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Subject: London Calling...done!
Written By: Paul on 09/05/10 at 1:04 pm
Well, whod've thunk it? Me doing an audio quiz! :D
Greetings, people...what follows is a mash-up of 36 'fairly' well-known tunes of yesterday, all of which follow a common theme...
The theme being they were all originally released in Britain on the legendary London record label.
Back in the day, the small US independent labels had no British outlet for their releases until Decca/London stepped in and obtained the licences and consequently, as rock and roll started to bite, the label ended up releasing some terrific stuff, a small fraction of which can be heard within the next eight minutes...
All you have to do is tell me what they are! Have fun! Limit of 5 to start off with...
(Don't be put off by the fact that some of these songs are 50+ years old...they should be pretty well-known enough!)
(And don't be put off by my crummy graphics...I lack imagination!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk4FloDHLmo
1. Earth Angel - The Penguins (Frank)
2. Maybellene - Chuck Berry (Danoota)
3. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard (Danoota/Philip Eno)
4. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino (Philip Eno)
5. Young Love - Tab Hunter (Philip Eno)
6. Come Go With Me - Dell-Vikings (Odyssey)
7. Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone (Philip Eno)
8. You Send Me - Sam Cooke (Philip Eno)
9. Silhouettes - Rays (bookmistress)
10. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis (nally)
11. Tequila - The Champs (bookmistress/CeramicsFanatic)
12. Witch Doctor - David Seville (nally)
13. Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson (bookmistress)
14. Bird Dog - Everly Brothers (Danoota/whistledog)
15. To Know Him Is To Love Him - Teddy Bears (Danoota)
16. La Bamba - Ritchie Valens (karen)
17. Charlie Brown - The Coasters (bookmistress)
18. C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran (karen/Henk)
19. A Teenager In Love - Dion & The Belmonts
20. What'd I Say - Ray Charles (Danoota/bookmistress)
21. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin (nally)
22. Because They're Young - Duane Eddy (Henk)
23. Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison (Danoota/karen)
24. Save The Last Dance For Me - Drifters (Odyssey)
25. Shop Around - The Miracles (nally)
26. Runaway - Del Shannon (Odyssey)
27. Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vee (karen/Frank)
28. The Loco-Motion - Little Eva (nally)
29. Let's Dance - Chris Montez (karen/whistledog)
30. He's A Rebel - The Crystals (CeramicsFanatic)
31. Hello Dolly - Louis Armstrong (whistledog/karen)
32. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers (CeramicsFanatic/Frank)
33. Cherish - Association (Odyssey)
34. Happy Together - The Turtles (CeramicsFanatic)
35. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (Odyssey)
36. Let's Stay Together - Al Green (CeramicsFanatic)
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: ADH13 on 09/05/10 at 1:18 pm
EXCELLENT QUIZ, PAUL!!! You have great taste!
Ok here are a few from me!
6: Come Go With Me - Del Vikings
24: Save The Last Dance - Drifters
26: Runaway - Del Shannon
33. Cherish - Association
35: Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: Paul on 09/05/10 at 1:27 pm
EXCELLENT QUIZ, PAUL!!! You have great taste!
Hm...I don't know about that, Andrea! But the music's pretty good!
And your answers are all pretty right, as expected! :)
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/10 at 1:37 pm
3. Rip It Up ~ Little Richard
4. Blueberry Hill ~ Fats Domino
5. Young Love ~ Tab Hunter
7. Love Letters In The Sand ~ Pat Boone
8. You Send Me ~ Sam Cooke
You have got me thinking there!
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: nally on 09/05/10 at 1:48 pm
I know a whole bunch of 'em! Let me pick five of the unanswered ones I figured out:
#10 = "Great Balls Of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis.
#12 = "Witch Doctor" by David Saville and the Chipmunks.
#21 = "Mack The Knife" by Bobby Darin.
#25 = "Shop Around" by The Miracles.
#28 = "Locomotion" by Little Eva.
