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• • The "Be Unique" category for the week of March 4-8, 2002:

"Sing" a lyric from a Top 40, 1955-85 song which includes a U.S. city.

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

"Early morning, April 4, shot rings out in the Memphis sky."
from "Pride (in the Name of Love)" by U2
submitted by Spnnrn

"Well it's Saturday night so let's have a party, hey Jean. (Hey Jean, you know what I mean.) Let's get together and break out the record machine."
(Jean, Nevada)
from "Hey Jean, Hey Dean" by Dean and Jean
submitted by ARE7

"Making love in the green grass."
(Green, Kansas)
from "Brown-Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison
submitted by MsTinTear

"It was down in Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana in them old Cotton Fields back home."
from "Cotton Fields" by The Highwaymen
submitted by Wmbradspa

"It's really somethin' when the joint is jumpin' when they play the Bristol Stomp."
(Bristol, Pennsylvania; Bristol, Rhode Island)
from "The Bristol Stomp" by The Dovells
submitted by LindyBeat

"And everybodys sayin' that theres nobody meaner than the little old lady from Pasadena."
from "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" by Jan and Dean
submitted by Kvackerman

"I love you so, please don't go, please stay here with me in Mendocino."
from "Mendocino" by Sir Douglas Quintet
submitted by RocN60s

"Virgil Kane is my name,and I served on the Danville train."
from "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by Joan Baez
submitted by Yankeedog

"In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed."
from "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot
submitted by Snads73

"Charleston was once the rage, uh huh. History has turned the page, uh huh.."
from "The Beat Goes On" by Sonny and Cher
submitted by Milmar

"I had me a girl in Waycross, Georgia."
from "Miller's Cave" by Bobby Bare
submitted by WDone4it

"Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin'."
from "Galveston" by Glen Campbell
submitted by Raywiggs

"I went from Phoenix, Arizona, all the way to Tacoma, Philidelphia, Atlanta, L.A."
from "Rock'n Me" by The Steve Miller Band
submitted by Applescruffie

"Atlanta G A,what a swingin' city."
from "Ride Your Pony" by Lee Dorsey
submitted by W33r

"He heard of Houston an' Austin so to the Texas plains he jest had to go."
from "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett" by Bill Hayes
submitted by Nanawicki

"Well, go on down to Jackson, go ahead and wreck your health."
from "Jackson" by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
submitted by Doc1

"And I split for Memphis where they all say, them swinging cats are having a ball."
from "All American Boy" by Bobby Bare
submitted by CAK

"Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won."
from "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon
submitted by SweetSexyEyes

"Help me information, get in touch with my Marie. She's the only one who'd call me here from Memphis Tennessee."
from "Memphis" by Johnny Rivers
submitted by DevilWo

"Picked up a boy just south of Mobile."
from "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" by Cher
submitted by Tmichel

"She dances to The Stroll, she dances to The Walk, she can rock and roll my Tallahassie lassie."
from "Tallahassie Lassie" by Freddy Cannon
submitted by Redcoat

"DC, San Antone, and the Liberty Town, Boston, and Baton Rouge, Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, too."
from "The Heart Of Rock and Roll" by Huey Lewis and the News
submitted by AlburS

"Flyin' me back to Memphis, honey keep the oven warm."
from "Daisy Jane" by America
submitted by Raheinis

"Third boxcar midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine."
from "King Of The Road" by Roger Miller
submitted by Tinklphone

"Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit, he took the midnight train goin' anywhere."
from "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey
submitted by Ladybug

"Engine, engine number nine, comin' down the railroad line, I know she got on in Baltimore."
from "Engine Engine Number 9" by Roger Miller
submitted by ScorerScorchio

"And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo."
from "Ode To Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
submitted by Aixa

"We had to sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea."
from "Sink The Bismarck" by Johnny Horton
submitted by Shoelessjoe

"And my number is Beechwood 4 5789, you can call me up and have a date any old time.."
(Beechwood, Michigan)
from "Beechwood 4-5789" by The Marvelettes
submitted by Suitejdybleyes

