Pollin' Tracks Spo-Dee-O-Dee! ILM does the 1950s—NOMINATIONS THREAD

There was a fair amount of discussion during the 20th Century poll last year about how the 1950s is an incredibly rich decade for music but suffers the misfortune of getting trapped in a blind spot when it comes to discussion on music of the modern era. Out of 125 top results, only a very few were recorded prior to 1960. We chose to give the 50s their due someday. That someday is here now.

Between now and the end of Saturday June 25th, do some exploration of the decade and nominate those tracks that deserve recognition. When you've made your decisions, please post your 25 nominated tracks in this thread using the ARTIST - TRACK format. Voting will be done via email after the close of nominations (the details of which we can discuss here over the next few weeks).

If you're at a loss for ideas, the lists at RYM are always helpful:
Whole decade "top" list: http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/single/1950s
Whole decade "esoteric" list: http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/esoteric/single/1950s

(There are also lists in both categories for every individual year of the decade.)

For a broader and less detailed overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_in_music

(There are also entries there for individual years in the decade.)

Don't just focus on rock and pop—why would you? There's jazz, blues, country, gospel, Broadway, folk, etc. If you're not an expert, turn it into a learning experience.

Awesome idea! Bravo for doing this... Stoked to get turned on to some cool stuff. Will mull over my own collection shortly...

Ooh, excellent news. Will have to give this some thought...

Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Teresa Brewer - Music, Music, Music
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk

5/25

I did this really quick--just went through my media library, then added three or four extra that I never got around to digitizing. It's quite arbitrary, but these are the ones I didn't give a second thought to. You've already listed the Flamingos, so I knocked them off my list, which still leaves 26--don't begrudge it to me, J.F. I will inevitably be back at some point to add a handful I missed.

Elvis Presley: “Mystery Train” (1954)
Nolan Strong & the Diablos: “Since You’re Gone” (1954)
Celia Cruz: “Mi Soncito” (1955)
Five Keys: “Close Your Eyes” (1955)
Chips: “Rubber Biscuit” (1956)
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers: “The ABC’s of Love” (1956)
Johnny Cash: “I Walk the Line” (1956)
Ray Price: “You Done Me Wrong” (1956)
Cellos: “Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman)” (1957)
Diamonds: “The Stroll” (1957)
Little Richard: “The Girl Can’t Help It” (1957)
Miller Sisters: “Got You on My Mind” (1957)
Bo Diddley: “Who Do You Love?” (1958)
Bobby Freeman: “Do You Want to Dance” (1958)
Buddy Holly: “Look at Me” (1958)
Dale Hawkins: “La-Do-Dada” (1958)
Dee & the Kool Gents: “When I Call on You” (1958)
El Dorados: “Lights Are Low” (1958)
Everly Brothers: “Problems” (1958)
Jerry Butler & the Impressions: “For Your Precious Love” (1958)
Michael Holliday: “The Story of My Life” (1958)
Pastels: “So Far Away” (1958)
Chuck Berry: “Almost Grown” (1959)
Louvin Brothers: “You’re Learning” (1959)
Miles Davis: “Flamenco Sketches” (1959)
Sheriff & the Ravels: “Shombalor” (1959)

Since I'm copy/pasting these into a spreadsheet, it would be super nice if everyone would follow that ARTIST - TRACK format I listed in the opening post. Thanks.

The Dubs - Could This Be Magic
Phil Phillips - Sea of Love
The Capris - There's a Moon Out Tonight

8/25

Youtubing through a lot of clemenza's list. Some of it's familiar, some of it isn't. All of it's good. Voting will be HARD.

Little Richard was a damn monster!!! (in a good way)

I only just found this one from falling down the obscure 45's rabbit hole on youtube, but WOW I loved it immediately. "He was a bad motorcycle/bud'n bud'n bud'n!"

