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mae
12-05-2015, 05:25 AM
It's time! This thread will serve to nominate and discuss the tracks for the tournament that were released between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1954. Keep in mind that your nomination must have been initially released within this time-frame. Singles can often be released earlier or later than the album, so double check things like Wikipedia. When nominating and seconding, please follow these guidelines:


You can nominate one track per post, and you can nominate another track after one other member has made their nomination (per thread).
You can second one track per post, and you can second another track after one other track has been seconded (per thread).
Each nomination should be supported by a video, illustrating the song being nominated.
The video must be the version of the track being nominated (so no live versions, covers, re-recordings, or remixes).


To reiterate from the announcement post (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19369), to make a nomination, please use the following format: ARTIST - TITLE (YEAR). A nomination should also be supported by a video, illustrating the song being nominated (though not necessarily the song's official video, especially if it contains a lengthy pre-song scene). Most tracks can be found on YouTube, and that's preferred, but other video hosting services can be used, which can be embedded with your nomination. If you can't find your pick, send me a PM and I will try to locate it for you. However, please do not simply post a link or embed the video so it appears on the page. Since there will be lots of nominations per page and lots of videos, this will be too much to handle for most computers, slowing down the page tremendously. So to make your nomination, please hide the embedded video using the SPOIL tags (using this spoiler option: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/images/icons/spoiler.gif) Don't forget to remove the s in https when embedding YouTube links. Also, the youtu.be sharing shortcut will not work. We need the full address (just without the s in https).

All you need to do is first click the "Insert Video" icon: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/images/editor/video.png. Paste your YouTube link, remove the s in https and click OK. The link should stay selected, so click the black SPOIL button, enter your ARTIST - TITLE (YEAR) into the field which appears, click OK, and you're done.

To illustrate, a sample nomination should look like this (and this track is not eligible, since it's from 2015):



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo6Nr1VEml8

Or, simply use the below template (fill in the red placeholders):


ARTIST - TITLE (YEAR)"]

YOUTUBELINK[/COLOR]

List of seconded tracks:

The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=962734&viewfull=1#post962734)
Tony Bennett - Rags to Riches (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=962777&viewfull=1#post962777)
The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You be Mine) (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=963504&viewfull=1#post963504)
Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle, and Roll (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964038&viewfull=1#post964038)
Bill Haley and His Comets - Rock Around the Clock (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=963435&viewfull=1#post963435)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964054&viewfull=1#post964054)
Elvis Presley - That's All Right, Mama (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964055&viewfull=1#post964055)
Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time) (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964063&viewfull=1#post964063)
The Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964468&viewfull=1#post964468)
Teresa Brewer - Music! Music! Music! (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964493&viewfull=1#post964493)
Patti Page - The Tennessee Waltz (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964818&viewfull=1#post964818)
Hank Williams - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964882&viewfull=1#post964882)
Hank Snow - I'm Moving On (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=965555&viewfull=1#post965555)
Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964827&viewfull=1#post964827)
Patti Page - The Doggie in the Window (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964843&viewfull=1#post964843)
Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88 (1951) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=965568&viewfull=1#post965568)
Patti Page - Changing Partners (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966206&viewfull=1#post966206)
Bill Haley and His Comets - Crazy Man, Crazy (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966081&viewfull=1#post966081)
Erroll Garner - Misty (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966330&viewfull=1#post966330)
Hank Williams - Hey, Good Lookin' (1951) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966484&viewfull=1#post966484)
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966525&viewfull=1#post966525)
The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man (1951) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=967107&viewfull=1#post967107)
Duke Ellington - Satin Doll (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966887&viewfull=1#post966887)
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966298&viewfull=1#post966298)
Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters - Money Honey (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966644&viewfull=1#post966644)
Nat King Cole - Unforgettable (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=967139&viewfull=1#post967139)
Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=967455&viewfull=1#post967455)
The Four Lads - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19378&p=967392&viewfull=1#post967392)
Phil Harris - The Thing (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=967720&viewfull=1#post967720)
Pérez Prado - Mambo No. 5 (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=968337&viewfull=1#post968337)
Ray Charles - I Got a Woman (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=967885&viewfull=1#post967885)
Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=969144&viewfull=1#post969144)
Judy Garland - The Man That Got Away (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=969142&viewfull=1#post969142)
Jimmy Forrest - Night Train (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=967895&viewfull=1#post967895)
The Ames Brothers - The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=969810&viewfull=1#post969810)
The Weavers - Goodnight, Irene (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=970134&viewfull=1#post970134)
Dean Martin - That's Amore (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=970466&viewfull=1#post970466)
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966831&viewfull=1#post966831)
Johnnie Ray - Cry (1951) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=970899&viewfull=1#post970899)
Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=971233&viewfull=1#post971233)
Ruth Brown - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=971673&viewfull=1#post971673)
Eileen Barton - If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=967500&viewfull=1#post967500)
Hank Williams - Kaw-Liga (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=964430&viewfull=1#post964430)
Eartha Kitt - C'est si bon (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972354&viewfull=1#post972354)
The Drifters - White Christmas (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972363&viewfull=1#post972363)
Patti Page - You Belong to Me (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972408&viewfull=1#post972408)
Hank Williams - Jambalaya (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972718&viewfull=1#post972718)
The Mills Brothers - The Glow-Worm (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=973520&viewfull=1#post973520)
The Spaniels - Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972708&viewfull=1#post972708)
Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean a Lot (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=971692&viewfull=1#post971692)
The Moonglows - Sincerely (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=973517&viewfull=1#post973517)
Ella Fitzgerald - Angel Eyes (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966723&viewfull=1#post966723)
Dinah Washington - Mad About the Boy (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=971705&viewfull=1#post971705)
Les Paul and Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972820&viewfull=1#post972820)
Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=974325&viewfull=1#post974325)
The Andrews Sisters - I Wanna Be Loved (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=974329&viewfull=1#post974329)


