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6th Class Results! A Big Class + A Ray Charles Debate for the Golden Vote

It’s the opposite of our last round of voting as multiple songs get inducted into the Hall of Songs! Plus, we discuss whether a certain Ray Charles song should get the Golden Vote, giving it special entrance into the Hall.

Here is the episode:

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Alright. Let’s congratulate the following songs on making the Hall of Songs …

Shout / The Isley Brothers – 68% (2nd round)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow / The Shirelles – 68% (1st round)
At Last / Etta James – 68% (1st round) [Golden Vote]
What’d I Say / Ray Charles – 68% (2nd round) [Golden Vote]

Continuing to the next round of voting

Georgia on My Mind / Ray Charles – 56% (1st round)
Only the Lonely / Roy Orbison – 52% (1st round)
The Twist / Chubby Checker – 52% (1st round)
Tutti Frutti / Little Richard – 48% (6th round)
Wonderful World / Sam Cooke – 48% (1st round)
That’ll Be the Day / The Crickets – 44% (4th round)
Mack the Knife / Bobby Darin – 40% (2nd round)
Wake Up Little Susie / The Everly Brothers – 36% (4th round)
La Bamba / Ritchie Valens – 36% (3rd round)

Eliminated from the ballot

Jailhouse Rock / Elvis Presley – 32% (4th round)
I Only Have Eyes For You / The Flamingos – 32% (2nd round)
This Magic Moment / The Drifters – 32% (1st round)
Chain Gang / Sam Cooke – 32% (1st round)
The Great Pretender / The Platters – 28% (6th round)
Hound Dog / Elvis Presley – 28% (5th round)
Roll Over Beethoven / Chuck Berry – 24% (5th round)
Bye Bye Love / The Everly Brothers – 20% (4th round)
Save the Last Dance For Me / The Drifters – 20% (1st round)
Shop Around / The Miracles – 16% (1st round)
Cathy’s Clown / The Everly Brothers – 12% (1st round)
Lonely Teardrops / Jackie Wilson – 8% (3rd round)
There Goes My Baby / The Drifters – 8% (2nd round)
Dream Lover / Bobby Darin – 4% (2nd round)
Walk, Don’t Run / The Ventures – 4% (1st round)

5th Class Results! Oh No …

You’ll have to listen to this bonus episode of Hall of Songs to hear what happened with our latest round of voting.

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Alright. Let’s move on.

Continuing to the next round of voting

What’d I Say / Ray Charles – 60.41% (1st round)
Mack the Knife / Bobby Darin – 56.25% (1st round)
Wake Up Little Susie / The Everly Brothers – 52.08% (3rd round)
Shout / The Isley Brothers – 52.08% (1st round)
Jailhouse Rock / Elvis Presley – 47.91% (3rd round)
Tutti Frutti / Little Richard – 45.83% (5th round)
Roll Over Beethoven / Chuck Berry – 45.83% (4th round)
That’ll Be the Day / The Crickets – 45.83% (3rd round)
Dream Lover / Bobby Darin – 45.83% (1st round)
I Only Have Eyes For You / The Flamingos – 45.83% (1st round)
Hound Dog / Elvis Presley – 43.75% (4th round)
La Bamba / Ritchie Valens – 43.75% (2nd round)
Lonely Teardrops / Jackie Wilson – 43.75% (2nd round)
There Goes My Baby / The Drifters – 41.66 (1st round)
The Great Pretender / The Platters – 37.5% (5th round)
Bye Bye Love / The Everly Brothers – 37.5% (3rd round)

Eliminated from the ballot

Summertime Blues / Eddie Cochran – 33.33% (2nd round)
Money (That’s What I Want) / Barrett Strong – 33.33% (1st round)
El Paso / Marty Robbins – 25% (1st round)
Yakety Yak / The Coasters – 22.91% (1st round)
Twenty Flight Rock / Eddie Cochran – 20.83% (1st round)
Don’t Let Go / Roy Hamilton – 20.83% (1st round)
White Lightning / George Jones – 20.83% (1st round)
Stagger Lee / Lloyd Price – 18.75% (2nd round)
Peter Gunn / Ray Anthony – 18.75% (1st round)
Come Softly to Me / The Fleetwoods – 16.66% (1st round)

4th Class Results! Two Quintessential 1950s Tracks are in the Hall of Songs!

