From: Howard Teitelbaum <golq356@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 356 (GOLQ356)
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 15:24:36 -0400 (EDT)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #356 (GOLQ356)
Congratulations to DEC & Friends, Dale Latimer, and The EJ'S & Co., who
finished in a 3-way tie for first with perfect scores.
Just behind were Delphi Trivia Club and The Village Idiots, each of whom
missed just one regular song. Will McCorry missed being in this silver-medal
group by the length of the tiebreakers.
The two mini-themes were:
1) "September" - explicitly (as part of song title) or implicitly (in the
context of "back to school"). This included songs #02, 05, 07, 11, 14, 24.
Most entrants got this: DC, EJ, DT, WM, MW, CO, RR, VS, TT.
2) The many-faceted Gary S. "Flip" Paxton, who died 7/17/16 at 77. The theme
features him as singer, writer, producer, and recording engineer. This
encompassed songs #01, 09, 15, 19, 21. This was evidently a pretty obscure
homage, as no one ID'd this.
Each song has one or more audio links (quality and permanence not guaranteed).
As always, thanks to everyone who entered! The October 2016 quiz (GOLQ #357)
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++ DC DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 2 Various
T01 500++ DL Dale Latimer <bob_homeo&ENTERmail.net> 1 56
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Jean, Kyra, Kevin, Everett,
Vinnie, Mitch <ellisbromberg&gmail.com> 7 30+
T04 480++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 5 going grey
T04 480++ VI Village Idiots (Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy) 4 --
<MrJaded/MFPing/ARE7/Clete6&aol.com>
06 480.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 59
07 420+. MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 --
08 400+. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 5 63,67,64,
Bigfoot Mae, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> -,64
T09 400.. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 70
T09 400.. RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 60s,70s
11 380.+ VS Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 4-5 boomers
12 100.. TT Team Teitelbaum North <no email> 1 --
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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:
#01-#25 #T1-#T2
. no answer .
0 incorrect answer x
1-19 partial credit -
20 full credit +
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 ++
DL 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 ++
DT 20 20 20 20 0 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 ++
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 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 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 ..
RR 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 . .+
TT . . . . 20 . . 20 . . 0 20 20 . 20 0 0 . 0 . . . . . . ..
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 #356 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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And every now and then
I spend my time at rhyme and verse
And curse those faults in me
#01) Association, The: "Along Comes Mary" (1966) [7] {-} <15><130><287>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shSosvrNjlc
Gary Paxton was recording engineer for this song, as he was for their
#1 hit "Cherish."
Our vacation time has come to an end
Now I gotta get back to my studies again
And make good grades so I can pass
#02) Bonds, Gary (U.S.): "School Is In" (1961) [28] {-} <130><319>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7WTCvLtjOU
You couldn't call him handsome
But he's loaded with style
Always wears a t-shirt
And a great big smile
#03) Bonnie Lou: "Daddy-O" (1955/56) [14] {-} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzaXbtqSs5w
She passed away 12/8/15 at 91. Primarily a country artist; this rockabilly
number was her one pop-chart crossover hit.
One day, little girl
The sadness will leave your face
As soon as you've won
Your fight to get justice done
#04) Campbell, Glen: "True Grit" (1969) [35] {-} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paiDJESO-vw
Theme song from the movie, in which Campbell co-starred.
And these few precious days
I'll spend with you
These precious days
I'll spend with you
#05) Durante, Jimmy: "September Song" (1963) [51] {-} <234><284>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkWn4--RmEk (Walter Huston, 1938)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsMaaKaAaBQ (Durante, 1963)
Song was introduced by Walter Huston in 1938, in the Broadway musical
"Knickerbocker Holiday."
Yeah, double beatin'
Keep repeatin'
#06) Ellis, Shirley: "The Nitty Gritty" (1963/64) [8] {8} <67>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19NsKJ8LP4g
The fellas all tell me
You're not very pretty
They tell me to go out
With Jane or Betty
#07) Hamilton, George, IV: "High School Romance" (1957) [80] {-} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf77kQA7hu4
I'll be alone each and every night
While you're away, don't forget to write
#08) Happenings, The: "See You In September" (1966) [3] {-} <177><251>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPEt7FYenVc (Tempos, 1959)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3btExaaFG8 (Happenings, 1966)
Originally a hit in 1959 for The Tempos. I concur with Bob Miranda of
The Happenings, who recalled that his group considered the original version
"sort of a slow Cha-Cha ... a great song and kind of a bad record."
Dale L.: "Best group from New Jersey that didn't include Frankie Valli."
Someone to hold
Someone to love
Someone to cherish
From heaven above
#09) Innocents, The: "Honest I Do" (1960) [28] {-} <82><297>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wTYB_F11Ns
Produced by Gary Paxton.