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/05/10 at 2:29 pm
Awesome quiz! Love to hear this music again!
9. Silhouettes - The Platters Rays
11. Tequilla - The Ventures
13. Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson
17. Charlie Brown - The Coasters
19. Why must I be a teenager (or in my case 40-something) in love? - Dion & the Belmonts
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: Paul on 09/05/10 at 3:29 pm
You have got me thinking there!
That's what I like to hear, Mr. Philip!
Of course, no mistaking Little Richard at #3., but not the song I'm after...everything else correct, though!
Top marks for naming Tab Hunter...most people think this is Pat Boone - understandable, as both were pretty boys back in the day...
Difference being Pat could actually sing!
I know a whole bunch of 'em! Let me pick five of the unanswered ones I figured out:
And let me credit you with five correct answers, Jeff...
(Actually, #12. is just David Seville on his own - The Chipmunks came a little later...)
'Shop Around' while being the first big Motown hit in America, bombed completely in Britain, making this issue worth a small fortune!
Awesome quiz! Love to hear this music again!
Thank you muchly, Patty...it certainly is top-drawer stuff!
You're a little off with the artist for #11. - it's certainly an instrumental group, but not the Ventures (who were more guitar driven)...other than that, top marks all round! :)
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: karen on 09/05/10 at 4:03 pm
16 La Bamba - Richie Valens?
18 Come On Everybody - Duane Eddy
23 Roy Orbison
27 Take Good Care of my Baby
29 Let's Dance
31 Louie Armstrong
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 09/05/10 at 4:53 pm
Hiya, Paul! :)
Great quiz...though sadly, I'm rather late to arrive! :-so familiar! I know I have it in my CD collection, but I just can't place it!
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: whistledog on 09/05/10 at 5:33 pm
Cool quiz!
14 Everly Brothers
29 Chris Montez
31 Hello Dolly?
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: danootaandme on 09/05/10 at 5:56 pm
2. Maybelline - Chuck Berry
3. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
14. The Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers
15. To Know Him is to Love Him - Teddy Bears
16. La Bamba - Richie Valens
I can do most, because I remember when they came out :)
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 09/05/10 at 7:29 pm
I think I've got a half an answer left because I missed the artist on my first try at this quiz...so...
20. Ray Charles
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: Henk on 09/06/10 at 2:17 am
Hiya Paul! Great quiz you got here. :)
Not an awful lot for me left to answer, but after giving it a good listen...
#22. Because They're Young - Duane Eddy
#32. I'm guessing the artist must be Walker Brothers. Can't think of anyone else.
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: Paul on 09/06/10 at 7:06 am
Good grief! You lot have been busy! :D
karen - good stuff! All correct apart from the artist for #18. (Mr. Eddy is in here somewhere though!)
Great quiz...though sadly, I'm rather late to arrive! :-BTW, #15 sounds so familiar! I know I have it in my CD collection, but I just can't place it!
Danoota will tell you what it is! ;)
Jason...all correct with yours!
I can do most, because I remember when they came out :)
And what a soundtrack you had to your youth, Danoota! Just pipped by karen to #16.
I 'cheated' a bit with #2. as this was never actually released as a single in Britain at the time (probably as it was too 'wild' for us!)
It did however appear on an 'extended play' record a couple of years later...but I couldn't leave it out, as it's such a fine record!
Right with the other half of #20., Patty...
And here's a change! Henk replying to one of my quizzes for once! :D
Well done on picking out Duane Eddy (I said he was here somewhere!) as I didn't think anyone would get that!
Good (but incorrect) guess on the artist for #32. - they ARE fictional 'brothers' and they made mean and moody records, but they're not called Walker...
Subject: Re: London Calling...3.5 left!
Written By: Frank on 09/06/10 at 9:07 am
Came in really late here...yikes.
#1 sounds like Earth Angel. The Penguins is the artist?
I have dial-up connection, so it takes about 45 minutes for your 8 minutes to play...Here I go.
Subject: Re: London Calling...3.5 left!
