From: Regina Litman <golq453@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 453 (GOLQ453)
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:44:55 -0500 (EST)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #453 (GOLQ453)
Congratulations to all of the following, who tied for first place with perfect
scores of 500++: Randy Price, Really Rockin' In Boston, The EJ'S & Co., Will
McCorry, Four State Trivia, The Village Idiots, Delphi Trivia Club and Vito &
the Salutations. Close behind with scores of 500+- and 500+. were Virve &
Janne Juopperi and Team Teitellion, respectively.
The major theme for this quiz was songs that came from classical music or opera.
This theme was identified by Virve & Janne Juopperi, Team Teitellion, The EJ'S &
Co, Will McCorry, Mike Weaver, and Vito & the Salutations. I also used this as
one of multiple sub-themes for GOLQ352, before I started doing audio quizzes.
Nine of the songs in that quiz fit that particular sub-theme. Seven are also in
this quiz. Of the other two, one had been used too recently for inclusion here
(and would have nicely filled a large gap in the alphabet), while I overlooked
the other one. That quiz ran in May 2016. That summer, I began a personal
project to learn more about classical music (although I haven't extended this to
opera yet), and I have discovered more such songs.
I was able to come up with 21 regular songs and the two tie-breakers for the
major theme. I had a large gap between K and P but noticed that two songs that
reached #1 in October 1964, 60 years ago, fit into this gap. I decided on a
sub-theme of songs that reached #1 in October a multiple of five years ago. One
song held down the top spot for every Billboard Hot 100 issued in October 1959.
In fact, some people consider this song to have come from an opera. It also fit
into a gap in the alphabet that existed between C and F. Two songs reached #1
in October 1969, but only one is in this quiz because the other was used in
another GOLQ too recently. In addition, I overlooked a third song that reached
#1 in October 1964.
Some coincidences in this quiz:
* A few songs that were in movies or Broadway shows
* Two different songs called "Somewhere" by artists from Philadelphia
* Two instrumentals by artists better known for songs with vocals (#09, #19)
* Three songs in a row recorded under pseudonyms (#09, #10, and #11)
* Three songs that I also used in my first audio GOLQ (#01, #04, and #11)
* #T1 is by the same artist and from the same album as #T1 in my previous GOLQ.
GOLQ453's mean score was 495.00, and the median was 500.
My thanks to everyone who participated.
Rich Ardini has posted GOLQ454.
-- Regina Litman <GOLQ453@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&aol.com> 1 72
T01 500++ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini2&iCloud.com> 6 70s
T01 500++ EJ The EJ'S & Co. <ellisbromberg&gmail.com> 6 38+
(Ellis, Vinnie, Everett,
Kyra, Mitch, Kevin)
T01 500++ WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 67
T01 500++ TS Four State Trivia (Frank Glaz, <lowtekman5&aol.com> 8
John Slover, Hattie Winterfeld,
John Lictro, Mike Pell, Dino Dinardo,
Don Albright, Mike Gessner)
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots <MrJaded&aol.com> 3
(Doug, Andrew, Andy)
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&me.com> 66+
T01 500++ VS Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu 3-4 boomers
09 500+- VJ Virve & Janne Juopperi <virve.juopperi&gmail.com> 2 43,41
10 500+. TT Team Teitellion <hat_pat&yahoo.com> 3 60s,70s
(Howard T, Tom P, Patty T)
11 480++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1
12 460+. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 4 71-75
Bigfoot Mae) <rns&san.rr.com>
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
MW 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 #453 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/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-01.mp3
#01) Barry, Len: "Somewhere" (1966) [26] {-} <233><378>
This song from WEST SIDE STORY, with music by Leonard Bernstein, himself a
classical music composer and conductor, borrows from two classical music pieces.
The opening is from the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 "Emperor." A
later portion is from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Theme" from his SWAN LAKE ballet.
Both portions based on these pieces can be heard in this audio snippet.
The EJ'S & Co mentioned composer Bernstein and that he was involved in classical
music.
