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Ken,Probably because of the standard choir format - SATB (soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) Hilary Blue PS, I also love Name that Tune. In South Africa there used to be a program where one person would start a song and stop on a word. The next person would have to pick up with another song, starting on that same word. Did you have any thing like that here? (Called 'going for a song") ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KEn Becker wrote: > > I have often wondered how many songs the average person can recognize and > remember lyrics to. I love to play "Name That Tune" I have always been > fascinated how someone writes lyrics to fit a tune and sometimes it is such a > perfect match, even when written by two different people! I also wonder how > many times a tune has to be heard before we are able to memorize the lyrics. > One more question: Whatever happened to all the groups of four guys who used > to sing most of the popular songs, like The Four Lads" ,"The Four Aces" the > "Four Freshmen"???? Even if one of them sang off key, it was still easy to > listen to! I just remembered some who had four, but did not use the number in > the name of the group, like "The Hilltoppers" The Ames Brothers" and "The > Mills Brothers" Why FOUR? > Were they originally five or six, and they downsized? What about the Ink > Spots? We need to have an answer! LOL > [log in to unmask]