RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #412 (GOLQ412)
Congratulations to Village Idiots, who won by a tie-breaker over Really Rockin'
In Boston!
The first theme, comprising 9 songs, involved a member of a famous songwriting
team collaborating with other(s) instead. The theme involved #06, 07, 12, 13,
14, 17, 18, 19, 22. No one ID'd this theme, although the EJ'S guessed it as
Brill Building writers, which is also substantially correct.
The second ("no surprise") theme, comprising 8 songs, was my perennial HUMOR
motif (as in, "Howard's Usual Morbid Obituary Ritual"). This included songs
#02, 05, 08, 10, 11, 15, 20, 21. About half the entrants mentioned this theme.
The EJ'S team cited several others: Song #09 (group member Lewis Edward Peeples
on 12/13/20) and song #24 (21st century group member Bruce Williamson, 9/6/20).
The Puzzler Solution can be found at the end. Kudos to Will McCorry for
submitting the only correct puzzler answer (source of the quote). Also, a tip
of the cap to Delphi, who solved almost all of the clues. Thanks again to Bob
Bluestein for creating this "cherry on top" of the quiz!
As always, thanks to everyone who entered.
The June 2021 quiz (GOLQ #413) by Regina Litman has been posted.
-- 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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01 500+. VI Village Idiots (Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy) 4 --
<MrJaded/MFPing/ARE7/Clete6&aol.com>
02 500.. RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 6 60s, 70s
03 470+. DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid88&rochester.rr.com, 6 63++
rcwkid99&me.com>
T04 460+. EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Kevin, Vinnie, Mitch, Denise, 6 50+
Everett <ellisbromberg&gmail.com>
T04 460+. JW James White <jjwhite17&gmail.com> 1 73
06 460.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 63
07 425+. TS Tri State Trivia (Dino Dinardo <djdinardo&comcast.net> 5 --
Mike Pell <mikepell321&aol.com>
Hattie Winterfeld <hatcats&yahoo.com>
Frank Glaz <lowtekman5&aol.com>
John Slover <giantk1ng&aol.com>
Tom Gileece <tomgi&hotmail.com>)
08 420+. MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 --
09 360+. VS Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> ~4 boomers
10 340+. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 5 68, 72,
Bigfoot Mae, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> 69, -, 68
11 320+. NA NAVAIRHEADS <pillion&skybest.com> 1 74
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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
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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 ..
DT 20 20 20 20 10 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 +.
JW 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 ..
TS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 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 +.
VS 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 +.
NA 20 20 20 20 . 20 . . 20 . . . 20 20 20 20 . 20 20 . 20 . 20 20 20 +.
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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 #412 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 in trying, all of my dreams might come true
Try to understand, you're everything I ever hoped for
#01) Andrews, Lee, and The Hearts: "Try The Impossible"
(1958) [33] {-} <27><151><322><353>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yR31BGvlRI (original unreleased version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CLUiNf8ZW0 (hit version)
Original version was recorded for Gotham in '56, but was unreleased until
the CD era. Hit version was first out locally in Philadelphia on Casino,
then leased to United Artists for national distribution.
Oh oh oh, baby, don't you know I'm human
Have thoughts like any other one
Sometimes I find myself alone regretting
Some foolish thing, some little sinful thing I've done
#02) Animals, The: "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
(1965) [15] {-} <30><153><303>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2o3J-UmGLM (Nina Simone, 1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Fp0AO8IzU (Animals, 1965)
Hilton Valentine, the group's guitarist, died 1/29/21 at 77.
