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(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('50S) - ROUND 7
me | 6/8/20 | ME

Posted on 06/08/2020 6:42:56 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel

ROUND 7 OF THE '50S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!

The FINAL!

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
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Sorry I am so late! My birthday Sunday kept me busy and forgetful.

The '50s music tournament finishes! Round 7, the FINAL! See below!

1 posted on 06/08/2020 6:42:56 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
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To: a fool in paradise; AbnSarge; Alberta's Child; Albion Wilde; Artemis Webb; bagster; benldguy; ...

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, you are still welcome to vote in the last part of the Tournament of Chart-Toppers for the 1950s!

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

ROUND 7 - the FINAL!

VOTE 1 - see start of thread.

My Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6Lnx_IGaiga7JLr0t_iuZZ2AlfMLO0vM

Billboard rank/seed - year - song title - act

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

VS

2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


2 posted on 06/08/2020 6:45:53 AM 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

Rock Around the Clock


3 posted on 06/08/2020 6:47:25 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: the OlLine Rebel

AAAAHH! PLEASE UPDATE THAT DUE DATE!

Sunday JUNE 14 (FOURTEEN!) @ 6:00 Eastern

Always mess up something trying to hurry!


4 posted on 06/08/2020 6:47:36 AM 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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2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
5 posted on 06/08/2020 6:49:13 AM PDT by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Gotta be Mack the Knife. Classic rendition of a song originally written for an opera.


6 posted on 06/08/2020 6:51:07 AM PDT by Pendergast (I'm new and I don't have one!)
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Happy Birthday!

Rock Around the Clock.

You had mentioned 4 songs in the original post, but there are only 2 songs to choose from.

7 posted on 06/08/2020 6:51:10 AM 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

And the first pair? Or are my eyes just skimming over the that and only can see the 2nd pair we’re supposed to be voting on?


8 posted on 06/08/2020 6:51:12 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Mack the Knife


9 posted on 06/08/2020 6:55:21 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


10 posted on 06/08/2020 6:57:03 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (We are NOT all in this together.)
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2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


11 posted on 06/08/2020 6:57:11 AM PDT by DoubleNickle
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To: the OlLine Rebel

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


12 posted on 06/08/2020 6:57:14 AM PDT by Wuli (Get)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Mack!


13 posted on 06/08/2020 6:59:15 AM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

It’s kind of a bummer finish, since I’m not big on either of these two, but my vote will go to:

“Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets


14 posted on 06/08/2020 7:01:59 AM PDT by WXRGina
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin, ATCO single (mono) version. The stereo re-mix of the song is just horrid to me.


15 posted on 06/08/2020 7:03:35 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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Without a doubt,
2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets


16 posted on 06/08/2020 7:06:05 AM 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

Yesterday was also my brother’s BD, Happy Birthday!

Rock Around the Clock.

I like both, I just think this one’s more iconic of the era.

Thx!


17 posted on 06/08/2020 7:26:09 AM PDT by GnuThere
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2 1955 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley & His Comets 2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin
18 posted on 06/08/2020 7:40:15 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Interesting that "Mack the Knife" made it to the final round. To me, it's a thirties song.

Die Moritat von Mackie-Messer (the ballad of Mackie the Knife)--Lotte Lenya (1930)

19 posted on 06/08/2020 7:41:55 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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2 1959 “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin


20 posted on 06/08/2020 7:44:33 AM PDT by Grammy (Save the earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.)
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