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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #559 - 11/9/11

Billboard 200 Number One Albums, 1965-1969

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1. Appropriately enough, this Beatles release was Number One for most of January and February 1965. Beatles '65
2. The soundtrack from what Julie Andrews movie was Number One for fourteen weeks in the spring of 1965?
: Mary Poppins
3. This was the first Rolling Stones album to go to Number One, in August 1965.
Out Of Our Heads
4. Famous for its album cover, Whipped Cream and Other Delights hit Number One in late 1965 for what group?
: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
5.This military officer had a Number One album for six weeks in 1966 with his Ballads of the Green Berets.
: SSgt Barry Sadler
6. Here's another album with an infamous cover, by the Beatles, that went to Number One in July and August 1966.
Yesterday and Today
7. This TV group sang, but didn't play, on their first Number One album at the end of 1966 and their second Number One for most of 1967.
: The Monkees
8. Considered by many to be the greatest album of all time, this Beatles album was Number One for all of July, August, and September 1967.
: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. These Motown superstars had a Number One Greatest Hits album for five weeks in late 1967.
: Diana Ross and the Supremes
10. Fans rolled up to buy this Beatles album that was Number One for all of January and February 1968.
Magical Mystery Tour
11. Blooming Hits was a surprise easy listening Number One album for what French ensemble in March 1968?
: Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra
12. Two Simon and Garfunkel albums kept replacing each other at Number One in the spring and summer of 1968 - what were they?
Bookends and The Graduate soundtrack
13. They were Waiting for the Sun at Number One in 1968.
: The Doors
14. Glen Campbell had a Number One album in 1968 and 1969 with a title that could sound like a football player...what was it?
Wichita Lineman
15. This Broadway cast soundtrack was Number One for most of the summer of 1969.
: Hair
16. Who had a Number One album in 1969 with a live performance at San Quentin?
: Johnny Cash
17. What Beatles album was Number One for most of November and December 1969?
: Abbey Road

Bonus: What was the significance of the Headquarters album that hit Number One in June 1967?: It was the first album the Monkees actually played on.

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