Pollin' Tracks Spo-Dee-O-Dee! ILM does the 1950s—THE TOP 101 RESULTS THREAD

RIP Gil Bernal, who played sax on "Youngblood" and "Searchin'" among others. http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/07/rip_gil_bernal_los_angeles_ten.php

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Didn't know much about him, thought King Curtis played all those, but see here: Gil Bernal - Search & Destroy

Enjoying listening to the playlist. There are a couple of re-records instead of originals here and there but I supposed that couldn't be helped. Really liking how the different strands intertwine, like I-95 and the Hutchison River Parkway.

Also liking the closely placed Minguses. May be time to go see the Mingus Big Band again soon, especially while Conrad Herwig is playing with them.

24 Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song
25 Edgard Varèse - Poème électronique
26 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
27 Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
28 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Summertime
29 Jacques Brel - Ne Me Quitte Pas
30 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
31 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Jünglinge
32 Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise

Is there a more schizophrenic sequence of tracks in any other ILM poll?

not sure it's schizophrenic. feel it reflects the age, tho that's a dangerous concept I realise. traps of telescoping, imposition of canon, bias of inclusivity - a good one - all at play.

but classical from period is still fairly well known, jazz was in its extended heyday, rock and pop in mid-teen genesis.

great poll.

Ha, that's great. Someone should put on a 50s club night and mix that sequence.

We've done a lot of corkers, but this was the best poll.

It's an excellent run, is what it is. And yeah, this is definitely right up there in 'best polls' for me.

a ilm masterpiece

Please help me locate a complete list of nominations and/or a list of the winning tracks from this poll?

http://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmydPg1ULhKNdFlOdWpJWmhkT0ZaVThEQ0k5bW96WEE&hl=en_US&pli=1#gid=0

yes!!! thank you!!!

No problem, nominations thread here: Pollin' Tracks Spo-Dee-O-Dee! ILM does the 1950s— NOMINATIONS THREAD.

one more question - i know there was a spotify playlist -- is there a youtube playlist?

just looking through the list of songs on that spreadsheet is making me absurdly happy
i asked my mom about her experience as a kid listening to music in the 1950s (she was age 5-15 during that decade) and she had a lot to say but really lit up when she talked about buddy holly. it almost made me cry how much she loved buddy holly <3

Buddy Holly rules. in many ways so ahead of his time. plus he could write a tune.

"in the still of the night" snuck up on me -- i was reading through the list (again) and thinking about how much i like all of these songs and then POW -- that one. i adored this song as a kid. in 6th grade i made my friends perform a lip synch routine to it with choreography and everything. i was super into it. this is a most excellent list of songs, thank you so much.

just like this only we were 12 year old girls, lol (i don't remember ever seeing this clip before -- thank you youtube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBT3oDMCWpI

Got into a "Who's left?" (from the '50s) thing on Facebook today, following the death of Huey Smith.

A friend suggested Smokey Robinson and Chubby Checker, both of whom I consider '60s guys...until I checked, and the Miracles' first two charted hits were indeed from the '50s, and both were iconic ("Got a Job" and "Bad Girl"). "The Twist" is 1960, one minor hit from '59; that one's shakier.

After that--and discounting Pat Boone/Frankie Avalon-types--all I could come up with were Dion (83), Billy Emerson (not all that well known, but 97!), and Sonny Curtis (Crickets' guitarist, 85). There are undoubtedly some doo-wop people left, but not anyone who also had solo success, I don't think. Berry Gordy and Mike Stoller, too, but they're different.

The '50s are almost gone. Even more today than yesterday.

Huh, fun to scroll back through this one. Along with Madonna and Elton John, this was my favorite ILM poll to run.

Real long shot, I know, but you don't have a spreadsheet anywhere with voters' lists, do you? I only post my Top 10, and I'm curious what my other 40 were. I usually have these lists in my e-mail, but this one was a Google Form.

sad to note the Spotify playlist has been deleted

xp I'm sure I don't. That was 2 computers ago.

There’s a spotify playlist with the nominations https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dZR1lNRm0gmFVX5Ovg7vH?si=wfX4LsjWQ1GwZcSbW_CugA

Maybe someone’s keen enough to do the top 101.

Brenda Lee (78) and Wanda Jackson (85) are still around.

...and Jackie DeShannon (81) made her first records in the '50s.

Hey hey, Ronald Isley (81).

As Tom and Jerry, Simon and Garfunkel had a charting single in the 50s (although of course they're not "seen as 50s").

Those listed below are probably insufficiently rockin' but:

I watched the 1956 musical comedy The Girl Can't Help It last night; Fats Domino and Little Richard are gone, but which musical performers from the film are still around?

Johnny Olenn, 85
Nino Tempo, 87
Ray Anthony, 100

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Brenda Lee and Wanda Jackson were pointed out to me on the FB thread. Definite oversights, in that they had iconic singles in the '50s. (I went by two online lists that missed them too.) Ronald Isley too, obviously--I'm sure I missed a few people who members of groups. I do think of Jackie DeShannon as the '60s, in spirit if not in fact.

"who were"

Ditto Simon & Garfunkel.

Cliff Richard (82) & Hank Marvin (81)

Marilyn Maye is more of the '60s but first sang on a record in the '50s and is now 94 and still singing. She appeared on Johnny Carson's show more often than any other singer.

Elephant In The Room: Pat Boone (88)

Smaller elephant: Frankie Avalon (82), who started charting in '54 and had two #1s in the '50s.