Posted on 05/24/2020 7:55:49 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
ROUND 5 OF THE '50S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!
The GREAT 8!
Votes due: Sunday, May 31 @ 6:00 pm Eastern.
8 songs, 4 pairs, 4 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
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
Mona Lisa
Rock Around the Clock
Heartbreak Hotel
Mack the Knife
Thanks!
—>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
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
Quick, easy, and painless this time:
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
(This was hard I actually like the other song lyrics better, but I think the version I remember and prefer was by Frank Sinatra? Dean Martin? Anyway, its just hard to vote against NKC. So smooth. Also reminds me of being a kid because my parents had his records).
2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
2 1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
My votes:
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
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
MWWWAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA! (Evil laugh) :)
Ooo. You probably wont like me either!
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