Welcome to the Episode I of the 50s & 60s acclaimed music forum poll. This month we will begin with the years 1950, 1951 and 1952.

Please submit at least 5 songs and/or albums, preferably but not necessarily with ranking, lists without ranking will get an average score of 10 points per song/album. The deadline is midnight on the 30th of September. For the scoring, rules and other details check here.

You may find useful to have a look at the album and song lists of:
- Acclaimed Music: 1950 albums, 1951 albums, 1952 albums, 1950 songs, 1951 songs and 1952 songs
- Rate Your Music: 1950 albums, 1951 albums, 1952 albums, 1950 songs, 1951 songs, 1952 songs and, since some of the album considered compilations in Rate Your Music are eligible on this poll, the 1950 compilations, 1951 compilations and 1952 compilations.

Have a nice poll…

ALBUMS:

1. DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA "Masterpieces by Ellington" (1951)
2. HANK WILLIAMS "Moanin' the Blues" (1952)
3. CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE "Bird and Diz" (1952)
4. ELLA FITZGERALD "Ella Sings Gershwin" (1950)
5. FRANK SINATRA "Sing and Dance With Frank Sinatra" (1950)
6. GENE KELLY, DONALD O’CONNOR & DEBBIE REYNOLDS "Singin' in the Rain" (1952)
7. THELONIOUS MONK "Genius of Modern Music" (1951)
8. CHARLIE PARKER "Charlie Parker with Strings" (1950)
9. BILLIE HOLIDAY "Billie Holiday Sings" (1952)
10. EDITH PIAF "La vie en rose" (1952)
11. BUD POWELL "The Amazing Bud Powell" (1951)
12. GEORGE GERSHWIN "Complete Porgy & Bess (Studio Cast)" (1951)
13. JOHN CAGE "String Quartet in Four Parts" (1951)
14. WOODY GUTHRIE "Songs to Grow On, Vol. 1: Nursery Days" (1951)
15. YMA SUMAC "Voice of the Xtabay" (1950)
16. LES BAXTER "Le sacre du sauvage (Ritual of the Savage)" (1951)
17. MACHITO "Afro-Cuban Jazz" (1951)
18. THELONIOUS MONK "Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2" (1952)
19. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS "Hank Williams Sings" (1951)
20. MILES DAVIS "Young Man With a Horn" (1952)
21. NAT 'KING' COLE "Penthouse Serenade: Nat 'King' Cole at the Piano" (1952)
22. LES PAUL & MARY FORD "Les Paul's New Sound, Vol. 2" (1951)
23. JOHNNIE RAY "Johnnie Ray" (1951)
24. LOUIS ARMSTRONG "Satchmo Serenades" (1952)
25. ARACY DE ALMEIDA "Noel Rosa" (1950)


SONGS:

1. GEORGES BRASSENS "La mauvaise réputation" (#190 in my all-time list, 1952)
2. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" (#234, 1950)
3. ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (1950)
4. GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET "My Funny Valentine" (1952)
5. GENE KELLY "Singin' in the Rain" (1952)
6. LES PAUL & MARY FORD "How High the Moon" (1951)
7. JACKIE BRENSTON & HIS DELTA CATS "Rocket "88"" (1951)
8. ELMORE JAMES "Dust My Broom" (1951)
9. MUDDY WATERS "Rollin' Stone" (1950)
10. JOHN CAGE "4'33"" (1952)
11. YMA SUMAC "Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)" (1950)
12. EDITH PIAF "Padam… Padam" (1952)
13. DINAH WASHINGTON "Mad About the Boy" (1952)
14. ELLA FITZGERALD "Someone to Watch Over Me" (1950)
15. DUKE ELLINGTON "The Tattooed Bride" (1951)
16. CHARLIE PARKER "Bloomdido" (1950)
17. BUD POWELL "Un poco loco" (1951)
18. PÉREZ PRADO & HIS ORCHESTRA "Mambo nº 5" (1950)
19. BENNY MORÉ "Mata Siguaraya" (1950)
20. GEORGES BRASSENS "Le parapluie" (1952)
21. KITTY WELLS "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (1952)
22. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (1952)
23. HANK SNOW "I'm Movin' On" (1950)
24. THE WEAVERS "Goodnight Irene" (1950)
25. JOHNNIE RAY & THE FOUR LADS "Cry" (1951)
26. TONY BENNETT "Blue Velvet" (1951)
27. FRANK SINATRA "It All Depends on You" (1950)
28. LOUIS JORDAN "If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich" (1951)
29. THELONIOUS MONK "Straight, No Chaser" (1951)
30. CHARLIE PARKER with STRINGS "April in Paris" (1950)
31. BILLIE HOLIDAY "Solitude" (1952)
32. LLOYD PRICE "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952)
33. THE CLOVERS "One Mint Julep" (1952)
34. BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS "Rock the Joint" (1952)
35. ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP "My Baby Left Me" (1951)
36. JOHN LEE HOOKER "I'm in the Mood" (1951)
37. GEORGES BRASSENS "Le gorille" (1952)
38. HANK SNOW "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" (1952)
39. HANK WILLIAMS with HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS "Cold Cold Heart" (1951)
40. NAT 'KING' COLE "Unforgettable" (1951)
41. THELONIOUS MONK "Ask Me Now" (1951)
42. MILES DAVIS "Venus de Milo" (1950)
43. EARL BOSTIC "Flamingo" (1950)
44. LITTLE WALTER "Juke" (1952)
45. LOUIS JORDAN "School Days" (1950)
46. THE WEAVERS "(The Wreck of the) John B." (1950)
47. DONALD O’CONNOR "Make 'Em Laugh" (1952)
48. LES BAXTER "Quiet Village" (1951)
49. ARACY DE ALMEIDA "Palpite Infeliz" (1950)
50. JOHN CAGE "Quietly Flowing Along" (1951)


FAVOURITE COMPILATION: VARIOUS "Anthology of American Folk Music"

You can listen to my complete lists (well, except the Aracy de Almeida album and song) if you got a Spotify connection with the following links:
- Albums: http://open.spotify.com/user/hbarranco/playlist/69O0ynkuGnoNxyvNM2t2za
- Songs: http://open.spotify.com/user/hbarranco/playlist/4FEbfwTFk6x9ALfBSPqkSZ

I grew up listening to Aracy here in Brazil. Rolling Stone even named the album that you listed one of the top 100 greatest brazilian albums of alltime. It's a terrific album!

Ooh, that list looks good, Honorio. But...deadline 30 september ? I reckon that should be the 31th of january ?

What a great lists Honorio (+ spotify links).

If I only make 1 list for all 3 years, will only top 20 songs be counted?

Honorio, when looking at the RYM lists, I see that they have Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" listed as a 1950 single. As RYM probably is correct (and the AM 1949 entry is wrong) could this song be included in the game?

If so, it will be either number 1 or number 2 for me.

Henrik, I'm sorry but according to my various sources (especially 3heartaches By The Number, Country Music's 500 greatest singles", and Bill C Malone's "Country Music, USA"), "Foggy mountain Breakdown" is from 1949

Too bad for me too

Ok, here's another one. Anton Karas' "The Harry Lime Theme (The Third Man)" is listed under 1950. The movie is from 1949 but it could be correct that it didn't become a single until 1950. Eligible?

mmmmm... weak years. everything sounds like the Beatles..

((A(?))

01. Voice Of The Xtabay. Yma Sumac
02. At Storyville. Billie Holiday
03. With Strings. Charlie Parker
04. Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano. John Cage
05. Bird & Diz. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
06. Sarah Vaughan. Sarah Vaughan
07. Cosa Linda. Sylvia de Grasse
08. Noel Rosa. Aracy de Almeida
09. Legend Of The Sun Virgin. Yma Sumac
10. Le sacre du sauvage. Les Baxter

edit: #11&12 go to Monk's Genius Of Modern Music Vols. 1 & 2 and the rest to a couple of other jazz/lounge records. plus Les Paul... but actually only the first 10 ones make me eyeballs sneeze..

Well, it seems that all the questions were answered before I came from work.

I'm sorry but I think that finally FMB was released in 1950. Here's why :

In the 1950s and before, there's always a confusion between recording and release dates.

Recording dates are favored by music historians and scholars because they are more easy to find, in the record companies' archives. Release dates are a drag : at that time, the record companies sent the masters to the factory which pressed the records and manufactured them. Most of the time there were numerous re-releases (sometimes with a different mix because factories didn't always give back the masters !). It was still true during the 60s.

The big problem with Internet is that you have to find the right source. So I've digged a little deeper and this is what I've found in the great Jazz discography project site :

Mercury 6247 : Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs And The Foggy Mountain Boys - No Mother Or Dad c/w Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Benny Sims (fiddle) Curly Seckler (mand, vo -1, mand -2) Earl Scruggs (bj, g -1, bj -2) Lester Flatt (g, vo) Howard Watts (b)
Cincinnati, OH, December 11, 1949
1. 2663 No Mother Or Dad
2. 2665 Foggy Mountain Breakdown

1949 was a recording date.

RYM is not very reliable because, as in Wikipedia, everyone can create an entry for a record and write a date. It is supposed to be crossed-check, but I doubt that.

I found only one mention of the March, 15, 1950 release date in RYM. It was in a forum about Earl Scruggs and the guy seemed to know his onions.

Anyway if the song was recorded in december 1949 there are very few chances that it was released the same year.

A lot of different sites specialized in bluegrass mention that it was released in 1950. The song (originally a B-side) didn't chart and gained its big success in 1967 when featrued in the Bonnie and Clyde movie.

Conclusion (to Henrik's great pleasure) : Contrary to what I first posted, I think that "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" is eligible as a 1950 record.

Honorio, it's up to you to decide now...

I hope we won't have to do this kind of research too often !

