# Topic Playlist! (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647 "2019-09-03T22:39:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5261 "2020-03-05T14:49:08Z")

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Songs with a flower in the title

1. The Rose - Bette Midler
2. Paper Roses - Marie Osmond

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5262 "2020-03-05T14:56:17Z")

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Songs with a flower in the title

1. The Rose - Bette Midler
2. Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
3. I’m a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch - Two Ton Baker

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5263 "2020-03-05T15:00:30Z")

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Songs with a flower in the title

1. The Rose - Bette Midler
2. Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
3. I’m a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch - Two Ton Baker
4. A Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5264 "2020-03-05T15:05:41Z")

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Songs with a flower in the title

1. The Rose - Bette Midler
2. Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
3. I’m a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch - Two Ton Baker
4. A Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk
5. Humble Daisy - XTC

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5265 "2020-03-05T15:12:41Z")

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Songs with a flower in the title

1. The Rose - Bette Midler
2. Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
3. I’m a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch - Two Ton Baker
4. A Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk
5. Humble Daisy - XTC
6. Tiptoe Through the Tulips - Tiny Tim

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5266 "2020-03-05T15:19:21Z")

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Songs with a flower in the title

1. The Rose - Bette Midler
2. Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
3. I’m a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch - Two Ton Baker
4. A Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk
5. Humble Daisy - XTC
6. Tiptoe Through the Tulips - Tiny Tim
7. (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5267 "2020-03-05T15:47:02Z")

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1. The Rose - Bette Midler
2. Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
3. I’m a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch - Two Ton Baker
4. A Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk
5. Humble Daisy - XTC
6. Tiptoe Through the Tulips - Tiny Tim
7. (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
8. A Rose And A Baby Ruth - Al Kooper

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5268 "2020-03-05T16:17:24Z")

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Songs with a flower in the title

1. The Rose - Bette Midler
2. Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
3. I’m a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch - Two Ton Baker
4. A Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk
5. Humble Daisy - XTC
6. Tiptoe Through the Tulips - Tiny Tim
7. (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
8. A Rose And A Baby Ruth - Al Kooper
9. Daffodil Lament - The Cranberries

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5269 "2020-03-05T16:52:46Z")

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Songs with a flower in the title

1. The Rose - Bette Midler
2. Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
3. I’m a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch - Two Ton Baker
4. A Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk
5. Humble Daisy - XTC
6. Tiptoe Through the Tulips - Tiny Tim
7. (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
8. A Rose And A Baby Ruth - Al Kooper
9. Daffodil Lament - The Cranberries
10. Honeysuckle Rose - Lena Horne

Pass

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5270 "2020-03-05T17:33:49Z")

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Singers (not groups or bands) who charted songs at least 25 years apart. If a song is a duet, that’s okay. Any chart (pop; top-40; Billboard; country, etc.) acceptable.

1. Billy Joe Royal - “Down in the Boondocks” (1965) and “If the Jukebox Took Teardrops” (1991): 26 years.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5271 "2020-03-05T18:45:32Z")

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Singers (not groups or bands) who charted songs at least 25 years apart. If a song is a duet, that’s okay. Any chart (pop; top-40; Billboard; country, etc.) acceptable.

1. Billy Joe Royal - “Down in the Boondocks” (1965) and “If the Jukebox Took Teardrops” (1991): 26 years.
2. Johnny Cash - “Come In Stranger” (1958) and “Hurt” (2003): 45 years.

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5272 "2020-03-05T21:39:41Z")

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Singers (not groups or bands) who charted songs at least 25 years apart. If a song is a duet, that’s okay. Any chart (pop; top-40; Billboard; country, etc.) acceptable.

1. Billy Joe Royal - “Down in the Boondocks” (1965) and “If the Jukebox Took Teardrops” (1991): 26 years.
2. Johnny Cash - “Come In Stranger” (1958) and “Hurt” (2003): 45 years
3. Cher - “All I Really Want To Do” (1965) and “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” (2018): 53 years

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5273 "2020-03-05T22:25:28Z")

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Singers (not groups or bands) who charted songs at least 25 years apart. If a song is a duet, that’s okay. Any chart (pop; top-40; Billboard; country, etc.) acceptable.

1. Billy Joe Royal - “Down in the Boondocks” (1965) and “If the Jukebox Took Teardrops” (1991): 26 years.
2. Johnny Cash - “Come In Stranger” (1958) and “Hurt” (2003): 45 years
3. Cher - “All I Really Want To Do” (1965) and “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” (2018): 53 years
4. Barbra Streisand - “People” (1964) and “Night of My Life” (2005): 41 years

And 61 others, between them.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5274 "2020-03-06T00:52:41Z")

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Singers (not groups or bands) who charted songs at least 25 years apart. If a song is a duet, that’s okay. Any chart (pop; top-40; Billboard; country, etc.) acceptable.

1. Billy Joe Royal - “Down in the Boondocks” (1965) and “If the Jukebox Took Teardrops” (1991): 26 years.
2. Johnny Cash - “Come In Stranger” (1958) and “Hurt” (2003): 45 years
3. Cher - “All I Really Want To Do” (1965) and “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” (2018): 53 years
4. Barbra Streisand - “People” (1964) and “Night of My Life” (2005): 41 years
5. Debbie Gibson - “Electric Youth” (1987) and “Girls Night Out” (2020): 33 years

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5275 "2020-03-06T01:02:34Z")

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Singers (not groups or bands) who charted songs at least 25 years apart. If a song is a duet, that’s okay. Any chart (pop; top-40; Billboard; country, etc.) acceptable.

