GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #471 (GOLQ471)
Welcome to the April edition! About 2/3 of the songs relate to my recurring
RIP theme.
Another of Bob Bluestein's fun Puzzlers is below the main quiz.
Enjoy!
-- Howard Teitelbaum <golq471@golq.org>
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Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #471
Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969
Due 5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) on Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026
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I know you'd never forgive me, dear
For running out on you
I was wrong to take a chance
With somebody new
#01)
I told you, baby, how I feel
One word can close this deal
#02)
And the only thing
That I ask of you
Is for you to care
Care for me alone
#03)
Once you used to date my big sister
Now, baby, she's too old for you
#04)
Well, meet me, baby, down on 45th Street
#05)
You gotta make it, break it
Shake it all around
#06)
Wish I may, wish I might
Make this wish come true tonight
#07)
You take such care to keep that girl's feet clean
Like she's some kind of figurine
The world's so far below her, it's not her scene
And so she uses you to stand between
#08)
I'm not superstitious about you
But I can't take no chance
You got me spinnin', baby
Baby, I'm in a trance
#09)
I sent for lots of things from Sears and Roebuck
Spark plugs and fancy ties
#10)
Though I'm just one of your lovers
And I know there are so many others
You do something strange to me, baby
#11)
Well, shut them books and throw 'em away
And say goodbye to dull school days
Look alive and change your ways
#12)
I can be a beggar or a queen
'Cause you've got the power to make me anything
You've got the power, so open your heart
It's up to you
#13)
Does his kiss really mean what you think it means?
Are the words that he whispers true?
Are you sure you understand the touch of his hand?
Does his touch mean too much to you?
#14)
And when you raise the roof with your rock 'n' roll
You'll get a lot more kicks
#15)
Every time I make a move to love you
#16)
That's when my love begins to shine
You're the only girl I know
That really loves me so
#17)
You should see
What a lovely, lovely world this'd be
Everyone learns to live together
#18)
I see no reason to take me home
I'm old enough to face the dark
#19)
You made the rain disappear
It's just like magic when I hold you near
#20)
They're making plans
Shaking hands
I've been waitin' so long
Has something gone wrong?
#21)
Gazing at the distant lights
In the starry sky
#22)
How can people be so heartless?
How can people be so cruel?
#23)
John's in love with Joan
Joan's in love with Jim
Jim's in love with someone
Who's not in love with him
#24)
Emptiness is a place you're in
With nothing to lose
But no more to win
#25)
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Tie-Breakers
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Everything is wrong since me and my baby parted
All day long I'm walking 'cause I couldn't get my car started
Laid off from my job and I can't afford to check it
I wish somebody'd come along and run into it and wreck it
#T1)
If you come a-knockin' at my door
Don't say that you didn't know the score
Don't care to be called what I ain't
#T2)
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PUZZLER
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Submission of an entry for this section is optional. Your participation
or performance has no bearing whatsoever on your quiz score or ranking.
Please note that the diagram below has been designed to be printed using
a fixed-width font such as Courier. Copying and pasting the diagram
into its own document may prove useful in getting it to fit on a single
printed page.
T R A V E L I N ' B A N D S
This Puzzler takes the form of a grid composed of horizontal rows and
looping square bands. Each "traversin'" row and "travelin'" band is to
be filled with strings of entries, each entry being either a word or a
pair of words.
Each of Rows 1 through 11 is to be filled with either 2 or 3 abutting,
non-overlapping entries - one letter per box, omitting spaces - a total
of 11 letters per row. Each row's entries are clued below in the order
in which they appear, left-to-right, in the row.
The rows are crossed by nested bands labelled A through E. Each band
is to be filled with a string of abutting, non-overlapping entries - one
letter per box, omitting spaces. A band's entries start in its top left
box (labelled "A" for Band A, etc.) and proceed clockwise until they
complete the band. Each band's entries are clued below in the order in
which they appear in the band. The grid's "@" characters are used solely
for the purpose of delineating the bands clearly.
Just so that no one can say these instructions provided no help at all,
two solution letters have been entered in the grid to start you off:
Halfway through the outer band, down on the corner of the grid is one
such letter ("N"). Following that band from there to the left, then
turning up around the bend to the end of the band you will find the
second letter (also "N"). You're welcome!
Once the grid has been correctly filled in, your ultimate task is to
figure out the name of a particular group producing a happy noise:
________ and the ________ ________
This group can be determined as follows:
a) The first blank above is filled by a word consisting of the letters
found in 5 boxes connected in a straight line (either horizontally,
vertically, or diagonally) somewhere in the grid.
b) The second blank above is filled by a word consisting of the letters
found in 4 boxes connected in a straight line (either horizontally,
vertically, or diagonally) somewhere in the grid.
c) The third blank above is filled by a word consisting of the letters
found in 4 boxes that form a 2x2 square somewhere in the grid.
