Here are the results of Round 1 - Part 2 of the 1955 Singles Battle.
31 people took part in the voting.
>17 The Whispers - Are You Sorry - Gotham 312
>7 Mindy Carson - Wake The Town And Tell The People - Columbia 40537
>
Wake the town and tell the people that The Whispers are in Round 2!
WINNER : WHISPERS
>9 The Hilltoppers - Only You - Dot 15423
>15 The Kidds - Are You Forgetting Me - Imperial 5335
>
Nobody will be forgetting the Kidds yet awhile as they march into
Round 2
WINNER : KIDDS
>5 Gogi Grant - Suddenly There's A Valley - Era 1003
>25 The Clovers - Blue Velvet - Atlantic 1052
>
Big win for the Clovers here takes their beautiful version of the
oldie another step along the way in the contest
WINNER : CLOVERS
>24 Dave Bartholomew - Four Winds - Imperial 5350
>2 Jaye P. Morgan - Pepper Hot Baby - RCA 6282
>
Mighty win for Dave here takes all four winds out of Jaye P's sails
WINNER : BARTHOLOMEW
>10 Fess Parker - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett - Columbia 40449
>16 Brownie McGhee - Anna Mae - Savoy 1177
>
Brownie's neat Chuck ripoff sends ol' Fess packing back to those
Tennessee mountains
WINNER : BROWNIE
>12 The Five Keys - Cause You're My Lover - Capitol 3267
>12 Marty Robbins - Maybelline - Columbia 21446
>
Uh! Oh! A draw!!! Well let me see....I voted for Marty here so.....
WINNER : FIVE KEYS
>3 Eddie Fisher - Everybody's Got A Home But Me - RCA 6337
>21 The Solitaires - My Dear - Old Town 1012
>
The Solitaires demolish Fisher to take another place at the Round 2
table
WINNER : SOLITAIRES
>24 The Hearts - Lonely Nights - Baton 208
>2 The Fontane Sisters - Rock Love - Dot 15333
>
Even bigger win for The Hearts sees them safely home and dry
WINNER : HEARTS
>11 Faron Young - Live Fast,Love Hard,Die Young - Capitol 3056
>12 Buddy Johnson - It's Obdacious - Mercury 70695
>
I like both of these a lot & figured it was always gonna be a narrow
win. But nice to see my vote choice go thru
WINNER : JOHNSON
>5 Alvadean Coker - We're Gonna Bop - Abbott 176
>19 The Jacks - I'm Confessin' - RPM 433
>
Since I'm not gonna be mentioning this Coker record in the contest
again I figured a few here might be interested to know its value
currently stands at the mind boggling equivalent of $1000+ on the UK
45RPM London pressing!
WINNER : JACKS
>18 The Drifters - Adorable - Atlantic 1078
>9 The Robins - Whadaya Want - Spark 110
>
One of the very best cover versions ever wins here
WINNER : DRIFTERS
>13 Jack Dupree - Harelip Blues - King 4797
>7 George Jones - Seasons Of My Heart - Starday 202
>
Jack Dupree comes out the Champion once more here!
WINNER : DUPREE
>18 Peggy Lee - He's A Tramp - Decca 29427
>9 Gale Storm - I Hear You Knocking - Dot 15412
>
La Lee overcomes one of Dot's more unpalatable cover versions
WINNER : PEGGY LEE
>6 The Five Pennies - Mr Moon - Savoy 1182
>21 Sarah Vaughan - Whatever Lola Wants - Mercury 70595
>
Another good win here for another famous pop diva
WINNER : SARAH
>4 The McGuire Sisters - It May Sound Silly - Coral 61369
>23 LaVern Baker - Bop-Ting-A-Ling - Atlantic 1057
>
The thought of this McGuires beating LaVern always sounded silly
WINNER ; LaVERN
>3 The Royal Jokers - You Tickle Me Baby - Atco 6052
>27 Little Richard - Tutti-Frutti - Specialty 561
>
Reckon this "Tutti-Frutti" guy is in for a rough ride in Round 2
WINNER : RICHARD
>8 Sticks McGhee - Six To Eight - King 4783
>16 The Hawketts - Mardi Gras Mambo - Chess 1591
>
Both of these are GREAT! Shame only one can go thru...
