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MY secret dream, for years, was tomeet Gracie Fields and it came
true for me back in 1954. I was only16. Gracie was making an appeal onbehalf of the National Society for Can-cer Relief, so I sent a small contribu-tion. They replied that Gracie wascoming for a visit and would I like tomeet her.
I did like. I could hardly believe Iwas talking to the famous Miss Fieldsfor she is so natural and ordinary,friendly in every way. It was the firstof many meetings. I have been manytimes to Gracie's home in Capri andtaken pictures of her ...and alwaysshe has remained the same - warm,natural and friendly.
I remember walking along one ofthe small streets in Capri. Up cameGracie. I said "Hello, Gracie" and shereplied: "It's Denis, from London". Shenever forgets her fans. To her, theymean a great deal and she often saysif it were not for them she would notbe living in her lovely home in Capri.
Naturally, the secret of Gracie's suc-cess is that she believes in what she issinging. So many others seem to singa song just for the sake of singing it-but with Gracie she means every word.There is one other singer who has thisgift-our own dear Shirley Bassey.
Grade, remaining on top all the time,is an "evergreen". If she were to appearat any theatre tomorrow, her name onthe bills would be enough to fill thehall night after night. Gracie's magic isnot only for the old but for the youngas well. Whenever she does one of herrare concerts nowadays, it is alwayspacked with every type of person in allage groups.
I can't help wondering how many ofthe stars of today will, in twenty orthirty years, still be remembered andable to step on stage and have the audi-ence stand up and cheer and cheer asthey do now for Gracie. She can singa comedy number, bringing tears oflaughter to your eyes. Then switch toa serious song, bringing a tear of sad-ness. Before you know where you are,she has you laughing again.
Grade is an all-time great. I am veryproud to have met her so often. -DENIS F. LOWNDS, 41, AcaciaAvenue, New Malden, Surrey.
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HardWORKING X ON BEHALF OF
PAUL HANFORD
THE FEDERALS (PARLOPHONE)
MAL RYDER (DECCA)
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KEITH KELLYANDTHE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION
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FATS, RAY & HANK -THE NEWTRIANGLE
FATS DOMINO: Credit where it's due.
PREDICTIONSWITH 1962 fast fading, the time is
ripe for making 1963's predictions... just which stars will be "tops" hereduring the coming twelve months.
On the male side, using the last twelvemonths as a yardstick, I am putting mymoney on Bobby Vee for America, andBill Fury on the home front.
Bobby, after a shaky start, has firmlyestablished himself here as the mostpopular American export of the year.The Press and public alike have fallenfor his charming manner and easy vocalstyle. The personal contact he has madewith his British fans has given him aterrific boost, and with every teenagegirl wishing they were " Bobby's Girl"in 1962 I've the feeling this " crush"will last right through 1963.
For Bill Fury, this has been his bestyear yet, but I expect even bigger thingsfrom him during the next . . . thingsdefinitely point that way.
The news that Larry Parnes will takehis organisation on to the Stock Marketand use the capital to expand and includetheatre ownership and movie makingheralds fantastic opportunities for Bill toreally show his paces. I am sure it is achance that he will take full advantageof and 1963 will see him as Britain'sGolden Boy.
The girls are less easily predictable,though Brenda Lee seems likely to con-tinue her run of popularity . . . with herfull scale British tour in the offing .
But on the home front, just WHO ?Helen Shapiro has been killed off bythe ridiculous and over ambitious pub-licity campaign that built her up in 1962and now sees her crumble: she will bearound, of course, but I think merely asa young singer with popularity in pro-portion to her talent. I personally rateJulie Grant a good outsider, if she justgets some decent material to record.
Instrumentally it looks like The Tor-nados as the "go ahead" group, alongwith Pete Jay and his Boys, with perhapsa return of the big band sound to fillthe void made by the failing popularityof Trad.
All considered, it looks like anotherbumper year for artists and fans alike.-PETE WARRACK, 103 AlexandraRoad, Great Crosby, Liverpool, 23.
MATHIS PRAISENRM last week seemed to contain the
most malefic letters ever printed rethe Johnny Mathis affair.
It is indeed pathetic that today's "pop"tans can accept no criticism of theiridols!!
If Mathis felt a record was awful, itwas his duty to say so and not be guiltyof hypocrisy like so many who appearon "J.B.J.", to cement their popularityby praising each and every record played.Think what would happen if so-and-socriticised a single by Cliff, Billy, Adam,Helen-their sales would drop to zeroovernight !!!
And as for the so-called fans who aredeserting him because of this appearance-one feels he is better off withoutthem!!
I am surprised no one seemed to agreewith T. Clovis' letter (1-8-62)-to whicha reply was printed last week.
I thought his letter was the best EVERprinted in NRM. Yet I seem to be alonein my opinion. A pity ! - GRAHAMBREEZE. Greengates, Manor Avenue,Deal, Kent.
Readers'Letter Bag
MODEST MATHISJUKE BOX JURY is a programme, as
most people know, where stars areasked to comment on the latest records.If any star dares to make derogatoryremarks his name is immediatelyblackened and so-called "fans" drop him.How ridiculous !!! Surely one wouldrather have the truth as the star sees it,even if the remarks are perhaps a bitblunt, than the over -done sycophancyfrom one star to another, which is sooften all that J.B.J. consists of.
And as for Johnny Mathis being con-ceited and rude- I would like to saythat, after rehearsing and recording a TVshow, he still had time to see about adozen fans. He answered questions andsigned autographs, during which time hewas anything but conceited and rudein fact, we found him modest and polite-I only wish more singers were as sin-cere as he is.-JENNIFER WHEALS,A Mathis Fan, 59 John Aird Court,Paddington, W.2.
GOFFIN KINGANDREW DOBEL'S list of Carole
King/Jerry Goffin compositions(NRM last week) was very interestingbut not quite complete.
Almost three years ago, the firstCarole King/Jerry Coffin song was heardin Britain. This was the TOP RANKrelease of "Carole" c/w "Stairway toThe Stars by Billy Scott.
Since that time, both Carole and Jerryhave been improving the general stan-dard of lyrics in Pop Music, and I lookforward to hearing many more of theirexcellent compositions. - RAY E.DONELAN, 50, Welbeck Road, WestHarrow, Middlesex.
HANK WILLIAMS and Fats Dominofans write! It seems that when that
Ray Charles guy wants a hit he consultsa Williams' song book, listens to theDomino version and says to himself"How Can I commercialise this?"
First there's "You Win Again".Domino turns this into decent R & B,which doesn't sell; when Ray Charleslater makes mockery of it on an LPeverybody raves.
Then there's "You're Cheatin' Heart".Ray will get the credit (i.e. Charthonours) but when Fats does justice tothe number on his "Let The Four WindsBlow" LP no one ever knows he's re-corded it.
So it appears Ray is committing two"crimes", making out he can sing coun-try songs better than Hank, and sinceBritain never hears any commercial R& B giving the impression HE is Kingof his kind of music.
How about "Jambalaya", Ray?-DAVID G. WALKER, 37 Exeter Gar-dens, Stamford, Lincs.
BING CROSBYT HAVE been collecting records of the1 great BING CROSBY for nearlythree years and his latest L.P. called"HOLIDAY IN EUROPE" is a superbaddition to my collection.
Some of the tracks were recorded inLondon which makes the album of specialinterest to me.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr.Crosby some time ago, and may I sayhow kind and considerate he turned outto be. I have a treasured collection of theOLD MASTER, besides having recordsby other artists. I have 100 singles (both45s and 78s) 24 E.P. releases and 58 L.P.releases.
I would be very interested to know ifany of your teenage readers have as largea collection by their favourite pop idol.-TONY McCORMACK, 20 LiskeardHouse, Kennings Way, S.E.11.
FROGMANTT'S about time Clarence "Frogman"A Henry got back in the charts. Aftertwo smash hits with "But I Do" and"You Always Hurt The One You Love",he has not got anywhere near the chartswith his follow up releases, although hehas maintained a very high standard.
Much blame rests on D.J.s who don'tbother to plug his records (excludingKent Walton). His latest record "TheJealous Kind" is his best to date anddeserves a chart placing.
So come on record buyers giveClarence a break and buy "The JealousKind." - FRED HOBDEN, ChurchFarm, Cowbeech, Hailsham, Essex.
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THOUGH HE RECORDS BARE-FOOTED, WE RAISE OUR GLASSES TO
FRANK IFIELD, STAR OF THE YEARIT'S Star of the Year time again. Our
miniature election in which we pickout the NEW, DOMINATING figureof the pop scene here in Britain. Andit's been a tough selection, with plentyof contenders-almost as tough as 1961when we announced that Helen Shapirohad just beaten John Leyton.
But this year's choice is ...FRANKIFIELD.
Let's say right away: it couldn't havehappened to a nicer guy. If that soundsa cliche-well, all right! But his emerg-ence into the big, BIG -time has beenhailed by stars and fans alike.
Why Frank as Star of the Year? Itreally could all be summed up by thatstarry party he hosted a few weeks agowhen he got a Gold Disc, an award forhis follow-up "Lovesick Blues"-andcelebrated his TWENTY-FIFTH birth-day.
Frank, you see, is not only a big discsuccess. He is also no overnight won-der. Having made the grade, and be-come an international success, he hasthe experience to call upon to cementhis position at the top.
The New Record Mirror feels justifi-ably proud of Frank's breakthrough. Hecalled in to see us the day after therelease of the fantastic "I RememberYou".
Frank admitted being known as the"unsuccessful success"- a descriptionpinned on him because he just couldn'tmake the charts even though he was afully -booked TV and stage performer.We said he'd become the "successful suc-cess" ere long. He just grinned. Saidhe thanked us for our confidence. Buthe kept his own confidence modestly incheck.
That interview was reported in theNRM of June 30.
A week later, he was away. First inour charts at Number 36. Then Num-ber 11. Then two. Then One. And hestayed on in top position. For six monthshe has been in that position somewherein the world
Russ Conway said recently: "Who'dhave thought a year ago that a yodel-ling disc would make the charts? ButI'm delighted for Frank ..."
CYNICSThere were still the cynics. Those who
said it was a one -hit marvel, just agimmick and that Frank, nice guy orno, couldn't make a Consistent show inthe charts. For Frank, the follow-upwas more important than to most ...
He said then, though: "I'm honestlymore interested in making GOOD discsthan in worrying too much about com-mercial re -action. If a good disc getsaway, then I'm happy. But I'd soonermake a good disc and fail than make abad one and leap around the charts.
"Of course a hit disc is a good thing.But if you look at it realistically itdoesn't make a singer a better per-former, more capable of entertaininglive audiences. It merely adds to hisdrawing -power so that more people wantto get along and see him work."
Frank has seldom, if ever, deviatedfrom his policy of making GOOD discs.He's plugged away through the years,just hoping that one would catch on.
His follow-up came along. "LovesickBlues" hit the charts, boosted by anenormous advance order. The flip, "SheTaught Me How To Yodel", was almostas big a seller in its own right. Amomentary pause for breath and thenew disc was up there in Number Onespot-and causing more world wideattention.
It had, if anything, more yodelling onit. The yodel, neglected since the dayswhen Ronnie Ronalde was a pack -'em -inidol in theatres, was being imitated bykids all over the country. Bruce Forsythtried to yodel along with Frank on a telly_show-and nearly fractured his tonsils inthe process.
UNDERPLAYBut Frank said: "I'd hate people who
didn't know me before the hits to thinkI was just a yodeller. I hate tags beingput on a performer. It's better to under-play a gimmicky idea than overplay it.So I doubt if there'll be much moreyodelling on future discs."
That immediate hit on "I RememberYou" did not make an immediate re-action on Frank's bank statement. Hewas already pretty fully booked formonths ahead. He usually has been, for
FRANK IFIELD: Posed and in action-either way a favourite.
he is a performer of great charm andability and knows precisely how to handleany type of audience. But it did mean his"free" days were soon fully booked, atlarger money and in higher positions onthe bill.
His "Sunday Night At The LondonPalladium" TV not only established himfor millions of new fans-but also gaveeverybody a preview of his follow-upsingle ... both sides!
DOWN UNDERSo Frank Ifield became the first inter-
national pop star to come from Australia-though he still stresses that he wasborn in Coventry, England, before going"down under" with his parents. Hisaccent is strongly Aussie and he nurses afondness for kangaroo tail soup. Theaffection of his fans can be seen fromthe gallons and gallons of soup sent himfor his birthday.
As Frank has progressed during theselast exciting six mcnths, he has neverbeen heard to say anything against theother vocal stars. Many of them, headmires greatly. Some of them, thosewith considerably less experience than hehas himself, elicit just a shade of sym-pathy from him because they have foundstardom before they are really ready tohead bills and top shows.
And others, like Kenny Lynch andPeter Elliott, earn ungrudging admiration
from him-and a fervent hope that they,too, will find stardom on similar lines toFrank.
Let's just look at the Frank Ifieldbiography. His parents are Australian,his father an engineer. He started yodel-ling at the age of eight, when doing amilk round in Moseley, Birmingham.He spent his school life in the bush ofNew South Wales.
He walked three miles to and fromschool daily. He sang Country andWestern music to himself-and his head-master, a folk song enthusiast, gave himevery encouragement.
Told off by his father for playingtruant, Frank ran away from home for awhile-playing his guitar and singing formoney outside pubs. His stage was akerosene tin he hiked round with hisswag bag. His stetson hat served as acollection plate for appreciative by -passers.
BAREFOOTHe still records his songs bare-footed.
He says: "I'm happier this way. You seeI spent most of my childhood runningaround without shoes. It's a novelty inEngland but every child does it in thebush."
He worked in a tent show for ChiefLittle Wolf, a "Red Indian" who laterturned out to be Italian. The Chief was
said to have invented the Indian death -lock in wrestling.
He literally talked his way into a musicpublisher's office, then into a recordcompany, then into a radio station -giving each executive he met the impres-sion that the others had already employedhim.
FORTY-FOURHe made 44 records in Australia, be-
coming the top pop singer. Some of thoserecords sell even today ... as 78's. Heleft for Britain, after meeting his nowmanager Peter Gormley, simply becausehe felt he could get no further "downunder". And his first release in Britain"Lucky Devil" was a medium hit -something which gave him tremendousconfidence. Later he sang his entry"Alone Too Long" into second place inthe 1962 Eurovision song contest.
He sold 32,750 copies of "I Remem-ber You" in half -an -hour, which breaksdown to more than 1,000 a minute-something which even Elvis Presleywould find hard to beat.
He says he LIKES: films, museums,art galleries, car driving, kangaroo tailsoup, Don Gibson, Brook Benton andbaths.
And he DISLIKES: writing letters,telephone conversations, double - edgedquestions, breaking guitar strings andover -made up girls.
Obviously "I Remember You" was thebig turning -point for Frank. But one
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earlier incident sticks in his mind. "Ihad been hired for a show when I was14 at two quid a week. I landed therecording contract, came second in aradio show and thought I was worth asalary raise. I asked Tim McNamara,who was running the show for £2 10s.a week. He refused and sacked me.
"So I got another job for £3 a week.My new boss was . . . McNamara'swife!"
From the proceeds of "I RememberYou", Frank bought his first statussymbol -a two-seater all -white FordCapri. But he's still a heart -free bachelor.There are positively no plans for chang-ing that status.
BRITAINSays Frank: "I love Britain. I'm based
here. I don't really think too much aboutthe future, probably because I'm still abachelor. I take life easily and I guessthis is because I don't worry about cash.I've no desire to have fitted wall-to-wallmoney in my flat-or perhaps its justbecause I'm lazy. Just slipping on arecord is a major effort."
Frank invariably pays generous tributeto those who have helped him in hiscareer. Especially his manager PeterGormley, who also handles Cliff and theShadows, and his recording manager, theenthusiastic Norrie Paramor. Sometimes,to hear him, you'd think the actual sing-ing of the songs was the least importantpart..,
AMERICAOn a recent visit to America, Frank
totally disarmed the people he met there.The result: an invitation to go backany time at all. He was a bit surprisedto find that many of the Americans whohad bought his record were under theimpression HE was a Yank, too.
That, then, is Frank Ifield. Modest,cheerful, relaxed-and very talented. Weraise out titfers , to him in salute for abig year boosting British disc prestige.
And we're raising our glasses to himas ... STAR OF THE YEAR
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SHANE'S BUSY SCHEDULEFULL CHRISTMAS DATE BOOK
AQUIET Christmas by the family fireside for Shane Fenton will have to besandwiched between a heavy working schedule. Christmas commitments for
Shane and The Fentones are shows at the Winter Gardens, Morecambe, on Decem-ber 21; the Corn Exchange, Bedford, on December 22; Southall CommunityCentre on December 23; and the Town Hall, Loughborough, on Christmas Eve.
He broadcasts on Christmas Night andDecember 27 in the BBC's "Music ForYour Party" and "Country ClubChristmas Roundup."
On January 5 he will be seen inABC -TV's "Thank Your Lucky Stars"and during the month will make aguest appearance in the new TommySteele film being shot at Twickenhamtitled "It's All Happening".
4 SEASONSTOUR, DISC
THE Four Seasons-whose recordingsof "Sherry" and "Big Girls Don't
Cry" have both sold a million-maytour Britain in early March.
If the deal, which is being negotiatedby the Grade Organisation, comes off,Neil Sedaka is expected to be on thebill, which will tour the country inearly March.
Meanwhile, The Seasons may wellhave another seasonal chart -contenderwith their latest disc on Stateside,"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town."
