From: jil@donuts0.bellcore.com (lubin,jamie i) Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.oldies,rec.games.trivia Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #69 (GOLQ69) Results & Answer Key Date: 5 Jan 1995 11:50:41 -0500 Organization: Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ Message-ID: <3eh811$25q@donuts0.bellcore.com> Reply-To: jil@donuts0.bellcore.com (Jamie Lubin) RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #69 (GOLQ69) Congratulations to the Barry Silk/Scooter Magruder/Joe Haertel team on their outstanding score & runaway victory on a quiz whose difficulty I obviously underestimated. The EJs & Co. & Steve Coletti were able to achieve good totals. Just about the only good news was that all the songs were ID'd. Congrats also to Wendy Vickers on being the only entrant to ID a song that no one else was able to get (song #21). Thanks to all who entered. Ron Crandall has already (re)posted GOLQ70 which is due on 1/24/95. 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 + BS Barry Silk/Scooter Magruder/Joe Haertel bsilk@snap.org 3 40s 2 310+ EJ The EJs & Co.: Ellis, Julie, Steve, Molly, Jeff, Rich, Jake, Kim, Tom, Kelly, Bill, Ange, Denise, Tim, Nancy, Elaine bromberg@uiuc.edu 16 30+ 3 295++ SC Steve Coletti bigsteve@dorsai.org 1 ?? 4 250++ RK Rick & Kathy Schubert rick.schubert@sandiegoca.ncr.com 2 42,45 5 230+ WV Wendy Vickers vicke006@maroon.tc.unm.edu 1 39 6 230 RC Ron & Sally Crandall rmc@psuvm.psu.edu 2 42,42 7 220 JI Jyrki Ilva & Pekka Halonen ilva@cc.helsinki.fi 2 26,26 8 203- MN Michael Flint & Nancy Goode mflint@desire.wright.edu 2 40s 9 200+- RR Really Rockin' In Boston marc@world.std.com 4 40s 10 200+ DG The Old Folks at DG cochran@dg-rtp.dg.com 8 various 11 200- GT The Genasys Team golq@genasys.com.au 4 various 12 180 AR Andrew Rogers rogers@hi.com 1 42 13 179+ LE Lori Bailey & Ed Toutant baileyl@spot.colorado.edu 2 30s-? T14 140+ DF Don Fausett dfausett@zach.fit.edu 1 54 T14 140+ WJ Without Jamie (Lynne/Barbara/Paul/John/Mike/Tom) barb@donuts0.bellcore.com 6 34-40s 16 100++ HT Howard & Bonnie Teitelbaum hat@floyd.att.com 3 36,44 17 100+ BG Bruce Long & Georgeann Lorentz bruce@asu.edu 2 40s 18 96+ JP John Politis xtl00015@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu 1 50 19 80+ TP T.P. Uschanov uschanov@cc.joensuu.fi 1 ?? 20 75+ JM Joe McCombs mccombj@alleg.edu 1 22 T21 60 EH Eric B. Hymowitz hymowitz@zeus.towson.edu 1 24 T21 60 EM Evelyn Martinez emartinez@dylan.unm.edu 1 44 23 57 MB Mike Bixenman mikeb@ocpt.ccur.com 1 45 24 50 + DO Dutch Officials dot@xs4all.nl 11 20s-30s 25 48+ DT Dave Tartaglia indy@immacc.prepnet.com 1 41 26 40+ TO Tom O'Connor tommyo@tellabs.com 2 36 T27 40 DM David Mack mack@acuson.com 1 30 T27 40 DE David A. Ewing david@avalanche.com 1 39 29 20- KK Kristjan Gaukur Kristjansson gaukur@rhi.hi.is 1 29 30 20 JT John Thornton thornton@husc3.harvard.edu 1 25 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 BS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 EJ 20 20 10 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 0 0 20 20 - - 20 0 20 - - 20 20 20 SC - 20 - - - - 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 17 20 - 20 - - 20 - 20 20 20 18 RK 20 20 10 0 0 20 20 0 - 20 - - 0 0 20 20 - 20 20 0 0 0 20 20 20 WV - 20 - - 20 20 - - 20 - - - 10 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 - - 20 - RC - 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 - - 20 10 - - 20 20 - - 20 - 0 JI 20 20 20 20 20 0 - - - 20 - 20 20 - - 0 0 - - 20 - - 20 20 0 MN 20 20 20 - 20 20 - - - - 3 - - - - - - 20 0 20 - - 20 20 20 RR 20 20 - 0 - 20 20 0 20 - - - 0 - - - 20 20 - 20 - 0 20 20 0 DG - 20 0 - 20 20 - - - - 20 - - 20 20 - 20 - - 20 - - - 20 20 GT - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - 20 0 - 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 - - - 20 - AR - 20 - - 20 20 - - - - - 0 - - 20 - 20 20 - 20 - - 20 20 - LE - 20 - - 20 20 - - - - 20 - - 20 20 - 19 - - 20 - - - 20 - DF 20 20 - - - - - - - - 20 - - 20 20 - - - - - - - 20 - 20 WJ - 20 - - - 20 - - 20 - - - - 20 - - - - - - - 20 - 20 20 HT - 20 - - - 20 - - - - - - - 20 20 - - - - - - - - 20 - BG - 20 - - - 20 - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - 20 - - - 20 - JP 19 - - - - - - - - - - 20 - 17 - - - - 20 - - - - 20 0 TP 0 20 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 - 20 - 20 - 0 20 0 - 0 0 0 JM - 20 - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - 15 - - - - - - 20 - EH - 20 - - - - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 - EM - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - - - - 20 - MB - 20 10 - - 20 - - - - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - 0 - - DO - 20 - - - 20 - - 10 - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - DT - 20 - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 10 - - - - 18 - - - - - TO - 20 - - - - - - - - 10 0 - - 10 - - - - - - - 0 - - DM - 20 - - - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DE - 20 - - - 20 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - 20 - KK - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JT - 20 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______________________________________________________________________________ GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #69 ANSWERS: Answers are in the form: #number) Artist: "Title" (year[s]) [peak pos. on Billboard Chart] {peak R&B} Stop and think before you drink Don't let your parents down They brought you up #01) Paul Anka-Geo. Hamilton IV-Johnny Nash: "The Teen Commandments" (58/59) [29] You tell me it's the institution Well you know, you better free your mind instead But if you go carryin' pictures of Chairman Mao You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow #02) Beatles: "Revolution" (68) [12] [Joe McCombs noted that the album track was called "Revolution I"] [Barry Silk said that it was written by Lennon & McCartney (aka Bernard Webb... see song #18)] [Ellis Bromberg stated that it was the B-side of Hey Jude & from the album Hey Jude. It was produced by George Martin & actually recorded twice with 2 differ- ent messages: on the White Album, Lennon says, "you can count me IN" (the revolution, but on the single he sings, "you can count me OUT."] [Rick Schubert indicated that it was their 1st Apple 45] [David Ewing noted that the single was often referred to as Revolution #2] [David & Howard added that the single is faster & more raucous] Come on baby and a-fly with me A-just as easy as a-ABC It got the rhythm and the rock 'n roll A little cha-cha gonna move my soul #03) Chubby Checker: "Birdland" (63) [12] {18} Baby I can take a lot But I love everything you've got But oh your kisses thrill me so If you've got someone else I-I've gotta go Oh and honey that you know #04) Sam Cooke: "That's It-I Quit-I'm Movin' On" (61) [31] {25} Hey you on the ground (you on the ground) Take a look up and see what we found (see what we found) Nothing can tie us Bluebirds come up to guide us #05) Cowsills: "We Can Fly" (68) [21] I got a pretty little girl, she's on-a my mind No doubt about it, she looks so fine She's the best girl that I ever had Sometime she gonna make me feel so bad Naa na-na naa na-na naa na-na naa #06) Deep Purple: "Hush" (68) [4] [Barry commented that it was written by Joe ("Games People Play") South] [Ellis added that it was previously recorded