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Johnnie Ray (above) is goingto visit Britain at the end ofthis month when he appearson ATV in his own show onThursday, July 25, and atBlackpool on Sunday, July 28.

Shirley Bassey (left) opens atthe London Hippodrome onMonday week, July 22, herfirst West End top -of -the -bill

variety appearance.

John Fraser (right) the new,Pye-Nixa recording discovery,has made quite a hit with his" Why Don't They Under-stand ?" He is another of theyoung film stars-you saw himin " Good Companions "-to

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Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge as they appear together in thefilm " Island in the Sun," which opens at the London Carlton cinemaon July 25.

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of singing star Pat Booneare now bywords. Everybodywho met him during his tooshort tour of this country wasimpressed by his natural, un-affected demeanour, and his complete lackostentation and pretentiousness.

So it was typical of his nature that he wasdelighted and most co-operative when we wentalong to see him in his suite at London's SavoyHotel with a batch of letters from readers ofthe NME. He read them all through mostcarefully, and answered our readers' questionsfully and with typical Boone courtesy.

Here are his contributions toour " Question -time " feature :

Q1 read somewhere that PatBoone was not christened" Pat." Will he tell us how he

acquired that name, and also abouthis parents. Does he come from amusical family ? (Edward R isbeck,Catkin Cottage, Eastcote, Middlesex).

AYou're quite right about myname, Eddie. I was christened

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Charles Eugene. Pat came about be-cause my parents wanted a girl andhad already chosen the name Patriciafor her. So I stepped into her shoes,if you know what I mean, and be-came Pat !

When my sisters were born, theywere named Margie and Judy. Forthe record, I also have a brother,Nicky.

No, I do not come from a musicalfamily. My father was a buildingcontractor, and my mother a State

WHEREWeek commencing Monday, July 15

CHAS. MeDEVITT, NANCY WHISKEY,TERRY DENE and DENE ACES,DES O'CONNORFinsbury Park Empire.

RONNIE HARRISPortsmouth Empire.

NAT GONELLADundee Palace.

MEDLEY WARD TRIOSouthport Garrick.

EDNA SAVAGECleethorpes Empire.

MICHAEL HOLLIDAYHull Palace.

MARY NAYLOR, BLUENOTESAberdeen Capitol,

EVE BOSWELLBournemouth Winter Gardens.

TOMMY STEELE, KENTONESCoventry Theatre.

MARRIOTT & EVANSLlandudno Pier Pavilion.

RONNIE HILTON,PENNY NICHOLLSTorquay Pavilion.

MARION RYANManchester Hippodrome.

DAVE KINGBirmingham Hippodrome.

Commencing July 12thTERRY LIGIITFOOT'S JAZZMEN.

Friday: Star Hotel, Croydon; Satur-day: Fishmonger's Arms, WoodGreen; Sunday: Humphrey. LytteltonJazz Club, London; Tuesday: Hum-phrey Lyttelton Jazz Club, London;Wednesday: Brangwyn Hall, Swan-sea; Thursday: Queen's Hotel,Barnstaple.

ERIC I)ELANEY ORCHESTRA. Fri-day: Corn Exchange, Sleaford;Saturday: Festival Hall, EastKirkby; Sunday: Palace, Blackpool;Monday: Small Heath Park, Birming-ham.

CHRIS BARBER B A N D. Friday:Lewisham: Saturday: The Dome,Brighton; Sunday: Pavilion, Bourne-mouth; Monday: Humphrey LytteltonClub, London; Tuesday: RoyalFestival Hall, London; Wednesday:White Hart, Southall.

SUND7 Requests; 7.45 Two In Harmony;

8 The Magic of Sinatra; 8.30 It's AllYours; 9 Mario Lanza Sings; 9.15Intrigue; 9.45 The Golden Touch; 10Record Rendezvous; 10.30 Bing Sings;10.45 Ted Heath and his Music; 11 TopTwenty.MONDAY

7 Star Turn; 7.30 Requests; 8.30Spot The Mistakes; 9 Smash Hits; 9.30Movie Magazine; 10 Jack Jackson;10.30 Top Pops of Tomorrow; 11Talking Points; 11.05 Bible ChristianProgramme; 11.15 Frank and Ernest;11.30 The World Tomorrow.TUESDAY

7 Knave Of Discs; 7.30 Requests;8.30 Guess The Name; 9 LuckyNumber; 9.30 Masterspy; 10 TheCapitol Show; 10.30 Tops With You;11 Revival Time; 11.30 Oral Roberts.WEDNESDAY

7 Star Turn : 7.30 Requests ; 8.30

SUNDAY1 p.m. Holiday For Strings; 4 High-

way Of Melody; 6.05 Playhouse OfFavourites; 8.05 People Are Funny;8.30 Our Miss Brooks; 9.30 MysteryTime; 10.35 News and Sports; 11.30Portraits In Music.MONDAY

12 noon Request Show; 1 p.m.Fred Robbins; 1.30 Jack Carson; 2Outpost Concert; 3,05 Stickbuddy Jam-boree; 4 One Man's Family; 4.30 LoneRanger; 5 Requests; 6 Frank Sinatra;7 Music In The Air; 8.05 Could ThisBe You; 10 Hollywood Music Hall.TUESDAY

12 noon Request Show ; 1 p.m.Fred Robbins ; 4 One Man's Family5 Requests; 7 Music In The Air; 8.05What's My Line; 10 Composer's Show-case.WEDNESDAY

12 noon Request 'Show ; 12.55Les Paul ; 1 p.m. Fred Robbins; 1.30Jack Carson; 3.05 Stickbuddy Jam-boree; 4 One Man's Family; 4.30Doctor Sixgun ; 5 Requests ; 6 Eddie

LENA KIDD BAND. Friday: Patois,Stockton; Saturday: Unity Hall,Wakefield; Monday: City Hall,Perth; Tuesday: Empress Ballroom,Dundee; Wednesday: Beach Ball-room, Aberdeen; Thursday: Inver-ness.

JOHNNY DANKWORTH ORCHESTRA.Friday: Savoy Ballroom, Southsea;Saturday: Coronation Ballroom,Ramsgate; Sunday: White RockPavilion, Hastings; Thursday:Borough Hall, Stafford.

