From: jil@donuts0.uucp (Jamie Lubin)
Subject: Results & Answer Key for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #29 (GOLQ29)
Reply-To: jil@donuts0.uucp (Jamie Lubin)
Organization: Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 14:41:43 GMT

RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #29 (GOLQ29)

Congratulations to the team of Barry Silk & Joe Haertel on their narrow
victory over the team of Howard & Bonnie Teitelbaum; both teams had excellent
scores.  Very good scores were turned in by Dan Murphy, The Old Folks at DG,
Norm Crandall team, the Schuberts & Irish.  Several other teams did well too.
With one exception, everybody scored higher than they did on my previous quiz
(GOLQ27) showing that we both improved!!  Participation was up & all songs
were identified by at least 2 entrants.

Thanks to all who responded.

Howard Teitelbaum has already posted GOLQ30 which is due Tues. 8/18, 5 pm EDT.

                              Jamie jil@donuts0.bellcore.com
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RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #29

There is a "+" after Score below for each tie-breaker answered correctly; a
"-" indicates partial credit.  An "x" indicates a totally incorrect guess.

Pos.                                                               # on
    Score    Name           E-mail address                         team  age(s)
1   409-+ BS Barry Silk & Joe Haertel  <no net access>               2   40,41
2   400++ HB Howard & Bonnie Teitelbaum  hat@floyd.att.com           2   34,42
3   365   DM Dan Murphy  danielm@tekgen.bv.tek.com                   1    38
4   360-  DG The Old Folks at DG  cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com            6  various
5   346-  NC Norm, Kathy, Carol  crandall@iseeu.enet.dec.com         3   36-38
6   320 + RS Rick & Kathy Schubert  rick.schubert@sandiegoCA.ncr.com 2   39,43
7   295-- IR Irish  hanrahac@ocpt.ccur.com                           1    49
8   281   UN UNM  dave@carina.unm.edu                                6  mid 30s
9   277-x BD Bob Dorin, Chris Reeve & Fla. friends  dorin@ksr.com    4   43-?
10  267-  WJ Without Jamie  mzm@pyuxf.bellcore.com                   7  33-40s
11  259 + RC Ron & Sally Crandall  RMC@PSUVM.PSU.EDU                 2   41,41
12  189 x DF Don Fausett  dfausett@zach.fit.edu                      1    51
13  188   DT Dutch Olympic Team  Adri.Verhoef@rivm.nl                ?  various
14  176   MP Mark Przybyszewski  V070N53b@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu       1    27
15  173   MH Mike Hubbard & Team  76424.1703@CompuServe.COM          3    40s
16  170xx SF Steve Friedman  sfriedman@pbs.org                       1    37
17  166   DA Dave Mack  mack@camary.acuson.com                       1    28
18  160   DO Duane Ott  dfo@csi.compuserve.com                       1    35
19  148   TG The Genasys Team  jonog@g2syd.genasys.com.au            6  various
20   94 x MB Mike Bixenman  mikeb@ocpt.ccur.com                      1    43
21   30   LK Lisa Koh  lkoh@elman.austin.ibm.com                     1    20


