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
The only songs on these lists that I find boring are the ones I have heard too many times--the perennial denizens of "oldies" playlists that get played over and over.
The Fleetwoods' opus came out on an LP at the end of 1959. It's certainly different from Vito and the gang's uptempo East Coast doo-wop version.
How about these?
Mope-Itty-Mope--The Boss Tones (1959)
I Can't Go On--Dion & the Bellmonts (1958)
Hootie Sapperticker--Barbara & the Boys (1958)
Believe it or not, this was a hit in Southern California.
Dion is releasing a new album (duets). He’s put 3 tracks on youtube so far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puxj-1sbTeU
A few years ago they put an out album from the vault he recorded in the mid-60s. Some tracks were released but it never came out then as album.
Kickin’ Child: The Lost Album 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bb0zhCpPJA&list=OLAK5uy_nbfSHZAk3pqUYys4xkpnuavX5LHQQrWuU&index=1
I had not heard “Hooty Sapperticker” the short sax instrumental was good. There should have been more of that. Barbara’s voice sounds awful (and she doesn’t really sing), despite being from an era filled with sweet sounding women.
It is no wonder that “I Can’t Go On (Rosalie)” makes it on NONE of the Dion & the Belmonts collections. “Moptity Mope” actually sounds like it might have inspired the Del Shannon B-Side “The Wamboo” (”Hats Off to Larry”)
Two other novelty songs that are unlistenable are “B-B-Bird is the Word” and “Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb” (though the video is watchable because Connie Stevens is SO cute!). Both of those were big hits!
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
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
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
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
4 1959 Venus Frankie Avalon
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
Third Man Theme
Mona Lisa
How High the Moon
You Belong to Me
Blue Tango
Vaya con Dios
The Song from Moulin Rouge
Rock Around the Clock
Unchained Melody
My Prayer
The Wayward Wind
Singing the Blues
Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)
All I Have to Do Is Dream
Dream Lover
Personality
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
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
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
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
You know, you’re asking for it....
Novelty?
I want “Ape Call”...but I’m biased because that’s nostalgia for my youth, when we had that old record in our jukebox!
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 1954 Wanted Perry Como
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
2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
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
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole
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
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
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 (this was the hardest decision of the group — both such good classics!)
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
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
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
3 1959 Personality Lloyd Price
I missed these posts! LOL!
Well, I picked the one I disliked the least :)
Prediction?
Mack the Knife will win this one :)
3 1950 Third Man Theme Anton Karas
5 1951 Be My Love Mario Lanza
1 1951 Too Young Nat King Cole
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
1 1952 Blue Tango Leroy Anderson
2 1954 Wanted Perry Como
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
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
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
6 1959 Dream Lover Bobby Darin
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
Please dont say that!
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
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
5 1955 Unchained Melody Les Baxter
2 1956 Dont Be Cruel Elvis Presley
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
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
Hi there - did you deliberately leave out 4 pairs?
Wheel/Belong
Prayer/Cruel
Darlin’/Volare
Mack/Personality
???
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