WINNER : HAWKETTS
>3 Eddie Fisher - A Man Chases A Girl - RCA 6015
>23 Wynonie Harris - Fishtail Blues - King 4789
>
Wynonie books himself another place in Round 2
WINNER : WYNONIE
>4 The Castelles - Heavenly Father - Grand 122
>23 The Five Keys - Close Your Eyes - Capitol 3032
>
The Keys were always gonna win this one but The Castelles deserved to
do better
WINNER : FIVE KEYS
>3 Johnny Maddox - The Crazy Otto - Dot 15325
>21 Gene & Eunice - This Is My Story - Aladdin 3282
>
Big win for Gene & Eunice lets them carry on telling their story in
Round 2
WINNER : GENE & EUNICE
>4 Mister Ruffin - Touch Of Heaven - Spark 115
>17 Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Move, Baby, Move - Sun 214
>
Billy's original version makes short work of the little known Mr
Ruffin
WINNER : EMERSON
>9 The Midnighters - Ashamed Of Myself - Federal 12210
>14 Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Those Lonely,Lonely Nights - RPM 436
>
Another real good cover version takes the honors here!
WINNER : WATSON
>19 The Medallions - Speedin' - Dooto 364
>6 Les Baxter - Wake The Town And Tell The People - Capitol 3120
>
And The Medallions go speedin' off into the Round 2 sunset
WINNER : MEDALLIONS
>18 The Five Royales - You Didn't Learn It At Home - King 4770
>6 Rusty Draper - The ****fting,Whispering Sands - Mercury 70696
>
Decent win for The Royales over Draper's version of the big pop hit
WINNER : ROYALES
>24 Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil - Checker 807
>4 Pat Boone - Ain't That A Shame - Dot 15377
>
The Dot pop covers are getting a real trouncing here today
WINNER : SPANN
>6 Jean Shepard - Beautiful Lies - Capitol 3222
>18 The Robins - Just Like A Fool - Spark 122
>
Shepard has one number thru to Round 2 ("A Satisfied Mind") but
lightning don't strike twice
WINNER : ROBINS
>8 Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns - Truly - RPM 424
>13 Jerry McCain - Courtin' In A Cadillac - Excello 2068
>
Great to see a solid McCain win in at least one election :)
WINNER : McCAIN
>0 The Four Aces - A Woman In Love - Decca 29725
>30 The Platters - Only You - Mercury 70633
>
The Platters score a complete and utter whitewash result here
WINNER : PLATTERS
>2 Don Cornell - Most Of All - Coral 61393
>24 Fats Domino - Don't You Know - Imperial 5340
>
Fats easily swats Cornell's limp Moonglows pop cover
WINNER : FATS
>6 Rollee McGill - You Left Me Here To Cry - Piney 104
>21 Al Hibbler - Unchained Melody - Decca 29441
>
McGill's left in tears as perhaps the strongest pop number in the
whole contest scores a convincing win
WINNER : HIBBLER
>11 The Four Pals - If I Can't Have The One I Love - Royal Roost 610
>11 Jo Stafford - It's Almost Tomorrow - Columbia 40595
>
Draw #2....I voted for The Four Pals so cancelling my vote gives the
win to the recently late and lamented Ms Ex-Pied Piper. Sorry Bill!
