From: Regina Litman <golq445@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 445 (GOLQ445)
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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:57:04 -0400 (EDT)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #445 (GOLQ445)
Congratulations to Randy Price, The EJ'S & Co., Tri-State Trivia, The Village
Idiots, Will McCorry, and Delphi Trivia Club who tied for first place with
perfect scores of 500++. Anne Hallerman was close behind with 500-+.
Mini-themes:
* Words related to the game American Mah Jongg, which I finally started playing
in 2023. (This is where the directions/four winds fit.)
* Classic literary works I read in 2023:
* THE ODYSSEY by Homer
* OEDIPUS REX by Sophocles
* HAMLET by William Shakespeare
* FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley
* JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte
* A few other things that happened to me personally in 2022 and 2023.
* #1 songs in February 1959, 1964, and 1969 (#02, #17, and #20).
* Artists that released high-charting records in late 2023 (#02, #19, and
one-half of #21).
* Both tie-breakers are tunes sung by Anthony Newley in the GOLQ era.
* A few songs are from movies, but only #T1 was intentionally chosen for its
film connection. Others include #10, #14, #15, and #23. #16 was on a movie
soundtrack album but was not in the film.
* Songs that could have been used for themes in other GOLQs I did but weren't
for one reason or another.
Several songs fit more than one of the above mini-themes. I would also like to
acknowledge Sirius XM's 60s Gold channel for giving me the ideas for songs #03,
#04, #16, and #24 and the news that Cher made the Billboard Dance/Electronics
chart for the first time in 2023.
GOLQ445's mean score was 459.86, and the median was 490.
My thanks to everyone who participated.
Barry Silk has posted GOLQ446.
-- Regina Litman <GOLQ445@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)
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
T01 500++ RP Randy Price <randypny&gmail.com> 1 71
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co. <ellisbromberg&gmail.com> 7 37+
(Ellis, Kevin, Everett,
Kyra, Vinnie, Mitch, Denise)
T01 500++ TS Tri-State Trivia (Frank Glaz, <lowtekman5&aol.com> 7
John Slover, Hattie Winterfeld,
John Lictro, Mike Pell, Dino Dinardo,
Mike Gessner)
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++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 6 65+
07 500-+ AH Anne Hallerman <arhmwc77&yahoo.com> 1 65+
08 480++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1
09 480.+ BA Barry Silk <bcs00&hotmail.com> 1 70+
10 440.+ TP Tom Pillion <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 77
11 420++ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 6 70s
12 398+- VS Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 5 boomers
13 380++ CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 4 71-74
Bigfoot Mae) <rns&san.rr.com>
14 340++ 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
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
TS 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
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
AH 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 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
BA 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
TP 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
VS 20 20 - 20 - 18 20 10 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 10 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
TT - 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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How you gonna keep that honey you got
Hunkies, hunkies fish that bite
I'm gonna see my honey tonight
#01) Baker, LaVern, and The Gliders: "Tweedlee Dee" (1955) [14] {4}
<20><190><271><414>
Other charting version:
1955 - Georgia Gibbs, #2 (as "Tweedle Dee")
The Mah Jongg suit "dot" is actually "offstage" in this one. The line
immediately before it is "Tweedlee, tweedlee dot."
My favorite White version is not the one by Georgia Gibbs but one sung by
Dorothy Collins on YOUR HIT PARADE on April 16, 1955. She actually sang it
multiple times on this show, but I like this one with the cuckoo clock motif
the best. She doesn't sing the whole song, probably for time considerations,
and these lyrics are among the ones omitted. The only video I can find on
YouTube of this song alone is of poor quality. Here is a link to the full show.
It starts at the 2:07 mark, and on some platforms, the following link goes
directly to this point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-r8FtADMQ0&t=127s
Oh please say to me
You'll let me be your man
And please say to me
#02) Beatles, The: "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (1964) [1] {n/c} <131><269><344>
Of course, I had to include a Beatles song for the 60th anniversary of their
first appearances on Ed Sullivan's T.V. show and their first U.S. concerts. I
chose this one because it was the #1 song for all of February 1964--a rare
5-Saturday February, something that happens every 28 years in the 20th and 21st
centuries. (Billboard issues have been released on Saturdays since the early
1960s.) The Beatles released a new single, "Now And Then," in 2023. It reached
the Top 5, including #1 in some cases, on multiple Billboard and U.K. charts.
