Celebrating the debut of his "The '70's #1's" on The Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (it premiered this week at #11!), the release of his revamped book "Hot Country Songs, 1944 - 2012" (available now ... it'll start shipping today!) and a brand new, revised edition of his most popular book in the Record Research Series, "Top Pop Singles" (more details coming soon!), Joel has decided to give away a sealed copy of the new 2-CD '70's Set ... as well as one of his own, personal copies of "The Billboard Hot 100 Charts - The Seventies". (Joel tells us that this item has been out of stock for quite some time ... and copies are currently going for between $350 and $850 on Amazon.com!!!)
All you have to do is correctly answer Joel's Trivia Questions ... and you'll automatically be entered in the drawing to win these two great prizes!
Let's put together a great trivia challenge ... we'll do a contest and the winner will get both items!
“I Just Want To Celebrate!”
Joel
Now I'm not going to sugar-coat it here ... you're going to have to work hard to earn a shot at these prizes!!!
Now I'm not going to sugar-coat it here ... you're going to have to work hard to earn a shot at these prizes!!!
Joel has prepared TWO series of trivia questions ... Round One pertains to the '70's ... in fact, he's come up with one question for each year of the decade.
Round Two are more "general" oldies questions.
All-in-all, we're playing the Joel Whitburn / Forgotten Hits Edition of Twenty Questions ... all for a shot at the grand prize shown above.
Just shoot me an email with as many correct answers as you can from Joel's Trivia Questions below ... and we'll pick a winner from all of the correct answers we receive. Don't miss out on YOUR chance to win these two great prizes!
Part One: THE '70's:
THE JOEL
WHITBURN / FORGOTTEN HITS
1970’S MUSIC TRIVIA CHALLENGE
1970’S MUSIC TRIVIA CHALLENGE
1)
Which
of these artists had four #1 Hot 100 hits in 1970:
Simon & Garfunkel, The
Beatles, The Jackson 5,
Three Dog
Night
2)
Which
two of these names did not have a Top 5 Hot
100 hit in
1971: Proud Mary, Admiral Halsey,
Boo,
Ben, Mrs. Jones, Bobby McGee
3)
Which
of these ‘persons’ was mentioned in four
1972 #1 Hot 100
hits: Baby, Child, Daddy, Girl,
Man,
Mother, Papa, Woman
4)
Which
two of these songwriters had 3 Top 5 Hot 100
hits in
1973: Paul Simon, Jim Croce,
George
Harrison, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Marvin
Gaye
5)
There
were 40 #1 Country Songs in 1974 – 17 made
the Hot 100 – 5 were by which
artist: Dolly Parton,
Charlie
Rich, Anne Murray, Waylon Jennings, John
Denver, Tanya
Tucker
6)
There
were 42 #1 R&B Songs in 1975 – all made the
Hot 100 – what song led the
R&B charts for only 3
consecutive weeks?
7) 527
songs made the Hot 100 in 1976 – longevity
(weeks charted) was not what it is
today – only 58
had 20-29
weeks charted – how many charted for 30
or more
weeks?
8)
Dance / Disco music was a growing trend on the pop
charts in 1977 – 19 Hot 100 songs had forms of the
word Dance or Disco
in them – which two were gold
#1 Hot 100 hits?
9)
There
were 48 Top 5 Hot 100 hits in 1978 – all but 9
were gold or platinum records --
which one of these
hits was
among those 9: Miss You / Baby Come
Back / Three Times A Lady / Short People / Hot
Blooded / Emotion
10)
Which
two of these rock bands did not have a #1
Hot 100 hit in
1979: The Doobie Brothers /
Styx /
Cheap Trick / The Eagles / The Knack /
Dire Straits
TIE-BREAKER BONUS QUESTION (if needed): Name the artist that had 22 chart hits – all Top 40 hits except for their debut entry on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart
for one week.
Part Two:
THE JOEL
WHITBURN / FORGOTTEN HITS
ULTIMATE MUSIC TRIVIA CHALLENGE
ULTIMATE MUSIC TRIVIA CHALLENGE
11) What singer was a regular on Don McNeill’s
Breakfast
Club radio show and on TV’s Tonight
Show starring
Jack Parr?
12) What Elvis Presley Sun Studio recording from 1954
would become a classic hit by a doo-wop group in
1961?
13) Which Beatles’ hit was originally released as by
The Beattles?
14) What Canadian rock and roll singer’s two biggest
hits
both peaked at #3 on the Hot 100?
15) What rock band leader began his career as a singer
in
a country band, the Down Homers?
16) Who is the only artist that had three #1 hits on
Billboard’s Rock Tracks chart and one #1 hit on
Billboard’s Hot
Country Songs chart?
17) What do these five 1950’s artists have in common:
Joan
Weber, Morris Stoloff, Laurie London, The
Silhouettes and The
Elegants – besides all having a
#1 hit?
18) Jackie Wilson had nine consecutive two-sided
chart hits from 1960-62. What other R&B
artist had eleven consecutive two-sided chart hits
from 1959-61?
chart hits from 1960-62. What other R&B
artist had eleven consecutive two-sided chart hits
from 1959-61?
19) Since 1955, The Beatles have had the most #1
hits: 20; Elvis and Madonna have had the most #2
hits: 20; Elvis and Madonna have had the most #2
hits: 6; who has had
the most #3 hits (with 5)?
20) What pop singing group backed a 1930s
legendary movie
actress on her only charted
album, with the group pictured on the cover of
the album?
TIE-BREAKER BONUS QUESTION (if needed):
Name the Elvis Presley song that states “You may
have a pink Cadillac” and the Beatles song that
states “I’ve got a big surprise”
Whew!!! (Toldja this wasn't going to be easy!!! lol)
Think you've got 'em all figured out?!?!?
Think you've got 'em all figured out?!?!?
Then drop us a line at forgottenhits@aol.com and get your answers in pronto!!! We'll be picking the Grand Prize Winner within the next ten days! (kk)
You'll find these great titles ... and SO much more ... on the Record Research Website:
THIS JUST IN!!!
We just got word that Joel Whitburn's "The '70's #1's" will premier at #1 on Billboard's Catalog Albums Chart next week, too ... this is a bonafide hit!!!(Rhino Records has released over 200 titles of Joel Whitburn compilations over the years ... this is by far the best chart performance for any of them.) Won't it be cool to see Joel's next Album Book revision ... showing his OWN CD at the #1 Spot?!?!? This is a GREAT opportunity for you to pick up your own copy of this hot, new CD! And be sure to check out all of the other great titles available through Record Research via the link above!
We just got word that Joel Whitburn's "The '70's #1's" will premier at #1 on Billboard's Catalog Albums Chart next week, too ... this is a bonafide hit!!!(Rhino Records has released over 200 titles of Joel Whitburn compilations over the years ... this is by far the best chart performance for any of them.) Won't it be cool to see Joel's next Album Book revision ... showing his OWN CD at the #1 Spot?!?!? This is a GREAT opportunity for you to pick up your own copy of this hot, new CD! And be sure to check out all of the other great titles available through Record Research via the link above!
