1. 15 minutes
   15 months
2. 15 years

The Jewish songwriter spent just 15 minutes penning the words to the 1969 hit but admits that crafting the melody took much longer.

1. The Knack
   Thin Lizzy
2. Nazareth

Thin Lizzy almost didn't include its most famous song on the 1976 album "Jailbreak" and was surprised when the song became a huge hit.

1. The Five Stairsteps
   Wild Cherry
2. King Harvest

Wild Cherry hit the No. 1 spot on both the Billboard rhythm and blues and pop charts with their 1976 song "Play That Funky Music."

1. Rose garden
   Prize
2. Kiss

Lynn Anderson picked up a Grammy in 1971 for her song "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden."

1. Elvis
   The Rolling Stones
2. The Everly Brothers

Nazareth found fame with a power ballad version of the Everly Brothers' classic "Love Hurts."

1. True
2. False

Chapin's wife, Sandy, wrote a poem about her experience with her own father, which Chapin transformed into a truly tear-jerking hit.

1. Tanya Tucker
   Vicki Lawrence
2. Betty White

After numerous singers turned down the song that was penned by Bobby Russell, Russell's wife, actress Vicki Lawrence, went into the studio and recorded the song herself.

1. Jean Knight
   Jean Jackson
2. Jean Green

Jean Knight crooned the sassy tune, which soared to the top of the soul charts in the fall of 1971.

1. True
2. False

Spiro Agnew made it his mission to take down the Brewer & Shipley song and had the FCC ban it in 1971.

1. Two days
   Two months
2. Two years

Ward recorded the song (reluctantly) in just two days in 1979. It went on to be her biggest hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five months.

1. King Harvest
   Ace
2. Nick Gilder

Former Sweeney Todd singer Nick Gilder went solo to record "Hot Child in the City," and it became his best-known song.

1. 1971
   1974
2. 1979

Everybody was kung fu fighting in 1974 thanks to a surprise hit song from Carl Douglas.

1. Splice
   Ace
2. Rant

British band Ace scored a hit with "How Long," which was later covered by Barbara Mandrell and Rod Stewart.

1. Joni Mitchell
   Lynn Anderson
2. Vicki Sue Robinson

She didn't win the big prize, but one-hit wonder Vicki Sue Robinson did receive the honor of a Grammy nomination for best pop female for "Turn the Beat Around."

1. Detroit
   New York
2. Orlando

Detroit DJ Tom Clay hit the big time in 1971 with a remix of "What the World Needs Now." The song peaked at No. 8 in 1971, and Clay never had another hit song.

1. True
2. False

His smooth hit "In the Summertime" may have sounded like it was inspired by island living, but Mungo Jerry actually came from Britain.

1. True
2. False

The song may have referenced a plane crash as the day the music died, but Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were not flying on a plane called "American Pie."

1. Four minutes
   Eight minutes
2. Twelve minutes

The 1971 song by Don McLean might just be the biggest one-hit wonder of all time, and it's also one of the longest, with a running time of eight minutes.

1. Eddie Haskell
   Eddie Holman
2. Eddie Valens

Eddie Holman crooned the 1970 soul classic "Hey There Lonely Girl."

1. 1973
   1975
2. 1977

McCoy's 1975 hit song found footing on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Hottest Soul Singles chart.

1. New Edition
   New Element
2. The New Seekers

The New Seekers sang the original Coca-Cola jingle, which became a huge hit after it was shipped to radio stations in February 1971.

1. His dog
   His wife
2. A girl he liked

The lead singer of The Knack wrote the song for a girl he liked named Sharona, who later became his girlfriend. Her image was used on the cover of the single.

1. True
2. False

"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" was credited to Edison Lighthouse. The song was actually put together by a songwriter and producer and performed by a session singer named Tony Burrows.

1. Wild Cherry
   the Five Stairsteps
2. Odyssey

As part of Odyssey, Lopez was best known for the 1977 disco hit "Native New Yorker."

1. 1970
   1973
2. 1976

The Chicago family consisting of four boys and one girl who played their own instruments (take that, Jackson 5) scored a big hit with "O-o-h Child" in 1970.

1. 1973
   1976
2. 1979

"Dancing in the Moonlight" was all the rage in 1973, but King Harvest quickly faded from the spotlight, and the band broke up by the end of the decade.

1. Three
   Five
2. Seven

The band earned five Grammy nominations and won two awards thanks largely to the success of their song "Afternoon Delight."

1. 1970
   1974
2. 1978

Bloom found fame with his 1970 song "Montego Bay" but never had much success in the proceeding years. He was killed in 1974 in an accidental shooting.

1. Hawaii
   California
2. Florida

Mitchell penned her 1970 chart topper after a less-than-inspiring trip to a parking lot in Hawaii.

1. "Pink Moon"
   "Wild Moon"
2. "Blue Moon"

"Pink Moon," off Nick Drake's 1972 album of the same name, found little fame in the '70s but gained attention when it was featured in a 1999 car commercial.