Posted January 26, 200817 yr 1950s Retro Records of The Decade: Play-offs: Adam Faith - What do you want Alma Cogan - Dreamboat Bill Haley & Comets - See you later Alligator Billie Holliday - Glad to Be Unhappy Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore Buddy Holly - Rave On Cliff Richard - Travellin' Light Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It Dean Martin - That's Amore Doris Day - Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Summertime Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear Elvis Presley - Mystery Train Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin Frankie Laine - Answer Me Frankie Laine - I Believe Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula Goons - Ying tong song Ike Turner - Rocket 88 Isley Brothers - Shout! Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On João Gilberto - Chega de Saudade Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley Little Richard - Long Tall Sally Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap Luiz Bonfá (Black Orpheus OST) - Manhã De Carnaval (A Day in the Life of a Fool) Nat 'King' Cole - Smile Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Ritchie Valens - La Bamba Rosemary Clooney And The Mellomen - Mambo Italiano Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me Teddy Bears - Too Know Him, Is To Love Him Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City Please Vote for your 20 favourites (minimum Top 10) in order (1st, 2nd, etc) from that list of nominations within the next two weeks by Saturday 9th February. The top 20 songs will join the 30 songs (Semi Finals A & B 1st - 15th) in the Record of the 1950s Decade Final
January 26, 200817 yr Author 1st Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It 20 Pts 2. Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife 3. Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 4. Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 5. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me 6. Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 7. Cliff Richard - Travellin' Light 8. Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 9. Doris Day - Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) 10. Dean Martin - That's Amore 11. Buddy Holly - Rave On 12. Ike Turner - Rocket 88 13. Elvis Presley - Mystery Train 14. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 15. Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk 16. Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula 17. Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On 18. Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City 19. Goons - Ying tong song 20. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 1 Pt
January 26, 200817 yr 1. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me 2. Doris Day - Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) 3. Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me 4. Dean Martin - That's Amore 5. Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender 6. Frankie Laine - I Believe 7. Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 8. Nat 'King' Cole - Smile 9. Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife 10. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Summertime 11. Billie Holliday - Glad to Be Unhappy 12. Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 13. Bill Haley & Comets - See you later Alligator 14. Ritchie Valens - La Bamba 15. Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear 16. Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 17. Teddy Bears - Too Know Him, Is To Love Him 18. Rosemary Clooney And The Mellomen - Mambo Italiano 19. Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On 20. Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater
January 26, 200817 yr 1 Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender 2 Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 3 Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 4 Frankie Laine - Answer Me 5 Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 6 Adam Faith - What do you want 7 Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 8 Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula 9 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On 10 Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 11 Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me 12 Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 13 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons 14 Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear 15 Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It 16 Bill Haley & Comets - See you later Alligator 17 Frankie Laine - I Believe 18 Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me 19 Ritchie Valens - La Bamba 20 Goons - Ying tong song
January 26, 200817 yr 1. Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender 2. Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 3. Elvis Presley - Mystery Train 4. Buddy Holly - Rave On 5. Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife 6. Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It 7. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 8. Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On 9. Adam Faith - What Do You Want 10. Ike Turner - Rocket 88 11. Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear 12. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me 13. Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula 14. Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 15. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Summertime 16. Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 17. Ritchie Valens - La Bamba 18. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 19. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons 20. Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me
January 30, 200817 yr 1 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Summertime 2 Luiz Bonfá (Black Orpheus OST) - Manhã De Carnaval (A Day in the Life of a Fool) 3 João Gilberto - Chega de Saudade 4 Billie Holliday - Glad to Be Unhappy 5 Goons - Ying tong song 6 Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line 7 Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me 8 Isley Brothers - Shout! 9 Ritchie Valens - La Bamba 10 Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 11 Rosemary Clooney And The Mellomen - Mambo Italiano 12 Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife 13 Ike Turner - Rocket 88 14 Bill Haley & Comets - See you later Alligator 15 Dean Martin - That's Amore 16 Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 17 Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula 18 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On 19 Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 20 Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
February 7, 200817 yr 1. Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 2. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me 3. Billie Holliday - Glad to Be Unhappy 4. Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife 5. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 6. Doris Day - Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) 7. Bill Haley & Comets - See you later Alligator 8. Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender 9. Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear 10 Dean Martin - That's Amore
February 7, 200817 yr 1st Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime 2 Goons - Ying Tong Song 3 Little Richard - Long tall Sally 4 Nat King Cole - Smile 5 Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me 6 Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me 7 Everly Bros. - Bye Bye Love 8 Doris Day - Que Sera Sera 9 Dean Martin - That's Amore 10 Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 11 Alma Cogan - Dreamboat 12 Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula 13 Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 14 Bill Hailey - See You Later Alligator 15 Isley Bros. - Shout 16 Platters - Smoke gets in your eyes 17 Frankie Laine - I Believe 18 Richie Valens - La Bamba 19 Ike Turner - Rocket 88 20 Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear
February 16, 200817 yr Author 1950s Record Of The Decade Playoffs : Results Thanks to the 13 of you who voted: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points Scored 42nd Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap 0 41st Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City 3 40th Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk 6 38th Frankie Laine - Answer Me 18 38th João Gilberto - Chega de Saudade 18 36th Teddy Bears - Too Know Him, Is To Love Him 19 36th Luiz Bonfá (Black Orpheus OST) - Manhã De Carnaval (A Day in the Life of a Fool) 19 35th Cliff Richard - Travellin' Light 20 34th Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater 21 33rd Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons 24 32nd Elvis Presley - Mystery Train 28 30th Ike Turner - Rocket 88 30 30th Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley 30 29th Alma Cogan - Dreamboat 31 27th Buddy Holly - Rave On 41 27th Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line 41 26th Goons - Ying tong song 44 24th Billie Holliday - Glad to Be Unhappy 45 24th Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear 45 23rd Isley Brothers - Shout! 51 22nd Adam Faith - What do you want 52 The following songs go through to the 1950s Record of The Decade Final is: 20th Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 64 20th Nat 'King' Cole - Smile 64 17th Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me 66 17th Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 66 17th Frankie Laine - I Believe 66 16th Rosemary Clooney And The Mellomen - Mambo Italiano 73 15th Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On 74 13th Bill Haley & Comets - See you later Alligator 82 13th Cliff Richard & the Shadows - Move It 82 12th Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula 84 11th Dean Martin - That's Amore 92 10th Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Summertime 93 9th Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 97 8th Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 106 7th Richie Valens - La Bamba 108 5th Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife 113 5th Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender 113 3rd Doris Day - Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) 133 3rd Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 133 2nd Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin 148 1st Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me 150 QdA7jHaoIkU The 1950s Record Of the Decade Final thread will be posted very soon.
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