From: jil@donuts0.bellcore.com (Jamie Lubin) Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.oldies,rec.games.trivia Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #53 (GOLQ53) Results & Answer Key Message-ID: <2hmbvv$8t1@donuts0.bellcore.com> Date: 20 Jan 94 16:37:19 GMT Reply-To: jil@donuts0.bellcore.com (Jamie Lubin) Organization: Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #53 (GOLQ53) Congratulations to "Joe Barry Scooter" (no relation to ex-NBA player Joe Barry Carroll) on their victory & outstanding score. Excellent totals were turned in by the team of Marc Dashevsky, Jeff Kenton, Bob & Dave Bluestein & the team of Anne & Dennis Hallerman. Rick & Kathy Schubert did very well, while good scores were achieved by team (Ron) Crandall, the Olden team, the Genasys Team & Without Jamie. Thanks to all who entered. Rick Schubert's GOLQ54 will be due on 2/8/94. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the 45 r.p.m. It was introduced by RCA, who 1st announced it on 1/11/49 in Camden, NJ. 25 million 45s were manufactured during that 1st year. Jamie jil@donuts0.bellcore.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ID Name E-mail address team age(s) 1 460++ JB Joe Haertel/Barry Silk/Scooter Magruder bsilk@charm.isi.edu 3 40s T2 399++ AD Anne & Dennis Hallerman ahallerm@leo.vsla.edu 2 37,45 T2 399++ MB Marc Dashevsky, Bob & Dave Bluestein, Jeff Kenton marc@world.std.com 4 40s 4 380++ RS Rick & Kathy Schubert rick.schubert@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM 2 41,44 5 340+ RC Ron & Sally Crandall rmc@psuvm.psu.edu 2 42,42 6 332 PO Pete & Ryan Olden oldenp1@jaguar.uofs.edu 2 40+,11 7 290 GT The Genasys Team golq@genasys.com.au 4 various 8 289 WJ Without Jamie (Lynne & John Hellmers, Tom Bisagni, John LoBrutto, Phil Mongoivi) lmh2@cc.bellcore.com 5 40s 9 260 HT Howard & Bonnie Teitelbaum hat@floyd.att.com 2 35,43 10 244 NC Norm, Kathy & Carol crandall@iseeu.enet.dec.com 3 37-39 11 228 BD Bob Dorin/Chris Reeve/Nina/Judy/Sheila dorin@ksr.com 5 44-?? 12 220 - GM Gregory & Michael Chambers gregory.chambers@poohs.com 2 40,47 13 220 BG Bruce Long & Georgeann Lorentz bruce@asu.edu 2 mid 40s 14 219 EB Ellis Bromberg bromberg@uiuc.edu 1 41 15 168 GF Gavin Finnie gavin@praxis.co.uk 1 40s 16 166 WH Maxine & Stan Willner, Bill Hutchison willner@oasys.dt.navy.mil 3 mid 40s 17 140- DF Don Fausett dfausett@zach.fit.edu 1 53 18 136 EO Ed Oliveri eo@cbnewsb.att.com 1 ?? 19 121 UN UNM dave@unm.edu 5 35-47+ 20 120 TO Tom O'Connor tommyo@tellabs.com 1 35 21 90 JA John Altinbay altinbay@netcom.com 1 42 22 76 JM Joe McCombs mccombj@alleg.edu 1 21 23 50 DO Dutch Officials dot-request@rivm.nl 3 ?? 24 30 TN Taed Nelson nelson@berlioz.nsc.com 1 26 25 24 MG Matthew Howard Getz givatram@leland.stanford.edu 1 ?? 26 20 DR David Rosenzweig rosen@ssd.comm.mot.com 1 ?? 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 JB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 AD 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 0 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 MB 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 0 20 20 0 0 20 20 20 - 20 RS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 - 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 RC 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 - - - - 20 PO - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 0 20 15 - 20 - 20 20 17 - - 20 GT - 20 - 20 20 20 10 - - - 20 20 20 - 20 - - - - 20 20 20 20 20 20 WJ - 20 19 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 10 - - - 20 20 - - HT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 0 - - - 10 - - 10 - 20 20 - NC 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 0 20 0 20 - 20 - 20 15 - - - 0 - 10 - 0 - BD 20 20 19 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 - - 19 - - 20 - - - - 10 20 - - GM - 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 - - - - 20 20 20 0 - - BG - 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 - - - - - - - - - 20 EB - 20 19 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 - 10 - 20 20 - 20 - - - 10 - - 0 GF - 20 - 20 - 20 - - 20 - 10 - 20 - - - 20 - - - - 20 - 18 - WH - 20 18 20 20 20 - - - - 20 - 20 - - 8 - - - - - - 20 - - DF 20 - - 20 20 20 0 0 - - 20 0 - 0 - 10 - 10 - - 10 - 10 - 0 EO - 20 - 20 - 20 20 - 20 - 8 0 - - - 8 - - - - - 20 - - - UN - 20 - 20 - 20 - - 20 - 8 - - - 20 8 - - - - - 5 - - - TO - 20 - 20 - 20 - - - - 20 - 10 - 20 10 - - - - - - - - - JA - 20 - 20 - 20 - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - JM - - 18 - - 20 - - 20 - - 0 10 - - 8 - - - - - - - - - DO - - 0 - - - 10 - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - 0 TN - - - - - - - - 20 - 0 - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - MG - 4 0 - - 20 - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - DR - - - 10 - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______________________________________________________________________________ GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #53 ANSWERS: Answers are in the form: #number) Artist: "Title" (year[s]) [peak pos. on Billboard Chart] {peak R&B} Bony Moronie, Peggy Sue Ain't got a love so very true #01) Frankie Avalon: "Dede Dinah" (58) [7] {8} [Frankie pinched his nose in order to get a distinctive nasal sound on this, his 1st charted hit] To be where little cable cars Climb halfway to the stars The morning fog may chill the air I don't care #02) Tony Bennett: "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (62) [19] [John Altinbay recalled, that when he was in Japan, this was a big hit there for Frank Sinatra, so he was surprised upon arriving in the States that it was a Tony Bennett hit here] [Rick Schubert recalled an uncharted live version by Pancho, a double yellow- headed Amazon (bird) at the San Diego Wild Animal Park & said this must be a link to the lyrics in song #14] [1962 Grammy Record Of The Year; on the charts for 21 weeks] He's doin' the monkey The mashed potatoes Jump back Jack See you later alligator #03) James Brown And The Famous Flames: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Part I" (65) [8] {1} [Rick indicated that it was #1 for 8 weeks on R&B charts] [1965 Grammy R&B Song Of The Year; written by James] [if you forgot James' Famous Flames, you got flamed for 1 point] And it's knowin' I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds And the ink stains that are dried upon some line That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my memory #04) Glen Campbell: "Gentle On My Mind" (67,68) [39] [Rick commented that it was written by John Hartford & that Glen recorded with the Champs in '60 & sang with the Beach Boys in '65] [1967 Grammy C&W Song Of The Year] I got a cow that went dry And a hen that won't lay A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day The county's gonna haul my belongings away #05) Ray Charles: "Busted" (63) [4] {3} [1963 Grammy R&B Song Of The Year] You know when that shark bites With his teeth, dear Scarlet billows Start to spread #06) Bobby Darin: "Mack The Knife" (59/60) [1] {6} [Howard Teitelbaum noted that it was written in 1928 by Kurt Weill (music) & Bertolt Brecht (lyrics) as "Moritat"; from "Die Dreigroschenoper" (The Three- penny Opera)] [Rick added that in one (title) form or the other there were 6 charted versions in '56 & that Ella Fitzgerald charted with it in '60] [1959 Grammy Record Of The Year; on the charts for 26 weeks, 9 of them as #1] I ain't got no time for lovin' 'Cause my time is all used up We're just sittin' 'round creatin' All that groovy kind of stuff #07) Spencer Davis Group: "I'm A Man" (67) [10] {48} [Adri Verhoef (Dutch Officials) noted a cover by Chicago, #49 in '71] [co-written by lead singer Steve Winwood] Why do you treat me like an overgrown child? You know my kiss just drives you wild #08) Fabian: "I'm A Man" (59) [31] [Joe Haertel pointed out that it was