Date: 9 Dec 2009 02:33:28 -0000
Message-ID: <20091209023328.82665.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Howard Teitelbaum <golq274@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 274 (GOLQ274)
RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #274 (GOLQ274)
Congratulations to our 3 co-winners, each of whom had a perfect score:
Delphi Trivia Club, The Gypsy's Caravan, and The Village Idiots.
Just behind the leaders (by the length of a tie-breaker or two) were
The GenaTeam in 4th, and Really Rockin' In Boston in 5th.
A special award for the hippest entry goes to Team Teitelbaum North. (Yes,
I'm indulging in an inside joke here.)
This quiz had a minor theme involving the artist (or songwriter) passing
away in the last several months. This theme connected songs #05, 06, 17, 18,
and 22. A number of entrants commented on a few of the artists involved,
although no one identified the theme.
Comments in brackets following some songs are mine, unless preceded by a
2-letter entrant ID.
As always, thanks to everyone who entered! The December 2009 quiz (GOLQ #275)
has just been posted.
-- Howard Teitelbaum <golq274@golq.org>
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After each score below are two characters representing the two tie-breakers:
+ indicates a tie-breaker answered correctly.
- indicates partial credit.
x indicates a totally incorrect guess.
. indicates no guess.
(For anti-spamming purposes, all occurrences of "@" in e-mail addresses have
been replaced with "&".)
Place ID # on
Score Name <E-mail address> team Age(s)
---+-----+--+-------------------------------------------------------+--+-------
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club (Logot, ClueLess, Marlnoe, Und)
<billp49&pd.jaring.my> 5 45-65
T01 500++ GC The Gypsy's Caravan <IrisS&aol.com> 3.5 21+
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots (Andrew, Andy, Roxie, Doug, Ping)
<Clete6&aol.com> 5 <59
04 500+x GT The GenaTeam <ah.rh&optusnet.com.au> 6 41-62
05 500xx RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> - 50s,60s
06 480.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 52
07 470+. DM Die, Monster, Die! <bob_homeo&entermail.net> 1 49
08 440+- NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&comcast.net> 2 63,58
09 410++ VS Vito and the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 4-5 boomers
10 340.. MT Mick Tursky <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 1 -
11 260.. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, Bigfoot 6 57-64
Mae, Norm Katuna, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com>
12 180.. EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Mitch, Vinnie, Kyra
<brombere&matc.edu> 4 23+
13 160.. EM EMC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 4 various
14 100.. TT Team Teitelbaum North (Bonnie & Pat) <no net access> 2 59,-
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Place ID # on
Score Name <E-mail address> team Age(s)
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The following table gives the individual scoring breakdown. For songs 01-25,
a '.' is used to indicate that no guess was made for a question, whereas a zero
indicates that a completely incorrect response was submitted. For tie-breakers
(songs T1 & T2), a "+" indicates full credit, a "-" indicates partial credit,
an "x" indicates an incorrect guess, and a "." indicates no guess.
Song# TT
ID 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 12
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 ++
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 ++
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 +x
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 xx
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 ..
DM 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 10 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 +-
VS . 20 20 20 20 . 20 20 20 20 . 20 20 20 . 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 ++
MT 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 ..
EJ . . 20 20 20 . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . 20 20 20 . 20 ..
EM . . 20 . 20 . . 20 . . . . . . . . 20 . 20 . 20 20 . . 20 ..
TT . . 20 0 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . 20 . 20 ..
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
ID 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 12
Song# TT
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #274 ANSWERS:
Answers are in the form:
#number) Artist: "Title" (chart year) [peak Pop] {peak R&B} <xxx>...<yyy>
where:
"peak Pop" = Peak position achieved on the weekly Billboard Pop chart.
"peak R&B" = Peak position on the weekly Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart.
(Billboard didn't publish an R&B chart between 11/30/63 and 1/23/65,
so recordings in that interval show peak R&B of {n/c} ("no chart").)
"xxx",...,"yyy" are number(s) of the GOLQ(s) in which it has appeared.
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He didn't fly down from heaven
With white wings on his back
He blew in from Kansas City
In a big fat Cadillac
Yeah, he said he made his bread playin' rock 'n' roll
#01) The Ad Libs: "He Ain't No Angel" (1965) [100] {-}
When you tell me goodbye
You left me so blue
When you were untrue
#02) Joe Barry: "I'm a Fool to Care" (1961) [24] {15}
[Song was originally a hit for Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1954. (Also
see comments for song #17.)]
He's as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
#03) The Beatles: "Nowhere Man" (1966) [3] {-} <121>
In every little town 'cross the U.S.A.
