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

Sorry for the formatting folks...

2 WmC 50 36 0.720 21985 439.700

This means 36 of your 50 (72%) votes were in the top 100. The total number of points summed over all 50 is 21985 for an average points per vote of 439.7.

Well done JF and seandalai, this has been a blast, definitely one of the more entertaining and enlightening polls there's been on ILX. Disappointed my plugging of 'Hoots Mon' fell flat, but can't complain about the #1.

songs i voted for that did not make the top 100 cut:

James Brown - Try Me
Huey 'Piano' Smith - Don't You Just Know It?
Charlie Feathers - Can't Hardly Stand It
Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q
Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires - Death of an Angel
Doris Day - Que sera, sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
Dwayne Eddy - Peter Gunn
Harry Belafonte - Day-O
Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
Joao Gilberto - Desafinado
John Coltrane – Blue Train
Julie London – Cry Me A River
Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata
Professor Longhair - Tipitina
Ricky Nelson – Travelin' Man
Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen
Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call

hawkins' "suzy Q", by the way, is every bit as tough and menacing as link wray's "rumble", anticipates 60s & 70s rock at least as well

omission of "que sera sera", "spoonful", "blue train", "cry me a river", "tipitina" and "indian love call" strike me as criminal (CRIMINAL!), but somebody always gotta complain about something...

Cool, thanks for the key. But I looked at my ballot and only saw 33 of my picks that made the hot hundred. (incl "Killing Floor")

That's a hella great little list, contenderizer.

Oops - it was actually counting placings in the top 125. Fixed now:

1 Euler 50 36 0.720 20876 417.520
2 WmC 50 33 0.660 21985 439.700
3 contenderizer 50 32 0.640 20983 419.660
4 Johnny Fever 50 31 0.620 21031 420.620
5 absolutely clean glasses 50 31 0.620 21204 424.080
6 Viceroy 34 20 0.588 14327 421.382
7 hinklepicker 50 29 0.580 18966 379.320
8 Craigo Boingo 50 29 0.580 18136 362.720
9 symsymsym 50 29 0.580 21192 423.840
10 President Keyes 50 28 0.560 19844 396.880
11 that's not my post 50 28 0.560 19576 391.520
12 some dude 50 27 0.540 19324 386.480
13 Parenthetical Grillz 50 27 0.540 20912 418.240
14 kornrulez6969 47 25 0.532 18467 392.915
15 abanana 50 26 0.520 19138 382.760
16 woof 49 25 0.510 17766 362.571
17 PeteScholtes 50 25 0.500 18399 367.980
18 pauls00 39 19 0.487 14467 370.949
19 Spectrist 50 24 0.480 17199 343.980
20 Ismael Klata 50 24 0.480 16942 338.840
21 Billy Dods 50 24 0.480 17555 351.100
22 EZ Snappin 50 24 0.480 20308 406.160
23 (fizzles the chimp) gamalielratsey 49 23 0.469 16101 328.592
24 whatever 50 23 0.460 16509 330.180
25 Ari 44 20 0.455 18089 411.114
26 gospodin simmel 50 21 0.420 16943 338.860
27 Le Bateau Ivre 50 21 0.420 16189 323.780
28 bentelec 50 21 0.420 15168 303.360
29 emil.y 50 21 0.420 13780 275.600
30 seandalai 50 21 0.420 18573 371.460
31 Moka 50 20 0.400 15811 316.220
32 "Gavin 50 20 0.400 17287 345.740
33 James Redd and The Blecchs 50 20 0.400 16588 331.760
34 caloma 50 18 0.360 14956 299.120
35 pfunkboy 47 16 0.340 13661 290.660
36 outdoorminer 50 16 0.320 14620 292.400
37 jjjusten 50 11 0.220 12758 255.160
38 clemenza 50 10 0.200 10917 218.340
39 Rudipherous 50 9 0.180 10727 214.540
40 Neue Jesse Schule 50 8 0.160 9165 183.300

Take that, Rudipherous.

Stuff on my ballot that didn't make the countdown.

6. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
12. Miles Davis - Blue in Green
15. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man

Bobby Freeman - Do You Want to Dance
Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
Charles Mingus – Fables of Faubus
Dwayne Eddy - Peter Gunn
Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Little Anthony and The Imperials – Tears On My Pillow
The Cadillacs - Speedoo
The Chords - Sh-Boom
The Marcels - Blue Moon
The Rays - Silhouettes
The Silhouettes - Get a Job
Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City

My non-placing votes:

4 Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm - She Made My Blood Run Cold
5 The Cellos - Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman)
6 Serge Gainsbourg - L'Alcool
9 Buchanan and Goodman - The Flying Saucer
10 Dorival Caymmi - O Bem Do Mar
11James Brown - Try Me
13 Martin Denny - Quiet Village