Other charting version:
1964 - Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler, #55
But I'm not acting strange
Welcome home
Nothing's wro-ong
So I'm sayin'
Baby, baby, baby
#03) Clay, Judy, & William Bell: "Private Number" (1968) [75] {17} <193>
William for Shakespeare, plus Currer Bell was the name under which Charlotte
Bronte first published JANE EYRE. I had probably not heard this song since
1968 until I heard it played on Sirius XM's 60s Gold channel for Judy Clay's
birthday (September 18) in 2023. Despite this long period of time, I found
myself singing along with it and vowed that I would have to find room for it in
a future GOLQ, which I did.
Mike Weaver noted that he has seen the artist credit reversed on overseas
releases. Since both forms of the name fit alphabetically, I accepted the
other form, which did appear on one entry.
Another fella told me
He had a sister who looked just fine
Instead of being my deliverance
She had a strange resemblance to a cat named Frankenstein
#04) Cooke, Sam: "Another Saturday Night" (1963) [10] {1} <30><245><379>
Other notable charting version:
1974 - Cat Stevens, #6
When I began brainstorming for a FRANKENSTEIN song, all I could come up with was
the Edgar Winter Group's 1973 #1 instrumental hit with this name. But just
before Halloween 2023, Sirius XM's 60s Gold channel came to my rescue when a
caller noted that this was his favorite Halloween-themed song because it
mentions FRANKENSTEIN.
I built me a castle
With dragons and kings
And I'd ride off with them as I stood by my window
And looked out on those
#05) Diamond, Neil: "Brooklyn Roads" (1968) [58] {-} <149><253><388>
"Dragon" is a type of tile in Mah Jongg. Hamlet was a king. Neil Diamond once
starred in a movie with Laurence Olivier, who earlier had played Hamlet in the
movie of the same name. He won the Best Actor Oscar, and the film won the Best
Picture Academy Award.
My first choice for a dragon song was "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul,
and Mary, especially since I had two uses for the name Mary, but it had been
used too recently. Fortunately, I know too many obscure Neil Diamond lyrics, so
this one eventually came to me. And I found even better sources for Mary.
I want a girl like you
Tell my troubles to
Don't be afraid
You heard what I said
#06) Domino, Fats: "Let The Four Winds Blow" (1961) [15] {2}
Other charting versions:
1957 - Roy Brown, #29, #5 r&b
1963 - Sandy Nelson, #107 Bubbling Under
1967 - Jerry Jaye, #107 Bubbling Under
The four winds - East, North, West, and South - are types of tiles in Mah Jongg.
Jerry Jaye recorded several other songs that were hits by Fats Domino, including
"My Girl Josephine," "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday," and "Ain't That A Shame."
How I love him
He's got something that I can't resist
But he doesn't even know that I-I-I exist
#07) Fabares, Shelley: "Johnny Angel" (1962) [1] {-} <21><159><189><317>
Shelley for Mary Shelley. Also, Shelley Fabares' most famous acting role was as
Mary Stone on the DONNA REED SHOW. Plus, her full name is Michele Ann Marie
Fabares; Marie is a form of Mary.
When we marry we will have a time you never saw
I will be so happy I will kiss me mother-in-law (phooey)
Children by the dozen in and out the bamboo hut
One for every palm tree and coconut (hurry up now)
#08) Gilkyson, Terry, and The Easy Riders: "Marianne" (1957) [4] {-}
<37><265><379>
Other charting versions:
1957 - The Hilltoppers, #3
1957 - Lane Brothers, #64
1957 - Burl Ives, #84
"Bamboo" is a Mah Jongg suit.
Mom, dad all 'round the fire
In festive attire keeping the day
Aunts, kids, all the relations
Congratulations this is success
What a great life it must seem
#09) Herman's Hermits: "East West" (1966/67) [27] {-} <90><155><329>
East and west are two of the winds in Mah Jongg. Sometimes this song is said to
be the same one as "East-West" by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, but it is a
different song.
Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92
With George Pratt his partner
And brother Billy too
#10) Horton, Johnny: "North to Alaska" (1960) [4] {10} <7><99><350>
North is a wind in Mah Jongg.
Like I told you once before
This fussin' and fightin' they'll be no more
I will make this promise to you
Just to prove my love is true
#11) Jivin' Gene And The Jokers: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" (1959) [69] {-}
<44><249>
"Jokers" are a type of tile in American Mah Jongg but not in other forms. I
chose this song over my original idea, "The Joker Went Wild," my favorite
Brian Hyland song, which coincidentally would have gone in the same alphabetical
slot, because (1) I needed more songs from the 1950s, and (2) I had wanted to
use this song in GOLQ250, in which the theme was songs that have the same title
as a different GOLQ-era charting song, but couldn't because it had been used too
recently. You are probably a lot more familiar with the other "Breaking Up Is
Hard To Do," which was a #1 song by Neil Sedaka in 1962.
