Date: 26 Jun 2013 04:36:10 -0000
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From: Regina Litman <golq316@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 316 (GOLQ316)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #316 (GOLQ316)
Congratulations to the Village Idiots, Delphi Trivia Club, The EJ'S & Co.,
and our latest first-time quizmaster Mike Weaver (thanks to Mike for a
challenging GOLQ315), who took first place in this quiz with perfect
scores of 500++. Closely behind with a score of 500+. was Virve Harkonen.
The three themes are:
1. The name Sandy, inspired by Superstorm Sandy that hit the northeastern
U.S. last year. I used a few spelling variations and also the name Sandra,
which often leads to the nickname of Sandy. Sandy can also be a male name.
I included one song about a guy named Sandy plus a group with a male member
with this name (performing one of the two-fer songs because it fits into
category 3). One male Sandy I wasn't able to use, however, was Sandy Nelson
because all of his charting entries were instrumentals. To compensate, of
the two songs that don't fit any of the three themes, one is by a singer
with the last name of Nelson, and the other is by an artist who worked
with Sandy Nelson on some of this artist's other recordings (but apparently
not this one).
2. The name Jones, which came about after George Jones died. The song of his
that I wanted to use also charted by Jack Jones, who is the next artist
alphabetically in the GOLQ era. I wanted to ensure that George Jones was
the correct response, so I decided to use a Jack Jones song, too. For the
same reason that I couldn't use Sandy Nelson, I couldn't use Quincy Jones,
either, although it turns out that all of his Hot 100 chart entries came
in 1970 and later. However, one of the Sandy songs is by an artist whom
he discovered and produced earlier in this artist's career.
3. To commemorate the passing of the 100th GOLQ since my first one, GOLQ215,
I revisted the not-too-esoteric Neil Diamond theme without making it the
entire theme of the quiz. I included a few songs that he wrote and/or
performed.
In addition to Neil Diamond, several other well-known songwriters/songwriting
teams are represented by songs in this GOLQ: Mitchell Parish (lyricist for a
lot of pop standards, including "Star Dust" and "Sleigh Ride"), Jerry Leiber
and Mike Stoller, John Lennon and Paul McCartney (although the song was
actually just written by Paul), Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Burt Bacharach
and Hal David, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, Mick Jagger and Keith Richard,
the Motown-based team of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, Bob Dylan, and
the relatively unknown but quite prolific John D. Loudermilk, who wrote TWO
songs that are in this GOLQ.
GOLQ316's mean score was 399.18, and the median was 496.
My thanks to everyone who participated.
Tom and Rick (the NAVAIRHEADS) have posted GOLQ317.
-- Regina Litman <golq316@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++ VI The Village Idiots <Roxie1971&aol.com> 5
(Roxanne, Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy)
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club (RussII, Jags, DVALPirate, und83, 7 40+
lauren011, broadwa, HQR0) <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com>
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Kevin, Mitch, Everett, Vinnie 5 50+
<brombere&matc.edu>
T01 500++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1
05 500+. VH Virve Harkonen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 32
T06 498++ JF John Fox <FourHbcaps&aol.com> 1 61
T06 498++ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 50s,60s
T06 498++ EM DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 5 Various
09 496++ LB Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu>5or6 boomers
10 460++ WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 55
11 416.. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&comcast.net> 1 66
12 380+. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 4 60-64
Bigfoot Mae) <rns&san.rr.com>
13 328++ TA Team Asia (Barry Chamish, Mitch Herczeg) 2
<chamish&netvision.net.il>
14 280.+ TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie, Patty, Pat) 4 50-63
<hat_pat&yahoo.com>
15 184.. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 39
16 180.. TO Tom O'Connor <tom23oc&comcast.net> 1 50ish
17 68.. BS Bryan Shailer <bryanshailer&rogers.com> 1 49
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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
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
MW 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
JF 20 18 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 18
EM 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18
LB 20 18 20 20 18 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
NA 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 18
CO 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 - - 20 20 20 - - 20
TA 20 18 - 20 10 20 - 20 0 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 0 20 20 20
TT 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 - - 20
JR 20 18 - 20 10 18 - 20 - - - 20 - - - 20 - - - 20 - - - - 18
TO 20 - - 20 10 10 - 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 - - - - - - - - 20
BS 20 - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - 18
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #316 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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A lovely girl with sunlight in her hair
And take the brightest stars up in the skies
And place them in her eyes for me
#01) Avalon, Frankie: "Venus" (1959) [1] {10}
I didn't care for any of the songs by Annette, who died recently, so I
filled the lead-off spot she would have occupied with a song by the guy who
co-starred in all of those BEACH PARTY movies with her. But there's another
reason that Frankie Avalon is in this GOLQ--he also appeared in the 1978
movie GREASE, which has a song called "Sandy."
