Posted January 12, 200817 yr 1950s RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR: Semi Final A :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from this list of 50 Records from 1950s. Your First choice (Favourite) song will score 20 pts, 2nd = 19 Pts....down to 20th = 1 point. Please state in your list if you are scoring by position or Points. I am playing this game across both BuzzJack & UKMix. Therefore if you vote please can you only vote in one of the sites threads especially if you have a different name on each site (like me). For each year 1964 to 1997 inclusive & games (*) for the years 1960-1; 1962-3 & two alphabetically track name split lists for the 1950s. There are 50 tracks that I feel best represent the year* in popular music. This certainly does not always mean the biggest hits of the year, but tracks (including album tracks) that over time have come to best represent the year. Please note songs will only feature once for the most well-known or definitive version of a song (example “Without You” will only appear in 1972 for Nilsson, but will be absent in 1994 for Mariah Carey). Also please don’t mention that I have put the song in the wrong year as the year the track was recorded, released (on an album), a hit (peaked) in the UK, a hit (peaked) in the USA can result in three of four different answers, and there will be literally hundreds of songs that fall into that category. For each game you will have four weeks to get your votes in (two weeks for the vote from the shortlist of 50 songs, then two weeks to vote from the "Missing" songs that you have nominated). I will be posting two of these Games a Week at the weekend. (VOTING RULES FOR SPECIFIC GAME 1950s: Top15 make the Record of The Decade Final, 16th - 25th make the Play-off along with missing song nominations; 1960s & 1990s: Top 4 From Each Game make the Final, 5th to 10th make the Play-offs; 1970s & 1980s: Top 3 each year make the Final, 4th to 8th make the Play-Offs. PLUS: Your choices of missing songs being included in the relevant Play-offs) Phase 2: The Record Of The Decades Finals will result in the following numbers making the Final 200 (1950s: Top20; 1960s: Top50, 1970s Top45; 1980s Top45; 1990s Top40), where they will be split into 4 Quarter Finals, leading to the Final 50 Songs of the Retro Record Game A: Vote for your favourite 20 (minimum 10 out of the following:) Dion (or Marty Wilde) - A Teenager In Love Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream Elvis Presley - All Shook Up Frank Sinatra - All The Way Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula Carl Perkins (or Elvis Presley) - Blue Suede Shoes Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill Poni-Tails - Born Too Late Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody Hank Williams - Cold Cold Heart Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me Julie London - Cry Me A River Paul Anka - Diana Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel Bobby Darin - Dream Lover Peggy Lee - Fever Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire Jim Lowe (or Frankie Vaughan) - Green Door Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel Lord Rockingham XI - Hoots Mon Elvis Presley - Hound Dog Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For you Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode Ritchie Valens - La Bamba Connie Francis - Lipstick On Your Collar Cliff Richard - Living Doll Little Richard - Long Tall Sally Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife Perry Como - Magic Moments Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol Elvis Presley - One Night Sam Cooke (or Craig Douglas) - Only Sixteen Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue B: Nominate FIVE songs from 1950s MISSING from this AND the other 1950s SEMI FINAL 50 track shortlist. The Top 15 Songs from this selection (1950s Semi Final A) will go through to the Record Of The Decade Final. The songs finishing 16th - 25th position will go into a Play-off, where the Top20 Songs will join the other 30 in the Final. While your selection of missing songs will be added to the Play-offs with the Top 20 tracks joining the Record of The Decade Final. You have until Saturday 26th January to vote for your favourite Top 20 (minimum Top 10) songs of the Year. I will then reveal the results of the vote along with your selections of the "missing songs" for you to vote for in the Record of The Decade (1950s) play-offs
January 12, 200817 yr 1.Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace 2. Peggy Lee - Fever 3. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill 4. Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line 5. Lord Rockingham XI - Hoots Mon 6.Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 7.Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula 8.Carl Perkins (or Elvis Presley) - Blue Suede Shoes 9.Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody 10.Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me 11.Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame 12.Ritchie Valens - La Bamba 13. Hank Williams - Cold Cold Heart 14. Jim Lowe (or Frankie Vaughan) - Green Door 15. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 16. Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 17. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire missing: Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong My Baby Just Cares for Me - Nina Simone Manhã De Carnaval (A Day in the Life of a Fool) - Luiz Bonfá (Black Orpheus OST) Chega de Saudade - João Gilberto Glad to Be Unhappy - Billie Holliday (and maybe Amy Winehouse as well!!!! :lol: :lol: ) wanted Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holliday in as well but maybe 1930s and 1040s - are you gonna do that as well??
