RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 344 (GOLQ344)

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RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #344 (GOLQ344)

Obviously, this was an extremely simple quiz, with the theme of records that
reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. By the time I realized it was going to be
way too simple, it was too late to go back and either choose another theme or
have no theme at all. As a result, virtually every entry got a near-perfect
score, although some points were deducted for incomplete titles (especially
for #08) or artists (especially for #16). While some entries gave an incomplete
artist for #T2, I decided to give full credit (+ instead of - in the score).
My rationale is that tie-breakers are more obscure. Plus, in this particular
case, the featured artist had a long solo career (and died just this year,
60 years after #T2 was an R&B #1 song) and may have released this song later
in his career under just his name instead of including the additional nickname
and backing band credit that appear on the original 45 for this recording.

So, congratuations to all of the following, who got 500 on #01-#25:

First place with 500++ - Delphi Trivia Club, James White, and, the only
500++ or 500.+ score with the full name of the #T2 artist, The Village Idiots

Second place with 500+. or 500.+ - The Coasters and The EJ's and Co.

Third place with 500.. - Team Teitelbaum and Will McCorry

#T1 was a #1 record on the U.K. chart that didn't make any Billboard-generated
chart (although another version of it made the Cashbox Bubbling Under chart).
#T2, as already mentioned, was a #1 record on the Billboard R&B chart but did
not make the equivalent of the Hot 100 that was published at the time it was
released.

I set a minimum of one song and a maximum of two songs for each year for the
#01-#25 songs. However, due to a late substitution I needed to make, which
would have left 1959 with no songs, I did some scrambling around and ended up
with three songs for 1961. 1969 also has three songs in this quiz, but one of
them is a tie-breaker, which did not count against the maximum.

Also, where possible, I included the Whitburn determination of the top hit of
each year. According to my Whitburn book, "The top hit is determined by most
weeks at the #1 position, followed by total weeks in the Top 10, Top 40, and
total weeks charted." Billboard had its own #1 for each year, which sometimes
differs from this one. (For example, "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies was the
Billboard #1 for the year 1969 instead of the 5th Dimension hit used here.)
I was able to do this for 10 of the 15 years. Such songs are noted in the list-
ing below. I couldn't do it for the other years for three different reasons:

Instrumental:
1955 - "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" by Perez "Prez" Prado
1960 - "The Theme From a 'A Summer Place'" by Percy Faith

Artist also had the #1 hit for a different year, and I chose to
use that other one:
1957 - "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley
1968 - "Hey Jude" by the Beatles

Song was used too recently in another GOLQ:
1959 - "Mack The Knife" by Bobby Darin - A different version of this song,
"Moritat (A Theme From 'The Three Penny Opera')" by Lawrence Welk and
His Sparkling Sextet, was used too recently in GOLQ331.

I also used songs that were #1 in the months of September in 1955 (60 years
ago), 1960 (55 years ago), and 1965 (50 years ago). The September 1960 #1
song would have likely been used, if eligible, in no matter what month this
quiz was done because of its special place among #1 songs.

A few of the songs were written by songwriters/songwriting teams who were
included in a list of the Top 100 songwriters put together by Rolling Stone
earlier this year. These songwriters are noted along with their rankings.
(Bob Dylan was #1.) The complete list can be seen at:

http://rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-songwriters

GOLQ344's mean score was 488.00, and the median was 499.

My thanks to everyone who participated.

Howard Teitelbaum has posted GOLQ345.

-- Regina Litman <gol...@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)
---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
T01 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 6 49+
T01 500++ JW James White <jjwhite17&gmail.com> 1 67
T01 500++ VI The Village Idiots <MrJaded&aol.com> 4
(Doug, Michael, Andrew, Andy)
T04 500.+ CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc, 4 62-66
Bigfoot Mae) <rns&san.rr.com>
T04 500+. EJ The EJ'S & Co.: Ellis, Kevin, Everett, Vinnie 4 40+
<brombere&matc.edu>
T06 500.. TT Team Teitelbaum (Howard, Bonnie, Patty, Pat) 4 53-65
<hat_pat&yahoo.com>
T06 500.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 58
T08 498++ MW Mike Weaver <oldtunes&sbcglobal.net> 1
T08 498++ EM DEC & Friends <cochran57&gmail.com> 3 Various
10 496.. KF The Kreitzer Family <gromit82&hotmail.com> 2
T11 495.. RR Really Rockin' In Boston <rardini&cox.net> 7 50s,60s
T11 495.. NA NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&skybest.com> 1 69
13 493++ LB Vito & the Salutations <baileyl&colorado.edu> 4-5 boomers
14 493.. BP BP Oz <briancad&netspace.net.au> 2 Boomers
15 351.. JR Jessica Raine <jraine&bostonconservatory.edu> 1 41
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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
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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
JW 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
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
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
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
MW 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
EM 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
KF 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
RR 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
NA 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
LB 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
BP 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
JR 20 - - 20 10 18 18 15 - 20 20 - 10 20 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 #344 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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Someone, yes someone to love
Someone to kiss
Someone to hold
At a moment like this
#01) Anka, Paul: "Lonely Boy" (1959) [1] {6}

