Who Wrote the #1 Hit [1970]

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. B.J. Thomas had a #1 song in 1970. Who wrote the song?

• Hal David and Burt Bacharach
• B.J. Thomas
• John Candy and Bill Wymans

2. "American Woman" is the title track of Canadian band The Guess Who's 1970 album, American Woman. It was #1 for three weeks in May 1970. Along with Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, who did NOT write the song?

• Jim Kale
• Garry Peterson
• Randy Newman

3. Edwin Starr had a #1 hit with “War.” Who wrote the song?

• Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
• Paul Williams and Dennis Edwards
• Edwin Starr and Barry Gordy, Jr.

4. George Harrison had a #1 hit in 1970 with “My Sweet Lord.” Who wrote the song?

• George Harrison
• Eric Clapton
• John Lennon

5. “The Tears of a Clown” was a #1 hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Who wrote the song?

• Stevie Wonder, Hank Crosby, Smokey Robinson
• Claudette Rogers Robinson and Pete Moore
• Ronnie White and Bobby Rogers

6. “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” had been a hit for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 1967. However, in 1970 Diana Ross had a #1 hit with the song. Who wrote the song?

• Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
• Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol
• Patrick Adams and Greg Carmichael

7. "I Think I Love You" became the first #1 hit for The Partridge family. Who wrote the song?

• Tony Romeo
• David Cassidy
• Wes Farrell

8. Who wrote “Make It With You,” the #1 hit by Bread?

• Teddy Pendergrass
• David Gates
• Randy Newman

9. Who wrote “Bridge Over Troubled Waters”?

• Roy Halee
• Paul Simon
• Art Garfunkel

10. Cracklin' Rosie was a #1 hit for Neil Diamond in 1970. Who wrote the song?

• Edwin Starr
• Tom Catalano
• Neil Diamond

Check Your Answers

• 1. Hal David and Burt Bacharach
• 2. Randy Newman
• 3. Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
• 4. George Harrison
• 5. Stevie Wonder, Hank Crosby, Smokey Robinson
• 6. Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
• 7. Tony Romeo
• 8. David Gates
• 9. Paul Simon
• 10. Neil Diamond

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