DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of the 70s

[Wolf]

Thank you, everyone, for voting as the 2nd Chance Survival - 4th Round has officially closed. Below are the final voting results.

The artist/song titles with 7 or more votes shown in bold are the winners and will advance to the main tournament.

2nd Chance Survival - 4th Round Results

Originally, I asked for 7 nominations, and it worked out perfectly since there were 5 slots left. These artists/song titles will advance to the main tournament. We now have a preview of the Round 1 matchups, which might start this weekend.

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Carly Simon: You're So Vain
Elton John: Bennie and The Jets
Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
The Knack: My Sharona

 

[Wolf]

Welcome to the opening round of DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of the ’70s.

Voting will be open until Wednesday, April 22, or may close sooner if all votes are submitted before then.

The usual rules apply. Please note: if you plan on skipping a vote, indicate that clearly—it makes it easier when applying everyone’s votes to the spreadsheet.

Let the next round of madness begin!



Round 1


The Beatles: Let It Be
The Doobie Brothers: What A Fool Believes

Don McLean: American Pie
Rupert Holmes: Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Linda Ronstadt: You're No Good

Blondie: Heart of Glass
Billy Preston: Nothing From Nothing

The Knack: My Sharona
Chicago: If You Leave Me Now

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
The Four Seasons: December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
ABBA: Dancing Queen

Eagles: Hotel California
Steve Miller Band: The Joker

Chic: Good Times
Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me

Elton John: Bennie and The Jets
Herb Alpert: Rise

Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive
Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown

Carly Simon: You're So Vain
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Blinded By The Light

Stevie Wonder: Superstition
Paul Simon: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

Carole King: It's Too Late
M: Pop Muzik

 

[Wolf]

The Doobie Brothers: What A Fool Believes
Don McLean: American Pie
Linda Ronstadt: You're No Good
Blondie: Heart of Glass
Chicago: If You Leave Me Now
Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces
Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
Eagles: Hotel California
Chic: Good Times
Elton John: Bennie and The Jets
Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown
Carly Simon: You're So Vain
Stevie Wonder: Superstition
M: Pop Muzik

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Round 1


The Beatles: Let It Be
The Doobie Brothers: What A Fool Believes

Don McLean: American Pie
Rupert Holmes: Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Linda Ronstadt: You're No Good

Blondie: Heart of Glass
Billy Preston: Nothing From Nothing

The Knack: My Sharona
Chicago: If You Leave Me Now

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
The Four Seasons: December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
ABBA: Dancing Queen

Eagles: Hotel California
Steve Miller Band: The Joker

Chic: Good Times
Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me

Elton John: Bennie and The Jets
Herb Alpert: Rise

Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive
Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown

Carly Simon: You're So Vain
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Blinded By The Light

Stevie Wonder: Superstition
Paul Simon: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

Carole King: It's Too Late
M: Pop Muzik

Some tough choices.

 

[Channel98]

Beatles! Beatles! So many Beatles!

The Beatles: Let It Be
Don McLean: American Pie
George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Blondie: Heart of Glass
Chicago: If You Leave Me Now
Paul McCartney & Wings: Band On The Run
Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
The Four Seasons: December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
Steve Miller Band: The Joker
Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me
Elton John: Bennie and The Jets
Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown
Carly Simon: You're So Vaint
Paul Simon: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Carole King: It's Too Late

 

[Madison]

Round 1


The Beatles: Let It Be
The Doobie Brothers: What A Fool Believes

Don McLean: American Pie Skip
Rupert Holmes: Escape (The Piña Colada Song) (Skip)

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Linda Ronstadt: You're No Good

Blondie: Heart of Glass
Billy Preston: Nothing From Nothing

The Knack: My Sharona
Chicago: If You Leave Me Now

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom (Skip)
The Four Seasons: December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) (Skip)

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
ABBA: Dancing Queen

Eagles: Hotel California (Skip)
Steve Miller Band: The Joker (Skip)

Chic: Good Times
Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me

Elton John: Bennie and The Jets
Herb Alpert: Rise

Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive
Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown

Carly Simon: You're So Vain
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Blinded By The Light

Stevie Wonder: Superstition (Skip)
Paul Simon: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Skip)

Carole King: It's Too Late
M: Pop Muzik

 

[Aaron]

The Beatles: Let It Be

Don McLean: American Pie

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord

Blondie: Heart of Glass

Chicago: If You Leave Me Now

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run

Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

The Four Seasons: December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke

Eagles: Hotel California

Chic: Good Times

Herb Alpert: Rise

Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive

Carly Simon: You're So Vain

Stevie Wonder: Superstition

Carole King: It's Too Late

 

[scotchandcigar]

Round 1


The Beatles: Let It Be

Don McLean: American Pie

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord

Billy Preston: Nothing From Nothing

Chicago: If You Leave Me Now

Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces

Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke

Eagles: Hotel California

Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me

Elton John: Bennie and The Jets

Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive

Carly Simon: You're So Vain

Stevie Wonder: Superstition

Carole King: It's Too Late


Notes:

The Beatles: Let It Be
The Doobie Brothers: What A Fool Believes

WTF is this?

 

[HecticArt]

Round 1


The Beatles: Let It Be
The Doobie Brothers: What A Fool Believes

Don McLean: American Pie
Rupert Holmes: Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Linda Ronstadt: You're No Good - Tough choice

Blondie: Heart of Glass
Billy Preston: Nothing From Nothing - Tough choice

The Knack: My Sharona
Chicago: If You Leave Me Now

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
The Four Seasons: December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
ABBA: Dancing Queen

Eagles: Hotel California
Steve Miller Band: The Joker

Chic: Good Times
Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me - Tough choice

Elton John: Bennie and The Jets
Herb Alpert: Rise

Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive
Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown

Carly Simon: You're So Vain
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Blinded By The Light

Stevie Wonder: Superstition
Paul Simon: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

Carole King: It's Too Late
M: Pop Muzik

 

[Listener]

The Beatles: Let It Be

Don McLean: American Pie

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord

Blondie: Heart of Glass

The Knack: My Sharona

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke

Eagles: Hotel California

Chic: Good Times PASS
Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me PASS

Elton John: Bennie and The Jets

Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Blinded By The Light

Paul Simon: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

M: Pop Muzik

 

[sadchild]

The Beatles: Let It Be
The Doobie Brothers: What A Fool Believes

Don McLean: American Pie
Rupert Holmes: Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Linda Ronstadt: You're No Good

Blondie: Heart of Glass
Billy Preston: Nothing From Nothing
TIE

The Knack: My Sharona
Chicago: If You Leave Me Now

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
The Four Seasons: December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
ABBA: Dancing Queen

Eagles: Hotel California
Steve Miller Band: The Joker

Chic: Good Times
Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me

Elton John: Bennie and The Jets
Herb Alpert: Rise

Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive
Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown

Carly Simon: You're So Vain
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Blinded By The Light

Stevie Wonder: Superstition
Paul Simon: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

Carole King: It's Too Late
M: Pop Muzik

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Notes:

WTF is this?

"Let It Be" is one of my ***** songs. Not the best song in the list but better than the Doobies (although I also like the Doobies).

 

[kingchuck69]

Round 1


The Beatles: Let It Be

Don McLean: American Pie

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord

Blondie: Heart of Glass

The Knack: My Sharona

Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces

Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke

Steve Miller Band: The Joker

Chic: Good Times

Herb Alpert: Rise

Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Blinded By The Light

Stevie Wonder: Superstition

M: Pop Muzik

 

[Wolf]

Thank you, everyone, for voting Round 1 has officially closed!

Below are the final voting results. Since there were a couple of ties, I still want to maintain the standard number of matches per round: 16, 8, 4, and 2. The artist/song titles in bold are the winners and will advance to the next round, which starts tomorrow, along with a preview of the Round 2 matchups.

Round 1 Results and Round 2 Matchups

 

[Wolf]

Welcome to the 2nd round of DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of the ’70s.

Voting is open now till end of the week, or may close sooner if all votes are submitted before then.

The usual rules apply. Please note: if you plan on skipping a vote, indicate that clearly—it makes it easier when applying everyone’s votes to the spreadsheet.

Let the next round of madness begin!


Round 2

The Beatles: Let It Be
Herb Alpert: Rise
Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces

Don McLean: American Pie
Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me
Pop Muzik

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Stevie Wonder: Superstition

Blondie: Heart of Glass
Carly Simon: You're So Vain

The Knack: My Sharona
Elton John: Bennie and The Jets

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Eagles: Hotel California

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke

 

[Wolf]

Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces
Don McLean: American Pie
Stevie Wonder: Superstition
Blondie: Heart of Glass
Elton John: Bennie and The Jets
Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive
Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom

 

[kingchuck69]

Round 2

The Beatles: Let It Be

M: Pop Muzik

Stevie Wonder: Superstition

Blondie: Heart of Glass

Elton John: Bennie and The Jets

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke

 

[Aaron]

The Beatles: Let It Be

Don McLean: American Pie

Stevie Wonder: Superstition

Blondie: Heart of Glass

The Knack: My Sharona

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams

Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke

 

[HecticArt]

Round 2

The Beatles: Let It Be - Damned tough choice!
Herb Alpert: Rise
Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces

Don McLean: American Pie
Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me
Pop Muzik

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Stevie Wonder: Superstition - Tough choice!

Blondie: Heart of Glass
Carly Simon: You're So Vain

The Knack: My Sharona
Elton John: Bennie and The Jets

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Eagles: Hotel California

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Round 2

The Beatles: Let It Be
Herb Alpert: Rise (hard to eliminate)
Average White Band: Pick Up The Pieces

Don McLean: American Pie
Steve Miller Band: Rock'n Me
Pop Muzik

George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Stevie Wonder: Superstition

Blondie: Heart of Glass
Carly Simon: You're So Vain

The Knack: My Sharona
Elton John: Bennie and The Jets

Paul McCartney and Wings: Band On The Run
Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
Eagles: Hotel California

Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke