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(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('50S) - ROUND 3
ME | 5/11/20 | ME

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


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 1950s; 50s; 50smusic; americana; billboard; culture; devilsmusic; entertainment; fifties; music; nineteenfifties; nostalgia; popculture; popmusic; popularmusic; rock; rockroll; thedevilsmusic; top40; top40music; vanity
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Oh, I thought we could leave out some. Sorry. I do not know any of those.


61 posted on 05/13/2020 12:40:00 PM PDT by madison10 (Wash your hands & say your prayers cause Jesus & germs are everywhere)
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To: madison10

Yes, you can leave some out - I just want to make sure. No problem!


62 posted on 05/13/2020 12:41:14 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I will be back in a bit after I listen.


63 posted on 05/13/2020 12:47:38 PM PDT by madison10 (Wash your hands & say your prayers cause Jesus & germs are everywhere)
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To: madison10

As I said, you don’t have to.

But here is the play list I provided belatedly in #26

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Lnx_IGaigbnMCLI-zqwM-Zc0wwuP6zr


64 posted on 05/13/2020 1:02:56 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Belong
Cruel
Darlin’
Mack


65 posted on 05/13/2020 1:07:35 PM PDT by madison10 (Wash your hands & say your prayers cause Jesus & germs are everywhere)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

My picks (Extremely difficult in many cases):

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
1 1952 “Blue Tango” Leroy Anderson
2 1954 “Wanted” Perry Como
1 1953 “The Song from Moulin Rouge” Percy Faith
6 1954 “Oh! My Pa-Pa” Eddie Fisher (mostly DEDICATED TO MY DAD)
7 1955 “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” The Four Aces
2 1956 “Don’t Be Cruel” Elvis Presley (mostly just trying to help the King)
1 1956 “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley (again, really trying to help the King - I prefer Don’t be Cruel to this, but this race is closer!)
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 (generally Claudette drags it down, but I’ll still pick it over Witch Doctor. B side not bad and fascinating it’s from Roy Orbison about his wife)
6 1959 “Dream Lover” Bobby Darin
3 1959 “Personality” Lloyd Price (I can’t vote for that lyric!)


66 posted on 05/17/2020 12:06:02 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: All

Come on and vote! We have a tie I’d like to break - though it could lead to other ties!


67 posted on 05/17/2020 12:09:02 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

My picks for Round 3

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 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
2 1956 “Don’t 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


68 posted on 05/17/2020 12:19:09 PM PDT by truthluva
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To: a fool in paradise; AbnSarge; Alberta's Child; Albion Wilde; Artemis Webb; bagster; Bethaneidh; ...

ROUND 3 RESULTS:

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
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

On to ROUND 4, coming up shortly!


69 posted on 05/17/2020 4:43:24 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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