Original 1964 recording by Nina Simone bubbled under at #131. Corresponding
lyrics in her version are a bit different:
Oh oh oh, baby, I'm just human
Don't you know I have faults like anyone
Sometimes I find myself alone regretting
Some little foolish thing, some simple thing that I've done
Standing in the dock at Southampton
#03) Beatles, The: "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" (1969) [8] {-} <126><258><355>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omzv6UL_osY (Burnette, "Lonesome...", 1956)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh2G6lXkBBA (Beatles, "Lonesome...", 1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1OgNqBkVE (Beatles, "Ballad of...", 1969)
During the group's run of regular BBC radio broadcasts in 1963 ("Pop Go the
Beatles"), they covered "Lonesome Tears from My Eyes," originally done by
Johnny Burnette in 1956. John recycled that recurring guitar riff from
their '63 version for the coda of "The Ballad of John and Yoko."
Sloppy shirt, old blue jeans
Dirty shoes, by all means
#04) Bennett, Boyd, and His Rockets: "Seventeen" (1955) [5] {7} <29><149>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaojBPhJ2vU
A shout-out to two of my great-nieces who just turned 17. I told my sisters
(their grandmothers) that the two young ladies are undoubtedly dancing to
this tune. Who says I don't have my finger on the pulse of pop culture?
Words wouldn't come in an easy way
Round in circles I'd go
#05) Chad & Jeremy: "If I Loved You" (1965) [23] {-} <62>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng7o4gnoSw0
Chad Stuart died 12/20/20 at 79. Song is from Rodgers & Hammerstein's
1945 musical "Carousel." Delphi mentioned a Perry Como version from '45.
But since we're not together
I look for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you'll never see
#06) Everly Brothers, The: "Crying In The Rain" (1962) [6] {-} <74><247><322>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O4iGs5POH4
One-off collaboration between lyricist Howard Greenfield (usual partner:
Neil Sedaka or Jack Keller) and Carole King (usual partner: Gerry Goffin).
He makes me stay when I don't wanna stay
He makes me go when I don't wanna go
#07) Exciters, The: "He's Got The Power" (1963) [57] {-} <143><235>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACJBetGwQSc
Written by Ellie Greenwich (usual partner: Jeff Barry) and Tony Powers.
Every time we meet
My heart skips a beat
You're my first cup of coffee
My last cup of tea
#08) Falcons, The: "You're So Fine" (1959) [17] {2} <22><161>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCLj8-scK8A
Co-written by group member Willie Schofield, who died 3/30/21 at 81.
Regina noted that the first two lines given here are also in
Gerry and The Pacemakers' "It's Gonna Be Alright."
First a boy and a girl meet each other
Then they sit down to talk for a while
#09) Five Satins, The: "To The Aisle" (1957) [25] {5} <6><105><292>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ea1TeSE-8E (Roy Hamilton)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyYjcVokHdc (Five Satins)
Originally recorded by Roy Hamilton, earlier in '57, as "The Aisle".
Where have you gone now?
Off with someone new?
If you really love me
Let me be your fool
#10) Five Stairsteps, The: "Come Back" (1966) [61] {15} <->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84kjNWeo6gw
One of the siblings, James Burke, died 2/19/21 at 70.
You're the reason I'm living
Please don't break my heart in two
'Cause the love that I am giving
Will always be with you
#11) Gerry and The Pacemakers: "I'm The One" (1964) [82] {n/c} <47><252>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xOjTWo6SOE
The death of lead singer Gerry Marsden on 1/3/21 was widely reported, but
I only recently learned that the group's bassist, Les Chadwick, died on
12/26/19 at 76.
Thrills me so much
And somehow, somehow I just can't explain what happens
Every time our lips touch
#12) Harris, Betty: "His Kiss" (1964) [89] {n/c} <231>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVQSUR_t8q4
Written by Mike Stoller (usual partner: Jerry Leiber) and Bert Russell (pen
name of Bert Berns).
Other than #T2 (which stumped everyone), this was the hardest song in the
quiz, with only three entrants identifying it.
I'm gonna treat you to a movie
Stop your gigglin'
#13) Kramer, Billy J., with The Dakotas: "Little Children"
(1964) [7] {n/c} <1><155><229><288><361>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyuykbQKbYQ
Written by Mort Shuman (usual partner: Doc Pomus) with J. Leslie McFarland.
