Date: 23 Apr 2012 05:27:38 -0000
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From: Regina Litman <golq302@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 302 (GOLQ302)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #302 (GOLQ302)
Congratulations to THE EJ'S & Co., Lehigh Valley Pa. Trivia Gang, and Delphi
Trivia Club, who took first place in this quiz with perfect scores of 500++.
Really Rockin' In Boston, with a score of 500.+, was closely behind. Tied for
third place with scores of 500.. were Mick Tursky and Virve Härkönen.
GOLQ302's mean score was 442, and the median was 487.5. The theme was songs
that peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 in leap years, which were also U.S.
Presidential Election years, Summer Olympics years, and back then, Winter
Olympics years. Virve Härkönen mentioned the leap years theme, while Really
Rockin' In Boston and Will McCorry noted the U.S. election years. As a result
of this theme, several years in the GOLQ era were not represented. However,
I did try to use some songs that entered the chart in the previous year but
didn't peak until the leap year or that peaked in the leap year but were
still on the chart the following year.
Also, I had hoped to divide the years evenly, with seven songs each, including
the tie-breakers (feeling fortunate to have found a song, "In The Still Of The
Nite," that charted in both 1956 and 1960), but various things conspired to
cause 1964 and 1968 to be overrepresented.
To further enhance the leap year theme, I included two artists who have
been listed in various places as having been born on February 29 in various
sources--Dinah Shore and Fleetwoods member Gretchen Christopher. At the last
minute, I included a group with a member who died on February 29.
I also chose some February 29 chart action. In 1960, Billboard's issue dates
were on Mondays, and February 29 fell on a Monday that year. The #1 Hot 100
song was an instrumental, "Theme from a Summer Place" by Percy Faith. Since
I wasn't going to do an audio GOLQ, I couldn't use it. However, the #1 R&B
song from that week is in this GOLQ. By 1964, Billboard's issue dates were on
Saturdays, and February 29 fell on a Saturday that year. The #1 Hot 100 song
was used too recently to be used in GOLQ302, but its separately charting
B-side was eligible and appears here. Both sides of this single were also on
that week's #1 album.
For each of the four years represented here, I also chose songs
representative of that year's dominant sound:
1956 - The beginning of rockabilly, some r&b, and lingering popularity of
pop vocals.
1960 - Vocal groups and singers.
1964 - Every song from this year is by a British Invasion artist (although I
came close to using "Farmer John" by the Premiers, which was recorded
during a live show on February 29 of that year).
1968 - Hippies, psychedelics, and soul, for the most part. Plus, there are
two songs that could be considered to be bubblegum music, another
genre that was "hot" that year.
My thanks to everyone who participated.
Tom and Rick (the NAVAIRHEADS) have posted GOLQ295.
-- Regina Litman <golq302@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++ EJ The EJ'S & Co. <brombere&matc.edu> 6 25+
Ellis, Jean, Kyra, Mitch, Vinnie, Kevin
T01 500++ LV Lehigh Valley Trivia Club <lowtekman5&aol.com> 6
Dino Dinardo, Frank Glaz, Carl Cope,
Ed Czaplicki, Mike Gessner, Joel Lipman
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 8 40+
RussII, HQR0, Carbonel, Clueless139
DVALPirate, Jags, und, marlnoe
04 500.+ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 50s,60s
T05 500.. MT Mick Tursky <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 1
T05 500.. VH Virve Harkonen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 31
07 498++ VI The Village Idiots <Roxie1971&aol.com>
08 497++ LB Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 4-5 boomers
09 495++ JW James White <jjwhite6&woh.rr.com> 1 63
10 490++ GE The GenaTeam <ah.rh&optusnet.com.au> 1 64
11 485++ EM DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 5 various
12 483.. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&comcast.net> 2 65,60
13 480.+ WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 54
14 453.+ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1
15 435.. BP BP Oz <brian&opossumsystems.com> 2 boomers
16 420.+ CO The Coasters <rns&san.rr.com> 4 59-63
Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, Bigfoot Mae
17 360.. TT Team Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 4 49-62
Howard, Bonnie, Patty, Pat
18 346.. KF The Kreitzer Family <gromit82&hotmail.com> 1
19 263.. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 38
20 135.. BS Bryan Shailer <bryanshailer&rogers.com> 1 48
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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
LV 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
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
MT 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
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 20
VI 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
LB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
JW 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20
GE 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
EM 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20
NA 20 19 20 18 15 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 15 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
MW 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20
BP 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 15 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
TT - 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 - - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20
KF - 20 18 20 18 - 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20
JR 20 20 - - 15 - - - 18 20 - - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 10 - 20 - 20 -
BS - 20 - - 15 - - - 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 #302 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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Oh I guess they'll never know
How a young heart really feels
And why I love her so
#01) Anka, Paul: Puppy Love (1960) [2] {-}
A remake by Donny Osmond went to #3 in 1972. Not to be confused with a
different song called "Puppy Love" by Barbara Lewis that peaked at #38
in 1964. (This is the first of at least three times in this GOLQ in which
I refer to another song, not included here, that peaked at #38.)
We danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long I fell in love with her
Now I'll never dance with another
#02) Beatles, The: I Saw Her Standing There (1964) [14] {n/c}
Separately-charting B-side of the #1 Hot 100 song on February 29, 1964,
"I Want To Hold Your Hand." Also on the #1 album of that week, MEET THE
BEATLES. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who are represented
by another song later in this GOLQ.
People talk and try to break us up
Oh well we know they don't understand
But I don't care what the people may say
I'm gonna keep on holding her hand
#03) Clark, Dave, Five, The: Can't You See That She's Mine (1964) [4] {n/c}
How did Wiscon sin, boy?
She stole a new brass key
Too bad that Arksan saw, boy
And so did Tenna see
#04) Como, Perry: Delaware (1960) [22] {-}
I looked at Perry Como's songs with the intention of finding one for 1956.
The title of this one intrigued me because the area code for the state of
Delaware is 302, and this was to be GOLQ302. When I played it, I realized
that it was a silly song that I knew in my childhood, but I never knew what
it was called or who sang it.
Team Teitelbaum: Song contains a series of puns on the names of U.S. states.
Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother
What will I be?
Will I be handsome?
Will I be rich?
#05) Day, Doris: Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) (1956) [2] {-}
When I heard this song as a child, I thought it was about a girl whose name
was Kay Serasera.
Bryan Shailer: Although it doesn't fit alphabetically, I much prefer Normie
Rowe's version from Australia--particularly these days when he does it live
since his voice has matured considerably since the late 60s when he was King
of Pop.
It is indeed quite different. It's on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnEF9TnK51U
Another intriguing version, joining "Secret Love" by Billy Stewart in the
category of Doris Day songs redone by r&b performers named Stewart, is by
Sylvester Stewart's group, better known as Sly and the Family Stone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtjcC8iqHl0
I'm thinking of
What it would be like if she loved me
You know just lately
This happy song it came along
#06) Donovan: Jennifer Juniper (1968) [26] {-}
Donovan is a 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
In early 1968, there were two hit records about Jennifers, both by artists
from the U.K. The other was used in GOLQ301--"Jennifer Eccles" by the
Hollies, who are also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At the time, I
thought of Jennifer as a name that was more popular in the U.K. than in the
U.S. Indeed, I had only known one girl with that name when I was growing up,
and she spelled it as Jenifer. A few months later, we got new neighbors.
They had a newborn baby girl named Jennifer. Despite the two songs from
earlier in the year, I thought it was an unusual name. Of course, she was
only the first of many more Jennifers I was to meet or learn about over the
next 40+ years!
I held you, held you tight
'Cause I love, love you so
Promise I'll never let you go
#07) Five Satins, The: In The Still Of The Nite (1956,1960,1961) [24,81,99] {3}
In 1998, I learned that there is another classic song called "In The Still
Of The Night" (a spelling for which I gave full credit for this song). It
was written for the 1937 movie ROSALIE by Cole Porter (who also wrote the
Four Seasons' "I've Got You Under My Skin" and Harper's Bizarre's "Anything
Goes"), and reached #38 by Dion and the Belmonts in 1960.
Someday if you're lonely and you'll want me only
Here's what to do
(What should I do?)
Call me my darling
#08) Fleetwoods, The: Outside My Window (1960) [28] {-}
I know of two groups with the word Fleetwood in their name. Each one in
its most successful recording period was comprised of two women and an odd
number of men. The Fleetwoods had one man, Gary Troxel, and two women, both
born in February 1940. Barbara Ellis was born on February 20, and Gretchen
Christopher was born on February 29. (An earlier Whitburn edition listed
Gretchen Christopher's date of birth as February 29 in a non-leap year, but
it has been corrected since then.)
Woke up this morning feeling fine
There's something special on my mind
Last night I met a new girl in the neighborhood
#09) Herman's Hermits: I'm Into Something Good (1964/65) [13] {n/c}
Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
Team Teitelbaum: Cover of a minor hit by Earl-Jean from earlier in '64.
