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Obscure 1950s Era Recordings - September 2022 - FINAL FOUR

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Bruce

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Sep 25, 2022, 12:04:42 AM9/25/22
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The FINAL FOUR is open.


Hey Little School Girl - Paragons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYezWcnIR1c

Oh, Little One - Jack Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ5MivC286o

You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1uF1S7-Hz4

Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqVeJRB20CQ

Bruce

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Sep 25, 2022, 12:05:31 AM9/25/22
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MY RANKINGS


1. Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters
2. Hey Little School Girl - Paragons (Bruce)
3. Oh, Little One - Jack Scott (Mark)
4. You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs

Roger Ford

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Sep 25, 2022, 12:13:11 AM9/25/22
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2022 21:04:40 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <Sav...@aol.com>
wrote:

>The FINAL FOUR is open.
>
>
You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
Hey Little School Girl - Paragons
Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters
Oh, Little One - Jack Scott


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Steve Mc

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Sep 25, 2022, 12:16:33 AM9/25/22
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1. You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs

2. Hey Little School Girl - Paragons (Bruce)

3. Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters

4. Oh, Little One - Jack Scott (Mark)

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Carl

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Sep 25, 2022, 12:25:49 AM9/25/22
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On Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 9:04:42 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote:
> The FINAL FOUR is open.
>
>
>

1. Oh, Little One - Jack Scott (Mark)
2. Hey Little School Girl - Paragons (Bruce)
3. You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
4. Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters

Rick Schubert

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Sep 25, 2022, 1:27:22 AM9/25/22
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2022 21:04:40 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <Sav...@aol.com> wrote:

>The FINAL FOUR is open.

1. Hey Little School Girl - Paragons
2. Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters
3. You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
4. Oh, Little One - Jack Scott

Bill B

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Sep 25, 2022, 5:30:07 AM9/25/22
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> 1. Oh, Little One - Jack Scott (Mark)

> 2. Hey Little School Girl - Paragons (Bruce)

> 3. Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters

DianeE

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Sep 25, 2022, 6:43:09 AM9/25/22
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1-Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters
2-You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
3-Hey Little School Girl - Paragons
4-Oh, Little One - Jack Scott

Jim Colegrove

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Sep 25, 2022, 7:23:31 AM9/25/22
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1. Oh, Little One - Jack Scott (Mark)

2. You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs

3. Hey Little School Girl - Paragons (Bruce)

4. Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters

Dennis C from Tennessee

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Sep 25, 2022, 9:50:57 AM9/25/22
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1- Jack Scott

2- Willie Cobbs

3- The Paragons

4- The Midnighters

* What a month!! Way more fine tunes than bad! Great job by you savvy selectors!!

The actual top 10:

1- "Oh Little One"- Jack Scott
2- "Mr. Moonlight"- Dr. Feelgood & the Interns
3- "Let Me Hold Your Hand"- Big Chenier
4- "You Dont Love Me"- Willie Cobbs
5- "Lucky Guy"- The Mellows
6- "Don't Leave Me"- The Magnificents
7-" Come Over Here" The Royal Sons
8"- After I've Done the Best I Can"- Hightower Brothers
9- "Hey Little Schoolgirl"- The Paragons
10- "Where the Rio De Rosa Flows"- Jimmy Lloyd

Mark D.

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Sep 25, 2022, 10:29:44 AM9/25/22
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On Sep 24, 2022 at 11:04:40 PM CDT, "Bruce" <Sav...@aol.com> wrote:

> The FINAL FOUR is open.

Oh, Little One - Jack Scott
Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters
You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
Hey Little School Girl - Paragons



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Bruce

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Sep 25, 2022, 11:14:54 AM9/25/22
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FINAL RANKINGS - same as Carl


1. Oh, Little One - Jack Scott - 26 (5 first place)
2. Hey Little School Girl - Paragons - 26 (1 first place)
3. You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs - 25
4. Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters - 23

I did not see this coming but I should have. My Paragons led all the way until the end when Mark's Jack Scott tied it after his ballot had me last, and then it won the tie breaker by virtue of 45 first place votes despite having 4 lasts and one third. Both records were ranked higher on 5 of the 10 ballots. I think it's the first time that a very polarizing entry like this has gone all the way. Jack Scott was 7 points back with 3 ballots remaining, but it was first on all 3 of those ballots for 12 points while the Paragons got 2 thirds and a last for 5 points.

It's a rare month when 5 of the 10 voters are saying "what the fuck?" to themselves. Roger's Cobbs was just one point behind, and we could have had a 3 way tie if Mark had put the Cobbs second and the Midnighters third. Diane's Midnighters was last, although just 3 points behind the winner.

I was all set to say that this was my first win a regular 1947-1963 month in quite a while, but that streak of not winning one of those continues.

Good find, Mark, with the Jack Scott, conratulations.

Diane, don't put your head in the oven!