I had the world when you were mine
But I threw it away
#14) Lee, Brenda: "The Grass Is Greener" (1963) [17] {-} <87>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8GWsYycCnw
Written by Barry Mann (usual partner: Cynthia Weil) and Mike Anthony.
My baby don't buy me pearls
He's busy with other girls
#15) McGuire Sisters, The: "No More" (1955) [17] {-} <->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haWo6lbFktI
Phyllis McGuire, trio's lead singer & youngest sister & last survivor, died
12/29/20 at 89. This was the B-side of their #1 cover of "Sincerely."
There's a girl I know
Who makes me feel so good
And I wouldn't live without her
Even if I could
#16) Monkees, The: "Valleri" (1968) [3] {-} <46><302>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnbDxW8ERvc (1966 TV version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti-LhSkNfRs (1968 single version)
A different version was used for the TV show in 1966; it was re-recorded
in 1968 for the hit single. Written by Boyce & Hart.
Just forget all the loneliness you've gone through
Ah, don't you fret
Now I'm yours to hold onto
#17) Orlando, Tony: "Happy Times (Are Here To Stay)" (1961) [82] {-} <->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65YkVFmnMHQ
Written by Cynthia Weil (usual partner: Barry Mann) with Gerry Goffin and
Carole King.
I know I can't make you stay
And as you're walkin' away
It hurts me so
To see you go
#18) Peterson, Ray: "I Could Have Loved You So Well" (1961/62) [57] {-} <280>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJkTWA98A7o
Written by Gerry Goffin (usual partner: Carole King) and Barry Mann.
She knows just how to make me laugh
When I feel blue
#19) Presley, Elvis, with The Jordanaires: "She's Not You"
(1962) [5] {13} <37><113><382>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t77rtRmZwFg
Written by Doc Pomus (usual partner: Mort Shuman) with Jerry Leiber & Mike
Stoller.
Girl, if you would listen
To what we have to say
We could stop all this fussin'
And we could do it this way
#20) Purify, James & Bobby: "Let Love Come Between Us" (1967) [23] {18} <->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=borcrnwEjSM
James Purify died 1/22/21 at 76.
You call me every morning
And you see me every evening
And you swear that I'm the only one for you
#21) Rodgers, Jimmie: "Are You Really Mine" (1958) [10] {-} <60>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYLk8aiMgk
Died 1/18/21 at 87.
Silent joys and broken toys
Laughing girls and teasing boys
Was I ever in love?
I called it love
#22) Shangri-Las, The: "Past, Present And Future" (1966) [59] {-} <231><291>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulSZo9EAYVw
Written by Jerry Leiber (usual partner: Mike Stoller) with Artie Butler and
Shadow Morton.
And under cover of darkness
He made his way to the middle of the municipal park
And hid in the bushes
And waited for somebody to come walkin' along by hisself in the dark
#23) Stevens, Ray: "Harry The Hairy Ape" (1963) [17] {14} <53><132>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2P6__tmVk0
Your love is fading, I can feel your love fading
Girl, it's fading away from me
'Cause your touch, your touch has grown cold
As if someone else controls your very soul
#24) Temptations, The: "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (1966/67) [8] {1} <56><272>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoltKBxDGFQ
Like this tired troubled earth
I've been rollin' since my birth
Movin' on, movin' on
#25) Wonder, Stevie: "A Place In The Sun" (1966/67) [9] {3} <59><248>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Iis_Dgygs
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Tie-Breakers
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The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes
Street lights share their hollow glow
Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise
Still one place to go
#T1) Doors, The: "Soul Kitchen" (1967) [-] {-} <->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxizIrbcSuU
From their debut LP.
