From: Howard Teitelbaum <golq337@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 337 (GOLQ337)
Message-Id: <20150306193336.2FB282788BC@nezumi.pair.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 14:33:36 -0500 (EST)
RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #337 (GOLQ337)
Congratulations to DEC & Friends, Delphi Trivia Club, and Village Idiots, who
tied for first place with perfect scores. Just off the pace was Really Rockin'
In Boston, who missed only a single tie-breaker.
Several entrants mentioned that this quiz was on the difficult side, which was
not intentional. What was intentional was the inclusion of four songs
(#04, 11, 18, 22) that paid tribute to recently-departed artists. Song #T1
indirectly falls into this category as well.
After each song, I've given one or more audio links, if available.
Sound quality and permanence of links are not guaranteed.
As always, thanks to everyone who entered! The March 2015 quiz (GOLQ #338)
will be posted soon.
-- Howard Teitelbaum <golq337@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)
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T01 500++ DC DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 2 Various
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 4 48+
T01 500++ VI Village Idiots (Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy) 4 --
<MrJaded/MFPing/ARE7/Clete6&aol.com>
04 500x+ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 50s,60s
05 460.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 57
06 400++ VS Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 4 boomers
07 400+. MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> - --
T08 260.. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 5 62,65,62,
Bigfoot Mae, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> -,62
T08 260.. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 68
10 120.. EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Vinnie, Everett, Denise, Mitch 5 50+
<brombere&matc.edu>
11 80.. TT Team Teitelbaum North (Bonnie & Pat) <no email> 2 --
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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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
DC 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 ++
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 ++
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 x+
WM . 20 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 20 20 . ++
MW . 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 ..
NA . . 20 20 . 20 . 20 20 20 20 . 20 20 . 20 20 . 20 . 20 . . . . ..
EJ . . . . . . . 20 20 . . . 20 20 . 20 20 . . . . . . . . ..
TT . . . . . 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 #337 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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Don't you hear that music?
A sound you never heard before
#01) Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass: "Mexican Drummer Man" (1964) [77] {n/c} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UJ6iVfivZY
Vocals by The Blossoms (Darlene Love's group). Lest the listener forget
the artist's name, "Tijuana Brass" and "Herbie blowin' on his trumpet" are
called out in the lyrics.
Baby, it's gettin' late and I've gotta go
Here's something that you oughta know
I've had the time of my life
#02) The Angels: "Thank You And Goodnight" (1963) [84] {n/c} <57><216>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdGhb82_HsQ
To let you know what you've meant to me
Guess it was meant to be
I hold you in my heart
As life's most precious part
#03) The Beach Boys: "Darlin'" (1967) [12] {-} <131>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHNzgK2PxxE
Imprisoned by the way it could have been
Left here on my own, or so it seems
I've got to leave before I start to scream
But someone's locked the door and took the key
#04) Joe Cocker: "Feeling Alright" (1969,1972) [69,33] {-,-} <163>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRcib2lcbjw (Traffic, 1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoAO0851FwA (Cocker, 1969)
Written by Dave Mason, then of the group Traffic. They recorded it on
their 1968 eponymous LP, with Mason singing lead; title was given as
"Feelin' Alright?". Cocker released his version in 1969, but it was a
bigger hit when re-released in 1972. Joe died on 12/22/14 at 70.
Hip! I didn't know I could sail
(Hip-hip!) Like a penny boat in a gale
What she's doin'
Will be the ruin of me
#05) Perry Como: "Tina Marie" (1955) [5] {-} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlbKpZF-quQ
Loud and clear
Your sweet chimes
Love to hear
#06) The Dell-Vikings featuring Krips Johnson: "Whispering Bells"
(1957) [9] {5} <24><178>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptC_pSGZYYw (Fee-Bee label)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBBSDH5eOy0 (Dot label)
Originally released on Fee-Bee, a small Pittsburgh label; the master was
then sold to Dot for national distribution. Fee-Bee's (uncharted) release
credits "The Del Vikings," whereas Dot's lists "The Dell-Vikings." Their
recording history then became complex when part of the group jumped to the
Mercury label. Thereafter, Dot and Mercury issued different recordings by
two distinct groups with essentially the same name.
To who do you do the thing to do?
When it's time to do it, no matter to who
#07) Shirley Ellis: "The Puzzle Song (A Puzzle In Song)" (1965) [78] {-} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSW0jif52E
When I saw you
I knew that I was gonna love you
And every day, I thought of how I'm gonna love you
#08) The 5th Dimension: "Workin' On A Groovy Thing" (1969) [20] {15} <57>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cNzGeJye2U (Patti Drew, 1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63IP4MD95Yg (5th Dimension, 1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WtSlt4A8LM (Neil Sedaka, 1969)
Song first charted for Patti Drew in 1968 (pop #62). Co-written by Neil
Sedaka, who recorded his own version for an album in 1969.