WINNER : STAFFORD
>27 The Turbans - When You Dance - Herald 458
>2 Pee Wee Crayton - Yours Truly - Imperial 5353
>
Shame the very good Crayton had to come up against such a strong
opponent
WINNER : TURBANS
>6 Jaye P. Morgan - The Longest Walk - RCA 6182
>18 The Lamplighters - Love, Rock And Thrill - Federal 12212
>
Nice win for Thurston & Co sends them comfortably into Round 2
WINNER : LAMPLIGHTERS
>14 Ray Charles - A Fool For You - Atlantic 1063
>10 Willie Egans - Come On - Mambo 111
>
RC gets the win but not without a decent fight from Mr Egans
WINNER : CHARLES
>28 Elvis Presley - Baby Let's Play House - Sun 217
>0 Sonny Burns - A Real Cool Cat - Starday 209
>
In this battle of the rockabillies Elvis was always gonna come out on
top--and he doesn't disappoint,doing so with a total whitewash
WINNER : ELVIS
>16 The Midnighters - It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) - Federal 12227
>9 The Calvanes - Don't Take Your Love From Me - Dooto 371
>
I personally like the Brooks original of this song best but the
Midnighters cover is close.Good Calvanes flip too
WINNER : MIDNIGHTERS
>6 The McGuire Sisters - He - Coral 61501
>18 Earl King - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights - Ace 509
>
Here's Earl's even better original joining Johnny Watson's cover (see
above) in the next round
WINNER : KING
>14 Boyd Bennett & The Rockets - Seventeen - King 1470
>12 The Solitaires - The Wedding - Old Town 1014
>
Quite a tussle here and the original of the oft recorded "Seventeen"
just scrapes thru
WINNER : BENNETT
>2 Little George Smith - Oopen Doopin' Doopin' - RPM 442
>21 Joe Turner - Ti-Ri-Lee - Atlantic 1053
>
Solid win for Big Joe gives him another entry in Round 2
WINNER : TURNER
>16 The Penguins - Devil That I See - Mercury 70703
>7 Larry Dale - Feelin' All Right - Herald 463
>
Nice win for the Penguins at the expense of Dale
WINNER : PENGUINS
>10 Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Ruin You - Vee Jay 132
>15 The Robins - I Must Be Dreaming - Spark 116
>
This one was locked in a draw for a coupla days but The Robins ccame
thru in the last hurdles
WINNER : ROBINS
>4 The Ames Brothers - My Bonnie Lassie - RCA 6208
>23 Big Maybelle - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Okeh 7060
>
Big Maybelle has little trouble taking her version into Round 2
WINNER : MAYBELLE
>1 Dinah Shore - Whatever Lola Wants - RCA 6077
>25 Kitty Wells - Making Believe - Decca 29419
>
Terrific win for Kitty over Shore's ill advised cover
WINNER : WELLS
>3 Bonnie Lou - Daddy-O - King 4835
>27 Elvis Presley - Mystery Train - Sun 223
>
Elvis stays right on track to drive that train very far indeed in this
thing
WINNER : ELVIS
>2 The Flamingos - Get With It - Parrot 811
>28 The Platters - The Great Pretender - Mercury 70753
>
Here's another one that should still be there in the latter rounds
WINNER : PLATTERS
>10 The Cochran Brothers - Mr. Fiddle - Ekko 1003
>8 Priscilla Wright - The Man In The Raincoat - RKO Unique 303
>
Ms Wright puts up a decent fight but Eddie & Hank just save the day
WINNER : COCHRAN BROS
>5 Teresa Brewer - The Banjo's Back In Town - Coral 61448
>20 Bo Diddley - She's Fine,She's Mine - Checker 819
>
Bo beats the banjo!
WINNER : BO
>7 Charlie Calhoun Orchestra - Smack Dab In The Middle - MGM 11989
>15 Smiley Lewis - Jailbird - Imperial 5325
>
IIRC thats all the versions of "Smack Dab..." out of the contest
WINNER : SMILEY
>9 Sarah Vaughan - C'est La Vie - Mercury 70727
>16 The Midnighters - Don't Change Your Pretty Ways - Federal 12243
>
Another good win for The Midnighters
WINNER : MIDNIGHTERS
>5 Dean Martin - Under The Bridges Of Paris - Capitol 3036
>16 Nat "King" Cole - My One Sin - Capitol 3136
>
Shame the Dino song wasn't here in the Eartha Kitt version or I'd have
voted for it
WINNER : NAT
>12 Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Hot Little Mama - RPM 423
>13 Bobby Charles - On Bended Knee - Chess 1609
>
This was a draw for the longest time but a last minute vote hands it
to Bobby
WINNER : CHARLES
>4 Joni James - You Are My Love - MGM 12066
>20 The Four Fellows - Soldier Boy - Glory 234
>
And the Four Fellows soldier on into the next round
WINNER : FOUR FELLOWS
>19 Little Willie John - All Around The World - King 4818
>9 Bill Haley & His Comets - Razzle Dazzle - Decca 29552
>
Decent win for LWJ over one of Haley's more contrived concoctions
WINNER : LWJ
>17 The Mello-Harps - Ain't Got The Money - Tin Pan Alley 145
>5 Dorothy Collins - My Boy Flat Top - Coral 61510
>
They may not have the money but they sure got the win!
