I’m here through Hugh Masakela for another bunch of familiar songs with a few well known ones like “Hey Jude” being completely ignored.
Questions
“I Am the Walrus” was the B-side to which 1968 Billboard no. 1 for The Beatles, a song that has a much smaller variety of lyrics? Both songs were included on the “Magical Mystery Tour” LP that was released in North America.
HELLO, GOODBYE
Seemingly liking to sing about girls as other hits by them include “Shirley” and “Agnes English”, who reached Billboard no. 1 in 1968 with “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)”, that title being a play on “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”?
JOHN FRED AND HIS PLAYBOY BAND
Not reaching the same heights with follow up singles such as “Jelly Jungle (of Orange Marmalade)”, what was the 1968 Billboard no. 1 hit for The Lemon Pipers? There is also a Status Quo version out there.
GREEN TAMBOURINE
One of the songs that lost out to Sandie Shaw’s “Puppet on a String” when sung by Vicky Leandros for Luxembourg at Eurovision, “L’amour est Bleu” later saw 1968 Billboard no. 1 action for which French orchestra leader under the translated name “Love is Blue”?
PAUL MAURIAT
A country music singer who later created the children’s animated TV series “The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon”, who had a Billboard no. 1 hit in 1968 with “Honey”?
BOBBY GOLDSBORO
Apparently danced to by Wyomia Tyus before the start of the 1968 Olympic 100m that saw her become the first woman to retain that title, what was the funk song that saw Archie Bell & the Drells hit Billboard no. 1 that same year?
TIGHTEN UP
The only person to hit Billboard no. 1 as both a vocalist and instrumentalist, the first of these occurred in 1968 with “This Guy’s in Love with You” for which artist?
HERB ALPERT
South African trumpet player Hugh Masakela hit Billboard no. 1 in 1968 with which instrumental recording that was included on his album “The Promise of a Future”?
GRAZING IN THE GRASS
Taken from their “Waiting for the Sun” album and featuring a riff similar to that found in “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks, “Hello, I Love You” was a 1968 Billboard no. 1 for which band?
THE DOORS
Not their first trip to the top of the Billboard charts, who had success in 1968 with “People Got to Be Free”, having dropped a word from their name since their previous number one?
THE RASCALS
Winning the Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards, who hit Billboard no. 1 in 1968 with “Harper Valley PTA”, not managing to challenge the upper reaches of the charts afterwards?
JEANNIE C. RILEY
Taken from an album of the same name, who had a 1968 Billboard no. 1 with “Love Child”, with a version by Sweet Sensation reaching number 13 in 1990?
DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES
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