shinydan

Much as I would like to drop in samples, I don't know how. So - another music lyrics quiz!

All the following lyrics come from songs in the UK Top 10 singles chart, from its inception in 1952 to the present day,.as referred to on www.everyhit.com.

Ignoring silly words like "The" and "A", nine of the songs come from artists beginning with the letter "A". The tenth and last song on the list has a title beginning with the letter "A".

Name the artist of each song for one point, and get another for naming the song. Please don't use internet search services to look these details up. Answers will be screened until Friday afternoon, when I'll post the answers and the scores!

( And it's all behind here! )

1) Made famous by Audrey Hepburn, 1961, South African artist; "Moon River", Danny Williams

2) This native of Mississippi, 1962, missing post; "Return to Sender", Elvis Presley

3) Man condemned to death, famous son of Wales, 1966; "Green, Green Grass of Home", Tom Jones

4) Brother of a Beatle, wonderful remedy, 1968; "Lily The Pink", The Scaffold

5) Sheffield synthesiser group, 1981, Fiat Punto advert; "Don't You Want Me", The Human League

6) Construction industry, 2000, career in television; "Can We Fix It?", Bob The Builder

7) Mormon Californian, family band, 1972; "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool", Little Jimmy Osmond

8) Folk song, son of Australia, 1969; "Two Little Boys", Rolf Harris

9) 1979, rock opera, choir; "Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)", Pink Floyd

10) Wolverhampton band, 1973, "The Grimleys"; "Merry Xmas Everybody", Slade

11) What links the previous ten answers?

They're all Christmas number ones. Thank you all for taking part - but the top scorers are

First place with all 25 points: starshaped75 and aligoestonz
Second place, 23 points; scaree
Third place, 22 points; haggis

Last week was a bit unofficial - but here it is! The return of the Lyrics Quiz!

Rules: Here are eleven questions. In ten cases, you'll get a song lyric and the year it was a hit. One point shall be awarded for the artist, and one point for the song title. You are NOT, at the request of several players, permitted to google for the answers. Your answers will be screened until Friday, when the answers and scores will be posted. Question 11 is worth five points on its own. And here it all goes behind a ( nice little cut )

Rules: No googling for the answers. Deadline is 9am on Monday, and weekly totals will go up shortly after then.

Scoring: Here are ten song lyrics. Either the title, or the artist, begins with the letter "E". In each case, name the artist and title for one point each. All songs are UK Top 40 single releases. Results on Monday.

( Apparently that one's by the E-Zee Posse. )