Posted on 05/03/2020 8:01:23 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
ROUND 2 of the greatest hits of the '50s begins!
Due date: Sunday, May 10 @6:00 pm (Eastern)
This Round takes the top 6 songs of each year of the '50s per BILLBOARD, along with the best 4 #7s as voted in Round 1, and pairs them in play-off brackets.
Round 1: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3838848/posts
Hi Don - please note I linked my YouTube “playlist” of EVERY song on this list! Stupid FR doesn’t seem to automatically create links in the OP (so there, you’d have to copy the link), but it did create a link in the later reply posting with the list of songs.
Hello Phil - did you forget to put in a choice for “Hey There/Sh-Boom”?
Hi chuck - seems you stopped after “Vaya con Dios” (ha ha) - did you mean to only choose up to that point? Not vote on all those other pairs?
Sorry. Here’s the rest, I hope.
—>2 1954 Wanted Perry Como
5 1954 Make Love to Me Jo Stafford
—>1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith
6 1953 Till I Waltz Again with You Teresa Brewer
3 1954 Hey There Rosemary Clooney
—>4 1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts
—>1 1954 Little Things Mean a Lot Kitty Kallen
6 1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa Eddie Fisher
—>2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
6 1955 The Ballad of Davy Crockett Bill Hayes
1 1955 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Perez Prado
—>7 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces
3 1955 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller
—>5 1955 Unchained Melody Les Baxter
—>4 1955 Autumn Leaves Roger Williams
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
—>2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
6 1956 The Poor People of Paris Les Baxter
—>1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
7 1956 Que Sera Sera Doris Day
—>3 1956 Lisbon Antigua Nelson Riddle
5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
—>2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
6 1957 Dont Forbid Me Pat Boone
1 1957 All Shook Up Elvis Presley
—>7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell
3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds
—>5 1957 So Rare Jimmy Dorsey
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
—>7 1958 Catch a Falling Star / Magic Moments Perry Como
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
—>6 1958 Sail Along, Silvry Moon / Raunchy Billy Vaughn
—>4 1957 Young Love Tab Hunter
4 1958 Witch Doctor David Seville
—>1 1959 The Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
—>5 1958 Patricia Perez Prado
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon
—>2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
5 1959 Lonely Boy Paul Anka
3 1958 Dont / I Beg of You Elvis Presley
—>3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
1 1950 Goodnight Irene Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
5 1951 Be My Love Mario Lanza
1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole
4 1951 Come on-a My House Rosemary Clooney
5 1952 Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart Vera Lynn
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
1 1952 Blue Tango Leroy Anderson
3 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? Patti Page
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
5 1954 Make Love to Me Jo Stafford
1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith
4 1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts
1 1954 Little Things Mean a Lot Kitty Kallen
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
7 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces
5 1955 Unchained Melody Les Baxter
4 1955 Autumn Leaves Roger Williams
6 1956 The Poor People of Paris Les Baxter
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
3 1956 Lisbon Antigua Nelson Riddle
6 1957 Dont Forbid Me Pat Boone
1 1957 All Shook Up Elvis Presley
5 1957 So Rare Jimmy Dorsey
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
4 1958 Witch Doctor David Seville
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
Thank you!
6 1950 Music, Music, Music Teresa Brewer
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
5 1951 Be My Love Mario Lanza
1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole
4 1951 Come on-a My House Rosemary Clooney
2 1952 Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
1 1952 Blue Tango Leroy Anderson
3 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? Patti Page
5 1953 You, You, You Ames Brothers
5 1954 Make Love to Me Jo Stafford
6 1953 Till I Waltz Again with You Teresa Brewer
4 1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts
6 1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa Eddie Fisher
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
7 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces
3 1955 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller
4 1955 Autumn Leaves Roger Williams
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
1 1957 All Shook Up Elvis Presley
3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
4 1957 Young Love Tab Hunter
1 1959 The Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
He may have lied to stay alive. Still, all parties are deceased by now. But it’s amazing how many think it’s a “sweet love song”.
