Salute to anyone who gets this right...

[sp1814]

Name the only artist to get to number one in the official (BBC) singles chart as part of a quintet, a quartet, a trio, a duo and as a solo artist.

Extra point if you can name the act/song that this person achieved this feat with.

No-one will get this right.

Gauntlet thrown down.

[excelsior-1]

wild guess ............. michael jackson

[york310]

Paul McCartney

[Infomaniac]

Donny Osmund?

[wolf63]

Paul McCartney ??

[Canary42]

Manfred Mann
5-4-3-2-1

[MarkRae]

McCartney - well known.
Beatles and Billy Preston (5)
Beatles (4)
Wings (3)
With Stevie Wonder / Michael Jackson (2)
Solo (1)

[TheNovice]

Manfred Mann 5-4-3-2-1

[friedgreentomato]

Paul McCartney

[B00]

Neil Young?

[Infomaniac]

So clever Novice.

[friedgreentomato]

sorry didn't see the answers before me.

[york310]

Paul McCartney not only had hits but topped the chart in each of the following guises.

Solo - Pipes Of Peace

Duo - with Stevie Wonder -Ebony And Ivory

Trio - Wings Mull Of Kintyre

Quartet - Beatles - lots of number ones

Quintet - Beatles with Billy Preston - Get Back

[andy-hughes]

MarkRae beat me to it - I knew that as well!!!

(Sulks for 30 seconds, pulls self together, gets on with writing Geddy Lee feature).

[MarkRae]

This is a pub quiz chestnut.

[Andyrory]

Paul McCartney.

Standard quiz question. Must of heard it a dozen times.

[Gizmonster]

I knew it was Paul McCartney (it's a well known pop trivia question in my opinion)- I just couldn't remember who the quintet was ......

[wolf63]

I take it that I was the only one who had to Google for the answer!

[MASS1961]

Donny Osmond?

[MarkRae]

It's a very well-known fact, wolfe. I must have heard it dozens of times over the years...