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Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
Sorry Steve, Craig, and whoever else I may have sent on a wild goose chase when this song was already done. It's especially heinous because Craig posted an updated list, upon my request...and then I overlooked this song!!!
I am retreating into a corner of my shame for the rest of the morning...
Hello Mike, this is ------ ---- of ------ ---- and --- -------- --. I speak on behalf of the band when I say, you stole our riff in your song "One Life Stand." When James played it, that was well over fifty years ago and we were just known as -------- -- back then, and it was a guitar lick, and even though you transplanted the riff to organ, it's still theft as far as we're concerned. Oh, and by the way, I am dead...wait...hold on...oh...St. Peter just told me you can't copyright a riff...and you only really stole the rhythm of the riff...huh...all right then...live and learn...haha...carry on!!!
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/11/2309:42 AM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
No waste of time…more can be said about “Spooky.” It was originally an instrumental (sax of course) by Mike Sharpe (Shapiro), 1966.
A couple of guys associated with the Classics IV put lyrics to it around the Spooky title, 1967. But here’s the original by Sharpe.
On good authority, Shapiro is also the sax soloist on the Classics IV Spooky. Anyway, Shapiro sort of dropped out of sight in Atlanta. May still be alive at 86 or so.
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" by B.J. Thomas
I sang this song in 6th grade, along with "The Cruel War" for a silly production of Bye Bye Birdie, when we had a "secular" teacher in a Catholic School. The nuns were shocked, LOL...
I had to stop looking at various charts on the internet and simply THINK...
Who do I love that Steve probably loves too?
What has Steve been thinking about lately...(what goes into making) good songwriters...
Who are some of the best?
Hmmmm...Bacharach and David BBHD fit the puzzle
BJ Thomas and Dionne Warwick were basically their main folks...
Warwick is out--no " W "
Leaving BJT...eliminate that, and I'm left with...
ROMKHF...
Which is a "no brainer"
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/13/2302:03 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" by B.J. Thomas
I sang this song in 6th grade, along with "The Cruel War" for a silly production of Bye Bye Birdie, when we had a "secular" teacher in a Catholic School. The nuns were shocked, LOL...
I had to stop looking at various charts on the internet and simply THINK...
Who do I love that Steve probably loves too?
What has Steve been thinking about lately...(what goes into making) good songwriters...
Who are some of the best?
Hmmmm...Bacharach and David BBHD fit the puzzle
BJ Thomas and Dionne Warwick were basically their main folks...
Warwick is out--no " W "
Leaving BJT...eliminate that, and I'm left with...
ROMKHF...
Which is a "no brainer"
Ah, Mike not very good ...you only figured out about 90% of what I was thinking..you gotta do better next time...I'm waiting for you to put an answer up before I post a scramble....If you do...can I be your agent?? LOLOL
LOL
Steve
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" by B.J. Thomas
I sang this song in 6th grade, along with "The Cruel War" for a silly production of Bye Bye Birdie, when we had a "secular" teacher in a Catholic School. The nuns were shocked, LOL...
I had to stop looking at various charts on the internet and simply THINK...
Who do I love that Steve probably loves too?
What has Steve been thinking about lately...(what goes into making) good songwriters...
Who are some of the best?
Hmmmm...Bacharach and David BBHD fit the puzzle
BJ Thomas and Dionne Warwick were basically their main folks...
Warwick is out--no " W "
Leaving BJT...eliminate that, and I'm left with...
ROMKHF...
Which is a "no brainer"
Ah, Mike not very good ...you only figured out about 90% of what I was thinking..you gotta do better next time...I'm waiting for you to put an answer up before I post a scramble....If you do...can I be your agent?? LOLOL
LOL
Steve
LOLOL
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/13/2302:23 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
Now, an attempt to redeem myself from my "Spooky" debacle, LOL...
A different kinda game...
A variation of the Kevin Bacon "6 Degrees of Separation" game
Connect disparate recording artists via songwriters who wrote USA Top Twenty hits for two of the connecting recording artists in the clue.
A simple example would be:
Kingston Trio to Barbara Streisand with just ONE connecting recording artist (and 2 songwriters):
Kingston Trio
(Greenback Dollar) Hoyt Axton (Joy to the World) Three Dog Night (Just An Old Fashioned Love Song) Paul Williams (Evergreen)
Barbara Streisand
--Three Dog Night is the single connecting artist!