Len Barry was from Philadelphia and was a member of the Dovells before going out
on his own. The Dovells have a star on the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of
Fame along Broad Street's Avenue of the Arts.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-02.mp3
#02) B. Bumble & The Stingers: "Bumble Boogie" (1961) [89] {-} <305>
This is based on "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Rimsky-Korsakov. B. Bumble & The
Stingers recorded versions of other classical pieces, including "Nut Rocker"
(#23 in 1962) and "Apple Knocker" (see the comments for #11 below).
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-03.mp3
#03) Brooklyn Bridge, The: "Worst That Could Happen" (1968/69) [3] {-}
<8><166><261><372>
The audio snippet included here is from Mendelssohn's "Wedding March." The
first song I thought of that uses this tune is "Where Were You (On Our Wedding
Day)?" by Lloyd Price. However, a different Lloyd Price song was already in
this quiz. Fortunately, I came up with this one, and I wouldn't be surprised if
there are others from the GOLQ era. The original version of "Worst That Could
Happen," which was written by Jim Webb, was by the 5th Dimension. Their version
features an even longer segment of "Wedding March."
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-04.mp3
#04) Christie, Lou: "Rhapsody In The Rain" (1966) [16] {-} <5><228><315><378>
This is one that I found myself during my classical music self-education! I
noticed it when I was listening to Tchaikovsky's "Fantasy Overture" from his
ROMEO AND JULIET ballet. This was confirmed for me by the following web page
(which also tells a great story about radio stations' censoring of "Rhapsody In
The Rain"):
http://musicmasteroldies.com/2010/12/11/my-lifes-soundtrack-part-41-rhapsody-in-the-rain-by-lou-christie/
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-05.mp3
#05) Como, Perry: "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" (1956) [1] {-}
<109><321><352>
As noted in GOLQ352, the melody is based on "Espana Rhapsody" by Emmanuel
Chabrier.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-06.mp3
#06) Darin, Bobby: "Mack The Knife" (1959/60) [1] {6} <53><187><310><357>
This song was #1 on the Hot 100 for 9 weeks starting October 5, 1959. It is
from the Broadway musical THE THREEPENNY OPERA, with music by Kurt Weill and
lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. It is also known by other titles, including "The
Ballad of Mack the Knife," "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer," and "Moritat."
There is a lack of agreement as to whether or not THE THREEPENNY OPERA is an
opera. AMERICAN BANDSTAND host Dick Clark considered it to be an opera.
According to the Wikipedia article on "Mack the Knife," he "had advised Darin
not to record the song because of the perception that, having come from an
opera, the song might not appeal to a rock and roll audience; he subsequently
acknowledged his error." For those who do consider it to be an opera, this song
therefore fits both themes in this quiz.
In case you are wondering what song was #1 for the first four days of October
1959, holding over from September, it was "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-07.mp3
#07) Fifth Estate, The: "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (1967) [11] {-}
<118><352>
The instrumental break, heard in this audio snippet, is from the bouree from
Michael Praetorius's "Dance Suite Terpsichore," as noted in GOLQ352. The song,
with music composed by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, was written for
the 1939 classic film THE WIZARD OF OZ. The Fifth Estate added this portion to
their recording. The following web page describes how this piece came to be
part of this recording:
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-fifth-estate/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead
Although it was not planned this way, I was happy to use a song about a witch in
an October GOLQ.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-08.mp3
#08) Happenings, The: "Music Music Music" (1968)[96] {-}
The best known artist for this song, under the title of "Music! Music! Music!
(Put Another Nickel In)," is Teresa Brewer, who first recorded and released it
in 1949. She recorded several other renditions over the years, but none charted
in the GOLQ era. The "Come closer" bridge, which is featured in this audio
snippet, is from Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2."