CRAIG COMPERESANEW BBC pop music series,scheduled to start late January, will
feature Craig Douglas as compere. He'llalso sing at least one number in eachshow.
`EUROPEAN' DAVIDDAVID JACOBS has signed to corn-
pere the European Song Contestprogrammes, which will be televised byBBC next Spring.
D.J.s ON ICEALAN FREEMAN. David Jacobs,
Pete Murray, Keith Fordyce andJimmy Saville are among the discjockeys who will be appearing atStreatham Ice Rink during January.
ARTS THEATREREVUE
THE Tony Kinsey Quintet and AnnieRom star in the revue "Three At
Nine," which opens at the Arts Theatre,London, on Boxing Day.
Two meetings of Show Biz top brass are pictured this week. Top picture showsGEORGE MARTIN (Parlophone A & R manager), LEON BRETTLER, ALGALLICO, CYRIL SHANE (publishing world personalities), JOHNNY FRANZ(Philips A & R manager), and top star MATT MONRO (currently in Hong Kong).Underneath we find the stars from the Palladium panto breaking off fromrehearsal for a coffee break - MIKE and BERNIE WINTERS, JIMMY EDWARDS,AUDREY JEANS, DICK EMERY, JOAN REGAN and FRANKIE VAUGHAN.
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TORNADOS' FOLLOW-UP DISCAFTER
"Telstar"-"Globetrotter". For the follow-up to the disc that put theminto orbit (sales now coming up to 2.000,000), The Tornados have decided to
stay down to earth with "Globetrotter". Decca release is set for January 4. Thedisc will be issued in America a week later.
Tour ScheduleThe Tornados are keeping moving;
they are currently on a series of one-night stands that take them to the Spring,when they tour in a Larry Parnespackage. They will also tour U.S.A.for 10 days.
During this six months M hard work,they will only be appearing with BillyFury on a few dates.
Caterina StarsGRANADA Television's musical
series " West End" featuresCaterina Valente, one of the Con-tinent's leading recording artists,in the January 2 edition.
Caterina speaks fluent Englishand sings in a dozen languages.No wonder ; her parents wereItalians who met in Russia andwere married in Finland. Cate-rina was born in France, she ismarried to a German, and nowlives in Switzerland !
The seventh generation of herfamily to enter show business,Caterina plays guitar and dancesas well as sings.
BRUBECK 4NEW HIT ?
nAVE BRUBECK, whose quartet" scored such a success with their"Bossa Nova USA" on a recent "Sun-day Night at the London Palladium"TV show, may well be back in thecharts early in the New fear. CBSare releasing this number, backed bya Bossa Nova version of "This Can'tBe Love" on January 4.
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SPRINGFIELDSRECORD TWENTYLAST week The Springfields
recorded over 20 titles inNashville, Tennessee. The Ameri-cans were delighted with the waythe Britons acclimatised them-selves to U.S. recording tech-niques and musicians.
The Springfields were due backin England this Thursday. buthave met with such success duringtheir promotional tour that theyare staying in the States untilChristmas Eve.
SHELDON TVDOUG SHELDON appears on West-
ward Television's "Spin Along" onJanuary 1 and Border TV's "Beat onthe Border" on January 2. He'll besinging his January 4 Decca release-the title of which is still on the secretlist as we go to press.
ROBBY'S K.O.ROBBY HOOD, 18 -year -old singer
about to be launched as a shiningnew star, has had an unhappy set -backjust before he was due to cut his firstdisc.
While a member of Battersea BoxingClub, Robby suffered an eye injurywhich turned out to be more seriousthan was at first suspected.
Several days ago he had to go intohospital and will be spending the wholeof Christmas in the Eye Ward of theCoventry and Warwickshire Hospital,K eresley.
Robby hopes to be out of hospitalearly in the New Year.
(4EEN here at the Harlow 'Lantern Night Club' are left to right singer Barry" Barnett, club manager Don Wallis - he also does a spot of singing - DonBlack, Matt Monro's manager, and his brother, comedian Cyril Black.
Weekdays this club changes to the 'Hideaway Club', a rock club for teenagers.,.,IRACIVIBMALL 2013B IDTQunBack next week - Postal Delays forced us to omit it this week
No child on earth should go hungry at Christmas..."two months old with malnutrition"..."even the grown ups have little more than astarvation diet..." Send the most wonderful giftof all, the chance to live.
a £2 Christmas giftsends 4 childrena month's meals.
can start a smallpoultry farm with 165chicks -helping peopleto help themselves.
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NEW RECORD MIRROR. Week -ending December 22. 1962 Page Five
THE YEAR'S BIGGEST HITSCOMPILED FROM THE N.R.M. TOP FIFTY CHARTS
FOR 1962 BY BOB BEDFORD, CHART COMPILATION
AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT.
1. STRANGER ON THE SHORE2. I REMEMBER YOU3. CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE/
ROCK A HULA BABY4. WONDERFUL LAND5. LET'S TWIST AGAIN6. THE YOUNG ONES7. A PICTURE OF YOU8. COME OUTSIDE9. GOOD LUCK CHARM
10. I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU11. TELSTAR12. SPEEDY GONZALES13. I'M LOOKIN' OUT THE WINDOW/
DO YOU WANNA DANCE?14. THINGS15. THE LOCO -MOTION16. TELL ME WHAT HE SAID17. NUT ROCKER
18. ROSES ARE RED19. GINNY COME LATELY20. WIMOWEH21. LAST NIGHT WAS MADE FOR LOVE22. SHE'S NOT YOU23. WHAT NOW MY LOVE24. WALK ON BY25. HEY LITTLE GIRL26. BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO27. GUITAR TANGO27. SHEILA29. SEALED WITH A KISS30. DREAM BABY31. AS YOU LIKE IT32. HEY BABY33. CRYIN' IN THE RAIN34. NEVER GOODBYE35. TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY36. LET'S DANCE37. IT MIGHT AS WELL RAIN UNTIL
SEPTEMBER38. FORGET ME NOT39. IT'LL BE ME40. HOLE IN THE GROUND41 ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN42. DON'T EVER CHANGE43. RAMBLIN' ROSE44. THEME FROM Z -CARS45. VENUS IN BLUE JEANS46. I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU47. MARCH OF THE SIAMESE CHILDREN48. GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER49. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET 1650. HERE COMES THAT FEELING50. SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU
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dictable --but that doesn't make it asmaller achievement. He's well Overseven hundred points ahead of his near-est rival, Frank !field who comes inwith his "I Remember You" triumphat second spot.
Everyone seems glad that after somany flops Frank has made such hugehits with this and "Lovesick Blues". Yethis past discs like "Lucky Devil","That's The Way It Goes", and "AloneToo Long" have all been up to a greatstandard.
Chubby's "Let's Twist Again" is atnumber five and is the only one therethat didn't get to the top of the charts.Surprise high rating for Bobby Darinand his "Things" number which is atnumber fourteen. Bobby's new discs"If A Man Answers" and "Baby Face"just haven't emulated its success.
High places for Karl Denver with his"Wimoweh" and "Never Goodbye"efforts earlier in the year. His latests"Pastures Of Plenty" is reported to bedoing well and was voted a hit by JukeBox Jury.
Most of the year's big hits are repre-sented, as are the top artists.
Just one thing. If one Presley disc hadstayed in one week longer than it did,the probability is that he would havebeen top artist.
Ronnie Carroll's first big hit for manyears blossoms into eighteenth place,
while Brian Hyland is at number 19with his second British smash hit "GinnyCome Lately". In complete contrast tohis "Bikini" hit some years ago. Hisfollow-up to "Ginny"-"Sealed WithA Kiss" is also highly placed being atthe 29th spot.
Surprisingly enough, Billy Fury'shighest placed effort was "Last NightWas Made For Love" which comes into the 21st place, while his "I'll NeverFind Another You", a bigger seller isonly at number 46.
Leroy Van Dyke did surprisingly well(Continued on page 7)
Page Six NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending December 22, 1962
AND THE YEAR'S BIGGEST ARTISTS1. ACKER BILK -2,200 26. SHIRLEY BASSEY -7732. ELVIS PRESLEY -2,192 27. JIMMY JUSTICE -7383. CLIFF RICHARD -1,890 28. BERNARD CRIBBINS -7144. BILLY FURY -1,629 29. LONNIE DONEGAN -6675. KENNY BALL -1,504 30. THE TORNADOS -6576. CHUBBY CHECKER -1,461 31. DUANE EDDY -6167. FRANK !FIELD -1,504 32. RONNIE CARROLL -6128. THE SHADOWS -1,361 33. LITTLE EVA -5859. KARL DENVER -1,296 34. LEROY VAN DYKE -569
10. PAT BOONE -1,204 35. B. BUMBLE & STINGERS11. DEL SHANNON -1,223 36. ROY ORBtSON -52912. HELEN SHAPIRO -1,188 37. TOMMY ROE -52712. BRENDA LEE -1,181 38. BURL IVES -49814. NEIL SEDAKA -1,164 39. NAT KING COLE -48015. BRIAN HYLAND -1,133 40. MATT MONRO -47116. BOBBY DARIN -1,123 41. BRUCE CHANNEL -46717. RAY CHARLES -1,047 42. JET HARRIS -45218. THE EVERLY BROTHERS -1,004 43. SAM COOKE -45119. BOBBY VEE -999 44. CHRIS MONTEZ -45020. ADAM FAITH -971 45. CAROLE KING -44921. MIKE SARNE -946 46. JIMMIE RODGERS -43922. JOE BROWN -931 47. THE CRICKETS -43823. CRAIG DOUGLAS -872 48. JOHNNY KEATING -43024. EDEN KANE -835 49. KETTY LESTER -42525. DANNY WILLIAMS -784 50. DICK CHAMBERLAIN -409
with his country -flavoured "Walk OnBy" effort, despite much criticism fromC & W purists. But his other Statesidehit "If A Woman Answers" was neverissued here.
Del Shannon's highest -placed effortthis year is "Hey Little Girl" whichrests at 25. Last year his "Runaway"was at number one. The Everlys have
had a bad year, their worst in factsince they started to make hit discs. Agood reason for this could be theirMarine service, and lack of releases.
Sam Cooke's blues -flavoured "Twist -in' The Night Away" has made itsmark but the follow-up, "Having AParty"/"Bring It On Home To Me"failed to make it, despite its enormoussuccess in America.
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We must say, it's nice to see theCrickets back, even though low in thecharts, with their big selling discs "Don'tEver Change". But the follow-up "LittleHollywood Girl" so far hasn't meant athing.
Some discs we expected to see withhigher placings-"It'll Be Me", "Hey,Baby", "Let's Dance", "March Of TheSiamese Children" and "Sheila".
ALL IN ALL, 1962 HAS PROVEDAN EXCITING POP DISC YEAR.
AFTER THE TWIST CRAZE, ALULL WHICH MEANS THERE ISSTILL A GAP TO BE FILLED.
WHAT GIMMICK WILL FILLTHAT GAP? YOUR GUESS IS ASGOOD AS OURS - BUT IF WEKNEW, OUR BANK MANAGERWOULD SMILE FOR A CHANGE.
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PORTRAIT OF A YEARXTINETEEN - SIXTY - TWO : Y e I" another fantastic year in the historyof pop music. A year of change. Ayear of development. A year whereinnew personalities came to the front andone or two old favourites went-ashappens in such a fickle business-wentfor the proverbial Burton.
NINETEEN - SIXTY - TWO: A vastinflux of American stars-and not afew British stars making considerableimpact on the States -side scene.
These twelve drama -packed monthsnow come under review. Culled from theNew Record Mirror files, we presentour Diary of 1962:
,JANUARY: The 1961 scene came to
an end with us nominating Helen Shapiro"the girl in a man's world" as "StarOf The Year". We'd talked about Mr.Acker Bilk, Frankie Vaughan, EdenKane, Billy Fury, Matt Monro, Elvis,The Shadows, Cliff, Adam . . . but werated John Leyton, then, as runner-upto Little Miss Lonely. So on we go ...First top -charter was (January 6) Acker,with "Stranger On The Shore"-andChubby Checker, "The Twist", headingthings in the States ... American dee-jay poll voted Matt Monro "MostPromising Male Singer", with Sinatraand Connie Francis heading the vocaldepartments ... Vince Hill left theRaindrops ... Joe Brown left LarryParnes ... Connie Francis flipping be-cause she'd dropped from fifth to 38th.in the best-selling disc artists ... JohnLeyton and Eden Kane both sweatingit out because they were on a hat -trickof hits-"Son This Is She" and "ForgetMe Not" respectively....
Pop -laden "Palladium" TV featuredGary Miller, Bert Weedon, Lonnie,Cleo Laine, Alma Cogan, Cliff, RonnieCarroll, Vera Lynn, Janie Marden . . .
Question being asked: "How does PatBoone get away with being so goody-goody?" and later in the year he wasto turn all beatnik-ified in movie ...Cliff took over "Biggest advance order"title from Elvis with "The Young Ones
. Frank Sinatra Discography out ...Anthony Newley said his new disc "I'llWalk Beside You" was a step in theright direction ... Temperance Sevensigned for movie "Old Sid" ... MartinSlavin and John Leyton hectored eachother about "doctored" recordings ..."Young Ones" (January 20 hit No. 1
spot Carol Deene slammed un-mercifully on "Juke Box Jury", topull in lots of sympathetic letters ...Neil Sedaka did a fine "Palladium"TV ... And he said of his classicalpiano bit "Chopin makes a nice change". . . Ken Dodd aired his very straight-forward views on the pop scene
New five-year disc contract forConnie Francis with MGM ... AmericanRecord Industry Association said therewere only two million -selling singles in1961-Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John"and "Calcutta"... Russ Conway said"YOU can play my new single"-"Les-son One", based on 'Chopsticks"...Everleys denied retirement rumours ...Matt Monro flipping about "Softly As ILeave You"..
FEBRUARY: "Duke Of Earl", byGene Chandler, hit top spot in theStates ...Organisation going on a-pace for "Song For Europe" contest...Whispering Paul McDowell turnedlyricist on "Dreamaway Romance"...Pat Boone starts protests about hisgoody-goody image ... Plea made forJoanie Sommers to get breaks inBritain ... Bobby Vee, a debut -visitor,said he didn't want a Cadillac. "If Igot one, what have I got to look for-ward to"... Kenny Ball hit Americancharts (at 15) with "Midnight InMoscow"... Dorothy Provine due thismonth but called off 'cos of illness ...Bobby Rydell said he feared he'd lostground with his British fans-this priorto a successful telly -visit ... Over -plugging of discs criticised by severaltop music folk ...
Tony Orlando arrives, saying Britainis vitally important territory to any U.S.artist ... Gene Pitney, too, arrived,confessing he was a student of taxi-dermy as well as being hit composerand singer ... "Song For Europe"winner: "Ring -A -Ding Girl" for Ronnie
HELEN: Roves all over the place.
HAYLEY MILLS: confessed her adoration of Elvis (March).
Carroll but it didn't show so well inthe Eurovision final ... Oriole Recordssaid they were re -organising and goingout to beat the major companies atthe pop game . .. Jerry Lordan, com-poser, raved about Shadows' new disc"Wonderful Land"-and rightly, too...Bobby Vee flops hopelessly and help-lessly on "Palladium" TV ... NRM'sJames Craig talked about the huge out-put of Ella's discs and queried "Is shereally a great pop singer?"... Build-upfor Little Richard come -back starts ..Buddy Britten hailed as the new BuddyHolly ... "Rock -A -Hula Baby" and"Can't Help Falling In Love" take overtop of British charts for El ... DeanMartin joined Sinatra's Reprise label ...Big moan by NRM's Peter Jones aboutour girls not being so good as theAmerican thrushes ... Lotta starsrehearsing for Larry Parnes "Big Showof 1962". .
MARCH : Bernard Cribbins on thechart trail with "Hole In The Ground"
. Four Freshmen and Jeri Southernarrive mid -way through the month-butJeri didn't stay long on tour ... PaulAnka said Britain was the toughestnut to crack, disc -wise, outside theStates ... Jimmy Dean, in London forTV, told reporters "I was born JimmyDean. No question of me cashing inon the name of the actor"... NormanJopling wrote that Britain certainlydidn't copy the States in boosting suc-cessful singles ... Kenny Ball's "MarchOf The Siamese Children" hustles El attop of the charts . . World acclaimstarts for British -born trad ... Ella on"Palladium" TV ... Hayley Mills con-fesses her adoration of Elvis... Wesaid Lonnie urgently needed a follow-upto "Dustman" . . Shadows now No.2 with "Wonderful Land" . . . Feud be-tween Bobby Darin and Pat Boonedenied - but absolutely ... Shane
Fenton said his Auntie Violet inspiredhis recording of "It's All Over Now"...
Joan Regan big; but BIG, in theStates ... Pete Murray and DavidHughes applauded for efforts in drab.heavily - panned musical "Scapa"...Hank Ballard positively put forward asoriginator of the Twist ... Brenda Lee,on her way back to Britain, said shewanted to see "old British castles andTommy Steele".. Rick Nelson prac-tising Jap killer -sport of Karate ...Acker Bilk photographed under a vat
of 33,000 gallons of cider ... ClintonFord reported as being all against theTop Twenty . Bruce Channel on theway with "Hey Baby"... NRM startthe Top Fifty-with "Wonderful Land"top ... Channel had it in the States ...Ted Heath band show BBC TV entryfor "Golden Rose Of Montreux" pro-duction contest ... First words of "LoveLetters", by Ketty Lester, come fromStates . More criticism voiced ofHayley Mills' records ... "It's Trad,Dad!" movie nearly complete . . SamCooke an "Twistin' The Night Away"hit .Gene Vincent confessed he hada fear of meeting reporters ... BertWeedon urging groups not to try tosound like the Shadows . . . Mouthorgan sound now definitely on the way
.. Big turn -out for S.O.S. charity ball(Adam, Shadows, Helen, Brooks, Ball,Donegan) ... Billy Fury and MartyWilde both collapse on tour and stressstrain of being touring pop star ...Bert Weedon said he wanted to get thatNashville sound on disc....
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APRIL: Paul Anka knocked out that"Love Me Warm And Tender" hit thecharts ... Perry Como fans kicking upmore of a rumpus about getting theiridol's "Music -Hall" TV series back onBBC ... "Slow Twistin' " takes over inU.S. charts for Chubby Checker . . .Ivor Novell() award for Tony Newley's
GENE CHANDLER: A picture from film "Don't KnockThe Twist" (Feb.).
"What Kind Of Fool Am 1?"... CountBasie in London for concerts ... JoeLoss has his pocket picked by InspectorMaigret to publicise "Maigret" Theme
Brenda Lee's mother arrived inBritain and said "Brenda's no star athome. She washes.. up". . . .
Johnny Worth, ex -singer, revealed he'dgot £10,000 a year from songwriting,plus three cars and a house and aspeed boat . Hayley Mills' 16th birth-day "Good Luck Charm, for ElNumber One in the States ... Vernon'Girls (just three, by now) start way to8 -month residency in charts with discdebut ... Cliff advises would-be popstars to take singing lessons ... LarryAdler, harmonica-ist, knocks hard at popmusic on "Sunday Break" TV ..."State Fair" movie introduces Ann -Margret... Question posed: is Helenbigger 'n' better than Brenda?... ShelleyFabares (April 21) heads U.S. chartswith "Johnny Angel"... News of com-ing Sinatra visit breaks . . Shirley Basseyrecords "Ave Maria"... DIrin filmparts create new busy record for him ...Johnny Burnette arrives to claim "Elvissure hasn't changed one bit"... EnterMike Sarne with "Come Outside" anda rave for him from manager BobStigwood ... Gold Disc to Cliff for"Young Ones" . Jess Conrad off tofilm in Greece ... Norman Vaughan discdebut "Swingin' In The Rain"... CBSlabel gets own outlet in Britain . . .Marty Wilde, clear of West End's "ByeBye Birdie" makes pop comeback ...Original rock 'n' roller, according toPercy Faith, was Johnnie Ray ... GoldDiscs for Kenny Ball AND Acker Bilk
. Eden Kane out on "I Don't KnowWhy"... Pat Boone on Palladium TVwith beatnik haircut....
MAY: John Leyton to make 13 half-hour telly -films Shirelles' "SoldierBoy" topper in States ... Jet Harris
solo debut on "Besame Mucho", later tobe a chart entry ... Ernie Maresca earns£50,000 from his disc "Shout Shout" ...Jimmy Dean top 1961 juke -box earnerin the States ... Jerry Lee Lewis in,asking "you dig my killer hair?"..."Nut Rocker" hits charts and the BBCdon't ban it ... Cliff and Elvis battleout top spots
Kenny Ball hailed in States: "Theyblow it English but it comes outAmerican"... "Nut Rocker" tops inBritain-"Stranger On The Shore" inthe States ... Brian Hyland makes chartcomeback ... Acting debut for NorrieParamor ... "Chat" on discs under fire
. Adam Faith movie "Mix Me APerson" under way ... And Acker in"Band Of Thieves"... Jimmy Justicebaffled at stardom says: "I'm at thecrossroads"... Charlie Drake admits hewas wrong about "Tangle Foot" follow-up to "Boomerang" hit ... Bill Furymeets El in Hollywood . . BrookBrothers admit they are often guidedby horoscopes ... Erroll Garner inBritain ... Vocal version of "StrangerOn The Shore" by Michael London ...Vic Lewis berates pop singers and songsin exclusive NRM article ... Elvis aidLonnie rated "most consistent" discartists in five years ... Helen toppedMatt Monro in Palladium TV ... L.P.million sales on "Blue Hawaii" for Elvis... "Can't Stop Loving You", by RayCharles, takes over top spot in U.S....Picture serialisation f or NRM on"Follow That Dream"... Bruce Chan-nel arrives ... Dot Provine arrives andhas to mime her TV spots ... MaltMonro not so happy with "When LoveComes Alone as single....
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JUNE: Norrie Paramor on HelenShapiro: "She's fantastic"... BruceChannel doesn't do big business on tour... Classics pianist Clive Lythgoe makespop disc ... Sinatra IN TOWN. makesdiscs and appearances (for charity) anda friend (NRM writer Benny Green) ...Bassey and Carmita row blows up....Danny Williams meets up with HenryMancini, writer of "Moon River" hit ...Roy Orbison is in Britain, saying he'sa jolly person whatever his discs soundlike ... Mancini and Judy Garlanddominate Grammy Awards in States ...New girl singer -named Susan Hayward(aged 14)... "Hit Record" NOT onefor Tommy Steele... Article on whyThe Shadows are now the only biginstrumental group ... Mike Same wellin charts ... and so is Joe Brown with"Picture Of You". ...
Elvis revealed as a "lousy" Twister ...Mr. Pollard, Mayfair dress designer,makes a disc which most folk don't takeseriously Johnny Gentle, ex -LarryParnes' stable, changes name to DarrenYoung ... Jimmie Rodgers in charts with"English Country Garden" ... EdenKane 'back from States said he'd evendone a razor blade commercial during hisstay there ... Joe Brown opines onhaving waited three years for his hit ...And Helen Shapiro said she really wantedto be "a female John Leyton" JetHarris wildly in demand ... "Come Out -Side" 'top in Britain .. "The Stripper"by David Rose in the States ... NormanNewell has fantastic recording weekendwith Danny Williams, Connie, Shirley,Nelson Riddle, and Alma Cogan ...Mike Berry says he was sorry about that"Tribute To Buddy Holly" disc. . . .
JULY: Ray Charles guides "Can'tStop Loving You" into chart -top inBritain ... Bobby Vinton's "Roses AreRed" in the States ... Newley fade-outon disc scene ... Johnny Tillotson saysElvis really started him on way to discfame ... Craig Douglas high on "Mr.Consistency" polls . . . Frank Meldstarts rise to top with "I Remember You"with JBJ panel all praising him ...Bobby Darin switches to CapitolRecords ... "Play It Cool" poor filmreviews for Bill Fury ... Louise Conletgets hit but goes off on holiday ...Kenny Ball, after three hits, gets backto vocal work on disc ... Bobby Vintonsays he'd rather be bandleader thansinger .. Joe Brown "meets Dan Far -son" a big flop because of technicalmessing -about .. Held says he doesn'twant to be lumbered with the "yodellingbit" ... Connie Francis writes her first
NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending December 22, 1962 Page Nine
THE YEAR'S DIARY IN BRIEFbook . "I Remember You" top inBritain . . . Vince Taylor says he mayplay Elvis in a movie . . Della Reese inLondon to say: "Gospel is very bigbusiness" ... John Leyton managementdevise new "cartoon" process. . . .
Slow -down warnings issued to BobbyDarin ... British team didn't win inKnokke le Zouke contest in Belgium ...
AUGUST: Midnight session for JoeBrown's follow-up to his "Picture" -but the single was by no means as big ...Ifield Number One, Britain -wise ... InSkeguess, Bert Weedon christens twobaby elephants ... Norman Petty, inLondon, told NRM all about BuddyHolly, revealed he received hundred's oftapes after Buddy's death from peoplewho wanted to take over as "The NewHolly" ... We rated Liverpool therockingest part of the British Isles ...Who -wore -black -leather first controversyended with Gene Vincent points winnerover Vince Taylor ... Hinted that PatBoone could pull with Elvis as the bigteenage attraction over the few yearsMarty Wilde switches to Columbia withNorman Newell ... Neil Sedaka in topU.S. spot with "Breaking Up Is HardTo Do" ... Doctors on the scene withdisc -battles by Vince Edwards (Dr. Casey)and Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kil-dare) ... Jet Harris admits "I want toget that Ray Charles' sound with mynew group" ... Paul Anka celebrates21st birthday - and gets a lot more sayabout his vast fortune ...
Ray Conniff comes to London and sayspeople NEED background music. Hissort of music ... Analysis of the girlsdated by Elvis showed a whole lottagirls .. John Barry leaves Adam Faithas MD. Johnny Keating takes over ...Craig Douglas has 21st birthday party ..."Locomotion" now top in the States ...Elvis tied with Sinatra on the "Cash Box"top singer poll-the first time he'd beenNumber One, with Connie Francis topgirl for the fifth year on the trot ...
LITTLE RICHARD and Sam Cooke come to England fora high-powered Gospel tour (Sept.).
Why no Rick Nelson show on BritishTV? roar the fans ... Lonnie D. back tothe skiffle days with "Pick A Bale OfCotton" single ... Vince Edwards arrivesand seemed a nice, amiable guy ... "SoDo I" gives Kenny Ball his seventh hitin a row ...
Joe Brown fans baffled by release ofTWO singles, plus E.P. and albums ...John Leyton escaped narrowly being
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SEPTEMBER: Plea for Vince Hill toget more television work ... Mantovani
the stateside charts with "Breaking UpHard To Do" (August).
seriously ill - and had to cancelAmerican tour ... Ten -year -old StephenSinclair makes disc for EMI ... "BandOf Thieves" out and generally acceptedby critics ... Note from Brian Hyland:"Looking forward to visiting Britain nextyear" ... Spotnicks, Swedish hit -makers,come to Britain, saying they usuallyrecord in their own backroom .
Ronnie Carroll, suddenly big with
"Roses Are Red", denies that he isREALLY a lazy singer ... Matt Monroknocked out that "Softly" hit theAmerican charts ... Mark Wynterswitches, double-quick, from Decca toPye ... Rolf Harris calls in, heralding his"Sun Arise" eventual biggie NorrieParamor goes off on a world tour, talent -seeking ... Radio Show attracts plentypop stars ... As Chubby Checker arrivedto find his Cameo -Parkway discs wouldin future go from EMI to fast-movingPye ... Originally dubbed "the un-successful success", Frank Ifield now "thesuccessful success" ... El says again he'stoo busy for marriage ...
Chubby says of "Loco -motion": "It'snot a dance, it's a hit record" ... Elvistop here with "She's Not You" - andthe Four Seasons and "Sherry" head thelist in the States ... Floyd Cramer andChet Atkins fly in to London for aquickie visit ... Benny Green book "TheReluctant Art" published ... MarkWynter says he just KNEW "Venus"would be a big hit .. Jess Conrad, stillwithout a hit disc, a success in movie"The Boys" ... Everything starting forJoe Meek and his "Telstar" and the Tor-nados ... Mike Sarne "retires" fromshow business and then reaches a com-promise between his studies and his pop -singing ... Bobby Vinton comes to Lon-don and says the one-nighter circuit has"had it" ...
Little Richard and Sam Cooke in Lon-don and perform their high-poweredmaterial to ecstatic audiences ... MaxBygraves and Kenny Ball meet up inRome-on holiday-and do impromptucabaret ... Lionel Bart writes a numberspecially for Shane Fenton ... BuzzClifford in London ... and Dion ...Kenny Lynch breaks through with "Puff"to delight of many other stars . . . CaroleKing on the way as a singer as well aseverything else .. Norrie Paramor:"Helen Shapiro will be well establishedas a jazz singer by 1%7" ... Del Shan-non arrives, saying he doesn't feel any;train when he does his falsetto -voice styleof singing ... Bernard Delfont off toAmerica to find "Royal Variety Per-formance" stars and folk hint he may beafter Elvis. Later discovered Presley WAS
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A LOOK AT THE PAST YEARinvited but had to turn down because offilming commitments ... And the"French Elvis", Johnny Hallyday, arrivesfor Palladium TV . Karl Denverexplains he rarely knows in advance whathe is going to record . . Lotsa ditheringover whether Eden Kane will film in"Incident On The Border" ... RevealedBrenda Lee had twice been ill in hospitalwith nervous exhaustion ... Billy Vaughnturns up to announce that Pat Boonedoes press-ups at disc sessions! ...Chubby Checker celebrates his 21st birth-day a few days early in Britain ...
OCTOBER: Bill Fury ill, misses startof monster tour for Larry Parnes"Telstar" hits top here ... "Bonanza"telly -team make an album ... PaulAnka: "The Longest Day" gives bins areal chance to act. And the title songgives him a lot of loot ... Alma Coganin pilot of new TV series - as a non -singing girl detective ... PianistsFerrante and Teicher in London forTV's ... And Freddy Cannon andGeorge Shearing ... Pet Clark pays avisit from her home in France for TVand discs and enthuses over motherhoodand the married life ... Book published"All Elvis", with exclusive gen and pic-tures ... John Leyton holds jam-packedfan get-together in London ... TonyNewley clicks big on Broadway with"Stop The World . ." . ShirleyBassey and Carmita open in Londoncabaret on the same night ...
As with every one she releases, criticssay they're sure Helen's voice is deeperthan ever on "Keep Away From OtherGirls" ... Ketty Lester arrives to includdthe word "soul" in every uttered sen-tence .. Frank Ifield in States, K.O'ingthe Ideals with his charm and per-sonality . .. Johnny Hallyday saysPresley is bigger than he should be ...But Britain's Jackie Lynton says: "Iidolise Elvis" ... Everly Brothers arrivebut Don collapsed and took no part inthe tour . . Mark Wynter lands film leadin "Just For Fun", with hitherto "un-known" Cherry Roland as his co-star ..."Monster Mash" gets to the top in theStates . . . "Gospel IN", says KettyLester ... Bill Fury gets on disc with asong that Elvis wanted to do first ...Susan Maughan emerges in the charts as"Bobby's Girl" ... Adam Faith a good"guv'nor" say members of his backinggroup, the Roulettes ... Presley's "KidGalahad" gets just fine early reviews ...Acker Bilk celebrates ONE YEAR inBritish charts with "Stranger On TheShore" ... Beatles start their way totop ... "Lovesick Blues" an immediatefollow-up hit for Frank Ifield . . . ChubbyChecker turns his attention to the Limboand the Pop -Pie ... Sinatra's long-awaited "Great Songs From Great
ADAM-His backing group reckonhim highly (October).
Britain" not exactly raved over by L.P..critics- .. Bobby Ryden raved over in"Bye Bye Birdie", though .. Pat Boonein London to say: "A singer is only asgood as his songs" ... John Leyton,likely to earn £100,000 next year, admitsthe trouble is fitting all the work into hisschedule ...
NOVEMBER: Leyton, Charles Black-well, Adam Faith, off to New Zealandand Australia, then America ... ex -Shadows Meehan and Harris team up fora disc session ... NRM analysis showwhat a slender chance any girl singer hasof getting into the charts ... Cricketsand Bobby Vee in London - andBobby's hour-long telly -documentary"The Idol" is shown to critics ... Cliffand Shadows fly in from the States forVariety Performance and say they visitedElvis's home .. . Craig Douglas dicker-ing about whether he should have histonsils out or not ...
"Lovesick Blues" top here-and FourSeasons follow-up to Number One inthe States with "Big Girls Don't Cry" ...Tornados, million -sellers, out on Furytour but without separate billing .. .Peter Jay and Jaywalkers hotting uptheir challenge to the Shadows ... Mostof the Ball band, in Australia, havenarrow escape from injury in car crash... Fine book by Robin Douglas -Homeon Frank Sinatra gets plenty Press space... Russ Conway on "Always You And
Me", I believe it is the most unusualrecord of the year ... Dances jostlingfor Chrismas party inclusion are Madi-son, Bossa Nova, Limbo, PopeyeDuane Eddy hits back at critics as"Guitar Man" clambers up the charts ...Louise Cordet disappointed that "SweetEnough" was NOT for the charts, de-spite success of "I'm Just A Baby"debut ... Jazz Jamboree big charityraising success ... Former "stand - in"star in Cliff's last two movies, Grazina(Frame) makes brilliant debut disc ...25th show -biz anniversary for Nat Cole,with Ramblin' Rose" his biggest singlethus far ... Radio Luxembourg "SwoonClub poll has Cliff top, then El andBill Fury, with Helen Shapiro, JohnLeyton and Karl Denver the biggestsliders ... American Dick Kaltman INto Britain, to make discs for NormanNewell... Brenda's four -year -old disc"Rockin' Round The Christmas Tree"set fair to be THE Christmas hit ofthe year ... Mrs. Dave Brubeck talks toNRM about her controversial husband... Joe Brown denies engagement rum-ours ... Book published on Acker Bilk,written by Gordon Williams ... BertWeedon and Al Caiola get together inLondon and talk guitar ... Ifield chasedby Del Shannon in British charts ...
. MRS. DAVE BRUBECK told NRM
that husband Dave was often hurtmentally by the violent criticisms ofsome critics . . . Brenda Lee gets bigChristmas hit "Rockin' Round TheChristmas Tree"-a disc made four yearsago . . . Ember new girl Lynne Adamsstirs up controversy with her newly -worded version of "All Through TheNight"... Joe Brown continues denyingthat he is getting engaged to Breakawaymember Vicki Haseman ...More contro-versy: over Mike Sarne and his "ton -up" single "Just For Kicks" . . . JohnnyMathis contributes highly outspoken"Juke Box Jury" session ... Cliff's "TheNext Time" goes straight into charts . . .
Al Caiola and Bert Weedon get togetherin London for guitar -laden chat . .
Neil Christian says he is a descendentof "Mutiny On The Bounty" Christian.
Gold Disc award to Frank Ifield, madeon his 25th birthday . . . Johnny Tillot-son says he sings much better with hisshirt hanging out . . . Charlie Byrd intown, astonished at finding himself in thecharts .. . Rolf Harris, with "Sun Arise"a vast hit, says he plans to stay in Lon-don for good . . . Cliff Richard's one-nighter tour a sell-out success . . JohnLeyton says he will devote much moretime to singing for the first part of 1963. . . Teaming of Lonnie Donegan andMax Miller on Pye single a big success. . . Mike Berry offered work in theStates-IF "Tribute To Buddy Holly" isa success there ...
My warmest
eri5tnia5rerting5
to friends
EVERYWHERE
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KENNYLYNCH
NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending December 22. 1962 Page Eleven
MR. CONTROVERSY 1962
4.*
MIKE SARNE seen with WENDY RICHARDS, the girl he asked to "Come Outside".
THAT tall, fair-haired good -lookerwith the quiff and the restless
hands is the most controversial figureto emerge from the 1962 pop musicscene. Name of Mike Same, multi-lingual, 22 -year -old student -writer -actor -conversationalist.
Whether he'll be the same centralfigure for the whole of 1963 is any-body's gut ss. The doubt exists noton the grounds of talent-but on pre-cisely which of many different fieldshe will use to develop his career.
But what Mike did in the past twelvemonths was to bring a fresh breeze ofrealism into the stylised "moon in June"sort of lyrics of the British pop song.He did it by personality, intelligence andwarmth, assisted by realistic lyrics."Come Outside" did it by describing asituation known to every teenager. Thegirl likes dancing, the boy regards it aswhat is described as a means to an end.
It was followed by "Will I What?". Itdidn't have the same amount of socialcomment but it still described a situationmore familiar to the disc -buying young-sters than 99 pop records out of 100.
ALBUMThen came the L.P. "Come Outside
With Mike Same". I doubt if any albumever had a wider range of material. Therewas the ghoulish "Dracula's Castle"-and the hilarious "Waitress Song", con-taining the immortal couplet "Oh, mydarling, I'm wild about you, can't eventouch this beautiful stew". And, ofcourse and inevitably, "Come Inside"-which dealt with an HP collector who"picked up" weekly contributions fromlonely ladies!
From that LP came the next single"Just For Kicks". More controversy.The National Press dissected it. TheRoyal Society for the Prevention ofAccidents took it all with desperateseriousness but failed to prevent therelease of this story of a ton -up kid withthe bird on the back of his bike.
Ask Mike about it. You'll get an un-repentant smile.
For Mike Same, the man, is more wildand flamboyant than even his discswould lead one to expect.
Talk to him and he seems to take apride in making deliberately outrageousstatements. He'll change from the deadlyserious to pure flippancy in the samesentence.
But, since "Come Outside", Mike hasbeen booked as guest film critic by anational newspaper (the same oneBernard Levin used to work for); hasbroadcast in Russian to teenagers in theSoviet Union; has written a novel "The
Three Lives of Nigel Kelland" which will
be published next year and will mostcertainly be filmed.
His private life is also contradictory.He now has a fair old income but livesin what his friends describe as "a cup-board" in Soho. His fellow tenants areItalian waiters and Greek barbers. Soonthe cupboard will be on the demolitionlist-and Mike now ruefully agrees thathe will have to go respectable andactually find a flat with hot and coldrunning water!
Yet outside the "cupboard" is MikeSarne's car. This may be a Mercedes orpossibly a Thunderbird, depending onthe week. Mike doesn't see this as asocial status symbol or regard it ashaving prestige value-merely as the mostconvenient form of transport from oneone-nighter to the next.
BOOKSInside, on the book shelves (posh
name for wooden planks laid acrossbricks) is an astonishing jumble ofclassical literature of all centuries andnationalities. Adorning the walls arevarious photographs, sketches, theatretickets and miscellaneous items offemale clothing which Mike describes,purely and simply, as "souvenirs".
His wardrobe is, literally, a death trap.Stand in front of it and the groundstarts to sink under your very feet. Andthe cupboard tips onto your head. Mike'swarning: "Mind the cupboard, mate" isoften . . TOO LATE!
For padding around Soho, Mikebothers little about dress. But he CANlook expensively smart and well -pressed.Who presses his clothes? "Oh, I throwthem under the mattress", he says.
Ask Mike what are his hobbies andhe'll invariably reply: "Birds". Ask quitea few birds what their hobbies are andthey reply: "Mike Same".
He has come to terms with the clashof show business and his studies. He'sdecided to do both.
That's Mike Same. Easily the mostcontroversial figure of the 1962 popscene. But he is in no way "contro-versial" in the same sense as previouscontenders such as Screamin' Lord Sutch,who was more ghoulist than comment -raising.
Probably Mike won't be the most con-troversial figure of the 1963 pop scene.He may be dominating films, or thetheatre, or television. Or literature.
Whatever he does, though, you can besure people will be talking about him.And he'll be doing his fair share ofnattering, too.
I'm delighted that he happened to1962. It would have been a pretty drabold twelve months without him.
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ebri5tma5 1.5 Trabitionat "CHRISTMAS, 19411-the year I formed my hand-had a special .raction for the
boys and I. Y. see, we'd been touring for a couple of weeks and wewere alldying to gel home again to be with our wives and children.
We all did our Christmas shopping in the north of England, and several of uswere dmiried to play Santa Claus to young kiddies. So we felt pretty happy as wetravelled along a quiet, deserted country road in the early hours of Chris..mornhsg.
SO WE INVITED THE TRAD BANDS TO TELL US THEIR TALES
KENNY BALL
We were having a bit of a sing -songwhen it happened. The engine coughed,spluttered, wheezed and then died com-pletely. The singing stopped arid we alllooked menacingly in the direction ofthe driver. Our opinion of him certaintysoared when he informed that wesvere oot of Retro.
There was nothing for it but toorganise a search pan, The boys and Iwent off in different directionsin scar. of petrol, but when we inetagain back at the coach an hour later,we had precisely nothing to show for ourtroubles.
We felt . miserable w sin. Therewe were, miles from nowhere, huddledfor want.h in our coach red surroundedby Christmas parcels. We waked foralmost Mo hours before a lorry driverpicked us out in his Medlin..
He stopped and we explained our posi-Pon to him. Then he took command,ordered us to push our coach off theroad into a nearby field and then super-vised the loading of the his and our-selves into the back of his lorry. It wasa cold journey home, bus w0 got thereduring the afternoon, just as everyoneelse was fini.ing their Christmas dinner.
SIM if it badn't been for that kindlylorry driver, we'd never have get M. AM. And on know what-he even tookthe Imable to drop us all off al our
respective home, If you chance to readthi, mate, thanks again-you're the beatSanta Claus we ever toed
ED CORRW'SJAZZ BAND
Writes ED:BEING the owner of a king-size stock
Mg, I plan W stock it with presentfor all my band end will then hang k ithe comb.
To our piaoist, Dave Menthe, I'mgiving an ornate ...labia comp.(with coloured candles-touch of Oh
Liberates! To our banjoist, Big Bob(who owns two banjos, a guitar anmandolin), I'm giving a spare armhelp out with his transport problems; t
clarinettist Bob Gloves (the handsomone in We band) go. a John Bull Printcog set to help him answer the fan letterhe gets from girls.
likie°':a7jo:gebb,skI'M°drummer, insert'
of the "Big Ben Bono Band". MAgiving him an L
Whitehead, on tromboe, is addicted t
wmring a deerstalker hat, so it's approHobthat I award hiro with a Sherlock
Holmes Do -It -Yourself Detective kitFinally, to stop trumpet man MuStewart pinching my beet mug, I'll givMm one of his owo
THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN-always a delight, have presented us with a Christ -as game for your entertainment and pleasure. The massed musicians of the
group continue to draw the crowds wherever they appear and 1963 looks likeanother bumper year.
A Christmas Message from ProfessorBrian Innes of the Temperance Seven
WITH the approach of Christmas, the Temperance Seven fondly recall the manancient English seesowl party games which they feel should not be forgotten
is our policy to revive one such game every Christmas for the benefit of yarnEngland, and this yea, we have delved deep in. om. "Boys' 0. Book of 1877'
volume from which we all derived much pleasure during our youth) andame known as "The Three Cocoa Spoons". fie toles are simple and to the point.When the party is in full swing, wager any sum with another happy soul that yo
will give him three cocoa spoons to hide and will be able to tell him where he haeposited the last spoon. G be agrceablhat he be allowed to hide them outside the room Indeed, encourage this, emphasismg that it will make the trick even harder for you.
Having hidden the first spoon in secrecy, the gambling gentleman who haemoted your wager will return for the second. Whilst be is depositing this in scamccret place, pat Me remaining come spoon into the fire -discreetly removing it anmiring it to him on his return. Since the spoon ma be somewhat heated when hakes hold of it, he will doubtless deposit it on We Boor, colouring his action withsundry ejaculation,
At tuts point, confront your opponent with the word. "There it 00-0011 hayeposit. the last spoon on the floor. Si,, you have lost the wage, TM, triomorally causes much laughter and should win many friends in high places!
With the compliments of The Temperance Seven
K ENNYgAgralas'::legnar ::i7gc.:!=liTonsgtoTaTrTgiate'Clitloill.."rtw°"°ing
MIKE COTTON'S ALAN ELSDON'SJAZZMEN JAZZ BAND
Writes Mike:
EWER spent Chridm. in a coach? Webad to do it last year, and the
thought of travelling to Scotland whileeverybody else was at home enioyieg asolid Chris.. blow-out brought us allout in a rash of depression.
But we deckled la make the best ofit and it wasn't to bad after all. Wedecorated the coach with paper chai..d streamers and even ...led a smallCre.as tree. And, of course, Roveeach other presents-the liquid varietyfound hi bottles!
Chris.. dinner? Well, on coachjoarney, we usually eat cheese or hamsandwich ea But seeing as it was Christ -
we Joshed out a hit and Matedourselves to turkey sandwiche6 washeddown with a couple of bottles of cham-pagne. By the time we got to ffoollend,
nere quite happy and glowing withgoodwill-or something:
Writes Man:erns is the time of year when peopl9 start making New Year Resolution
which they never keels. Well, I'vegosome-and I intend to keep them!
Firstly, Iresolve not to accept marone broadcast and one televido
show a day -1 tiOn't want to 00.90greedy.
Secondly, I resolve to thump at lea t
one traffic warden a week-since they'reso friendly.
Thirdly, I resolve to spend all my off-stage horsdesigning a special devicewhich can be attached to the driving seatof the band coach. It will work thus:
As soon as a policeman gets in todrive our cm. away, his legs will be
clamped to the sea t and an oversizeboxing glove will descend from the roofand punch him in the left earl If success-ful, I may consider offering this device tothe general Priblicl
CHRIS BARBERCHRISTMAS in the Bahamas, or Paris, or sonic other lush resort. Perhaps that's how yoe Mink smma people in the "business" spend the festive season. Orperhaps you think they just get away from it WL You'd be quite.. wrong!
Like lots of people, we regard Christ -as being a family time.. but with
a difference. We all, wi and kiddiesincluded, become one family,ly, uMer .eaegis of banjo man Eddie Smith. Allos to Edmonton, North London, foreta real Cockney Chrimmas. Ifs the timewhen everyone tel their hair down andgets their knees up to the music offine versatile Sikh family-and anotheryear of jazz and word -wide travel gofurther from oar minds.
There is Edd'ie's long-distance lorry -driving dad, who plays a swingin' man-dolin-and knows about eight milliont it t A 4 Eddie's unclewho does a fine job on drums-twosteak and kidney pie fins, a .njo-head skin, plus brushes. Plus Mary'sbrother on electric slime.
Alf round are scores of uncles, aunts,grandparents, nephews, nieces withOvid] helpings of seasonal fare-haveyou ever tried jellied eels and mincewies, or winkles in brandy sauce? Nam!,ally the traditional fare of turkey andplum pudding is there too!
Friends pop in. Maybe there will bea change of musical mood provided bythat Cockney Canadian Jack Fallon(nil, he's Kenny Ball's agent!), whocomes along with his country fiddle.London's carol singers Just don't stand
chance when he gets going with hisbrand of Rocky Mountain rhythm.
Time for a breather. Mr. Smith Seniorleads oR with anecdotes of the long-distance lorry -driver. "Have you ever
thtiredhow them are usually bumps at
e bottom of a hill? Or wondered whythey're there? Well, it's like laying wa,paper. You squeeze it out all Me wardown. But you get some
allat the
bottom, don-het
II goes on all through the night andthe hest part of the next day. Mar-veRons fun.
()Mies parents live with us in Lon-don now and I'm wondering how, thisyear, "Knocked 'Em In The Old KentRoad" will sound in Ulster accents...
CHRIS BARBER is just about the mosttravelled entertainer from Britain.But this year it is Christmas at home
with the band and their families.
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KENNYAND THE BOYS
wish all readers a very
Tipppp ebri5tnitalanb fitcre5Mut Pen) Pear .°
CLIFF RICHARD
FUNNYthis - I've just been trying to
work out which of so manymemorable Christmases and I've come
the conclusion it was sae which happen. long before I even started in showbusiness.
h was ow year when I was still alschool. I knew what I wanted above allother things. I Mought there was a slightchance of getting it as a present But I
as kept guessing right up to ChristmasDay. Then, there it w. . . ABICYCLE. I just couldn't wait to get .tand tide it proudly round the neighbour-hood.
Of course, the Christmases sipee Pvbeen a
gpop singer have all been tied up
with excitin things. There's been plentyof work, plenty of travelling. Now roveout my own ear - but hardly anything
has brought me more Pieemre than thatmarvellous bicycle.
This Chris..? I plan just to relax.Just sit back and take it easy and enjoythe feeling of being at home with thefamily. Then it's off again on a wholelot more travelling.
RUBY MURRAY
Bnabgestrgr°,'Iiene'rb:dd:ing'°°"rpanto... But die fact train we're°°sofar away from our hon. in O..,Surrey, won't stop us from having areal traditional Christmas. Om dau.-ter AIM wig be with us-and that willbe something of a re -union. You see,be
had measles recently and had tostay at home and be looked after by mymother. Bernie.S the one to watch. He
L000dLt,: goadWing we now have a gymnasium in Lon-don where he can work off them extraItches on his worst -line.
Karl DenverPASTURES RE PLENTY
,,,s,
Brenda LeeROCKIN' AROUND
THE CHRISTMAS TREE,
Burl Ives
MARY ANN REGRETS.Patsy Cline
HEARTACHES
Bobby Darin
BABY FACE
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BIC NOISE
FROM WINNEIKA
Cozy Colesear
LET'S GOThe Deters
..
TOM HARKjimmy ?well
, ..
ALIIEBIT NOW
The Majors_
OP
ON THE ROOF
The Drifters....'t.-A--'.
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(gMIIIMSIA, kdIENC)CALLED
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THE SPRINGFIELDS
Dusty Springfield recalls:CHRISTMAS, 1961, was just about the happiest CMistinas the Springfields have
ever known, because at w. around this time that we found our way into the herdsellers with a tune called "Bambino". Believe me, the news that we were in thecharts was the nicest Christmas prment we could have wished for.
Mind you, "Bambino" wasn't our first hit. We kicked off our recording careerwith a tune called "Dear John", which crept into the charts. Then we had a secondhit on ore hands with "Breakaway". Could we complete the hat -trick? We thoughthard about a follow-up and then my brother Tom came up with the idea of puttingEnglish lyrics to a centuries old Neapolitan carol caned "Bambino".
We were a bit apprehensive about our chances of success, and more than oneperson advised us against joining in the rush to record special seasonal discs. Afterall, there are literally hundreds of fine Chris.as records issued every December.Still, we went ahead-and we're glad we did
"Bambino" got into the hit parade, and A how since developed bito something ofa Christmas Wanda.. Now we've recorded it again ho French and German for theoverseas market. Every time Christmas comes around, we'll remember "Bambhio".It w.ro a milestone m our career and something we'd never forget.
BERT WEEDON I
CUR=rc
yen the ChristmasoP
'when I was hot 13years old. My dad took me down Petti-coat Lase, in London's East End, padhorigft ine rte first guitar. How could Iever forget a thing tile
titwas an old, beat -up guitar and it
cost a mere its. Looking back, I canhonestly say it was the cheapest and
Huithew orst guitar I've ever wned.But it meant more to me than ll the
gfitoring jobs ree00!
now.In effect, it gave me my start in show
I suppose that was my happiest Christ-mas. The most miserable? That's easy! Itwas about three years ago and I wasdriving back to London after a seriesof dates in Yorkshire. Snow was comingdown buckets and my speed was roduced to about five nodes a day!