The workflow MUST GO like this:
Recording Artist A (X's song associated with A) > songwriter X ( X's song associated with B) > Recording Artist B (Y's song associated with B) > songwriter Y (Y's song associated with C) > Recording Artist C
Uh oh. Where have I been? Good one on “Raindrops…”!
Mike, on the 6 degrees game, many of these songs have multiple co-writers, esp. Kanye West’s. Are we to just look for songs with single songwriters like the example? Anyway, guess I’ll need clues.
The songwriter can be part of a group of songwriters that wrote a particular song, but then choose the one songwriter that is the connective thread.
Example:
Irma Thomas connects to Three Dog Night via Randy Newman who wrote "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is" with a host of other writers back in '64. Irma Thomas made it the (minor) hit. Randy Newman also wrote "Mama Told Me Not To Come" for Three Dog Night.
CLUE NO 1:
One of the songs has been used in a prior game!
And remember --one song will appear TWICE to get the correct answer (and this means that song will have two, count 'em TWO songwriters that are connective tissue).
The song that gets used twice in a row (cuz two of the songwriters that were part of writing it will connect our puzzle) is the song mentioned in CLUE 1.
IOW, it's a song that was the answer to a prior puzzle! One of these puppies:
1. Secret Love, Doris Day 2. My One and Only Love, Frank Sinatra 3. Time After Time, artists varied 4. Tammy, Debbie Reynolds 5. Runaway, Del Shannon 6. One Day at a Time, Christy Lane 7. Little Red Riding Hood, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs 8. Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do), Christopher Cross 9. Gloria, Them 10. Skipped 11. Someday Soon, Judy Collins 12. In My Life, The Beatles 13. Minuet in G, Beethoven 14. Fever, Peggy Lee 15. Skipped 16. A Soft Place to Fall, Allison Moorer From the Horse Whisperer 17. Love and Marriage, Sinatra 18. Desperado, Linda Ronstadt 19. Time After Time, Sinatra (a duplicate of #3?) 20. La vie en rose, artists varied, (Two 20s) Pennsylvania Polka, artists varied 21. Skipped 22. Norwegian Wood, The Beatles 23. Chim Chim Cher-ee, Dick Van Dyke 24. Two Song Challenge. 1) Which Way You Going Billy, 2) Billy Don’t Be a Hero, 1) Poppy Family, 2) Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (U.S.); Poppy Family (U.K.) 25. I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Bing Crosby 26. Games People Play, Joe South 27. Sweet Pea, Tommy Roe 28. Sheila, Tommy Roe 29. Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darrin 30. Town Without Pity, Gene Pitney 31. God Only Knows, The Beach Boys 32. Can’t Get Used to Losing You, Andy Williams 33. Tangerine, from The Fleet’s In 34. What Kind of Fool Am I, Sammy Davis, Jr. 35. I Can’t Make You Love Me, Bonnie Raitt 36. Washington Square, Village Stompers 37. The Toy Parade, Leave it to Beaver Theme Song 38. It Never Rains in Southern California, Seattle, Tijuana Taxi, New York New York, England Swings, Wichita Lineman, Calcutta (an ‘audio cacophony’ for points) 39. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack 40. How Much I Feel, Ambrosia 41. Hey Joe, Jimmy Hendrix 42. Lola, The Kinks; Lies, the Knickerbockers (two song challenge); A Bushel and a Peck, Dorris Day (two 42s) 43. 5 O’Clock World, The Vogues 44. What a Wonderful World, Louie Armstrong 45. Mama Tried, Merle Haggard 46. Atlantis, Donovan 47. Fly Me to the Moon, Frank Sinatra 48. Portrait of My Love, Steve Lawrence 49. Lover Man, Billie Holiday 50. Lay It Down, Ratt 51. Hooray for Captain Spaulding, You Bet Your Life (Groucho Marx) 52. Jambalaya, Hank Williams 53. Puppy Love, Paul Anka, Donny O. 54. Come Sail Away, Styx 55. My Life, Billy Joel 56. Dion (challenge was to name a mystery singer from photo) 57. King of the Road, Roger Miller 58. Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot 59. Dream a Little Dream of Me, Mamas & The Papas, Doris Day 60. The Way That You Wander, from Jeremiah Johnson 61. The Party’s Over, Judy Holiday 62. He, Al Hibbler 63. Jetson’s Theme, Hoyt Curtin 64. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Fred Rogers 65. Love Theme from St. Elmo’s Fire, John Parr & David Foster 66. Call Me, Petula Clark, Chris Montez 67. Highway to Hell, AC/DC 68. The Nearness of You, Frank Sinatra & 61 other covers 69. Just My Style, Gary Lewis & The Playboys 70. Ramble On, Led Zeppelin 71. Incense & Peppermint, Strawberry Alarm Clock 72. Monster Mash, Bobby “Boris” Pickett 73. Time To Say Goodbye, Andrea Bocelli 74. Turn Down Day, The Cyrkle 75. You Always Hurt The One You Love, The Mills Brothers 76. Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree, Andrews Sisters 77. Closer To The Heart, Rush 78. Come On Down To My Boat, Every Mother’s Son 79. Cry, Baby, Cry, The Beatles 80. Spooky, Classics IV 81. A World Without Love, Peter and Gordon 82. Putting’ on the Ritz, Fred Astaire (Irving Berlin) 83. Volcano - Jimmy Buffet 84. One - Three Dog Night - Nilsson (original artist) 85. Cindy, Ricky Nelson 86. Yummy Yummy Yummy, Ohio Express 87. Abraham, Martin, and John, Dion (DiMucci), written by Dick Holler 88. If You Don't Know Me By Now, Simply Red, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff (writers) 89. Sweet Blindness, The 5th Dimension, Laura Nyro (writer) 90. Batman Theme (1966), Neal Hefti 91. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Kate Bush 92. Popsicle, Jan & Dean 93. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, B.J. Thomas
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/13/2311:07 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
The 2 songwriters (B & C) associated with Recording Artist Y worked on THE SAME SONG for Recording Artist Y: they are co-writers on the same song, and the song/artist is on our list of songs (see above post).
Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Songwriter A
Recording Artist X
Songwriter B
Recording artist Y This Artist is On List
Songwriter C
Kanye West
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/14/2303:01 AM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
The 2 songwriters (B & C) associated with Recording Artist Y worked on THE SAME SONG for Recording Artist Y: they are co-writers on the same song, and the song/artist is on our list of songs (see above post).
Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Songwriter A
Recording Artist X
Songwriter B
Recording artist Y This Artist is On List
Songwriter C
Kanye West
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
Leon Russell wrote for Lewis and was with Harrison....am I anywhere in the ballpark???
I couldn't name 1 West tune lol
Steve
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
Either Songwriter B or C is a woman, and both B & C were co-writers on Recording Artist Y's song, and that song is on our list of 93 songs:
1. Secret Love, Doris Day 2. My One and Only Love, Frank Sinatra 3. Time After Time, artists varied 4. Tammy, Debbie Reynolds 5. Runaway, Del Shannon 6. One Day at a Time, Christy Lane 7. Little Red Riding Hood, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs 8. Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do), Christopher Cross 9. Gloria, Them 10. Skipped 11. Someday Soon, Judy Collins 12. In My Life, The Beatles 13. Minuet in G, Beethoven 14. Fever, Peggy Lee 15. Skipped 16. A Soft Place to Fall, Allison Moorer From the Horse Whisperer 17. Love and Marriage, Sinatra 18. Desperado, Linda Ronstadt 19. Time After Time, Sinatra (a duplicate of #3?) 20. La vie en rose, artists varied, (Two 20s) Pennsylvania Polka, artists varied 21. Skipped 22. Norwegian Wood, The Beatles 23. Chim Chim Cher-ee, Dick Van Dyke 24. Two Song Challenge. 1) Which Way You Going Billy, 2) Billy Don’t Be a Hero, 1) Poppy Family, 2) Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (U.S.); Poppy Family (U.K.) 25. I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Bing Crosby 26. Games People Play, Joe South 27. Sweet Pea, Tommy Roe 28. Sheila, Tommy Roe 29. Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darrin 30. Town Without Pity, Gene Pitney 31. God Only Knows, The Beach Boys 32. Can’t Get Used to Losing You, Andy Williams 33. Tangerine, from The Fleet’s In 34. What Kind of Fool Am I, Sammy Davis, Jr. 35. I Can’t Make You Love Me, Bonnie Raitt 36. Washington Square, Village Stompers 37. The Toy Parade, Leave it to Beaver Theme Song 38. It Never Rains in Southern California, Seattle, Tijuana Taxi, New York New York, England Swings, Wichita Lineman, Calcutta (an ‘audio cacophony’ for points) 39. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack 40. How Much I Feel, Ambrosia 41. Hey Joe, Jimmy Hendrix 42. Lola, The Kinks; Lies, the Knickerbockers (two song challenge); A Bushel and a Peck, Dorris Day (two 42s) 43. 