It's Cars! It's Songs! It's a Cars 'n Songs Puzzle! Solved by the Big 3!

[Otto Puzzell]

Correct again. The easy ones (it became easy when pnegyesi ID'd the artists) are going fast!

[Tom_I]

OK then, I'll ID another artist myself. 

Artist 13 is blues and jazz singer Virginia Liston. I'm guessing she links with Song 1, "Rolls Royce Papa" from 1926.

[Ray B.]

Another match for Merrill Moore (Artist 9): Car/Song 9, Hardtop Race.

[Otto Puzzell]

OK then, I'll ID another artist myself. 

Artist 13 is blues and jazz singer Virginia Liston. I'm guessing she links with Song 1, "Rolls Royce Papa" from 1926.

Correct!

[Otto Puzzell]

Another match for Merrill Moore (Artist 9): Car/Song 9, Hardtop Race.

Correct!

[knightfan26917]

Holy cow ... what an awesome puzzle!

Sadly, though, the only one I would've been able to get was David H and Jump In My Car.....course, that was a rather obvious one....lol.

The rest ... no clue.  I have a few hunches, but given that it appears the general timeframe is a bit older than I am ... I have a feeling I'm very much wrong.  So, I will just sit back and enjoy watching this puzzle play out.....  BUT ... this type of puzzle could "spin" a NUMBER of similar ones ... the possibilities are endless ... and I'm just thinking of all the songs I know from my musical interests....lol.



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[Tom_I]

Just found another possible song for the Happiness Boys (Artist 6).

It's another one about the Ford Model T being superseded by the Model A, a 1928 song "Poor Lizzie" (what'll become of you, now that your sister is here?) - Song 2.

[Ray B.]

Tom, your song identification is obviously much better than mine.

[Otto Puzzell]

Just found another possible song for the Happiness Boys (Artist 6).

It's another one about the Ford Model T being superseded by the Model A, a 1928 song "Poor Lizzie" (what'll become of you, now that your sister is here?) - Song 2.

Correct!

[Otto Puzzell]

OK - the easier examples are falling by the wayside. Another minor hint that might help you zero-in on some additional solutions: As a general rule of thumb, I've included cars that would have been available when the songs were recorded.

[Otto Puzzell]

OK - the easier examples are falling by the wayside. Another minor hint that might help you zero-in on some additional solutions: As a general rule of thumb, I've included cars that would have been available when the songs were recorded.

For instance, the aforementioned Oldsmobile could not be the subject of "In My Merry Oldsmobile?

And how many songs can there be about that race car (#6)?

[ImpishGrin]

Hmm... Car 6 is Lotus 23, so it will be the song "Lotus 23" by The Revels. But which artist is that... maybe #4?

[Otto Puzzell]

It's a Lotus all right.

Wrong song and artist.

[Ray B.]

Artist No5 is the Southern Culture on the Skids

Is the picture distorted, or is it a group of coneheads?

[Otto Puzzell]

Not necessarily an either/or situation.

[Ray B.]

Artists  #12 could be a Mexican-American band. What about The Premiers?

[Otto Puzzell]

Your eyes don't deceive, but that's not The Premiers.

[Otto Puzzell]

Artist No5 is the Southern Culture on the Skids

Is the picture distorted, or is it a group of coneheads?

OK - that pic was scanned from a CD jacket. I've replaced it with a copy of the original photo from which the jacket was taken. The bearded gent, and the oddly-attractive redhead, still seem a bit elongated, especially in contrast to the third guy in the shot, who has a head shaped like a melon. 

[Ray B.]

O.K. They (Artists N°12) are The Romancers (The Father of 60s East L.A. Bands), and I guess they go with CarTunesSong N° 3 She Took My Oldsmobile.

[Ray B.]

Luke McDaniel (Artist N°8) could be matched with the Studebaker (Song N°11), through "The Automobile song" (1954), in which he mentions its "big red wheels". But he also says "Fluid Drive (which is Chrysler's) and "souped up engine", hardly conceivable with a Studebaker of that period....

...or through "Go Ahead, Baby"  where he sings "you're mama is looking and your daddy's at the door. Go ahead and kiss me 'cause I can't wait no more". I can imagine the situation.

[Otto Puzzell]

If we're going to examine the lyrics of each song for patent and copyright compliance, I'm shutting this puzzle down right now. 

These songs were not written and performed by automotive engineers or historian. They usually apply the vernacular of their time and location. "Fluid drive" can be used interchangeably with "slush-box" as a generic term for an automatic transmission. Studebaker offered their first automatic in 1950.

And most any car can be "hopped up", by the factory or (usually) by the owner.

So, you can emulate an attorney and let somebody else snarf the point, or you can accept the connection, and accept this puzzle as a game, and add to your already formidable total. The choice is yours 

[Ray B.]

If we're going to examine the lyrics of each song for patent and copyright compliance, I'm shutting this puzzle down right now. 

These songs were not written and performed by automotive engineers or historian. They usually apply the vernacular of their time and location. "Fluid drive" can be used interchangeably with "slush-box" as a generic term for an automatic transmission. Studebaker offered their first automatic in 1950.

And most any car can be "hopped up", by the factory or (usually) by the owner.

So, you can emulate an attorney and let somebody else snarf the point, or you can accept the connection, and accept this puzzle as a game, and add to your already formidable total. The choice is yours 

Did you take me seriously? I was merely thinking out loud and listening to me making up my mind.
Let's take risks.The fact is, I often like best the "poetic" connections like the one I suggest with "Go ahead, baby". He's come to take his date to the drive-in and he hushes her to step in so that they can drive away from her parents.

If I'm wrong, I'll propose the other. one. Now what about The Romancers? I didn't beat around the bush for that one.

[Otto Puzzell]

You saw the smilies, yes?

So, both of these are correct:

O.K. They (Artists N°12) are The Romancers (The Father of 60s East L.A. Bands), and I guess they go with CarTunesSong N° 3 She Took My Oldsmobile.

Luke McDaniel (Artist N°8) could be matched with the Studebaker (Song N°11), through "The Automobile song"

...and you're now getting into the level of detective work required to crack the mysteries at tough end of this puzzle.

[Tom_I]

Just stumbled across another one!

I know very little about him, but Artist 7 is Johnny Fortune, and I think the link is with Song 13, his 1963 instrumental single "Dragster".

[Ray B.]

Hats off, Tom.
I see that he's in a place that I usually search for those piuzzles, but it takes kots of time and I got lazy.