This old man
He played two
#12) Miller, Mitch, & His Orch. and Chorus: "The Children's Marching Song (Nick
Nack Paddy Whack)" (1959) [16] {-} <202>
Other charting version:
1959 - Cyril Stapleton, #13
Sometimes, I discover that I have chosen 26 songs for a GOLQ, and one has to go.
This happened in GOLQ398, in which one of the sub-themes was March. This was
the song that got cut, although I may have used the Cyril Stapleton version.
After I chose this song, I realized it has a connection to the Mah Jongg theme.
It counts off the numbers 1 through 10, the first 9 of which are parts of the
various suits.
I'm gonna tell her that I love her
That I miss her every day
That my heart just longs to be in
#13) Nu Tornados, The: "Philadelphia U.S.A." (1958/59) [26] {-} <261>
I wanted to use this one in GOLQ267, in which the theme was Philadelphia, but it
had been used too recently. I chose that theme in that quiz because 267 is an
overlay area code in this city. Another overlay area code there is 445, so I
thought GOLQ445 would be a good one in which to finally use this song. The
original area code for Philadelphia is 215. Coincidentally, I have been the
quizmaster for all three GOLQs with these numbers, although I actually
requested to do 267 with the Philadelphia theme in mind.
Roses are red
And all of the leaves have gone green
While the hills are ablaze with the moon's yellow haze
Come into my arms
#14) Oliver: "Jean" (1969) [2] {-} <68><157><379>
Among the characters in JANE EYRE are a family named Oliver. Even before my
favorite Oliver song "Good Morning Starshine" by another artist turned up in the
GOLQ just before this one, I had been planning to use "Jean" all along because
of the references to two of the three colors in Mah Jongg, red and green.
Oh hold him darlin'
Please hold him tight
And brush the tear from your eye
You weep because you had a dream last night
You dreamed that he said goodbye
#15) Page, Patti: "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1965) [8] {-} <226><306>
For Charlotte Bronte, the author of JANE EYRE.
I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis
Got a room at the YMCA
For the next three weeks I went huntin' them nights
Just lookin' for a place to play
#16) Presley, Elvis: "Guitar Man" (1968) [43] {-}
Other notable versions:
1966 - Jerry Reed, #53 country, considered by Whitburn to be a non-Hot 100
classic, original version
1981 - Elvis Presley, #28, remix of this one
Jerry Reed wrote the song. Some accounts say that Presley requested Reed to
play guitar on his recording. Elvis performed it on his 1968 comeback special.
Both Presley versions reached #1 on the country chart.
I joined a YMCA for the first time in my life in 2022, even though I have never
been Male or Christian and am no longer Young. This song was supposed to be in
GOLQ431, in which I included songs for my personal 2022 year in review, but I
forgot to include it. As with "Frankenstein," the only song I could think of
referring to the YMCA was another Top 2 hit from the 1970s, "Y.M.C.A." by the
Village People. But the Sirius XM's 60s Gold channel came to my rescue again a
few months before GOLQ431, where I heard this song there on a day when I planned
to go to the YMCA for a workout.
I was standing on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
#17) Price, Lloyd: "Stagger Lee" (1958/59) [1] {1} <34><153><215>
Other charting versions:
1950 - Archibald and His Orchestra, #10 r&b (as "Stack-A'Lee")
1967 - Wilson Pickett, #22, #13 r&b (as "Stag-O-Lee")
1971 - Tommy Roe, #25
This was one of two songs to hold down the #1 position in February 1959. I
chose this one because I wanted to use a song I also used in GOLQ215 in this
quiz.
Young girls picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
#18) Rivers, Johnny: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" (1965) [26] {-}
Other notable versions:
1962 - Peter, Paul, & Mary, Whitburn classic non-Hot 100 song
1962 - Kingston Trio, #21
1964 - Pete Seeger (wrote the song), Whitburn classic non-Hot 100 song
1969 - Wes Montgomery, #119 Bubbling Under
In JANE EYRE, Jane is taken in by the Rivers family, who turn out to be her
cousins. One is named St. John Rivers. He has two sisters who happen to have
the same names as two members in a famous girl group still to come in this quiz.
I chose this song because "flower" is also a type of Mah Jongg tile.
