From: Regina Litman <golq441@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 441 (GOLQ441)
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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 15:03:25 -0500 (EST)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #441 (GOLQ441)
Congratulations to Randy Price, Delphi Trivia Club, Ron & Sally Crandall, Really
Rockin' In Boston, The EJ'S & Co., Mike Weaver, The Village Idiots, Will
McCorry, and Vito & the Salutations who tied for first place with perfect scores
of 500++. Three other teams identified songs #01-#25 correctly but did not
identify either tie-breaker. Curiously, every entry either correctly identified
both tie-breakers or didn't correctly identify either. Eleven entries
identified the theme.
The theme was songs with music composed by Burt Bacharach, who died earlier this
year at the age of 94. For some time, I had wanted to do a GOLQ made up
entirely of songs written or co-written by one person or one songwriting team.
I finally realized that Bacharach could be the one. Still, I just barely had
enough after discovering that so many of his great songs (at least 11) were used
too recently in other GOLQs. As far as I know, the Beatles, Elvis Presley, and
the Beach Boys have only released one Burt Bacharach song each, and all three of
these songs are in this quiz by other artists. Of course, a sub-theme of this
quiz could be songs that were also recorded, and in most cases charted, by
Dionne Warwick.
Bacharach only wrote music, so his songs, unless purely instrumental, always had
one or more lyricists as co-writers. Of course, the most common one in the GOLQ
era was Hal David. Other co-writers of the songs in this quiz include Hal's
brother Mack David, Luther Dixon writing under the name of Barney Williams, Bob
Hilliard, and Paul Hampton. When the lyricist was other than Hal David, I have
noted it with the song.
I have created a section called Useful Links after the "Tie-Breakers" section.
GOLQ441's mean score was 493.67, and the median was 500.
My thanks to everyone who participated.
Howard Teitelbaum has posted GOLQ442.
-- Regina Litman <GOLQ441@golq.org>
Replace all occurrences of "&" in all e-mail addresses with "@".
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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)
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
T01 500++ RP Randy Price <randypny&gmail.com> 1 71
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&me.com> 6 65+
T01 500++ CR Ron & Sally Crandall <robberfly12&gmail.com> 2 early 70s
T01 500++ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 6 60s,70s
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co. <ellisbromberg&gmail.com> 5 60+
(Ellis, Vinnie, Mitch,
Everett, Kevin)
T01 500++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots <MrJaded&aol.com> 3
(Doug, Andrew, Andy)
T01 500++ WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 66
T01 500++ VS Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 4-5 boomers
T10 500.. VJ Virve Juopperi <virve.juopperi&gmail.com> 1 42
T10 500.. BA Barry Silk <bcs00&hotmail.com> 1 70+
T10 500x. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 4 70-74
Bigfoot Mae) <rns&san.rr.com>
13 490++ TS Tri-State Trivia (Frank Glaz, <lowtekman5&aol.com> 8
John Slover, Hattie Winterfeld,
John Lictro, Mike Pell, Dino Dinardo,
Mike Gessner, Don Albright)
14 475.. TP Tom Pillion <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 77
15 440.. TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard & Patty) <hat_pat&yahoo.com> 2 61-65
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
RP 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
CR 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
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
MW 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
VS 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
VJ 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
BA 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
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 20
TS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
TP 15 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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 #426 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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http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-01.mp3
#01) Alpert, Herb & the Tijuana Brass: "Casino Royale" (1967) [27] {-} <197>
This was the theme song for the 1967 movie of the same title. Although it
appears here as an instrumental, Hal David did write lyrics to go with the song.
The lyric version, called "Have No Fear Bond Is Here" and sung by Mike Redway,
is played during the closing credits. Here is a link to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io-jchlnvJM
Another hit song written by Bacharach and David from this film is "The Look of
Love," which was used too recently (in one of my GOLQs!) for inclusion here.