The many ways you speak of love, I've heard before
But it sounds so good every time
Please say the part I love just once more
Darling, I'm so glad you're mine
#10) John, Little Willie: "Talk To Me, Talk To Me" (1958) [20] {5} <48><109>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO0dyBC9Yrw (Little Willie John, 1958)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iybd4vM--gM (Joe Seneca, 1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYVOX34RvvQ (Sunny & Sunglows, 1963)
Written by Joe Seneca, who recorded his own version in 1960. The song was
a big hit again in 1963 for Sunny & The Sunglows (as "Talk To Me"). Seneca
also wrote "Break It To Me Gently".
I don't need sunny skies for things I have to do
'Cause I stay home the whole day long and think of you
#11) King, Carole: "It Might As Well Rain Until September"
(1962) [22] {-} <25><88><271>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qISV2HaPpZU (Carole King, 1962)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4ytEdjahZI (Bobby Vee, 1963)
Recorded as a demo, intended for Bobby Vee. Bobby eventually recorded it,
releasing it in 1963 as an LP track.
Cloudy waters cast no reflection
Images of beauty lie there stagnant
Vibrations bounce in no direction
But lie there shattered into fragments
#12) Mamas & The Papas, The: "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To
The Canyon)" (1967) [20] {-} <58><233>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xa7NWRJjPQ
Before you ask some girl for her hand, now
Keep your freedom for as long as you can, now
#13) Miracles, The, (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson): "Shop Around"
(1960/61) [2] {1} <10><153><292>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNnF8_g-ReI (Detroit "A1" version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QV60P_NmFs (Detroit "A2" version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQGXa3FiXKM (national hit "L1" version)
There were two briefly-released versions in the Detroit area, before Berry
Gordy decided to record it a 3rd time with a more upbeat pop feel.
The Detroit versions are known by their label suffix numbers of A1 & A2,
with the hit version tagged as L1.
I saw you standing there
I saw your big brown eyes
And loved your raven hair
#14) Paul & Paula: "First Day Back At School" (1963) [60] {-} <179>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMS-1ZlZuko
From my laboratory in the castle east
To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
#15) Pickett, Bobby "Boris", and The Crypt-Kickers: "Monster Mash"
(1962,1970,1973) [1,91,10] {9,-,-} <17><249>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eumcRG03lqI
Produced by Gary Paxton, who also played keyboards on the recording. This
was the first release (and only significant hit) on Paxton's Garpax label.
One of these early mornings, yeah
Gonna be wipin' your weepin' eyes
#16) Pickett, Wilson: "Mustang Sally" (1966/67) [23] {6} <134><286>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPBOXOtBUE0 (Mack Rice)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmg9U_UpL6M (Young Rascals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DszPvJBTstM (Wilson Pickett)
Written and first recorded in 1965 by Mack Rice, who died 6/27/16 at 82.
Prior to Wilson Pickett's hit version, the song was released by The Young
Rascals, as the B-side to their #1 hit "Good Lovin'." Although Pickett kept
Mack's 1965 Mustang, the Rascals updated Sally's ride to a '66.
Rice also co-wrote (with Luther Ingram) the 1971 Staple Singers hit
"Respect Yourself."
Although it's always crowded
You still can find some room
For broken-hearted lovers
To cry there in the gloom
#17) Presley, Elvis: "Heartbreak Hotel" (1956) [1] {3} <77><162><302>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9BLw4W5KU8
Scotty Moore, Elvis' longtime guitarist, died 6/28/16 at 84.
Delphi: "With the great Chet Atkins on acoustic guitar, Floyd Cramer on
piano, and Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires, who would later join Elvis
as backup singers for the next 14 years."
Gone are the clouds
That darkened your sky
Gone are the tears
I used to cry
#18) Reeves, Martha, & The Vandellas: "(We've Got) Honey Love"
(1969) [56] {27} <144>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlc4trtPJmo
I walked on over, and I asked her to dance
Thinkin' maybe later on, we'll make romance
#19) Roe, Tommy: "Sweet Pea" (1966) [8] {-} <46><274>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=121PRxqIFQs
Written by Roe, produced by Gary Paxton. Gary also produced another of
Tommy's hits, "Hooray for Hazel."
All my life, I've been shortchanged
Without your love, baby, it's a crying shame
And now I know what the fellas are talking about
When they say that they been turned out
#20) Sam & Dave: "I Thank You" (1968) [9] {4} <45><286>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzzYljtW148 (A-side)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTaxwnhUb-o (B-side: "Wrap It Up")
The B-side, "Wrap It Up," was later a hit for Archie Bell (1970) and
The Fabulous Thunderbirds (1986).
