Flashback

by Mick Harper

1. Who wrote While My Guitar Gently Weeps?
2. Which song would Elvis Presley always sing to end his concerts?
3. What type of music did Country Joe And The Fish play?
4. What was the name of Bobby Hebb’s best known song?
5.  Name the song that contains these lyrics: I lost at love before. Got mad and closed the door. But you said try just once more. I chose you for the one. Now we’re having so much fun.

 Answers

1. Beatle George Harrison, who also sang the lead. The song was written after the group came back from studying transcendental meditation with a Yogi. The demo included a verse that wasn’t used.
2.  I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You. It was also the last song he performed at his last live concert, in 1977.
3.  Psychedelic rock, circa the 1960s, in Berkeley, California. Think: counterculture, free love, and anti-war songs.
4.  Sunny, 1966.
5.  You’ve Made Me So Very Happy, by Brenda Holloway in 1967 and Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1969. Holloway wrote the song, but Blood, Sweat & Tears took it to near the top of the charts, bested only by Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In at the Number 1 position.