Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:24:23 -0500
Message-Id: <200304021924.h32JONIY004864@TheWorld.com>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #194
From: Jyrki T Ilva <ilva@cc.helsinki.fi>
RESULTS AND ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #194
Congratulations to the team of Randy Price & Peter Morley,
the Village Idiots and Delphi Trivia Club, who all achieved
perfect scores in this quiz!
Close behind them was the team of Barry Silk, Scooter
Magruder and Jenny McCaw. The following two places went
to the Coasters and the Really Rockin' In Boston teams.
Numerous other teams also achieved excellent scores.
Rick Schubert has already posted GOLQ195.
Thanks to all who entered!
Jyrki Ilva
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After each score below are two characters representing the two tie-breakers:
A "+" indicates a tie-breaker answered correctly; a "-" indicates partial
credit; an "x" indicates a totally incorrect guess; a "." indicates no guess.
E-mail addresses have been altered to reduce spam to entrants.
Replace '&' with '@' to correct an address.
# on
Pos Score ID Name and <E-mail address> team Age(s)
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T01 500++ RP Randy Price, Peter Morley <randypny&aol.com> 2 50, 33
or <pmorley&nyc.rr.com>
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots <Clete6&aol.com> 5 < 51
(Andrew, Andy, Roxie, Doug, Ping)
T01 500++ DE Delphi Trivia Club <billp49&concentric.net> 8 30-45
(joan, Anne, UND83, Turk, GaryNuman, JO, HQR)
04 490++ BS Barry Silk, Scooter Magruder, Jenny McCaw 3 50+
<bcs00&hotmail.com>
05 439+. CO The Coasters <rns&san.rr.com> 4 50, 54
(Rick & Kathy Schubert, Norm Katuna, Bigfoot Mae) 57, -
06 410-+ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <bob&egh.com> 5 between
45 & 78
07 400.. RC Ron & Sally Crandall <rmc&psu.edu> 2 51, 51
08 398.+ LB Lori Bailey, Dan Rector, Tom Adams, Rick Crane, Sean
Anglum, David Bailey, Judy Julian, Ed Toutant baby
<toutant&us.ibm.com> 8 boomers
09 398.. MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 56
T10 360.. HT Howard Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 1 44
T10 360.x GE The Genateam <ah.rh&bigpond.com.au> 3 55, 52
and 46
12 358.- LE L'Equipe (Peter & Sheila Cussons, Bob & Dee Harrold,
Margaret Thomas and Denis Menard) <webd&ncf.ca> 6 Avg. 50
13 350.. MD Marc Dashevsky <marc&TheWorld.com> 1 50
14 340xx JJ Javed Jafri <javedjafri&rogers.com> 1
15 338.x NA Navairheads (Tom and "The Falk")
<pilliontj&navair.navy.mil> 2 56, 51
16 320.. JL Jamie Lubin <pookie18323&optonline.net> 1 57
17 308.. CM Curt Miller <curtismiller&launchnet.com> 1 54
18 270.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ca.inter.net> 1 45
19 240.+ VH Virve Härkönen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 22
20 200.. EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Steve, Mitch, Danda, Vinnie,
Kyra <brombere&matc.edu> 6 16+
21 198.+ OF The Old Folks at EMC <Cochran_David&emc.com> 3 various
22 168.. DM David Mack <david.mack&siemens.com> 1 39
23 158.x MA Matthew Aument <Yellow 2 6 8&aol.com> 1 14
24 98.. DO Dutch Officials Team <a3&a3.xs4all.nl>
25 68x. JS Joe Strickland <joe.strickland&dnamerican.com>
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Pos Score ID Name and <E-mail address> # on Age(s)
team
The following table gives the individual scoring breakdown. For songs 01-25,
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
--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--
RP 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
VI 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
DE 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
BS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
CO 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20
RR 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 20
RC 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20
LB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 - 20 18 10 20 20 10 - 20 0 20 20
MW 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 18 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20
HT 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - - 20
GE 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 -
LE 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 0 - 20 18 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 -
MD 20 20 0 20 10 20 20 - - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 - 20
JJ 0 20 0 20 20 20 20 0 - 20 20 0 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 -
NA 20 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 0 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20
JL 20 20 0 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 20
CM 0 20 20 20 20 0 - - - 20 20 20 - - 20 18 20 20 20 10 20 20 - - 20
WM 20 20 - 20 20 - - - - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 - 20 - 10 20 20 0 20 -
VH - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 0 - - - - 20 0 - 20
EJ - 20 - 20 20 - - - - 20 20 - - - 20 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 - - -