The Storey Sisters - Bad Motorcycle link

9/25

25/25;

The Chordettes – Soft Sands
The Flamingos – Golden Teardrops
The Harptones – Sunday Kind of Love
Hank Williams – Moaning the Blues
The Viscounts – Harlem Nocturne
Marty Robbins – Big Iron
Howlin’ Wolf – The Natchez Burnin’
Charles Mingus – Fables of Faubus
Cannonball Adderley – Autumn Leaves
Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Not Fade Away
Sarah Vaughan – Lullaby of Birdland
Miles Davis – So What
Miles Davis – Gone, Gone, Gone
Ray Charles – Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
Gene Vincent – Jezebel
Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love?
Sonny Rollins – St. Thomas
John Coltrane – Blue Train
Elvis Presley – Baby, Let’s Play House
Chuck Berry – Maybelline
Johnny Ace – Pledging My Love
Fats Domino – What’s The Reason (I’m Not Pleasing You)
Carl Perkins – That’s Right
Joe Hill Louis – Boogie in the Park
Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez – The Happy Organ

This is going to be great.

Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love? is already nominated. Have another?

Awesome! Great opening post too.

I'm going to put up mostly show tunes I think - will research further and report back.

Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love? is already nominated. Have another?

Oh yeah! I'll swap it for The Chords - Sh-Boom

this will be very hard and very great.

Stick McGhee - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
Percy Mayfield -Please Send Me Someone To Love
Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras In New Orleans
Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
Clyde McPhatter - A Lover's Question
Cadillacs - Speedoo
Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
Drifters - There Goes My Baby
Coasters - Poison Ivy
Barret Strong - Money
Sonny Boy Williamson II - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Mickey and Sylvia - Love Is Strange
Shirley and Lee - Let the Good Times Roll
Rays - Silhouettes
Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk
Rick Nelson - Poor Little Fool
Johnny Cash - Guess Things Happen That Way
Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen
Ray Charles - Lonely Avenue
Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
Spaniels - Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite

Henry Mancini & His Orchestra - Peter Gunn
Frank Sinatra - I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night

11/25

xp I wanted to nom the original Stick McGhee version of "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" but found it was from 1947 (and then again in 1949). Nothing from the fifties, sadly. So I went with Johnny Burnette.

sorry, my bad.

Frank Sinatra - Night And Day

Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
The Coasters - Yakety Yak
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon
The Marcels - Blue Moon
The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night
Lefty Frizzell - Long Black Veil
The Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong
Charles Mingus - Better Git It In Your Soul
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Ray Charles - I Got A Woman
The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Bobby Darin - Splish Splash
Huey "Piano" Smith - Sea Cruise
Richie Valens - La Bamba
The Champs - Tequila
Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
Buddy Holly - Oh Boy!
Chuck Berry - Rock & Roll Music
Hank Williams - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
The Drifters - Money Honey
Chuck Willis - It's Too Late
The Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is To Love Him
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

25/25

Hot noms!

I went pretty quickly & thus with the obvious but good grief, this nom list could be ridiculously long & great even with just obvious noms.

Ooh, before I forget! Would definitely have voted for this one in the 20C poll, but it never got nominated.

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

12/25

Chuck Berry - Promised Land
Gene Vincent - Race With the Devil
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Gene Vincent - Cat Man
Gene Vincent - The Night Is So Lonely
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
Janis Martin - Drugstore Rock n Roll
Janis Martin - Let's Elope Baby
Anton Karas - Theme from The Third Man
Lonnie Donegan - Lost John
Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama
Johnny Cash - Long Black Veil
The Girl Around the Corner - Lee Andrews and the Hearts
The Orioles - Crying in the Chapel
Glen Glenn - Everybody's Movin
Howlin Wolf - Crying at Daybreak
Clint Miller - Bertha Lou
Jay Chevalier - Rockin Roll Angel
Nervous Norvous - Transfusion
Rosemary Clooney - Half As Much
Guitar Slim - Feelin Sad
Eddie Fontaine - Nothing Shakin'
Bo Diddley - Say Man

23/25

Also prefer the earlier version of Spo-Dee-O-Dee. Only found out a couple of weeks ago that the phrase was a replacement for 'motherfucker'. How naive.

Sorry, got one the wrong way around -

Lee Andrews and the Hearts - The Girl Around the Corner

I'll go pedant for a moment: Johnny Cash's version of "Long Black Veil" is from 1965, so not eligible for this poll. I nominated Lefty's version, the original, which is from 1959.

