Posted on 05/11/2020 4:12:26 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
ROUND 3 OF THE '50S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!
Votes due: Sunday, May 17 @ 6:00 pm Eastern.
32 songs, 16 pairs, 16 winners! Vote for your favorite in each pair listed.
No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from any pairs but please don't overdo it! No onesies, please.)
Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end the following Monday.
Format: Billboard rank/seed - year - song title - act
Exactly, as we saw in the last survey.
Here are my choices:
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa 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
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
7 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
4 1958 Witch Doctor David Seville
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
I feel good about them too!
6 1950 Music, Music, Music Teresa Brewer
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
3 1951 How High the Moon Les Paul & Mary Ford
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
3 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? Patti Page
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
7 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell
3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa 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
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
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
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell
3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
Sorry, I’m not used to providing play lists, so forgot again in my haste.
Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Lnx_IGaigbnMCLI-zqwM-Zc0wwuP6zr
All nice songs. Hard to choose.
What can I say. Trying to take the top 64 songs evenly from each year of a decade, match them up reasonably by year and rank, all difficult. And still based on ratings at the time, when people actually had adult tastes as well as varied.
My votes:
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa 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
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
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
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
6 1950 Music, Music, Music Teresa Brewer
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole
2 1952 Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr
3 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? Patti Page
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
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
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell
3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
5 1951 Be My Love Mario Lanza
3 1951 How High the Moon Les Paul & Mary Ford
2 1952 Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr
1 1952 Blue Tango Leroy Anderson
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith
6 1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa Eddie Fisher
7 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
6 1950 Music, Music, Music Teresa Brewer
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
3 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? Patti Page
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
4 1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
5 1955 Unchained Melody Les Baxter
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell
3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa 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
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
5 1955 Unchained Melody Les Baxter
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell
1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
Four of these sets were quite hard, as I had them ranked as dead even in listening quality. Almost like flipping a coin to pick which.
6 1950 Music, Music, Music Teresa Brewer (**1/2)
——>3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas (***)
——>2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole (****)
5 1951 Be My Love Mario Lanza (***1/2)
——>1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole (****)
3 1951 How High the Moon Les Paul & Mary Ford (***1/4)
——>2 1952 Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr (***1/2)
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford (***1/2)
——>1 1952 Blue Tango Leroy Anderson (***1/2)
3 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? Patti Page (**1/2)
——>2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford (***1/4)
2 1954 Wanted Perry Como (***)
——>1 1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge Percy Faith (***1/2)
4 1954 Sh-Boom The Crew-Cuts (***1/4)
6 1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa Eddie Fisher (***1/4)
——> 2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets (****)
7 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces (***1/2)
——> 5 1955 Unchained Melody Les Baxter (***3/4)
——>4 1956 My Prayer The Platters (***1/2)
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley (***1/2)
——>1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley (****)
5 1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant (***1/4)
——>2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone (***)
7 1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell (***)
3 1957 Little Darlin The Diamonds (***1/4)
——>1 1958 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) Domenico Modugno (***1/2)
——>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 (***1/2)
——>4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon (***1/2)
——>2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin (****)
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price (***1/2)
Here’s a couple of alternate recordings of Unchained Melody
The Fleetwoods - Unchained Melody (A Cappella Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FMVR-C_oKw
VITO & THE SALUTATIONS - “UNCHAINED MELODY” (1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHwDeGDkEFk
Thanks for the play list. I knew many but others not so much and then when two had to square off it was good to listen again.
I wonder if Yoko ever recorded Unchained Melody...
I know she sang on tv with John Lennon and Chuck Berry
Relevant because Chuck was a 50s performer...
NCREDIBLE! Chuck Berry and John Lennon REACTION to the senseless screams of YOKO ONO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgZiPO9V_aQ
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