Ziggy Stardust vaults Bowie to the top of the 1973 eligibles list.

You should check out the 1972 results on the results thread if you haven’t done so yet.

Post your ballots on the 1973 voting thread.


HALL OF ACCLAIM: TOP 50 CANDIDATES FOR 1973 ELECTION

Only releases through December 31, 1972 included.

1972 releases indicated with an asterisk.

1. DAVID BOWIE
ALBUMS: The Man Who Sold the World (1517); Hunky Dory (59); The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (16)*.
SONGS: Space Oddity (10 ; Changes (153); Life on Mars (389); Starman (554)*; Ziggy Stardust (165); Suffragette City (2205)*.

2. THE DOORS
ALBUMS: The Doors (21); Strange Days (645); Waiting for the Sun (1819), Morrison Hotel (922); Absolutely Live (1907); L.A. Woman (225).
SONGS: Break on Through (To the Other Side) (1110); Light My Fire (33); The End (559); People Are Strange (1141); Hello, I Love You (1676); Riders on the Storm (483).

3. JOHN LENNON
ALBUMS: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (57); Imagine (95).
SONGS: Cold Turkey (1339); Instant Karma (We All Shine On) (271); Working Class Hero (1106); God (734); Imagine (26); Jealous Guy (95 .

4. FRANK ZAPPA/THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
ALBUMS: Freak Out! (279); Absolutely Free (1060); We’re Only in It for the Money (169); Uncle Meat (721); Hot Rats (203).
SONG: Willie the Pimp (Parts I and II) (2727).

5. STEVIE WONDER
ALBUMS: Music of My Mind (1039)*; Talking Book (109)*.
SONGS: Fingertips (1975); Uptight (425); I Was Made to Love Her (1644); Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours (2872); Superstition (3 *; You Are the Sunshine of My Life (63 *.

6. BLACK SABBATH
ALBUMS: Black Sabbath (440); Paranoid (146); Master of Reality (969); Vol. 4 (767)*.
SONGS: Paranoid (183); Iron Man (676).

7. GRATEFUL DEAD
ALBUMS: Anthem of the Sun (2356); Live/Dead (359); Aoxomoxoa (1784); Workingman’s Dead (362); American Beauty (301).
SONGS: Dark Star (651); Uncle John’s Band (1170); Box of Rain (654).

8. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND
ALBUMS: Safe as Milk (423); Trout Mask Replica (54); Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1563); Clear Spot (594)*.
SONG: Big Eyed Beans from Venus (1384)*.

9. THE TEMPTATIONS
ALBUMS: Meet the Temptations (2847); The Temptations Sing Smokey (1113); Cloud Nine (2014); Psychedelic Shack (2216); All Directions (2366)*.
SONGS: My Girl (106); Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (1287); I Wish It Would Rain (1326); Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today (1005); Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (33 ; Papa Was a Rolling Stone (12 *.

10. T. REX
ALBUMS: Electric Warrior (176); The Slider (669)*.
SONGS: Get It On (Bang a Gong) (110); Jeepster (2276); Telegram Sam (605)*; Children of the Revolution (597)*.

11. CREAM
ALBUMS: Fresh Cream (1096); Disraeli Gears (177); Wheels of Fire (1096).
SONGS: I Feel Free (1501); Sunshine of Your Love (45 ; White Room (2352); Crossroads (1282).

12. CROSBY, STILLS, NASH (& YOUNG)
ALBUMS: Crosby, Stills and Nash (313); Dèjá Vu (159); Four-Way Street (1334).
SONGS: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (1294); Helpless (1520); Ohio (521).

13. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
ALBUMS: Surrealistic Pillow (163); After Bathing at Baxter’s (1333); Crown of Creation (2061); Volunteers (98 .
SONGS: Somebody to Love (462); White Rabbit (215).

14. DEEP PURPLE
ALBUMS: In Rock (346); Machine Head (247)*; Made in Japan (413)*.
SONGS: Highway Star (2072)*; Smoke on the Water (50 *.

