1950 SINGLES BATTLE : THE GRAND FINAL!!
Roger Ford
THE 1950 BATTLE OF THE SINGLES!!!
A bout that pitches one of the top country records of the year against
one of the top pop records of 1950
Which one will be the eventual winner?
And so become our 1950 Singles Battle Champion?
Only YOU can decide so make sure you vote!!
DEADLINE FOR VOTING - MIDNIGHT (EST) MONDAY 28TH DECEMBER
PLEASE! Make allowance for time difference in this closing time in the
zone where you may happen to live and PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY VOTES
AFTER THIS TIME!
DOUBLE PLEASE!!! MAKE SURE YOUR VOTES ARE CORRECT BEFORE PRESSING
"SUBMIT". WRONGLY CAST VOTES CANNOT BE ALTERED,SORRY!
To vote or to register to vote please go to
http://MarcDashevsky.com/battle
Don't forget to log in using your personal log in ID (don't have
one?---no problem!---see the web site for details)
Please follow the instructions at the site,thanks!
When completed you are welcome to post your votes here (you can "cut &
paste" them in one go directly from the website after you have
submitted your votes)---a few added comments accompanying your votes
are particularly welcome since I think much of the fun of these
Singles Battles for many of us here is getting some discussion of the
records and artists involved
Results will be published here TUESDAY 29TH DECEMBER
(In the event of any ties in this round the votes total from previous
post-preliminary rounds will be added thus breaking the tie and
creating a clear winner)
And now without more ado here are your matchups to vote on
May the best man win!!
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**THE GRAND FINAL BOUT**
Being the two winners from the Semi Finals Round here going head to
head for the title of 1950 Singles Battle Champion!!
Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
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Please also take time to vote in the CONSOLATION BOUT match up for
THIRD place in this tournament between the two runners up from the
Semi Finals both of whom have put up noteworthy performances!!
**THE CONSOLATION (THIRD PLACE) BOUT**
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
NOTE : Whilst it is contest policy not to let the same artist face
himself in these Singles Battles until it is absolutely unavoidable it
will be appreciated that that stage has now been reached and that said
policy must now be breached to allow a Consolation Round
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DEADLINE FOR VOTING - MIDNIGHT (EST) MONDAY 28TH DECEMBER
To vote please go to
http://MarcDashevsky.com/battle
Thanks to all those participating!!!
ROGER FORD
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Roger Ford
Ford) wrote:
>And so....at long last we come to the GRAND FINAL round in
>
>THE 1950 BATTLE OF THE SINGLES!!!
>
>A bout that pitches one of the top country records of the year against
>one of the top pop records of 1950
>
Here's how I voted :-
> Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
>***** Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
This can only go one way for me right?
The Hank Snow record is fine but.....there's a group of country
records from 1950 (led by the two entries in the Consolation bout
below) that I like considerably better than "I'm Movin' On".
Whereas in the pop field Nat Cole has this year all to himself.
NOTHING in the genre comes remotely near "Mona Lisa" in my opinion.
And my opinion says that in a head-to-head of these two records
choosing which one to vote for requires not a seconds thought.
It's obvious
And consequently Cole gets the easiest vote I ever cast in this entire
contest
>***** Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
> Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
OTOH this fine pair of classic Hank Williams sides are much closer in
quality for me. Only a whisker seperates them---and that whisker comes
down on the side of "Long Gone Lonesome Blues".
And lastly I get to make my final prediction of this contest---and one
I think I'm fairly sure of winnning for a change :)
I predict that Hank Williams will comfortably win this consolation
bout!
You heard it here first,folks!
>============================================================
>No abstentions.
DianeE
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
***** Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
Wow, this has been a strange contest. But I'm voting for two records I
love.
Thanks Marc and Raj for all your hard work.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good weekend!
DianeE
50s
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
***** Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
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Abstentions:
Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
Can't vote for either of these things as the best record of any year.
They are just two pretty good records that are certainly nothing
special, If I never heard either of them again I would not really
notice or care. I have never in my life intentionally listened to
either song on my own accord. The only way I hear them now is if I
randomly load every half way decent record from 1950 into a playlist.
Jim Colegrove
***** Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
***** Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
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No abstentions.
Happy Christmas!
Jim Colegrove
www.lostcountry.com
Mark Dintenfass
<mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> And so....at long last we come to the GRAND FINAL round in
>
> THE 1950 BATTLE OF THE SINGLES!!!
Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
***** Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
No contest, really. I'm surprised Snow made it this far (several r&b
records I like much more are long gone) and against Nat's sublime pop
masterpiece he's an afterthought.
***** Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
LGLB is a slightly better song--it has a slightly catchier melody--so
it gets my vote, but since I had voted against both of these for a
couple of rounds, I'm not really enthusiastic.
This contest turned out to be unusually interesting and revealing. Made
me think that eventually we ought to do the later 40s--maybe just one
contest for the years 1945-49.
Many thanks to Roger, Marc and Rick.