HEDLEY WARD TRIO. Friday andSaturday: Hippodrome, Coventry;Sunday: Butlin's Holiday Camp,Filey.

FREDDY RANDALL BAND. Friday:Blenheim Palace, Oxford; Saturday:Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath; Sun-day: Floral Hall, Scarborough.

Musical Alphabet; 9 Summer Show-boat; 10 Record Show; 10.30 The ThreeD's ; 11 Back To The Bible ; 11.30The Hour Of Decision.THURSDAY

7 Cavalcade Of Music; 7.30 Re-quests ; 8.30 Oh ! ; 9 Irish Requests;9.30 Europe Confidential ; 10 DateWith Don; 10.30 Your Song Parade;10.45 Italy Sings; 11 Old FashionedRevival Hour.FRIDAY

7 Star Turn ; 7.30 Requests ; 8.30Rhythm On The Range ; 9 ScottishRequests ; 9.30 Assignment ScotlandYard; 10 Dixie Disc Time; 10.15 RecordHop; 11 The Voice Of Prophecy; 11.30Music to Midnight.SATURDAY

7 Requests ; 8 Jamboree ; 10 208Dancing Club ; 10.30 Fanfare ; 11Bringing Christ To The Nations; 11.30Jack Jackson.

Fisher ; 7 Music In The Air ; 9.30Suspense; 10.45 Melodia; 11.45 RequestShow; 12 05 Record Show.THURSDAY

12 noon Request Show; 1 p.m. FredRobbins; 4 One Man's Family; 5 Re-quests; 6 In the Mood; 7 Music in theAir; 8.30 Dragnet; 9.30 21st Precinct;10.45 B for Blues; 11.05 Request Show.FRIDAY

12 noon Request Show; 12.55 LesPaul; 1 p.m. Fred Robbins; 3.05 Stick -buddy Jamboree; 3.30 My Son Jeep;4 One Man's Family; 5 Requests; 6Serenade In Blue; 7 Music In The Air;8.05 Moods In Melody; 9.30 X MinusOne ; 10.45 Melodia ; 11.05 RequestShow.SATURDAY

12 noon Request Show; 1.30 WesternSwing; 2 Saturday Salute In Music;4.30 Marines In Review; 5 RequestShow ; 7 Music In The Air ; 8.30Saturday Night Country Style; 9.30R/R Dance Party; 11.05 Music ViewsFrom Hollywood ; 11.05 America'sPopular Music ; 12.05 Request Show.

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PATOur artist Hopper'simpression of Pat

Boone.

Registered Nurse. They like music,and they like to hear me sing -but Iwouldn't call them musical.

QWill Pat Boone tell us of themost exciting incident in hiscareer? (Naomi Woodroffe.

Workington, Cumberland).ACertainly. That happened when

I was 18. I had entered acitywide contest in Nashville, Ten-nessee, and was lucky enough to winthe first prize -a free trip to New

LITA ROZA, KIRK STEVENSLiverpool Empire.

DISC DOUBLESSheffield Empire.

WINIFRED ATWELLBrighton Hippodrome.

HARRY SECOMBE,BILLIE ANTHONYEdinburgh Empire.

EDDIE CALVERTGlasgow Empire.

LONNIE DONEGAN, ALMA COGAN,VIC HYDELondon Hippodrome.

MAX BYGRAVES, JOAN REGAN,THE GOOFERS, KAYE SISTERSLondon Palladium.

DAVID WHITFIELD,AUDREY JEANS, KING BROSSouthsea King's.

JOE HENDERSONChatham Empire.

York and an audition for the TedMack Amateur Hour.

1 had a good time in New York,did the show, went back home andthought no more about it. The wayTed Mack works his programme isthat, during the week after each show,listeners send in their votes and thewinner is asked to come along toappear again on the following pro-gramme.

I assure you I had not the slightestfeeling that I had won, so when Ireturned to Nashville, I went straightup into the hills, miles away fromtown, leading some revival singing.

That was on the Monday, and Ihad done the show on the previousSaturday.

On the following Friday at noon,I was sitting in the local preacher'shouse -miles away from anywhere -when a horseman came riding in fromthe next town with an urgentmessage. He told rye that New Yorkhad been telephoning all over Ten-nessee to find me ; would I ring TedMack immediately.

I can give you no idea of theprimitive surroundings in which Ireceived this message. All I can tellyou is that we had to travel miles tofind a telephone, and when at lastI got through to Ted Mack, I wastold that I had won the contest andhad to get back to New York rightaway to appear on the show again thefollowing day.

The nearest airport was 80 milesaway, and a phone call 'there told us

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8 0 0 NE !that the only plane that could get meto New York in time was leaving intwo hours !

I caught it . . . after the most hair-raising drive over the Tennessee hillsthat you could ever imagine. Myheart was in my mouth all the way,and I shall never forget that wild(and dangerous) journey. Certainly,I have no hesitation in declaring thatit was the most exciting incident inmy life.

Oh, incidentally, I won the contestthat week again-so the journey waswell worth while

QWhat are Pat Boone's hobblesand off stage interests ? (EileenO'Hara, London Road, Ips-

wich).favourite hobbies

is drawing cartoons. At highschool, I was the cartoonist for theschool newspaper, and I enjoy draw-ing.

Sports ? I was captain of the base-ball team at school, but I think Ican truthfully say I am better atswimming which is my favouritesport. My other hobbies ? My familyand singing. I love pottering aroundthe house-cooking, helping Shirleywith the children, and being generallyuseful. As for singing-that isn'twork ; it's fun.

Oh, one other thing ! At schooland college, I rather fancied myselfas a straight actor, and participatedin many drama productions-verystraight, very highbrow.

But, I hasten to add, I only regardmyself as an amateur actor and, whenI make my first film " Bernadine "for 20th Century -Fox this spring, Ishall do whatever they tell me andregard myself entirely as a novice. Itis my first real acting part, and I amcertainly looking forward to it.

Incidentally, having been asked formy favourite hobbies, you Inight liketo know some of my other favourites.

My favourite drink is milk ; myfavourite clothes-sports clothes andwhite shoes ; my favourite singer-Perry Como, and my favourite song-" I Believe." My own favouriterecord ? " Friendly Persuasion."

Pat Boone has had manyphoto calls for smiles sincehe started on his latestfilm, " Bernardiue." Herehe is on one of the picture

sessions.

