1960s Song Title Quiz + NEW: BEATLES EDITION

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Re: 1960s Song Title Quiz + NEW: BEATLES EDITION

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1969
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1. Sugar, Sugar
What you might put in your coffee besides cream, cream
The Archies

2. Dizzy
I pop an Antivert tablet when I'm feeling this way
Tommy Roe

3. Galveston
Next stop Houston, oh.... about 50 miles
Glen Campbell

4. Traces
I made these drawings using a light box
Classics IV

5. Everybody's Talkin'
Why I'm having trouble hearing you at a crowded party
Nilsson

6. Build Me Up Buttercup
What the unerected tower said to the princess bride
The Foundations

7. Laughing
What her classmates were doing at the prom that enraged Carrie
The Guess Who

8. Baby, I'm For Real
No, honey pie, I'm not a mirage
The Originals

9. Jean
Half of a Levi's 501 Original Fit?
Oliver

10. In the Year 2525
And so I started my novel that takes place in the 26th century
Zager & Evans

11. Going in Circles
D*mn lousy compass! After hiking for what seemed like forever, I found myself back at the same place. I'm hopelessly lost.
The Friends of Distinction
1968
Spoiler
1. Fire
The 1st Amendment doesn't protect you if you shout this in a crowded theater
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

2. Hey Jude
I called out to Mr. Law
The Beatles

3. Honey
Have you ever tried this on your oatmeal in place of brown sugar?
Bobby Goldsboro

4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Mother Teresa, Adolph Hitler and Quasimodo
Hugo Montenegro

5. Midnight Confessions
The priest worked well into the night in order to listen to these
The Grass Roots

6. Simon Says
Songwriter Paul makes an utterance
1910 Fruitgum Company

7. I WIsh It Would Rain
The plea heard throughout our drought-stricken states
The Temptations

8. Classical Gas
The 87 octane that Mozart would prefer if he lived today
Mason Williams

9. I've Gotta Get a Message To You
I have to PM my answers to your TD
The Bee Gees

10. Piece of My Heart
A simplistic way to describe your left ventricle
Big Brother and the Holding Company

11. Little Green Apples
These keep diminutive Martian doctors away
O.C. Smith
1967
Spoiler
1. Windy
The Chicago weather forecast, most days
The Association

2. I Can See For Miles
What a Titanic lookout would have claimed before it became too late
The Who

3. A Little Bit of Soul
A minute of the TV show that Don Cornelius created and hosted for over 20 years
The Music Explosion

4. I Was Made To Love Her
What the Frankenstein monster was thinking after he became smitten with his newly-created female counterpart
Stevie Wonder

5. Expressway To Your Heart
Think of your right superior pulmonary vein as a highway
The Soul Survivors

6. Brown Eyed Girl
It's estimated that 95% of Europeans in Scandinavian countries share a common trait, so it's rare for parents within this group to procreate a daughter described in this way
Van Morrison

7. Reflections
The result from many physics class experiments on wave theory
Diana Ross and the Supremes

8. Western Union
SAG or AFTRA, to their California members
The Five Americans

9. Tell It Like It Is
Trial witnesses are strongly encouraged to do this
Aaron Neville

10. How Can I Be Sure
A risk-averse person's lament
The Young Rascals

11. Bernadette
Jennifer Jones didn't sing her song in 1943, but another Jennifer--Warnes--did in 1986
The Four Tops
1966
Spoiler
1. Cherish
Kinda like Sonny's better (singing) half?
The Association

2. Summer in the City
No sleepaway camp in the country for you this July
The Lovin' Spoonful

3. Born Free
The maternity hospital never sent a bill
Roger Williams

4. Sunny
Weather forecast for Death Valley, most days
Bobby Hebb

5. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
But if you do tell me so, I'll adore you back a hundred times over!
Dusty Springfield

6. If I Were a Carpenter
Then you'd be making cabinets instead of hit records, Bobby.
Bobby Darin

7. Paint It Black
If you did this to the outside of your house, it would probably cut your heating bill, though you'd be sacrificing curb appeal
The Rolling Stones

8. Red Rubber Ball
When I was growing up in Brooklyn, we called it a "Spaldeen," a play on the name of the company best known for making this plaything.
The Cyrkle

9. Bus Stop
It's where Bo, the boorish and socially inept cowboy, tries to convince Cherie, his "angel", to marry him
The Hollies

10. I Am a Rock
If that's so, then are you igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary?
Simon & Garfunkel

11. B-A-B-Y
Oh, stop your C-R-Y-I-N-G. Ya know what ya sound like?
Carla Thomas
1965
Spoiler
1. Ferry Cross the Mersey
It's one way to get from Liverpool to Birkenhead
Gerry and the Pacemakers

2. Wooly Bully
Ovine tormentor
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

3. Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat
My doctor had a puzzled look when she put her stethoscope to my chest
Herman's Hermits

4. What’s New Pussycat
When I get home after a hard day's work, I always greet my fur baby this way
Tom Jones

5. The Birds and the Birds
One way to explain where babies come from
Jewel Akens

6. Ticket To Ride
Years back you needed an "E" one for Disneyland's Space Mountain
The Beatles

7. Seventh Son
It's unlikely that he would ever ascend to the throne if he were a monarch's progeny, but he might have other powers worth noting
Johnny Rivers

8. Shake
The perfect complement to a burger and fries. Call me unimaginative, but I still prefer plain vanilla.
Sam Cooke

9. Baby the Rain Must Fall
Darlin', the storm's approaching and there's nothing we can do about it
Glenn Yarbrough

10. Shotgun
The Remington Autoloading Model 1100 is one
Junior Walker & the All Stars

11. Just a Little
In trying to be truthful, but still diplomatic, what Cher answered when she was asked how much she liked Sonny's singing
The Beau Brummel
Beatles Edition
Spoiler
1. P.S. I Love You
I always close letters to my sweetie this way. (OK, emails too.)

2. Yesterday
A fortnight hence from 15 days ago.

3. Lady Madonna
If singer Ms. Ciccone were born into the UK peerage, she might be called this.

4. Something
An alternative to other.

5. Nowhere Man
What Tommy Chong might answer if you asked him where he was going.
Addendum: And he wasn't.

6. Don’t Let Me Down
Sorta the opposite of the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up." Then forget about doing it.

7. The Long and Winding Road
Highway through the mountains.

8. Help!
Succor!

9. I Saw Her Standing There
I noticed that woman stopping in the doorway as she was entering the room.

10. Revolution
1/45 of a minute's worth of a Beatles record.

11. All You Need is Love
Automobile compartment: G _ _ _ _ B O X. (It could be a great Scrabble word.)

12. I Feel Fine
So, how are you?
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I think I got #11. Thanks to your extra hint. Still pondering the others.
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Re: 1960s Song Title Quiz + NEW: BEATLES EDITION

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On #2......
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I misread it somehow and thought it was saying 16 days ago was a fortnight (two weeks) ago, so I thought of Eight Days a Week.
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RandyG wrote:Beatles Edition
10. 1/45 of a minute's worth of a Beatles record.
How about, "It ends 12 seconds into a Beatles song"? :mrgreen:
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Vermonter wrote:
RandyG wrote:Beatles Edition
10. 1/45 of a minute's worth of a Beatles record.
How about, "It ends 12 seconds into a Beatles song"? :mrgreen:
That would be
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Revolution 9
, but I don't think it was a hit.

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