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• • Here are the answers for previous rounds of "Be Unique!"

• • And here's the category for the week of October 22^nd - October 26^th:

"Sing" a line of a Top 40, 1955-85 song in which someone's age in years is mentioned in the lyrics.

Three point responses: (No other player gave same answer)

"I love my baby, my baby loves me, Don't know how anybody can be as happy as we, She's only twenty and I'm twenty one, we never worry we're just having fun."
from "I Love My Baby (My Baby Loves Me)" by Jill Corey
submitted by Scoty

"She's just sixteen years old, leave her alone they said."
from "Into The Night" by Benny Mardones
submitted by Nalex

"September...I light the candles at your sweet sixteen."
from "Calendar Girl" by Neil Sedaka
submitted by Jackie0203

"My daddy left home when I was three and he didn't leave much to ma and me."
from "A Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash
submitted by BobbleSmitty

"He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison."
from "Coward of the County" by Kenny Rogers
submitted by Milmar

"When I was 21, it was a very good year."
from "It Was A Very Good Year" by Frank Sinatra
submitted by Nanawicki

"When I was, well, I just turned 23 and if you want to get a message to me, all you gotta do is listen to that good old rock and roll."
from "Good Old Rock 'n Roll" by Cat Mother and the All-Night Newsboys
submitted by ScorerScorchio

"You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine."
from "You're Sixteen" by Johnny Burnette, Ringo Starr
submitted by W33r

"And from the time I was only six years old I never forgot what I was told."
from "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang
submitted by ARE7

"He was sweet just turned eighteen, well she was good you know what I mean."
from "Summer Nights" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
submitted by Tmichel

"Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64."
from "When I'm Sixty-Four" by The Beatles
submitted by DevilWo

"Ritchie Valens, a young boy, just seventeen."
from "Three Stars" by Tommy Dee
submitted by Fourhbcaps

"She has been my only love, since she was thirteen."
from "White On White" by Danny Williams
submitted by KWENI

"I saw him dancing there by the record machine, I knew he must have been about seventeen."
from "I Love Rock 'n Roll" by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
submitted by Ladybug

"Make you jump, and make you roll. Ol' grandpa just make it 80 years old."
from "The Big Beat" by Fats Domino
submitted by Raynode

"Feelin' all of forty five goin' on fifteen."
from "W.O.L.D." by Harry Chapin
submitted by Robinlea

"By the time I was 10 years old I had a rock and roll band."
from "Keep On Singing" by Helen Reddy
submitted by Snads

"Killed him a bar when he was only three, Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier.."
from "Davy Crocket" by Bill Hayes, "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, Fess Parker and The Voices of Walter Schumann
submitted by Juju eyeballs

"Sixteen and oh what a dream."
from "Next Door To An Angel" by Neil Sedaka
submitted by RuthGee

"Married a guy, was living high, I didn't want him to know her, she had a grandson two years old that I never even showed her."
from "I'm Living In Shame" by Diana Ross and The Supremes
submitted by Loonatique

"When I was just a lad of ten my father said to me: 'Come here and take a lesson from the lovely Lemon Tree.'"
from "Lemon Tree" by Peter Paul and Mary or Trini Lopez
submitted by ChriselK

"You're eighteen you can do what you like. You'll be the queen of my highway, my motorcycle mama.."
from "Motorcycle Mama" by Sailcat
submitted by LWhiteDove

"Just seventeen, everything that you've seen, it's all there in her eyes, so many years of her poor mama's tears and her Daddy's sweet lies."
from "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass
submitted by Spnnrn

"I learned the truth at seventeen that love was meant for beauty queens."
from "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian
submitted by Baggyguy

Two point responses: (Two players gave same answer)

"Well she was just seventeen, you know what I mean".
from "I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles
submitted by Virve, Doc1

"I was sixteen, he was twenty-one, rode with us to Memphis, and papa woulda shot him if he knew what he'd done.."
from "Gypsies Tramps and Thieves" by Cher
submitted by SN0REFEST, Wellfm

"I was born one-thousand, nine-hundred, fifty-nine years ago."
from "The Mummy" by Bob McFadden and Dor
submitted by Hugybear, OldiesKing

"I was five and he was six, we rode on horses made of sticks."
from "Bang Bang" by Cher
submitted by MsTinTear, Aixa

"When he was twelve and I was ten, the boy next door used to take my toys away."
from "The Boy Next Door" by The Secrets
submitted by Ccrider, Pookie