5 O’Clock World, The Vogues 44. What a Wonderful World, Louie Armstrong 45. Mama Tried, Merle Haggard 46. Atlantis, Donovan 47. Fly Me to the Moon, Frank Sinatra 48. Portrait of My Love, Steve Lawrence 49. Lover Man, Billie Holiday 50. Lay It Down, Ratt 51. Hooray for Captain Spaulding, You Bet Your Life (Groucho Marx) 52. Jambalaya, Hank Williams 53. Puppy Love, Paul Anka, Donny O. 54. Come Sail Away, Styx 55. My Life, Billy Joel 56. Dion (challenge was to name a mystery singer from photo) 57. King of the Road, Roger Miller 58. Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot 59. Dream a Little Dream of Me, Mamas & The Papas, Doris Day 60. The Way That You Wander, from Jeremiah Johnson 61. The Party’s Over, Judy Holiday 62. He, Al Hibbler 63. Jetson’s Theme, Hoyt Curtin 64. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Fred Rogers 65. Love Theme from St. Elmo’s Fire, John Parr & David Foster 66. Call Me, Petula Clark, Chris Montez 67. Highway to Hell, AC/DC 68. The Nearness of You, Frank Sinatra & 61 other covers 69. Just My Style, Gary Lewis & The Playboys 70. Ramble On, Led Zeppelin 71. Incense & Peppermint, Strawberry Alarm Clock 72. Monster Mash, Bobby “Boris” Pickett 73. Time To Say Goodbye, Andrea Bocelli 74. Turn Down Day, The Cyrkle 75. You Always Hurt The One You Love, The Mills Brothers 76. Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree, Andrews Sisters 77. Closer To The Heart, Rush 78. Come On Down To My Boat, Every Mother’s Son 79. Cry, Baby, Cry, The Beatles 80. Spooky, Classics IV 81. A World Without Love, Peter and Gordon 82. Putting’ on the Ritz, Fred Astaire (Irving Berlin) 83. Volcano - Jimmy Buffet 84. One - Three Dog Night - Nilsson (original artist) 85. Cindy, Ricky Nelson 86. Yummy Yummy Yummy, Ohio Express 87. Abraham, Martin, and John, Dion (DiMucci), written by Dick Holler 88. If You Don't Know Me By Now, Simply Red, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff (writers) 89. Sweet Blindness, The 5th Dimension, Laura Nyro (writer) 90. Batman Theme (1966), Neal Hefti 91. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Kate Bush 92. Popsicle, Jan & Dean 93. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, B.J. Thomas
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
One of the remaining two songwriters (B or C) wrote on TWO of the songs on our list of 93.
CLUE #4:
One of the remaining two songwriters is a woman (B, or C)
CLUE 3:
Songwriter A who wrote on hits for both Gary Lewis and Recording Artist X was part of George Harrison's Concert for Bangla Desh. LEON RUSSELL (Steve's correct answer)
CLUE #2: Songwriters B & C were co-writers on Recording Artist Y's song, and that song is on our list of 93 songs, and is the same song referred to in CLUE #1.
CLUE NO 1:
One of the songs has been used in a prior game!
************************************************************************************** Here's the progress to this point:
Gary Lewis & the Playboys (She's Just My Style)>
Leon Russell (songwriter A)
Recording Artist X
Songwriter B
Recording artist Y (This Artist is On List of 93 songs)
Songwriter C
Kanye West
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/15/2309:56 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
Recording Artist X's (Top 20 hit) version of the song (at least) co-written by Leon Russell finds the (recording artist X) singer singing the word "baby" seven times in each chorus.
CLUE #5:
One of the remaining two songwriters (B or C) wrote on TWO of the songs on our list of 93.
CLUE #4:
One of the remaining two songwriters is a woman (B, or C)
CLUE 3:
Songwriter A who wrote on hits for both Gary Lewis and Recording Artist X was part of George Harrison's Concert for Bangla Desh. LEON RUSSELL (Steve's correct answer)
CLUE #2: Songwriters B & C were co-writers on Recording Artist Y's song, and that song is on our list of 93 songs.
CLUE NO 1:
One of the songs has been used in a prior game! She's Just My Style - Gary Lewis & The Playboys ************************************************************************************** Here's the progress to this point:
Gary Lewis & the Playboys (She's Just My Style)>
Leon Russell (songwriter A)
Recording Artist X
Songwriter B
Recording artist Y (This Artist is On List of 93 songs)
Songwriter C
Kanye West
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/16/2303:28 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
Of the two Recording Artists X and Y: Only one is an individual person with a first and last name.