WINNER : MELLO-HARPS
>2 Georgia Gibbs - Sweet And Gentle - Mercury 70647
>23 Roy Hamilton - Unchained Melody - Epic 9102
>
Hamilton's version of the pop standard joins Hibbler's in the Round 2
stakes
WINNER : HAMILTON
>18 Brownie McGhee - I'd Love To Love You - Savoy 1177
>4 Patti Page - Croce Di Oro - Mercury 70713
>
Win #2 for Brownie puts both sides of his record into the next round
WINNER : BROWNIE
>18 Fats Domino - Poor Me - Imperial 5369
>9 Little Walter - Too Late - Checker 825
>
And in response to the person who asked me the other day...yes,this IS
the Fats number that's used on "The Flying Saucer" break in hit
(..."what I'm gonna do...is hard to tell...")
WINNER : FATS
>2 Eddie Fisher - Song Of The Dreamer - RCA 6196
>22 Count Basie - April In Paris - Clef 89162
>
Wonder if Basie can possibly survive with this in Round 2?
WINNER : BASIE
>24 The Clovers - Nip Sip - Atlantic 1073
>2 Teresa Brewer - Silver Dollar - Coral 61394
>
Nice to see a Clovers favorite thru to the next round. Incidentally
"Nip Sip" was their VERY FIRST release on these shores!!
WINNER : CLOVERS
>4 Georgie Shaw - No Arms Can Ever Hold You - Decca 29679
>20 Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires - My Baby's Gone - Flip 306
>
Re****ts of the death of Donald Woods' angel are a little premature as
she'll be alive and well in the next round
WINNER : WOODS
>10 Lula Reed - Rock Love - King 4767
>16 Nat "King" Cole - A Blossom Fell - Capitol 3095
>
Nice win for Nat especially over such a strong contender
WINNER : NAT
>21 Roger Williams - Autumn Leaves - Kapp 116
>3 Alan Dale - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White - Coral 61373
>
In this pop v. pop tussle piano whiz Williams takes the honors
WINNER : WILLIAMS
>6 Perry Como - Ko Ko Mo - RCA 5994
>19 B.B King - Jump With You Baby - RPM 425
>
With this win B.B jumps right into the next round
WINNER : KING
>6 The Fontane Sisters - Seventeen - Dot 15386
>21 Ruth Brown - It's Love, Baby (24 Hours A Day) - Atlantic 1072
>
That's all 3 versions of "It's Love Baby...." thru to Round 2
WINNER : RUTH
>9 Little Milton - Homesick For My Baby - Sun 220
>13 The Dells - Tell The World - Vee Jay 134
>
Another match up where there was just one vote in it---until the Dells
pulled ahead at the last minute
WINNER : DELLS
>18 Eddy Arnold - Just Call Me Lonesome - RCA 6198
>7 The Crew Cuts - Earth Angel - Mercury 70529
>
Arnold gets the win over one of the Crew Cuts very worst covers
WINNER : ARNOLD
>3 Ray Anthony - Pete Kelly's Blues - Capitol 3176
>26 The Moonglows - Most Of All - Chess 1589
>
We lost Cornell's pop cover earlier but here the real deal gets an
easy win!
WINNER : MOONGLOWS
>9 Howlin' Wolf - Forty-Four - Chess 1584
>17 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie - Decca 29713
>
Good to see one of Haley's best triumph here
WINNER : HALEY
>8 Little Jimmy Scott - Everybody Needs Somebody
>14 The Dells - Zing, Zing, Zing - Vee Jay 166
>
The Dells strike again!
WINNER : DELLS
>3 Patti Page - Piddily Patter Patter - Mercury 70657
>21 Johnny Ace - Anymore Duke 144
>
Hot shot Ace hits the target again demoli****ng Page's Nappy Brown pop
cover
WINNER : ACE
>19 Bobby Bland - I Woke Up Screaming - Duke 146
>4 Charlie Feathers - Defrost Your Heart - Sun 231
>
Bland pushes Feathers out of the contest to get the win here
WINNER : BLAND
>11 The Penguins - Don't Do It - Mercury 70610
>13 Billy Boy - I Wish You Would - Vee Jay 146
>
This one swung one way then t'other---until Arnold sealed that
midnight win!