... who tells about his off-stage

interests and hobbies, thepeople who helped him to the

top, why he is never frightened

on the stage-and the influence

of Randy Wood on his careerWho are the people who have

helped Pat Boone in hiscareer ? Will you ask him to

tell us about them ? (Julian Green,Burnham Road, Somerset).

AI would say that four gentle-men have helped me most. Ed

Jordan, manager of the Belle MeadeCinema at Nashville, was the manwho encouraged me to sing and keepon singing by means of his Saturdaymorning talent shows when I was akid ; and Arthur Godfrey-in whoseTV show I have regularly appearedfor the last 18 months-has been aloyal, good friend to me.

I can truthfully say that I havenever had any problem that he didn'ttry to take care of for me.

I remember once, an unfortunatemisunderstanding over dates meantthat I was singing in his show in themorning and had to appear inAtlantic City -120 miles away-with-in two hours of coming off the stage.No planes were available to get methere in 'time, so I was in a real jam.

During the show, Arthur Godfreyasked me why I was looking worriedand I told him about my dilemma.There and then in front of the tele-vision audience and viewers, he tele-phoned the airport and asked hispilot to get his own personal planeready.

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As a result, I flew in comfort backand forth during the duration of theAtlantic City show. It was a typicalneighbourly gesture on his part.

I would also like to acknowledgethe help of Mr. Cranston, of theFort Worth TV station WBAP. I hadapplied for a job to every TV andradio station in my area, and I leftFort Worth till last because it was thebiggest station.

Hard upI was married by then, and rather

up against it financially, but I tookmy courage in both hands and askedMr. Cranston for a job. I was atcollege then and he asked me "Howmuch must we pay you to keep youwhile you're at school ?"

I reckoned up quickly and realisedthat I could not live on less than $50(£17 a week), but this seemed such alot of money to me that I did notdare ask for it, so I mumbled some-thing about 150 dollars a month.

Mr. Cranston replied: " We willguarantee you 200 dollars a month."That was my start as a TV singerand the experience I gained at FortWorth has stood me in good steadever since.

Finally, there is Randy Wood, thelivewire head of Dot Records whogave me my chance as a disc artist.And that leads me very naturally tothe next question . . .

QWhat made you take up rock'n' roll when you have said inprint that you regard yourself

primarily as a ballad singer ? (SusanStrong, Dondonald Road, Glasgow).

ABlame that on Randy Wood.It was his idea, and all I did

was to do what I was told. He wasimpressed by my singing and told mehe would find a good song for me. Ittook him eight months to do so, andthen he came up with " Two Hearts,

Two Kisses."At first, I thought I would never be

able to sing it. It was real rock 'n'roll, and very foreign to anything 1had ever done before.

He ignored my protests and toldme to get to Chicago right away torecord the tune. I borrowed the busfare and stayed at a small hotel inChicago while I studied thedemonstration record of the tune thatRandy had lent me.

As I could not afford very muchout of my fifty dollars a week, Ibought the cheapest record player I

could find-a kiddies' gramophone,the volume of which is controlled bythe needle.

My gramophone had a loud needleand the result was that everybody inthe hotel heard " Two Hearts, TwoKisses " for hours on end until com-plaints poured in from guests and themanagement.

But it all ended happily. SomehowI managed to get the hang of the newrhythm and, when I made the record,I was quite at ease and very gratefulto Randy Wood for introducing meto the medium.

QHow does Pat Boone feelabout his fans ? I understandhe has more fan clubs than

any other singing star. (Roddy Barry,Baines Road, S.E.22).

Al am lucky enough to have2.500 fan clubs-and, believe

me, I am very grateful to all my fansfor their support and kindness to me.

Apart from their personal encour-agement-in letters and messages-they have been very generous to mywife Shirley and myself. We havenever had to buy any booties,blankets, clothes or accessories forour three children ; the fans havejust showered us with presents for thebabies. We are truly grateful.

And it is an added thrill to havemet personally so many well-wishersin Britain. I have made a host of newfans, whom I shall look forward to

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This is Pat Boone's ownpersonal favourite portraitof the many hundredstaken during the " stills "session, pictured on the left.

meeting again on my return to yourcountry later this year.

QI read somewhere that you donot suffer from stage fright.How do you account for the

fact that you are not nervous whenyou appear in public ? (Tom Rich-mond, Downend Road, Bristol).

I am lucky. When I was youngI was singing around every-

where in different places and todifferent audiences, so that I becamethoroughly used to appearing inpublic.

Then when I became attached tothe Fort Worth TV station, theymade me MC of my own one -hourteenage Saturday show.

I had to be equal to any situation ;

I had to tell jokes, cover up otherpeople's mistakes and keep the showmoving. There was no time to benervous.

Going back to my early years ofsinging in Nashville, I became soused to singing with strange pianists,without pianists, with an out -of -tunepiano, with pianists who couldn'tplay, to audiences who wouldn'tlisten, etc., etc., that ' I becamethoroughly hardened in the bestpossible sense.

Please do not think from all thisthat I am smug or over -confident.Far from it.

I am humble about my gifts andvery grateful for everything that hashappened to me. But, 1 repeat, I'mlucky.

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Among the personalities in theteams will be Paul Carpenter andLarry Cross playing for America andDennis Lotis and Pete Murray inthe British side.

Other musical personalities whowill be helping to raise funds forthe spastics are Vera Lynn (on theTreasure Hunt stall), Cyril Stapleton(at the stall where you can be photo-graphed with a star), David Jacobs(at the " Bring Home The Bacon "booth), the " Damn Yankees " cast(selling raffle tickets) and JoanRegan, Sally Bazely and RickyJames (selling programmes), whileBob Sharpies can be found at the" Whiskey. Hoop -La " stall

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The feeling of desperationas I settled down to amarathon listening session wasluckily dispelled at the outset.By pure chance, the first discthat I picked up turned out tobe a beaut !

I have criticised Les Baxter inthe past for turning out somerather uninspired arrangements :" The Lonely Whistler " couldn'tbe bettered. This lovely melody,haunting without being melan-choly, comes from the film, " TheVicious Breed," and is first andforemost an instrumental, withsome whistling added. Full marks,and fully recommended on CapitolCL 14748.

