1950's
1960's
1970's
1980's
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What was song #228 on the countdown? "I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine, Anytime night or day. Only trouble is, gee whiz, I'm dreamin' my life away. I need you so, that I could die. I love you so, and that is why..."
What is All I Have to Do is Dream
100
In 1969, Johnny Cash had success with a song called "A ___ Named Sue."
What is Boy
100
Nearly 40 years after they were founded in 1976, former Spooky Tooth guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones is the only original member of this group that is still a member. The limited albums they have produced include "Can't Slow Down", "Agent Provocateur" and the iconic "4". Their nine US Top Ten singles include "Cold as Ice", "Urgent" and "I Don't Want to Live Without You". Which group is this?
What is Foreigner
100
Song Number 18: "So bring your good times and your laughter too" Prior to 1981, I like to think that wedding receptions had three minutes of silence, waiting patiently for this song to fill the gap. What staple of nuptials across the nation was the only number one song for Kool and the Gang and may be the most instantly recognizable classic of the 1980's?
What is Celebration
200
What was song #175 on the countdown? "Take out the papers and the trash, Or you don't get no spendin' cash. If you don't scrub that kitchen floor, You ain't gonna rock and roll no more."
What is Shake Rattle and Roll
200
In 1968, Steppenwolf reached the number three position on the U.S. Billboard charts with "Magic Carpet Ride". Please complete this line from the song: "Why don't you tell your dreams to me Fantasy will___"
What is Set you free
200
Founded in 1970 in California with John Hartman on drums, this band added a second drummer in 1971, a format that they have used ever since. Top Five US and Top 20 UK albums include "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits" and "Stampede". Hit singles include "Long Train Runnin'", "Black Water" and "What a Fool Believes". Which band is this?
What is The Doobie Brothers
200
Song Number 11: "She showed a photo, my baby cried, his eyes were like mine" Arguably the most famous pop music moment of the 80s was when Michael Jackson moonwalked across the stage at Motown's 25th anniversary special. This was the song he was dancing to. Spending seven weeks at number one in 1983, what song helped define the sound of the eighties?
What is Billie Jean
300
Can you identify this well-known 1950s rock'n'roll song? 'Sky-colored brushed-leather footwear' (Carl Perkins, 1956)
What is Blue Suede Shoes
300
"Downtown" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 1965 for two weeks. Who was this British artist?
What is Petula Clark
300
Founded in San Francisco, California in 1979, four original members of this pop-rock band are still playing and recording together more than 35 years later. These include Sean Hopper, Bill Gibson and Johnny Colla. The band had two US number one albums, "Sports" in 1983 and "Fore!" in 1986. The band's first US number one single came not from a studio album but from the soundtrack of the film "Back to the Future". Which group is this?
What is Huey Lewis and the News
300
Song Number 14: "Once upon a time I was falling in love but now I'm only falling apart" It was a big voice out of Wales that haunted America in the fall of 1983 with a melodramatic tale of unrequited love and desperation. What song did Bonnie Tyler belt all the way to number one?
What is Total Eclipse of the Heart
400
Can you identify this well-known 1950s rock'n'roll song? 'It's time you changed position, Ludwig' (Chuck Berry, 1956)
What is Roll Over, Beethoven
400
On September 21, 1968, "Harper Valley PTA" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and one week later reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles. Who was the artist that sang this song?
What is Jeannie C. Riley
400
Founded in 1975, Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock have been joined by numerous other musicians over the years but those original two are still performing together forty years later. Their most successful album was "The One That You Love", released in 1981. The group released eight US Top Ten singles including "Here I Am", "Even the Nights Are Better" and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All". Which group is this?
What is Air Supply
400
Song Number 17: "I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, that much is true" The Human League took this song to number one in the U.K. for five weeks in 1981. The following year it was exported to America and brought with it a music style that would become a mainstay of the 80's pop scene: synthesizer-based new wave. What ground-breaking tune spent three weeks at number one in the U.S. in July, 1982?
What is Don't You Want Me?
500
) Who wrote and sang the song "Put Your Head On My Shoulder"
What is Paul Anka
500
My name is Lesley Gore and at the age of sixteen I had a number one hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. What was this song?
What is It's My Party
500
Founded in 1978, guitarist Charlie Burchill is one of the two original members of this group who have been present through more than thirty-five years of touring and recording. They released three consecutive UK number one albums in the 1980s, "Sparkle in the Rain", "Once Upon a Time" and "Street Fighting Years". Their singles include "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from the soundtrack of the film "The Breakfast Club" in 1985 and "Belfast Child", a UK number one in 1989. Which group is this?
What is Simple Minds
500
Song Number 12: "Let me hear you whisper softly in my ear" This male tale of unrequited love came from country superstar Kenny Rogers. He describes "so many ways" he loves his former lover that when he croons she's "the love of his life" every woman in America swooned. Do you remember this tender ballad?
What is Lady
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