From: rns@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Rick Schubert) Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia Subject: RESULTS and ANSWERS: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #34 (GOLQ34) Message-ID: <5809@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM> Date: 30 Nov 92 15:36:51 GMT Reply-To: rns@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Rick Schubert) Organization: NCR Corp., Network Products - San Diego I had this ready last Wednesday (November 25), but I figured posting it then would be fairly useless because it wouldn't get to most sites until people had already left for Thanksgiving and may have expired by time they returned. I mailed the results out to all entrants in hopes that it would reach them before Thanksgiving. These results are identical to what I mailed out (except for this intro). Jamie Lubin has already posted GOLQ35. If you haven't received it, contact him (at jil@donuts0.bellcore.com) or me. ______________________________________________________________________________ Results & Answer Key for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #34 (GOLQ34) Congratulations to the team of , who won with a near-perfect score. Outstanding scores were also turned in by and the team of . Excellent scores were turned in by the teams of , , , and . There were several clusters of scores, but, overall the scores were fairly-well spread out over the entire range of 0-500. Thanks to everyone for entering. There is a "+" after Score below for each tie-breaker answered correctly; a "-" indicates partial credit. An "x" indicates a totally incorrect guess. Pos. # on Score Name E-mail address team age(s) 01 490 + BJ Barry Silk & Joe Haertel 2 40, 41 02 460 + RC Ron & Sally Crandall 2 41,41 03 440-+ JL Jamie, Lynne & John 3 40s 04 320X+ BD Bob Dorin,Chris Reeve,Nina and Sheila 4 43,46,48,? 05 320 - NC Norm, Kathy and Carol 3 36,36,37 06 318 - UN UNM 7 Late 39's 07 300 + HB Howard and Bonnie Teitelbaum 2 34, 42 08 249 - DG The Old Folks at DG 4 various 09 200 + DF Don Fausett 1 52 10 179 + GT The Genasys Team 5 various 11 154 + MH Mike Hubbard & Team <76424.1703@CompuServe.COM> 2 40s 12 80- DM Dave Mack 1 28 13 80 MB Mike Bixenman 1 43 14 38 DO The Dutch Officials various various T15 10 NW Dave Mattingly 1 25 T15 10 MM Marc Meltzer ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 BJ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 RC 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 JL 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 NC 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 - - 20 0 - - 20 20 BD 20 20 20 0 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - - 20 - - 20 - - 20 20 20 UN 10 10 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 18 20 20 HB 20 - 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - - 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 - DG 20 - 20 - 20 20 - - 20 20 - 10 - 20 - - 20 - - 20 20 - - 19 20 DF - 20 20 - - 20 - - 20 - 20 - - 20 - - 20 - 20 - 0 20 - 20 - GT - 0 20 - - - - 20 20 - - - - 20 - - 20 19 20 20 - - 0 0 20 MH 20 - 10 - 0 - - 20 20 10 - 14 - 10 - - 10 - - 20 - - - - 20 MB - - 10 - - - - 10 20 20 - - - - - - - - - 20 - - - 0 - DM - - 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0 - - 20 - - 20 - 10 20 - - - - - DO - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 - 19 - - - - - NW - 0 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MM - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ______________________________________________________________________________ GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #34 ANSWERS: I have received several corrections on the lyrics that I used. I didn't think that any of them would have interfered in anyone's ability to recognize the songs, so I didn't post a correction during the quiz. In the interest of correctness, however, I have tried to correct the lyrics in this posting. I have used the shorthand notation: This is the corrected line to show both forms of the lyrics. I hope that notation is readable. It is the policy of this quizmaster to correct all known errors. I regret the errors and any problems they may have caused. Answers are in the form: #number) Artist: "Title" (year[s]) [peak position on Billboard Chart] ______________________________________________________________________________ Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #34 (Songs were from 1955 through 1967) ______________________________________________________________________________ If a Miss wants to be kissed instead of cuddled And to this you are in doubt as what to say #01) Avalon, Frankie: "Bobby Sox To