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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #528 - 4/6/11

UK Number Ones, 1974-75

Answers

1. This Mud song jumped up to Number One for four weeks in January and February 1974. : "Tiger Feet"
2. In the US, Paper Lace's Number One hit was "The Night Chicago Died" - but what song was Number One for them in March 1974 in the UK?
: "Billy Don't Be A Hero"
3. This legendary Swedish group had its first Number One with "Waterloo" in May 1974.
: ABBA
4. George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby" was Number One for three weeks in July and August 1974. Who wrote the song?
: Are you sure you belong on my site if you don't know this?
5. Jamaican singer Carl Douglas had a Number One hit for three weeks in September and October 1974 with what song?
: "Kung Fu Fighting"
6. He told us he was "Gonna Make You A Star" in November 1974.
: David Essex
7. This band had the Christmas Number One for 1974 with "Lonely This Christmas."
: Mud
8. "January" by this Scottish band was Number One in...February 1975.
: Pilot
9. What Greek-American TV star had a fluke Number One hit with a spoken-word cover of Bread's "If?"
: Telly Savalas
10. They're heeere! What Scottish band had a Number One for six weeks in 1975 with a cover of "Bye Bye Baby?"
: The Bay City Rollers
11. This Tammy Wynette classic was a hit in the US in 1968, but didn't get released in the UK until 1975, when it went to Number One. What was it?
: "Stand By Your Man"
12. What recording effect was used on the 10cc Number One hit "I'm Not in Love?"
: Synthesized vocal backing
13. This reggae song was a Number One hit for Typically Tropical in August 1975.
: "Barbados"
14. Who had a Number One for most of September with "Sailing?"
: Rod Stewart
15. Yet another unusual re-release, this 1969 David Bowie song hit Number One in November 1975.
: "Space Oddity"
16. This Scottish comic's version of "D.I.V.O.R.C.E," re-written with humorous lyrics about taking the dog to the vet, hit Number One in November 1975.
: Billy Connolly
17. With words such as "Galileo," "Scaramouche," "Fandango" and "Beelzebub" in the lyrics, this unusual Queen song was the Christmas Number One for 1975.
: "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Bonus: Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel had a Number One hit in 1975 with a song titled similarly to a Chicago song - what was it?: "Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)"

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