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IN THE CHARTS-EDDIE COCHRAN (29) with "My Way"; PET CLARK (42) with "Casanova"; CLIFF RICHARD (NRM Picture) (21) with "Lucky Lips" and SUSAN MAUGHAN (48) with "She's New To You"and KENNY BALL (27) with "Casablanca". (NRM Picture.)

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EXCHANGE TRAVEL LTD.

UNORIGINAL TILESWHY must songwriters produce

brand news songs with thesame titles of past hits ? The latestoffender is Eden Kane, who haswritten, for Shane Fenton, "Fool'sParadise"-the same title as an oldhit by the Crickets. A few weeksago, Jess Conrad was heard singing" Take Your Time "- a differentsong to Buddy Holly's hit title.Cliff Richard recorded "A Girl LikeYou" a few months after AdamFaith featured the same title on hisfirst LP.

Acker Bilk plays his own compo-sition "Lonely" two years after aminor hit by Eddie Cochran called" Lonely ". Adam Faith sings" Lonesome " with a few years' gapbetween it and Monty Sunshine's hitof "Lonesome". A few years ago,Rhet Stoller had a hit with" Chariot ". Pet Clark's latest ?"Chariot". A big hit by NancyWhiskey was "Greenback Dollar";pow come the Kingston Trio with adifferent song with the same title.

Out of these I have mentioned(there must be many others), onlyCliff, Adam and Acker make thetop charts with their songs, andsurely it was only their names thatsold their respective discs.

It can't possibly help the salesof these "copy" titles to have oldtitles, so why do song writers churnthem out? Any why do publishersuse them ?

Let's see an end to this copyingand some more original titles tofuture releases. - ALEC CRAB -TREE, 118 Brooklands Avenue,Liverpool, 22.

NE PARLE PASIN last week's NRM there was a

letter from a Dennis King, inScunthorpe, saying we should havemore French records in Britain. Ithink this is ridiculous, because whowants French discs when half thepopulation can't even understandthe language ?

EDDIE COCHRAN

And as for saying the French putfar more into their singing, who cantell if they don't know the words ?Think again, Mr. King. -MICHAEL ROSSITER, Stag andHounds, lver Heath, Bucks.

CRYING ABOUT

LITTLE RICHARD

HAVING just heard the newLittle Richard release, I feel

like crying me eyes out.The undisputed King of Rock 'n'

Roll singing typical pop trash isenough to make any Rock fancommit suicide.

Richard says he wants to makea comeback into big-time, well goodRock still sells, Jerry Lee Lewis hasproved that, so let's hope that Mr.Penniman makes some brilliantclassics like the hits he had fiveyears ago. - BOB RICHARDSON,94 Leicester Street, Bolton, Lanes.

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BEATLES REMARK

MAY I comment on the remarkmade by two of the Beatles in

last week's NRM ? They state thatB. J. Kramer will take over fromthe place which Elvis is at themoment leaving vacant. Utter rub-bish. I admire the Beatles' talentvery much when it comes to sing-ing, but I do wish that they wouldleave the wishful thinking to some-one else. I have just heard thisnew Liverpudlian and his group,and fail to see how he falls intothe same class as Elvis. Not that Iam undermining this boy's talent,although I personally do not likehim, but it is like saying that Elviswill take over from Sinatra. Howcan a newcomer like this hope todo what Cliff Richard has been sounsuccessfully trying to do foryears ? El is established for along time to come, " One BrokenHeart " or not; time will tell !-D.S. STONE 42 Mill Hill Lane,Pontefract, Yorkshire.

THE ROLLING STONES GENUINE R & B !AS the trad. scene gradually subsides, promoters of all kinds

of teen -beat entertainments heave a long sigh of reliefthat they have found something to lake its place. It's Rhythmand Blues, of course-the number of R & B clubs that havesuddenly sprung up is nothing short of fantastic.

One of the best-known - and one of the most successful todate-is at the Station Hotel, Kew Road, in Richmond, just onthe outskirts of London. There, on Sunday evenings, the hipkids throw themselves about to the new "jungle music" like theynever did in the more stinted days of trad.

And the .ombo they writhe andtwist to is called the Rollin' Stones.Maybe you've never heard of them-if you live very far away fromLondon the odds are you haven't.

But by gad you will ! The Rollin'Stones are probably destined to bethe biggest group in the R & Bscene if it continues to flourish. Andby the looks of the Station Hotel,Richmond, flourish is merely anunderstatement considering thatthree months ago only fifty peopleturned up to see the group. Nowclub promoter bearded GiorgioGomesky has to close the doorsat an early hour-over four hun-dred R & B fans crowd the hall.

GENUINEAnd the fans who do come

quickly lose all their inhibitions andproceed to contort themselves tothe truly exciting music of the boys-who put heart and soul into theirperformances.

The fact is that, unlike all theother R & B groups worthy of thename, the Rollin' Stones have a

definite visual appeal. They aren'tthe Jar/men who were doing trad.eighteen months back and who haveconverted their act to keep up withthe times. They are genuine R & Bfanatics themselves, and they singand play in a way that one wouldhave expected more from a colouredU.S. R & B team than a bunch ofwild, exciting white boys who havethe fans screaming-and listening-to them.

Lineup of the group is MickJagger. lead vocal and harmonicaand student at the London Schoolof Economics. The fierce backingis supplied by Brian Jones, guitarand harmonica, and also spokes-man and leader of the group. He'san architect, while Keith Richards,guitar, is an art student. The otherthree members of the group are BillWyman, bass guitar, Ian Stuart,

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piano and maraccas, and drummerCharles Watts.

Record -wise, everything is in theair, but a disc will be forthcoming.It will probably be the group's ownadaptation of the Chuck Berrynumber, "Come On" (featured onChuck's new Pye L.P.). The num-ber goes down extremely well in theclub's session on Sundays - otherChuck Berry numbers that are inthe group's repertoire are "Downthe Road Apiece" and "Bye, Bye,Johnny"-which is one of the high-lights of the act.

DISC/FILMEven though the boys haven't

dead -certain plans for a disc, theydo have dead -certain plans for afilm. For club promoter Giorgiois best known as a film producer,and he has made several imagina-tive films dealing with the musicscene. But for the Rollin' Stonesfilm, there are some truly greatshots of the team in action, singingand performing "Pretty Thing", theBo Diddley number. The film itselflasts for twenty minutes, and willbe distributed with a main featurefilm.

The group are actually mad aboutBo Diddley, although pianist Ian isthe odd man out. Diddley numbersthey perform are "Crawdad", "Nur-sery Rhyme", "Road Runner","Moaner" and, of course, "BoDiddley".

They can also get the sound thatBo gets too - no mean achieve-ment. The group themselves are allred-hot when k comes to U.S. beat

discs. They know their R & Bnumbers inside out and have arepertoire of about eighty songs,most of them are the numbers whichevery R & B fan in the countryknows and near enough loves.

The boys are confident that, ifthey make a disc, it should do well.They are also confident about theirown playing, although on Sundaysat the end of the session at Rich-mond they are dead -beat. That'sbecause on Sunday afternoons theyalso play the R & B session at theKen Colyer Club.

SUPERFICIALBut despite the. fact that their R

& B has a superficial resemblanceto rock 're roll, fans of the hitparade music would not find anyfamiliar material performed by theRollin' Stones. And the boys donot use original material-only theAmerican stuff. "After all," theysay, "can you imagine a Britishcomposed R & B number-it just

The ROLLING STONES inaction at the Station Hotel,Richmond, Surrey. They are"packing them in" with theirR&B material. (NRM Picture

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wouldn't make it."One group that thinks a lot of the

Rollin' Stones are The Beatles.When they came down to Londonthe other week, they were knockedout by the group's singing. Theystayed all the evening at theStation Hotel, listening to thegroup pound away. And now theyspread the ward around so much inLiverpool that bookings for thegroup have been flooding in - in-cluding several at the famed Cavern.

All this can't be bad for the R& B group who have achieved theAmerican sound better than anyother group over here. And thegroup that in all likelihood will soonbe the leading R & B performersin the country. . . .

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Elvis DiscographyA COMPLETE LIST OF EVERY ELVIS DISC -PLUS

HIGHEST CHART POSITION REACHEDHAVE you ever thought just how many discs Elvis Presley has

made? The answer is rather startling. More than we, and probablyyou thought. So some of us at the NRM put our heads togethercompiled a discography of Elvis Aaron Presley -still the World'stop pop singer -despite his "One Broken Heart For Sale".

First of all -the singles, starting with the ones that El. cut whilsthe was on HMV. For anyone who is interested Elvis was on RCAin the States right from his original move from "Sun" but hisdiscs were issued here on HMV purely because RCA didn't have itsown outlet here then! Also highest chart position reached, andwhen.

HIS DELETED HMV SINGLESHeartbreak Hotel/I Was the One -HMV POP 182, No. 3 July '56Blue Suede Shoes/Tutti Frutti-HMV POP 213, No. 9. June '56I Want You, I Need You, I Love You/My Baby Left Me

-HMV POP 235, No. 15 Aug. '56Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel -HMV POP 249, No. 2 Nov. '56Blue Moon/I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine

-HMV POP 272, No. 8 Dec. '56Love Me Tender /Anyway You Want Me -HMV POP 253, No. 15

Jan.' 57Love Me/Mystery Train -HMV POP 295, No placeRip It Up/Baby Let's Play House -HMV POP 305, No. 18 March '57Too Much/Playin' For Keeps -HMV POP 330, No. 7 May '57All Shook Up/That's When Your Heartaches Begin

-HMV POP 359, No. 1 July '57Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Tryin' To Get To You -HMV POP 408, No. 11

Nov. '57Paralysed/When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

-HMV POP 378, No. 9 Sept. '57How Do You Think I Feel/I'm Left You're Right She's Gone

-HMV POP 428, No. 17 Jan. '58That then is the list of El's now deleted HMV POP group of singles.

Note well that many of them didn't make the top ten -only one made thenumber one spot, and some didn't even make the twenty. The first groupof RCA singles slightly overlap the older HMV group.Loving You/Teddy Bear -RCA 1013, No. 2 Aug. '57Got A Lotta Livin' To Do/Party-RCA 1020, No. 2 Nov. '57Santa Bring My Baby Back/Santa Claus Is Back In Town

-RCA 1025, No. 7 Dec. '57Jailhouse Rock/Treat Me Nice -RCA 1028, No. 1 Jan. '58Don't/1 Beg Of You -RCA 1043, No. 2 March '58Wear My Ring Around Your Neck/Doncha Think It's Time

-RCA 1058, No. 2 May '58

Heard Headed Woman/Don't Ask Me Why -RCA 1070, No. 2 Aug. '58King Creole/Dixieland Rock -RCA 1081, No. 2 Oct. '58All Shook Up/Heartbreak Hotel -RCA 1088, re -issueHound Dog/Blue Suede Shoes -RCA 1095, re -issueI Got Stung/One Night -RCA 1100, No. 1 Jan. '59A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight -RCA 1113, No. I

May '59A Big Hunk 0' Love/My Wish Came True -RCA 1136, No. 4 Aug. '59Stuck On You/Fame And Fortune -No. 2 April '60A Mess Of Blues/Girl Of My Best Friend -RCA 1194, No. 2 Sept. '60It's Now Or Never/Make Me Know It -RCA 1207, No. 1 Nov. '60Are You Lonesome Tonight/I Gotta Know -RCA 1216, No. 1 Jan. '61Wooden Heart/Tonight Is So Right For Love -RCA 1226, No. 1

March '61Surrender/Lonely Man -RCA 1227, No. 1 May '61Wild In The Country/I Feel So Bad -RCA 1244, No. 2 Oct. '61Little Sister/His Latest Flame -RCA 1258, No. 1 Nov. '61Can't Help Falling In Love/Rock-A-Hula Baby -RCA 1270, No. 1

Feb. '62Good Luck Charm/Anything That's Part Of You -RCA 1280, No. 1

June '62She's Not You/Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello -RCA 1303, No. 1 Sept.' 62Return To Sender/Where Do You Come From -RCA 1320, No. 1

Dec. '62One Broken Heart For Sale/They Remind Me Too Much Of You

-RCA 1320, No. 12, March '63That then is the complete list of singles that Elvis has made. And it

includes the deletions.

'HEART' -LOWEST FOR SIX YEARS!Facts about "One Broken Heart" -it's Elvis's worst selling current

single since "Rip It Up". Although some HMV releases did not get tothat position after this one -they were in competition with RCA discs -and usually more than one -at the same time.

Also Elvis SHOULD have been at his strongest at the time of therelease of "One Broken Heart" -for no less than SIX discs before thatone had reached the top spot.

Nevertheless we can't help thinking that El. isn't suffering more thana temporary setback. Thirty discs in the top ten in seven years can't bebad.

What, you may say, about his L.P.s and E.P.s. Well, we haven't for-gotten them. Here's a list -but without chart positions. E.Ps. first :LOVE ME TENDER/Poor Boy/Let Me/We're Gonna Move 7EG8199GOOD ROCK IN' TONIGHT/Blue Moon Of Kentucky/Just Because/

Good Rockin' Tonight. They are both the E.P.s on HMV. Three L.P.swere issued.