Not pedantic at all, I thought I'd checked, but I hadn't obviously (or more likely checked badly). Thanks! (And apologies)

Pedant again! Chuck Berry's "Promised Land" is from 1965.

I really am sorry, I'm dreadfully hungover. It's no excuse. Thank God you're on the ball.

no prob; jet-lagging & trying to stay focused & pedantry seems to be doing the job

Okay, my first go:

Louis & Bebe Barron - Battle with the Invisible Monster
Raymond Scott - Cindy Electronium
John Cage - Williams Mix

3/22

Also, yay for Gamaliel nominating 'Transfusion'. That's going to be high on my list.

Here's my 25:

Theophilus Beckford - Easy Snappin'
The Treniers - Poontang
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
Ruth Brown - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Webb Pierce - There Stands The Glass
Howard Keel & co. - Sobbin' Women
Clifton Chenier - Eh, Petite Fille
LaVern Baker - Tweedlee Dee
Charlie Feathers - Can't Hardly Stand It
Johnny Griffin - Mil Dew
The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl
Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song
Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q
George Jones - If I Don't Love You (Grits Are Groceries)
Robert Mitchum - Jean And Dinah
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud
Frank Sinatra - Blues In The Night
Johnny Guitar Watson - Gangster Of Love
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
Del Close & John Brent - Cool
Harry Belafonte - Day-O
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
John Cage and David Tudor - Indeterminacy Part 1
Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman
Buddy Holly - Words Of Love

Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud (Misterioso version)
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
The Chantels - Maybe
Jack Scott - Baby She's Gone
Everly Brothers - Claudette
Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine
The "5" Royales - Tears of Joy
The "5" Royales - Say It
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin'
Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'
The Moonglows - Sincerely
James Brown - Try Me
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Chuck Berry - Havana Moon
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up

16/25

damn, didn't see in walked bud already nommed. i'll go back down to 15/25 if that's cool

Crows - Gee
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Joao Gilberto - Chega de Saudade
The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me
Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business
Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers - Touch the Hem of His Garment
The Elegants - Little Star
Ray Charles - Drown in My Own Tears
Thelonious Monk - Ruby, My Dear
The Shirelles - I Met Him on Sunday
Link Wray - Rumble
Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
Nolan Strong & the Diablos - The Wind
Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call

Sorry about the formatting--I thought I was following the guidelines, but I see what you mean now. I'm glad someone added Nervous Norvus. So far I've caught one huge oversight on my list, an all-time favourite, but it's not obscure and I'm sure it'll turn on on someone's list sooner or later.

xp to outdoor miner: "You Send Me" had been nominated just before you did it, so you can have one more back.

Couple things...

So far, 191 tracks have been nominated.

If the group likely has a "The" at the beginning of their name, please include it. That'll make it easier for people to find it in the master list (I've been adding them where they're missing so far).

The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Blue Rondo a la Turk
Mighty Sparrow — Jean and Dinah
Thelonious Monk — Brilliant Corners
Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim — Tonight (West Side Story)
Peggy Lee — Fever
Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog
Screamin' Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You

7/25

György Ligeti - Artikulation
Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Etude
Otto Luening - Fantasy in Space
Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan - Song of the 2nd Moon

(5/25)

György Ligeti, Iannis Xenakis, and Otto Luening--is that who Don McLean meant by "the father, son, and the holy ghost"?

Okay, so I'm just thinking out loud here, but the last couple days of nominating I'll probably open it up with a few more for everyone just to make sure we don't leave out anything important. That (mostly) worked pretty well for the 20C poll.

