Date: 2 Aug 2005 14:43:57 -0000
Message-ID: <20050802144357.50802.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 222 (GOLQ222)
From: Mick Tursky <golq222@golq.org>
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #222 (GOLQ222)
Congratulations to REALLY ROCKIN' IN BOSTON who edged out RANDY PRICE &
PETER MORLEY and BARRY SILK for first place. All three had perfect 500
scores, but RRIB identified the artist on a tiebreaker.THE VILLAGE IDIOTS
came next, scoring 440. L'EQUIPE, THE COASTERS and ACROSS THE BOARDER
all eclipsed the 400 barrier.
I want to thank everyone who entered the quiz.
Tom and Rick will be posting GOLQ223 by next weekend.
-- Mick Tursky <eriador1972&yahoo.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)
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
01 500-. RR Really Rockin'In Boston <bob&egh.com> 5 50's
T02 500.x RP Randy Price & Peter Morley <randypny&aol.com> 2 36,53
<pmorley&nyc.rr.com>
T02 500.. BS Barry Silk <bcs&hotmail.com> 1 50+
04 440+. VI The Village Idiots
(Andrew, Andy, Roxie, Doug, Ping) <Clete6&aol.com> 5 54
05 420-- LE L'Equipe (Denis Menard,Margaret Thomas) 8 older
06 420x. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc,
Norm Katuna, Bigfoot Mae, Regina Litman)
<rns&san.rr.com> 6 52-59
07 419-x AB Across the Boarder <joshea&sympatico.ca> 1
08 388-. NV NAVAIRHEADS (Tom Pillion and Rick Falkenstein)
<thomas.pillion&navy.mil> 2 58,53
09 370-. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 47
10 370.. EJ The EJ'S & Co.
(Ellis, Jean, Steve, Vinnie, Carl, Mitch)
<brombere&matc.edu> 6 40+
11 319.- EM EMC and Friends <cochran_david&emc.com> 4 various
12 300-. JI Jyrki Ilva <ilva&cc.helsinki.fi> 1 37
13 298.. TD TheeDaddyo 1
14 270.. HT Howard Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 1 47
15 196-x DO The Dutch Officials 3
16 137.. MA Matt Aument <MatteoAlMonty&aol.com> 1 17
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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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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
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
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
VI 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20
LE 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 -
AB 19 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20
NV 19 - 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - - 20 20 19 - 20 20
WM - - 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 -
EJ 20 20 20 20 0 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 0
EM 19 - 20 20 10 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - - 20 - 10 - 20 20 20 - 20 20
JI 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 10 10 20 0 10 - - 10 20 20 20 10 - 20 10 0 20 -
TD 19 - 20 20 0 - 20 10 10 20 10 20 10 - 20 20 - 10 - 10 20 19 - 20 20
HT - - 20 20 20 - 20 10 10 20 - 20 - - 20 20 - 20 - 10 20 20 - 20 -
DO 19 - 10 20 0 - 20 - 20 20 - 20 7 - 20 - - 20 - - - 20 - - -
MA - - - - - - 20 - - - - 20 7 - 10 20 - - - 20 20 20 - - -
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #222 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
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#01) The Ames Brothers: Melodie D'Amour (Melody Of Love) (1957) [5] {-}
#02) Frankie Avalon: The Puppet Song (1960) [56] {-}
#03) The Beatles: Thank You Girl (1964) [35] {n/c}
#04) Al Caiola and His Orchestra: The Magnificent Seven (1960/61) [35] {24}
Fabian, Fabian, Fabian! (Okay)
#05) Chubby Checker: The Class (1959) [38] {-}
...find a place to hide it
Cause we got to keep it our very special secret shhhh
#06) Jimmy Clanton: Darkest Street In Town (1963) [77] {-}
#07) The Dave Clark Five: Over And Over (1965/66) [1] {-}
That's true, yes I do, indeed I do, you know I do (1959) [45] {-}
#08) Nat "King" Cole: You Made Me Love You
Oh whoa whoa whoa (oh whoa whoa whoa)
But when we kiss perty miss, perty miss, are you thinkin' of me?
#09) Perry Como: Caterina (1963) [23] {-}
Well, I was dancin' with my baby
#10) Sam Cooke: Tennessee Waltz (1964) [35] {n/c}
Bobby Comstock & The Counts also works.
The Lord will see you walking
And he will see you talking
Talking to...