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Mark Dintenfass
<be61c88f-39f5-41f5...@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
50s <Sav...@aol.com> wrote:
But certainly you have to like one better than the other.
Cherry
Nat King Cole.
Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
***** Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
This was a tad easier.
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
***** Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
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No abstentions.
This has been real cool for me doing 1950 as I was born that year. At
the start of the contest I wasn't familiar with probably 2/3 of the
songs.
50s
> In article
> <be61c88f-39f5-41f5-88a1-4c4a98777...@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
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> 50s <Savo...@aol.com> wrote:
> > MY VOTES:
>
> > Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
> > ***** Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
>
> > ============================================================
> > Abstentions:
> > Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
> > Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
>
> > Can't vote for either of these things as the best record of any year.
> > They are just two pretty good records that are certainly nothing
> > special, If I never heard either of them again I would not really
> > notice or care. I have never in my life intentionally listened to
> > either song on my own accord. The only way I hear them now is if I
> > randomly load every half way decent record from 1950 into a playlist.
>
> But certainly you have to like one better than the other.
Yeah, but I'm not interested enough in either record to take the time
to determine that. I wouldn't want my one vote to decide anything
either.
Mike Holcombe
Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
***** Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
***** Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
I thought this was an interesting contest and like the idea of extending Group
contest coverage to the Late Forties.
Very Merry and HO HO to all except a coupla trolls, Mike H.
DianeE
"Mike Holcombe" <mikeat...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Very Merry and HO HO to all except a coupla trolls, Mike H.
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What's the difference between Santa Claus and Tiger Woods?
Santa Claus stops at three ho's!
(This doesn't work when you factor in Muddy Waters.)
DianeE
BobbyM
Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
***** Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
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No abstentions.
Sid
Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
***** Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
Sharx35
"Roger Ford" <mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> ***********Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
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>
> Please also take time to vote in the CONSOLATION BOUT match up for
> THIRD place in this tournament between the two runners up from the
> Semi Finals both of whom have put up noteworthy performances!!
>
> **THE CONSOLATION (THIRD PLACE) BOUT**
>
> Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
> Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
Pass.
Sharx35
"Roger Ford" <mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:08:40 GMT, mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger
> Ford) wrote:
>
>>And so....at long last we come to the GRAND FINAL round in
>>
>>THE 1950 BATTLE OF THE SINGLES!!!
>>
>>A bout that pitches one of the top country records of the year against
>>one of the top pop records of 1950
>>
> Here's how I voted :-
>
>> Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
>>***** Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
>
> This can only go one way for me right?
NOT for the Idiot Eleven which is now reduced back to the Idiot Six or
Seven. THEY are still out of touch from reality, failing to grant Cole's
Mona Lisa its RIGHTFUL place at the top of the heap.
Sharx35
"Jim Colegrove" <co...@thecoolgroove.com> wrote in message
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>
> ***** Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
> Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
>
Your musical taste is as far up your ass as your boyfriend's schlong.
Sharx35
"BobbyM" <massey...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> ***** Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
> Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
>
Fucking loser.
Sharx35
"Sid" <Razor...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> ***** Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
> Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
Get some musical taste, asshole. Fucking Idiot Seven member.
Dean F.
make the top four. OTOH, my #1 song of the year, "I'm Movin' On," will
be in the top two!
Sharx35
"Dean F." <soule...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm quite surprised that "The Fat Man," my personal #2 of 1950, didn't
> make the top four. OTOH, my #1 song of the year, "I'm Movin' On," will
> be in the top two!
>
"The Fat Man"... autobiographical as in Dean's personal anthem?
Steve Mc
Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
***** Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
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No abstentions.
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Steve Mc
DNA to SBC to respond
Sharx35
"Steve Mc" <steve...@dnaglobal.net> wrote in message
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Your taste is up yo' ass, boy!
Musicman55
3 of the Final 4 Songs are quite good in my view, but I still
sincerely believe that Teardrops From My Eyes by Ruth Brown was
definitely the best Single musically that was released in 1950.
Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
***** Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
Mr. Snow knocked out my favorite Single, but I am voting for the best
record remaining.
***** Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
Long Gone Lonesome Blues is by far the better Hank Williams Song in my
opinion.
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No abstentions.
Phil Zorn
I have already wished the Group members Happy Holidays in a couple of
previous postings in other Threads, but I do so again for anyone who
missed the earlier wishes.
50s
> 3 of the Final 4 Songs are quite good in my view, but I still
> sincerely believe that Teardrops From My Eyes by Ruth Brown was
> definitely the best Single musically that was released in 1950.
>
> Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On - RCA 48-0328
> ***** Nat "King" Cole - Mona Lisa - Capitol 1010
>
> Mr. Snow knocked out my favorite Single, but I am voting for the best
> record remaining.
>
> ***** Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - M-G-M 10645
> Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - M-G-M 10832
>
> Long Gone Lonesome Blues is by far the better Hank Williams Song in my
> opinion.
>
> ============================================================
> No abstentions.
>
> Phil Zorn
What the hell's going on here?
The deadline is not for about 21 hours yet, why are you voting so
early?