Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s,rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s From: bob@egh.com (Bob Bluestein) Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #117 (GOLQ117) Message-ID: Organization: GOLQ, Inc. Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 07:27:08 GMT RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #117 (GOLQ117) There are no results for GOLQ117, since Nick Lazar , the quizmaster, seems to have disappeared from the net. Several participants have contributed the correct answers to all songs except for #T1, and they are listed herein. I have also added just a few comments. If you know the answer to #T1, please send e-mail to ! Bob Bluestein Replace all occurrence of "&" in the above e-mail addresses with "@". Subject: CORRECTION(S) to Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #117 (GOLQ117) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 00:52:54 GMT Let's all extend congratulations to Antonio Torralba and his team member Dominic Begg for suggesting Chad & Jeremy as the possible artist for GOLQ117 #T1 and to Rich Ardini for hunting the answer down. Pop R&B Year Peak Peak ------------------ Chad & Jeremy: "Should I" (1965) [128] {-} ______________________________________________________________________________ GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #117 ANSWERS: Answers are in the form: #number) Artist: "Title" (year[s]) [peak position on Pop chart] {peak R&B} [-] = did not make pop chart {-} = did not make R&B chart {F} = made R&B chart as a flip side {n/c} = no Billboard R&B chart published during this recording's period of peak popularity ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You wonder if this heart of mine Will lose its desire for you #01) Association: Never My Love (1967) [2] {-} Written by the Addrisi Brothers Whoa, Whoa, I Never realized what a kiss could be This could only happen to me Can't you see, can't you see #02) Beatles: I Should Have Known Better (1964) [53] {n/c} The B-side of "A Hard Day's Night" Your doggy's gonna have a puppy And we're runnin' outta coke No enchiladas in the icebox And the television's broke #03) Pat Boone: Speedy Gonzales (1962) [6] {-} The "plaintive sounds of a young Mexican girl" at the beginning of this recording are the voice of Jackie Ward, who later recorded "Wonderful Summer" using her daughter Robin's name. Mel Blanc is the voice of Speedy. If you're in Arizona, I'll follow you If you're in Minnesota, I'll be there, too. You'll have a million chances to start anew, For my love is endless for you. #04) Ray Charles: My Heart Cries For You (1964) [38] {n/c} First hit the top 10 for Marv Johnson in 1960 Ow! You don't drive a big fast car, no You don't look a-like a movie star And on your money we won't get far #05) Dave Clark Five: You Got What It Takes (1967) [7] {-} And when I hurt, hurtin' runs off my shoulders. How can I hurt when holdin' you? #06) Neil Diamond: Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) (1969) [4] {-} When this girl looks at me She just sets my soul in flame Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh #07) Dion: Ruby Baby (1963) [2] {5} We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when? I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends When you've made your mind up, forever to be mine. #08) Donovan: Sunshine Superman (1966) [1] {-} HIM: I'm no good without you, and there's one thing I know HER: I just got to have you, darling, 'cause I love you so HIM: What good is living without the one you love? HER: And what good is the heavens without the stars above? HIM: What good is a true heart that proves to be broken in two? #09) Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston: What Good Am I Without You (1964) [61] {n/c} Walk on, through the wind Walk on, through the rain Though your dreams be tossed and blown #10) Gerry & The Pacemakers: You'll Never Walk Alone (1965) [48] {-} From the musical "Carousel" He's not the man to hold your trust. Everything he touches turns to dust, in his hands. Nothing he can do is right. He'd even like to sleep at night, but he can't. #11) Hollies: King Midas In Reverse (1967) [51] {-} Dry martini, jigger of gin Oh what a spell you've got me in Oh my, do I feel high #12) Kingston Trio: Scotch And Soda (1962) [81] {-} You need coolin', Baby I'm not foolin'. I'm gonna send ya, Back to schoolin'. #13) Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love (1969/70) [4] {-} Found on the album "Led Zeppelin II" I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot buy you years; I cannot buy you happiness, in place of all the tears. But I can buy for you a gravestone, to lay behind your head. Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they're no use to the dead. #14) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Buy For Me The Rain (1967) [45] {-} I got a wishbone in my pocket I got a rabbit's foot around my wrist #15) Elvis Presley: A Big Hunk O' Love (1959) [1] {10} No matter how much I pretend, I wish I had you back again, For nothing else means half as much as you. My world just seemed to die the day you said good-bye. And I can't forget, no matter what I do. #16) Ray Price: My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You (1957) [63] {-} I can talk these words that will sound so sweet They will even make your little heart skip a beat #17) Johnny Rivers: Seventh Son (1965) [7] {-} Written by Willie Dixon Only you do I adore. And to know that you love me only makes me love you more. All I ask is you be true, true to me, in every way. Please be kind and understanding. Love me more with every day. #18) Jodie Sands: With All My Heart (1957) [15] {-} Il parcourt l'Europe a pied, Scandinavie au Provence Dans la sainte pauvrete. #19) Singing Nun: Dominique (1963/64) [1] {-} The Singing Nun is actually Sister Luc-Gabrielle, member of a Belgian Dominican order convent. She also recorded as Sister Sourire, French for "Sister Smile." This song, about St. Dominic, Spanish-born priest and founder of her order, has French lyrics above which translate to: He travels all around Europe on foot, Scandinavia to Provence (France) In saintly poverty I can't break away from his arms I can't break away from his charms I can't break away from his kiss #20) Supremes: Nothing But Heartaches (1965) [11] {6} One of just 3 songs (out of 13) which failed to reach #1 for the Supremes between mid-1964 and mid-1967 Just to see him smile makes my life worthwhile. #21) Teddy Bears: To Know Him, Is To Love Him (1958/59) [1] {10} If you decide one day you want to make a change, love You want to leave me here and love a total stranger So no matter what you do or say I know I'm gonna love you anyway So if that's what you wanna do, I'll be in danger #22) Temptations: I'll Be In Trouble (1964) [33] {n/c} Written and produced by Smokey Robinson I punched my buddy in the nose after lunch. Now I'm in trouble 'cause the dean saw the punch. He was tellin' things that were not true about her. So I let him have it in the cafeteria. #23) Bobby Vee: Stayin' In (1961) [33] {-} Well now me and the devil, sittin' at a stop light He started rollin', I was out of sight, I said Move, hot-rod, move man! Move, hot-rod, move man! Move hot-rod, move me on down the line, oh yeah! #24) Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps: Race With The Devil (1956) [96] {-} Gene's follow-up single to Be-Bop-A-Lula Darling, well Don't you know that I can tell Whenever I look at you That you think that I'm untrue 'Cause I say that I love two #25) Mary Wells: Two Lovers (1962/63) [7] {1} Written and produced by Smokey Robinson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tie-Breakers: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You know it's been a long, long time We've been together. Don't you know I'm only being cruel to be kind? Don't think badly of me. It's for the best, don't you see. #T1) Chad & Jeremy: "Should I" (1965) [128] {-} She's stroking her cat with her silken fingers A would-be charmer whose life's incomplete I'm working so hard to try and get to know her Her parents say who she sees and who she meets #T2) Herman's Hermits: What Is Wrong What Is Right [-] {-} The B-side of "East West" ------------------------------------------------------------------------