Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:19:05 -0500
Message-Id: <200111021419.JAA06041@TheWorld.com>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #178 (GOLQ178)
From: Barry Silk <oldiesFan@hotmail.com>
RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #178 (GOLQ178)
Congratulations to the team of TOM ADAMS-DAVID BAILEY-LORI BAILEY-ED TOUTANT-
DAN RECTOR-JIM FULLER-RICK CRANE-SEAN ANGLUM for their first place finish!
They edged out REALLY ROCKIN' IN BOSTON by a partial credit tie-breaker for
the win. This was a high scoring quiz, with over two-thirds of the entrants
scoring over 400.
GOLQ178 was an experimental quiz, using audio snippets of songs rather than
written lyrics. The reason that I wanted to try this quiz format was to
eliminate (or try to minimize) identifying songs by web searching. It has
become apparent to many GOLQ authors (and participants) that the lyrics for
a large majority of 1950s/60s songs can be easily found on the web with
search engines. Using search engines essentially defeats the purpose and
intent of the GOLQs... to test 'musical knowledge'. (Or at least test one's
ability to identify songs using one's own resources). Using audio snippets
with little or no lyrics attempts to level the playing field for those
participants who do not rely on search engines to identify songs.
I received many replies to my request for feedback on using audio. The
overwhelming majority of the comments I received supported this new audio
format! Many of the comments not only praised the format, but wanted the
audio quizzes to continue. There were, however, two negative replies and one
neutral reply. One regular GOLQ participant decided not to submit an entry
claiming that the time to download and listen to the songs was too long.
Similarly, the other negative reply commented that the quiz was not portable,
like the written lyrics quizzes. Also, the number of GOLQ178 entrants was
below average, which may indicate there were others who may not like this
format.
All in all, I would say that this audio quiz was an overall success based on
the feedback I received. So, at the discretion of the GOLQ author, this
format will probably be used again periodically as an alternative to written
lyrics quizzes.
I'd like to thank everyone who participated and also thank those who provided
feedback to me! Hope you enjoyed it!
-- Barry Silk (oldiesFan@hotmail.com)
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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)
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1 500+- LB Tom Adams, David Bailey, <baileyl&spot.colorado.edu> ~10 ?
Lori Bailey, Ed Toutant, Dan Rector, Jim Fuller,
Rick Crane, Sean Anglum
2 500+x RR Really Rockin' In Boston <bob&egh.com> 5 40s-50s
3 500xx VI The Village Idiots <clete6&aol.com> 3 44+
(Andy, Roxanne, Doug)
4 495+- AE Andrew E. and Joanne P. <are7&aol.com> 2 ?
T5 495+. GC The Gypsy's Caravan <iriss&aol.com> 4 21+
T5 495+. DT The Delphi Trivia Club <billp49&delphi.com> 11 40-50
Carbonel, Gary, Logot, Turk, Brenda, Tony, HQR,
JO, Joan, Sunny
7 495.. JL Jamie Lubin <pookie18323&cs.com> 1 56
8 490+. GT The GenaTeam <goql&espl.com.au> 4 ?
9 465+. MT L'Equipe <thomas.92&osu.edu> ? ?
10 440+x CO The Coasters <rns&san.rr.com> 5
(Rick & Kathy Schubert, 48,52,
Marc Dashevsky, Norm Katuna, Bigfoot Mae) 49,56,-
11 440-. OT Mike Weaver <oldtunes&aol.com> 3 54+
George McClellen, Ben Bagdonas
12 435-. SM Scooter Magruder & Jenny McCaw <adj4unmd&aol.com> 2 50+
13 435.. EJ The EJ'S & Co.: <brombere&matc.edu> 10 15+
Ellis, Jean, Steve, Kevin, Vinnie, Kim, Kyra,
Mitch, Carl, Denise
14 420.. RC Ron & Sally Crandall <rmc&psu.edu> 2 50,50
15 419.x CM Curt Miller <curtismiller&launchnet.com> 1 52
16 404.. RB Richard Baxter <ribaxter&ev1.net> 1 55
17 379.. JF John Fox <fourHbcaps&aol.com> 1 49
18 365-. JI Jyrki Ilva <ilva&cc.helsinki.fi> 1 ?