by Billy Joe Royal in '67 & covered by Blue Swede, who combined "Hush" & "I'm Alive" on their '75 recording] [Howard Teitelbaum & Andrew Rogers made similar comments] If there's a spark of love Still left from our romance You owe it to your heart To give me one more chance #07) Ronnie Dove: "One Kiss For Old Times' Sake" (65) [14] It may sound silly, but I don't care I got the moonlight, I got the sun, I've got the stars above Me and my filly, well, we both share #08) Paul Evans: "Happy-Go-Lucky-Me" (60) [10] [with Orchestral Accompaniment, stated Barry; co-written by Paul] Listen, like an eagle protects his nest For you I'll do my best Stand by you like a tree And dare anybody to try and move me #09) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: "You're All I Need To Get By" (68) [7] {1} ["solidly" written & produced by Ashford & Simpson, commented Joe Haertel] [Adri Verhoef (Dutch Officials) mentioned Aretha Franklin's cover, #19 in '71] [Ellis added covers by Tony Orlando & Dawn in '75, Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams in '78 & Chris Christian & Amy Holland, who combined it with Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing on their '82 single] [#1 on R&B charts for 5 weeks] I know my As and my Bs and my Cs-y Ps and my Qs and my X, Y, ZZ Know how to lose all the blue-blue-blues-y Jump in a pair of my dancin' shoes-y #10) Bill Haley And His Comets: "R-O-C-K" (56) [16] {15} [co-written by Bill] Well we crept up to the water and we seed the girls a-swimmin' There must have been a hundred of 'em pretty young women They looked so fine even birds forgot to sing We laid down in the poison oak and didn't say a thing #11) Homer And Jethro: "The Battle Of Kookamonga" (59) [14] [aka Henry Haynes & Kenneth Burns according to Don Fausett] [Ellis added that it's a parody of The Battle Of New Orleans & that it was produced by Chet Atkins] [reached #26 on the C&W charts] At my coronation I shocked every foreign nation Giving up my throne to marry you (da-da-da-da-die-ya-do) 'Cause I'd be queen of all the world And then you'd say that I'm your girl #12) Betty Johnson: "I Dreamed" (56/57) [9] [Steve Coletti reported an Exciters' remake] [on the charts for 22 weeks; co-written by her husband/manager Charles Grean, who had a '69 instrumental hit with Quentin's Theme (from TV series Dark Shadows)] I can't find another word with meaning so clear My lips try to whisper sweeter things in your ear But somehow or other nothing sounds quite so dear As this soft caressing word I kno-o-ow #13) Ben E. King: "Amor" (61) [18] {10} Oh, weep no more my lady Sing that song for me So soft and low Just as though you had me on your knee #14) Jerry Lewis: "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" (56/57) [10] [Ellis indicated that the million-seller was backed by Buddy Bregman's orches- tra. Originally from the early Broadway musical "Sinbad," it was a #1 hit for Al Jolson & also a hit for Arthur Fields, both in '18. In '61, it became Aretha Franklin's 2nd charted single] [I met Jerry Lewis in '57 while visiting my dad in Seattle. He sent tickets to us for his performance & after the show we went backstage; all I remember re the meeting was that he & my dad hugged & Jerry showed us pictures of his 5 boys. Years later, I learned that (before I was born) Jerry was working as a busboy in the Catskills (Majestic Hotel, South Fallsburg, NY). He approached my dad who was an entertainer (& who was performing/running a show at another hotel) & asked him to give him a break & take him on a/some club dates with him as he wanted to be on stage (& that his dad, who sang/emceed my dad's hotel show, didn't want him to be in