When I see you again
Your servant am I
And will humbly remain
#19) Rolling Stones, The: "Lady Jane" (1966) [24] {-} <16><98><202><316>
Other charting version:
1969 - Plastic Cow Goes Mooooooing, #113 Bubbling Under
Of the many songs that mention the name Jane, I used this one because the
Rolling Stones released their first album of new material since 2005, HACKNEY
DIAMONDS, in late 2023. It reached the Top 10 on many worldwide album charts,
including #2 the on Billboard 200 albums chart.
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one
That won't accept the white one
#20) Sly & The Family Stone: "Everyday People" (1968/69) [1] {1}
<82><182><257><390>
This was one of two #1 songs in February 1969. I chose this one and these
lyrics because "white" is the third color in Mah Jongg.
Drums keep poundin' rhythm to the brain
La-de-da-da-dee la-de-da-da-dah
Charleston was once the rage uh-huh
#21) Sonny & Cher: "The Beat Goes On" (1967) [6] {-} <36><127><298><359>
Other charting version:
1967 - Lawrence Welk, #104 Bubbling Under
"Charleston" is the beginning part of the American Mah Jongg game. Cher
released a Christmas album in late 2023 which reached #32 on the Billboard 200
albums chart and #1 on the Top Holiday Albums chart. A single from this album,
"DJ, Play A Christmas Song," went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #3
on the Dance/Electronics chart, her first ever appearance on the latter chart.
There's a drag strip down by the riverside
Where my grandma's cow used to graze
Now the grass don't grow and the river don't flow
Like it did in my childhood days
#22) South, Joe: "Don't It Make You Want To Go Home" (1969) [41] {-} <162>
Other charting version:
1970 - Brook Benton, #45, #31 r&b
South is a wind in Mah Jongg. My first choice for this direction was "South
Street" by the Orlons, a song that was also used in GOLQ267, but it was used in
a recent GOLQ that was released after I began planning this one. I chose these
lines because someone I know who grow up in the southern U.S. told me once that
as a child she had played on some land that is now occupied by a NASCAR race
track.
The artist name on the label is Joe South & the Believers. Because only the Joe
South name is shown in the GOLQ songs list, I accepted either form of the name.
I saw my dreams fall apart
When love walked away from my heart
And when you lose that precious love you need
To guide you
#23) Supremes, The: "The Happening" (1967) [1] {12} <13><255>
Other charting version:
1967 - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, #32
St. John Rivers' two sisters were named Diana and Mary, just like two of the
Supremes. It's too bad he didn't have a third one named Florence. Speaking of
Florence Ballard, this was the last Supremes hit single before she left the
group and also the last before the group name became Diana Ross & The Supremes.
Yes, I used to have many lovers
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now they have gone and found themselves others
Now I'm alone, just as lonely as can be
#24) Washington, Jeanette (Baby): "Nobody Cares (About Me)" (1961) [60] {17}
<132><322>
I found this artist's name intriguing because my mother's name was Jeanette, and
all of her babies were born in Washington, DC. Most of this artist's records
were released under the name of Baby Washington, but this one bore the name of
Jeanette (Baby) Washington. I accepted Baby Washington as the artist name, but
if a song by Dinah or Ella Washington had been in this quiz, I would not have.
I visited my old home town of Washington twice in 2023. And more credit to
Sirius XM's 60s Gold channel--I had heard of Baby Washington before but had not
thought about her in a long time until I heard one of her other songs on this
channel.
Tell it to me slowly
Tell you why
I really want to know
#25) Zombies, The: "Time Of The Season" (1969) [3] {-} <6><142><213><405>
From their 1968 album ODESSEY AND ORACLE. It wasn't until after this quiz went
out that I realized that the album was spelled differently from the classic
book, but I would have used it anyway. According to the Wikipedia article about
the album, "The misspelling of 'odyssey' in the title was the result of a
mistake by the designer of the LP cover, Terry Quirk (a friend of [group member
Chris] White's)."
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Tie-Breakers
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I would converse in Polar Bear and Python
And I would curse in fluent Kangaroo
If people ask me, "Can you speak Rhinoceros?"
I'd say, "Of cours-e-ros. Can't you?"
#T1) Harrison, Rex: "Talk To The Animals" (1967) [-] {-}
From the 1967 movie DR. DOLITTLE, which starred Harrison. He did not have any
charting singles in the GOLQ era, although this song was released as a single.
This song won the Best Original Song Oscar for that year. I considered it
for inclusion as a tie-breaker in GOLQ393, in which the main theme was Best
Original Song Oscar winners. However, I probably would have used the Anthony
Newley version because it is a Whitburn classic non-Hot 100 song. It is the
only Best Song Oscar winner from a 1955-1969 film that did not have a charting
single. Here is a bit of Best Song Oscar trivia--The year after Rex Harrison
sang this winner in a movie, his son Noel sang the next year's Best Song winner
in the movie, "The Windmills Of Your Mind" in THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, although
Dusty Springfield had the hit version.
