Date: 17 Jan 2011 15:26:21 -0000
Message-ID: <20110117152621.46609.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Tom and Rick <golq287@golq.org>
Subject: CORRECTION(S) to Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 287 (GOLQ287)
Following some feedback and in-depth discussion among the GOLQ founders, quiz-
masters, and veterans, NAVAIRHEADS have rescored the GOLQ, giving full credit
to all who correctly identified "Mary Lou" with the artist listed as Ronnie
Hawkins, regardless of whether his accompanying group, "The Hawks," was also
included. Rationale is that the GOLQ USED list, to which many teams refer as
a source document, listed Ronnie Hawkins, without "the Hawks," in a previous
GOLQ as the artist of "Mary Lou." So, to update our opening paragraph and
recalibrate our scores . . .
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RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #287 (GOLQ287)
We trust you all had a "Mary" Christmas, since almost every team appeared
to have easily identified our GOLQ theme for this month: every song had the
word "Mary" included in either the title, the lyrics, or the artist. Also,
it appears the NAVAIRHEADS provided a Christmas gift by creating a quiz that
yielded a mean score of 448, and a whopping median score of 500! Ten of the
fifteen teams correctly identified all 25 of the songs in the main part of
the quiz. First place, however, goes to Really Rockin' In Boston alone,
since they were the only team to correctly identify both tie breakers and
the artists, followed by a six-way tie for second place and a three-way tie
for eighth place.
Our hats are also off to Virve, Jessica and Matt, who we love to have play,
even though they were born long after the GOLQ era ended. That you recognize
ANY of the songs is a tribute to you, as well as to the songs of our GOLQ era.
Happy New Year to all. Mick Tursky has already posted GOLQ288.
Tom and Rick <golq287@Golq.org>
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Tie Breaker Scoring Key
+ after numeric score below indicates a tie-breaker answered correctly.
- indicates partial credit.
x indicates a totally incorrect guess.
. indicates no guess.
# on
Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address Team Age(s)
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+--+-------
01 500++ RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 5 50s,60s
T02 500-+ DT Delphi Trivia Club <billp49&pd.jaring.my> 9 45-65
Carbonel, jags, JuliaMD, Dezak, Logot, marlnoe, HQR,
Russ
T02 500-+ EJ The EJ'S & Co. <brombere&matc.edu> 5 24+
Ellis, Jean, Kevin, Vinnie, Mitch, Kent
T02 500-+ GC The Gypsy's Caravan <IrisS&aol.com> 4 50+
T02 500-+ VS Vito & Salutations <Lori.Bailey&Colorado.edu> 6 B'mers
T02 500-+ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 64
T02 500-+ GT The GenaTeam <ah.rh&OptusNet.com.au> 6 42-62
T08 500.. TT Team Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 4 48-60
Howard, Bonnie, Patty, Pat
T08 500.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 52
T08 500.. MT Mick Tursky <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 1
11 480-+ BP BP Oz (Brian, Pam) <brian&opossumsystems.com> 2 B'mers
12 480.+ VH Virve Harkonen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 30
13 480.. CO The Coasters <rns&san.rr.com> 5 58-61
(Rick & Kathy Schubert, Bigfoot Mae, Magic Marc,
Regina Litman)
14 160.. MA Matt Aument <matteoalmonty&aol.com> 1 22
15 120-. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 35
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Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address # on Age(s)
Team
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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
RR 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
EJ 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
VS 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
MW 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 20
TT 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
MT 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
BP 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
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
MA 20 20 - - - 20 - - 20 - - 20 - - - - - - - 20 20 - - - 20
JR - 20 - - - - 20 - 20 - - - - - - 10 - - - 20 - - - 10 20
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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 #287 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
