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
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ROUND 5 - the Great 8
VOTE 1 FOR EACH PAIR (4 PAIRS) - see start of thread.
My Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Lnx_IGaigapAFntWhL06TlTqiSPuNv_
Billboard rank/seed - year - song title - act
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 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 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
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
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 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole (****)
4 1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford (***1/2)
2 1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford (***1/4)
——>2 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets (****)
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters (***1/2)
——>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 (****)
——> 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
1953 Vaya con Dios Les Paul & Mary Ford
——> 1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
——> 1956 My Prayer The Platters
1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
——> 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
Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets
My Prayer The Platters
Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
Some tough matchups there.
As I choose between A or B, some of it as if Im on a desert isle and these are the only Records I have
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
If I had to choose only one record from that whole list is being offered this week it wouldve been less Paul Mary Ford 45.
I also like the guitar on the comets 45 And have since I first heard it.
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 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
2 1950 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole
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
I will not comment other than I cannot believe some of the choices remaining. I actually voted for a song I utterly despise because the other was, somehow, worse. To my ears, anyhow. MILLIONS loved it...
You are my nemesis!
Mona Lisa
Vaya con Dios
My Prayer
All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette
You Belong to Me
Rock Around the Clock
My Prayer
Mack the Knife
Billboard rank/seed - year - song title - act
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
4 1956 My Prayer The Platters
2 1958 All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette The Everly Brothers
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