The following artists were all named as ones who recorded this song. Some
entries mentioned multiple ones.
Rex Harrison - 6 entries
Bobby Darin - 4 entries
Anthony Newley - 4 entries
Sammy Davis, Jr. - 2 entries
Roger Whittaker - 1 entry
I verified that all of the above indeed recorded this song, although Roger
Whittaker does not fit alphabetically. The Newley and Davis recordings, and
possibly the Darin one, were part of albums of songs from DR. DOLITTLE. Some
recordings show the title as "If I Could Talk to the Animals," and I accepted
this title, too.
No daughter of mine can push me around
In my house I'm the master
But when the Beatles came into town
Gad, what a disaster!
#T2) Sherman, Allan: "Pop Hates the Beatles" (1964) [-] {-}
This is a parody of the traditional song "Pop Goes The Weasel." I chose it for
this GOLQ for multiple reasons. First, it was originally going to be one of the
tie-breakers in GOLQ413, in which the theme was fathers, but I pulled it at the
last minute when I finally remembered the correct title of a different song I
originally wanted to use. Second, it was another way to mark the 60th
anniversary of the Beatles' arrival in America, this time from the point of view
of a parent. Finally, Allan Sherman did the only song I knew, until recently,
to mention Mah Jongg--a segment of his "Shticks and Stones" medley on his first
album MY SON, THE FOLK SINGER, released in 1962. To the tune of "Camptown
Races" by Stephen Foster, it goes:
The Catskill ladies sing this song
Hoo-ha, hoo-ha
Sittin' on the front porch playin' Mah Jongg
All hoo-ha day
Here is a YouTube link to it. It starts at the 3:42 mark, and on some
platforms, the following link goes directly to this point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ODckIDwhW0&t=222s
I have recently learned of another song, "Since Ma is Playing Mah Jongg" from
the 1924 Broadway play KID BOOTS sung by Eddie Cantor. His version is not on
YouTube, but a version by the Original Memphis Five is. I'm not linking to it
because the lyrics are racist against Chinese.
Anthony Newley had the only charting version of "Pop Goes The Weasel" in the
GOLQ era, #85 in 1961/1962.
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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.
Almost every song did about what I expected it to do. "Nobody Cares (About Me)"
did better than I expected it to do, even though it still ranked near the
bottom. Both tie-breakers did better than I expected, with the one I thought
would do worse than the other almost getting a perfect score.
Rank Avg. Song
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T01 20.00 #02) Beatles, The: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
T01 20.00 #04) Cooke, Sam: "Another Saturday Night"
T01 20.00 #07) Fabares, Shelley: "Johnny Angel"
T01 20.00 #10) Horton, Johnny: "North to Alaska"
T01 20.00 #12) Miller, Mitch: "The Children's Marching Song"
T01 20.00 #14) Oliver: "Jean"
T01 20.00 #17) Price, Lloyd: "Stagger Lee"
T01 20.00 #19) Rolling Stones, The: "Lady Jane"
T01 20.00 #20) Sly & The Family Stone: "Everyday People"
T01 20.00 #21) Sonny & Cher: "The Beat Goes On"
T01 20.00 #22) South, Joe: "Don't It Make You Want To Go Home"
T01 20.00 #25) Zombies, The: "Time Of The Season"
T13 19.86 #06) Domino, Fats: "Let The Four Winds Blow"
T13 19.86 #T2) Sherman, Allan: "Pop Hates the Beatles"
T15 18.57 #01) Baker, LaVern, and The Gliders: "Tweedlee Dee"
T15 18.57 #09) Herman's Hermits: "East West"
T15 18.57 #23) Supremes, The: "The Happening"
T18 17.86 #08) Gilkyson, Terry, and The Easy Riders: "Marianne"
T18 17.86 #18) Rivers, Johnny: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone"
T20 17.14 #15) Page, Patti: "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
T20 17.14 #24) Washington, Jeanette (Baby): "Nobody Cares (About Me)"
22 16.43 #T1) Harrison, Rex: "Talk To The Animals"
T23 15.71 #05) Diamond, Neil: "Brooklyn Roads"
T23 15.71 #13) Nu Tornados, The: "Philadelphia U.S.A."
T23 15.71 #16) Presley, Elvis: "Guitar Man"
26 14.29 #11) Jivin' Gene And The Jokers: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
27 12.86 #03) Clay, Judy, & William Bell: "Private Number"
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