What a way to spend Christmas! Ispent the entire morning and afternoondriving thmagh the blinding snow, listen-ing to all 'he parties and fun andMg
radio. My mouth watered at thethought of Chris.as dinner - and INord. got mine at about six o'clock inW evening. And you know what, Afterall that waiting, it somehow last.better,
JOAN REGAN
REALLY, you know, rte a home -loving girl. And I always make a
Paint of having at least Christmas Dayat home with my husband, Harry, andthe family, Rusty, Danny and Donna.For this time of the year is for the kids.I get a ofdf enjoyment out of doing the
andan watching others eat, Minkand merry. But it won't be a latenight for me, even after the children haveg.e to bed-because I've got a panto-mime appearanm at the London Palla-dium, in "Puss ht Boots", to think abutthe following day. Still, for just ONE My,I'll be a housewife-and enjoying everysingle moment of IL
RUSS CONWAY
IT'S home to Bristol for me this Christ-. Ma, ...ming everything go. well.But it's going M be a mad rush hecause Idon't get back from my IN dates inAmsterdam until Sa.day, latish. ThenWU be a last m.o. scamper round tobuy all those presents I should havebought Aka° 00°.
Actually, 111 have to wath it overChristmas and Boxing Day
00I'll in-
advertently be seeing myself on televisionor hearing myself on the radio-and I'd much rather be entertained bysomeone else! But I'm on TV vrith BIBColt. on Christmas Day. And there's
Boxing Day radio show with greetingsto the Antarctic-and another for theboys of the Mer.ant Navy. I'm delighted about the latter, because I'm anold MN ,ea dog myself.
For me, though, Christmas is a quiettime ...I hope! Last year, I vras away
onthe Servicemen in Cyprusand that was far from quiet:
THE BROOKBROTHERS
Geoff writes:WE'VE got stacks of happy Christmas
ment., but there's one Christmaswe'd certainly like to forget. 100Christmas, in fact. The trouble startedon Christmas Eve-I'd been in bed for acouple of days with a really bad throatand ifflu up to toy eyebrows. Anyway,we had a date up north, so UP I WOC.
First problem - getfing the mr outof the garage. There's a stoning drive-in,which was covered with ice, and we just'
uldn't get the car up it. Eventually, bylaying sacks, sand and gravel On the ice,and revving the engine like mad, wemanaged to get their on the road.
What wiM 'flu and a headache, I wasn'tfeeling to hot my brother, Ricky,drove. I spent the entire journey do.ngmyself up with a variety of pills, washeddown with swi from a bottle of coughmixture. Ricky did his best to keep mehappy with a stream of jokes-all ofwhich I'd heard before.
Well, we did the show-and after-sva.s I fella lot hater. Which was justas well, because Ricky felt absolutelylusy-he'd caught my 'flu. I drovehome and he took the pills - to theaccompaniment of a seri. of jo
tokes(Y.
the same ones). What a way spendChristmas Eve!
or
FRANK WIELDMYmb.e.m.Lbrist realolinzl: Treaty v:illa,be.T.HI6iosneovML,firs.
cameThen
others thousands of lea away where theseason were at
Mimi. celebrate in the heat of mid-summer. I've enjoyed them all but never before has Christmas hem the centre ofso many exciting things forme as Ibis year.
f th g I a
jast sailing happily along as a singerwithout actually setting the world on fire.I as 24. I'd given myself five Yea. tomake it in Britain. A Mk over two yearshad already gone.
Then came "I Remember You.. And,now 15th birthday, the Presentationof a Gomyld Disc and the comforting newsthat "Lovesick Blues" was top of thecharts. I'd loot CO:. back from Americo,too. To say everything is swinging is anunderstatement.
But I'd like to thank everybody,especially the fans, for making flitChris.a sou i wonderful for me. 111 hethinking of them all as I sit down tomme traditional fare - preceded, ofcourse, by a helping of kangaroo tailsoup!
I. MARK WYNTER I
LOOKS like I've made it at larr-Chrisbuas al home with my pare.
in Sydenham, London. You've no id.how much that means to me-especiallyas I've done so much travelling in rec.ews. Last Christmas I was in Glasgow
where I had a good day but not . goodas it is at home. And the year before Iw. abroad. Bat what with pantomimerehearsals and then the show opening at
Worthing 1 doubt if VII have the energyto do anything except lounge in frontof the enjoy plenty of home coo,ing-and do nothing but walch otherpeople entertain me on the telly. There'snothing like doing nothing...
vation'sGrertin#
from
ELVIS-
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ebri5tma5 1.5 Trabitionat "CHRISTMAS, 19411-the year I formed my hand-had a special .raction for the
boys and I. Y. see, we'd been touring for a couple of weeks and wewere alldying to gel home again to be with our wives and children.
We all did our Christmas shopping in the north of England, and several of uswere dmiried to play Santa Claus to young kiddies. So we felt pretty happy as wetravelled along a quiet, deserted country road in the early hours of Chris..mornhsg.
SO WE INVITED THE TRAD BANDS TO TELL US THEIR TALES
KENNY BALL
We were having a bit of a sing -songwhen it happened. The engine coughed,spluttered, wheezed and then died com-pletely. The singing stopped arid we alllooked menacingly in the direction ofthe driver. Our opinion of him certaintysoared when he informed that wesvere oot of Retro.
There was nothing for it but toorganise a search pan, The boys and Iwent off in different directionsin scar. of petrol, but when we inetagain back at the coach an hour later,we had precisely nothing to show for ourtroubles.
We felt . miserable w sin. Therewe were, miles from nowhere, huddledfor want.h in our coach red surroundedby Christmas parcels. We waked foralmost Mo hours before a lorry driverpicked us out in his Medlin..
He stopped and we explained our posi-Pon to him. Then he took command,ordered us to push our coach off theroad into a nearby field and then super-vised the loading of the his and our-selves into the back of his lorry. It wasa cold journey home, bus w0 got thereduring the afternoon, just as everyoneelse was fini.ing their Christmas dinner.
SIM if it badn't been for that kindlylorry driver, we'd never have get M. AM. And on know what-he even tookthe Imable to drop us all off al our
respective home, If you chance to readthi, mate, thanks again-you're the beatSanta Claus we ever toed
ED CORRW'SJAZZ BAND
Writes ED:BEING the owner of a king-size stock
Mg, I plan W stock it with presentfor all my band end will then hang k ithe comb.
To our piaoist, Dave Menthe, I'mgiving an ornate ...labia comp.(with coloured candles-touch of Oh
Liberates! To our banjoist, Big Bob(who owns two banjos, a guitar anmandolin), I'm giving a spare armhelp out with his transport problems; t
clarinettist Bob Gloves (the handsomone in We band) go. a John Bull Printcog set to help him answer the fan letterhe gets from girls.
likie°':a7jo:gebb,skI'M°drummer, insert'
of the "Big Ben Bono Band". MAgiving him an L
Whitehead, on tromboe, is addicted t
wmring a deerstalker hat, so it's approHobthat I award hiro with a Sherlock
Holmes Do -It -Yourself Detective kitFinally, to stop trumpet man MuStewart pinching my beet mug, I'll givMm one of his owo
THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN-always a delight, have presented us with a Christ -as game for your entertainment and pleasure. The massed musicians of the
group continue to draw the crowds wherever they appear and 1963 looks likeanother bumper year.
A Christmas Message from ProfessorBrian Innes of the Temperance Seven
WITH the approach of Christmas, the Temperance Seven fondly recall the manancient English seesowl party games which they feel should not be forgotten
is our policy to revive one such game every Christmas for the benefit of yarnEngland, and this yea, we have delved deep in. om. "Boys' 0. Book of 1877'
volume from which we all derived much pleasure during our youth) andame known as "The Three Cocoa Spoons". fie toles are simple and to the point.When the party is in full swing, wager any sum with another happy soul that yo
will give him three cocoa spoons to hide and will be able to tell him where he haeposited the last spoon. G be agrceablhat he be allowed to hide them outside the room Indeed, encourage this, emphasismg that it will make the trick even harder for you.
Having hidden the first spoon in secrecy, the gambling gentleman who haemoted your wager will return for the second. Whilst be is depositing this in scamccret place, pat Me remaining come spoon into the fire -discreetly removing it anmiring it to him on his return. Since the spoon ma be somewhat heated when hakes hold of it, he will doubtless deposit it on We Boor, colouring his action withsundry ejaculation,
At tuts point, confront your opponent with the word. "There it 00-0011 hayeposit. the last spoon on the floor. Si,, you have lost the wage, TM, triomorally causes much laughter and should win many friends in high places!
With the compliments of The Temperance Seven
K ENNYgAgralas'::legnar ::i7gc.:!=liTonsgtoTaTrTgiate'Clitloill.."rtw°"°ing
MIKE COTTON'S ALAN ELSDON'SJAZZMEN JAZZ BAND
Writes Mike:
EWER spent Chridm. in a coach? Webad to do it last year, and the
thought of travelling to Scotland whileeverybody else was at home enioyieg asolid Chris.. blow-out brought us allout in a rash of depression.
But we deckled la make the best ofit and it wasn't to bad after all. Wedecorated the coach with paper chai..d streamers and even ...led a smallCre.as tree. And, of course, Roveeach other presents-the liquid varietyfound hi bottles!
Chris.. dinner? Well, on coachjoarney, we usually eat cheese or hamsandwich ea But seeing as it was Christ -
we Joshed out a hit and Matedourselves to turkey sandwiche6 washeddown with a couple of bottles of cham-pagne. By the time we got to ffoollend,
nere quite happy and glowing withgoodwill-or something:
Writes Man:erns is the time of year when peopl9 start making New Year Resolution
which they never keels. Well, I'vegosome-and I intend to keep them!
Firstly, Iresolve not to accept marone broadcast and one televido
show a day -1 tiOn't want to 00.90greedy.
Secondly, I resolve to thump at lea t
one traffic warden a week-since they'reso friendly.
Thirdly, I resolve to spend all my off-stage horsdesigning a special devicewhich can be attached to the driving seatof the band coach. It will work thus:
As soon as a policeman gets in todrive our cm. away, his legs will be
clamped to the sea t and an oversizeboxing glove will descend from the roofand punch him in the left earl If success-ful, I may consider offering this device tothe general Priblicl
CHRIS BARBERCHRISTMAS in the Bahamas, or Paris, or sonic other lush resort. Perhaps that's how yoe Mink smma people in the "business" spend the festive season. Orperhaps you think they just get away from it WL You'd be quite.. wrong!
Like lots of people, we regard Christ -as being a family time.. but with
a difference. We all, wi and kiddiesincluded, become one family,ly, uMer .eaegis of banjo man Eddie Smith. Allos to Edmonton, North London, foreta real Cockney Chrimmas. Ifs the timewhen everyone tel their hair down andgets their knees up to the music offine versatile Sikh family-and anotheryear of jazz and word -wide travel gofurther from oar minds.
There is Edd'ie's long-distance lorry -driving dad, who plays a swingin' man-dolin-and knows about eight milliont it t A 4 Eddie's unclewho does a fine job on drums-twosteak and kidney pie fins, a .njo-head skin, plus brushes. Plus Mary'sbrother on electric slime.
Alf round are scores of uncles, aunts,grandparents, nephews, nieces withOvid] helpings of seasonal fare-haveyou ever tried jellied eels and mincewies, or winkles in brandy sauce? Nam!,ally the traditional fare of turkey andplum pudding is there too!
Friends pop in. Maybe there will bea change of musical mood provided bythat Cockney Canadian Jack Fallon(nil, he's Kenny Ball's agent!), whocomes along with his country fiddle.London's carol singers Just don't stand
chance when he gets going with hisbrand of Rocky Mountain rhythm.
Time for a breather. Mr. Smith Seniorleads oR with anecdotes of the long-distance lorry -driver. "Have you ever
thtiredhow them are usually bumps at
e bottom of a hill? Or wondered whythey're there? Well, it's like laying wa,paper. You squeeze it out all Me wardown. But you get some
allat the
bottom, don-het
II goes on all through the night andthe hest part of the next day. Mar-veRons fun.
()Mies parents live with us in Lon-don now and I'm wondering how, thisyear, "Knocked 'Em In The Old KentRoad" will sound in Ulster accents...
CHRIS BARBER is just about the mosttravelled entertainer from Britain.But this year it is Christmas at home
with the band and their families.
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wish all readers a very
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CLIFF RICHARD
FUNNYthis - I've just been trying to
work out which of so manymemorable Christmases and I've come
the conclusion it was sae which happen. long before I even started in showbusiness.
h was ow year when I was still alschool. I knew what I wanted above allother things. I Mought there was a slightchance of getting it as a present But I
as kept guessing right up to ChristmasDay. Then, there it w. . . ABICYCLE. I just couldn't wait to get .tand tide it proudly round the neighbour-hood.
Of course, the Christmases sipee Pvbeen a
gpop singer have all been tied up
with excitin things. There's been plentyof work, plenty of travelling. Now roveout my own ear - but hardly anything
has brought me more Pieemre than thatmarvellous bicycle.
This Chris..? I plan just to relax.Just sit back and take it easy and enjoythe feeling of being at home with thefamily. Then it's off again on a wholelot more travelling.
RUBY MURRAY
Bnabgestrgr°,'Iiene'rb:dd:ing'°°"rpanto... But die fact train we're°°sofar away from our hon. in O..,Surrey, won't stop us from having areal traditional Christmas. Om dau.-ter AIM wig be with us-and that willbe something of a re -union. You see,be
had measles recently and had tostay at home and be looked after by mymother. Bernie.S the one to watch. He
L000dLt,: goadWing we now have a gymnasium in Lon-don where he can work off them extraItches on his worst -line.
Karl DenverPASTURES RE PLENTY
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Brenda LeeROCKIN' AROUND
THE CHRISTMAS TREE,
Burl Ives
MARY ANN REGRETS.Patsy Cline
HEARTACHES
Bobby Darin
BABY FACE
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FROM WINNEIKA
Cozy Colesear
LET'S GOThe Deters
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THE SPRINGFIELDS
Dusty Springfield recalls:CHRISTMAS, 1961, was just about the happiest CMistinas the Springfields have
ever known, because at w. around this time that we found our way into the herdsellers with a tune called "Bambino". Believe me, the news that we were in thecharts was the nicest Christmas prment we could have wished for.
Mind you, "Bambino" wasn't our first hit. We kicked off our recording careerwith a tune called "Dear John", which crept into the charts. Then we had a secondhit on ore hands with "Breakaway". Could we complete the hat -trick? We thoughthard about a follow-up and then my brother Tom came up with the idea of puttingEnglish lyrics to a centuries old Neapolitan carol caned "Bambino".
We were a bit apprehensive about our chances of success, and more than oneperson advised us against joining in the rush to record special seasonal discs. Afterall, there are literally hundreds of fine Chris.as records issued every December.Still, we went ahead-and we're glad we did
"Bambino" got into the hit parade, and A how since developed bito something ofa Christmas Wanda.. Now we've recorded it again ho French and German for theoverseas market. Every time Christmas comes around, we'll remember "Bambhio".It w.ro a milestone m our career and something we'd never forget.
BERT WEEDON I
CUR=rc
yen the ChristmasoP
'when I was hot 13years old. My dad took me down Petti-coat Lase, in London's East End, padhorigft ine rte first guitar. How could Iever forget a thing tile
titwas an old, beat -up guitar and it
cost a mere its. Looking back, I canhonestly say it was the cheapest and
Huithew orst guitar I've ever wned.But it meant more to me than ll the
gfitoring jobs ree00!
now.In effect, it gave me my start in show
I suppose that was my happiest Christ-mas. The most miserable? That's easy! Itwas about three years ago and I wasdriving back to London after a seriesof dates in Yorkshire. Snow was comingdown buckets and my speed was roduced to about five nodes a day!
What a way to spend Christmas! Ispent the entire morning and afternoondriving thmagh the blinding snow, listen-ing to all 'he parties and fun andMg
radio. My mouth watered at thethought of Chris.as dinner - and INord. got mine at about six o'clock inW evening. And you know what, Afterall that waiting, it somehow last.better,
JOAN REGAN
REALLY, you know, rte a home -loving girl. And I always make a
Paint of having at least Christmas Dayat home with my husband, Harry, andthe family, Rusty, Danny and Donna.For this time of the year is for the kids.I get a ofdf enjoyment out of doing the
andan watching others eat, Minkand merry. But it won't be a latenight for me, even after the children haveg.e to bed-because I've got a panto-mime appearanm at the London Palla-dium, in "Puss ht Boots", to think abutthe following day. Still, for just ONE My,I'll be a housewife-and enjoying everysingle moment of IL
RUSS CONWAY
IT'S home to Bristol for me this Christ-. Ma, ...ming everything go. well.But it's going M be a mad rush hecause Idon't get back from my IN dates inAmsterdam until Sa.day, latish. ThenWU be a last m.o. scamper round tobuy all those presents I should havebought Aka° 00°.
Actually, 111 have to wath it overChristmas and Boxing Day
00I'll in-
advertently be seeing myself on televisionor hearing myself on the radio-and I'd much rather be entertained bysomeone else! But I'm on TV vrith BIBColt. on Christmas Day. And there's
Boxing Day radio show with greetingsto the Antarctic-and another for theboys of the Mer.ant Navy. I'm delighted about the latter, because I'm anold MN ,ea dog myself.
For me, though, Christmas is a quiettime ...I hope! Last year, I vras away
onthe Servicemen in Cyprusand that was far from quiet:
THE BROOKBROTHERS
Geoff writes:WE'VE got stacks of happy Christmas
ment., but there's one Christmaswe'd certainly like to forget. 100Christmas, in fact. The trouble startedon Christmas Eve-I'd been in bed for acouple of days with a really bad throatand ifflu up to toy eyebrows. Anyway,we had a date up north, so UP I WOC.
First problem - getfing the mr outof the garage. There's a stoning drive-in,which was covered with ice, and we just'
uldn't get the car up it. Eventually, bylaying sacks, sand and gravel On the ice,and revving the engine like mad, wemanaged to get their on the road.
