Yes indeed, we’re back with an all new SMS trivia question for Tuesday July 30th. Brought to us each week by all the Groovey people at Omnivore Recordings! Your perfect place for all the music you didn’t know, you didn’t know! However, since we didn’t run a trivia question last week, this week we’re cutting straight to this week’s all new quiz: This week’s quiz is a lyrical question! Take a good look at the lyric just below:
“And when I see the sign that points one way”
The lot we used to pass by every day”
There’s your lyric and no matter how brief, we know you know and love this classic from July 1966! We need you to tell us the title to the song that features the lyric above, as well as the name of the artist who enjoyed the original hit recording? Additionally, barely a year later the song was covered and became a hit a second time by a popular vocal quartet! We need you to give us the name of the popular quartet who had a hit with the song in early 1967 ? Lastly, give us the title to at least one more hit from the group who enjoyed the original hit ? Finally give us the title to at least one more hit from the popular quartet who covered the original ?
In summary , here’s what we need:
1) Give us the title to the 60’s classic that features the lyric above ?
2) Give us the name of the artist who originally released this melodic gem from July 1966 ?
3) Give us the name of the popular quartet who covered the song and had a hit with the song in 1967 ?
4) Give us the title to at least one more hit from the group who enjoyed the original hit ?
5) Lastly, give us the title to at least one more hit from the popular quartet who covered the song and enjoyed another hit in 1967 ?
Meanwhile, as you grunt through this week’s lengthy question, why not take a moment, click on the link below and browse Omnivore’s amazing catalog of the coolest music in the known world and beyond!
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Remember, you can answer the weekly trivia question as often as you like, but can only win a Groovey Omnivore CD every 30 days!..
~ SMS
don’t walk away Rene
The left banke
The Four Tops
Reach out and I’ll be there
Pretty ballerina
All the songs from this first album were written by the wunderkind Mike Brown, who was obsessed with the bass players girlfriend, Renè
Walk Away Renee
The Left Banke
Four Tops
Pretty Ballerina
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch