Battle of the number one songs!!

[newyawker99]

I thought it might be time for another music "battle." I remember that on the radio they used to have an entire weekend of "battle of the songs." What they would do is play 2 songs and the audience had to phone in their favorite of the 2. The winning song went on to the next round.

Let's see if we can duplicate this game here at DU. I will post 2 songs that hit number 1 on the Billboard charts. I have their book here with all the songs and their highest positions on the charts. You will vote for your favorite song. The winning song will go on to the next round. I am only using number 1 songs.

The first battle:

"Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis vs "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by the Righteous Brothers.

If you want, you can give a reason why you voted for a particular song or why you chose not to vote for a particular song.

Let the battle begin!! :bounce:

[Cheswick2.0]

1. Heart Break Hotel

raw early Elvis, it rocked

[madrchsod]

2. you`ve lost....

righteous brothers,blue eyed soul of the 60`s.. saw them live ,pretty dam good.

[KCDem]

second that!

:bounce:

[elcondor]

3. Righteous Brothers!

eom

[zekeson]

4. Gotta try to even this out for the Elvi

HEartbreak Hotel

[SiouxJ]

5. YLTLF!

though actually I prefer Hall & Oates version. Sorry but I can't lie. Great cover.

Hey! I bet the poll feature would work great for your battles. Make it easy on yourself Newyawker ;-)

:hi:

[newyawker99]

11. That is a good idea SiouxJ. I will do that for the next

round. Thanks! :hi:

[Punkingal]

6. Righteous Brothers.....

I love Elvis, but I don't like that song.

[Bossy Monkey]

7. Score another for the Wall of Sound

Hey, if Phil Spector pointed a gun at me I could probably hit some of those high notes too!

[ronnykmarshall]

22. Another Lovin' Feeling vote

[Mandate My Ass]

8. Heartbreak Hotel for a number of reasons

not the least of which is when I hear HH on the radio I don't get a flashback of a very bad actor (Tom Cruise) doing a very bad rendition in a very bad movie (Top Gun).

Ack!

[Squeech]

9. Heartbreak Hotel

For the version by John Cale (ex-Velvet Underground) live with Brian Eno, Kevin Ayers, and a bunch of other eccentric English rockers. (The record was called June 1, 1974. I'm not sure whether it's been reissued on CD.)

[rucky]

13. Don't Forget Spinal Tap!

put your finger over your ear and sing us some harmony

[kmla]

10. Righteous Bros.

Elvis was novel at first, and was groundbreaking in what he did. He then proceeded to turn into a caricature.

Gotta love the blue-eyed soul...

[tsakshaug]

12. lovin' feelin'

the vocals are great.
tough first round draw

[Lady President]

14. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

At my college the Frat pledges always had to sing this song to the girls' dorms. They sounded awful, but it makes giggle thinking about it to this day. :)

[LSdemocrat]

15. Righteous Brothers

Far better song.

[newyawker99]

16. kick

[Kenneth ken]

17. one more YLTLF vote - sorry Elvis, HH wasn't your best

[OneBlueSky]

18. YLTLF . . . righteous song . . . n/t

.

[newyawker99]

19. kick

[HuckleB]

20. It's gotta be the Righteous Brothers...

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[newyawker99]

21. This round is closed.