ROCK 'N' ROLL Blue Suede Shoes/I Gotta Sweetie/I'm Counting On

MARK WHY I FLOPPEMark Wynter explainsthe flop of 'Aladdin's

Lamp' -and why he hasreverted to cover versionsWHY did Mark Wynter's

"Aladdin's Lamp " flipthen flop ? Most of the reviewersliked it and rated it a usefulfollow-up to his previous coupleof hits. But the fans turned uptheir noses and downed theirthumbs.

Said Mark this week: " Onreflection, I think it failedbecause it wasn't a sufficientlyPERSONAL type of song. I'msure I need that personal touchon lyrics .. . like on Go AwayLittle Girl'.

COVER JOB"Each singer has to find a style

which suits him best. 'Aladdin'sLamp,' after all, turned out to bemuch too general in its approach."

Mark added that he felt his newone, also loudly hailed, was in the" Go Away Little Girl " vein. It'scalled " Shy Girl "-a cover of theCascades' American offering.

Failure of " Aladdin's Lamp "means that Mark has had to departfrom the originality angle. He's longbeen AGAINST " cover jobs," butthe truth is he gets his hits onlyfrom covering. And a furtherapparent necessity is that his hitshave to be made in a dead roarin'hurry. . . .

" This one was like Go AwayLittle Girl ' and ' Venus '," he said." All rushed. Sessions on the Satur-day -and I had a copy by themiddle of the following week.Seems to bring me luck, this having

to rush."

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But Mark pointed out that whenhe first heard " Shy Girl " he wastold it was the " B " side of theCascades' disc. Only after he'dagreed it as his new one did heand Tony Hatch find out it was theselling side in the States.

This new disc is clearly impor-tant for the restoration of Markto the charts. And for anotherreason -the flip side, " Because ofYou," is his first effort at song -writing.

FOUR TITLESSaid Mark: " It was a lousy,

rainy old day up in Newcastle.The compere of our show, AlPaige, and I were stuck in ourhotel room, moaning because we'dseen all the local movies.

" So I somehow got this tunein my mind. I worked it over afew times and then found the lyricswere forming in my nut, too. I sangit over to Al, who thought it wasall right.

" Anyway, I didn't 'think anymore of it until we got to therecording session. We wanted tocut four titles. Let Me Take HisPlace ' was to be one, but I didn'tlike it. Then we toyed with ' CoverGirl,' but it didn't seem right. So

I told Tony about MY song -andhe agreed we should try it.

" Since then, I've written anothertwo numbers. I've got my ownpublishing company, so they'llprobably go through that set-up.It's become an interesting newhobby of mine . . ."

Mark, as ever, remains one of themost heavily booked popsters inthe business, with hardly any timeoff between now and the end ofthe year. He's doing a pantomime

again,where.

" Just hope it's Buttons,' inCinderella '," he said. " I think

that's just about the best part ofthem all. It's a PERSONAL sortof part, which suits me fine."

If Mark had his own "Aladdin'sLamp," I know what one of hiswishes would be.

And it should come true. " ShyGirl " should see him riding nicelyin the charts.

though it's not been fixed

You/I'm Left You're Right She's Gone/That's All Right/Money Honey/Mystery Tram/I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry/Tryin' To Get You/One Sided Love Affair/ Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Shake Rattle And Roll.

ROCK 'N' ROLL NUMBER TWO which has of course been re -issuedon RCA

THE BEST OF ELVIS Heartbreak Hotel/I Don't Care If The Sun Don'tShine/Blue Moon/Tutti Frutti/All Shook Up/Hound Dog/Too Much/Anyway You Want Me/Don't Be Cruel/Playin' For Keeps.

Both Rock 'n' Roll and The Best of Elvis ( A ten -inch L.P.) are not inany current catalogue.RCA E.P.s are as follows:Peace In The Valley-RCX 101I Need You So-RCX 104Jailhouse Rock-RCX 106King Creole, Volume I-RCX 117King Creole, Volume 2-RCX 118Elvis Sails-RCX 131Elvis' Christmas Album-RCX 121Elvis In Tender Mood-RCX 121Strictly Elvis-RCX 135Such A Night-RCX 190A Touch Of Gold, Volume 1-RCX 1045A Touch of Gold, Volume 2-RCX 1048Follow That Dream-RCX 211Kid Galahad-RCX 7106Current L.P.s on RCA as follows:Elvis Golden Records-RB 16069Loving You -RC 24001Elvis' Christmas Album -RD 27052King Creole -RD 27088Elvis -RD 27120A Date With Elvis -RD 27128Elvis' Golden Records, Volume 2 -RD 27159Elvis Is Back -RD 27171G.I. Blues -RD 27192His Hand In Mine -RD 27211Somethin' For Everybody -RD 27224Blue Hawaii -RD 27238Pot Luck -RD 27265Girls, Girls, Girls -RD 7534Rock 'n' Roll Number Two -RD 7528It Happened At The World's Fair -RD 7565. Beyond The Bend/Relax/

Take Me To The Fair/They Remind Me Too Much Of You/One BrokenHeart For Sale/I'm Falling In Love Tonight/Cotton Candy Land/AWorld Of Our Own/How Would You Like To Be/Happy Ending.That of course is the latest L.P. from El. which should he in the shops

next week. And bound, we think, for the sellers like all its predecessorswere. . . .

provincial round-upBy JEFF BAYLISS

JOHN MAYALL, jazz organ/vocalfounder of the Blues Syndicate,

moved to London last week to re-form under the guidance of theCana -Variety Agency.

MOST unpopular man in Man-chester this week - Brian

Matthew, who announced on Satur-day Club that local idols Freddieand The Dreamers were a Liverpoolgroup.BEAT PACKAGE compere/come-

dian Eddie Earle, now livingin Wilmslow, Cheshire.DOPULAR TYNE TEES T.V.

lunchtime transmission, "TheOne O'Clock Show", nearing its1,000th performance.THE Dowlands, Bournemouth's

semi -pro Oriole artists, arebooked for Talent Spot this week.There is a strong possibility of thebrothers turning professional in thenear future following their con-tracted tour of the north west inJuly.ON ABC's TV show Rave last

Saturday, it was interesting tosee the Big Three gallantly mimingto background music comprisinglarge numbers of strings, woodwindand brass. -

TITO BURNS presents a rushconcert at the State, Kilburn,

on May 15th. Artists appearing in-clude the Four Seasons, Del Shan-non, the Brook Brothers andFreddie and the Dreamers.

SPECIAL beat night featuring rockgroups started last Monday at

the Princess Theatre Club, Chorlton,compered by Bobby Campbell.

MANCHESTER'S Kennedy StreetEnterprises opening four new

coffee -dance clubs in the next fewmonths at Blackpool, Morecambe,Huddersfield and Leeds.NEW GROUP to appear on the

northern scene is called JamesBond and the Premiums.

BBC-tv visited Manchester's OasisClub for the third time in five

weeks last Wednesday to film in-serts for "Time To Kill", a docu-mentary on the mis-spent eveningsof mis-spent youth.THE Hollies' first Parlophone re-

lease titled "Ain't That Just LikeMe", out on May 17th. Followingthe current vogue, the flip -side iswritten by their two vocalists Rickyand Dave Young and is called"Hey; What's Wrong With Me".CARTER-LEWIS, the Pye record-

ing duo, are to tour the ball-room circuits backed by the Kins-men, who hail from Northampton.Their first date is at the El Rio,Macclesfield tomorrow after a liveperformance on Saturday Club.

THE Beatles -Roy Orbison touralready sold out at seven of

its 19 venues, no doubt due to thetop ten placings of the two headliners and Gerry and the Pace-makers.

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Buddy Brings BackThe Big Beat . . .

THE fast style "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" has proved to beone of the fastest sellers Buddy Holly has had in his lengthy

chain of hits. His powerhouse performance of the vintage ChuckBerry number caught on like wildfire shooting the number into thehit lists within days of release. The single gives the hit paradean interesting backward glance at the style of five years ago whenthe big beat predominated.

This may well account for "Handsome Man's" popularity, for itis far faster than most discs made today and like the rock songsissued between 1956 and 1958 it generates tremendous excitement,which record buyers seem to still want but don't always getthese days.

Following hard on the heels of Buddy's hit, Coral rushed hislong player "Reminiscing" into the shops. The title track wascomposed by Atlantic sax recording star King Curtis, who, with theCrickets, accompanied Buddy at the session when "Reminiscing"was recorded.

Buddy was a great admirer ofKing's sax style and insisted heshould be featured on the recording.King's special stutter -sax sound canbe heard on several Coasters discs,including their new LP "CoastingAlong", where he gives a particu-larly way-out performance on "WaitA Minute"-a song Bobby Darinpenned.

The LP tracks "Wait 'til the sunshines Nellie", "Reminiscing", aredifferent from the versions on thehit single last autumn. On the albumthe tinkling guitar is blended with

LEE from LIVERPOOLTHERE are pop singers whoA sing well but don't LOOK

the part. And those who lookwell but don't SING the part. Geta mixture of both and you're onthe way to stardom. Which isthe way I suspect Lee Curtisis going ...

He's a six-footer, aged 21,who has made fair noise withhis "Little Girl" debut single forDecca. It sold a thousand a dayfor quite a while .. but sufferedeventually because Lee had beenbooked for a month in the StarClub, Hamburg, and was unableto give the plugging his personalattention.

Now he's back and rarin' to go.New disc plans are being workedout right now.

When Lee turned up for ourinterview, a girl with me said: "Ifanybody talks about Liverpoolgroups again, I'll scream. I'm fedup with hearing about them."

Lee is from Liverpool. So is hisgroup, the All -Stars. He arrived.The girl didn't scream. Instead.she looked distinctly shaky andwavered, vocally: "I think Liver-pool is marvellous for producingall those groups .. , ."

FOOTBALLLee has that effect on the bird

fraternity. He's tall, wavy-haired,dear of eye, athletic -looking. Soc-cer, in fact, is his main off-stagehobby and he's a useful centre -halfor full-back.

Once upon a time, he wasapproached by a director of Ever -ton Football Club, potentialLeague champions this year, andasked to join the club's colts' XI.He has a collection of twelvetrophies gained in the game and hasled his own team, Braybank Foot-ball Club, to two successive localcup victories.

"That might have been the gamefor me", said Lee. "But I turnedto singing instead. Can't say Ihonestly regret the decision."

Lee was educated at the St.Francis de Sale School in Liver-pool and was singing by the ageof 17 in a local skiffle group.

"But the sea seemed to call me".he says. "I heard the call andcleared off in the Merchant Navyfor a while. I wasn't in too long-and went back to civvy street asa bus conductor."

LEE CURTIS, first pictured in the NRMset for stardom.

It all started when he was askedto stand in for the resident singerwith a rock group and was such ahuge success that later on, with hisown group, he was booked intoLiverpool's Storeyville Jazz Club.

His acceptance was immediate.In no time at all, he was bookedin as the club's resident vocalist.

Then came a debut ballroombooking at the Birkenhead Majes-tic. Fantastic scenes. A team ofstrong-arm stewards were needed torescue him from his ever-increasingband of followers. That led to aten -week booking.

RETURNSAll over the North country, he

created the "return booking" story.Top Rank ballrooms built the "LeeCurtis Show" round his personality.And he worked with ' Jerry LeeLewis, which remains one of themost vivid memories of his shortcareer.

Then, on March 20, he wentover to Germany, to join theswinging beat scene that is Ham-burg. That too led to a returnbooking. But Lee is chary aboutspending too much time away fromBritain from now on as he feelshe'd like to get his recording careerunder way with the maximum of

last month, seems

personal appearances. But he didget a contract with Philips'sDeutsch Records on the continent.

"It was hard work over there",he says. "Long sessions and lotsof social life, But it was all wellworth while. Joe Flannery, mymanager, is trying to get me backjust as soon as I get the time."

Lee returned to Liverpool withenthusiasm because his fans hadlaid on a special "return home"party, which was a real wow ofan evening. It underlined againhow popular he is with the North-ern audiences.

byPETER JONES

He said: "All the boys in thegroup got stacks of fan-tmail whilewe were away. Trouble was wehad to answer them all even thoughwe were dead tired with all thework. But we feel -the fans are all-important so I guess we didn'tmind too much in the end".

It WILL all happen for Lee Curtis-I'm sure of that. He creates apeculiarly dynamic sound which iswell up to the recent hit -makersand discs from his home town,

the backing of this oldie, and somemore subtle guitar work on"Reminiscing". The reason is thatthe L.P. was intended for Stereorelease in the States, so more back-ground instruments had to be addedto bring out the disc when it wasplayed Stereo. (The disc is inciden-tally well up the U.S. Stereo charts).

HAPPYBuddy's own guitar and the Fire-

balls are featured in the backing ofmost of the tracks on this latestLP. The latter group have a verysimilar style to Buddy's when hewas with the Crickets so they blendwell on these recordings. The 11track package was rushed into theshops to cater for enormousdemand and is already a best-seller.The very unusual sleeve showsBuddy looking out of a porthole inthe 'plane on a flight with theCrickets to Australia. His managerNorman Petty took the shot on histine camera.

