Date: 4 May 2006 22:10:50 -0000
Message-ID: <20060504221050.30855.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Tom Pillion and Rick Falkenstein <golq231@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 231 (GOLQ231)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #231 (GOLQ231)
Congratulations to Randy Price and Peter Morley; the Village Idiots;
GenaTeam; and The Gypsy's Caravan all of whom turned in perfect scores,
including the tie breakers. Seven teams correctly identified all twenty
five songs in the main part of the quiz. Thanks to all -- and we have
entrants from around the world -- for playing, and thanks to everyone for
your patience with our "themes." Our hope was that a theme would add to
your enjoyment. Most folks figured out the themes, or got close: songs
written by Lieber and/or Stoller (except as announced) and by Bob Dylan.
Here's "the rest of the story."
I, Tom, have several times seen "Smokey Joe's Cafe," the musical that show-
cases songs of Lieber and Stoller, and I loved it. I wanted to create a
GOLQ with songs exclusively from the musical. To my disappointment, I
found that most of the songs from the musical (1) were outside of the GOLQ
time window (1955-1969), (2) never made the Billboard charts (were from
albums or movies), or (3) were ineligible due to GOLQ re-use rules. After
a lot more research, I finally found 32 L&S songs that did hit the charts
between 1955 and 1969, and I built the quiz around those songs. Unfortu-
nately, I subsequently found that the re-use rule rendered ineligible about
10-12 of them, especially some of L&S's signature songs, like Hound Dog,
Stand By Me, Kansas City, etc. Ultimately ending up with only 21 L&S songs,
I supplemented them with a sub-theme of four songs penned by Bob Dylan.
Then to my chagrin, I found that, while L&S wrote songs titled "Drums" and
"Take My Love," the songs in my quiz had the same title but they were actu-
ally different songs (though they still provide a loose connection to L&S).
Then to add insult to injury, I inadvertently wrote down the lyrics to
"Good Luck Charm" though I had intended to use the L&S Presley song "She's
Not You." Oh, well. Bottom line is that most folks recognized Lieber and
Stoller's hand in the quiz, and everyone seems to share my opinion that
L&S were talented songwriters who greatly influenced music during the GOLQ
era. Long live their music.
GOLQ232 should be posted before the end of the weekend. Have fun.
Tom and Rick
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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)
---+-----+--+-----------------------------------------------------+---+------
T01 500++ PM Randy Price & Peter Morley <randypny&aol.com> 2 36,54
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots <Clete6&aol.com> 5 <55
T01 500++ GT Genateam <ah.rh&bigpond.net.au> 5 37-58
T01 500++ GY THE GYPSY'S CARAVAN <IRISS&AOL.COM> 4 21+
T05 500+. CO The Coasters <rns&san.rr.com> 6 53-60
T05 500+x RR Really Rockin' In Boston <bob&egh.com> 5 50's
07 500.. AB Across The Boarder <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 2
08 480++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 59
T09 460++ DT The Delphi Trivia Club <billp49&concentric.net>
T09 460++ WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 48
11 460-+ EJ The EJ'S & Co. <brombere&matc.edu> 5 40+
12 440++ EC EMC and Friends <cochran_david&emc.com> 2
13 350++ LB Lori Bailey Team <baily&colorado.edu> 9
14 260-. WB The Wicked Boys <sanford_stein&rush.edu> 2 55
15 260.. VH Virve Harkonen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 25
16 200+. TT Team Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 3 47,56,43
17 195-. CC Cole & Cole <jonathan.cole&siemens.com> 1 60
18 195.. RP Rob Parker <robpparker&optusnet.com.au> 1 58
19 155.. CM Curt Miller <cumomi&Comcast.net> 1 57
20 110.. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 32
21 80.. SP Soeren Petersson <soeren.petersson&yahoo.de> 1 52
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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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
PM 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
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 20
GY 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
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
AB 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
MW 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
WM 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 -- -- 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
EJ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 -- 20 20 -- 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
EC 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 -- 20 20 -- 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
LB 20 -- 20 -- 20 -- 20 20 20 20 -- -- 20 -- -- 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
WB 10 -- 20 -- 20 -- -- 20 20 20 -- -- -- -- -- 20 -- -- 20 20 20 20 10 20 20
VH 10 -- 20 -- 20 -- -- 20 -- 20 -- -- 10 -- -- 20 -- 20 20 20 20 20 -- 20 20
TT -- -- 20 -- 20 -- -- 20 20 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20 20 -- 20 20 20
CC -- -- 20 -- 20 -- -- -- 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- 20 -- 20 20 10 10 20 20
RP -- -- 20 -- 10 -- -- 20 -- 20 -- -- 10 -- -- 10 -- 20 20 10 20 0 -- 15 20
CM -- -- 20 -- 20 -- -- -- 20 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20 -- 20 -- -- -- 15 20
JR -- -- 20 -- 20 -- -- 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 20 -- -- -- 20
SP -- -- 20 -- 20 -- 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 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 #229 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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You're a peach, you're a plum
And you're a diamond, you're a pearl
You're the best of everything
#01) Baker, LaVern & Jimmy Ricks: You're The Boss (1961) [81] {-}
Featured in Smokey Joe's Cafe.