List of tracks not yet seconded:

Homer & Jethro - That Hound Dog in the Window (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=965969&viewfull=1#post965969)
Mario Lanza - Because You're Mine (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=966234&viewfull=1#post966234)
Rosemary Clooney - Tenderly (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=967125&viewfull=1#post967125)
Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=967131&viewfull=1#post967131)
The Clovers - Blue Velvet (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=967699&viewfull=1#post967699)
Charles Brown - Black Night (1951) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=968238&viewfull=1#post968238)
Little Richard - Every Hour (1951) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=968561&viewfull=1#post968561)
Mario Lanza - Be My Love (1950) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=968862&viewfull=1#post968862)
Judy Garland - Born in a Trunk (1954) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=970248&viewfull=1#post970248)
Hank Thompson - The Wild Side of Life (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=970540&viewfull=1#post970540)
Jo Stafford - Shrimp Boats (1951) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972401&viewfull=1#post972401)
Eddie Fisher - Oh My Papa (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972483&viewfull=1#post972483)
Bud Powell - Un Poco Loco (1951) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972494&viewfull=1#post972494)
The Davis Sisters - I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (About Him) (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972644&viewfull=1#post972644)
Ray Anthony - Dragnet (1953) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=972650&viewfull=1#post972650)
The Mills Brothers - Up the Lazy River (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=973488&viewfull=1#post973488)
Little Walter - Juke (1952) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19377&p=973521&viewfull=1#post973521)
mae
12-05-2015, 12:04 PM
Nominating one of those quintessential '50s songs that just ooze early '50s:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDtVAM80zbg
T-Dogz_AK47
12-05-2015, 05:32 PM
Mr Sandman is definitely seconded.... it always reminds me of Halloween II (1981)
T-Dogz_AK47
12-05-2015, 05:42 PM
Talking of movies....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DectA0LeKM

"As far back as I could remember, I always wanted to be a gangster...." :P
mae
12-06-2015, 04:42 PM
Rags to Riches seconded.
divemaster
12-09-2015, 07:05 AM
...nothing to second at this point. So I'll nominate possibly the main song that started the Rock 'n' Roll era:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_9PQ0_pFs
mae
12-09-2015, 10:23 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ1evwdzfMk
Iwritecode
12-09-2015, 12:18 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ1evwdzfMk

2nd. I was literally just coming here to nominate this song.
T-Dogz_AK47
12-09-2015, 02:34 PM
A brilliant and haunting rendition, that featured in the awesome Christopher Walken movie, Biloxi Blues (1988)...

Pat Suzuki - How High The Moon (1953)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNv59lqRiGM
mae
12-09-2015, 09:32 PM
A brilliant and haunting rendition, that featured in the awesome Christopher Walken movie, Biloxi Blues (1988)...

