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HOA: 1971 eligibles list

With 1970 releases now in the books, Morrison overtakes Morrison for the top spot this week.

You should check out the 1970 results on the RESULTS THREAD if you haven’t done so yet.

Post your ballots on the 1971 voting thread.


HALL OF ACCLAIM: TOP 50 CANDIDATES FOR 1971 ELECTION

Only releases through December 31, 1970 included.

1970 releases indicated with an asterisk.

1. VAN MORRISON
ALBUMS: Astral Weeks (13); Moondance (81)*; His Band and the Street Choir (1997)*.
SONGS: Brown Eyed Girl (101); Sweet Thing (1678); Madame George (478), Moondance (778)*; Into the Mystic (866)*.

2. THE DOORS
ALBUMS: The Doors (21); Strange Days (645); Waiting for the Sun (1819), Morrison Hotel (922)*; Absolutely Live (1907)*.
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).

3. LED ZEPPELIN
ALBUMS: Led Zeppelin (131); Led Zeppelin II (66); Led Zeppelin III (375)*.
SONGS: Dazed and Confused (473); Whole Lotta Love (76); Heartbreaker (1011); Since I’ve Been Loving You (1822)*; Gallows Pole (2214)*.

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. 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)*.

6. NEIL YOUNG
ALBUMS: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (168); After the Gold Rush (43)*.
SONGS: Cinnamon Girl (1149); Down by the River (1268); After the Gold Rush (1547)*; Only Love Can Break Your Heart (2119)*.

7. THE STOOGES
ALBUMS: The Stooges (200); Fun House (87)*.
SONGS: 1969 (1796); I Wanna Be Your Dog (293).

8. JOHN LENNON
ALBUM: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (57)*.
SONGS: Give Peace a Chance (2063); Cold Turkey (1339); Instant Karma (We All Shine On) (271)*; Mother (1572)*; Working Class Hero (1106)*; God (734)*.

9. CREAM
ALBUMS: Fresh Cream (1096); Disraeli Gears (177); Wheels of Fire (1096).
SONGS: I Feel Free (1501); Sunshine of Your Love (458); White Room (2352); Crossroads (1282).

10. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
ALBUMS: Surrealistic Pillow (163); After Bathing at Baxter’s (1333); Crown of Creation (2061); Volunteers (988).
SONGS: Somebody to Love (462); White Rabbit (215).

11. BLACK SABBATH
ALBUMS: Black Sabbath (440)*; Paranoid (146)*.
SONGS: Paranoid (183)*; Iron Man (676)*.

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

13. THE SUPREMES
ALBUM: Where Did Our Love Go (1984); The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland (1946).
SONGS: Where Did Our Love Go (211); Baby Love (718); Stop! In the Name of Love (143); You Can’t Hurry Love (421); You Keep Me Hangin’ On (818).

14. 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 (1158).
SONG: St. Thomas (2551).

15. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND
ALBUMS: Safe as Milk (423); Trout Mask Replica (54); Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1563)*.
SONGS: none.

16. NICK DRAKE
ALBUM: Five Leaves Left (160); Bryter Layter (229)*.
SONGS: River Man (861); Way to Blue (1310); Hazey Jane II (2249)*.

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

18. DEREK AND THE DOMINOS
ALBUM: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (69)*.
SONG: Layla (48)*.

19. 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 (1688); At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 (1584).
SONGS: none.

20. PINK FLOYD
ALBUMS: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (100); A Saucerful of Secrets (2348); Atom Heart Mother (2476)*.
SONGS: Arnold Layne (702); See Emily Play (257); Interstellar Overdrive (1642).

21. 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).

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

23. MARVIN GAYE
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Can I Get a Witness (2245); Ain’t That Peculiar (1553); Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (571); If I Could Build My Whole World Around You (2343); I Heard It Through the Grapevine (8); Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing (2886).

24. THE FOUR TOPS
ALBUM: Second Album (2587); Reach Out (1486).
SONGS: Baby I Need Your Loving (828); 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 (1568); Bernadette (2587).