The Chantels - Maybe
The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi - Jesus Gave Me Water
Shirley Collins - The Cherry Tree Carol
Moondog - Dog Trot
Billie Holiday - What's New?
Cecil Taylor - Excursion on a Wobbly Rail
Bobby ""Blue"" Bland - Farther Up The Road
Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - Touch the Hem of His Garment
Lord Kitchener - Trouble in Arima
Little Richard - Lucille
Joao Gilberto - Desafinado
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
Dave Bartholomew - The Monkey
Teresa Brewer - Music, Music, Music
Dee & The Kool Gents - When I Call on You
Ray Price - You Done Me Wrong
Benny More y Pedro Vargas - Obsesion
Frankie Laine - Rawhide
Georges Brassens - Le Gorille
Fayza Ahmad - Sit El Habayib
Sun Ra and the Cosmic Rays – Dreaming
Oum Kalthoum - Ya Zalemni

My non placing votes, with their placement on my ballot if they were top 20:

2 Buddy Holly - Words Of Love
9 Freddie Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie
10 Howard Keel & Co. - Sobbin' Women
12 Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
13 Hank Williams - Kaw-Liga
15 The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl
19 The Clovers - Love Potion Number 9

Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
The Del Vikings - Come Go With Me
Danny & The Juniors - At the Hop
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra - Peter Gunn
Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll
Sonny Rollins – St. Thomas
The Bobbettes – Mr. Lee
Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Harry Belafonte - Day-O
Johnny Cash - Big River
Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High the Moon
Marty Robbins - El Paso
Little Walter - Too Late
Ruth Brown - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man
The Silhouettes - Get a Job
Theophilus Beckford - Easy Snappin'

and thanks, johnny! great work as always. probably the most fun i've ever had w an ILM poll, including the wonderful pavement and 20th century jobs.

Agreed! Thanks guys - this was a great poll.

The Chords - Sh-Boom

ha, and yeah, i did the ranked top 20, unranked rest, too. only top 20 bets that didn't pan out were james brown and huey "piano" smith.

Here are the ones that didn't make it for me.

The Cadillacs - Gloria
Tyrone Schmidling - You're Gone, I'm Left
Huey 'Piano' Smith - Don't You Just Know It?
Sparkle Moore - Skull and Crossbones
Esquerita - Rockin' the Joint
Gene Vincent - Race With the Devil
Jerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious Love
Jerry Lee Lewis - Breathless
Little Anthony and The Imperials – Tears On My Pillow
Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm - She Made My Blood Run Cold
Patsy Cline - Three Cigarettes (In an Ashtray)
The Clovers - Love Potion Number 9
Bob McFadden & Dor - I'm a Mummy
Ronnie Dawson - Action Packed
The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You
Joe Clay - Sixteen Chicks
The Blenders - Don't Fuck Around With Love
Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It
Professor Longhair - Tipitina
Hank Mizzell - Jungle Rock
Shirley Collins - The Cherry Tree Carol
The Everly Brothers – Bye Bye Love
Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - Touch the Hem of His Garment
Sanford Clark - The Fool

13 Hank Williams - Kaw-Liga

such a great song, killed me to cut it

but that's true of so many

my original long list included nearly a third of all the nominations...

And thank you johnny and seandalai for all your work. it's been a joy, and lit up an annoying working week.

Thanks, JF and seandalai, that was a lot of fun.

My full ballot, non-placing tracks in bold:

1. Dean Martin - Sway (I mean, c'mon guys)
2. Screamin' Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You
3. Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog
4. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Summertime
5. Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song
6. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
7. Frank Loesser - Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat (*nearly* made it)
8. Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
9. The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman
10. Abbey Lincoln - Afro Blue
11. Miles Davis - Bess, You Is My Woman Now
12. Marian Anderson – If He Change My Name
13. Shirley Collins - The Cherry Tree Carol
14. The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream
15. Joao Gilberto - A Felicidade
16. Benny More y Pedro Vargas - Obsesion
17. Phil Phillips - Sea of Love
18. Otis Rush - All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
19. Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
20. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
21. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
22. Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine
23. Bernard Herrman - "Vertigo" Theme (in retrospect surprised this didn't place)
24. Ray Charles - What'd I Say
25. Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac
26. John Fahey – Sligo River Blues
27. Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain
28. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
29. Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm - She Made My Blood Run Cold
30. Jacques Brel – Ne Me Quitte Pas
31. The Clovers - Love Potion Number 9
32. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
33. The Chords - Sh-Boom
34. Tito Rodriguez - Tremendo Cumban
35. Guitar Slim - Feelin Sad
36. Rodgers & Hammerstein - My Favourite Things

• Charles Trenet - La Mer
• Connie Francis – Who's Sorry Now?
• Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires - Death of an Angel
• Elizete Cardoso – Chega de saudade
• Frankie Laine - Cry of the Wild Goose
• Jerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious Love
• Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
• Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me
• Nolan Strong & The Diablos - The Wind (also surprised this didn't place, with hindsight)
• Peggy Lee — Fever
• Stelios Kazantzidis - Zigkouala
• Teresa Brewer - Music, Music, Music
• The Chips – Rubber Band Man
• Tito Puente – Hong Kong Mambo

This has been fantastic. Thanks Johnny & seandalai.

