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
You haven’t missed a single round!
my picks:
Mona Lisa
Rock Around the Clock
My Prayer (apologies to Elvis - but it’s not my favorite Elvis)
All I Have to do is Dream (I can’t choose that murderous lyric!)
Results, Round 5
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
Round 6 coming soon!
2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1956 “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley
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
Damn I forgot to vote. Wheel of fortune lost? ;(
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
Yes, sorry. Lost in Round 3. :-( I like You Belong to Me but I think I picked Wheel; just slight preference.
Oh well. Three out of four ain’t bad.
Ooh - that could be a good song title ... ;-)
2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets
1 1956 “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley
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