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Certainly the result sounds goodto my ears. In fact, I haveheard only one other girl singerdo as well with this sort of music,namely Nancy Whiskey.A full-blooded arrangement of a

thoroughly commercial number makesthis a disc with possibilities. Thecoupling, " Preacher, Preacher," givesLorrae a chance to sing with herself,which she does very happily. Fairlyfast, not particularly skiffie-ish, anda trifle unusual. Miss D. does herstuff on Parlophone R.4320.

JOHNNYOn the same label, Johnny Dank -

worth has attempted to repeat hissuccess with " Experiments WithMice." This time he calls it " BigJazz Story," and once again Johnnyhas waxed a side -that is both cleverand amusing. Briefly, J.D. cataloguesthe predecessors of so-called " bigjazz," and gives a musical sample ofeach. Will it be as big as Johnny'slast hit ? Afraid I can't really seeit happening.

Musicians will get more chucklesout of this new waxing than willordinary pop fans ; it lacks theeasily understood humour anddelicious mickey-taking of "Experi-ments.

Certainly give this disc a hearing,though-it might be just your cuppatea. The reverse of ParlophoneR.4321 is " Firth Of Fourths," livelymusic for adherents of the Dank -worth brand of swing.

MARIONIf you're looking for good value

on an extended-play disc, try NixaNEP 24041. Entitled " That RyanGal," it comprises two well knownnumbers and two lesser -known ones sung by that irrespressible bundle

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of charms, Marion Ryan.The first reissut is the recent

" C hantez, Chantez " and file -e,t,trxthat cheeky, naïve, amusing " SailorBoys Have Talk To Me In English."New is a vocal version of the latestdance fashion-" The High Life."

Completing the quartet, a delicious" bad girl " number of the sort thatwould have been a natural forMarlene Dietrich twenty years ago,but even she couldn't put it overbetter than Marion does-" If 1

Can't Take It With Me When IGo, I Just Ain't Gonna Go."

ALMAAlma Cogan is in great form with

" Fabulous" ; she sparkles, bubbles,chuckles, and generally changes thisditty from rock 'n roll to rock 'n'Cogan. Helping out are Group One,and the Frank Cordell baton directsthe whole operation. "Summer Love"

is ideal material for Alma.A cute, gay song, full of pep. and

with a simple, bouncy melody Thereshould be a very healthy sales figurefor HMV POP 367

PATIt's a bit late to recommend Pat

Boone's " Love Letters In TheSand," but having been on holiday,I've only just heard the disc Any-how, recommend it I do, as one ofthe best of that category of songthat is utterly simple, quite corny,and at the same time irresistible.

Combine with these qualities thebrilliant vocalising of Mr. Boone(easily the best of ihe youngergeneration " of singers) and you havea -dead cert. winner

Bernardine " is a happy, jumpyditty that most vocalists could copewith easily, and doesn't call foranything special from Pat. That'sLondon -American LIED 8445.

DICKIEAnother of our top names, Dickie

Valentine, is as pleasant to listen toas ever on his latest for Decca." Three Sides To Every Story " isn'ttoo exciting as a song, but Dickie'stechnique should set the girls' heartsa -flutter.

I, as a mere male, always enjoythat smoothly husky tone that isall his own.The coupling is a pop version of

Donegan's frantic skiffle hit. "Put-ting On The Style.' I prefer Lonnie,but I like Dickie's disc all the same.

But then 1 always do like Dickie-hesounds that sort of guy.

THE McGUIRESLikewise, I usually find the

McGuire Sisters very likeable andlistenable. " Beginning To MissYou " is a disappointment. A slowlament, the idea of wnich is okay,but the execution lacks interest." Rock Bottom " is nut much better.It sounds better simply because it isfaster and has a big heat. Outsidethat it's very 'plain. If you want tocheck for yourself, ask fo. VogueCoral.

ELVISListening to Teady Bear," by

Elvis Presley, set me wondering justwhere f had heard the tune beforeThen it hit me. Not like an oldie,not even like a recent hit, but oh,so very like another current plugNamely, the one and only "Fabulous."

Sounds like Elvis at his mostcommercial ann sales -winning.

' Seems a pity, though, about thatsimilarity to another tune Elvisappears on RCA these days.

JUNEWhen June Christy sings " The

Best Thing For You Is Me," I don'tneed much convincing-in fact, it'sa foregone conclusion ! June, asclear and captivating as ever, givesthis oldie a perfectly plain heatment-no gimmicks to " modernise " thesong. She just sings well, darn well.Capitol CL 14746

For the jA7Z,KAl WINDING and J. J.

Johnson produced quite adistinctive and strikingly " dif-ferent " sound with their two -trombone -plus -rhythm quintet, andthe group built up quite a healthyreputation prior to its disband-ment some months back.

Since then, however, both havecontinued to experiment with the'" trombone sound," and Windinghas come up with a pleasing andthoroughly successful album onPhilips (BBL 7150) utilising nottwo, but FOUR trombones andrhythm. Interest is maintainedall the time by clever use of mutesand imaginative writing, and AlCohn, Nat Pierce, Bob Brook-meyer, plus Winding himself, allcontribute worthwhile scores tothe album.

There's little to choose betweenthe three leading 'bone soloists-Winding, ex -Kenton sidemanCarl Fontana, and a relative new-comer, Wayne Andre - whilstDick Lieb (who doesn't solo)completes a rich -sounding, ex-tremely agile section. Pianist RoyFrazee, bassist Kenny O'Brien,and drummer Jack Franklin lendadequate rhythmic support, andthe album, as a whole, is wellworth the price.

Though comparatively unknownin this country, trombonist Mat-thew Gee has been on the NewYork jazz scene for some con-siderable time, and is a soloist ofno mean ability.

You'll find ample proof of thison " Jazz By Gee " (LondonLTZ-U15075) and, in addition tothe leader's own fluent, inventivesolos, there's some better -than -average improvised choruses by

recordCecil Payne (baritone), KennyDorham (trumpet), Frank Foster(tenor), and Joe Knight, aboutwhom we know little other thanthat he plays excellent and, inmost cases, really swinging piano.Hardly a polished set, 'but cer-tainly a happy and eventful one.