Once again, two songs were voted into the Hall of Songs! But which two tracks from our 25-song ballot made it in?

Congratulations to “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry and “Good Golly, Miss Molly” by Little Richard; they’ve been inducted to the Hall of Songs!

Here are the full results:

Johnny B. Goode / Chuck Berry – 75% (1st round)
Good Golly, Miss Molly / Little Richard – 70% (1st round)

Continuing to the next round of voting

Tutti Frutti / Little Richard – 60% (4th round)
Roll Over Beethoven / Chuck Berry – 55% (3rd round)
La Bamba / Ritchie Valens – 52.5% (1st round)
Lonely Teardrops / Jackie Wilson – 52.5% (1st round)
Jailhouse Rock / Elvis Presley – 45% (2nd round)
Stagger Lee / Lloyd Price – 45% (1st round)
That’ll Be the Day / The Crickets – 42.5% (2nd round)
Summertime Blues / Eddie Cochran – 42.5% (1st round)
The Great Pretender / The Platters – 40% (4th round)
Hound Dog / Elvis Presley – 40% (3rd round)
Bye Bye Love / The Everly Brothers – 40% (2nd round)
Wake Up Little Susie / The Everly Brothers – 37.5% (2nd round)

Eliminated from the ballot

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree / Brenda Lee – 30%
Don’t Be Cruel / Elvis Presley – 25%
Not Fade Away / The Crickets – 25%
Tequila / The Champs – 25%
All I Have to Do is Dream / The Everly Brothers – 25%
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / Jerry Lee Lewis – 22.5%
Peggy Sue / Buddy Holly – 20%
All Shook Up / Elvis Presley – 15%
It’s Only Make Believe / Conway Twitty – 15%
Rebel-‘Rouser / Duane Eddy – 10%
Rumble / Link Wray – 5%

3rd Class Results! Two Songs Make the Hall of Songs!

The third round of voting is complete, and thanks to a new golden vote rule, two new tunes have entered the Hall!

The newest inductees are: “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis and “You Send Me” by Sam Cooke. Congratulations!

Here are the full results:

Great Balls of Fire / Jerry Lee Lewis – 74.50% (1st round)
You Send Me / Sam Cooke – 66.67% (1st round)

Continuing to the next round of voting

Jailhouse Rock / Elvis Presley – 54.90% (1st round)
Wake Up Little Susie / The Everly Brothers – 54.90% (1st round)
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / Jerry Lee Lewis – 49.01% (1st round)
Hound Dog / Elvis Presley – 49.01% (2nd round)
Bye Bye Love / The Everly Brothers – 47.05% (1st round)
All Shook Up / Elvis Presley – 45.09% (1st round)
That’ll Be the Day / The Crickets – 43.13% (1st round)
Peggy Sue / Buddy Holly – 43.13% (1st round)
Roll Over Beethoven / Chuck Berry – 39.21% (2nd round)
Don’t Be Cruel / Elvis Presley – 37.25% (2nd round)
Not Fade Away / The Crickets – 37.25% (1st round)
The Great Pretender / The Platters – 35.29% (3rd round)
Tutti Frutti / Little Richard – 35.29% (3rd round)

Eliminated from the ballot

That’s All Right / Elvis Presley – 33.33%
Lucille / Little Richard – 31.37%
Ain’t That a Shame / Fats Domino – 29.41%
Rock and Roll Music / Chuck Berry – 29.41%
Your Cheatin’ Heart / Hank Williams – 29.41%
Blue Suede Shoes / Carl Perkins – 29.41%
Blueberry Hill / Fats Domino – 27.45%
I Walk the Line / Johnny Cash – 27.45%
Maybellene / Chuck Berry – 25.49%
In the Still of the Night / The Five Satins – 25.49%

2nd Class Results! Which 1956 Song is in the Hall of Songs?

After our second round of voting, we have a new song in the Hall of Songs? Which one got in?

Inductee No. 2 is “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley. Congratulations!

