From: Rich Ardini <golq470@golq.org>
Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 470 (GOLQ470)
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Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 16:00:44 -0500 (EST)
GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #470 (GOLQ470)
Welcome to GOLQ470, a special anniversary for me as we continue on this GOLQ
QuizMaster Retirement Tour. Thirty years ago this month, I entered my first
GOLQ. And just about every team that is still participating now also entered
that quiz. The Tour hopes to make it to my next milestone, 33 1/3 years with
the GOLQ. And right now, the Tour is considering what places to travel to and
how to get to them. And so, since this is my party, I am using my favorite
theme, now much overused. It is a broad theme that connects all 27 songs. I
believe the quiz is average in difficulty. But it includes a few lesser known
songs that likely received much more airplay in the Boston area I grew up in
than elsewhere. Both tie-breakers made the Bubbling Under charts.
And once again, Bob Bluestein has contributed a puzzler for your amusement and
enjoyment.
Good luck and enjoy!
Rich Ardini <golq470@golq.org>
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Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #470
Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969
Due 5:00 p.m. EDT (GMT-5) on Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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She must be givin' 'em quite a thrill
The way they flock to her door
She throws those come-hither glances
At every Tom, Dick and Joe
#01)
Finally made the plane into Paris
Honeymoonin' down by the Seine
#02)
But what happens when the statue on the pedestal
Comes crumblin' to the ground
I don't want to be around
To see the sorrow on her face
When she thinks I let her down
#03)
Angels sing, leather wing
Jeans of blue, Harley Davidsons too
#04)
But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringin'
#05)
He's drivin' in tonight from California
He loves his damn ol' rodeo, as much as he loves me
#06)
It might have been in County Down
Or in New York, in gay Paree, or even London Town
#07)
I was there to steal her money
Take her rings and run
Then I fell in love with the lady
And got away with none
#08)
He calls me his princess of the Nile
But I laugh at him
And I say to myself
Isn't he silly and doesn't he talk like a child
#09)
I've got my suitcase in my hand
Now ain't that a shame?
#10)
Now if you're ever in Houston, boy
Well, you better do it right
Hey, you better not gamble, boy
And you better not fight
#11)
Some people go to school
To try to learn how to teach
Some people go to school
To try to learn how to preach
But if you preach after goin' to school
Be sure you preach and teach the golden rule
#12)
We don't care what your name is, boy
#13)
Tweedly deedly dee goes the bird
But the sound of your little voice, darling
Is the sweetest sound I've ever heard
#14)
I was Queen of France
And at a royal palace dance
I waltzed all night with the Prince of Timbuktu
#15)
Oklahoma City, yes I know that she won't treat me cruel
Denver Colorado never made me feel like such a fool
These are only cities, but they're cities without you
#16)
Destination: Bangor, Maine
#17)
Grew up in a rusty shack
All I had was hangin' on my back
Only you know how I loathe
This place called
#18)
And though they say that East is East and West is West
And never the twain shall meet
Each morning I face her window
And pray that our love can be
#19)
We gonna take a little trip up to Norfolk
Just to see them build a great big ship
We gonna take a trip over to New Orleans
Just to see the girls shake their hips
#20)
Layin' in a Bombay alley, next day
#21)
Honey in the beehive
Honeybunch
Every time you kiss me
Hits me like a punch
#22)
Teeny bopper, my teenage lover
I caught your wave last night
It sent my mind a-wonderin'
You're such a groove, please don't move
Please stay in my love house by the river
#23)
Sweet perfume
Those little old roses bloom
And I want to walk with you
My whole life through
#24)
L.A. is a great big freeway
#25)
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Tie-Breakers
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Condemned in Cleveland and banished from Baltimore
She is now taboo in Philly and St. Lou
And Chicage doesn't dig her anymore
#T1)
We're goin' to the A-pol-lo
And we'll dig the crazy show
I got my crazy little babe
And boys, we're gonna have some fun
Well, we'll stop in the baby grand
Dig those cats on Bandstand
From there to some cafe
Where the food is okay
#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.
The 25 clues below are titles of '55-'69 top 20 pop singles which take
their own wordings much too literally. Spacing, punctuation, and
capitalization may be deceptive. For example,
A Breakin' Brand New Earth
would be a reworking of Connie Francis'
Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart
where the word "Breakin'" is placed 'in' "A Brand New" and the word
"Heart" is 'broken' (i.e., mixed-up).
Your task is to solve these 25 reworked singles' titles:
01) Think Think
02) Me At Look
03) Lettearster
04) The The Hunter Game
05) Him I
06) Slee
07) Something I'm Good
08) LOL Eh
09) DNA Revo
10) ILooking'm
11) Chanted Even
12) Call Mr. Me
13) Septecumber
14) My Heart N San Francisco
15) Loaners
16) Ojos
17) Wall-Wall-Wall-Wall
18) Noon Sunny
19) So Evil
20) Lal
21) Ym Hctarcs Ybab
22) Rusuen
23) Shea Mover's
24) My Hea
25) Shakin' Going O
As help, here are the 25 artists/groups (in alphabetical order) who had
the highest charting '55-'69 singles with the above song titles:
Bennett, Tony
Benton, Brook
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Bonds, U.S.
Clark, Dave, Five
Dion
Happenings, The
Harpo, Slim
Herman's Hermits
Ives, Burl
Jay & the Americans
Kinks, The
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips
Lewis, Barbara
Lewis, Jerry Lee
Little Anthony and the Imperials
March, Little Peggy
Martino, Al
Marvelettes, The
Mickey and Sylvia
Presley, Elvis, with the Jordanaires
Reeves, Jim
Reynolds, Jody
Sir Douglas Quintet
Vogues, The
The daring amongst you may wish to try to solve the following 5 harder
reworked titles of '55-'69 charting pop singles, not all of which
reached the top 20:
26) Mahler
27) Tenor Bob
28) Deep In x
29) Apart nt
30) M, Y
Good luck!