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1 What was Culture Club’s first UK No1?
A Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
2 What was the title of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s first top ten hit in the UK singles chart?
A Enola Gay. The song is about the bombing of Hiroshima by the B-29 Superfortress bomber, Enola Gay, on August 6, 1945.
3 Which group’s first hit was Seven Seas of Rye in 1974?
A Queen
4 In which decade did Kool and the Gang have their first hit?
A 1979 (Celebration)
5 What was the first song played on Radio 1 when it launched in 1967?
A Flowers in the Rain, by The Move, played by DJ Tony Blackburn on Saturday, September 30, 1967 at 7 AM. The song was the number 2 record in that week’s Top 20.
6 What was Freddie Mercury’s first solo Number in the UK charts?
A Living On My Own
7 Which American singer had his first British hit in 1961 with ‘Rubber Ball’?
A Bobby Vee. Robert Velline
8 Whose first solo hit was Suedehead which reached No.5 in 1988?
A Morrissey. He was the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987.
9 Whose first UK number one was “Yeh Yeh” in 1964?
A Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell; 26 June 1943)
10 What was Elvis Presley’s first UK number one?
A All Shook Up, week-ending 28 Jun 1957. 9 previous UK hits before finally making No 1.