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OK, Fans--Another R'n'R Quiz

No One Should Miss Such Easy Questions

By Andrew Beyer, Linda J. Greenhouse, and Jeremy W. Heist

We were disheartened, dismayed, even shocked that no one was able to answer all the questions in our rock and roll quiz last January. A couple of the boys in the Tommy's Lunch pinball crowd managed to answer 30 out of 40, but that was as well as anyone did.

Nonetheless, popular demand for another quiz has been great, but this time we have decided to pander to the apparent ignorance of our readers with the simple-minded questions listed below. Anyone who submits all the correct answers before Monday will win undying fame as well as a slightly warped copy of Billie and Lillie's "The Greasy Spoon."

(1-13). Match the following song titles with the artists who recorded them from the list below:

1. La La La La La ( )

2. Ya Ya ( )

3. Um Um Um Um Um ( )

4. Bama Lama Lama Loo ( )

5. Rama Lama Ding Dong ( )

6. Rang Tang Ding Dong ( )

7. Ne Ne Na Na Na Na Nu Nu ( )

8. Ooh Poo Pah Doo ( )

9. Papa Oom Mow Mow ( )

10. La Doo Dah Dah ( )

11. La Dee Dah ( )

12. Ooby Dooby ( )

13. Ookey Oak ( )

A. Billie and Lillie

B. Blendells

C. Cellos

D. Dickie Doo and the Donts

E. Lee Dorsey

F. Edsels

G. Dale Hawkins

H. Jessie Hill

I. Penguins

J. Little Richard

K. Major Lance

L. Roy Orbison

M. Rivingtons

Name the artist who made the original hit recording of the following songs:

14. Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)

15. The Big Hurt

16. Oh Julie

17. Loop-de-Loop

18. Born too Late

19. Willie and the Hand Jive

20. Peanut Butter

21. Shake a Tail Feather

22. Sea of Love

23. Peanuts

24. I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent Identify the songs from which the following lines come:

25. "Inside the church there's an altar filled with flowers; wedding bells are ringing and they could have been ours."

26. "Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said 'Nix, Nix,' I'm gonna stick around till I get my kicks."

27. "I know a boy who was never blue, now he's living in cell block two."

28. "George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand; he said 'Sam, you're looking at a lonely, lonely man.'"

29. "Floating face down in that dirty old river."

30. "He hit a screaming diesel that was California-bound."

31. "Her name was Sylvie, his name was Earl."

32. "Like a summer rose needs the sun and rain, I need your sweet love to heal the pain."

With What groups did the following singers start their careers:

33. Jerry Butler

34. Clyde McPhatter

35. Chuck Jackson

36. Ben E. King

37. Name two hits by Tommy Edwards besides "All in the Game."

38. What was Dickie Lee's follow-up to "Patches"?

39. What was Little Eva's follow-up to "Locomotion"?

40. Name three records by Clyde McPhatter with the word "love" in the title.

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