A Handful of Songs

1 For which song was George Harrison found guilty of unconscious plagiarism by the Chiffons?

2 Who wrote the song Is This the Way to Amarillo?

3 Which song has been a hit for Dave Edmunds, Tommy Steele and Guy Mitchell?

4 Who performed the theme song for the Liver Birds TV sitcom?

5 What was the best selling single in the UK in the 20th century by a duo?

6 Which song opened the 1985 Live Aid concert at Wembley?

7 Which song is subtitled A Theme from the Threepenny Opera?

8 According to the lyrics of the song, where is Mother Kelly’s Doorstep?

9 The Beatles hit We Can Work it Out was a double A side with which other song?

10 What title is shared by an Abba song and a Steve Coogan TV series?

11 Which film features the song My Name is Tallulah?

12 What was the title of the signature tune of Glen Miller?

13 In which film did Sting sing Spread a Little Happiness?

14 Whose 100th single The Best of Me was released in 1989?

15 What connects the songs ABC, Glad All Over and Slam Dunk Da Funk?

16 Which two groups had a UK hit with a song called Jump in 1984?

17 Who wrote the song Pinball Wizard?

18 Which musical features the song I Know Him so Well?

19 Which husband and wife connect the songs Anyone Can Fall in Love and A Crazy Little Thing Called Love?

20 In the 20th century which four artists had UK hits with the song Knock on Wood?

21 Who wrote the words to the hymn Jerusalem?

22 Which Queen hit mentions John Wayne, Peter Pan and Superman in the lyrics?

23 Which country and western legend provided guest vocals on the KLF hit Justified and Ancient?

24 What is the title of the only top 10 hit for Dennis Waterman?

25 Which Billy Idol hit took its title from a battle cry of Confederate soldiers during the US Civil War?

26 Which film features the songs Lovely Lonely Man and Hushaby Mountain?

27 What was the title of the first UK number one hit that asked a question?

28 What became the title of a novel in 1847 and the title of a number one hit in 1978?

29 Which song contains the line, “Her hair is Harlow gold”?

30 She’s So High was the title of the 1990 debut single of which British band?

Which songs end with the following lines?

31 Your legend never did

32 And an island never cries

33 Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do

34 Let the boys all sing and let the boys all shout for tomorrow

35 And the world will live as one

36 When you’re hugging with your baby in the last row of the balcony

37 Yesterday’s gone now all I want is a smile

38 But my eyes still see

39 Even though you’re only three

40 And Marie who waits for me

Answers

1 My Sweet Lord
2 Neil Sedaka
3 Singing the Blues
4 The Scaffold
5 You’re the One That I Want
6 Rocking All Over the World
7 Mack the Knife
8 Down Paradise Row
9 Day Tripper
10 Knowing Me Knowing You
11 Bugsy Malone
12 Moonlight Serenade
13 Brimstone and Treacle
14 Cliff Richard
15 All sung by “five” artists- Jackson 5, Dave Clark 5 and Five
16 Pointer Sisters and Van Halen
17 Pete Townsend
18 Chess
19 Anita Dodson and Brian May
20 Eddie Floyd, David Bowie, Aimi Stewart, Otis Redding
21 William Blake
22 Bicycle Races
23 Tammy Wynette
24 I Could Be So Good For You
25 Rebel Yell
26 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
27 How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
28 Wuthering Heights
29 Bette Davis Eyes
30 Blur

Answers to Song Endings

31 Candle in the Wind
32 I Am a Rock
33 Space Oddity
34 Going Underground
35 Imagine
36 Saturday Night at the Movies
37 Love on the Rocks
38 Silence is Golden
39 Save Your Kisses for Me
40 Is This the Way to Amarillo?