15. ROD STEWART
ALBUMS: The Rod Stewart Album (191 ; Gasoline Alley (802); Every Picture Tells a Story (152); Never a Dull Moment (1557)*.
SONGS: Maggie May (103); You Wear It Well (179 *.

16. LOU REED
ALBUM: Transformer (79)*.
SONGS: Walk on the Wild Side (5 *; Perfect Day (1972)*; Satellite of Love (1296)*.

17. AL GREEN
ALBUMS: Al Green Gets Next to You (1886); Let’s Stay Together (670)*; I’m Still in Love with You (522)*.
SONGS: Tired of Being Alone (350); Let’s Stay Together (63); Look What You Done for Me (2554)*; I’m Still in Love with You (1893)*.

18. PINK FLOYD
ALBUMS: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (100); A Saucerful of Secrets (234 ; Atom Heart Mother (2476); Meddle (1256).
SONGS: Arnold Layne (702); See Emily Play (257); Interstellar Overdrive (1642).

19. JANIS JOPLIN/BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY
ALBUMS: Cheap Thrills (221); Pearl (199).
SONGS: Piece of My Heart (711); Me and Bobby McGee (365).

20. JONI MITCHELL
ALBUMS: Ladies of the Canyon (1101); Blue (45); For the Roses (1317)*.
SONGS: Big Yellow Taxi (1016); A Case of You (1934); The Last Time I Saw Richard (2459).

21. CURTIS MAYFIELD
ALBUMS: Curtis (524); Curtis/Live (1530); Superfly (1972)*.
SONGS Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go (2380); We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue (1922); Move On Up (656); Freddie’s Dead (1297)*; Superfly (1942)*.

22. THE SUPREMES
ALBUMS: Where Did Our Love Go (1984); The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland (1946).
SONGS: Where Did Our Love Go (211); Baby Love (71 ; Stop! In the Name of Love (143); You Can’t Hurry Love (421); You Keep Me Hangin’ On (81 .

23. SONNY ROLLINS
ALBUMS: Tenor Madness (1104); Saxophone Colossus (370); Way Out West (891); Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (1021); Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 2 (1150); The Bridge (115 .
SONG: St. Thomas (2551).

24. LOVE
ALBUMS: Love (2423); Da Capo (1649); Forever Changes (50).
SONG: Alone Again Or (219).

25. DEREK AND THE DOMINOS
ALBUM: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (69).
SONG: Layla (4 .

26. ORNETTE COLEMAN
ALBUMS: Something Else!!! (1861); The Shape of Jazz to Come (315); Change of the Century (762); Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (501); This Is Our Music (168 ; At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 (1584).
SONGS: none.

27. CAROLE KING
ALBUM: Tapestry (61).
SONGS: Home Again (2477); It’s Too Late (334); I Feel the Earth Move (1340); You’ve Got a Friend (101 .

28. NICO
ALBUMS: The Velvet Underground & Nico (4); Chelsea Girl (2482); The Marble Index (1305); Desertshore (2523).
SONGS: All Tomorrow’s Parties (1336); Femme Fatale (2013); These Days (1032).

29. TIM BUCKLEY
ALBUMS: Goodbye and Hello (1204); Happy Sad (456); Starsailor (579); Blue Afternoon (2163); Greetings from L.A. (1237)*.
SONG: Song to the Siren (916).

30. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
ALBUMS: A Girl Called Dusty (2881); Dusty in Memphis (96).
SONGS: I Only Want to Be with You (2876); You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (1094); Son of a Preacher Man (199).

31. SANTANA
ALBUMS: Santana (1242); Abraxas (171), Santana III (228 ; Caravanserai (1483)*.
SONGS: Black Magic Woman (745); Oye Como Va (1263).

32. JIMMY CLIFF
ALBUM: The Harder They Come (196)*.
SONGS: Many Rivers to Cross (166); Vietnam (2043); The Harder They Come (427)*.

33. THE FOUR TOPS
ALBUM: Second Album (2587); Reach Out (1486).
SONGS: Baby I Need Your Loving (82 ; I Can’t Help Myself (1401); It’s the Same Old Song (1581); Reach Out (I’ll Be There) (36); Standing in the Shadows of Love (156 ; Bernadette (2587).

34. BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
ALBUMS: Buffalo Springfield (1351); Buffalo Springfield Again (330).
SONGS: For What It’s Worth (102); Expecting to Fly (1156).

35. STAN GETZ
ALBUMS: Hamp & Getz (2186); Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (2614); Focus (1769); Jazz Samba (81 ; Getz/Gilberto (394); Stan Getz and Bill Evans (2433).
SONGS: The Girl from Ipanema (53 ; Corcovado (207 .

36. FAIRPORT CONVENTION
ALBUMS: Fairport Convention (2450); What We Did on Our Holidays (2337); Unhalfbricking (480); Liege and Lief (407).
SONGS: Who Knows Where the Time Goes (393); A Sailor’s Life (2572).

37. MC5
ALBUMS: Kick Out the Jams (216); Back in the USA (62 .
SONG: Kick Out the Jams (361).

38. BILL EVANS
ALBUMS: Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1659); Portrait in Jazz (1689); Explorations (2257); Sunday at the Village Vanguard (479); Waltz for Debby (496); Undercurrent (2306).
SONG: Waltz for Debby (2639).

39. COUNT BASIE
ALBUMS: Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1310); April in Paris (1000); At Newport (1447); The Atomic Mr. Basie (657).
SONGS: One O’Clock Jump (865); Lester Leaps In (2182); April in Paris (1447).

40. RANDY NEWMAN
ALBUMS: 12 Songs (349); Sail Away (390)*.
SONG: Sail Away (690)*.

41. TRAFFIC
ALBUMS: Mr. Fantasy (491); Traffic (965); John Barleycorn Must Die (515); The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys (2517).
SONGS: Paper Sun (2913); Dear Mr. Fantasy (2232).

42. IKE AND TINA TURNER
ALBUM: River Deep Mountain High (90 .
SONGS: A Fool in Love (2560); It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (2061); River Deep Mountain High (22); Proud Mary (2975).

43. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
ALBUMS: Idlewild South (2827); At Fillmore East (102); Eat a Peach (1389)*.
SONG: Whipping Post (136 .

44. ISAAC HAYES
ALBUMS: Hot Buttered Soul (35 ; Shaft (1263)*.
SONGS: Walk On By (2531); By the Time I Get to Phoenix (1896); Theme from Shaft (242).

45. THE RONETTES
ALBUM: Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1497).
SONGS: Be My Baby (12); Baby, I Love You (2461); Walking in the Rain (2535).

46. THE DRIFTERS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Money Honey (921); There Goes My Baby (269); Save the Last Dance for Me (670); Up on the Roof (870); On Broadway (894); Under the Boardwalk (1456).

47. DIZZY GILLESPIE
ALBUMS: Bird & Diz (1644); Jazz at Massey Hall (514); Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge (1572); Groovin’ High (1547); Birk’s Works (2360); At Newport (2130).
SONGS: Groovin’ High (2672); A Night in Tunisia (2463); Manteca (116 .

48. ROXY MUSIC
ALBUM: Roxy Music (207)*.
SONG: Virginia Plain (154)*.

49. CAN
ALBUMS: Monster Movie (1496); Tago Mago (261); Ege Bamyasi (691)*.
SONGS: none.

50. B.B. KING
ALBUMS: Singin’ the Blues (2483); Live at the Regal (249); Indianola Mississippi Seeds (2852); Live in Cook County Jail (1874).
SONG: Sweet Little Angel (275 ; The Thrill Is Gone (379).

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MOVING UP: David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, The Temptations, T. Rex, Rod Stewart, Al Green, Joni Mitchell, Tim Buckley, Santana, The Allman Brothers Band.

NEW TO THE LIST: Stevie Wonder, Deep Purple, Lou Reed, Curtis Mayfield, Jimmy Cliff, Randy Newman, Roxy Music, Can.

FELL OFF THE LIST: The Righteous Brothers, Martha and the Vandellas, Eric Dolphy, Patsy Cline, The Animals.

BUBBLING UNDER: Yes, Alice Cooper, The Kingsmen, The Jackson 5, The Crystals.