Remember grade school Language Arts Class?  A Simile is a figure of speech in which two things are compared using "like" or "as."  The following are partial similes found in the lyrics of 37 well-known Top 40 singles that charted between 1969 and 1980 in the U. S.  Name the song and the 70's artist (no points for 80's or 90's covers). 
Pretty easy for this crowd, I'm sure, but it is my first time.  Limit 5. (NEW CLUES IN PARENTHESIS)

1. like a hand in glove
Ceramics Fanatic- "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)-Four Tops
2. as the northern star
Gaylon-"Right Down The Line"-Gerry Rafferty
3. like a sewer hole
ladybug "Who Are You"- The Who
4. (the radio plays) like a carnival tune  CLUE:  Not Dylan nor the Band, but the album this song came from was produced by Robbie Robertson
ANSWER:  "If You Know What I Mean" - Neil Diamond
5. as an easy chair
Ceramics Fanatic-"Evergreen"-Barbra Streisand
6. like a dog hanging on your leash
IndyGent-"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"-Leo Sayer
7. like a wave on the water
Paul "You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)"-Meat Loaf
8. (so shy) like a child who had grown  CLUE:  Early hit from popular arena rock group
Gaylon "Lady"- Styx
9. like a cat on a hot tin roof
jaytee-"Get Down"-Gilbert O'Sullivan
10. like Peter Lorre
IndyGent-"Year of the Cat"-Al Stewart
11. as the Milky Way
EthanM "My Cherie Amour"-Stevie Wonder
12. like a ship on the ocean
IndyGent "Rock the Boat"-Hues Corporation
13. (scratch your back just) like a rake
ladybug "Island Girl" - Elton John
14. like a young tree
gemini "It's Going to Take Some Time"-Carpenters
15. (my foot was glued) like lead to the floor   CLUE:  One hit wonder about a car race
ANSWER:  "Hot Rod Lincoln" - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
16. like a paperback novel
Ceramics Fanatic "If You Could Read My Mind"-Gordon Lightfoot
17. like the snow and the rain
jaytee "Rhinestone Cowboy"-Glen Campbell
18. (about as oiled) as a diesel train  CLUE:  Second of two hits in this quiz by a 70's musical icon
jaytee "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" - Elton John
19. (worked me over good, just) like Jesse James
jaytee "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"-Linda Ronstadt
20. like Paliachi did
maddog "Tears of a Clown" - Smokey and the Miracles
21. like a long lost friend
IndyGent "Yesterday Once More"-Carpenters and whitewolf "Back Home Again"-John Denver
22. as bugs on a bumper
Paul "Convoy"- C. W. McCall
23. like two gurus in drag
Gaylon "Ballad of John and Yoko"-Beatles
24. like a small earthquake
Gaylon "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show"-Neil Diamond
25. like the trembling heart of a captive bird
Gaylon "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"-Roberta Flack
26. like the shadows on the wall
jaytee "Help Me Make It Through The Night"-Sammi Smith
27. like a starry summer night
jaytee "Everything is Beautiful"-Ray Stevens
28. as a sergeant major
Ceramics Fanatic "Jet"- Paul McCartney and Wings
29. (sink my teeth in) like jello  CLUE:  This popular early 70's group was starting to fade when this minor hit charted
ANSWER:  "Brickyard Blues (Play Something Sweet)"-Three Dog Night
30. like your daddy's best jeans
Gaylon "Oh Very Young"-Cat Stevens
31. like a fine skylark
Ktelqueen "Rhiannon"-Fleetwood Mac
32.(he wore his passion for his woman) like a thorny crown
Powerslave "Slip Slidin' Away" - Paul Simon
33. (shadows pass before my eyes) like a vision in disguise  CLUE:  Classic Bubblegum tune, if there is such a thing.
ANSWER:  "Heartbeat, It's A Lovebeat"- The DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco
34. like a viper
Doc Brown "Deacon Blues"- Steely Dan
35. (black) as the dark night (she was)
mandamoo "Venus" - The Shocking Blue
36. like a young man's dreams
Paul "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"-Gordon Lightfoot
37. like a bird up in the sky 
IndyGent "Will It Go Round in Circles"-Billy Preston

6. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing-Leo Sayer
10. Year of the Cat-Al Stewart
12. Rock The Boat-The Hues Corporation
21. Yesterday Once More-The Carpenters
37. Will It Go 'Round In Circles?-Billy Preston

1. Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got) - The Four Tops
5. Evergreen - Barbra Streisand
16. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
28. Jet - Paul McCartney & The Wings

Great quiz, Phylo1979!!  8)

Phylo1979 - great quiz!!  :)

#9   Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan
#17  Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell

#7 & #8 are so so familiar  ???

Me again

#26  Help Me Make It Through The Night - can't remember who the artist is
#27  Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens

Is 21 Back Home again-John Denver

2. Right Down the Line - Gerry Rafferty
23. the Ballad of John and Yoko - the Beatles
25. The First Time Ever I saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
30. ? Oh, Very Young - Cat Stevens

4. Piano Man - Billy Joel

6. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing-Leo Sayer
10. Year of the Cat-Al Stewart
12. Rock The Boat-The Hues Corporation
21. Yesterday Once More-The Carpenters
37. Will It Go 'Round In Circles?-Billy Preston


All correct, IndyGent.  I was actually thinking of "Back Home Again" for #21 but it's found in the Carpenters hit as well.

1. Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got) - The Four Tops
5. Evergreen - Barbra Streisand
16. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
28. Jet - Paul McCartney & The Wings

Great quiz, Phylo1979!!  8)


Thanks CF.  Four outta four.

Phylo1979 - great quiz!!  :)

#9   Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan
#17  Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell

#7 & #8 are so so familiar  ???


Thank you jaytee.  All four of yours are okay. 

Sammi Smith sang the hit version of "Help Me Make It Through the Night"

Is 21 Back Home again-John Denver


That's the one I was thinking of.  Thanks for playing, whitewolf.

2. Right Down the Line - Gerry Rafferty
23. the Ballad of John and Yoko - the Beatles
25. The First Time Ever I saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
30. ? Oh, Very Young - Cat Stevens

4. Piano Man - Billy Joel


Gaylon, the first four are correct.  The line from "Piano Man" is "The piano sounds like a carnival."  I'm looking for something else on that one.

11. my cheri amor - stevie wonder

hey,Phylo1979..very cool quiz..i'm here late but i know one.. :)

31.Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac

Excellent quiz Phylo1979!

Some familiar ones here, the only one I can place right now is

#20 Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Great Quiz Phylo1979  :)

14. It's Going To Take Some Time--Carpenters  :) 

Excellent stuff for a 'first time', Phylo...

Only three for the mo'...one or two still look familiar-ish...

#7. 'You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth' - Meatloaf

#22. 'Convoy' - C W McCall

#36. (I'll wildly stab with) 'The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald' - Gordon Lightfoot (marvellous...!)

Thanks for your kind words, folks.

All correct, Paul, gemini, maddog and ktelqueen.

"I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets."
34. Steely Dan, "Deacon Blues"

Your Pal,
Doc
8)

#3 is "Who Are You" by the Who

"I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets."
34. Steely Dan, "Deacon Blues"

Your Pal,
Doc
8)


Good catch, Doc.  I thought that one might slip through.

"startin' soft and slow like a small earthquake
and when he lets go, half the valley shakes"

24. Brother Love by Neil Diamond
actually "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show"

#19  Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt

Hi there  :)


#35  Venus - Shocking Blue

#13 is "Island Girl" by Elton John

32. is "Slip Sliding Away" by Simon and Garfunkel.

Hi :)

#18  Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John (thanks Taoist  ;) :D)

8. Lady by Styx

FINAL STANDINGS

IndyGent, Gaylon and jaytee:  5 apiece
Ceramics Fanatic:  4
Paul:  3
ladybug316: 2
Eight tied with 1

Thanks for playing everybody!