I let it get away
Been payin' every day
#09) The 4 Seasons Featuring the "sound" of Frankie Valli: "Working My Way Back
To You" (1966) [9] {-} <130><204>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAHyg9N44rA
Was it that she
Just couldn't understand a man like me?
Was I to blame?
Did I leave too many things unexplained?
#10) The Grass Roots: "Things I Should Have Said" (1967) [23] {-} <68>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRUYKd4AySQ
And so, we'll wander hand-in-hand
Into love's wonderland
#11) George Hamilton IV: "Why Don't They Understand" (1957/58) [10] {-} <192>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZj3XR7SuIs
George died on 9/17/2014 at age 77.
Cinderella lost her slipper
At the queen's ball
But she found a prince
So handsome, so tall
#12) Chuck Jackson: "(It Never Happens) In Real Life" (1961) [46] {22} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25VpHf9KmJ4
Where life's river flows
No one really knows
'Til someone's there to show
#13) Robert Knight: "Everlasting Love" (1967) [13] {14} <24><238>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsIE85JtIQ
And darling, then
I read again
Right from the start
#14) Ketty Lester: "Love Letters" (1962) [5] {2} <8><92><305>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQubsS-N7SE (movie theme, 1945)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHfLHLCYDlw (Dick Haymes, 1945)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIweEP3k7bc (Ketty Lester, 1962)
Written by Victor Young (composer) and Edward Heyman (lyricist); originally
featured, as an instrumental theme, in the 1945 movie of the same name.
A two-sided hit for Dick Haymes in 1945 (with "Till the End of Time").
Well, they're movin' and a-groovin' and they're dancing with-a all they got
I see 'em shimmy, waddle-waddle, and a-stompin' like I don't know what
#15) Chris Montez: "Some Kinda Fun" (1962/63) [43] {-} <185>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT4fv3skeWQ
Pillows lying on your bed
Oh my darling, rest your head
#16) The Mystics: "Hushabye" (1959) [20] {-} <8><143><285>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UaN86G6K90
Written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.
Oh, my sweet fraeulein down in Berlin town
Makes my heart start to yearn
#17) Ricky Nelson: "Travelin' Man" (1961) [1] {-} <7><126><200><290>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0vFdCdNQP4 (Nelson, 1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0x3XhuWbfw (Jerry Fuller interview)
His final single billed as "Ricky," and his final #1. Second link is a
brief interview with songwriter Jerry Fuller; he describes how the song,
intended for Sam Cooke, wound up being recorded by Nelson.
Delphi Trivia Club noted that the song was also on his contemporaneous
"Rick Is 21" album, which was his first LP to bill him as "Rick Nelson."
The kind of guy is he
Who will lead you to believe
That you're the only love in his life
#18) The Newbeats: "Break Away (From That Boy)" (1965) [40] {-} <93><204>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FHm0gzWWs0
Written by Dean & Marc Mathis, who were the group's backing vocalists.
Lead singer Larry Henley died 12/18/14 at 77. Henley may be best known
for co-writing "Wind Beneath My Wings," a 1989 Grammy winner.
Every time I faced the world
I just had to cry
I stood alone with no love of my own
But then you happened by
#19) Tony Orlando: "Bless You" (1961) [15] {-} <116><244>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs0trj2hkUc
The label (see the link above) lists an all-star team from Aldon Music:
Song written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil; produced by Al Nevins & Don
Kirshner (the "Al" & "Don" of Aldon) & Jack Keller; and arranged/conducted
by Carole King (shown as "Carol King" ).
Delphi Trivia Club noted that Tony was only 16 when he recorded this.
When you call my name, baby
You call me Mr. Clean
I'm gonna give you lovin'
That you ain't never seen
#20) Wilson Pickett: "She's Lookin' Good" (1968) [15] {7} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GlGVa4l8lM (Rodger Collins, 1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk15q5paR1k (Wilson Pickett, 1968)
Written & first recorded by Rodger Collins (as "She's Looking Good"); it
bubbled under at #101 in 1967.
Sometimes I wanna stay here
Then again, I wanna leave
Times I wanna leave here
Then again, I wanna stay
#21) Elvis Presley: "I Feel So Bad" (1961) [5] {15} <88>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qNORhOuWog (Chuck Willis, 1954)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVko6M32yV0 (Elvis, 1961)
Written & originally recorded by Chuck Willis in 1954; his version was
a #8 R&B hit.
