I would have chosen Diddley's thang, but after all: who cares anyway?! Dictator Jockey presents the hottest of the freshest of the day and I'm cheeringly swallowing it

You've all been excellent, if somewhat silent, listeners. All that remains is for me to announce today's best song, and one of the best of the whole 1950s. I'm gonna have to disappoint you Rune, neither of your two favorites made the list, although "I've Got A Woman" came very close. No, the definite winner of today is Chuck Berry. It's his first single, and his second best, and it has stood the test of time perfectly. Whoever said pre-1965 music sucked must not have heard this. To quote myself in the first week of bracketology: "There's school, there's women and there's cars; [this is] thé rock & roll song". And to quote Rolling Stone magazine: "Rock and roll guitar starts here".

Chuck Berry performed this song live in a French show in 1965, and the presenter literally runs off. And he should, because Chuck Berry was coming. Go Chuck Berry, go!


1. (-) (NEW) Chuck Berry - Maybellene (1955)

great new flagship. wanna watch Heavy Traffic. now. good night

PS:

Yes, Bakshi is a genius.

The complete list:
1. (-) (NEW) Chuck Berry - Maybellene (1955)
2. (-) (NEW) Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy (1955)
3. (-) (NEW) The Platters - The Great Pretender (1955)
4. (9) (2 years) Elvis Presley - That's All Right (Mama) (1954)
5. (-) (NEW) Little Richard - Tutti Frutti (1955)
6. (3) (3 years) Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1953)
7. (8) (2 years) The Chords - Sh-Boom (1954)
8. (-) (NEW) Elvis Presley - Mystery Train (1955
9. (7) (5 YEARS) Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' (1951)
10. (4) (2 years) The Penguins - Earth Angel (1954)

Eliminated:
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Webb Pierce - There Stands The Glass
Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
Elmore James - Dust My Broom

Never Made It:
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
"Tennessee" Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame
Ray Charles - I've Got A Woman
Bo Diddley - I'm A Man

Next up:
1956

though Sixteen Tons would have been trotzdemely an essential choice that got shamefully neglected,,. I'm eager to watch the nearest (and hopefully bright as usual) future in here..

Would anybody mind if I do 56 tonight? I didn't realize 56 would be on a Saturday: A Saturday where I'm going to be gone most of the day. I can do it later to let everybody appreciate 55.

somehow it seems that I still might speak on the behalf of those who captured the voices of nicolas, henrik, stephan, rune or stammer... so do your thing, john. there's at least one person still alive who's scheduling tremors like these. aka/the fascination, 2.8.

I missed the show today, but I'm glad to see one of the songs I was rooting, "The Great Pretender," fare so well. The other was "Let's Get Lost" by Chet Baker, but there's no good video of that one anyway.

Alright Netjade. Sorry everyone, I really don't think I'm going to have time to write this up tomorrow. Hopefully, you're all ok with this..

GO CHECK OUT STEPHAN'S 1955 BEFORE LOOKING AT THE NEXT POSTS!

And we're back! This is Johnny Thunders coming at you with the sounds of 1956. Invasions all over the world, boycotts of the Olympics but I'm still here bringing you what the kids are calling rock 'n roll my babies and I'm not just giving you a sampling, I'm giving you the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the top 10.

I'll start you off with a little Tutti Frutti coming in at #10.

10. Tutti Frutti (5)(2 years)- Little Richard

But we're not all rock and roll here on WWAM! No, we like us some country too. Here's Johnny Cash with his hit Walk the Line coming in at #9 on your top ten countdown!



9. (-) (NEW) Johnny Cash- Walk the Line (1956)

Stephan gave us a great song at #1, and although it falls 7 spots it stays on the charts!

8. (1) (2 years) Chuck Berry - Maybellene (1955)

There's this new kid in town and he calls himself Little Richard and boy can he play the keys- kid can wail too! Stephan played you Tutti Frutti but how about this: Little Richard has two songs in the top ten with Long Tall Sally!



7. (-) (NEW) Little Richard- Long Tall Sally (1956)

One more before we go on a commercial break and it's another holder:

6. (8) (2 years) Elvis Presley- Mystery Train (1955)

And we're back! We're back with another master of the ivories, Fats Domino!



5. (-) (NEW) Fats Domino- BlueBerry Hill (1956)

Another new entry to our countdown and it's Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, a couple of kids out of the state of Virginia.



4. (-) (NEW) Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps- Be-Bop-A Lula

We'll stay in the south and go back to country and our man Johnny Cash.



3. (-) (NEW) Johnny Cash- Folsom Prison Blues (1956)

And to end it all off, I'll leave you with two we've heard before. Thanks kiddies, this is Johnny Thunders signing off for now. Sorry, I couldn't fit in the requests for all the Elvis songs! See you in a few years!

For my fellow DJ in 1957 I suggest you start a new part 2 thread because it's kind of hard navigating through two pages.

2. (3) (2 years) Great Pretender- The Platters (1955)

1. (4) (3 years) That's All Right (Mama)- Elvis Presley (1954)

To sum it all up:

Last year's chart looked like this

1. (4) (3 years) Elvis Presley- That's All Right (Mama) (1954)
2. (3) (2 years) Platters- Great Pretender (1955)
3. (-) (NEW) Johnny Cash- Folsom Prison Blues (1956)
4. (-) (NEW) Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps- Be Bop a Lula (1956)
5. (-) (NEW) Fats Domino- Blueberry Hill (1956)
6. (8) (2 years) Elvis Presley- Mystery Train (1955)
7. (-) (NEW) Little Richard- Long Tall Sally (1956)
8. (1) (2 years) Chuck Berry- Maybellene (1955)
9. (-) (NEW) Johnny Cash- I Walk the Line (1956)
10. (5) (2 years) Little Richard- Tutti Frutti (1955)

Eliminated:

Mannish Boy (Muddy Waters)
Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton)
Sh Boom (The Chords)
Hey Good Lookin (Hank Williams)
Earth Angel (Penguins)

Never Made It:

Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel (Elvis)
Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (Teenagers)



Never made it:
Bill Haley and His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle and Roll
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky
Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine
Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used to Do


And now its time for
1955

Thank you folks !

Oh these times were great !
You both picked excellent stuff !

Great list John. Just woke up an hour or two ago and I can now listen to some great classics again. I really like this game.

Has anybody signed up for '57?

Whoever takes it should do a part 2 thread.

So sorry but I got a very busy week (and weekend too, including yesterday and today), only got enough free time on afternoon and evening on Thursday. Can I book 1961 for Thursday?

Are we still looking for a 1957 volunteer?

I'll do it if you need someone.

We are, so feel free. I was gonna offer to do it if nobody wanted to after today but I think it's more fun if as many different people participate as possible.

I was away the last few days so just getting caught up. Great shows everybody and glad to see you giving the "man in black" his just dues, John. I'm sure that's great with everybody Paul and then I'll have 1958 covered.

OK. I'll start a new thread.

I like this game. Although I would vote for keeping the rules exactly the way they are. I you allow re-entries then it just turns into that persons top ten. This is a good idea!