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I've been trying to think of a new game, so let me know if this sounds like it might work...We will be going through the years. Starting from the class of 55 and on....Not too much to the rules...for MOST POPULAR you are to put a #1 song of that year....the rest of the categories is up to you...it's your decision...as long as the artist had a song on the charts US/UK for that year....the next person would do the next class...So what do you think? :P

Class Of: 1955

Most Popular: The McGuire Sisters - Sincerely

Most Likely To Succeed: Frank Sinatra

Class President: Bing Crosby (solo male artist here)

Class Treasurer: Doris Day (solo female artist here)

Best Vocal: Frank Sinatra

Best Music Arrangement: Mitch Miller and his Orchestra

Best Dressed: The Fontane Sisters

Best Couple: Les Paul and Mary Ford (duo/duet here)

Class Clown: Bill Haley

Next Up: Class Of 1956

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Class Of: 1956

Most Popular: Elvis Presley

Most Likely To Succeed: Elvis Presley

Class President: Eddie Fisher

Class Treasurer: Patti Page

Best Vocal: Gene Vincent

Best Music Arrangement: Nelson Riddle

Best Dressed: The McGuire Sisters

Best Couple: Bing Crosby/Grace Kelly (charted with True Love)

Class Clown: Little Richard

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Class Of: 1957

Most Popular: Buddy Holly & the Crickets ~ That'll Be The Day

Most Likely To Succeed: Andy Williams

Class President: Perry Como

Class Treasurer: Patsy Cline

Best Vocal: Sam Cooke

Best Music Arrangement: Jerry Lee Lewis

Best Dressed: Tony Bennett

Best Couple: Mickey and Silvia

Class Clown: Fats Domino

Next Up: Class Of 1958

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Next Up: Class Of 1958

Well, it's been a year since there was a post to this thread, so bazooka's skipped ahead to

The Class of 1959

Most Popular: Fabian

Most Likely To Succeed: Bill Parsons (The All American Boy)

Class President: Bobby Rydell

Class Treasurer: Dodie Stevens

Best Vocal: Jackie Wilson

Best Music Arrangement: Santo & Johnny (Sleep Walk)

[smaller]Honorable mention: Ray Charles (What'd I Say), Martin Denny (Quiet Village)[/smaller]

Best Dressed: Bobby Darin

Best Couple: Edd “Kookie†Byrnes & Connie Stevens

Class Clown: Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon

[smaller]Honorable mention: The Coasters, The Chipmunks[/smaller]

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Most Likely To Succeed: Bill Parsons (The All American Boy)

Credit Where Credit Is Due Dept.

This just in (from 1959)

[smaller]from Wikipedia:[/smaller]

"Just before he was drafted into the Army, Bobby Bare wrote a song called The All American Boy and did a demo for his friend, Bill Parsons, to learn and record. Instead of using the version Bill Parsons did later, the record company, Fraternity Records, decided to use the original demo done by Bobby Bare. The record reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, but they made an error: the singles' labels all credited the artist as being "Bill Parsons."

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Class Of: 1960

Most Popular: Sam Cooke - "Chain Gang"

Most Likely To Succeed: Frankie Avalon

Class President: Roy Orbison

Class Treasurer: Benda Lee

Best Vocal: Elvis Presley

Best Music Arrangement: Don Costa

Best Dressed: Elvis Presley (again)

Best Couple: The Everly Brothers

Class Clown: Chubby Chekker

Next Up: Class Of 1961

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Class Of: 1961

Most Popular: Del Shannon - "Runaway"

Most Likely To Succeed: Neil Sedaka

Class President: Gene Pitney

Class Treasurer: Patsy Cline

Best Vocal: Ricky Nelson

Best Music Arrangement: Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk

Best Dressed: Pat Boone

Best Couple: Pat Boone & Connie Francis

Class Clown: Bobby Lewis

Next Up: Class Of 1962

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Class Of 1962

Most Popular: Ray Charles - "I Can't Stop Loving You"

Most Likely To Succeed: Neil Sedaka

Class President: Perry Como

Class Treasurer: Brenda Lee

Best Vocal: Roy Orbison

Best Music Arrangement: If I Had A Hammer - Peter, Paul & Mary

Best Dressed: Connie Francis

Best Couple: Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford

Class Clown: Bobby (Boris) Pickett

Next Up: Class of 1963

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Class Of 1963

Most Popular: Chubby Checker

Most Likely To Succeed: "Little" Stevie Wonder

Class President: Trini Lopez

Class Treasurer: Lesley Gore

Best Vocal: Bobby Vinton

Best Music Arrangement: The Kingsmen (Louie Louie )

+ Runners-up: [smaller] The Chantays (Pipeline ) , The Surfaris (Wipeout ) [/smaller]

Best Dressed: The Singing Nun

Best Couple: Peter, Paul and Mary !!!

Class Clown: Allan Sherman

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Class Of 1964

Most Popular: John, Paul, George&Ringo

Most Likely To Succeed: Mick, Keith, Brian, Charlie and Bill

Class President: Roy Orbison

Class Treasurer: Berry Gordy (& The Supremes)

Best Vocal: Diana Ross

Best Music Arrangement: A Hard Day´s Night (the album)

Best Dressed: The Beatles

Best Couple: Simon&Garfunkel (first album release)

Class Clown: Alan Freed

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Class Of 1965

Most Popular: Beach Boys

Most Likely To Succeed: The Rolling Stones

Class President: Andy Williams

Class Treasurer: Petula Clark

Best Vocal: Sam Cooke

Best Music Arrangement: A Taste Of Honey - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (instrumental)

Best Dressed: Elvis

Best Couple: Sonny & Cher

Class Clown: Allan Sherman

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