Date: 8 Jun 2008 20:42:24 -0000 Message-ID: <20080608204224.73277.qmail@nezumi.pair.com> From: Regina Litman <golq256@golq.org> Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 256 (GOLQ256) RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #256 (GOLQ256) Congratulations to Randy Price & Peter Morley, Die, Monster, Die!, the EJ's & Co., the Village Idiots, The GenaTeam, Across the Boarder, Delphi Trivia Club, and Allan Johnson, who tied for first place in this quiz with perfect scores of 500++. Really Rockin' in Boston with a score of 500.+ and Will McCorry and NAVAIRHEADS with scores of 500+. came in close behind. GOLQ256's mean score was 462, but the median was an extremely high 500 as a result of several teams getting near perfect scores. The theme was recordings that reached #1 on the Billboard R&B, Country, or Easy Listening (later known as Adult Contemporary) chart but didn't reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. All 25 of the regular songs peaked between #2 and #25 on the Hot 100. One of the regular recordings reached #1 on two of the other charts. One of the tie-breakers was a song that reached #1 on two of the other charts but by two different artists. Both artists fit alphabetically based on the other tie-breaker. Several entries identified the essence of the theme. Once this theme was identified, it was no doubt helpful because most of them got a score of 500 for the regular songs. Delphi Trivia Club listed the recordings that fit into each category: #1 Country: 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, T1, T2 #1 R&B: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25 #1 AC: 3, 4, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24 [plus the other #1 recording of T2] This GOLQ included a #1 Country song from May 1958 (50 years ago), a #1 Easy Listening song from May 1963 (45 years ago), and a #1 R&B song from May 1968 (40 years ago). My thanks to everyone who participated. Marc Dashevsky has posted GOLQ257. -- Regina Litman <golq256@golq.org> 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++ RP Randy Price & Peter Morley 2 38-56 <randypny&aol.com, pmorley&nyc.rr.com> T01 500++ DM Die, Monster, Die! <bob_homeo&entermail.net> 2 48 T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Jean, Kevin, Mitch, Vinnie, 6 21+ Kyra <brombere&matc.edu> T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots (Andrew, Andy, Roxie, Doug, Ping) 5 <58 <Clete6&aol.com> T01 500++ GE The GenaTeam <ah.rh&optusnet.com.au> 7 39-64 T01 500++ AB Across the Boarder <joshea11&rogers.com> 2 T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club (SafeHouse, Russ, Marlnoe, Logot, 7 45-67 ClueLess, und) <billp49&pd.jaring.my> T01 500++ AJ Allan Johnson <aln&jcis.net> 1 53 T09 500.+ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 5 50s,60s T09 500+. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 50 T09 500+. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&comcast.net> 2 56,61 12 475++ GC Gypsy's Caravan <iriss&aol.com> 3 21+ 13 430.. MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 61 T14 420.. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 4 56-59 Bigfoot Mae) <rns&san.rr.com> T14 420.. VH Virve Harkonen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 27 16 380.. TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie, Patty) 3 45-58 <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 17 368.- RO Ron <roncoastnewsroom&gmail.com> 2 46 18 320.+ EM EMC and Friends <cochran_david&emc.com> 5 Various ---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+------- 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 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- 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 DM 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 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 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 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 AJ 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 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 NA 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 15 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 MW 20 20 20 20 - 10 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 - - VH 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 TT 20 20 20 - - 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 - RO 10 - - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 10 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 - EM 0 - - 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - - 20 