From: dadaco1@mail.freenet.hut.fi (T. P. Uschanov) Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,alt.rock-n-roll.oldies Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #68 (GOLQ68) REVISED RESULTS & ANSWER KEY Date: 8 Dec 1994 13:12:31 GMT Organization: Freenet Finland Message-ID: <3c70nv$745@freenet.hut.fi> Reply-To: uschanov@cc.joensuu.fi (TP Uschanov) My sincere apologies to GOLQ quiz master Howard and Bonnie Teitelbaum for the two-time loss of their entry for this GOLQ. It only reached me today; and here are the REVISED RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #68 (GOLQ68) Applause and congratulations to the team of Jamie Lubin, Mitch Mirsky & Tom Bisagni, who won this GOLQ with the lowest winning score so far, and probably ever. The team of Barry Silk, Scooter Magruder & Joe Haertel came second in a close race. The teams of Ron & Sally Crandall, Jyrki Ilva & Pekka Halonen and Wendy Vickers also had most admirable scores in this most tricky quiz. Thanks to all who entered. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did (and I certainly did, BION). Jamie Lubin has already posted GOLQ69 which is due on 1/4/95. T. P. Uschanov ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 team age(s) 1 360x. JL Jamie Lubin, Mitch Mirsky & Tom Bisagni 3 40s 2 340.. BS Barry Silk, Scooter Magruder, Joe Haertel 3 40s 3 230.. RS Ron & Sally Crandall 2 43,43 4 220++ JP Jyrki Ilva, Pekka Halonen 2 26,26 5 207.. WV Wendy Vickers 1 39 6 190.. GT The Genasys Team 4 various T7 180+. EJ The EJs & Co. (Ellis, Julie, Steve, Molly, Danda, 15 35+ Dennis, Tom, Nancy, Elaine, Linda, Ron, Bill, Jake, Jeff, Kim) T7 180x+ GR Gil Rodman, Silvia Muller, Aaron Caplan, Jon Crane 4 29,25,30,3? 8 160.+ DO The Dutch Officials 9 20s-30s T9 160.. CM Curt Miller 1 45 T9 160.. RK Rick & Kathy Schubert 2 42,45 10 150.. BG Bruce Long & Georgeann Lorentz 2 40s T11 140.. PO Pete Olden 1 40+ T11 140.. RR Really Rockin' in Boston 3 40s 12 130.. HB Howard & Bonnie Teitelbaum 2 36,44 13 100.. LB Lori Bailey 1 30s 14 80.. DG The Old Folks at DG 4 various 15 70.. DE David A. Ewing 1 38 16 60.. EM Evelyn Martinez 1 44 17 50.. KG Kristjan Gaukur Kristjansson 1 29 18 40.. DF Don Fausett 1 54 19 10.. AS Anton Sherwood 1 34 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 JL 0 20 20 0 0 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 0 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 BS 20 20 20 0 0 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 0 0 20 20 20 20 0 RS 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 20 - 10 20 20 20 20 - 20 - - - - 0 - - - JP - 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 - - - - - - - - 20 20 20 0 WV 20 - - - - 20 20 17 20 - 20 - - - 20 20 20 - - - 20 - - 10 - GT 20 - - - - 20 20 20 - - - - - - 20 - 20 - 20 0 20 0 0 10 20 EJ 20 0 - - - 20 20 20 0 - - - - - 20 20 20 - 20 - - - - 20 - GR 20 - 20 - - 20 20 20 20 - - - - - 20 20 - - - - - - - 20 - DO 20 - - - - - 20 20 - - - - 20 20 20 - - - - - 20 - - 20 - CM 20 - - - - 20 20 10 - - 20 - - - 20 20 - 20 - - - - - 10 - RK 20 0 20 - - 20 0 20 0 0 0 - - - 20 - 20 - - 20 0 20 0 - - BG 20 - 20 - - 20 20 - - - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - - - - 10 - PO 20 - - - - 20 20 10 20 - - - - - 20 20 - - - - - - - 10 - RR 20 - - - - 20 20 20 - - - - - - 20 - 20 - - - - - - 20 - HB 20 - 20 - - 20 20 - - - - 0 - - 20 - 20 - - - - - - 10 - LB 20 - - - - 20 20 - - - - - - - 20 - 20 - - - - - - - - DG - - - - - 20 10 - - - - - - - 20 - 20 - - - - - - 10 - DE 20 - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - 10 - EM - - - - - 20 - - 10 - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - 10 - KG 20 - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 0 - - DF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - - - - 0 - 0 - 20 AS - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______________________________________________________________________________ GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #68 ANSWERS: Answers are in the form: #number) Artist: "Title" (year[s]) [peak pos. on Billboard Chart] {peak R&B} When the sun shines they slip into the shade And sip their lemonade When the sun shines, when the sun shines #01) Beatles: "Rain" (1966) [23] {-} [David A. Ewing: The flip side of "Paperback Writer": another great double A-side release by the