The sleeve notes were written byBuddy's parents Ella and Law-rence 0. Holley of Lubbock,Texas. Of their son's latest hit theysay: "Noiman Petty, who recordedBuddy's musical life, added theyoung, exciting sound of a musicalgroup called the Fireballs. We feelthat the combination, sound -wise, isa happy one!"

Buddy's next single is likely to beanother track from his new LP-"Bo Diddley"-says Coral's TonyHall. Featuring excellent guitar anddrum accompaniment Buddy's ver-sion of the song has an unusualrhythm switch near the end and if itis put out on a single this catchybacking should help it to sell.

II is already Buddy's first singlehit in the States for many years-but there it is coupled with "TrueLove Ways" a single hit for Buddyback in 1960.

VOCIFEROUS

BgGraeme

Andrewsable to match the 'feel' of themusicians in the studio with that ofBuddy when he recorded."

When he was over in Britain lastyear Norman told reporters that atthe time he only had 14 tracks of

Buddy's name has been kept alive Buddy's left-eight studio mastersby carefully scheduled releases and and six demos, onto which backingsthere is still a fair amount of un- were dubbed in Clovis last autumn.released material of his which could Two of these, says Norman, arelast some while. It is remarkable dual track recordings of "Love'sthat from the time of his death until ,._Mtle A Fool Of You" and "Wish -the release of "Reminiscing" his ing which Buddy wrote and re -only new Coral material consisted corded as demonstrations for theof the two orchestral singles "It Everly Brothers. He flew to Nash -Doesn't Matter Anymore" and Ville with the tapes to give Don and"Moondreams", "True Love Ways', Phit some idea of what the end pro -plus three dubbed singles "Peggy duct would be like. The brothersSue Got Married", "What To Do" didn't record the numbers, however,and "Learning The Game". and only the Crickets' "Love's

All Buddy's other posthumous re -Made A Fool Of You" has been

leases have been te-issues or pre- heard.

vious LP tracks like his 1961 hit Buddy's version of the latter and"Baby I Don't Care". "Wishing" will be released, says

Norman, "in due time in accor-dance with the wishes of the folksat (U.S.) Decca." Doubtless whenthat day comes these sides willfollow the well-worn Holly hitparade path.

With a smash -hit single, a newLP and some more unissuedmaterial to come from their idol,Buddy Holly fans certainly haveplenty to sing about right now.

PERFECTION"Peggy Sue Got Married" and

the other dubbed singles were madefrom private tapes of Buddy's andwere not handled by Norman Petty.Buddy's fans will be interested tohear that Norman says "There is avery good chance that we will re-record the six demo tapes in ques-tion but we will see to it that theyare done to perfection before wewill allow same to be released".

Of Buddy's still unissued materialNorman, who has recorded millionsellers by Buddy, The Crickets, theFireballs, Bobby Vee, the String -alongs and Buddy Knox in hisClovis, New Mexico, studios, says:"We can assure you that many goodthings will come from this sourceand all in due time". He goes on topoint out "Many things have to beironed out before the path is madeclear for a release", adding "thefans in your country have beenwonderful to understand this andall of us here appreciate the loyaltymost of your young people haveshown for the great talent of BuddyHolly."

This will add to the fury of asmall but vociferous band ofrhythm and blues fans who arealready complaining because Buddyhas had a hit with "Handsome,Man" while Chuck Berry's fiveyear old original version has neverbeen issued here. "Bo Diddley" wasput on wax some time ago by theAmerican r & b singer of the samename.

"Bo Diddley" was waxed by theShadows on a recent LP and wasinchsded with "Peggy Sue" and"Well . . . all right" on the LP"Bobby Vee meets the Crickets",which also contains two ChuckBerry songs, "Sweet Little 16" and"Little Queenie". Bobby and theCrickets are making a follow-up tothis LP but they don't plan to in-clude any of Buddy's songs thistime.

Just out over here is the Crickets'first Liberty LP in their own rightwhich revives "Love Is Strange"and vintage tunes associated withFats Domino, Ray Charles, DonGibson, Johnny Otis, the Coastersand Eddie Cochran.

In America the group's (andBuddy's) first album "The ChirpingCrickets" has been re -issued underthe title "Buddy Holly and TheCrickets". Now also available instereo it has the same tracks butuses the unattractive sleeve pictureof the group's first British EP "TheSound Of The Crickets".

QUALITYTo ensure future quality Norman

has insisted that all Buddy's mastersmust be cleared through his studiobefore release and he lays greatemphasis on the care taken indubbing Buddy's work: "It is ouraim to see that the trust placed inus to the best of our ability is wellearned," he declares.

Norman goes on to say: "We doplan to use the services of the Fire-balls on many of the future re-leases of tapes in our files and youcan be assured that they will be intop form for it is not our desire torelease any tapes recorded here thatwould be anything but complimen-tary to the memory of BuddyHolly".

Concludes Norman, "We want allof the fans of his talents to knowthat we take extra time . . . muchtime, in fact . . . to see that we are

JERRY LEE LEWISSHOW REVIEW

NO matter what you have read,no matter what you have

heard, watching Jerry Lee Lewison stage always produces a pro-found shock for the ears, theeyes and for the very soul. Thiswas the case at BirminghamTown Hall last Monday on theopening night of Jerry's newBritish tour.

Jerry, resplendent in whitetrousers and black coat, oncemore exceeded all accepted per-forming limitations to keep hisaudience literally on their toes.

His soul -shattering show con-sisted of ten numbers, nine ofwhich completely stopped theshow, and the tenth, a ballad"You Win Again", providing anadmirable contrast.

After this, the relentless beatcarried us through to the fan-tastic finish, through "GreatBalls Of Fire", "What'd I Say",a great, new version ; "WholeLotta Shakin' Goin' On", whichstill defies description ; "GoodGolly Miss Molly", which, judg-ing by its reception, could easilyre-enter the top thirty ; and thefinale, "Hound Dog".

What Jerry does on stage isso beyond the realms of humanimagination that no one canfully anticipate the aura of sheermagical excitement which hecreates. Suffice to say that he ishere again, and firing on allcylinders, just waiting to dishout the thrills to his eager fans.

ALAN STINTON.

Introducing "TELSTAR", the drum kit of the future. The kit isdesigned and produced by J. and I. Arbiter Ltd., of TRIXON kit fame.The new -style kit is currently being used by SOUNDS INCOR-PORATED who are just about the finest beat music team in Britain

today. (NRM Picture by DAVID MAGNUS.)

Page Six NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending May II, 1963 NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week-ending May Ti. 1965 Pao W.

DEL SHANNONNew Date

r trheAr =1114"; o S:lr's°a`Utfor a come. at ffie GassmorriState, Kithurn, m May 15.

The Brooks start their summerseason at Weymouth Pavilion onlone 3.

Kenny BallNew Style

WENNY BALL trying an exPeri-KK reental .ncert the Fair -geld Hag, Croydon, on May 17.The second half of the bill will beKenny and the ...en. First halfwill consist of rhythm and bluesfrom Cyril .ries and the AUStars, folk singing by Lees JohnBaldry, and gospel from the V.aeries. Compere will be BrianMalffiew.

SPRINGFIELDS

Dates and DatesScleor.G.F.1,6,4136 have gone

They fly to Norway on June 22for TV from .o. They go toBelgium on July 5 and 6 for con-certs and radio dates. They'renegotiating for concerts in Swedenin July.

A. on May 16 Mei. en Mii-day-OMy and Tom in Spain, andMike P.m.] in Fran. (withKenny Lynch).

Buii on June I they're art theDreamland Ballroom, Margate, andon July I they're at Brighton TownHan.

THE OUTLAWS

For GermanySERIE OUTLAWS go to GermanyK to ac.momy Jerry Lee Lewisfrom May 13 to 27, then return toBritain for concerts in Burton -on -Trent on May 29; Coventry May30; Stoke-oo-Trent May 3.; Liver-pool Empire June 2.

MIKE'S SENSATIONAL CHANGE...MIKE SARNE sensation! What senmtion? Thi without, Theo a quiet, out -of -character

apparent., even bothering to tell anyone aboo it, he has "Sumnertme". Not exaelly thedeveloped a staggeringly differ.xl sort of stage act. On calculated finest -ever performanoo of the song,to knock the lot ... teens asa adults alike. but good en.gh. You wonder what

Sensatioml? Mike hos long been regarded as a gimmick singer. hK'Kd° KKK'The sort of bloke who can chant about birds on a disc ... but who In fact, he does a medley of hiswas lost when he stalked 05 .6015. hits. All with the grealrit good

But not oosr-not after his showings on the Bob Stigwood tour - humour. a certain intensity, too.big production "All Stars '63". As screaming audiences will testify. Sensational Some? I'll stand by

One other (unmmed) music -his it.

paper dropped a brick when they word. I, an unashamed -digger Does this Indica. that Mikesaid that Mike had obviously had of Mike because fleg eye, like nicked the show" Not rm.. Johnhis am polished for months pari He a long, cool breeze through the Kerien is a worthy b. -topper. Jethadn't. Two days before the tour businoss in the short time he's been md .orY Mee Me P.m efi reee,

turneffiOnger, who scored arn,n,except for an over -ambitious "CanGet Used To Losing You": Gr.ixx,filling the stage with blonde person-ality.

I've left to Iasi Billie Davis. Thisgirl has enormous potential. Crisp.America. punchy song wiling,brisk personality, confide. enoughto .at hack to an audience. Me'll

very big ere the Year b on,John Lerion, MiLe BerrY,

Jet a. Tony-aed the offiers-allexcellent. But as foil to those ...Mike ame ffie Sensational.s

byPETERJONES

.I MIKE SARNE: An 'Ochange in stage personality-decidedly for the better!

started, he worked the routines over there, investing it withairf hit h!.., "h.°IK KKK' (NRI4 Pic hy BILL WILLIAMS.)with the Mcking gr.P. emotions.

Another artist on the bill was pj becomeBut Mike the Unusual did the

asked about Mike's ari. "What REAL for trick. He was the surprise. The sen-act?" said the artist. "He doesn't who could mMily have turned intoseem to have one. Just sheds in aAdhdlMi John Ley.. with that shy ap-front of a nrixophone and mum- ruytn Id , j. ..h proach of ho, opened on a beatbles. sensed the way 116,0101 be done so kick Kim led 100 "ffise.Y Gori

Which was a criticism levelled II 1510 be sufficiently different to have Kam.' The hi.' b.bstlell ...-him before . . audiences jerking forward on their Mel at high pressure. Included a

sea.. rock medley. Then kis hits. And

IMPROVISATION 7 "tljc tro ed fo a t o

But at a fuM ll-dress rehmrsal, Mike ''= d=f;,to:r.b.. trging too near the footlights. GalsdMich he risked hTs neck by yentas-

crexploded in life. Funny walks, K

dynamic movements, elldelen S-P,eat' waited M gribswitches of mood, bubbling good :1, j];mxxxee

iu aw r SKIFFLEcheck bits, a comis. lxi,'Le Tins. `°°moostage, violent twitches, determined Jet and Tony, using a luminous

=ribe'r:dit"an;UvOcal GIMMICKRY do:It 7:::.:,di".07<iIIIOD"Keep it all in," said Bob Wig- And MI igU you this; bob vory Ulbnswmd and his associaris.

welcome 5x the ran" 01 99150. Babo°ri.sIxI

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popularBut it was m offitheriuff in con. a...th° "K9 KKK."' °K. re- Let's just take a quick look at Jet in h. thrown -away announce -

act, marked with good humour from

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fireme . . eCome on, come one. Eventmlly, KO ]1600 six key points su the act and Beyj. jj ... 03 jooki. me of the s.ge and Ms facial actsbuilds around 5550. 'lee rml le vides. "Brown -Eyed Handsomeimprovisation. background pounds aWa31 Man", "My Little Baby", Bobby

V.'s Kt "More Than I Can My",yelped at with enthusiasm. A Po. movement, contortions and vocal Ei star terial, for sure.