Also in the 1970s, Frankie charted again with a disco version of this song,
but it only reached #45. This is the first of two songs in this GOLQ that
charted as a remake by the same artist in the 1970s.
Do you know what it's like on the outside
Don't go talking too loud
You'll cause a landslide
#02) Bee Gees, The: "New York Mining Disaster 1941
(Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones)" (1967) [14] {-}
This was their first Billboard chart entry. And I just realized that they
have a GREASE connection, too--Barry Gibb wrote the title song for the
movie version.
Team Teitelbaum--Written by Barry & Robin Gibb. The actual disaster that
inspired the song took place in late 1966 in Aberfan (Wales), when an
enormous pile of excavated material from the local mine, stored on a hill
above the town, slid down after a rainstorm, killing hundreds.
You're like a dream
Not always what you seem
And though my heart may break when I awake
#03) Charles, Ray: "Ruby" (1960) [28] {10}
This song was recorded by Neil Diamond on his 1998 album, THE MOVIE ALBUM:
AS TIME GOES BY. It was featured in the 1952 film RUBY GENTRY. It was
written by Hein Roemheld and Mitchell Parish. Adam Wade also charted with
this song in 1960, reaching #58.
And then
He tied her up
And then
He threw her on the railroad track
And then
A train started coming
And then
And then
#04) Coasters, The: "Along Came Jones" (1959) [9] {14}
Like most of the Coasters' hits, this was written by Leiber and Stoller.
This is the second GOLQ in a row that I've done in which I've included a
song that later charted for Ray Stevens. His version was also in the GOLQ
era, reaching #27 in 1969.
When I put this GOLQ together, this portion of the lyrics struck me as
fascinating. However, on May 22, I was a passenger on a train that struck
and killed someone, so I don't think I would have used these particular
lyrics now.
In a couple of years
They have built a home sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones
#05) Conley, Arthur: "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (1969) [51] {41}
I wondered if either the Beatles or Elvis Presley had the name Jones in
any of their lyrics. When I searched the web, I didn't find any by Elvis,
but I did find two songs by the Beatles. Both are on their double album
THE BEATLES, commonly known as THE WHITE ALBUM. Neither had been a charting
single in the GOLQ era for the group, but I remembered hearing this song by
Arthur Conley on the radio. When I looked it up and saw that it had made the
Hot 100, I decided to use it. The other WHITE ALBUM song with Jones in the
lyrics is "Yer Blues." It contains a reference to Mr. Jones in the song that
is the first tie-breaker in this GOLQ.
The Beatles' version of this song charted and peaked at #49 in 1976. I never
knew this before. I wonder what caused this to happen.
Team Teitelbaum--Written by Paul McCartney; the Beatles' original version
appeared in 1968 on the WHITE ALBUM. The song's title/refrain ("Ob-la-di,
ob-la-da, life goes on, bra") was a stock phrase of Jimmy Scott-Emuakpor,
a Nigerian conga player who was an acquaintance of McCartney's.
She got the way to move me (alll-right)
She got the way to groove me
#06) Diamond, Neil: "Cherry, Cherry" (1966) [6] {-}
I ended up using the wrong Neil Diamond song in this GOLQ! I remembered
finding a version by a male singer named Sandy of one of Neil's early hits
on Bang records. I thought it was this song. After I officially released
this GOLQ, I went looking for it on YouTube. It was then that I learned
that the song done by this guy named Sandy was "Solitary Man"! "Solitary
Man" was eligible for inclusion in this GOLQ, so I would have used it if I
had remembered this fact properly. In the meantime, I wasn't that far off.
"Solitary Man" by Sandy was a U.K. release. I think I got confused because
I had also found a U.K. cover of "Cherry, Cherry," done by Jonathan King.
While King had a lot of hits in the U.K. (but only one in the U.S.), his
version of "Cherry, Cherry," released in 1970, was not a success.
This is the second of two songs in this GOLQ that charted as a remake by
the same artist in the 1970s. A live version taken from the HOT AUGUST NIGHT
album reached #31 in 1973.