Beatles. One of Paul's most imaginative bass lines.] My pay goes down and my tax goes up I drink my tea from a broken cup Between my woman and Uncle Sam I can't figure out whose fool I am #02) Bobby Bland: "Poverty" (1966) [65] {9} Where the trees stand so tall, wee-ee-e-oo And the dust turns to gold, wee-ooo And love never grows o-o-o-old, wwah #03) Blue Jays: "Lover's Island" (1961) [31] {-} [Jamie Lubin says it was written by group members Leon Peels (lead) and Alex Manigo] Each time I hold you I'm really in a spin You can see without your love Just where I might have been #04) Pat Boone: "For My Good Fortune" (1958) [21] {-} When you told me that you loved me I gave my heart to you And I wondered if there could be Any truth in love so new #05) Crickets: "Fools Paradise" (1958) [58] {-} [Flip side of "Think it Over" (GOLQ41)] But when you're walkin' down that street And you ain't had enough to eat The glitter rubs right off #06) Drifters: "On Broadway" (1963) [9] {7} [Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, say Jamie and the EJs & Co.] [Produced by Leiber and Stoller, adds Jamie] [Joe Haertel says it was originally done by the Crystals on one of their LPs; however, the Schuberts say it was originally done by the Cookies! _Baby, That Was Rock & Roll: the Legendary Leiber & Stoller_ by Robert Palmer (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978) does not mention either version, but instead 28 others, among others Percy Faith, Buddy Rich, Bobby Darin, Nancy Sinatra, the Coasters, Clyde McPhatter and Lou Rawls] [Palmer's discography also mentions George Benson's #7 hit from 1978, remembered by the Schuberts and the EJs & Co.] [The Schuberts comment that the Drifters' version is with Rudy Lewis on lead vocals and has a guitar solo by Phil Spector] [A Brill Building All Stars record if ever there was one!] The pump don't work 'Cause the vandals took the handles #07) Bob Dylan: "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (1965) [39] {-} [Barry Silk points out that it was Dylan's first charted hit; Jamie mentions that it was written by Bob.] [Pete Olden: This is the first song on Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' album. The fast loud beat of the song has led to the idea that the song is 'bringing it' (Dylan's music) 'all back home' (to his R&B roots that was his very early music before his early Woody Guthrie / folk music). Other songs on this album, such as 'Maggie's Farm' support this interpretation, but many of the songs actually suggest a new direction for Dylan. His next two albums clearly showed his 'new music' that used electric amplified instruments with very creative surreal lyrics. This 1965-66 period of these albums, 'Highway 61 Revisited,' and 'Blonde on Blonde' ended with Dylan's serious motorcycle accident in 1966.] [David A. Ewing: This classic song made the Top 40 for all of one week - only reaching #39 on the Billboard charts. Another line from this song - "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" - was the inspiration for the name of the student radical organization The Weathermen (aka The Weather Underground.] I heard about this fellow you've been dancin' with All over the neighborhood But why didn't you ask me baby? Didn't you think I could? #08) Five Du-Tones: "Shake a Tail Feather" (1963) [51] {28} [Wendy Vickers and Barry Silk both report that the song was used in the soundtrack of "The Blues Brothers". Barry and the Schuberts add it was covered by James and Bobby Purify ("I'm Your Puppet," GOLQ08) in 1967] In you there is a rare quality Your love, baby, it means the world to me For me you're always concerned And you axe nothin', baby, in return #09) Marvin Gaye: "You're a Wonderful One" (1964) [15] {15} [Jamie comments that it was written by Holland/Dozier/Holland and produced by Holland & Dozier] Late in the evening, long about dark I like to take you for a walk in the park Just be my darling, I'm so in love We go together and fit like a glove #10) Gene & Eunice: "Poco-Loco" (1959) [48] {-} [Gene Forrest Wilson and Eunice Levy, husband and wife at the time. They recorded the original (or rather two, for both Combo and Aladdin Records) of the much-covered "Ko Ko Mo" in 1954/55. Although they had a long career behind them -- 4 singles for Gene and 11 for the duo in the eight years before this hit -- an