The fans dig iike mare. ne, Straight into "AM."- Slacks drin "Don't You Think It's Time".1116 barrage hK hir. gimmickry. Qu'ick smiles, moments °Pfrom the time he stumbles, hmi 0] 00., (. ,. Then there were: Iriffiman Billyta. Mime., 00 still. .t the in that he twitches from one Boyle with some good rock stylings;adults, too, go for him. Became thing to the other in the framework Deify Power, now thoroughly atthey can see that at times he's send- ty, one co, "Bells Ringing' R

BOOhothe sell. business up ... sky- next. with more frantic move- "1-high up! teems, 0 gying of the hole Spencer, building expressively to his

11 is senmtional. That's the oxly pop mene. More screarnerousing. "Fire.all" hit; Rick Ford, reporter -

Fallen Idols No.21 Carl PerkinsSOME time ago-seven years to be exact-London American unlucky thirteen. Me the Presley the top. "Ramie' The Blms",

issued a song coiled "Blue Suede Shoes." It was by a gent disc had ruined his chances of "Lend Me Your Gomb" andmlled Carl Lee Perkins, who was currently the rage in the Sffites. KKKoni.rge.KoniZra,rcf;FrdTV0K LT,t,KhZ;h0,t'IMgZ7,6

The rage because his "Blue Suede Shoes" disc was at the to some more big sellers here. His sufficient airings on the radio to heof the American hit parade and had an equally strong ffip called appearance, with his combo in the head by Ps,. enOugh M get rho."Honey Don't." It culled many, many plays from the U.S. Dee- rock film "Jamboree" did his disc in the charts.Jam who hailed Carl as the latest rock 'n' roll sensation. The "Grid All Over" a lot of good. But the tall Tennessee My diddisc ball was o medium tempo heavy rock disc with a definite both here and in the States have an album release here that upR & B flavour and a great atmosphere. hg conntry btu. flavour For Carl was 10111 big name ix teen,'. day hasn't been deletedenabled it eventually to sel over a million and g quarter copies, the States--oyer there his ffilue from the London catalogue. It'so fOe, topping both the

"Clashbox"and "Billboard" charts. Carl OxIal Shx,l"h.° hK`KKii inn eres' Ku'. "Km` "KKK. Cad'

received a gold disc to commemorate his achievement 5,001 by o long. long my. Perkins" a. is one of London'sMealiest L.P. beat sellers. Con-tained on it are twelve Weeks-Blue Suede Shoes, Movie Stagg,Sure To EMI In Love With You,Gene Gone Gone, Honey Don't,Only You, Tennessee. Wrong ToYou, Everybody'. Tryin' To BeMy Baby. Match., Loos TrueLove. Boppin' The Blues.

But in Britain Me wene wasrather different. "Blue Suede Shoes"was issued by London, who hadhigh hopes of it repeating the suc-cess 1104 in the States. But therewas one difficulty.

Elvis Prealey. The Perkins discwas relmsed and shot to numberfifteen in the Marts over here onthe first week of release.

PRESLEYBut at that tinte the largest pub-

licity campaign waged in the rockera had just come to a triumpha.finish. Presley'. "HeartbreakHotel" had taken off into the toptwenty after months on release wi.-out m.ning a thi,. It had pre-riously sold a million in the Mates, 111.Sot hadn't meant a thing here.

The latest Presley disc in theStates at the time ot the advent ofhim over here was ... "Blue ,Suede Sluceu", a cover version of irhe Carl Perkins disc. And a far

i.erior cover version at that.But here, HMV rushrelemed It.sh in on the Presley boom that

bad awd "Heartbreak Hotel" t. \rocketing to the number two spot '

The Presley disc was issued aweek after ffie Perkins version andit overshadowed it even on the firatwe.. no Elvis Presley versionmade the top ten here Mt thesuperior Perkins "Blue Suede CARL PERKINS - his bigSM." Ord, made the number 00- chance for British success wasteen nut.

And as far as Carl Lee Peffiffis "tt°"117.,:iStsed:111rott."was concerned it was MU mi.

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NORMANJOPLING

The number, for a, Car] Perkns fans who haven't aIrmdy o1;i,z,,,tilst,to is London Am.:an

But now 011 01 Carl's singles havebeen deleted from the London

.:te:oroc..ffiat,hig hit CM had only 0'!_ho.'c'cia7h50°K1'..?'"hl'idv"Yr.e.9.***drd 517Ke7s.

--,- Gone, Gone, ft: discs have Men issued of late

for the Sun label of Memphis. b,.Y.nrshootyd.twrro,,,,,diascare .6.avne..infs..ari°

STAR Me In Your Eyes Anymore" and"Anyway The Wind Blows".

Sun had also first handled Pres- thn ar°ley, and was Cater to be associated Fc94-'. Mix 0marningwith, my. c, here if hadn't been for Plv.'sLew 6 Tommy Roe, Roy Or.on, mver mrsmn fBill Inglis and Johnn Ca. B **B *.back in 156, Cari wasy the Ma

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Information courtesy NormanAfter this Carl had rivers! m '''ore Aspinall.

singles issued in the Stales that Club, BOite11°0.

DEL SHANNON takes a break from his

number one love (singing, of course) tocatofl up with his spare time hobbies. His

hobbies are enthusiastically shared with theNRM's jimmy Watson so there wasn't muchtime left for Show Bic shop talk. Above: Delis smn thoroughly enjoying himself on the

miniature race track. (NRM Pictures.)

Story by JIMMY WATSON

Pictures by Martin Millner

A new portrait of Det 1;1:t ditn,g,4s oaring with the NRM.

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CHA CHA CHAMARINO MARINI QUARTET

A MORNING IN LONDON WITH THE N.R.M.

AND DEL SHANNON is-

'CONVERTED!'IN ADDITION TO COLLECTING MODEL TRAINSHE FINDS ANOTHER INTEREST IN MINIATURERACING CARS!

th4t..4.1.r. (ti;

init..od in enacrting model trains 1

we thought he might like to viewsome ot the OM, mailable on theBriti. noirket.

The 'I Mona company ogre. to beour lums for a Piecnre 353."shoeing 1.1 keeping M wiffihohm.

Bin tittle did we Snow ihat ourtoo -hour tisk to Me NegeotwireetMowroono was to Ming evengreater plemure to Del then couldpossibly have M. anticipated.

We picked biro up from 9:1 0170011.00300's Mayfair Hotel and theconversation was trains all the way.Trains he had bought during huarmy .em. in Germany. Trains hehad bought during his touri inAmerica. Trains he toed Ix ridewhenever possible on one-nigh:ors.

Del sold: "Back home in Detroitthere I. a large basement . thehoom The railway Rah runs allthe way around A

-Everywhere I go you will findme browsing around the

will

shops. In Germane I spent a tel ofmoney on trains and track but whenI got home dim ju. didn't memright with my other models."

CARS0 i I t th h wrooms. Del

eagerly examined the goods 0,0 Monand admired the mu lay. set Mfor demonstratiom. -Somehow theconversation gm around to modelmr racing.

Del said: ''Some of my friendsback Mme are raving about it. MYdentist keeps asking me to comeround a. see his track. But I hon-estly can't see how it could comparewith trains. Mind you, I would cer-tainly like to try them out some.time."

I mentioned that not soi athome and that Tri-ang made themost MM. sct eri present onrnarkm. The company P.R.O. sug-gested thac Del might like to see thecar, in action after the ptoture Se.tile with the trains.

And so it was that Del Slonnonwas introduced to Scalextric mode!racing .rs.

His reactioe ma fantastic. Hewanted la My a m immediately.

"The just got to bring JohnnyIfillidsm, that isc around here endhove a race with him. Cm I buy aset nossi Can I get it in America?I jud niud have this .. . Ith ran-ted,'

Being only a showroom for Mctrade, it was not possible to Poo #5306,chase any goods there. But Del was assured that it was also available in 000America.

For Al next hour Del and I orat the control buttons racing madly

to say that M beat me. CLO4

PHONIESAll the way bauble the hotel Del

.14Id excitedy about the cars, butOs did manage to discuss otheraspects of his life too.

"I bate phony people." he ex-cl... "You know ffiea, peopiewho claim they don't like rock 'nroll but whose feet tap out therhythms all ffie same. Like thosewho demand more and more educa-tional television programmes and,as soon as no one is watching, switchon a Western or something. Theworld is full of them.

enloy mon relaxing entertain -meets. I like a good Western. I'dlove lo gel Pam hi one -driving a isogon. I met np lei. acoople of die Mys from 'Rawhide',Rowdy l'ates and Wisiffime, and I.Id ffiem of my ambition. Theymid that they woad map placeswith me at Ames be.o. they reallyhave to work like cowboys srith thecattle. They tesllt dolel ° am.-. day's wort wh. making a pr.griunme the series."

Del also mentioned how somepeoplc come up to hint and Sly theydon't like rock 'n' roll. It's childish,they claim. They've grown up now

Top picture shows Del with one of the train sets which took lbfancy. Next he trim out Scalextric racing ears and bottom he ponderson his proposed track layout at home in Detroit. (NRM Pictures.)

same. Johnny Tillotson, my pal, Sand it is jam they like."Well, I like Isle nrrsmor.dii

claim .ed, " hat doesn tmean 1 "MM. Mo. The Ming is the, 555,

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COUNTRY DISC FROM RAYTHE APPALACHIANSBony Moronie; It Takes A Man(HMV POP 1158)

UITAR rather like "Walk RightIn" opens this revival of the

Larry Williams rock 'hit of manyyears back. But if anyone expectsa great beat disc-they'll be dis-appointed. A watery chorus plodsits way through the song singingrather out -of -tune in places. Rathera terrible disc.

Faster style square dancy typeflip, with a bit more life than onthe top side. But it's still a ratheruncommercial disc without toomuch appeal.

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BUDDY GRECOMake Up Your Mind; I Left MyHeart in San Francisco (ColumbiaDB 7039).THE rather swinging Mr. GrecoA has a go at a country stylednumber on this disc. It's a goodsong very similar to all the othercommercial folk ditties. He singswell, of course, and there's theusual Nashville piano sound to it,plus the chorus. Not his best, butinteresting all the same. Mediumtempo, average lyrics and tune.

Flip was the big U.S. hit forTony Bennett-it's a good songwith perhaps more appeal on theother side of the Atlantic. But it'sgood and strong and likeable. Andwith a lot of appeal. Tuneful balladnice backing and good vocalising.

THREE 4ssJOHNNY ANGELA Touch of Venus; The TwoTogether (Parlophone R 5026).CHORUS and interesting backing

on this number, which is arather run -of -the -mil teen ballad,with a fair chance of success. It'swell -performed all round, withJohnny singing in a goodly manner.Not bad, with a little bit morethan the usual disc of this type-medium tempo, good tune, notmuch lyrically, but with a goodhit appeal.

Johnny wrote the beatier flipwhich like the top side has anaccompaniment directed by KenJones. Good guitar work and somegood singing by Johnny. It's some-what off -beat and has some appealbut not commercially.

THREE sssJERRY LEE LEWISTeenage Letter; Seasons Of MyHeart (London HLS 9722)THIS is Jerry's latest disc, issued

to coincide with his visit here.Piano opening with a fast beat, andJerry rockin' away in his usualstyle with plenty of drum -work andsome good vocalising and an excel-lept sax solo. It's a fast -mover,with plenty of hit potential-not asstrong as some of his, but enter-taining nevertheless.

Flip has his sister, Linda Gail,on with him. It, too, opens with* piano, but it's slower and a lotmore bluesy. They harmonise welland have a good sound together.We liked it a lot.

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JOHNNY CLIVEChina Girl; Sue (Oriole CB 1820)SSEMI-CHINESE sounds on this

ballad from Johnny who singsrather well in a breathy sort ofway. It's a well -made number withlittle Chinese voices intruding onthe number. Fair stuff that couldsell quite well. Tuneful and good.

Faster ballad on the flip a"Riders In The Sky" type of thingwith a femme chorus in the back-ground. Somewhat John Leyton-ish.Quite entertaining, too. Fast-ish and well made.

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ELMER BERNSTEINTo Kill a Mockingbird; Terasina(MGM 1200).

FROMthe film of the same name,

this one is a gentle, ratherdelicate, type instrumental per-formed by Elmer in his usual style.It's rather fragile with a good littletune, and some excellent supportfrom the chorus of mixed voicesbehind the medium -slow number.Gentle and pleasing but not com-mercial.

Flip, like the top side is one ofElmer's compositions. It's a ratherSpanish -flavoured number withsome " Lonely Bull " sounds hereand there. Good stuff well playedat a medium tempo, with mutedtrumpets and strings alternatelyfaking the lead.

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THE EMERALDSThe Kerry Dancers; Little WhiteLies (HMV POP 1157)SLOW vocalising starts off this

number-then a huge bit ofguitar beat beats out the familiartune which moves along well in therock tempo. Femme chorus lightlysinging on wordlessly. It's a goodmover and could be an unexpectedhit. Well performed.

Flip has the girls singing on it,the lyrics of the song in places. Ofcourse it's the oldie brought up todate with a good array of guitarwork. We liked it a lot.FOUR SSSS

THE POLKA DOTSRun Run Senorita; The CostaBrava (Philips BF L 247)THIS is also out by the Wan-

derers, a U.S. big voiced malevocal group. This version is apowerful swinging disc with plentyof what it takes, and a nice catchyLatin flavour, with some goodwork from all concerned. Wereckon it could be a surprise hit-and it's good good all the way.But maybe the teen set will tend toignore it.

Flip is a lot gentler but is stillpretty fast-moving and wild inplaces. The untra-modern swingvocal group sounds good on almosteverything.

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DON, DAVID, AND DEANWell You Started It; Nevertheless(HMV POP 1159)HARMONICA-not the R & B

variety-opens this latest teamdisc which has a definite BrookBrothers flavour about it. It's a teennumber with a fair tune and a lyricthat isn't so bad. Not really com-mercial enough for the charts, butgood enough to garner a few saleshere and there. Gets good in parts.