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
BS 20 20  0 20 20 20 20  - 20 20 20 20 20 20  0 20 20 10 19 20 20  0 20 20 20
HB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  - 20  - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  - 20  -  -
DM 20 20 18 20 20 20 10 20 20 20  - 20  - 20 20  - 18  - 20 20 20 19  -  - 20
DG 20 20  - 20 20 20 20  - 20 20  - 20 20 20 20  - 20  - 20 20 20 20 20  -  -
NC 19 20  - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  - 20  - 20 20  - 20  0  7 20 20 20  -  - 20
RS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  - 20 20  - 20  0  -  0 20 20  - 20 20 20  0 20  0  0
IR 20  - 18 20 20 20 20  - 20  -  -  -  - 20 20 20 18  - 19 20 20  -  -  - 20
UN 19 20  - 20 20 20  8  - 20  - 18 20  - 20 20  0 18  -  - 20 18 20  -  -  -
BD 20 20  0 20 20 20 20  - 20 20  -  -  - 20 20  0 18  0 19 20 20  0  0  0  0
WJ 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 20 20  -  -  -  - 20 20  - 18  - 19 20 20  -  0  -  -
RC 20 20  - 20 20 20 20  - 20  -  - 20  -  -  - 20 20  - 19 20 20  0  -  0  -
DF  -  - 10 20  0 20 10  - 20  -  -  -  - 20 10 20 20  - 19  - 20  -  -  -  -
DT 20  -  -  - 20 20 10 20  -  -  - 10  - 20 20  - 18  -  - 20 10  0  -  -  -
MP 20 20  - 10 20 20  8  - 20 20  - 10  -  -  -  - 18  -  - 10  -  -  -  -  -
MH 19 20  -  - 10 20  8  - 20 17  - 10  -  - 10  - 10  -  -  - 20  9  -  -  -
SF 20 20  0  0 20 20 10  0  0 20  -  -  -  -  0  -  -  0  - 20 20  0  - 20  -
DA 20 20  - 20 20 20  8 20  -  -  -  -  -  0  -  - 18  -  -  - 20  0  -  -  -
DO 20 20  -  - 20 20 20  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 20 20  -  -  - 20
TG  0  -  - 20 20 20 10  -  -  -  -  -  - 20 20  - 10  -  - 19  9  -  -  -  -
MB 10  -  -  8 10 20  8  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  0  -  -  - 18 20  -  -  -  -
LK  -  -  -  - 10  - 10  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 10  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
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GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #29 ANSWERS:

Answers are in the form:
#number) Artist: "Title" (year[s]) [peak position on Billboard Chart]
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                    Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #29
                 (Songs were from 1955 through 1969)
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When I look into your big brown eyes
It's so very plain to see
That it's time you learned about the facts of life
Starting from A to Z
#01) Akens, Jewel: "The Birds And The Bees" (65) [3]

Come on and take my hand
Come on baby and be my man
'Cause I love you
'Cause I want you
Can't you see that I'm lonely
#02) Bass, Fontella: "Rescue Me" (65) [4] 

Sloppy shirt, old blue jeans
Dirty shoes, by all means
Patch of blonde, peroxide hair
Jukebox baby, ain't no square
#03) Bennett, Boyd And His Rockets: "Seventeen" (55) [5]
[Rick mentions that there were 3 versions of this song on the charts
simultaneously: Boyd Bennett's, which entered the charts on 7/9/55, Rusty
Draper's, & the Fontane Sisters', both of which entered the charts on 8/20/55.
Frankie Ford also charted a version in '61.  The Fontane Sisters' version
charted the highest at #3]

Great Googa Mooga let me outta here
And meanwhile back in the States
#04) Cadets: "Stranded In The Jungle" (56) [15]
[Rick points out that there were 3 versions of this song on the charts
simultaneously: Jayhawks charted 1st 6/30/56, then Cadets 7/14/56 (hit #3 on
the R&B charts), then the Gadabouts on 7/21/56; Cadets also recorded ballads
as the Jacks]
[Group member Will "Dub" Jones later sang bass for the Coasters on Charlie
Brown & Along Came Jones]

I can mashed potato (I can mashed potato)
I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Well now tell me baby (tell me baby)
Do you like it like this? (do you like it like this?)
#05) Contours: "Do You Love Me" (62,88) [3]
[The Contours' 1962 & 1988 versions spent a total of 34 weeks on the charts]
[Also accepted the Dave Clark Five, who covered this in 1964]
[Featured in the movie "Dirty Dancing"]

But I never saw the good side of the city
Until I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen
#06) Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Proud Mary" (69) [2]

Where trouble melts like lemon drops
A-way above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
#07) Demensions: "Over The Rainbow" (60) [16]
[Adri Verhoef of the Dutch Olympic Team aka Dutch Officials states that this
is from the 1939 musical, "The Wizard Of Oz."]