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 ============================================================================= GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #256 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 In this quiz, songs that reached #1 on the Country and/or Easy Listening (Adult Contemporary) chart also have this information noted. ============================================================================= Forever my darling My love will be true Always and forever I'll love just you #01) Ace, Johnny: Pledging My Love (1955) [17] {1} Everybody's gonna be there My friends and yours from everywhere Oh what a time it's gonna be Come on baby let's go see #02) Ballard, Hank, and the Midnighters: Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go (1960) [6] {1} Ah, you'll have a home, all right You'll have a home Real hot home Ah, you'll have a home #03) Benton, Brook: The Boll Weevil Song (1961) [2] {2} (#1 Easy Listening) This record was #1 on the Easy Listening chart the first week it was published, July 17, 1961. In fact, the first time I ever heard it was in the family car, when my father was driving. He would have certainly had the radio tuned to an Easy Listening station. As a nine-year-old, I thought the song was fun. Unfortunately, we arrived at our destination before it was finished. Despite years of listening to oldies on Top 40 and, later, oldies radio stations, I never heard this song again until I was past 40. I still think it's fun and had it on my list of songs I wanted to use in a GOLQ. Unfortunately, it had been used too recently for inclusion when I first started making these quizzes, so I had to wait for a while. This song and the one immediately following it were the first two songs I chose for this quiz. Once I saw that both had been #1 on the Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary chart, I remembered that I had once identified the theme of #1's on other charts as a possible one to use and decided to use it this time. If you see your brother standing by the road With a heavy load from the seeds he sowed And if you see your sister falling by the way Just stop and say you're going the wrong way #04) Campbell, Glen: Try A Little Kindness (1969) [23] {-} (#1 Easy Listening) You want me to act like we've never kissed You want me to forget Pretend we've never met And I tried and I tried But I haven't yet #05) Cline, Patsy: I Fall To Pieces (1961) [12] {-} (#1 Country) I'm lonely as I can be I'm waitin' for your company I'm hopin' that you'll come back to me #06) Domino, Fats: I'm Walkin' (1957) [4] {1} A cover by Ricky Nelson also reached #4 that year. Crazy little mama comes knock, knock, knockin' Just like she did before #07) El Dorados, The: At My Front Door (1955/56) [17] {1} One of the unwritten rules of doing a GOLQ is to not use the title of the song in the lyric snippet. After I put this quiz together, I learned that "Crazy Little Mama" is an alternate title for it. So I may have broken this "rule" here. Some time ago I thought You had run out of fools But I was so wrong You got one that you'll never lose #08) Franklin, Aretha: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (1967) [9] {1} This was her first charting single (at least on the Hot 100) on Atlantic. Earlier, she had nine charting singles on columbia, with the highest of these reaching #37. Columbia was more of an Easy Listening-oriented label then and was no doubt marketing her to that audience, maybe along the lines of, say, Della Reese. Atlantic had its roots as an R&B label and no doubt marketed her to that audience plus the crossover market of white kids that loved R&B (or loved white acts that loved R&B, which was where I would have been categorized). And, no doubt about it, this is where "Lady Soul" belonged. The only Aretha Franklin record I heard on the radio during her Columbia days was called "Runnin' Out Of Fools." When I first heard "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," the lines I've quoted above stood out because she came close to mentioning the title of this earlier recording of hers. A bad mistake I'm makin' by just hangin' 'round I know that I should have some fun and paint the town A lovesick fool is just blind and just can't see #09) Gibson, Don: Oh Lonesome Me (1958) [7] {-} (#1 Country) This was #1 on the Country chart during May 1958, 50 years ago. Play your didgeridoo, Blue Play your didgeridoo Uh, like, keep playin' till I shoot through, Blue Play your didgeridoo #10) Harris, Rolf: Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport (1963) [3] {19} (#1 Easy Listening) The #19 R&B chart position is a reminder that before 1964, a lot of songs by white acts that didn't sound particularly soulful made this chart, including some #1's. I had hoped I could find one of these #1's to use in this quiz, but the ones I came across had either also made it to #1 on the Hot 100 or had been used too recently in another GOLQ. Then we danced and she whispered, I need you Take me away from here and be my man Then I looked into her eyes and I saw it The reflection of my wedding band #11) Houston, David: Almost Persuaded (1966) [24] {-} (#1 Country) I have this song in my collection by Crispian St. Peters, best known (at least in the U.S.) for "The Pied Piper." I remember (I remember) When I used to see you jumping rope (Jumping rope, up and down, baby) I remember when you got your first baby coach #12) Intruders, The: Cowboys To Girls (1968) [6] {1} This was #1 on the R&B chart during May 1968, 40 years ago. It was written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, who would go on to even greater fame in the 1970s. Little general Napoleon of France Tried to conquer the world but lost his pants Met defeat known as Bonaparte's Retreat #13) Jackson, Stonewall: Waterloo (1959) [4] {11} (#1 Country) I remember this song from my childhood. Later, when I eventually heard of General Stonewall Jackson, I figured that this singer must have been using a stage name. However, it was his real name, and he was a descendent of General Jackson. One of two different songs called "Waterloo" that I like a whole lot. The other is from the 1970s and was the first song I ever heard by ABBA. The bears and the birds Tell Clifton Clowers If a stranger should wander there #14) King, Claude: Wolverton Mountain (1962) [6] {-} (#1 Country) The first of three songs in this GOLQ that had answering songs that charted the same year of which I'm aware. The answer song to this one was "(I'm The Girl On) Wolverton Mountain" by Jo Ann Campbell, which peaked at #38. She took my one ray of sunshine She took my pride and my joy She took my reason for living She took my small baby boy #15) Laine, Frankie: You Gave Me A Mountain (1969) [24] {-} (#1 Easy Listening) Die, Monster, Die!: Big favorite of Elvis. If you're not gonna stay Please don't tease me like you did before Because I still love you so Although it seems like a mighty long time #16) Lewis, Barbara: Hello Stranger (1963) [3] {1} This song had two charting remakes in the 1970s. The better known one was by Yvonne Elliman and peaked at #15 in 1977. The other was by Fire & Rain and made it to #100 in 1973. No, another 1970s song, "Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp, is not an answer song to this one. Nor is yet another one from that decade, "Come Back To Us, Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard" by John Prine. NAVAIRHEADS: Backing vocals by The Dells I know every engineer on every train All of the children and all of their names And every handout in every town And every lock that ain't locked when no one's around #17) Miller, Roger: King Of The Road (1965) [4] {-} (#1 Country and AC) The second of three songs in this GOLQ with an answer song--"Queen Of The House" by Jody Miller (no relation), which peaked at #12. Well I thought the day I met you You were meek as a lamb Just the kind to fit dreams' plans Now the pace we're living takes the wind from my sails #18) Owens, Buck: I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (1965) [25] {-} (#1 Country) I had heard of but never heard this song until I was putting this GOLQ together. Around the time that this was a hit, one of the major oil companies was using the phrase "tiger in your tank" as an advertising slogan to get consumers to spend that 30 cents or so per gallon that it cost back then on their product. NAVAIRHEADS: Backing vocals by his Buckaroos. Over and over My friends said I'm a fool #19) Price, Lloyd: Personality (1959) [2] {1} For many years, I thought this song was called "Over And Over." I was aware of a different song with this title that was remade by the Dave Clark Five and just figured it was another example of two different songs with the same title. Delphi Trivia Club: Some copies of the 45, but not all, give the title of the song as "(You've Got) Personality." NAVAIRHEADS: Backing by Don Costa orchestra. Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone Let's pretend that we're together all alone I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low #20) Reeves, Jim: He'll Have To Go (1959/60) [2] {13} (#1 Country) The third song in this GOLQ with an answer song--"He'll Have To Stay" by Jeanne Black, which peaked at #4. In fact, it was because I came across "He'll Have To Stay" by Jeanne Black that I got interested in hearing this song. At the same time, I learned that the original had been a #1 Country hit but only peaked at #2 on the Hot 100, so it was a natural choice for this quiz. "He'll Have To Go" was remade by Solomon Burke in 1964, peaking at #51. Got what I got the hard way And I'll make it better each and every day So honey don't you fret (now) 'Cause you ain't seen nothing yet #21) Sam & Dave: Soul Man (1967) [2] {1} Mike Weaver: Sam Moore performed as part of show I went to a number of years ago (Dave Prater was gone from the scene by then). During his performance of this song he encouraged the audience to get up and participate. It struck me as weird that 5000 overfed white boomers would be on their feet clapping their hands and shouting "I'm a soooul man!!". It was either the irony of it or the 3 Miller Lites I had during intermission; I dunno. The Blues Brothers' remake went to #14 in 1979. An instrumental cover by Ramsey Lewis reached #49 in 1967. We're children needing other children And yet letting a grownup pride Hide all the need inside Acting more like children than children #22) Streisand, Barbra: People (1964) [5] {n/c} (#1 Easy Listening) From her hit Broadway show FUNNY GIRL, although the hit single was a different recording from the song on the Original Cast Album. This was also the title song of her first #1 album on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. She has had eight #1 albums on that chart, which is eight more than her one-time singing partner Neil Diamond had as of May 1, 2008, and seven more than her one-time singing partner Neil Diamond has as of May 31, 2008. Other charting recordings of this song were by Nat King Cole (#100 in 1964) and the Tymes (#39 in 1968). I know you wanna leave me But I refuse to let you go If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy I don't mind 'cause you mean that much to me #23) Temptations, The: Ain't Too Proud To Beg (1966) [13] {1} Remade by the Rolling Stones in 1974 (#17) and Rick Astley in 1989 (#89). No matter what I try to do Gonna live my whole life through Loving you #24) Williams, Andy: Can't Get Used To Losing You (1963) [2] {7} This was #1 on the Easy Listening chart during May 1963, 45 years ago. It is my all-time favorite Andy Williams song. Another one that doesn't sound very R&B that nonetheless peaked fairly high on that chart. Your precious sweetheart She's so faithful, she's so true Oh, yeah Her dreams are tumbling, her world is crumbling Because of you #25) Wonder, Stevie: Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day (1968) [9] {1} Written by himself, Sylvia Moy, and Henry Cosby. All of the entries that identified this song got the title correct, despite the presence of an extra "Doo-Be" in the song's lyrics. ------------ Tie-Breakers ------------ The day she went away I made myself a promise That I'd soon forget we ever met But something sure is wrong 'Cause I'm so blue and lonely #T1) Presley, Elvis: I Forgot To Remember To Forget (1956) [-] {-} (#1 Country) As soon as I saw that Elvis had a song that was #1 on the Country chart, I checked to see where it had peaked on the Hot 100, so that I could include it in this GOLQ. Much to my surprise, I discovered that this song didn't even make the Hot 100 at all! I had a feeling that my tie- breakers were going to come from the country chart, and I wasn't sure how well the usual participants would be able to fare with such songs. However, here was a song that had been recorded during the GOLQ era by BOTH of the two biggest artists of that time period, and probably a lot of others, too, so I was happy to use it as one of the tie-breakers. The NAVAIRHEADS, although giving Elvis Presley as their official answer, were the only ones to note that this was released on the Beatles' LIVE AT THE BBC 2-CD set in the 1990s. The Beatles would have been an acceptable (and alphabetically appropriate) answer, particularly for entrants who didn't figure out the theme. Two entries that didn't identify the theme gave Johnny Cash (also a valid response) as the artist. This was one of two Elvis Presley songs to reach #1 on the Country chart but not on the Hot 100. The other was the post-GOLQ era hit "Moody Blue," which did at least reach #31 on the Hot 100 in 1977. He also had one song that reached #1 on the R&B chart but not the Hot 100--"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck," which peaked only at #2 in 1958 and which I was not able to use in this GOLQ because of its use in GOLQ211. Delphi Trivia Club: The Sun original uses the credit Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill; the RCA Victor 1956 reissue uses Elvis Presley with Scotty and Bill. And though the rain may fall My skies will all be blue And if I look close enough The sun will come shinin' through #T2) Stewart, Wynn: It's Such A Pretty World Today (1967) [-] {-} (#1 Country) or #T2) Russell, Andy: It's Such A Pretty World Today (1967) [-] {-} (#1 Easy Listening) Like "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail" and "He'll Have To Go," this was a song I had heard of but never heard until I put this GOLQ together. Thanks to YouTube, I can find a lot of songs that I don't have in my collection available in their entirety (although their availability there is questionable from a legal perspective). I found the Wynn Stewart version there, so I know that the lyrics that I used are from his recording. I still have never heard the Andy Russell version, so I don't know for sure if these exact words are contained in it. Of the twelve entries who identified this song, nine gave Wynn Stewart as the artist, two gave Andy Russell, and one (which didn't identify the theme) gave Carl Smith (also a correct response). Ironically, both entries that gave Andy Russell as the artist mentioned Wynn Stewart. Die, Monster, Die!: Written by country star Wynn Stewart, and also performed by Eddy Arnold, who passed away this past week [on May 8]. Russell's version, though, was the only one that reached Billboard, as a 'Bubbling Under.' Really Rockin' In Boston: I have the Whitburn books for Adult Contemporary and R&B. Both list all the #1 hits in a separate section. There appeared to be 5 or less songs in each book that hit #1 in these books but didn't chart on the Pop Top 100, and this was one of them. The version I have was actually by an obscure C&W performer, Wynn Stewart. This is a much-recorded song that I just hadn't run across over the years. While verifying that Carl Smith had also recorded a qualifying version or searching for the song on YouTube, I found that among other artists not yet mentioned who recorded it are Wanda Jackson and Mark Dinning (but not Neil Diamond, despite information to the contrary in the 1969 book LILLIAN ROXON'S ROCK ENCYCLOPEDIA). ============================================================================= 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. There are a lot of songs with perfect or near-perfect averages because of the large number of 500 scores. The entries that scored below 500 tended to miss the same songs (08, 25, 18, and the tie-breakers). "He'll Have To Go" performed better than I expected it to perform, perhaps because I didn't know this song until I began researching this quiz. "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" performed worse than I expected it to perform, as did "I Forgot To Remember To Forget," despite its tie-breaker status. Rank Avg. Song ---+-----+----+-------------------------------------------------------------- T01 20.00 #10) Harris, Rolf: Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport T01 20.00 #14) King, Claude: Wolverton Mountain T01 20.00 #17) Miller, Roger: King Of The Road T01 20.00 #20) Reeves, Jim: He'll Have To Go T01 20.00 #21) Sam & Dave: Soul Man T01 20.00 #23) Temptations, The: Ain't Too Proud To Beg T07 19.44 #06) Domino, Fats: I'm Walkin' T07 19.44 #12) Intruders, The: Cowboys To Girls T09 18.89 #04) Campbell, Glen: Try A Little Kindness T09 18.89 #07) El Dorados, The: At My Front Door T09 18.89 #09) Gibson, Don: Oh Lonesome Me T09 18.89 #11) Houston, David: Almost Persuaded T09 18.89 #13) Jackson, Stonewall: Waterloo T09 18.89 #15) Laine, Frankie: You Gave Me A Mountain T09 18.89 #19) Price, Lloyd: Personality T09 18.89 #22) Streisand, Barbra: People T09 18.89 #24) Williams, Andy: Can't Get Used To Losing You T16 18.33 #01) Ace, Johnny: Pledging My Love T16 18.33 #16) Lewis, Barbara: Hello Stranger 20 17.78 #03) Benton, Brook: The Boll Weevil Song T21 16.67 #02) Ballard, Hank, and the Midnighters: Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go T21 16.67 #05) Cline, Patsy: I Fall To Pieces 23 16.39 #08) Franklin, Aretha: I Never Loved a Man 24 14.44 #25) Wonder, Stevie: Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day 25 14.33 #18) Owens, Buck: I've Got A Tiger By The Tail 26 13.22 #T2) Stewart, Wynn: It's Such A Pretty World Today 27 12.22 #T1) Presley, Elvis: I Forgot To Remember To Forget ---+-----+----+-------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ Regina Litman <golq256@golq.org>