What wiM 'flu and a headache, I wasn'tfeeling to hot my brother, Ricky,drove. I spent the entire journey do.ngmyself up with a variety of pills, washeddown with swi from a bottle of coughmixture. Ricky did his best to keep mehappy with a stream of jokes-all ofwhich I'd heard before.
Well, we did the show-and after-sva.s I fella lot hater. Which was justas well, because Ricky felt absolutelylusy-he'd caught my 'flu. I drovehome and he took the pills - to theaccompaniment of a seri. of jo
tokes(Y.
the same ones). What a way spendChristmas Eve!
or
FRANK WIELDMYmb.e.m.Lbrist realolinzl: Treaty v:illa,be.T.HI6iosneovML,firs.
cameThen
others thousands of lea away where theseason were at
Mimi. celebrate in the heat of mid-summer. I've enjoyed them all but never before has Christmas hem the centre ofso many exciting things forme as Ibis year.
f th g I a
jast sailing happily along as a singerwithout actually setting the world on fire.I as 24. I'd given myself five Yea. tomake it in Britain. A Mk over two yearshad already gone.
Then came "I Remember You.. And,now 15th birthday, the Presentationof a Gomyld Disc and the comforting newsthat "Lovesick Blues" was top of thecharts. I'd loot CO:. back from Americo,too. To say everything is swinging is anunderstatement.
But I'd like to thank everybody,especially the fans, for making flitChris.a sou i wonderful for me. 111 hethinking of them all as I sit down tomme traditional fare - preceded, ofcourse, by a helping of kangaroo tailsoup!
I. MARK WYNTER I
LOOKS like I've made it at larr-Chrisbuas al home with my pare.
in Sydenham, London. You've no id.how much that means to me-especiallyas I've done so much travelling in rec.ews. Last Christmas I was in Glasgow
where I had a good day but not . goodas it is at home. And the year before Iw. abroad. Bat what with pantomimerehearsals and then the show opening at
Worthing 1 doubt if VII have the energyto do anything except lounge in frontof the enjoy plenty of home coo,ing-and do nothing but walch otherpeople entertain me on the telly. There'snothing like doing nothing...
vation'sGrertin#
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MODERN JAZZ 1962
BILLY HOLIDAY: Two great album sets issued.
IN the jazz record world, 1962 wasa triumph of the past over the
present. The tendency of companiesto re -issue old classics increasedduring the year to such an extent thatalmost every outstanding issue turnedout to be a legacy from the 1940s orearlier. A few modern albums madethe grade, but generally the currentjazzmakers were distinguished forquantity rather than quality. Thisdoes not mean, as many people seemto think, that today's jazz is anyworse than the music of past genera-tions. It simply means that perhapsone album in twenty has the stuff thatclassics are made of, and that it takestime, sometimes a whole generation,for us to sift out the real qualityfrom the routine stuff.
Those oldtime revivals that made re-viewing such a pleasant task during 1962represent the cream of thirty years of
jazzmaking, so it is no wonder that anylist of outstanding releases for the yearis top-heavy with the work of pastmasters of the idiom. Perhaps the mostimportant series from the jazzlover'spoint of view is the "Thesaurus ofClassic Jazz". This library got off to ashaky start a year or two ago with afour -volume set covering the work ofRed Nichols. This was an odd way tobegin a series of classic jazz revivals,because although Nichols had jazz talent,he was hardly the great master that theThesaurus should have concentrated on.This year, however, the Thesaurustriumphed completely, producing threesets which rank among the most impor-tant jazz music available in Britishcatalogues. The Billie Holiday set, "TheGolden Years", consisted of three albumsdating back to the 1930s, and of theforty-eight tracks, at least thirty-five wereimperishable classics of the jazz idiom.
If one had to choose, then perhaps thefirst two volumes were a shade morebrilliant than the third, but this is hair-splitting. "The Golden Years" is amarvellous demonstration of the art ofjazz singing and small group improvisa-tion.
The Thesaurus was perhaps doing theobvious when it covered the vintageBillie Holiday. When it turned its atten-tions to the career of the big -bandpioneer Fletcher Henderson it was doingsomething just as important musicallyand more imaginative from the salespoint of view, because Henderson hasbeen a neglected and grossly -underratedfigure for too long. "Fletcher Henderson-a Study in Frustration", contains inits four volumes, the whole process ofbig band evolution, moving. from thehesitant experiments of 1924 up to theassured polish of the middle 1930s, withthe artistic peak coming somewhere inthe middle. Henderson at different times,employed most of the key figures of jazzhistory, and "A Study in Frustration"sees people like Louis Armstrong, Cole-man Hawkins, Jimmie Harrison, RoyEldridge and Chu Berry contributingmasterly solos to the big band frameHenderson worked out.
And then, right at the end of the yearcame the third of the Thesaurus achieve-ments, "Mildred Bailey, Her GreatestPerformances". Here was the sameapproach to vocal jazz with instrumentalaccompaniment that made the Holidayalbum so scintillating, and although theBailey tracks do not reach the high stan-dards of "The Golden Years", onceagain they contain many musical delights,and also possess tremendous historicalsignificance, because they give a clearpicture of what jazz was like in the twogenerations preceding our own.
Only one other multiple -album setcould compare with such work, and thatwas "Louis Armstrong - His GreatestYears" in four volumes, which coveredthe Hot Five and Hot Seven period ofthe late 1920s. There must be thousandsof collectors who already possess some ofthe sides included in this Armstrongtribute, but even so, the set keeps thewhole thing compact, once and for all,and has the added advantage of sleeve
I THE YEAR'S BEST RECORDSBy BENNY GREEN
notes by a man manifestly in love withthe music he was writing about, BrianRust, whose statistics are a model ofaccuracy.
Everything else that appeared this yearseemed like small beer in the face ofthese sets, although one issue, "BillieHoliday", from the 1939 Commodoresession, is really a footnote to "TheGolden Years" and is just as indispens-able. Talking of indispensable, there wasthe double -album set, "The IndispensableDuke Ellington", which included thePerfume Suite in its entirety besidesseveral other Ellington masterpieces fromthe middle 1940s.
Ellington's orchestra appeared at leasttwice more during the year in memorablesettings. There was "Battle Royal",which saw the two orchestras of Elling-ton and Basie challenging each other andplaying together with amazing fire andpower, and there was "Louis Armstrongand Duke Ellington", where Louisplayed an Ellington programme, withDuke himself sitting in on piano.
'I he moderns were put in the shadeby this kind of revival or unusualpartnership, but Miles Davis put in abrilliant appearance with "Miles Davisat Carnegie Hall", supported by the GilEvans Orchestra. This album showedMiles in a more extrovert mood thanusual, improvising with tremendousattack. Then there was the little-knownLou Donaldson issue, "Gravy Train",where Donaldson, a gifted alto sax-ophonist, showed how one can soak upthe precepts of Charlie Parker and stillsound original.
Another saxophone record to get lessattention than it deserved was "DownHome" by Zoot Sims, where the tenorsaxophonist (currently appearing in Lon-don, by the way) blew a programme ofold standards like "Won't You ComeHome Bill Bailey", "I Cried For You"and "Goodnight Sweetheart" generatinga tremendous amount of swing, playingjazz that was evidently a joy to play andis certainly a joy to listen to. Anothertenor player, veteran Ike Quebec, madean impressive comeback with "HeavySoul" where even the presence of anorgan in the rhythm section could notdampen Quebec's fires.
Sonny Rollins made a comeback too,with "The Bridge", which was a shadedisappointing, because of the greatadvance ballyhoo that preceded thealbum's release. Stan Getz registeredwith, of all things, a single, "Desa-finado", the record which started the newcraze of the Bossa Nova, and which wasanother demonstration of Getz's enviablepoise and melodic appeal. Jazz of adifferent kind came through in a ClaudeHopkins album, "Let's Jam", where themethods of twenty years ago were usedby a group recording in 1961. Theresults were jazz of great attack andrhythmic excitement. More modern inapproach but similar in spirit was thealbum by my namesake, trombonistBennie Green, who in "Homful ofSoul", gathered together one of the bestsmall groups of the year.
There were many other albums worththe price during 1962, but the ones Ihave mentioned were those that stuck inthe mind the longest, those which madereviewing a treat rather than a task.Readers who keep to the following listmay not be covering everything worthcovering, but they will be on the way toan excellent foundation for a 1962 jazzlibrary.
BILLIE HOLIDAY, "The GoldenYears ", CBS BPG 62037-8-9.FLETCHER HENDERSON, "A Studyin Frustration", CBS BPG 62001-2-3-4;MILDRED BAILEY, "Her GreatestRecordings", CBS BPG 62098-9-0;BILLIE HOLIDAY, STATESIDE SL10007; DUKE ELLINGTON, "The In-dispensable", RCA RD 27258-9; LOUISARMSTRONG, "His Greatest Years",Parlophone PMC 1140-41-46-50; LOUISARMSTRONG and DUKE ELLING-TON, COLUMBIA 33SX 1400;ELLINGTON and BASIE, "BattleRoyal", PHILIPS BBL 7528; MILESDAVIS, "At Carnegie Hall", CBSBPG 62081; LOU DONALDSON,"Gravy Train", BLUE NOTE BLP 4079;ZOOT SIMS, "Down Home", PARLO-PHONE PMC 1167; IKE QUEBEC,"Heavy Soul", BLUE NOTE 4093;SONNY ROLLINS, "The Bridge", RCARD 7504; BENNIE GREEN, "Homfulof Soul", PARLOPHONE PMC 1180.
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ANYONE FOR POP SINGING?If you've ever thought of Becoming a Singer, read on !
HELEN: Trained at Maurice Burman's School of Modern Pop Singing
DO you want to be a pop singer? Doyou, like most "hopefuls" think its
just a matter of standing in front of amicrophone and doing what comesnaturally? Then there's a little bookletout right now which can be of enormoususe to you ...
Just look at this list of stars: AlmaCogan, Marion Ryan, Georgia Brown,Gary Marshal, Johnny Angel, HelenShapiro, Susan Singer, Wee Willie Har-ris. All have one thing in common-theyall went to Maurice Burman's School ofModem Pop Singing in London.
Tragically, Mr. Burman died beforehis most astonishing young student,Helen Shapiro, reached full stardom. Buthis wife, attractive brunette Jean Bur-man, took over the School, And herbooklet, published by Lorna Music, iscalled simply: "Modem Pop Singing".
Let's examine her views.First, what IS a pop singer? "A vocal-
ist specialising in popular songs", saysMrs. Burman. "Rock is pop music, so isrhythm 'n' blues and Country andWestern. Some jazz comes under theheading. The style matters little-but apop singer is one who can handle one,or all, of these many different types ofsong. An opera star couldn't be con-sidered a pop singer because the appealis limited. Nor could jazz singers or folkmusic enthusiasts - they don't enjoy thesame degree of international popularitythat has been achieved by Presley, Rich-ard, Nat Cole, Sinatra, Connie Francisor Helen.
"But", she writes, "a classical compo-sition can become a pop tune. PerryComo's "Hot Diggity" was a lyricisedversion of Chabrier's "Espana", whileChopin's "Fantasie Impromptu, Opus66" became "I'm Always Chasing Rain-bows". Such classics -to -pops are raritiesand, generally speaking, the pop musicand so-called "long -hair" idioms arepoles apart."
Right, then. Now what is needed tobecome a pop singer?
Prepare yourself, first, for hard work,bitter disappointments, a few briefmoments of glory, a whole stack of pit-falls and odd occasions when you feellike throwing in the towel - beforeyou're there with Messrs. Richard,Steele, Faith and Fury.
You must have a good voice. Manyattempt to break in without even think-ing if their voice is pleasing to the ear.Try to be distinctive. Remember youcan't easily spot your own mistakes.
Then expand personality. By andlarge, that means getting a good man-ager. Take care over appearance andcultivate dress sense.
Before ,,aking lessons, check and see ifyou have enthusiasm, patience and confi-dence. Especially patience - rememberhow long it took Tony Newley, Adamand Matt Monro to make it really big.
LESSONS
Ready to start? Singing lessons areessential. Start to learn to read and writemusic. And pop singers should aim fora "pop school", not a classical -styleplace. Practise breath control-even ina train. Any top star will say "Practice iseverything". 'T ry to find a piano. If not,remember that Helen often practises witha banjo ; so does Paul Anka. Practise,even, with your record-player, turningdown the volume until the "real" vocalhas almost faded. Try a tape -recorder, ifpossible.
So you progress. Want to be full -pro-fessional from now on? Remember youcan make a good living even withouthitting the top. Or amateur? Then entercontests - remember how Cliff firstgained confidence that way?
Now the teacher and manager say"You Are Ready". Ready to turn pro-fessional. Starting with a band-as didDickie Valentine, Lita Roza, DennisLotis, Frankie Vaughan, Anne Shelton,Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Cleo Lain;June Christy, Anita O'Day or Ella?
That would teach you to vary yourapproach to each audience.
Dean Martin says a singer is auto-matically an actor, when it comes to sin-cerity and the way he handles lyrics. Suc-cess in films of such as Cliff, Adam,Marty, Elvis etc etc. seems to prove hispoint.
Then get tour voice heard . . . heardby recording managers, agents, publish-ers etc. Line-up a manager and a publi-cist. Singing is a full-time occupationand having business troubles on yourmind won't help your career.
Stage dates: Lighting is all-important.Too many gestures can spoil a perform-ance - an m er-animated performer canbe unbearably irritating. Remember thatyour face an tell a story, but only ifyou're at ease and let it come naturally.
No matter how busy, find time to meetand talk to your fans. Remember, theseare the people whose support, or lackof it, can make or break you in yoursearch for stardom. Don't sound cloyingor syrupy when you thank your fans onstage. Try to master microphone tech-nique. Learn how to use the wholestage - stars like Eartha Kitt or FrankSinatra can fill a whole stage with theirpersonality.
"There is no easy way of learninghow to do this-its the kind of thingthat comes with experience and hardwork. Fame comes the same way, andproviding you have talent and use it tothe best advantage, stardom is by nomeans unattainable."
So says the successful Jean Burman,who ends her entertainingly helpfulbooklet with notes on musical terms,vocal tuition and aids on diction.
And she has a foreword by BillShepherd, complimenting her on the sim-plicity and straightforward style withwhich she has reduced the complicatedbusiness of pop singing.
As he says: "If you want to be asinger, THEN READ THIS BOOK."
PETER JONES.
Greetingsfrom
LONNIE
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BACK IN THE GOOD1. I'LL BE HOME2. IT'S ALMOST TOMORROW3 WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE4. THE POOR PEOPLE OF PARIS5. WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE?6. ROCK AND ROLL WALTZ7. ZAMBESI8. A WOMAN IN LOVE9. JUST WALKIN' IN THE RAIN
10. HOUND DOG11. MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS12. NO OTHER LOVE13. ONLY YOU14. LOST JOHN15. A TEAR FELL16. LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS17. ROCKIN' THROUGH THE RYE18. SIXTEEN TONS19. A SWEET OLD-FASHIONED GIRL20. HEARTBREAK HOTEL
1. LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND Pat Boone2. DIANA Paul Anka3. ALL SHOOK UP Elvis Presley4. YOUNG LOVE Tab Hunter5. ISLAND IN THE SUN Harry Belafonte6. TEDDY BEAR Elvis Presley7. YES, TONIGHT JOSEPHINE Johnnie Ray8. DON'T FORBID ME Pat Boone9. WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat 'King' Cole
10. LONG TALL SALLY Little Richard11. PARTY Elvis Presley12. GAMBLIN' MAN/PUTTIN' ON THE
STYLE Lonnie Donegan13. MARY'S BOY CHILD Harry Belafonte14. THAT'LL BE THE DAY Crickets15. ALL THE WAY Frank Sinatra16. WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE Everly Brothers17. TAMMY Debbie Reynolds18, I LOVE YOU BABY Paul Anka19. REMEMBER YOU'RE MINE Pat Boone20. APRIL LOVE Pat Boone
QUITE an interesting chart. Three by Presley, three1. And several rock classics by Little Richard,
Lonnie Donegan.Nearly all of these numbers are by beat artists -
year for rock ever.
1958
by Boone, including the No.the Crickets, Paul Anka and
in fact 1957 was the heaviest
1. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM/CLAUDETTE Everly Brothers
2. WHO'S SORRY NOW Connie Francis3. MAGIC MOMENTS/CATCH A
FALLING STAR Perry Como4. STUPID CUPID/CAROLINA MOON Connie Francis5. HOOTS MON Lord Rockingham's 116. TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM/HANDS Max Bygraves7. WHEN Kalin Twins8. WONDERFUL TIME UP THERE/TOO
SOON TO KNOW Pat Boone9. ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Conway Twitty
10. WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN Marvin Rainwater11. BIRD DOG Everly Brothers12. JAILHOUSE ROCK Elvis Presley13. STORY OF MY LIFE Michael Holliday14. OH BOY Crickets15. ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE Vic Damone16. RETURN TO ME Dean Martin17. TEA FOR TWO CHA CHA Tommy Dorsey 001.18. IT'S ALL IN THE GAME Tommy Edwards19. A CERTAIN SMILE Johnny Mathis20. TOM DOOLEY Lonnie Donegan
MORE interest. Presley down a lot, same with Boone. Others from last year includethe Crickets, Lonnie, and of course the Everlys. Big new ones from Connie
Francis, Perry Como, Max Bygraves, Lord Rockingham, Kahn Twins, Twitty, Rain-water, etc. Plus some more mature artists like Vic Damone, Johnny Mathis, TommyEdwards, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Dean Martin and Mike Holliday.
