Sixties Quiz – Recognize the Artists Behind These Classic 1960s Lyrics?

I’m breakin’ rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

I Fought the Law by Bobby Fuller Four

I’m pickin’ up good vibrations
She’s giving me excitations
I’m pickin’ up good vibrations

Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys

Hey Jude, don’t make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude by the Beatles.

Why don’t you all f-fade away (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
And don’t try to d-dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
I’m not trying to cause a b-big s-s-sensation (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
I’m just talkin’ ’bout my g-g-generation (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)

My Generation by the Who

Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And think of all the great things we would do

Those Were The Days by Mary Hopkin

Lyrics are from Donovan’s Catch the Wind. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on March 12, 1965.

What’s your name? Who’s your daddy?
(He rich) Is he rich like me.
Has he taken, any time.
(To show) To show you what you need to live.
Tell it to me slowly (tell me what).
I really want to know. It’s the time of the season for loving.

Time of the Season by the Zombies

Don’t go around tonight,
Well, it’s bound to take your life,
There’s a bad moon on the rise.

Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Billy Ray was a preacher’s son
And when his daddy would visit he’d come along
When they gathered around and started talkin’
That’s when Billy would take me walkin’
Out through the back yard we’d go walkin’

Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield.

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

Aquarius is from the musical ‘Hair’. The song became a hit with the Fifth Dimension.