Date: 10 Jul 2007 05:55:08 -0000
Message-ID: <20070710055508.78891.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Regina Litman <golq245@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 245 (GOLQ245)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #245 (GOLQ245)
Congratulations to Roger Neustaedter, the EJ's & Co., the Village Idiots, and
Gypsy's Caravan, who tied for first place in this quiz with perfect scores of
500++. The GenaTeam with a score of 500-+, Randy Price & Peter Morley and Mike
Weaver with scores of 500+., Really Rockin' in Boston with a score of 500+x,
and Will McCorry with a score of 500.. came in close behind.
GOLQ245's mean score was 446, but the median was 485. I tried to make this an
intentionally easy quiz. The theme was songs which had a remake that charted
in the Top 12 in the 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s (although I only had to go into the
1990s for one of these songs, and even that one had a low-charting remake in
the 1970s). Several of these have charted even more than these two times, both
during and after the GOLQ era. One of these songs charted in the Top 3
(including twice at #1) in each decade from the 1960s through the 1980s. One
regular song (not a tie-breaker) turned out to have had two alphabetically-
appropriate answers for this GOLQ. Two of these songs were also famous as non-
charting album cuts by the Beatles (and two of the Beatles are represented here
as remake artists). At least one had another GOLQ-era rendition that made the
R&B chart but not the Hot 100. The qualifying remake for one of the songs was
done as a solo recording by a member of the group that had charted with it
originally. One of the tie-breakers has been recorded many times (which
spawned many different answers for the artist), and the recording that became
the huge post-1969 hit was actually recorded in 1969, thus making its artist a
correct response for this GOLQ. In several instances, though, I deliberately
chose lyrics that were changed or omitted in the later hit recording.
Marc Dashevsky, BP Oz, the EJ's and Co., EMC and Friends, the Coasters, Delphi
Trivia Club, Really Rockin' in Boston, Will McCorry, Mike Weaver, and Vito and
the Salutations all identified the essence of the theme. The Wicked Boys
(although not explicitly identifying the theme) and Delphi Trivia Club listed
the charting remakes as part of their entries.
My thanks to everyone who participated.
Mick Tursky has posted GOLQ246.
-- Regina Litman <golq245@golq.org>
Replace all occurrences of "&" in all e-mail addresses with "@".
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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++ RN Roger Neustaedter 1 58
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Jean, Steve, Mitch, Kyra, 9 20+
Denise & Norm, Kevin, Vinnie <brombere&matc.edu>
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots (Andrew, Andy, Roxie, Doug, Ping) 5 <57
<Clete6&aol.com>
T01 500++ GC Gypsy's Caravan <iriss&aol.com> 3 39+
05 500-+ GE The Genateam <ah.rh&bigpond.net.au> 3 36-59
T06 500+x RR Really Rockin' In Boston <bob&egh.com> 5 50s,60s
T06 500+. RP Randy Price & Peter Morley 2 37-54
<randypny&aol.com, pmorley&nyc.rr.com>
T06 500+. MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 60
09 500.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 49
10 495++ DT Delphi Trivia Club (SafeHouse, jags, Hillary, 8 35-66
DJLovesKids, marlnoe, ClueLess, und83)
<billp49&pd.jaring.my>
11 495+. NA NAVAIRHEADS <thomas.pillion&navy.mil> 2 55,60
T12 490++ WB The Wicked Boys - Sanford Stein, Paul Hallaman 2 56
<Sanford_Stein&rush.edu, hallaman&california.com>
T12 490++ LB Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 5 boomers
14 485+- EM EMC and Friends <cochran_david&emc.com> 5 Various
T15 480+. TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie) 2 49,57
<Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com>
T15 480+. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Bigfoot Mae) 3 54,58,-
<rns&san.rr.com>
17 480.. VH Virve Harkonen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 26
18 478+. TH Thomas H Hoovler <thoovler&gmail.com> 2
19 475++ FC Frank Glaz & Carl Cope 2 55,-
<lowtekman5&aol.com, triviaman&nni.com>
20 455.+ AB Across the Boarder <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 2
21 440.. MC Marc Dashevsky <marc&MarcDashevsky.com> 1 55
22 434.. MK Mark Dintenfass <mdintenfass&new.rr.com> 1
23 320.. BP BP Oz (Brian, Pam) <brian&opossumsystems.com> 2 60ish
24 100.. PK Peter Kugler <221148mh&gmx.net> 1 59
25 75.. BS Bryan Shailer <bryanshailer&rogers.com> 1 42
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
RN 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