"Bend me, shape me, any way you want me."
(Bend, Oregon)
from "Bend Me, Shape Me" by The American Breed
submitted by Wellfm

"Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there."
(Indiana, Pennsylvania)
from "Indiana Wants Me" by R. Dean Taylor
submitted by MsFangless

"She got a-ruby lips, she got shapely hips, yeah. Boy she makes ole Roy-oy flip."
(Ruby, Alaska)
from "Mean Woman Blues" by Roy Orbison
submitted by Chrisel K

"Livin' on Tulsa time."
from "Tulsa Time" by Eric Clapton
submitted by Trishabug

"God didn't make little green apples, and it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime."
from "Little Green Apples" by O.C. Smith
submitted by KeyKeyw

"Please come to Denver with the snowfall, we'll move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found."
from "Please Come To Boston" by Dave Loggins
submitted by Catscradler

"Every night on the streets of Hollywood, pretty girls come to give you something good."
from "I'm Alive" by Neil Diamond
submitted by RandyPNY

"Augusta Georgia is just no place to be."
from "An American Dream" by The Dirt Band
submitted by Recordlover

"She's my Honolulu LuLu, queen of the surfer girls."
from "Honolulu Lulu" by Jan and Dean
submitted by Rosanna

"Won't you please come to Chicago."
from "Chicago" by Graham Nash
submitted by LBA

"Last night I took a walk after dark, a swingin place called Palisades Park."
(Palisades Park, New Jersey)
from "Palisades Park" by Freddy Cannon
submitted by Ani

"One day up near Salinas, lord, I let him slip away."
from "Me and Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin
submitted by Baggyguy

"Hammer of the Gods will drive our ships to new lands, to fight the horde, and sing and cry "Valhalla, I am coming."
(Valhalla, New York) from "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin
submitted by Clete

"Pottstown , Phoenixville, Reading High."
(Reading, Pennsyvlania, New York) from "High School USA" by Tommy Facenda
submitted by Hugybear

"Now the first of December was covered with snow and so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston."
from "Sweet Baby James" by James Taylor
submitted by Gargoylemama

"Big L.A., the lights of the city put settling down in my brain."
from "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" by Lobo
submitted by Bruce Hawks

"And the Wichita lineman is still on the line."
from "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell
submitted by LabLuvr

"Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis."
from "Proud Mary" by Ike and Tina Turner
submitted by VincentJames

"He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston."
from "M.T.A." by The Kingston Trio
submitted by Ccrider

"I was born in Little Rock, had a childhood sweetheart."
from "I Was Made To Love Her" by Stevie Wonder
submitted by Macman Bob

"Start spreadin the news, I'm leavin today, I want to be part of it, New York, New York."
from "Theme From 'New York New York'" by Frank Sinatra
submitted by OldiesKing

Two point responses: (Two players gave same answer)

"It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished them well, you could see that Pierre did truly love the madamoiselle." and "It was there that Pierre was married to the lovely mademoiselle, 'C'est la vie', say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell."
from "You Never Can Tell" by Chuck Berry
submitted by Scoty, Pookie

"There is a house in New Orleans they call The Rising Sun."
from "The House Of The Rising Sun" by The Animals
submitted by Wborn, BobbleSmitty

"Heading up to San Francisco, for the Labor Day weekend show."
from "Come Monday" by Jimmy Buffett
submitted by KWENI, Nalex

"Cause I love that dirty water, oh Boston you're my home."
from "Dirty Water" by The Standells
submitted by Shark, Profrock

"We took a little bacon and we took a little beans and we crossed the muddy river in the town of New Orleans."
from "The Battle Of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton
submitted by TerryT, Turbinatt

"So I drifted down to New Orleans, where I happened to be employed. Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat, right outside of Delacroix."
from "Tangled Up In Blue" by Bob Dylan
submitted by Jackie0203, MrJaded

"They're kissin' in Cleveland, Kansas City too."
from "Kissin' Time" by Bobby Rydell
submitted by Badboybacky, Mistermusic

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

None!
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