Guitar opens the flip-the oldstandard that they haven't exactlydone credit too. Their voices aregood but the whole thing lacks anyatmosphere.

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ROGER WILLIAMSOn The Trail; Cold Cold Heart(London HL R 9714)QAID to be the biggest -selling" pianist in the world, RogerWilliams punches out "On TheTrail" with simplicity but effective-ness. Rather a persistent little right-hand melody line, with, nothing toomuch going on in the background.Rather more commercial, too, thanmany of has singles. "Cold ColdHeart" is more in his semi -classicalstyle to start with. Charmingly per-formed but decidedly more squarethan "On The Trail".THREE S SS

THE SHACKLEFORDSA Stranger In Your Towns; BigRiver (Mercury AMT L 204)CHORAL group, rather like the

Kingston Trio with a country-ish type number with loads of un-amplified guitar work, and a per-formance that builds and builds,with some very good sounds fromthe backing, and the group. Weliked the number and it has animmediate appeal. Good stuff,medium tempo, repetitive and witha good tune. Could be a bit.

Johnny Cash, well-known C & Wsinger wrote the flip, a number withthe same cowboy feel as side one,but not the commercial appeal.

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ROG WHITTAKERThe Sinner; Settle Down (FontanaTF 393)GOOD guitar work on this disc-

and Rog sings well with hisdeep voice on this Spanish typenumber with plenty of appeal. Amedium - paced number with apowerful, haunting flavour and anessence of simplicity. Good stuff.

Flip is lighter in style, but fasterand with more of the beat on it.Again quite country-ish and thesort of thing one associates withWestern films. We liked it a lot.FOUR SSSS

VERN ROGERSHe's New To You; Can't Com-plain (Oriole CB 1826)VERN has been moving around

the fringes of chart status. Thisone has him in a decided BobbyVee mood but that certainly doesn'tdetract. Nicely balanced arrange-ment overall and this should provehis best seller to date. He demon-strates a voice of useful range andstyle. Flip is more robust generally.Vern sings out with enthusiasm asthe guitars chop and change behindhim, Choir, too. But this one standsor falls by the top side.THREE S S S

THE COUNTDOWNSMouse Qn the Moon; The BigSafari (United Artists UP 1024).FROM the film of the same name,

the group handle an instru-mental very well, with organ andguitar leading. Not a considerableamount of beat, but with somethere. A fairly pleasant tune, butnot outstanding in any respect.Well played.

Flip comes from the Bob Hopefilm " Call Me B'wana," and likeside one directed by John Berry.It's again a rather nondescriptthing with plenty of liveliness.

THREE S SBOBBY RYDELLForget Him; Hey Everybody(Cameo Parkway C 108)MEDIUM paced teen number for

the latest from Bobby whosediscs don't sell like they deserve.It's a medium -fast disc with a goodsoft femme chorus backing him uptogether with some very efficientstrings. Some hit potential but thisis one of those that could orcouldn't make it.

Beaty flip with an insistent backingand a rockin' tempo from the boywho hit the big spots with "WildOne" etc. It's a good song withBobby in good form and a certainamount of commercial appeal onthe big sounding number.FOUR S

THE HONEYSSurfin' Down The Swanee River;Shoot The Girl (Capitol CL 1527))THE old "Swanee River" theme,

A but dressed up to take note ofthe surfing craze. Interesting shufflerhythm and the girls sing out withpower and charm. It has the sort ofsound which could register in thedance -halls. One to watch ...couldprove a surfin' surprise. Fastertempo for the flip, the surfing themeis there again. But it isn't really ascommercial as the "Swanee" side,though well performed.

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LATEST TIES UP WITH HISFIRST BRITISH TOUR...

MARY JANERobot Man; Just The Same As IDo (Philips 326587)

NOT the Connie Francis hit of thesame title, this is a well -per-

formed medium paced jerky semi -beat effort, with Mary singing quitewell. There's a fair chorus behindher, but the whole atmospheredoesn't suggest chart appeal.

Flip has a good bubbly backing,and some interesting sounds, andonce again Mary sings well. Gim-micky number with plenty ofappeal, it's not too bad.

THREE STHE BROTHERS FOUR55 Days At Peking; All for theLove of a Girl (CBS AAG 146).THE top side is from the film of

the same name. It's a bubblylittle number with a touch of thefolk stuff in it. Rather entertainingwith good lyrics and a fastish pace.Could catch on we think.

The flip was also the flip ofJohnny Horton's U.S. hit " Battleof New Orleans." It's a tenderballad with some good lyrics anda good tune. Fair stuff.FOUR SSSS

JACKIE De SHANNONNeedles And Pins; Did He CallToday Mama? (Liberty LIB 55563)MISS DE SHANNON is supportediv a. by echo and an intriguing un-amplified guitar backing which isboth plaintive and haunting. Shesings well in the Timi Yuro mannerand the song builds and builds fromthe virtually simple intro to a bigbig climax. We liked the mediumpaced exciter in which she singsvery well. Already a hit in theStates-it could do the same here.

Flip is slightly faster but againwith a flavour of echo about it. Verymuch like Brenda Lee in places it'srather good on the whole. We likedit.

FOUR ssssMIKE COTTON JAllMENSwing That Hammer; Heartaches(Columbia DB 7029)

AGENTLE little piece from Mikeon this trad effort that moves

along softly and quite nicely really.It's a familiar piece with a con-siderable beat, and not too muchsacrificed for commercial appealGood drum work on the number,which has a sort of introvert flavour.Much, much better than the usualrun-of-the-mill trad stuff.

Flip is a jazzed up version of theoldie which was recently in thecharts for the late Patsy Cline, andbefore then for the Marcels. There'sthe usual gruff voice and the trad.workout that we all know like thebacks of our hands.

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RAY CHARLESTake These Chains From MyHeart; No Letter Today (HMV

E POP 1161).A LREADY coming up in the

States, this latest from RayE may well do far better than hisE similar titled " Don't Set Me

Free." It's a revival of the oldE country number sung in the

" You Don't Know Me " vein.= It's a pretty song sung with

plenty of emotion by Ray, whowrings out every possible inter-pretation from the lyric. Goodbacking, with some excellent

= piano work, and a slow tempoF... throughout. Should make the

twenty.Slower tempo on the flip, the

kind of number you mightexpect at a night-lub per-formance. Band backing withplenty of emotion and a ratherold-fashioned flavour.

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GEORGE MAHARISRoute 66; Lollipops And Roses(Columbia DB 7035)"(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66"is a semi -rock ditty that isn't exactlywhat we're used to hearing fromGeorge. Well -performed it swingsconsiderably with a shrill femmechorus backing him. Not chart stuffthough.

Flip is a lot slower and it's theJack Jones U.S. hit of some monthsback. It's a pleasing song that hasbecome a standard and Georgemakes a fair job of it. But we'veheard better.THREE S

GEORGE 'Route 66' MAHARIS

BERNARD CRIBBINSThe Bird On the Second Floor;Verily (Parlophone R 5025).THE very successful Mr. Cribbins

has a go at another semi -comedy number. More in the vocalvein this time - unfortunatelyprobably. Yet it's very appealingand moves at a fastish pace witha jolly little backing and some fairlyrics courtesy Messrs. Dicks andRudge. Not bad, but not as goodas his other efforts.

The flip has some harpsichordsounds and, of course, a rather old-fashioned sound a la Benny Hill.Not too bad, but again not toofunny.

THREE SS'THE ECHOESThe Happy Whistler; Sticks andStones (Fontana TF 392).THE old hit is given a new flavourA by The Echoes, who add an

organ to the usual instrumental typetreatment of the tune. It's not toobeaty, but it may sell quite wellowing to the familiarity of the tune.

Flip is the Ray Charles numberplayed on the organ with a beatbacking. Far faster with plenty ofinteresting work from all concerned.Slightly bluesy and with someappeal.

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TOP 20 TIPERNIE MARESCALove Express; Lorelei (LondonHLU 9720).MR. MARESCA was the guy who" had a big Stateside hit with" Shout, Shout " some monthsback. This one is another fastishrock disc with plenty of noisysounds everywhere. A shrill femmechorus and a good tune-it couldsell reasonably well. Yet he sings,we think, rather like Bill Haley.

Ernie spells out the name of hisflame on the slower flip, a powerfulmedium -pace rocker with morechorus work again. Not too bad,but he's done better.

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MARK VALENTINODo It; Hey You're Lookin' Good(Stateside SS 186).VERY Gary U.S. Bonds stuff

from Mark Valentino of " ThePush and Kick " fame some timeback. Again it's a jerky, blurredbeat effort with Mark shouting hisway through the average rocknumber. Band work behind him,and plenty of gimmicks. But hardlya tune or lyrics anywhere in sight.

More fast tempo stuff on the flip,again a U.S. Bonds type of thing.Better probably than side one butstill nothing to shout about. Whichis exactly what Mark does.TWO S S

MANDY MASONA Tear In My Eye; A Sweet Love(Parlophone R 5038).QWEET little voice from Mandy" on this appealing number witha good tune and a decent backing.Rather Shirelles-y in places, it wasrather good with plenty of JohnnyKidd type backing sounds. She's gota good voice on the jerky songwhich moves at a medium pace.Could reit make the charts sooneror later.

The Crickets song is given a goodtreatment on the flip. She sings wellon it again. She's rather like afemale Buddy Holly.

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THE DARTELLSHot Pastrami; Darien Stomp (Lon-don Dot HLD 9719)COMING up fast in the U.S.

charts is this Ray Charles in-spired number. The lead voice justyells "Yeah," "Shake That Thing",etc. all the time, while the organgives us a big Chris Montez beat.And that's all. But the fast atmos-pheric number whips up a veritablestorm.

More organ work on the flip,another repetitive semi-bluesy--number with a great beat laiddown. Fair once more.

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GRAND PIANO BUS BILLYBILLY FURYWhen Will You Say I LoveYou; All I Wanna Do Is Cry(Decca F 11655).GRAND piano backs Billy on

this ballad-it seems to beplaying some sort of classicalsymphony behind him. But it'sa good song with a good tuneand a very good lyric. Mediumtempo, with a different approachthat seems fresh for a change.We liked it-and Billy singsbetter. A cert top five entry.

Male chorus backs Billy inthis number which is a mediumtempo rocker with plenty ofbeat thrown in and some power-ful vocalising from Bill. Butnot as good or commercial asside one.

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TOP 20 TIPJIM REEVESWelcome To My World; MyJuanita (RCA Victor 1342)STRINGS, mellow and pleasing

open the latest from country -styled hitmaker Jim Reeves. He'shad a lot of biggies, and this maywell be one of them. It's a slowishballad with a good melody line, anda goodly lyric. Chorus softly backshim up on the effort and it hasa grow -on -you flavour. We likedit and reckon it for a cert. topfifty disc.

Latin-ish gu:tar work on the flip,a number with Jim ably supportedby a chorus that helps things alongvery well on the slow -medium num-her. It's got a haunting flavourand is in typical Reeves style. Againa good side.

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HEINZDreams Do Come True; Been In-vited To A Party (Decca F 11652)

EX -TORNADO member on a

Joe Meek recording of a JoeMeek number-from Heinz's movie"Farewell Performance". It's a

pretty ballad, with excellent lyrics-and given an echo -loaded treat-ment. Backing at times seems alittle too busy but it could easilybe a first-time hit for Heinz -especially with his huge personalfollowing. Flip is wilder, again abit busy, but bearing all the hall-marks of a Meek session. It's a

rocker. Nothing like as worthy asthe top side.

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THE ZEPHYRS Heinz Could ClickWhat Is That All About; OrientalDream (Decca F 11647)NEW group lead on a beaty in-

strumental with more than atouch of the Duane Eddy's. Plentyof echo on the repetitive mediumpace number which is very re-miniscent of "Diamonds". Butthere's some very good solo workon this one-it moves along welland should sell well.

The flip is a gentler numberwith some good instrumental workonce again. Again quite well per-formed but maybe with a bit toomuch echo. Enjoyable,

THREE SLYNDA GRAHAMWithout Your Love; Wait andSee (Philips BF 1249)LUSTY -LUNGED Lynda has a

good Schroeder -Hawker num-ber for the top side here. Balladytempo, ultra -sincere in treatmentand full of the promise we've notedon her previous releases. Maybeit lacks immediate impact and somay miss the charts . . . but itcould hover around for many amonth. She has intensity, power,dynamics . . all on her side.Good lyrics. Amiable tune. Similarlushness for the flip. Lynda hasa deepish voice which is ideallytailored for this type of deepishballad. Watch her.

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HEINZ debut.

DEE DEE SHARPHer Show Reviewed by Alan Stinton

AT Oldhill Plaza, near Birming-ham, last Saturday, the last few

bars of "Do The Bird", drownedby applause and cries for "More",rounded off Miss Dee Dee Sharp'sone and only British "live" con-cert. It really was quite a show,and Dee Dee made the most of theopportunity to put her very con-siderable talents on display. ..

