Great Music - Round 1: 1945-1949 (Group 1 of 8)

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During the first round of The Great Music Tournament, please vote for up to five tracks you would like to move onto the next round. The top five tracks will be moving on. Keep in mind that the percentage of the vote a given track receives will determine its standing going forward.

IMPORTANT! Please do not simply vote on name recognition (or lack thereof) alone. Please do listen to each nomination and then make your choice. Even if you think you know a track well, it's still worth giving it a listen for a refresher.

The poll will run for seven days. Discussion is greatly encouraged!

The nominees are (please let me know if any video doesn't play for you):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_8p9rAtctM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW7R-Kqq54E


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1TGV-KpM9I


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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lhy-1qZQAI


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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3L5lB8hwcM

[mae]

Really hoping "Guitar Boogie" gets more love!

[mae]

With about 24 hours to go, hope we can still break the tie for fifth place between "Guitar Boogie" and "Babalú".

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The poll has closed and the following tracks are moving on to the next round:


Frank Sinatra - Five Minutes More (1946) 61.54%
Vaughn Monroe - Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) (1949) 53.85%
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Bumble Boogie (1946) 46.15%
Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca (1947) 30.77%


And the following is eliminated:


Charlie Parker - Anthropology (1946) 7.69%


And these will go through a tiebreaker poll for the final spot to move on:


Arthur Smith - Guitar Boogie (1945) 23.08%
Desi Arnaz - Babalú (1947) 23.08%