She was wearin' ginchy garments
And her sweater fit her tight
Her imported shoedebakers
Meant some leopard lost a fight
#21) Skip & Flip: "Fancy Nancy" (1959) [71] {-} <125>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT1hZ4xt0gg
I could never decipher the 3rd line above, until recently encountering the
period slang "slip your ChevroLEGS into your SHOEdebakers" to refer to
walking in lieu of driving. (For you car buffs, the last Studebaker rolled
off the assembly line around 50 years ago, in March 1966.)
When the duo of Clyde Battin & Gary Paxton were signed by Brent Records,
they were given the monicker Skip & Flip; reportedly, these were the names
of the poodles belonging to label owner Bob Shad.
The birds are singing and the children are playing
There's plenty of work and the bosses are paying
Not a sad word should a young heart be saying
But fun is a bore and with money I'm poor
#22) Temptations, The: "Since I Lost My Baby" (1965) [17] {4} <73><194>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4-IXl5-GOo
He flirted every step of the way
I could hear every word he'd say
My resistance was getting low
And my feelings started to show
My heart started pumpin', blood pressure jumpin'
#23) Velvelettes, The: "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'" (1965) [64] {21} <93>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wVujRCXuZg (Velvelettes, 1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LF_IE-ph0 (Bananarama, 1982)
The 1982 version by Bananarama (as "Really Saying Something") bubbled under
at #108, but I recall it got a lot of FM & MTV exposure.
To every word of love I heard you whisper
The raindrops seemed to play a sweet refrain
#24) Washington, Dinah: "September In The Rain" (1961) [23] {5} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC69Xf3UL7s (Guy Lombardo, 1937)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDnVrrjhOt8 (Dinah Washington)
Originally a hit for Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians in 1937, featuring
his brother Carmen's vocals.
Baby, I know we got troubles
'Cause these ain't easy times
Seems this whole world's gone crazy
#25) Yarbrough, Glenn: "It's Gonna Be Fine" (1965) [54] {-} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7_8G2TTxVc
Glenn died 8/11/16 at 86. After fronting The Limeliters for four years, he
went solo. His biggest hit was "Baby The Rain Must Fall"; this was his
follow-up, and only other charting song.
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Tie-Breakers
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I want it (I want it) when the lights are low
I want it (I want it) just before you go
I want it (I want it) because I love you so
#T1) Drifters, The, featuring Clyde McPhatter: "Honey Love" (1954) [21] {1} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCwWCAVXGe8
Superb vocal by Clyde McPhatter; topped the R&B charts for 8 weeks.
Version by Narvel Felts grazed the pop charts (#90) in 1960.
Floatin' in the river
With a saturated liver
And I wish I could forgive her
But I do believe she meant it
When she told me to forget it
And I bet she will regret it
#T2) Monkees, The: "Goin' Down" (1967) [104] {-} <->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlR8jwmZkvs
B-side of the #1 hit "Daydream Believer".
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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 #13) Miracles, The, (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson): "Shop Around"
20.00 #08) Happenings, The: "See You In September"
20.00 #15) Pickett, Bobby "Boris", and The Crypt-Kickers: "Monster Mash"
18.33 #01) Association, The: "Along Comes Mary"
18.33 #02) Bonds, Gary (U.S.): "School Is In"
18.33 #05) Durante, Jimmy: "September Song"
18.33 #11) King, Carole: "It Might As Well Rain Until September"
18.33 #14) Paul & Paula: "First Day Back At School"
18.33 #16) Pickett, Wilson: "Mustang Sally"
18.33 #17) Presley, Elvis: "Heartbreak Hotel"
18.33 #19) Roe, Tommy: "Sweet Pea"
18.33 #24) Washington, Dinah: "September In The Rain"
16.67 #04) Campbell, Glen: "True Grit"
16.67 #06) Ellis, Shirley: "The Nitty Gritty"
16.67 #12) Mamas & The Papas, The: "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are ..."
16.67 #23) Velvelettes, The: "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"
15.00 #07) Hamilton, George, IV: "High School Romance"
15.00 #18) Reeves, Martha, & The Vandellas: "(We've Got) Honey Love"
15.00 #20) Sam & Dave: "I Thank You"
15.00 #22) Temptations, The: "Since I Lost My Baby"
15.00 #25) Yarbrough, Glenn: "It's Gonna Be Fine"
13.33 #03) Bonnie Lou: "Daddy-O"
13.33 #09) Innocents, The: "Honest I Do"
13.33 #10) John, Little Willie: "Talk To Me, Talk To Me"
13.33 #21) Skip & Flip: "Fancy Nancy"
11.67 #T1) Drifters, The, featuring Clyde McPhatter: "Honey Love"
10.00 #T2) Monkees, The: "Goin' Down"
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Howard Teitelbaum <golq356@golq.org>