Earlier, the dusky 18 -year -oldfrom Philadelphia, who was inBritain for a lightning promotionalvisit, had nervously awaited thetime of her first -ever appearancebefore a British audience. (Thiswasn't helped any by the latearrival of her backing group, the

Rory Blackwell Combo, who haddashed from Cardiff after doing anevening TV show.)

When she did appear, however,in a cool blue dress and shoes tomatch, her apprehension was wellhidden and swiftly disappeared asshe began her opening number, acute version of the old Darin hit,"Splish Splash". From that momenther infectious good humour andforceful vocalising kept the highlyappreciative audience in raptattention.

After inviting one young man onstage with a twist session, Dee Deetore into her own full-bloodedrocker, "Ride", and really beganto show her worth.

There was a slight let-up in pacefor "A Hundred Pounds of Clay",which also underwent a slightchange in the lyrics. Instead of theword "woman" (if you rememberthe Gene McDaniels version), shesubstituted "Chubby'. It is a well-known fact that Dee Dee digs Mr.Checker the uttermost.

Her hard -driven finale was madeup of two Sharp standards,"Mashed Potato Time", sung bril-liantly, and although she couldobviously have carried on all ni01for the audience. the last numberwas "Do The Bird", which, withencore, stopped the show.

Dee Dec's verdict on her first -everBritish audience: "Just wonderful."

ikewise Jim ReevesROD AND CAROLYNHow Can You Tell; What AboulThose Teardrops (Pye 1551vtTHIS could easily be a first-timeI triumph for Pye's new vocalduo. A memorable tune, with somedetermined and direct vocal har-monic work going on. Not like theMiki and Griff sound-they seemto have more power and ingenuity-though they operate inside thesame field. It kinda insinuates itselfin the mind and must stand a goodchance of chart honours. "WhatAbout Those Teardrops" is har-monica -aided and not quite sostrong, melodically. But the duoshow very good ability. Interesting. . . and restful.

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HARMONICA FATSTore Up; I Get So Tired (State-side SS 184)

A MINOR hit in the States, thisdisc was composed by Hank

Ballard. Harmonica Fats is a namenew to us, and he's got a bluesygruff voice that handles this rockerwell, and there's a swinging FatsDomino/Lloyd Price type backingon it. R & B fans may rave overthis but the general public won't.Catchy and exciting.

Fast stuff on the slightly wilderflip, which hasn't quite the com-mercial appeal again. Not a hitdisc but one which may create con-siderable interest in Fats,

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POP DISC JURY

AL MARTINOI Love You Because; Merry -Go -Round (Capitol CL 15300)THE old "Here In My Heart" star

has shattered the Americancharts with this single and he couldrepeat the come -back here. Hedoesn't belt as much in the tenorrange as before, but it's a charminglittle number well -performed, and,of course, Presley himself hasrecorded it. Fine simplicity of back-ing, which enhances Al's crystal-clear vocalising. Just misses a TopTwenty Tip . . . but it'll be a closething. Slower flip, with Al vyingwith piano early on. Tastefully set-up and a good value -tor -moneyextra to "I Love l'ou Because".

FOUR '41W4CHERRY ROLANDWhat A Guy; Just For Fun(Decca F 11648)DEEP -VOICED men lead in

Cherry. It's several Cherry's,really, with multi -tracking givingher a vocal trio sound. Rides alongwell enough, plenty of fire and spirit.Beat well laid down. It has a full,wholesome sort of over-all sound-and we rate its chances good forthe charts if it gets enough plug-ging. Movie theme number for theflip. Cherry sings straight here andshows exceptional personality. Sheobviously enjoys the business ofsinging. Chirpy little choral noisesbehind her. Good value flip.

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"Breaking -up"

From Neil

NEIL SEDAKA - tipped again!

SAMMY DAVIS 1NR.Bee -Born; Man With a Dream (Re-prise 20175)SAMMY at his inventive best. Not

a hit song, alas, but one thatgives him a swingin' chance toswing. Driving section work behind,notably flute and percussion.Sammy wanders off into the lyricswith great verve. Should be a seller,though not a chart success. Slowerballady piece for the flip. Goodlyrics and such wonderful voiceproduction here by Sammy Jot.Sentimental but never slushy.Maybe it should have been the'A' side.

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THE RAINDROPSWhat A Guy; It's So Wonderful(London HL 9718)

BIG bass voice on the U.S. hitwhich has the usual style shrill

femme voices leading on the out-and-out rock number. Plenty ofgimmicks, bags of "feel" and at-mosphere and sonic good back-ground work. A never -let-up beatcould see this where "He's SoFine" is now.

Less commercial flip, another gim-micky beat number, but slightlyslower this time. Again a goodbacking and well performed withsome decent grout, singing.

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GENE CHANDLERRainbow; You Threw a LuckyPunch (Stateside SS 185).

THE double -sided U.S. hit for theDuke of Earl is finally issued

here. The top side is a bluesy balladwith Gene tearing himself to pieceson the tortuous song. Femmechorus with a simple backing andusual routine sort of sound. Not aseller, but an interesting disc witha grow -on -you quality.

The flip is an answer to the MaryWells U.S. hit " You Beat Me Tothe Punch." It's got the same back-ing and a slight alteration to thelyric-the other side of the storyso to speak. Interesting, but with-out the " feel " of the original.

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DON RIDDELL FOURCasablanca; The Four Corners of

the Earth (Decca F 11651).THE Kenny Ball hit is given a

vocal treatment by the vocalgroup who give it a healthy soundthat makes the whole thing soundrather " square " unfortunately.It's well performed and the boyssing well but uncommercially. Theylose the Arabic flavour though.

Flip has some appealing backingsounds and probably a more com-mercial sound on it. Lead voice thistime, with the others giving amplevocal support. Medium -paced balledwith a nice feel.

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Type DiscNEIL SEDAKALet's Go Steady Again; WaitingFor Never (RCA 1343).SPANISH -TYPE guitar plunk-

ing opens the latest fromNeil, who flopped badly with" Alice In Wonderland," Thisone is more on the " BreakingUp Is Hard To Do " kick. Veryteen beat and great for dancing.They have that shrill vocal workfrom Neil that sells the discs.Good stuff-should make it forhim.

Subtitled " La Terza Luna "the flip has big Latin-ish stringswith Neil singing well again onthe disc-big voiced stuff withgood backing and vocal per-formance.

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TOP 20 TIPSOLOMON BURKEIf You Need Me; You Can MakeIt If You Try (London AtlanticHLK 9715)

AHIT in the States for Solomon,who hasn't been in for about a

year now. It's a slow -tempo blueswith a powerful flavour and somegreat work-out from all concerned.Great beat and a good flavour ; weliked it. Also big for the writer,Wilson Picket, in the States. ButSolomon makes a good job,assisted by the femme chorus.

Slow flip, an old blues standard,with some good wailing from Solo-mon. who had hits like " Cry ToMe", " Just Out Of Reach " and" Down In The Valley " in theStates. Good blues stuff.

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MARINO MARINI QUARTETRosita Cha Cha Cho; MoliendaCafe-Samba Guaracha (DuriumDC 16666)ALWAYS steady sellers, even in

Britain, the Italian - basedquartet are in listenable mood on"Rosita . . ." and have the advan-tage of a catchy melody which givesthem a chance to express theirItalian selves. Just -right instrumen-tal work, too. More up -tempo onthe flip, the group chant and hovertheir way through a rather intricatevocal arrangement. Somehow, itseems easy to understand - eventhough it's sung in Italian.

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JOHNNY BEVTreat Her Right; For Always (Pye15523)

EX -JOE BROWN BRUVVERJohnny gets some double -track-

ing treatment on this up -temponumber. Stronger than his lastsingle but, despite the obviousenthusiasm on show, it may not bestrong enough to make the charts.Big beaty sort of backing going on,with a girlie choir helping out thevocal department on top. Not abad number. Flip is a beaty. meatynumber once again, though it hasa strained melody line whichdoesn't to us quite come off.Johnny's performance, single-trackthis time, is highly promising. Topside will do the trick, for good orbad.

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ALYN AINSWORTH"How To Succeed In Business .

medley: The Company Way; 1

Believe In You; The Secretary IsNot A Toy; Paris Original; Rose-mary; Brotherhood Of Man.(Parlophone R 5017)THE show's going a bomb in

London. The music is becomingvery well known-and here's acheap -price souvenir. The Ains-worth orchestra swings happily, andbrassily, through half -a -dozen ofthe better numbers from the scoreand there must be reasonable de-mand for this type of disc. Goodfor dancing, or just for listening.It has a perkiness that captures themood of the show. Nothing tooambitious anywhere . .. but playedcrisply and brightly.

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FRANKIE LAINEDon't Make My Baby Blue; TheMoment Of Truth (CBS AAG 144)

PIANOintro for the old leather -

lunged one. But he's ratherquieter on this one, with somechoral pieces going strong for him_C and W -styled piece, generallyspeaking, with double -trackingeffects. Though this guy remains oneof the most compelling performerson disc, this probably won't beenough to get him back in thecharts. Pity. Flip is much more ischaracter for Frankie as be singsof the matador's moment of truth.Big voice, big talent. Dominantpersonality -selling.

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JAZZ RE friLge fanSHELLY MANNE

MY SON THE JAZZ DRUMMER: NovaNeed; Bel Mir Bistu Shein; Tassel!Yassell; Zamar Nodad; Bokrei Lachish;Tzena; Exodus; Di Grine Kuzine; MyYiddish. Momme; Orchah Bamidbar.(CONTEMPORARY LAC 550.)QHELLY MANNE is still just about"3 my favourite Man In Jazz. Buton this particular LP his materialrestricts him somewhat. The albumtitle is a tongue-in-cheek gesture toAllan Sherman, of "My Son TheFolk Singer" fame.

The tunes are all famous andpopular Jewish melodies . . . notreally destined for jazz improvisa-tion . . . but Shelly and his mencope technically brilliantly as ever.

J.W.

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JOHN COLTRANECOLTRANE: Out Of This World; SoulEyes; The Inch Worm; Tunji; Miles'Mode. (HMV CLP 1629.)FURTHER explorations of musi-

cal outer space by Coltrane'sQuartet Space, unfortunately, oftenconsists of nothing. The leader'stenor probes jaggedly but withoutmuch fire on this set. His sopranoplaying is tuneless and sometimesout of tune and ?more Eastern -influenced. The sounds are certainlynot tried and true. Not for Col-trane the repetition of what hasbeen done well before. He's new !Different! Adventurous! And ratherboring. D.G.

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ROY HAYNESOUT OF THE AFTERNOON: Moon Roy;Fly Me To The Moon; Raoul; SnapCrackle; If I Should Lose You; LongWharf; Some Other Spring. (HMVCLP 1628.)THE snap crackle bop drumming

of Roy Haynes breathes ner-vous life into this quartet whichfeatures Roland Kirk on tenor,manzello, strich, C flute and noseflute. For good measure you canalso hear him humming-must havebeen a warm afternoon. The groupgets a thoroughly professionalsound but nothing startling hap-pens. D.G.

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SOLO: Deep Forest; Everything DependsOn You; Am I Too Late; Blues ForTatum; In San Francisco; You Can De-pend On Me; When I Dream Of You;R.R. Blues; Straight To Love; Piano Man;My Monday Date. (VOCALION LAE548 )

pA.RL HINES is one of the" finest piano stylists on thescene. His playing is easy on theear and relaxed. He doesn't go forthe weird and wonderful soundschords, etc.. so beloved by manyjazzmen.

While this probably isn't his best -ever album, it rates pretty high'ywith me, as do most of hisrecorded works. His touch isstrong yet delicate, and as smoothlyflowing as they come. J.W.

THREE SDIZZY GILLESPIE

IN CONCERT: Emanon; Ool-yo-koo;'Round About Midnight; Stay On It;Good Bait; One Bas Hit; I Can't GetStarted; Manteca. (VOCALION LAE540.)

THE 1948 Dizzy Gillespie BandI was excitement personified.And there's no need to look anyfurther than this album for proofof that statement.

Promoter -impresario Gene Nor-man captured the band live for hisrecord label and, in doing so, pro-vided himself with a potential best-seller.

If you are reasonably new to jazz-this could further your interestenormously. J.W.

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PAUL SMITH QUARTETTHE MUSIC MAN: Seventy-six Trom-bones; Being In Love; Till There WasYou; Marion The Librarian; Goodnight,My Someone; Lida Rose. OTHERMOTION PICTURE FAVOURITES:Moon River; Walk On The Wild Side;Never On Sunday; Marla; Lisa; LoveTheme From Lolita. (MGM -C 911.)PAUL SMITH is an undeniably

fine pianist, but the "MusicMan" score is either limited inscope for a thorough jazz work-out or else the group was prettyuninspired at the session. A bittoo pretty pretty really. On theopening few bars I thought I wasgoing to hear something along thelines of the wonderful ShellyMonne-Andre Previn show sets, butthe side never once came up tothese expectations.

Side two is the saver. A widervariety of tunes are here presentedand the quartet seems more "withit." J.W.