Burt Bacharach wrote a good deal of film music, some of which I first discovered
in my research for this quiz.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-02.mp3
#02) Bacharach, Burt: "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (1969) [93] {-}
Other charting version:
1970 - Dionne Warwick, #6, #17 r&b
Bacharach was also a recording artist himself. He had two Hot 100 entries, both
of which peaked at #93. The other was "Saturday Sunshine" in 1963. I chose
this one because it was from the only Broadway musical with songs by him and Hal
David, PROMISES, PROMISES. (There have been two Broadway revues based on the
songs of him and Hal David in more recent years, but this is the only one which
has a story line.) This and other recordings under his name feature various
session singers and studio musicians.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-03.mp3
#03) Benton, Brook: "A House Is Not A Home" (1964) [75] {n/c}
Other charting version:
1964 - Dionne Warwick, #71
Many years later, this song title inspired the name of Burt Bacharach's website,
"A House Is Not A Homepage" (see the link in the Useful Links section).
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-04.mp3
#04) Como, Perry: "Magic Moments" (1958) [4] {-} <87><376>
Randy Price and The EJ'S & Co. noted that this is with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Singers.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-05.mp3
#05) DeShannon, Jackie: "What The World Needs Now Is Love" (1965) [7] {40}
<21><306><343>
Other notable versions:
1966 - Dionne Warwick, classic non-Hot 100 song
1968 - Sweet Inspirations, #128 Bubbling Under
1971 - Tom Clay (medley with "Abraham, Martin, and John"), #8, #32 r&b
I was glad that this song was eligible for inclusion because it is a Bacharach-
David song I associate more with Hal David than with Burt Bacharach. When I
first heard of Jackie DeShannon in the mid-1960s, shortly before this song was
released, she was noted as a songwriter. So for the next few years, I thought
she wrote this song. Then I read a magazine article about a new book by Hal
David (with whom I was vaguely familiar at the time as the co-writer of some
Dionne Warwick songs) called WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW AND OTHER LOVE LYRICS.
The article noted that "What The World Needs Now Is Love" is one of the songs
for which he wrote the lyrics. I was able to borrow a scanned copy of the book
from the Internet Archive for an hour. He wrote stories about some of the
songs. I was sorry to see, however, that Hal's worst song, "Johnny Get Angry,"
written with Sherman Edwards, is in this book. It hardly qualifies as having
love lyrics. (See links to the book at Amazon and the Internet Archive in the
Useful Links section.)
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-06.mp3
#06) Five Blobs, The: "The Blob" (1958) [33] {-} <14><411>
Lyricist - Mack David
This is the title song of the movie of the same name. I had never heard of
either the movie or the song before I put together this quiz. The Five Blobs
were actually a studio group featuring Bernie Knee as the uncredited vocalist.
The B-side was a Bacharach instrumental called "Saturday Night in Tiajuana
[sic]."
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-07.mp3
#07) Franklin, Aretha: "I Say A Little Prayer" (1968) [10] {3}
Other notable versions:
1967 - Dionne Warwick, #4, #8 r&b
Two instrumentals:
1968 - Sergio Mendes (as "Say A Little Prayer"), #106 Bubbling Under
1968 - Julius Wechter and the Baja Marimba Band, #10 Easy Listening
Three duet medleys with "By the Time I Get to Phoenix":
1968 - Dee Irwin & Mamie Galore, #114 Bubbling Under
1971 - Glen Campbell & Anne Murray, #81, #40 Country, #13 Easy Listening
1977 - Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick, #65 r&b
When the Dionne Warwick version was riding the charts in 1967, one of my
schoolmates speculated that the song was about a woman saying a prayer for her
man fighting over there. I didn't agree with him. But not too long ago, I came
across an interview with Dionne Warwick on the American Songwriter website that
said that this is actually what the song was about. You can read it here:
https://americansongwriter.com/i-say-a-little-prayer-dionne-warwicks-behind-song-lyrics/
The B-side of Dionne Warwick's version of "I Say A Little Prayer" was "(Theme
From) VALLEY OF THE DOLLS." It actually peaked higher on the Hot 100, at #2.
Written by Andre and Dory Previn, it was one of the very few charting hits she
had in the 1960s that was not a Bacharach and David song. (VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
was the next-to-the-last DVD I watched from Netflix when it closed down its DVD
service recently. I had seen it before. One of the reasons I wanted to see it
again was to hear Dionne sing the theme song.)
In all three of the medleys listed above, the woman sings "I Say A Little
Prayer" while the man sings "By The Time I Get To Phoenix."
