Date: 3 Oct 2011 21:36:56 -0000
Message-ID: <20111003213656.26698.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Howard Teitelbaum <golq296@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 296 (GOLQ296)
RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #296 (GOLQ296)
Congratulations to The Delphi Trivia Club and The EJ's & Co., who tied for
first with perfect scores.
Anne Hallerman, The GenaTeam, and Really Rockin' In Boston were just off the
pace, missing only a single tie-breaker. Just behind them was Virve Härkönen,
who solved all 25 regular songs.
After each song, I've given one or more links (YouTube, mostly). Audio
fidelity and permanence of links are not guaranteed!
As always, thanks to everyone who entered! The October 2011 quiz (GOLQ #297)
will be posted soon.
-- Howard Teitelbaum
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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)
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T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club (RussII, Jags5427, lauren001,
dezak, DJLovesKids, broadwa, HQR0, juliamd)
<rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 8 45+
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Jean, Kevin, Mitch, Vinnie,
Kyra, Kim, Kent <brombere&matc.edu> 8 25+
T03 500x+ AH Anne Hallerman <arhmwc77&yahoo.com> 1 55
T03 500.+ GT The GenaTeam <ah.rh&optusnet.com.au> 6 43 to 63
05 499.+ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 50s,60s
06 499.. VH Virve Härkönen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 30
07 490++ DE DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com 4 Various
08 460.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 54
09 450++ GC The Gypsy's Caravan <IrisS&aol.com> 4 OLD
10 440++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 --
11 360.+ VS Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 3-4 boomers
12 340.. NA NAVAIRHEADS (Tom and Rick) <tompillion&comcast.net> 2 65,60
13 320.. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 5 58,62,59,
Bigfoot Mae, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> -,59
14 220.. TT Team Teitelbaum North <no internet access> 2 50s,60s
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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 ++
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 ++
AH 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+
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 .+
RR 19 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 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ..
DE 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 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 ..
GC 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 . 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 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 ++
VS . . 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 ..
CO . . . . 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 ..
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 #296 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" = prior GOLQ(s) in which the song appeared, if any.
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Dreams come true
And if you get too far behind them
Someone else will find them
#01) Herb Alpert: "To Wait For Love" (1968) [51] {-}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fdY-jGJUCE
[Although later included on a "Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass" LP
(1969's "Warm"), the 1968 single was credited as a Herb Alpert solo.]
Lanterns of gold
Lanterns of blue
Twinkle in the shadows
While I dance with you
#02) The Ames Brothers: "A Very Precious Love" (1958) [23] {-}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaMMMlTsOrw
[Song is from the 1958 movie "Marjorie Morningstar," based on Herman Wouk's
1955 novel. It was performed by Gene Kelly in the movie.]
She's spinning like a top
Shimmying with that steady rock
Dipping up and down
And then she go 'round 'round and 'round
#03) Hank Ballard and The Midnighters: "The Hoochi Coochi Coo"
(1960/61) [23] {3} <161>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmlhXS1-sL8
I'm sorry now, so won't you come on back?
Oh-oh-oh-oh, why you wanna break my heart now?
You know that we should never never part
#04) The Chantels: "Well, I Told You" (1961/62) [29] {-}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tJUvbSSbQI
[Answer song to the Ray Charles #1 smash "Hit the Road Jack." The group's
manager, Richard Barrett (originally of The Valentines), sings the Ray
Charles-esque part in this recording.]
You've gotta shake your hands all around and around the sky
And then you buzz around the floor
You can do it if you really try
#05) Chubby Checker: "The Fly" (1961) [7] {11}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSG_zgKxRHk
Baby, my red dress in the cleaners
But my shift will steal the show
Baby, my red dress in the cleaners, child
But my shift will steal the show
Yes, it's fittin', child, it's fittin'
And it ain't the back that's cut too low
#06) Sugar Pie DeSanto: "Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers)"
(1964) [48] {n/c}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ONpPDlF0I
[Answer song to Tommy Tucker's contemporaneous hit "Hi-Heel Sneakers."]