The top disc "Dream" was the biggest selling record for the brothers by the way.
NEW RECORD MIRROR. Week -ending December 22. 1%2 Page Severpreen
19591. LIVIN' DOLL Cliff Richard2. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE
THOSE EYES AT ME FOR Emile Ford3. IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE Buddy Holly4. TRAVELLIN' LIGHT Cliff RichardS. SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES Platters6. SIDE SADDLE Russ Conway7. DREAM LOVER Bobby Darin8. I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT/
A FOOL SUCH AS I Elvis Presley9. BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS Lonnie Donegan
10. ONLY SIXTEEN Craig Douglas11. ROULETTE Russ Conway12. AS I LOVE YOU Shirley Bassey13. PETITE FLEUR Chris Barber14. IT'S LATE/NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE
BUT YOU Ricky Nelson15. I'VE WAITED SO LONG Tony Newley16. OH CAROL Neil Sedaka17. WHAT DO YOU WANT Adam Faith18. TILL I KISSED YOU Everly Brothers19. MACK THE KNIFE Bobby Darin20. LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR Connie Francis
BIG ADVENT for Cliff this year, and Russ Conway. Big new discs from EmileFord, Craig Douglas, two from Bobby Darin, and one each from Shirley Bassey,
Neil Sedaka, Tony Newley, Adam Faith, Rick Nelson, and Chris Barber. BuddyHolly returns stronger but without his Crickets with "It Doesn't Matter Anymore".Last year he just missed out by a few points with his versions of "Peggy Sue" and"Rave On".
Ones from last year are of course, Presley, Holly, Everlys, Connie and Lonnie,and that's all.
19601. CATHY'S CLOWN Everly Brothers2. PLEASE DON'T TEASE Cliff Richard3. GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND/
MESS OF BLUES Elvis Presley4. HANDY MAN Jimmy JonesS. APACHE Shadows6. IT'S NOW OR NEVER Elvis Presley7. WHY Tony Newley8. SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME Drifters9. BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG Duane Eddy
10. SHAKIN' ALL OVER Johnny Kidd11. POETRY IN MOTION Johnny Tillotson12. TELL LAURA I LOVE HER Ricky Valance13. RUNNING BEAR Johnny Preston14. MAMA/ROBOT MAN Connie Francis15. AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME Shirley Bassey16. FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU Cliff Richard17. POOR ME Adam Faith
GOOD TIMIN' Jimmy Jones18. DO YOU MIND Tony Newley
THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN Eddie Cochran19. I LOVE YOU Cliff Richard20. VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS Cliff Richard(INCE again the Everlys are top. And Cliff has no less than four discs in11 the charts. Others from last year are Elvis, Tony Newley. Connie, Shirley, andAdam.
Two big ones from Jimmy Jones - they were his first and last - and from theDrifters, Duane Eddy, Johnny Kidd, Johnny Tillotson, Ricky Valance, JohnnyPreston, and the late Eddie Cochran. Buddy Holly missing for the first time in threeyears, while the Shadoits have their first smash. "Apache"
19611. RUNAWAY Del Shannon2. WOODEN HEART Elvis Presley3. YOU DON'T KNOW Helen Shapiro4. HALFWAY TO PARADISE Billy FuryS. WELL, I ASK YOU Eden Kane
6. ARE YOU SURE The Allisons7. WALKIN' BACK TO HAPPINESS Helen Shapiro8. WALK RIGHT BACK Everly Brothers9. JOHNNY REMEMBER ME John Leyton
10. HIS LATEST FLAME Elvis Presley11. HULLO MARY LOU Ricky Nelson12. SURRENDER Elvis Presley13. A GIRL LIKE YOU Cliff Richard14. TEMPTATION Everly Brothers15. FBI Shadows16. BLUE MOON Marcels17. SAILOR Petula Clark18. ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT Elvis Presley19. THEME FOR A DREAM Cliff Richard20. FRIGHTENED CITY Shadows
REACH FOR THE STARS Shirley Bassey
TOPSPOT goes to newcomer Del Shannon who scores heavily with his first hit,
also the biggest one in the States. So many newcomers this time we'll only listthe regulars. There's Elvis with four, Cliff, the Everlys, Rick Nelson, the Shadows,and Shirley. And the number of beat discs going down.
THE BEST SELLERS1956 to 1961
DARIN: His "Mack The Knife" toppedthe Stateside charts twice!
JOHNNY KIDD made a great rockdisc called "Shakin' All Over" which
reached number 2.
THE SHADOWS start off their stringof hits.
DEL SHANNON had the top disc inBritain and the States with the fan-
tastic "Runaway".
RUSS CONWAY became the top in-strumentalist in 1959 with discs like"China Tea", "Side Saddle". and
"Roulette".
NEWLEY covered Frankie Avalon's"Why" and sent it to the top. His next,"Do You Mind", wasn't a cover -but it
still hit the top.
CLIFF'S first hit was "Move It" in 1958,but his biggest was "Livin' Doll" the
next year.
ADAM had two great hits with "WhatDo You Want" and "Poor Me". Theformer has just been issued in England
by Bobby Vee on an EP.
SHIRLEY BASSET had a long gap be- DUANE'S had many hits, but the onlytween "Banana Boat Song" and "As I one to be in the chart for the yearLove You". But she finally made it. was "Because They're Young".
Aall evert-Ione send 'l
(harm C.-Season's O./peelings
"LIKE I DO"(ORIOLE C.B. 1760)
MY THANKS TO YOU ALL
sincerely
MAUREEN EVANS
PS. And best wishes for Christmasand 1963 from
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AMERICA'S TOP FIFTY SINGLES DURING 19621 STRANGER ON THE SHORE2 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU3 MASHED POTATO TIME4 ROSES ARE RED
THE TWIST5 RAMBLIN' ROSE7 HEY, BABY!8 SHERRY9 THE STRIPPER
10 DUKE OF EARL11 SOLDIER BOY11 THE PEPPERMINT TWIST13 MONSTER MASH13 THE WANDERER15 DO YOU LOVE ME?15 PALISADES PARK17 PATCHES18 HE'S A REBEL19 THE LOCO -MOTION20 MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW21 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO22 JOHNNY ANGEL23 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A HURTIN'24 ALL ALONE AM I25 GOOD LUCK CHARM26 SLOW TWISTIN'26 GREEN ONIONS28 THE ONE WHO REALLY LOVES YOU29 SHEILA30 ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART31 LET ME IN32 DON'T BREAK THE HEART THAT
LOVES YOU33 THE WAH-WATUSI34 ALLEY CAT35 PARTY LIGHTS36 WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN37 LOVE LETTERS38 SHE CRIED39 TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY40 I KNOW41 NORMAN42 LIMBO ROCK43 TWIST AND SHOUT44 LOVERS WHO WANDER45 BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY45 CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE47 RETURN TO SENDER48 LITTLE BITTY TEAR48 BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY50 DEAR LADY TWISTSO PLAYBOY50 YOU'LL LOSE A GOOD THING
Acker BilkRay CharlesDee Dee SharpBobby VintonChubby CheckerNat "King" ColeBruce ChannelThe Four SeasonsDavid RoseGene ChandlerThe ShirellesJoey Dee and The StarlitesBobby "Boris" PicketDionThe ContoursFreddie CannonDickie LeeThe CrystalsLittle EvaKenny BallNeil SedakaShelley FaberesJohnny TillotsonBrenda LeeElvis PresleyChubby CheckerBooker T. and The M.G.'sMary WellsTommy RoeGene PitneyThe Sensations
Connie FrancisThe OrionsBent FabricClaudine ClarkClaude KingKetty LesterJay and The AmericansSam CookeBarbara GeorgeSue ThompsonChubby CheckerIsley BrothersDionFour SeasonsElvis PresleyElvis PresleyBurl IvesBrenda LeeGary U.S. BondsMarvellettesBarbara Lynn
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Survey of the YearEVEN the Americans must be surprised
at Acker Bilk's triumph. For hisnumber one position in Britain was onlyto be expected, but in the States itwas in doubt.
The others in the top five are muchthe same as expected. With Ray Charlesat number two and Dee Dee Sharp andBobby Vinton at number three, andChubby Checker's "Twist" at numberfive. This one accumulated more pointslast year before Christmas, so it mighthave been number one if it hadn't over-lapped two years.
And the chart proves just how big R& R and R & B are in the States. Wellover 30 discs in the chart are in thisidiom. Some beat groups featured in theyear's best sellers include the FourSeasons with two discs, the Shirelles with"Soldier Boy" and a near miss in "BabyIt's You", "Do You Love Me" by theContours, "He's A Rebel" by the Crys-tals, "Green Onions"-Booker T. AndThe M.G.s.
Interested in the name? Booker T.Jones was an old-time freer of the slaves.The musical gentleman takes his namefrom this. The team name just means"Memphis Group".
Others include the Sensations, theOrions, and the Marvellettes.
Some off -beat discs in the 50 include"Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris"Pickett and the Crypt Kickers, "Patches",by Dickie Lee, the death disc that hadto be censored before release in thiscountry, "Midnight in Moscow" byKenny Ball. A case of bringing dixielandcoals to Newcastle.
"The One Who Really Loves You"wasn't issued over here, nor have been"All Alone Am I"-Brenda Lee; "BigGirls Don't Cry"-Four Seasons ; "Play-boy"-the Marvellettes; and "You'llLose A Good Thing"-Barbara Lynn.
Gene Chandler hit it big with "DukeOf Earl". So he changed his name toThe Duke Of Earl, and flopped withevery other disc he made. With the ex-ception of his latest-"You Threw ALucky Punch", an 'answer' to MaryWells "You Beat Me To The Punch",her successful follow-upto "The OneWho Really Loves You". At number18 rests the Crystals with their "He's ARebel" a current hit in Britain. Theirother hits have been "There's No Other(Like My Baby)", and the unissued "Up-town" another Stateside top-tenner.
Elvis is low with his first big one"Good Luck Charm"-last year his "Sur-render" was at number 15. The Sensa-tions scored heavily with their "Let MeIn" which reached number two at theheight of the twist era. Yet it soundedexactly the same as their "Music MusicMusic" disc which didn't even reach thetop fifty Stateside, some months before.Their other discs "That's My Desire"and "Party Across The Hall" have failedto click.
Bent Fabric is the head of a Danishrecord company, and his catchy littlepiano disc "Alley Cat" was given arelease in the States. It was such a hitthat there's now a vocal version to thetune by one David Thorne.
One of the only country discs in is"Wolverton Mountain". The others are"It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' ", and"Little Bitty Tear". Chubby's "LimboRock" was a vocal version of the hitby the Champs some months before. Andit overtook the top side "Popeye" chart -wise after a few weeks, and now restsat number two in the charts.
Gary Bonds has only "Dear LadyTwist" in this year, after a spectacularrun last year of hits like "Quarter ToThree" and "School Is Out". Six twistdiscs in the 50.
NORMAN JOPLING.
ACKER: 'Stranger On The Shore"-No. 1.
DAVID ROSE: "The Stripper"-No. 9.
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THE SHIRELLES: "Soldier Boy"-No. 11.
BRUCE CHANNEL: "HeyNo. 7.
Baby"-
FOUR SEASONS: "Sherry"-No. 8;"Big Girls Don't Cry"-No. 45.
U.S. BONDS: "Dear Lady Twist"-No. 50.
NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending December 22, 1962 rage Nineteen
AND AMERICA'S TOP FIFTY ARTISTS . .1. CHUBBY CHECKER -1,9522. ELVIS PRESLEY -1,7063. RAY CHARLES -1,4934. BRENDA LEE -1,4145. CONNIE FRANCIS -1,2816. DION -1,1507. DEE DEE SHARP -1,1068. SAM COOKE -1,0579. GENE PITNEY -1,026
10. JOEY DEE -1,01011. SHIRELLES -99512. NEIL SEDAKA -95013. FOUR SEASONS -92414. CRYSTALS -87515. BOBBY VINTON -81216. BURL IVES -78917. MARVELLETTES -77418. MARY WELLS -76919. ACKER BILK -74020. ORLONS -72321. ROY ORBISON -70322. NAT KING COLE -69923. JOHNNY TILLOTSON -69124. BOBBY RYDELL -65525. BOBBY VEE -65426. SUE THOMPSON -64627. RICK NELSON -62628. PAUL ANKA -62229. BRIAN HYLAND -62130. LITTLE EVA -61631. TOMMY ROE -60632. GARY U.S. BONDS -60033. JIMMY DEAN -59834. BRUCE CHANNEL -57135. DAVID ROSE -54736. BOBBY DARIN -54037. BROOK BENTON -53938. GENE CHANDLER -53639. SHELLEY FABIRES -52940. BOBBY 'BORIS' PICKET -51441. THE EVERLY BROTHERS -50142. THE CONTOURS -49243. FREDDIE CANNON -49244. DlCKIE LEE -49045. JAMES DARREN -48546. KENNY BALL -48347. THE DUPREES -48248. JOHNNY CRAWFORD -46749. BOOKER T. & THE M.G.'s -460SO. THE SENSATIONS -445
AND once more Mr. Checker is top,consolidating the position he has
held for the past two years. But there'sstill some competition from Elvis, whomoves up from number five to the secondspot.
Ray Charles makes a leap from num-ber 19 to number three mainly due tothe success of "1 Can't Stop LovingYou", the gamble that paid off. Notmuch else happened except Dion hd-smade better his position gained lastyear. His latest "Love Came To Me"is still doing fine Stateside.
New ones are Dee Dee Sharp whoclicked with "Mashed Potato Time","Gravy" and "Ride", and Sam Cooke,a veteran who has been missing fromthese charts for about three years now.Reason for Sam's high placing on theartists list and not on the singles is thatthree of his discs just missed places.
They were the double-header "HavingA Party"/"Br:ng It On Home To Me",and "Nothing Can Change This Love".
Gene Pitney clicks for the first timedespite hits before this year. But histhree big 'uns were "Town WithoutPity", "Liberty Valence", and "OnlyLove Can Break A Heart". His latest is"Half -Heaven, Half -Heartache", cur-rently racing up the U.S. charts. JoeyDee, Prince of the twist fad comes innew after an unexpected hit with the beatballad "What Kind Of Love Is This",probably his best disc.
The Crystals, Bobby Vinton, and BurlIves are also new. The Marvellettes moveup three places from last year, whenthey scored a huge success with "PleaseMr. Postman". Mary Wells moves upinto tie eighteenth place due mainly toher unissued "The One Who ReallyLoves You", currently she is scoring with"Two Lovers". NJ.
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BLUES SONG FOR MEL TORMEAND A GREAT DISC FROM THE HIGHWAYMEN . . .
MEL makes a Ray Charles-ish record
MEL TORMEComin' Home Baby; Right Now(London Atlantic HLK 9643)
BLUES -TYPE commercial song forMel, the "Velvet Fog" as he was
once dubbed. Very Ray-Charles-ish,with a femme deep -voiced chorus sing-ing as much as Mel does.
Nice tune on the off -beat fast numberand a good organ solo in the middle.We once heard that Mel hated Rock 'n.Roll. Well this is rock more or less.
Piano on the flip, which swings alongat a nice pace, much lighter than theheavy top side. Not as commercial, butentertaining nevertheless. Same ingredi-ents more sparingly used.
FOUR SSUTHE WAIKIKI'SWhite Christmas; Muana Loa (P.ye Int.7N 25172)HAWHAN guitar plod their way
through the biggest -selling song ofall time. Very well performed by theBelgian team, it has a lot to recommendit. But in parts it tends to drag despitethe lovely sounds on it. It isn't toolively.
Much faster on the flip, a jerkyIlawiian type number with some beat,some tune, and plenty of spirit put intothe number. Fair enough.
THREE sss
BILL BLACK'SCOMBO
Song; Hot Taco (London HLU9645)
ONCE a mild hit for Bill Haley, thisone is handled well by Bill's combo
who inject a new lease of life into it.The merry little tune is given a lead bylots of different instruments, and it movesalong at a fast pace, with the organdoing most of the hard work. Not asgood as some of this team's efforts, butcommercial and catchy nevertheless.
Some pounding sounds on the flip,which features sax a bit more. Mediumtempo and catchy again. Fair enough.
THREE FSS
SOL RAYEI'm Wonderin'; The Evergreen Tree(Oriole CB 1773)
GUITAR and organ lead the top sidewhich has been done many times by
many different artists. The song is givena good treatment, and there's plenty ofgood sounds on this. Sol's voice is deepand similar to Nat King Cole's, and hestands a good chance with this one.
Same formula on the flip, a balladwith plenty of high -lights. But not ascommercial as the top side. We likedthem both though.
THREE SSS
BROOK BENTONHotel Happiness; Still Welters Run Deep(Mercury AMT 1194)
GUITAR and pounding beat open thisslow-ish number which is a fast riser
in the States for Brook. It's a choral -supported number with plenty of atmos-phere and a good lyric to help thingsalong. Better than the recent Bentonnumbers and it even stands a chance ofbeing a hit over here in Britain.
Slow tempo for the flip, a ballad witha slightly Latin beat. A great lyric, and atender treatment by Brook, makes us givethis disc its rating. Very good indeed.Better than side one in everything butcommercial appeal.