The Sensations' version went to #54, #12 r&b in 1961. They upped the price to a
dime, but The Happenings reduced it back to a nickel. In almost every GOLQ I
put together, I have to choose between a version by a Black artist and one by a
White artist. This is the song for which I had to do so in this quiz. In The
Sensations' favor: (1) Black artist in a quiz that was shaping up to have few
of them. (2) Higher charting on the Hot 100, with an even higher placement on
the r&b chart. In The Happenings' favor: (1) Less-crowded part of the
alphabet. (2) Fewer songs from 1968 than 1961 are in this quiz, although I
didn't think this would be the case when I started working on it. (3) The only
member of The Happenings who has his own Wikipedia page, Dave Libert, died on
February 20, 2024. No other GOLQ since then has paid tribute to him. So I
decided that this would be the GOLQ tribute to Dave Libert, who filled other
roles in the music industry over the years.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-09.mp3
#09) Kimberly, Adrian: "The Graduation Song... Pomp And Circumstance" (1961)
[34] {-}
From the Trio section of "Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1" by Elgar. This
section is known as "Land of Hope and Glory," "Pomp and Circumstance," and "The
Graduation March." It is played at coronations of English monarchs and at
graduation ceremonies. It was used on the TV show QUEEN FOR A DAY when the
daily queen was crowned, which is where I first heard it.
Adrian Kimberly was actually Don Everly of the Everly Brothers. He released
other instrumental singles under the Adrian Kimberly name, but none of them
charted. The EJ'S & Co mentioned the Everly connection in their entry.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-10.mp3
#10) Kokomo: "Asia Minor" (1961) [8] {-} <210>
This is a rock and roll adaptation of Grieg's "Piano Concerto in A Minor."
Kokomo was a name used by pianist, arranger, songwriter, and producer
Jimmy Wisner. According to the Wikipedia article for "Asia Minor," he used
"the name Kokomo so as not to alienate his jazz fans." As a producer and
arranger, Wisner worked with many charting artists, including Tommy James and
the Shondells.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-11.mp3
#11) Landis, Jerry: "The Lone Teen Ranger" (1963) [97] {-} <79><295><378>
The tune in this audio snippet is from the overture to the Rossini opera WILLIAM
TELL. The song was later used as the theme music to the radio and TV series THE
LONE RANGER (which is how it came to be used in this song). Other songs that
use this tune include a 1948 comedy record by Spike Jones, the 1953 hit "Now
That I'm in Love" by Patti Page, "Apple Knocker" by B. Bumble & The Stingers,
and "Happy Anniversary", sung during an episode of THE FLINTSTONES TV series.
Glen Campbell performed some rocking instrumental versions of this tune, in both
studio and live performances, which can be found on YouTube.
Jerry Landis was really Paul Simon. While no one mentioned this fact when I
used this song in GOLQ378, Randy Price, The EJ'S & Co, and Vito & the
Salutations mentioned it this time.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-12.mp3
#12) Manfred Mann: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (1964) [1] {n/c} <1><240><316>
This song was #1 for two weeks beginning on October 17, 1964. It was succeeded
on October 31 by "Baby Love" by the Supremes, which held down the top spot for
four weeks.
I wish I could have used "A Groovy Kind of Love" by the Mindbenders in this
spot. As I noted in GOLQ352, it is based on the Rondo section of Muzio
Clementi's "Sonatina in G major," op. 36 no. 5. But it was used too recently in
a GOLQ.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-13.mp3
#13) Orbison, Roy, and The Candy Men: "Oh, Pretty Woman" (1964) [1] {n/c}
<10><192><245><382>
This song was #1 for three weeks beginning on September 26, 1964, eventually
being dethroned by "Do Wah Diddy Diddy."
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-14.mp3
#14) Poppies, The: "Lullaby Of Love" (1966) [56] {-}
This is from a piece by Brahms known popularly as "Lullaby" and also as
"Wiegenlied" and "Cradle Song." The Poppies were a black girl group from
Mississippi who recorded in Nashville, where they were produced by Billy
Sherrill. Sherrill was more famous for producing country artists such as Tammy
Wynette and George Jones. Lead singer Dorothy Moore had a hit with "Misty Blue"
(#3, #2 r&b) in 1976.