Also, I haven't talked to seandalai about helping out with the voting (he's not around much anymore), so I may end up tabulating manually. That means no 100-song ballots. Probably something manageable like 40. Not expecting turnout for this to be as big as other decade polls and definitely not the year-end polls, so hopefully tabulating manually won't eat up ALL my time. :)

Farid el Atrache - Ana Wel Bahebou
Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
Ella Fitzgerald - Anything Goes
Cortijo y su Combo - Negro Bembon
Abbey Lincoln - Afro Blue
Oum Kalthoum - Ya Zalemni
Billie Holiday - Easy to Love
Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do
Farid el Atrache - Wehyat Eineiki
Joao Gilberto - A Felicidade
Tito Puente – Hong Kong Mambo
Benny More y Pedro Vargas - Obsesion

12/25

Lefty Frizzell- If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
Lefty Frizzell- Look What Thoughts Will Do
Marty Robbins- El Paso
Johnny Cash- Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Hank Williams- Ramblin' Man
Hank Williams- Kaw-Liga
Johnny Cash- Cry! Cry! Cry!
Hank Williams- Hey, Good Lookin'
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs- Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Johnny Cash- Big River
Johnny Cash- Five Feet High and Rising
Hank Williams- Cold, Cold Heart
Hank Williams- I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Hank Snow- I'm Moving On
Conway Twitty- It's Only Make Believe
Don Gibson- Oh Lonesome Me
Marty Robbins- A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)
Frankie Laine- Cry of the Wild Goose
Jim Reeves- He'll Have to Go
Ray Price- Crazy Arms
George Jones- White Lightning
Patsy Cline- Three Cigarettes (In an Ashtray)
Hank Williams- Settin' the Woods on Fire
Marty Robbins- Big Iron
Kitty Wells- It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels

Marty Robbins- Big Iron
Conway Twitty- It's Only Make Believe

These are already in there. You can have back two noms.

Benny More - Como Fue

13/25

(Was holding off on that because I don't know if the original is from earlier, but at the very least he clearly recorded a major version of it in 1953.)

LaVern Baker - Soul on Fire
James "Sugarboy" Crawford - Jock-A-Mo
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
The Weavers - Goodnight, Irene
Chuck Berry - Brown Eyed Handsome Man

5/25

Raymond Scott - Cindy Electronium

Holy crap @ this! Love it!

25:

Little Anthony and the Imperials – Tears On My Pillow
The Crests – Sixteen Candles
Ricky Nelson – Travelin’ Man
Connie Francis – Who’s Sorry Now?
Yma Sumac - Virgin Of The Sun God (Taita Inty)
Moondog – All Is Loneliness
Bud Powell – Un Poco Loco
Duke Ellington feat. Mahalia Jackson – Come Sunday
Johnny Cash – Belshazzar
Little Richard - Ooh! My Soul
Marian Anderson – If He Change My Name
Lloyd Price – Stagger Lee
John Fahey – Sligo River Blues
Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata
The Bobbettes – Mr. Lee
Edith Piaf – Milord
Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine
Lotte Lenya – Pirate Jenny
Edgard Varèse - Poème électronique
Judy Garland – The Man That Got Away
Beverley Kenney – Born To Be Blue
Julie London – Cry Me A River
Sun Ra and the Cosmic Rays – Dreaming
Platters – The Great Pretender
Jacques Brel – Ne Me Quitte Pas

I'm gonna set up a public spreadsheet soon, but for right now here are the 269 nomination received so far:

Abbey Lincoln - Afro Blue
Anton Karas - Theme from The Third Man
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud
Barret Strong - Money
Benny More - Como Fue
Benny More y Pedro Vargas - Obsesion
Beverley Kenney – Born To Be Blue
Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog
Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk
Billie Holiday - Easy to Love
Bo Diddley - Say Man
Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love?
Bobby Darin - Splish Splash
Bobby Freeman - Do You Want to Dance
Bud Powell – Un Poco Loco
Buddy Holly - Look At Me
Buddy Holly - Oh Boy!
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
Buddy Holly - Words Of Love
Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Not Fade Away
Cannonball Adderley – Autumn Leaves
Carl Perkins – That's Right
Celia Cruz - Mi Soncito
Charles Mingus - Better Git It In Your Soul
Charles Mingus – Fables of Faubus
Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song
Charlie Feathers - Can't Hardly Stand It
Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine
Chuck Berry - Almost Grown
Chuck Berry - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Chuck Berry - Havana Moon
Chuck Berry – Maybelline
Chuck Berry - Rock & Roll Music
Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business
Chuck Willis - It's Too Late
Clifton Chenier - Eh, Petite Fille
Clint Miller - Bertha Lou
Clyde McPhatter - A Lover's Question
Connie Francis – Who’s Sorry Now?
Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
Cortijo y su Combo - Negro Bembon
Dale Dawkins - La-Do-Dada
Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q
Dave 'Baby' Cortez – The Happy Organ
Dee & The Kool Gents - When I Call on You
Del Close & John Brent - Cool
Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
Duke Ellington feat. Mahalia Jackson – Come Sunday
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Eddie Fontaine - Nothing Shakin'
Edgard Varèse - Poème électronique
Edith Piaf – Milord
El Dorados - Lights Are Low
Ella Fitzgerald - Anything Goes
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
Elvis Presley – Baby, Let's Play House
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon
Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
Farid el Atrache - Ana Wel Bahebou
Farid el Atrache - Wehyat Eineiki
Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'
Fats Domino – What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasing You)
Frank Sinatra - Blues In The Night
Frank Sinatra - I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
Frank Sinatra - Night And Day
Frankie Laine - Cry of the Wild Goose
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - The ABC's of Love
Gene Vincent - Cat Man
Gene Vincent – Jezebel
Gene Vincent - Race With the Devil
Gene Vincent - The Night Is So Lonely
George Jones - If I Don't Love You (Grits Are Groceries)
George Jones - White Lightning
Glen Glenn - Everybody's Movin
Guitar Slim - Feelin Sad
György Ligeti - Artikulation
Hank Snow - I'm Moving On
Hank Williams - Cold, Cold Heart
Hank Williams - Hey, Good Lookin'
Hank Williams - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Hank Williams - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Hank Williams - Kaw-Liga
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Hank Williams – Moaning the Blues
Hank Williams - Ramblin' Man
Hank Williams- Settin' the Woods on Fire
Harry Belafonte - Day-O
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra - Peter Gunn
Howard Keel & Co. - Sobbin' Women
Howlin' Wolf - Crying at Daybreak
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
Howlin' Wolf – The Natchez Burnin'
Huey 'Piano' Smith - Sea Cruise
Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis
Jack Scott - Baby She's Gone
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
Jacques Brel – Ne Me Quitte Pas
James "Sugarboy" Crawford - Jock-A-Mo
James Brown - Try Me
Janis Martin - Drugstore Rock n Roll
Janis Martin - Let's Elope Baby
Jay Chevalier - Rockin' Roll Angel
Jerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious Love
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin'
Jim Reeves - He'll Have to Go
Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do
Joao Gilberto - A Felicidade
Joao Gilberto - Chega de Saudade
Joe Hill Louis – Boogie in the Park
John Cage - Williams Mix
John Cage and David Tudor - Indeterminacy Part 1
John Coltrane – Blue Train
John Fahey – Sligo River Blues
Johnny Ace – Pledging My Love
Johnny Burnette - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
Johnny Cash – Belshazzar
Johnny Cash - Big River
Johnny Cash - Cry! Cry! Cry!
Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Johnny Cash - Five Feet High and Rising
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash - Guess Things Happen That Way
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
Johnny Griffin - Mil Dew
Johnny Guitar Watson - Gangster Of Love
Judy Garland – The Man That Got Away
Julie London – Cry Me A River
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Etude
