T03:01:17Z")
> [@Waterman](#): > > Exapno Mapcase: > NO ONE HAS GOTTEN THE CORRECT ANSWER TO #1 AND I BELIEVE THERE IS AT LEAST ONE MORE SONG THAT WENT TO #1 BY TWO DIFFERENT ARTISTS (QUESTION #5). _Da Do Ron Ron_ by the Crystals and later Shaun Cassidy _You Can’t Hurry Love_ by the Supremes and later Phil Collins ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/39 "2005-04-27T03:02:25Z")
The answer to question #1 was the Four Aces’s release of “Love Is A Many Splendored Thing” in 1955. Here are questions #11 to 20: 1. A former Vice-President of the United States wrote this #1 song. What is the name of the song, the former Vice-President, and the artist who sang it? 2. He was arguably the first #1 artist raised on TV and he had two #1 hits during the dark days of rock and roll (post Elvis Army and pre-Beatles). Who is the artist and what were his two hits. 3. What was the first #1 based exclusively on the Hot 100 Charts in Billboard? 4. What was the first #1 song based on Billboard’s compilation of data provided by BDS and Soundscan? 5. He was the quintessential “paranoid” man of rock who had two #1 hits and suffered the incredible tragedy of having his wife killed in an auto accident and two sons killed in a fire. Who is he? 6. Name at least two #1 songs written by the famous Brill Building writers King and Goffin? 7. Name the 1966 #1 song recorded and released by a member of US Military at the time of the recording, which became an anthem for the pro-Vietnam War? 8. Given a song because one member of a duo’s sister was dating “this famous guy in a band” it became their only #1 song. Name the song, artist and songwriters? 9. This is a case where the King got trumped in America. Presley released this song in Europe and this artist’s version was released in the US and went to #1. What was the song and who was the American artist? 10. A later icon of C&W music, this artist had his only #1 hit as a copycat Elvis impersonator? Who was he and what was his song? ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124/40 "2005-04-27T03:08:04Z")
Looking through the thread, I can’t see whether anybody has correctly answered the question about the song that reached #1 on two separate occasions. If nobody has got that yet, my guess is _In The Ghetto_, Elvis. Otherwise, can somebody please tell me the answer and I’ll get my pre-emptive :smack: in now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-quiz-on-billboard-1-songs/301124.md?page=3)