{n/c} = no Billboard R&B chart published during this recording's period
of peak popularity
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Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #287
Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969
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When we met I was sure out to lunch
#01) Association, The: "Along Comes Mary" (1966) [7] {-}
Tried Betty Sue, tried Betty Lou
Tried Mary Lou
#02) Beach Boys, The: "Barbara Ann" (1966) [2] {-}
Them find no place to born she child
Not a single room was in sight
#03) Belafonte, Harry: "Mary's Boy Child" (1956/57) [12] {-}
Well, you can talk about
Your Julie and your Peggy Sue
You can keep your Miss Molly
And your Mary Lou
#04} Darin, Bobby: "Queen Of The Hop" (1958/59) [9] {6}
I want you, I need you
You got me spinning like a top
I want you, I need you
You got me spinning like a top
#05) Domino, Fats: "Little Mary" (1958) [48] {4}
For Mary, Mary drop the M's
#06) Ellis, Shirley: "The Name Game" (1964) [3] {4}
Please don't mention the stagecoach
And the shot from a careless gun
#07) Everly Brothers: "Take A Message To Mary" (1959) [16] {-}
Here I stand
My heart in my hand
A tear in my eye
I don't want to cry
#08) Fisher, Mary Ann: "I Can't Take It" (1961) [92] {-}
Who walked in but Mary Jane
Lipstick all a mess
#09) Francis, Connie: "Lipstick On Your Collar" (1959) [5] {10}
Someone told me you went with Joe
To the Friday night movie show
Don't you know you're supposed to be
Dating nobody else but me
#10) Freeman, Bobby: "Mary Ann Thomas" (1959) [90] {-}
Well, she come back into town about a week ago
Told me she was sorry that she hurt me so
I had a '55 Ford and a two dollar bill
When she took that, man it gave me a chill
#11) Hawkins, Ronnie, and The Hawks: "Mary Lou" (1959) [26] {7}
Please don`t wake me up too late
Tomorrow comes and I will not be late
Late today when it becomes tomorrow
I will leave to go away
#12) Hopkin, Mary: "Goodbye" (1969) [13] {-}
I couldn't bear to see her there
I'd be alone and blue
She'd be with someone new
Without a care
#13) Hyland, Brian: "If Mary's There" (1963) [88] {-}
I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers
For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours
Then today in the mail I received this short little note
And I broke down inside at the message that her mother wrote
#14) Ives, Burl: "Mary Ann Regrets" (1962) [39] {-}
Jimmy sent a letter to his bride back home
For three long years now he's been gone
He left her cryin' on her wedding day
And went to fight the battle of the Blue and Gray
#15) Jackson, Stonewall: "Mary Don't You Weep" (1959/60) [41] {-}
And when I see the Queen
I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Who is Queen of Heaven
#16) Martindale, Wink: "Deck Of Cards" (1959/60) [7] {-}
In sunny days or stormy weather
She doesn't care
Cause right or wrong
The love we share
We share together
#17) Martino, Al: "Mary In the Morning" (1967) [27] {-}
I must be going (don't go)
My heart is showing (don't go)
I better hurry awa-ay-ay-ay-ay
If I don't leave I'll be sorry
#18) Mathis, Johnny: "What Will My Mary Say" (1963) [9] {21}
Whitburn lists the title as "What Will Mary Say"; according
to Howard Teitelbaum in an earlier quiz, the 45 is as above.
Either answer got full credit.
You smoke in bed
There's only one man you should marry
My advice to you would be
Is to pay attention to me
#19) Monte, Lou: "Lazy Mary (Luna Mezzo Mare)" (1958) [12] {14}
According to EJ's, this recording is played during 7th-inning
stretch, after "Take Me Out To The Ballgame," during Mets games
at Citi Field in New York.
You passed me by one sunny day
Flashed those big brown eyes my way
And, ooh, I wanted you forever more
#20) Nelson, Ricky: "Hello, Mary Lou" (1961) [9] {-}
I took a walk with Mary Lou
We ran around to visit Sue
She had some boys I never knew
#21) Orlons, The: "Don't Hang Up" (1962/63) [4] {3}
After many purple twilights
We will see a morning glow
And I will run to you
Bring the sun to you
If the Lord shall will it so
#22) Paul, Les & Mary Ford: "Amukiriki (The Lord Willing)" (1955/56) [38] {-}
Les died last year at age 94; according to EJ's, his popular weekly
performances, with a trio at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York, were
remembered in a TV special "Les Paul: Live In New York" which premiered
on PBS this summer.
