From: Rich Ardini <golq375@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 375 (GOLQ375)
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Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 20:19:44 -0400 (EDT)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #375 (GOLQ375)
Congratulations to the Delphi Trivia Club and Village Idiots, who tied for first
with perfect scores. Other teams who came close were DEC & Friends, EJ's & Co.,
Will McCorry, and Vito & The Salutations. The themes were baseball and spring,
with most teams identifying them. The average score was 366.4, this first quiz
appeared to be not too hard, not too easy, I consider it a success.
Thanks to everyone who entered. This wasn't quite the 40 entries I received for
my very first quiz 20-odd years ago, but I believe 12 of the entries were active
in GOLQ when I first entered a GOLQ quiz back in 1996. GOLQ #376 has been
posted, see you in a few months.
- Rich Ardini
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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)
---+-----+--+--------------------------------------------------+---+------------
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 6 grey and
losing hair
T01 500++ VI Village Idiots <MrJaded&aol.com> 5 --
03 490++ DC DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 3 Various
04 480++ EJ The EJ's & Co. <ellisbromberg&gmail.com> 6 31+
05 480-+ WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 60
06 460++ VS Vito & Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 3-4 boomers
07 420.+ CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 5 65, 69, 64,
Bigfoot Mae, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> -, 65
08 400++ NV NavairHeads <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 71
09 390++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 -
T10 300-+ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <bob&egh.com> 5 60s, 70s
T10 300.+ TT Team Teitelbaum <hat_pat&yahoo.com> 3 55-68
12 240.+ TA Team Asia <-> 1 -
13 110++ JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 44
14 40.+ BS Bryan Shailer <bryanshailer&rogers.com> 1 54
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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#
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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 ++
DC 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 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 ++
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 .+
VS 20 . 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 .+
NV 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 . . 10 20 20 ++
RR . 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 .+
TA 20 . 20 . . 20 20 . 20 . . 20 . 20 20 20 . . . 20 . . 20 . 20 .+
JR . . 20 . . 10 20 . 20 . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . ++
BS . . . . . . . . 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 #375 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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La da da da da da (sing me, sing me baby)
La da da da da da
We'll make the winter springtime
#01) The Archies: "Jingle Jangle" (1969/70) [10] {-} <210>
Wonder if he'll feed them this time next spring
Listenin' to the children play,
Reminds him of, of the days,
Many years ago
02) Keith Barbour: "Echo Park" (1969) [40] {-} <146><275>
QM: Somewhat of a personal favorite, it was written by Buzz Clifford of Baby
Sittin' Boogie fame, who passed away in January.
I-I can root for the Yankees from the bleachers,
And don't have to worry about teachers
#03) Gary (U.S.) Bonds: "School Is Out" (1961) [5] {12} <6><227>
Now when I get home, the wife is mad
The little girl, she's feeling bad
Little junior, he's got the blues
Says he needs a pair of baseball shoes
#04) Jerry Butler: "I'm A Telling You" (1961) [25] {8} <->
He would marry her next spring
Saved his money, bought a ring
Then one day, a movie scout
Came to town to take her out
#05) Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two: "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen" (1958) [14]
{-} <61><320>
She's one of those girls who seems to come in the spring
One look in her eyes and you'll forget everything
You had ready to say
#06) The Critters: "Younger Girl" (1966) [42] {-} <47><146>
Always runnin', never carin', that's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time were all you had to give
#07) The Cyrkle: "Red Rubber Ball" (1966) [2] {-} <8><125><259>
several: co-written by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley of the Seekers.
QM: They opened for the Beatles in Washington DC in 1966. A local group of
teens wanted to meet the Beatles, so they disguised themselves as a band
called 'the Circle', rented a limo (with decoy groupies) and talked the police
into giving them an escort into the stadium and dressing room. The Beatles
showed up and talked to them for a while and laughed when they told them how
they got there. The real Cyrkle eventually showed up, but the Circle got to
watch the concert for free from one of the baseball dugouts.
It's a city where a man
Can fulfill his dreams
The only town that's left
That's got three baseball teams
#08) Sammy Davis Jr.: "New York's My Home" (1956) [59] {-} <270>
Was in the spring
Then spring became the summer
Who'd have believed you'd come along
#09) Neil Diamond: "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" (1969)
[4] {-} <117><240>
DT: Fenway Park in the summertime is the place to hear this in the 7th inning.
And I had Mickey Mantle
Ridin' on a camel
Through the rains
Down in Death Valley
#10) Mark Dinning: "Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports" (1961) [81] {-}
<203><323>
QM: This was one of the first 45s I remember buying.
He remembers his first haircut
His kindergarten teacher
The batting average of every major league baseball player
And all the words of all the current songs
#11) Tom Edwards: "What Is A Teenage Boy?" (1957) [96] {-} <->
Spring was never waiting for us, girl
#12) Richard Harris: "MacArthur Park" (1968) [2] {-} <121><202>
QM: Somehow, I ended up at the Broadway opening for the Donna Summer musical
in April. Her version was one of the show-stopping numbers of the musical.
Hey, Boo-Boo!