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

26. STAN GETZ
ALBUMS: Hamp & Getz (2186); Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (2614); Focus (1769); Jazz Samba (818); Getz/Gilberto (394); Stan Getz and Bill Evans (2433).
SONGS: The Girl from Ipanema (538); Corcovado (2078).

27. THE TEMPTATIONS
ALBUMS: Meet the Temptations (2847); The Temptations Sing Smokey (1113); Cloud Nine (2014); Psychedelic Shack (2216)*.
SONGS: My Girl (106); Get Ready (2363); Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (1287); I Wish It Would Rain (1326); Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today (1005)*.

28. 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).

29. MC5
ALBUMS: Kick Out the Jams (216); Back in the USA (628)*.
SONG: Kick Out the Jams (361).

30. TIM BUCKLEY
ALBUMS: Goodbye and Hello (1204); Happy Sad (456); Starsailor (579)*; Blue Afternoon (2163)*.
SONG: Song to the Siren (916)*.

31. 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).

32. 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).

33. SANTANA
ALBUMS: Santana (1242); Abraxas (171)*.
SONGS: Black Magic Woman (745)*; Oye Como Va (1263)*.

34. IKE AND TINA TURNER
ALBUM: River Deep Mountain High (908).
SONGS: A Fool in Love (2560); It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (2061); River Deep Mountain High (22).

35. 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).

36. 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).

37. 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 (1168).

38. TRAFFIC
ALBUMS: Mr. Fantasy (491); Traffic (965); John Barleycorn Must Die (515)*.
SONGS: Paper Sun (2913); Dear Mr. Fantasy (2232).

39. LEONARD COHEN
ALBUM: Songs of Leonard Cohen (182); Songs from a Room (1055).
SONGS: Suzanne (1007); Winter Lady (2884); So Long Marianne (2146).

40. THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Little Latin Lupe Lu (2589); You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (24); Unchained Melody (793).

41. MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Heatwave (655); Dancing in the Street (53); Nowhere to Run (1046).

42. ERIC DOLPHY
ALBUMS: Outward Bound (1943); Out There (1783); Live at the Five Spot, Vol. 1 (1834); Far Cry (2416); Iron Man (2297); Out to Lunch (300).
SONGS: none.

43. PATSY CLINE
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Walkin’ After Midnight (1407); Crazy (146); I Fall to Pieces (415); She’s Got You (1626); Sweet Dreams (Of You) (1895).

44. THE ANIMALS
ALBUMS: The Animals (2877); Animalisms (2421); Animalism (2937).
SONGS: House of the Rising Sun (62); Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (1371); We Gotta Get Out of This Place (814).

45. B.B. KING
ALBUMS: Singin’ the Blues (2483); Live at the Regal (249); Indianola Mississippi Seeds (2852)*.
SONG: Sweet Little Angel (2758); The Thrill Is Gone (379).

46. THE KINGSMEN
ALBUMS: none.
SONG: Louie Louie (11).

47. THE JACKSON 5
ALBUMS: Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 (2400); ABC (2808)*.
SONGS: I Want You Back (30); ABC (2965)*; The Love You Save (2011)*; I’ll Be There (2230)*.

48. THE CRYSTALS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: He’s a Rebel (308); He’s Sure the Boy I Love (2494); Da Doo Ron Ron (169); Then He Kissed Me (972).

49. ART BLAKEY
ALBUMS: A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1236); A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (2296); Moanin’ (781); Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1528); A Night in Tunisia (1787); Free for All (2068).
SONGS: none.

50. THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS
ALBUM: The Gilded Palace of Sin (155).
SONGS: Sin City (1273); Hot Burrito #1 (2029).

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MOVING UP: Van Morrison, Grateful Dead, Neil Young, The Stooges, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Nick Drake, The Temptations, MC5.

NEW TO THE LIST: John Lennon, Black Sabbath, Crosby Stills Nash (& Young), Derek and the Dominos, Tim Buckley, Santana, Traffic, The Jackson 5.

FELL OFF THE LIST: King Crimson, Charlie Parker, Procol Harum, Jackie Wilson, Dion.

BUBBLING UNDER: James Taylor, The Small Faces, Janis Joplin/Big Brother and the Holding Company, Ben E. King, Bud Powell.