Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 16:37:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200004262037.QAA07501@world.std.com> Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #156 (GOLQ156) From: Marc Dashevsky RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #156 (GOLQ156) Congratulations to the eight(!) entrants that tied for first place with perfect scores and to the other fifteen(!) entrants whose scores exceed 400. The mean entrant score was a whopping 381.5 A few entrants noted that there was a small thread connecting songs #02, 08, 13, 24, and T2: they were all recorded by country legend Hank Williams. All except for "Take These Chains From My Heart" were written by Hank. Check out the solution to the Rock 'n' Roll Trivia Puzzler and the names of those who solved it in the section following the main quiz. Our thanks to everyone who participated. Rich Ardini has already posted GOLQ157. -- Marc and Bob Replace all occurrences of "&" in all e-mail addresses with "@". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tie Breaker Scoring Key + after numeric score below indicates a tie-breaker answered correctly. - indicates partial credit. x indicates a totally incorrect guess. . indicates no guess. # on Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address team Age(s) ---+-----+--+-----------------------------------------------------+---+------ T01 500++ MG Michael Gesner, Dino DiNardo and Joel Lipman 6 40s T01 500++ RA Ron Anderson 1 49 T01 500++ JL Jamie Lubin 1 54 T01 500++ BS Barry Silk, Jenny McCaw, Scooter Magruder, Joe Haertel 4 40+ T01 500++ DT Sunny, DTAB, HQR, Carb, Tony, Lora 7 25-65 T01 500++ RP Randy Price 1 48 T01 500++ IS The Gypsy's Caravan T01 500++ RR Really Rockin' In Boston 4 40+ 09 500.+ CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Bigfoot Mae, Norm Katuna) 4 47+ T10 480++ AT Antonio Torralba, Dominic Begg, Ben Rowdon and Tunde 4 26-51 T10 480++ EB The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Jeff, Jim, Steve, Kevin, Mitch, Kyra, Bill, Denise, Vinnie, Jean, Bruce 12 13+ 12 480.+ GT The GenaTeam 6 31-52 13 473+x JF JOHN FOX 1 48 14 470++ DG The Old Folks at DG 3 various T15 456++ TA Mitch Herczeg, Barry Chamish, Arieh Gamliel 3 40s T15 456++ TC Team Corning 5 various 17 454+- LE L'Equipe (Peter & Sheila Cussons, Bob & Dee Harrold, Margaret Thomas and Denis Menard) 6 avg 50 18 445.+ OT Mike Weaver, Ben Bagdonas, George McClellan 3 53+ T19 440++ FO Forgotten Ones 1 >18 T19 440++ JP Joanne Pohlman 1 T19 440++ WM Will McCorry 1 42 T19 440++ OZ OZ Fossils (Pete, Lee, Brian, Pam, Eva, Mike) 6 50+/- 23 418++ BL Bruce Long 1 53 24 344++ RL Rockaholics Anonymous (Rick Lewis, Kathy Shinners, John Holliday) 3 40s 25 323+. WV Wendy Vickers 1 44 26 306.+ LB Lori Bailey, David Bailey, Tom Adams, Dan Rector, Ed Toutant 5 boomers 27 280.. JW James White 1 52 28 270.. NA NAVAIRHEADS (a.k.a. New Wave Dave Fan Club) 2 53 & 48 29 260+. HT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie, Patty) 3 37+ 30 259.. JC Cole & Cole 2 18 & 54 31 208.. CM Curt Miller 1 51 32 200+. WB The Wicked Boys (Sanford Stein, Paul Hallaman, Jim Medellin) 3 40s 33 197.+ GC Gregory Chambers 1 46 34 125.. EM Evelyn Martinez 1 49 35 80.. JR Jessica Raine 36 10.. BR Bryan Shailer 1 37 ---+-----+--+-----------------------------------------------------+---+------ Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address # on Age(s) team The following table gives the individual scoring breakdown. A '-' is used to indicate that no guess was made for a question, whereas a zero indicates that a completely incorrect response was submitted. Song# 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- MG 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 RA 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 JL 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 BS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 DT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 RP 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 IS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 RR 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 CO 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 AT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 EB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 GT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 JF 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 17 20 - 20 DG 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 TA 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 0 20 20 20 TC 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 10 10 LE 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 18 18 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 