CLUE #6:
Recording Artist X's (Top 20 hit) version of the song (at least) co-written by Leon Russell finds the (recording artist X) singer singing the word "baby" seven times in each chorus.
CLUE #5:
One of the remaining two songwriters (B or C) wrote on TWO of the songs on our list of 93.
CLUE #4:
One of the remaining two songwriters is a woman (B or C)
CLUE 3:
Songwriter A who wrote on hits for both Gary Lewis and Recording Artist X was part of George Harrison's Concert for Bangla Desh. LEON RUSSELL (Steve's correct answer)
CLUE #2: Songwriters B & C were co-writers on Recording Artist Y's song, and that song is on our list of 93 songs.
CLUE NO 1:
One of the songs has been used in a prior game! She's Just My Style - Gary Lewis & The Playboys ************************************************************************************** Here's the progress to this point:
Gary Lewis & the Playboys (She's Just My Style)>
Leon Russell (songwriter A)
Recording Artist X
Songwriter B
Recording artist Y (This Artist is On List of 93 songs)
Songwriter C
Kanye West
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/16/2304:36 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
I'm guessing X is the carpenters....The song Superstar
Last edited by VNORTH2; 09/16/2307:33 PM.
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
Laura Nyro has a connection to Kanye with Glory/Save the Country and she may have co-written another song on the list other than Sweet Blindness....that would make her C?????
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
X is INDEED the Carpenters... Laura Nyro doesn't figure in, sorry... but here's what we have now:
Remember, Songwriter B wrote on a Carpenters Top 20 hit as well as on a Top 20 hit for Recording artist Y. Refer to all the clues, below for help. Clue #2 just became huge: you know the last two songwriters (B & C) co-wrote on Recording Artist Y's song, and clue #4 tells you one of those two songwriters is a woman, and that this song and recording artist is listed in the 93.. ************************************************************
Gary Lewis & the Playboys
<"She's Just My Style" (Leon Russell, songwriter A) "Superstar">
<The Carpenters (Recording Artist X)>
<Songwriter B>
<Recording artist Y (This Artist is On List of 93 songs)>
Of the two Recording Artists X and Y: Only one is an individual person with a first and last name. Recording artist X is "The Carpenters" --therefore Recording Artist Y is an individual person with a first name and a last name.
CLUE #6:
Recording Artist X's (Top 20 hit) version of the song (at least) co-written by Leon Russell finds the (recording artist X) singer singing the word "baby" seven times in each chorus. Steve correctly guessed "The Carpenters" is Recording Artist X and that "Superstar" is the song that associates Leon Russell with The Carpenters.
CLUE #5:
One of the remaining two songwriters (B or C) wrote on TWO of the songs on our list of 93.
CLUE #4:
One of the remaining two songwriters is a woman (B or C)
CLUE 3:
Songwriter A who wrote on hits for both Gary Lewis and Recording Artist X was part of George Harrison's Concert for Bangla Desh. LEON RUSSELL (Steve's correct answer)
CLUE #2: Songwriters B & C were co-writers on Recording Artist Y's song, and that song is on our list of 93 songs.
CLUE NO 1:
One of the songs has been used in a prior game! She's Just My Style - Gary Lewis & The Playboys **************************************************************************************
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/16/2309:20 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
I have no idea what these answers are right now (still looking) but the Carpenters and Laura Nyro have popped up with me too while trying to piece this together. Hmm.
I have no idea what these answers are right now (still looking) but the Carpenters and Laura Nyro have popped up with me too while trying to piece this together. Hmm.
The Carpenters was correct and makes figuring out Songwriter B a little easier, in that B wrote on (at least) one of The Carpenters' hits AND Recording Artist Y's as well. See above for all clues and recap...
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/16/2310:06 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
After having listened to the song associated with B, C, and Artist Y, you may have been curious and looked up the data and realized that the distance varies from roughly 221,000 to 252,000 miles. (I'm being a little vague here so as NOT to use key words in the actual song).
CLUE #7:
Of the two Recording Artists X and Y: Only one is an individual person with a first and last name. Recording artist X is "The Carpenters" --therefore Recording Artist Y is an individual person with a first name and a last name.
CLUE #6:
Recording Artist X's (Top 20 hit) version of the song (at least) co-written by Leon Russell finds the (recording artist X) singer singing the word "baby" seven times in each chorus. Steve correctly guessed "The Carpenters" is Recording Artist X and that "Superstar" is the song that associates Leon Russell with The Carpenters.