Your daddy says I'm a bad boy
And you've no future with me
So we can only get together
By meeting secretly
#23) Powers, Joey: "Midnight Mary" (1963) [10] {n/c}
In the daytime
Mary Hill was a teaser
#24) Royal, Billy Joe: "Cherry Hill Park" (1969) [15] {-}
There's not a man today
Who could take me away
#25) Wells, Mary: "My Guy" (1964) [1] {n/c}
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Tie-Breakers
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Fare thee well my own true love
Fare thee well my dear
For the ship is a waiting and the wind blows high
And I am bound away to the sea
#T1) Ian & Sylvia: "Mary Anne" (1962) [-] {-}
From their debut album, "Ian & Sylvia." Many teams identified this
folk song, but they only received partial credit because they named
artists whose lyrics were slightly different from Ian & Sylvia's
version. Only Really Rockin' In Boston correctly identified the artist.
Nancy was charming and had poise and grace
I'll always remember my dear Nancy's face
And her warm embrace
#T2) Smothers Brothers, The: "Mary Was Pretty" (1963) [-] {-}
From the album, "Think Ethnic." Although we believe this to be the only
released version of this song, we gave full credit to teams who identified
the artist as the Kingston Trio, since they (specifically Nick Reynolds)
recorded the song for their Going Places album. The song did not make the
final cut of the Going Places album, but was later included in a Kingston
Trio compilation of songs from the Dave Guard era.
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The following table ranks the songs from most recognized to least recognized.
The first column indicates the average number of points scored on that song
(total points divided by number of entrants). For comparison purposes,
tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.
Avg. Song
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20.00 #02) Beach Boys, The: "Barbara Ann"
20.00 #09) Francis, Connie: "Lipstick On Your Collar"
20.00 #20) Nelson, Ricky: "Hello, Mary Lou"
20.00 #25) Wells, Mary: "My Guy"
18.67 #01) Association, The: "Along Comes Mary"
18.67 #06) Ellis, Shirley: "The Name Game"
18.67 #07) Everly Brothers: "Take A Message To Mary"
18.67 #12) Hopkin, Mary: "Goodbye"
18.67 #16) Martindale, Wink: "Deck Of Cards"
17.33 #03) Belafonte, Harry: "Mary's Boy Child"
17.33 #04) Darin, Bobby: "Queen Of The Hop"
17.33 #05) Domino, Fats: "Little Mary"
17.33 #08) Fisher, Mary Ann: "I Can't Take It"
17.33 #10) Freeman, Bobby: "Mary Ann Thomas"
17.33 #11) Hawkins, Ronnie, and The Hawks: "Mary Lou"
17.33 #13) Hyland, Brian: "If Mary's There"
17.33 #14) Ives, Burl: "Mary Ann Regrets"
17.33 #15) Jackson, Stonewall: "Mary Don't You Weep"
17.33 #17) Martino, Al: "Mary In the Morning"
17.33 #18) Mathis, Johnny: "What Will My Mary Say"
17.33 #19) Monte, Lou: "Lazy Mary (Luna Mezzo Mare)"
17.33 #21) Orlons, The: "Don't Hang Up"
17.33 #22) Paul, Les & Mary Ford: "Amukiriki (The Lord Willing)"
17.33 #23) Powers, Joey: "Midnight Mary"
15.33 #24) Royal, Billy Joe: "Cherry Hill Park"
12.00 #T2) Smothers Brothers, The / Kingston Trio, The: "Mary Was Pretty"
06.67 #T1) Ian & Sylvia: "Mary Anne"
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Tom note: In spite of the fact that the theme was pretty much
a "Christmas present," we were still surprised at the number of
teams that were able to identify stumpers like, "Little Mary;"
"Mary Ann Thomas;" and "Mary Don't You Weep."
Tom and Rick <golq287@Golq.org>