3 that I'm really sad didn't make the cut:

111. Del Vikings - Come Go With Me
149. Shirlee & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll
212. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Missy Clawdy

This did make the countdown, didn't it?

― The POLL Can't Help It (James Redd and the Blecchs),

oops, yeah it did. I hope that was the only one I missed. That makes 34/50 including "Killing Floor," 33 if it's excluded.

otm on 111 and 212, dont know the other one xpost

man dudes i got shut out on this one. only placed 11 out of 50. pulling my ballot up as we speak

JJJusten - get thee to youtube and listen to Shirlee & Lee. Great cut.

My non placing choices.

120 Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain 271 6 0
122 Buddy Holly - Well...All Right! 267 4 1 kornrulez6969
149 Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll 236 5 0
154 Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 232 3 0
158 Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel 226 6 0
169 Julie London - Cry Me A River 211 6 0
177 Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac 201 4 0
180 Buddy Holly - Maybe Baby 199 3 0
196 Yves Montand - Rue St Vincent 182 3 0
197 Moondog - Dog Trot 181 4 0
205 Bernard Herrman - "Vertigo" Theme 176 4 0
206 Billie Holiday - I'm a Fool to Want You 175 3 0
248 Little Junior and the Blue Flames - Feelin' Good 140 2 Billy Dods
300 Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen 103 3 0
311 John Cage and David Tudor - Indeterminacy Part 1 99 2 0
317 Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon 96 1 0
349 Odetta - Midnight Special 84 2 0
355 Lord Kitchener - London Is The Place For Me 82 2 0
389 Eartha Kitt - C'est Si Bon 64 2 0
501 Bernard Bresslaw - Mad Passionate Love 33 1 0
501 Perez Prado - Mambo No. 5 33 1 0
501 The Swallows - It Ain't The Meat, It's the Motion 33 1 0
501 Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine 33 1 0

my top 10

1. Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk
2. Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
3. Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
4. Clyde McPhatter - A Lover's Question
5. Frank Sinatra - Night And Day
6. Lefty Frizzell - Long Black Veil
7. Barret Strong – Money
8. Phil Phillips - Sea of Love
9. Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman
10. The Rays – Silhouettes
11. Professor Longhair - Go to the Mardi Gras
12. Ray Charles - What'd I Say
13. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Don't Start Me Talkin'
14. Nat King Cole – Unforgettable
15. Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love?
16. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
17. The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
18. Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential
19. Little Richard and His Band - Jenny, Jenny
20. Johnny Mathis - Wonderful Wonderful
21. Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool
22. Mickey and Sylvia - Love Is Strange
23. Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
24. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
25. Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll
26. Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
27. Fats Domino – Blue Monday
28. Hank Williams - Cold, Cold Heart
29. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
30. The Coasters - Poison Ivy

31. Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle & Roll
32. Billie Holiday - I'm a Fool to Want You
33. Bobby Freeman - Do You Want to Dance
34. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
35. Ella Fitzgerald - Anything Goes
36. Gene Vincent - Cat Man
37. Johnny Cash - Guess Things Happen That Way
38. Julie London – Cry Me A River
39. Mighty Sparrow — Jean and Dinah
40. Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love
41. Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen
42. The Cadillacs - Speedoo
43. The Cellos - Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman)
44. The Chords - Sh-Boom
45. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man
46. The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night
47. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
48. The Platters – The Great Pretender
49. The Spaniels - Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite
50. Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City

my ballot, I mean

ranked, things that placed struck out:

The Platters – The Great Pretender
Mills Brothers - Be My Life's Companion
Varetta Dillard - Mercy Mr. Percy
Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes
Eartha Kitt - I Want to Be Evil
Johnnie Ray - The Little White Cloud That Cried
Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House
Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine
Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High the Moon
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere Boogie
Marty Robbins – Big Iron
The Collins Kids - Whistle Bait
The Jacks - Why Don't You Write Me?
The Five Keys - The Glory Of Love
The Phaetons - I Love My Baby
Perez Prado - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Can't We Be Friends
Nervous Norvous - Transfusion
Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle & Roll
Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble
Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters - Money Honey
Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog
Johnnie Ray - Cry
Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love?
Doris Day - Que sera, sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
Gene Vincent – Jezebel
Hank Williams – Moaning the Blues
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
Chuck Berry – Maybelline
Flatt & Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Cannonball Adderley – Autumn Leaves
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry - Better Day
Big Al Downing - Down On The Farm
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
Bernard Herrman - "Vertigo" Theme
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - My Baby Left Me
Donald O'Connor - Make 'Em Laugh
The Del Vikings - Come Go With Me
James Brown - Please, Please, Please
Charlie Feathers - Can't Hardly Stand It
Buck Owens - Under Your Spell Again
Del Close & John Brent - Cool
Carl Perkins – That's Right

im trying to save my outrage but i am so baffled that my number 1 didnt make the cut that i cant even

also how did les paul mary ford not make it?!!

