From: Mike Weaver <golq359@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 359 (GOLQ359)
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 11:09:27 -0500 (EST)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #359 (GOLQ359)
Congratulations are due to DEC & Friends, Dale Latimer, Delphi Trivia Club,
EJ's & Co., and the Village Idiots for their perfect entries on what
I think was a very difficult quiz.
As I was creating this quiz I reached my Biblical allotment of three score
and ten years, and thus gave me inspiration for the theme. Everyone
got the birthday/born/baby concept although a couple were not sure how
T2 was related (see discussion).
Thank you to all who entered. May everyone have happy birthdays and
"unbirthdays" during the upcoming year.
--Mike Weaver
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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_in_jersy&yahoo.com> 1 56
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 6 gone grey
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Jean, Kyra, Kevin, Everett,
Vinnie, Mitch <ellisbromberg&gmail.com> 7 30+
T01 500++ VI Village Idiots (Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy) 4 --
<MrJaded/MFPing/ARE7/Clete6&aol.com>
06 500.+ WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 59
07 460.+ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 60s,70s
08 440++ VS Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 3-4 boomers
09 420.+ CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 5 63,67,64,
Bigfoot Mae, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> -
10 320.+ TT Team Teitelbaum <hat_pat&yahoo.com> 3 54-66
11 280.+ NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 70
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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 ++
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 ++
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 ++
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 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 .+
VS 20 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 20 .+
TT 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 .+
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 #359 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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For I'm tired of civilian life
Since the day that I was born
So I'm off to join the I.R.A.
And I'm off tomorrow morn
#01) Abbey Tavern Singers, The: "Off To Dublin In The Green" (1966) [94] {-}
<224>
Even though I wasn't there
Did you get the flowers I sent you
When you got them, did you care
#02) Anka, Paul: "Did You Have A Happy Birthday" (1963) [89] {n/c} <->
This was Paul's last Billboard entry until 1969, when he came back
with Jesse Belvin's "Goodnight My Love".
Every time I hear
A newborn baby cry or
Touch a leaf or see the sky
Then I know why
#03) Bachelors: "I Believe" (1964) [33] {-} <->
My bills are all due
And the baby needs shoes
#04) Charles, Ray: "Busted" (1963) [4] {3} <53>
Newborn whippoorwills
Were calling from the hills
#05) Cole, Nat "King": "That Sunday, That Summer" (1963) [12] {19} <121>
Some people are born to be doctors
Some are born to be lumberjacks
Some are born just to take life easy
Others are born to break their backs
#06) Como, Perry: "Just Born (To Be Your Baby)" (1957) [12] {-} <->
No time to do 'The Twist'
Don't mind all the things I miss
Gotta write a melody
Write it from the heart of me
#07) Crawford, Johnny: "Cindy's Birthday" (1962) [8] {-} <59>
And over there was my baby
And over there was my baby
And way over there was my baby
#08) Cross, Jimmy: "I Want My Baby Back" (1965) [92] {-} <88>
Her new kind of loving
Done made me her slave
Her sweet turtle doving
It's all that I crave
#09) Darin, Bobby: "I Found A New Baby" (1962) [90] {-} <->
She said, it ain't my birthday
I wanted to see
If you cared enough
To spend some money on me
#10) Dukays, The: "The Girl's A Devil" (1961) [64] {-} <255>
His smile will warm me
On a cold winter night
And when life is stormy
His faith in me will make things right
#11} Ford, "Tennessee" Ernie: "First Born" (1956) [46] {-} <->
I inadvertently left off the word "me" in the first line
in the original quiz issue. (Thanx Team Teitelbaum)
To hold your hand
To understand
To mend each dream that's torn
To string along
When things go wrong
#12) Harper, Janice: "That's Why I Was Born" (1957) [84] {-} <->
You start my heart a-jumpin'
You sure have started somethin'
#13) Little Richard: "Baby Face" (1958) [41] {12} <145><217>
A dog barking at the crack of dawn
A baby's crying 'cause his mama's gone
I toss and turn and then I stretch and yawn
Another morning, another day
#14) McPhatter, Clyde: "Deep In The Heart Of Harlem" (1964) [90] {n/c} <92><305>
I told my mama
On the day I was born,
Don't you cry
When you see I'm gone.