If I could
You'd see how much you
Send those shivers running down my spine
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
#10) Honeycombs, The: Have I The Right? (1964) [5] {n/c}
What I remember most about this group is that they had a female drummer.
You don't need anybody to kiss you
Every day I'll be here by your side
Don't go 'way
I'm afraid I might miss you
#11) Kramer, Billy J. with the Dakotas: I'll Keep You Satisfied
(1964) [30] {n/c}
Really Rockin' In Boston: Arguably the first of the major British Invasion
groups to disappear from Top 40 radio, they were gone just as the Hermits
were making their debut.
Most of their hits, including this one, were written by John Lennon and Paul
McCartney, but they also had chart entries written by one and a half of the
songwriting teams featured in GOLQ285. I do remember one later song by them,
although it wasn't a big hit, the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song "Trains
and Boats and Planes." Mort Shuman co-wrote their biggest hit "Little
Children" along with J. Leslie McFarland.
I used only one line from this song in GOLQ221, where it was the 24th most
recognized song (4th from the bottom) with a 14.70 average. This time, with
a four-line snippet, it moved up one notch, to 23, with a very slightly
better average of 14.80. Both quizzes had 20 entries. It's probably just not
a very familiar song to many people.
Wo-oh-oh the pain
Some folks run and others hide
There ain't nothing they can do
And some folks put on armor
#12) Leapy Lee: Little Arrows (1968) [16] {-}
I picked this one for the Leapy artist name in a leap year-themed quiz.
And then she showed me what to do
First I was amazed
Soon I learned a step or two
Put me in a daze
#13) Little Anthony & the Imperials: Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop
(1959/60) [24] {14}
I have to confess to misheard lyrics here. When this song was a hit, I was
seven years old and usually had pre-sweetened cereals for breakfast each day
(that is, if I didn't have a doughnut, cupcake, or piece of pastry instead).
One of my favorites was a new variety called Cocoa Puffs. And when I first
heard this song, I thought they were singing, "Jimmy, Jimmy Cocoa Puffs!"
Her loving arms reach out for me
Soon I'll be heading home
Then my sailing days will be over
And no more will I roam
#14) Martin, Vince, with the Tarriers: Cindy, Oh Cindy (1956/57) [9] {-}
She's the same little girl who used to hang around my door
But she sure looks different than the way she looked before
#15) Monkees, The: Valleri (1968) [3] {-}
February 29 has not been lucky for the Monkees. Mike Nesmith, who wrote and
sang lead on the separately charting B-side of this one, "Tapioca Tundra,"
got married on February 29, 1976, but it didn't last. And then Davy Jones,
who sang lead on "Valleri," died on February 29, 2012. Jessica Raine and
Team Teitelbaum pointed out his recent passing.
Team Teitelbaum: Flamenco-esque guitar was by Louie Shelton.
Well it's one for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
#16) Perkins, Carl: Blue Suede Shoes (1956) [2] {2}
This record and the next both entered the Hot 100 the week of March 3, 1956,
just after February 29. Both were the first Hot 100 entries for their
respective artists. I chose this song and the highly recognizable lines
from it because I had recently seen a movie called ONE FOR THE MONEY, based
on the novel of the same name by Janet Evanovich. A senior citizen actress
named Debbie Reynolds plays an elderly grandmother in this film. It can't be
the same Debbie Reynolds who starred in TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR, because that
Debbie Reynolds was a young woman! (I've had this same reaction upon seeing
Shirley McLaine and ex-McCartney girlfriend Jane Asher playing elderly women
in 21st century films!)
Well now, if your baby leaves you
And you've got a tale to tell
Well just take a walk down lonely street
#17) Presley, Elvis: Heartbreak Hotel (1956) [1] {3}
As was just noted, this was his first Hot 100 entry.
You're searchin' for good times
But just wait and see
You'll come runnin' back
(I won't have to worry no more)
You'll come runnin' back
(Spend the rest of my life with you baby)
#18) Rolling Stones, The: Time Is On My Side (1964/65) [6] {n/c}
Team Teitelbaum: Written by Jerry Ragovoy (as "Norman Meade") for jazz
trombonist Kai Winding in 1963. Winding's original is mostly instrumental,
with the only backing vocals being "time is on my side" and "you'll come
runnin' back." Jimmy Norman wrote the remaining lyrics for Irma Thomas'
version in 1964. The Stones then recorded the song twice; first version
in mid-'64 was on the U.S. "12 x 5" LP and single; this has an organ-only
intro. The second, from the end of '64, was released on the U.K. "Rolling
Stones No. 2" LP in early '65; this has a guitar-and-organ intro and a
tighter arrangement, as well as slightly different lyrics. Both writers
(Ragovoy and Norman) passed away in 2011.