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
LaVern Baker - Soul on Fire
LaVern Baker - Tweedlee Dee
Lee Andrews and the Hearts - The Girl Around the Corner
Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
Lefty Frizzell - Long Black Veil
Lefty Frizzell - Look What Thoughts Will Do
Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim — Tonight (West Side Story)
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble
Little Anthony and The Imperials – Tears On My Pillow
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Little Richard - Ooh! My Soul
Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Lloyd Price – Stagger Lee
Lonnie Donegan - Lost John
Lotte Lenya – Pirate Jenny
Louis & Bebe Barron - Battle with the Invisible Monster
Marian Anderson – If He Change My Name
Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)
Marty Robbins – Big Iron
Marty Robbins - El Paso
Michael Holliday - The Story of My Life
Mickey and Sylvia - Love Is Strange
Mighty Sparrow — Jean and Dinah
Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches
Miles Davis – Gone, Gone, Gone
Miles Davis – So What
Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata
Moondog – All Is Loneliness
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
Nervous Norvous - Transfusion
Nolan Strong & The Diablos - Since You're Gone
Nolan Strong & the Diablos - The Wind
Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman
Otto Luening - Fantasy in Space
Oum Kalthoum - Ya Zalemni
Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
Patsy Cline - Three Cigarettes (In an Ashtray)
Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
Peggy Lee — Fever
Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love
Phil Phillips - Sea of Love
Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras In New Orleans
Ray Charles – Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
Ray Charles - Drown in My Own Tears
Ray Charles - I Got A Woman
Ray Charles - Lonely Avenue
Ray Price - Crazy Arms
Ray Price - You Done Me Wrong
Raymond Scott - Cindy Electronium
Richie Valens - La Bamba
Rick Nelson - Poor Little Fool
Ricky Nelson – Travelin’ Man
Robert Mitchum - Jean And Dinah
Rosemary Clooney - Half As Much
Ruth Brown - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers - Touch the Hem of His Garment
Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
Sarah Vaughan – Lullaby of Birdland
Screamin' Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You
Sheriff & The Ravels - Shombalor
Shirley and Lee - Let the Good Times Roll
Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call
Sonny Boy Williamson II - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Sonny Rollins – St. Thomas
Sun Ra and the Cosmic Rays – Dreaming
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
Teresa Brewer - Music, Music, Music
The "5" Royales - Say It
The "5" Royales - Tears of Joy
The Bobbettes – Mr. Lee
The Cadillacs - Speedoo
The Capris - There's a Moon Out Tonight
The Cellos - Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman)
The Champs - Tequila
The Chantels - Maybe
The Chips - Rubber Biscuit
The Chordettes – Soft Sands
The Chords - Sh-Boom
The Coasters - Poison Ivy
The Coasters - Yakety Yak
The Crests – Sixteen Candles
The Crows - Gee
The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Blue Rondo a la Turk
The Diamonds - The Stroll
The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man
The Drifters - Money Honey
The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
The Dubs - Could This Be Magic
The Edsels - Rama Lama Ding Dong
The Elegants - Little Star
The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
The Everly Brothers - Claudette
The Everly Brothers - Problems
The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
The Five Keys - Close Your Eyes
The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night
The Flamingos – Golden Teardrops
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me
The Harptones – Sunday Kind of Love
The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl
The Louvin Brothers - You're Learning
The Marcels - Blue Moon
The Miller Sisters - Got You on My Mind
The Moonglows - Sincerely
The Orioles - Crying in the Chapel
The Pastels - So Far Away
The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
The Platters – The Great Pretender
The Rays - Silhouettes
The Shirelles - I Met Him on Sunday
The Spaniels - Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite
The Storey Sisters - Bad Motorcycle
The Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is To Love Him
The Treniers - Poontang
The Viscounts – Harlem Nocturne
The Weavers - Goodnight, Irene
Thelonious Monk — Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk - Ruby, My Dear
Theophilus Beckford - Easy Snappin'
Tito Puente – Hong Kong Mambo
Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan - Song of the 2nd Moon
Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama
Webb Pierce - There Stands The Glass
Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine
Yma Sumac - Virgin Of The Sun God (Taita Inty)