"Solitary Man" by Sandy: http://youtube.com/watch?v=9Bm3C37d5bY
"Cherry, Cherry" by Jonathan King: http://youtube.com/watch?v=IAKkfzPjjUE
All these words of pain
I can't explain
Oh, all those tears I cry for you
Better luck the next time
#07) Dion: "Sandy" (1963) [21] {-}
I keep a-tellin' you
Right smack dab in the middle of town
I've found a paradise that's troubleproof
#08) Drifters, The: "Up On The Roof" (1962/63) [5] {4}
Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded by Neil Diamond on
his 1993 album, UP ON THE ROOF: SONGS FROM THE BRILL BUILDING. Vito &
the Salutations mentioned the Neil Diamond recording.
Each night I pray to heaven
Way up above
That you won't forget me
And give somebody else your
#09) Ferguson, Johnny: "Angela Jones" (1960) [27] {-}
This is the first of the two songs written by John D. Loudermilk. Around
the same time that I realized that I used the wrong Neil Diamond song, I
discovered that I left a word out of the lyrics. The third line should have
read, "That you won't ever forget me." I apologize if it caused anyone to
miss out on the correct answer.
Loudermilk also did his own version of the song. In fact, it was his version
with which I was familiar until the past few years. A neighbor at whose
house I sometimes hung out had this record.
"Angela Jones" by John D. Loudermilk: http://youtube.com/watch?v=v-T83THZlXI
We're on a date, I take a ride, my baby's by my side
Top down, beach bound
Music on the radio that makes you want to go
Sky high, my guy
#10) Gore, Lesley: "Summer And Sandy" (1967) [65] {-}
Lesley Gore was discovered and originally produced by Quincy Jones, but I
don't know if he was still producing her by the time this song came out four
years later. In this song, Sandy is obviously male. But maybe Lesley Gore
was hoping for a female Sandy to come along....
Young love is tender, gentle, and kind
And everywhere I go
There you will find
#11) Hall, Larry: "Sandy" (1959/60) [15] {-}
If I'm laden at all
I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart isn't filled with a gladness
Of love for one another
#12) Hollies, The: "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (1969/70) [7] {-}
The Hollies were chosen for this GOLQ because they reached #85 with a song
called "Sandy" in 1975. This "Sandy" was written by New Jersey native Bruce
Springsteen with the title "4th of July, Asbury Park" and was released on
his first album, THE WILD, THE INNOCENT, & THE E STREET SHUFFLE. Asbury Park
is in the vicinity of where Superstorm Sandy hit. It's ironic.
This song was chosen because Neil Diamond charted with his own version later
in 1970, reaching #20. Contrary to popular belief, he didn't write this song.
It was written by Bob Russell and Bob Scott. This was not the same Bobby
Russell who had a hit song called "Saturday Morning Confusion" and also
wrote such songs as "Little Green Apples." This Bob Russell died not long
after writing "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother." I believe the piano on this
record was played by Elton John, who was still an unknown (at least in the
U.S.) at the time.
"Sandy" by the Hollies: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qRF5GONIr6U
"4th of July, Asbury Park" by Bruce Springsteen:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v-T83THZlXI
And one day it's gonna come for sure
The day that I've been livin' for
You wait and see
It's gonna be
#13) Jay & the Americans: "Sunday And Me" (1965) [18] {-}
Jay & the Americans were chosen for this GOLQ because one of the members was
Sandy Yaguda, a male Sandy. This song was chosen because it was written by
Neil Diamond. Another reason is that Jay & the Americans recorded a version
in French in which the name Sunday is translated to Sandy.
"Sandy et Moi" by Jay & the Americans: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OaG6l7FEMwo
And it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all
#14) Jones, George: "The Race Is On" (1965) [96] {-}
I am not too familiar with the work of George Jones. Most of what I know
about him is that he was once married to Tammy Wynette. Yet of the three
GOLQs that have featured a George Jones recording, I have done two of them!
I knew this song by Jack Jones when it was climbing the chart to #15, also
in 1965. It was likely played on radio stations to which my parents listened
in the car and on the kitchen radio. I didn't learn about the George Jones
version until the Internet era. No entries gave Jack Jones as the artist for
this one, although one entry that did not get #15 gave both. I would have
given credit for any entry that named Jack Jones for this song but did not
properly identify him as the artist for #15.
Team Teitelbaum--George (R.I.P.) also wrote the song. Jack Jones' cover was
the bigger pop hit.
Dim all the lights
Pour the wine
Start the music
Time to get ready for love
#15) Jones, Jack: "Wives And Lovers" (1963/64) [14] {-}
This song was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was Jack Jones'
biggest hit single. I remember my parents telling me that he was the son of
a singer named Allan Jones, who is best remembered for a song called "Donkey
Serenade." Jack Jones, like Andy Williams and later Kenny Loggins, often
recorded movie theme songs. This song is noted in my Whitburn book as being
"inspired by the movie" with this title, so it may not have actually been
in the film.