Don't think that I don't need ya
Don't think I don't wanna please ya
But no child of mine will be bearin'
The name of shame I been wearin'
#19) Ross, Diana, and the Supremes: Love Child (1968/69) [1] {2}
I chose this because it peaked in 1968 but was still on the chart when
1969 began.
I'll never know what made it so exciting
Why all at once
My heart took flight
#20) Shore, Dinah: I Could Have Danced All Night (1956) [93] {-}
Jessica Raine: This is from the musical MY FAIR LADY (by Lerner and Loewe).
Dinah Shore's date of birth is shown in some places as February 29, 1916,
although the Whitburn TOP POP SINGLES and TOP R&B/HIP-HOP SINGLES books show
it as March 1, 1917. (Yes, she had some songs on the R&B chart in the 1940s.)
I decided that since she is listed in enough places with a February 29
birthdate, I would include her in this GOLQ. Originally, I planned to include
her bigger hit, "Love and Marriage," which peaked at #20, because it entered
the chart in 1955. However, I couldn't come up with something to separate
this alphabetcally from Frank Sinatra's version, which also peaked in 1956.
While I would have considered Frank Sinatra a correct answer in such a
situation, I really wanted Dinah Shore to be the artist for this GOLQ.
But even this almost backfired on me. It turns out that there were three
charting versions of "I Could Have Danced All Night" in 1956, no doubt to
coincide with the musical's success. There was also a 1963 version by Ben E.
King that reached #72, the same position that a 1976 version by the Biddu
Orchestra reached. One of the other 1956 versions was by Rosemary Clooney;
it reached #49. But the highest charting version of this song was the other
1956 version, by Sylvia Symms. Her rendition peaked at #20. Two GOLQ entries
named Sylvia Symms as the artist. One of them spelled it as Sylvia Simms,
a spelling that allowed it to fit alphabetically before #21 and #22, which
this entry also identified. The other entry spelled her name correctly but
had also listed only the Supremes as the artist for #20. So far, this entry
had everything in the proper alphabetical order. However, it also identified
#21 and #22 correctly, thus throwing off the alphabetizing. After some
thought, I decided to give full credit for the artist to both entries.
Two other entries named Frank Sinatra as the artist. It turns out that he
did record it, but it never charted. However, I gave these entries some
credit. Two other entries identified the title but didn't know any of the
artists.
It's all too beautiful!
It's all too beautiful!
It's all too beautiful!
It's all too beautiful!
#21) Small Faces, The: Itchykoo Park (1967/68 (peaked in 1968)) [16] {-}
The Small Faces, later known as the Faces, are 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame inductees.
Now listen honey
I just want to be beside you everywhere
As long as we're together honey I don't care
'Cause you started somethin'
Now can't you see
#22) Springfield, Dusty: I Only Want To Be With You (1964) [12] {n/c}
Bryan Shailer: The Bay City Rollers covered this one reasonably well (and
yes, I know that sounds like an oxymoron) but they don't fit alphabetically.
For #22, even though Dusty was the original & best, The Tourists may also
fit but I can't be sure because I didn't get any of the clues after this one.
I think that was basically the Eurythmics before they became The Eurythmics.
Actually, the versions by the Bay City Rollers (which I also enjoy) and the
Tourists were released after the GOLQ era. The Bay City Rollers' version
also peaked at #12. I had never heard or heard of the one by the Tourists
until I went searching for it on YouTube after receiving Bryan Shailer's
entry. It only reached #83 in 1980. Perhaps it was a bigger hit elsewhere.
Nicolette Larson took her rendition to #53 in 1982. Here is the Tourists'
version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cXOesI1Aw0
The way you call me darlin', darlin'
Sets my heart to skating
And if I'm out in the rain, baby
And in a bad situation
You know I just reach back in my mind
#23) Sweet Inspirations, The: Sweet Inspiration (1968) [18] {5}
Earlier in February, before Davy Jones died, when I first began putting this
quiz together, I chose this song as one to pay tribute to someone who had
died that month--post-GOLQ hitmaker Whitney Houston. Her mother, Cissy, was
a member of the Sweet Inspirations and survives her. My sympathy goes to her
surviving family, which also includes her cousin, Dionne Warwick. The family
lost Dionne's sister, Dee Dee, in 2008.