Listen, who cares who was right or wrong (right or wrong)?
I just know I need you
And by your side is where I belong
#22) Jimmy Ruffin: "Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby" (1967) [68] {27} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e07Hxi_q_aI
Ruffin passed away on 11/17/14, at 78.
I can feel a new expression on my face
I can feel a glowing sensation taking place
#23) The Searchers: "When You Walk In The Room" (1964) [35] {n/c} <46><135>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dspzwLRIAWM (Jackie DeShannon, 1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wRia97hP88 (Searchers, 1964)
Written by Jackie DeShannon, whose original version briefly charted (#99)
earlier in 1964.
Whose hairstyles are out of this world?
Whether it's straight or bouffant or it's curled
#24) The Temptations: "My Baby" (1965) [13] {4} <38><96>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVQOUhiApXQ
Well, what fruit it bears
What good is love
Mmm, that no one shares?
#25) Dinah Washington: "This Bitter Earth" (1960) [24] {1} <203>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=judyCgN2daA
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Tie-Breakers
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Now that we found each other
Where do we go now?
I'd like to know what you're thinkin'
Answer me slowly now
#T1) The Buffalo Springfield: "Questions" (1968) [-] {-} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDjmmCvTH7o (Buffalo Springfield, 1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0VBB7BO64 (CSN&Y, "Carry On", 1970)
Written by Steven Stills, who also sang lead; featured on the group's 1968
album "Last Time Around."
Stills recycled some of the lyrics from "Questions" (although not the verse
excerpted here) in his later "Carry On" (from the 1970 "Deja Vu" album by
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young). "Deja Vu" gave unusually prominent credit
to two session players, drummer Dallas Taylor and bassist Greg Reeves.
Taylor (extreme right in the LP's cover photo) died at age 66 on 1/18/15.
Well, a poor boy took his father's bread
Started down the road, started down the road
Took all he had and started down the road
#T2) The Rolling Stones: "Prodigal Son" (1968) [-] {-} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki_Jcxv2nRg (Robert Wilkins, 1929)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1DfldIvzO8 (Wilkins, 1964; song starts 19:48)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaZGljc5Xp0 (Rolling Stones, 1968)
Originally written & recorded by Robert Wilkins in 1929, as "That's No Way
To Get Along." Years later - by then Reverend Wilkins - he revised the
song with almost entirely new lyrics as "Prodigal Son," corresponding to
the Biblical parable of that name. The 2nd link above contains his entire
1964 album; this song starts at time 19:48, and runs about 10 minutes.
The Stones recorded "Prodigal Son" (highly abridged from Wilkins' version)
for their 1968 album, "Beggars Banquet." The LP's back cover erroneously
credits Jagger/Richards as authors of all the album's songs; subsequent
reissues correctly credit Wilkins as this song's creator.
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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 #16) The Mystics: "Hushabye"
20.00 #17) Ricky Nelson: "Travelin' Man"
18.18 #06) The Dell-Vikings featuring Krips Johnson: "Whispering Bells"
18.18 #08) The 5th Dimension: "Workin' On A Groovy Thing"
18.18 #14) Ketty Lester: "Love Letters"
18.18 #09) The 4 Seasons: "Working My Way Back To You"
16.36 #03) The Beach Boys: "Darlin'"
16.36 #13) Robert Knight: "Everlasting Love"
16.36 #19) Tony Orlando: "Bless You"
16.36 #21) Elvis Presley: "I Feel So Bad"
14.55 #10) The Grass Roots: "Things I Should Have Said"
14.55 #11) George Hamilton IV: "Why Don't They Understand"
14.55 #23) The Searchers: "When You Walk In The Room"
14.55 #24) The Temptations: "My Baby"
12.73 #02) The Angels: "Thank You And Goodnight"
12.73 #04) Joe Cocker: "Feeling Alright"
12.73 #05) Perry Como: "Tina Marie"
12.73 #15) Chris Montez: "Some Kinda Fun"
12.73 #20) Wilson Pickett: "She's Lookin' Good"
12.73 #25) Dinah Washington: "This Bitter Earth"
10.91 #07) Shirley Ellis: "The Puzzle Song (A Puzzle In Song)"
10.91 #18) The Newbeats: "Break Away (From That Boy)"
10.91 #22) Jimmy Ruffin: "Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby"
9.09 #12) Chuck Jackson: "(It Never Happens) In Real Life"
9.09 #T1) The Buffalo Springfield: "Questions"
9.09 #T2) The Rolling Stones: "Prodigal Son"
7.27 #01) Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass: "Mexican Drummer Man"
--
Howard Teitelbaum <golq337@golq.org>