19 344.. NA NAVAIRHEADS <pillion&erols.com> 2 55,50
20 340.. HT Howard Teitelbaum <hat&gdats.com> 1 43
21 313x. HB Hugh Brodie <cchb&musica.mcgill.ca> 1 ?
22 285.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&fox.nstn.ca> 1 44
23 220.. EM The Old Folks at EMC <cochran_david&emc.com> 4 ?
24 20.. BS Bryan Shailer <bryanshailer&home.com> 1 38
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Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address team Age(s)
# on
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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
LB 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
VI 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
AE 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
GC 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 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 15 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 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
GT 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
MT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
CO 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20
OT 20 20 0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
SM 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 0 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20
EJ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 0 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20
RC 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
CM 20 20 19 20 20 20 - 20 20 0 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20
RB 0 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 15 0 20 0 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0
JF 20 10 19 20 10 20 20 20 - 0 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20
JI 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 0 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 10 - - 20 10 20 20 10
NA 20 20 - - 20 20 - 0 15 0 20 20 20 10 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 - 20
HT - 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 - - 20 20 10 20 - - 20 20 20 20
HB - 10 - - - 20 19 20 15 - - 20 20 - - 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 19 20 20
WM - 10 20 20 20 20 - - 15 20 - 20 20 - 0 20 20 20 20 - - 20 - - 20
EM - 10 10 - 20 20 - - - - - 20 20 20 - 20 20 - - - 20 20 - - 20
BS - - - - - 20 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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
Song#
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #178 ANSWERS:
Answers are in the form:
#number) Artist: "Title" (year) [peak Pop] {peak R&B}
where:
"peak Pop" = Peak position achieved on the weekly Billboard Pop chart
"peak R&B" = Peak position on the weekly Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart
== NOTE: Recordings charting between late 1963 and early 1965
== show a "peak R&B" of {n/c}, meaning "no chart," as Billboard
== didn't publish an R&B chart from 11/30/63 thru 1/23/65.
All comments in brackets are mine, unless preceded by a two-letter entrant ID.
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http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-01.mp3
#01) Aquatones: "You" (1958) [21] {11}
The only charted hit by this Long Island, NY R&B group.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-02.mp3
#02) Beach Boys: "Please Let Me Wonder" (1965) [52] {-}
My favorite top-100 Beach Boys' song.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-03.mp3
#03) James Brown & the Famous Flames: "Prisoner Of Love" (1963) [18] {6}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-04.mp3
#04) Solomon Burke: "Cry To Me" (1962) [44] {5}
Burke preached and broadcast from his own church, "Solomon's Temple"
in Philadelphia from 1945-55. This song was used in the soundtrack of
the movie "Dirty Dancing".
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-05.mp3
#05) Coasters: "Besame Mucho Pt 1" (1960) [70] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-06.mp3
#06) Bobby Darin: "Splish Splash" (1958) [3] {1}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-07.mp3
#07) Skeeter Davis: "I Can't Stay Mad At You" (1963) [7] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-08.mp3
#08) Dell-Vikings featuring Krips Johnson: "Whispering Bells" (1957) [9] {5}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-09.mp3
#09) Tommy Facenda: "High School U.S.A. (Philadelphia)" (1959) [28]
{30}
Five points off for failure to include the version of this song in the
title, as it appears on the original 45. Since the snippet included
lyrics specific only to the Philadelphia version, using the generic
title did not qualify for full credit... especially since my high school
(i.e., Northeast) was included :-) There were 28 different versions of
"High School USA" released on the Atlantic label.
GT: Facenda was at one time a member of The Bluecaps (see #23).
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-10.mp3
#10) Fireballs: "Come On, React!" (1968) [63] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-11.mp3
#11) 4 Seasons featuring the "sound" of Frankie Valli: "Ronnie" (1964) [6] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-12.mp3
#12) Janis Joplin: "Kozmic Blues" (1969) [41] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-13.mp3
#13) Little Anthony & the Imperials: "Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop" (1959) [24] {14}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-14.mp3
#14) Ricky Nelson: "Believe What You Say" (1958) [4] {6}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-15.mp3
#15) Jack Nitzsche: "The Lonely Surfer" (1963) [39] {-}
Co-written and produced by Nitzsche. Glen Campbell was one of the studio
musician guitarists.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-16.mp3
#16) Parliaments: "(I Wanna) Testify" (1967) [20] {3}
The Parliaments, from Newark, New Jersey, were originally a doo-wop group,
founded by George Clinton in 1955. They evolved into a soul group by 1967.