EJ 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
GC 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
GE 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
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
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 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 20 20
DT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
NA 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
WB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20
LB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 15 20 20 20 20 20
EM 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 10 20 20 20
TT 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
VH 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20
TH 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 20 15 18 20 20
FC 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 20 10 20 20 20
AB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 - - 20 20 20 20
MC 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20
MK 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 15 15 20 20 - 15 20 19
BP 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 20 20 20 20 - 15 15 - - - - 10 20
PK - - 10 10 - 10 10 - - - 10 10 - - - - - 10 10 - 10 - - - 10
BS - - 20 15 - - 20 - - - - - 20 - - - - - 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
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #245 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 ought to come and see
His pretty bar
And his brand new car
#01) Ad Libs, The: The Boy From New York City (1965) [8] {6}
#7 by the Manhattan Transfer in 1981
In some instances in this quiz, I intentionally chose lyrics that either
weren't in the remake or were sung differently in the later hit. The
Manhattan Transfer's version goes, "You ought to come and see/His pretty
bar/And his dueling scar."
You say you fear I'll change my mind
I won't require you
#02) Association, The: Never My Love (1967) [2] {-}
#12, #45 R&B by the Fifth Dimension in 1971
#1 by Blue Swede in 1974
Also:
#98 by the Sandpebbles in 1968
#80 by the Addrisi Brothers, who wrote this song, in 1977
#62 R&B by Chill Factor in 1988 (did not chart on Hot 100)
Got a back beat you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
#03) Berry, Chuck: Rock & Roll Music (1957/58) [8] {6}
#5 by the Beach Boys in 1976
This is the first of two regular songs on this quiz for which the artist's
name for the remake also fits alphabetically. And also fitting alphabet-
ically is The Beatles, who first released their version of this on BEATLES
FOR SALE in the U.K. and BEATLES '65 in the U.S.
You walked out of my dreams
Into my arms
Now you're my angel divine
#04) Burnette, Johnny: You're Sixteen (1960) [8] {-}
#1 by Ringo Starr in 1974
Team Teitelbaum: In Ringo's 1974 version, he ad-libbed the 2nd line as
"into my car."
Here it is another weekend
I ain't got nobody
Man if I was back home
I'd be swinging two chicks on my arm
#05) Cooke, Sam: Another Saturday Night (1963) [10] {1}
#6 by Cat Stevens in 1974
These lines, which were spoken by Sam Cooke in his version, are not in
the Cat Stevens recording. Sam Cooke had several well-known remakes in
the post-GOLQ era. Besides this one, these included "Only Sixteen"
(Dr. Hook, which was my first choice for a Cooke remake in this GOLQ since
it would have appeared back-to-back with another "Sixteen" song, but alas
it had been used too recently on another GOLQ), "You Send Me" (Aretha
Franklin), "Wonderful World" (Art Garfunkel with James Taylor and Paul
Simon), and "Cupid" (separate versions by Johnny Nash, Tony Orlando & Dawn,
and the Spinners).
A pretty little raven at the bird bandstand
Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand
#06) Day, Bobby: Rock-In Robin (1958) [2] {1}
#2, #2 R&B by Michael Jackson in 1972
Also:
#96 by the Rivieras in 1964
I've been cheated
Been mistreated
#07) Everly Brothers, The: When Will I Be Loved (1960) [8] {-}
#2 by Linda Ronstadt in 1975
Linda Ronstadt has got to have been the remake queen of the 1970s and early
1980s! Just as with the GOLQ-era songs chosen for any quiz, I decided to
limit each remake artist to one song each in this GOLQ. Otherwise, I could
have possibly done a whole GOLQ made up entirely of songs redone by various
members of the Osmond family and Linda Ronstadt. I picked this song
because it was her highest-charting GOLQ-eligible song. It was her second
highest-charting remake. Her highest charting one was of a song that had
been used too recently to be used in this GOLQ, but it would have occupied
this same slot alphabetically had I been able to use it here--"You're No
Good" by Betty Everett.