Donny Osmond remade this song in 1972. It was the B-side of his #13 hit,
"Why," which itself was a remake of a 1959 #1 song, done by Frankie Avalon.

Yeah you got that somethin'
I think you'll understand
When I feel that somethin'
#02) Beatles, The: "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (1964) [1] {n/c}

Whitburn #1 hit for the year. Songwriters - Paul McCartney and
John Lennon, #2 and #3, respectively, on Rolling Stone list.

I've made up my mind
To live in memories
Of the lonesome time
#03) Charles, Ray: "I Can't Stop Loving You" (1962) [1] {1}

Whitburn #1 hit for the year. This song was written and originally
recorded by Don Gibson. His version reached #81 in 1958.

My daddy is sleepin'
And mama ain't around
#04) Checker, Chubby: "The Twist" (1960,1961/1962) [1,1] {2,4}

#1 record for one week in September 1960 and again for two weeks in January,
1962. This is the only recording to hit #1 and then to chart again and hit
#1 again. This did not happen again in the GOLQ era or for a long time after
that, and it may still have been the only record with this claim to fame.
(Note that I refer to "recording" and "record" and to the concept of charting
again. Several songs have reached #1 but done by multiple artists. Other
records have fallen out of the #1 slot for a week or so and then climbed
back up.) Chubby Checker went on to have several more hit records about
the twist and other dances. This is the first of two consecutive artists
based in Philadelphia in this GOLQ.

This song was written by Hank Ballard and originally recorded by his group,
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. Their version reached #28 earlier in 1960.

Do the dance sensations
That are sweepin' the nation
#05) Danny & The Juniors: "At The Hop" (1957/58) [1] {1}

Whitburn #1 hit for the year (1958). This is the second of two consecutive
artists based in Philadelphia in this GOLQ. Like Chubby Checker, most of
their hits were about particular dances or, like this one, going to a dance.

He stood 6 foot 6 and weighed two-forty-five
#06) Dean, Jimmy: "Big Bad John" (1961/62) [1] {-}

This was a late substitution for Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife" after the
fairly recent use of "Moritat" was pointed out to me. I wanted something
that fit in this slot in the alphabet (and, while keeping Paul Anka as the
#01 artist, I substituted "Lonely Boy" from 1959 for "Diana" from 1957).
But I had been wanting to use this song in a GOLQ for a while anyway,
so I was glad to have this opportunity now. Although originally from Texas,
Jimmy Dean started his career in Washington, DC. Jim Henson and the Muppets
made their T.V. debut on a local show that Dean hosted there. In the last
GOLQ I did, I mentioned having seen Skeeter Davis sing "Gonna Get Along
Without You Now" on a T.V. show, but I didn't remember whose show it was.
I now think that it was the ABC-TV show hosted by Jimmy Dean from 1963-1966.

Bells will ring
The-uh-uh sun will shine
Whoh-oh-oh I'll be his
And he'll be mine
#07) Dixie Cups, The: "Chapel Of Love" (1964) [1] {n/c}

Songwriters - Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, #19 on Rolling Stone list.
When my team, The Coasters, is trying to narrow down the artist possibil-
ities for a song, we will often look at the lyrics to determine if they
were sung by a male or a female artist. With these lyrics, in the GOLQ
era, they had to have been sung by a female artist. ("I'll be his/And
he'll be mine.") While there were occasional gender-specific songs sung
by the opposite gender (such as "You Better Sit Down, Kids" by Cher),
the great majority were sung by the expected gender.

I attended a wedding earlier this year in which the two people getting
married could have sung of each other, "I'll be his/And he'll be mine."
But in this case, both of them are male. I wondered if there are any
versions yet of "Chapel Of Love" that refer to a gay or lesbian marriage.
I did a quick search on YouTube, but I didn't find any. Even Elton John
sings, "I'll be hers/And she'll be mine," in his recording of this song.

The same (heterosexual) couple that I mentioned in an earlier GOLQ
as having used "At Last" by Etta James at their wedding also used
the Bette Midler version of this song.

Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
#08) 5th Dimension, The: "Medley: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
(The Flesh Failures)" 1969 [1] {6}

Whitburn #1 hit for the year. This was from the musical HAIR. Group member
Florence LaRue graduated from Abington High School, near Philadelphia. A
local paper did a great column about her in September. You can read it at:

http://tinyurl.com/nmk2qbh

We just sit around and dream of those old memories
Ah but one of these days I'm gonna lay down tracks
#09) Gilmer, Jimmy, & the Fireballs: "Sugar Shack" (1963) [1] {1}

Whitburn #1 hit for the year. I once wrote a parody of this song about
meeting a guy working at a Radio Shack. Unfortunately, this guy and I
would have to now "just sit around and dream of those old memories,"
because the Radio Shack stores have either closed or are about to close.
I am sorry to see them go because I bought so many great things from them.

Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone
But Judy left the same time
#10) Gore, Lesley: "It's My Party" (1963) [1] {1}

Sadly, Lesley Gore died earlier this year, not long before she would have
been able to sing "I'll be hers/And she'll be mine" to her long-time female
partner. They had been planning to eventually wed until Lesley became ill
with lung cancer (which she got despite being a non-smoker).

She was afraid to come out in the open
And so a blanket around her she wore
#11) Hyland, Brian: "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
(1960) [1] {1}

Two things I remember about my family's vacation in Atlantic City, NJ,
in July 1960: Something called a Democratic Convention on every channel
on our hotel room's T.V. and this song on the radio. At the time, Atlantic
City was still a family-friendly resort. By the end of the 1960s, it was
no longer a popular place to go and had fallen on hard times. By the end
of the 1970s, though, it had found new life as the location of the only
casinos in the U.S. outside of Nevada. But now, as casinos have opened
in the surrounding states, it has fallen on hard times again.

Ah, now I don't hardly know her
But I think I could love her
#12) James, Tommy, and the Shondells: "Crimson And Clover" (1969) [1] {-}

This was one of two #1 hits by Tommy James and the Shondells. The other
was their first hit, "Hanky Panky" (also written by Greenwich and Barry).

Jumped out of bed
Turned on the light
I pulled down the shade
Went to the kitchen for a bite
#13) Lewis, Bobby: "Tossin' And Turnin'" (1961) [1] {1}

Whitburn #1 hit for the year.

If you wanted the sky
I would write across the sky in letters
That would soar a thousand feet high
#14) Lulu: "To Sir With Love" (1967) [1] {9}

Whitburn #1 hit for the year. This was from the movie of the same name.
I was surprised to see that it was a Top 10 R&B hit, but I guess that
can happen when the song is from a movie that starred Sidney Poitier.
This was not even supposed to be the hit side. "The Boat That I Row,"
a U.K. Top 10 hit written by the same person who wrote the song in spot
#17 in this quiz, was the plug side. But radio stations flipped it over,
and the result was this big hit.

And you tell me
Over and over and over again my friend
You don't believe
#15) McGuire, Barry: "Eve Of Destruction" (1965) [1] {-}

#1 record for one week in September 1965.

Oh now I'm gonna find her
For my heart is full of woe
We'll do the things together
We did so long ago
#16) Miller, Mitch, & His Orchestra and Chorus: "The Yellow Rose Of Texas"
(1955) [1] {-}

#1 record for two weeks in September 1955. Competing covers by Johnny
Desmond and Stan Freberg (another 2015 death) reached #3 and #16, re-
spectively. My parents and grandmother loved to watch Miller's T.V. show
SING ALONG WITH MITCH, and I probably watched with them sometimes, too.

What's the use in tryin'
All you get is pain
When I needed sunshine
I got rain
#17) Monkees, The: "I'm A Believer" (1966/67) [1] {-}

Whitburn #1 hit for the year (1966). Songwriter - Neil Diamond, #47
on Rolling Stone list.

Neil Diamond is not the only Neil associated with this recording. Long-time
studio musician Neil LeVang, who died earlier this year, played guitar on it.
(This was done before the Monkees played their own instruments.) And Neil
LeVang is not the only member of the LeVang family to be associated with
a performance of "I'm A Believer." His son, Mark LeVang, who has also forged
a career as a studio musician, played organ on the Smash Mouth remake of
this song that was used in the movie SHREK. Mark LeVang is also now a member
of Neil Diamond's touring band, and the opening number for all of their 2015
concerts so far has been "I'm A Believer."

Neil Diamond didn't have his first Billboard #1 as a singer until "Cracklin'
Rosie" in 1970. (But for about 10 seconds, before I fit Jimmy Dean into that
opening between Danny and the Juniors and the Dixie Cups, I wished that one
of Neil's 1960s recordings had hit #1.)

