1960s No. 1 Songs Trivia Quiz

1960s Songs That Hit No. 1
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1960s Songs That Hit No. 1
Fifteen questions span the decade's biggest chart successes through performers, follow-up hits, musical styles, and memorable recordings.
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1960s music trivia takes a focused trip through singles that reached the top of the American chart. The questions move across British rock, Motown, soul, folk-rock, vocal groups, movie-linked hits, and one of the decade's biggest instrumentals.
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What This Quiz Covers

The quiz covers British Invasion breakthroughs, Detroit vocal groups, major soul recordings, folk-rock chart successes, girl-group hits, movie-linked singles, and one instrumental that dominated the chart early in the decade.

Trivia Study Guide ›
  1. Which folk-rock duo reached No. 1 with "Mrs. Robinson" after the song appeared in The Graduate?
  2. Which instrumental recording opened the decade with nine weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart?
  3. Which singer's breakthrough hit "Runaway" featured the unusual Musitron keyboard solo?
  4. Which Motown group scored a chart-topper with "You Can't Hurry Love"?
  5. Which California group reached No. 1 with the elaborate studio production "Good Vibrations"?
  6. Which girl group reached No. 1 with "He's So Fine," later central to a famous copyright lawsuit?
  7. Which group took "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to the top of the U.S. chart during the British Invasion?
  8. Which TV-born group followed "Last Train to Clarksville" with the No. 1 smash "I'm a Believer"?
  9. Which vocal group topped the chart with the medley "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"?
  10. Which solo star returned to No. 1 late in the decade with "Suspicious Minds"?
  11. Which singer topped the chart with "Oh, Pretty Woman" before the British Invasion fully reshaped American pop?
  12. Which protest singer reached No. 1 with "Eve of Destruction"?
  13. Which singer turned Otis Redding's "Respect" into a No. 1 hit and a defining soul anthem?
  14. Which duo reached No. 1 with "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"?
  15. Which Detroit vocal group topped the chart with "Reach Out I'll Be There"?
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