Ricky Nelson [literally raised on TV) Don’t know the songs, though.
Ballad of the Green Berets, S. Sgt. Barry Stadler.
“A World Without Love” - Peter and Gordon, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who was then dating Peter’s sister, Jane Asher
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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:
12. 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.
Ricky Nelson? “Garden Party” and …?
15. 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?
Roy Orbison?
“Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” and “Pleasant Valley Sunday?”
17. 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?
“Ballad of the Green Berets?”
first Blueberry Hill (?)
second Q- BeachBoys(?)
Roy Orbison (and don’t forget that he also had the bad luck to drop dead just as he was making a big career comeback).
How about “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” and “The Locomotion”.
Conway Twitty - “It’s Only Make Believe”
#1 That’ll be the Day Buddy Holly & the Crickets (and Linda Ronstadt)?
#11- Tommy Edwards’ “It’s All in the Game” was written by Vice President Charles Curtis
#12- Ricky Nelson’s #1 hits were “Travellin’ Man” and “Poor Little Fool.”
#20 has to be Conway Twitty, who hit #1 with “It’s Only Make Believe.”
The song, answered above, was “The Twist” by Chuck Berry.
To the rest of you I commend your knowledge as I wasn’t expecting several of them to be answered so quickly. All of them are correct except for the trivial item that “Garden Party” was not a #1 (it did make #6).
I can only add that Orbison truly must have been one of those unfortunate souls walking around with a black cloud.
There are several more unanswered questions and the night is young! (At least here on the left coast)
Picunurse:
Chuck Berry’s only #1 was the 1972 novelty song “My Ding-A-Ling”
Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Linda Ronstadt’s version peaked at #11.
Anyone - who was the backing band for Berry’s My Ding-A-Ling (hint: they had there own #1 song two years later)?
Elvis? Kentucky Rain?
Number 1 song of 1969: Sugar, Sugar - The Archies (Unbelievable!!!)
G-L-O-R-I-A never made it to #1, also unbelievable.
Pardon me but this has been answered now about 5 times - the song was “The Twist” by Chuck Berry
Nope, it was Charles G. Dawes, who served as Coolidge’s veep from 1925-29.
Volare?
His dingaling?
Never Can Say Goodbye?
You are right as I failed to check the original answer.
It’s also interesting to note that Tommy Edwards originally recorded the song ~1951 along with Dinah Shore, Sammy Kaye, and others. It didn’t go anywhere until Edwards rerecorded it as a “sorta” rock-n-roll arrangement which then went on to fame (and probably not much fortune).
Was there ever a billboard hit from a recording from Broadway?
“Volare” is not the original title of the song. The actual title is "Nel Blu, Di Pinto Di Blu". After it’s success in this country it was rerecorded by many artists (including many Italian-Americans) under the title “Volare”
The actual song-title is “My Ding-A-Ling”.
It’s “The Twist”
There have been Broadway soundtrack recordings (assuming that’s what you mean) that have charted in the Billboard Top 100 or Hot 100 between 1955-2003.
I am not aware of any Broadway soundtrack recordings that became #1 hits (based on a cursory review of the listings for 1955-2003); however, many songs from movie soundtracks have become #1 songs in addition to winning Academy Awards for songs of the year.