Old Grandpa just made eighty years old
Man, he's crazy about this rock 'n' roll
#07) Fats Domino: "The Big Beat" (1957/58) [26] {15}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2ZOxzsBE8A
Good mornin', captain
Well, good mornin' to you, son
#08) The Fendermen: "Mule Skinner Blues" (1960) [5] {-} <41>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKzk_GZQr5A (Jimmie Rodgers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0NVxohHfRU (Fendermen)
[Written & first recorded by country legend Jimmie Rodgers in 1930, as
"Blue Yodel No. 8."]
When the odds are sayin' you'll never win
That's when the grin should start
#09) Eddie Fisher: "Heart" (1955) [6] {-}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ULydy8TyTo (Eddie Fisher)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVFwF5xBhgA (Four Aces feat. Al Alberts)
[Song is from the 1955 Broadway musical "Damn Yankees" - based on Douglas
Wallop's 1954 novel, "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant." The Four
Aces had a competing version on the charts at the same time; either artist
was an acceptable answer, as they both fit alphabetically.]
One can have a broken heart
Livin' in misery
#10) Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston: "It Takes Two" (1967) [14] {4} <78>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCwe2WftI7Y
Besides the coffee, they brought with 'em
A percolating kind of rhythm
That moves this old town upside down
Manhattan's gone Latin
#11) Eydie Gorme: "Can't Get Over (The Bossa Nova)" (1964) [87] {n/c}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbJMTO4UJDU
[Follow-up to her big 1963 hit, "Blame It On The Bossa Nova."]
You don't know how I feel
You'll never know how I feel
But when I needed you to come around
You always tried to put me down
#12) J. J. Jackson: "But It's Alright" (1966,1969) [22,45] {4,-} <27><89>
http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=40231&archive=68942&starttime=1:51:24
Got myself a gal named Sue
Treats me really fine
Yes, she's my baby
And I love her all the time
#13) The Kingston Trio: "A Worried Man" (1959) [20] {-} <40>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcvWrxrNk4k (Carter Family)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz7WZNjTPRA (Kingston Trio)
[First recorded by the Carter Family in 1930, as "Worried Man Blues" - same
melody & chorus as The Kingston Trio's version, but different verses.]
While the bluebirds sing their magic song
We will love the summer long
#14) Gary Lewis and The Playboys: "Green Grass" (1966) [8] {-} <58><142>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCfeMR3zTiY
You're readin' all them high-fashion magazines
The clothes you're wearin', girl, they're causin' public scenes
#15) The Monkees: "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (1966/67) [20] {-} <64><193>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tVrg2nFxKQ (Liverpool Five)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v0o0NZbMWg (Paul Revere and The Raiders)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUdIKdRuYc4 (Monkees)
[Written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart. Originally recorded by The Liverpool
Five (British expats in the U.S., although none from Liverpool); next by
Paul Revere and The Raiders on their 1966 "Midnight Ride" album - both sing
the 2nd line as "The clothes you're wearin' lately causin' public scenes."
The Monkees' version was the B-side of the #1 hit "I'm a Believer."]
And if you'll tell me you're my one girl
You'll make my whole life worth living
Just by giving
Your love to me
#16) Rick Nelson: "Young World" (1962) [5] {-} <64>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCioEY-Anio
[In the original quiz posting, I accidentally omitted the word "my" in the
2nd line of lyrics.]
When deep down inside you know
She will never want you
No matter what you do
#17) Gene Pitney: "It Hurts To Be In Love" (1964) [7] {n/c} <11><120>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW-cmdGaGSQ (Neil Sedaka)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ZPJS_wl9o (Gene Pitney)
[Originally recorded by Neil Sedaka; written by Howard Greenfield
(Sedaka's long-time songwriting partner) & Helen Miller. RCA refused to
release the song because it was not recorded at RCA's own studios (as
Sedaka's contract required). Greenfield & Miller then offered the song to
Gene Pitney - Sedaka's vocals were wiped from the mix, and Pitney's vocals
were recorded over the original backing tracks.]