Written By: Frank on 09/06/10 at 9:20 am
Gonna guess #32 is Righteous Brothers.
Guess #27 is Bobby Vee.
Haven't heart those 2 yet, dialup is up to song #7 now :D
Subject: Re: London Calling...3.5 left!
Written By: danootaandme on 09/06/10 at 9:38 am
1. Earth Angel - The Penquins
I cheated on the singers. I have to admit, though I remember Earth Angel I have know idea about the Penguins
Subject: Re: London Calling...
Written By: Henk on 09/06/10 at 9:39 am
And here's a change! Henk replying to one of my quizzes for once! :D
Well done on picking out Duane Eddy (I said he was here somewhere!) as I didn't think anyone would get that!
It's been used in the past as a tune by a radio station I used to listen to, but as it goes with instrumentals... you tend to forget the title. A good thing I used it in one of my own quizzes! :D
Good (but incorrect) guess on the artist for #32. - they ARE fictional 'brothers' and they made mean and moody records, but they're not called Walker...
Gonna guess #32 is Righteous Brothers.
That's what I meant to say... ::)
Another guess for #18. I think the artist should be Eddie Cochran (instead of Duane Eddy).
Subject: Re: London Calling...3.5 left!
Written By: Paul on 09/06/10 at 9:47 am
Came in really late here...yikes.
#1 sounds like Earth Angel. The Penguins is the artist?
I have dial-up connection, so it takes about 45 minutes for your 8 minutes to play...Here I go.
Real sorry about the issues with your connection, Frank...I just assumed everyone was on broadband these days! :-
1. Earth Angel - The Penquins
I cheated on the singers. I have to admit, though I remember Earth Angel I have know idea about the Penguins
I shouldn't think anyone knows about The Penguins, as they were an archetypal one-hit wonder (with this!)
Sadly, Frank beat you to it, Danoota...but well remembered!
For reasons unknown, London thought that this genuine slice of doo-wop would sell in Britain...it didn't! Consequently, if you were lucky to find a copy today, it'd happily sell for upwards of £3,000! :o
Gonna guess #32 is Righteous Brothers.
Guess #27 is Bobby Vee.
Well guessed, Frank!
Another guess for #18. I think the artist should be Eddie Cochran (instead of Duane Eddy).
Probably what got karen confused in the first place...right again!
Subject: Re: London Calling...3.5 left!
Written By: danootaandme on 09/06/10 at 9:47 am
20. What'd I Say
23. Only The Lonely
Subject: Re: London Calling...3.5 left!
Written By: Frank on 09/06/10 at 9:50 am
I just got to #18, I agree.
Damn thiese slow dial-up connections. 35 minutes just to get to number 18.
#20 might be What's I'd day.
Subject: Re: London Calling...3.5 left!
Written By: Paul on 09/06/10 at 9:50 am
20. What'd I Say
23. Only The Lonely
There you go...and that concludes things!
Not bad, considering I thought that most people would be scratching their heads with a lot of these!
Thanks for playing and listening all! :)
Subject: Re: London Calling...3.5 left!
Written By: Frank on 09/06/10 at 9:52 am
20. What'd I Say
23. Only The Lonely
What I'd say, part I..
There was a Part 2..I'm being a (someone) now... ;D
Subject: Re: London Calling...3.5 left!
Written By: Paul on 09/06/10 at 9:52 am
I just got to #18, I agree.
Damn thiese slow dial-up connections. 35 minutes just to get to number 18.
#20 might be What's I'd day.
Missed it by minutes, Frank...sorry again!
I'll definitely make things shorter next time around...
Subject: Re: London Calling...3.5 left!
Written By: Frank on 09/06/10 at 9:54 am
Missed it by minutes, Frank...sorry again!
I'll definitely make things shorter next time around...
Great quiz..no need to change for me. If I had the $, I'd get high speed, but can afford the $3 a month dila-up much better right now.
Subject: Re: London Calling...done!
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/10 at 12:30 pm
Thanks Paul, it was completed in no time!