Date: 6 Jun 2010 20:57:35 -0000
Message-ID: <20100606205735.13472.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Rich Ardini <golq280@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 280 (GOLQ280)
RESULTS AND ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #280
A four-way tie between the team of FRANK GLAZ, DON ALBRIGHT,
MIKE GESSNER (Welcome back, Mike), THE VILLAGE IDIOTS,
DA GYPSY's CARAVAN and DELPHI TRIVIA CLUB. The COASTERS and
WILL McCORRY just missed by a tie-breaker.
The average score on this quiz took a dip to 383.
Thanks to all who entered. GOLQ 281 has been posted.
-- Rich Ardini
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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++ FG Frank Glaz, Don Albright, Mike Gessner <none> 3
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots (Andrew, Andy, Roxie,
Doug, Ping) <Clete6&aol.com> 5 < 60
T01 500++ GC Da Gypsy's Caravan <Irris&aol.com> 4 old
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club: Russ, Marlnoe, Logot, und,
ClueLess, HQR, Billp49 <billp49&pd.jaring.my> 7 45-60
T05 500.+ CO Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 57,61,58,
Norm Katuna, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> 5 64,57
T05 500.+ WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 52
07 480++ GT The GenaTeam <ah.rh&optusnet.com.au> 6 41 to 62
08 480-+ VH Virve Harkonen <virve_harkonen&Hotmail.com> 1 29
09 380.- NV NavairHeads <tompillion&Comcast.net> 2 63, 58
10 380.. BP BP Oz (Brian, Pam) <brian&opossumsystems.com> 2 boomers
11 360.. MT Mick Tursky <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 1
12 280.+ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <bob&egh.com> 4 50s
13 240.+ EJ The EJ'S & Co: Ellis, Mitch, Kent, Kyra,
Vinnie, Carl <brombere&matc.edu> 6 23+
14 230.- HT Howard Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 1 51
15 160.. EM DEC & Friends <Cochran57&gmail.com> 5 various
16 150.. DM Dave Msck <adenmack&sbcglobal.net> 1 46
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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
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FG 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
GC 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
DT 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
CO 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
WM 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
GT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
VH 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
BP 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 - - 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20
NV - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20
MT 0 20 20 10 20 20 20 0 10 0 20 20 20 10 0 20 10 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20
RR - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 - - - - 20 0 20 20 - 0 20 - 20 20
EJ - 20 - 20 20 20 20 - - - 20 - - - - 20 - - 20 20 - 20 - 20 20
HT 20 20 - - 20 20 20 - - 20 20 - 20 - - 20 0 - - - - 20 - 10 20
EM 0 20 - 20 20 - - - - - - 20 20 - - - - - - 20 - - - 20 20
DM - 20 - - - 10 10 0 - 10 - - 10 - 20 10 0 - 20 - 0 20 - - 20
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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 #280 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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#01) Alley Cats: "Puddin N' Tain (Ask Me Again, I'll Tell You The Same)"
(1963) [43] {21}
QM: Produced by Phil Spector
#02) Association: "Cherish" (1966) [1] {-}
#03) Butterflys: "Good Night Baby" (1964) [51] {-}
Several: This group was actually Ellie Greenwich backed by session singers.
#04) Carter, Mel: "When A Boy Falls In Love" (1963) [44] {30}
QM: This was the artist whose version was played on Boston AM radio.
GT: Played instead of the Sam Cooke version by an American DJ in Sydney at
the end of 1963, start of 1964.
GC: Sam Cooke co-wrote and also had a charted version.
#05) Chordettes: "Mr. Sandman" (1963) [7] {3}
GT: Also #1 in Australia March 1955.
#06) Cole, Nat "King": "Looking Back" (1958) [5] {2}
#07) Domino, Fats: "Sally Was A Good Old Girl" (1964) [99] {99}
QM: I remember seeing what was left of the Crickets in a small hotel ballroom
about 10 years ago. When they played this song, they said it was about a
tour bus.
#08) Everett, Betty: "I Can't Hear You" (1964) [66] {66}
QM: I like the New Beats version of this.
#09) Francis, Connie: "Don't Ever Leave Me" (1964) [42] {-}
#10) Henry, Clarence: "But I Do" (1961) [4] {9}
Several: alternate title of "I Don't Know Why"
#11) Hollywood Flames: "Buzz-Buzz-Buzz" (1957) [11] {5}
#12) Innocence: "There's Got To Be A Word!" (1966) [34] {-}
#13) K-Doe, Ernie: "A Certain Girl" (1961) [79] {-}
QM: There is a drama on HBO cable now about New Orleans after Katrina,
and it pays tribute to a lot of old New Orleans music.
