Date: 11 Sep 2008 03:29:37 -0000
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From: Regina Litman <golq259@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 259 (GOLQ259)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #259 (GOLQ259)
Congratulations to Ron Anderson and Gypsy's Caravan, who tied for first place
in this quiz with perfect scores of 500++. Randy Price & Peter Morley and the
EJ's & Co. with scores of 500-+ and the Coasters with a score of 500.. came in
close behind.
GOLQ259's mean score was 484, and the median was 431. There was no identifi-
able theme, but I strove to include only artists that I had never used in a
GOLQ before. This was the ninth GOLQ that I have done. Five prior ones had
themes. In this GOLQ, I chose a song that I had considered for inclusion but
ultimately did not use in four of the themed GOLQs. Plus, I used a song that
fit the theme of the other GOLQ with a theme that I did which I had not thought
of at the time but almost certainly would have used if I had thought of it
then. As sometimes happens, some of the songs have things in common with other
songs, whether intended or not. For instance, this is a relatively well-
educated bunch of artists--one of the songs was a hit by a singer who was
also a dentist, another was a hit by a group with a member who later became
a dentist, and another was by a group that included both a future attorney
and a future physician! This was not done intentionally; it just turned out
that way.
Three of the 25 regular songs turned out to have had other GOLQ-era charting
versions by artists that also fit alphabetically. I was aware of one of these
when I designed the quiz and intentionally chose lyrics that are only present
in one of them. In all three instances, no one identified the unintended artist
without at least also identifying the intended one.
My thanks to everyone who participated.
Rich Ardini has posted GOLQ260.
-- Regina Litman <golq259@golq.org>
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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++ RA Ron Anderson <ronandelaine&juno.com> 1 57
T01 500++ GC Gypsy's Caravan <iriss&aol.com> 3 21+
T03 500-+ RP Randy Price & Peter Morley 2 39-56
<randypny&aol.com, pmorley&nyc.rr.com>
T03 500-+ EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Jean, Vinnie, 8 22+
Kyra, Mitch, Denise <brombere&matc.edu>
T05 500.. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 5 55-63
Bigfoot Mae, Norm Katuna) <rns&san.rr.com>
06 497.+ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 5 50s,60s
T07 494-+ GE The GenaTeam <ah.rh&optusnet.com.au> 6 40-64
T07 494-+ EM EMC and Friends <cochran_david&emc.com> 4 Various
09 489-+ DT Delphi Trivia Club (SafeHouse, Toto, 7 40-65
ClueLess, Hillary, HQR, UND) <billp49&pd.jaring.my>
10 476++ DM Die, Monster, Die! <bob_homeo&entermail.net> 1 48
11 434.. AB Across the Boarder <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 2
12 414.+ LB Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 4-5 boomers
13 374.. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&comcast.net> 2 57,61
14 360.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 50
15 320.. TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie, Patty) 3 46-58
<Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com>
16 311.. BP BP Oz (Brian, Pam) <brian&opossumsystems.com> 2 Boomers
17 165.. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 34
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
RA 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
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
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
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 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
GE 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 17 20 20 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
EM 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
DT 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 17 18 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
DM 19 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
AB 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20
LB 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 17 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20
NA 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 17 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
TT 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - - 20 20 20 -
BP 17 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 17 - 20 20 - 20 17 - 20 20 - -
JR - 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 - - - 10 10 - 10 - - - - - - 10 20 5 -
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 #259 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
=============================================================================
So golly gee fellas
Have a little faith in me fellas
#01) Armstrong, Louis, and the All Stars: Hello, Dolly! (1964) [1] {n/c}
This song, although not this version is, of course, from the musical of
the same name. Armstrong did make a memorable cameo appearance in the
film version, singing a duet of it with Barbra Streisand.
Bobby Darin released a version that went to #79 in 1965.
Millions of eyes can see
Yet why am I so blind
When the someone else is me
It's unkind, it's unkind
#02) Bee Gees, The: Holiday (1967) [16] {-}
There's a village
Hidden deep in the valley
Among the pine trees half forlorn
And there on a sunny morning
#03) Browns, The: The Three Bells (1959) [1] {-}
Originally a French tune written in 1945 as "Les Trois Cloches."
Whisper to the wind
And say that love has sinned
Leave my heart a-breaking
And making a moan
#04) Chad and Jeremy: Willow Weep For Me (1964/65) [16] {-}
This record reached #1 on the Easy Listening chart and was a finalist for
inclusion in GOLQ256 (because it was my one chance to get a Beatlemania-era
British Invasion act into that GOLQ, for which the theme was songs that hit
#1 on other charts but not the pop chart).
I didn't know until recently that this is an old song that was a #2 hit for
Paul Whiteman in 1933.