All day long we're workin' hard
Clean the farm, clean up yard
Now it's time to take a chair
#T2) Jets, The: "Soul Dinner" (1963) [-] {-} <->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0GY0A-TVcg
Some sources ( https://tinyurl.com/SoulDinner ) suggest that the group is
actually some version of The Marcels, but I have no idea if this is so.
One connection is that a co-writer is Jules Kruspir, the Marcels' manager.
My thought was to juxtapose two tie-breakers with very similar titles,
but with styles about as disparate as possible in the GOLQ universe.
Unfortunately, #T2 went unrecognized by all.
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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 #02) Animals, The: "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (1965) [15] {-}
20.00 #03) Beatles, The: "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" (1969) [8] {-}
20.00 #04) Bennett, Boyd, and His Rockets: "Seventeen" (1955) [5] {7}
20.00 #06) Everly Brothers, The: "Crying In The Rain" (1962) [6] {-}
20.00 #09) Five Satins, The: "To The Aisle" (1957) [25] {5}
20.00 #13) Kramer, Billy J., w/ The Dakotas: "Little Children" (1964) [7] {n/c}
20.00 #15) McGuire Sisters, The: "No More" (1955) [17] {-}
20.00 #16) Monkees, The: "Valleri" (1968) [3] {-}
20.00 #24) Temptations, The: "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (1966/67) [8] {1}
20.00 #25) Wonder, Stevie: "A Place In The Sun" (1966/67) [9] {3}
18.18 #01) Andrews, Lee, and The Hearts: "Try The Impossible" (1958) [33] {-}
18.18 #11) Gerry and The Pacemakers: "I'm The One" (1964) [82] {n/c}
18.18 #19) Presley, Elvis, w/ The Jordanaires: "She's Not You" (1962) [5] {13}
18.18 #21) Rodgers, Jimmie: "Are You Really Mine" (1958) [10] {-}
18.18 #23) Stevens, Ray: "Harry The Hairy Ape" (1963) [17] {14}
17.27 #05) Chad & Jeremy: "If I Loved You" (1965) [23] {-}
16.82 #08) Falcons, The: "You're So Fine" (1959) [17] {2}
16.36 #07) Exciters, The: "He's Got The Power" (1963) [57] {-}
16.36 #14) Lee, Brenda: "The Grass Is Greener" (1963) [17] {-}
16.36 #T1) Doors, The: "Soul Kitchen" (1967) [-] {-}
14.55 #18) Peterson, Ray: "I Could Have Loved You So Well" (1961/62) [57] {-}
14.55 #20) Purify, James & Bobby: "Let Love Come Between Us" (1967) [23] {18}
14.55 #22) Shangri-Las, The: "Past, Present And Future" (1966) [59] {-}
12.73 #10) Five Stairsteps, The: "Come Back" (1966) [61] {15}
9.09 #17) Orlando, Tony: "Happy Times (Are Here To Stay)" (1961) [82] {-}
5.45 #12) Harris, Betty: "His Kiss" (1964) [89] {n/c}
0.00 #T2) Jets, The: "Soul Dinner" (1963) [-] {-}
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G N I L P O J K C A M
CLUE ANSWERS
0) Shortest single to reach #1 on the '58-'69 Billboard Hot 100 charts
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs' "STAY" lasts only 1:37.
1) "Why does my heart ________ a crazy beat?"
The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon recorded "Why Do Fools Fall
In Love", containing the line "Why does my heart SKIP a crazy beat?"
2) Clapton, Beck, and Page were some of them
All three were at one time or another a member of The YARDBIRDS.
3) When she's "young enough to dance and sing, old enough to get that
swing"
Boyd Bennett and His Rockets' single "SEVENTEEN" contains these
lyrics. The song was also recorded by The Fontane Sisters, Rusty
Draper, and Frankie Ford.
4) Laura who wrote "Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Wedding Bell Blues"
Laura NYRO also wrote "Stoney End" and "Eli's Coming".
