From: hernando@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (howard.a.teitelbaum) Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.oldies,rec.games.trivia Subject: RESULTS: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #52 Message-ID: Date: 27 Dec 93 18:52:41 GMT Organization: AT&T RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #52 Congratulations to Barry, Joe, & Scooter for a flawless first-place showing! Second prize was garnered by Jamie, John, & Frank, who missed only one song. There was an excellent third-place performance by The Hallermans, and good showings by a dozen entrants bunched in the 280-340 point range. As always, thanks to everyone for entering, and thanks for your comments! GOLQ#53 will be posted shortly by Jamie Lubin. I've also posted an updated sorted list of all songs used in GOLQs 1-52 (useful for solving future quizzes because of the "no-repeat" rule). _____________________________________________________________________________ After each score below are two characters representing the two tie-breakers: A "+" indicates a tie-breaker answered correctly; a "-" indicates partial credit; a "." indicates no guess or a totally incorrect guess. Place ID # on Score Name team Age(s) 01 500++ BJ Barry Silk, Joe Haertel, Scooter Magruder 3 40s 02 480++ JL Jamie Lubin, John LoBrutto, Frank Pinto 3 40s 03 420+. AD Anne Hallerman, Dennis Hallerman 2 37,45 04 340++ RK Rick & Kathy Schubert 2 41,44 05 330.- NK Norm, Kathy and Carol 3 37,37,39 T06 320.+ MB Marc Dashevsky & Bob Bluestein 2 40s T06 320.+ GE The Genasys Team 5 various 08 310.+ RS Ron & Sally Crandall 2 42,42 09 309.. PL Paulette & Lee Lester 2 40s 10 306.. DM Dan Murphy 1 39 T11 290.. BT Bonnie Teitelbaum 1 43 T11 290.. PD Pete and Debbie Olden 2 -- 13 280.- GF Gavin Finnie 1 40s T14 280.. BG Bruce Long & Georgeann Lorentz 2 40s T14 280.. BC Bob Dorin, Chris Reeve, Nina, Judy and Sheila 5 40s T16 229.. EB Ellis Bromberg 1 41 T16 229.. DG Dave Grisham - -- 18 218.. UN UNM 6 39.7 19 195.+ DF Don Fausett 2 53 20 180.. GC Greg Chambers 1 40 21 170.. TO Tom O'Connor 1 35 22 169.- JK Jeff Kenton 1 -- 23 120.. DE David A. Ewing 1 38 24 116.. TN Taed Nelson - -- 25 80.- MR Marc Reeve 1 23 26 50.. MM Marc Meltzer 1 21 27 20.. GT Gordon Tenney - -- ______________________________________________________________________________ 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# ID 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 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 JL 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 AD 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 RK - 0 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 0 20 20 20 20 0 - 20 20 - 20 20 NK - - 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - - - 20 20 20 20 0 10 20 20 20 20 20 MB - - 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 GE - 0 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 0 20 RS 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 10 20 20 0 - 20 - 20 - 20 PL - - 10 - 20 20 - - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 19 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 DM - - 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 - 16 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 BT - - - 20 - 20 - 20 20 - - - - 20 20 10 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 PD - - 0 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 0 - 0 20 10 20 20 - 0 20 20 20 20 20 GF - - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - - 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 - - - 20 BG 0 20 20 0 - 20 - - 20 20 20 0 - - 10 10 20 20 20 - 20 20 0 20 20 BC 20 - - - - 20 - - 20 20 - - - 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 EB 10 - - - - 20 - 20 - - - - - - 20 20 20 19 - - 20 20 20 20 20 DG - - 20 - 20 20 - - - 20 - - - - - 20 20 19 - - 20 20 10 20 20 UN - - 20 - 10 20 - - 20 10 - - - - 0 10 20 20 - - 20 20 10 18 20 DF 20 20 20 0 10 20 - 20 - 15 - - - - - 0 20 10 - - 20 20 - - - GC - - 10 - - 20 - - - 20 - - - - 20 10 20 20 - - 20 20 - - 20 TO - - - - - 20 - - 20 20 - - - - - 20 20 10 - - 20 - - 20 20 JK 20 - 20 - 20 20 - - - 20 - - - - 10 - - 19 - - 20 20 - - - DE - - 0 - - - - - - 20 20 - - - - - 20 20 - - 20 20 0 - - TN - - - - 0 20 - - - - 20 - - 10 16 - 10 - - - 20 - - 20 - MR - - 20 - - 20 - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - - MM - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 20 20 - - - GT - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ______________________________________________________________________________ GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #52 ANSWERS: Answers are in the form: #number) Artist: "Title" (year) [peak Pop] {peak R&B} where "peak Pop" = Peak position achieved on the weekly Billboard Pop chart "peak R&B" = Peak position on the weekly Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey baby, come along with me