Can you name the artists/bands based on their 1st Top 40* Hit?

1st Top 40 Hit	Artist -or- Band	Year/Peak
Heartbreak Hotel		1955/1
You Send Me		1957/1
Runaway		1961/1
Surfin' Safari		1962/14
Fingertips - Part 1 & 2		1963/1
Baby I Need Your Loving		1964/11
I Want To Hold Your Hand		1964/1
Tell Me (You're Coming Back)		1964/24
Subterranean Homesick Blues		1965/39
Cherry, Cherry		1966/6
Happy Jack		1966/24
New York Mining Disaster 1941		1967/14
Try A Little Tenderness		1969/29
Whole Lotta Love		1969/4
Your Song		1970/8
Ain't No Sunshine		1971/3
Got To Be There		1971/4
Me And Bobby McGee		1971/1
Funky Stuff		1973/29
Piano Man		1973/25
Waterloo		1974/6
Born To Run		1975/23
Killer Queen		1975/12
Sara Smile		1976/4
Just What I Needed		1978/27
Heart Of Glass		1979/1
I Need A Lover		1979/28
Lost In Love		1980/3
Morning Train (9 to 5)		1980/1
Ride Like The Wind		1980/2

1st Top 40 Hit	Artist -or- Band	Year/Peak
In The Air Tonight		1981/19
Keep On Loving You		1981/1
Don't You Want Me		1982/1
Hungry Like The Wolf		1982/3
Holiday		1983/16
Runaway		1983/39
Girls Just Want To Have Fun		1984/2
Pride (In The Name Of Love)		1984/33
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go		1984/1
You Give Good Love		1985/3
Manic Monday		1986/2
The One I Love		1987/9
The Look		1989/1
Vision of Love		1990/1
Motownphilly		1991/3
Smells Like Teen Spirit		1991/6
Linger		1994/8
Live Forever		1994/39
Peaches		1996/26
Fly		1997/1
My Name Is		1999/36
Fallin'		2001/1
Harder To Breathe		2002/18
Crazy In Love		2003/1
Where Is The Love?		2003/8
Pon De Replay		2005/2
I Kissed A Girl		2008/1
Just Dance		2008/1
Tik Tok		2009/1
Party Rock Anthem		2011/1

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Artist by 1st Top 40 Hit Quiz

by rer2121

Created Aug 14, 2012 in Music
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	TrivialSteve:	Aug 23rd, 2012 at 20:34 GMT		7 points
	I think you should accept "POTUS" for the song Peaches.

	rer2121:	Aug 23rd, 2012 at 21:49 GMT		2 points
	@TrivialSteve. I agree with your statement. However, this quiz is in the hands of the Sporcle Admins/Moderators now. I have reported this to them. Hopefully, they will soon add "POTUS" as an alternate answer.

	JoeyJoeJoe:	Aug 23rd, 2012 at 21:51 GMT		3 points
	Knowles should work for Beyonce Knowles, I'd argue.

	rer2121:	Aug 23rd, 2012 at 21:54 GMT		1 point
	Has also been reported JoeyJoeJoe.

	rer2121:	Aug 23rd, 2012 at 22:02 GMT		3 points
	"POTUS" & "Knowles" appear to work now.

	Piraat:	Aug 23rd, 2012 at 23:13 GMT		1 point
	Damn you Cyndi Lauper for not being spelled as Cindy like regular people!

	Doughyjon:	Aug 23rd, 2012 at 23:28 GMT		2 points
	I'll just pretend I don't know the last few (save for the acutal last) - I wish I really didn't.

	camly:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 00:51 GMT		6 points
	moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches

	MasterNachosII:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 01:44 GMT		15 points
	[Obligatory comment about how it used to be that all music was awesome, but now all music is terrible and that I'm glad I'm ignorant of it.]

	angel419:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 01:59 GMT		-2 points
	Somehow Lady Gag helped me get Queen (because she borrows some elements from them and said killer queen in one of her songs) I found it helped to sing the chorus to '1985' by Bowling For Soup. I got 5 answers from that. "Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, way before Nirvana. There was U2 and Blondie, and music still on MTV..."

	Yngwie:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 02:02 GMT		1 point
	Nachos: Along those lines, almost HALF of quiz takes didn't know Whole Lotta Love was Led Zeppelin! If I was only a little older, I'd be even more offended that only 18% got Sam Cooke.

	unkpoker:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 02:10 GMT		2 points
	I was surprised to find that some of these songs were the first Top 40 hit...I would've guessed "Borderline" for Madonna..."Ridin' the Storm Out" or "Roll With the Changes" for REO Speedwagon...and something MUCH earlier for U2 (Sunday Bloody Sunday?)...

	Pogues:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 04:04 GMT		-2 points
	I'm a little disappointed that "4 Tops" wasn't taken...but if I really knew that was a Four Tops song, I would have typed out "four". I was just guessing bands in the last minute.

	needapausebutton:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 04:15 GMT		2 points
	Nice twist on the Artist-naming-games, rer2121.

	rer2121:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 12:01 GMT		1 point
	@MasterNachosII & Yngwie: I can't believe it either...I really can't believe it./@unkpoker: "Borderline" charted a year after "Holiday" did, "Ridin' The Storm Out" hit 94, "Roll With the Changes" hit 58, & U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" only hit the top 40 charts in Belgium & Netherlands. It didn't chart at all in the U.S./ @Pogues: Has been reported./ @needapausebutton: Why thank you!

	mag721:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 12:44 GMT		8 points
	gah, try a little tenderness killed me because it wouldn't take otis redding! then i realized the date was off...

	rer2121:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 16:36 GMT		1 point
	4 Tops is now accepted Pogues

	gtf:	Aug 24th, 2012 at 20:42 GMT		3 points
	It's just another Sporcle Monday

	juviejay:	Aug 25th, 2012 at 09:33 GMT		1 point
	Tried boys 2 men but not Boyz II Men. You're fired!

	rer2121:	Aug 25th, 2012 at 10:05 GMT		2 points
	^Man, that profile picture is useful!...It's been reported.

	triviageek784:	Sep 4th, 2012 at 16:22 GMT		2 points
	I thought Try a Little Tenderness was by Otis Redding.

	rer2121:	Sep 5th, 2012 at 20:53 GMT		1 point
	@triviageek784: Otis Redding was one of the many musical acts that covered the Ray Noble Orchestra's "Try A Little Tenderness." However, it hit the Top 40 in 1966 & it was his 5th Top 40 hit.

	TaBelle:	Sep 18th, 2012 at 21:20 GMT		1 point
	@dylz You know nothing about The Beach Boys.

	permanentrose:	Nov 18th, 2012 at 06:10 GMT		1 point
	I was surprised that some of these were the first songs that charted. I expected something earlier for U2, maybe New Year's Day or Sunday Bloody Sunday. Very fun quiz though.