#15) New Christy Minstrels, The: "Green, Green" (1963) [14] {-} <84><253>
And the morning glows bright with a newborn light
Yes, the morning glows bright
And I'll give her my love till the day I die
Yes, I'll give her my love
#16) Pitney, Gene: "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)" (1969/70)
[89] {-} <293>
Janie, Jimmie and Artie
Gonna make a night of it
Come on, come along,
Tonight is the night
#17) Pixies Three, The: "Birthday Party" (1963) [40] {-} <59><232>
Mary had a little lamb
One and one make two
Candles on a birthday cake
Blow them out and your wish comes true
#18) Pozo-Seco Singers: "I Believed It All" (1967) [96] {-} <->
When you were only six
I was your big brother
Then when you were ten
We didn't like each other
When you were thirteen
You were my funny valentine
#19) Sedaka, Neil: "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" (1961/62) [6] {-}
<38><97><215>
Charleston was once the rage, uh huh
History has turned a page, uh huh
The miniskirt's the current thing, uh huh
Teeny Bopper is our newborn king, uh huh
#20) Sonny & Cher: "The Beat Goes On" (1967) [6] {-} <36><127><298>
Although you're with somebody new
Thought I'd drop a line to say that I wish this happy day
Would find me beside you
#21) Tune Weavers, The: "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" (1957/58) [5] {4}
<3><112><205><306>
Alright, come on now
Hit it
Yes, we're going to
A party, party
Yes, we're going to
A party, party
Yes, we're going to
A party, party
#22) Underground Sunshine: "Birthday" (1969) [26] {-} <->
Originally a Beatles song from the "White" album (1968).
The quoted lyrics are probably the only ones that could
be used in a GOLQ.
I can feel a newly-born vibration
Sneakin' up on me again
There's a song bird on my pillow
I can see the funny weeping willow
I can see the sun
You're on your way and you'll be coming
#23) Vanity Fare: "Early In The Morning" (1969/70) [12] {-} <59><182><257>
Turned sixteen just yesterday
All my world was bright and gay
Thought for sure you'd write or call
But you didn't after all
#24) Young, Kathy, with The Innocents: "Happy Birthday Blues" (1961) [30] {-}
<59><217>
The waitress, a vampire named Perkins
Was so very fond of small gherkins
While she served the tea, she ate 43
Which pickled her internal workins
#25) Zacherle, John, "The Cool Ghoul": "Dinner With Drac Part 1" (1958) [6] {19}
<27><202><267>
Cleveland had "Ghoulardi", while Philly and New York had "Roland/Zacherly".
(Not to mention "Count Floyd" on SCTV). This was the non-themed song on the
quiz and was intended to memorialize Zacherle's passing on 10/27/16.
Ironic that it was so close to Halloween.
Long, long since I became sixteen
We've wanted to walk down the aisle
And as we stand here
Hand in hand
I hear them playing 'Here Comes The Bride'
#T1) Orlons: "(Happy Birthday) Mr. Twenty-One" (1962) [-] {-} <->
Can you imagine us years from today
Sharing a park bench quietly
How terribly strange
To be seventy
#T2) Simon & Garfunkel: "Old Friends/Bookends" (1968) [-] {-} <->
Yes, it is a bit strange to be seventy. The tie-breakers were
sort of an homage to what I consider to be personal birthday
milestones. At 21 I was going to set the world on fire, at 70,
the globe is pretty safe from any conflagration caused by me.
At first, I was fully prepared to "spank" those who did not
use the full "Old Friends/Bookends" title. The song is the flip of
"Mrs. Robinson" and that is how Whitburn identifies it. In whole,
it really is a combination of "Old Friends" and "Bookend Theme". It was
pointed out to me though that it ("Old Friends") was a stand-alone
title on the "Bookends" album. Everyone identified the song by
one of the two possible titles.
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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 #03) Bachelors:"I Believe"
20.00 #04) Charles, Ray: "Busted"
20.00 #06) Como, Perry: "Just Born (To Be Your Baby)"
20.00 #07) Crawford, Johnny: "Cindy's Birthday"
20.00 #15) New Christy Minstrels, The: "Green, Green"
20.00 #19) Sedaka, Neil: "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen"
20.00 #20) Sonny & Cher: "The Beat Goes On"
20.00 #21) Tune Weavers, The: "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby"
20.00 #22) Underground Sunshine: "Birthday"
20.00 #24) Young, Kathy, with The Innocents: "Happy Birthday Blues"
20.00 #25) Zacherle, John, "The Cool Ghoul": "Dinner With Drac Part 1"
20.00 #T2) Simon & Garfunkel: "Old Friends/Bookends"
18.18 #01) Abbey Tavern Singers, The: "Off To Dublin In The Green"
18.18 #02) Anka, Paul: "Did You Have A Happy Birthday"
18.18 #05) Cole, Nat "King": "That Sunday, That Summer"
18.18 #13) Little Richard: "Baby Face"
18.18 #17) Pixies Three, The: "Birthday Party"
16.36 #08) Cross, Jimmy: "I Want My Baby Back"
16.36 #09) Darin, Bobby: "I Found A New Baby"
16.36 #12) Harper, Janice: "That's Why I Was Born"
16.36 #16) Pitney, Gene: "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)"
16.36 #23) Vanity Fare: "Early In The Morning"
14.55 #11} Ford, "Tennessee" Ernie: "First Born"
14.55 #14) McPhatter, Clyde: "Deep In The Heart Of Harlem"
12.73 #10) Dukays, The: "The Girl's A Devil"
12.73 #18) Pozo-Seco Singers: "I Believed It All"
10.91 #T1) Orlons: "(Happy Birthday) Mr. Twenty-One"