EP on the Case label I used to have bills them as the "Poco-Loco Kids"] I didn't cry I just stood and watched her say goodbye She closed the door And said "I don't want to see you anymore" #11) Grass Roots: "Things I Should Have Said" (1967) [23] {-} Now don't start thinkin' Tryin' to make up your mind Your folk are sleepin' Let's not waste any time #12) Jimmy Hughes: "Steal Away" (1964) [17] {17} [Jamie reports that it was written by Jimmy] You only had to smile a little smile Nothing more than look at me You only had to smile, and in a little while I was dreamin' recklessly #13) Brian Hyland: "Ginny Come Lately" (1962) [21] {-} When you've tired your baby with idle talk Take her into your arms Tell her you love her, tell her you care Tell her about all her charms #14) Lieutenant Buddy Knox with the Rhythm Orchids: "Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep" (1957) [17] {-} [Written by Buddy, says Jamie. No points off for omitting "Lieutenant"; I have seen red label Roulette 45s with and without it, and 70s/80s Whitburns do not list it] Third boxcar, midnight train Destination Bangor, Maine Old, worn-out suit and shoes I don't pay no union dues #15) Roger Miller: "King of the Road" (1965) [4] {-} [Jamie says that the song, written by Roger, was awarded the 1965 Grammy for C&W Song of the Year. He and the Schuberts both mention that it spent #1 on the C&W charts for 5 weeks. The Schuberts add it was #1 for 10 weeks on the Adult Contemporary charts] [In New Wave circles I have noticed that the name of Roger Miller, leader of early Eighties Boston outfit Mission of Burma, can be the source of much mirth] Listen, my fans Listen, my fa-ans Listen, my fa-ans Listen, my fa-ha-a-ns #16) Moby Grape: "Omaha" (1967) [88] {-} [Pete Olden: The song is 1 of 5 singles released from the group's first album 'Moby Grape' in 1967. This U.S. West Coast band included guitarist/vocalist Skip Spence who had been the drummer for Jefferson Airplane. Despite the 5 releases, the band did not achieve Top 40 success.] [Several entrants suggested the lyrics might be "Listen, my friends" instead of "Listen, my fans". At least in the source available to me -- on the 1973 compilation vinyl album "Great Grape" -- there are places in which it sounds around half like "friends," half "fans," but then there are places where it doesn't sound like "friends" _at all_!] Till the sheep in the valley come home my way Till the stars fall around me and find me alone When the sun comes a-singing I'll still be waiting #17) Oliver: "Jean" (1969) [2] {-} [The Schuberts report that it was written by Rod McKuen, was #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts for 10 weeks, and was from the movie "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". Barry also mentions the movie] I have a love oh so strong I have a love, can't go wrong #18) ? (Question Mark) & the Mysterians: "I Need Somebody" (1966/67) [22] {-} The sorrow in a love that's breakin' up The memory of a broken heart Then later on the joy of makin' up Never ever more to part #19) Marty Robbins: "The Story of My Life" (1957/58) [15] {-} [I thought for years that the original was by suicidal British balladeer Michael Holliday, who reached #1 with this over there in Perfide Albion, but then I noticed that it was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, as Jamie also pointed out] Would people start to talk? Would people start to frown? If people knew the things we say Would it be over town? #20) Floyd Robinson: "Makin' Love" (1959) [20] {27} [Rick says that it was produced by Chet Atkins, and that he had planned to use lyrics from this song in a GOLQ of his!] I see us now, your hand in my hand This is the hour, this is the moment And I can hear sweet voices singing "Ave Maria" #21) Julie Rogers: "The Wedding" (1964/65) [10] {-} People in the cemetery They're not all alone Some turn to dust And some have bone #22) Little Johnny Taylor: "Part Time Love" (1963) [19] {1} [Rick says he heard the song on the radio for the first time during this quiz] [Not to be confused with Johnnie Taylor, like even Joel Whitburn did in his books' earliest editions] You can rock 'n' roll it You can even stroll it A saxophone will blow it Just come on and go it You don't have to know it #23) Tony & Joe: "The Freeze" (1958) [33] {-} [Joe is Joe Saraceno, who