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@A | | | | | | | | | | @
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@----@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@----@
@|\ |@B | | | | | | | | @ @
2 @| \|@ | | | | | | | | @ @
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@ @ @C | | | | | | @ @ @
3 @ @ @ | | | | | | @ @ @
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@ @ @ @D | | | | @ @ @ @
4 @ @ @ @ | | | | @ @ @ @
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@ @ @ @ @E | | @ @ @ @ @
5 @ @ @ @ @ | | @ @ @ @ @
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@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
6 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
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Row clues:
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1. - "________ Jane", the B-side of Fats Domino's single "You Win Again"
- The Ran-Dells' novelty single "Martian ________"
- Jack Jones' '63 single "Toys In The ________", the title song
from a Dean Martin movie based on a Lillian Hellman play
2. - Simone who recorded the '59 single "I Loves You, Porgy"
- The Monkees' first single, "________ Train To Clarksville"
- Joe Tex's '67 single "Skinny Legs And ________"
3. - LaVern Baker's '56 single "I Can't Love You ________"
- "Stack banana till the morning come (Daylight come and me wan' go
home) / Come, Mister ________ Man"
4. - Dion Di Muci's prima donna
- "You were still in school when you had that fool who really ________
your mind / And after that you turned your back on treating people
kind"
5. - Petula Clark's '67 single "Don't ________ In The Subway"
- "Mister city policeman sitting / Pretty little policemen in ________
/ See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run" [2 words]
- Note between do and mi
6. - Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" has been categorized as
folk rock, talking blues, and proto-________
- "Hug me, squeeze me, 'til I'm red / 'Til my eyes bug out my head /
________ me, woo me, turtle dove / Can I steal a little love?"
- Barry and the Tamerlanes' '63 single "I Wonder What She's ________
Tonight"
7. - Herman's Hermits' '65 single "A Must To ________"
- "Ten thousand electric guitars were groovin' real loud, yeh /
If you wanna find the truth in life / Don't pass music by / And
you know, I would ________, no ... down in Monterey" [2 words]
8. - British bluesman John ________, who recorded the '69 single "Don't
Waste My Time"
- Harold who composed the music for "That Old Black Magic" (a '55
Sammy Davis, Jr. single), "Come Rain Or Come Shine" (a '60 Ray
Charles single), and "Over The Rainbow" (a '60 Demensions single)
9. - Partner of Stookey and Travers
- Lesley Gore's '64 single "________ I Know"
10. - Mitch who fronted The Detroit Wheels
- Jerry ________, co-founder with Herb Alpert of A&M Records
- Fred Hughes' '65 single "________ Wee Baby, I Love You"
11. - Burl Ives' single "Mary Ann ________"
- George Jones' '65 single "The Race ________" [2 words]
Band Clues:
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A. - Northwestern U.S. state whose name is the title of a single by 4
Seasons featuring Frankie Valli
- Page who recorded the '56 single "Mama From The Train"
- Jeremy who teamed with Chad Stuart
- Chandler, McDaniels, or Vincent
- Plastic ________ Band, which recorded the '69 single "Cold Turkey"
- Relationship of Patty (who recorded "Suddenly There's A Valley" as
a solo artist in '55) to LaVerne and Maxene
- He fronted The Pacemakers [2 words]
B. - The Velvelettes' '64 single "Needle ________ Haystack" [2 words]
- '64 Elvis Presley-Ann-Margret movie "Viva ________ Vegas"
- The Wailers' single "________ Cool One"
- K-Doe who recorded the '61 single "Mother-In-Law"
- B.B. King '68 single "Paying The Cost To Be The ________"
- Last track on The Moody Blues album "In Search Of The Lost Chord"
- Color of Be-Bop-A-Lula's blue jeans
- Patience & Prudence's '56 single "Gonna Get Along Without ________
Now"
- Funicello's co-star in the movie "Muscle Beach Party"
C. - "And just the way he looked at me, he swept me off my feet (yeh,
yeh) / Oo-oo-oo-we-ee, you ________ to come and see / How he walks
(yeh, yeh) / And how he talks (yeh, yeh)"
- All of Hirt, Wilson, Caiola, and Hibbler
- Name repeated in the title of a '64 Dee Dee Sharp single
- The Beach Boys' '64 single "Don't ________ Baby"
- Solomon Burke's '61 single "Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two ________
Arms)"
D. - Don & Juan's '62 single "What's Your ________"
- "I wouldn't wanna be a chimney sweep / All black from head to foot
/ From climbin' in them chimneys / And cleanin' out that ________"
- Donner who recorded the '61 single "You Don't Know What You've Got
(Until You Lose It)"
- Ritchie Valens' '58 single "________ Bamba"
- The Status Quo's single "________ In The Sun"
E. - "________ the way that I stare / There's nothin' else to compare /
The sight of you leaves me weak / There are no words left to speak"
- Word that follows "Love Me", "But I", and "That's All You Gotta" in
the titles of singles
Good luck!
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