Pat Suzuki - How High The Moon (1953)

This actually wasn't released until 1958: http://www.discogs.com/Pat-Suzuki-Pat-Suzuki/master/391549
T-Dogz_AK47
12-09-2015, 10:06 PM
A brilliant and haunting rendition, that featured in the awesome Christopher Walken movie, Biloxi Blues (1988)...

Pat Suzuki - How High The Moon (1953)

This actually wasn't released until 1958: http://www.discogs.com/Pat-Suzuki-Pat-Suzuki/master/391549

My bad, I will move the nomination to the other thread....
divemaster
12-11-2015, 04:54 AM
Well, if no one likes "Rock Around the Clock" let's try this one:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wTQsAgktg
T-Dogz_AK47
12-11-2015, 05:09 AM
Well, if no one likes "Rock Around the Clock" let's try this one:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wTQsAgktg

Seconded.
mae
12-11-2015, 05:30 AM
"Rock Around the Clock" seconded.
divemaster
12-11-2015, 05:48 AM
Somebody nominate something...I've got one waiting in the wings.

thankyouverymuch
mae
12-11-2015, 05:53 AM
Thy wish is my command:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqycl-on3Mw
divemaster
12-11-2015, 06:04 AM
Thanks!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmopYuF4BzY
divemaster
12-11-2015, 06:08 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqycl-on3Mw

I'm on board with this--seconded.
mae
12-11-2015, 06:29 AM
"That's All Right" seconded. Now, a little country never hurt nobody:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwyGS-CZ0qA
divemaster
12-12-2015, 08:38 PM
"That's All Right" seconded. Now, a little country never hurt nobody:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwyGS-CZ0qA

I certainly will second this. Willie Nelson's cover is also bangin' good.
divemaster
12-12-2015, 08:41 PM
In the same vein...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_c1A8tmHuI

And just for your listening pleasure, here is a very little-known version of Ronnie Milsap covering this in a live performance where he holds a note for 32 seconds. I don't know how in the hell he did that. Feel free to skip to the 3:55 mark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xPkjTv3dhI
T-Dogz_AK47
12-13-2015, 03:09 AM
The Crew Cuts - Sh Boom Sh Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) (1954)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9G0-4TWwew
mae
12-13-2015, 06:38 AM
"Sh-Boom" seconded, and:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ylDZXn408w

Wikipedia says it came out in 1949 but at least three other sources have 1950 (Discogs (http://www.discogs.com/Teresa-Brewer-Copenhagen-Music-Music-Music/release/2485184), Rateyourmusic (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/teresa_brewer/music__music__music____copenhagen_f1/), and 45cat (http://www.45cat.com/record/nc485292us)). Looks like it was recorded in December 1949 and released in January 1950.
divemaster
12-14-2015, 08:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCvfy6Huyc

Covered by at least 100 singers, but I believe this was the original version.
mae
12-14-2015, 10:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR5-9be1_Kk
divemaster
12-15-2015, 01:53 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ylDZXn408w



Cute song! Seconded.
mae
12-15-2015, 02:02 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCvfy6Huyc

Seconded.
divemaster
12-15-2015, 04:32 AM
Another Patti Page classic:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaPeT4VMXGs
mae
12-15-2015, 06:10 AM
So... we're just counting the first nomination, right? :unsure:
divemaster
12-15-2015, 06:18 AM
I'm nominating both! So sue me!

(Or, if you insist, just the first for now.)
mae
12-15-2015, 06:20 AM
First it is.
mae
12-15-2015, 06:24 AM
I'll do another Hank Williams:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrpRHznWSiQ
divemaster
12-17-2015, 09:33 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCHZyaBEHQ
divemaster
12-17-2015, 09:34 AM
I'll do another Hank Williams:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrpRHznWSiQ

seconded.
mae
12-17-2015, 10:04 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCHZyaBEHQ

Seconded
mae
12-17-2015, 10:04 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzNWLNFdKCU
Heather19
12-17-2015, 10:40 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR5-9be1_Kk

Seconded
mae
12-17-2015, 10:49 AM
And I'll second "The Doggie in the Window". I hope she buys it :)
divemaster
12-18-2015, 07:35 PM
And I'll second "The Doggie in the Window". I hope she buys it :)

LOL. Ok, now I'll nominate:

...of course, the requisite parody:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1SeZAf_tzw
divemaster
12-18-2015, 07:36 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzNWLNFdKCU

Seconded!
mae
12-19-2015, 10:48 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PHYkZrHngc
divemaster
12-19-2015, 08:53 PM
more Patti Page


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuliuRyTA7g
mae
12-20-2015, 05:17 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ILFEcMPLE
mae
12-20-2015, 05:20 AM
more Patti Page


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuliuRyTA7g

Seconded.
divemaster
12-20-2015, 05:47 PM
A classic for the ages:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS4LCoh0VGQ
divemaster
12-20-2015, 05:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PHYkZrHngc

Seconded.
mae
12-20-2015, 10:51 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0jq8BnTCsg
divemaster
12-21-2015, 05:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0jq8BnTCsg

I like every version of this song I've heard. Seconded.

You know who also has a really nice cover? Ray Stevens of all people. (You-tube it).
divemaster
12-21-2015, 05:32 PM
More Hank:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdAVm3Yq5c4
mae
12-21-2015, 09:21 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_61R2aPK0M
mae
12-21-2015, 09:22 PM
Hey, Good Lookin' seconded.
divemaster
12-22-2015, 11:20 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8oNHMNCSjQ
divemaster
12-22-2015, 11:21 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_61R2aPK0M

Seconded!
mae
12-22-2015, 06:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAtqH1vC2tI
divemaster
12-23-2015, 05:15 AM
Can't second right now, but can nominate:

(Too many times married men think they're still single...)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Ikl-y_rZA
mae
12-23-2015, 06:57 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRRsL-xDt1o
divemaster
12-24-2015, 05:19 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXfJj8R3q20
mae
12-24-2015, 06:06 AM
"Sixty Minute Man" seconded. And:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rgt829p6hg
divemaster
12-24-2015, 06:18 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRRsL-xDt1o

Seconded.
divemaster
12-24-2015, 06:20 AM
Rosemary Clooney? How about:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nstn4Wscl1w
mae
12-24-2015, 06:50 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDN5rG3wLa4
ladysai
12-24-2015, 06:53 AM
A classic for the ages:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS4LCoh0VGQ

Seconded
mae
12-25-2015, 03:21 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8oNHMNCSjQ

Seconded.
divemaster
12-25-2015, 08:04 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDN5rG3wLa4

Seconded.
Br!an
12-25-2015, 09:51 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDN5rG3wLa4

Seconded

Oops...

Thirded :orely:
divemaster
12-25-2015, 11:54 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP3CF6YBU_8
mae
12-25-2015, 01:09 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP3CF6YBU_8

Seconded
divemaster
12-25-2015, 08:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujB-BZn3C4g
mae
12-26-2015, 04:43 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKX8t_B00YE
mae
12-26-2015, 04:46 AM
"Papa Loves Mambo" seconded, love that one! Can't have too much Como.
divemaster
12-26-2015, 06:54 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP3CF6YBU_8

Seconded

Hell, I could have sworn I nominated this in the correct thread. This is a 1953 song, so needs to be switched to thread 2.
mae
12-26-2015, 01:04 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP3CF6YBU_8

Seconded

Hell, I could have sworn I nominated this in the correct thread. This is a 1953 song, so needs to be switched to thread 2.

Thanks, I missed that :(
divemaster
12-26-2015, 10:22 PM
I guess I can go again now? Before Bobby Vinton, there was this version. Wikipedia says released in 1954:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-9ISMEU7XI
mae
12-27-2015, 04:32 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B82H4ReFC3Y
divemaster
12-28-2015, 06:50 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B82H4ReFC3Y

Haven't heard this in ages! Fun song. Seconded.
divemaster
12-28-2015, 07:01 AM
Is there such a thing as too much Ray Charles? I don't think so.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrd14PxaUco
mae
12-28-2015, 07:23 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qndmUKb5lNA
ladysai
12-28-2015, 06:22 PM
I guess I can go again now? Before Bobby Vinton, there was this version. Wikipedia says released in 1954:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-9ISMEU7XI

Seconded
divemaster
12-29-2015, 05:12 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pOFLzPnZag
mae
12-29-2015, 11:00 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFPFEnfH7KY

Wikipedia says it's from 1949, but that may be when it was recorded. It was a B-side on a 1950 single: http://www.discogs.com/release/1514222
divemaster
12-30-2015, 04:42 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFPFEnfH7KY

Wikipedia says it's from 1949, but that may be when it was recorded. It was a B-side on a 1950 single: http://www.discogs.com/release/1514222

Seconded.
mae
12-30-2015, 04:45 AM
Is there such a thing as too much Ray Charles? I don't think so.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrd14PxaUco

Seconded.
divemaster
12-30-2015, 04:47 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_dzyPclKWk
mae
12-31-2015, 06:46 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlBc0_-Wn_w
Tommy
01-01-2016, 05:36 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8bJHM5PGs
mae
01-01-2016, 05:46 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwDLrvqs04
Tommy
01-01-2016, 05:51 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwDLrvqs04

2nd.
mae
01-01-2016, 05:53 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8bJHM5PGs

Seconded
mae
01-03-2016, 11:08 PM
Still need 23 seconded tracks in here, people! Let's keep it going...
divemaster
01-04-2016, 07:38 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qndmUKb5lNA

Seconded.
divemaster
01-04-2016, 07:42 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGpR6R3a1D4
mae
01-05-2016, 07:42 AM
"The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" seconded.
mae
01-05-2016, 07:43 AM
Probably the most popular version of this tune:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB1wzgO4B7A
divemaster
01-05-2016, 08:05 AM
Probably the most popular version of this tune:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB1wzgO4B7A

Seconded. I've always liked The Weavers even though Pete Seeger was a stinkin' commie LOL.
Tommy
01-05-2016, 10:36 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2inytzqiBk
mae
01-06-2016, 05:54 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8ispGzFcg
Tommy
01-06-2016, 09:14 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8ispGzFcg

2nd
divemaster
01-06-2016, 09:35 AM
Can't second right now, but can nominate:

(Too many times married men think they're still single...)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Ikl-y_rZA

The above (still sitting in limbo) was actually a response song to the following. An interesting set of bookends if you listen to the Hank Thompson's opinion of honky tonk angels, and then Kitty Wells' rebuttal.

You gave up the only one that ever loved you...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5XLOnJYeNg
mae
01-07-2016, 07:20 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfoqXwQlsmc
mae
01-07-2016, 07:22 AM
Kitty Wells seconded.
divemaster
01-08-2016, 05:28 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfoqXwQlsmc

Seconded.
divemaster
01-08-2016, 05:32 AM
Rosemary Clooney? How about:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nstn4Wscl1w

Here's another...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44CQbWDDd64

Starts off slow, but then the mambo beat kicks in around the 20-second mark.
mae
01-09-2016, 07:03 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEnb6-Z9TSU
mae
01-09-2016, 07:05 AM
"Mambo Italiano" seconded
divemaster
01-09-2016, 08:48 AM
In honor of Kitty Kallen, who passed away Thursday...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skxjujVVg0o
divemaster
01-09-2016, 08:48 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEnb6-Z9TSU

Seconded.
mae
01-09-2016, 09:12 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEYMLDYBE18
divemaster
01-12-2016, 11:39 AM
Meeeeee-ow! Catwoman sings...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWCo5ex40IQ
Iwritecode
01-12-2016, 12:15 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfZPtkqXQIA
Lurker
01-12-2016, 02:21 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1dz1YRXdOA
Lurker
01-12-2016, 02:22 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKX8t_B00YE

Seconded
divemaster
01-12-2016, 02:37 PM
The best version of this is Patsy Cline's, in the early '60s. But from this era I like Patti Page's version a bit better than Jo Stafford's (which is probably more well-known).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkwT7ht07p4
Tommy
01-12-2016, 09:02 PM
In the same vein...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_c1A8tmHuI

And just for your listening pleasure, here is a very little-known version of Ronnie Milsap covering this in a live performance where he holds a note for 32 seconds. I don't know how in the hell he did that. Feel free to skip to the 3:55 mark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xPkjTv3dhI
2ND
Tommy
01-12-2016, 09:08 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJv9j36PaWI
mae
01-12-2016, 10:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9TY0dDM0HU
mae
01-12-2016, 10:08 PM
Meeeeee-ow! Catwoman sings...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWCo5ex40IQ

Beautiful. Seconded.
divemaster
01-13-2016, 07:40 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfZPtkqXQIA

I've always liked The Drifters, in all their incarnations. Seconded.
Girlystevedave
01-13-2016, 09:15 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeOs198BH4M
mae
01-13-2016, 09:27 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gft8UodLE-U
Iwritecode
01-13-2016, 01:08 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQ6k5u-Bg8
Tommy
01-13-2016, 01:29 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKOVPXhlnE
mae
01-13-2016, 08:13 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqZ0Sdz_V40
mae
01-15-2016, 02:57 AM
The best version of this is Patsy Cline's, in the early '60s. But from this era I like Patti Page's version a bit better than Jo Stafford's (which is probably more well-known).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkwT7ht07p4

Seconded.
divemaster
01-15-2016, 04:31 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKOVPXhlnE

Seconded.
Tommy
01-16-2016, 02:23 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIzL5IdkwAc
mae
01-16-2016, 03:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK-DBoOjHac
Tommy
01-16-2016, 03:23 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zOoAPn3OjQ
mae
01-16-2016, 03:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2vKlQm0QOU
mae
01-17-2016, 05:12 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zOoAPn3OjQ

Seconded
Tommy
01-17-2016, 11:47 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQ6k5u-Bg8

2ND
mae
01-18-2016, 06:42 AM
In honor of Kitty Kallen, who passed away Thursday...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skxjujVVg0o

Seconded
divemaster
01-18-2016, 06:51 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK-DBoOjHac

Seconded.
mae
01-18-2016, 09:53 PM
Still need five to be seconded here.
Tommy
01-19-2016, 06:16 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAtqH1vC2tI

2ND
Tommy
01-20-2016, 05:26 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR5YteaRtuc
mae
01-20-2016, 05:34 AM
This was one of the last if not the last hit for the great Andrews Sisters:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3QMcKbJPA
mae
01-21-2016, 06:44 AM
Still four spots to go in this one, let's not forget.
T-Dogz_AK47
01-21-2016, 11:16 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEYMLDYBE18

Seconded.
Tommy
01-22-2016, 12:30 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqZ0Sdz_V40

2ND
T-Dogz_AK47
01-22-2016, 05:45 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR5YteaRtuc

Seconded.

Only one slot remaining now folks.... :clap:
mae
01-22-2016, 05:52 AM
Only one slot remaining now folks.... :clap:

Yup. If y'all don't mind me pimping some of my noms (can't see myself seconding any others really above these), we can really use any of these: the two Mario Lanza songs (he was huge back in the day), "Dragnet" (awesome), the classic jazz piece by Bud Powell, and the final hit by the immortal Andrews Sisters.
Tommy
01-22-2016, 06:02 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIzL5IdkwAc

How bout this? :dance:
mae
01-22-2016, 06:14 AM
Sorry - a good song, but not better than those, in my view anyway.
Tommy
01-22-2016, 06:25 AM
This was one of the last if not the last hit for the great Andrews Sisters:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3QMcKbJPA

2ND
mae
01-22-2016, 06:27 AM
Thank you, sir! And we are done with all the oldies!
Tommy
01-22-2016, 06:29 AM
Thank you, sir! And we are done with all the oldies!

Kids these days will look at songs from 1980's as being oldies, scary ain't it?
Iwritecode
01-22-2016, 06:33 AM
Thank you, sir! And we are done with all the oldies!

Kids these days will look at songs from 1980's as being oldies, scary ain't it?

They already do. My kids will hear a song that's being covered by a more recent band and when I mention something about it they're always like "How do you know about this song?"

Then I have to explain that the song is actually older than they are. :wtf:
Tommy
01-22-2016, 06:45 AM
Reminds me of a Margaret Cho joke where she is imitating what our generation will be like at 90 in the nursing home telling the nurse to play 'Hungry Like the Wolf' again
mae
01-22-2016, 06:48 AM
Here are some stats:

Nominations by year:

1950: 11 (19.64%)
1951: 4 (7.14%)
1952: 10 (17.86%)
1953: 14 (25%)
1954: 17 (30.36%)


Most nominations by artist:

5

Hank Williams


4

Patti Page


2

Bill Haley and His Comets
Muddy Waters
Nat King Cole
The Drifters
mae
01-22-2016, 06:52 AM
Wow, only 4 songs from 1951. That must've been an off year...
Tommy
01-22-2016, 06:56 AM
I was thinking the same thing