Posted on 05/17/2020 5:09:25 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
ROUND 4 OF THE '50S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!
Votes due: Sunday, May 24 @ 6:00 pm Eastern.
16 songs, 8 pairs, 8 winners! Vote for your favorite in each pair listed.
No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from some pairs but please don't overdo it! No onesies, please, or anything less than half!)
Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end the following Monday.
Format: Billboard rank/seed - year - song title - act
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ROUND 4
VOTE 1 FOR EACH PAIR (8 PAIRS) - see start of thread.
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Billboard rank/seed - year - song title - act
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
Little Darlin
Sh boom
3 1950 “Third Man Theme” Anton Karas
4 1952 “You Belong to Me” Jo Stafford
2 1953 “Vaya con Dios” Les Paul & Mary Ford
4 1954 “Sh-Boom” The Crew-Cuts
4 1956 “My Prayer” The Platters
1 1956 “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley
3 1957 “Little Darlin’” The Diamonds
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
See the rules
3 1950 “Third Man Theme” Anton Karas
4 1952 “You Belong to Me” Jo Stafford
2 1953 “Vaya con Dios” Les Paul & Mary Ford
4 1954 “Sh-Boom” The Crew-Cuts
7 1955 “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” The Four Aces
7 1957 “Singing the Blues” Guy Mitchell
2 1958 “All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” The Everly Brothers
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
My picks for Round 4
2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole
4 1952 “You Belong to Me” Jo Stafford
2 1953 “Vaya con Dios” Les Paul & Mary Ford
2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets
7 1955 “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” The Four Aces
1 1956 “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley
2 1958 “All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” The Everly Brothers
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
My votes:
3 1950 “Third Man Theme” Anton Karas
4 1952 “You Belong to Me” Jo Stafford
2 1953 “Vaya con Dios” Les Paul & Mary Ford
2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets
4 1956 “My Prayer” The Platters
7 1957 “Singing the Blues” Guy Mitchell
2 1958 “All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” The Everly Brothers
6 1959 “Dream Lover” Bobby Darin
2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole
4 1952 “You Belong to Me” Jo Stafford
2 1953 “Vaya con Dios” Les Paul & Mary Ford
2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets
7 1955 “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” The Four Aces
7 1957 “Singing the Blues” Guy Mitchell
2 1958 “All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” The Everly Brothers
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole
1 1951 “Too Young” Nat King Cole
1 1952 “Blue Tango” Leroy Anderson
4 1954 “Sh-Boom” The Crew-Cuts
7 1955 “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” The Four Aces
7 1957 “Singing the Blues” Guy Mitchell
3 1957 “Little Darlin’” The Diamonds
6 1959 “Dream Lover” Bobby Darin
2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole
4 1952 “You Belong to Me” Jo Stafford
1 1952 “Blue Tango” Leroy Anderson
4 1954 “Sh-Boom” The Crew-Cuts
4 1956 “My Prayer” The Platters
7 1957 “Singing the Blues” Guy Mitchell
2 1958 “All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” The Everly Brothers
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole
1 1951 “Too Young” Nat King Cole
2 1953 “Vaya con Dios” Les Paul & Mary Ford
2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets
4 1956 “My Prayer” The Platters
7 1957 “Singing the Blues” Guy Mitchell
2 1958 “All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” The Everly Brothers
6 1959 “Dream Lover” Bobby Darin
2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole
4 1952 “You Belong to Me” Jo Stafford
2 1953 “Vaya con Dios” Les Paul & Mary Ford
2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets
4 1956 “My Prayer” The Platters
1 1956 “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley
2 1958 “All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” The Everly Brothers
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
3 1950 “Third Man Theme” Anton Karas
1 1951 “Too Young” Nat King Cole
1 1952 “Blue Tango” Leroy Anderson
4 1954 “Sh-Boom” The Crew-Cuts
4 1956 “My Prayer” The Platters
7 1957 “Singing the Blues” Guy Mitchell
2 1958 “All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” The Everly Brothers
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
You didn’t have this version!
STAN FREBERG - Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INt48fr_ZYc
Homer & Jethro - Hart Brake Motel (Heartbreak Hotel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6DULIEni80
Mona Lisa
You Belong To Me
Vaya Con Dios
Rock Around the Clock
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Heartbreak Hotel
All I have To Do Is Dream
Mack the Knife
Thanks!
Third Man Theme
You Belong to Me
Vaya con Dios
Sh-Boom
My Prayer
Heartbreak Hotel
All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette
Dream Lover
3 1950 “Third Man Theme” Anton Karas
4 1952 “You Belong to Me” Jo Stafford
2 1953 “Vaya con Dios” Les Paul & Mary Ford
2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets
4 1956 “My Prayer” The Platters
2 1958 “All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” The Everly Brothers
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
Mona Lisa
You Belong To Me
Vaya Con Dios
Rock around the clock
My Prayer
Heartbreak Hotel
All I Have to do is Dream
Mack the Knife
2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole
1 1951 “Too Young” Nat King Cole
2 1953 “Vaya con Dios” Les Paul & Mary Ford
4 1954 “Sh-Boom” The Crew-Cuts
4 1956 “My Prayer” The Platters
1 1956 “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley
2 1958 “All I Have to Do Is Dream” / “Claudette” The Everly Brothers
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
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