Thanks for the numbers MockChop.

The 6th game of Round 2 witnessed victory registered for "Nessun Dorma" by Luciano Pavarotti. This victory will ensure the tracks progression through to the Quarter Final stages of the tournament. The defeated track on this occasion (and therefore eliminated) was 'By the Time I Get To Phoenix' by Glenn Campbell.

Round 2/Game 7 -

Roy Orbison - Crying


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

Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross


Released - 1969
Written by - Jimmy Cliff
Songs Background - Cliff was aged 21 when he wrote and recorded the song in 1969. Cliff stated he wrote the song due to the trouble he was having making it as a successful musical artist after originally finding success in his home of Jamaica, beginning at age 14, before moving to the United Kingdom.

He commented, "When I came to the UK, I was still in my teens. I came full of vigour: I’m going to make it, I’m going to be up there with the Beatles and the Stones. And it wasn’t really going like that, I was touring clubs, not breaking through. I was struggling, with work, life, my identity, I couldn't find my place; frustration fuelled the song."

Regarding the line, "Wandering I am lost, as I travel along the White Cliffs of Dover," Cliff stated, "...that came from the number of times I crossed the channel to the continent. Most of the time it was France but sometimes it was Germany. It was a very frustrating time. I came to England with very big hopes and I saw my hopes fading. And that song came out of that experience.

Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the track number 325 in their Top 500 Greatest Songs Of All-Time.

Voting Closes Tomorrow (Saturday 3rd August) at 6PM
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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
10. Red House Painters - Katy Song
11. Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
11. Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again
12. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
13. Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
14. The Kinks - Some Mother's Son
15. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
16. Christy Moore - Black Is The Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)
17. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
18. Stevie Wonder - Lately
19. Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings
20. The Beautiful South - Old Red Eyes Is Back
21. Judee Sill - The Kiss
22. Buffy Sainte Marie - Until It's Time For You To Go
23. Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute
24. Wilco - On And On And On
25. Pink Floyd - Coming Back to Life
26. George Jones - A Good Year For The Roses
27. The Corries - The Green Fields of France
28. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
29. Badfinger - Without You
30. Dennis Wilson - Time
31. Bread - Everything I Own
32. Frank Sinatra - As Time Goes By
33. Julee Cruise - Falling
34. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
35. Underworld - Eventually But
36. Elliott Smith - I Didn't Understand
37. The Beatles - Yesterday
38. Michael Marra - Happed In Mist
39. The Beatles - Julia
40. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
41. The Beach Boys - Caroline, No
42. Harry Chapin - Cats In The Cradle
43. Spiritualized - Broken Heart
44. Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game
45. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should Have Came Over
46. Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
47. The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
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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
4. Roy Orbison - Crying
5. Johnny Cash - Hurt
6. Carole King - You've Got a Friend
7. Glenn Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
8. Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross
9. Neil Young - Philadelphia
10. The Smiths - Asleep
11. Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely
12. David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
13. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
14. Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma
15. Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You
16. The Smiths - I Know It's Over
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Round 2/Game 2 -

1. Neil Young "Philadelphia" 5-0 David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto 'Forbidden Colours'

2. The Walker Brothers "Make It Easy On Yourself" 4-3 Simon & Garfunkel 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'

3. Radiohead "How To Disappear Completely" 4-3 Eva Cassidy 'Autumn Leaves'

4. Johnny Cash "Hurt" 4-3 The Smith 'Asleep'

5. Carole King 'You've Got A Friend' 3-5 Elvis Presley "Always On My Mind"

6. Glenn Campbell 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix' 2-5 Luciano Pavarotti "Nessun Dorma"
 

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Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross

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