What would I do
If he came back
And wanted you
#18) Orbison, Roy: "Running Scared" (1961) [1] {-}

I don't want no other love
Baby it's just you I'm thinkin' of
#19) Presley, Elvis: "Don't Be Cruel" (1956/57) [1] {1}

Whitburn #1 hit for the year. Songwriter - Otis Blackwell, #98 on Rolling
Stone list. Elvis himself also has a songwriting credit for this song.

This was a two-sided hit with "Hound Dog." Both songs shared the Whitburn #1
hit for the year designation.

And the Lord said now that I've made a bee
I'm gonna look all around for a green, green tree
And he made a little tree and I guess you heard
What then well he made a little bird
#20) Rodgers, Jimmie: "Honeycomb" (1957) [1] {1}

I wanted an artist that fit alphabetically between Otis Redding and the
Rolling Stones in case someone who didn't figure out the theme decided to
be real smart and give Redding as the artist for the next song. This was one
of my favorite songs when I was five years old. And I still like it a lot.

When I'm ridin' 'round the world
And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that
#21) Rolling Stones, The: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965) [1] {19}

Whitburn #1 hit for the year. Songwriters - Mick Jagger and Keith Richard,
#6 on Rolling Stone list. I needn't have worried. These lyrics are not in
the Redding version, which peaked at #31 on the Hot 100 and #4 on the R&B
chart in 1966. Otis' version is just called "Satisfaction," without the
parenthetical part, which every entry included for this one. Thus, no points
needed to be deducted.

Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
#22) Simon & Garfunkel: "Mrs. Robinson" (1968) [1] {-}

Songwriter - Paul Simon, #8 on Rolling Stone list.
This is from the movie THE GRADUATE.

No love, love don't come easy
But I keep on waiting, anticipating
For that soft voice to talk to me at night
For some tender arms to hold me tight
#23) Supremes, The: "You Can't Hurry Love" (1966) [1] {1}

Songwriters - Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Brian Holland,
#15 on Rolling Stone list. Holland, Dozier, and Holland also
produced this record.

Me and you
And you and me
No matter how they toss the dice
It had to be
#24) Turtles, The: "Happy Together" (1967) [1] {-}

Many people think of this as a happy love song, but if you listen to it
carefully, you will discover that it's actually a break-up song.

Well he went on his way
And then what do you know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was blowin' it out
A'really knockin''em dead
Playin' rock-n-roll music
#25) Wooley, Sheb: "The Purple People Eater" (1958) [1] {-}

------------
Tie-Breakers
------------

A look from your eyes
A touch of your hand
And I seem to fly to some other land
When you are around
My heart always pounds
Just like a brass band

#T1) Amen Corner: "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice" (1969) [-] {-} U.K. #1
*or*
#T1) Dave Clark Five: "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice" (1969) [-] {-}

I just discovered this song a few months ago when I found a YouTube video
called "1960's Music Quiz 1" that is a lot like an audio GOLQ. The video
was made by someone in the U.K. I knew eight of the ten recordings and
nine of the ten songs. (One song was a hit in the U.S. by a different
artist than the one that had the U.K. hit.) This was the only song I
didn't know. You can try the quiz yourself at:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9RiXa_I9xeU

Coincidentally, four of the other songs in this video are ones that I've
used in GOLQs since 2013, including one that's in this GOLQ! I think I
even came across this song in another such quiz, but I can't find it now.

I wish I had discovered this song when I was putting together GOLQ336.
I was looking for an artist at the extreme end of the alphabet to allow
Betty Everett and Jerry Butler as well as Jimmy Reed to be named as the
artist for "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby." Also, I had already included in
that GOLQ two groups with members named Mike Smith (the Dave Clark Five
and Paul Revere and the Raiders), and this would have given me a third
one. But since the Dave Clark Five were in the regular part of that quiz,
their version could not have been an answer in that quiz, so it is just
as well that I didn't get to use it then. Another group member was
Andy Fairweather Low.

Two entries mentioned the Dave Clark Five as the artist for this song, with
one of them also naming Amen Corner. Both versions were released in the U.S.
I don't think the one by Amen Corner made any national chart. The Dave Clark
Five version reached #104 on the Cash Box Bubbling Under chart.

VITO & THE SALUTATIONS: Some people have the record with the label that
includes Andy Fairweather Low, some have records with labels that do not
have the name as part of the artist."

