MockChop, thanks for the numbers.

The 2nd match of the tournament saw the tie won by the track 'Always On My Mind' the famous cover by the late, great Elvis Presley. This will now progress through to the 2nd Round as a consequence of said victory. The other 3 tracks that are eliminated at this early stage are 'Birds' by Neil Young, 'Feelings' the cover version by Nina Simeone and 'Mary Skeffington' by Gerry Rafferty.

Round 1/Game 3 -

Don McLean - Vincent 
https://youtu.be/0PPAbHX4FkU
Released - March 1972
Written By - Don McLean
Songs Background - Don Mclean wrote the song in 1971 after being inspired by a book he read about the life of the famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. One year later the song would hit No.1 in the U.K. Charts and No.12 in the U.S. 

V's

Ray Charles and Betty Carter - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
https://youtu.be/qkXYqUB-9NM
Released - 1944
Written By - Cole Porter
Songs Background - Like many 'Wartime love songs' the lyrics and melody are suitably sombre and emotional. The lyrics are intended to be a reflection of how happy the singer is in the company of their beloved, but suffering equally whenever they separate. Describing it by analogy as a musical "change from major to minor", Porter begins with an A♭ major chord and ends with an A♭ minor one, matching the mood of the music to the words

V's


Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
https://youtu.be/xXBNlApwh0c
Released - May 1996
Written By - Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer and Jacques Prevert
Songs Background - Written in late Wartime this jazz standard was written by French composer Joseph Kosma and lyrics by fellow Frenchman Jacques Prevert, and later adapted to English language by Johnny Mercer. Eva Cassidy's version was recorded 'as live' at a Jazz club in Washington D.C. in January 1996 and released 4 months later. During the promotional events for this live album Cassidy noted a pain in her hips, which she attributed to stiffness from painting murals while perched atop a stepladder. The pain persisted and X-rays revealed a fracture. Further tests sadly found that cancer had spread to her bones, causing the fracture, as well as to her lungs. Her health deteriorated rapidly and tragically,  Cassidy would die in November, just 6 months after first realising her initial symptoms.

V's
Randy Crawford - Almaz
https://youtu.be/KvZ0b-a5FYg
Released - November 1986
Written By - Randy Crawford
Songs Background - "Almaz" was written about a couple of Eritrean refugees who were neighbours of Crawford's. The man asked Crawford to write a song about his wife, who was named Almaz (which means "diamond" in Amharic, Arabic and a number of other languages). In the song, the singer reflects on their rare form of love. In Crawford's own words, "I witnessed this perfect love affair between them, although she was considerably younger than him. This beautiful couple with their baby. As refugees they were looking for 'a world where love survives'.

Voting Closes Later Today (Wednesday 12th June) at 11PM
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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
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Tracks Through Round 1 -

1. The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
2. Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind

Ray Charles and Betty Carter

Ray Charles and Betty Carter please Tek.

Sorry to have missed the first couple of rounds Tek, been mad busy with work and keeping an eye on the builders doing work at meh place, so not been on any social media, anyways getting to the point, can I pick Eva Cassidy please, I'm like Pat this is no' my favourite genre, but as you rightly say I may find something I never thought I would like.

Eva Cassidy