Stockings" (1959) [8] [This song reached #26 on the R&B charts.] Remember, in your search for fortune and fame What goes up Must come down #02) Benton, Brook: "It's Just A Matter Of Time" (1959) [3] %45 [His real name was Benjamin Franklin Peay.] [He wrote this song as well as "A Lover's Question" and "The Stroll"] [This song reached #1 on the R&B charts.] [Several people gave "Spinning Wheel," by Blood, Sweat, and Tears, as the answer. That song contains the lyrics "What goes up must come down" but not the first line. I didn't intend for it to be a trick question.] Oh Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder Ain't it the truth, oh no it's actual Everything's gonna be satisfactual #03) Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans: "Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah" (1962-3) [8] [Jamie noted that the group included Darlene Love, who sang "Wait Til' My Bobby Gets Home" from GOLQ32. He added that she is featured in Home Alone 2, doing some new songs for the movie (her voice, that is).] [This song reached #7 on the R&B charts.] [This song was the best-identified song on the quiz, probably because the the original version is from the Disney film "Song Of The South," which won an Academy Award in 1947, although many people did not identify the artist.] Walk with me (walk with me) Talk with me (talk with me) I want you stop my heart from cryin' Walk with me (walk with me) Talk with me (talk with me) And your love stop my heart from dyin' #04) Brown, James: "Try Me" (1958-9) [48] [Joe Haertel was the only one to identify this song.] [James Brown's first hit on the Pop charts and second on the R&B charts (reaching #1). This song is very much unlike his later hits. I'm no James Brown fan, but I really like this song.] There's a glow in my heart, I never felt before There's a girl at my side, that I adore There's a glow in my heart, I never felt before #05) Capris: "There's A Moon Out Tonight" (1960-1) [3] [This song reached #11 on the R&B charts.] [According to Ron, after this song flopped in 1958, the Capris broke up. Unbeknowst to them, the record company re-released it in 1960, and it became a big hit. The Capris reunited briefly but no more hits followed. They re-reunited in 1982, released a album, and had a regional hit called "The Morse Code of Love"]. Worry, why do I let myself worry Wonderin' What in the world did I do-oo-oo-oo #06) Cline, Patsy: "Crazy" (1961) [9] [Written by Willie Nelson] [Jamie, Barry, and Don each stated that this was played at rallies as Ross Perot's campaign song; I didn't know that because I was too busy trying to solve GOLQ #33 during that time. Jamie has a good excuse, but I don't understand Barry's and Don's priorities.] I've got my heart in my hand I, I, I, I don't understand What've I, what've I done wrong Ev'n though, I, e'en, worship the ground you walk on #07) Dale & Grace: "I'm Leaving It Up To You" (1963) [1] [Jamie suggested the wording change. Originally, I was going to omit the entire 4th line because I had no idea what he was singing, but I eventually figured it out, except for the "e" part.] [This song reached #6 on the R&B charts.] Oh-oh-oh, step right up, and take a look at a fool He's got a heart as stubborn as a mule Come on everybody, he's good for a laugh And no one can tell his heart is broken in half #08) Darren, James: "Goodbye Cruel World" (1961) [3] [His real name was James William Ercolani. He was an actor and appeared in a number of movies and TV shows. He played Gidget's boyfriend, Moondoggie, in 3 Gidget movies and appeared in the TV series "Time Tunnel" in 1966-67.] Now they never reopened that worthless pit They just placed a marble stand in front of it These few words are written on that stand #09) Dean, Jimmy: "Big Bad John" (1961) [1] [The next lines are: At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man Big John, Big John, Big Bad John Originally, the words were "... lies a helluva man."] [His real name was Seth Ward.] [Howard noted that in recent years he is best known for his commercials for his line of sausages.] [Jamie indicated that this was written by Jimmy Dean] You gotta slop-bop flip-flop hip-hop all around #10) Dovells: "You Can't Sit Down" (1963) [3] [Barry noted that Bill Clinton played this song on his saxophone at a campaign rally while in Cherry Hill, NJ a couple of days before the election!] [Jamie said that one of the writers was Phil Upchurch, whose combo had an instrumental hit with this (#29 in 1961)] [This song reached #10 on the R&B charts.] I don't need nobody To tell my troubles to I don't need nobody To tell my troubles to #11) Hunter, Ivory Joe: "Since I Met You Baby" (1956) [12] [He first recorded in 1933, a cylinder record that is in (and was recorded for) the Library Of Congress.] [This song reached #1 on the R&B charts.] Now, I could understand your tears and your shame She called you "Boy" instead of your name When she wouldn't let you inside When she turned and said, "But, honey, he's not our kind" #12) Ian, Janis: "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" (1967) [14] [Jamie noted that this was written by Janis Ian. I believe she was 14 at the time she wrote it (she was 16 when it charted).] Our love's a precious secret A beautiful thing of art There is no need For prying eyes To look into my heart #13) Knight, Sonny: "Confidential" (1956) [17] [with the Jack Collier Orchestra.] [He was born Joseph C. Smith in Maywood, Illinois, home of Greg Foster, World Champion hurdler.] [This song reached #8 on the R&B charts.] [The Fleetwoods had an uncharted version of this song.] So you gave him your heart, too Just as I gave mine to you And he broke 'em in little pieces And now how do you do #14) Lymon, Frankie, and The Teenagers: "Goody Goody" (1957) [20] [Several sources list this as being by "Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers," while several others (with one overlap) state that this was a solo by Frankie Lymon. My guess is that this was recorded as a solo but credited to Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers. This may have been done for contractual reasons, since this was released on the Gee label, which was the label on which the group's other hits were released, while Frankie Lymon's solo recordings were released on the Roulette label. I gave full credit for either specification of the artist.] [Jamie added that Lymon was 14 when this was recorded; by the time he scored with "Goody Goody," he had developed a heroin habit] [Howard added that there were three charted versions of this song in 1936: 1) Benny Goodman & His Orchestra; charted 2/29/36; peaked at #1 for 6 weeks; total time on charts was 13 weeks; featured vocals by Helen Ward; flip side, "It's Been So Long," was #1 for 2 weeks; song listed as "Goody-Goody" (with hyphen). 2) Freddy Martin & His Orchestra; charted 3/21/36; peaked at #5; total time on charts was 5 weeks; song listed as "Goody Goody" (no hyphen). 3) Bob Crosby & His Orchestra; charted 4/4/36; peaked at #7; total time on charts was 5 weeks; song listed as "Goody Goody" (no hyphen).] And when our friends began arriving It was plain to see That you invited everyone Everyone but me #15) Maestro, Johnny: "What A Surprise" (1961) [33] [Johnny Maestro, lead singer for the Crests, released this as by himself alone, but, in fact, it was recorded with the original Crests.] He isn't much in the eyes of the world He'll never make history No, he isn't much in the eyes of the world But he is the world to me #16) Petersen, Paul: "My Dad" (1962-3) [6] [He played Jeff Stone on "The Donna Reed Show" (his TV sister was Shelley Fabares ("Johnny Angel" from GOLQ #21)] [He was a member of the Mouseketeers.] [This song reached #19 on the R&B charts.] Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad Till the bullet came through Billy And it broke the bartender's glass #17) Price, Lloyd: "Stagger Lee" (1958-9) [1] [This song reached #1 on the R&B charts.] [This song was based on a song called "Stack-A-Lee" which was about a real-life waterfront gambler named James Stacker Lee; one version had hundreds of verses and was over 30 minutes long. Dick Clark would not book Lloyd Price on American Bandstand because this song glamorized gambling & murder. Black Panter Bobby Seale named his son after Stagger Lee, who he said was a positive role model for Black men. Maybe that's why Bobby Seale has never been on American Bandstand, either.] [Ron states that according to the Book of Rock Lists, protests following the release of this song caused the record company to release a sanitized, nonviolent version (which he's never heard).] [Jamie noted the missing "it" in the 3rd line.] Take a look at her hair It's real If you don't believe what I say, just feel Gonna lock her up in a trunk So no big hunk can steal her away from me #18) Richard, Cliff, and The Drifters: "Living Doll" (1959) [30] [These Drifters, who were not the American Drifters, later became The Shadows, who weren't Bobby Vee's Shadows, either. His real name is Harry Rodger Webb and, he was born in India to British parents.] [Ron noted that he was THE Teen Idol of Britain with over 80 charted songs, including 10 #1 hits. He added that a bit of Cliff performing this song is featured in the video "The Compleat Beatles."] [Joe caught the missing "up" in the 4th line.] [The Dutch Officials