Pat, Thank You for the numbers.

The 3rd match of the tournament witnessed victory registered for the track "Autumn Leaves" the live cover version from 1996 from the late, great Eva Cassidy. The 3 tracks eliminated at this stage of the competition are "Almaz" by Randy Crawford, "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Ray Charles and Betty Carter and "Vincent" by Don McLean. The latter surprisingly registering no votes.

Round 1/Game 4 -

Red House Painters - Katy Song
https://youtu.be/NFQ4nuUuwNo
Released - 24th May 1993
Written By - Mark Kozelek
Songs Background - Pitchfork Magazine had this melancholic number in their 'Top 200 Tracks of the 1990's' (number 162 to be specific). The song is about Kozelek's break-up with his partner.

V's

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
https://youtu.be/aCnf46boC3I
Released - 1969
Written By - Joni Mitchell
Songs Background - Mitchell is said to have written "Both Sides, Now" in March 1967, inspired by a passage in 'Henderson The Rain King', a 1959 novel by Saul Bellow.

"I was reading Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King on a plane and early in the book Henderson the Rain King is also up in a plane. He's on his way to Africa and he looks down and sees these clouds. I put down the book, looked out the window and saw clouds too, and I immediately started writing the song. I had no idea that the song would become as popular as it did."

In 2004 Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "Both Sides, Now" at #171 on its list of Top 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time

V's

Roy Orbison - Crying
https://youtu.be/eO8R1w8qrgo
Released - July 1961
Written by - Roy Orbison and Joe Melson
Songs background - This famous track by Roy Orbison fostered him a No.2 US hit in the Summer of 1961. Don McLean would cover the song in 1980 and his version would reach No.1 in the UK charts.

V's

Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again
https://youtu.be/T5C4meGkNyc
Released - 1939
Written by - Ross Parker and Hughie Charles
Songs Background - The song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, and strongly resonated with soldiers going off to fight as well as their families and sweethearts.
The song gave its name to the 1943 musical film 'We'll Meet Again' in which Dame Vera Lynn played the lead role. Lynn's recording is also featured in the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film 'Dr Strangelove'.

Voting Closes Tomorrow (Friday 14th June) at 10PM
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Tracks Eliminated - Round 1 -

1. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
2. Randy Newman - Dexter's Tune
3. Ralph McTell - Streets Of London
4. Gerry Rafferty - Mary Skeffington
5. Nina Simeone - Feelings
6. Neil Young - Birds
7. Don McLean - Vincent
8. Ray Charles and Betty Carter - Ev'ry Time We say Goodbye
9. Randy Crawford - Almaz
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Tracks Through Round 1 -

1. The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
2. Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
3. Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
 

We ll meet again

Red House Painters

Joni Mitchell

Roy Orbison, please Tek.