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-08.mp3
#08) Hayes, Isaac: "Walk On By" (1969) [30] {13} <186><411>
Other notable version:
1964 - Dionne Warwick, #6
This is the Burt Bacharach song that was recorded by the Beach Boys. It was
released as a bonus track on CD reissues in 1990 and 2001 of the 1969 album
20/20 and was later released in the 2018 package I CAN HEAR MUSIC: THE 20/20
SESSIONS 1968. I didn't use it in my Beach Boys-themed quiz, GOLQ421, for two
reasons. It had been used too recently, plus I did not use songs that were part
of vault releases.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-09.mp3
#09) Engelbert Humperdinck: "I'm A Better Man" (1969) [38] {-} <246>
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-10.mp3
#10) Jackson, Chuck: "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" (1962) [23] {2}
<24><145><284>
Lyricist - Bob Hilliard
Other notable versions:
1969 - Percy Sledge, #86, #35 r&b
1969 - Elvis Presley, B-side of the #3 single "In The Ghetto"
1982 - Ronnie Milsap, #14, #1 Country and Adult Contemporary
Because neither the Sledge, Presley, nor Milsap 45s include the parenthetical
part of the title, and the song is generally known without it, I did not deduct
any points for omitting it. Jackson also charted with another Bacharach song,
"I Wake Up Crying." If I had never mastered the technique of creating audio
quizzes, this quiz probably would have included the Percy Sledge version of
"Any Day Now" (to separate the two charting versions of "Baby It's You"), "I
Wake Up Crying," and "To Wait For Love" by Herb Alpert (because his much bigger
Bacharach-David vocal hit "This Guy's In Love With You" had been used too
recently) instead of "Casino Royale."
While this Bacharach-Hilliard song is the only Burt Bacharach song that Elvis
recorded, he also recorded two songs written by Hal David with Sherman Edwards.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-11.mp3
#11) Johnson, Lou: "Reach Out For Me" (1963) [74] {31}
Other notable version:
1964 - Dionne Warwick, #20
Lou Johnson recorded and reached at least the Bubbling Under chart with three
Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs that were later hits by Dionne Warwick. The
other two are "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me" (used too recently
for inclusion here) and "Kentucky Bluebird (Send A Message To Martha)" (done by
her as "A Message To Michael") (Bubbled Under, plus hers was used too recently
in one of my GOLQs).
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-12.mp3
#12) Jones, Tom: "What's New Pussycat?" (1965) [3] {-} <3><252><373>
This is from the movie of the same title. Another song from this film is coming
up. This was the first of four Best Original Song Oscar nominations for
Bacharach and David in the five-year period from 1965-1969. Two of the others,
"Alfie" and "The Look Of Love," had been used too recently for inclusion here.
The fourth one is yet to come in this quiz.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-13.mp3
#13) Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas: "Trains And Boats And Planes" (1965) [47]
{-} <148><232><308>
Other notable version:
1966 - Dionne Warwick, #22, #49 r&b
Earlier releases by the group showed the name Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas.