There's a spot where the people can go every day
Just leave your problems and-a get away
Come on down and listen to the guitars play
#04) Freddy Cannon: "Action" (1965) [13] {-} <42>
Listen to me, baby
It's hard to settle down
#05) Lou Christie: "Lightnin' Strikes" (1965/66) [1] {-} <40><101><197>
[One of many songs emerging from Lou's long songwriting partnership with
Twyla Herbert, an eccentric woman 22 years his senior. She died at age 87
on July 11.]
To the world, I'd cry out loud
How I love you
Honey, I love you
I really love you
#06) The Dells: "Stay In My Corner" (1968) [10] {1} <202>
[Johnny Carter, a founding member of The Flamingos in the early '50s,
replaced The Dells' original lead, Johnny Funches, in 1960. Carter
remained with the group nearly a half-century, dying this past August 21.]
True true, true true the song he sang her while the leaves cooked
Ting ting, ting a little bell he rang her, sleepily she looked
He filled, he filled a leather cup, holding her gaze
She took, she took a little sip while this song he sang
#07) Donovan with The Jeff Beck Group: "Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)"
(1969) [36] {-}
[DM: Some copies dropped "Goo Goo" from the title.]
We're gonna do the Monkey, the Philly Dog too
We're gonna do the Jerk, just me and you
#08) The Esquires: "Get On Up" (1967) [11] {3} <55>
Though we must part
There's no reason to cry
#09) The Flamingos: "Lovers Never Say Goodbye" (1959) [52] {25} <12><97>
All the way from Kosciusko
Up from Biloxi shore
All in all, there's not a half-grown man
#10) Bobbie Gentry: "Okolona River Bottom Band" (1967) [54] {-}
You don't know me, baby
Like I know myself
If you leave me, baby
I would kill myself
#11) Roy Head and The Traits: "Apple Of My Eye" (1965/66) [32] {-}
The things you've heard couldn't be denied
But before your opinion, listen to my side
#12) The Impressions: "You Must Believe Me" (1964) [11] {n/c} <90>
Life without you
Was an incomplete dream
You are every sweet dream
Come true
#13) Little Willie John: "You're A Sweetheart" (1958) [66] {14}
Feelin' sorry for myself is all I do
Things don't ever turn out like I want 'em to
#14) Gary Lewis and The Playboys: "The Loser (With A Broken Heart)"
(1967) [43] {-} <94>
[DM: Written by Don Nix and Leon Russell.]
Look out, little fool
You're not wise, not wise to love so completely
Or fall for that look in his eyes
#15) Jaye P. Morgan: "Danger! Heartbreak Ahead" (1955) [12] {-}
For though we're brave sometimes, we are so afraid
But knowing there are memories to be made
We'll face each new tomorrow, dear, undismayed
For our love will keep us together
#16) Ricky Nelson: "Young Emotions" (1960) [12] {28} <142>
Too restless to settle
Too wild to tame
#17) Les Paul and Mary Ford: "Hummingbird" (1955) [7] {-}
[Les Paul died on August 13, at age 94. He performed his regular Monday
evening gig at Iridium (a New York club) until a couple of months before
his passing. In addition to his virtuosic guitar playing, he was an
extraordinary inventor in music technology - he pioneered the solid-body
electric guitar, multitrack recording, etc.]
[GC: Also done by (but doesn't fit) Frankie Laine (a fave of mine).]
[Laine's version charted later in '55.]
I tell my arms they'll hold someone new
Another love that will be true
#18) Peter and Gordon: "I Go To Pieces" (1965) [9] {-} <1><108>
[Gordon Waller died on July 17. After disbanding around 1968, the duo
reunited in 2005, and performed intermittently together after then,
the final time several weeks before Gordon's untimely passing.]
Now when you walk that walk, yeah, baby
You know you look so fine
When you talk that talk, oh, child
You know you just drive mens outta their mind
#19) Wilson Pickett: "Mini-Skirt Minnie" (1969) [50] {19}
I know a lot of people think like me
That this world could be a place that's filled with harmony
#20) The Rascals: "A Ray Of Hope" (1968/69) [24] {36} <138>
I went to a dance just the other night
I saw a girl there, she was out of sight
I asked a friend of mine who she could be
#21) Tommy Roe: "Sweet Pea" (1966) [8] {-} <46>
On the rug, or on the wall
If your folks get bugged
Do it in the hall
#22) Soupy Sales: "The Mouse" (1965) [76] {-} <159>
[Soupy passed away on October 22. I have fond childhood memories of his
mid-'60s TV show, combining slapstick for the kiddies with sly innuendo
to amuse older viewers. One episode comes to mind: Soupy lip-syncs to
the Lovin' Spoonful's "Daydream," with the inevitable pastry assault
occurring when he got to "a pie in the face for being a sleepy bull toad."]
[VS: We in Colorado are very sad about Soupy's passing. Some of the Vito
members got a chance to meet him when he was a guest star at the University
of Colorado's Trivia Bowl.]
