From: Regina Litman <golq388@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 388 (GOLQ388)
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:59:13 -0400 (EDT)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #388 (GOLQ388)
Congratulations to Really Rockin' in Boston, the Village Idiots, and The EJ'S &
Co. who, with scores of 500++, took first place in this quiz. Close behind
with 500.. were Team Teitelbaum and Will McCorry.
The major theme of GOLQ388 was motherhood, in honor of the U.S. observance of
Mothers Day in May. Jessica Raine, Team Teitelbaum, The Village Idiots, The
Coasters, The EJ'S & Co., NAVAIRHEADS, Will McCorry, DEC & Friends, Mike
Weaver, and Delphi Trivia Club all identified the theme.
The songs in this quiz can be divided into the following categories:
Memories or stories of mother: 06, 07, 09, 11, 18, 20, 22, 24
Getting or asking advice from mother: 02, 05, 14, 17, 19, 23, T1
Rejecting advice from mother: 04, 10 15
Trials and tribulations of motherhood: 01, 16, 21
Mother, Mama in artist name: 08, 13, T2
Mama as a safe alternative to husband/boyfriend: 03, 25
Other: 12
GOLQ388's mean score was 417.07, and the median was 485.
My thanks to everyone who participated.
Tom Pillion has posted GOLQ389.
-- Regina Litman <GOLQ388@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)
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T01 500++ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 6 60s,70s
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots <MrJaded&aol.com> 5
(Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy, Roxanne)
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Jean, Denise, Vinnie, Mitch, 8 32+
Kyra, Everett, Kevin <ellisbromberg&gmail.com>
T04 500.. TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie, Patty) 3 55-69
<hat_pat&yahoo.com>
T04 500.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 61
06 498+. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 72
07 490+- DT Delphi Trivia Club <Russ_Wilkerson&mksinst.com> 6 grey
fogeys
08 480.. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 4 66-70
Bigfoot Mae) <rns&san.rr.com>
09 475++ EM DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 3 Various
10 430+- MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1
11 380.. BP BP Oz <briancad&netspace.net.au> 2 boomers
12 358xx TA Team Asia (Mitch Herczeg) <yherczeg&gmail.com> 1 67
13 178.. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 45
14 50.. BS Bryan Shailer <bryanshailer&rogers.com> 1 55
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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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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
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
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
TT 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
NA 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 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 10 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 20 20 20 0
EM 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20
MW 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20
BP 20 20 20 20 20 - 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 20 20
TA 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 18 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20
JR 20 - - - 20 - - 20 - - - 20 - - - - 18 - - 20 20 - 20 - 20
BS 20 - - - 0 - 10 - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 #388 ANSWERS:
Answers are in the form:
#number) Artist: Title (year[s]) [peak Pop] {peak R&B} <xxx>...<yyy>
[-] = 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
<"xxx">...<"yyy"> = prior GOLQ(s) in which the song appeared, if any.
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Children at your feet
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet
#01) Beatles, The: "Lady Madonna" (1968) [4] {-} <89><326>
When I was brainstorming potential tie-breakers to fit the theme, one of the
first ones that came to mind was their song "Your Mother Should Know." After
all, I've even referred to it sometimes when I've used a song that had more
appeal to adults than to teenagers in the late 1950s and in the 1960s, saying
that "Your Mother (or Father) Should Know" this song. But I used the Beatles
as a tie-breaker artist three of the last five times I've done a GOLQ, and at
least one other quizmaster has used them as one during this time frame, too.
So I decided to find a song by them that I could use in the regular portion of
this quiz and came up with this one.
I remember what my mama told me
She said, "Girl, stay in your class.
You got a whole lot of growin' and a-learnin' to do.
So girl, don't you go so fast."
#02) Bradley, Jan: "Mama Didn't Lie" (1963) [14] {8} <13><153><301>
He takes my money
He makes-a me call him honey
#03) Brown, Ruth, with The Milestone Singers:
"Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)" (1962) [99] {-} <65>
This was a remake of her 1953 #1 r&b hit, as noted by Team Teitelbaum.
You know I gotta make love and live a little
And what will be, will be
Sure you feel tense and irritable
But don't take it out on me
#04) Campbell, Jo Ann: "Mother, Please!" (1963) [88] {-} <->
Team Teitelbaum and Mike Weaver both noted that this extended from a popular
Anacin commercial of the time. In this particular ad, two women, one middle-
aged and the other a senior citizen, are in a kitchen. The older woman makes a
cooking suggestion to the other one. The younger woman reacts by saying,
"Mother please, I'd rather do it myself!" In another ad for this "Sure ... you
feel tense and irritable" campaign featured a father coming home from work and
almost running over a bicycle lying in the driveway. He then shouts at his
wife to "keep Billy's bike out of the driveway!" Later in the Jo Ann Campbell
song, she sings a line about keeping Billy's bike out of the driveway, a
reference to the other Anacin ad.