Hey, hey, hey baby, come along with me We're gonna shake it till it breaks Just wait and see #01) Hank Ballard & The Midnighters: "Finger Poppin' Time" (1960) [7] {2} [Barry notes: This song remained on the charts when "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" and their version of "The Twist" also entered the top 40, making the Midnighters the first artist to have three simultaneous singles in the top 40! Jamie adds: Written by Hank; on the charts for 26 weeks. According to Hank, he agreed to let Chubby Checker "introduce" The Twist on American Bandstand in return for Dick Clark's promotion of Finger Poppin' Time] Elvis, you're still king! Cozy? Cozy, no use rushin' Knock out your homework on that old percussion #02) Chubby Checker: "The Class" (1959) [38] {-} [Chubby does impressions of the "students" in a music class: Fats Domino, The Coasters, Elvis Presley, Cozy Cole, and The Chipmunks. In this song, The Chipmunks are three younger (teenage) rock stars of the day, namely: Ricky (Nelson), Frankie (Avalon), and Fabian.] She had a ruby on her tummy And a diamond big as Texas on her toe She let her hair down And she did the hootchie-cootchie real slow #03) The Coasters: "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" (1961) [23] {16} [Written by Leiber & Stoller (see note for song #T2). Barry adds: Later covered by Elvis Presley. Gavin Finnie notes that Elvis sang it in the movie "Roustabout."] Touch your hand in mine Such a thrill divine Girl, I've been searching for someone like you #04) Bill Deal & The Rhondels: "May I" (1969) [39] {-} [Originally recorded (uncharted) by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs in 1962, say Team Barry and Team Jamie. Song was also written by Williams. Team Olden adds: "Still is very popular as a 'beach music' song in the VA/NC/SC area."] You used to be my honey 'Til you spent all my money #05) Fats Domino: "Walking to New Orleans" (1960) [6] {2} [Co-written by Fats, his producer Dave Bartholomew, and Robert Guidry.] I'm through with romance I'm through with love I'm through with countin' The stars above #06) The Everly Brothers: "Bye Bye Love" (1957) [2] {5} [Their first hit. Covered later in '57 by Webb Pierce (#73). Simon & Garfunkel did a live version on their 1970 album "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Barry adds: Song was rejected by thirty other acts before Don and Phil Everly persuaded Cadence (their record company) owner Archie Bleyer that they could do something special with it. Jamie notes: On the pop charts for 27 weeks; #1 on the C&W charts for 7 weeks; #6 in the UK. The Schuberts observe: Their first hit; "A" side of "I Wonder If I Care As Much," tie-breaker on GOLQ50. Written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, who wrote many of their hits.] They say our love ain't what it used to be And everyone knows but me I close my ears not wanting to hear Words that are loud and clear #07) The Four Tops: "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" (1966) [18] {5} [Team Jamie notes that it was written by Holland, Dozier & Holland.] All the flowers in the fields were made to please the bees For the fishes someone made the rivers and the seas Every hand was made to hold another tenderly #08) Freddie & The Dreamers: "You Were Made for Me" (1965) [21] {-} [The liner notes for Rhino Records' "British Invasion" compilation observe: "Every movement has its court jesters, and Freddie and The Dreamers filled that role with their madcap dancing and mile-wide smiles. 'You Were Made for Me' had more in common with the music hall than Merseybeat. It found Freddie cooing such precious sentiments as 'All the trees were made for little things that sing and fly.' (Your parents might've enjoyed that one, much to your distress.)"] (Where do they go?) Movin' on their way Walkin' down the highways and the byways (Where do they go?) Movin' on their way People with their shy ways and their sly ways #09) The Hollies: "Look Through Any Window" (1965/66) [32] {-} [Hit #4 in UK, notes Team Jamie.] I'll strap my board to my back And hitch a ride in my wet suit #10) Jan & Dean: "Surf City" (1963) [1] {3} [Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys helped write the words and did backing vocals. Topped the pop charts for 2 weeks. Team Jamie elaborates: Jan & Dean were friendly with the Beach Boys. They asked Brian Wilson if he had any surfing songs that they could record. He had Surfin' U.S.A., but wouldn't give it to them. He had another surfing song for which he'd written 1 - 1.5 verses & the basic chorus; Jan finished up the lyrics, produced it & the result was "Surf City."] There's one thing that he loves, and that is flattery One week he's in polka dots The next week he's in stripes #11) The Kinks: "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (1966) [36] {-} [Written by their lead singer, Ray Davies.] If I decide to walk beside you Can I depend on your