Built big houses by the score
Won't need teepees any more
Although they changed our ways of old
They'll never change our heart and souls
#08) Fardon, Don: (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation
(1968) [20] {-}
#1 by The Raiders in 1971
This verse is not in the Raiders' version. The song was written by
John D. Loudermilk.
Because this song is so popularly also known as "Indian Reservation,"
I accepted either form of the title.
I don't want to lose this good thing
That I've got
If I do I will surely
Surely lose a lot
#09) Floyd, Eddie: Knock On Wood (1966) [28] {1}
#1, #6 R&B by Amii Stewart in 1979
Also:
#30, #8 R&B by Otis [Redding] & Carla [Thomas] in 1967
With all of the disco-styled remakes that were done in the late 1970s,
it was inevitable that I would choose a song that became one.
Oh yes I know that your lips are sweet
But our lips must never meet
I belong to somebody else
And I must be true
#10) Happenings, The: Go Away Little Girl (1966) [12] {-}
#1 by Donny Osmond in 1971
Also:
#1, #14 R&B by Steve Lawrence in 1963
#21 R&B by Marlena Shaw in 1977 as "Go Away Little Boy" (did not chart on
Hot 100)
First of two songs in this GOLQ that were written by Gerry Goffin and
Carole King. The Happenings' version is my favorite of the three versions
of this song that charted in the Hot 100. The answer of Steve Lawrence
was given full credit on any entry in which the songs between here and
where the Steve Lawrence version would have been placed had it been used
instead were not properly identified.
Donny sang, "I'm dating somebody else/And I must be true."
Don't stop cookin'
It feels so good yeah
Hey-eey but don't stop now
Hey come on
#11) James, Tommy and the Shondells: Mony, Mony (1968) [3] {-}
#1 by Billy Idol in 1987
Billy Idol's version knocked the remake of another Tommy James & the
Shondells' song, "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany, out of the #1 slot
in November 1987. This is the first of two songs in this quiz whose remake
knocked another remake of a GOLQ-era charting song out of #1. This is the
second of two regular songs in this quiz for which the artist's name for
the remake also fits alphabetically. I could have picked yet another Tommy
James & the Shondells' song that fit the theme and also gotten an
alphabetically correct remake artist--"Crimson and Clover" by Joan Jett
peaked at #7 in 1982. Although all three Tommy James and the Shondells
songs that had 1980s high-charting remakes were eligible for inclusion in
this GOLQ, I decided to go with "Mony, Mony" because I felt that its lyrics
would be harder to guess out of context since this was shaping up to be an
otherwise easy quiz. Apparently, I was correct in this belief because this
song did prove to be one of the most difficult to identify (relatively
speaking) in this GOLQ.
Tommy James reportedly was inspired by a sign for an insurance company
called MONY (Mutual of New York) in coming up with the name of this song.
It's growing in the street
Right up through the concrete
#12) King, Ben E.: Spanish Harlem (1960/61) [10] {15}
#2, #1 R&B by Aretha Franklin in 1971
Also:
#89 by King Curtis in 1966
Gypsy's Caravan: Musical arranger & conductor--Stan Applebaum
You got to swing your hips now
Come on baby
Jump up jump back
Well I think you got the knack
#13) Little Eva: The Loco-Motion (1962) [1] {1}
#1 by Grand Funk in 1974
#3 by Kylie Minogue in 1988
Second of two songs in this GOLQ that were written by Gerry Goffin and
Carole King. Both Goffin-King songs reached #1 twice. King's own solo
success in the 1970s was perhaps a contributing factor to the huge success
of the Donny Osmond version of "Go Away Little Girl" and the Grand Funk
version of this song. Grand Funk's version was produced by Todd Rundgren,
who himself is represented later in this quiz as a remake artist (of a song
he wrote).