WINNER : BILLY BOY
>5 Gloria Mann - Earth Angel - Sound 109
>23 Bo Diddley - Bring It To Jerome - Checker 827
>
Bo has no trouble sending Gloria's cover packing
WINNER : BO
>7 Webb Pierce - Love,Love,Love - Decca 29662
>19 Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours - Chess 1604
>
Chuck's "Maybellene" flip wins the day here
WINNER : CHUCK
>10 Clyde McPhatter - Seven Days - Atlantic 1081
>15 The El Dorados - I'll Be Forever Loving You - Vee Jay 165
>
The El Dorados triumph over sub-standard McPhatter
WINNER : EL DORADOS
>19 Etta James - Good Rockin' Daddy - Modern 962
>6 ****ter Wagoner - A Satisfied Mind - RCA 6105
>
Etta makes sure that only one version of the big country hit will make
it to Round 2
WINNER : ETTA
>6 Bill Hayes - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett - Cadence 1256
>20 Smiley Lewis - Real Gone Lover - Imperial 5349
>
One of Smiley's best demolishes the #1 version of the song you could
never get away from on radio here
WINNER : SMILEY
>6 The Chimes - Zindy Lou - Specialty 555
>16 Fats Domino - Troubles Of My Own - Imperial 5357
>
Reserve yet another place at the Round 2 table for the Fat Man!
WINNER : FATS
>19 Ella Johnson - Alright, Okay, You Win - Mercury 70580
>6 Stan Freberg - The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Capitol 3249
>
Alright Okay Ella Wins
WINNER : ELLA
>21 The Cardinals - Come Back My Love - Atlantic 1067
>3 The Cadets - Fine Lookin' Baby - Modern 963
>
The Cardinals versions joins The Wrens in the next round
WINNER : CARDINALS
>8 Perry Como - Tina Marie - RCA 6192
>17 Floyd Dixon - Hey Bartender - Cat 114
>
No luck in this round for Como as Dixon gets the win here
WINNER : DIXON
>22 Frank Sinatra - Learnin' The Blues - Capitol 3102
>5 Dick Hyman Trio - Moritat - MGM 12149
>
Sinatra's best of the year has no problems reaching Round 2
WINNER : SINATRA
>11 The Blues Rockers - Calling All Cows - Excello 2062
>14 The Flamingos - I Really Don't Want To Know - Parrot 811
>
The Flamingos get the win to take their version of the country song
thru to the next round
WINNER : FLAMINGOS
>21 Little Walter - Roller Coaster - Checker 817
>4 Barry Gordon - Nuttin' For Christmas - MGM 12092
>
Nice win for Walter over very irritating Xmas novelty
WINNER : WALTER
>11 Marvin & Johnny - Butter Ball - Modern 959
>12 The Charms - Ko Ko Mo - DeLuxe 6080
>
I agree with Bruce---none of the other versions of "Ko Ko Mo" do much
for me either. Shame the original (Gene & Eunice) can't be here (but
it'll be in the 1954 contest)
WINNER : CHARMS
>9 The Four Lads - No Not Much - Columbia 40629
>20 Elmore James - Dust My Blues - Flair 1074
>
Nice to see Elmore will be figuring in Round 2
WINNER : ELMORE
>18 Carl Perkins - Movie Magg - Flip 501
>6 The Fi-Tones - Foolish Dreams - Atlas 1050
>
Carl's debut comfortably sees off the Fi-Tones here
WINNER : CARL
>6 Jay Hawkins - (She Put The) Wamee On Me - Mercury 70549
>19 The Marigolds - Rollin' Stone - Excello 2057
>
When we were there we were told that Excello did'nt like playing the
payola game very much or else this might have been an even bigger R&B
hit than it was ---and may even have crossed over to the pop charts
WINNER : MARIGOLDS
>7 The Orchids - You're Everything To Me - Parrot 815
>15 The Louvin Brothers - I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby - Capitol
3300
>
Interesting to see how far The Louvins can take their country hit
WINNER : LOUVINS
>14 The Ravens - Green Eyes - Jubilee
>11 The Five Royales - I Ain't Gettin' Caught - King 4830
>
Last minute votes settled this one that was locked in a draw for a
while
WINNER : RAVENS
>19 The Mello-Harps - I Love Only You - Tin Pan Alley 145
>3 Bob London - Lola - Spark 109
>
The Mello-Harps get both sides of their record into the next vround
WINNER : MELLO-HARPS
>25 Etta James & The Peaches - The Wallflower - Modern 947
>0 Roy Hamilton - Forgive This Fool - Epic 9111
>
Whitewash time again folks with the hapless Mr Hamilton on the wrong
end of it!