noted that Cliff Richard released a new version of this song in 1986, by by Cliff Richard & the Young Ones: A very popular song! The Young Ones: Neil, Mike, Rick, Vivian. A very lovely comical song. :-) It's the point in the song where Vivian hits everyone over the head, and at the moment when he is about to hit Cliff's head, he is stopped by Rick: "No no no". But he hits Cliff anyway, and on that moment they all take over singing Cliff's part. On the way, they also destroy some instruments (piano, violin, didgeridoo). Big fun! Especially when you've seen the clip...] From behind the counter I saw a man A chef hat on his head and a knife in his hand He grabbed me by the collar and began to shout <"You better eat up all you beans and barley and clear right on out" >"You better eat up all you beans-a, boy, and clear right on out" #19) Robins: "Smokey Joe's Cafe" (1955) [79] [When the Robins broke up, due to a contract dispute, 2 of their members went on to form the Coasters in 1955] [This song reached #10 on the R&B charts.] [Jamie noted that they were discovered by R&B impresario Johnny Otis, the Robins (along with the Clovers) were the 2 early groups to find both an R&B, as well as an R&R audience] [Jamie and Don Fausett corrected me on chef vs. shelf. I agree with them, since it makes more sense, but I like the image of a shelf hat. I did listen to it after they corrected me, and I still think it sounds like "shelf." Jamie and the Dutch Officials caught my typo of "my" vs. "me" in the 3rd line. Don and Joe corrected me on the 4th line; I was never comfortable with "barley," but I couldn't figure out what he was saying.] Now, you always say That you wanna be free But you'll come running back You'll come running back You'll come running back To me-ee-ee #20) Rolling Stones: "Time Is On My Side" (1964) [6] [Barry noted that Irma Thomas released the original version of this song, 2 months before the Rolling Stones released their version. I guess the Rolling Stones must have had something else on their side, though, since her version didn't chart.] [They got their name from a Muddy Waters song.] [Jamie stated that on the advice of The Grateful Dead, they hired the Hell's Angels to work security (I assume he's referring to the Altamont concert)] [Jamie added that when performing "Let's Spend The Night Together" on The Ed Sullivan Show, they had to change the words to "let's spend some time together."] Five will get you ten That in six more years we'll rate Seven little children Or maybe we'll have eight #21) Rydell, Bobby: "We Got Love" (1959) [6] When she goes strollin' down the street All-the-cats all-the-cats all-the-cats cram to look around Well now, she'll give everybody the eye You-never-know you-never-know what my baby's gonna put down #22) Sharpe, Ray: "Linda Lu" (1959) [46] [Duane Eddy played guitar on this song.] [This song reached #11 on the R&B charts.] And with a smile We walked down the aisle Me in my wedding dress A vision of happiness #23) Six Teens: "A Casual Look" (1956) [25] [This song reached #7 on the R&B charts.] [Barry & Joe noted that, although this song didn't even make the Top 20 on the Billboard Pop charts, it was a number 4 song on American Bandstand. They added that one of the female group members later entered a convent. That explains their follow-up hit, "A Spiritual Look," which hit #1 on the Father charts.] Hah hah hah hah (Hah hah hah hah) Hey oh (hey oh) Dooba dooba dooba dooba (dooba dooba dooba dooba) Hah hah hah hah (hah hah hah hah) #24) Smith, Huey (Piano), And The Clowns: "Don't You Just Know It" (1958) [9] [Their biggest hit; "Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" only charted at #52.] [Jamie noted that they backed Frankie Ford on "Sea Cruise," which was written by Huey Smith] [This song reached #4 on the R&B charts.] Bill invited me to a show And I said, "no I cannot go There's a dress that I've got to sew" #25) Thompson, Sue: "Norman" (1961-2) [3] Sweet Lorraine Sioux City Sue Sweet Georgia Brown Caledonia, too They'll be there Jumpin' like mad Hey, Sister, ain't you glad #TB1) Harris, Wynonie: "Good Rockin' Tonight" (1948) ["1948? Isn't that stretching things a bit?" Well, maybe, but this song is mentioned in several sources as being the first Rock and Roll song, although the term "Rock And Roll" wasn't coined until 1951 (by Alan Freed). I figured I'd take advantage of the tie-breakers to include this song, hoping that someone would recognize it. It was written in 1947 by Roy Brown, who also recorded it, but I've never heard his version (I would have accepted him as the artist, since he also fits alphabetically). Wynonie Harris' version charted first on the