Date: 2 Feb 2011 19:26:16 -0000
Message-ID: <20110202192616.10775.qmail@nezumi.pair.com>
From: Mick Tursky <golq288@golq.org>
Subject: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 288 (GOLQ288)
RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #288 (GOLQ288)
The Coasters and Gypsy's Caravan tied for first place by correctly answering
all 27 songs on the quiz. Pefect 500 scores were also registered by the Lehigh
Valley (Pa.) Trivia Group, Delphi Trivia Club, Mike Weaver and Will McCorry.
All songs (except T1) can currently be found on Youtube.
As Howard Teitelbaum comments, on "clips quizzes" some otherwise obscure
songs become much easier because the voice of the artist is recognized or
at least hauntingly familiar.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter.
The median score was 480, the mean 463.
Rich Ardini has just posted GOLQ289.
-- Mick Tursky
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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)
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T1 500++ CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc,
Bigfoot Mae, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> 5 58-61
T1 500++ GC THE GYPSY'S CARAVAN <iriss&aol.com> 49+
T3 500+- LV Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Trivia Group <Lowtekman5&aol.com> 4
T3 500+- DT Delphi Trivia Club (Marlnoe, HQRO, Clueless139,
Goose logot, RussII) <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 6 45+
T5 500.+ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1 63
T5 500+. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 52
7 490+. RR Really Rockin'In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 5 50s60s
8 480++ EJ The EJ'S & Co. (Ellis,
Vinnie, Kent, Kyra, Kevin) <brombere&matc.edu> 5 24+
9 480.+ VH Virve Härkönen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 30
10 450+. VS Vito & the Salutations <bailey1&colorado.edu> 6 boomers
11 440+. NV NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&comcast.net> 2 64,59
T12 440.. GT THE GenaTeam <ah.rh&optusnet.com.au> 6 42-63
T12 440.. HT Howard Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 1 52
14 410.+ BP BP Oz (Brian, Pam) <brian&opossumsystems.com> 2 boomers
15 320.. DC DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 4 various
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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
--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
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
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
LV 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
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
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
RR 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 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
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
VS 20 20 10 20 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 0 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
HT 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 10 - 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20
DC 20 20 10 20 20 20 - 20 10 20 - - - - 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 - 20 - 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 #283 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
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You've got the power
To turn on the light
#01) The American Breed: "Bend Me, Shape Me" (1967/68) [5] {-}
Yeah
Get her out of my heart
#02) The Beach Boys: "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965) [1] {-}
He goes to all the dances
And they call him cha-cha king
He cha-chas when the band
Is playing rock-and-roll
He tries to keep in time
But the beat leaves him cold
#03) Chuck Berry: "Too Popped To Pop (Casey)" (1960) [42] {18}
Well I know now
That you're not a plaything
Not a toy
Or a puppet on a string
#04) The Box Tops: "Cry Like A Baby" (1968) [2] {-}
Well I'm gonna kiss you (kiss you)
One more time
Then I'm goin' away
#05) Solomon Burke: "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (1964) [33] {8}
To California
I'm gonna spend my life
A-both a-night and day
#06) Crazy Elephant: "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (1969) [12] {-}
Whenever she's gone
That's just how I feel
My life's unreal
But I go on and on and on
#07) The Cuff Links: "When Julie Comes Around" (1969/70) [41] {-}
But I'll stop
And I'll stare
At that face
In the throng
Yes
#08) Sammy Davis, Jr.: "I'll Know" (1955/56) [87] {-}
Of this
I'm more than just sure
My love
Will last and endure
#09) Doris Day: "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (1955) [13] {-}
Watchin' all the girls
Go by
#10) The Four Lads: "Standing On The Corner" (1956) [3] {-}
EJ's & Co. mentions this is from the musical "The Most Happy Fella"
by Frank Loessner.
#11) The 4 Seasons featuring the "Sound" of Frankie Valli: "C'mon Marianne"
(1967) [9] {-}
EJ's & Co. reminds us this is included in the musical "Jersey Boys".