Johnny Mathis - Wonderful Wonderful

Will add more when I find the time

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog

I'm guessing this hasn't been nominated because Big Mama Thornton's version is already up, but it should be there. The greatest b-side of all time?

Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel

and vote-splitting be damned

Nominations still open through the end of Saturday. Keep 'em coming.

Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap

ah fuck i have to remember to do this still

Suggestion from a friend:

The Phantom - Love Me

Pretty great, actually.

Yeah, so like...there are only about 46 hours left to nominate. Still don't quite have 500 songs yet, so if you can think of anything you or someone else might vote for that isn't already on the list, put it here!

oh shit, ok, im up and not doing anything, id better do this.

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - My Baby Left Me
Big Al Downing - Down On The Farm
Bob & Lucille - Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe
Bob Luman - Red Hot
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry - Better Day
Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters - Money Honey
Dion & the Belmonts - I Wonder Why
Donald O'Connor - Make 'Em Laugh
Dorsey Burnette - Bertha Lou
Edwin Bruce - Rock Boppin' Baby *
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Can't We Be Friends
The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi - Jesus Gave Me Water
The Five Keys - The Glory Of Love
Flatt & Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
The Jacks - Why Don't You Write Me? *
Jimmy Martin - You Don't Know My Mind
Johnnie Ray - The Little White Cloud That Cried *
Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads - Cry *
Johnny Mathis - Chances Are
LaVern Baker - Jim Dandy
Mills Brothers - Be My Life's Companion
Mills Brothers - Glow Worm
The Monotones - Book of Love *
The Phaetons - I Love My Baby *
The Platters - Only You (And You Alone)
Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Caffeine Patrol
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere Boogie
Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes

man i really want to nom the frankie laine version of jezebel, but 2 peeps doing the same song is prob vote splitting to the highest degree but damn. also pissed that "Funnel of Love" by Wanda Jackson is from 1961.

thats more than 25, so oops. this took longer than expected, so i can whittle it down tomorrow. plus i have to make sure a few of these dont spill over on one side or the other of the 50's

hah ignore the stars, those were my first go to ones and i wanted to mark them so i didnt get rid of them later. IGNORE.

I know Peter Gunn has been nomm'd, but surely got to have the

Dwayne Eddy - Peter Gunn

version as well.

I can't believe this missed my first round of nominating:

The Five Blobs - The Blob

Also:

Carole Bennett - Haunted Lover

Stelios Kazantzidis - Zigkouala

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
Al Saxon - I'm All Right Jack

13/25

Generally not a big 50s fan, but these have to get in:

Billie Holiday; I'm a Fool To Want You
Buddy Holly: Everydaÿ
Neil Sedaka: Oh Carol!

The Heartbeats - 1000 Miles Away
The Fiestas - So Fine
Lee Andrews & the Hearts - Long Lonely Nights
Danny & The Juniors - At the Hop
The Silhouettes - Get a Job

I'd also like to nominate "Blue In Green" by Miles Davis, because I am certain others will just go for the faster tracks, but that beautiful ballad is actually the highlight of the "Kind of Blue" album.

Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean a Lot
Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz
Eartha Kitt - C'est Si Bon
Ames Brothers - Rag Mop
The Olympics - Western Movies
The Cadets - Stranded in the Jungle
Sandy Nelson - Teen Beat
Preston Epps - Bongo Rock
Phil Harris - The Thing
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios
Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
Ilene Woods - A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Suggestion from a friend:

The Phantom - Love Me

Pretty great, actually.

― emil.y

This is an amazing song but I think it's actually from 1960.

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Nica's Dream

(I admit I got to like this by way of a La Sonora Poncena cover version. This performance includes the song's composer, Horace Silver.)

Oh sorry, my "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" pick was nommed already, that's what I get for searching this page instead of the spreadsheet (where Johnny corrected the "marylin" typo). So please replace with

Andre Williams - Greasy Chicken

A few more:

Eileen Barton - If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake
The Bobbettes - Mr Lee
Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One

Varetta Dillard - Mercy Mr. Percy

totally forgot this, can 86 some of my other choices if need be

No need to 86 anything at this point. We're still just in the 500-600 nomination range.

whoo hoo!

Frank Sinatra - I Get Along Without You Very Well

please

Chuck Berry's "School Days" should be "School Day." Great choice.

Most of my faves are covered except Christmas songs, which I'll leave out. Some Minnesota (and Mexican American) love, 2/25:

Augie Garcia - Hi Yo Silver
Kico Rangel Band featuring the Rangel Sisters - Ábrete Sésamo

Jimmy Jam's dad played on the first one, which is pretty great.

Other faves, 15/25:

Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours
Clyde McPhatter - I Can't Stand Up Alone
Duke Ellington - The Mooche
Elvis Presley - Shake, Rattle and Roll
Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Loving
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' at Midnight
Joe Williams and Count Basie - Teach Me Tonight
Little Richard and His Band - Jenny, Jenny
Lord Kitchener - Ah Bernice
Professor Longhair - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
Professor Longhair - No Buts - No Maybes
The Mighty Sparrow - Short Little Shorts
Woody Guthrie - Why, Oh Why

I'm happy to go with the consensus calypso songs, but those are a couple of my favorites. As for Professor Longhair, it's not vote-splitting in my case--I'll probably actually vote for them all. "Why, Oh Why" is one of my favorite children's songs ever.

