Flashback: Grizzly Bear

By Mick Harper

Pop, Rock, and Soul Trivia.

1. Name the group that released "If You Don't Know Me By Now."

2. Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas shared a manager with which famous group?

3. Name the soul family group that released "Too Late to Turn Back Now."

4. Which duo wrote and released "Little Latin Lupe Lu"?

5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: “Gonna run my fingers through your long black hair, Squeeze you tighter than a grizzly bear.”

Answers

1. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, in 1972. The Recording Industry Association of America designated it a Song of the Century, ranking it up there with "The Tennessee Waltz" and "Tom Dooley."

2. The Beatles. Brian Epstein managed both groups. Lennon and McCartney even gave Kramer some of their songs to record when they weren't right for the Beatles.

3. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, in 1972. The song was written by one of the brothers, Eddie, and topped the Cashbox chart.

4. The Righteous Brothers, in 1963.

5. "Stuck On You," by Elvis Presley in 1960. The song climbed charts around the globe and even took the top spot away from "Theme From a Summer Place," which had stayed at No. 1 for nine weeks.

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