OT 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 18 20 0 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 19 20 10 20 20 20 20 FO 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 16 20 20 20 20 20 20 16 20 - 20 - 20 10 20 JP 20 20 0 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 WM 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 10 10 OZ 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 10 20 20 - 20 20 20 BL 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 - 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - 10 20 RL 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 - - 20 - 20 - 18 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 16 20 10 20 WV 20 20 - 20 20 20 10 18 - 20 - - - 18 20 10 20 20 20 - 20 17 20 10 - LB 19 - - 20 20 - 10 18 - 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 19 - 20 - 20 - 20 JW 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - - - - 0 - 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 NA 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 - - 20 - 20 0 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 - 10 - - 20 HT 20 - 0 20 20 0 20 - - - - 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 - - JC 19 - - 20 20 - 20 - - 20 - - 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - - 20 CM 20 - - 20 20 - 8 - - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - - - WB 20 - 10 20 - 20 10 - - 20 - - - 20 - - - 20 20 20 - - 20 - - GC 20 - - 20 20 - 10 20 - - - - - 20 10 20 - - 20 17 - - - 20 - EM 20 - 20 20 20 - - 18 - - - - - 17 - - - 10 - - - - - - - JR 20 - - 20 - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - BR - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #156 ANSWERS: Answers are in the form: #number) Artist: Title (year[s]) [peak position on Pop chart] {peak R&B} [-] = did not make pop chart {-} = did not make R&B chart {F} = made R&B chart as a flip side {n/c} = no Billboard R&B chart published during this recording's period of peak popularity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And she starts trading her baby toys for boys When that once shy little sleepyhead learns about love and its lilt You can bet that the change is more than from cotton to silk #01) Avalon, Frankie: Bobby Sox To Stockings (1959) [8] {26} Former teen idol Francis Avallone is now 60! Give my heart just a word of sympathy Be as fair to my heart as you can be Then if you no longer care For the love that's beating there #02) Charles, Ray: Take These Chains From My Heart (1963) [8] {7} Released 5 months after his recording of Hank Williams' "Your Cheating Heart" (the B-side of "You Are My Sunshine"). Written by Hy Heath and Fred Rose. Watusi, girl, is the dance to do Twist and shout till we knock ourselves out #03) Checker, Chubby: Dancin' Party (1962) [12] {-} And chicken pox will make you jump and twitch #04) Coasters, The: Poison Ivy (1959) [7] {1} "O" is for the only one I see "V" is very, very extraordinary #05) Cole, Nat "King": L-O-V-E (1964) [81] {n/c} The B-side of "I Don't Want To See Tomorrow," released 5 months before his death at age 47 in early 1965. With every ounce of my love I have at my command I'm doing the very best I can To make you understand #06) Dells, The: There Is (1968) [20] {11} I never thought you would put me down I can't believe that you're untrue And now the news is out around town Yeah, what else can I do? Whoa-oa-oaoa-oa-oa Dun-diddla-dun-diddla-diddla-diddla-diddla-diddla #07) Dion: Sandy (1963) [21] {-} Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen #08) Domino, Fats: Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (1961/62) [30] {-} This Hank Williams classic was also recorded as a single by Bobby Comstock & the Counts in 1960 (and by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and The Blue Ridge Rangers [John Fogerty] in the 70s). This was Hank's only top 20 hit on the popular charts (in 1952), but it spent 14 weeks at #1 on the country charts. I miss you so Please believe me when I tell you I just can't stand to see you go You know #09) G-Clefs, The: I Understand (Just How You Feel) (1961/62) [9] {-} "Freddie and the Dreamers" was also accepted as a correct artist answer, although their lyrics to this song were slightly different. I wanna take you home, yeah I won't do you no harm, no You got to be all mine, all mine #10) Hendrix, Jimi: Foxey Lady (1967/68) [67] {?