| SUKIYAKI | Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto had a worldwide hit with which song in 1963? (8) |
| VELIA | Which song in The Merry Widow tells of the love between a wood nymph and a hunter? (5) |
| HES | "___ So Fine" (#1 song in 1963) |
| MEMOIRSOFAGEISHA | Chiyo Sakamoto is the protagonist of this Arthur Golden novel |
| TRINI | ___ Lopez III, American singer, guitarist and actor who had a worldwide hit with If I Had a Hammer i |
| WATERLOO | Abba won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with which song? (8) |
| UNCLEKRACKER | American singer and rapper, born Matthew Shafer in 1974, who had a worldwide hit with Follow Me in 2001 (5,7) |
| IMBRUGLIA | Natalie ___, Australian actress and singer who had a worldwide hit with the single Torn in 1997 |
| HANSON | Which trio of young brothers had a worldwide hit with MMMBop? (6) |
| FOREIGNER | Which group had a worldwide hit with I Want to Know What Love Is? (9) |
| OPUS | Which Austrian group had a worldwide hit with Live is Life? (4) |
| JOHNROWLES | Who had a worldwide hit with his song Cheryl Moana Marie? (4,6) |
| LIL | _ Nas X had a worldwide hit with Old Town Road. (3) |
| NENA | Who had a worldwide hit with 99 Red Balloons? (4) |
| BLUNT | Who had a worldwide hit with You're Beautiful? (5) |
| BERLINER | Identity claimed by John F Kennedy in June 1963? (8) |
| SUNLIGHT | Which song will Nicky Byrne sing at this year's Eurovision Song Contest? (8) |
| FERNANDO | Which song was a consecutive UK No.1 for Abba between Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen? (8) |
| JAPANESE | 1980 worldwide hit single by The Vapors (7,8) (see 39A) |
| ITTAKESTWO | Tina Turner dueting with Rod Stewart had a hit in 1990 with which song? (2,5,3) |
