Are you a Manc musical mastermind?

DO you remember the Manchester beat, the Hacienda or the punk explosion? Here’s your chance to test your knowledge of local music nostalgia with our special quiz.

Once again, there are plenty of familiar faces, facts and figures to stir the memory over the Christmas holiday.

Many of the questions come from Clive Hardy’s trio of Around Manchester books focusing on the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Each features more than 300 unmissable pictures from the M.E.N. archive.

They’re on sale now at the special seasonal price of £7.49 plus postage and packing. Just check out the panel for details.

We hope you enjoy the quiz. Answers are on the opposite page. 1. Who was the lead singer with the Spencer Davis Group? A) Steve Winwood; B) Rod Argent; C) Paul Jones? 2. In which year did Manchester group Herman’s Hermits go to Number One in the UK singles chart with I’m Into Something Good? A) 1962; B) 1964; C) 1966? 3. Who was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols, who played Manchester Free Trade Hall in the iconic concert of June 1976? A) Hugh Cornwell; B) Johnny Rotten; C) Sid Vicious? 4. With which band did Manchester College of Art Student and pioneering blues singer John Mayall release the single Crawling Up a Hill in 1964? A) The Bluesbreakers; B) The Dakotas; C) The Mojos? 5. Monkees’ lead singer Davy Jones was born in which part of Manchester in December 1945? A) Collyhurst; B) Openshaw; C) Altrincham? 6. The Gibb brothers of Bee Gees’ fame grew up in Chorlton-cumMedlock before their family emigrated to Australia. They returned to the UK in 1967 and notched up their first Number One in the UK singles chart in October of that year. Was it? A) Spicks and Specks; B) Wish You Were Here; C) Massachusetts? 7. How is the singer Clementine Campbell better known? A) Cleo Laine; B) Elkie Brooks; C) Connie Francis? 8. In which year did Elton John and Kiki Dee release the single Don’t Go Breaking My Heart? A) 1971; B) 1976: C) 1981? 9. Which single replaced Bridge Over Troubled Water at the top of the UK charts in 1970? A) All Kinds of Everything by Dana; B) Baby Jump by Mungo Jerry; C) Vincent by Don McLean? 0. In which year did The Beatles, pictured backstage at the Manchester Odeon in May 1963, release the single Hey Jude? A) 1964; B) 1966; C) 1968? 11. Three groups from Manchester – Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and Herman’s Hermits – recorded consecutive Number One hits in the US singles chart of spring 1965. A unique achievement. What was the title of the Freddie and the Dreamers song that started the run? A) I’m Telling You Now; B) Do the Freddie; C) You Were Made For Me? 12. In which year did Davy Jones announce he was leaving The Monkees? A) 1971; B) 1973; C) 1975? 13. Which group released the single Lonely This Christmas in 1974? A) Showaddywaddy; B) Mud; C) Sweet? 14. Manchester group The Hollies started life as a Merseybeat-style band in 1962 and gained their first audition after being noticed in Liverpool’s Cavern Club. What was their debut single? A) Ain’t That Just Like Me; B) Here I Go Again; C) He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother? 15. Which famous name in the music industry was the first record producer to work with Manchester band Herman’s Hermits? A) Brian Epstein; B) Mickie Most; C) Malcolm McLaren? 16. Which member of Manchester group The Mindbenders went on to be a founder member of 10cc? A) Wayne Fontana; B) Ric Rothwell; C) Eric Stewart? 17. The Beatles’ song Do You Want to Know a Secret went to Number Two in the UK singles charts in 1963 for Billy J Kramer and Manchester band The Dakotas. But which artist previously turned down the chance to record it? A) Cilla Black; B) Shane Fenton (later to become Alvin Stardust); C) Tommy Steele? 18. Which 1967 song written by Cat Stevens became a hit for Rod Stewart in 1977 and Sheryl Crow in 1983? A) Father and Son; B) The First Cut is the Deepest; C) Wild World?