My heart wants to die
#12) Jay & The Americans: "Cara Mia" (1965) [4] {-}
But if you snitch to your mother
Your father won' understand
#13) Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas: "Little Children" (1964) [7] {n/c}
Uh-uh-look at that
Puttin' glue in the gravy
Trying to get me to shut my mouth
I ain't gonna stop talking
I'm gonna tell everybody about this thing
Yes I am
#14) The Maskman & The Agents: "One Eye Open" (1969) [95] {20}
Let's take a lover's vow
And then seal it with a kiss
#15) Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: "The Look Of Love" (1968) [4] {-}
I thought love
Was only true in fairy tales
#16) The Monkees: "I'm A Believer" (1966/67) [1] {-}
Now that you're near
The time is here
At last
#17) Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires: "It's Now Or Never" (1960) [1] {7}
Can't you see
I'm under your spell
#18) Della Reese: "Don't You Know" (1959/60) [2] {1}
Girl. how can I live through this
When you're all I
Wake up for each day baby
#19) The Righteous Brothers: "(You're My) Soul And Inspiration" (1966) [1] {13}
#20) Mongo Santamaria Band: "Watermelon Man" (1963) [10] {8}
I wo-wo-wo-wo-wonder
Why
#21) Del Shannon: "Runaway" (1961) [1] {3}
Got my wedding dress
I'm on the line, boy
You can buy my ring
Some other time
(You'd better run, boy)
(You'd better run)
#22) Dee Dee Sharp: "Willyam, Willyam" (1964) [97] {n/c}
When you're with me
Baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life
#23) The Turtles: "Happy Together" (1967) [1] {-}
Sing to him
Until he yearns
For when he returns
No longer will he be
#24) Sarah Vaughan: "Broken Hearted Melody" (1959) [7] {5}
I'd give the moon
If it were mine to give
#25) The Yardbirds: "For Your Love" (1965) [6] {-}
Big Pink's on the stereo set
Pickin' for fun
And I figured you hard to get
But here we are
Makin' love as the sun comes up
#T1) Brewer and Shipley: "Lady Like You" (1969) [-] {-}
This is the first track from the LP WEEDS. Brewer and Shipley started
writing songs together while they worked at Good Sam Music (A&M Records).
Their song "One Toke Over The Line" hit #10 on the U.S. pop charts in 1971.
They also managed to make it on to Richard Nixon's "enemies list".
I had figured the reference to "Big Pink" would be a bit of a hint.
He is undoubtedly referring to MUSIC FROM BIG PINK, which was the 1968
LP by The Band. This narrows the time frame considerably.
Tossin' and turnin'
In my slumber
(Oh baby oh)
Holding you it seems
(Oh baby)
I give you kisses without number
#T2) The Four Knights: "I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You)"
(1954) [2] {-}
It was also recorded as "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely" and other titles.
Pat Ballard wrote the song. The Four Knights version charted for 24 weeks
and also reached #5 on The U.K. charts.
The Four Knights started out in 1943 as the Southland Jubilee Singers in
North Carolina. They didn't disband until 1966.
The source I used was "American Singing Groups", written by Jay Warner.
Gypsy's Caravan reports Pat ballard wrote "Mr. Sandman" and around fifty
university fight songs, including GC member Wayne's alma mater, The
University Of Akron.
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This chart ranks the songs/artists from most to least recognized. The second
number on the line denotes the average number 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
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T01 20.0 #01 American Breed: Bend Me, Shape Me
T01 20.0 #02 Beach Boys: Help Me, Rhonda
T01 20.0 #04 Box Tops: Cry Like A Baby
T01 20.0 #08 Sammy Davis, Jr.: I'll Know
T01 20.0 #10 Four Lads: Standing On The Corner
T01 20.0 #15 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: The Look Of Love
T01 20.0 #16 Monkees: I'm A Beliver
T01 20.0 #17 Elvis Presley W/Jordanaires: It's Now Or Never
T01 20.0 #20 Mongo Santamaria Band: Watermelon Man
T01 20.0 #21 Del Shannon: Runaway
T01 20.0 #23 Turtles: Happy Together
T01 20.0 #25 Yardbirds: For Your Love
T14 19.3 #05 Solomon Burke: Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
T14 19.3 #09 Doris Day: I'll Never Stop Loving You
T14 19.3 #19 Righteous Brothers: (You're My) Soul And Inspiration
T17 18.7 #03 Chuck Berry: Too Pooped To Pop (Casey)
T17 18.7 #06 Crazy Elephant: Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
T17 18.7 #12 Jay & The Americans: Cara Mia
T17 18.7 #13 Billy J. Kramer W/Dakotas: Little Children
T17 18.7 #18 Della Reese: Don't You Know
T17 18.7 #24 Sarah Vaughan: Broken-Hearted Melody
23 17.3 #07 Cuff Links: When Julie Comes Around
24 14.6 #11 4 Seasons f/sound of Frankie Valli: C'mon Marianne
25 12.0 #T1 Brewer and Shipley: Lady Like You
T26 10.7 #14 The Maskman & The Agents: One Eye Open
T26 10.7 #22 Dee Dee Sharp: Willyam, Willyam
27 9.3 #T2 Four Knights: I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You)
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Mick Tursky