OF 20 20 - 20 20 - - - - 20 - 20 - - 20 18 - - - - - 20 - 20 -
DM - 20 - 20 20 0 - 0 - 20 20 - 0 - 20 18 - 10 - 10 - 10 - - -
MA - - - 20 20 - - - - 20 20 - - - 20 20 - - - 20 20 - - - -
DO - 20 - 20 - - - - - - 20 - - - - 18 - 20 - - - - 0 - -
JS - 0 - 20 0 0 - 0 - 10 - 0 0 - - 18 10 - - 0 - 10 0 0 -
--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--
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
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #194 ANSWERS:
Answers are in the form:
#number) Artist: "Title" (year[s]) [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
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I had him where I wanted him
He was giving me his heart
And begging me to stay
And I just walked away
Well, now I'm convinced that I must be insane
Or else I was born with a peanut for a brain
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-01.mp3
#01) Ginny Arnell: "Dumbhead" (1963/64) [50] {n/c}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-02.mp3
#02) Beach Boys: "God Only Knows" (1966) [39] {-}
It was just the other day
These are the words I heard a soldier say
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-03.mp3
#03) Solomon Burke: "Keep A Light In the Window Till I Come Home"
(1967) [64] {15}
I had a chance to see a great live show by Solomon
last summer. He was in excellent voice and sang
most of his old hits, but as far as I can recall,
not this one.
He also performed several songs from his recent
comeback album, "Don't Give Up On Me" (Fat
Possum, 2002), which won him a Grammy in the Best
Contemporary Blues Album category.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-04.mp3
#04) Byrds: "Eight Miles High" (1966) [14] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-05.mp3
#05) Lou Christie: "Two Faces Have I" (1963) [6] {11}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-06.mp3
#06) Cleftones: "You Baby You" (1956) [78] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-07.mp3
#07) Dave "Baby" Cortez: "Rinky Dink" (1962) [10] {9}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-08.mp3
#08) Bobby Darin: "I'll Be There" (1960) [79] {-}
The song was later a hit for Gerry and the
Pacemakers (#14 in 1965) and Cissy Houston
(pop #125 and soul #45 in 1970).
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-09.mp3
#09) Dion Di Muci: "Johnny B. Goode" (1964) [71] {n/c}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-10.mp3
#10) Drifters: "On Broadway" (1963) [9] {7}
Howard Teitelbaum noted that this guitar solo
was played by legendary eccentric Phil Spector,
who was recently arrested for the murder of
his girlfriend.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-11.mp3
#11) Honeycombs: "Have I the Right" (1964) [5] {n/c}
Pretty baby, since you went away
Haven't spent a happy day
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-12.mp3
#12) Chuck Jackson: "I Wake Up Crying" (1961) [59] {13}
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-13.mp3
#13) Tommy James & the Shondells: "Say I Am (What I Am)" (1966) [21] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-14.mp3
#14) King Pins: "It Won't Be This Way (Always)" (1963) [89] {13}
The group also recorded profilically as the Kelly
Brothers, hitting the R&B charts again with
"Falling In Love Again" (#39 in 1966).
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-15.mp3
#15) Clyde McPhatter: "A Lover's Question" (1958) [6] {1}
Co-written by Brook Benton.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-16.mp3
#16) Roy Orbison: "Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)" (1960) [2] {14}
Some are brown, some are black
A cat starts walking, he's a-easy to track
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-17.mp3
#17) Carl Perkins: "Pointed Toe Shoes" (1959) [93] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-18.mp3
#18) Rolling Stones: "It's All Over Now" (1964) [26] {n/c}
I'm sorry I hurt you darling
I'll prove it to you some day
Regretting the things I said dear
That made you go away
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-19.mp3
#19) Rosie formerly with the Originals: "Lonely Blue Nights" (1961) [66] {-}
A different recording of the song also came
out on Rosie's first label, Highland (this
sound clip is from the hit version on Brunswick).
Grass is green, like I've never seen
Sky a-above was never so blue
And here am I, no one standing near
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-20.mp3
#20) Neil Sedaka: "The World Through A Tear" (1965) [76] {-}
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-21.mp3
#21) Seeds: "Can't Seem To Make You Mine" (1967) [41] {-}
Next time I'll be kinder (next time I'll be kinder)
Won't you please help me find her (won't you please help me find her)
Someone just remind her (someone just remind her)
Of this love she left behind her (of this love she left behind)
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-22.mp3
#22) Temptations: "Since I Lost My Baby" (1965) [17] {4}
Written by Smokey Robinson and Warren "Pete" Moore.