You can see the "Mother, Please!" commercial at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GshovE9F3F8
(poor audio quality; you may need to turn up the sound)
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother
"What will I be?"
#05) Day, Doris: "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" (1956) [2] {-}
<56><302><354> (High Keyes version <110>)
Sadly, Doris Day died on May 13 at the age of 97. She was predeceased by her
only child, songwriter, producer, and musician Terry Melcher, who died in 2004.
This was one of the last songs I added to this GOLQ because I thought it would
be too obvious. Now I'm glad I chose it. This song was written by Jay
Livingston and Ray Evans. Doris Day sang it in the 1956 movie THE MAN WHO KNEW
TOO MUCH, and it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for that year.
A version by the High Keyes titled "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
reached #47 in 1963. Many other artists have recorded this song, including:
Mary Hopkin, produced by Paul McCartney, #77 Hot 100, #7 Adult Contemporary in
1970
Sly and the Family Stone in 1973 (I have this on a greatest hits type of album
by them, even though it wasn't a hit by this group)
Australian pop singer Normie Rowe (who covered a lot of U.S. songs), reportedly
"the biggest Australian rock and roll hit of 1965"
At least two other artists who are in this GOLQ, Connie Francis in 1962 and the
Shirelles in 1966
(The Shirelles also had a hit with a remake of another Doris Day hit,
"Everybody Loves a Lover".)
Mom would come to school
And as I'd sit there softly cryin'
Teacher'd say, "He's just not tryin'.
Got a good head if he'd apply it."
#06) Diamond, Neil: "Brooklyn Roads" (1968) [58] {-} <149><253>
I chose this song for this GOLQ even before I came up with the theme, as a
tribute to Neil's mother, Rose Diamond, who died earlier this year at the age
of 100.
My mother told me
If I was goody
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
#07) Ellis, Shirley: "The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)" (1965) [8] {16}
<86><150>
If I had wanted to use both a Neil Diamond song and this song back-to-back in a
GOLQ with no theme, I would have chosen "Red, Red Wine" for the Neil Diamond
song. The 1980s remake of "Red, Red Wine" by UB40 contains some lines that are
also in this song, about the monkey who went to heaven on the streetcar line.
She sits on the dock a-fishin' in the water, uh-huh
I don't know her name
She's the fisherman's daughter, uh-huh
#08) Every Mothers' Son: "Come On Down To My Boat" (1967) [6] {-}
<9><171><259><333>
This is the one song in this GOLQ that describes a father/child (daughter, in
this case) relationship. It starts out with the theme of father as a
supposedly safe alternative to husband/boyfriend, but the singer hopes it will
turn into rejecting father's advice.
Safe in the glow of your love
Sent from the heavens above
Nothing can ever replace
The warmth of your tender embrace
#09) Francis, Connie: "Mama" (1960) [8} {-} <237>
I was aware of a 1971 song called "Mama" by Heintje, which bubbled under at
#112 and which I only heard snippets of, but until I looked up songs called
"Mama" in the index of my Whitburn book, I didn't know they were the same song.
Heintje recorded his song in Dutch, English, and German. Connie sings her
version partly in Italian. This GOLQ contains two different songs called
"Mama" and two others whose titles consist of "Mama" followed by a
parenthetical portion.
Now we won't say who's right or wrong
But here's the moral of this song
It can't be bad
It makes you glad
And you are only young so long
#10) Haley, Bill, and His Comets: "Teenager's Mother (Are You Right?)" (1956)
[68] {-} <214><345>
I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles
#11) Happenings, The: "My Mammy" (1967) [13] {-} <47><286>
This song was originally done by William Frawley (Fred Mertz on I LOVE LUCY and
Bub on MY THREE SONGS) in 1918. It was most famously recorded by Al Jolson,
who recorded it in both 1921 and 1928. He sang it in a few movies, including
the original THE JAZZ SINGER (1927), THE SINGING FOOL (1928), and ROSE OF
WASHINGTON SQUARE (1939). The Al Jolson recordings are available on YouTube,
but I haven't found William Frawley's version yet. It may have just been a
live performance that wasn't recorded.
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that Mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
#12) Jefferson Airplane, The: "White Rabbit" (1967) [8] {-} <25><95><149>
I don't feel all turned on and starry-eyed
I just feel a sweet contentment deep inside
Holding you at night
Just seems kind of natural and right
#13) Mama Cass: "It's Getting Better" (1969) [30] {-} <193>
I was lenient on several artist and song names in this GOLQ (including the
titles of #03, #05, and #15 because they appear in different forms in various
places), but I deducted two points for adding the last name Elliot to the
artist name here because it doesn't fit alphabetically. In her solo recording
career, the singer born Ellen Naomi Cohen used three different forms of her
artist name on singles that charted:
Mama Cass with The Mamas & The Papas ("Dream A Little Dream Of Me")
Mama Cass (this song and two others)
Mama Cass Elliot (starting with her next single after this one, "Make Your Own
Kind Of Music")
My mother once told me somethin'
And every word is true
Don't waste your time on a fella
Who doesn't love you
#14) Marvelettes, The: "Too Many Fish In The Sea" (1964/65) [25] {15} <48><333>
(Mitch Ryder version <106>)
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels remade this song in 1967 in a medley with
"Three Little Fishes." It peaked at #24.
