What'd I Say

Carl

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Feb 18, 2024, 3:38:20 PMFeb 18

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Just read that today in history Feb 18, 1959, Ray Charles recorded What'd I Say. If I remember correct, this topped Roger's 1959 battle. Hard to believe it's been 65 years ago.

Roger

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Feb 18, 2024, 4:20:15 PMFeb 18

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Carl wrote:

> Just read that today in history Feb 18, 1959, Ray Charles recorded What'd I Say. If I remember correct, this topped Roger's 1959 battle. Hard to believe it's been 65 years ago.

Hi Carl yep everyone remembers "What'd I Say" winning the 1959 Singles Battle

BUT......pretty well everyone FORGETS that it won by one vote! Yes just ONE VOTE!!

Here's how the RC classic played out in the 1950 Singles Battle

R1
> 3 Tommy Edwards - The Morning Side Of The Mountain - M-G-M 12757
>27 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031

R2
>22 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031
> > 2 The Channels - The Girl Next Door - Fire 1001

R3
> > 2 Jerry Lee Lewis - Big Blon' Baby - Sun 317
> >24 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031

R4
> > 7 Elvis Presley - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I - RCA 47-7506
> >23 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031

R5
> > 9 Phil Phillips - Sea Of Love - Khoury's 711
> >22 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031

R6
> >24 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031
> > 7 Fats Domino - I'm Ready - Imperial 5585

QUARTER FINAL
> > 8 The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You - End 1046
> >20 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031

SEMI FINAL
> >12 The Clovers - Love Potion No 9 - United Artists 180
> >20 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031

GRAND FINAL
> >17 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031
> >16 The Drifters - There Goes My Baby - Atlantic 2025

Bruce

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Feb 18, 2024, 4:45:11 PMFeb 18

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Roger wrote:

> GRAND FINAL
>> >17 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031
>> >16 The Drifters - There Goes My Baby - Atlantic 2025

I was certainly on the right side of that one.

DianeE

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Feb 18, 2024, 5:10:49 PMFeb 18

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I was going to say, that one vote sure wasn't mine. Guess it was yours.

Mark D.

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Feb 19, 2024, 8:35:09 AMFeb 19

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On Feb 18, 2024 at 3:17:08 PM CST, "Roger" <Roger> wrote:

> Carl wrote:
>
>> Just read that today in history Feb 18, 1959, Ray Charles recorded What'd I
>> Say. If I remember correct, this topped Roger's 1959 battle. Hard to believe
>> it's been 65 years ago.
>
> Hi Carl yep everyone remembers "What'd I Say" winning the 1959 Singles Battle
>
> BUT......pretty well everyone FORGETS that it won by one vote! Yes just ONE
> VOTE!!

There have always been a few people here who will vote for anything doo-wop
over anything else.

--md

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RWC

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Feb 19, 2024, 10:38:10 AMFeb 19

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On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 21:17:08 +0000, mari...@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

>Hi Carl yep everyone remembers "What'd I Say" winning the 1959 Singles Battle
>
>BUT......pretty well everyone FORGETS that it won by one vote! Yes just ONE VOTE!!
>

>Here's how the RC classic played out in the 1959 Singles Battle

>
>GRAND FINAL
>> >17 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - Atlantic 2031

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsiAaWj0DuA

>> >16 The Drifters - There Goes My Baby - Atlantic 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oS2De8O8D0

for me at least, both these classic songs are kinda dull compared to
these two groovers from 1959:
Bo Diddley - Crackin' Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si8lZf6CQ7M
Chuck Berry - Little Queenie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tuQuLl0tic

and for the more sophisticated, there's:
Sarah Vaughan - Smooth Operator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LemzWUvWAU

well, as they say, each to their own (taste in music)