In early 1966, I read an article in a magazine about the Poppies. The article
mentioned that they had a new record out called "Lullaby of Love." However, I
never heard it until I came across it on YouTube a few years ago. A few months
later, I did hear a song by the group, "He's Ready." It was the pick hit of the
week on radio station WWDC in the Washington, DC, market. I liked it a lot.
But within the following week, it was gone from the airwaves. "He's Ready" is
probably better known today as "She's Ready" by the Spiral Starecase, best known
for "More Today Than Yesterday." "She's Ready" reached #72 on the Hot 100 in
1969, while "He's Ready" bubbled under at #106. Ironically, their song that I
never heard on the radio, "Lullaby of Love," did make the Hot 100.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-15.mp3
#15) Presley, Elvis, with The Jordanaires: "It's Now Or Never" (1960) [1] {7}
<51><199><288><352>
I noted in GOLQ352 that this song is based on "O Sole Mio," Neapolitan song
written in 1898 by Giovanni Capurro (lyricist) and Eduardo di Capua (composer).
The tune was also used by fitness guru Jack LaLanne for his TV show theme song.
Elvis recorded a few other songs taken from classical music and opera, including
"Surrender" and "Can't Help Falling in Love."
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-16.mp3
#16) Price, Lloyd: "Just Because" (1957) [29] {3} <114><384>
This is from Verdi's RIGOLETTO operatic aria "Caro Nome." Other songs that are
based on this aria are "Here" by Tony Martin (pre-GOLQ era), "Tonight My Love
Tonight" by Paul Anka (#13 in 1961), and "Juanita Banana" by the Peels (#59 in
1966). The relevant portion of "Juanita Banana" was used in the break-in record
"Batman & His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman (#70 in 1966). Because "Juanita
Banana" hadn't been played on the radio stations I listened to in 1966, it took
me many years to discover its source.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-17.mp3
#17) Randazzo, Teddy: "The Way Of A Clown" (1960) [44] {-} <196,282,361>
I didn't use this one in GOLQ352 because I didn't know about it then, but nine
months later, wanting to use a Teddy Randazzo song for a different purpose in
GOLQ361, I learned about it. Part of the melody is based on "Vesti La Giubba"
from the Leoncavallo opera PAGLIACCI. I noted then that the melody was also
used in a Rice Krispies commercial and that "The Tears of a Clown" by Smokey
Robinson and the Miracles (released on an album in 1967 but not a hit until
1970) was also inspired by this opera.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-18.mp3
#18) Reese, Della: "Don't You Know" (1959/60) [2] {1} <72><186><288><423>
This song is from "Quando me'n vo'" (also known as "Musetta's Waltz"), a waltz
in act two of Puccini's 1896 opera LA BOHEME. This song held down the #2 spot
part of the time in which "Mack the Knife" was #1, although it appears to have
been near the end of its time there in November 1959. Its time spent at #1 on
the r&b chart was for two weeks starting November 23.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-19.mp3
#19) Revere, Paul, and the Raiders: "Like, Long Hair" (1961) [38] {-}
Long before Paul Revere and the Raiders enjoyed a long string of hits with
vocals (usually by Mark Lindsay) on the Columbia label, they issued this
instrumental on the Gardena label. That's Paul himself on the piano. The
beginning of the song, which is also the beginning of this audio snippet, is
from Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in C Sharp Minor." The "long hair" in the title
is a reference to classical music, not the length of the group members' hair.
The following web page explains wherethis phrase comes from:
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/classical-music-as-longhair-music.42902/
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-20.mp3
#20) Shangri-Las, The: "Past, Present And Future" (1966) [59] {-}
<231><291><412>
The tune in this audio snippet is from Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata."