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COUNT BASIECOUNT BASIE AND THE KANSAS CITYSEVEN: Oh, Lady Be Good; Secrets;Want A Little Girl; Shoe Shine Boy:Count's Place; Senator Whitehead;Tally -ho, Mr. Basle; What 'cha Talkin'T(HMV CLP 1623.)

AN outstanding performance bythe seven, led by the inimitable

Count Bill Basie. Whether theleader is featured on piano ororgan, the over-all effect adds up tosome of the most entertaining jazzit's been my pleasure to hear forsome time.

Smooth, relaxed, swinging, taste-ful and most listenable is this LPpackage. Lend an ear as soon asyou possibly can.

FIVE %S%SS,DAVE BRUBECK

BRUBECK AND DESMOND AT WIL-SHIRE-EBELL: I'll Never Smile Again;Let's Fall In Love; Stardust; All TheThings You Are; Why Do I Love You;Too Marvellous For Words. (VOCALIONLAE 12070.)

MUST have waited all of fouryears for the release of this par-

ticular album. I first heard theAmerican copy at Vocalion's officethen, and thoroughly enjoyed theexperience. Since that time, ofcourse, Dave Brubeck and Co.,have reached unpredictable heights,conquering the pop charts as wellas those in the jazz field.

This is good, down-to-earth Bro.beck, and Paul Desmond plays athis usual peak. The only thingthat at times puts me off Mr. Des-mond and prevents him becomingmy idol are the occasional"squeaks" of high notes in hissolos. But these are strongly "dug"by many colleagues. J.W.

FOUR SSSSAHMAD JAMAL

ALL OF YOU: Time On My Hands;Angel Eyes; You Go To My Head; StarEyes; All Of You; You're Blasé; WhatIs This Thing Called Love. (PYE JAZZNJL 47.)LIGHT and shade abound when

the fingers of Ahmad Jamalflow intricately over the keyboard.He's as dexterous as ever on thislatest collection, and there's a goodchoice of material, too.

There's an undeniable swing toeverything this man does at thekeyboard-the swing that makes forgood, listenable, enjoyable jazz.

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GERRY MULLIGANPAUL DESMOND

MULLIGAN: Carioca; Line For Lyons;Moonlight In Vermont; Bark For Barks-dale; Turnstile; Lady Is A Tramp; MyFunny Valentine; Limelight; Utter Chaos.DESMOND: Jeruvian; Soon; Winky;Baroque; But Happy; Will I Know;Garden In The Rain; Misty Window.(VOCALION LAE 549.)TREMENDOUS value. One side

presents eight and a hit(Gerry's theme, Utter Chaos, lasts20 seconds) performances by theorignal Quartet with Chet Baker(playing original and beautifullycontrolled trumpet), Carson Smithand Chico Hamilton. This is time-less, quite undatable music-simpleyet profound.

The other side presents earlyPaul Desmond away frbm Brubeckand sounding lyrical but a trifleinsipid. Several numbers have avocal choir and Barney Kessel whoplays guitar like a Charlie Christiangentleman. D.G.

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DOMINIC CORTESE RUBY AND THE ROMANTICSACCORDION ITALY: Arrivederci Roma;Ciao Ciao Bambino; Core'ngrato; Drigo'sSerenade; Ferryboat Serenade; Gina;Guaglione; La Danza; La Dolce Vita; LaPanse; Rosetta Polka; Scapricciatiello;Torna A Surriento; Vil Volo DegllAngeli. (TIME ORIOLE OT 2531.)FACILE playing technique and a

collection of lively and populartunes are here presented as DominicCortese sets his fingers to the key-boards of his accordion.

I suppose the disc will, to acertain extent, be restricted inappeal. But to those who enjoy suchmusic it is bound to be a winner.

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BURL COUNTRY STYLE: Mary Ann Re-grets; Curry Road; The Moon Is High;How Do You Fall Out Of Love; Busted;Poor Boy In A Rich Man's Town; TheSame Old Hurt; I'm The Boss; The Bliz-zard; She Didn't Let The Ink Dry OnThe Paper; Green Turtle; Holding HandsFor Joe. (BRUNSWICK LAT 8531.)THE HUGE bulk of Burl Ives

produces some pretty tendermusical sounds vocally and instru-mentally. He is undoubtedly,despite cries and accusations fromthe purists of rampant commer-cialism, one of the finest and mostpopular folk exponents on recordtoday.

This time he turns his attentionto Country music and brings hisown particular talent to bear on anentertaining collection of songsfrom that music field.

Well worth a spin.

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OUR DAY WILL COME: Our Day WillCome; Stranger On The Shore; LonelyPeople Do Foolish Things; The End OfThe World; By The Way; My Prayer; IDon't Know Why; Heartaches; Moon-light And Music; The Masquerade IsOver; Day Dreaming; I'm Sorry. (LON-DON HA -R 8078.)RUBY AND THE ROMANTICS

deserved a great deal bettercharts success with their smoothand delightful "Our Day WillCome" but their sales, thoughspread out, must have rivalled manyof the chart -toppers.

The album brings together a lotof good songs and they are all sungattractively by the group. Deservesa hearing-and I hope you'll giveit one.

FOUR PWW%STHE CRICKETS

SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,SOMETHING BLUE, SOMETHINGELSE!: Willie And The Hand Jive; Don'tEver Change; Summertime Blues;Searchin'; Little Hollywood Girl; PrettyBlue Eyes; What'd I Say; Parisian Girl;Blue, Blue Day; Love Is Strange; He'sOld Enough To Know Better; Blue Mon-day. (LIBERTY LBY 1120.)AMOVING beaty album from the

talented Crickets. Well played.Well presented. And just right fortoday's market I would think.

If you have ever enjoyed aCrickets' recording then this issurely a must for your collection.

Good crisp and entertaining popmusic performed to the higheststandards.

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STANLEY BLACKFILM SPECTACULAR: West Side Story;Something's Coming; Dance At The Gym;Maria; Tonight; America; The Rumble;Somewhere; Seascape; London 1600;Globe Theatre; Battle Of Agincourt;The Longest Day; Around The World;Passepartout; Paris Arrival; InvitationTo A Bullfight; Indio Countryside; WayOut West; Land Ho; Exodus; Ari'sTheme; Samson's Call; Delilah's Theme;The Big Country. (DECCA LK 4525.)STANLEY BLACK, ace of the

keyboard, ace of the baton, acewith the arranger's pen. With thatbuild up you'd expect a really topclass album. And that is preciselywhat you get.

True Mr. Black is not the typeof record artist to appeal to themassed young record fans but thereare more than a few among thesewho do admire his work.

The album contains some of thefinest film music in recent times andshould be all the more popularbecause of this.

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SANDY NELSONTEENAGE HOUSE PARTY: House Party;Rock; Hearts Of Stone; Let The FourWinds Blow; Tweedlee Dee; Let TheGood Times Roll; Feel So Good; DayTrain; Night Train; Limbo Rock; Juniorlive; Dumplin's; Teenage House Party.(LONDON HA -P 8051.)TEEN drum star Sandy Nelson

back again. This time the settingis for a teenage house party. AsSandy and his combo beat out theexciting dance rhythms the kids inthe background give out with thehappy party noises.

Yes it is a good party albumindeed. Good for practically anylively teenage event.

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SKEETER DAVISTHE END OF THE WORLD: The End OfThe World; Silver Threads And GoldenNeedles; Mine Is A Lonely Life; OnceUpon A Time; Why I'm Walkin'; Don'tLet Me Cross Over; My Colouring Book;I Want To Go Where Nobody KnowsMe; Keep Your Hands Off My Baby;Something Precious; Longing To HoldYou Again; He Called Me Baby. (RCA -VICTOR RD -7563.)

THE sad, plaintive Skeeter DavisI recording of "End Of The

World" was almost a sleeper whenit was released. But slowly andsurely it crept up the charts andestablished itself firmly in theTwenty.

Pert Skeeter proves she's no flashin the pan artist with this follow-up album. She's had a good fewyears experience in show businessand the resulting polish shows. Agood entertaining set.

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PAT AND SHIRLEY BOONEI LOVE YOU TRULY: I Love You Truly;Hawaiian Wedding Song; Love Is HereTo Stay; True Love; Have I Told YouLately That I Love You; Every Step OfThe Way; Blues Stay Away From Me;Blue Hawaii; Beside Me; Moon, June,Spoon; How About You; I Can't GiveYou Anything But Love; You'll Never BeLonely (LONDON HA -D 8053.)THAT happy, ideal couple Pat

and Shirley Boone join vocalforces for one of their fairly rareduetting outings on record.

Should appeal to many of Pat'spop followers but I'll bet thatmany, many Mums and Dads willget in on the act too.

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TRYINGORIGINAL LONDON CAST RECORD-ING: Overture; How To; Happy ToKeep His Dinner Warm; Coffee Break;The Company Way; A Secretary Is NotA Toy; Been A Long Day; Grand OldIvy; Paris Original; Rosemary; Cinder.ella, Darling; Love From A Heart OfGold; I Believe In You; Brotherhood OfMan; Finale. (RCA -VICTOR RD -7564.)

ANOTHER fine show from thepen of the man who gave us

that pop favourite "Guys andDolls". True there are not as manypotentially pop hit songs in thescore but the point numbers arehilarious.

The potential hits are the onesyou've been hearing regularly re-cently on the air .. . "BrotherhoodOf Man" and "I Believe In You".

Note to diary: Remember tobook now for the show beforethere is absolutely no chance dueto full houses!

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EDDIE COCHRANMEMORIAL ALBUM. C'mon Everybody;Three Steps To Heaven; Cut AcrossShorty, Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie;Pocketful Of Hearts; Hallelujah. I LoveHer So; Don't Ever Let Me Go; Summer-time Blues; Teresa; Somethin' Else;Weevil Song; I Remember. (LIBERTYLBY 1127.)EDDIE COCHRAN w a s un-

doubtedly one of the finest everartists to emerge from the Rockage. This memorial tribute, origi-nally available on London, has nowbeen reissued on Liberty's ownlabel and is already riding high inthe charts.

I don't think any true record fanshould be without a copy of theLP. A fine memento of an out-standing pop performer who wasway ahead of his time musically.

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ALAN STINTON in BIRMINGHAM

THE 2nd CITY REPLIES.WELL, now, judging by the in-

dignant response to my inquestOD the Second City last week, Bir-mingham certainly does think it hastalent and zest; and all of the otherthings which I suggested wereapparently lacking. In fact, fromthe letters received, it would appearthat Birmingham's problem is asgood as solved.

Whilst I sort things out and meetthe groups who have so kindlywritten to me, I decided this weekto seek the opinion of someone whoknows the entertainment businessinside out, and who has everyreason for declaring that Birming-ham is not musically dead. She isMrs. M. Regan, for fifteen yearsassociated with show business, andnow the owner of three Birminghamballrooms.

EARNEDIn reply to the article, Mrs.

Regan said that she agreed Liver-pool had well earned its currentfame, and that many of its groups,in particular the Beatles, were ex-cellent.

" There are, however," she con-tinued, "a great number of Bir-mingham groups who are just asgood technically, but have not yetdeveloped a sound of their own. Itthey could achieve this, and theywill eventually, then they will byready for the top.

"Much of the blame for Birming-ham's lack of chart success lieswith the record and TV companies,who have shown little or no interest

in the city. The NRM's plan to dosomething about this is an xcellentone, and long overdue."

Amongst the groups who playMrs. Regan's ballrooms regularlyare the Plazents, Gerry Levene andthe Avengers, the Redcaps, the BlueStars, Johnny and the Alpines, theEchoes, Dane Tempest and theAtoms, the Kopy Kats, and theBarons.

GROOMING"Some of these," claims Mrs.

Regan, "and others are worth com-plete musical grooming. Once thiswas done, there would be nu stop-ping them."

Finally, I asked Mrs. Reganwhy it was that she booked so manyvisiting American stars he localtalent was so good.

"There are two reasons," shereplied. "Firstly because I believethat our patrons want to see them,and secondly because, in the main,the Americans are so professionalthat our own artists should haveevery chance to learn from themanything that there is to be learned."

POSSIBLY the first Birminghamgroup to land a recording con-

tract will be Denny Laine and theDiplomats, four young men whohave already appeared on BBC-tv.I have just heard that last weekJoe (Mr. Piano) Henderson agreedto publish two songs written byDenny. We will be meeting theDiplomats soon in the NRM.

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FASTRISING U.S. hits include: "Those Lazy Hazy Days Of Sum-

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Recent U.S. releases include: "Hobo Flats"-Jimmy Smith; "I'm NotReady Yet"-Marty Robbins; "Say Wonderful Things"-Patti Page;"Our Summer Love"-Ruby And The Romantics.

Fastest rising U.S. hit: "It's My Part"-Lesley Gore.R and B top ten five years back: "Twilight Time"-Platters; "Witch

Doctor"-David Seville ; "All I Have To Do Is Dream"-Everlys;"Book Of Love"-Monotones; "He's Got The Whole World In HisHands"-Little Laurie London; "Looking Back"-Nat Cole; "Tequila"-Champs; "Wear My Rine-Elvis: "Don't You Just Know It"-Huey'Piano' Smith And The Clowns ; "Talk To Me Talk To Me"-Little WillieJohn. N.J.