Song #16 was originally "Mecca" by Gene Pitney. It was replaced about ten
days before the deadline because someone had posted the same audio snippet
to a newsgroup asking for help to identify it.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-17.mp3
#17) Platters: "Harbor Lights" (1960) [8] {15}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-18.mp3
#18) Righteous Brothers: "Bring Your Love To Me" (1965) [83] {-}
Written by the Righteous Brothers: Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield.
Produced by Medley.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-19.mp3
#19) Tommy Roe: "Hooray For Hazel" (1966) [6] {-}
Written by Tommy Roe.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-20.mp3
#20) Ronny & the Daytonas: "Sandy" (1965) [27] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-21.mp3
#21) Terry Stafford: "I'll Touch A Star" (1964) [25] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-22.mp3
#22) Strangeloves: "I Want Candy" (1965) [11] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-23.mp3
#23) Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps: "Lotta Lovin'" (1957) [13] {7}
GT: October 12 marked the 30th anniversary of Gene's death.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-24.mp3
#24) Robin Ward: "Wonderful Summer" (1963) [14] {23}
Born Jacqueline Eloise McDonnell, this was her only Top-100 hit.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-25.mp3
#25) Who: "I Can't Explain" (1965) [93] {-}
AE: One of, if not my, favorite Who songs.
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Tie-breakers:
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http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-T1.mp3
#T1) Cascades: "Little Betty Falling Star" (1964) [-] {-}
GT: Originally by Gene Pitney on his "Only Love Can Break A Heart" L.P.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ178/GOLQ178-T2.mp3
#T2) Shelley Fabares: "See Ya Round On The Rebound" (1966) [-] {-}
Written by the songwriting team of P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri. This
was the only song on the quiz not completely identified by any team.
One entrant guessed the artist correctly, while another surprisingly
knew the title, but not the artist!
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The following table ranks the songs from most recognized to least recognized.
The first column indicates the average number of points scored on that song
(total points divided by number of entrants). For comparison purposes,
tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.
Avg. Song
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20.0 #06) Bobby Darin: "Splish Splash"
19.2 #13) Little Anthony & the Imperials:"Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop"
18.8 #22) Strangeloves: "I Want Candy"
18.3 #17) Platters: "Harbor Lights"
17.9 #25) Who: "I Can't Explain"
17.5 #19) Tommy Roe: "Hooray For Hazel"
17.1 #05) Coasters: "Besame Mucho Pt 1"
16.7 #08) Dell-Vikings featuring Kripp Johnson: "Whispering Bells"
16.7 #02) Beach Boys: "Please Let Me Wonder"
16.7 #24) Robin Ward: "Wonderful Summer"
16.6 #23) Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps: "Lotta Lovin'"
16.3 #16) Parliaments: "(I Wanna) Testify"
16.1 #11) 4 Seasons featuring the "sound" of Frankie Valli: "Ronnie"
15.8 #04) Solomon Burke: "Cry To Me"
15.8 #07) Skeeter Davis: "I Can't Stay Mad At You"
15.8 #18) Righteous Brothers: "Bring Your Love To Me"
15.8 #20) Ronny & the Daytonas: "Sandy"
15.4 #14) Ricky Nelson: "Believe What You Say"
15.3 #03) James Brown & the Famous Flames: "Prisoner Of Love"
15.0 #09) Tommy Facenda: "High School U.S.A. (Philadelphia)"
15.0 #01) Aquatones: "You"
15.0 #12) Janis Joplin: "Kozmic Blues"
15.0 #15) Jack Nitzsche: "The Lonely Surfer"
13.3 #21) Terry Stafford: "I'll Touch A Star"
8.3 #10) Fireballs: "Come On, React!"
8.3 #T1) Cascades: "Little Betty Falling Star"
0.8 #T2) Shelley Fabares: "See Ya Round On The Rebound"
* The following songs were MORE recognized than I expected:
#18: Although the Righteous Brothers' sound is fairly obvious, this
particular song is obscure.
* The following songs were LESS recognized than I expected:
#14: This song even gets played on boring oldies radio stations!
* The mean score on this quiz was an excellent 406.5. Every song, except
for #T2, was correctly identified by at least 9 entrants.
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