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-23.mp3
#23) Tornadoes: "Ridin' the Wind" (1963) [63] {-}
Like song #11, this one was produced by Joe Meek.
Well, you see now, I've got a girl
We stay out late almost every night
Well, the people just stare
And they declare
Well, well, it just ain't right
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-24.mp3
#24) Marty Wilde: "Bad Boy" (1960) [45] {-}
Marty Wilde was a popular British teen idol, who
had the UK hit versions of several classic US
songs, including "A Teenager In Love", "Donna"
"Sea of Love" and "Endless Sleep".
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-25.mp3
#25) Jackie Wilson: "That's Why (I Love You So)" (1959) [13] {2}
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Tie-breakers:
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We knew baby it's not a lie
And I think of you and cry
And I tell the one above
Bring back my love
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-T1.mp3
#T1) Vince Castro: "Bong Bong (I Love You Madly)" (1958) [-] {-}
The song was first issued on Doe 102 and then
leased to Apt (a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount)
as it became a minor regional hit.
The backing vocals on the record were provided
by the Tonettes, who also recorded on their own,
both as Tonettes ("Oh What a Baby"/"Howie",
Doe 101) and as Claremonts.
When you pass by me
Say hello once in a while
When you pass by me, baby baby
Doesn't hurt so much to smile
We promised that we'd still be friends
Till the the very end
I'm beggin' you baby please
http://golq.org/Clips/GOLQ194/GOLQ194-T2.mp3
#T2) Betty Lavette: "Let Me Down Easy" (1965) [103] {20}
One of the lesser-known heroines of the sixties
Detroit soul scene, Bettye Lavette had quite a few
memorable singles on various different labels. She
was recently featured in David Freeland's book
"Ladies of Soul", and she has just released a brand
new CD, "A Woman Like Me" (Blues Express, 2003). Her
web site at http://www.bettyelavette.com provides
information on this album.
There were several guesses for Janis Joplin.
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This chart ranks the songs from most recognized to the least recognized.
The third number on the line denotes the average number of points scored
on that song (total points divided by the number of entrants, to 1 decimal
place). For comparison purposes, tie-breakers are scored here on the usual
20-point scale.
Rank Song Avg. Title
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01 #04 20.0 Byrds: "Eight Miles High"
02 #16 19.3 Roy Orbison: "Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)"
T03 #02 18.4 Beach Boys: "God Only Knows"
T03 #11 18.4 Honeycombs: "Have I the Right"
T05 #05 18.0 Lou Christie: "Two Faces Have I"
T05 #10 18.0 Drifters: "On Broadway"
T07 #15 17.6 Clyde McPhatter: "A Lover's Question"
T07 #22 17.6 Temptations: "Since I Lost My Baby"
09 #18 16.4 Rolling Stones: "It's All Over Now"
10 #12 15.2 Chuck Jackson: "I Wake Up Crying"
11 #20 14.4 Neil Sedaka: "The World Through A Tear"
12 #01 13.6 Ginny Arnell: "Dumbhead"
13 #19 12.8 Rosie formerly with the Originals: "Lonely Blue Nights"
14 #07 12.0 Dave "Baby" Cortez: "Rinky Dink"
T15 #17 11.2 Carl Perkins: "Pointed Toe Shoes"
T15 #24 11.2 Marty Wilde: "Bad Boy"
T15 #25 11.2 Jackie Wilson: "That's Why (I Love You So)"
18 #06 10.8 Cleftones: "You Baby You"
19 #21 10.4 Seeds: "Can't Seem To Make You Mine"
20 #08 9.2 Bobby Darin: "I'll Be There"
21 #13 8.8 Tommy James & the Shondells: "Say I Am (What I Am)"
22 #03 8.0 Solomon Burke: "Keep A Light In the Window Till I Come Home"
23 #23 7.2 Tornadoes: "Ridin' the Wind"
24 #T2 6.8 Betty Lavette: "Let Me Down Easy"
25 #T1 4.2 Vince Castro: "Bong Bong (I Love You Madly)"
T26 #09 3.2 Dion Di Muci: "Johnny B. Goode"
T26 #14 3.2 King Pins: "It Won't Be This Way (Always)"
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COMMENTS: Songs #25 and #09 did worse than I expected,
and #20 did significantly better.