Today is all you
Can count on anyhow
For it's here and it's now
And happiness may spread
Its wings tomorrow
#02) Benton, Brook: Do Your Own Thing (1968) [99] {-}
My toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels
To be wandering
#03) Byrds, The: Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) [1] {-}
One of the four songs in this GOLQ written by Bob Dylan.
I don't know just where to start
Should I talk about the moon
Or tell her what is in my heart
#04) Clifford, Mike: What To Do With Laurie (1962/63) [68] {-}
You just put on your coat and hat
And walk yourself to the laundromat
And when you finish doing that
Bring in the dog and put out the cat
#05) Coasters, The: Yakety Yak (1958) [1] {1}
Featured in Smokey Joe's Cafe. Lieber and Stoller wrote and produced
14 of The Coasters' 19 charted hits, including this chart-topper.
The janitor said
Please let me sweep the floor
So, I hummed a tune and we
Danced right through the door
#06) Como, Perry: Dancin' (1957) [76] {1}
Until I researched for this GOLQ, I would never have guessed that
"Mr. C" covered any Lieber and Stoller songs.
If your friends desert you
Yes, when things go wrong
You can always be sure I care
When you face each dawn
And you think you can't go on
#07) Damita Jo: I'll Be There (1961) [12] {-}
Answer song to "Stand By Me."
I'm-a want you
Like a ghost I'm-a gonna haunt you
#08) Dion: Ruby Baby (1963) [2] {5}
Featured in Smokey Joe's Cafe.
I'm gonna tell her
That I love her
And that I need her
Beside my side
To be my guide
#09) Drifters, The: There Goes My Baby (1959) [2] {1}
Lieber and Stoller produced their hits from 1959-1963.
Queen Mary, she's my friend
Yes, I believe I'll go see her again
#10) Dylan, Bob: Just Like A Woman (1966) [33] {-}
Another of the four Dylan songs in this GOLQ.
If his lips look delicious
And you feel ambitious
Give him the number of your phone
#11) Exciters, The: Get Him (1963) [76] {-}
Get away, run away
Stay away from that man
'Cause he'll only hurt you
If he can
#12) Harris, Betty: His Kiss (1964) [89] {n/c}
But these stupid old feet just head for your street
Like they've done so many times before
And the stubborn old fists on the end of my wrists
Start knocking on your front door
#13) Jackson, Chuck: I Keep Forgettin' (1962) [55] {-}
Featured in Smokey Joe's Cafe. Michael McDonald's version
hit #4 in 1982.
I really love you
You really need to love me too
So, darling, believe in me
For my love, you know it's true
#14) John, Little Willie: Take My Love (I Want To Give It All To You)
(1961) [87] {5}
Lieber and Stoller wrote a song called Take My Love, but it was a
different song, and did not chart.
Do you feel it when we touch?
Do you feel the beating in your heart?
Do you hear it when we kiss?
Do you feel the throbbing echo start?
#15) Jon & Robin: Drums (1967) [100] {-}
Tom note: Lieber and Stoller wrote a song called "Drums" but, unlike
this "smash" hit that peaked at 100, theirs did not chart and was
different than this one; only the title is the same.
He can take you any place he wants
To fancy clubs and restaurants
But I can only watch you with
My nose pressed up against
The window pane
#16) King, Ben E.: I (Who Have Nothing) (1963) [29] {16}
Featured in Smokey Joe's Cafe. Tom Jones' version peaked at #14 in 1970.