CLUE #5:
One of the remaining two songwriters (B or C) wrote on TWO of the songs on our list of 93.
CLUE #4:
One of the remaining two songwriters is a woman (B or C)
CLUE #3:
Songwriter A who wrote on hits for both Gary Lewis and Recording Artist X was part of George Harrison's Concert for Bangla Desh. LEON RUSSELL (Steve's correct answer)
CLUE #2: Songwriters B & C were co-writers on Recording Artist Y's song, and that song is on our list of 93 songs.
CLUE NO 1:
One of the songs has been used in a prior game! She's Just My Style - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
The word "moon" appears twice in each chorus of the songs' lyric.
CLUE #8:
After having listened to the song associated with B, C, and Artist Y, you may have been curious and looked up the data and realized that the distance varies from roughly 221,000 to 252,000 miles. (I'm being a little vague here so as NOT to use key words in the actual song).
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/17/2301:21 AM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
I think the song is Arthur's Theme, by Christopher Cross Y, B is Carole Bayer sager and C is Burt Bacharach ???
Steve
Last edited by VNORTH2; 09/17/2305:27 AM.
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
Steve, B needs to have written on a Carpenters hit.
This was the only guess you have gotten wrong.
You are still the winner on points, having guessed everything correct, including "Arthur's Theme" which was such a crucial element in solving the puzzle.
Congrats on sticking with it!
I will show all the correct answers and all the songs below.
Guessing the actual songs was not something that was needed to be done (they simply needed to be "arrived at" to have gotten the songwriters and artists correct), but I will show all the correct answers and all the songs below:
---that would have been much easier and a more elegant puzzle, actually spanning from 1962-2018 with just one connecting artist! Indeed, "Arthur's Theme" is kind of a "magic song" in that the songwriting has a hit writing span of 56 years! That's pretty amazing if you think about it.
Note to self: Future versions of "6 Degrees of Carole Bayer Sager" will just have ONE middle/hidden recording artist with TWO hidden songwriters, one above, one below the recording artist in question. This should make for more intuitive game play and be more fun.
Thanks Craig, Steve, and whomever else was silently, patiently participating in this "trial" version (0.1).
And again BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Steve!
Mike
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/17/2301:26 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
Didn't CBS write "somebody's been lying".... a song the Carpenters sang?? That's why I chose her for B.......I knew the Kanye connection to her...and I think BB had a connection to KW
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Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
She absolutely did, only the song did not meet the condition of being a Top 20 (USA Billboard Chart) hit--if it was even released as a single, at all, whereas "Close To You" was a Top 20 hit. "Top 20" was important, in that it squeezed in CBS/Kanye West's "Ghost Town" which peaked at #16.
What is funny, I knew the other songs and the connections..I think the reason why it took so long, like me, you can know a song but not necessarily who wrote it...the permutations and combinations can be daunting...LOLOL
Steve
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
I need to address the Burt Bacharach connection to Kanye West in a separate post here.
Bacharach was SAMPLED on a popular Luther Vandross song off his first album "Never Give Up" --the song being "A House Is Not A Home" which was a Bacharach song.
It never occurred to me that songwriters get songwriting credit if a sample from a song they wrote on is used! Duh.........................................
Apparently Carole Bayer Sager actually wrote on the KY song "Ghost Town"...
But technically, Steve, your answer is correct, as "Slow Jamz" by Kanye West and Jamie Foxx was easily a Top 20 hit.
So then "Arthur's Theme" could be skipped and one could go from Bacharach directly to KY, making the puzzle much simpler.
So actually, you could have WON the game at the moment you made the connection between the two, and had the "proof" --WON because there were less connectors involved--but alas, "challenging the puzzle's author with an answer involving fewer connectors" was NOT a condition I layed forth, so....
Let's just say you actually WON the game at that moment, and the rest was moot!
Note to self:
Sampling culture makes this game more interesting, due to how older songwriter's are lifted onto the shoulders of newer artists. I will need to be more careful, making sure there is NOT a more simple elegant solution, and create a condition wheras if a game player comes up with a more simple elegant answer to the puzzle, they can CHALLENGE the puzzle and win immediately upon a successful challenge!
Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/17/2302:31 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice Fortune depends on the tone of your voice
-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon) from the song "Songs of Love" from the album "Casanova" (1996)
My bad, Mike, I see the original challenge said KW song made it into the top 20...ergo CBS
Steve
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
Mike...just make sure you don't go 7 deep....I'm 76 and I don't t think I'll have enough time....LOLOLOL
Steve
Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald
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