6 1950 Music, Music, Music Teresa Brewer
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1951 Because of You Tony Bennett
1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole
3 1951 How High the Moon Les Paul & Mary Ford
5 1952 Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart Vera Lynn
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
6 1952 Half as Much Rosemary Clooney
3 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? Patti Page
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
5 1954 Make Love to Me Jo Stafford
6 1953 Till I Waltz Again with You Teresa Brewer
4 1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts
1 1954 Little Things Mean a Lot Kitty Kallen
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1955 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Perez Prado
5 1955 Unchained Melody Les Baxter
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell
5 1957 So Rare Jimmy Dorsey
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
4 1958 Witch Doctor David Seville
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
I have to say I’m disappointed that The Three Bells didn’t make it to this list.
Next time, you probably should break down the number of songs. Took nearly 4 hours to listen to them all individually to judge them. (note like before, I gave them star ratings as well to help me judge)
——>1 1950 Goodnight Irene Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers (***)
6 1950 Music, Music, Music Teresa Brewer (**1/2)
——>3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas (***)
4 1950 Sams Song Gary & Bing Crosby (**1/2)
——>2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole (****)
5 1950 Simple Melody Gary & Bing Crosby (**)
2 1951 Because of You Tony Bennett (***1/4)
——>5 1951 Be My Love Mario Lanza (***1/2)
——>1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole (****)
6 1951 On Top of Old Smoky The Weavers (**)
——>3 1951 How High the Moon Les Paul & Mary Ford (***1/4) (the Pat Suzuki version is sublime, though)
4 1951 Come on-a My House Rosemary Clooney (**1/2)
——>2 1952 Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr (***1/2)
5 1952 Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart Vera Lynn (***)
3 1952 Cry Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads (***)
——>4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford (***1/2)
——>1 1952 Blue Tango Leroy Anderson (***1/2)
6 1952 Half as Much Rosemary Clooney (***)
3 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? Patti Page (**1/2) (great voice, but hate the song)
——>4 1953 Im Walking Behind You Eddie Fisher (***)
——>2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford (***1/4)
5 1953 You, You, You Ames Brothers (***)
——>2 1954 Wanted Perry Como (***)
5 1954 Make Love to Me Jo Stafford (**3/4)
——>1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith (***1/2)
6 1953 Till I Waltz Again with You Teresa Brewer (***)
——>3 1954 Hey There Rosemary Clooney (***1/4)
4 1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts (***1/4)
——>1 1954 Little Things Mean a Lot Kitty Kallen (***1/4)
6 1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa Eddie Fisher (***1/4)
——>2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets (****)
6 1955 The Ballad of Davy Crockett Bill Hayes (**)
——>1 1955 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Perez Prado (****)
7 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces (***1/2)
3 1955 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller (***1/2)
——>5 1955 Unchained Melody Les Baxter (***3/4)
4 1955 Autumn Leaves Roger Williams (***1/4)
——>4 1956 My Prayer The Platters (***1/2)
——>2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley (***1/2)
6 1956 The Poor People of Paris Les Baxter (***1/2)
——>1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley (****)
7 1956 Que Sera Sera Doris Day (***)
3 1956 Lisbon Antigua Nelson Riddle (***1/4)
——>5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant (***1/4)
——>2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone (***)
6 1957 Dont Forbid Me Pat Boone (**)
——>1 1957 All Shook Up Elvis Presley (***1/2)
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell (***)
——>3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds (***1/4)
5 1957 So Rare Jimmy Dorsey (***1/4)
——>1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno (***1/2)
7 1958 Catch a Falling Star / Magic Moments Perry Como (***1/2)
——>2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream (****)/ Claudette The Everly Brothers (***)
6 1958 Sail Along, Silvry Moon (***1/2) / Raunchy (***) Billy Vaughn
4 1957 Young Love Tab Hunter (***)
——>4 1958 Witch Doctor David Seville (***)
1 1959 The Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton (***)
——>6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin (***1/2)
——>5 1958 Patricia Perez Prado (****)
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon (***1/2)
——>2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin (****)
5 1959 Lonely Boy Paul Anka (***)
3 1958 Dont (***)/ I Beg of You (***) Elvis Presley
——>3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price (***1/2)
ROUND 2 PAIRS/BRACKETS (rank/year/title/act)
6 1950 Music, Music, Music Teresa Brewer
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
5 1951 Be My Love Mario Lanza
6 1951 On Top of Old Smoky The Weavers
3 1951 How High the Moon Les Paul & Mary Ford
5 1952 Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart Vera Lynn
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
1 1952 Blue Tango Leroy Anderson
3 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? Patti Page
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
2 1954 Wanted Perry Como
1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith
4 1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts
6 1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa Eddie Fisher
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
7 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces
3 1955 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
1 1957 All Shook Up Elvis Presley
3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
4 1958 Witch Doctor David Seville
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
I appreciate the input. I wouldn’t mind breaking it up, but OTOH I don’t know how people will react to a survey that’s even longer. Of course I’d like to know because I’m planning a change to the set-up which would require a very long duration.
