My non placing choices. 120 Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain 271 6 0 122 Buddy Holly - Well...All Right! 267 4 1 kornrulez6969149 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 Dods300 Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen 103 3 0 311 John Cage and David Tudor - Indeterminacy Part 1 99 2 0317 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 0501 Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine 33 1 0
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
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 – Money8. Phil Phillips - Sea of Love 9. Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman 10. The Rays – Silhouettes 11. Professor Longhair - Go to the Mardi Gras12. Ray Charles - What'd I Say 13. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Don't Start Me Talkin'14. Nat King Cole – Unforgettable15. Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love?16. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue17. 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 Fool22. 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 Roll26. Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace27. Fats Domino – Blue Monday28. Hank Williams - Cold, Cold Heart29. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful 30. The Coasters - Poison Ivy
31. Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle & Roll32. Billie Holiday - I'm a Fool to Want You33. Bobby Freeman - Do You Want to Dance 34. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven 35. Ella Fitzgerald - Anything Goes36. Gene Vincent - Cat Man37. Johnny Cash - Guess Things Happen That Way38. Julie London – Cry Me A River39. Mighty Sparrow — Jean and Dinah 40. Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love41. Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen42. The Cadillacs - Speedoo43. The Cellos - Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman)44. The Chords - Sh-Boom45. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man46. The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night 47. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You 48. The Platters – The Great Pretender49. The Spaniels - Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite50. Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
my ballot, I mean
ranked, things that placed struck out:
The Platters – The Great PretenderMills Brothers - Be My Life's CompanionVaretta Dillard - Mercy Mr. PercyWynonie Harris - Bloodshot EyesEartha Kitt - I Want to Be EvilJohnnie Ray - The Little White Cloud That CriedWanda Jackson - Fujiyama MamaHowlin' Wolf - Smokestack LightningRosemary Clooney - Come On-A My HouseChet Baker – My Funny ValentineTom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We GoLes Paul & Mary Ford - How High the MoonSpeedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere BoogieMarty Robbins – Big IronThe Collins Kids - Whistle BaitThe Jacks - Why Don't You Write Me?The Five Keys - The Glory Of LoveThe Phaetons - I Love My BabyPerez Prado - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom WhiteLloyd Price - Lawdy Miss ClawdyLefty Frizzell - If You've Got the Money, I've Got the TimeElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Can't We Be FriendsNervous Norvous - TransfusionBig Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle & RollLink Wray & His Ray Men - RumbleClyde McPhatter & the Drifters - Money HoneyBig Mama Thornton — Hound DogJohnnie Ray - CryBo Diddley - Who Do You Love?Doris Day - Que sera, sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)Gene Vincent – JezebelHank Williams – Moaning the BluesJohnny Cash - I Walk the LineChuck Berry – MaybellineFlatt & Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's ArmsCannonball Adderley – Autumn LeavesBrownie McGhee and Sonny Terry - Better DayBig Al Downing - Down On The FarmDuane Eddy - Rebel RouserHowlin' Wolf - Killing FloorThe Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for YouBernard Herrman - "Vertigo" ThemeArthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - My Baby Left MeDonald O'Connor - Make 'Em LaughThe Del Vikings - Come Go With MeJames Brown - Please, Please, PleaseCharlie Feathers - Can't Hardly Stand ItBuck Owens - Under Your Spell AgainDel Close & John Brent - CoolCarl Perkins – That's Right
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
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, 14 July 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
and WHISTLE BAIT agghghg
I didn't vote or follow this thread at all but yay Flamingos!
― she choots, she pah! (DJP), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
If it had made the top 101, i would've.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
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 TimeBarret Strong - Money*Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day MakesThe Storey Sisters - Bad Motorcycle*Phil Phillips - Sea of Love*Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops*Miriam Makeba – Pata PataJerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious LoveThe Chantels - MaybeHenry Mancini & His Orchestra - Peter GunnClarence 'Frogman' Henry - Ain't Got No Home*Elvis Presley – That's All RightThe 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 LocoEddie Cochran - Summertime Blues*Frank Sinatra - I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last NightFrankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love*Gene Vincent - Cat Man*George Jones - White Lightning*Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome BluesHarry Belafonte - Day-OJerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin'*Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues*Johnny Mathis - Chances AreKen Nordine - Flibberty JibLefty Frizzell - Long Black Veil*Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim — Tonight (West Side Story)Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya Con DiosLittle Richard - The Girl Can't Help ItMarty Robbins - El PasoNat 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.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
this is interesting
307 Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk 100 1 1 gospodin simmel307 Elvis Presley - Baby, Let's Play House 100 1 1 whatever307 Gene Vincent - The Night Is So Lonely 100 1 1 (fizzles the chimp) gamalielratsey307 Professor Longhair - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand 100 1 1 PeteScholtes
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
quick observations
1. thanks johnny and seandalai2. phil philips - what??3. no dion and the belmonts :-(4. the capris - way too low5. suspicious of hivemind love for flamingos. it's good but it's not 'smoke gets in your eyes' or a host of others6. 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
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
phil philips what what?
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
Agree there are better renditions of "Sea of Love" than the original, but the original is solid.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
no wai
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
phil philips' version is one of my favorite songs of all time, no one else even comes close.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Euler, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I wasn't really blow away by it either...? Actually most of the stuff in the top 10 is fairly "blah" to me
― i hate it when rats eat my bushels (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
im trying to save my outrage but i am so baffled that my number 1 didnt make the cut that i cant evenalso 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
― 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.
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
I don't want to have too many "as god is my witness, I swear I thought turkeys could fly" moments here, but I am kinda shocked "Blue Suede Shoes" didn't make the top 100.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
My moment like that is "El Paso".
