Decades of Music Pop Quiz
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Introduction to the Decades of Music Pop Quiz
60s Music Quiz
70s Music Quiz
80s Music Quiz
90s Music Quiz
00s Music Quiz
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Introduction to The Decades of Music Pop Quiz
This Decades of Music Pop Quiz has been produced for entertainment and its sole purpose is to bring fun, facts and accurate knowledge about the history of the music industry throughout the decades! The quiz questions have been compiled with the readers at home in mind; with easy to navigate links following each question and answer round.
A whole host of music and pop questions have been selected from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s to present, ranging in difficulty levels from easy, to intermediate and advanced.
Some of the chosen quiz questions include; hit singles, hit albums, chart toppers, what year, song lyrics, lead singers, band members, Christmas number ones, best-sellers, singers, who am I, nationalities, movie soundtracks, X Factor and American Idol.
We hope you have a laugh and great fun.
Good luck!
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60s Music Quiz
1. Who released an album called 'Rubber Soul'?
2. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'My Girl'?
3. One of the members of The Rolling Stones drowned in a swimming pool, which member was it?
4. Who had a hit in the 60s with Under The Boardwalk?
5. Which famous singer was known by the name 'Satchmo'?
6. Who had her best-selling single in the US in 1967 with a song called 'To Sir With Love'?
7. Which song did Marvin Gaye have a Christmas number one with in the US in 1968?
8. Who had a hit in 1966 with 'Green Green Grass Of Home'?
9. Who had a 60s hit with 'Daydream Believer'?
10. In which year did Cliff Richards have a number one in the UK with 'Congratulations'?
11. Which of Bob Dylan's song was a hit single in the UK and the US in 1965?
12. What year did the Beach Boys have a UK and US number one hit with 'I Get Around'?
13. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'Light My Fire'?
14. What was Ringo Starr's original name?
15. Who had a 60's hit with 'Are You Lonesome Tonight'?
16. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'River Deep, Mountain High'?
17. Who had his best-selling single in the US in 1961 with a song called 'Runaway'?
18. Who released 'The Night Has A Thousand Eyes' in 1963?
19. Which rock band was Syd Barrett originally the lead singer of?
20. Who had a UK number one in 1960 with 'Three Steps To Heaven'?
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1. Which singer/songwriter was born 'Robert Allen Zimmerman'?
2. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'Born To Be Wild'?
3. Who had his best-selling single in the US in 1960 with 'It's Now or Never'?
4. Who had a hit in the 60s with California Dreamin'?
5. Who had a Christmas number one in the US in 1961 with 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'?
6. Who sang 'Dock of the Bay'?
7. Who had a 60s hit with 'Goldfinger'?
8. The three Gibbs brothers were all members of which band?
9. Who had a hit with 'Respect' in 1967?
10. Who had a US number one in 1965 with 'Eight Days A Week'?
11. Who had a US chart topper in 1963 with 'I Will Follow Him'?
12. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'I'm A Believer'?
13. Which song by The Rolling Stones was a number one hit in the UK and the US in 1969?
14. Who had a US top ten in 1965 with 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag'?
15. Who had a 60s hit with 'Walking Back To Happiness'?
16. Which Beatle's song reached Christmas number one in the US and the UK in 1967?
17. Who had a hit in 1965 with 'Tears'?
18. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'Wouldn't It Be Nice'?
19. Who had a Christmas number one in 1969 in the UK with 'Two Little Boys'?
20. Name the group and the song title that contains the lyrics 'Remember to let her into your heart, then you can start to make it better...?'
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1. During which year did The Beatles release the song entitled 'Yellow Submarine'?
2. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'Runaround Sue'?
3. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'Needles and Pins'?
4. Which song did Elvis Presley have Christmas number one with in the US in 1960?
5. Who had a 60s hit with 'Stop! In The Name Of Love'?
6. Who had a hit single in the UK and the US in 1969 with 'Give Peace A Chance'?
7. Who had a US hit single in 1967 with 'Purple Haze'?
8. Who had a 60's hit with the song 'Save The Last Dance For Me'?
9. Who had a UK chart topper in 1964 with '(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me'?
10. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'Brown Eyed Girl'?
11. Which song, which was later released in 1962, did Paul McCartney write whilst playing truant from school?
12. Who had a hit with Bachelor Boy in 1963?
13. Who was the lead singer of the rock band Led Zeppelin?
14. Which 1969 Frank Sinatra song spent 124 weeks on the UK chart?
15. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'The Twist'?
16. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy'?
17. Who was the lead singer of The Rolling Stones?
18. What year did the Beatles have a UK number one with 'Lady Madonna'?
19. Who had a US number one in 1965 with 'I'm Henry VIII, I Am'?
20. What year did Elvis Presley have a UK number one with 'Wooden Heart'?
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1. Which Elvis Presley song made Christmas number one in the Uk in 1962?
2. Who had a hit in 1964 with 'Baby Love'?
3. Which group did Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson belong to?
4. Who had a UK number one in 1969 with 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again'?
5. Who had a 60's hit with the song 'Only the Lonely'?
6. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'Unchained Melody'?
7. Which British city did the Beatles originate from?
8. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'I Got You Babe'?
9. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'Walk On By'?
10. Which 1968 Beatles song written by Paul McCartney was actually written about John Lennon's son Julian?
11. Who had a hit with 'I'm Telling You Now'?
12. Who had a UK and US hit with 'Lay Lady Lay' in 1969?
13. What year did Cliff Richard's song 'Summer Holiday' become a UK number one?
14. Which song by The Rolling Stones was banned by the BBC in 1967?
15. Who had a hit with 'My Generation' in 1966?
16. What year did Smokey Robinson & the Miracles have a hit with 'The Track Of My Tears'?
17. Who had a hit with 'Oh, Pretty Woman' in 1964?
18. Who had a hit with 'I Can't Stop Loving You' in 1962?
19. What song did Percy Sledge have a hit with in 1966?
20. Name the group and title of the song that includes the following lyrics 'You think you've lost your love, Well I saw her yesterday, It's you she's thinking of, And she told me what to say'?
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1. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'All You Need Is Love'?
2. What year did Elvis have a UK number one with 'Can't Help Falling In Love'?
3. Which group, formed in 1959, was originally known as 'the Primettes'?
4. Who had a hit in the 60s with 'Crying'?
5. Which song by Jose Feliciano was banned by the BBC in 1968?
6. What country were The Seekers from?
7. Who had a hit with 'Release Me' in 1967?
8. Which song by The Singing Nun was Christmas number one in the US in 1963?
9. Who sang 'With A Little Help From My Friends' in 1968?
10. Which song did Nancy Sinatra have both a US and a UK chart topper with in 1966?
11. What is the opening line to Status Quo's 'Rocking All Over The World'?
12. Who sang 'Build Me Up Buttercup'?
13. Who had a hit with 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale'?
14. What song begins with the lyrics 'Billy-Ray was a Preacher's son, and when his daddy would visit he'd come along'?
15. Who had a hit with 'Born Free' in 1966?
16. Who sang 'Sugar Pie Honey Bunch'?
17. Who had a hit in 1966 with 'This Old Heart Of Mine'?
18. Who released a song called 'Jimmy Mack' in 1967?
19. What is the title of the song that includes the following lyrics 'If you need me, call me, no matter where you are, no matter how far'?
20. Which song did the Everly Brothers have a US and UK chart topper with in 1960?
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70s Music Quiz
1. Who had a UK number one in 1979 with 'Bright Eyes'?
2. Which rock band did Brian May belong to?
3. Who had a hit in the 70s with 'American Pie'?
4. Who had a hit in the 70s with 'Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad'?
5. Who wrote the song released in 1971 'Imagine'?
6. Who had a hit with the song 'Hotel California'?
7. Which pop artist is Steveland Morris better known as?
8. Who had a hit in the 70s with 'Spirit In The Sky'?
9. Which famous group sang 'ABC'?
10. Who had her best-selling single of 1974 in the US with a song called 'The Way We Were'?
11. Which song did Blondie have a UK best-seller with in 1979?
12. Who had a hit in 1970 with 'The Wonder Of You'?
13. What is the title of the song that achieved The Bee Gees their best-selling single of 1978 in the US?
14. Who had a 70s hit with 'You Are The Sunshine Of My Life'?
15. What year did The Beatles release their album entitled 'Let It Be'?
16. Who had a UK and US hit single with 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' in 1973?
17. Who had a number one in the US in 1972 with 'Ben'?
18. Which year did Rod Stewart have a UK number one with 'Da' Ya' Think I'm Sexy'?
19. Which British band was Joe Strummer a member of?
20. Name the group and the song title that contains the lyrics 'Young man, there's no need to feel down, I said, young man, cause you're new in the town... ?
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