show business). My dad ended up taking him around with him (where Jerry did his lip-synching routine) & the rest, as they say, is history.] Please, please don't cry This is just adios and not goodbye Soon I'll return Bringing you all the love your heart can hold Please say si si #15) Al Martino: "Spanish Eyes" (65/66) [15] [Steve wondered how an instrumental written by a German (Bert Kaempfert), about a romantic night in Italy ("Moon Over Naples"), got words written to it in English, about a Mexican maiden with Castillian facial features!] [Rick added that Kaempfert also wrote "Strangers In The Night," produced the Beatles' 1st recording session & his "Moon Over Naples" instrumental hit #59 in '65] You're my darlin' The only one I'm dreamin' of I gotta make you mine 'Cause you're the only one I'll ever lo-o-o-ove #16) Rick Nelson: "Everlovin'" (61) [16] [Rick (Schubert...not Nelson) pointed out that it was the B-side of "A Wonder Like You" (GOLQ44)] You haven't even got a fat bankroll in your pocket You probably haven't even got twenty-five cents I got 6 Cadillacs, 5 Lincolns, 4 Ford, 6 Mercury, 3 T-Birds, Mustang, ooh woman #17) Otis & Carla: "Tramp" (67) [26] {2} [Barry pointed out that it was written by Lowell Fulsom & Jimmy ("The Walk") McCracklin] I've got plenty of time (I've got plenty of time) Time for us to get through it Once again you'll be mine (once again you'll be mine) I still think we can do it And you know how much I love you #18) Peter & Gordon: "Woman" (66) [14] [Rick, Ellis & Andrew stated that it was written by Bernard Webb aka Paul McCartney] [Rick added that McCartney used the pseudonym because he wanted to see how successful he could be without the benefit of his name] Bells when you hold me tight-a Bells when we kiss goodnight Bells don't you hear 'em too Because-a I'm in love with you #19) Bobby Rydell: "Ding-A-Ling" (60) [18] When I breeze into that city A-people gonna stoop and bow (ha ha ha) All them women gonna make me Teach 'em what they don't know how #20) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood: "Jackson" (67) [14] [Lee was her producer; Johnny Cash/June Carter version hit #2 on C&W charts in '67, as pointed out by Andrew] Gotta put up a good front Gotta smile, be polite and don't be blunt Nerves on edge, wound up too tight My headache, I didn't get enough sleep last night #21) Ray Stevens: "Unwind" (68) [52] Let me kiss your tender lips and know your secret charms And let me know what real love is and hold you in my arms And if this love I pray for, should it all come true Then with all my heart dear, I'd love no one but you #22) Temptations: "Barbara" (60) [29] [Barry commented that, obviously, this is not the Motown group, but the white group from Flushing, NY] I see your ship is coming to a stop. Why is that? "One, two, three red light, you stop me" What happens if you can't get started again? "It's the worst that could happen" Commander, I'm afraid we've run out of time. Is there any closing comment you'd like to make? "Have mercy, mercy, have mercy on me Have mercy, mercy, mercy on me" #23) Vik Venus (Alias: Your Main Moon Man): "Moonflight" (69) [38] [Ellis noted that Vik was NYC DJ Jack Spector, one of the original WMCA Good Guys, who passed away 3/8/94, at the age of 66, while on the air at WHLI, Hempstead, NY. It was a novelty record (of the Buchanan & Goodman genre) featuring bits of other original hits & was Venus' only charted record] [Andrew added that to avoid copyright/licensing problems that plagued Dickie Goodman, the Buddah staff producers who contrived this "break-in" quoted only songs from their own label! The above lyrics quote the 1910 Fruitgum Co.'s "1-2-3 