I would beg and steal (beg and steal)
Just to feel (just to feel)
Your heart (I want your heart)
Beating close to mine (so close to mine)
#18) Elvis Presley: "Love Me" (1956/57) [2] {7} <93>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVMbqdBMk34 (Willy and Ruth)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8APTMRfDmKY (Elvis)
[Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, whose magnificent songwriting
partnership began in 1950, when both were 17. Leiber passed away on
August 22. They produced the original version by Willy and Ruth for their
Spark label in 1954. Elvis' version was released as an EP; it features
backing vocals by The Jordanaires, but they didn't start receiving label
credit until 1957.]
Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
#19) Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra: "Somethin' Stupid" (1967) [1] {-} <83><192>
http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=30352&archive=50714&starttime=1:00 (Carson and Gaile)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOiTv4MqK8M (Nancy & Frank)
[Written by C. Carson Parks, who first recorded it with his wife, Gaile
Foote, billed as "Carson and Gaile." Their original version appeared
on their 1966 LP, "San Antonio Rose."]
You make my heart go giddyup
You set the world on fire
You are my one desire
#20) Millie Small: "My Boy Lollipop" (1964) [2] {n/c} <29><183>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIF12DXaC60 (Barbie Gaye)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gh2kPdOedo (Millie Small)
[Originally recorded by Barbie Gaye in 1956 - her version spelled the
title as "My Boy Lollypop." Although a local hit in New York, Barbie's
version didn't chart nationally.]
Wear your hair just for him
#21) Dusty Springfield: "Wishin' And Hopin'" (1964) [6] {n/c} <11><140>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZbrDo6pvT8 (Dionne Warwick)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycbgHM1mI0k (Dusty Springfield)
[This Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition was originally recorded by
Dionne Warwick in 1963, as the B-side of "This Empty Place."]
Near the village
The quiet village
#22) The Tokens: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (1961/62) [1] {7} <18><167><240>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tZvke0G7eo ("Mbube"; Solomon Linda)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp6HaaRJQh4 ("Wimoweh"; Weavers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LBmUwi6mEo (Tokens)
[The song's saga began with a South African Zulu-language song called
"Mbube" ("lion"), written by Solomon Linda; he and his group, The Evening
Birds, recorded it in 1939. About a decade later, musicologist Alan Lomax
passed the song to Pete Seeger; Pete heard the song's refrain of "uyimbube"
("you are a lion") as "Wimoweh." His group, The Weavers, recorded their
version under that title in 1951, resulting in a #14 pop hit in 1952.
Another decade later, additional lyrics were added by George Weiss and
producers Hugo (Peretti) & Luigi (Creatore) for The Tokens' version.]
He's got me smilin' when I should be ashamed
Got me laughin' when my heart is in pain
#23) Ike & Tina Turner: "A Fool In Love" (1960) [27] {2} <49>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoPP1wkWr1s
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
#24) Frankie Valli: "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (1967) [2] {-} <45>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g-2JqVCubM
Loneliness is a cloak you wear
A deep shade of blue
Is always there
#25) The Walker Bros.: "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
(1966) [13] {-} <24><146>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbwS2SqNbEM (Frankie Valli)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NQQkfsieWc (Walker Bros.)
[Written by Bob Gaudio (of The 4 Seasons) and Bob Crewe (the Seasons'
producer). Frankie Valli released the original version of this song in
1965, which "bubbled under" at #128. Frankie sings the first line as
"Loneliness is the coat you wear."