FOUR ;S
BUCK OWENSRight After The Dance; Down On TheCorner Of Love (Longhorn BLH 0006)
FROMBritain's only C. & W. label
comes Buck with this fast-ish typeditty. Pure folk music with a definiteappeal to the fans of this type of music.Not for ihe charts, but the fiddle -filled,piano backed number should sell well.Buck's voice is good-but should be-he's a Nashville man.
Same stuff on the flip, another C. & W.ditty with definitely more authenticitythan most of the stuff that gets calledcountry music these days. But, of course,this isn't everybody's cup of tea.
THREE ssSTHE DUPREESMy Own 1 rue Lore; Ginny (StatesideSS 143)THIS is, of course, "Tara's Theme
From 'Gone With The Wind' ", andtop US vocal combo the Duprees handleit with precision and a certain commer-cial appeal. Same sounds on the back-ground as on their "You Belong ToMe" hit, and the tune on this mediumtempo number is very good. Plenty ofbacking work by the combo and somefalsetto thrown in for good measure.
"Yea Yea Yea" open the flip, a slowernumber with loads of falsetto and awailing lead voice. Not much good,but something to put on the flip of areasonably good top side.
THREE qrV
DAVID THORNEThe Alley Cat Song; The Moon WasYellow (Stateside SS 141)THE big U.S. hit is given a vocal ver-
sion by David who sings the well -fitted lyric to the instrumental smash.Smooth silky treatment, with plenty ofcat sounds on it, and quite a bit ofappeal. But as the first wasn't a hit, thisone won't he.
Faster tempo for the flip, the standardwhich has been done by everybody. Anda bit better than David does it. Hisvoice is all right, but we didn't fancy thebacking. Fair only.
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THE HIGHWAYMEN. Their new discis a great spiritual building to a climax.
JIMMY SHANDRag Time Medley: The Bonnie Stra-thyre Waltz (Parlophone R 4978)TITLES on the top ride are "Alex-
ander's Ragtime Band", "Lady BeGood", and "Pasadena". On the flipthere are "Bonnie Strathyre", "RothesayBay", and "Bonnie Galloway".
Jimmy and his band play through theselections with verve and gusto andplenty of appeal, especially to those inBonnie Scotland. The two sides contrastin titles, and give the disc a widerappeal. Very fair stuff.
THREE
HIGHWAYMENWell, Well, Well; I Know Where I'mGoing (United Artists UP 1009)THE quality of the Highwaymen's discs
hasn't deteriorated since "Michael"-just the commercial appeal has ceasedto exist. 1 he same case for this one. It'sa great spiritual song with a great tune.that builds up to a fine climax. Greatperformance work by all concerned, anda subdued but effective backing. Welapped this up.
The flip has been done by almost every-body in the folk vein. The big hit wasby George Hamilton but there was arecent hit by the Countrymen. Thisone is good and well -performed, butthe song is too familiar to be a hit. Greatall the same.
FOUR SW
QUINCY JONESAND HIS ORCH.
Soul Bossa Nora; On The Street WhereYou Live (Mercury AMT 1195)ORGAN lead instrumental disc from
the swinging Mr. Jones. And astrange barking -yelping sound sometimes interrupts. Fast, lively, with the bigband sounds that many of us like. Notfor the charts, but the merry numberwill sell well.
Bossa Nova treatment for the lovelytune on The flip. The great hit is handledwell, and given a full sound, but muchof it is lost on this merciless interpreta-tion. Not for us, Mr. Jones. Please leavethis sort of stuff alone.
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GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHTFROM THE VENTURES,
THE VENTURES: Their new disc is doing well stateside.
THE VENTURES LOU MONTEThe 2000, Pound Bee Parts I & 2
(Liberty 69)BUZZING sound made on electric
guitar open this one. And then therock combo pound out the tune andrhythm, and, of course, the ponderousbeat. Plenty of atmosphere and somegood rock work by the hit -makers whoplay well. This is maybe too much onthe big beat kick to make it, but forthose who enjoy a good bit of instru-mental rock 'n' roll this is it. Same sortof stuff on ..ide two, again great for danc-ing and for us, listening too.
FOUR SSVS
DINAHWASHINGTON
You're A Sweetheart; It's .4 Mean OldMan's World (Columbia DB 4947)MORE big band stuff backing Dinah
on a good, if rather uncommercialnumber. Her off -beat staccato voice suitsthe slow-ish song very well, but the disclacks a tune of any kind. This won'tmake the charts-she's made much betterthan this.
The flip has a marvellous title. It's aslow blues with some great singing fromDinah who vets involved well with thesong. Good stuff, very old Ray-Charles-ish and with a better chance than the topside. And a better side to boot.
THREE S
JEFF ROWENA, AND JOHNNY O'KEEFE
Pepino The Italian Mouse; What DidWashington Say (Reprise R 20106)THIS comedy disc is fast riser state-
side. A speeded up voice opens thediscs, and this is followed by Lou sing-ing about how naughty the mouse is.He vocalises in both English andItalian yet. The tune is very typical, andthe treatment is very unusual and enter-taining. Good for the kiddies overChristmas we think.
Flip is subtitled "(When He CrossedThe Delaware)". Another jog -along typeof disc with a Walt Disney atmosphereto it, and a brazen martial tempo. Fairstuff.
FOUR c% StGRACIE FIELDSNow Is The Hour; Small World (Decca11561)
GRACIE re-recorded this after a lot ofdemand. She sings as well as she
used to, with plenty of pathos and feelinginjected into her ever -popular voice. Thisoh -so -familiar song is handled well byher, and the male chorus. Lovely tune,slow tempo and commercial performance.Not for the beat kids, but the adults willlap it up.
Flip is the current noise -maker forJohnny Mathis. Gracie handles the songwell. She injects feeling into the song andgives it a different interpretation from theother versions. Slow and pleasant with agreat tune.
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Diddle-De-Durri; Dance Baby Dance(Oriole CB 1787)SLOW intro for this one which is sub-
titled "What Happens When YourLove Is Gone". It's a hit stateside forthe Belmonts and has plenty of thesounds that we associate with them andDion. "Diddle-De-Dums" all the waythrough and some loud rock 'n' roll workfrom Jeff. This one will be a juke favour-ite and one for the dance halls. Wecouldn't say about the charts though.
Falsetto on the flip, another US sound-ing number with plenty of lively teen -beatappeal. A good beat and everythingthrown in for good measure.
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Follow Follow; Canal Street Blues(Decca F 11560)QOME good sounds on this trad disc," with the usual ingredients. And ofcourse a good tune, fast tempo, andplenty wailing from all concerned. Fairstuff, not out of the rut, but very com-mercial all the same.
More of the same stuff for the morecontrolled fury of the flip. Some gooddeep sounds on this one, it will appealto the trad fans. Gimmicks galore onthe medium tempo number.
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RED ALLENBeautiful Blue Eyes; Trouble Round MyDoor (Longhorn BLH 0005)FAST tempo and plenty of banjo's for
this effort. A C. & W. number withsome good vocal work by all concernedand a busy little backing. This willplease the country fans.
One thing about the country boys, eventheir sad songs seem to be fast andmerry. It's the case with this one,another authentic effort with plenty ofappeal.
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disc called "Baby Oh Baby". Thisone isn't as good but it moves at a livelyteen pace all the same. Fat and noisywith some good background work bythe chorus. A good sax solo on it, withplenty of gusto all round. Not thoughfor the charts we think.
Falsetto opens the flip which to ourears is better than side one. Not theoldie, it moves along at a slow tempowith plenty of the usual ingredients tohelp it along.
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SLOW-1SH tempo for the tuneful thingby Cyril on this one. Big band and
bright, it should sell pretty well we think.But not enough for the charts.
The popular beat is given another ver-sion in the shape of this thing by Cyril.It's good stuff, noisy, brassy, but good.
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CYRIL: Still resident at the Lyceum,his new disc should sell strongly.
JOHNNY O'KEEFESing; To Love (Zodiac 016)VERY high in Australia, this one is the
old rocker with plenty of gusto andbeat. Fast lively and with a good tune, itis performed well. But there's been ver-sions of it lately by Al Kasha and JackieWilson, so we don't reckon it for thecharts. Good stuff nevertheless.
Flip is a slower number with a latinbeat. Johnny handles the thing well, andis supported well by the backing. Butnot as commercial as side one we think.
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Best Dressed Beggar (In Town): JustPretending (Longhorn BLH 0004)THIS jog-along C. & W. number is
very high in the American countrychart. It's a fast, well performed numberthat will have a great appeal for anyoneslightly interested in this sort of number.This bloke's got a good voice-we sus-pect Longhorn will have a fair seller withthis one.
Slower tempo on the flip, another sad -type number with a pronounced countryflavour, mainly because it was recordedin the heart of the U.S. country territory.But the way, this record label have theforesight to put the playing time on thelabel.
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A FINE JAll SHOWDAMITA JO
LIVE AT THE DIPLOMAT: Intro; Hey LookMe Over; Rock -a -bye Your Baby; TheMasquerade Is Over; Twist With Me Henry;Birth Of The Blues; I'll Save The Last DanceFor You; After You've Gone; That Old Feel-ing; Lazy River; Arrivederci Roma; SweetGeorgia Brown; Bill Bailey; You're Nobody'Till Somebody Loves You. (MERCURYMMC 14105.)ONE big hit . . . " I'll Save the Last
Dance For You " . . . broughtDamita Jo to the attention of the world.She has proved that she has the talentto make a lasting impression in the fieldof entertainment by her succeeding discs.
Now she is presented "live" (as theysay) during a night club engagement.Most entertaining.
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KAY STARRI CRY BY NIGHT; I'm Alone Because I LoveYou; I Cry By Night; Baby Won't You PleaseCome Home; More Than You Know; LoverMon; My Kinda Love; It Hod To Be You;Whispering Grass; Nevertheless; What Do YouSee In Her; P.S. I Love You; I'm Still In LoveWith You. (CAPITOL T.1681.)
KAY STARR rates with me as beingone of the world's outstanding girl
singers . . . and an outstanding person,too, in the flesh.
Though I prefer her with a swingingbeat, I still enjoyed this bluesy set im-mensely,.
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SHOWON STAGE: States Medley; Happy TrampsMedley; Widdicombe Fair; Your Requests;Cheep Cheep (Birdies) Medley; DownMemory Lane; The Frog And The Mouse; Long,Long Ago Medley. (HMV CLP 1599.)THE amazing Black and White Min-
strel Show just goes on and on beingmore successful all the time. Despite itsundoubted collection of talent and ex-cellent presentation, I doubt very muchwhether anyone cotit have predicted itsmagnificent reception.
Here, then, is the perfect souvenir ofthe show.
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THE LETTERMENONCE UPON A TIME: Time Was; Young AndFoolish; Lover's Beach; Polka Dots And Moon-beams; Evening Rain; Once Upon A Time;How Is Julie; My Funny Valentine; Remember-ing Last Summer; Sixteen Reasons; Summer'sGone; Turn Around, Look At Me. (CAPITOLT.1711.)
SGOTH and mellow are the soundsproduced by The Lettermen. They
clicked with this style when they recordeda big hit single recently.
While the album is good, it won'tperhaps reach the best sellers, but ratherbe a steady item in shops for quite awhile.
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THE MODERNAIRESLIKE SWUNG: If Dreams Come True; Don'tDream Of Anybody But Me; Shiny Stockings;What A Diff'rence A Day Made; Ja-Da (ChaCha Chu); Now And Then; Everything'sComing Up Roses; Like Young; The Rockin'Ghost; Romantique; The Girl With The LongBlack Hair; Sweeter Than The Sweetest.(MERCURY MMC 14047.)
THEY were called The Modernairesway back in the days when they
sang with the Glenn Miller band . . .
and that wasn't yesterday.They still use the same title, and live
up to it by keeping their style in linewith the current trends. I will raveabout this to my friends even althoughI have heard better vocal team sets inrecent years.
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COMES Christmas and you can betyour boots that DAVID SEVILLE
and his three CHIPMUNKS won't betar away. Perhaps I've had an overdoseof the antics but I didn't find this asamusing as previous sets. (LIBERTYLBY 1087).
GORDON MACRAE is one of theworld's outstanding singers of ballads
and therefore I enjoy listening to anyof his records. I enjoyed this one toodespite the fact that the recordings arepretty dated and the orchestra soundslike from the Ark. (EMBER INTER-NATIONAL EMB 3347).
LOUIS ARMSTRONG,DAVE BRUBECK, LAMBERT,
HENDRICKS and ROSS,CARMEN McRAE
THE REAL AMBASSADORS; Everybody'sComin'; Cultural Exchange; Good Reviews;Remember Who You Are; My One Bad Habit;Summer Song; King For A Day; Blow Satchmo;The Real Ambassador; In The Lurch; OneMoment Worth Years; They Say I Look LikeGod; Since Love Had Its Way; I Didn't KnowUntil You Told Me; Swing Bells; BlowSatchmo; Finale. (CBS BPG 62083.)
TO a certain extent Dave Brubecktook a critical panning in the British
press during his recent visit ... but thepoint to bear in mind is that the payingmembers of the public enjoyed his musicand wanted more.
I don't know what the critical reactionto this album will be but again I feel thatthose who have to spend the money willbuy the disc. It is a fine jazz show builtaround Louis Armstrong and a star-studded cast lifts it to the heights ofentertainment.
Not purely for jazz lovers ... the setdeserves a much wider hearing. And Ifor one would most certainly like to seethe show put on the London stage. ThisI recommend.
FIVE 'DssssiBRIEFLYMISS CAROL SLOANE was dis-
covered by the top boys in jazzwhen she appeared at the famous New-port Jazz Festival. She had, however,previously depped for Annie Ross onsick leave from the Lambert. Hendricksand Ross top vocal team. This is recom-mendation enough for most people. (CBSBPG 62074).
MISS EARTHA KITT in somewhatmore subdued style on an LP titled
the "Romantic Eartha" proved an enjoy-able disc ... but just that. Gone was thefire which brought her an audience ofmillions. In its place a distinctive voicesinging good songs but un-Eartha-like.More "Santa Baby", etc., please MissKitt. (HMV CLP 1595).
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(11) The Shadows (Columbia)SOME PEOPLE(16) Sound Track (Pye)SINCERELY(-) Bobby Vee (Liberty)SPOTLIGHT ON THESHADOWS(18) The Shadows (Columbia)CHRISTMAS WITH PINKY &PERKY(-) Pinky & Perky (Columbia)
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STRANGER TO THE (HARTSAND despite several other chart occurences this week, the big thing must of
course be that Acker's "Stranger On The Shore" has dropped out of the topfifty after well over a year residence there. Actually there is now no AckerBilk disc in the top fifty al all.
Top twenty -wise everything else was predictable except maybe Maureen Evansfinally making the grade with the sleeper "Like I Do" which is in fact Oriole'sbiggest hit since "Freight Train".
The million -selling "Sherry" manages to move up a place-we've got a notionwe'll be hearing their new disc "Big Girls Don't Cry" very shortly. The sameapplies to Chris Montez whose "Let's Dance" has been stuck around the topten for months.
Fastest riser must be "Your Cheatin' Heart" from Ray Charles, despite theslalings it has received in some circles. Others include Kenny Lynch's "Up OnThe Roof", Adam's "Baby Take A Bow" and "Me And My Shadow". Twodiscs from Ember make the grade this week; they are "The Madison", which
re-enters via Ray Ellington, and HarrySimeone's "Onward Christian Sol-diers"- by the way his 'LittleDrummer Boy" is currently doingbig business stateside.
Other newies include "Jingle BellRock", despite the panning Juke BoxJury gave it, "I'm Gonna Be WarmThis Winter" and "Dear LonelyHearts" from Nat.
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DON'T HANG UP*7 (9) OrionsRELEASE ME*8 (6) (Little) Esther PhilipsYOU ARE MY SUNSHINE*12 (5) Ray Charles
HOTEL HAPPINESS*19 (4) Brook Benton
ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH18 (5) Bob B. Soxx & Blue Jeans
(DANCE WITH) THE GUITARMAN*11 (10) Duane Eddy
DEAR LONELY HEARTS*14 (5) Nat "King" ColeKEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MYBABY*15 (6) Little Eva
PEPINO THE ITALIAN MOUSE*31 (3) Lou Monte
LOVE CAME TO ME*17 (5) Dion
TELL HIM29 (3) Exciters
RIDE*10 (8) Dee Dee Sharp
ALL ALONE AM I9 (13) Brenda Lee
CHAINS*23 (4) Cookies
MY DAD28 (3) Paul Petersen
HE'S A REBEL*16 (13) Crystals
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A LOOK AT THE U.S. CHARTS
FAST RISING HITS include: "LoopDe Loop"-Johnny Thunder; "Cin-
namon Cider"-Pastel Six; "LovesickBlues"-Frank Ifield; "Shake Sherry"-Contours; "Ballad Of Jed Clampett"-Flatt And Scruggs; "My ColouringBook"-Sandy Stewart/Kitty Kallen;"Some Kinda Fun"-Christ Montez;"Little Drummer Boy"-Harry SimeoneChorale; "You've Really Got A HoldOn Me"-Miracles ; "Little Town Fitt"-Del Shannon; and "Molly"-BobbyGoldsboro.
The Bobby Rydell and ChubbyChecker version of "Jingle Bell Rock"has now fallen out of the charts. TheBobby Helms original version is currentlymoving slowly up at number 93. N.J.
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5 BOBBY'S GIRL4 (11) Susan Maughan(Philips)
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CAN CAN '6235 (7) Peter Jay & The JayWalkers (Decca)
ME AND MY SHADOW43 (2) Frank Sinatra & SammyDavis Jnr. (Reprise)
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