This has potential to be a great ILM poll, as I have no idea what the consensus top 20 would be.

I imagine things like "I Only Have Eyes for You" will end up in the top 20 after doing so well in the 20c poll, but outside of that it's just a big question mark.

One thing that struck me earlier was that while many of us here may not be very familiar with the 50s, pooling what everyone knows has resulted in an interesting list of nominations. The results should be fun.

So as far as voting goes, I was thinking ballots of 50 with the 100, 98, 96, 94...6, 4, 2 point arrangement, some point total for unranked ballots (haven't mathed that out yet), and then split ballots (partly ranked, partly unranked—equally distributing points out of the total left)...so, just like the 20c poll or the most recent EOY polls. Either two or three weeks of voting (does anyone have a preference for three weeks?).

To fill some gaps:

Jerry Lee Lewis - High school confidential
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great balls of fire
Buddy Holly - That'll be the day
Jimmy Wages - Miss Pearl
Jimmy Wages - Mad man
Elvis Presley - Milkcow blues boogie
Elvis Presley - My baby left me the RCA studio engineers' best recreation of the Sun sound
Bobby Day - Rockin robin
Elvis Presley - One night
Elvis Presley - When my blue moon turns to gold again
Johnny and the Hurricanes - Red river rock
Danny and the Juniors - At the hop
Dion and the Belmonts - I wonder why (such a great intro)
Stan Freberg - John and Marsha
The Diamonds - Little darlin'
The Monotones - The book of love
The Platters - Only you
Chuck Berry - Sweet little sixteen
Carl Perkins - Blue suede shoes
Eddie Cochrane - C'mon everybody
Eddie Cochrane - Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie

and i know it's already been nominated but what a killer performance

oops here's the correct link for

The Diamonds - Little darlin'

Five hours left.

Feel obligated somehow to get in

Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill

and especially

Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love

The Beatles - All You Need Is Love

Just another 90 minutes or so. Last call!

Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven

Tried but failed to find The Peanuts' '50s output online. Would have been a good addition, but never mind. I'm sure as soon as the nominations end I'll think of twenty more great tracks.

Freddie Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie
Bobby & Terry Caraway - Ballin’ Keen
The Charts - Desiree
The Clovers - Love, Love, Love
Lorrie & Larry Collins - Mercy
John Coltrane - Cousin Mary
The Cookies - In Paradise
The Duponts - Screamin Ball (At Dracula Hall)
The Eternals - Rockin’ in the Jungle
Serge Gainsbourg - Le femme des uns sous le corps des autres
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins - Little Demon
The Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein’s Den
The Impalas, with LeRoy Holmes Orchestra - Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
Ivory Joe Hunter - Since I Met You Baby
Kid Thomas - Rockin’ This Joint To-nite
Little Willie John - I’m Shakin’
Manhattan Brothers - Baby Ntsoare
Clyde McPhatter - Treasure of Love
The Johnny Otis Show - Hand Jive
Pastels - Been So Long
Bobby Please & the Pleasers - The Monster
The Revels - Midnight Stroll
Billy Riley & His Little Green Men - Flyin’ Saucers Rock & Roll
The Students - So Young
Willows - Church Bells May Ring

k, I'm gonna plug all these that I haven't so far into the spread sheet and then open the voting sometime tomorrow. FUN!

Kudos to Neue Jesse Schule for some of those last minute additions

So many great songs and artists on this list, couldn't find the part that tells how many we get to vote for, maybe that will be on the voting thread. This is gonna be even worse than that speculative fiction poll.

Can I squeeze one more in? If not no trouble.

Lord Rockingham's XI - Fried Onions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O6p84lYw7s

Voting thread is already up with the final list. But if anyone sees this and wants to vote for it besides you, that's okay.

Ah cheers, I was out on the pop last night and forgot all about the deadline.

missed nominations

m(

Plenty to vote for: Pollin' Tracks Spo-Dee-O-Dee! ILM does the 1950s—VOTING THREAD