60s music quiz

The Songs of 1966
Which songs did these lyrics come from?


1. "Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again"

2. "____________ ____________
You're bringing me down
You stood and you watched as
My baby left town"

3.
"Playin' solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me I've nothin' to do"

4. "You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin'
You keep losin' when you oughta not bet
You keep samin' when you oughta be a'changin'
What's right is right but you ain't been right yet"

5. "Stopped into a church I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray
You know the preacher likes the cold, he knows I'm gonna stay"
Familiar words to what hit?

6. "I was feelin' so bad
I asked my family doctor just what I had
I said 'Doctor, (Doctor), Mr. M.D., (Doctor)
Now can you tell me what's ailin' me (Doctor)'"
Another #1 smash! It was?

7. "Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on"

8. "Take the last train to _____________
And I'll meet you at the station
You can be be there by four thirty
'Cause I made your reservation"
Fill in the blank to complete the title of this #1 hit.


9. "You... with your masquerading
And you... always contemplating
What to do... in case heaven has found you
Can't you see... that it's all around you
So follow me"
A #4 hit for Crispian St. Peters entitled?


10. "_________, yesterday my life was filled with rain.
________, you smiled at me and really eased the pain."
These lines come from a million selling song performed by Bobby Hebb. The blank is the title - which is?


11. The entire lyric of this #1 song follows. The blanks represent the song's title.
"My baby does the _______________

I saw her walking on down the line
You know I saw her for the very first time
A pretty little girl standing all alone
Hey, pretty baby, can I take you home
I never saw her, never ever saw her

My baby does the __________" (repeated several times)

What does the singer's baby do?


12. "You might have heard my footsteps
Echo softly in the distance through the canyons of your mind
I might have even called your name
As I ran searching after something to believe in"
What song did these lyrics come from?

13. "I want my baby back
It's gray, it's gray
Since she went away, ooh-ooh
What can I do
'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm feelin' blue"
The title of this Los Bravos hit from 1966?

14. "Y'ain't got no right
No, no you don't
Ah, to be so exciting
Won't need bright lights
No, no we won't
Gonna make our own lighting"

Neil Diamond's first big hit. It was?


15. "You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame"

What was the title of this #5 song released by The Left Banke in 1966.


I scored: 13 / 15

1. The Sounds of Silence
2. Winchester Cathedral
3. Flowers On The Wall
4. These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
5. California Dreaming
6. Good Lovin
7. 69 Tears
8. Clarkville
9. The Pied Piper
10. Sunny
11. Hanky Panky
12. Elusive Butterfly
13. Black Is Black
14. Cherry Cherry
15. Walk Away Renee

How many did I get right/wrong Jane ?

Who's a clever girl then 10/10 Did it take you less than 2 minutes though?

No more like 10 minutes

You're supposed to answer (quickly) from memory not phone a friend and look it up! Only kidding - but it came from the same people as the trivia quiz which usually has a time limit if you want to be inthe points!

I tried the UK ones (6 in all and got 10/10 for nearly all of them)