} From the album "Are You Experienced?" Jessica Raine: Used in a very silly dream sequence in the movie "Wayne's World." Let the past just fade away Why get lost in yesterday? The important thing is here and now And our love is here to stay #11) James, Joni: How Important Can It Be? (1955) [2] {-} Backing vocals by The Ray Charles Singers. Hey, now, Riddler, Penguin, Joker better go and hide #12) Jan & Dean: Batman (1966) [66] {-} This heart of mine could never see What everybo-o-o-o-dy knows but me Just trusting you was my great sin What can I do #13) Lewis, Jerry Lee, and His Pumping Piano: You Win Again (1958) [95] {F} Also recorded by Paulette Sisters in 1955 and Fats Domino in 1962. Hooray and hallelujah You had it coming to ya #14) Lymon, Frankie, and the Teenagers: Goody Goody (1957) [20] {-} First released by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (with vocals by Helen Ward) in 1936. Oh, you know how I love you I'll do anything for you Please say you'll be mine #15) McGuire Sisters, The: Sincerely (1955) [1] {-} "The Moonglows" was also accepted as a correct artist answer. They also used these exact lyrics. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free #16) Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The: Battle Hymn Of The Republic (1959) [13] {-} With the Philadelphia Orchestra. When I sign my autograph When I hold an interview Can't get you out of my mind Come back my love, come back to me I need you now so desperately What good is fame? It's just a game #17) Pitney, Gene: Backstage (1966) [25] {-} You're the mate that fate had me created for And every time your lips meet mine Baby, down and down I go Round and round I go In a spin Loving the spin I'm in #18) Prima, Louis, and Keely Smith: That Old Black Magic (1958/59) [18] {26} With Sam Butera and The Witnesses. Bandleader and singer Prima married vocalist Smith in 1952. This Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer standard has been recorded by many. There is nothin' that I wouldn't do for him (Diddle-iddle-iddle-it) (Diddle-iddle-iddle-it) I won't be happy till I make him mine And the wedding day is set #19) Raindrops, The: The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget (1963) [17] {27} I looked straight up at the ceiling above Thinking of the girl whom I will love Oh, will it be soon when she exists #20) Safaris: Image Of A Girl (1960) [6] {-} With The Phantom's Band. Well-a, well-a, well, I gotta be goin' Gonna leave the world behind Every day in a heavenly way You're gonna drive me outta my mind #21) Sedaka, Neil: Stairway To Heaven (1960) [9] {16} Lots of lovin' Kissin', huggin' I wanna ride that gravy train with you #22) Sharp, Dee Dee: Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) (1962) [9] {11} Cameo label recording artist born Dione LaRue in Philadelphia. Tell the world I do I pray every night She'll learn to love me, too #23) Turner, Joe: Corrine, Corrina (1956) [41] {2} Backing vocals by The Cookies. Blues pioneer "Big Joe" was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its second year of existence. I've tried so hard, my dear, to show That you're my every dream Yet you're afraid each thing I do Is just some evil scheme #24) Washington, Dinah: Cold, Cold Heart (1962) [96] {-} Tony Bennett's version was #1 for 6 weeks in 1951/52. The Gypsy's Caravan: A new version of her tune originally done in 1951. And are you really mine Every day, all the time? I'd like to know which way to go Will our love grow? #25) Williams, Andy: Are You Sincere (1958) [3] {-} ----------------------- T I E - B R E A K E R S ----------------------- I wanna hold your hand Walk along the sand Laughing in the sun Always having fun Doing all those things Without any strings To tie me down #T1) Monkees, The: I Wanna Be Free (1967) [-] {-} Written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and recorded essentially as a Davy Jones solo. I'm gonna throw my date book over the fence And buy me one for five or ten cents I'll keep it till it's covered with age 'Cause I'm writing your name down on every page #T2) Williams, Hank, & His Drifting Cowboys: Hey, Good Lookin' (1951) [29] {-} Really Rockin' In Boston: Also by Hank Williams, Jr. on the "Your Cheatin' Heart" soundtrack. Joe Haertel (of Team Barry Silk et al.): The only preserved film of Hank Williams performing is of him singing this song. ============================================================================== ============================ ======= ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIVIA PUZZLER ANSWERS ============================ ======= Many entrants solved a good portion of the Puzzler, including Team Teitelbaum and Ron Anderson, who knew all 15 trivia answers. The puzzler read: Can you identify these 15 oldies trivia items? When correctly solved, the first letters of the responses in order will spell out the solution to this question: Into which group's recording session did Otis Redding poke his head and joke, "I just wanted to see for myself if you guys were white"? 