'Cause so badly I wanna go outside
(Such a lovely day)
But everyone knows that a man ain't supposed to cry
Listen
I gotta cry 'cause cryin'
Eases the pain, aw yeah
#24) Temptations, The: I Wish It Would Rain (1968) [4] {1}
This was the #1 R&B song the week that included February 29, 1968. Like
1960, the #1 Hot 100 song that week was an instrumental--"Love Is Blue" by
Paul Mauriat. So was the #1 Hot 100 song the week that included February 29,
1956--"Lisbon Antigua" by Nelson Riddle.
Gladys Knight and the Pips' version of this song reached #41 the same year.
I have always thought that the introduction to this song sounded a lot like
that of "Message To Michael" by Dionne Warwick.
Well now it takes more than a robin to make the winter go
And it takes two lips afire to melt away the snow
Well it takes two hearts a-cookin' to make a fire grow
#25) Washington, Dinah & Brook Benton: Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
(1960) [5] {1}
This was the #1 R&B song the week of February 29, 1960. It is a song I had
heard of but didn't think I had ever heard. However, after I played it, I
realized that I had heard it before. It wasn't until I was putting together
the results that I realized that there are two singers named Dinah (and one
named Diana) in this GOLQ.
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Tie-Breakers
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Well when I saw you baby
I couldn't ignore you
And I wanted you for my girl
And when you said Yeah
I just couldn't care about anyone else in this world
#T1) Animals, The: Baby, Let Me Take You Home (1964) [102] {n/c}
This was the B-side of "Gonna Send You Back To Walker (Gonna Send You Back
To Georgia)," which peaked at #57.
Yeah I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
You know that I could be in love with almost everyone
I think that people are the greatest fun
And I will be alone again tonight with you
#T2) Love: Alone Again Or (1968,1970) [123,99] {-}
This was the most remarked-upon song among this quiz's entries.
Really Rockin' In Boston: Written by band member Bryan MacLean, who failed
his audition to be in #15 (as did Stephen Stills). Lead song from FOREVER
CHANGES, one of the classic albums of the 60s.
Mike Weaver: I believe that T2 was a bubbler before breaking out into the
top 100 in 1970. The two issues were on different numbered records as I
recall.
DEC & Friends sent in a fairly lengthy write-up that was taken from an
uncredited outside source. I discovered that this is part of the Wikipedia
entry for the song, which is at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_Again_Or
I was a big fan of the group Love, and this is one of my favorite songs by
the group.
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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.
Although the two tie-breakers ranked at the bottom, "Alone Again Or" did
better than I expected. "Itchykoo Park" also did better than I expected,
although the lyrics I chose perhaps made it too easy. None of the songs did
worse than I expected them to do, with the possible exception of "I'll Keep
You Satisfied," but some ranked fairly low because of small point deductions.
Rank Avg. Song
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T01 20.00 #16) Perkins, Carl: Blue Suede Shoes
T01 20.00 #17) Presley, Elvis: Heartbreak Hotel
T01 20.00 #22) Springfield, Dusty: I Only Want To Be With You
04 19.95 #02) Beatles, The: I Saw Her Standing There
05 19.90 #09) Herman's Hermits: I'm Into Something Good
T06 19.00 #13) Little Anthony & the Imperials: Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop
T06 19.00 #15) Monkees, The: Valleri
T06 19.00 #21) Small Faces, The: Itchykoo Park
T06 19.00 #24) Temptations, The: I Wish It Would Rain
10 18.75 #19) Ross, Diana, and the Supremes: Love Child
11 18.60 #05) Day, Doris: Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
12 18.50 #18) Rolling Stones, The: Time Is On My Side
T13 18.00 #07) Five Satins, The: In The Still Of The Nite
T13 18.00 #10) Honeycombs, The: Have I The Right?
T13 18.00 #25) Washington, Dinah & Brook Benton: Baby (You've Got What It
16 17.90 #04) Como, Perry: Delaware
17 17.50 #20) Shore, Dinah: I Could Have Danced All Night
18 17.00 #01) Anka, Paul: Puppy Love
19 16.90 #03) Clark, Dave, Five, The: Can't You See That She's Mine
T20 15.00 #06) Donovan: Jennifer Juniper
T20 15.00 #12) Leapy Lee: Little Arrows
T20 15.00 #23) Sweet Inspirations, The: Sweet Inspiration
23 14.80 #11) Kramer, Billy J. with the Dakotas: I'll Keep You Satisfied
24 14.20 #14) Martin, Vince, with the Tarriers: Cindy, Oh Cindy
25 13.00 #08) Fleetwoods, The: Outside My Window
26 12.00 #T2) Love: Alone Again Or
27 8.00 #T1) Animals, The: Baby, Let Me Take You Home
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