so confused

and WHISTLE BAIT agghghg

I didn't vote or follow this thread at all but yay Flamingos!

13. Shirley Collins - The Cherry Tree Carol

this was the last song i cut, and i had such a goddam hard time with it. so beautiful. ultimately let it go mostly because i'd never heard it prior to this poll, and it's hard for me to sacrifice and old and true love in favor of something new and untried.

amazing poll Johnny, thanks!

PS: did you add my vote for Go to the Mardi Gras to the points of Mardi Gras In New Orleans? I changed the title because I thought we agreed that was the right version (recorded in the 50's), but I see you didn't change the name.

If it had made the top 101, i would've.

My own ballot

The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes*
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You*
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons*
Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk*
Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble*
Ray Charles - (Night Time Is) The Right Time
Barret Strong - Money*
Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes
The Storey Sisters - Bad Motorcycle*
Phil Phillips - Sea of Love*
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops*
Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata
Jerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious Love
The Chantels - Maybe
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra - Peter Gunn
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Ain't Got No Home*
Elvis Presley – That's All Right
The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream*
Mighty Sparrow — Jean and Dinah*
Ilene Woods - A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog*
Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love?*
Bud Powell – Un Poco Loco
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues*
Frank Sinatra - I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love*
Gene Vincent - Cat Man*
George Jones - White Lightning*
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Harry Belafonte - Day-O
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin'*
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues*
Johnny Mathis - Chances Are
Ken Nordine - Flibberty Jib
Lefty Frizzell - Long Black Veil*
Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim — Tonight (West Side Story)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios
Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It
Marty Robbins - El Paso
Nat King Cole - Unforgettable*
Raymond Scott - Cindy Electronium*
Screamin' Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You*
The Champs - Tequila*
The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman*
The Chords - Sh-Boom*
The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night*
The Isley Brothers - Shout*
The Monotones - Book of Love*
The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)*
The Treniers - Poontang

31/50 on my ballot made the top 101.

this is interesting

307 Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk 100 1 1 gospodin simmel
307 Elvis Presley - Baby, Let's Play House 100 1 1 whatever
307 Gene Vincent - The Night Is So Lonely 100 1 1 (fizzles the chimp) gamalielratsey
307 Professor Longhair - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand 100 1 1 PeteScholtes

i'd like to fap with the other three. it's worth a night out.

Take that, Rudipherous.

If anything, I resent losing last place.

I didn't vote for Elvis. I've been regretting it a little as we've counted down, and my internal jukebox is telling me That's Alright Mama is his best song.

It was between That's All Right and Mystery Train for me. Ending up going with the former, but was totally happy to see the latter take #6.

quick observations

1. thanks johnny and seandalai
2. phil philips - what??
3. no dion and the belmonts :-(
4. the capris - way too low
5. suspicious of hivemind love for flamingos. it's good but it's not 'smoke gets in your eyes' or a host of others
6. great how the electronic 50s made such an impact in the poll.
7. 50s jazz should get its own poll (but i'm not volunteering)
8. thanks johnny and seandalai - if I can paraphrase IK, it's been a week of exceptional added value.
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92iwC-xI3mE

phil philips what what?

Agree there are better renditions of "Sea of Love" than the original, but the original is solid.

no wai

phil philips' version is one of my favorite songs of all time, no one else even comes close.

The Phil Phillips version is the one, I think.

hivemind #1! My ballot did exceedingly well. The only two of my top ten not to place were the Marcels' "Blue Moon", & the Edsels' "Rama Lama Ding Dong". You can see from those two how my tastes run.

ashamed to say, as a 50s lover, i'd never heard 'sea of love' before. my life has not changed one iota since hearing it.

yeah I wasn't really blow away by it either...? Actually most of the stuff in the top 10 is fairly "blah" to me

im trying to save my outrage but i am so baffled that my number 1 didnt make the cut that i cant even

also how did les paul mary ford not make it?!!

so confused

― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:42 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

given the diversity of material in this poll, throw me to the lions for suggesting this but could a poll within a poll work? so the first votes would be on the full long list, in order to get to a short list of, say, 100.