From: cbetz@romulus.cray.com (Charles Betz 66442)
Subject: Answers to my Country Music Lyrics Quiz
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:30:19 CDT


Well, here they are, the answers to my country music lyrics quiz.

I intended to make this quiz tough, but it seems I made it too hard
(some might say downright impossible).  I apologize for that.  I didn't
think I'd stump everybody the way that I appearently did.  I had hoped for
better participation than I got (only five responses, one of which was to
inform me that the individual did not know any of the songs), but I guess
that can be attributed to the level of difficulty, which is clearly my fault.
If I try this again, I guess I better not get so carried away.

As I mentioned when I posted the quiz, the majority of the artists
were not what you would consider "country music legends".  In the
case where the artist might be fairly well known, I tried to pick
one of his/her lesser hits.  I'm sure that this helped contribute
to the difficulty level.  # 1, 11, 15, 16, 17 & 19 were not correctly
identified by anyone who responded. 

Anyway, the scoring was 1 point for each correctly identified song
title and artist, and 1/2 point if only the title or the artist was
identified.  Congratulations to Toby Hughes who correctly identified
ten of the song titles & artists (plus one of the tie breakers). 

The final scoring went like this:

Toby Hughes...........10
Dale Shaver...........8 1/2
Bob Marshall..........6
David Surrey..........3 1/2

Thanks to everyone who responded, and I hope everyone on the net had
fun with it.  I had alot of fun putting it together.

Anyway, without further delay, here are the answers that everybody
has been waiting for:
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1) "I'm gonna leave this fear of losing and all this pain behind
    We'll get it right, right from the start..."
    REX ALLEN JR., "ME AND MY BROKEN HEART"

2) "And the tires got hot on the pickup truck as down the road they flew."
    HOYT AXTON, "DELLA AND THE DEALER"

3) "The seas are rough and the sails are torn
    In your arms I'm safe and warm."
    RAZZY BAILEY, "LOVING UP A STORM"

4) "This broken back was the dying act of handsome Harry Clay
    That sticky Cincinnati night I stole his wife away."
    BOBBY BARE, "THE WINNER"

5) "I never could stand the touch of a man
    Who'd brand me to keep me around."
    LACY J. DALTON, "CRAZY BLUE EYES"

6) "She arrives in all her splendor each night at nine o'clock
    Her chariot is a crosstown bus that stops right down the block."
    DAVE & SUGAR, "QUEEN OF THE SILVER DOLLAR"

7) "You smiled and asked about my wife and family
    I said Johnny's six and Judy is almost four."
    JOHNNY DUNCAN (with Janie Fricke), "THINKING OF A RENDEZVOUS"

8) "I wish I had a string you could pull to make me say:
    Hi, I'm Teddy, ain't it a lovely day?"
    BARBARA FAIRCHILD, "THE TEDDY BEAR SONG"

9) "You make the coffee, I'll make the bed."
    DONNA FARGO, "HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE USA"
    (This was the easiest one in here).

10) "And if he ever makes you blue, just remember, I love you."
     FREDDY FENDER, "BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS"

11) "He don't believe me at all
     He know's I'm lying, it just ain't true."
     JIM GLASER, "THE MAN IN THE MIRROR"
     (I really thought someone would get this one, but nobody did).

12) "Once upon a time, there was tommorrow
     But that was yesterday..."
     VERN GOSDIN, "YESTERDAY'S GONE"

13) "We both know the score, but we run back for more
     And every time we cheat we're laying it all on the line."
     THE KENDALLS, "PITTSBURGH STEALERS"
     (This one turned out to be easier than I thought it would be).

14) "Over in the corner, much to my surprise
     Were Waylon, Willie & Mickey Guilley
     Listening to Charley Pride."
     JOHNNY LEE, "COUNTRY PARTY"
     (This was a hashed over version of Rick Nelson's "GARDEN PARTY".
     It may not be a good representation of a "country" song, but it
     stumped everybody on the artist).

15) "Each day is better than the day before
     If this is what the future holds in store
     Then I can take a whole lot more."
     KENNY O'DELL, "AS LONG AS I CAN WAKE UP IN YOUR ARMS"
     (Another toughie.  As far as I can recall, it was the only "hit"
      Kenny O'Dell ever had as a singer, though he's been fairly
      successful as a song writer).

16) "She reaches across the bed, where no one lays his head  
     And cries 'cause she's lonesome as hell."
     JOHN WESLEY RILES, "LIBERATED WOMAN"
     (This was perhaps the toughest one of the group.  JWR is probably
      best known for his other hit, "KAYE").

17) "I knew only loneliness, but then I found happiness
     Now I just want the world to smile and sing along."
     JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ, "LOVE PUT A SONG IN MY HEART"

18) "It's so easy to be smart with somebody else's heart
     But I don't know how to start forgetting you."
     MARGO SMITH, "IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE"

19) "But I'd hate myself in the morning, and you'd hate me too
     Cause after the fire of a night's desire
     I'd have to say goodbye to you."
     GARY STEWART, "OH SWEET TEMPTATION"
     (As expected, this one threw everyone too).

20) "If you love me, then think it on over
     Make up you're mind, or I'll lose mine."
     GENE WATSON, "SHOULD I COME HOME OR SHOULD I GO CRAZY"


Tie breakers

A) "And age made no difference
    I'd been around and she was young."
    ED BRUCE, "MY FIRST TASTE OF TEXAS"
    (I loved the response of WOODY ALLEN!!!)

B) "You look at your wall, I stare at mine
    But we never really seem to say what's on our mind."
    JEANNIE PRUETT, "BACK TO BACK"


So there you have it.  Anybody saying, "Oh yeah, now I remember?"  I
might try another of these a few months down the road.  Right now I'm
looking forward to Bob Marshall's next quiz that he promised the group.
It couldn't possibly be as bad as this one was, right??  :-)

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Charlie Betz
Cray Research, Inc.   Chippewa Falls, WI
cbetz@romulus.cray.com
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