01 T ina Turner = Singer born Anna Mae Bullock in 1938 ... in Brownsville, Tennessee 02 H onky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) = Only instrumental recording between 1955 and 1969 to spend more than half a year on the R&B charts ... by Bill Doggett [#2 in 1956/57] 03 E rnie = First name of uncle who "fiddles about" in the rock opera "Tommy" ... good old Uncle Ernie! 04 Y ou Can't Always Get What You Want = Rolling Stones recording featuring keyboardist Al Kooper and The London Bach Choir ... B-side of 1969's Honky Tonk Women before charting on its own in 1973 05 O nly You (And You Alone) = Song first recorded by The Platters which re-entered the top 100 by four more artists before 1970 ... [#5 in 1955/56] (re-charted by The Hilltoppers and others) 06 U ptight (Everything's Alright) = Second top 5 single by the artist whose first top 5 single was recorded live at Chicago's Regal Theater in late 1962 ... by Stevie Wonder [#3 in 1965/66] (his second big hit after 1963's Fingertips - Pt 2) 07 N obody But Me = Top 40 recording containing the most repetitions of the word "no" ... by The Human Beinz [#8 in 1967/68] (over 100 "no"'s in 2:16) 08 G eorgia = State in which Ray Robinson was born, 9/23/30 ... Ray Charles Robinson was born in Albany, Georgia 09 R unaway = #1 recording whose electric organ solo was performed by co-writer Max Crook ... by Del Shannon [1961] 10 A rthur Alexander = Singer/songwriter whose compositions were recorded by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones ... he penned Anna (Go To Him), for example 11 S am & Dave = Moore & Prater, who teamed up in 1961 ... better known by their first names 12 C oronation Street = British TV program on which Peter Noone starred as an adolescent ... before becoming Herman, of course 13 A quarius/Let The Sunshine In = Highest-charting single from the Broadway musical "Hair" ... by the 5th Dimension [#1 for 6 weeks in 1969] (Hair by the Cowsills reached #2 and Good Morning Starshine by Oliver reached #3) 14 L ong Tall Sally = Last song performed by the four Beatles on a paid concert stage ... the finale to their last-ever paid concert together, San Francisco, 1966 15 S teppenwolf = Rock group named after a Herman Hesse novel ... the name was suggested by a person living next door to where the band first rehearsed ============================================================================== This chart ranks the songs/artists from most recognized to least recognized. The 3rd number on the line denotes the average number of points scored on that song (total points divided by number of entrants, to 1 decimal place). For comparison purposes, tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale. Rank Avg. Song ----+----+----+--------------------------------------------------------------- 01 19.4 #04 Coasters, The: Poison Ivy 02 19.3 #01 Avalon, Frankie: Bobby Sox To Stockings 03 18.5 #14 Lymon, Frankie, and the Teenagers: Goody Goody 04 17.9 #18 Prima, Louis, and Keely Smith: That Old Black Magic 05 17.5 #05 Cole, Nat "King": L-O-V-E 06 17.4 #19 Raindrops, The: The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget T07 16.7 #16 Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The: Battle Hymn Of The Republic T07 16.7 #10 Hendrix, Jimi: Foxey Lady 09 16.4 #21 Sedaka, Neil: Stairway To Heaven T10 16.3 #20 Safaris: Image Of A Girl T10 16.3 #07 Dion: Sandy T12 15.8 #23 Turner, Joe: Corrine, Corrina T12 15.8 #15 McGuire Sisters, The: Sincerely 14 15.0 #25 Williams, Andy: Are You Sincere 15 14.4 #12 Jan & Dean: Batman T16 14.2 #08 Domino, Fats: Jambalaya (On The Bayou) T16 14.2 #03 Checker, Chubby: Dancin' Party T18 13.9 #17 Pitney, Gene: Backstage T18 13.9 #06 Dells, The: There Is T18 13.9 #02 Charles, Ray: Take These Chains From My Heart 21 13.6 #T2 Williams, Hank, & His Drifting Cowboys: Hey, Good Lookin' 22 13.3 #T1 Monkees, The: I Wanna Be Free 23 12.8 #13 Lewis, Jerry Lee, and His Pumping Piano: You Win Again T24 12.7 #11 James, Joni: How Important Can It Be? T24 12.7 #09 G-Clefs, The: I Understand (Just How You Feel) 26 11.9 #24 Washington, Dinah: Cold, Cold Heart 27 7.8 #22 Sharp, Dee Dee: Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) ----+----+----+--------------------------------------------------------------- Marc: I'm sorry this was so easy. Bob: Me, too. It's amazing (and amusing) that "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)," a top ten hit with the essential word of its title actually in the given lyrics, was the only song identified by fewer than half the entrants! ______________________________________________________________________________ Bob Bluestein and Marc Dashevsky