Other artists with the last name of Jones who charted in the GOLQ era were
Etta, Jimmy, Joe, Kay Cee, Linda, Tamiko, and, of course, Tom. Plus there
was one more who charted once in the GOLQ era as a solo artist but is better
remembered as a member of a group in which the lead vocals were rotated
among the members. This group appears later in this GOLQ with a song on
which this person sang lead.
Well, I'm hers (I'm hers)
She's mine (She's mine)
I'm hers, she's mine
Wedding bells are gonna chime
#16) Manfred Mann: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (1964) [1] {n/c}
This song was written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. It reached #78 as
done by the Exciters earlier in 1964. It is a two-fer--the lead singer's
name was Paul Jones, and Neil Diamond recorded it on the UP ON THE ROOF:
SONGS FROM THE BRILL BUILDING album.
Bryan Shailer points out that this is not Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "which
was a 1970s incarnation well after this."
Well I've been waitin' ever since eight
Guess my baby's got another date
#17) Nelson, Ricky: "Stood Up" (1957/58) [2] {4}
This was not part of any of the three major themes except for the coin-
cidental same last name as Sandy Nelson (apparently not related to Ricky).
And I realized after I put this GOLQ together that a mini-theme for this
song and #22 is songs about being stood up.
This is the first time I have felt this way
Love is the grooviest thing up til now in the world
#18) Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The: "It's A Happening Thing" (1967) [93] {-}
The female lead singer was Barbara "Sandi" Robison. Based on the amount of
airplay this song got on the radio stations in the Washington, DC, area in
early 1967, I was surprised to learn that it only reached #93 nationally.
According to information at http://www.peanutbutterconspiracy.com/barbara/
"Barbara acquired the nickname 'Sandi'" because she "used an ID with the
name Sandi Moon in order to get in and sing" at a club in Santa Monica.
What makes me keep on
Puttin' up with this
What keeps me kneelin'
Underneath my master's kiss?
#19) Posey, Sandy: "What A Woman In Love Won't Do" (1967) [31] {-}
This is the second song in this GOLQ that was written by John D. Loudermilk.
Wedlock is nigh my love
Her station's right my love
Life is secure
#20) Rolling Stones, The: "Lady Jane" (1966) [24] {-}
I chose this song to represent the group that counted Brian Jones as a
member for much of its 1960s existence because he famously played the
dulcimer on this record and during an appearance by the group on the
ED SULLIVAN SHOW. It was the separately-charting B-side of "Mother's Little
Helper" and was released on the AFTERMATH album.
Here is a video of the group performing this song, possibly on the
ED SULLIVAN SHOW: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_5fGgWyjmEU
This is probably one of the favorite Rolling Stones songs of a lot of female
fans. So it's ironic that on AFTERMATH, it was sandwiched between two of
their most notoriously sexist songs, "Stupid Girl" and "Under My Thumb."
The following video contains a snippet of the Rolling Stones performing one
of their other 1966 hits, "19th Nervous Breakdown." Also in the video is a
snippet of Gary Lewis fronting the Playboys performing one of their 1966
hits, "Sure Gonna Miss Her." The Rolling Stones and Gary Lewis performed in
the Philadelphia area on consecutive nights recently. I attended one of the
shows. Guess which one. (Clue: There was green grass but no high tide.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5KoKeKV8XB0
You've been around since
A new boy who found you
Took you uptown so far from me
#21) Ronny & the Daytonas: "Sandy" (1965/66) [27] {-}
You've been stood up
Tears fill your eyes oh-oh-woh-oh
You hurt inside
You want to die-ie-ie oh-woh
#22) Shaw, Sandie: "Girl Don't Come" (1965) [42] {-}
This song plus #17 could form a mini-theme of songs about being stood up.
Sandie Shaw's original name was Sandra Goodrich. She was best known for
performing barefoot (or at least in her stockinged feet).
This is the room I sleep in
And walk in
And weep in
And hide in
That nobody sees
#23) Stewart, Sandy: "My Coloring Book" (1962) [20] {-}
This is a song I had heard OF but had never heard before I put this
GOLQ together. It turns out to be a pleasant tune. Barbra Streisand
also recorded it.
Now listen
If you see something you want and you know you can't afford it
But the very next thing you should do
Is to start saving for it
#24) Temptations, The: "Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down" (1969) [20] {2}
This was written by the Motown team of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong.