5) Solo recording artist with a '69 hit from the musical "Hair"
OLIVER recorded "Good Morning Starshine", one of four singles on
Billboard's Hot 100 charts in '69 to come from the rock musical
(the others being The Cowsills' "Hair", Three Dog Night's "Easy To
Be Hard", and The 5th Dimension's "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In").
6) Mal Evans was one for The Beatles
Mal, along with Neil Aspinall, worked for The Beatles as a ROADIE.
He served as a bodyguard, equipment maintainer, van driver, and
personal assistant.
7) Chubby Checker's real initials
"The Twist" singer's real initials were E.E. (Ernest Evans).
8) Spence whom Spencer replaced as Jefferson Airplane drummer
Spencer Dryden replaced Alexander "SKIP" Spence in '66. Spence then
went on to form Moby Grape.
9) Dukedom held by Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler's "Duke Of EARL" hit #1 in '62.
10) Barbara, Donna, or Vera, but not Gloria
Unrelated singers Barbara ("You'll Lose A Good Thing"), Donna ("My
Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut"), and Vera ("Such A Day") all had
the last name LYNN. Jazz vocalist Gloria Lynne spelled her last
name slightly differently.
11) Elvis' alternative to "now"
Elvis' "It's Now Or NEVER" (adapted from "O Sole Mio") topped the
charts in '60.
12) Country singer Woodrow Wilson Sovine's nickname
Songwriter/guitarist and Grand Ole Opry member RED Sovine was best
known for trucker songs and sentimental tunes.
13) First name of "America's oldest teenager"
Richard Augustus Wagstaff "DICK" Clark Jr. hosted the TV program
"American Bandstand" for over 30 years.
14) Little Willie Littlefield's "________ Loving"
"K. C. Loving" was the retitled first single of the Jerry Leiber and
Mike Stoller composition "Kansas City", later popularized by Wilbert
Harrison.
15) Last name of "America's oldest teenager"
TV personality/producer Dick CLARK followed up "American Bandstand"
by hosting the game show "The $10,000 Pyramid" and "Dick Clark's New
Year's Rockin' Eve".
16) Starr who recorded "My Heart Reminds Me"
Pop, jazz, and country singer KAY Starr also had a big hit with
"Rock And Roll Waltz" in '55, but her biggest hit was the million
seller "Wheel Of Fortune" in '52.
17) Word in a Coasters song that precedes the rebuke "Don't talk back"
In "Yakety YAK", the song's title is a teenage refrain responded
to with bass Will "Dub" Jones' classic parental reprimand.
18) Last name of William Howard Ashton when performing with The Dakotas
Ashton performed as Billy J. KRAMER, a name chosen at random from a
telephone directory.
19) Flip's partner on "It Was I"
Clyde "SKIP" Battin and Gary "Flip" Paxton had three charting
singles as Skip & Flip.
20) Ordinal number suffix in the name of Charles Wright's soul-funk band
The Watts 103RD Street Rhythm Band started out in '62 as Charles
Wright & The Wright Sounds.
21) Blues musician Willie "Piano Red" Perryman, a.k.a. ________ Feelgood
DR. Feelgood and the Interns released "Doctor Feel-Good" in '62.
22) Clarinets, oboes, and bassoons have them, but flutes don't
They are all woodwinds, but flutes do not have REEDS.
23) Recording artist and green beret staff sergeant Barry
SSgt Barry SADLER, who served in Vietnam, recorded "The Ballad Of
The Green Berets".
24) Real middle name of Paul Revere of Paul Revere and The Raiders
Keyboardist Paul REVERE Dick dropped his last name to create his
stage name.
25) Earl Grant's "The ________"
"The END" reached #7 on the pop charts in '58.
26) "I have no kick against modern jazz unless they try to play it too
________ fast"
In '57's "Rock And Roll Music", Chuck Berry objects to jazz played
"too DARN fast".