Can jazz take on an air ofdignity and sophistication, andyet still retain the all-importantbasic ingredient of swing ? Theanswer is quite definitely in theaffirmative and. if words don'tconvince you, then the music ofthe Modern Jazz Quartet certainlywill. " Concorde " is the mostinteresting (and fascinating) trackon the Quartet's new Esquirerelease with some par-ticularly eloquent, flowing pianoby John Lewis

Vibist Milt Jackson is at hisbest on a relaxed interpretationof " Softly, As In A MorningSunrise," and bassist Percy Heathand drummer Connie Katy sup-port the soloists with a light,lifting, yet authoritative beat. Theother titles (previously released inLP and EP form, but row col-lated on one record) include" Ralph's New Blues," "All OfYon," " Remember April,"and a George Gershwin balladmedley.

" Mallets A -Plenty " (EnsArcyEJT 752) features vibist TerryGibbs in a set of high -flyingsolos with his quartet. The ballads(" Mean To Me," etc.) are pretty,but it's on the faster, moreswinging up -tempo numbers, like" Nothing To It," that Terryreally makes his mark. '

Some pleasant, if at times pre-dictable, piano solos from MissTerry Pollard are readily accept -

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able, whilst bassist HermanWright and drummer Jerry Segalcomprise an adequate rhythm duo.

Ex -Woody Herman baritonesaxist Serge Chaloff has someinteresting things to say on hisnew " Blue Serge " Capitol album(T 742). Though not quite sucha forceful or inventive soloist asGerry Mulligan, Serge is enter-taining none the less, and hiswork on this album serves toillustrate his excellent techniqueas well as his thoughtful, impro-vising mind.

Sonny Clark contributes somefine piano solos, and bassist LeroyNr inn egar and drummer PhillyJoe Jones round off a forceful," pushing " rhythm section. Titlesare " Handful Of Stars," " TheGoof And I," " Thanks For TheMemory," "All The Things YouArt," " I've Got The World OnA String," "Susie's Blies," and asensitive interpretation of " Stair-way To The Stars."

Tune in to " Roy And Di/No. 2 " (Columbia 33CX 10084)if you want to bear two of theworld's most influential trumpetstylists engaged in, a session ofrelaxed, happy, down-to-earth" blowing." Roy Eldridge andDizzy Gillespie are the guys inquestion, and the inspired solosof both on this set stand repeating

" Sometimes I'm Happy " hassome nice muted Roy, and afluent Gillespie solo, and thepattern is repeated for the faster" Limehouse Blues." Supportedby pianist Oscar Peterson,guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist RayBrown, and drummer Louis Bell -son, the trumpeters put downexcellent solos on " Blue Moon."

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Last This (Week endingWeek Wednesday 10th July, 1957)2 1 ALL SHOOK UP

Elvis Presley (HMV)1 2 PUTTIN' ON THE' STYLE/

GAMBLIN' MANLonnie Donegan (Pye-Nixa)

3 3 LITTLE DARLIN'Diamonds (Mercury)

4 4 AROUND THE WORLDRonnie Hilton (IIMV)

8 5 WE WILL MAKE LOVERuss Hamilton (Oriole)

3 6 YES, TONIGHT JOSEPHINEJohnnie Ray (Philips)

6 7 WHEN I FALL IN LOVENat " King " Cole (Capitol)

9 8 WHITE SPORT COATKing Brothers (Parlophone)

10 9 AROUND THE WORLDBing Crosby (Brunswick)

12 10 BUTTERFINGERSTommy Steele (Decca)

7 11 MR. WONDERFULPeggy Lee (Brunswick)

18 12 LOVE LETTERS IN THE SANDPat Boone (London)

- 13 TEDDY BEARElvis Presley (RCA)

13 14 FABULOUSCharlie Gracie (Parlophone)

11 13 FREIGHT TRAINChas. McDevitt Group (Oriole)

24 16 I LIKE YOUR KIND OF LOVEAndy Williams (London)

15 17 BUTTERFLYAndy tuataras (London)

18 LUCILLELittle Richard (London)

- 19 BYE BYE LOVEEverley Brothers (London)

15 20 ISLAND IN THE SUNHarry Belafonte (RCA)

22 21 WHITE SPORT COATTerry Deno (Decca)

20 22 TRAVELLIN' HOMEVera Lynn (Decca)

14 23 ROCK -A -BILLYGuy Mitchell (Philips)

17 24 AROUND THE WORLDGracie Fields (Columbia)

- 25 SCHOOL DAYChuck Berry (Columbia)

- 26 TOO MUCH Elvis Presley (HMV)27 27 DARK MOON

Tony Brent (Columbia)- 28 START MOVIN'

Sal Mineo (Philips)26 29 SCHOOL DAY Don Lang (HMV)- 30 FORGOTTEN DREAMS

Leroy Anderson (Brunswick)

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MUSIC (U.S.)Lust ThisWeek1 1 Love Letters In The Sand2 2 Dark Moon3 3 White Sport Coat5 4 Four Walls8 5 So Rare

13 6 Bye Bye, Love14 7 Around The World- S Old Cape Cod

4 9 All Shook Up- Hi It's Not For Me To Say- 11 Girl With The Golden Braids10 11 School Day- 13 Teenager's Romance6 14 Little Darlin'

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AROUND THE WORLD(Sterling) 2s.

2 2 MR. WONDERFUL(Chappell) 2s

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4 4 WHITE SPORT COAT(Frank) 2s.

8 5 WE WILL MAKE LOVE(Melcher-Toff) 21.

6 6 CHAPEL OF THE ROSES(Victoria) 2s.

11 7 FORGOTTEN DREAMS(Mills Music) 2s. 6d.

5 8 BUTTERFLY (Aberbach) 2s.7 9 YES, TONIGHT JOSEPHINE

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(Essex) 2s.9 12 ROCK -A -BILLY (Joy Music) 23.

13 13 I'D GIVE YOU THE WORLD(Macmelodies 2s.

12 14 THE GOOD COMPANIONS)(Peter Maurice) 2s.

14 15 FREIGHT TRAIN(Pan-Musik) 2s.