1. Billy Joe Royal - “Down in the Boondocks” (1965) and “If the Jukebox Took Teardrops” (1991): 26 years.
2. Johnny Cash - “Come In Stranger” (1958) and “Hurt” (2003): 45 years
3. Cher - “All I Really Want To Do” (1965) and “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” (2018): 53 years
4. Barbra Streisand - “People” (1964) and “Night of My Life” (2005): 41 years
5. Debbie Gibson - “Electric Youth” (1987) and “Girls Night Out” (2020): 33 years
6. Roy Orbison - “Only the Lonely” (1960) and “You Got It” (1989)

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5276 "2020-03-06T01:12:14Z")

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Singers (not groups or bands) who charted songs at least 25 years apart. If a song is a duet, that’s okay. Any chart (pop; top-40; Billboard; country, etc.) acceptable.

1. Billy Joe Royal - “Down in the Boondocks” (1965) and “If the Jukebox Took Teardrops” (1991): 26 years.
2. Johnny Cash - “Come In Stranger” (1958) and “Hurt” (2003): 45 years
3. Cher - “All I Really Want To Do” (1965) and “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” (2018): 53 years
4. Barbra Streisand - “People” (1964) and “Night of My Life” (2005): 41 years
5. Debbie Gibson - “Electric Youth” (1987) and “Girls Night Out” (2020): 33 years
6. Roy Orbison - “Only the Lonely” (1960) and “You Got It” (1989): 29 years
7. Frank Sinatra - “It’s Funny To Everyone But Me” (1939) and “Theme From _New York, New York_” (1980): 41 years

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5277 "2020-03-06T02:42:05Z")

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Singers (not groups or bands) who charted songs at least 25 years apart. If a song is a duet, that’s okay. Any chart (pop; top-40; Billboard; country, etc.) acceptable.

1. Billy Joe Royal - “Down in the Boondocks” (1965) and “If the Jukebox Took Teardrops” (1991): 26 years.
2. Johnny Cash - “Come In Stranger” (1958) and “Hurt” (2003): 45 years
3. Cher - “All I Really Want To Do” (1965) and “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” (2018): 53 years
4. Barbra Streisand - “People” (1964) and “Night of My Life” (2005): 41 years
5. Debbie Gibson - “Electric Youth” (1987) and “Girls Night Out” (2020): 33 years
6. Roy Orbison - “Only the Lonely” (1960) and “You Got It” (1989): 29 years
7. Frank Sinatra - “It’s Funny To Everyone But Me” (1939) and “Theme From New York, New York” (1980): 41 years
8. Willie Nelson - “No Place For Me” (1957) and “Vote 'Em Out” (2019): 62 years

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5278 "2020-03-06T03:53:43Z")

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Singers (not groups or bands) who charted songs at least 25 years apart. If a song is a duet, that’s okay. Any chart (pop; top-40; Billboard; country, etc.) acceptable.

1. Billy Joe Royal - “Down in the Boondocks” (1965) and “If the Jukebox Took Teardrops” (1991): 26 years.
2. Johnny Cash - “Come In Stranger” (1958) and “Hurt” (2003): 45 years
3. Cher - “All I Really Want To Do” (1965) and “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” (2018): 53 years
4. Barbra Streisand - “People” (1964) and “Night of My Life” (2005): 41 years
5. Debbie Gibson - “Electric Youth” (1987) and “Girls Night Out” (2020): 33 years
6. Roy Orbison - “Only the Lonely” (1960) and “You Got It” (1989): 29 years
7. Frank Sinatra - “It’s Funny To Everyone But Me” (1939) and “Theme From New York, New York” (1980): 41 years
8. Willie Nelson - “No Place For Me” (1957) and “Vote 'Em Out” (2019): 62 years
9. Conway Twitty - “It’s Only Make Believe” (1958) and “She’s Got a Single Thing in Mind” (1989): 31 years

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5279 "2020-03-06T04:15:09Z")

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Singers (not groups or bands) who charted songs at least 25 years apart. If a song is a duet, that’s okay. Any chart (pop; top-40; Billboard; country, etc.) acceptable.

1. Billy Joe Royal - “Down in the Boondocks” (1965) and “If the Jukebox Took Teardrops” (1991): 26 years.
2. Johnny Cash - “Come In Stranger” (1958) and “Hurt” (2003): 45 years
3. Cher - “All I Really Want To Do” (1965) and “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” (2018): 53 years
4. Barbra Streisand - “People” (1964) and “Night of My Life” (2005): 41 years
5. Debbie Gibson - “Electric Youth” (1987) and “Girls Night Out” (2020): 33 years
6. Roy Orbison - “Only the Lonely” (1960) and “You Got It” (1989): 29 years
7. Frank Sinatra - “It’s Funny To Everyone But Me” (1939) and “Theme From New York, New York” (1980): 41 years
8. Willie Nelson - “No Place For Me” (1957) and “Vote 'Em Out” (2019): 62 years
9. Conway Twitty - “It’s Only Make Believe” (1958) and “She’s Got a Single Thing in Mind” (1989): 31 years
10. Aretha Franklin - “Respect” (1967) and “A Rose Is Still a Rose” (1998): 31 years

Title has a repeated word

1. Cool, Cool Water - Beach Boys

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5280 "2020-03-06T04:28:39Z")

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Title has a repeated word

1. Cool, Cool Water - Beach Boys
2. Mony Mony - Tommy James and the Shondells

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