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

[pnegyesi]

Was it played at the races at the time?

[Otto Puzzell]

i suppose it could have, but doubtful. It more of a tongue-in-cheek paean to NASCAR.

Last clue on this one - I suspect you are all trying to hard, over-thinking, and overlooking an exceedingly simple route to the solution to this last pairing.

[pnegyesi]

Steve Goodie?

[Otto Puzzell]

No

[Otto Puzzell]

All of the constituent components of the song title have already been established, though not combined...

D'oh! You tricked me into providing another clue.

[Tom_I]

Found it at last!

I didn't miss Otto's clue in the preamble, the one that said "The answers are all available to the general public (except maybe in China)", and guessed that Youtube would provide at least one of the answers.

So Song #7 is "NASCAR Song", or alternatively called "Race Car Song", and Artist #10 is Shinji Hamada.

Check out the video on Youtube. It's, err, well decide for yourself.

[Otto Puzzell]

Excellent! now the puzzle is complete.  

Time to tally the points:

Artist / ID'd by:
Virginia Liston / Tom_I
Happiness Boys / Ray B.
The Romancers / Ray B.
Southern Culture on the Skids / pnegyesi
The Four Imperials / Ray B.
Eliminators / pnegyesi
NASCAR Song / Tom_I
David Hasselhoff / Ray B.
Merrill Moore / pnegyesi
Rose Royce   / Tom_I
Luke McDaniel / Ray B.
Billy Murray   / Ray B.
Johnny Fortune / Tom_I
Rolls Royce Papa / Tom_I
Poor Lizzy / Tom_I
She Took My Oldsmobile / Ray B.
Dirt Track Date / Tom_I
Santa's Got a Coupe Deville / Ray B.
Move Out Lotus / pnegyesi
Shinji Hamada / Tom_I
Jump In My Car / Ray B.
Hard Top Race / Ray B.
Car Wash / Tom_I
Automobile Song / Ray B.
Gasoline Gus and His Jitney Bus / Tom_I
Dragster / Tom_I

Match / Paired by:
Virginia Liston and Rolls Royce Papa / Tom_I
Happiness Boys and Poor Lizzy / Tom_I
The Romancers  and She Took My Oldsmobile / Ray B.
Southern Culture on the Skids and Dirt Track Date / Tom_I
The Four Imperials and Santa's Got a Coupe Deville /Ray B.
Eliminators  and Move Out Lotus / pnegyesi
NASCAR Song and Shinji Hamada / Tom_I
David Hasselhoff and Jump In My Car / Ray B.
Merrill Moore and Hard Top Race / Ray B.
Rose Royce and Car Wash / Tom_I
Luke McDaniel and Automobile Song / Ray B.
Billy Murray and Gasoline Gus and His Jitney Bus / Tom_I
Johnny Fortune and Dragster / Tom_I

That's 18 Points for Tom_I, 16 Points for Ray B., and 5 Points for pnegyesi

[Ray B.]

wow! I was wondering why my puzzle points had jumped up to 484!

But it should rather be 483, Otto, and Tom_I should have another: it's him, not me, who connected Johnny Fortune and "Dragster".

May I add "Great job by the poster of this puzzle"? Doing my bit with group puzzles too, I know it sometimes represents a lot of work.

[Otto Puzzell]

Thanks, Ray - I find yours to be fun and challenging, too!

Points adjusted per your suggestion. Stay tuned for another group puzzle, coming soon!

[Tom_I]

I'd also like to say thanks for a great puzzle!

And for anyone who may not have noticed, if you go back to the first page of this puzzle, Otto has posted Youtube videos of the songs, where available, and links to MP3 audio files for the others.

[pnegyesi]

Thanks Otto for this great puzzle.

[Otto Puzzell]

My pleasure - glad you fellows enjoyed it!

[knightfan26917]

Thanks Otto for this great puzzle.

Amen.

I didn't win any points, but it sure was fun following along anyway....





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