R&B charts and made it to #1, while Roy Brown's only made it to #13 in 1948 and #11 in 1949. Elvis Presley recorded it in 1954 (according to Don Fausett, his version was credited to "Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill"; "Bill" is Bill Black, who had a minor hit with his Bill Black Combo.). I chose these lyrics because I felt they were the most distinct in Wynonie Harris' version, but I later checked and found that they do not appear in Elvis' version. Paul McCartney sang this as part of his "Unplugged" appearance on MTV in 1991 (and did not use these lyrics, either, nor did he use all of Elvis' lyrics). Oh, and I almost forgot: Pat Boone had the only version of this song to hit the Pop charts (#49 in 1959). Besides not having heard this his version, I didn't think it was well-enough known to use it in the regular part of the quiz.] [Dave Mack was the only one to identify the title of this song, and Jamie was the only one to identify the artist.] [Wynonie Harris' nickname was "Mr. Blues"] Sometimes we'll sigh Sometimes we'll cry And you know why #TB2) Holly, Buddy: "True Love Ways" [Ron stated that it was released twice (in '60 and '63), after Holly's death.] [14 hit for Peter & Gordon in 1965. I used Buddy Holly's version as a tie-breaker because I thought it was much better known than Peter & Gordon's version (which I hadn't heard until last night -- I just bought their Greatest Hits CD). There is some evidence that I was mistaken because a number of people identified Peter & Gordon as the artists. Although they fit alphabetically, their version charted, which makes it ineligible for a tie-breaker.] [As far as I can tell, this was a solo recording by Holly, not with the Crickets. Since it didn't chart, I can't verify that.] ______________________________________________________________________________ This chart ranks the songs from most recognized to least recognized. The second number on the line denotes the avg. no. of points scored on that song (total points divided by number of entrants, to 1 decimal place). Rank Avg. Song 01 16.2 #20) "Time Is On My Side" (1964) [6] T02 14.4 #14) "Goody Goody" (1957) [20] T02 14.4 #09) "Big Bad John" (1961) [1] T02 14.4 #03) "Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah" (1962-3) [8] 05 13.1 #17) "Stagger Lee" (1958-9) [1] T06 11.9 #TB2) "True Love Ways" (1960) T06 11.9 #10) "You Can't Sit Down" (1963) [3] T06 11.9 #08) "Goodbye Cruel World" (1961) [3] 09 11.3 #25) "Norman" (1961-2) [3] 10 11.2 #24) "Don't You Just Know It" (1958) [9] 11 10.6 #01) "Bobby Sox To Stockings" (1959) [8] 12 10.2 #12) "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" (1967) [14] T13 10.0 #06) "Crazy" (1961) [9] T13 10.0 #05) "There's A Moon Out Tonight" (1960-1) [3] 15 8.8 #11) "Since I Met You Baby" (1956) [12] T16 8.1 #19) "Smokey Joe's Cafe" (1955) [79] T16 8.1 #02) "It's Just A Matter Of Time" (1959) [3] 18 7.5 #07) "I'm Leaving It Up To You" (1963) [1] T19 6.3 #21) "We Got Love" (1959) [6] T19 6.3 #16) "My Dad" (1962-3) [6] T21 6.1 #23) "A Casual Look" (1956) [25] T21 6.1 #18) "Living Doll" (1959) [30] T23 3.8 #22) "Linda Lu" (1959) [46] T23 3.8 #13) "Confidential" (1956) [17] 25 2.5 #15) "What A Surprise" (1961) [33] T26 1.3 #TB1) "Good Rockin' Tonight" (1948) T27 1.3 #04) "Try Me" (1958-9) [48] I was surprised that "Goody Goody" "Bobby Sox To Stockings" were so-well recognized, although the latter's appearance in the Disney movie probably explains much of its recognition. I expected "It's Just A Matter Of Time" to be better recognized, but perhaps its confusion with "Spinning Wheel" explains that. There were no other big surprises. ______________________________________________________________________________ And now it's time for Jamie's Corner: From WCBS-FM NY/NJ/CT listener-voted surveys of the top 500 songs of all time: Song 1991 1982 1979 1972 --------------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- Bobby Sox To Stockings #433 It's Just A Matter Of Time #413 There's A Moon Out Tonight #66 #117 #71 Crazy #158 Society's Child #446 #151 Goody Goody #357 #403 #122 Stagger Lee #124 Time Is On My Side #316 A Casual Look #343 True Love Ways #295* * Peter & Gordon's version ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From WCBS-FM NY/NJ/CT listener-voted 1992 survey of the top 101 artists of all time: #9 Buddy Holly & The Crickets #28 Rolling Stones #29 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers #58 Capris #65 Bobby Rydell #89 Frankie Avalon #97 Lloyd Price _____________________________________________________________________________ -- Rick Schubert (rick.schubert@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM)