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Tue 20 Aug

 

48 Kay Starr — Comes A-Long A-Love 

48 Frankie Laine — I Believe 

47 Perry Como & The Ramblers — Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

43 Mantovani & His Orchestra — The Song From Moulin Rouge

16 Frankie Laine — Hey Joe! -6

06 Guy Mitchell — Look At That Girl +4

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Tue 20 Aug

 

48 Kay Starr — Comes A-Long A-Love 

48 Frankie Laine — I Believe 

47 Perry Como & The Ramblers — Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

43 Mantovani & His Orchestra — The Song From Moulin Rouge

10 Frankie Laine — Hey Joe! -6

10 Guy Mitchell — Look At That Girl +4

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20/8/2024

 

48 Kay Starr — Comes A-Long A-Love 

48 Frankie Laine — I Believe 

47 Perry Como & The Ramblers — Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

43 Mantovani & His Orchestra — The Song From Moulin Rouge

14 Frankie Laine — Hey Joe! +4

04 Guy Mitchell — Look At That Girl -6

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31 minutes ago, justonecornetto said:

14 Frankie Laine — Hey Joe! +4

04 Guy Mitchell — Look At That Girl -6

 

None of these songs are really my cup of tea but Hey Joe shocked me at how bad it was

 

I have already done a listen through of the next batch and I know where my points are starting off

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20/8/2024

 

48 Kay Starr — Comes A-Long A-Love 

48 Frankie Laine — I Believe 

47 Perry Como & The Ramblers — Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

37 Mantovani & His Orchestra — The Song From Moulin Rouge -6

14 Frankie Laine — Hey Joe!

08 Guy Mitchell — Look At That Girl +4

 

I don't have a least favourite out of these, but Moulin Rouge would be the one I'd be least likely to listen to.

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8/20/2024

 

50 Kay Starr — Comes A-Long A-Love +2

49 Frankie Laine — I Believe +1

48 Perry Como & The Ramblers — Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes +1

37 Mantovani & His Orchestra — The Song From Moulin Rouge

14 Frankie Laine — Hey Joe!

02 Guy Mitchell — Look At That Girl -6

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1 hour ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

I don't have a least favourite out of these, but Moulin Rouge would be the one I'd be least likely to listen to.

 

I can't see why anyone would dislike it.  It's just an instrumental with a touch of Parisian atmosphere.  No voices to irritate anyone !

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50s instrumentals probably have the closest floor-to-ceiling for any type of music, ie it'd be hard for me to get upset at incidentally hearing them in a restaurant, but very few would go beyond background noise.

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8/20/2024

 

50 Kay Starr — Comes A-Long A-Love

49 Frankie Laine — I Believe

48 Perry Como & The Ramblers — Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes 

41 Mantovani & His Orchestra — The Song From Moulin Rouge +4

10 Frankie Laine — Hey Joe! -4

 

0 Guy Mitchell — Look At That Go -2

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20/Aug/2024

 

51 Frankie Laine — I Believe +2

50 Kay Starr — Comes A-Long A-Love

48 Perry Como & The Ramblers — Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

43 Mantovani & His Orchestra — The Song From Moulin Rouge +2

04 Frankie Laine — Hey Joe! -6

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20th August

 

55 Frankie Laine — I Believe +4

50 Kay Starr — Comes A-Long A-Love

48 Perry Como & The Ramblers — Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

41 Mantovani & His Orchestra — The Song From Moulin Rouge -2

 

00 Frankie Laine — Bye Joe! -4

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I'd be surprised if that wasn't the quickest round ever! Good work.

 

Next! 25 down to 7 this time. Again, I knew very few of these. By no means is this stuff up my usual straße but I quite enjoyed going through them. Found a few I quite like, and a few more I didn't.

 

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Tue 20 Aug

 

21 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House +1

21 Dickie Valentine — The Finger Of Suspicion +1

21 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano +1

21 Johnston Brothers — Hernando’s Hideaway +1

20 Eddie Calvert — Oh, Mein Papa

20 Doris Day — Secret Love

20 Johnnie Ray — Such A Night

20 David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra — Cara Mia

20 Kitty Kallen — Little Things Mean A Lot

20 Frank Sinatra — Three Coins In The Fountain

20 Don Cornell — Hold My Hand

20 Vera Lynn — My Son, My Son

20 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party

20 Ruby Murray — Softly Softly

20 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Give Me Your Word

20 Prez Prado & His Orchestra — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Tony Bennett — Stranger In Paradise

20 Eddie Calvert — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Jimmy Young — Unchained Melody

20 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat

20 Slim Whitman — Rose Marie

20 Jimmy Young — The Man From Laramie

20 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock

20 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet

14 The Stargazers — I See The Moon -6

 

The Stargazers are a right pile of cunt, aren't they?

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20/8/24

 

22 Prez Prado & His Orchestra — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White +2

21 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock +1

21 Frank Sinatra — Three Coins In The Fountain +1

21 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House

21 Dickie Valentine — The Finger Of Suspicion

21 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano

21 Johnston Brothers — Hernando’s Hideaway

20 Eddie Calvert — Oh, Mein Papa

20 Doris Day — Secret Love

20 Johnnie Ray — Such A Night

20 David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra — Cara Mia

20 Kitty Kallen — Little Things Mean A Lot

20 Don Cornell — Hold My Hand

20 Vera Lynn — My Son, My Son

20 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party

20 Ruby Murray — Softly Softly

20 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Give Me Your Word

20 Tony Bennett — Stranger In Paradise

20 Eddie Calvert — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Jimmy Young — Unchained Melody

20 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat

20 Slim Whitman — Rose Marie

20 Jimmy Young — The Man From Laramie

20 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet

08 The Stargazers — I See The Moon -6

 

Stargazers are truly bad, btw that guitar solo in Rock Around the Clock is fantastic.

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Posted below, forgot to use edit, oops

 

 

 

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20/8/2024

 

25 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock +4

22 Prez Prado & His Orchestra — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 

21 Frank Sinatra — Three Coins In The Fountain 

21 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House

21 Dickie Valentine — The Finger Of Suspicion

21 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano

21 Johnston Brothers — Hernando’s Hideaway

20 Eddie Calvert — Oh, Mein Papa

20 Doris Day — Secret Love

20 Johnnie Ray — Such A Night

20 David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra — Cara Mia

20 Kitty Kallen — Little Things Mean A Lot

20 Don Cornell — Hold My Hand

20 Vera Lynn — My Son, My Son

20 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party

20 Ruby Murray — Softly Softly

20 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Give Me Your Word

20 Tony Bennett — Stranger In Paradise

20 Eddie Calvert — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Jimmy Young — Unchained Melody

20 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat

20 Slim Whitman — Rose Marie

20 Jimmy Young — The Man From Laramie

14 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet -6

08 The Stargazers — I See The Moon 

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Tue 20 Aug

 

25 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock

24 Tony Bennett — Stranger In Paradise  +4

22 Prez Prado & His Orchestra — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 

21 Frank Sinatra — Three Coins In The Fountain 

21 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House

21 Dickie Valentine — The Finger Of Suspicion

21 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano

21 Johnston Brothers — Hernando’s Hideaway

20 Eddie Calvert — Oh, Mein Papa

20 Doris Day — Secret Love

20 Johnnie Ray — Such A Night

20 David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra — Cara Mia

20 Kitty Kallen — Little Things Mean A Lot

20 Don Cornell — Hold My Hand

20 Vera Lynn — My Son, My Son

20 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party

20 Ruby Murray — Softly Softly

20 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Give Me Your Word

20 Eddie Calvert — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Jimmy Young — Unchained Melody

20 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat

20 Slim Whitman — Rose Marie

20 Jimmy Young — The Man From Laramie

10 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet -4

06 The Stargazers — I See The Moon  -2

 

Ah, Stranger In Paradise.  A favourite of my mum's, she used to warble along with that.

I know quite a lot of these songs, but from later covers.   Secret Love is great, but I prefer Kathy Kirby's version.

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20/08/24

 

27 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock +2

24 Tony Bennett — Stranger In Paradise 

22 Prez Prado & His Orchestra — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 

21 Frank Sinatra — Three Coins In The Fountain 

21 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House

21 Dickie Valentine — The Finger Of Suspicion

21 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano

21 Johnston Brothers — Hernando’s Hideaway

21 David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra — Cara Mia +1

21 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party +1

20 Eddie Calvert — Oh, Mein Papa

20 Doris Day — Secret Love

20 Johnnie Ray — Such A Night

20 Kitty Kallen — Little Things Mean A Lot

20 Don Cornell — Hold My Hand

20 Vera Lynn — My Son, My Son

20 Ruby Murray — Softly Softly

20 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Give Me Your Word

20 Eddie Calvert — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Jimmy Young — Unchained Melody

20 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat

20 Slim Whitman — Rose Marie

20 Jimmy Young — The Man From Laramie

10 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet 

 

00 The Stargazers — I See The Moon -6

 

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13 minutes ago, Toast said:

Ah, Stranger In Paradise.  A favourite of my mum's, she used to warble along with that.

Six versions of Stranger in Paradise made it onto the charts. Hellish to listen to back-to-back.

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Tue 20 Aug

 

26 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock +1

24 Tony Bennett — Stranger In Paradise

22 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano +1

22 Johnston Brothers — Hernando’s Hideaway +1

22 Prez Prado & His Orchestra — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 

21 Frank Sinatra — Three Coins In The Fountain 

21 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House

21 Dickie Valentine — The Finger Of Suspicion

21 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat +1

20 Doris Day — Secret Love

20 Johnnie Ray — Such A Night

20 David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra — Cara Mia

20 Kitty Kallen — Little Things Mean A Lot

20 Don Cornell — Hold My Hand

20 Vera Lynn — My Son, My Son

20 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party

20 Ruby Murray — Softly Softly

20 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Give Me Your Word

20 Eddie Calvert — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Jimmy Young — Unchained Melody

20 Jimmy Young — The Man From Laramie

18 Eddie Calvert — Oh, Mein Papa -2

18 Slim Whitman — Rose Marie -2

10 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet 

04 The Stargazers — I See The Moon -2

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8/20/2024

 

27 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock +1

24 Tony Bennett — Stranger In Paradise

23 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano +1

23 Johnston Brothers — Hernando’s Hideaway +1

22 Prez Prado & His Orchestra — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 

21 Frank Sinatra — Three Coins In The Fountain 

21 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House

21 Dickie Valentine — The Finger Of Suspicion

21 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat

21 Doris Day — Secret Love +1

20 Johnnie Ray — Such A Night

20 David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra — Cara Mia

20 Kitty Kallen — Little Things Mean A Lot

20 Vera Lynn — My Son, My Son

20 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party

20 Ruby Murray — Softly Softly

20 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Give Me Your Word

20 Eddie Calvert — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Jimmy Young — Unchained Melody

20 Jimmy Young — The Man From Laramie

18 Don Cornell — Hold My Hand -2

18 Eddie Calvert — Oh, Mein Papa

18 Slim Whitman — Rose Marie

10 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet 

00 The Stargazers — I See The Moon -4

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Looks like @Death Impends and @Bibliogryphon need to re-vote as they seemed to have missed that @AstroKat had already -6ed The Stargazers along with upvoting several other songs. @TQRPlease do not vote until this is fixed. If this does not get fixed today, can we vote twice on Wednesday?

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Cheers @theoldlady. Best course of action is to completely ignore Bib and DI’s votes and carry on from AstroKat’s; @Bibliogryphon and @Death Impends can do their votes again.

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Using @AstroKat’s list:

 

20/08/24

 

28 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock +1

25 Tony Bennett — Stranger In Paradise +1

22 Prez Prado & His Orchestra — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 

22 Frank Sinatra — Three Coins In The Fountain +1

21 Doris Day — Secret Love +1

21 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House

21 Dickie Valentine — The Finger Of Suspicion

21 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano

21 Johnston Brothers — Hernando’s Hideaway

21 David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra — Cara Mia 

21 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party 

20 Eddie Calvert — Oh, Mein Papa

20 Johnnie Ray — Such A Night

20 Kitty Kallen — Little Things Mean A Lot

20 Don Cornell — Hold My Hand

20 Vera Lynn — My Son, My Son

20 Ruby Murray — Softly Softly

20 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Give Me Your Word

20 Eddie Calvert — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Jimmy Young — Unchained Melody

20 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat

20 Slim Whitman — Rose Marie

18 Jimmy Young — The Man From Laramie -2

06 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet -4

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8/20/2024

 

Same votes as before just with all my minus points going to Don

 

29 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock +1

25 Tony Bennett — Stranger In Paradise

22 Prez Prado & His Orchestra — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 

22 Frank Sinatra — Three Coins In The Fountain

22 Doris Day — Secret Love +1

22 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano +1

22 Johnston Brothers — Hernando’s Hideaway +1

21 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House

21 Dickie Valentine — The Finger Of Suspicion

21 David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra — Cara Mia 

21 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party 

20 Eddie Calvert — Oh, Mein Papa

20 Johnnie Ray — Such A Night

20 Kitty Kallen — Little Things Mean A Lot

20 Vera Lynn — My Son, My Son

20 Ruby Murray — Softly Softly

20 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Give Me Your Word

20 Eddie Calvert — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Jimmy Young — Unchained Melody

20 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat

20 Slim Whitman — Rose Marie

18 Jimmy Young — The Man From Laramie

14 Don Cornell — Hold My Hand -6

06 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet

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20/8/24 21:21 hrs 
 

 

29 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 

26 Doris Day — Secret Love +4

25 Tony Bennett — Stranger In Paradise

22 Prez Prado & His Orchestra — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 

22 Frank Sinatra — Three Coins In The Fountain

22 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano 

22 Johnston Brothers — Hernando’s Hideaway 

21 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House

21 Dickie Valentine — The Finger Of Suspicion

21 David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra — Cara Mia 

21 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have Another Party 

20 Eddie Calvert — Oh, Mein Papa

20 Johnnie Ray — Such A Night

20 Kitty Kallen — Little Things Mean A Lot

20 Vera Lynn — My Son, My Son

20 Ruby Murray — Softly Softly

20 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Give Me Your Word

20 Eddie Calvert — Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

20 Jimmy Young — Unchained Melody

20 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat

20 Slim Whitman — Rose Marie

18 Jimmy Young — The Man From Laramie

14 Don Cornell — Hold My Hand 

00 Dickie Valentine — Christmas Alphabet -6

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