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1. Name one of the groups or solo performers pictured below, all of which had multiple chart hits in the 1970s. Name only; associated letter is not required.
, graduated from
James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1958, which I mention only because I graduated from Madison in 1972. Soon after graduation and still as a teenager, she didn’t take long to establish herself as one of the premier songwriters of the rock era, often partnering with her husband of many years, Gerry Goffin. It wasn’t until her 1971 breakthrough album,
Tapestry, however, that she rose to superstar status as a singer-songwriter. To this date,
Tapestry has remained one of the best selling albums of all time by a solo performer.
Name:
(a) one of the 12 tracks from Carole King’s Tapestry album -or-
(b) one of the 8 solo performers or groups who had a Top 40 hit during the 1960s or 70s with a song that King recorded for her own album. (Many of the songs were written a decade or more before the album’s release.)
3. In the following pictures of actual 45 rpm records from the 1970s, one word or name is masked in each. Name a missing word or name. In a few cases, the same word or name is masked twice. Word/name only; associated letter is not required.
In the following, you’re given the initials for both the song and performer for 15 of these #1 hits. You’re also given one complete word within the title and leading “The”s.
Name one of these songs. Complete title only; associated letter is not required.
For example, given: B.O.T.Water / S&G (1970), your answer would be “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
(A) I.B.There / The.J.5 (1970)
(B) O.B.Apple / The.O. (1971)
(C) Joy.T.T.W. / T.D.N. (1971)
(D) M.May / R.S. (1971)
(E) The.F.T.E.I.S.Y.F. / R.F. (1972)
(F) A.Again.(N.) / G.O’S. (1972)
(G) Killing.M.S.W.H.S. / R.F. (1973)
(H) Silly.L.S. / W. (1976)
(I) Tonight’s.T.N.(G.B.A.) / R.S. (1976)
(J) Best.O.M.L. / The.E. (1977)
(K) Night.F. / B.G. (1978)
(L) S.Dancing / A.G. (1978)
(M) Le.F. / C. (1978)
(N) Bad.G. / D.S. (1979)
(O) My.S. / The.K. (1979)
5. One performer's name is missing in each of the following duos and trios that charted during the 1970s. Answer with one of the missing names as the group was best known. Name only; associated letter is not required.
(A) __________ & Oates
(B) __________ & Tennille
(C) Seals & __________
(D) __________ & Messina
(E) __________ & Whitehead
(F) Hamilton, Joe Frank & _____________
(G) Peaches & __________
(H) England Dan & ____________
(I) __________ & Tina Turner
(J) Brewer & ___________
(K) ___________ & Chong
(L) ___________ & Bonnie
(M) ___________ & Dawn
6. Each of the following lyrics is the start of a notable 1970s song. The song title appears in the lyric, but here it's been blanked out, in a few cases more than once. Name one of these songs. Title only; associated letter is not required.
(A) Hey, did you happen to see ________________ in the world, and if you did, was she crying, crying?
(B) Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near? Just like me,
(They Long to Be) ______________
(C) ______________, hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore.
(D) Who draws the crowd and plays so loud? Baby, it's _______________. Who's gonna steal the show, you know? Baby, it's _______________.
(E) ______________ is travelling tonight on a plane, I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain.
(F) ______________, send your camel to bed. Shadows painting our faces, traces of romance in our heads
(G) _______________ have seen the years and the slow parade of fears without crying
(H) I feel so bad I got a worried mind, I'm so lonesome all the time since I left my baby behind on ______________
(I) ______________ is easy cause you're beautiful. Makin' love with you is all I wanna do.
(J) _________________. I've thought about us for a long, long time. Maybe I think too much but something's wrong
(K) Everybody was _________________, those kicks were fast as lightning. In fact, it was a little bit frightening, but they fought with expert timing.
(L) You know I ______________________, I _____________________, I can't laugh and I can't sing, I'm finding it hard to do anything
7. You knew there was going to be a disco question. In the following, match the hit -- yes, hit -- disco song (lettered column) from the 1970s with its corresponding disco performer (numbered column.) Answer in the form A5, J2, etc. Note that there is one more song listed than performers.
A. More, More, More....................... 1. Vicki Sue Robinson
B. Turn the Beat Around................... 2. Gloria Gaynor
C. Car Wash................................. 3. Alicia Bridges
D. I Will Survive............................. 4. Thelma Houston
E. Shame..................................... 5. KC and the Sunshine Band
F. Fly, Robin, Fly........................... 6. Anita Ward
G. Ring My Bell..............................7. Andrea True Connection
H. I Love The Nightlife..................... 8. Van McCoy
I. Funky Town............................... 9. Lipps, Inc
J. Don't Leave Me This Way................ 10. Village People
K. YMCA...................................... 11. Evelyn “Champagne” King
L. Keep It Coming Love.................... 12. Hues Corporation
M. The Hustle................................ 13. Rose Royce
N. Rock the Boat
8. The 1970s saw the emergence of album-oriented rock, in contrast to the virtual monopoly of singles-oriented Top 40 formats of the 1960s. Name the group or solo performer who released one of the following albums, in which names and titles have been masked. Group/performer only; associated letter is not required.
Group name only; associated letter is not required.
(A) Marilyn McCoo
(B) David Gates
(C) Ric Ocasek
(D) Freddie Mercury
(E) Teddy Pendergrass
(F) Peter Cetera
(G) Debbie Harry
(H) Burton Cummings
(I) John Fogerty
(J) Justin Hayward
(K) Michael McDonald
(L) Eric Carmen
(M) Donald Fagen
(N) Robert Plant
(O) Don Henley
10. In the following, match the “one-hit wonder”** song (lettered column) from the 1970s with its corresponding “one-hit wonder” performer (numbered column.) Answer in the form A5, J2, etc. Note that there is one more song listed than performers.
A. You Light Up My Life........................................ 1. Terry Jacks
B. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)................... 2. Edison Lighthouse
C. Spirit In the Sky.............................................. 3. Elvin Bishop
D. In the Summertime.......................................... 4. Arlo Guthrie
E. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia................ 5. David Soul
F. Seasons in the Sun............................................ 6. Norman Greenbaum
G. I Can Help.................................................... 7. Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
H. Put Your Hand in the Hand................................. 8. Mungo Jerry
I. Disco Duck..................................................... 9. Billy Swan
J. Don’t Give Up On Us......................................... 10. Debby Boone
K. Hot Child in the City........................................ 11. Shocking Blue
L. Venus.......................................................... 12. Nick Gilder
M. The City of New Orleans.................................... 13. VIcki Lawrence
N. Fooled Around and Fell in Love
** The definition of "one-hit wonder" differs from source to source, but take it to mean a group or solo performer who had one notable, often huge, hit, but barely made the charts, if at all, either before or after.
11. Simon & Garfunkel, one of the seminal groups of the mid-to-late 1960s, with 4 classic studio albums and 10 Top 40 hits, broke up officially in 1971. Subsequent to the break up, Paul Simon didn’t skip a beat in composing and recording his own songs as a solo performer.
Name one of the 5 albums or 12 Top 40 Billboard singles released after the breakup through 1980, in which Simon's name appears “above the title”, i.e. credited either as a solo performer or alongside other performers.