written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, who also wrote "His Latest Flame," "Teenager In Love" & "Save The Last Dance For Me," among many others] [his 1st charted song; recorded at the age of 15] I'm about to give you all my money And all I'm asking in return, honey Is to give me my propers when you get home #09) Aretha Franklin: "Respect" (67) [1] {1} [Howard commented, "I can't hear this song now w/o thinking of the hilariously soulless version sung by Maureen McGovern (as the Singing Nun-ish type serenading the sick kid) in the movie 'Airplane'"] [Pete Olden stated that it was written by Otis Redding; Joe concurred & added that it was originally performed by Otis] [Rick added that it was #1 for 8 weeks on R&B charts & that Otis' version hit #35 in '65] [Otis' back-up musicians were Booker T. & The MG's: one day, their drummer, Al Jackson, said to Otis, "What are you griping about? You're on the road all the time. All you can look for is a little respect when you come home." & the rest, as they say, is history!] [1967 Grammy R&B Song Of The Year] Don't be afraid of me little girl 'Cause I love you most in the whole wide world You know I wouldn't harm a pretty beautiful thing #10) G-Clefs: "Ka-Ding Dong" (56) [24] {9} [Barry Silk mentioned a cover by the Diamonds] [Rick added that a 16 year-old Freddy Cannon played guitar on the G-Clefs song] [their 1st charted hit] It was down in Louisiana Just about a mile from a-Texarkana #11) Highwaymen: "Cotton Fields" (61/62) [13] [John recalled many covers: including Creedence Clearwater Revival &, with weird alternate lyrics, "When them cotton balls get rotten, I've got you, baby, who needs cotton," by the Beach Boys] [Barry recalled the Beach Boys' cover as well as one by the Kit Kats] [Gavin Finnie, Don Fausett & Joe added that it was written & originally recorded by Southern Blues singer Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter] [Rick mentioned an 1850 copyright--conflicting reports on this] If you see me with a great big smile At some party where the fun runs wild If tears start to flow and I fall apart Please don't think you broke my heart #12) Burl Ives: "Funny Way Of Laughin'" (62) [10] [1962 Grammy C&W Record Of The Year; written by Hank Cochran] [a vegemite sandwich to the Genasys team as the only ones to ID this song] What does she do now? Burn up that quarter mile #13) Jan & Dean: "Drag City" (63/64) [10] [Brian Wilson & Jan were among the writers] One day he left his valley pad I mean to say this cat was mad Now lookin' 'round, he wasn't gone long And then he ran into an amazon #14) Kingsmen: "The Jolly Green Giant" (65) [4] {25} [As a joke, they recorded this song (in 5 minutes) to the tune of the Olympics' Big Boy Pete; their drummer, Lynn Easton, was among the writers] Mmm, strip off your pride You're acting like a teeny-bopper runaway child And scrape off the paint From the face of a little town saint #15) Mark Lindsay: "Arizona" (69/70) [10] [Tom O'Connor stated that the song is about a girl, not the state] Did a dance on Mommy's plants Climbed a tree and tore my pants Filled that cereal bowl with ants Somebody snitched on me #16) Art Mooney And His Orchestra With Barry Gordon: "Nuttin' For Christmas" (55/56) [6] [Rick noted that there were 4 other simultaneously charted versions in '55/56] [well, GOLQ entrants did belatedly get THIS SONG for Christmas] [Barry Gordon, who later went on to be an actor, was 6 years old at the time] [song was IDd by 11 year-old Ryan Olden, one of the youngest contributors to the GOLQs] Bein' close to you is almost heaven (heaven) But seein' you can do just so much It hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure (treasure) And that my heart is forbidden to touch #17) Tony Orlando: "Halfway To Paradise" (61) [39] [Rick punned that Tony recorded this before it dawned on him to form a group] [Gavin added that it was a big UK hit for Billy Fury] [his 1st