If you come down to the river
Bet you gonna find the people who live
You don't have to worry
'Cause you have no money
People on the river happy to give
#05) Creedence Clearwater Revival: Proud Mary (1969) [2] {-}
Two other recordings of this by artists close to Creedence Clearwater
Revival in the alphabet charted in 1969--Solomon Burke reached #45, and
Checkmates, Ltd., Featuring Sonny Charles reached #69. I was aware of the
Solomon Burke version, which does not fit here alphabetically because of
the artist for #04, but I was not aware of the version by Checkmates, Ltd.,
which does fit alphabetically (although two words in the above lyrics are
slightly different), before Die, Monster, Die! pointed it out to me.
Another remake of which I was quite aware was the one by Ike & Tina Turner,
which reached #4 in 1971 ("We never do nothing nice and easy/We always do
it nice and rough"). When I put together GOLQ245 with its post-GOLQ Top 12
charting remakes theme and was scrambling around at the end to find a song
from 1969, for some reason, I didn't think of this one. If I had, it
almost certainly would have been included.
The roller coaster ride we took is nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears
That's all I'm gonna spend
#06) Cyrkle, The: Red Rubber Ball (1966) [2] {-}
One of my all-time favorite songs. It was written by Paul Simon (as I was
reminded by Gypsy's Caravan) and Bruce Woodley, who was a member of the
Seekers. In recent years, I have heard versions by both Simon and Garfunkel
(a 1967 live recording finally released as part of a 1996 box set) and the
Seekers. Neil Diamond also recorded this, on his first album, THE FEEL OF
NEIL, in 1966. As a result of this, I almost included this one in GOLQ215,
which featured some songs that he has recorded.
The Cyrkle showed a lot of promise in 1966, especially since they were
connected with Brian Epstein and opened for the Beatles on their last U.S.
tour. However, each subsequent single charted lower than the next until
they stopped charting altogether. Die, Monster, Die! mentioned that they
came out of Lafayette College in Easton, PA. Drummer Marty Freed and part-
time keyboard player Earl Pickens became a lawyer and a doctor,
respectively, after their musical careers ended.
Life grows short
And men grows old
Summer's gone
And the wind turns cold
#07) Dick and DeeDee: Turn Around (1963) [27] {-}
Over the years, I have heard many songs whose titles and/or artists elude
me no matter how many times I hear them. At the same time, I still run
across references to songs that have some claim to fame that I don't think
I've ever heard before. Sometimes, it turns out that I can make a match
between a song in the first group to one in the second group. This is one
of them. I had heard this song many times. I had also seen a song called
"Turn Around" listed as what was supposed to be one of Dick and DeeDee's
best-known songs. I finally came across a YouTube video of the song and
realized that I had known it all along.
Not only did I find this song on YouTube, but I found it in a channel run
by DeeDee (Dick passed away a few years ago, unfortunately) that contains
videos of the duo performing several of their hits. It's at
http://www.youtube.com/user/dickanddeedee .
So we can go fishing in my little red boat
Make you happy in my little red boat
#08) Every Mother's Son: Come On Down To My Boat (1967) [6] {-}
Keyboard player Bruce Milner later became a dentist.
Paste my picture on your sleeve
So everyone can see
That you belong to me
Forever forever forever
#09) Fisher, Eddie: Dungaree Doll (1955/56) [7] {-}
This is another song that I had heard OF but didn't think I had ever heard.
But when I had a chance to hear it not too long ago, I realized that this
was the long-lost "Paste my picture on your sleeve" song that I had heard
as a very young child watching the kids dance on the AMERICAN BANDSTAND-
like MILT GRANT SHOW on a Washington, DC, television station.
Look at the way he looks at her
Look at the way he smiles
I remember he was mine
I remember when things were fine
Oh look at the way he looks at her now
#10) Gore, Lesley: Look Of Love (1964/65) [27] {n/c}
This was a late cut from GOLQ250, whose theme was songs with the same
titles as other charting songs from the GOLQ era. The other song called
"Look Of Love" charted for both Dusty Springfield (#22 in 1967) and Sergio
Mendes & Brasil '66 (#4 in 1968). Both songs with this title were written
by well-known songwriting teams--this one by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
and the other one by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Also, I used the Mendes
version of the other "Look Of Love" in GOLQ215.
Look at Annie's earrings bouncin' off her back
Look at Susie kissin' and a-huggin' Jack
Look at Nancy dancin' in her stockin' feet
We're all going crazy with the Mambo beat
#11) Haley, Bill and His Comets: Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere)
(1954/55) [11] {10}
But miracles still happen
And when my lucky star begins to shine
With one lucky break I'll make
#12) Jan and Dean: Linda (1963) [28] {-}
There's a story about this song (taken from
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1956):
Jack Lawrence wrote this in 1947 to help pay a legal fee to lawyer Lee
Eastman. The song was published through a company controlled by Eastman,
and the royalties would offset the debt. "Linda" was (then) five-year-old
Linda Eastman, the lawyer's daughter, who, in her adult life, achieved
fame as a celebrity photographer and eventually married Paul McCartney.
