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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #240 - 9/26/05

40 Number One Songs In 40 Years

Today is my 40th birthday! Here's a list of Number One songs for each full year I've been around. You tell me the artists.

1. "Sunshine Superman" (1966)
2. "Light My Fire" (1967)
3. "Hey Jude" (1968)
4. "Honky Tonk Women" (1969, I learn to read)
5. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970, I begin kindergarten and we get our dog)
6. "Want Ads" (1971)
7. "Heart of Gold" (1972, I visit Chicago for the first time, going to see the holiday windows at Marshall Field's)
8. "Frankenstein" (1973)
9. "Rock Your Baby" (1974, my family moves to Culver, Indiana)
10. "Island Girl" (1975, I get the chicken pox, hear KC and the Sunshine Band for the first time, and begin playing the French Horn)
11. "If You Leave Me Now" (1976)
12. "I'm Your Boogie Man" (1977)
13. "With A Little Luck" (1978, I become a big-time Chicago fan and have my first boyfriend)
14. "Heart of Glass" (1979, I enter high school)
15. "Another One Bites The Dust," (1980, I see Chicago at Poplar Creek)
16. "Private Eyes" (1981, I visit central Europe, find out I have hay fever, we get our cat Koko, snow falls in November, and I get my driver's license)
17. "Eye of the Tiger" (1982, I play a Detroit Tiger fan in "Damn Yankees" and spend a week on Capitol Hill)
18. "Billie Jean" (1983, high school graduation)
19. "Let's Go Crazy" (1984)
20. "A View to A Kill" (1985)
21. "Glory of Love" (1986, spring break in Daytona Beach)
22. "Livin' on a Prayer" (1987, college graduation)
23. "Monkey" (1988)
24."Forever Your Girl" (1989)
25. "Black Cat" (1990, I move to Chicago and attend my first Dead show)
26. "Emotions" (1991)
27. "This Used To Be My Playground" (1992, I see MST3K for the first time)
28. "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" (1993)
29. "The Sign" (1994, I get Douglas and we have the first Bot Bashes)
30. "Kiss from a Rose" (1995, Jerry Garcia dies and I go to New Orleans and San Francisco)
31. "No Diggity" (1996)
32. "Wannabe" (1997)
33. "One Week" (1998)
34. "Believe" (1999, I make a LOT of new friends, many based in Florida)
35. "Say My Name" (2000, I celebrate Phil Lesh's birthday with a Cuban lunch)
36. "U Remind Me" (2001, Becky's Island goes live and I go to Las Vegas)
37. "Hot in Herre" (2002)
38. "In Da Club," (2003, I go to Miami for the first time)
39. "Hey Ya!" (2004)
40. "Hollaback Girl" (2005) (Ibrahim Ferrer dies, New Orleans floods, and I turn 40)

Bonus: What song was Number One on September 26, 1965? (Hint: It's a big favorite in the capital of the state I was born in.)

Good Luck!!!

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