Well, she's not too tall
Complexion is fair
Man she knocks me out
The way she wears her hair
#T2) King, B.B. "Blues Boy", and His Orchestra: "You Upset Me Baby"
(1954/55) [-] {1}

This song is the one that was #1 on the R&B chart at the end of 1954
and 1955 that I referred to in GOLQ336. It was originally #T2 in that
GOLQ until I learned that the best-known version of "Ain't That Lovin'
You Baby" was not the one I knew by Everett and Butler but the original
by Jimmy Reed. I needed to remove the song that came between these artists
in the alphabet to allow for both versions to be valid answers. Since that
time, B.B. King has died.

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One final word about GOLQ344 in general:

All of the recordings used in this GOLQ are available on YouTube as of now.
Most of the other versions of them are also available there, including
"The Yellow Rose of Texas" by Johnny Desmond, "I Can't Stop Loving You"
by Don Gibson, "Satisfaction" by Otis Redding, "The Twist" by Hank Ballard
and the Midnighters, and "Chapel Of Love" by Elton John. "The Boat That I
Row" by Lulu is also available (and can be found in a playlist called
"Bang Era Neil Diamond Songs - Selected Covers" put together by the user
rslitman). I have not included links to them because such links sometimes
tend to disappear, plus I now mainly access on devices other than the desk-
top computer I use for my GOLQ work. Therefore, I can't easily transfer the
direct links to this document. I found all of the songs I checked by using
the YouTube search feature. However, I did make an exception for the link
to the music quiz.

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 2 decimal places). For com-
parison purposes, tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point scale.

The 25 regular songs did about what I expected them to do or better, consid-
ering that 13 got a perfect score, and five others came close. #T1 and #T2,
with seven identifications each, did better than I thought they would do.

Rank Avg. Song
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T01 20.00 #01) Anka, Paul: "Lonely Boy"
T01 20.00 #04) Checker, Chubby: "The Twist"
T01 20.00 #10) Gore, Lesley: "It's My Party"
T01 20.00 #14) Lulu: "To Sir With Love"
T01 20.00 #15) McGuire, Barry: "Eve Of Destruction"
T01 20.00 #17) Monkees, The: "I'm A Believer"
T01 20.00 #18) Orbison, Roy: "Running Scared"
T01 20.00 #19) Presley, Elvis: "Don't Be Cruel"
T01 20.00 #21) Rolling Stones, The: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
T01 20.00 #22) Simon & Garfunkel: "Mrs. Robinson"
T01 20.00 #23) Supremes, The: "You Can't Hurry Love"
T01 20.00 #24) Turtles, The: "Happy Together"
T01 20.00 #25) Wooley, Sheb: "The Purple People Eater"
T14 19.87 #06) Dean, Jimmy: "Big Bad John"
T14 19.87 #07) Dixie Cups, The: "Chapel Of Love"
T14 19.87 #11) Hyland, Brian: "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
T17 19.33 #05) Danny & The Juniors: "At The Hop"
T17 19.33 #13) Lewis, Bobby: "Tossin' And Turnin'"
19 18.80 #08) 5th Dimension, The: "Medley: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The
T20 18.67 #02) Beatles, The: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
T20 18.67 #03) Charles, Ray: "I Can't Stop Loving You"
T20 18.67 #12) James, Tommy, and the Shondells: "Crimson And Clover"
T20 18.67 #20) Rodgers, Jimmie: "Honeycomb"
24 18.33 #09) Gilmer, Jimmy, & the Fireballs: "Sugar Shack"
25 17.87 #16) Miller, Mitch, & His Orchestra and Chorus: "The Yellow Rose Of
T26 9.33 #T1) Amen Corner: "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice"
T26 9.33 #T2) King, B.B. "Blues Boy", and His Orchestra: "You Upset Me Baby"
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Regina Litman <gol...@golq.org>

[Joshua Kreitzer]

The GOLQ Institute <li...@golq.org> wrote in
news:MPG.30a3eba18...@news.eternal-september.org:

> #04) Checker, Chubby: "The Twist" (1960,1961/1962) [1,1] {2,4}
>
> #1 record for one week in September 1960 and again for two weeks in
> January, 1962. This is the only recording to hit #1 and then to
> chart again and hit #1 again. This did not happen again in the GOLQ
> era or for a long time after that, and it may still have been the
> only record with this claim to fame. (Note that I refer to
> "recording" and "record" and to the concept of charting again.
> Several songs have reached #1 but done by multiple artists. Other
> records have fallen out of the #1 slot for a week or so and then
> climbed back up.)

"The Twist" is still the only recording to hit #1 in two separate chart
runs. In fact, when Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", a #1 hit in
1992-93, re-charted and made it to #3 in 2012 after Whitney's death, that
was noted as being the first time since "The Twist" that any recording had
made the top _three_ in two separate chart runs.

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Joshua Kreitzer
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