Rock and Roll's Top Ten Tribute Songs

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1. Jimmy Rodgers sang the song that is #10 on the ISLA Top 10 Tribute Song list. The song chronicles a relationship from the time the songwriter was "a young man and never been kissed" to the twilight of his life when he is "old and ready to go". The song celebrates the thing that made his courtship and marriage so profoundly satisfying. What is it that makes the songwriter proclaim, "had a lot of kids, a lot of trouble and pain, but then, whoops oh lordy, well I'd do it all again"? (The phrase is also the title of the song.) Pretty Blue Eyes The Look of Love That Certain Smile Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

2. The composer and singer of #9 on the ISLA Top 10 tribute songs achieved instant stardom in 1957 with his plea to an older teenage girl. The song includes the following lines: "You and I will be as free As the birds up in the trees." To whom is the song addressed? (The name is also the title of the song.) Denise Diana Shelia Barbara Ann

3. In our #8 song, "You Send Me", Sam Cooke not only paid eloquent homage to his girl in that satin voice of his, but he also mentioned a word that once worked a special sort of magic on many women. Sam croons: "At first I though it was infatuation "But, ooh, it's lasted so long Now I find myself wanting…" What is it that Sam Cooke finds himself wanting to do? To hold her, squeeze her and love her To marry her and take her home To tell her she's his To caress her waiting finger tips

4. A consummate musician performed Number 7 on the ISLA list of tribute songs. In 1950 Nat King Cole described a woman "so like the lady with the mystic smile". He plaintively asks , "Are you warm are you real _________ or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?" Which name belongs in the blank? (It is also the name of this song.) Venus Mona Lisa Greta Garbo Little Eva

5. The #6 place on the ISLA tribute song lists belongs to a 1962 Johnny Mathis song. Johnny paid homage to his new love by saying: "Look at you, look at you. So warm, so sweet so shy. Look at you, oh look at you I can't believe that I'm such a lucky guy." What was the name of the girl to whom Johnny sang this song? (The name of the girl is also the name of the song.) Molly Gina Mary Lisa

6. An Elvis Presley recording has nabbed 5th place on the ISLA all time tribute song list. In 1957, Elvis Presley recorded a song that accurately and expressively conveyed the effects of the mouth-drying hormonal surge that a male adolescent may experience on actual physical contact with the opposite sex. The young King asks: "A well I bless my soul What's wrong with me? I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug I'm in love I'm ________." What three words belong in the blank, which are also the title of the song? Answer: (Three words)

7. Were you a well-groomed teenage boy in the early 1960s, the kind given to wearing pullover sweaters with turtleneck t-shirts underneath and neatly pressed slacks? Then ISLA's #4 top tribute song, "The Way You Look Tonight", was your type of long song. Performed in three-part harmony by the Lettermen in a 1961 release, "The Way You Look Tonight" describes the laugh that "wrinkles her nose". The object of desire is described as being lovely, with a warm smile. What variety of physical contact is described in the song? Hand holding None Cuddling Kissing

8. The Insipid Song Lovers Association is proud to award the third position in its all time list of tribute songs to a courageous song that Lloyd Price performed in 1959. Lloyd Price does not tell us whether the love of his life had a winsome or mysterious smile, whether her appearance was stunning, whether she kissed like a volcano, whether her motion was poetic or even whether she had pretty blues, wore blue jeans or lived next door. Eschewing the superficial, with what did Lloyd Price say his girl walked, talked, smiled, charmed and loved? Personality Heart Soul Audacity

9. The second place on ISLA's top tributes list goes to a song that Neil Sedaka wrote and Jimmy Clanton performed. In ISLA's opinion, this tune is the consummate leader in one of the most important genres of the pre-Beatle rock era: the girl-next-door song. Keywords such as "seventeen", "next door" or "ponytail" often signal inclusion in this subcategory. Use of several rock and roll clichés is also mandatory. In this song our "Mona Lisa with a ponytail" is a "walking talking work of art". The songwriter informs us, "she's the girl who stole my heart". What important article of clothing does this "teenage goddess from above" wear? Blue Jeans A Blue dress Bobby sox A Mini skirt

10. When it came to picking ISLA's number one tribute song, we were "as helpless as a kitten up a tree." Every time we play the record "a thousand violins begin to play" and our vision hazes over. Yes, I'm "leading you on" a bit, but I'll bet "its just what you want me to do". So, unless you're "hopelessly lost", select the name of the winning song. Calendar Girl Pretty Blue Eyes Misty That Certain Smile