27) Last name of the only family to have three generations with a
Billboard #1 hit
Ozzie NELSON & His Orchestra had a #1 hit with "And Then Some" in
'35. Son Ricky had chart toppers "Poor Little Fool" in '58 and
"Travelin' Man" in '61. Ricky's twin sons Matthew and Gunnar,
recording simply as Nelson, hit #1 with "(Can't Live Without Your)
Love And Affection" in '90.
28) Abbreviation of the city where "he's cute in his mohair suit"
The Ad Libs had a hit about a sweet but shy N.Y.C. lad in '65's
"The Boy From New York City".
29) Term for a smooth sentimental singer, such as Vic Damone, Andy
Williams, or Johnny Mathis
Damone, Williams, and Mathis were popular CROONERs of the '60s.
30) Word repeated three times to create a Supremes, Gestures, or Third
Rail single title
Each of the three groups had a distinct song entitled "RUN, Run,
Run" that charted in the '60's.
31) Word repeated over 50 times in a Human Beinz single
The word "NO" is repeated even more than the word "nobody" in their
'67 cover of The Isley Brothers' "Nobody But Me".
32) Gary Puckett and The Union Gap's follow-up hit to "Lady Willpower"
The group's first three singles ("Woman, Woman", "Young Girl", and
"Lady Willpower") were followed next by "OVER YOU". All four were
top 10 hits.
33) Word repeated six times to create a top 5 hit's title
Major Lance's "UM, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" hit #5 in '67.
34) He played guitar with Winwood, Capaldi, and Wood
Dave MASON joined with them to form Traffic in '67.
35) Country singer Henson Cargill's "________ A Rope"
Cargill's "SKIP A Rope" was his only Billboard Hot 100 single.
36) Word preceding "Time", "Train", and "Life" (and nothing) in '60's
singles' titles
The Strangeloves' "NIGHT Time", James Brown's "Night Train",
Rusty Draper's "Night Life", and Jackie Wilson's "Night" all
hit the charts in the '60's.
37) According to Jan & Dean, how you should take your girl down the
street
In "Sidewalk Surfin'", the duo sings, "So get your girl and take
her TANDEM down the street", meaning "pull her on a skateboard
along with you".
38) One of its stations was Scollay Square
In The Kingston Trio's "M.T.A.", Charlie is doomed to ride Boston's
Metropolitan Transit Authority forever, so his wife must go down to
the Scollay Square (nowadays Government Center) station daily to
hand him a sandwich as his subway train rolls by.
39) Brenda Lee's "________ Usual"
"AS Usual" was one of dozens of Billboard Hot 100 singles by "Little
Miss Dynamite".
40) What The Impalas were in March, '59
The Impalas had a #2 hit with "SORRY (I Ran All The Way Home)".
41) 2525 is one
Zager & Evans' "In The YEAR 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" spent six
weeks at #1 in '69.
42) Singer-songwriter and poet McKuen
ROD McKuen had one charting single, "Oliver Twist", in '62.
43) First name for Burnette and last name for Lee
DORSEY Burnette (Johnny's brother) and Lee Dorsey (no relation to
bandleaders Jimmy and Tommy) both had charting singles in the '60's.
44) Eponymous '69 album by the band formed by Jon Anderson, Peter Banks,
Chris Squire, Bill Bruford, and Tony Kaye
"YES", the group's first album, included songs written by Leonard
Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, John Lennon and Paul McCartney,
Roger McGuinn and David Crosby, and Stephen Stills.
45) "He ________ Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley"
According to Little Richard in "Long Tall Sally", "I saw Uncle John
with bald-headed Sally \ He SAW Aunt Mary comin' and he ducked back
in the alley".
46) "Well, you know ________ all love to see the plan"
According to The Beatles' "Revolution", "You say you got a real
solution \ Well you know WE'D all love to see the plan".
47) Nashville cats "play wild as mountain ________"
In The Lovin' Spoonful's "Nashville Cats", those cats play clean
as country water and wild as mountain DEW.