Roger Ford

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Sep 25, 2022, 11:27:37 AM9/25/22
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2022 08:14:53 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <Sav...@aol.com>
wrote:

>FINAL RANKINGS - same as Carl
>
>
>1. Oh, Little One - Jack Scott - 26 (5 first place)
>2. Hey Little School Girl - Paragons - 26 (1 first place)
>3. You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs - 25
>4. Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters - 23
>
>I did not see this coming but I should have. My Paragons led all the way un=
>til the end when Mark's Jack Scott tied it after his ballot had me last, an=
>d then it won the tie breaker by virtue of 45 first place votes despite hav=
>ing 4 lasts and one third. Both records were ranked higher on 5 of the 10 b=
>allots. I think it's the first time that a very polarizing entry like this =
>has gone all the way. Jack Scott was 7 points back with 3 ballots remaining=
>, but it was first on all 3 of those ballots for 12 points while the Parago=
>ns got 2 thirds and a last for 5 points.=20
>
>It's a rare month when 5 of the 10 voters are saying "what the fuck?" to th=
>emselves. Roger's Cobbs was just one point behind, and we could have had a =
>3 way tie if Mark had put the Cobbs second and the Midnighters third. Diane=
>'s Midnighters was last, although just 3 points behind the winner.
>
>I was all set to say that this was my first win a regular 1947-1963 month i=
>n quite a while, but that streak of not winning one of those continues.
>
>Good find, Mark, with the Jack Scott, conratulations.
>
>Diane, don't put your head in the oven!
>
There's no room. My head is in there already!

Bruce

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Sep 25, 2022, 11:30:17 AM9/25/22
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ROFL

Bruce

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Sep 25, 2022, 11:33:15 AM9/25/22
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My Paragons beat the Jack Scott by 2 points in the semis, but once Jim's 5 Keys had been eliminated that made him rank the Jack Scott first in the finals instead of second in the semis, and that started it.

Bruce

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Sep 25, 2022, 11:59:55 AM9/25/22
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By the way, If I had put my record first I would have won.

RWC

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Sep 25, 2022, 2:20:29 PM9/25/22
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2022 08:14:53 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <Sav...@aol.com>
wrote:

>FINAL RANKINGS - same as Carl
>
>
>1. Oh, Little One - Jack Scott - 26 (5 first place)
>2. Hey Little School Girl - Paragons - 26 (1 first place)
>3. You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs - 25
>4. Ashamed Of Myself - The Midnighters - 23
>
>It's a rare month when 5 of the 10 voters are saying "what the fuck?" to themselves.

One could be tempted to imagine important distinguishing character
traits in the two groups of voters (with the possible exception of
Mark who may have nominated the record more for practical reasons?)

The Jack Scott song has a tense and dreamy aura...

Mr. Moonlight, this month's #2 choice for Dennis, just
about falls into the same category.

Group 1
Bill
Carl
Dennis
Jim
Mark ?

Group 2
Bruce ?
Diane
Rick
Roger
Steve



Mark D.

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Sep 25, 2022, 2:40:57 PM9/25/22
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I'm was surprised as you are since I liked two of my other nominees better,
and I never until recently thought of Jack Scott as such a divisive performer.
Maybe Diane will give him another chance. And since this is only my second
outright win, stop your bellyaching. :)

Thanks to all!

Roger Ford

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Sep 25, 2022, 3:53:17 PM9/25/22
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:40:52 +0000, Mark D. <mdint...@xxnew.rr.com>
wrote:
Well done Mark

But while I generally like Jack Scott that does'nt include "Oh Little
One" (nor "Burning Bridges")

DianeE

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Sep 25, 2022, 4:10:55 PM9/25/22
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LOL, yeah, you've got a pretty big head!
I thought all along that I had a winner with that Midnighters record,
and I guess you thought you had a winner with Willie Cobbs. Your record
was the only one I was worried about. Better Paragons records than this
have gone down before, and if Jack Scott hadn't been in the same
semi-finals group with Eddie Cochran I still think he would have been
eliminated.
I still can't believe this fucking cornball monstrosity won the month.
Sheesh.


DianeE

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Sep 25, 2022, 4:14:40 PM9/25/22
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And as I've explained before, I like some records (mostly country, I
think) where JS sings in his own natural, pleasant voice. What I can't
stand is the artificial sound of the fake "manly" low voice he affects
on records like this.


DianeE

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Sep 25, 2022, 4:17:29 PM9/25/22
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On 9/25/2022 2:40 PM, Mark D. wrote:

> I never until recently thought of Jack Scott as such a divisive performer.
> Maybe Diane will give him another chance.
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Nope, not for this kind of record.
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And since this is only my second
> outright win, stop your bellyaching. :)
>
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No way is this about you. I'm glad you won, not happy when one or two
people dominate the contest.


Bruce

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Sep 25, 2022, 4:36:55 PM9/25/22
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The bellyaching comment was directed to me.

RWC

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Sep 26, 2022, 8:57:24 AM9/26/22
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>And as I've explained before, I like some records (mostly country, I
>think) where JS sings in his own natural, pleasant voice. What I can't
>stand is the artificial sound of the fake "manly" low voice he affects
>on records like this.

No, Diane, JS is singing naturally the material given to him - nothing
artificial, fake or affected.
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