1960s lyrics quiz: Can you complete the lyrics and name these 1960s classics?

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The 1960s brought us brilliant fashion, music and movies, which have truly stood the test of time. From The Beatles to The Beach Boys and Jimi Hendrix, many of the artists who performed in this decade are considered classic in the pop music oeuvre. So can you name the songs and complete the lyrics in these 1960s hits?

There were some bands and artists who started in the 1960s and became household names.

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Cliff Richard are among these, while singers like Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison were moving into new phases in their careers.

The work of 1950s singers influenced many British bands, with the blues finding its way across the Atlantic and making a real difference.

But can you name the songs below and complete the lyrics from some 1960s classics?

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Questions

1. Complete the lyrics: “When I first saw you/With your smile so tender”

2. Complete the lyrics: “When my life is through/And the angels ask me to recall”

3. Complete the lyrics: “I’ll buy you a diamond ring, my friend/If it makes you feel alright”

4. Complete the lyrics: “I just can’t believe you could forget me”

5. Complete the lyrics: “Down the road I look and there runs Mary/Hair of gold and lips like cherries”

6. Complete the lyrics: “To waste our lives would be a sin”

7. Complete the lyrics: “Ah, honey, honey/You are my candy girl”

8. Complete the lyrics: “Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir”

9. Complete the lyrics: “Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze”

10. Complete the lyrics: “There’ll be tomorrow night, but wait/What do I see?”

11. Complete the lyrics: “Tell me, what did I do wrong?”

12. Complete the lyrics: “We’re going where the sun shines brightly/We’re going where the sea is blue”

Answers

1. “My heart was captured/My soul surrendered” – from It’s Now or Never by Elvis Presley

2. “The thrill of it all/Then I will tell them I remember you” – from I Remember You by Frank Ilfield

3. “I’ll get you anything my friend/If it makes you feel alright” – from Can’t Buy Me Love by The Beatles

4. “After all those happy hours we spent” – from Tears by Ken Dodd

5. “It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home” – from Green, Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones

6. “Release me and let me love again” – from Release Me by Engelbert Humperdinck

7. “And you got me wanting you” – from Sugar, Sugar by The Archies

8. “So that every mouth can be fed/Poor me Israelite” – from Israelite by Desmond Dekker & The Aces

9. “I gotta big fat mama trying to break me” – from Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks

10. “Is she walkin’ back to me?” – from Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison

11. “To make you stay away so long” – from Baby Love by The Supremes

12. “We’ve seen it in the movies/Now let’s see if it’s true” – from Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard and the Shadows

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