Yeah, lemme hear those hands
Come on, I can't hear you
Come on, come on
Are you ready (yeah)
Said are you ready (yeah)
Here we go
#17) Kingsmen, The: The Climb (1965) [65] {-}
I can rub and scrub till this whole house
Is shining like a dime
Feed the baby, grease the car
And powder my face at the same time
#18) Lee, Peggy: I'm A Woman (1963) [54] {-}
Featured in Smokey Joe's Cafe.
Well, I got no job to go to
I don't work and I don't get paid
I got a bottle of wine
I'm feeling fine
And I believe I got it made
#19) Monkees, The: D.W. Washburn (1968) [19] {-}
Featured in Smokey Joe's Cafe.
Still I wish there was something you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
#20) Peter, Paul & Mary: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (1963) [9] {-}
Another of the Dylan songs in this GOLQ.
Don't want a four leaf clover
Don't want an old horse shoe
#21) Presley, Elvis: Good Luck Charm (1962) [1] {-}
Tom note: Lieber and Stoller wrote many of Elvis' big hits, including
"She's Not You," which I had intended to include here. Then I found
the lyrics to the subsequent song, Lucky Lips, and thought to myself,
"Those lyrics are nearly the same as 'She's Not You.' I'll use both
songs back to back for amusement." (I was actually confusing "She's
Not You" with "Good Luck Charm," which was written by Aaron Schroeder
and Wally Gold). Both songs were popular in 1962 and have similar
rhythm patterns; I was thinking of one and remembering the lyrics from
the other. Bob Bluestein pointed out my error so I had to send out a
correction to my theme.
I don't need a four leaf clover
Rabbit's foot or good luck charm
#22) Richard, Cliff: Lucky Lips (1963) [62] {-}
Ruth Brown and Gale Storm also charted with this song.
Do I like to dance?
Of course
Take a walk along the beach tonight?
I'd love to
But don't try to touch me
#23) Shangri-La's, The: Past, Present, and Future (1966) [59] {-}
We got married in a fever
Hotter than a pepper sprout
#24) Sinatra, Nancy, and Lee Hazlewood: Jackson (1967) [14] {-}
Jerry Lieber contributed to this Billy Ed Wheeler song.
Go away from my window
Leave at your own chosen speed
#25) Turtles, The: It Ain't Me Babe (1965) [8] {-}
Last of four Dylan songs in this GOLQ.
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Tie-Breakers
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Huntin' on the corner in a beat-up car
Splittin' up a nickel candy bar
Talking all about how sharp they are
#T1) Beatles, The: Three Cool Cats (1962) [-] {-}
Although not officially release until the Beatles Anthology series,
this Lieber and Stoller song, originally released by The Coasters,
was recorded by The Beatles in 1962 and showed up on Beatles bootleg
tapes in the later '60s.
One night of heaven
That's all I ever got
Eight to eleven
It ended on the dot
That's when it happened
The very thing I feared
I closed my eyes once
And then you disappeared
#T2) Cheers, The: Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin') (1954) [15] {-}
This Lieber and Stoller song first appeared on the charts in late
October, 1954 and just missed being eligible for the main part of
the GOLQ; under revised rules to take effect on the next quiz, it
will become eligible. Although The Charms' version was not as
popular, we also accepted them as artists because they were eligible
and they fit alphabetically.
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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 #03 Mr. Tambourine Man
02 19.5 #05 Yakety Yak
03 19.0 #25 It Ain't Me Babe
T04 18.1 #20 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
T04 18.1 #21 Good Luck Charm
T06 17.1 #08 Ruby Baby
T06 17.1 #10 Just Like A Woman
08 16.2 #09 There Goes My Baby
09 15.7 #18 I'm A Woman
T10 15.2 #19 D.W. Washburn
T10 15.2 #23 Past, Present, and Future
12 15.0 #16 I (Who Have Nothing)
13 14.8 #22 Lucky Lips
14 13.8 #24 Jackson
15 13.3 #13 I Keep Forgettin'
T16 12.9 #01 You're The Boss
T16 12.9 #T1 Three Cool Cats
T18 12.4 #07 I'll Be There
T18 12.4 #17 The Climb
T20 11.4 #02 Do Your Own Thing
T20 11.4 #04 What To Do With Laurie
T20 11.4 #06 Dancin'
T20 11.4 #11 Get Him
24 10.5 #14 Take My Love (I Want To Give It All To You)
25 9.5 #T2 Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')
T26 7.6 #12 His Kiss
T27 7.6 #15 Drums
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We were surprised that #23 came out as high as it did, but we were not sur-
prised that everyone identified #03 and the four Dylan songs came out in
the top seven.
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