You lied about the women
About the gamblin' too
There's fun in the big city
Mom there's room for you-ou
#15) McCoys, The: "Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure" (1966) [67]
{-} <236>
Four kids from one to four
Pretty soon there'll be one more
Oh, but, Sundays I'm mighty glad
We send the kids to his mom and dad
It's the day that makes me glad
#16) Miller, Jody: "Queen Of The House" (1965) [12] {-} <241>
(Roger Miller original tune <68><136><256>)
This was a parody of "King Of The Road" by Roger Miller (no relation).
I saw Jody Miller sing a song on SHINDIG! that contains the lines, "Mother,
must I keep on dancing, Yes my darling daughter." I thought of this song as a
potential tie-breaker for this GOLQ, or even a regular song if it charted for
her, and turned to Google to find out the title. I learned that the song,
"Yes, My Darling Daughter," was originally recorded by Dinah Shore and later
was recorded by too many artists all over the alphabet, and mainly outside of
the GOLQ era, to make it suitable for a GOLQ tie-breaker. The same was true
for a song my father used to sing snatches of that begins, "My mama done told
me," and turned out to be called "Blues In The Night."
Here is Jody Miller singing "Yes, My Darling Daughter" on SHINDIG!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsmSF4_lN1w
When I became of age
My mother called me to her side
She said, "Son you're growing up now.
Pretty soon you'll take a bride."
#17) Miracles, The, (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson): "Shop Around" (1960/61)
[2] {1} <10><153><292><356>
I deducted two points for Smokey and the Miracles or Smokey Robinson and the
Miracles because these forms of the artist name made it not fit alphabetically.
How I miss that sweet lady
With her old country touch
Miss her quaint broken English
Called Pennsylvania Dutch
#18) Page, Patti: "Mama From The Train" (1956/57) [11] {-} <66><283>
Here's a good example of a "Your Mother (or Father) Should Know Song" in this
GOLQ.
Should I sigh
Every time he passes by
And if I can't resist
Well should I let him steal a kiss
#19) Quaite, Christine: "Tell Me Mamma" (1964) [98] {-} <122><307>
The U.S. release uses the spelling "Mamma" on the label. The U.K. release
spells it as "Mama."
Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play
And she said, "Mama, got a note here"
#20) Riley, Jeannie C.: "Harper Valley P.T.A." (1968) [1] {-} <52><198><251>
This is another one that I chose before I settled on the theme and then was
able to find a section of the song to fit it. Yes, it was because of Bryce
Harper signing with the Philadelphia Phillies. So far, the results of having
him on the team have been mixed.
Things are different today
I hear every mother say
Cooking fresh food for her husband's just a drag
#21) Rolling Stones, The: "Mothers Little Helper" (1966) [8] {-} <65><190>
When I heard this song on the radio at the age of 13 or 14, I did not
understand the pill-taking aspect because I didn't listen to the lyrics
carefully. From the title, I thought this was a song about a girlfriend who
would make a good wife because she helped her mother around the house and
presumably would help him, too.
After Neil Sedaka released a children's album that contained new lyrics for
several of his famous tunes, during some dull commutes to and from work on the
train, I imagined a Rolling Stones children's album. Among the songs I dreamed
up was "Mommy's Little Helper," with lines like, "Cooking dinner for my daddy's
just my bag." (Among the lyrics from other songs: "Let's have a sleepover
together, 'cause you're my best friend forever." "I can't get no satisfaction,
so I cry, so I cry, so I cry, so I cry.")
Mom was cookin' bread
She wore a dirty raggedy scarf around her head
Always had her stockings low, rolled to her feet
She just didn't know
#22) Ross, Diana, And The Supremes: "I'm Livin' In Shame" (1969) [10] {-}
<40><263>
This song was during the period between when Diana Ross's name was added to the
group name and when she left the group.
I went walking the other day-yay
And everything was going fine
I met a little boy named Billy Joe
And then almost lost my mind
#23) Shirelles, The: "Mama Said" (1961) [4] {2] <4><153>
Who's the one who tied your shoe when you were young
And knew just when to come and see what you had done
#24) Thomas, B.J.: "Mama" (1966) [22] {-} <199>
So hurry home to your mama
I'm sure she wonders where you are
#25) Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett: "Young Girl" (1968) [2] {-}
<8><123><191><324>
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Tie-Breakers
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Slowly she replied
Tears had filled her eyes
"Baby not so fast
Let your young life last."