NB : I found the same ambiguity about Georges Brassens' first album : was it released in 1952 or 1953 given that the songs were all recorded in the spring of 1952 ?
But the answer is that the 33 RPM LP was not released before 1953.

We need simple rules. My suggestion:

1. Generally, RYM dates are considered correct.
2. We could start a release dates discussion thread, where we can discuss the RYM dates in advance to the monthly polls. We only deviate from RYM if we have agreed in advance on a release year change in the discussion thread.

I pretty much haven't heard anything from these three years.

Well, I mean in total but preferably per year

Yes, sorry, Brad, “Flamingo” is from 1951. I’ve just started an eligibility thread that, as Nicolas recently pointed, does not show at the top of the list. You need to click on “Unanswered Posts” to see it (or click on the link of course).

This is far away from a Best-of-list; just a snap-shot, because many recommended or promising songs/albums are not available. The last days I listened to some exciting stuff from Africa and the Carribean, but it's almost impossible to find out the year of release. In the western world these are, all in all, boaring years. Thank God, 1953 is a Moondog year.

Albums

1 Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - City Of Glass - 1952
2 Yma Sumac - Voice of the Xtabay - 1950
3 The Art Van Damme Quintet - Cocktail Capers - 1950
4 Blind Blake - Bahamian Songs - 1950
5 Pérez Prado - Mondo Mambo! - 1951
6 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz - 1952
7 Bernard Herrmann - Day The Earth Stood Still (Soundtrack) - 1951
8 Les Baxter - The Ritual Of The Savage - 1951
9 Luke Leilani & His Royal Hawaiians - Hawaiian Paradise - 1950
10 Machito - Afro-Cuban Jazz - 1951
11 Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker With Strings - 1950
12 Various Artists - Bulawayo Jazz - rec. 1950/52
13 Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman - Music for Peace of Mind - 1950
14 Korla Pandit - The Grand Moghul Suite - 1951
15 Blind Blake - A Second Album Of Bahamian Songs - 1952


Songs

1 Yma Sumac - Ataypura - 1950
2 Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues - 1952
3 Jimmy Forrest - Night Train - 1952
4 Elmore James - Dust my Broom - 1952
5 Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine - 1952
6 Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - City of Glass: Entrance Into the City - 1952
7 Mahalia Jackson - In The Upper Room - 1952
8 Pierre Henry - Vocalises, 1952 - 1952
9 Blind Blake & The Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos - Love Love Alone - 1950
10 Little Walter - Juke - 1952
11 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - My Melancholy Baby - 1950
12 Little Willie Littlefield - Kansas City - 1952
13 Pierre Schaeffer & Pierre Henry - Symphonie pour un homme seul - 1950
14 The Four Freshmen - Stormy Weather - 1952
15 Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras In New Orleans - 1950
16 Tex Ritter - Theme From High Noon - 1951
17 Charles Brown - Black Night - 1951
18 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bloomdido - 1950
19 Calypso Mama - Court House Scandal - ca. 1950
20 Yma Sumac - Voice of the Xtabay - 1950
21 Sarah Vaughan - Ain't misbehavin' - 1950
22 Howlin' Wolf - I've Got A Woman - 1952
23 Korla Pandit - Magnetic Theme - 1951
24 Edric Connor & The Caribbeans - De Ribber Ben Come Dung - 1952
25 Blind Blake & The Royal Victoria Hotel - Calypsos Jones (Oh Jones) - 1950
26 Yma Sumac - Tumpa - 1950
27 Luke Leilani & His Royal Hawaiians - Hawaiian Blues - 1950
28 Pérez Prado - Mambo No. 8 - 1951
29 Les Baxter - Quiet Village - 1951
30 The Weavers - Wimoweh - 1952
31 Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - A Horn - 1952
32 Calvin Boze - Safronia-B - 1950
33 Jerri Winters - Adios - 1952
34 The Art Van Damme Quintet - Meadowland - 1950
35 Charlie Parker - April In Paris - 1950
36 Floyd Dixon - Blues For Cuba - 1952
37 Blind Blake - Eighteen Hundred And Nintey-One - 1952
38 Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt & The Foggy Mountain Boys - Foggy Mountain Breakdown - 1950
39 Eartha Kitt - Monotonous - 1952
40 Yma Sumac - Taita Inty - 1950
41 Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman - This Room Is My Castle of Quiet - 1950
42 Marlene Dietrich - Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore (German) - 1951
43 Machito - Havana Special - 1951
44 The Art Van Damme Quintet - I've Got You Under My Skin - 1950
45 Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy - 1952
46 Lord Kitchener - London Is the Place for Me - 1951
47 Bobby Benson And His Combo - Taxi Driver (I Don't Care) - 1952
48 Milt Jackson - Bags' Groove - 1952
49 Jhimmy & Mwanga Paul - Likambo Te - 1952
50 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats (Ike Turner) - Rocket 88 - 1951

Hope, everything is eligible.

20. Half as Much- Hank Williams
19. The Wild Side of Life- Hank Thompson
18. Night Train- Jimmy Forrest
17. Mona Lisa- Nat King Cole
16. Rocket "88"- Jackie Brenston
15. The Glow Worm- The Mills Brothers
14. Lawdy Miss Clawdy- Lloyd Price
13. Music! Music! Music!- Teresa Brewer
12. TN Waltz- Patti Page
11. Unforgettable- Nat King Cole

10. Wheel of Fortune- Kay Starr
09. Sixty Minute Man- Billy Ward and the Dominos
08. Cry- Johnny Ray
07. Honky Tonk Blues- Hank Williams
06. You Belong to Me- Jo Stafford
05. How High the Moon- Les Paul and Mary Ford
04. Cold, Cold Heart- Hank Williams
03. Hey, Good Lookin'- Hank Williams
02. If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time- Lefty Frizzell
01. Jambayla (On the Bayou)- Hank Williams

Many thanks to Stone and Charlie Driggs for your lists. Especially to Charlie for such an excellent list filled with unexpected choices. Moreover most if all it’s eligible. Please go to the eligibility thread for your 1950 choices.

Honorio, do you mind if I post some recommendations here (youtube videos, links, spotify etc...) or do you prefer that I open a special thread for that ?

Hello, I'm back again

albums:
1. Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

It's the only AM-listed album from these years that I've heard, and I love it.

songs:
1. John Cage - 4:33
2. Jackie Brenston - Rocket '88
3. Gene Kelly - Singing In The Rain
4. Hank Williams - Jambalaya
5. Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin'
6. Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
7. Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa

AM only lists eight albums for these years.

Yes, Harpo, but not only the albums on the AM lists are eligible. On RYM you will find a lot of albums (go to the beginning of the thread to see the links). Anyway if you don't want to vote for more albums that's OK. I'll count the vote for Goodman anyway...

My own song list (under construction) is in this Spotify playlist

If you don't have a spotify account, tell us so one of us can invite you.

1950
Albums
Rank Artist Album
1 Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
2 Yma Sumac - Voice of the Xtabay
3 Aracy de Almeida - Noel Rosa
4 Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker With Strings
5 Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Sings Gershwin

Songs
Rank Song Artist
1 I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow
2 Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair
3 Venus de Milo - Miles Davis
4 Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams
5 Just Friends - Charlie Parker
6 Ataypura (High Andes) - Yma Sumac
7 Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
8 Dream A Little Dream - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
9 Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
10 Palpita Infeliz - Aracy de Almeida
11 Moanin' The Blues - Hank Williams
12 Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love) - Yma Sumac
13 Ain't Misbehavin' - Sarah Vaughan
14 Monos (Monkeys) - Yma Sumac
15 Inchacho (Royal Anthem) - Yma Sumac
16 Malaya! (My Destiny) - Yma Sumac
17 Everything Happens To Me - Charlie Parker
18 Laura - Charlie Parker
19 Hard Luck Blues - Roy Brown
20 If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time) - Lefty Frizzell
21 Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
22 Count Every Star - The Ravens
23 It All Depends On You - Frank Sinatra
24 Mambo #5 - Perez Prado
25 Chuncho (Forest Creatures) - Yma Sumac
26 La vie en rose (English Version) - Edith Piaf
27 Just Say I Love Her - Vic Damone
28 Accla Taqui (Chant of the Chosen Maidens) - Yma Sumac
29 For You My Love - Nellie Lutcher and Nat King Cole
30 If I Should Lose You - Charlie Parker
31 Good Morning Judge - Wynonie Harris
32 East Of The Sun - Charlie Parker
33 Why Don't You Love Me - Hank Williams
34 Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown
35 O X do Problema - Aracy de Almeida
36 Summertime - Charlie Parker
37 April In Paris - Charlie Parker
38 Double Crossing Blues - Johnny Otis Quintette, The Robins, and Little Esther
39 Conversa de Botequim - Aracy de Almeida
40 Someone To Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald
41 Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole
42 I Only Have Eyes For You - Peggy Lee
43 Stack-A-Lee - Archibald
44 I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine - Patti Page
45 I Love You A Thousand Ways - Lefty Frizzell
46 Move Members Move - Rosie Hibler And Family
47 Strollin' With Bones - T-Bone Walker
48 The Fat Man - Fats Domino
49 Blue Light Boogie - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
50 Goodnight Irene - The Weavers

1951 and 1952 are forthcoming. Thanks!

Many thanks for your great list, Brad. No less than 50 songs only from 1950 (but like the previous polls only the Top 20 get points). However some of your votes are not eligible for 1950, particularly the three tracks from Yma Sumac’s "Inca Taqui" originally released as a 8-songs 10” album in 1953, double checked in an exhaustive Yma discography. What probably has confused you is the posterior release in 1955 of the album as part of the "Voice of the Xtabay" 12” LP release with the 8 songs of 1950’s "Voice of the Xtabay" on side A and the 8 songs of 1953’s "Inca Taqui" on side B. All the successive releases (1982, 1988 and 1996) on vinyl or CD got the same track listing with the cover art of "Xtabay" so it could seem as part of the album.
The tracks were:
15. YMA SUMAC "Incacho (Royal Anthem)".
16. YMA SUMAC "Malaya! (My Destiny)".
25. YMA SUMAC "Chuncho (Forest Creatures)".
I replaced these songs with the following ones, so the #21 and 22 (Patti Page and The Ravens) got points too. If you don’t agree with that please let me know.