I regret that you made me choose between How High the Moon and Come On Over to My House. I am sorry that This Ol House didnt make this round.
ROUND 2 PAIRS/BRACKETS (rank/year/title/act)
6 1950 Music, Music, Music Teresa Brewer
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
5 1951 Be My Love Mario Lanza
1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole
4 1951 Come on-a My House Rosemary Clooney
5 1952 Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart Vera Lynn
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
6 1952 Half as Much Rosemary Clooney
4 1953 Im Walking Behind You Eddie Fisher
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
2 1954 Wanted Perry Como
1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith
3 1954 Hey There Rosemary Clooney
6 1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa Eddie Fisher
6 1955 The Ballad of Davy Crockett Bill Hayes
1 1955 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Perez Prado
3 1955 The Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller
4 1955 Autumn Leaves Roger Williams
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell
3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
4 1958 Witch Doctor David Seville
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
:-)
Sorry! How about Pat Boone fighting himself?
This Ol’House - #12 on the year. Not quite cutting it!
When I saw “Unchained Melody” on the list, I had a Righteous Brothers flashback ... Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Yeah, it’s just the amount of time required to fairly judge these by giving them a listen can be prohibitive. We don’t want it to be down to a dozen or two die-hard folks here participating. :-P
Hence why its good to have a week for posting picks!
Please note, I’m having to go tend to my mother of course for Mother’s Day, never mind I’m a mom too. So once again, posting winners will be delayed as well as starting a new round.
Also note, it looks like we MAY HAVE TO HAVE A RUN-OFF as a couple are looking tied!
Here are my picks:
“Music, Music, Music”
“Sam’s Song”
“Mona Lisa”
“Be My Love”
“Too Young”
“Come on-a My House”
“Wheel of Fortune”
“You Belong to Me”
“Blue Tango”
“(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?”
“You, You, You” (FOR MY MOM - 1 OF HER FAVORITES EVER)
“Wanted”
“The Song from Moulin Rouge”
“Hey There”
“Oh! My Pa-Pa” (FOR MY DAD, ON HIS PASSING AT THANKSGIVING; AND MY MOM WHO LOVED IT FOR HER DAD)
“Rock Around the Clock”
“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” (Wow a hard choice)
“The Yellow Rose of Texas”
“My Prayer”
“Don’t Be Cruel”
“Que Sera Sera”
“The Wayward Wind”
“Love Letters in the Sand”
“All Shook Up”
Little Darlin’”
“Catch a Falling Star” / “Magic Moments” (Pretty tough, esp as a coupling)
“All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” (will be tough since coupled with a nothing song!)
“Young Love”
“Dream Lover”
“Venus”
“Lonely Boy”
“Personality”
TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1950S PING LIST
(This is a temporary ping list....so dont worry!)
ROUND 2 - MOSTLY OVER
(!!!!RUN-OFF NEEDED!!!!)
Results for Round 2 so far, minus the run-offs:
6 1950 Music, Music, Music Teresa Brewer
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
5 1951 Be My Love Mario Lanza
1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole
3 1951 How High the Moon Les Paul & Mary Ford
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
1 1952 Blue Tango Leroy Anderson
3 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? Patti Page
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
2 1954 Wanted Perry Como
1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith
4 1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
7 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces
5 1955 Unchained Melody Les Baxter
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell
3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
4 1958 Witch Doctor David Seville
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
******RUN-OFF on ROUND 2*****
Results of most contests posted in #59 (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3841441/posts?page=59#59)
We had several close calls, and still ended up with 2 ties. So there is a run-off. All are welcome to vote, even if you already did Round 2. Heck, you might change your mind!
Please vote for one song or the other of these 2 pairs; due MONDAY, May 11 @ 7:00pm Eastern:
2 1952 Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr
5 1952 Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart Vera Lynn
AND
1 1954 Little Things Mean a Lot Kitty Kallen
6 1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa Eddie Fisher
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