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RESULTS of Round 2/16 play-off brackets-32 pieces
Poll seed-year-BB rank-piece-act
1 1950 2 "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole
32 1957 8 "Young Love" Sonny James
17 1953 2 "Vaya con Dios" Les Paul & Mary Ford
16 1956 2 "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley
9 1952 4 "You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford
24 1953 9 "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" Perry Como
25 1958 9 "It's All in the Game" Tommy Edwards
8 1958 8 "Tequila" The Champs
4 1957 3 "Little Darlin'" The Diamonds
29 1955 9 "Ain't That a Shame" Pat Boone
45 1958 7 "Catch a Falling Star" / "Magic Moments" Perry Como
13 1951 1 "Too Young" Nat King Cole
12 1956 1 "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley
21 1957 1 "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley
37 1959 9 "Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison
5 1959 6 "Dream Lover" Bobby Darin
2 1958 2 "All I Have to Do Is Dream" / "Claudette" The Everly Brothers
31 1957 2 "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone
18 1956 4 "My Prayer" The Platters
50 1955 1 "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" Perez Prado
10 1959 2 "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin
23 1954 3 "Hey There" Rosemary Clooney
26 1958 1 "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" Domenico Modugno
58 1959 10 "Mr. Blue" The Fleetwoods
3 1955 2 "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
35 1956 8 "Hound Dog" Elvis Presley
19 1957 7 "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell
14 1952 3 "Cry" Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
11 1954 4 "Sh-Boom" The Crew-Cuts
22 1953 1 "The Song from Moulin Rouge" Percy Faith
27 1955 7 "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" The Four Aces
59 1959 3 "Personality" Lloyd Price
Notes:
-"Kansas City", "Singing the Blues" and "Hey There" won by the tiniest margins.
-"Personality" beat "Tennessee Waltz" from a tie by having a higher annual Billboard rank than TN Waltz did.
-Biggest "wipe-out" was "Tequila" beating "Here in my Heart" - latter only got 1 vote.
Hold on for Round 3!
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