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-21.mp3
#21) Sherman, Allan: "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)" (1963)
[2] {-} <93><352>
This is from "Dance of the Hours" in the Ponchielli opera LA GIOCONDA. Other
songs that use this tune include Sherman's 1964 version of this song (#59) and
"She'll Never Never Love You (Like I Do)" by Teresa Brewer (bubbled under at
#122, 1963). The latter song was also recorded under the title of "Like I Do"
by Nancy Sinatra and by Maureen Evans. Sherman made other recordings to the
tune of classical pieces, including the album PETER AND THE COMMISSAR.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-22.mp3
#22) Temptations, The: "I Can't Get Next To You" (1969) [1] {1} <101><247><377>
This song was #1 on the Hot 100 for two weeks starting on October 18, 1969, and
on the r&b chart for five weeks starting on October 4. "Sugar, Sugar" by the
Archies was #1 the first 17 days of that month, having reached that spot for a
four-week run starting on September 20. One list of pop songs from classical
music mentioned that "Sugar, Sugar" came from Ravel's "Bolero," but I can't hear
any resemblance to it, plus the source noted that the Archies' hit was in 1979,
off by 10 years.
The song that had been in GOLQ352 that I overlooked was "My Whole World Ended
(The Moment You Left Me)" by ex-Temptation David Ruffin. That song was based
upon the classical music piece "Fruhlingslied" by Mendelssohn.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-23.mp3
#23) Toys, The: "A Lover's Concerto" (1965) [2] {4} <4><170><352>
The classical piece on which this song is based, "Minuet in G," was long thought
to have been composed by Johann Sebastian Bach but is now attributed to
Christian Petzold. In GOLQ352, I credited Bach, so now I am setting the record
straight. I briefly considered using Mrs. Miller's cover, #95 in 1966, to fill
the big alphabet gap I mentioned earlier, but that one is quite awful compared
to this lovely rendition.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-24.mp3
#24) Tymes, The: "Somewhere" (1963/64) [19] {n/c} <131><352>
This is based on the opening of Mozart's "Piano Sonata No. 15 in C Major," as I
noted in GOLQ352. The Tymes are from Philadelphia and, like the Dovells, have a
star on the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame. I started to list all of
the other GOLQ-era artsts who have stars there, but there are just too many to
name. Plus I know I may overlook some who mainly recorded in other genres or
who mainly had success before or after the GOLQ era, who did have a GOLQ-era
charting record or two that I have never come across or have forgotten about. I
didn't want to leave anyone out! An example is Harold Melvin and the Blue
Notes. While their big hits were in 1972 and later, I remember hearing a song
by them called "Get Out" on the radio in the DC area in the mid-1960s. This one
bubbled under at #125 in 1965, but they did have a 1960 entry, "My Hero" under
the name of the Blue Notes, that peaked at #78.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-25.mp3
#25) Wilson, Jackie: "Night" (1960) [4] {3} <37><236>
As noted in GOLQ352, this melody is from the aria "Mon Coeur S'ouvre a ta Voix"
from the opera SAMSON AND DELILAH by Camille Saint-Saens.
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Tie-Breakers
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http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-T1.mp3
#T1) Beatles, The: "In My Life" (1965) [-] {-}
This was first released on the album RUBBER SOUL in both the U.K. and the U.S.
The instrumental break featured here, played by producer George Martin, is
inspired by Bach, possibly his "Two-part Invention in A major." To be honest,
that is not the reason I chose this song. I thought this segment was from a
list I saw of songs with chord progressions inspired by Pachelbon's "Canon in D
Major," which I am not yet familiar with, but I must have gotten the two sources
confused. Whatever, this segment does come from some classical music piece,
even if it's not the one I thought it was from.
Team Teitellion--This is the song's piano solo, composed & performed by producer
George Martin. He was unable to play it at full tempo, so the Chipmunks-esque
solution was to record it at half tape speed, and play it at half-tempo and an
octave lower. When the tape was sped up to normal speed for the final mix, the
halving of the attack/decay time made it sound as if played on a harpsichord.