I need love now, more than before
I can hardly carry on anymore
#23) The Supremes: "My World Is Empty Without You" (1966) [5] {10} <75>
She wants me to run but I shall never
For all is fair in love and war
Your tender love I'll fight her for
#24) The Toys: "Attack" (1965/66) [18] {-} <121>
You know, my papa disapproved it
My mama boo-hoo'd it
But I told them time and time again
#25) Stevie Wonder: "I Was Made To Love Her" (1967) [2] {1} <112>
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Tie-Breakers
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This one thing I will vow you
I'd rather die than to live without you
#T1) The Monkees: "Mary, Mary" (1967) [-] {-}
[Written by Mike Nesmith, this track was on the group's second album,
"More of the Monkees," hastily released in January '67 when the TV show
became an overnight hit in fall '66. However, the song was first recorded
by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band on their 1966 LP "East West."
(Butterfield sings it as "... than live without you".) The Monkees'
version was later sampled by Run-D.M.C. in their 1988 rap version.
Here are links to Butterfield's version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RflG4g39amw
and to The Monkees':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7528XZmfWlo ]
It's so many miles and so long since I've met you
Don't even know what I'll find when I get to you
But suddenly now I know where I belong
It's many hundred miles and it won't be long
#T2) Vashti: "Train Song" (1966) [-] {-}
[As a young singer-songwriter, Vashti Bunyan came to the attention of
Rolling Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham. She put out a couple of
singles in 1965-66 as "Vashti," neither of which had commercial success.
Her 1970 LP "Another Diamond Day" was also a commercial flop, and she
disappeared from the music business, living a rural "off-the-grid" life
for the next 3 decades. In the early 2000s, she discovered that "Another
Diamond Day" was considered a rare and treasured collectable, and that she
was revered by a new generation of "alt-folk" artists. Since her
re-emergence (and the re-issue of her first album), she has released an
album of new material ("Lookaftering"), as well as a collection of
previously unreleased demos from the mid-'60s ("Some Things Just Stick in
Your Mind"). Here's a link to the ethereal "Train Song":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AGD78mWcss ]
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The following table ranks the songs from most recognized to least recognized.
The first column indicates the average number of points scored on that song
(total points divided by number of entrants). For comparison purposes,
tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.
Avg. Song
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20.00 #03) The Beatles: "Nowhere Man" (1966) [3] {-} <121>
20.00 #05) Lou Christie: "Lightnin' Strikes" (1965/66) [1] {-} <40><101><197>
20.00 #21) Tommy Roe: "Sweet Pea" (1966) [8] {-} <46>
20.00 #25) Stevie Wonder: "I Was Made To Love Her" (1967) [2] {1} <112>
18.57 #08) The Esquires: "Get On Up" (1967) [11] {3} <55>
18.57 #22) Soupy Sales: "The Mouse" (1965) [76] {-} <159>
17.14 #04) Freddy Cannon: "Action" (1965) [13] {-} <42>
17.14 #23) The Supremes: "My World Is Empty Without You" (1966) [5] {10} <75>
15.71 #09) The Flamingos: "Lovers Never Say Goodbye" (1959) [52] {25} <12><97>
15.71 #17) Les Paul and Mary Ford: "Hummingbird" (1955) [7] {-}
15.71 #18) Peter and Gordon: "I Go To Pieces" (1965) [9] {-} <1><108>
15.71 #20) The Rascals: "A Ray Of Hope" (1968/69) [24] {36} <138>
14.29 #01) The Ad Libs: "He Ain't No Angel" (1965) [100] {-}
14.29 #07) Donovan with The Jeff Beck Group: "Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is
Hot)" (1969) [36] {-}
14.29 #10) Bobbie Gentry: "Okolona River Bottom Band" (1967) [54] {-}
14.29 #14) Gary Lewis and The Playboys: "The Loser (With A Broken Heart)"
(1967) [43] {-} <94>
13.57 #12) The Impressions: "You Must Believe Me" (1964) [11] {n/c} <90>
13.57 #19) Wilson Pickett: "Mini-Skirt Minnie" (1969) [50] {19}
12.86 #02) Joe Barry: "I'm a Fool to Care" (1961) [24] {15}
12.86 #06) The Dells: "Stay In My Corner" (1968) [10] {1} <202>
12.86 #13) Little Willie John: "You're A Sweetheart" (1958) [66] {14}
12.86 #16) Ricky Nelson: "Young Emotions" (1960) [12] {28} <142>
12.86 #24) The Toys: "Attack" (1965/66) [18] {-} <121>
11.43 #15) Jaye P. Morgan: "Danger! Heartbreak Ahead" (1955) [12] {-}
10.00 #T1) The Monkees: "Mary, Mary" (1967) [-] {-}
7.14 #11) Roy Head and The Traits: "Apple Of My Eye" (1965/66) [32] {-}
6.43 #T2) Vashti: "Train Song" (1966) [-] {-}
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