WINNER : ETTA
>15 Sid King & The Five Strings - Sag, Drag And Fall - Columbia 21449
>9 The Dandeliers - My Autumn Love - States 147
>
King & co's best effort sees off the Dandeliers in this match up
WINNER : KING
>18 John Brim - Go Away - Chess 1588
>5 Johnny Desmond - Yellow Rose Of Texas - Coral 61476
>
Bluesman Brim makes Desmond go away with this solid win
WINNER BRIM
>17 Roy Moss - You Nearly Lose Your Mind - Mercury 70770
>5 The Crew Cuts - Don't Be Angry - Mercury 70597
>
Another win for RAB as Moss's country bopper takes the honors
WINNER : MOSS
>17 Joe Turner - Midnight Cannonball - Atlantic 1069
>7 The Soul Stirrers - I'm So Glad - Specialty 882
>
One of Joe's very best makes short work of The Stirrers
WINNER : TURNER
>3 Art Mooney - Honey Babe - MGM 11900
>24 Elvis Presley - Milk Cow Blues Boogie - Sun 215
>
Easy ride for Elvis here
WINNER : ELVIS
>9 Roy Hall - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Decca 29697
>14 LaVern Baker - Play It Fair - Atlantic - 1075
>
Here's a result that will probably make Bruce's day,right? :)
WINNER : LaVERN
>15 The Gales - Darling Patricia - J-V-B 35
>7 Gisele MacKenzie - Hard To Get - X 0137
>
Nice win for the Gales who knock out Gisele
WINNER : GALES
>9 Doris Day - I'll Never Stop Loving You - Columbia 40505
>19 Bill Haley & His Comets - Mambo Rock - Decca 29418
>
Contrived Haley sends Ms Kappelhoff cra****ng out of the contest
WINNER : HALEY
>10 George Jones - Why, Baby, Why - Starday 202
>17 Frank Sinatra - (Love Is) The Tender Trap - Capitol 3290
>
Jones not having much luck in this round losing here to Ol' Blue Eyes
WINNER : SINATRA
>29 Fats Domino - Ain't It A Shame - Imperial 5348
>2 The Dreamers - Tears In My Eyes - Grand 131
>
What must be one of the hottest favorites to reach the Final makes a
good start along the way here
WINNER : FATS
>7 Lightning Jr. & The Empires - Somebody Changed The Lock - Harlem 2334
>16 Wynonie Harris - Git To Gittin' Baby - King 4774
>
Sad to see Dupree sent out here but this is a good strong Wynonie
entry
WINNER : WYNONIE
>27 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - Checker 814
>1 The Hilltoppers - The Kentuckian Song - Dot 15375
>
Not quite the whitewash I'd predicted but close enough
WINNER : BO
>2 Joe Houston - Shtiggy Boom - RPM 426
>25 Nappy Brown - Don't Be Angry - Savoy 1155
>
Nappy's version of the Crew Cuts hit takes the honors here :)
WINNER : NAPPY
>13 The Manhattan Brothers - Lovely Lies - Gallo (S. Africa)
>8 The Mellows - Loveable Lily - Jay-Dee 807
>
Nice to see one of my pop favorites of the contest move a step further
here
WINNER : MANHATTAN BROS
>10 Sarah Vaughan - How Im****tant Can It Be - Mercury 70534
>11 The Monarchs - Angels In The Sky - Wing 90040
>
Monarchs' version of the much recorded number just edges it here
WINNER : MONARCHS
>17 Joe Turner - The Chicken And The Hawk - Atlantic 1080
>7 Sticks McGhee - Get Your Mind Out Of The Gutter - King 4800
>
Another big win for Joe here over formidable competition
WINNER : TURNER
>7 The Nitecaps - A Kiss And A Vow - Groove 0134
>16 Ray Charles - Blackjack - Atlantic 1076
>
Another win for RC who'll be playing blackjack right into the next
round
WINNER : CHARLES
>3 Marvin & Johnny - Ain't That Right - Modern 974
>25 Chuck Berry - Thirty Days - Chess 1610
>
Predictably big win for Chuck's follow up
WINNER : CHUCK
>19 Marty Robbins - Mean Mama Blues - Columbia 21477
>4 Rusty Draper - Are You Satisfied - Mercury 70757
>
After his earlier defeat Marty gets back to winning ways here
WINNER : ROBBINS