Some entries used this name. I accepted both forms as correct.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-14.mp3
#14) Love: "My Little Red Book" (1966) [52] {-} <114><176><285><390>
Other notable version:
1965 - Manfred Mann, #124 Bubbling Under
This is the other song from WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? Yes, two humming clips in a
row! Morning disc jockey Harv Moore of WPGC in the Washington, DC, area sang
this song on his show sometimes. I actually found an audio clip of it, but it
is so awful that I am not going to post the link here. GOLQ285 paid tribute to
seven songwriting teams, including Bacharach and David. Another song in this
quiz (#18) was also used in that one. Of the other two Bacharach and David
songs in that quiz, one was used too recently this time, and I chose a different
song this time by the artist of the other one.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-15.mp3
#15) McDaniels, Gene: "Tower of Strength" (1961) [5] {5} <16><227>
Lyricist - Bob Hilliard
Answer song - "You Don't Have To Be A Tower Of Strength" by Gloria Lynne, #100
The EJ'S & Co., Village Idiots, and Vito & the Salutations noted that this is
with the Johnny Mann Singers.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-16.mp3
#16) Morgan, Jane: "With Open Arms" (1959) [39] {-}
The EJ'S & Co. noted that this is with Orchestra Directed by Frank Hunter.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-17.mp3
#17) Pitney, Gene: "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" (1963) [17] {-} <81><168><290>
Gene Pitney charted with four Bacharach and David songs. The others are "(The
Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance," "True Love Never Runs Smooth," and "Only Love
Can Break a Heart." For use in this quiz, it came down to either this song or
"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance." "True Love Never Runs Smooth" was used
too recently, and I was saving "Only Love Can Break a Heart" in case I needed to
use a version by Margaret Whiting that peaked at #96 in 1967. I remember
hearing a version of "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" by the O'Kaysions, who had
recently had the hit "Girl Watcher," on the radio in 1969.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-18.mp3
#18) Robbins, Marty: "The Story Of My Life" (1957/58) [15] {-} <68><181><285>
Other notable versions:
1958 - Four artists in the U.K.:
Michael Holiday, #1
Gary Miller, #14
Dave King, #20
Alma Cogan, #25
1962 - "Big" Al Downing, #117 Bubbling Under
One or more of those U.K. hits may be what inspired two British Invasion groups,
Herman's Hermits and Gerry & the Pacemakers, to record this song on albums.
This song came up in a Neil Diamond fan group on Facebook recently. Neil
collaborated with Burt Bacharach and Burt's then-wife Carole Bayer Sager to
write several songs in the 1980s, the best-known of which is his last Top 10
hit, "Heartlight" in 1982. During this time, Neil also recorded a song he wrote
by himself called "The Story Of My Life," which is on his 1986 album HEADED FOR
THE FUTURE (along with two Diamond-Bacharach-Bayer Sager songs). Someone had
seen somewhere that "The Story Of My Life" was written by Burt Bacharach and
wondered if it was one of their collaborations. I jumped into the discussion
and noted that the Burt Bacharach song with this title was not the one Neil
recorded.
The EJ'S & Co. and Village Idiots noted that this is with Ray Conniff and His
Orchestra.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-19.mp3
#19) Shirelles, The: "Baby, It's You" (1961/62) [8] {3} <24><103><221><362>
Lyricists - Mack David, Barney Williams (Luther Dixon)
Other notable versions:
1963 - The Beatles, on their first album PLEASE, PLEASE ME
1969 - Smith, #5
1995 - The Beatles (live version), #67
I made audio snippets of the same segment in both the Shirelles and Smith
versions for use of one of them in this quiz. I liked the way the one by the
Shirelles turned out more than the one by Smith. My choice here was also
influenced by my decision to use "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" instead of
"Saturday Sunshine" for the song with Bacharach as the artist. There, I chose a
1969 song over one from the early 1960s. So here I went with one from the early
1960s instead of one from 1969. GOLQ221 (one of mine) and GOLQ362 (not one of
mine) both had themes of songs that had been done by the Beatles.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-20.mp3
#20) Dusty Springfield: "Wishin' And Hopin'" (1964) [6] {n/c} <11><140><296>
Other notable version:
1963 - Dionne Warwick, B-side of "This Empty Place," classic non-Hot 100 song
In the Hal David book I mentioned earlier, he says that Dusty Springfield found
this song on this Dionne Warwick B-side. I especially love a version by Dusty
of the Bacharach-David song "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself."
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-21.mp3
#21) Thomas, B.J.: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (1969/70) [1] {-}
<85><236><308><336><393>
Other notable version:
1970 - Barbara Mason, #112 Bubbling Under, #38 r&b
This is the song that finally gave Burt Bacharach and Hal David their only
Academy Award for Best Original Song, although Burt got one in 1981 for
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)," written with Carole Bayer Sager and two
others. It was in the movie BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID. Burt also got
an Oscar for Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical) for
this film. The David brothers, Hal and Mack, received a combined 12 Best
Original Song nominations, but this is the only one won by either of them. Mack
David went 0 for 8.