Gypsy's Caravan mentioned the Linda Eastman, later Linda McCartney,
connection.
The song exploded in 1947 with three Top 10 versions (#1 for Buddy Clark
with Ray Noble's Orchestra, #5 for Charlie Spivak, and #8 for Paul Weston).
Where have all the young men gone
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone
Long time ago
#13) Kingston Trio, The: Where Have All The Flowers Gone (1962) [21] {-}
Jessica Raine: This is a folk-revival standard, recorded by zillions
of people.
Among those zillions is Johnny Rivers, whose version reached #26 in 1965.
She's built for speed
She got everything that Uncle John need
#14) Little Richard and His Band: Long Tall Sally (1956) [6] {1}
I became familiar with this song as a result of the Beatles' version.
I had planned to use this recording in the Beatles-themed GOLQ221 but
ultimately did not use it.
Pat Boone did a 1956 cover version that reached #8.
Lucky you're a girl who likes children
That's an important sign
Lucky 'cause I'd love to have children
#15) Mathis, Johnny: Small World (1959) [20] {-}
Jessica Raine: This is from the musical GYPSY.
Gypsy's Caravan: With Glenn Osser and his Orchestra.
Hey baby yeah you thrill me so
Hold me tight don't you let me go
#16) Montez, Chris: Let's Dance (1962) [4] {15}
Gypsy's Caravan noted that a version of this song by Ola & the
Janglers that reached #92 in 1969 contains these lyrics and also
fits alphabetically.
Although we're apar-rt
You're par-rt of my hear-rt
#17) Patience and Prudence: Tonight You Belong To Me (1956/57) [4] {-}
Gypsy's Caravan: With Mark McIntyre Orchestra (their father).
Crew cut and a pony tail
Do the crawl just like a snail
Gettin' ready to
Go steady on
#18) Pedrick, Jr., Bobby: White Bucks And Saddle Shoes (1958) [74] {-}
The EJ'S & Co.: Robert John Pedrick recorded this in 1958 when he was 12
years old, ten years before he resumed his recording career as Robert John
("The Lion Sleeps Tonight," "Sad Eyes" from the '70s). Interestingly
enough, Pedrick had charted hits in the '50s, '60s, '70s, and '80s--
how many other artists can say that?
Die, Monster, Die! also mentioned the Robert John connection.
Robert John's 1960s chart entry was "If You Don't Want My Love," which
reached #49 in 1968. Once he became known as Robert John, I learned of
"White Bucks And Saddle Shoes," but I never heard it until a couple of
years ago.
Have you seen her all in gold
Like a queen in days of old
She shoots colors all around
Like a sunset going down
#19) Rolling Stones, The: She's A Rainbow (1967/68) [25] {-}
Your sweetheart in Personnel said
I should give her written notice like the rest
So I wrote "Goodbye" with my brightest lipstick
right across her big expensive desk
You'd better call the Times
and tell them put your wanted ad right back in Classified
#20) Spears, Billie Jo: Mr. Walker, It's All Over (1969) [80] {-}
I heard this song a handful of times on Washington, DC, area radio stations
in 1969 and never forgot the line about writing "Goodbye" with lipstick.
It has been on my list of no-theme GOLQ possibilities for some time. Spears
had only one other Hot 100 entry, "Blanket On The Ground," which reached
#78 in 1975 and was a #1 Country hit. (Thanks to the phenomenon of alpha-
betizing, she appears just before Britney Spears in my Whitburn book.)
Wondered if it could be true that you had found somebody new
To take the place I've known
Finally it got so late I saw I was a fool to wait
So I walked home alone
#21) Starr, Randy: After School (1957) [32] {-}
This is another song I had heard OF for many years but had never heard
until recently. (And in this case, it turned out that I hadn't heard it
before.) Randy Starr was actually Warren Nadel, who was a dentist when he
recorded this song. Among his other musical claims to fame were writing
songs for Elvis Presley soundtracks and being part of the instrumental duo,
the Islanders, with Frank Metis.
(My own dentist never had any hit records himself, but he is a cousin of
the Brecker Brothers, prominent session musicians who had one charting hit
in the 1970s.)
Gypsy's Caravan: With "Bugs" Bower's Orchestra. He was known as the
"Singing Dentist."
