Street Names in Song Lyrics Trivia Quiz

Answer: Waitin' in School

"Waitin' in School" was a Rock-A-Billy song written by Johnny and Dorsey Burnette. The song was performed by Ricky in an episode of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" (1952-1966) titled "Picture in Rick's Notebook". The chorus went "Well, it's a-one, two, a-pull off my shoes, Three, four, get out on the floor, Five, six, come get your kicks down on the corner of Lincoln and a-Forty-Six".
"Waitin' in School" was Ricky's sixth Top Twenty US single. Later the same year he had his first Number One single with "Poor Little Fool".
"Be-Bop Baby" was a 1957 Number Three single for Ricky. "Stood Up" made it to Number Two in 1958 and Ricky's cover of Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" was a 1957 Number Four hit.

Answer: Colorado Boulevard

"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" was written by Don Altfeld along with Jan Berry and Roger Christian. The last lines of the chorus are "She drives real fast and she drives real hard she's the terror of Colorado Boulevard". The writers were inspired by a Dodge commercial starring Kathryn Minner as a little old lady who buys a Super Stock Dodge. In the song she races her Dodge with any takers.
In 1964 The Beach Boys recorded the song live and included it on their 1964 "Beach Boys Concert" album.
Thee Midniters had a single titled "Whittier Boulevard" in 1965. West Sunset Blvd and North Crescent Heights Blvd were referenced in the lyrics to the 1964 Jan and Dean hit "Dead Man's Curve".

Answer: Bobby Russell

"1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero" was a single from Bobby Russell's "Words, Music, Laughter and Tears" album. It was his first release to reach the US Top Forty. Bobby also composed several hits for other artists including "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" recorded by his wife at the time, Vicki Lawrence. "Honey" recorded by Bobby Goldsboro and "Little Green Apples" by O. C. Smith were both 1968 hit singles written by Russell. Elvis, Nancy Sinatra and Ray Stevens also recorded songs written by Russell. Bobby Russell was only 52 when he died of coronary artery disease in 1992. "Autumn of My Life" was a 1968 Top Forty single by Bobby Goldsboro. Glen Campbell reached Number 32 in 1968 with "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife". "Halfway to Paradise" by Bobby Vinton went to Number 23 the same year.

Answer: Strawberry Fields

"Strawberry Fields Forever" was written by John Lennon about his memories of a wooded garden at a Salvation Army children's home near his Liverpool residence. The song was originally recorded for the 1967 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" LP but was released as a single with "Penny Lane" on the flip side in February of 1967. "Strawberry Fields Forever" reached Number Eight in the US.
Lennon began composing the song while he was filming "How I Won the War" in 1966 with the working title of "It's Not Too Bad".
Also recorded during the "Sgt. Pepper" (1967) sessions, "Penny Lane" was about a Liverpool Street. Blue Jay Way is a street in Hollywood where George Harrison stayed in 1967. "Twelfth Street and Vine" is mentioned in The Beatles' recording of "Kansas City".

Answer: Night Moves

"Mainstreet" was the fourth single released from the "Night Moves" album. "Mainstreet" peaked at Number 24 in the US and topped the Canadian charts. "The Fire Down Below" from the same album was the flip side. Bob Seger wrote the song from his memories of a pool hall on Ann Street near Main Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. "Mainstreet" was included on the soundtrack of the 1981 film "American Pop".
"Night Moves" was Seger's ninth LP and featured the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section on four tracks. "Rock and Roll Never Forgets", "Come to Poppa" and "Mary Lou" were also popular cuts from the "Night Moves" album.
"Run with the Pack" was a 1976 Bad Company album. Lynyrd Skynyrd released "Gimme Back My Bullets" the same year and the Doobie Brothers released "Takin' It to the Streets" in 1976.

Answer: The Rolling Stones

"Time is on My Side" and "It's All Over Now" were single releases from the Rolling Stones' "12 X 5" album. The album reached Number Three on the US album charts and featured three songs written by by Jagger/Richards. "2120 South Michigan Avenue" was written by all the members of the group and credited to Nanker Phelge. The Rolling Stones recorded five of the "12 X 5" album cuts at Chess Records located at 2120 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
George Thorogood and the Destroyers released a version in 2011 on an album titled "2120 South Michigan Ave" that also features covers of other songs recorded at Chess Records.
In September of 1964 Manfred Mann released "The Manfred Mann Album". The Animals also released their eponymous debut album the same year and The Kinks released their first album in the US titled "You Really Got Me".

Answer: Harpers Bizarre

Harpers Bizarre was formed by members of The Tikis, a California based band with a sound similar to The Beatles. When Autumn Records decided to records a cover of "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" the label changed the named of the band to Harpers Bizarre and had Leon Russell arrange the lush vocal harmonies.

The song reached Number 13 and the group promptly recorded an album simply titled "Feelin' Groovy". They released four more albums between 1967 and 1976 featuring the intricate harmonies and covering some standards such as Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" and "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren. The Association released "Windy" in 1967. "Georgie Girl" was a 1967 single by The Seekers and The Tremeloes had a hit with "Silence is Golden".

Answer: Tenth

"Born to Run" was the third studio album from Bruce Springsteen. Although the single release of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" did not fare well on the charts at Number 83 it became a staple of album rock stations and popular with Springsteen fans. The song addresses the formation of The E Street Band.

Answer: The Orlons

Before adding Stephen Caldwell of The Romeos The Orlons were a female group called Audrey and the Teenettes. They began their singing career singing backup on early sixties singles such as Dee Dee Sharp's "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)" and "Mashed Potato Time".
In 1962 they released Dance genre hit "The Wah-Watusi" which went to Number Two in the US. They followed up the same year with the Number Four "Don't Hang Up" and "South Street" went to Number Three the following year. The three songs topped a million records sold and were the only Top Ten hits the group had. They released their last album, "Down Memory Lane" on the Cameo label in 1963.
"One Fine Day" was a 1962 hit by The Chiffons. "He's a Rebel" and "Uptown" were sixties hits by The Crystals. The Essex had a hit with "Easier Said Than Done" in 1963.

Answer: Beale

The chorus of "Walking in Memphis" begins with the lines "Then I'm walking in Memphis I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale". Beale Street is known for the many Blues artists who came from the area as well as the many Blues venues that were on the street over the past century. Marc Craig Cohn began his career as a demo artist and backing musician for several artists before releasing his debut eponymous album in 1991.

The single release "Walking in Memphis" was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal. Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash and David Crosby backed Cohn on his second album two years later titled "The Rainy Season".

He toured extensively for the next few years with Bonnie Raitt occasionally touring with him as a headliner.