was later successful as a surf producer for Warner Brothers Records. Jamie also mentioned that Saraceno produced the T-Bones (on Liberty Records)] She spent all my money It was a pity how I cried But the tables turned And now it's her turn to cry #24) Valentinos: "It's All Over Now" (1964) [94] {94} [Jamie comments that the Rolling Stones, whose recording -- mentioned by many participants, and listed by some -- hit #1 in the UK, covered it at the suggestion of disc jockey Murray the K, and that it was written by Valentinos' lead Bobby (and Shirley) Womack] [This fine performance, featuring a Fender bass that sounds like a tuba, and Johnnie Morisette playing a newspaper, is now available for the first time in 25 or 30 years (depending on where you live) on the recently released 2-CD set of recordings made by Sam Cooke for his Sar and Derby labels] When you're yearnin' for lovin' and she touches your hand And your heart starts poundin' and you're feelin' so grand Can you leave her to heaven and obey the command? #25) Joe Valino: "Garden of Eden" (1956) [12] {-} [Jamie points out that it spent 20 weeks on the pop charts] [As with #19, a successful British version was recorded by Gary Miller. However, it was the Frankie Vaughan version that hit #1 there, despite competition from the original and covers by Miller, future Beatles music publisher Dick James, and Matt Monro!] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tie breakers: When I think of all the lies you told To the junkman my heart you sold You're a cheater And a mean mistreater #T1) Buddy Holly: "Reminiscing" (1962) [-] {-} [Written by King Curtis, who also plays the saxophone. The last song recorded by Buddy together with the Crickets before their temporary split in the fall of 1958, unfortunately made permanent by Buddy's death. Although some might quibble and say that Buddy performed song #05 too, the label credits clearly conform with section 3 of the general rules] Watch out, the world's behind you There's always someone around you Who will call It's nothing at all #T2) Velvet Underground & Nico: "Sunday Morning" (1966) [-] {-} [Nico only on backing vocals on this track, but the single was taken from the _TVU&N_ album and therefore she got separate credit] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 #15) "King of the Road" 2 15.9 #06) "On Broadway" 3 15.0 #07) "Subterranean Homesick Blues" 4 14.5 #01) "Rain" 5 10.9 #17) "Jean" 6 10.8 #08) "Shake a Tail Feather" 7 10.4 #24) "It's All Over Now" 8 7.2 #03) "Lover's Island" 9 6.8 #09) "You're a Wonderful One" 10 5.5 #16) "Omaha" 11 5.0 #11) "Things I Should Have Said" 12 4.5 #21) "The Wedding" T13 3.6 #02) "Poverty" T13 3.6 #12) "Steal Away" T13 3.6 #13) "Ginny Come Lately" T14 2.7 #14) "Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep" T14 2.7 #18) "I Need Somebody" T14 2.7 #19) "The Story of My Life" T14 2.7 #22) "Part Time Love" T14 2.7 #23) "The Freeze" T14 2.7 #25) "Garden of Eden" T14 2.7 #T2) "Sunday Morning" T15 1.8 #20) "Makin' Love" T15 1.8 #T1) "Reminiscing" T16 0.0 #04) "For My Good Fortune" T16 0.0 #05) "Fools Paradise" T16 0.0 #10) "Poco-Loco" Had expected to score somewhat higher: #s 20, 25, 23, 13 & 11 Had expected to score somewhat lower: #s 17, 16 & 2 Had expected someone to have IDd: #s 4, 5 & 10 (No songs were recognized by only one entrant; either they weren't recognized at all, or recognized by two or more!) The rest of the information appears courtesy of Jamie: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From WCBS-FM NY/NJ/CT listener-voted surveys of the top 500 songs of all time: Song 1993 1991 1983 1979 1972 *comp ------------------------------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- On Broadway #470 #380 #366 #230 #363 Lover's Island #146 * compilation of 10 top 100 lists (1972 & [1975 thru 1991 -- odd years]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From WCBS-FM NY/NJ/CT listener-voted 1993 survey of the top 101 doo-wop songs of all time: #93 Lover's Island ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From WOL-AM Wash., D.C. listener-voted 1993 survey of the top 100 doo-wop songs of all time (as compiled by Joe Haertel): #87 Lover's Island -- t. p. uschanov internet: uschanov@cc.joensuu.fi world dadaist congress dadaco1@freenet.hut.fi joensuu * finland * europe bitnet: 126949@finujo