#13) The Ivy Three: "Yogi" (1960) [8] {22} <27><110><200><299>
Love, like a mountain springtime
Flashing through the rivers of my mind
It's what I feel for you
(Armadillo)
#14) Jefferson Airplane: "Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil" (1967) [42] {-}
<133><189>
She kissed me yesterday, hello ya silver linin'
Got spring and summer running through me
#15) Keith: "98.6" (1966/67) [7] {-} <3><186><322>
Young leaves, that the wind blows
Yes, it's springtime, golden sunshine
#16) Gary Lewis and The Playboys: "Green Grass" (1966) [8] {-} <58><142><296>
Oh I'd sacrifice most anything
To win his many charms
I'd like to be a fly ball
And pop right in his arms
#17) Mickey Mantle and Teresa Brewer: "I Love Mickey" (1956) [87] {-} <225>
You know you're cheatin', (baby)
Fakin' the bout
You know you're balking, baby (oh yeah)
Strike three, you're out
#18) Mel and Tim: "Backfield In Motion"(1969/70) [10] {3} <31>
I can only give you country walks in springtime
And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall
#19) Rick Nelson: "That's All" (1963) [48] {-} <57><242>
I keep you warm in the winter
Give you cool, cool kisses in the summertime
Walk by your side, in the autumn
And in the spring, bells will chime
#20) Gene Pitney: "(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" (1961) [39] {-} <57><300>
After winter comes the spring
So I'll keep this smile awhile
And see what tomorrow brings
#21) Frank Sinatra: "Cycles" (1968) [23] {-} <146>
I was walking down the road that went nowhere
Building dreams that were all left by the wayside
Then out of the blue
#22) Percy Sledge: "Out Of Left Field" (1967) [59] {25} <243>
I got flowers
In the spring
#23) Sonny and Cher: "I Got You Babe" (1965) [1] {19} <3><152>
Run where it's foul
Run where it's fair
No matter where I run
I meet myself there
#24) Barbra Streisand: "Where Am I Going?" (1966) [94] {-} <->
Walk, walk
But you never get away
#25) Three Dog Night: "Eli's Coming" (1969) [10] {-} <85><164>
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Tie-Breakers
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I go to Coney, the beach is divine
I go to ball games, the bleachers are fine
I follow Winchell and read every line
#T1) Ella Fitzgerald: "The Lady Is A Tramp" (1956) [-] {-} <->
JR: Rodgers and Hart wrote this for their musical "Babes In Arms". Everyone
and his grandmother record it, but Ella's and Frank Sinatra's might be the
most familiar.
QM: Apparently, Ella and Frank recorded their first versions of this song
three months apart in the same studio. They would both be linked to this song
for many years afterwards, sometimes doing it as a duet. These lyrics only
appear in Ella's version.
Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With your lovers everywhere
Just be careful, I'll be there
All our lives, we had fun
#T2) The Kingston Trio: "Seasons In The Sun" (1963) [-] {-} <->
JR: Originally a Jacques Brel song.
QM: There were three versions of lyrics of this song: first the Jacques Brel,
then the Kingston Trio, then Terry Jacks. Other groups did variations as
well. One of several songs the Kingston Trio recorded years before someone
else recorded it as a major hit. These included Sloop John B. (1958) recorded
as John B. Sails, It Was A Very Good Year (1961), First Time Ever I Saw Your
Face (1962), Get Together (1964) recorded as Let's Get Together.
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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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20.0 #07) The Cyrkle: "Red Rubber Ball"
20.0 #09) Neil Diamond: "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)"
20.0 #T2) The Kingston Trio: "Seasons In The Sun"
19.3 #23) Sonny and Cher: "I Got You Babe"
18.6 #03) Gary (U.S.) Bonds: "School Is Out"
18.6 #12) Richard Harris: "MacArthur Park"
17.9 #06) The Critters: "Younger Girl"
17.1 #25) Three Dog Night: "Eli's Coming"
15.7 #13) The Ivy Three: "Yogi"
15.7 #15) Keith: "98.6"
15.7 #16) Gary Lewis and The Playboys: "Green Grass"
15.7 #17) Mickey Mantle and Teresa Brewer: "I Love Mickey"
14.3 #01) The Archies: "Jingle Jangle"
14.3 #05) Johnny Cash: "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen"
14.3 #10) Mark Dinning: "Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports"
14.3 #19) Rick Nelson: "That's All"
14.3 #20) Gene Pitney: "(I Wanna) Love My Life Away"
12.9 #08) Sammy Davis Jr.: "New York's My Home"
12.9 #14) Jefferson Airplane: "Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil"
12.9 #18) Mel and Tim: "Backfield In Motion"
11.4 #04) Jerry Butler: "I'm A Telling You"
11.4 #22) Percy Sledge: "Out Of Left Field"
11.4 #T1) Ella Fitzgerald: "The Lady Is A Tramp"
10.0 #02) Keith Barbour: "Echo Park"
10.0 #11) Tom Edwards: "What Is A Teenage Boy?"
10.0 #21) Frank Sinatra: "Cycles"
9.3 #24) Barbra Streisand: "Where Am I Going?"
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Rich Ardini <golq375@golq.org>