13 16 I'LL FIND YOU (Robbins) 28.- 17 ISLAND IN THE SON

(Feldman) 2s. 6d.15 18 TRUE LOVE (Chappell) 25.21 19 TRAVELLIN' HOME

(Virginia Music) 2s.- 20 DARK MOON (F.D. & H.) 2s.20 21 SINGING THE BLUES

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20 11 Jenny, Jenny/MissLittle Richard

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13 13 C.C. Rider Chuck Willis11 13 I Like Your Kind Of Love

10 15 Little Darlin'Andy Williams

Diamonds- 16 It's Not For Me To Say

Johnny Mathis

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19 17 Over The MountainJohnnie & Joe

15 18 Fonr Watts Jim Reeves17 19 Come Go With Me Del Vikings13 20 Old Cape Cod/Wondering

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TAB HUNTER I Money, LeeSTILL 'OUT' given own TV

TAB HUNTER, still at oddswith Warner Brothers,

may sing the title song of" You In My Arms " for thatstudio in which film he mayalso co-star with Frenchactress Etchika Choureau.Technically, he's still on sus-pension at the studio for hav-ing refused a couple of roles.

Capitol has released EddieCalvert's "John And Julie," with" Good Luck, Good Health, GodBless You." Background is byNorris!, Paramor . . Guy Mit-chell's next record, "Come On.Let's Go" could be a major hit.Author is Woody Harris, who isresponsible for " Rock -A -Billy ". . . There's a report the StanKentons are expecting anotherchild . . .

neireedived.According to Dorothy Kilgallen,

" Elvis Presley soon may startle oneand all by seeking to enlist in theArmy. He's irked by the why -aren't -you -in -uniform ? ' fan mail he's beenreceiving " . . Duke Ellington andElla Fitzgerald have completed along series of sessions on which Ellasang enough Ellington songs to makeup five 12 in. LPs. Duke Ellingtonis signed by Columbia, but Granzgot him for this special date becauseof Columbia's carelessness last yearwhen they recorded the NewportFestival. Johnny Hodges was signedto Granz, and Columbia neglectedto get permission for Hodges. As aresult, Grape was in a position to sueColumbia. He worked out the tradeinstead, one of the best in the historyof the record business . . .

In a recent interview, Ella admittedthat although her career has neverbeen more successful, she's stillmissing something important. She'svery lonely and wants to marryagain - .

769~~01.Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick

Loewe, who will be rich from " MyFair Lady " for years to come, maymake a musical out of an old MGMfilm, "Father of the Bride." As anexample of the interest in "FairLady," when the touring companywas announced for July 8 in SanFrancisco, nearly 7,000 jammed theticket offices the day the box-officewas opened, and $40,000 worth oftickets were sold by noon. " My FairLady " may wind up in a couple ofyears as one of the first big showson pay -TV (where the home -viewerwould pay for certain programmes)with a potential gross of $15,000,000. . . Gordon MacRae may come toBroadway for a lead in a musical

reports

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HENTOFF,,,,,...WI.version of "Peer Gynt " . . Andthe newest composer to have a filmbiography is the late VincentYoumans . . .

Cab Calloway's consistently suc-cessful Cotton Club show is comingto New York's Central Park for asummer run . . . The new NationalAcademy, Recording Arts andSciences, held its first meeting inHollywood recently. Nat Cole madethe introductory address. The officersof the Los Angeles chapter are PaulWeston, president; Lee Gillette,vice-president; Sonny Burke, trea-surer, and Tom Mack, secretary.With Benny Carter added, this groupwill also be the executive committee.Among those on the board ofgovernors are Nat Cole, Jo Staffordand Stan Kenton ...

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IT looks as if both RosemaryClooney and Peggy Lee will

have TV shows of their own thisfall. Peggy would alternate withDean Martin. Already set for thefall with showcases of their ownare Patti Page, Dinah Shore andGisele MacKenzie . . . FrankSinatra's first guests on his newABC-TV series starting October18 will be Kim Novak and DinahShore . .

Rodgers and Hammerstein haveadded a song to the filmed version of" South Pacific." It's " My GirlBack Home " . . The new AlanFreed TV series, " The Big Beat,"on which Charles McDevitt andNancy Whiskey will appear, willhave a regular 18 -piece band withtenor seamen Sam "The Man"Taylor and " Big Al " Sears, anEllington alumnus .

Candid quote of the week:composer Vernon Duke (" AprilIn Paris," "I Can't Get Started,"" Autumn In New York," "TakingA Chance On Love") said in talk-ing about current pop musictrends: " As far as adapting my-self to today's fads, I wouldfrankly be slumming " . . -

Gogi Grant has signed with Victorand Victor will, as a result, get thesound track rights to " The HelenMorgan Story ' film for which Gogidoes the singing . . . George Tread -well will apparently soon obtain aMexican divorce from SarahVaughan .

Lee Collins, one of the vintage Frankie Lyman and the Teen -New Orleans trumpeters, is very ill. Agers went into a huge Alan FreedAny English jazz fan wishing to write New York Paramount theatre rockhim can reach him at 1424 E. Mar- 'n' roll show at the beginning ofquiet Road, Chicago, Illinois . . . July, and then go on tour . . .

Epic Records, a Columbia subsidiary, Johnny Mathis, the young Sanwill record most of the Great South Francisco singer, whose recentBay 'Jazz Festival (N.Y.). Among Columbia records have been doingthose present will be the new Miles very well, may have a role in theDavis quintet with Sonny Rollins, Hollywood filming of " Take aMarian McPartland's trio, Rex Giant Step," a brilliant, moving playStewart and Coleman Hawkins, and about Negro middle-class life . . .

a reunion of the Fletcher Henderson Frank Sinatra, in return for notband . . going through with his Australian

BENNY GREEN nominatesIjR at least five years now I

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Here is one of the scenes that is causing Harry Belafonte trouble.According to a Hentoff paragraph below, he is not allowed to talk

about this scene with co-star Joan Fontaine.

commitments for Lee Gordon, hasbeen doing a series of west coastone-nighters, and made Gordon a lotof money. Lomita Parsons tells anew Sinatra story: "Nine -year -oldTina Sinatra is a character, anindividualist, as everyone knows whohas met her. She had a birthday afew days ago and her father, FrankSinatra, telephoned to ask what shewanted for a birthday gift ' Air con-ditioning for all four of us,' was thereply. So Frank sent four units-onefor the bedroom of Miss Tina, onefor Nancy, jar., one for Frankie, jnr.,and one for the children's mother.Nancy Sinatra, sur " . . .