love staying true? #12) The Lemon Pipers: "Rice Is Nice" (1968) [46] {-} I'll always love you Because my heart is true Come, come, come closer #13) Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers: "The ABC's of Love" (1956) [77] {8} [Jamie notes that the first line should be "I'll always WANT you." The Schuberts add that "this song was in the movie 'American Hot Wax' but not by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers."] It's not that lovers are unkind She always said there'd come a time When one would leave, and one stay behind #14) The Mamas & The Papas: "Look Through My Window" (1966) [24] {-} ["American Singing Groups" by Jay Warner says that this was intended as the B-side of the single. However, I find it hard to believe that the sparsely-arranged novelty on the flip side, "Once Was a Time I Thought," could have been conceived of as the A-side.] Everybody's building ships and boats Some are building monuments Others jotting down notes #15) Manfred Mann: "Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (1968) [10] {-} [Written by Bob Dylan. Team Jamie adds that it was #1 in the UK. The Oldens note: "A Dylan book by Herdman interprets 'Quinn' to be a Messiah who would bring peace to people both 'without' and 'within' religion."] Did no one ever tell you the facts of life? Well, there's so much you have to learn And I would gladly teach you If I could only reach you #16) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap: "Lady Willpower" (1968) [2] {-} [Team Jamie notes: #5 in the UK; written by their producer, Jerry Fuller.] It's reported you've been drinkin' and a-runnin' 'round with men and goin' wild And we don't believe you ought to be a-bringin' up your little girl this way #17) Jeannie C. Riley: "Harper Valley P.T.A." (1968) [1] {-} [Instrumental version by King Curtis hit #93. Two parodies of this song also charted: "Harper Valley P.T.A. (Later that Same Day)" by Ben Colder (pseudonym of Sheb Wooley), and "Harper Valley P.T.A. Gossip" by Effie Smith. Many entrants noted that is was written by Tom T. Hall. Team Jamie adds: #1 on C&W charts for 3 weeks; Grammy winner for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.] Well, I told you once and I told you twice But you never listen to my advice You don't try very hard to please me With what you know it should be easy #18) The Rolling Stones: "The Last Time" (1965) [9] {-} [Barry notes that it was originally performed by the Staple Singers. Adds Team Jamie: #1 in UK; written by Jagger & Richard(s).] Go out and have your fun You better have your fun with anyone #19) The Searchers: "Don't Throw Your Love Away" (1964) [16] {-} Last night I walked through the streets of my town I saw the shadow of a girl I had known And through the shadows I could see many tears #20) Del Shannon: "Hey! Little Girl" (1961/62) [38] {-} On a tour of one-night stands My suitcase and guitar in hand And every stop is neatly planned For a poet and a one-man band #21) Simon & Garfunkel: "Homeward Bound" (1966) [5] {-} You don't know what we could see Why don't you tell your dreams to me? Fantasy will set you free #22) Steppenwolf: "Magic Carpet Ride" (1968/69) [3] {-} [Jamie points out that the first line should be "... what we CAN see," and adds that it was co-written by lead singer John Kay. Team Schubert adds that Kay's real name was Joaquim Kraudelat.] So if you're looking for a lover Don't judge a book by its cover She may be fine on the outside But so untrue on the inside #23) The Temptations: "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" (1966) [3] {1} [Topped the R&B charts for 5 weeks. Written by Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland, adds Team Jamie.] Maybe someday, you'll see my face among the crowd Maybe someday, I'll share your little distant cloud #24) Stevie Wonder: "My Cherie Amour" (1969) [4] {4} [Team Jamie comments: "Sylvia Moy (who co-wrote Honey Chile) & Stevie were among the writers; this was a B-side."] I can't imagine anything that's better The world is ours whenever we're together There ain't a place I'd like to be instead #25) The Young Rascals: "Groovin'" (1967) [1] {3} [Topped the pop charts for 4 weeks. Instrumental version by Booker T. & The MG's charted later in '67 (#21, R&B #10). Team Jamie notes the following: Written by group members Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati. Felix could only see his girlfriend on Sunday afternoons as Fri. & Sat. nights were working nights for musicians; that's how the "groovin' on a Sunday afternoon" title & lyrics came into being. Atlantic records executive, Jerry Wexler, didn't like Groovin' & didn't want to release it. NY DJ Murray The K happened to hear the recording session & told Wexler that he'd be out of his mind if he didn't put out the record...] TIE-BREAKERS: ------------- Get the boxes, take them to the basement Do the job right or I'll get a replacement Get the mop and clean