This record is the first one I have used in two different audio GOLQs. GOLQ393
was the one I did in which the main theme was songs that won the Best Original
Song Oscar. GOLQ336 in January 2015 was one of mine, too. I included the first
#1 song in each half-decade in that one, using the songs from 1955, 1960, and
1965, as well as 1970 because it had entered the chart in 1969. The artist for
the 1960 song, "El Paso" by Marty Robbins, also has a song in this quiz. The
first song I used in two different GOLQs was "Caroline, No" by Brian Wilson.
The first song I used in a lyrics GOLQ that I had also used in an audio GOLQ was
"Hearts of Stone" (The Charms in lyrics, The Fontane Sisters in audio). The
first song I used in a lyrics GOLQ that I also had used in an audio GOLQ by the
same artist was "Susie-Q" by Dale Hawkins. My first-ever audio GOLQ contained
at least two songs that I had used in lyrics quizzes earlier, "Tobacco Road" by
the Nashville Teens and "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" by Jr. Walker and
the All Stars.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-22.mp3
#22) Vee, Bobby: "Be True To Yourself" (1963) [34] {-}
Randy Price, The EJ'S & Co., and Village Idiots noted that this is with the
Johnny Mann Singers.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-23.mp3
#23) Bobby Vinton: "Blue On Blue" (1963) [3] {-} <44><183>
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-24.mp3
#24) Warwick, Dionne: "Don't Make Me Over" (1962/63) [21] {5} <7><190><348>
Other notable versions:
1966 - Swinging Blue Jeans, #116 Bubbling Under
1970 - Brenda & the Tabulations, #77, #15 r&b
In addition to collaborating with Bacharach and Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond has
recorded three Bacharach & David songs over the years. This is one of them,
along with "The Look Of Love" and "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" That is
one of two reasons I chose this song of the many Dionne Warwick songs that were
eligible for this quiz and that I hadn't used for another artist here. The
other reason, perhaps more important, is that this was her first hit record.
That said, I totally overlooked another song that is one of my all-time favorite
Bacharach and David songs. I had not realized that she had charted with this
song, which many other singers have also recorded (including Dusty Springfield,
as noted above)--"I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself." It was most
recently used in GOLQ380, so it would have been eligible. Had I know this, that
would have been the song I would have used to represent her here.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-25.mp3
#25) Williams, Andy: "Don't You Believe It" (1962) [39] {-}
Lyricist - Bob Hilliard
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Tie-Breakers
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http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-T1.mp3
#T1) Sellers, Peter, and The Hollies: "After The Fox" (1966) [-] {-}
(Artist identified as such on 9 entries)
or
#T1) Hollies, The, with Peter Sellers: "After The Fox" (1966) [-] {-}
(Artist identified as such on 2 entries)
(One entry gave both names.)
This song from the motion picture of the same name was going to be a tie-breaker
in this quiz from the time I started planning it. I first became familiar with
this recording when I bought the 3-CD box set THE HOLLIES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
COLLECTION 1963-1993 in the 1990s, which contains it. Although my father took
our family to see AFTER THE FOX, in which Peter Sellers starred, I don't
remember the story or hearing this song in the film. Because the 45 and this
box set list the artist as Peter Sellers and the Hollies while other Hollies
albums list it as The Hollies with Peter Sellers, I needed to choose the other
tie-breaker to allow for both names. That eliminated a few other Bacharach
favorites including "Made In Paris" by Trini Lopez and "Don't Go Breaking My
Heart" by Johnny Mathis, although I briefly considered using Dionne Warwick's
version of the latter song.
The B-side of this one, "The Fox Trot," is also credited to Peter Sellers and
The Hollies, although it is an instrumental. Bacharach is the only credited
songwriter. The music is supplied by an orchestra.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ441/GOLQ441-T2.mp3
#T2) Vincent, Gene: "Crazy Times" (1960) [-] {-}
Lyricist - Paul Hampton
This is from the album with the same name. By the time it was released, the
Blue Caps had been dropped from the artist name on his records. Some entries
included it. I did not deduct any points for this. I found this song on an
import CD from Ace records in the U.K., ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE: A BURT BACHARACH
COLLECTORS' ANTHOLOGY 1952-1969. I also have another collection from Ace that I
consulted for ideas for this quiz, LET THE MUSIC PLAY: BLACK AMERICA SINGS
BACHARACH & DAVID. Paul Hampton must have been both a lyricist and a music
composer because he also collaborated with Hal David. Their best-known
collaboration is probably "Sea of Heartbreak," which was recorded by Don Gibson
and others.