WwWreeHarry Belafonte told " Look '

that officials of 20th Century -Foxhave told him not to talk about theinter -racial romance sections of" Island In The Sun," and not torefer to Joan Fontaine in any state-ments he makes on the film. " HereI am one of the stars of the picture,"&dares Belafonte, " trying to do alittle publicity job the way all starsare expected to do. And they tellme to keep quiet " . .

There's a new jazz club, BourbonStreet, in New York. Turk Murphyis the first band . . . Dave Brubeckhas recorded a new solo piano album

BING FOR PRESIDENTyou must not take too much noticeof me. It may well be I'm gettingolder and sourer."

I discovered this week to my inex-pressible relief and delight thatthere is at least one fellow -mournerfor the cause of sanity in song -writing. If my opinions aboutcontemporary popular music areto be shouted down, then so arethose of Harry Lillis " Bing "Crosby, who, I am gratified toreport, sees eye to eye with meon the subject.

Crosby, of course, being betterknown than I am, is able to statehis views to a slightly wider andmore significant body of opinionthan I can. The best I can do isto attempt to persuade one hundredand twenty thousand readers thatpopular songwriting is not all itshould be.

When Crosby says the same thinghe says it to one hundred andtwenty millions. That is one ofthe differences between Crosby andI. There are others.

This week Bing made his stand onthe question of songwriting beforeno less august a body than theUnited States Senate, to whosecommittee Bing expressed himselfwith the uncompromising candourthat only millionaires and madmencan afford to indulge. The word hechose to describe most current hitswas " trash."

Were it a case of the pot calling thekettle black, the Crosby allegationsmight not carry quite so muchweight as they do. But anybodywith a passing knowledge of thehistory of popular entertainmentover the last twenty-five yearsknows that Crosby, particularly inhis early days, plumped consistentlyfor the song with a musicalcintent.

Those juniors who know Bing merelyas the propagator of Gary haveonly to listen to the first half ofthe Brunswick multiple LP album"Bing," to be convinced of that.And there is the additional pointthat Crosby is part -composer of "ISurrender Dear" a. ..d " I Don'tStand a Ghost of a Chance WithYou," songs which if they do notquite stand with the- Brandenburgconcertos, are nevertheless musicalenough to make most of today'shit parade sound like somethingout of page one of a junior schoolmusic primer.

In a letter to the Senate CommerceCommittee, Crosby said: "It gallsn. a to see so much trash on TV

screens while the work of thetalented, dedicated songwriter iscrowded out."

It may well gall Bing. It galls me,too. But after all, what can Bingor I or anybody else do about it ?Public taste being what it is, itwould seem that the work of the" talented, dedicated songwriter "is not so much crowded out asignored.

A philosopher called Oscar Wildeonce said that if a thing is popularit is wrong. The evidence of thehit parade over the past ten yearsseems to imply that if a thing iswrong it is popular.

But why bemoan a lost cause ? Thereis a gap even wider than the onein Cumberland between "Butterfly"and "Body And Soul" and perhapsthe truth is that people really preferthe first to the second. That iswhat the cynics have been tellingme for fifteen years now.

I am always advised to forget about"educating the public," as it isusually put. I am informed thatyou cannot make a silk purse outof a sow's ear, that he who paysthe piper calls the tune, and thatthe customer is always right.

But why is Bing addressing the SenateCommittee at all ? Well, it wouldseems that public taste is not sospontaneous after all, that he whopays the piper gets the tunerammed down his ears whether helikes it or not. For the committeeis investigating allegations that acertain music corporation "attemptsto dictate popular tastes by song -plugging."

" The state of this stuff," said Bing," is surely not accidental, at-tributable to a radical change inpublic, not due to a suddenunanimous failure of 'entamong established songwriters. I

think it is the result of pressureexerted. I believe a muchhealthier balance should be main-tained for the benefit of youngpeople who follow these trends soreligiously. What they are hearingthese days is just not too good."

Could it be that my despair in theface of public taste has been mis-placed? It is twelve years since"Bewitched, Bothered and Be-wildered" appeared in the top ten.It appears that in those twelveyears there has been, not a "suddenunanimous failure of talent amongestablished songwriters," but a sud-den increase of it among ambitiousentrepreneurs.

Bing for President.

for Columba. Included are suchstandards as " Indian Summer," " ISee Your Face Before Me," and" I'm Old Fashioned." Dave recordshis solo albums at home-a living -room a & r man . . . The newestBrubeck quartet album will be " JazzGoes To Junior College," a coupleof California concerts . - .

The quartet is much more relaxedwith new drummer Joe Morello, andBrubeck admits that Morello has re-lieved him of a great deal of pres-sure. " He can go in any directionI'm heading or Paul Desmond isheading, and sometimes they're quitefar apart. He listens sensitively andreacts immediately, musica 11 y,emotionally." .Joe first hit the bigtime as a member of the MarianMcPartland trio . . .

Signal Records, an exemplary smalllabel, is back in business with a CecilPayne LP, and a Home Laboratoryset that allows listeners at home tosit in. The new musical director ofthe firm is Hall Overton, a classicalcomposer and a quite able jazzpianist . . . Quincy Jones is studyingin Paris with Nadia Boulanger, whohas taught nearly all the majorAmerican composers of this genera-tion . . . Chet Baker has a new bigband album out with Art Pepper,Frank Rosolino and Bud Shank .. .And Sonny Rollins has a new Con-temporary set with just bassist RayBrown and drummer Shelly Manneas accompaniment . . .

WeelegrarelOne of the most satisfying jazz

sessions I've been to in monthsoccurred recently in New York withColeman Hawkins, Rex Stewart,Pete Brown and Benny Morton-allwith much still to say on their horns,and all largely neglected by the con-temporary jazz audience . . MilesDavis's new Columbia big bandalbum-arrangements by Gil Evans-will include Dave Brubeck's tri-bute, " The Duke " . . . Next week:a report of the Newport Festival...

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The outstanding feature of thisfilm is its lush and exotic loca-tion-the fertile tropical isles,and the golden Caribbean beaches.The plot, despite the impressivecast, is inconsequential, probing,at the surface only, of the prob-lem of mixed marriages. The act-ing is as adequate as the rathertedious dialogue will permit.

