The Top 40 Fantasies No.5

1. Swanee (1920)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Al Jolson

2. Born To Be Wild (1968)                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Steppenwolf

3.  You I Know (1987)                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Jenny Morris

4.  The Boys (1962)                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The Shadows

5. Summer In The City (1966)                                                                                                                                                                                                            The Lovin’ Spoonful

6. Bits And Pieces (1964)                                                                                                                                                                                                                     The Dave Clark Five

7. I Only Want To Be With You (1963)                                                                                                                                                                                              Dusty Springfield

8. If You’ve Got The Money I’ve Got The Time (1950)                                                                                                                                                                   Lefty Frizzell

9. Halfway To Paradise (1961)                                                                                                                                                                                                             Billy Fury

10. Haji Baba (1954)                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Nat ‘King’ Cole

11. Race With The Devil (1968)                                                                                                                                                                                                            The Gun

12. Golden Earrings (1947)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Peggy Lee

13. Fox On The Run (1968)                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Manfred Mann

14. Tom Dooley (1958)                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The Kingston Trio

15. Mountain Of Love (1960)                                                                                                                                                                                                                Harold Dorman

16. At The Hop (1957)                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Danny And The Juniors

17. Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down (1969)                                                                                                                                                                                          Ray Stevens

18. Mountain Of Love (1964)                                                                                                                                                                                                                Johnny Rivers

19. Free Me (1978)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Uriah Heep

20.  So Tired (1949)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Kay Starr

21. Wild Weekend (1968)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Bill Anderson

22. Bongo Rock (1959)                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Preston Epps

23. Grenade (2010)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Bruno Mars

24. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (1956)                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Five Keys

25. Shakin’ All Over (1960)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Johnny Kidd and The Pirates

26. Woman Of The World (Leave My World Alone) (1969)                                                                                                                                                              Loretta Lynn

27. I Need You (1977)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Joe Dolan

28. (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean (1953)                                                                                                                                                                            Ruth Brown

29. Motor Biking (1975)                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Chris Spedding

30. Here In My Heart (1952)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Al Martino

31. Party Girl (1964)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Tommy Roe

32. Shakin’ All Over (1965)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Normie Rowe and The Playboys

33. So Much In Love (1964)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The Mighty Avengers

34. On A Slow Boat To China (1948)                                                                                                                                                                                  Benny Goodman and his Orchestra: vocalist, Al Hendrickson

35. Woody Woodpecker (1948)                                                                                                                                                                   Kay Kyser and his Orchestra: vocals, Gloria Wood and The Campus Kids

36. Bigelow 6-200 (1956)                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Brenda Lee

37. Going – Going – Gone! (1954)                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Johnnie Ray

38. Too Many Do-Goods (1973)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tom T. Hall

39. On Top Of Old Smoky (1951)                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Weavers

40. On Top Of Spaghetti (1963)                                                                                                                                                                               Tom Glazer and The Do-Re-Mi Children’s Chorus

 

 

Answers to ‘How Dinky-di Are You? No.3’

1. Sidelevers

2. Draughts

3. Brumby

4. Garbage/Rubbish bin

5. Racecourse

6. Car park

7. Cobber

8. Lawyer

9. Station

10. Full stop

11. Holiday-maker

12. Shanghai

 

Ratings:

12 correct answers means that you are ‘Ridgy Didge Dinky-di’

10 or 11: almost ‘Ridgy Didge’

6-9: a ‘Ridgy Didge’ impersonator

Five or less: Censored (sit for the test, again, next week)

 

 

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