charted hit (recorded as a demo record); written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin] [5th song in the quiz with (a) city or a state in the lyrics/title/artist; I'll take U.S. Geography for $200, Alex--theme IDd by the Marc Dashevsky team & Ron & Sally Crandall] Huh, wriggle your legs now baby Shake your hair down, uh Do the shingaling now baby Shake shake shake that You don't know, huh baby huh You don't know now woman, ow #18) Wilson Pickett: "Funky Broadway" (67) [8] {1} [Barry indicated a Bill Cosby novelty take off, "Funky North Philly"] [recently sentenced to a year in jail for striking a pedestrian when DWI; also faced other charges for DWI across the lawn of the Englewood, NJ mayor: on 12/22/93, received $1000 fine, 2 1/2-year suspension of driver's license & 1 year of probation] Can't you see I came to the party 'Cause I knew that you'd be here Dance with me and stay at the party So that I can hold you near #19) Playmates: "Don't Go Home" (58) [22] When the sun goes down and the moon comes up I'm gonna go out and prowl, yeah Don't come a-lookin' for your pussycat 'Cause I won't be here no how, whoa #20) Nancy Sinatra: "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?" (66) [7] [Rick recalled that the tune is pretty similar to her "These Boots Were Made For Walkin'"] [written by her producer Lee Hazelwood] And he laughed (ha ha ha), jumped back in the bushes, got a-ready to do it again The next guy to come along was a nearsighted local DJ Just boppin' down the sidewalk on his way to work with a box of records under his arm That he was gonna play #21) Ray Stevens: "Harry The Hairy Ape" (63) [17] {14} When you were a young boy Did you have a puppy Who always followed you around? Well I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy No, I'll never let you down #22) Ike & Tina Turner: "River Deep-Mountain High" (66) [88] [Pete, John & Rick mentioned the cover by the Supremes & 4 Tops, #14 in '71 (outside the range of these quizzes); Rick added that in their version the Four Tops sang "girl" instead of "boy" in the above lyrics] [Joe stated that it was produced by Phil Spector & that only Tina, not Ike, sings on the recording] [Rick noted that it was written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Phil Spector] [Pete & Rick added that a Deep Purple version hit #53 in '69] [hit #3 in the UK] [6th song in the quiz with an animal in the lyrics/title--theme IDd by team Joe Barry Scooter, the Marc Dashevsky team & Ron & Sally Crandall] You don't want me But you want me to go on wanting you Now I pray that You will say that we're through #23) Joan Weber: "Let Me Go Lover" (54/55) [1] [originally written as Let Me Go Devil, where devil referred to liquor] [this is the 1st #1 song eligible for these quizzes; after this, Joan never had another song that reached the charts] My love has no bottom, my love has no top My love won't rise and my love won't drop I'm in the middle And I can't stop Loving yoooo-oo-oo-ou #24) Nancy Wilson: "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" (64) [11] {11} [1964 Grammy R&B Song Of The Year] [8th Grammy-winning song on the quiz--theme IDd by no one :-(] Well you pretty women Stand in line I can make love to you, baby In an hour's time #25) Yardbirds: "I'm A Man" (65/66) [17] [Scooter Magruder indicated that it was originally recorded by Muddy Waters] [the flip-side of Bo Diddley's Bo Diddley (written/revised by Bo)] [3rd song on the quiz entitled "I'm A Man"--theme IDd by Pete Olden, the Long/ Lorentz team, Joe Barry Scooter team, the Marc Dashevsky team & Ron & Sally Crandall] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tie breakers: Please don't cheat (ah-oom ah-oom) Give me all my meat (ah-oom ah-oom) Ooh ooh wee (ah-oom ah-oom) So good to me (ah-oom ah-oom) #T1) Midnighters Formerly The Royals: "Work With Me Annie" (54) [22] {1} [also accepted Hank Ballard & The Midnighters] [Joe pointed out that 