I love every movement
There's nothing I would change
She doesn't need improvement
She's much too nice to rearrange
#22) Tillotson, Johnny: Poetry In Motion (1960/61) [2] {27}
My tears are fallin'
'Cause you've taken her away
And though it really hurts me so
There's something that I've gotta say
#23) Vee, Bobby: Take Good Care Of My Baby (1961) [1] {-}
I was aware that a version by Bobby Vinton reached #33 in 1968, so I
intentionally used the spoken introduction from the Vee version that is
not in the Vinton recording. Team Teitelbaum also mentioned the Vinton
version. Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
Gypsy's Caravan: With the Johnny Mann Singers.
Take me in oh tender woman
Take me in for heaven's sake
Take me in tender woman
#24) Wilson, Al: The Snake (1968) [27] {32}
Jessica Raine: This is the blues standard about the snake. Shelly sang it
on an episode of NORTHERN EXPOSURE.
Unfortunately, Al Wilson died on April 21 of this year. He was from
Meridian, MS, and was one of two well-known singers from that city to die
in a two-day period this past April. Paul Davis, who began charting in
1970, passed away the following day. Not to be confused with a member of
Canned Heat with the same name who died in 1970.
One has brown eyes
The other's eyes are blue
To one I am tied
To the other I am true
#25) Young, Barry: One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) (1965) [13] {-}
Gypsy's Caravan: Fantastic sound-alike of Dean Martin.
------------
Tie-Breakers
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Are you still our Valentine
Do you still look so divine
Come and let us see your darlin'
#T1) Flatt, Lester, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys:
Pearl, Pearl, Pearl (1963) [-] {-}
#113 on Bubbling Under chart. I remember seeing them perform this on
THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES but didn't know it had been released as a single
until a few years ago. They also sang the show's theme song, which was
released as a single and reached #44 in 1962.
Gypsy's Caravan: "Pearl" was Bea Benaderet, who played "Cousin Pearl" on
THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES.
You're going to lose a good thing
You got to let him know that you need him
You got to let him know that you read him
You got to let him know that you love him now
#T2) Reparata & the Delrons: The Captain Of Your Ship (1968) [-] {-}
#127 on Bubbling Under chart. I heard this briefly on the radio in
Washington, DC, in early 1968. After I rediscovered it in 2005 or 2006,
I decided I'd use it as a non-themed GOLQ tie-breaker one of these days,
so here it is.
=============================================================================
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 com-
parison purposes, tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.
Most songs on this GOLQ ranked where I expected them to be. "Hello, Dolly!"
and "Long Tall Sally" performed worse than expected because of the large
number of entries that only got partial credit for leaving off the second
part of the artist name or improperly specifying it. More entries than I
expected identified the tie-breakers, although, again, a few of these only
got partial credit for the T1 artist name. Among the other songs, "Linda",
"The Snake", and "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" performed worse
than I expected them to perform, while "Willow Weep For Me" performed better
than some of the songs that I expected to perform better than it.
Rank Avg. Song
---+-----+----+--------------------------------------------------------------
T01 20.00 #05) Creedence Clearwater Revival: Proud Mary
T01 20.00 #06) Cyrkle, The: Red Rubber Ball
T01 20.00 #08) Every Mother's Son: Come On Down To My Boat
T01 20.00 #23) Vee, Bobby: Take Good Care Of My Baby
T05 19.41 #13) Kingston Trio, The: Where Have All The Flowers Gone
T05 19.41 #22) Tillotson, Johnny: Poetry In Motion
T07 18.82 #02) Bee Gees, The: Holiday
T07 18.82 #03) Browns, The: The Three Bells
T07 18.82 #04) Chad and Jeremy: Willow Weep For Me
T07 18.82 #16) Montez, Chris: Let's Dance
T07 18.82 #19) Rolling Stones, The: She's A Rainbow
12 18.12 #15) Mathis, Johnny: Small World
13 17.88 #01) Armstrong, Louis, and the All Stars: Hello, Dolly!
14 17.65 #17) Patience and Prudence: Tonight You Belong To Me
15 17.24 #14) Little Richard and His Band: Long Tall Sally
16 17.06 #12) Jan and Dean: Linda
17 16.76 #24) Wilson, Al: The Snake
18 16.47 #25) Young, Barry: One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
19 15.12 #11) Haley, Bill and His Comets: Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some
20 15.00 #07) Dick and DeeDee: Turn Around
21 14.12 #10) Gore, Lesley: Look Of Love
22 13.94 #20) Spears, Billie Jo: Mr. Walker, It's All Over
T23 12.94 #09) Fisher, Eddie: Dungaree Doll
T23 12.94 #21) Starr, Randy: After School
25 12.88 #18) Pedrick, Jr., Bobby: White Bucks And Saddle Shoes
26 11.76 #T2) Reparata & the Delrons: The Captain Of Your Ship
27 8.06 #T1) Flatt, Lester, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys: Pearl
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Regina Litman <golq259@golq.org>