>2 Perry Como & Jaye P. Morgan - Chee Chee Oo Chee - RCA 6137
>26 The Harptones - Life Is But A Dream - Paradise 101
>
Huge win for the Harptones classic over a pretty dreadful Como entry
WINNER : HARPTONES
>26 The Nutmegs - Story Untold - Herald 452
>3 Eddie Barclay - The Bandit (O'Cangaceiro) - Tico 249
>
Another classic here from The Nutmegs...and another big win
WINNER : NUTMEGS
>19 Muddy Waters - Trouble No More - Chess 1612
>4 Pat Boone - No Other Arms - Dot 15422
>
Certainly Muddy don't seem to be having any trouble here at all
WINNER : MUDDY
>16 Howlin' Wolf - Don't Mess With My Baby - Chess 1607
>7 Johnny Fuller - Johnny Ace's Last Letter - Rhythm 1782
>
Wolf's first ever UK release and the first thing I ever owned by him
WINNER : WOLF
>16 Roy Brown - Fannie Brown Got Married - King 4761
>8 The Cadillacs - Sympathy - Josie 773
>
I remember when Mariano booted this Roy Brown and accidentally sent
100 copies instead of the 10 ordered. Every one of 'em sold!!
WINNER : BROWN
>15 Johnny Cash - Hey ****ter - Sun 221
>11 The Flamingos - Dream Of A Lifetime - Parrot 808
>
Tough match up here sees Cash victorious at the end
WINNER : CASH
>14 The Spiders - Bells In My Heart - Imperial 5354
>9 The Penguins - Baby Let's Make Some Love - Dooto 362
>
I like both of these a lot but happy to see the one I voted for go
thru
WINNER : SPIDERS
>14 Don Julian & The Meadowlarks - Embarassing Moments - Dooto 359
>8 Bernard Hardison - Too Much - Republic 7111
>
Nothing embarrassing for these guys getting into the next round
WINNER : MEADLOWLARKS
>16 Chuck Berry - Together (We Will Always Be) - Chess 1610
>7 Frankie Laine - A Woman In Love - Columbia 40583
>
Very mediocre Berry beats even more mediocre Laine
WINNER : CHUCK
>7 Earl Phillips - Oop De Oop - Vee Jay 158
>11 Big Boy Groves -I Gotta New Car - Spark 114
>
Chalk up another one for Leiber & Stoller!
WINNER : GROVES
>3 The Treniers - Get Out Of The Car - Okeh 7050
>23 The Valentines - Lily Maebelle - Rama 171
>
Predictable win for terrific Valentines over one of the Treniers
better efforts
WINNER : VALENTINES
>7 The Crew Cuts - Angels In The Sky - Mercury 70741
>18 The Nutmegs - Whispering Sorrows - Herald 466
>
Even at their best The Crew Cuts are no match for the Nutmegs in this
match up
WINNER : NUTMEGS
>1 Julius La Rosa - Suddenly There's A Valley - Cadence 1270
>24 Marty Robbins - Pretty Mama - Columbia 21461
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Not too many La Rosa fans around here then eh? :)
WINNER : ROBBINS
>17 Smiley Lewis - Come On - Imperial 5372
>8 The Jewels - Hearts Can Be Broken - Imperial 5351
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Good win for Smiley over Jewels sequel song
WINNER : SMILEY
>6 The Four Aces - Heart - Decca 29476
>22 Carl Perkins - Gone,Gone,Gone - Sun 224
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Carl's first actual Sun label release demolishes the Aces
WINNER : CARL
>25 Muddy Waters - Manish Boy - Chess 1602
>1 The Crew Cuts - A Story Untold - Mercury 70634
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It's best by Bo of course but Muddy's reworking of "I'm A Man" is very
good too and an easy winner here
WINNER : MUDDY
>18 Big Tiny Kennedy - Country Boy - Groove 0106
>6 Sammy Davis Jr - Love Me Or Leave Me - Decca 29484
Comfortable win for Kennedy sends him into Round 2
WINNER : KENNEDY
All winners advance to Round TWO
Apologies but owing to unforeseen cir***stances Round 2 is delayed
until tomorrow and will appear here then!
ROGER FORD
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