#11) The Crew Cuts: Angels In The Sky (1955/56) [11] {-}
Just Molly and me, and baby makes three
#12) Fats Domino: My Blue Heaven (1956) [19] {5}
Sur le pont, d'Avignon
L'on y danse, l'on y danse
Sur le pont, d'Avignon
L'on y danse, tout en rond
#13) Joe Dowell: * * The Bridge Of Love * * (1961) [50] {-}
Based on the traditional French song "Sur Le Pont D'Avignon"
Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis, Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis
#14) The Easybeats: St. Louis (1969) [100] {-}
#15) Duane Eddy, His 'Twangy' Guitar and The Rebels: Forty Miles Of Bad Road
(1959) [9] {17}
#16) Ferrante & Teicher: Exodus (1960/61) [2] {6}
Dry your little eyes oh-whoa oh-whoa
And let me be your little cookie one more time na-aah yeah yeah oh
#17) Aretha Franklin: Don't Cry, Baby (1962) [92] {-}
Between the Queen Of Soul Music's voice and the hint in
the lyrics, I expected this to score a bit higher.
#18) The Gants: Road Runner (1965) [46] {-}
three strikes you're out
#19) The Intruders: (Love Is Like A) Baseball Game (1968) [26] {4}
Players from North America probably had an advantage
with the baseball jargon lyrics.
#20) Henry Mancini, His Orchestra And Cho.: Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet
(1969) [1] {-}
#21) Hugh Masekela: Grazing In The Grass (1968) [1] {1}
Put a chain around my neck
#22) Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
(1957) [1] {1}
There's a cool little cutie that's awaitin' for me now
I'm gonna see her today
She's gonna treat me right, gonna love me every night
#23) Ronny & The Daytonas: California Bound (1964) [72] {-}
#24) Sonny & Cher: What Now My Love (1966) [14] {-}
Mitch Ryder also fits.
ooh-ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Oh we'd go out to meet'm with a lantern light
Cause the roads got crooked on Saturday night
#25) Sheb Wooley: That's My Pa (1962) [51] {-}
This song scored a bit higher than anticipated.
I'm not tryin' to prove I can be tough, fella
But I think I've had about enough, fella
#T1) The Everly Brothers: Leave My Girl Alone (1966) [-] {-}
Flip side of "(You Got) The Power Of Love"
A version also appears on the album IN OUR IMAGE
Eight entrants guessed the artist correctly.
The Village Idiots were the only ones who also knew the song.
Though I'll ask myself a million things
What went wrong along the way?
#T2) The Lettermen: If She Walked Into My Life (1967) [-] {-}
Got this off the album THE LETTERMEN!!!...AND "LIVE"
EMC & Friends and L'Equipe both recognized this song
from "Mame".
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This chart ranks the songs/artists from most to least recognized. The second
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
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01 20.0 #07 Dave Clark Five: Over And Over
02 19.4 #12 Fats Domino: My Blue Heaven
03 19.3 #22 Elvis Presley: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
T04 18.8 #16 Ferrante & Teicher: Exodus
T04 18.8 #04 Al Caiola & His Orchestra: The Magnificent Seven
T04 18.8 #10 Sam Cooke: Tennesse Waltz
T04 18.8 #21 Hugh Masekela: Grazing In The Grass
08 17.5 #24 Sonny & Cher: What Now My Love
T09 16.9 #03 Beatles: Thank You Girl
T09 16.9 #09 Perry Como: Caterina
T11 16.3 #15 Duane Eddy: Forty Miles Of Bad Road
T11 16.3 #20 Henry Mancini: Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet
13 15.9 #01 Ames Brothers: Melodie D'Amour (Melody Of Love)
T14 15.0 #08 Nat "King" Cole: You Made Me Love You
T14 15.0 #18 Gants: Road Runner
16 14.4 #05 Chubby Checker: The Class
17 14.0 #13 Joe Dowell: The Bridge Of Love
T18 11.9 #11 Crew Cuts: Angels In The Sky
T18 11.9 #19 Intruders: (Love Is Like A) Baseball Game
T20 11.3 #06 Jimmy Clanton: Darkest Street In Town
T20 11.3 #25 Sheb Wooley: That's My Pa
22 8.8 #14 Easybeats: St. Louis
T23 7.5 #02 Frankie Avalon: The Puppet Song
T23 7.5 #17 Aretha Franklin: Don't Cry, Baby
25 5.6 #T1 Everly Brothers: Leave My Girl Alone
26 3.8 #23 Ronny & The Daytonas: California Bound
27 1.3 #T2 Lettermen: If She Walked Into My Life
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-- Mick Tursky <eriador1972&yahoo.com>