Gypsy's Caravan: Carole King, backing vocal
The Wicked Boys: I have no proof, but I always believed that the singer on
The "Little Eva" record is actually Carole King, the composer.
Not long after this song was a hit for Grand Funk, the group released a
song called "Some Kind Of Wonderful." I was aware of the release of this
record before I heard it. I knew a song by the Drifters with this title
and also that the Drifters' song had also been written by Goffin and King.
So I figured that Grand Funk, having had a huge success doing a remake of
one Goffin-King song, had decided to do another one. When I finally heard
"Some Kind Of Wonderful" by Grand Funk, however, it turned out to be a
totally different song that I had never heard before by any artist. For
more than a decade, I thought it was probably a Grand Funk original. But
after I moved to the Philadelphia area in the 1980s, I regularly heard a
version of this song by the Soul Brothers Six from 1967 on the radio here.
I had a similar experience involving another well-known songwriting team in
the 1980s. Coincidentally (or maybe not so coincidentally), the song that
caused it is also included on this GOLQ, so I'll give the particulars
involving this one when I get to it.
Regarding the Kylie Minogue version--it came out just around the time when
I was no longer paying close attention to the top hits of the day. I
didn't know until I was doing research for this quiz that it had even
charted in the U.S., let alone that it had charted as high as it had.
Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
#14) London, Julie: Cry Me A River (1955/56) [9] {-}
#11 by Joe Cocker in 1970
Also:
#91 by Janice Harper in 1960
#35 R&B by Marie Knight in 1965 (did not chart on Hot 100)
Gypsy's Caravan: Barney Kessel (guitar),Ray Leatherwood (bass)
The Joe Cocker version is almost certainly the most radically different
remake of any of the songs included in this GOLQ. ("Never My Love" by Blue
Swede is probably second in this category.)
Please check and see
Just one more time for me
#15) Marvelettes, The: Please Mr. Postman (1961) [1] {1}
#1 by the Carpenters in 1975
Also:
#82 by Gentle Persuasion in 1983
#74 R&B by the Originals in 1981 (did not chart on Hot 100)
The second of two songs in this GOLQ that were Beatles album cuts--
originally released in the U.K. on WITH THE BEATLES and in the U.S.
on THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM.
Any time you want to
You can turn me on to
Anything you want to
Any time at all
#16) Mindbenders, The: A Groovy Kind Of Love (1966) [2] {-}'
#1 by Phil Collins in 1988
This is the first of two songs in this quiz whose remake knocked another
remake of a GOLQ-era charting song out of #1. This one displaced UB40's
rendition of Neil Diamond's song "Red, Red Wine" from the top spot in
October 1988. (Diamond has also recorded "A Groovy Kind Of Love," which
appeared, along with another song included in this GOLQ, "Spanish Harlem,"
on his 1993 album UP ON THE ROOF: SONGS FROM THE BRILL BUILDING).
Patti LaBelle and Her Blue-Belles recorded this song before the
Mindbenders' hit.
Team Teitelbaum: I once saw a comment by Carole Bayer Sager (who co-
wrote the song with Toni Wine) in which she mentioned that the more
sedate version by Phil Collins (1988) was closer to how she originally
envisioned it.
It's important to me
That you know you are free
Cause I never want to make you change for me
#17) Nazz: Hello It's Me (1969) [71] {-}
#5 by Todd Rundgren, a member of Nazz and writer of this song, in 1973
Also:
#66 by Nazz in 1970, a re-release of the 1969 charting version
The Wicked Boys mentioned that the Isley Brothers also recorded this song.
The Nazz was from the Philadelphia area. A group member known only as
Stewkey sang lead on the group's recording. This was the last song to be
chosen for this quiz. I had a lot of trouble coming up with a song from
1969 that fit the theme of this quiz. Perhaps a song that had been a hit
in 1969 was considered to have been too recent for someone in the 1970s or
1980s looking to do a remake to consider!