#14) Lewis, Gary And The Playboys: "Where Will The Words Come From"
(1966) [21] {-}
#15) Moby Grape: "Omaha" (1967) [88] {-}
QM: This group received a certain amount of hype in the U.S. As a stunt, they
debuted by releasing 5 singles simultaneously and this is the only one of
them that charted.
#16) Nelson, Rick: "Teen Age Idol" (1962) [5] {-}
QM: Rick was 22 when this song debuted.
#17) Peterson, Ray: "I Could Have Loved You So Well" (1961) [57] {-}
GC: Produced by Phil Spector.
#18) Reese, Della: "And That Reminds Me" (1957) [12] {-}
GC: Honey Dreamers backing vocal. Lyric version of Italian instrumental
Autumn Concerto.
#19) Riddle, Nelson And His Orchestra: "Route 66 Theme" (1962) [30] {-}
#20) Sebastian, John: "She's A Lady" (1969) [84] {-}
#21) Smith, Verdelle: "Tar and Cement" (1966) [38] {-}
GT: #1 in Australia in May 1966.
#22) Stevens, Dodie: "Pink Shoe Laces" (1959) [3] {5}
GT: #3 in Australia in April 1959.
#23) Torme, Mel: "Comin' Home Baby" (1962) [36] {5}
#24) Williams, Andy: "You Don't Want My Love" (1960) [44] {-}
QM: Written by Roger Miller.
Several: Also labeled In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)
#25) Yardbirds: "Heart Full Of Soul" (1965) [9] {-}
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Tie-breakers:
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#T1) Left Banke: "She May Call You Up Tonight" (1967) [120] {-}
QM: The third and final song in the Renee Fladen trilogy, after Walk Away,
Renee and Pretty Ballerina. Michael Brown co-wrote all three. Renee was
a bandmate's girlfriend. She went on to live a life of quiet obscurity
until the Internet came along. Google her name and you'll see what I
mean.
#T2) Shangri-Las: "Dressed In Black" (1966) [-] {-}
QM: The B-side to "He Cried"and a feature song on the Red Bird Story CD boxed
set. This is more an acknowledgement to producer Shadow Morton, who first
brought us the Shangri-Las with his composition "(Remember) Walkin' In The
Sand". Both Shadow and the Shangri-Las had interesting stories and rumors
associated with them. This song was also recorded as "So Soft, So Warm" by
the Nu-Luvs and appeared on the excellent Growin' Up Too Fast girl group
anthology that also included #09 abpve.
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This chart ranks the songs/artists from most recognized to least recognized.
The 2nd number on the line denotes the average number of points scored on that
song (total points divided by number of entrants).
Rank Avg. Song
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T01 20.0 #02) Association: "Cherish"
T01 20.0 #25) Yardbirds: "Heart Full Of Soul"
T03 18.8 #05) Chordettes: "Mr. Sandman"
T01 18.8 #22) Stevens, Dodie: "Pink Shoe Laces"
T05 18.1 #06) Cole, Nat "King": "Looking Back"
T01 18.1 #07) Domino, Fats: "Sally Was A Good Old Girl"
T01 18.1 #16) Nelson, Rick: "Teen Age Idol"
T01 18.1 #24) Williams, Andy: "You Don't Want My Love"
T09 17.5 #19) Riddle, Nelson And His Orchestra: "Route 66 Theme"
10 16.9 #04) Carter, Mel: "When A Boy Falls In Love"
11 16.3 #11) Hollywood Flames: "Buzz-Buzz-Buzz"
T12 15.6 #10) Henry, Clarence: "But I Do"
T01 15.6 #13) K-Doe, Ernie: "A Certain Girl"
T14 15.0 #18) Reese, Della: "And That Reminds Me"
T01 15.0 #20) Sebastian, John: "She's A Lady"
T16 13.8 #08) Everett, Betty: "I Can't Hear You"
T01 13.8 #12) Innocence: "There's Got To Be A Word!"
T01 13.8 #T2) Shangri-Las: "Dressed In Black"
19 13.1 #17) Peterson, Ray: "I Could Have Loved You So Well"
T20 12.5 #01) Alley Cats: "Puddin N' Tain (Ask Me Again, I'll Tell You The Same)"
T01 12.5 #21) Smith, Verdelle: "Tar and Cement"
T01 12.5 #23) Torme, Mel: "Comin' Home Baby"
T23 11.9 #09) Francis, Connie: "Don't Ever Leave Me"
T01 11.9 #14) Lewis, Gary And The Playboys: "Where Will The Words Come From"
25 11.3 #03) Butterflys: "Good Night Baby"
26 8.8 #15) Moby Grape: "Omaha"
27 6.9 #T1) Left Banke: "She May Call You Up Tonight"
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