Here's how it sounded as originally recorded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0MY-T0Rz3Y
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ453/GOLQ453-T2.mp3
#T2) Sounds Incorporated: "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" (1965) [-] {-}
This is from the piece of orchestral music by the same name composed by Grieg
for the play PEER GYNT. I have this recording in my collection in Volume 3 of
Rhino Records' 9-volume series THE BRITISH INVASION: THE HISTORY OF BRITISH
ROCK. It was a CD-only bonus cut. (Remember the days in the 1980s when CDs
reigned supreme over vinyl albums? I still prefer CDs for several reasons and
can't understand why there is now a renewed interest in vinyl.) Anyway, the
CD-only bonus cuts on these volumes were ones that had not been big U.S. hits,
but most were hits in the U.K. or lower-charting U.S. hits. Apparently, this
was not the case with "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" by Sounds Incorporated.
Also, as Really Rockin' In Boston noted, the song was released in some places,
including Australia, as "Hall Of The Mountain King." Of the ten entries that
identified this song's title, half used "In the" and half did not.
Mike Weaver--The Sounds Incorporated version of "Hall Of The Mountain King" was
on one of the Rhino "British Invasion" CDs, but it wasn't a hit in Britain. The
medium sized British hit was a very different sounding version by Nero and The
Gladiators (1961). Sounds Incorporated apparently was an instrumental group
used as back-up of in European recordings. As far as I am aware there were only
two US releases on Liberty records. Also, I believe that "Hall..." was an
intended B side of the UK release, so probably pretty obscure.
One last note on this subject:
There is one popular song based on a classical music piece that I have been
trying to find for years without success despite occasional Google and YouTube
searches. It is probably from before the GOLQ era and may have been by Spike
Jones. It is based on Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and has a couple of lines
that go something like, "There was an emperor Napoleon/Who never heard a
nickelodeon." Does anyone out there know this song? One of my college
professors once played it in our class.
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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.
I expected almost every song to do well, which is what happened.
Rank Avg. Song
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T01 20.00 #01) Barry, Len: "Somewhere"
T01 20.00 #02) B. Bumble & The Stingers: "Bumble Boogie"
T01 20.00 #03) Brooklyn Bridge, The: "Worst That Could Happen"
T01 20.00 #04) Christie, Lou: "Rhapsody In The Rain"
T01 20.00 #05) Como, Perry: "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)"
T01 20.00 #06) Darin, Bobby: "Mack The Knife"
T01 20.00 #07) Fifth Estate, The: "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead"
T01 20.00 #09) Kimberly, Adrian: "The Graduation Song Pomp And Circumstance"
T01 20.00 #10) Kokomo: "Asia Minor"
T01 20.00 #11) Landis, Jerry: "The Lone Teen Ranger"
T01 20.00 #12) Manfred Mann: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
T01 20.00 #13) Orbison, Roy, and The Candy Men: "Oh, Pretty Woman"
T01 20.00 #14) Poppies, The: "Lullaby Of Love"
T01 20.00 #15) Presley, Elvis, with The Jordanaires: "It's Now Or Never"
T01 20.00 #16) Price, Lloyd: "Just Because"
T01 20.00 #18) Reese, Della: "Don't You Know"
T01 20.00 #21) Sherman, Allan: "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!"
T01 20.00 #22) Temptations, The: "I Can't Get Next To You"
T01 20.00 #23) Toys, The: "A Lover's Concerto"
T01 20.00 #24) Tymes, The: "Somewhere" (1963/64)
T01 20.00 #25) Wilson, Jackie: "Night"
T01 20.00 #T1) Beatles, The: "In My Life"
T23 19.17 #08) Happenings, The: "Music Music Music"
T23 19.17 #20) Shangri-Las, The: "Past, Present And Future"
T25 18.33 #17) Randazzo, Teddy: "The Way Of A Clown"
T25 18.33 #19) Revere, Paul, and the Raiders: "Like, Long Hair"
27 15.83 #T2) Sounds Incorporated: "In The Hall Of The Mountain King"
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Regina Litman <GOLQ453@golq.org>