I think I'll stop at 5 albums and 20 songs across the three years this time. Here are the songs.

1. Gene Kelly – Singin' In The Rain (1952)
2. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs – Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1950)
3. Les Baxter – Jungle Flower (1951)
4. Georges Brassens – La Mauvaise Réputation (1952)
5. Nat King Cole – Unforgettable (1951)
6. Yma Sumac – Xtabay (Lure Of The Unknown Love) (1950)
7. Bud Powell – Un Poco Loco (1951)
8. Charles Brown – Black Night (1951)
9. Hank Williams – Ramblin' Man (1951)
10. Hank Williams – Long Gone Lonesome Blues (1950)
11. Howlin' Wolf – Moanin' At Midnight (1951)
12. Dinah Washington – Mad About The Boy (1952)
13. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Dream A Little Dream Of Me (1950)
14. Perez Prado & His Orchestra – Mambo No. 5 (1950)
15. Les Baxter – Quiet Village (1951)
16. Kitty Wells – It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (1952)
17. Gerry Mulligan Quartet – My Funny Valentine (1952)
18. John Lee Hooker – I'm In The Mood (1951)
19. Georges Brassens – Le Gorille (1952)
20. Leroy Anderson – Blue Tango (1952)

Albums:

01. YMA SUMAC-Voice of the Xtabay (1950)
02. PEREZ PRADO-Plays mucho Mambo for dancing (1951)
03. CHICO O' FARRILL-The second Afro-Cuban Jazz suite (1951)
04. HANK WILLIAMS-Moanin' the blues (1952)
05. BLIND BLAKE-A group of Bahamian songs (1951)
06. STAN GETZ-Jazz at Storyville (1952)
07. YMA SUMAC-Legend of the sun virgin (1952)
08. PETE SEEGER-Darling Corey (1950)
09. THELONIOUS MONK-Genius of modern music vol. 1 (1951)
10. SONNY TERRY-Harmonica and vocal solos (1952)
11. CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE-Bird and Diz (1950)
12. AMOS MILBURN-Rockin' the boogie (1952)
13. STAN KENTON-Innovations in modern music (1950)
14. HANK WILLIAMS-Sings (1951)
15. DOCK REED & VERA HALL WARD-Negro Folk music of Alabama: Spirituals (1950)
16. MACHITO-Afro-Cuban Jazz (1951)
17. HORACE SILVER-New faces, new sounds (1952)
18. CAL TJADER-The Cal Tjader trio (1951)
19. GERRY MULLIGAN-Gerry Mulligan (1951)
20. WOODY GUTHRIE-Songs to grow on (1951)
21. EDITH PIAF-Chansons Parisiennes vol. 2 (1950)
22. GENE AMMONS & SONNY STITT-Battle of the saxes (1951)
23. JOHN CAGE-Sonatas and interludes for prepared piano (1951)
24. OSCAR PETERSON-At Carnegie (1951)
25. LES BAXTER-Le sacre du sauvage (1951)
26. THELONIOUS MONK-Genius of modern music vol. 2 (1952)
27. BERNARD HERRMANN-The day the earth stood still (1951)
28. BUD POWELL-The amazing Bud Powell (1951)
29. LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS-Blues train (1951)
30. KARL-HEINZ STOCKHAUSEN-Etude (1952)


Songs:

01. PEREZ PRADO-Babaratiri (World/Latin/Cuba) 1950
02. HANK WILLIAMS-Ramblin' man (Country) 1951
03. BIG MAYBELLE-Gabbin' blues (Blues) 1952
04. REVEREND KELSEY-I'm a royal child (Gospel) 1951
05. ROY HAWKINS-The thrill is gone (Rhythm & blues) 1951
06. JOHN LEE HOOKER-I'm in the mood (Blues) 1951
07. STAN FREBERG-John and Marsha (Novelty/Popular 50s) 1951
08. YMA SUMAC-Tumpa (World/Latin/Peru) 1950
09. LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS-Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms (Country) 1951
10. The DUKE OF IRON-The lost watch (Calypso) 1952

11. ELLA JOHNSON-No more love (Rhythm & blues) 1951
12. MUDDY WATERS-She moves me (Blues) 1952
13. BILLY STRANGE-Diesel smoke, dangerous curves (Popular 50s/Country) 1952
14. TINY BRADSHAW-Walk that mess (Rhythm & blues) 1950
15. GENE AMMONS-Gravy (Jazz) 1950
16. BILLY WARD & THE DOMINOES-The bells (Doo wop) 1952
17. BUSTER PACK-Better late than never (Country) 1950
18. JOHNNY SHINES-So glad I found you (Blues) 1950
19. REVEREND C.C. CHAPMAN-On my way pts. 1 & 2 (Gospel) 1951
20. PETE SEEGER-Banjo pieces (Folk) 1950

21. HANK WILLIAMS-Long gone lonesome blues (Country) 1950
22. SOUL STIRRERS-It won't be very long (Gospel) 1951 featuring a young Sam Cooke.
23. DONNA HIGHTOWER-I ain't in the mood (Rhythm & blues) 1951
24. STANLEY BROTHERS-I'm a man of constant sorrow (Country) 1950
25. ARTHUR CRUDUP-My baby left me (Blues) 1950
26. BLUE SMITTY-Crying (Blues) 1952
27. JOHN LEE HOOKER-Walkin' the boogie (Blues) 1952
28. JOE CARROLL with DIZZY GILLESPIE-Pop's confessin' (Jazz) 1952
29. LARRY DARNELL-I love my baby (Rhythm & blues) 1950
30. LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS-Doin' my time (Country) 1950

31. JIMMY NELSON-T 99 blues (Blues) 1951
32. STAN GETZ-Tabu (Jazz) 1952
33. AMOS MILBURN-Greyhound (Rhythm & blues) 1952
34. LARKS-Eyesight to the blind (Doo wop) 1951
35. BIG JAY MCNEELY-The goof (Rhythm & blues) 1952
36. JULIETTE GRECO-La fiancée du pirate (Chanson) 1952
37. CALVIN BOZE-Safronia B. (Rhythm & blues) 1950
38. STAN KENTON-Incident in Jazz (Jazz) 1950
39. WOODY GUTHRIE-Car song (Folk) 1951
40. ROY BROWN-Hard luck blues (Rhythm & blues) 1950

41. LEROY ANDERSON-Fiddle faddle (Popular 50s) 1952
42. MUDDY WATERS-Louisiana Blues (Blues) 1950
43. BLIND BLAKE-Love, love alone (Calypso) 1951
44. WINNIFRED ATWELL-Cross hands boogie (Jazz) 1952
45. SONNY TERRY-Fine and false voice (Blues) 1952
46. HORACE SILVER-Yeah (Jazz) 1952
47. NAT KING COLE & STAN KENTON-Orange colored sky (Jazz) 1950
48. The DUKE OF IRON-Big bamboo (Calypso) 1952
49. OSCAR PETERSON-Padovani (live) (Jazz) 1950
50. ROBERT LOCKWOOD-Dig myself a hole (Blues) 1951

51. FLOYD JONES-Dark road (Blues) 1952
52. CAL TJADER-Chopsticks mambo (Jazz/Fusion) 1951
53. YMA SUMAC-Ccori canastitay (World/Latin/Peru) 1952
54. BIG MAYBELLE-Rain down rain (Blues) 1952
55. BLIND WILLIE MCTELL-Kill it kid (Blues) 1950
56. CHICO O' FARRILL-Havana Special (World/Latin/Cuba) 1951
57. ART TATUM-I know that you know (live) (Jazz) 1951
58. JACKSON BROTHERS-There's no other way (Rhythm & blues) 1952
59. FATS NOEL-Rocket flight (Jazz) 1951
60. FRANK SINATRA-The birth of the Blues (Popular 50s) 1952

61. TINY BRADSHAW-I'm going to have myself a ball (Rhythm & blues) 1950
62. LINDA BATISTA-Me deixa em paz (World/Latin/Brazil) 1951
63. LOWELL FULSON-Goodbye baby (Blues) 1952
64. GEORGE EDGIN-Pine Knot Cannon Ball (Folk) 1951
65. WYNONIE HARRIS-Baby, shame on you (Rhythm & blues) 1950
66. JIMMY FORREST-Night train (Jazz) 1951
67. JOHN LEE HOOKER-Louise (Blues) 1951
68. BIG JOHN GREER-Got you on my mind (Rhythm & blues) 1952
69. SONNY STITT-Stitt's it (Jazz) 1952
70. CECIL SURRATT & HIS WEST VIRGINIA RAMBLERS-The bright crystal sea (Country) 1951

71. The WEAVERS-Wimoweh (Folk) 1952
72. FLUFFY HUNTER-The walkin' blues (Rhythm & blues) 1952
73. THELONIOUS MONK-Four in one (Jazz) 1951
74. JOE HILL LOUIS-When I'm gone (Blues) 1952
75. LOUIS ARMSTRONG-New Orleans function (Jazz) 1950
76. VARETTA DILLARD-Them there eyes (Rhythm & blues) 1952
77. HOWLIN' WOLF-How many more years (Blues) 1951
78. JOHNNY LONDON-Drivin' slow (Blues) 1952
79. MYRA JOHNSON & LUCKY MILLINDER-Silent George (Rhythm & blues) 1950
80. MUDDY WATERS-Rollin' stone (Blues) 1950