The Gypsy's Caravan pointed out that the Walker Brothers "of course were
not brothers, nor were any of them named Walker." Drummer John Maus (who
died this past May) had been using the surname Walker prior to the group's
formation. Scott Engel and Gary Leeds became Scott Walker and Gary Walker
as part of the group, and have used the name professionally since then.]
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Tie-Breakers
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Go on, baby, do the boogaloo
Do anything you wanna do
Do it, baby, do that shing-a-ling
That Funky Broadway, everything
#T1) Chuck Edwards: "Downtown Soulville" (1967) [-] {-}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCSj-DLEHJk
[Listeners to WFMU (and if you're not, you should be!), the wonderful
eclectic free-form station, may recognize this as the theme song to
Mr. Fine Wine's weekly "Downtown Soulville" show.]
You could make a blind man see
You could make a crippled man walk
You could make the quietest man in the world talk
#T2) The Showmen: "39-21-46" (1963,1967) [-,101] {-,-}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYzRcSo2LtI
[Originally released as a single in 1963; re-released in 1967 and "bubbled
under" at #101. Written by the group's lead singer, the late "General"
Norman Johnson. The actual lyrics are "39-21-40 shape," but someone at
Minit Records mis-heard "40 shape" as "46," so that's how it appeared on
the label. The song has appeared in re-issues (and in other artists'
versions) as "39-21-40 Shape," so either title was accepted.]
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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 #14) Gary Lewis and The Playboys: "Green Grass"
(1966) [8] {-} <58><142>
20.00 #15) The Monkees: "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
(1966/67) [20] {-} <64><193>
20.00 #17) Gene Pitney: "It Hurts To Be In Love" (1964) [7] {n/c} <11><120>
20.00 #20) Millie Small: "My Boy Lollipop" (1964) [2] {n/c} <29><183>
20.00 #21) Dusty Springfield: "Wishin' And Hopin'" (1964) [6] {n/c} <11><140>
20.00 #22) The Tokens: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
(1961/62) [1] {7} <18><167><240>
20.00 #24) Frankie Valli: "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (1967) [2] {-} <45>
20.00 #25) The Walker Bros.: "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
(1966) [13] {-} <24><146>
18.57 #05) Chubby Checker: "The Fly" (1961) [7] {11}
18.57 #08) The Fendermen: "Mule Skinner Blues" (1960) [5] {-} <41>
18.57 #10) Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston: "It Takes Two" (1967) [14] {4} <78>
18.57 #12) J. J. Jackson: "But It's Alright"
(1966,1969) [22,45] {4,-} <27><89>
18.57 #16) Rick Nelson: "Young World" (1962) [5] {-} <64>
18.57 #19) Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra: "Somethin' Stupid"
(1967) [1] {-} <83><192>
17.14 #09) Eddie Fisher: "Heart" (1955) [6] {-}
15.71 #03) Hank Ballard and The Midnighters: "The Hoochi Coochi Coo"
(1960/61) [23] {3} <161>
15.71 #06) Sugar Pie DeSanto: "Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers)"
(1964) [48] {n/c}
15.71 #07) Fats Domino: "The Big Beat" (1957/58) [26] {15}
15.71 #13) The Kingston Trio: "A Worried Man" (1959) [20] {-} <40>
15.00 #18) Elvis Presley: "Love Me" (1956/57) [2] {7} <93>
14.29 #02) The Ames Brothers: "A Very Precious Love" (1958) [23] {-}
14.14 #01) Herb Alpert: "To Wait For Love" (1968) [51] {-}
13.57 #11) Eydie Gorme: "Can't Get Over (The Bossa Nova)" (1964) [87] {n/c}
12.86 #04) The Chantels: "Well, I Told You" (1961/62) [29] {-}
12.86 #23) Ike & Tina Turner: "A Fool In Love" (1960) [27] {2} <49>
12.86 #T2) The Showmen: "39-21-46" (1963,1967) [-,101] {-,-}
7.14 #T1) Chuck Edwards: "Downtown Soulville" (1967) [-] {-}
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