#T1) Cher: "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)" (1966) [124] {-} <->
This was written by her husband and usual singing partner at the time, Sonny
Bono. It was originally released as the A-side of a single on Imperial Records
in 1966 and bubbled under at #124. It was re-released the following year as
the B-side of her #9 hit, "You Better Sit Down Kids," also on Imperial.
The way you boogie all night
You're my heart's delight
You know I wish I might
Get a tiny bite
#T2) Mothers of Invention: "Jelly Roll Gum Drop" (1968) [-] {-}
<305 - alternate artist name>
I decided to use a song by Frank Zappa's group The Mothers of Invention, later
shortened to The Mothers, as one of the tie-breakers. I'm not that familiar
with their songs, but I decided to use this one because it's the only song by
them that I ever heard on a Top 40 radio station. Shortly after its release on
the album RUBEN AND THE JETS, I heard it on radio station WEAM (normally quite
conservative in their music selections) in the Washington, DC, area one morning
when I was getting ready for school. I never heard it again on this or any
other Top 40 station.
After I already had it in place in this GOLQ, I discovered that "Jelly Roll Gum
Drop" by the artist Ruben and the Jets had been used as a tie-breaker in
GOLQ305. This was an audio GOLQ, and the record is definitely the same one by
"Frank Zappa and group," as noted in the Results and Answer Key for that GOLQ,
that I played as by The Mothers of Invention on YouTube. I decided to keep it
in this quiz for two reasons. One, to set the artist name straight. And two,
I don't think there is still a rule against reusing tie-breaker songs. In
fact, I had already noticed that one of the tie-breakers in GOLQ387 had been
used before. Really Rockin' In Boston and DEC & Friends mentioned the RUBEN
AND THE JETS connection.
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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
comparison purposes, tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.
The themes no doubt helped many of the participants identify some of the
stumpers. Most of the songs scored about where I expected them to be. "Tell
Me Momma" ranked higher than I expected it to be. A few ranked lower than
expected because of points deducted or only a title or artist being supplied by
some entries.
Rank Avg. Song
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T01 20.00 #01) Beatles, The: "Lady Madonna" (1968) [4] {-}
T01 20.00 #12) Jefferson Airplane, The: "White Rabbit" (1967) [8] {-}
T03 18.57 #05) Day, Doris: "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" (1956)
T03 18.57 #20) Riley, Jeannie C.: "Harper Valley P.T.A." (1968) [1] {-}
T03 18.57 #23) Shirelles, The: "Mama Said" (1961) [4] {2]
06 18.43 #17) Miracles, The, (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson): "Shop Around"
07 17.86 #21) Rolling Stones, The: "Mothers Little Helper" (1966) [8] {-}
T08 17.14 #02) Bradley, Jan: "Mama Didn't Lie" (1963) [14] {8}
T08 17.14 #08) Every Mothers' Son: "Come On Down To My Boat" (1967) [6] {-}
T08 17.14 #11) Happenings, The: "My Mammy" (1967) [13] {-}
T08 17.14 #19) Quaite, Christine: "Tell Me Mamma" (1964) [98] {-}
T08 17.14 #25) Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett: "Young Girl" (1968) [2] {-}
T13 16.43 #07) Ellis, Shirley: "The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)" (1965)
T13 16.43 #14) Marvelettes, The: "Too Many Fish In The Sea" (1964/65) [25] {15}
T15 15.71 #03) Brown, Ruth, with ...: "Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)"
T15 15.71 #04) Campbell, Jo Ann: "Mother, Please!" (1963) [88] {-}
T15 15.71 #06) Diamond, Neil: "Brooklyn Roads" (1968) [58] {-}
T15 15.71 #09) Francis, Connie: "Mama" (1960) [8} {-}
T15 15.71 #18) Page, Patti: "Mama From The Train" (1956/57) [11] {-}
T15 15.71 #24) Thomas, B.J.: "Mama" (1966) [22] {-}
21 15.43 #13) Mama Cass: "It's Getting Better" (1969) [30] {-}
22 15.36 #22) Ross, Diana, And The Supremes: "I'm Livin' In Shame" (1969) [10]
T23 14.29 #10) Haley, Bill, and His Comets: "Teenager's Mother (Are You Right?)"
T23 14.29 #16) Miller, Jody: "Queen Of The House" (1965) [12] {-}
25 12.86 #15) McCoys, The: "Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure"
26 10.00 #T1) Cher: "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)" (1966) [124] {-}
27 14.67 #T2) Mothers of Invention: "Jelly Roll Gum Drop" (1968) [-] {-}
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Regina Litman <GOLQ388@golq.org>