I may have gotten the lyrics slightly wrong. The lyrics sound like some the
alphabetically-fitting Joe Tex might have sung and thus possibly threw off
some of the entrants.
She-e my baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll
#25) Vincent, Gene, & His Blue Caps: "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (1956) [7] {8}
Sandy Nelson backed up some of Gene Vincent's later recordings, but I don't
know if they were working together yet at the time of this hit. Every entry
got at least partial credit for this song.
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Tie-Breakers
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You raise up your head
And you ask, "Is this where it is?"
And somebody points to you and says
"It.s his"
And you say, "What.s mine?"
And somebody else says, "Where what is?"
#T1) Dylan, Bob: "Ballad Of A Thin Man" (1965) [-] {-}
(This answer appeared on nine entries.)
OR
#T1) Grass Roots, The: "Mr. Jones (Ballad Of A Thin Man)" (1965) [-] {-}
(This answer appeared on three entries.)
Both of these were acceptable responses. I am more familiar with the Grass
Roots' version, which is on a 2-CD anthology I have. The Bob Dylan version
was released on the album HIGHWAY 61 REVISTED. The most memorable lines from
this song are likely:
Something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?"
The Beatles referenced "Dylan's Mr. Jones" in their song "Yer Blues"
on THE WHITE ALBUM.
Mary, oh what a sweet girl
Lips like strawberry pie
Sandra, long hair and beat girl
Can't make up my mind
#T2) Monkees, The: Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (1967) [-] {-}
At last, we have the three-fer song:
1. Sandra in the lyrics.
2. Group member Davy Jones on lead vocals. Davy also charted as a solo
artist under the name of David Jones with "What Are We Going To Do?"
in 1965, before he was in the Monkees.
3. Written by Neil Diamond.
This was on the album MORE OF THE MONKEES, which also included another song
written by Neil, the huge hit "I'm A Believer" (lead vocal by Micky Dolenz).
David Bowie, who didn't chart until the 1970s but once had an early version
of one of his later hits featured as a GOLQ tie-breaker, was originally
named David Jones but changed his name to avoid confusion with the Monkees
member.
Neil Diamond has never released his own version of this song, but he sang it
during his 2005 concert tour. You can hear it at:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FE4FmlcVyho
=============================================================================
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.
All of the songs did about what I expected them to do. "Lady Jane" was the
one song that did better than I expected it to do because this was a charting
B-side in which I used a lyrics snippet that I didn't think would bring the
Rolling Stones to mind. Perhaps their songs are on everyone's minds right
now because they are on a 50th anniversary tour. I was not surprised to see
the songs by the Peanut Butter Conspiracy and Sandy Posey rank below both
tie-breakers.
Rank Avg. Song
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T01 20.00 #01) Avalon, Frankie: "Venus"
T01 20.00 #16) Manfred Mann: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
03 19.41 #25) Vincent, Gene, & His Blue Caps: "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
T04 18.82 #04) Coasters, The: "Along Came Jones"
T04 18.82 #08) Drifters, The: "Up On The Roof"
T04 18.82 #12) Hollies, The: "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
07 18.12 #06) Diamond, Neil: "Cherry, Cherry"
08 17.65 #20) Rolling Stones, The: "Lady Jane"
09 17.53 #05) Conley, Arthur: "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
10 17.06 #02) Bee Gees, The: "New York Mining Disaster 1941"
T11 16.47 #14) Jones, George: "The Race Is On"
T11 16.47 #17) Nelson, Ricky: "Stood Up"
T13 15.29 #15) Jones, Jack: "Wives And Lovers"
T13 15.29 #21) Ronny & the Daytonas: "Sandy"
T13 15.29 #22) Shaw, Sandie: "Girl Don't Come"
T16 14.12 #07) Dion: "Sandy"
T16 14.12 #10) Gore, Lesley: "Summer And Sandy"
T16 14.12 #11) Hall, Larry: "Sandy"
T16 14.12 #13) Jay & the Americans: "Sunday And Me"
T16 14.12 #23) Stewart, Sandy: "My Coloring Book"
T16 14.12 #24) Temptations, The: "Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down"
T16 14.12 #T1) Dylan, Bob: "Ballad Of A Thin Man"
T23 12.94 #03) Charles, Ray: "Ruby"
T23 12.94 #09) Ferguson, Johnny: "Angela Jones"
T23 12.94 #T2) Monkees, The: "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)"
T26 11.76 #18) Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The: "It's A Happening Thing"
T26 11.76 #19) Posey, Sandy: "What A Woman In Love Won't Do"
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