January 12, 200817 yr Author 1st Frank Sinatra - All The Way 20 Pts 2nd Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It 3rd Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife 4th Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame 5th Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel 6th Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel 7th Julie London - Cry Me A River 8th Peggy Lee - Fever 9th Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me 10th Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 11th Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 12th Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream 13th Elvis Presley - All Shook Up 14th Hank Williams - Cold Cold Heart 15th Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night 16th Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue 17th Bobby Darin - Dream Lover 18th Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This 19th Connie Francis - Lipstick On Your Collar 20th Cliff Richard - Living Doll MISSING SONGS: Elvis Presley - Mystery Train Cliff Richard - Travellin' Light Ike Turner - Rocket 88 Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
January 12, 200817 yr not sure i can do this.... as i really dont have much of an opinion on these tracks one way or another...
January 13, 200817 yr Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock...20 pts Elvis Presley - All Shook Up Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace Bobby Darin - Dream Lover Elvis Presley - Hound Dog Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode Little Richard - Long Tall Sally Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody Carl Perkins (or Elvis Presley) - Blue Suede Shoes Dion (or Marty Wilde) - A Teenager In Love Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill Julie London - Cry Me A River nominate Frankie Laine - Answer Me Bill Haley & Comets - See you later Alligator Adam Faith - What do you want Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap Goons - Ying tong song :lol:
January 16, 200817 yr option B again Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode Elvis- Jailhouse rock Johnny Cash - I walk the Line Elvis - Hound Dog.
January 16, 200817 yr 1st Elvis - Hound Dog Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me 3 Elvis - Jailhouse Rock 4 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy 5 Dean Martin - Memories are made of this 6 Perry Como - Magic Moments 7 Julie London - Cry Me A River 8 Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody 9 Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill 10 Everly Bros. - All I Have To Do Is Dream
January 19, 200817 yr Goons - Ying tong song :lol: someone should nominate I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas next!!! :lol:
January 20, 200817 yr Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel (20 Pts) Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife Elvis Presley - All Shook Up Elvis Presley - Hound Dog Julie London - Cry Me A River Elvis Presley - One Night Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly Carl Perkins (or Elvis Presley) - Blue Suede Shoes Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore Peggy Lee – Fever Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
January 26, 200817 yr Author Many Thanks top the 13 of you who voted The 1950 Record Of The Decade Semi Final A: Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 49th Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For you 0 49th Sam Cooke (or Craig Douglas) - Only Sixteen 0 48th Poni-Tails - Born Too Late 1 47th Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand 4 46th Dion (or Marty Wilde) - A Teenager In Love 7 44th Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night 10 44th Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa 10 43rd Elvis Presley - One Night 11 42nd Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop 12 40th Hank Williams - Cold Cold Heart 15 40th Jim Lowe (or Frankie Vaughan) - Green Door 15 38th Lord Rockingham XI - Hoots Mon 16 38th Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe 16 37th Paul Anka - Diana 18 36th Connie Francis - Lipstick On Your Collar 22 35th Cliff Richard - Living Doll 28 34th Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol 30 33rd Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This 31 31st Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame 34 31st Bobby Darin - Dream Lover 34 30th Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy 35 28th Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill 40 28th Perry Como - Magic Moments 40 27th Frank Sinatra - All The Way 42 26th Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace 44 The following songs 16th to 25th qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1950s) play-offs (Along with the nominated missing Semi Final songs 25th Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 46 24th Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It 49 23rd Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 51 22nd Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife 52 21st Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender 54 20th Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula 56 19th Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 59 18th Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 64 17th Ritchie Valens - La Bamba 66 16th Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 67 While the Top 15 Songs of this Semi Final all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1950s) Final 15th Julie London - Cry Me A River 70 14th Carl Perkins (or Elvis Presley) - Blue Suede Shoes 73 13th Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me 79 12th Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody 92 11th Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel 94 10th Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue 95 9th Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 101 7th Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream 105 7th Elvis Presley - All Shook Up 105 6th Peggy Lee - Fever 111 5th Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire 113 4th Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line 120 3rd Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel 123 2nd Elvis Presley - Hound Dog 134 1st Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock 172 SmCgZELZxb8 I will reveal the 1950s Record of The Decade Play-offs for you to vote on in a separate thread
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