81. JOE 'CANNONBALL' LEWIS-Train whistle nightmare (Country) 1951
82. MACHITO-Rhumba abierta (World/Latin/Cuba) 1951
83. CHARLES BROWN-Black night (Rhythm & blues) 1950
84. STAN GETZ-Parker 51 (Jazz) 1952
85. TINY BRADSHAW-Train kept a rollin' (Rhythm & blues) 1952
86. FATS DOMINO-The fat man (Rhythm & blues) 1950
87. J.J. JOHNSON-Fox hunt (Jazz) 1951
88. CAMILLE HOWARD-Money blues (Rhythm & blues) 1951
89. BOB WILLS-I betcha' my heart I love you (Country) 1950
90. JIMMY McCRACKLIN-Looking for a woman (Rhythm & blues) 1951

91. PEGGY LEE-Lover (Popular 50s) 1952
92. LITTLE ESTHER-The deacon moves in (Rhythm & blues) 1951
93. JACK DIEVAL-Head light (French jazz) 1950
94. COLWELL BROTHERS-Bluebonnet Lane (Country) 1952
95. RAY CHARLES-Kissa me baby (Rhythm & blues) 1952
96. DOCK REED & VERA HALL WARD-Somebody's talking about Jesus (Folk/Gospel) 1950
97. HELEN HUMES-Ain't gonna quit ya baby (Jazz) 1950
98. FRANKIE LAINE-Jezebel (Popular 50s) 1951
99. LORD KITCHENER-London is the place for me (Calypso) 1950
100. GERRY MULLIGAN-CHET BAKER QUARTET-Bark for Barksdale (Jazz) 1952

101. STOMP GORDON-Damp rag (Rhythm & blues) 1952
102. CHARLIE PARKER-51nd Street theme (live) (Jazz) 1950
103. TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD-Cry of the wild goose (Country) 1950
104. BOBBY LEWIS-Mumbles blues (Rhythm & blues) 1952
105. HANK WILLIAMS-Lonesome whistle (Country) 1951
106. MARIE ADAMS-I'm gonna play the honky tonks (Blues) 1952
107. BLIND BLAKE-Consumptive Sara Jane (Calypso) 1952
108. EARL BOSTIC-Flamingo (Rhythm & blues) 1951
109. JOHN LEE HOOKER-Key to the highway (Blues) 1952
110. HORACE SILVER-Safari (Jazz) 1952

111. ELMORE JAMES-Dust my broom (Blues) 1951
112. HOUSTON STOKES-Baby's gone and left me (Blues) 1952
113. HANK SNOW-I'm movin' on (Country) 1950
114. GENE AMMONS-Who put the sleeping pills in Rip Van Winkle's coffee ? (Jazz) 1950
115. CLOVERS-One mint julep (Doo wop) 1952
116. JOHNNY OTIS-All night long (Rhythm & blues) 1951
117. LEO PARKER-Mad lad returns (Jazz) 1950
118. CHUCK HIGGINS-Motorhead baby (Rhythm & blues) 1951
119. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR-Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Rhythm & blues) 1950
120. LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS-My little girl in Tennessee (Country) 1950

121. BETTY HUTTON-Orange colored sky (Popular 50s) 1950
122. JERRY LEWIS-Sunday driving (Novelty/Popular 50s) 1951
123. JOHN LEE HOOKER-Huckle up baby (Blues) 1950
124. MARVIN COBB, FRANK WAKEFIELD & THE CHAIN MOUNTAIN BOYS-New Campdown races (Country) 1950
125. LOU ADAMS-Monkey song (Calypso) 1952
126. BERNARD HERRMANN-The day the earth stood still-prelude/outer space (Soundtrack) 1951
127. ROY BROWN-Butcher Pete pt. 1 (Rhythm & blues) 1950
128. ART PEPPER-Suzy the Poodle (live) (Jazz) 1952
129. RICH AMERSON-Black woman (Blues) 1951
130. MEMPHIS SLIM-No mail blues (Blues) 1952

131. CHUCK WILLIS-My story (Rhythm & blues) 1952
132. MILT JACKSON-Bags' groove (Jazz) 1952
133. HAL SINGER-Rock around the clock (Rhythm & blues) 1950 original version of the famous r 'n' r song.
134. MUDDY WATERS-Still a fool (Blues) 1951
135. THELONIOUS MONK-Hornin' in (Jazz) 1951
136. MAMBO JAMBOREE-Anabacoa (World/Latin) 1951
137. PIANO RED-Jump man jump (the wrong yoyo) (Rhythm & blues) 1951
138. YMA SUMAC-Ataypura 1950 (World/Latin/Peru) 1950
139. SLEEPY JOHN ESTES-Rats in my kitchen (Blues) 1950
140. GERRY MULLIGAN-Kaper (Jazz) 1951

141. LINDA HOPKINS-Walkin' and talkin' blues (Blues) 1951
142. ROSEMARY CLOONEY-Come on-a-my house (Popular 50s) 1951
143. LEFTY FRIZZELL-Always late (Country) 1951
144. EDITH PIAF-Padam padam (Chanson) 1952
145. JOE MORRIS-Anytime, anyplace, anywhere (Rhythm & blues) 1950
146. PEREZ PRADO-Pianolo (World/Latin/Cuba) 1950
147. ART VAN DAMME-Dark eyes (Jazz) 1950
148. CISCO HOUSTON-Diamond Joe (Folk) 1952
149. EDDIE 'LOCKJAW' DAVIS-The lock (Jazz) 1950
150. DOROTHY ELLIS-Drill, daddy drill (Rhythm & blues) 1952

151. JOHN CAGE-4:33 (Avantgarde) 1952
152. GISELE MACKENZIE & GORDON MCRAE-My Buick, my love and I (Popular 50s) 1951
153. LITTLE WALTER-Juke (Blues) 1952
154. WILLIS JACKSON-Gator's groove (Rhythm & blues) 1952
155. LES BAXTER-Quiet village (Popular 50s) 1951
156. LLOYD PRICE-Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Rhythm & blues) 1952
157. SONNY STITT-Cool Mambo (Jazz) 1952
158. FOUR JACKS-Sure cure for the blues (Doo wop) 1952
159. BIG MAMA THORNTON-Cotton picking blues (Rhythm & blues) 1951
160. BUD POWELL-Un poco loco (Jazz) 1951

161. CATHERINE SAUVAGE-Mon coeur qui batait (Chanson) 1951
162. BIG JOE TURNER-Chains of love (Rhythm & blues) 1951
163. JOHNNIE RAY-Cry (Popular 50s) 1951
164. AL SEARS-Marshall Plan (Jazz) 1951
165. CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE-Bloomdido (Jazz) 1950
166. DOCK REED & VERA HALL WARD-Death is awful (Folk/Gospel) 1950
167. RAVENS-Rock me all night long (Doo wop) 1952
168. BILL MONROE-Travelin' this lonesome road (Country) 1950
169. JO STAFFORD-Allentown Jail (Popular 50s) 1951
170. JACKIE BRENSTON-Rocket 88 (Rhythm & blues) 1951

171. GEORGE BRASSENS-La mauvage reputation (Chanson) 1952
172. SHIRLEY & LEE-I'm gone (Rhythm & blues) 1952
173. SMILEY LEWIS-Lillie Mae (Rhythm & blues) 1952
174. JAN KRZYSIAK-Starodowo, duchowych dziewciecic (World/Europe/Poland) 1950
175. CLOVERS-Fool, fool, fool (Doo wop) 1951
176. H-BOMB FERGUSON-Rock H-Bomb! Rock! (Rhythm & blues) 1951
177. LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS-Freight train (Blues) 1951
178. DRUMS OF HAITI-THREE MALE VOUDON DRUMMERS-Voudon dance (World/Latin/Haiti) 1952
179. PERCY MAYFIELD-Please bring me someone to love (Rhythm & blues) 1950
180. LESTER YOUNG-Neenah (Jazz) 1950

Mindrocker

great list as always, but I'm afraid that the Sonny Terry and Lightnin' Hopkins albums are not eligible.
I checked for myself because I had doubts about them and never found a proof that they were released in 1952 and 1951.
Very few blues albums were released in 1950-52. The only one I found is a great Brownie McGhee album at Folkways records.

But maybe I'm wrong ?

Me again

Sorry about the Sonny Terry album/ my mistake/ it's from 1952 (I've checked at Smithsonian Folkways).

Albums

1. ELLA FITZGERALD: Ella Sings Gershwin
2. SARAH VAUGHAN: Sarah Vaughan
3. LES PAUL: The New Sound!
4. OSCAR PETERSON: Keyboard
5. FRANK SINATRA: Swing and Dance with Frank Sinatra

6. PETE SEEGER: Darling Corey
7. ELLA FITZGERALD: Souvenir
8. DORIS DAY: Young Man with a Horn
9. FRANK SINATRA: Songs by Sinatra
10. OSCAR PETERSON: Tenderly


Songs

1. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Lost Highway
2. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Long Gone Lonesome Blues
3. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
4. ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Dream a Little Dream of Me
5. PÉREZ PRADO AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Mambo No 5
6. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Moanin' The Blues
7. ELLA FITZGERALD: Someone to Watch Over Me
8. SARAH VAUGHAN: Nice Work If You Can Get It
9. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: La vie en rose
10. THE WEAVERS: The Wreck of the John B

11. PÉREZ PRADO AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Mambo No 8
12. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
13. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: C’est si bone
14. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Wedding Bells
15. ELLA FITZGERALD: But Not for Me
16. LES PAUL: Caravan
17. THE WEAVERS: Goodnight Irene
18. OSCAR PETERSON: Jumpin With Symphony Syd
19. SARAH VAUGHAN: Ain't Misbehavin'
20. MUDDY WATERS: Rolling Stone


Films

1. Les enfants terribles - Jean-Pierre Melville
2. Sunset Boulevard - Billy Wilder
3. All About Eve - Joseph L. Manckiewicz
4. No Way Out - Joseph L. Manckiewicz
5. Cyrano De Bergerac - Michael Gordon


First of all, I must say that without the amazing work of Honorio (¡eres un crack, tío!), it would be impossible for me to develop this list. And, of course, thanks also to all who have made suggestions in this month, which also helped me a lot.