Red Light," the Brooklyn Bridge's "Worst That Could Happen" & the Ohio Express' "Mercy"] Spread your wings for New Orleans, Kentucky bluebird Fly away #24) Dionne Warwick: "Message To Michael" (66) [8] {5} [Ellis indicated that it was written & produced by Hal David & Burt Bacharach & that Lou Johnson had an uncharted version in '64] [originally done as Message To Martha by Jerry Butler, added Jyrki & Pekka] A feeling divine swept over me there I fell to my knees as I whispered the prayer Ave, Ave, Ave Maria Ave, Ave, Ave Maria #25) Andy Williams: "The Village Of St. Bernadette" (59/60) [7] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tie breakers: When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet, you're in love When you walk in your dreams, but you know you're not dreaming Signore #T1) Dean Martin: "That's Amore" (53/54) [2] [Howard, Rick & Barbara Cruse (Without Jamie) recalled that it was in the soundtrack of Moonstruck] [Howard, Rick & Ellis stated that the million-seller was from the Martin & Lewis movie, The Caddy] [Ellis said that the orchestra accompanying Dean was directed by Dick Stabile] [Rick added that Dean's real name was Dino Crocetti] No, don't stay awa-a-ay I need your loving every day I love you so Well I want you to know I need your love so badly #T2) Wrens: "Come Back My Love" [Steve indicated covers by the Cardinals, Heartbreakers & Darts] [Rick mentioned the Cardinals cover in '55 (guess there was no baseball strike then ;-) & another in '94 by the Morrisania Revue] [Howard added that it was written by the Wrens' lead singer, Bobby Mansfield] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mini-themes: (Types of) birds (artists/titles/lyrics) Song #s 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17, 24, T1 & T2 ID'd by-RR, BS, RC, DE (Non-hyphenated) one-word titles Song #s 2, 3, 6, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 & 23 ID'd by-BS, GT Duos Song #s 9, 11, 17, 18 & 20 ID'd by-RR, TP, EJ, WV, GT, RC, LE Hyphenated titles/artists Song #s 1, 8, 10, 14 & 19 ID'd by-BS, RC "Foreign" words (titles/lyrics) Song #s 12, 13, 15, 25 & T1 ID'd by-WV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19.3 #02) "Revolution" 2 13.3 #24) "Message To Michael" 3 12.7 #06) "Hush" 4 11.9 #T1) "That's Amore" 5 9.9 #20) "Jackson" 6 9.3 #15) "Spanish Eyes" 7 6.7 #14) "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" 8 6.67 #23) "Moonflight" 9 6.5 #17) "Tramp" 10 6.4 #11) "The Battle Of Kookamonga" 11 6.0 #18) "Woman" 12 5.33 #05) "We Can Fly" 13 5.3 #01) "The Teen Commandments" 14 5.27 #25) "The Village Of St. Bernadette" 15 5.0 #09) "You're All I Need To Get By" T16 3.7 #T2) "Come Back My Love" T16 3.7 #03) "Birdland" T18 3.3 #07) "One Kiss For Old Times' Sake" T18 3.3 #08) "Happy-Go-Lucky-Me" T18 3.3 #12) "I Dreamed" T21 2.7 #10) "R-O-C-K" T21 2.7 #19) "Ding-A-Ling" 23 2.3 #13) "Amor" 24 2.0 #22) "Barbara" 25 1.7 #16) "Everlovin'" 26 1.3 #04) "That's It-I Quit-I'm Movin' On" 27 0.7 #21) "Unwind" I had expected song #s 14, 9, 8, 12, 13, 16 & 4 to have done somewhat better & song # 6 & not to have done as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From WCBS-FM NY/NJ/CT listener-voted surveys of the top 500 songs of all time: Song 1993 1991 1983 1979 1972 *comp ------------------------------------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Barbara #214 Revolution #134 #400 #454 * compilation of 10 top 500 lists (1972 & [1975 thru 1991--odd years]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From WCBS-FM NY/NJ/CT listener-voted 1994 survey of the top 101 doo-wop songs of all time: #70 Barbara -- Jamie Lubin Standard disclaimers apply jil@donuts0.bellcore.com