And here are the full results:

Heartbreak Hotel / Elvis Presley – 67.74%

Continuing to the next round of voting

Don’t Be Cruel / Elvis Presley – 61.29% (2nd round)
Hound Dog / Elvis Presley – 56.45% (2nd round)
Roll Over Beethoven / Chuck Berry – 51.61% (2nd round)
I Walk the Line / Johnny Cash – 50% (2nd round)
Blueberry Hill / Fats Domino – 48.38% (2nd round)
The Great Pretender / The Platters – 43.54% (3rd round)
That’s All Right / Elvis Presley – 41.93% (3rd round)
Tutti Frutti / Little Richard – 41.93% (3rd round)
Maybellene / Chuck Berry – 41.93% (3rd round)
Your Cheatin’ Heart / Hank Williams – 40.32% (3rd round)
Ain’t That a Shame / Fats Domino – 40.32% (3rd round)
Blue Suede Shoes / Carl Perkins – 38.70% (2nd round)
In the Still of the Night / The Five Satins – 35.48% (2nd round)

Eliminated from the ballot

Shake, Rattle and Roll / Big Joe Turner – 33.87%
Long Tall Sally / Little Richard – 24.19%
I Put a Spell on You – ‘Screamin’ Jay’ Hawkins – 22.58%
Why Do Fools Fall in Love – Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers – 20.96%
Earth Angel – The Penguins – 17.74%
Mr. Sandman – The Chordettes – 17.74%
Hey, Good Lookin’ – Hank Williams – 14.51%
Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton – 14.51%
Be-Bop-a-Lula – Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps – 14.51%
Cold, Cold Heart – Hank Williams – 12.90%
Mess Around – Ray Charles – 12.90%
Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley – 12.90%
Sh’Boom – The Chords – 11.29%
I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man – Muddy Waters – 11.29%
Mannish Boy – Muddy Waters – 11.29%
How High the Moon – Les Paul and Mary Ford – 3.22%

1st Class Results! Which 1955 Song Is in the Hall of Songs?

After our first round of voting, we’re proud to announce our first inductee of the Hall of Songs!

Congratulations to “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & His Comets!

Here are the full results of the first round of voting:

  1. Rock Around the Clock / Bill Haley & His Comets – 67.56%

Continuing to second round of voting

  1. Tutti Frutti / Little Richard – 54.05%
  2. Shake, Rattle and Roll / Big Joe Turner – 48.64%
  3. Your Cheatin’ Heart / Hank Williams – 40.54%
  4. Mr. Sandman / The Chordettes – 40.54%
  5. The Great Pretender / The Platters – 40.54%
  6. Ain’t That a Shame / Fats Domino – 37.83%
  7. Sh’Boom / The Chords – 35.13%
  8. Earth Angel / The Penguins – 35.13%
  9. Maybellene / Chuck Berry – 32.43%
  10. Hey, Good Lookin’ / Hank Williams – 27.02%
  11. That’s All Right / Elvis Presley – 27.02%
  12. Hound Dog / Big Mama Thornton – 24.32%
  13. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man / Muddy Waters – 24.32%
  14. Bo Diddley / Bo Diddley – 24.32%
  15. Cold, Cold Heart / Hank Williams – 18.91%
  16. How High the Moon / Les Paul and Mary Ford – 18.91%
  17. Mess Around / Ray Charles – 18.91%
  18. Mannish Boy / Muddy Waters – 16.21%

Eliminated from the ballot

  • Rocket 88 / Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats – 10.81%
  • Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Lloyd Price – 10.81%
  • Dust My Broom / Elmore James – 8.10%
  • It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – 8.10%
  • Crazy Man, Crazy / Bill Haley & His Comets – 8.10%
  • I’m a Man / Bo Diddley – 8.10%
  • Sixty Minute Man / Billy Ward and the Dominoes – 5.40%
  • Rock and Roll Blues / Anita O’Day – 5.40%
  • Have Mercy Baby / Billy Ward and the Dominoes – 5.40%
  • The Things That I Used to Do / Guitar Slim – 5.40%
  • Mystery Train / Elvis Presley – 5.40%
  • I’m in the Mood / John Lee Hooker – 2.70%
  • Mean Old World / Little Walter – 2.70%
  • Gee / The Crows – 2.70%
  • Money Honey / Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters – 2.70%
  • Shake a Hand / Faye Adams – 2.70%
  • (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean / Ruth Brown – 2.70%
  • Night Train / Jimmy Forrest – 0%
  • Work With Me, Annie / Hank Ballard and the Midnighters – 0%
  • Hearts of Stone / The Charms – 0%
  • Rock Island Line / Lonnie Donegan – 0%