1994 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of this seminal R&B recording. It spawned a number of answer records with "Annie" in the mid-50s (e.g., "Annie's Answer" by Hazel McCollum & the El Doradoes; "Annie Get Your Yo-Yo"). It was the 1st part of the Annie trilogy by Hank Ballard. The others were "Annie Had A Baby" & "Annie's Aunt Fanny"] [Rick pointed out that the song was originally released when they were called the Royals. Since there was another group around called the "5" Royales (who wrote & did the original "Dedicated To The One I Love"), they changed their name to avoid the similarity. They changed it to the Midnighters while the song was out & later pressings of the (45?) record were labelled differently. It was #1 on the R&B charts for 7 weeks & was written by Hank Ballard (whose younger cousin is/was Florence Ballard of the Supremes) as "Sock It To Me Mary," but he was convinced to soften it by their producer, Ralph Bass. While they were trying to come up with a new name, the wife of one of the engineers walked into the room; her name was Annie & she was pregnant. Nevertheless, the song was banned by most major radio stations & "provoked at least one public enquiry"] It's the movement that gives it the sock You find some girls who are big and fat Some fellas don't like to see them like that But I like to see 'em big and tall The bigger they come the harder they fall #T2) Swallows: "It Ain't The Meat" (51) [also accepted "It Ain't The Meat, It's The Motion"] [2nd non-vegetarian tiebreaker in the quiz ;-) "theme" IDd by Joe Barry Scooter & the Marc Dashevsky team] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This chart ranks the songs/artists 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). For comparison purposes, tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale. Rank Avg. Song 1 17.7 #06) Mack The Knife 2 16.5 #04) Gentle On My Mind 3 15.5 #02) I Left My Heart In San Francisco 4 15.2 #11) Cotton Fields 5 13.8 #09) Respect 6 12.3 #13) Drag City 7 11.5 #05) Busted 8 10.8 #15) Arizona 9 10.1 #22) River Deep-Mountain High 10 9.6 #03) Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Part I 11 8.5 #07) I'm A Man (Spencer Davis Group) 12 6.9 #01) Dede Dinah 13 6.7 #16) Nuttin' For Christmas T14 6.5 #18) Funky Broadway T14 6.5 #23) Let Me Go Lover 16 6.2 #21) Harry The Hairy Ape 17 6.1 #14) The Jolly Green Giant T18 5.4 #25) I'm A Man (Yardbirds) T18 5.4 #17) Halfway To Paradise T20 4.6 #08) I'm A Man (Fabian) T20 4.6 #20) How Does That Grab You, Darlin'? 22 4.2 #T1) Work With Me, Annie 23 3.5 #T2) It Ain't The Meat 24 3.0 #24) (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am 25 2.3 #19) Don't Go Home 26 1.5 #10) Ka-Ding Dong 27 0.8 #12) Funny Way Of Laughin' I'd expected song #s 10, 12, 14, 19 & 25 to have done a little better & #01 to have done a lot better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From WCBS-FM NY/NJ/CT listener-voted surveys of the top 500 songs of all time: Song 1993 1991 1983 1979 1972 *comp ------------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Mack The Knife #19 #16 #7 #3 #59 **#5 Respect #177 #476 #434 #364 #304 * compilation of 10 top 500 lists (1972 & [1975 thru 1991--odd years]) ** made all 10 top 500 lists on the compilation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From WCBS-FM NY/NJ/CT listener-voted 1992 survey of the top 101 artists of all time: #11 Bobby Darin #60 James Brown #88 Ray Charles #89 Frankie Avalon #94 Aretha Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rankings among all artists for the period 1955-1990: Most charted singles: Most top 40 hits: Most top 10 hits: 2. James Brown (94) 5. James Brown (44) T14. Aretha Franklin (17) 3. Ray Charles (76) T6. Aretha Franklin (41) 4. Aretha Franklin (72) T18. Ray Charles (33) -- Jamie Lubin jil@donuts0.bellcore.com -- please use this address for replies, occasionally the Reply-To info in the header is unreliable