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
TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1950S PING LIST
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ROUND 4
VOTE 1 FOR EACH PAIR (8 PAIRS) - see start of thread.
Please see my play list on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Lnx_IGaigYocF3YRL8L-16zWERmiMEk
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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