"Yes I was just thirteen, you might say I was a musical proverbial knee-high."
from "Nashville Cats" by Lovin' Spoonful
submitted by ULTFAN, Gargoylemama

"In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26. In Vietnam he was nineteen."
from "19" by Paul Hardcastle
submitted by Tinkifer, Clete

"You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen."
from "Dancing Queen" by ABBA
submitted by SweetSexyEyes, LindyBeat

"And if we live to be a hundred years old, if you ever let that spring turn cold, then I wouldn't be doggone, hey! I'd be long gone."
from "I'll Be Doggone" by Marvin Gaye
submitted by MrJaded, RandyPNY

One point responses: (Three or more players gave same answer)

"In sixty five I was seventeen and running up one-o-one." and "In sixty-nine I was twenty-one and I called the road my own"
from "Running On Empty" by Jackson Browne
submitted by Trishabug, Raywiggs, Yankeedog

"Marie is only six years old, information please, try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee."
from "Memphis" by Chuck Berry, Johnny Rivers
submitted by CAK1946, Wborn, Profrock

"And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carrying the weight of the whole world on my shoulders."
from "Patches" by Clarence Carter
submitted by Marka, Recordlover, Wmbradspa

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This is where we stash links to our "Be Unique" categories and players' responses more than a week old! They are wonderful! Enjoy!

Week of October 15th to October 19th -- Song titles in the form of a question.

Week of October 8th to October 12th -- Lyrics about a type of boat or other vessel that travels on the water.

Week of October 1st to October 5th -- Song titles that contain a make or model of automobile.

Week of September 24th to September 28th-- Song titles at least three words in length, in which ALL the words in the title are in REVERSE alphabetical order.

Week of September 17th to September 21st-- Song titles at least three words in length, in which ALL the words in the title are in alphabetical order.

Week of September 10th to September 14th-- Song titles that are also movie titles.

Week of September 3rd to September 7th-- Song lyrics about school

Week of August 27th to August 31th-- Song titles containing "summer"

Week of August 20th to August 24th-- Psychedelic songs

Week of August 13th to August 17th-- Songs in which whistling is heard

Week of August 6th to August 10th-- Song titles containing the letter "X".

Week of July 30th to August 3rd-- Song titles consisting of six or more words.

Week of July 23rd to July 27th-- Song titles containing punctuation marks.

Week of July 16th to July 20th-- Song titles containing the word "Blue."

Week of July 9th to July 13th-- Songs with spoken introductions

Week of July 2nd to July 6th-- Songs about freedom

Week of June 25th to June 29th-- Songs about friendship

Week of June 18th to June 22nd-- Artists with notable dads or dads of notable children

Week of June 11th to June 15th-- Songs with a form of the word "cry" in their titles

Week of June 4th to June 8th-- Artists with first and last names that are both common first names.

Week of May 28th to June 1st-- Song lyrics containing the name of a famous, real person, living or dead.

Week of May 21st to May 25th-- Songs in which clapping is heard

Week of May 14th to May 18th-- Lyrics about mothers

Week of May 7th to May 11th -- on hiatus

Week of April 30th to May 4th-- Charting artists and groups that appeared in movies

Week of April 23rd to April 27th-- Song titles or artist names in the form of: " ______ , ______ , and ______ ."

Week of April 16th to April 20th-- Songs with baseball terms in their titles.

Week of April 9th to April 13th-- Street names mentioned in lyrics

Week of April 2nd to April 6th-- What do you see? (April Fool's game)

Week of March 26th to March 30th -- Songs in which you hear laughter

Week of March 19th to March 23rd -- OldiesFun players' nominations for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Week of March 12th to March 16th -- Artists with TOP 40 charting songs both as a solo artist and as a member of a group.

Week of March 5th to March 9th -- Songs about lovely weather

Week of February 26th to March 2nd -- Nonsense words in song titles

Week of February 19th to 23rd -- Song lyrics containing a form of the word "America."

Week of February 12th to 16th -- Songs titles containing a term of endearment.

Week of February 5th to 9th -- Songs titles containing a first and last name.

Week of January 29th to February 2nd -- Songs with the name of an NFL team within the title.

Week of January 22nd to 26th -- Songs with three letters or less in the title.

Week of January 15th to 19th -- "Doormat" songs where the sentiment is: "You treat me like dirt but I love you anyway."

Week of January 8st to 12th -- Artists with primarily non-musical, recurring TV roles

Week of January 1st to 5th -- Songs with specific years mentioned in lyrics or titles

Week of December 25th to 29th -- Sound effects and Put Down Songs

Please play this week's game! Here's how! Be Unique!