I don't believe you
You're not the truth
No one could look as good as you
#18) Orbison, Roy and the Candy Men: Oh, Pretty Woman (1964) [1] {-}
#12 by Van Halen in 1982
Because this song is so popularly also known as "Pretty Woman," I accepted
either form of the title.
Come with me
My love
To the sea
#19) Phillips, Phil, With The Twilights: Sea Of Love (1959) [2] {1}
#3 by the Honeydrippers in 1985
Also:
#33 by Del Shannon in 1982
The Wicked Boys mentioned a version by Robert Plant, but this turns out to
be the one by the Honeydrippers. This supergroup included Plant (Led
Zeppelin), Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm - don't know
this group; the only "The Firm" I know is a John Grisham novel), Jeff Beck
(The Yardbirds), and Nile Rodgers (Chic).
The Phil Phillips version is one of my all-time favorite recordings.
My love will be so sound
It'll take about a hundred lifetimes to live it down
Wear it down
Tear it down
#20) Robinson, Smokey, and The Miracles: More Love (1967) [23] {5}
#10 by Kim Carnes in 1980
One reason I chose this theme is that I sometimes a recognize a song
because I'm familiar with the lyrics as the result of a remake. This song
did not do as well as I thought it would do. I thought that if contestants
didn't know the Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' version, they would
probably know the one by Kim Carnes. I guess this wasn't the case.
Time, time, time
See what's become of me
While I looked around for my possibilities
I was so hard to please
#21) Simon & Garfunkel: A Hazy Shade Of Winter (1966) [13] {-}
#2 by the Bangles in 1988
The Bangles also did a remake of the Grass Roots' hit "Where Were You When
I Needed You?".
Baby comin' now I'm hurryin' home
I know she's leavin' cause I'm takin' too long
#22) Smith, Huey (Piano), and the Clowns: Rockin' Pneumonia
And The Boogie Woogie Flu (1957) [52] {5}
#6 by Johnny Rivers in 1973
There are a few songs in this GOLQ that I first got to know as a result of
their remakes, and this is one of them. Johnny Rivers was a remake king of
both the 1960s and 1970s. Twice on earlier GOLQs, as a contestant, I
identified songs ("Midnight Special" by Paul Evans and "Baby I Need Your
Loving" by the Four Tops, even though I know the latter recording very
well, too) as a result of knowing the Rivers versions. I associate his
version of this song with "Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commander Cody and the Lost
Planet Airmen because both were hits around the same time, and both were
remakes of oldies with which I was not familiar at the time. I would have
liked to have used "Hot Rod Lincoln" on this quiz but knew that the Charlie
Ryan version had been used fairly recently (and yes, although it was on an
audio GOLQ, I identified it because of the Commander Cody version).
As with "More Love," I expected this song to do better than it did because
I figured some entrants would at least be familiar with the remake.
Love is a losing game
And love can be a shame
#23) Teenagers, The, Featuring Frankie Lymon: Why Do Fools Fall In Love
(1956) [6] {1}
Also acceptable as an answer - Storm, Gale: Why Do Fools Fall In Love
(1956) [9] {-}
#7, #6 R&B by Diana Ross in 1981
Also:
#12 by the Diamonds in 1956
#59 by Gloria Mann in 1956
#41 by the Happenings in 1967
#40 R&B by the Ponderosa Twins in 1972 (did not chart on Hot 100)
A few things I learned as a result of including this song in this GOLQ:
(1) The group name was The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon, not Frankie
Lymon and the Teenagers. I got this squared away before I actually put the
quiz together.
(2) Gale Storm recorded a cover version of this song in order to present a
"proper" version of it for the white popular music buying public.
(3) Two other competing covers were also released in 1956. All four
entered the Hot 100 in February or March 1956.
(4) This time, at least, the R&B recording won out over all of the others.
(5) The participants who submitted nine of the 22 entries that properly
identified this song must have also thought that the R&B version was by
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, filed under "L," because this version was
the one that was listed on these entries. It was indeed fortuitous that
these participants found an alphabetically appropriate answer. Full credit
was given for this answer.
This would be a good time for me to mention that I use the phrase "cover
version" to refer to a version of a song that comes out around the same
time as another version of it, while I use the word "remake" to refer to
a version of a song that comes out at some arbitrarily-determined different
time.
I was born to love you
And I will never be free
You'll always be a part of me
#24) Warwick, Dionne: (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
(1968) [65] {-}
#8 by Naked Eyes in 1983
Also:
#49, #12 R&B by Lou Johnson in 1964
#52 by Sandie Shaw in 1965
#27, #50 R&B by R.B. Greaves in 1970
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The R.B. Greaves version, my
personal favorite of the five listed here, was originally slated for this
GOLQ, to be the 1969 entry eventually filled by "Hello It's Me," until I
double-checked its chart entry date and discovered it to be January 1970.
The Dionne Warwick hit was a two-sided entry, along with "Who Is Gonna
Love Me?".
Naked Eyes' follow-up to their version of this song was "Promises,
Promises." As had happened with "Some Kind Of Wonderful," I saw the song
title before I heard the song. PROMISES, PROMISES was the name of the
only Broadway musical on which Bacharach and David collaborated, and the
title song, ironically, was Dionne Warwick's next charting single after
this one. So I figured that Naked Eyes had decided to follow their version
of what they called "Always Something There to Remind Me" with the same
song with which Dionne Warwick had folloed hers. However, "Promises,
Promises" by Naked Eyes turned out to be a different song than the one
by Dionne Warwick.
"(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me" was used as a jingle in ads
by the Philadelphia-based Strawbridge's department store chain around 2001.
Unfortunately, the Strawbridge's stores were bought out last year and have
now disappeared from the retailing landscape.
Because this song is so popularly also known as "Always Something There To
Remind Me," I accepted either form of the title.
Where oh where can my baby be?
#25) Wilson, J. Frank, & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss (1964) [2] {-}
#2 by Pearl Jam in 1999
Also:
#34 by Wednesday in 1974
#92 by J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers in 1974, a re-release of the 1964
charting version
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Tie-Breakers
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The high-charting remake artist of #T1 and the original artist of #T2 were both
raised in the Washington, DC, area. I think that this is now the time to
mention that this particular GOLQ was dedicated to the memory of Milt Grant,
1924-2007, who introduced a lot of kids in the DC area to rock and roll.
I felt the earth turn in my hand
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command, my love
#T1) Lightfoot, Gordon: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1966) [-] {-}
#1, #4 R&B by Roberta Flack in 1972
A few things I learned as a result of including this song in this GOLQ:
(1) Roberta Flack's version was actually recorded in 1969, thus making it
eligible as a response.
(2) Many other artists besides Gordon Lightfoot and Roberta Flack recorded
this song in 1969 or earlier.
(3) Roberta Flack sings, "I felt the earth move in my hand," for the first
line of the quoted lyrics. Otherwise, I would have substituted her version
for that of Gordon Lightfoot, whose version is in my personal collection
and thus supplied the ones I used above.
Gordon Lightfoot is one of my all-time favorite singers, but since he
didn't chart on the Hot 100 until the 1970s, I knew that the only way I
could get him into a GOLQ was as a tie-breaker. His version was originally
released on the album LIGHTFOOT! in 1966. Roberta Flack's version was
originally released on the album FIRST TAKE. It became a hit single in
1972 as a result of its inclusion in the Clint Eastwood movie PLAY MISTY
FOR ME. It not only peaked at #1 on the Hot 100, it was also the top-
ranked song of the whole year.
This song was written by Ewan MacColl. Flack, Lightfoot, and MacColl were
three of the nine different answers I got from those who identified this
song. The others were Joe and Eddie, Peggy Seeger (MacColl's wife, for
whom the song was originally written, according to Roger Neustaedter), the
Brothers Four, the Kingston Trio (on their 1962 album NEW FRONTIER,
according to Really Rockin' in Boston), the Chad Mitchell Trio, and Peter,
Paul, and Mary. Some entrants gave the title as "The First Time" because
some of these recordings (most notably the one by the Kingston Trio) use
this title, and I accepted either one. I was not able to verify that any
of the versions other than Lightfoot's contain the above lyrics, with the
exception of Roberta Flack's. Although hers are slightly different, I
accepted her as a correct answer. Gypsy's Caravan was the only one to
identify Gordon Lightfoot as the artist, and even they also mentioned
MacColl and Flack.
