The Yearly GELT's TOP 1950

Louis Calhern & Marilyn Monroe in Asphalt Jungle (Billy Wilder, 1950)

Artist of the year : Red Foley

The least that can be said about Red Foley, a veteran of the big folk song mass that was then the Grand Ole' Opry, is that he always had a gift for popularizing the sometimes ungrateful rough overtones of country blues music by performing titles with a personal  pleasant touch subtly  flavored to boogie-woogie sauce. After the true jewel released the previous year that was Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy which will be remembered as his trademark song, he records now a blistering cover of Birmingham Bounce,,a song created shortly before by certain Hardrock Gunter, a visionary songwriter unfortunately ever confined to confidentiality. Native of Birmingham, the latter worked in the city as disc jockey, recording songs of an amazing  newness without any success.  It was enough to Red Foley adding to Birmingham Bounce both stage presence and sound depth to make it one of the major hits of the year .

RK	Artist	Title	CT	VIDEO
1	Red Foley	Birmingham Bounce (Hardrock Gunter)	USA
2	Calvin Boze & His All Stars	Safronia B (Calvin Boze)	USA
3	Johnny Otis	Mistrustin' Blues feat. Little Esther & Mel Walker (Johnny Otis)	USA
4	Louis Jordan  & His Tympany Five	Blue Light Boogie (Louis Jordan/Jessie Mae Robinson)	USA
5	Jo Stafford	No Other Love (Frederic Chopin/Bob Russell/Paul Weston)	USA
6	Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra	My Foolish Heart feat. Sandy Evans (Victor Young/Ned Washington)	USA
7	Joe Liggins & The Honeydroppers	Pink Champagne (Joe Liggins)	USA
8	Nat King Cole	Mona Lisa (Ray Evans/Jay Livingston)	USA
9	Fats Domino	The Fat Man (Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew)	USA
10	Hank Williams	Long Gone Lonesome Blues (Hank Williams)	USA
11	Doris Day with The Mellomen	Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered) (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers)	USA
12	Percy Mayfield	Please Send Me Someone To Love (Percy Mayfield)	USA
13	The Ravens	Count Every Star (Hugo Winterhalter/Ray Anthony/Dick Haymes)	USA
14	Sammy Kaye	Harbor Lights feat. Tony Alamo & The Kaydets (Hugh Williams/Jimmy Kennedy)	USA
15	Johnny Otis Quintette	Double Crossing Blues feat. Little Esther & The Robins (Johnny Otis)	USA
16	Frankie Laine with Harry Geller & His Orchestra	Cry Of The Wild Goose (Terry Glykerson)	USA
17	Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford	I'll Never Be Free (Bennie Benjamin/George David Weiss)	USA
18	The Andrews Sisters	I Wanna Be Loved (Gordon Jenkins/Farnell G.)	USA
19	Phil Harris with Walter Scharf Orchestra	The Thing (Charles Randolph Grean)	USA
20	Paul Weston & His Orchestra	Nevertheless feat. The Norman Luboff Choir (Harry Rubin/Bert Kalmar)	USA
21	Ruth Brown	Teardrops From My Eyes (Rudy Toombs)	USA
22	The Ames Brothers	Can Anyone Explain (No, No,No)  (Bennie Benjamin/George David Weiss)	USA
23	Eddie Fisher	Thinking Of You (Three Little Words) (Harry Ruby/Bert Kalmar)	USA
24	Wynonie Harris	Rock Mr Blues (Henry Bernard/Lois Mann)	USA
25	Hank Williams	Moanin' The Blues (Hank Williams)	USA
26	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan	Ain't Nobody's Business (Porter Grainger/Clarence Williams)	USA
27	Patti Page with Harry Geller & His Orchestra	All My Love  (Paul Durandl/Mitchell Parish)	USA
28	Eileen Barton	If I Knew You Were Coming I'd 'Ve Baked A Cake (Al Hoffman/Bob Merrill/Clem Watts)	USA
29	Yvette Giraud	Avril Au Portugal (Raul Ferrao/José Galhardo)	F
30	Bing & Gary Crosby	Sam's Song (John Elliot/Lew Quadling)	USA
31	Hank Snow	I'm Movin' On (Hank Snow)	USA
32	Amos Milburn	Bad Bad Whiskey (Adelia Davis/Thomas Maxwell Davis)	USA
33	Kay Starr	Bonaparte's Retreat (Pee Wee King)	USA
34	Louis Prima & Keely Smith	Oh Babe ! (Louis Prima/Milton Kabak)	USA
35	Archibald	Stack-A-Lee (W.C. Handy)	USA
36	Edith Piaf	Hymn To Love (Edith Piaf/Marguerite Monnot)	F
37	Patti Page	Tennessee Waltz (Red Stewart/Pee Wee King)	USA
38	Nat King Cole Trio	Orange Color Sky (Milton DeLugg/Willie Stein)	USA
39	The Four Buddies	I Will Wait (Mildred Coclaugh)	USA
40	Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra	It Isn't Fair feat. Don Cornell (Richard Himber/Frank Warshauer/Sylvester Sprigato)	USA