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BRITAIN'S TOP TWENTYFIVE YEARS AGO . . .

1 (3) WHO'S SORRY NOW, Connie Francis2 (4) WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK, Elvis Presley3 (2) IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW/WONDERFUL TIME UP

THERE, Pat Boone4 (1) WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN. Marvin Rainwater5 (9) LOLLIPOP, The Mudlarks6 (8) TOM HARK, Elias and His Zig Zag Jive Flutes7 (6) NOBODY LOVES LIKE AN IRISHMAN/GRAND COOLIE

DAM, Lonnie Donegan8 (7) LOLLIPOP, The Chordettes9 (5) SWINGIN' SHEPHERD BLUES, Ted Heath

10 (10) MAGIC MOMENTS, Perry Como11 (19) SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN, Chuck Berry12 (-) STAIRWAY OF LOVE, Terry Dene13 (11) TEQUILA, The Champs14 (13) BREATHLESS, Jerry Lee Lewis15 (14) TO BE LOVED, Malcolm Vaughan16 (-) TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM/HANDS, Max Bygraves17 (-) KEWPIE DOLL. Perry Como18 (-) STAIRWAY OF LOVE, Michael Holliday19 (-) ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE, David Whitfield20 (12) MAYBE, BABY, The Crickets

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12 BOBBY VEE'S GOLDENGREATS(15) Bobby Vee (Liberty)

13 STEPTOE & SON(13) Harry Corbett &Wilfred Bramble (Pye)

in EDDIE COCHRANMEMORIAL ALBUM(11) Eddie Cochran(Liberty)

lc BRENDA, THAT'S ALL(17) Brenda Lee(Brunswick)

16 IT HAPPENED ATWORLDS FAIR(-) Elvis Presley(RCA -Victor)

17 OUT OF THE SHADOWS(12) The Shadows(Columbia)

18 BLACK & WHITEMINSTREL SHOW(18) The George MitchellMinstrels (HMV)

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(10) The Shadows(Columbia)SOUNDS OFTHE TORNADOS(13) The Tornados (Decca)DEL SHANNON No. 2(-) Del Shannon (London)TOP TEN RECORDS(19) Various Artists (Aral)FOLLOW THAT DREAM(14) Elvis Presley(RCA -Victor)CLIFF'S HIT PARADE(16) Cliff Richard(Columbia)I CAN'T STOP LOVINGYOU(20) Ray Charles (HMV)

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BRITAIN'S TOP 50COMPILED BY THE RECORD RETAILER

QUIET AT THE TOPA NOT too exciting week chartwise we think. No change in the first" four discs-and only two newies in the twenty. One is the Beatles -penned "Do You Want To Know A Secret"-a challenger for the topspot at the speed it's moving. It's closely followed by "Lucky Lips" fromCliff who just misses the twenty on his first week out. Other newies inthe fifty include the Manchester group Freddie And The Dreamers withtheir debut cover version of James Ray's "If You're Gonna Make A FoolOf Somebody". Paul and Paula still rise with their "Young Lovers".

Susan Maughan is just in with her "She's New To You", while theextremely consistent Johnny Tillotson makes a sleeper awake with hisusual format on "Out Of My Mind".

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22 DECK OF CARDS29 (4) Wink Martindale(London)LIKE I'VE NEVER BEENGONE19 (13) Billy Fury (Decca)LET'S TURKEY TROT22 (10) Little Eva (London)END OF THE WORLD20 (9) Skeeter Davis(RCA -Victor)

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SHE'S NEW TO YOUSUSAN MAUGHAN, VERN ROGERS

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Page Twelve NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending May 11, 1963

Billy's Big New LPIT'S odd, in a way. Just out is the new Billy Fury long -player

.. and this is the first specially -recorded album by the originalLiverpool lad in just on three years. But it's triggered off an"everything happening" period for the blond bombshell, disc -wise.

There's the new single. "When Will You Say I Love You" wasactually written by Alan Fielding over a year ago-and he took italong to Larry Parnes together with "Last Night Was Made ForLove".

Says Bill: "I liked them both as much as each other. Butwhile one went into the charts, I've just been waiting, hanging on,for the right opportunity to bring out " When Will You Say ILove You".

It looks a "natch" for equalsuccess.

Then, last week, Bill conductedsome further album sessions beforean invited audience of 600 luckyfans at Decca's West Hampsteadstudios. He used the Tornados onthe backing work, handling sevenof his hits, plus eight others rang-ing from ballads to blues.

This material will come out ashis first "live" L.P. later this

But the biggest interest comesfrom the L.P. "Billy", which figures16 tracks and shows Bill in mag-nificent form. Problems? Well, thtmain one was deciding, after hislong break from the "deliberate"album scene, just what numbersshould he included.

TRACKSBut let's now have a closer listen

to the tracks . . .

"We Were Meant For EachOther".-Pleasant ballad, withchunky, pluck -happy strings behindBill. A' bit light on dynamics, may-be, but an emotional performanceenhanced by a dramatic arrange-ment which builds, and builds, andbuilds.

"How Many Nights, How ManyDays".-A Miller -Carroll opusbeat -ballad, with distinctive noisesgoing on behind. It really movesand is the Fury I particularly like.Punches out the lyrics, touch ofthe rasping delivery.

"Willow Weep For Me".-Here'sa great old standard which 90 petcent. of today's popsters couldn'ttackle. Bill, in the low register,vies with solo saxophone andchoral backing-but a well -con-trolled choral bit for once. Throaty,inventive-this is a triumph forBill. Even antagonists should dig.

"Bumble Bee".-Up-tempo, thistrack. Not, I'd say a particularlyhigh-class melody line, but Bill likesto get cracking on a song. Herehe gets ultra -cracking, pushing thepace along with touches of staccatophrasing.

U.S. HIT"She Cried".-Intro-ed by slow

ponderous beat and the sad Furyemerges. How this guy likes beingsad and being involved in lost love,sadness, misery. Girlie choir here,contributing an almost angelicsound behind. Simplicity of thebacking is most effective. A hit inthe States for Jay and TheAmericans.

"Let Me Know".-Bluesy per-formance. Good song all roundhere, taken at the mid -tempo whichusually shows Bill off to best ad-vantage. He demonstrates a won-derful "feel" for this type of in-volved number.

"The Chapel On The Hill".-Slow ballady set-up for this melodiclittle song. Again, simplicity is thekey -note. with some Nashville -sounding piano going on behind,delicately filling in the gaps. In -

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teresting phrasing here, with Billsoaring and swooping on somepassages. Knock -out reading.

"Like I've Never Been Gone".-Hardly any notice needed for this.Many say it's the best thing he'sever done on a single. I'm oneof the many.

Flip over, then."A Million Miles From No-

where".-A Norman Petty songstarts the second side. A fair ballad,but Bill doesn't sound as happyhere as on the others. Once ortwice, he has strain trouble. Maybeit's the range of the melody line.

" I'll Show You ". - SlightCountry tinge here. Lyrics whichat first hearing sound hackneyed. . but become highly acceptableafter a couple of plays. Again . . .

that background simplicity, withquietened down choir, which makesfor effectiveness and listeningpleasure.

"Our DayTwenty itemThat Bill canto do withcredit. Song'Nuff said.

Will Come".-A Topunder its own steam.find anything differentit is to his eternalsuits him to a "T".

"All My Hopes".-Jangly introfor this interesting number. But it'sthe sort of showing that needs tobe hidden away on an album ratherthan pushed out, all starkers, asa single.

"One Step From Heaven".-De-licate little up -tempo start for thistrack. He's much happier here,plunging and pounding with A.I.excitement at the song. Rather anintricate set of lyrics. Bill copesadmirably.

VALUE"One Kiss". - Fine swinging

piano behind the opening here.Warm, throbby lower register stufffrom Bill. I can hear three million"birds" screaming approval. ThisSOUNDS more like Bill, if yougot the gist.

"Hard Times".-Blues for Bill.This, for me, shows the measureof the enormous improvement hehas shown over the years. He sortagets right inside the lyrics, sellingthem with tremendous intuition,Strings and choral voices boost thiswonderful all-round sound.

"Broken Hearted".-Up-temporeading. It's a fine old song ant,Bill brings it slap up to date. Heavydrum beat pushes along the pace.A great curtain -closer.

Sixteen tracks of the new highly -glossed Billy Fury. If that isn'tvalue - for - money, then nothingis

BILLY FURYcontinues to gofro m successto success. In

demand forpersonal appear-ances all thetime, he is nowriding higherdiscwise than

ever before.

KENNY BALL-a current hit,a touch of acting, but the band

comes first. (NRM Picture.)

KENNY -I'LL STICK WITH MY BANDTHOUGH an acting chore is coming up this month for Kenny

Ball-he's currently learning his lines for a film, " Live It Up "-there's no danger that he will be abandoning his trumpet andhis band in favour of an astrakhan -collared coat, a gold -toppedcane and a career in acting.

" Sure, I like acting," Kenny told me. " Who doesn't ? We alllike standing in front of a mirror, making faces and saying ' Youhandsome devil ! ' But all the bits of acting I've done so far,and will do for this film, are playing myself, which is not reallyacting. It's easy to say lines written by somebody who knowsyou and who writes the way you normally speak."

All right, well what about play-ing character parts-a murderer, forexample ?

" Oh, that's simple. I've veryoften wanted to kill people ! SoI'd just sail right into the part withmy usual brilliance-and muck thewhole thing up.

" No, believe me, I'm far toofond of playing my trumpet andworking with the band to want tospend my time acting. I'm not eveninterested in building myself up asa solo personality and doing a lotof dates without the band.

" I think my strength is as abandleader. Maybe I can play thetrumpet occasionally with othertypes of band, but I'm at my bestwith the good swinging sound of myown band. All the guys in it havegood personalities and are popularwith audiences. We're a team."

But now that the trad boom isdeclining is it enough-if you wantto stay at the top-just to run agood band and be a good trumpetplayer ? Don't you need to buildyourself up into a Character (withcapital C), as Acker Bilk has done ?

Kenny replied slowly, thought-fully: " Several years ago we werejust going round the clubs. I washappy making a pretty good living,eating fairly well and often. Thenwe had a hit record (Samantha) andit was bought by people who didn'tnormally go to jazz clubs. Some ofthem came to hear us in person.And, of course, they wanted to hearSamantha. They weren't interestedin much else.

RELAXEDWell, we didn't want to turn

ourselves into red -nosed comics andwear funny clothes, but we did wantto entertain this new audience.Naturally, we wanted them to goaway happy.

" It was then that I realised theimportance of announcementsbefore every number. Acker, I saw,is perfect at it. He's a relaxed blokeby nature and he immediately getsthe audience on his side. I'm not sorelaxed but I found that by beingas informal as possible it not onlygot audiences on our side - they

started thinking we were not sucha bad bunch of blokes-it relaxedus, too. It became a mutual thing,and we played better."

Relaxation, though, is not theonly appealing element in music.Kenny's style is far from relaxed:it appeals to those who love theirtrad to be exciting, tense, full ofdrive.

" I'm coming to feel, though,that drive isn't everything. My idealtrumpet style would be a mixtureof Bobby Hackett for lyricism, WildBill Davison for drive, Louis Arm-strong for tone, and Bix Beider-becke for ideas. I used to be muchmore technical in my approach andI also used to play as though everyminute was likely to be my last onearth. Nowadays I try to be moreeasy-going in my approach, to slowdown and think about what I'mdoing.

INFLUENCED" For my singing," added Kenny,

" my chief influence is the highlyrelaxed Jack Teagarden.

" Relaxation," he went on, " isvery important in the music busi-ness. After the success of Samantha,I used to do plenty of worryingabout follow-ups. But after a whileI figured the more I worried theless my chances of success." (Any-way, after Midnight In Moscow,March Of The Siamese Children,The Green Leaves Of Summer, SoDo I and Sukiyaki, Kenny saw thathe didn't have much to worryabout. Only the Pay Off was a dis-appointment. But Kenny is not

entirely satisfied with the sound ofhis latest, Casablanca - " I feelwe can do better.")

The problems of being a leader ofmen were overcome with the bandin the early stages of its success,Kenny is happy to say. " I foundit very hard at first but we goteverything sorted out and we are ahappy band today with no person-ality problems. I guess I've becomea little harder in the process ofbecoming a successful bandleader,though."

As for the sound of the band,Mi. Ball envisages little change, eventhough the pure trade noise maynot be so popular in future. Butclarinettist Dave Jones will shortlybe buying a baritone sax and willfeature it occasionally - when he'slearnt itl

" We may also try doubling onvarious other instruments. I enjoy achallenge, which is one reason whyI positively like appearing on TV."Last Sunday's Palladium Show wasKenny's fifth appearance, a bandrecord. " We make sure we haverehearsed our routines, except forsolos, so often that we can do themautomatically. This enables us torelax and enjoy ourselves, eventhough we are only on for a fewminutes at a time.

" If we enjoy ourselves we areable to communicate some of thatenjoyment to the listeners and theyenjoy themselves."

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