Roger Neustaedter: Flack cites Joe and Eddie’s version as her inspiration
to record the song herself.
Although Peggy Seeger comes alphabetically after the artist for the
second tie-breaker, I gave full credit for any entry that did not
properly identify the second tie-breaker and partial credit for any
entry that did identify the second tie-breaker's artist.
Everywhere I go you know
Bad luck follows me
Every time I fall in love
You know I'm left in misery
#T2) Ray, James: I've Got My Mind Set On You (1962) [-] {-}
#1 by George Harrison in 1988
I didn't know that this was not a George Harrison original until relatively
recently, when a copy of the James Ray recording came into my collection.
These lyrics are not in the Harrison version, which was released under the
title "Got My Mind Set On You." I accepted either form of the title.
There's an interesting article about how George Harrison discovered this
song at:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030411/ai_n12692419
Gypsy's Caravan also mentioned a parody of this song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
called "This Song Is Just Six Words Long," based on George Harrison's
version.
In the very preliminary stages of this GOLQ, knowing that June 2007 marked
the 40th anniversary of SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, I considered
using "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," which Elton John took to #1 in 1975,
as a tie-breaker. But I knew that any line I would have chosen from it
would have been too easy. At least I got to put one of the Fab Four into
the tie-breaker section in this GOLQ.
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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 2 decimal places). For
comparison purposes, tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.
Most songs on this GOLQ ranked where I expected them to be. "I've Got My Mind
Set On You," despite occupying the bottom position in this ranking, still
performed better than I expected it to perform. "More Love" and "Rockin'
Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" performed worse than expected. No song
has a perfect score of 20.00 because one entry only listed the song titles,
not the artists. The ones that scored 19.60 are ones whose titles were
identified correctly by this entry and which scored perfectly on all of the
other entries.
Rank Avg. Song
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T01 19.60 #03 Berry, Chuck: Rock & Roll Music
T01 19.60 #07 Everly Brothers, The: When Will I Be Loved
03 19.40 #04 Burnette, Johnny: You're Sixteen
04 19.20 #13 Little Eva: The Loco-Motion
05 18.80 #06 Day, Bobby: Rock-In Robin
06 18.76 #25 Wilson, J. Frank, & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
T07 18.40 #01 Ad Libs, The: The Boy From New York City
T07 18.40 #05 Cooke, Sam: Another Saturday Night
T07 18.40 #09 Floyd, Eddie: Knock On Wood
T07 18.40 #14 London, Julie: Cry Me A River
T07 18.40 #15 Marvelettes, The: Please Mr. Postman
12 18.08 #16 Mindbenders, The: A Groovy Kind Of Love
T13 18.00 #08 Fardon, Don: (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation
T13 18.00 #12 King, Ben E.: Spanish Harlem
T13 18.00 #24 Warwick, Dionne: (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
T16 17.60 #02 Association, The: Never My Love
T16 17.60 #17 Nazz: Hello It's Me
T16 17.60 #19 Phillips, Phil, With The Twilights: Sea Of Love
19 17.32 #23 Teenagers, The, Featuring Frankie Lymon: Why Do Fools Fall In
T20 17.20 #18 Orbison, Roy and the Candy Men: Oh, Pretty Woman
T20 17.20 #21 Simon & Garfunkel: A Hazy Shade Of Winter
22 17.00 #10 Happenings, The: Go Away Little Girl
23 16.40 #11 James, Tommy and the Shondells: Mony, Mony
24 15.40 #20 Robinson, Smokey, and The Miracles: More Love
25 14.20 #22 Smith, Huey (Piano), and the Clowns: Rockin' Pneumonia And The
26 13.40 #T1 Lightfoot, Gordon: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
27 8.40 #T2 Ray, James: I've Got My Mind Set On You
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Regina Litman <golq245@golq.org>