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(vanity) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('50S) - ROUND 6
me | 5/31/20 | me

Posted on 05/31/2020 7:40:52 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel

ROUND 6 OF THE '50S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!

The FINAL 4!

Votes due: Sunday, June 7 @ 6:00 pm Eastern. (My birthday, FYI; don't disappoint me!)

4 songs, 2 pairs, 2 winners! Vote for your favorite in each pair listed.

No reply, no vote. (NO abstentions this time! Must vote both contests - you can handle 2, cantcha?)

Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end the following Monday.

Format: Billboard rank/seed - year - song title - act


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 1950s; 50s; 50smusic; americana; billboard; culture; entertainment; fifties; music; nineteenfifties; nostalgia; popculture; popmusic; popularmusic; rock; rockroll; top40; top40music; vanity
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The '50s music tournament continues! Round 6, the Final 4! See below!
1 posted on 05/31/2020 7:40:52 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
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To: a fool in paradise; AbnSarge; Alberta's Child; Albion Wilde; Artemis Webb; bagster; Bethaneidh; ...

TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1950S PING LIST
(This is a temporary ping list….so don’t worry!)

Welcome to all members who signed up already!

For those who have not, please consider tuning into the Tournament of Chart-Toppers for the 1950s and casting your votes!

(Please PM me if you would like to be ON or OFF the ping list!)

ROUND 6 - the Final 4

VOTE 1 FOR EACH PAIR (2 PAIRS) - see start of thread.

My Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Lnx_IGaiga_y5qOWtxslYK5ZuVAu9Fd

Billboard rank/seed - year - song title - act

2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole
2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets

AND

1 1956 “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


2 posted on 05/31/2020 7:44:41 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Mona Lisa
Mack the Knife


3 posted on 05/31/2020 7:46:18 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets

2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


4 posted on 05/31/2020 7:47:38 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: Jim Robinson

Hello Jim - how do I get my title corrected?

I mean “Round 6” not Round 5!


5 posted on 05/31/2020 7:48:13 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Ernie Kovacs - “Mack the Knife” Take 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g24dw1n73bI


6 posted on 05/31/2020 7:51:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Mona Lisa
Mack the Knife


7 posted on 05/31/2020 7:52:45 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Here’s my vote:

2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets

AND

2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


8 posted on 05/31/2020 7:55:55 PM PDT by NTHockey (My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Clock; Hotel

2 milestone tunes of rock


9 posted on 05/31/2020 8:07:52 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Rock Around the Clock
Mack the Knife

Thx!


10 posted on 05/31/2020 8:09:36 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: the OlLine Rebel

My votes:

Bill Haley
Bobby Darin


11 posted on 05/31/2020 8:10:21 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (We are NOT all in this together.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole

2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin

Happy Birthday!


12 posted on 05/31/2020 8:26:41 PM PDT by Family Guy (A society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions and moral values. -Williams)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets

1956 “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley


13 posted on 05/31/2020 8:37:42 PM PDT by howlinhound (Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets

2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


14 posted on 05/31/2020 8:44:17 PM PDT by buckalfa (Post no bills.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole

2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


15 posted on 05/31/2020 8:46:10 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Thanks for a Kovacs classic !


16 posted on 05/31/2020 8:47:05 PM PDT by buckalfa (Post no bills.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

2 1950 “Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole

2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


17 posted on 05/31/2020 8:54:02 PM PDT by ozaukeemom (9/11/01 Never Forget. Never.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets
2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


18 posted on 05/31/2020 8:57:58 PM PDT by DoubleNickle
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To: the OlLine Rebel

2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets

1 1956 “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley


19 posted on 05/31/2020 8:58:05 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

“Mona Lisa” Nat King Cole
“Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


20 posted on 05/31/2020 9:02:51 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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