Dorothy - B&W Girl
Welcome to
Black & White World
...sister series to
Call Girls
Who needs color?...
when the world looks so much better in black and white?
Haven't you heard... that The Bird is the word?
...and that black & white's the hot new trend?
It's the latest and the greatest, best thing since canned grapefruit!
So get with the program and join the fun!
Keep pace with the changing times. Learn how to use a typewriter.
You don't wanna get left behind, bunky.
LikeCall Girls, ourBlack & White Worldis a Brain Buster
quiz that tests your music I.Q. and challenges you to
Each volume of the series presents threeB&W Girls.
The girls have three mystery songs to play for you,
but first you need to guess the correct titles.
Patricia "Pat" Crowley
You can get clues about the song titles by examining the old B&W images
the girls show you and by reading the descriptions and lyrics they provide.
Most of the songs are from the 50s and 60s, but occasionally
the old pictures will be used to introduce newer songs.
We call them Jarring Juxtapositions. (See what I did there?)
Riddle: What's black and white and read all over?
This great newShady's Place series. Get it? Here we go!
If you're working at the office, drop what you're doing.
Shady's Brain Buster is much more important.
Time to put your noggin to the test, so put on your thinking cap.
Think! Think! Think! After all...
... a headache's better than the shame and
embarrassment of the dreaded dunce cap!
SONG #1
Carolyn- B&W Girl
Hi, I'm B&W Girl Carolyn! The secret song I'm set to play is a top 5 hit
by Simon And Garfunkel First released as a single in 1969, it is also
one of the songs on the duo's albumBridgeOver TroubledWater
released the following year. Written by Paul Simon, the song
is a first-person lament about the struggle to overcome
loneliness and poverty in New York. Lyrics include:
I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
The pictures above and below are the only additional clues you'll need to...
NAME THAT TUNE!
MYSTERYSONG #1
CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE!
SONG #2
Rita- B&W Girl
I'm B&W Girl Rita. See how easy it is to play Name That Tune with us?
The song I'm going to play for you is all about goddess worship.
Debbie Reynolds
To set the mood, I am showing you pictures of
stunning Hollywood actresses of yesteryear.
Millions of men worshipped and adored them...
... and millions of women envied them.
Their faces appeared on the covers of countless celebrity fan magazines.
Teresa Wright
The song I am challenging you to name is
arguably the granddaddy of all doo-wop songs.
If you know your oldies, a big clue is the fact that
the ditty was originally recorded by The Penguins.
Waxed in the summer of 1954 and released at Halloween, the single
by the doo-wop vocal group topped the R&B chart in early 1955.
It is noteworthy for being one of the earliest rhythm & blues records
to cross over and become a major hit on the pop chart as well.
Dorothy Dandridge
The song has been covered by several other artists including
Jacksonville country pop crooner Johnny Tillotson.
Johnny's single, the one you are about to hear, was
released in March, 1960, as the A side of a single.
On the B side was Johnny's cover of another 1955 ballad,
"Pledging My Love," a posthumous hit for Johnny Ace,
the singer who shot himself playing Russian Roulette.
Maureen O'Sullivan
The syrupy, highly romanticized song by The Penguins extols
the virtues of a perfect woman and puts her on a pedestal.
As you continue to gaze at these beauties of the 1930s, 40s and 50s..
Your final clues can be found in the song's lyrics:
I fell for you, and I knew
The vision of your love-loveliness
I hope and I pray, that some day
I'll be the vision of your hap-happiness
By means of his poetic pleas... the boy in the song
hopes to win the heart and hand of the girl he idolizes.
Please be mine
Joan Leslie
My darling dear, love you all the time
I'm just a fool, a fool in love with you
Gale Storm
NAME THAT TUNE!
When you've got the answer, click on the image of Gale Storm
below to make sure you're right and listen to the song.
MYSTERYSONG #2
CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE!
SONG #3
Georgia- B&W Girl
Hi, I'm B&WGirlGeorgia! Song #3 is a schoolgirl song.
Check out these pictures while I supply clues.
There are at least three great recorded versions of this rock & roll song.
It was penned and first waxed in 1957 by R&B and
R&R singer, songwriter and pianist Larry Williams.
Larry's version, released on a single in 1958, failed to reach
the chart, but has stood the test of time as a genre classic.
The Twin Cities-based blues rock band Crow did a fine job
covering the song on a single released in 1970, but the
record merely Bubbled Under the Hot 100.
The most famous and successful cover is the one
I am about to play for you by The Beatles.
Released in 1964 on the B side of "Matchbox," the Beatles'
Larry Williams cover reached #25 on the U.S. chart.
Your final clues can be found in the song's lyrics.
Well, come on pretty baby,
won't you walk with me?
Come on, pretty baby,
won't you talk with me?
Come on pretty baby,
give me one more chance
Try to save our romance
Well, I used to walk you home,
baby, after school
Carry your books home, too
But now you got a boyfriend
down the street
Baby, whatcha tryin' to do?
Baby, now you're movin' way too fast
You gotta give me little lovin'
Give me little lovin'
Aw!If you want our love to last
NAME THAT TUNE!
If you think you know the song, click on the picture
below of the schoolgirl doing her homework.
MYSTERYSONG #3
CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE!
Okay, let's check the score and see how well you did in our little game of
ALL 3 SONGS CORRECT?
The sweet smell of success!
You'reB&W Worldchampion!
2 SONGS CORRECT?
Neato! You're a rising star
on the music trivia horizon!
1 SONG CORRECT?
Not great... but don't feel too badly.
C or D on a quizis still a passing grade.
0 SONGS CORRECT?
ZERO???
Oy vey!
I can't bear to look!
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a string around your finger
to remind yourself to be here for the next edition of
Black & White World
starring your Hostesses With the Mostesses...
Black & White Girls.
It's anotherShady's Placeexclusive. Bye-bye!
Teresa Wright