the dirty floor And when you're finished wash the windows and the door #T1) The Miracles: "Got a Job" (1958) [-] {-} [An "answer" song to the Silhouettes' #1 hit "Get a Job." Barry notes: Written by Berry Gordy Jr., Smokey Robinson, and Tyrone Carlo (Jackie Wilson's cousin). Team Schubert adds: "The Heartbeats also had an answer in their 'I Found A Job.'"] In the forty-seventh hour The tear gas got our men We're all back in our cells But every now and then #T2) The Robins: "Riot in Cell Block #9" (1954) [-] {-} [Ominous-sounding narration on this song was by Richard Berry (not a member of The Robins), who later wrote and first recorded "Louie Louie." Barry quoted this note from "American Singing Groups" by Jay Warner: "A June 1954 review in Billboard commented on this song: 'A new group, a new label, a song with a bright set of lyrics and a good performance by the Robins make this a strong new release.' Though not a national hit it sold about 90,000 copies, mostly in Los Angeles." Written by the team of Jerry Leiber (lyrics) & Mike Stoller (music), and released on their Spark label (The Robins' 9th label in 6 years!). In 1955, Atlantic Records bought Spark, and hired Leiber & Stoller as independent producers. Two of The Robins, Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn, followed them to Atlantic and joined with Billy Guy and Leon Hughes to form The Coasters. Leiber & Stoller went on to write almost all of The Coasters' records (e.g., song #03). Ron Crandall reported that the song was included on a Coasters' LP in 1958, and the song has also appeared on a number of more recent Coasters "best-of" compilations. My best information is that these all use The Robins' 1954 recording, and that The Coasters per se never re-recorded it. Ron adds: Other versions of the song by Chuck Rio & The Individuals in '63, under the title "Cell Block #9". Also the Beach Boys did a version with different words on their '71 "Surf's Up" LP called "Student Demonstration Time".] ______________________________________________________________________________ The following table ranks the songs from most recognized to least recognized. The first column indicates the average number of points scored on that song (total points divided by number of entrants). For comparison purposes, tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale. Avg. Song ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.5 #06) The Everly Brothers: "Bye Bye Love" (1957) [2] {5} 18.5 #21) Simon & Garfunkel: "Homeward Bound" (1966) [5] {-} 16.7 #17) Jeannie C. Riley: "Harper Valley P.T.A." (1968) [1] {-} 16.3 #22) Steppenwolf: "Magic Carpet Ride" (1968/69) [3] {-} 15.7 #10) Jan & Dean: "Surf City" (1963) [1] {3} 15.4 #18) The Rolling Stones: "The Last Time" (1965) [9] {-} 14.8 #25) The Young Rascals: "Groovin'" (1967) [1] {3} 12.6 #03) The Coasters: "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" (1961) [23] {16} 12.3 #15) Manfred Mann: "Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (1968) [10] {-} 12.2 #09) The Hollies: "Look Through Any Window" (1965/66) [32] {-} 11.8 #24) Stevie Wonder: "My Cherie Amour" (1969) [4] {4} 11.5 #16) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap: "Lady Willpower" (1968) [2] {-} 10.4 #05) Fats Domino: "Walking to New Orleans" (1960) [6] {2} 9.6 #08) Freddie & The Dreamers: "You Were Made for Me" (1965) [21] {-} 9.6 #11) The Kinks: "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (1966) [36] {-} 8.2 #23) The Temptations: "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" (1966) [3] {1} 6.6 #T2) The Robins: "Riot in Cell Block #9" (1954) [-] {-} 5.9 #19) The Searchers: "Don't Throw Your Love Away (1964) [16] {-} 5.6 #01) Hank Ballard & Midnighters: "Finger Poppin' Time" (1960) [7] {2} 5.6 #14) The Mamas & The Papas: "Look Through My Window" (1966) [24] {-} 4.8 #20) Del Shannon: "Hey! Little Girl" (1961/62) [38] {-} 4.4 #02) Chubby Checker: "The Class" (1959) [38] {-} 4.4 #04) Bill Deal & The Rhondels: "May I" (1969) [39] {-} 4.4 #07) The Four Tops: "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" (1966) [18] {5} 3.0 #13) Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers: "The ABC's of Love" (1956) [77] {8} 3.0 #T1) The Miracles: "Got a Job" (1958) [-] {-} 0.7 #12) The Lemon Pipers: "Rice Is Nice" (1968) [46] {-} A few observations: * Quite a few folks guessed "Young Girl" as the title for #16, an indication of the similarity of these two songs. Note that "Young Girl" is already on the used song list, but not under "Puckett"; the group's billing for that (earlier) song was "The Union Gap Featuring Gary Puckett," so it's under "Union." * Every song but #12 was solved by at least 4 contestants. The Lemon Pipers are primarily known for their #1 hit "Green Tambourine." * These songs were MORE recognized than I expected: #08, #T2. * These songs were LESS recognized than I expected: #23, #01, #14, #13. -- Howard Teitelbaum (hat@floyd.att.com)