From: Howard Teitelbaum <golq461@golq.org>
Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 461 (GOLQ461)
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 00:41:21 -0400 (EDT)
GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #461 (GOLQ461)
Welcome to the June edition! Roughly half of the songs honor musicians
who passed away this year.
A fine BBP (why, that's a Bob Bluestein Puzzler, of course!) may be found
below the quiz.
Enjoy!
-- Howard Teitelbaum <golq461@golq.org>
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Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #461
Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969
Due 5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) on Monday, Jun. 30, 2025
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With the help, that night, with Daddy G
He was swingin' on the sax with the Terrible Two
And I was dancin' all over the room
#01)
He's got a big convertible that's fire-engine red
Howlin' and a-prowlin', never goes to bed
He's really Mister Big to all the kids in school
#02)
Well, one day my mother called me to her side
Son, why are you so blue?
Mother, I've lost the girl that I love
Why don't you tell me what to do?
Mother, won't you tell me what to do
#03)
I walk along
I sing a song
#04)
If you think her love is stronger
Don't you hang around much longer
Stop a while, take your time, and get yourself to my place
#05)
I kissed you, dear
And told you I'd be yours throughout the years
Now Father Time has proven we were right
#06)
Love you so
Bring my baby
Oh, my baby back to me
#07)
I'll send away all my false pride
And I'll forsake all of my lies
Yes, I'll be as true as true can be
#08)
Everything that I say and do
I do and say it, baby, just for you
#09)
Be wise, be smart
Behave, my heart
Don't upset your cart
#10)
When you stare into her pretty blue eyes (into her eyes)
There's no way to see through her disguise (through her disguise)
But don't try to love her
'Cause you'll quickly discover
You're trapped in the web of her lies
#11)
The key's in the mailbox
The same as before
But no one is waiting
For me anymore
#12)
Lose her?
No, I didn't lose her
'Cause I never really had her from the start
#13)
You won't do your sister's will
#14)
Well, my hands ain't smooth
My face is rough
But my heart is warm
And my ways ain't tough
#15)
Runnin' all around
That's how it is, girl (that's how it is)
'Til it comes ('til it comes)
#16)
I'd climb a mountain
Or sail the sea
I'd crawl a thousand miles
Upon my knees
#17)
I was in the dark, but now I see
What was always in front of me
I was always proud, but now I'm sayin' it loud
Keep on givin' it to me
#18)
A pretty woman makes her husband look small
And very often causes his downfall
#19)
Oh, I know it's true
There's no one, dear, but you
#20)
Now I lay me down to sleep
Givin' the bedbugs a chance to creep
If one should bite before I wake
Hope the world his jaw will break
#21)
You ask me why, why I love her
(Woh-woh, dum-de-lah-dee, dum-de-lah-dee-doh)
I'll tell you why, why I love her
(Woh-woh, dum-de-lah-dee, dum-de-lah-dee-doh)
#22)
Although it's plain that we're through
My stubborn heart keeps on loving you
I miss your love so badly, it's a crime
#23)
I run after you
Like a fool would do
But Mama didn't raise no fools
And I should know
#24)
She did not even tell me the reason why she was gone
She did not, did not even, did not even tell me
Tell me why she was gone
#25)
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Tie-Breakers
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You have love
I have none
Share with me
And have some fun
#T1)
There's one thing you gotta do
To make me still want you
#T2)
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Furthermore, when rearranged properly, the square's uncrossed letters will
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1) Another group to which they belonged
2) What Billy Hill, Rudolph Johnson, Anita Humes, Rodney Taylor, and
Walter Vickers were
3) What they would have done if they'd re-titled "Easier Said Than Done"
as "Harder Done Than Said" and "A Walkin' Miracle" as "An Ambulatory
Marvel"
E N E L I B A T X S
G E N E R A L S E H
N E W E T S T U T D
E F E V E R Q R E N
L Z L E E I U C O S
E F A A N E I S J M
H A K H S D N A P Y
I C C R E H T O R B
S E A S O N E N O A
T S A J E T T A M B
Clues
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A) New York City stadium at which The Beatles performed on August 15, 1965
B) Honolulu Lulu's "crazy grass shift really sways in the ________ now"
C) "It's late (It's late) / I hate to ________ your dad / Too bad (Too
bad) / I know he's gonna be mad"
D) In "He", "He can turn the tides and calm the angry sea / He alone
________ who writes a symphony"
E) "Tobacco Road", by The Nashville _____
F) The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack ________"
G) In "Waterloo", "Little ________ Napoleon of France / Tried to conquer
the world but lost his pants" (alternatively, Pitney plus Donner!)
H) Relationship of Phillip ("Phil") to Isaac Donald ("Don")
I) Configuration of the group The Essex in early '63
J) Betty who recorded "I Dreamed" or Marv who recorded "You Got What It
Takes"
K) Performer who teamed up with Jones, Dolenz, and Nesmith
L) George Hamilton IV single whose title is a Texas city
M) "(May) Maybe if I ask your dad and mom / (June) They'll let me take you
to the Junior ________"
N) "Walkin' Back To Happiness", by ________ Shapiro
O) Pat who recorded "Speedy Gonzales"
P) "My suitcase and guitar in hand / And every stop is neatly planned /
For a ________ and a one-man band"
Q) "Keep The Ball Rollin'", by Jay and the ________
R) In "Swinging On A Star", a mule is "just plain stupid with a stubborn
________"
S) Each of Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi, Frankie Valli, and Tommy DeVito in '61
T) Peter, Paul & Mary's "Leaving On ________ Plane"
U) It follows "Milk Cow", "Mean Woman", and "Long Gone Lonesome"
V) Song recorded by Little Willie John, Peggy Lee, and The McCoys
W) "If you like the taste of a lobster ________ / Served by a window with
an ocean view"
X) Professional name of R&B singer Joseph Arrington, Jr. who recorded
"Skinny Legs And All" (alternatively, Cocker plus Ritter!)
Y) It precedes "Love", "Talk", and "Workout"
Z) The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Purple ________"
Enjoy!
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