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Useful Links
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Ellis Bromberg of The EJ'S & Co. hosted a tribute to Bacharach after he passed
away:
https://soundcloud.com/ellis-bromberg/music-lyrics-with-ellis-bromberg-258-burt-bacharach
Burt Bacharach website, A House Is Not A Homepage:
https://bacharachonline.com/
List of Hot 100 and Bubbling Under songs written by Burt Bacharach:
https://bacharachonline.com/wordpress/hit-records/
Chart hits and other notable songs written by Burt Bacharach:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Burt_Bacharach
Burt Bacharach page on IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000820/
Hal David website:
https://www.haldavid.com/
Hal David book "What the World Needs Now and Other Love Lyrics" on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/What-World-Needs-Other-Lyrics/dp/B0006BVTWG
Hal David book "What the World Needs Now and Other Love Lyrics" on Internet
Archive, where it can be checked out for one hour at a time:
https://archive.org/details/whatworldneedsno0000davi
One final thought from Hal David's book. On page 7, he says of Burt Bacharach,
"I think of his melodies as the 'Music of the Sixties.' Fifty years from today,
when they play the "Music of the Sixties," I am confident they will be playing
Burt Bacharach."
Considering that I have heard such songs as "I Say A Little Prayer" by both
Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin and "What The World Needs Now Is Love" by
Jackie DeShannon on the Sirius XM 1960s channel quite recently, Hal David's
prediction has come true.
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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.
Both tie-breakers did better than I expected them to do. I expected #T2 to do
better than #T1 because I thought more participants would recognize this style
of music. As it turned out, they both scored the same. I expected all of the
other songs to do well once the easy-to-recognize theme became apparent.
19.67 - All 15 entries identified the song, but for each such song, one entry
either omitted or incorrectly specified a key part of the artist name.
18.67 - 14 of 15 entries identified the song.
17.33 - 13 of 15 entries identified the song.
13.33 - 10 of 15 entries identified the song.
Rank Avg. Song
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T01 20.00 #02) Bacharach, Burt: "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
T01 20.00 #04) Como, Perry: "Magic Moments"
T01 20.00 #05) DeShannon, Jackie: "What The World Needs Now Is Love"
T01 20.00 #07) Franklin, Aretha: "I Say A Little Prayer"
T01 20.00 #08) Hayes, Isaac: "Walk On By"
T01 20.00 #09) Engelbert Humperdinck: "I'm A Better Man"
T01 20.00 #10) Jackson, Chuck: "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"
T01 20.00 #11) Johnson, Lou: Reach Out For Me"
T01 20.00 #12) Jones, Tom: "What's New Pussycat?"
T01 20.00 #15) McDaniels, Gene: "Tower of Strength"
T01 20.00 #17) Pitney, Gene: "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa"
T01 20.00 #18) Robbins, Marty: "The Story Of My Life"
T01 20.00 #19) Shirelles, The: "Baby, It's You"
T01 20.00 #20) Dusty Springfield: "Wishin' And Hopin'"
T01 20.00 #21) Thomas, B.J.: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
T01 20.00 #22) Vee, Bobby: "Be True To Yourself"
T01 20.00 #23) Bobby Vinton: "Blue On Blue"
T01 20.00 #24) Warwick, Dionne: "Don't Make Me Over"
T01 20.00 #25) Williams, Andy: "Don't You Believe It"
T20 19.67 #01) Alpert, Herb & the Tijuana Brass: "Casino Royale"
T20 19.67 #13) Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas: "Trains And Boats And Planes"
T20 19.67 #16) Morgan, Jane: "With Open Arms"
T23 18.67 #03) Benton, Brook: "A House Is Not A Home"
T23 18.67 #06) Five Blobs, The: "The Blob"
25 17.33 #14) Love: "My Little Red Book"
T26 13.33 #T1) Sellers, Peter, & The Hollies: "After The Fox"
T26 13.33 #T2) Vincent, Gene: "Crazy Times"
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Regina Litman <GOLQ441@golq.org>