I have doubts about whether Oscar Peterson albums that I include in my list were actually released in 1950 - in any case, I think they were recorded that year or in 1949 -: for instance, the cover of Tenderly is suspiciously “late 50s style”. And in both cases, the length and the number of songs is not common in albums of that era.

If anyone is interested, I’ve prepared playlists in Spotify with the albums in my list, except those already included in theirs by Honorio:

SARAH VAUGHAN:Sarah Vaughan
LES PAUL: The New Sound!
OSCAR PETERSON: Keyboard
PETE SEEGER: Darling Corey
ELLA FITZGERALD: Souvenir
DORIS DAY: Young Man With a Horn
FRANK SINATRA: Songs by Sinatra
OSCAR PETERSON: Tenderly

In "The New Sound", there is a missing song - “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” - that plays here: http://www.mrtzcmp3.net /Les_Paul_The_Man_On_The_Flying_Trapeze_1s.html

Before the end of the week, I’ll try to finish my lists of 1951 and 1952.


(I forgot! Congratulations to Henrik for his new fatherhood!)

Here's my album list in progress

According to this reliable source :

Lost Highway : 1949, so not eligible

Long gone lonesome blues : 1950, so eligible

I'm So Lonesome : [edit] 1949, so not eligible

I believe I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry is from '49.

... and you're right, Henrik, thank you

I'm editing my post right now

1951
Albums
Rank Artist Album
1 Duke Ellington - Masterpieces By Ellington
2 Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music (Vol. 1)
3 Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell
4 Lester Young - Lester Young Trio
5 John Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano [Maro Ajemian]


Songs
Rank Song Artist
1 The Tattooed Bride - Duke Ellington
2 Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite - Machito
3 Ramblin' Man - Hank Williams
4 London Is The Place For Me - Lord Kitchener
5 Havana Special - Chico O' Farrill
6 Bloodshot Eyes - Wynonie Harris
7 Un Poco Loco - Bud Powell
8 Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington
9 I Know That You Know - Art Tatum
10 Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
11 Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson II
12 Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
13 Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
14 Rocket Flight - Fats Noel
15 Ask Me Now - Thelonious Monk
16 Quiet Village - Les Baxter
17 Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston
18 Always Late (With Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
19 Dust My Broom - Elmore James
20 Hey Hey - Big Bill Broonzy
21 Tend To Your Business - James Wayne
22 My Reverie - The Larks
23 Money Blues - Camille Howard
24 Marshall Plan - Al Sears
25 How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
26 I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker
27 A Night In Tunisia - Bud Powell
28 The Glory Of Love - The Five Keys
29 Magnetic Theme - Korla Pandit
30 Prelude/Outerspace/Radar - Bernard Herrmann
31 The Deacon Moves In - Little Esther
32 (I Heard That ) Lonesome Whistle - Hank Williams
33 Hornin' In - Thelonious Monk
34 It Could Happen To You - Bud Powell
35 Fox Hunt - J.J. Johnson
36 Louise - John Lee Hooker
37 Cold, Cold Heart - Hank Williams
38 Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
39 Fraülein Anni Wohnt Schon Lang Nicht Hier - Marlene Dietrich
40 The Bright Crystal Sea - Cecil Surratt
41 How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf
42 Jezebel - Frankie Laine
43 All Night Long - Johnny Otis
44 My Baby Left Me - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
45 Cotton Picking Blues - Big Mama Thornton
46 Chains Of Love - Big Joe Turner
47 Freight Train - Lightnin' Hopkins
48 Sixty Minute Man - Billy Ward & The Dominoes
49 Black Night - Charles Brown
50 Come On-a My House - Rosemary Clooney
51 Flamingo - Earl Bostic

Thanks again to everyone for all the great recommendations (I used quite a few!).

1952 is forthcoming.

Albums

1. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Hank Williams Sings
2. VARIOUS ARTISTS: An American in Paris
3. PÉREZ PRADO AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Plays Mucho Mambo for Dancing
4. LES PAUL & MARY FORD: Les Paul's New Sound, Vol. 2
5. LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE ALL STARS: Satchmo at Pasadena

6. WOODY GUTHRIE: Songs to Grow On, Vol. One / Nursery Days
7. BILLIE HOLIDAY: Favorites
8. DORIS DAY: Lullaby of Broadway
9. THELONIOUS MONK: Genius of Modern Music
10. DORIS DAY: Moonlight


Songs

1. THE WEAVERS: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
2. HANK WILLIAMS WITH HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Hey, Good Lookin'
3. LES PAUL & MARY FORD: How High the Moon
4. HANK WILLIAMS with HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Cold Cold Heart
5. HANK WILLIAMS: Ramblin' Man
6. GENE KELLY: ‘S Wonderful
7. GEORGES GUÉTARY: I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise
8. BILLY WARD AND THE DOMINOES: Sixty Minute Man
9. GENE KELLY: I Got Rhythm
10. GENE KELLY: Love is Here to Stay

11. JACKIE BRENSTON & HIS DELTA CATS: Rocket "88
12. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Because of You
13. NAT 'KING' COLE: Unforgettable
14. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
15. HANK WILLIAMS WITH HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Howlin' At The Moon
16. JACKIE BRENSTON: Rocket 88
17. ELLA FITZGERALD: Mixed Emotions
18. DORIS DAY: Lullaby of Broadway
19. THELONIOUS MONK: Straight No Chaser
20. ELMOR JAMES: Dust My Broom


Films

1. Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) - Billy Wilder
2. The Prowler - Joseph Losey
3. Strangers on a Train - Alfred Hitchcock
4. The African Queen - John Huston
5. Surcos (Furrows) - José Antonio Nieves Conde


In "Plays mucho Mambo for dancing", there is a song - "Oh, caballo” - not available. Here you can hear a sampler.


Since there were two ineligible songs in my 1950 list, the Top 10 would be:

1. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Long Gone Lonesome Blues
2. ELLA FITGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Dream a Little Dream of Me
3. PÉREZ PRADO AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Mambo No 5
4. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Moanin' The Blues
5. ELLA FIZGERALD: Someone to Watch Over Me
6. SARAH VAUGHAN: Nice Work If You Can Get It
7. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: La vie en rose
8. THE WEAVERS: The Wreck of the John B
9. PÉREZ PRADO AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Mambo No 8
10. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: My Son Calls Another Man Daddy

Albums

1. HANK WILLLIAMS: Moanin' the Blues
2. GENE KELLY, DEBBIE REYNOLDS & DONALD O'CONNOR: Singin' in the Rain
3. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Satchmo Serenades
4. OSCAR PETERSON: Plays George Gershwin
5. BILLIE HOLIDAY: Billie Holiday Sings

6. OSCAR PETERSON: This is Oscar Peterson
7. LES PAUL & MARY FORD: Bye, Bye, Blues
8. MILES DAVIES: Young Man With a Horn
9. THELONIOUS MONK: Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2
10. EDITH PIAF: La vie en rose


Songs

1. GEORGE BRASSENS: La mauvaise réputation
2. GENE KELLY: Singing in the Rain
3. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
4. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Lost Highway
5. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
6. DONALD O’CONNOR: Make ‘Em Laugh
7. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
8. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Honky Tonk Blues
9. DINAH WASHINGTON: Mad About the Boy
10. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Lovesick Blues

11. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: I Saw The Light
12. GENE KELLY, DEBBIE REYNOLDS & DONALD O'CONNOR: Good Morning
13. DEBBIE REYNOLDS: All I Do is Dream of You
14. GEORGE BRASSENS: Le gorille
15. LLOYD PRICE: Lawdy Miss Clawdy
16. BILLIE HOLIDAY: Solitude
17. CHET BAKER: My Funny Valentine
18. THE CLOVER: One Mint Julep
19. GENE KELLY & DONALD O'CONNOR: Moses
20. OSCAR PETERSON: ‘S Wonderful


Films

1. Singin’ in the Rain – Stanley Donen
2. Limelight – Charles Chaplin
3. Ikiru – Akira Kurosawa
4. High Noon – Fred Zinnemann
5. Ivanhoe – Richard Thorpe

1952:
Albums
Rank Artist Album
1 Charlie Parker - South of the Border
2 Charlie Parker and Dizzy - Gillespie Bird & Diz
3 Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music (Vol. 2)
4 Yma Sumac - Legend of the Sun Virgin
5 Milt Jackson - Wizard of the Vibes
6 Various Artists Singin' In The Rain-Soundtrack
7 Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio - Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio
8 Nat King Cole - Unforgettable