We gotta do that
We gotta do that
And there'll be no one else alive in all the world 'cept you and me
#08) Fame, Georgie: "Yeh, Yeh" (65) [21]
[Also accepted Georgie Fame With/And The Blue Flames]

I stay at home at night
Right by the phone at night
But you won't call
And I won't hurt my pride
#09) Fleetwoods: "Mr. Blue" (59) [1]
[DJ Tommy Dean points out that the group was named after a telephone exchange
in the state of Washington]
[Rick says this hit #3 on the R&B charts]

Everything that's wonderful is sure to come your way
'Cause you're in love, you're in love
And love is here to stay
#10) Gore, Lesley: "Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows" (65) [13]
[Howard says that this was from the movie "Ski Party," which starred the
"Beach Party" gang; the film also featured James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel
Good).]

I had it, but I lost it
Now I've got a broken heart to mend
Listen, I don't care what the cost is
I know I've got to find a way back in
#11) Henderson, Joe: "Snap Your Fingers" (62) [8]

Her eyes were like that of a cat in the dark
That hypnotized me with love
#12) Impressions: "Gypsy Woman" (61) [20]
[Barry & Rick mention that this was covered in 1970 (outside the GOLQ range)
by Brian Hyland; Dave Grisham (of UNM) made a similar comment & added that
Hyland's version went to #3]

Now that we've grown up it seems
You just keep ignoring me
Oh, I'll find you anywhere you go
I'm gonna look high and low
#13) Jay And The Techniques: "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" (67) [6]

It's just not right to hide his daughter
From the one who loves her so
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey
#14) King, Claude: "Wolverton Mountain" (62) [6]
[Howard points out that this song was "answered" later in '62 by Jo Ann
Campbell's "(I'm The Girl On) Wolverton Mountain"]

Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said, "Daddy oh don't you dare"
#15) Lee, Peggy: "Fever" (58) [8]
[Howard mentions that Little Willie John did the original in '56]
[I don't believe that these lyrics are in the Little Willie John version, but
even if they were I couldn't accept Little Willie John as the artist because
under the general rules Little Willie John would be considered "J", which
wouldn't fit here alphabetically]
[Written by Eddie Cooley who had his own top 20 hit, "Priscilla" in '56]

Wednesday, everything is fine
Thursday, you done changed your mind
Friday, it's the day we make up
Saturday, the day we break up
#16) Moonglows: "See Saw" (56) [25]
[Rick says that this hit #11 on the R&B charts]
[He also states that this was not originally done by the McGuire Sisters :-)
I believe that they may have done it, but that it barely missed the Top 100
by a few thousand or so ;-)]
[Group member Harvey Fuqua was featured in the movie, "Go, Johnny, Go" along
with Jo Ann Campbell (see #14 above), Chuck Berry, Ritchie Valens, Cadillacs,
Jackie Wilson, Eddie Cochran & Flamingos]

Do you remember when we met?
That's the day I knew you were my pet
I want to tell you how much I love you
#17) Phillips, Phil With The Twilights: "Sea Of Love" (59) [2]
[The Honeydrippers had a top 10 hit with this in 1984/85]
[Later used in the Al Pacino film, "Sea Of Love"]

Now all the guys I know are getting in trouble
That's how it's always been
When the odds are all against you
How can you win?
#18) Rawls, Lou: "Dead End Street" (67) [29]
[Both Rawls & Sam Cooke sang for The Pilgrim Travelers, a 50s gospel group;
they were once in a car crash together & Rawls was erroneously pronounced
dead!!]

Well I kissed him on Thursday (oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh)
And he didn't come Friday (oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh)
When he showed up Saturday (oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh)
I said "bye-bye baby" (oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh)
#19) Shirelles: "I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde)" (58) [49]
[Their 1st charted song]

I love you, I love you, I love you so
But I don't want you to know
I need you, I need you, I need you so
And I'll never let you go
#20) Small, Millie: "My Boy Lollipop" (64) [2]
[DJ Tommy Dean reports that Rod Stewart played the harmonica on this record]
[Howard adds that she was nicknamed "The Blue Beat Girl."  Blue beat, or "ska,"
was a predecessor of reggae]
[2nd song in this quiz with "Lollipop" in the title--would've been the 3rd,
but Rick used "Lollipop" by The Chordettes in GOLQ28]

Playin' solitaire 'til dawn
With a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
#21) Statler Brothers: "Flowers On The Wall" (65/66) [4]

