ebm@ucbingres.ARPA (Grady Toss) (08/06/85)
Thanks to all who participated... Here's the scores and the answers. The Stumper: #32. Don Charles and The Singing Dogs. Who could forget their barking renditions of ``Jingle Bells'' and ``Oh Susanna'' ?! NBB#2 will most likely appear soon. ... gt #1 Maynard G. Krebbs Fan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Perfect Score: 56 (54) rob%ct.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (Rob Spray/George Gimarc) 54 right, 1 wrong, 1 blank (50) ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!r032 (Sam Rebelsky - SamR) 50 right, 1 wrong, 5 blank (49) pur-ee!pucc-j!rsk (Rich "Wombat" Kulawiec) 49 right, 3 wrong, 4 blank (47) allynh@BERKELEY (Allyn Hardyck) 47 right, 1 wrong, 8 blank (44) hofmann@AMSAA.ARPA (Mr Mu/cmag/cunni/wpclay) 44 right, 1 wrong, 11 blank (44) ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr (Rich Rosen) 43 right, 1 he-says-so, 1 wrong, 12 blank (39) knight%nmt.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (Bob Knight) 38 right, 2 reversed (.5 each), 3 wrong, 13 blank (37) vax135!petsd!petfe!evan (--Evan Marcus) 37 right, 2 wrong, 17 blank (30) hplabs!hpfcla!hpfclo!rjs (Bob Schneider) 30 right, 4 wrong, 22 blank (29) dual!mordor!seismo!rlgvax!toml (Tom Love) 29 right, 5 wrong, 22 blank ------------------------------- Answers -------------------------------- 1. roky erickson and the aliens 2. james brown and the (famous) flames 3. buddy holly and the crickets 4. joey dee and the starlighters 5. smokey robinson and the miracles 6. ian dury and the blockheads; ... and the music students (Allyn Hardyck) 7. dion and the belmonts 8. tex and the horseheads; ... and the saddletramps (Rob Spray) 9. gene vincent and the bluecaps 10. gary lewis and the playboys 11. tommy james and the shondells 12. cliff richard and the shadows; ... and the persuasions (Rich Rosen) 13. adam and the ants 14. elvis costello and the attractions 15. alvin and the chipmunks 16. eddie and the hot rods; ... and the cruisers [fictional, but...] 17. max frost and the troopers 18. gerry the the pacemakers 19. holly and the italians 20. kenny and kasuals; ... and the kadets 21. robin lane and the chartbusters 22. jonathan richman and the modern lovers 23. mitch ryder and the detroit wheels 24. roy loney and the phantom movers 25. eric burdon and the animals 26. pearl harbour and the explosions 27. martha and the vandellas; ... and the muffins 28. mouse and the traps 29. pauline murray and the invisible girls 30. gary myrick and the figures 31. george thorogood and the (delaware) destroyers 32. don charles and the singing dogs 33. cookie and the cupcakes 34. little anthony and the imperials 35. ? and the mysterians 36. paul revere and the raiders 37. rosie and the originals 38. sam the sham and the pharohs 39. bob marley and the wailers 40. gladys knight and the pips 41. derek and the dominoes 42. southside johnny and the (asbury) jukes 43. davy allen and the arrows 44. jason and the (nashville) scorchers 45. katrina and the waves 46. richard hell and the voidoids Part 2: X and {the|his} Y -------------------------- 47. commander cody and his lost planet airmen 48. kenny rodgers and the first edition 49. grandmaster flash and the furious five 50. bonnie hayes and the wild combo 51. echo and the bunnymen 52. bruce springsteen and the e-street band 53. little steven and the disciples (of soul) 54. john cafferty and the beaver brown band 55. country joe and the fish 56. eric burdon and war