Songs
Rank Song Artist
1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
2 Padam… Padam - Edith Piaf
3 Night Train - Jimmy Forrest
4 The Lost Watch - The Duke Of Iron
5 City Of Glass: Entrance Into The City - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
6 Tabu - Stan Getz
7 I've Got A Woman - Howlin' Wolf
8 In The Upper Room - Mahalia Jackson
9 Suray Surita - Yma Sumac
10 Bags' Groove - Milt Jackson
11 Greyhound - Amos Milburn
12 Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves - Billy Strange
13 Kon Tiki - Yma Sumac
14 The Goof - Big Jay McNeely
15 Singin' In The Rain - Gene Kelly
16 Rock The Joint - Bill Haley
17 (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I - Hank Snow
18 Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson
19 Winoweh - The Weavers
20 Have Mercy, Baby - The Dominoes
21 Gabbin' Blues (Don't Run My Business) - Big Maybelle
22 Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker
23 Yeah - Horace Silver
24 I Don't Know - Willie Mabon
25 Big Bamboo - The Duke Of Iron
26 Taxi Driver (I Don't Care) - Bobby Benson And His Combo
27 De Ribber Ben Come Dung - Edric Connor & The Caribbeans
28 A Horn - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
29 Booted - Rosco Gordon
30 Au Privave - Charlie Parker
31 La mauvaise reputation - Georges Brassens
32 Juke - Little Walter
33 One Mint Julep - The Clovers
34 My Song - Johnny Ace
35 Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams
36 Big Ten Inch Record - Bull Moose Jackson
37 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Karen Chandler
38 You Belong To Me - Patti Page
39 Blacksmith Blues - Ella Mae Morse
40 Ting-A-Ling - The Clovers
41 Monotonous - Eartha Kitt
42 No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
43 Solitude - Billie Holliday
44 When I Fall In Love - Doris Day
45 Le parapluie - Georges Brassens
46 My Funny Valentine - Gerry Mulligan
47 Wheel Of Fortune - Kay Starr
48 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart - Vera Lynn
49 Kansas City - Little Willie Littlefield
50 She Moves Me - Muddy Waters
51 Cross Hands Boogie - Winnifred Atwell
52 Nature Boy - Nat King Cole

Albums

[01] Stan Kenton | City of Glass
[02] Thelonious Monk | Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1
[03] Yma Sumac | Voice of The Xtabay
[04] Thelonious Monk | Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2
[05] Ella Fitzgerald | Sings Gershwin
[06] Duke Ellington | Masterpieces by Ellington
[07] Charlie Parker | Charlie Parker with Strings
[08] John Cage | Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
[09] Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie | Bird and Diz
[10] Bud Powell | The Amazing Bud Powell
[11] Les Baxter | Le Sacre du Sauvage
[12] Milt Jackson | Wizard of The Vibes


Songs

[01] Stan Kenton | City of Glass: Entrance Into The City
[02] Thelonious Monk | Straight, No Chaser
[03] Duke Ellington | The Tattooed Bride
[04] Billie Holiday | These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
[05] Hank Williams | I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
[06] Elmore James | Dust My Broom
[07] The Stanley Brothers | I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
[08] Les Baxter | Quiet Village
[09] Howlin' Wolf | Moanin' at Midnight
[10] Mahalia Jackson | In The Upper Room
[11] Ella Fitzgerald | But Not for Me
[12] Yma Sumac | Xtabay (Lure of The Unknown Love)
[13] Bud Powell | Un Poco Loco
[14] Chet Baker | My Funny Valentine
[15] Professor Longhair | Mardi Gras in New Orleans
[16] Thelonious Monk | Criss-Cross
[17] Charlie Parker | Just Friends
[18] Jimmy Forrest | Night Train
[19] Milt Jackson | Bags' Groove
[20] Lloyd Price | Lawdy Miss Clawdy
[21] Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie | Bloomdido
[22] Jackie Brenston | Rocket 88
[23] Little Walter | Juke
[24] Hank Williams | Long Gone Lonesome Blues
[25] Muddy Waters | Rollin' Stone
[26] Louis Jordan | Blue Light Boogie
[27] John Lee Hooker | I'm In The Mood
[28] Nat 'King' Cole | Unforgettable
[29] Stan Kenton | City of Glass: The Structures
[30] The Soul Stirrers | Peace In The Valley

Really need to hear that Machito record, but alas I'm too late...

albums 1950-52

1. Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues (1952)
2. Hank Williams - Hank Williams Sings (1951)
3. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz (1952)
4. Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings (1952)
5. Blind Blake Higgs - A Second Album of Bahamian Songs (1952)
6. Blind Blake Higgs - A Group of Bahamian Songs (1951)
7. Edith Piaf - La Vie en rose (1952)
8. Frank Sinatra - Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra (1950)
9. Brownie McGhee - Traditional Blues vol. 1 (1951)
10. Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950)
11.Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, vol. 1 (1951)
12. Original Soundtrack - Singin' In The Rain (1952)
13. Duke Ellington - Masterpieces by Ellington (1951)
14. Ella Fitzgerald - Sings Gershwin (1950)
15. Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1951)
16. Yma Sumac - Voice of the Xtabay (1950)
17. Pete Seeger - Darling Corey (1950)
18. Lefty Frizzell - Listen to Lefty (1951)
19. Miles Davis - Young Man With A Horn (1952)
20. Perez Prado - Plays Mucho mambo (1950)
21. Sonny Terry - Harmonica and vocal solos (1952)
22. Various - Negro Folk Music of Alabama vol. 1 : secular Music (1951)
23. Machito - Afro Cuban Jazz (1950)
24. Juliette Greco - Chante ses derniers succès (1952)
25. Woody Guthrie - nursery Days (1951)

Excellent lists everyone, the whole thing is taking shape. All your votes are counted and the results are great so far (well, less than 48 hours for the deadline but I still expect some lists, isn’t it?). First of all I’ve finally decided a minor change on my list, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” finally enters my list that is:
1. GEORGES BRASSENS "La mauvaise réputation" (#190 in my all-time list, 1952)
2. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" (#234, 1950)
3. ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (1950)
4. GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET "My Funny Valentine" (1952)
5. GENE KELLY "Singin' in the Rain" (1952)
6. LES PAUL & MARY FORD "How High the Moon" (1951)
7. JACKIE BRENSTON & HIS DELTA CATS "Rocket "88"" (1951)
8. ELMORE JAMES "Dust My Broom" (1951)
9. MUDDY WATERS "Rollin' Stone" (1950)
10. JOHN CAGE "4'33"" (1952)
11. YMA SUMAC "Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)" (1950)
12. EDITH PIAF "Padam… Padam" (1952)
13. DINAH WASHINGTON "Mad About the Boy" (1952)
14. ELLA FITZGERALD "Someone to Watch Over Me" (1950)
15. DUKE ELLINGTON "The Tattooed Bride" (1951)
16. CHARLIE PARKER "Bloomdido" (1950)
17. BUD POWELL "Un poco loco" (1951)
18. PÉREZ PRADO & HIS ORCHESTRA "Mambo nº 5" (1950)
19. BENNY MORÉ "Mata Siguaraya" (1950)
20. GEORGES BRASSENS "Le parapluie" (1952)
21. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (1952)
22. HANK SNOW "I'm Movin' On" (1950)
23. LESTER FLATT, EARL SCRUGGS & THE FOGGY MOUNTAIN BOYS "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" (1950)
24. KITTY WELLS "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (1952)
25. THE WEAVERS "Goodnight Irene" (1950)
26. JOHNNIE RAY & THE FOUR LADS "Cry" (1951)
27. TONY BENNETT "Blue Velvet" (1951)
28. FRANK SINATRA "It All Depends on You" (1950)
29. LOUIS JORDAN "If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich" (1951)
30. THELONIOUS MONK "Straight, No Chaser" (1951)
31. CHARLIE PARKER with STRINGS "April in Paris" (1950)
32. BILLIE HOLIDAY "Solitude" (1952)
33. LLOYD PRICE "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952)
34. THE CLOVERS "One Mint Julep" (1952)
35. BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS "Rock the Joint" (1952)
36. ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP "My Baby Left Me" (1950)
37. JOHN LEE HOOKER "I'm in the Mood" (1951)
38. GEORGES BRASSENS "Le gorille" (1952)
39. HANK SNOW "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" (1952)
40. HANK WILLIAMS with HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS "Cold Cold Heart" (1951)
41. NAT 'KING' COLE "Unforgettable" (1951)
42. THELONIOUS MONK "Ask Me Now" (1951)
43. MILES DAVIS "Venus de Milo" (1950)
44. EARL BOSTIC "Flamingo" (1951)
45. LITTLE WALTER "Juke" (1952)
46. LOUIS JORDAN "School Days" (1950)
47. DONALD O’CONNOR "Make 'Em Laugh" (1952)
48. LES BAXTER "Quiet Village" (1951)
49. ARACY DE ALMEIDA "Palpite Infeliz" (1950)
50. JOHN CAGE "Quietly Flowing Along" (1951)

About the newly voted albums all of then are eligible except:
- ELLA FITZGERALD “Souvenir Album”
- FRANK SINATRA “Songs by Sinatra”
- BILLIE HOLIDAY “Favorites”

See eligibility thread for more details.

I'll post my song list tomorrow !

"Hey hey Mama take a look at sis'
Standin' on the corner tryin' to do that twist"

Carolina Slim, "Mama's Boogie", 1950

Here are the songs :


1 Georges Brassens - Le Gorille (1952)
2 Hank Williams - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (1952)
3 Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love (1950)
4 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1950)
5 Hank Williams - My Son Calls Another Man Daddy (1950)
6 Georges Brassens - La Mauvaise Réputation (1952)
7 Georges Brassens - Hécatombe (1952)
8 Little Walter - Juke (1952)
9 Big Bill Broonzy - Hey Hey (1951)
10 Elmore James - Dust My Broom (1951)

11 Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (1952)
12 Georges Brassens - Corne d'aurochs (1952)
13 Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues (1950)
14 Billie Holiday - I Only Have Eyes For You (1952)
15 Jim & Jessie - Are You Missing Me ? (1952)
16 Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans (1950)
17 Fats Domino - The Fat Man (1950)
18 Little Richard - Ain't Nothin' Happening (1952)
19 Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' (1951)
20 Sonny Boy Williamson - Eyesight to the Blind (1951)

21 Mercy Dee Walton - One Room Country Shack (1952)
22 Archibald - Stack-a-Lee (1950)
23 Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1952)
24 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Dream a Little dream Of me (1950)
25 Brownie McGhee - Cholly Blues (1951)
26 Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes (1950)
27 Blind Blake - John B Sail (1952)
28 Pee Wee King - Slow Poke (1951)
29 Johnnie & Jack and their Tennessee Mountain Boys - Poison Love (1951)
30 Gerry Mulligan Quartet - My Funny Valentine (1952)