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAPEfdjvTqE
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
hey WmC which blue suede shoes version are you repping for?
Carl Perkins'
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
The consensus that Professor Longhair belongs in the upper echelons of all things self-evidently awesome, with Chuck Berry or Elvis: not as strong as I'd thought.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
A small sample of 40 people will always produce eccentric results. (I'm being a hypocrite here, seeing as I post supplemental lists for the 1001 polls, and they're based on one guy's selections.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
my ballot (ranked):
John Cage - Williams MixTom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan - Song of the 2nd MoonEdgard Varèse - Poème électroniqueIannis Xenakis - MetastasisRaymond Scott - Cindy ElectroniumOrnette Coleman - Lonely WomanCecil Taylor - Excursion on a Wobbly RailRay Charles - I Got A WomanLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain BreakdownKarlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der JünglingeMuddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie ManElmore James - Dust My BroomChuck Berry - Sweet Little SixteenJerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin'Ray Charles - What'd I SayKarlheinz Stockhausen - EtudeGyörgy Ligeti - ArtikulationEddie Cochran - Summertime BluesElvis Presley - Don't Be CruelThe Isley Brothers - ShoutJames Brown - Please, Please, PleaseMuddy Waters - Got My Mojo WorkingBo Diddley - Who Do You Love?Charles Mingus - Better Git It In Your SoulMoondog – All Is LonelinessBob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Sittin' on Top of the WorldJohnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin'Hank Williams - Settin' the Woods on FireBig Mama Thornton - Hound DogElvis Presley - All Shook UpMiles Davis - So WhatJerry Lee Lewis - BreathlessThe Five Blobs - The BlobThe Dave Brubeck Quartet — Take FiveLink Wray & His Ray Men - RumbleJohnny Guitar Watson - Space GuitarThe Everly Brothers – Bye Bye LoveCarl Perkins - Blue Suede ShoesElvis Presley - Heartbreak HotelBig Bopper - Chantilly LaceLittle Richard - Tutti FruttiHank Williams - Hey, Good Lookin'Johnny Cash - I Walk the LineJerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of FireThe Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)Johnny Guitar Watson - Gangster Of LoveSonny Rollins – St. ThomasBuddy Holly - Oh Boy!Sam Cooke - You Send MeDale Hawkins - Suzie Q
― dave barry (absolutely clean glasses), Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it got my vote WmC, much as i think elvis's version rocks better.
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
house point for picking the correct chuck berry track, absolutely clean glasses :)
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for both "Blue Suede Shoes" & "El Paso" but I can see why they'd be ones to give. I'm puzzled about Carl Perkins' legacy; as a kid I read lots of George Harrison interviews where he'd rep Perkins as his main influence, but even in those days (the late 1980s) his profile was nothing.
― Euler, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
A rough guess, but I'd say Miles Davis suffered the most from vote-splitting. Or at least Kind of Blue.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
xp: But yeah, thanks Johnny Fever and seandalai! Hugely entertaining.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
Algerian Goalkeeper/pfunkboy's list:
John Coltrane – Blue TrainThe Storey Sisters - Bad MotorcycleThelonious Monk — Brilliant CornersJohnny Guitar Watson - Space GuitarLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain BreakdownMiles Davis – So WhatCharles Mingus - Better Git It In Your SoulCharles Mingus - Haitian Fight SongSonny Rollins - Tenor MadnessCharles Mingus – Fables of FaubusJohn Coltrane - Cousin MaryJohn Coltrane - Lush LifeHank Williams - Cold, Cold HeartSun Ra – Kingdom of NotSun Ra and the Cosmic Rays – DreamingWoody Guthrie - Why, Oh WhyArt Blakey's Jazz Messengers - Nica's DreamArt Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk - In Walked BudCannonball Adderley – Autumn LeavesCecil Taylor - Excursion on a Wobbly RailClifford Brown and Max Roach - The Blues WalkFlatt & Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's ArmsGene Vincent – JezebelJacques Brel – Ne Me Quitte PasJames Brown - Please, Please, PleaseJames Brown - Try MeJohnny Guitar Watson - Gangster Of LoveLonnie Donegan - Cumberland GapMiles Davis - Bess, You Is My Woman NowMiles Davis - Blue in GreenMiles Davis - Flamenco SketchesMiles Davis – Gone, Gone, GoneOrnette Coleman - CongenialityOrnette Coleman - Lonely WomanSonny Rollins – St. ThomasThelonious Monk - Ruby, My DearThe Three Cats - Yellow CherriesPierre Schaeffer - EroticBuchanan and Goodman - The Flying SaucerRaymond Scott - Cindy ElectroniumProfessor Longhair - Mardi Gras In New OrleansThe Champs - TequilaKarlheinz Stockhausen - EtudeKarlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der JünglingeJohn Cage - 4'33"Iannis Xenakis - MetastasisJohn Fahey – Sligo River Blues
― dave barry (absolutely clean glasses), Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks to all, lovely poll!
― bentelec, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
(pfunkboy's ballot = ranked up through Hank Williams - Cold, Cold Heart, then unranked after that)
― dave barry (absolutely clean glasses), Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
and yes, this has been my favorite ILM poll I think.
can we do the 60s next?
60s have been done before, but it was a long time ago and fuck if I can find it in the archives.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
AH! ILX 60'S POLL PART ONE - THE SONGS
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
That's the thread with "The Mysterians"
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
that 60s list has like no jazz :(
― dave barry (absolutely clean glasses), Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
I know the jukebox!
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
tough on morale, being ringmaster for that 60s poll
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
I think the results of another 60s trax poll would be sorta different now, but I may not be in a position much longer to run big polls. (possible job, yay! no time for poll running, boo!)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link