Ask your mother for fifteen cents
See the elephant jump the fence
He jumped so high, he touched the sky
Never got back 'til the fourth of July
#22) Thomas, Rufus: "Walking The Dog" (63) [10]

To get that ring
Around your finger
Oh my darling
Hold me tight
#23) Velvets: "Tonight (Could Be The Night)" (61) [26]
[Barry points out that lead singer, Virgil Johnson, was an Odessa, TX high
school teacher who formed the Velvets with some students in his class]

I miss your love so badly it's a crime
If only I could make you change your mind
I'd be down on my knees with my heart in my hand
#24) Welch, Lenny: "Darling Take Me Back" (65) [72]
[Big hit in the NY/NJ/CT area]

Now she wrapped him up all cozy
In a coverture of silk
And then laid him by the fireside
With some honey and some milk
#25) Wilson, Al: "The Snake" (68) [27]
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tie breakers:

Boy meets girl and love begins
Oh what a feeling you get from within
For I should know, 'cause I'm in love
I'm the boy who told the girl of the stars up above
#TB1) Little Anthony And The Imperials: "Two People In The World" (58)
[Barry & Howard mention that this is the B-side of "Tears On My Pillow."]

A Sunday, a Monday, Tuesday, a Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
#TB2) Students: "Every Day Of The Week" (58)
[Howard points out that The Students never cracked the pop charts, but they
hit #26 on the R&B charts in '61 with "I'm So Young" (recorded in '58).]
[Barry says that "I'm So Young" was the flip side & that according to the
Dovells, "Every Day Of The Week" was the basis for both "The Bristol Stomp" &
"Pretty Little Angel Eyes."]
[This is one of 3 songs in this quiz whose lyrics involved days of the week;
one of the 3 actually contained every day of the week ;-)]

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This chart ranks the songs from most recognized to least recognized.
The second number on the line denotes the avg. no. of points scored on
that song (total points divided by number of entrants, to 1 decimal place).

Rank   Avg.  Song

 1     19.0  #06)  Proud Mary
 2     17.6  #05)  Do You Love Me
 3     17.0  #21)  Flowers On The Wall
 4     16.5  #01)  The Birds And The Bees
 5     15.6  #20)  My Boy Lollipop
 6     15.0  #17)  Sea Of Love
 7     14.3  #02)  Rescue Me
 8     13.8  #07)  Over The Rainbow
 9     13.7  #04)  Stranded In The Jungle
 10    12.4  #09)  Mr. Blue
 11    11.4  #14)  Wolverton Mountain
 12    10.5  #15)  Fever
 13     9.6  #19)  I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde)
 14     9.4  #10)  Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows
 15     9.0  #12)  Gypsy Woman
T16     5.7  #08)  Yeh, Yeh
T16     5.7  #16)  See Saw
 18     5.1  #TB1) Two People In The World
 19     4.8  #25)  The Snake
 20     4.7  #TB2) Every Day Of The Week
 21     4.6  #03)  Seventeen
 22     4.2  #22)  Walking The Dog
 23     3.8  #23)  Tonight (Could Be The Night)
 24     2.9  #13)  Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
 25     1.9  #24)  Darling Take Me Back
 26     1.8  #11)  Snap Your Fingers
 27     1.4  #18)  Dead End Street


Surprises (to me):  I expected the following songs to have done a lot better:

Walking The Dog & Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie

Somewhat better:

Tonight (Could Be The Night) & Yeh, Yeh

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From WCBS-FM NY/NJ/CT listener-voted surveys of the top 500 songs of all time:

Song                                  1991    1982    1979    1972
-------------------------------       ----    ----    ----    ----
Do You Love Me                        #273                    #391
Sea Of Love                           #242
Proud Mary                            #155            #438    #339
Over The Rainbow                      #310    #416            #464
Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie                                   #265
Mr. Blue                                      #432            #136
Tonight (Could Be The Night)          #209                    #329
Two People In The World                       #336            #177
Every Day Of The Week                 #274



From WCBS-FM NY/NJ/CT listener-voted 1992 survey of the top 101 artists of
all time:

#32 Shirelles
#41 Lesley Gore
#54 Moonglows
#56 Little Anthony And The Imperials


                         Jamie  jil@donuts0.bellcore.com