31 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88 (1951)
32 Luis Mariano - Mexico (1951)
33 Henri Salvador -Le Loup, la Biche et le Chevalier (1952)
34 Muddy Waters - Rollin' and Tumblin' (1950)
35 Howlin' Wolf - Houserockin' Boogie (1951)
36 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bloomdido (1951)
37 Edith Piaf - Padam Padam (1951)
38 Blind Blake Higgs - JP Morgan (1951)
39 Hank Snow - Golden Rocket (1950)
40 Hank Williams - Ramblin' Man (1951)

41 Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues (1950)
42 Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes (1951)
43 Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain (1952)
44 Muddy Waters - Walking Blues (1950)
45 Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right (1950)
46 Moon Mullican - I'll Sail My Ship Alone (1950)
47 Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' at Midnight (1951)
48 Maddox Brothers and Rose - Philadelphia Lawyer (1950)
49 Ray Price - Move On in and Stay (1952)
50 Billy Ward & The Dominoes - 60 minute man (1951)

51 Philippe Clay - Le Noyé assassiné (1952)
52 Yma Sumac - Xtabay (1950)
53 Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine below Zero (1951)
54 Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call (1952)
55 Percy Mayfield - The River's Invitation (1952)
56 Sonny Terry - Harmonica Rhumba (1952)
57 Charlie Parker & Dizy Gillespie - My Melancholy Baby (1952)
58 Little Richard - Taxi Blues (1952)
59 Jimmy Dolan - Juke Box Boogie (1951)
60 Reno & Smiley - I'm Using My Bible for A Roadmap (1952)

61 Lord Beginner - Mix up Matrimony (1952)
62 Big Bill Broonzy - When did you leave heaven (1951)
63 The 5 Royales - Don't Do it (1952)
64 BB King - Three O'Clock Blues (1952)
65 Lefty Frizzell - If You Got The Money (1950)
66 Frank Sinatra - You Do Something To Me (1950)
67 David "Honeyboy Edwards" - Build A Cave (1951)
68 Sonny Boy Williamson - Mighty Long Time (1951)
69 James Tisdom - Last Affair Blues (1951)
70 Jimmy Bryant & Speedie West - Pickin' the Chicken (1952)

71 Webb Pierce - Wondering (1952)
72 Joe Liggins - Dripper's Boogie (1952)
73 Bilie Holiday - Solitude (1950)
74 Guitar Slim - Certainly All (1952)
75 Arthur Crudup - My Baby Left Me (1951)
76 Roy Brown - Hard luck Blues (1950)
77 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Don't Get above Your Raisin' (1951)
78 Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (1952)
79 Hank Thompson - The Wild Side Of Life (1952)
80 Thelonious Monk - Ruby My Dear (1951)

81 Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz (1951)
82 Joe Liggins - Pink Champagne (1950)
83 Tony Bennett - Cold Cold Heart (1951)
84 Ella Fitzgerald - But Not For Me (1950)
85 Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On (1950)
86 Charles Brown - Black Night (1951)
87 Carolina Slim - Mama's Boogie (1950)
88 Miles Davis - Venus de Milo (1950)
89 Red Foley - Peace in the Valley (1951)
90 John Lee Hooker - Wednesday Evening (1951)

91 Eddie Burns - Hello Miss Jessie Lee (1952)
92 Ray Charles - Kissa Me baby (1952)
93 Edith Piaf - Hymne à l'Amour (1950)
94 Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1952)
95 Arkie Shibley - Shore Leave (1951)
96 Hank Williams - Cold Cold Heart (1951)
97 The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi - Our father (1950)
98 Jimmy Forrest - Night Train (1952)
99 Lil' Son Jackson - Rockin' and Rollin' (1950)
100 Amos Milburn - Bad Bad Whiskey (1950)

101 Jimmy Murphy - Electricity (1951)
102 Bill Monroe - Uncle Pen (1950)
103 Brother Willie Eason - I Want to Live (So God Can use Me) (1951)
104 The Weavers - Goodnight Irene (1950)
105 Duke Ellington - Tatooed Bride (1950)
106 Donald O' Connor - Make'em Laugh (1952)
107 Wynonie Harris - Good Morning Judge (1950)
108 Perez Prado - Mambo No 8 (1950)
109 Pete Seeger - John Riley (1950)
110 Dave Stogner - Hard Top Race (1951)

111 Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin' (1952)
112 Johnny Ace - My Song (1952)
113 Patachou - Le Bricoleur (1952)
114 Jimmy Bryant - Red Headed Polka (1950)
115 Papa Lightfoot - Honeydripper (1952)
116 Lord Kitchener - London Is The Place For Me (1951)
117 Narciso Martinez - Patricia (1951)
118 Bill Monroe - In the pines (1952)
119 Muddy Waters - Louisiana Blues (1951)
120 Hank Snow - A Fool Such As I (1952)

121 Sonny Parker - She Sets My Soul On Fire (1952)
122 Earl Bostic - Flamingo (1951)
123 LC Williams & Lightin' Hopkins - The Lazy J (1951)
124 Louie Innis - I Grabbed For The Engine (1951)
125 Booggie Bill Webb - I Ain't For It (1952)
126 Les Frères Jacques - La marie-Joseph (1952)
127 Peppermint Harris - I Got Loaded (1951)
128 Félix Leclerc - Le P'tit Bonheur (1950)
129 Martha Tilton with Benny Goodman Orchestra - Loch Lomond (1950)
130 Bullmoose Jackson - Cherokee Boogie (1951)

1950 top 20

1. Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love (1950)
2. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1950)
3. Hank Williams - My Son Calls Another Man Daddy (1950)
4. Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues (1950)
5. Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans (1950)
6. Fats Domino - The Fat Man (1950)
7. Archibald - Stack-a-Lee (1950)
8. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Dream a Little dream Of me (1950)
9. Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes (1950)
10. Muddy Waters - Rollin' and Tumblin' (1950)
11. Hank Snow - Golden Rocket (1950)
12. Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues (1950)
13. Muddy Waters - Walking Blues (1950)
14. Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right (1950)
15. Moon Mullican - I'll Sail My Ship Alone (1950)
16. Maddox Brothers and Rose - Philadelphia Lawyer (1950)
17. Yma Sumac - Xtabay (1950)
18. Lefty Frizzell - If You Got The Money (1950)
19. Frank Sinatra - You Do Something To Me (1950)
20. Bilie Holiday - Solitude (1950)

1951

1. Big Bill Broonzy - Hey Hey (1951)
2. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (1951)
3. Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' (1951)
4. Sonny Boy Williamson - Eyesight to the Blind (1951)
5. Brownie McGhee - Cholly Blues (1951)
6. Pee Wee King - Slow Poke (1951)
7. Johnnie & Jack and their Tennessee Mountain Boys - Poison Love (1951)
8. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88 (1951)
9. Luis Mariano - Mexico (1951)
10. Howlin' Wolf - Houserockin' Boogie (1951)
11. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bloomdido (1951)
12. Edith Piaf - Padam Padam (1951)
13. Blind Blake Higgs - JP Morgan (1951)
14. Hank Williams - Ramblin' Man (1951)
15. Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes (1951)
16. Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' at Midnight (1951)
17. Billy Ward & The Dominoes - 60 minute man (1951)
18. Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine below Zero (1951)
19. Jimmy Dolan - Juke Box Boogie (1951)
20. Big Bill Broonzy - When did you leave heaven (1951)

1952

1. Georges Brassens - Le Gorille (1952)
2. Hank Williams - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (1952)
3. Georges Brassens - La Mauvaise Réputation (1952)
4. Georges Brassens - Hécatombe (1952)
5. Little Walter - Juke (1952)
6. Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (1952)
7. Georges Brassens - Corne d'aurochs (1952)
8. Billie Holiday - I Only Have Eyes For You (1952)
9. Jim & Jessie - Are You Missing Me ? (1952)
10. Little Richard - Ain't Nothin' Happening (1952)
11. Mercy Dee Walton - One Room Country Shack (1952)
12. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1952)
13. Blind Blake - John B Sail (1952)
14. Gerry Mulligan Quartet - My Funny Valentine (1952)
15. Henri Salvador -Le Loup, la Biche et le Chevalier (1952)
16. Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain (1952)
17. Ray Price - Move On in and Stay (1952)
18. Philippe Clay - Le Noyé assassiné (1952)
19. Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call (1952)
20. Percy Mayfield - The River's Invitation (1952)

Actually, I think I'll pass on the albums this time. I have a few albums that I really like, but I haven't listened to them enough to be able to rank them and, more importantly, I think they will all move on to the '50s poll anyway. Fantastic work, everyone!

Very nice list, Nicolas. Many new discoveries for me.

thanks, Mindrocker !

Yours is fantastic too, more varied than mine (I'm a blues/country specialist,but I know little of the other styles). Lots of stuff I don't know either.

Agree with both, Mindrocker and Nicolas lists were both great. And I’m going to miss Henrik’s. Nicolas, go to the eligibility thread to see some changes.

All the votes are counted, tomorrow I will begin to post it (if there's no more voters). So far we have a tie on #10 on the 1952 song lists. Henrik, I'm going to send you the Excel file, can you help with this?

I'm voting after all...

Albums
1. Hank Willams - Moanin' the Blues (1952)
2. Les Baxter - Le sacre du sauvage (1951)
3. Yma Sumac - Voice of the Xtabay (1950)
4. Pete Seeger - Darling Corey (1950)
5. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Sings Gershwin (1950)
6. Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan (1950)
7. Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1951)
8. OST - Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Many thanks to all the voters, I'm impressed by the quality, the variety and the deep knowledge of your lists. Congratulations everyone. As I expected, the participation has been less numerous that in previous polls but the ones who dared were able to enter a fascinating world of exotica, jazz and roots music. And moreover we have learned a lot from the others.