48) Two words preceding both "tailor" and "gamblin' man" in a #1 hit's
lyrics
According to The Animals in "The House Of The Rising Sun", "My
mother WAS A tailor \ She sewed my new blue jeans \ My father was
a gamblin' man \ Down in New Orleans".
49) Each of Phyllis and Barbara Allbut was one
The sisters and lead singer Linda Jansen were members of The ANGELs.
50) Each of "Bernie" Toorish, "Jimmie" Arnold, "Frankie" Busseri, and
"Connie" Codarini
These were The Four LADs.
51) Repeated word in a Brenda Lee single title as well as three of the
four words in a Johnny Cymbal single title
Brenda Lee had the hit single "DUM Dum" in '61, and Johnny Cymbal
charted with "Dum Dum Dee Dum" in '63.
52) Word preceding "Prayer", "Girl", "Man", and "Way" in '50's and
'60's singles' titles
The Platters' "MY Prayer" spent five weeks at #1 in '56, The
Temptations' "My Girl" topped the charts in '65, Barbra Streisand's
"My Man" also charted in '65, and Frank Sinatra's "My Way" charted
in '69.
53) What Barbara Lewis and Elvis were in '65
Both Barbara's "Baby, I'm YOURS" and Elvis' "I'm Yours" peaked at
#11.
54) Sly command of '69
Sly & The Family Stone had a hit with "STAND!" in '69.
55) Blood, Sweat & Tears' "And When I ________"
"And When I DIE" was the group's third single, following "You've
Made Me So Very Happy" and "Spinning Wheel". All three reached
#2 on the charts, and the group never made the top 10 again.
56) Folk singer Billy ________ Wheeler
Billy EDD Wheeler had one Billboard Hot 100 single, the live
comedy recording "Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back".
57) Patti Page's "Croce ________ Oro (Cross Of Gold)"
Page, the best-selling female solo artist of the '50's, released
"Croce DI Oro (Cross Of Gold)" in '55.
58) Marvelows song covered years later by a Boston band
The Chicago R&B group's '65 single, "I DO" was covered as a live
recording 17 years later by The J. Geils Band.
59) Smith who recorded "Little Green Apples"
O.C. Smith also charted with nine other singles.
60) First name of the first Mexican-American inducted in the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame
Guitarist CARLOS Humberto Santana Barragan formed the Santana Blues
Band in '66 with David Brown, Marcus Malone, and Gregg Rolie. The
band shortened its name to simply Santana upon signing with Columbia
Records in '69. "Evil Ways", "Black Magic Woman", and "Oye Como Va"
were huge international hits over the next two years, but it was not
until 1999 that Santana had a #1 (for 12 weeks) Billboard Hot 100
hit with the single "Smooth" (featuring Matchbox Twenty singer Rob
Thomas).
The four clue answers to be skipped were all "SKIP", in clues 1, 8,
19, and 35, in honor of Elvis' birth date (1/8/1935).
The Puzzler quote:
"A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's
music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his
stage mannerisms from Elvis."
The associated border letters to the 12 "E" squares without an
asterisk arrange to make up the source of the quote: JACKIE WILSON.
Certain pairs of abutting squares in the original diagram, for
example:
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may have provided a clue to the source, since before going solo,
Jackie was the lead singer of Billy Ward and His Dominoes.
One final note: Jackie's admiration of Elvis was reciprocated.
Elvis first saw Jackie perform in '56 with The Dominoes. Said
Elvis, "I heard this guy in Las Vegas ... doin' a take-off of me -
'Don't Be Cruel'. He tried so hard, till he got much better ...
than that record of mine." After Elvis became extremely famous
he disliked going out to clubs, but would make an exception when
he got the opportunity to see Jackie perform. The two remained
friends for years.
A tough Puzzler, but I hope you worked it out, baby! If not ...
well, that's all right, mama!
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Howard Teitelbaum <golq412@golq.org>