Time for results, first best albums of 1950. The rule of 5 albums per year let out excellent albums but anyway the 5 we chose are superb:

01. Yma Sumac - Voice of the Xtabay
02. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Sings Gershwin
03. Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker with Strings
04. Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert
05. Pete Seeger - Darling Corey

Tomorrow 1951 albums...

Time for best albums of 1951. The ones going to the next round are:
01. THELONIOUS MONK "Genius of Modern Music"
02. BUD POWELL "The Amazing Bud Powell"
03. DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA "Masterpieces by Ellington"
04. LES BAXTER "Le sacre du sauvage (Ritual of the Savage)"
05. PÉREZ PRADO "Plays Mucho Mambo for Dancing"

The rule of 5 albums per year has been particularly painful this year because the next 5 were:
06. HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS "Hank Williams Sings"
07. BLIND BLAKE "A Group of Bahamian Songs"
08. JOHN CAGE "Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (Maro Ajemian)"
09. MACHITO "Afro-Cuban Jazz"
10. WOODY GUTHRIE "Songs to Grow On, Vol. 1: Nursery Days"

Well, I guess that every year is going to be painful

yeah, that's painful...
once again roots music loses against sophisticated music and "musique savante" (educated music)

And now the best albums of 1952:
01. Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird & Diz
02. Hank Williams - Moanin' the Blues
03. Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2
04. Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor & Debbie Reynolds - Singin' in the Rain
05. Yma Sumac - Legend of the Sun Virgin

Despite two first votes Stan Kenton’s “City of Glass” stayed outside for a narrow margin. The rest of the Top 10:
06. Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - City of Glass
07. Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings
08. Blind Blake - A Second Album of Bahamian Songs
09. Edith Piaf - La vie en rose
10. Milt Jackson - Wizard of the Vibes

Tomorrow songs (I need to do some re-checking)

Don't worry, Nic. There will be much more roots on the songs lists.

The songs of 1950 that go to the final round are:
01. Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
02. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Dream a Little Dream of Me
03. Yma Sumac - Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)
04. Muddy Waters - Rollin’ Stone
05. Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans
06. Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
07. Pérez Prado Orchestra - Mambo nº 5
08. Charlie Parker and His Orchestra - Bloomdido
09. Nat 'King' Cole - Mona Lisa
10. Yma Sumac - Ataypura (High Andes)

Great Top 10, isn’t it? Hank won with a huge margin, 131 points.

I don't have the Excel file here right now but Hank Snow was #11 for 1950 with a narrow margin with Yma Sumac.

Too bad, there was plenty enough of Yma Sumac. Too much, in my opinion.

One song could have been enough, but Yma Sumac and Les Baxter were the discoveries of the month for me.

For me, it was "Bird and Diz" and the Blinde Blake albums.

I like Yma Sumac too.

I haven't looked at the lists in detail, but Brassens has got a chance among the 1952 songs, despite being unknown to some voters especially in the US.

That would bring a huge smile on my face.

Oh, another great discovery was Pete Seeger's "Darling Corey" that I listened to for the first time on Jan 31st. That must be the biggest sensation among the albums that advanced to the decade poll. It's not even properly listed at RYM, only as a compilation (a CD that combines "Darling Corey" with another Seeger album).

Well actually, if my memory serves me well, Perez Prado's "Plays Mucho Mambo for Dancing" (#5 of 1951) wasn't listed at RYM either. That the Seeger and Prado albums got multiple votes from us really shows the incredible knowledge that exists in this forum.

Another Brassens vote from me. I couldn't make proper list of 1950-1952, but I think I can put something together for the other 3 years. Basically I haven't heard a single one of the albums that are progressing, so I've got some catching up to do.

The Pete Seeger album ain't bad at all. It is sometimes a bit "academic", trying to recapture the sound of the old Appalachian singers and clawhammer banjo players from the 20's that you can hear on the Harry Smith Folk Anthology like Bascom Lamar Lunsford or the great buell Kazee. But there are excellent songs in his first LPs, although the guy was maybe a little shortsighted in the 60s (he was the one who wanted to cut Dylan's electric guitar wire with an axe when Zim made his electric coming out at Newport in 64 or 65).

Yes, we got Hank again at the top of best songs of 1951. In fact Hank Williams was able to put no less than three songs of the Top 10 of the year, one of them as his alter ego Luke the Drifter:
01. Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - Hey, Good Lookin'
02. Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats - Rocket "88"
03. Elmore James - Dust My Broom
04. Luke the Drifter - Ramblin' Man
05. Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High the Moon
06. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – The Tattooed Bride
07. The Bud Powell Trio – Un poco loco
08. Nat 'King' Cole – Unforgettable
09. Edith Piaf – Padam Padam…
10. Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - Cold, Cold Heart

And here are the results for the best songs of 1952. We have two ties, one at the top and other at the bottom. We have Hank Williams (yes, Hank, you win again) tied with Gene Kelly with 178 points but Kelly got the top spot because it was voted by 6 voters and Hank by 5. But we have a tie at #10 with the same points and the same number of voters so we need a tie-breaker round. I’ll explain at the end, first the list:
01. Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain
02. Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
03. Georges Brassens - La mauvaise réputation
04. Gerry Mulligan Quartet - My Funny Valentine
05. Jimmy Forrest - Night Train
06. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
07. Stan Kenton - City of Glass: Entrance into the City
08. Georges Brassens - Le gorille
09. John Cage - 4'33"
10. Dinah Washington - Mad About the Boy
10 (tie). Mahalia Jackson - In the Upper Room

So I need all of you to vote again to break the tie on the last position just like we did with Nassim in that Eno-Springsteen 1973 tie-breaker. Now the battle is between two black ladies, one with the sweet and sensual perfume of jazz and the other with the solemn but passionate growl of gospel. You can vote for Dinah Washington’s fabulous “Mad About the Boy”, very popular during the first 90s because of this Levi’s commercial. The complete song:



Or you can vote for the majestic “In the Upper Room” by Mahalia Jackson:



I will go first: despite having voted on the first round for Dinah Washington (I love that song!) now I’ve changed my mind and I’m going to vote for Mahalia (I didn’t knew the song when I voted), not only for the astonishing quality of the song or the colours of Mahalia’s voice but also because it would be nice to have some gospel on the final list, a style unfairly underrepresented on many lists.
I will count the tie-breaker votes till next Friday (of course the ones that had not voted on the first round can vote now if you want).
And, yes, Nic, three French songs on the last round, two Brassens’ and a Piaf one. And surely we will have some Brel by the end of the decade (at least “Ne me quitte pas” in 1959).

My vote goes to Mahalia Jackson... easily.

Mahalia Jackson.

Mahalia for sure.

I just love that song, and I didn't know it was from 1952. I know the version in the youtube video and I think it is from 1965. My father has the 45RPM.

I had it played at my wedding when we walked down the church aisle !


And the results are great !! 3 chansons françaises et même Le Gorille ! That's cool.

And "Jambalaya" too, my favorite Hank Williams song.

PS : I wonder what you can think of Brassens if you don't understand the words.

24 hours for the daedline of the tie-breaker vote and Mahalia wins 4/0. Is nobody mad about Dinah?

OK then. Mahalia enters the final round with the 10th position of 1952. The final list:
01. Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain
02. Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
03. Georges Brassens - La mauvaise réputation
04. Gerry Mulligan Quartet - My Funny Valentine
05. Jimmy Forrest - Night Train
06. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
07. Stan Kenton - City of Glass: Entrance into the City
08. Georges Brassens - Le gorille
09. John Cage - 4'33"
10. Mahalia Jackson - In the Upper Room

Spreadsheet.



Thanks Honorio for a splendid first month of the 50s-60s poll!

Henrik, your link doesn't work !

I'll try it myself:
1950-1952 Excel file

Henrik, thanks a lot. And thanks again to all the people that posted these awesome lists.

Here's my songs list for the whole 50's. Sorry for not taking part...too much work and little power left.
But I wanted to get this baby out so I can comit myself to follow the countdown.

1. Miles Davis – Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio)
2. Elmore James – Dust My Blues
3. Dizzy Gillespie with Stan Getz – Bebop
4. Miles Davis – Blue In Green
5. Charles Mingus – Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
6. Miles Davis – So What
7. Erroll Garner – Autumn Leaves
8. Errol Garner – I’ll Remember April
9. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
10. Elvis Presley – Blue Moon
11. Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High the Moon
12. Elvis Presley – Blue Moon Of Kentucky
13. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers – Moanin’
14. Miles Davis - Milestones
15. Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five
16. Ornette Coleman – Eventually
17. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
18. Cannonball Adderley – Spontaneous Combustion
19. Ahmad Jamal – Poinciana
20. Charles Mingus – Haitian Fight Song
21. Elvis Presley – That’s Alright, Mama
22. Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue/Rave On/Oh Boy/That’ll Be The Day
23. John Coltrane – Blue Train
24. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You
25. Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
26. Elvis Presley – Good Rockin’ Tonight
27. Tommy Edwards – It’s All In The Game
28. Elvis Presley – I Love You Because
29. Phil Phillips with The Twilights - Sea of Love
30. Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine
31. Chet Baker - Time After Time
32. Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser (Thanks, Forest Gump)
33. The Coasters - Yakety Yak
34. Link Wray - Rumble
35. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
36. Charles Mingus – Original Fables Of Faubus
37. Jimmy Smith – The Sermon
38. Sarah Vaughan – Lullaby Of Birdland
39. Charles Mingus – Boogie Stop Shuffle
40. Miles Davis - Generique
41. Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
42. The Platters - The Great Pretender
43. Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz
44. The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
45. Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying
46. Dinah Washington – What A Difference A Day Make
47. Johnny Cash – I Still Miss Someone
48. Coasters – Down In Mexico
49. Elvis Presley – Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
50. Huey Smith – Don’t You Just Know It

Great list, Fred. Sadly it's too late to be included.