The musical sound -track is largelyauthentic, consisting to.a great extentof vibrant, captivating West Indianrhythms, beat out by steel bands.Belafonte has two numbers-a chant -like work song, " Lead Man Holler,"and the haunting and wistful titlesong, " Island In The Sun," which,in conjunction with some gloriouspanoramic views, produces one ofthe most effective openings to a filmI have seen.

Not by any means a movie. master-piece, but if you should experiencea desire to " get away from it all,"then this is the film for you

DEREK JOHNSON.Myet to appear in an American paperwas Joe Hyams' article in a recent" New York Herald Tribune."Speaking of his recent tour, Patsaid: " It was the best possible ex-perience for my fall television show.A tour is much better than guestappearances. You get out to meet thepeople, so you really know whatthey want, and it helps develop poisein front of an audience. Also Ifound that the singers who get to thetop are usually the ones who reallymeet the people."

Pat describes the format of hisforthcoming TV series as " informal

. . . it has to be informal, or Icouldn't be natural." Hyman thenfinally, asked Boone whether thereputation of being Mr. Nice Guydidn't make him weary. " Sometimesit gets dull," Pat answered, " but Iconsole myself with what's happenedto two other nice guys, Bing Crosbyand Perry Como.

" They're in the same kind of fix,but they've lasted a long time, andhave become firmly embedded in thehearts of the American people. IfPerry Como went into a town, nomother would refuse to let her childgo see him.

" Instead, she'd take the child her-self. I feel the basic principles whichI have are good and I plan to holdon to rhem.-If I have to fade intothe background because I'm colour-less, at least I'll be happier than ifI let myself go and have pangs ofconscience " . . .

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LES BROWN BANDPLEASES ALLLES BROWN and his Band

of Renown are generallyrecognised as America's num-ber one modern -style danceoutfit-and after hearing them" in the flesh " at Alconbury(Hunts) USAF base on Mon-day, I can quite easily under-stand the reason for theirundoubted popularity.

The band is completely success-ful in its attempt to please twodifferent sections of the public atone and the same time. You canshuffle your feet on a dance floorto their music, or you can simplyh a n g' around the bandstand,tapping your feet while you listen.Either way, you'll be entertained.

Steady beatBroadly speaking, the band's pro-

gramme for both concerts anddances is a pretty " commercial "one, with a fair percentage of comedyand a liberal sprinkling of full-blooded jazz solos thrown in forgood measure.

The " classy " dance arrangementslay a definite emphasis on a steadythough not overpowering beat, whilethe " production numbers " are

says

KEITHGOODWINwho visited a

U.S. Camp tohear it this weekdesigned to showcase different mem-bers of the band in a variety ofsettings.

The trumpet section, led byarranger Wes Hensel, handle theirparts with workmanlike precision andcombine well to produce a crisp,attacking sound.

Bobby Stiles plays most of thejazz, although I was impressed to agreater degree by the occasionalfluent, expressive solos of formerWoody Herman and Dave Brubecksideman, Dick Collins. Micky Mc-Mahon completes the section.

Roy Main leads the rich, full -toned trombone section, with yetanother ex-Hermanite, Dick Kenny,handling the majority of the im-provised choruses.

Third trombonist Jay Hill is cur -

Recordings by the Les Brown band enjoy big sales all over the word.This shot, taken in the Capitol studios, caught leader Les going over a

tricky passage with singer Jo Ann Greer.

rently engaged on writing a wholestack of new arrangements for theband, and the role of bass trombonistis filled by Les's brother, StumpyBrown.

Stumpy is one of the band's lead-ing Characters. Aside of his trom-bone work, he sings quite pleasantly,and is also responsible for quite alot of likeable slapstick comedy.

ButchThe band's principal comedian is

baritone-saxist Butch Stone-a greathunk of man with a store of goodad lib gags, most of them visual.He sings quite a lot of comedysongs, similar in many respects tothe material used by Jimmy Durante.

Lead alto is Mat Utal, whorecently recorded a fine album onthe West Coast with bass trumpeter

" IT'S not easy to break intothe show business' scene

in America. It's just a case ofworking hard, getting to knowthe right people, waiting forthe breaks, and then makinggood use of them. And onceyou're in, you have to workharder than ever ! "

The speaker was DorothySquires-the British singerwho had 'em raising the roofwith their cheers following hercabaret appearance at Holly-wood's famous Moulin Rougeniterie a few 'weeks back.

Booked for a two-week season,Dorothy was held over for afurther fortnight when public andpress alike acclaimed her for afresh, invigorating performancethat all but set the town on fire.

And Dorothy, make a note, isthe ONLY artist ever to be heldover for a season at the MoulinRouge. But for plans for herreturn to Britain that could notbe broken, she would haveremained to top the bill therenot for four but SIX weeks!CONGRATULATIONS

Hollywood celebrities turned outin force to see the blonde bombshell.Elvis Presley, one of her most ardentadmirers, saw the show five times.And Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Zsa ZsaGabor, Charles Coburn, Jayne Mans-field, Jeff Hunter, Barbara Rush,

Allan Jones, and Jeanette McDonaldI" looking as beautiful as ever," saysDorothy) were among the manyworld famous stars who called roundto offer congratulatitIns.

The punch -line to all this is thatDorothy has been rebooked to headthe impressive Moulin Rougeautumn revue bill for eight weeks

Breaking the iceover in Americais tough

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DOROTHY SQUIRES

work on her own TV series overa major network, and immediatelyon her return .to the States, starsin Ed Sullivan's coast -to -coast" Toast Of The Town " TV show.

Dorothy, the alluring wife ofhandsome screen star Roger Moore,spends more time in the U.S. nowthan in Britain. Reason is thatRoger has many Hollywood commit-ments, and, like any other wife,Dorothy likes to be near at hand.

They've set up a home in West-wood, just outside Hollywood. com-plete with swimming pool, and whenshe isn't working, Dorothy loungesaround the place and enjoys theCalifornian sunshine-she's got anenviable suntan to prove it.

Roger returned to Londonprimarily to start work on a newseries of telefihns. Dorothy camehack firstly for a rest, and also toget rigged out with more gowns andmusical arrangements.

DISCS AND TVWhile she's here, Dorothy will cut

two new albums for Columbia. andthese, together with some " singles,"will be released in the U.S. simul-taneously with her return. Also in-cluded in her British date book areseveral TV appearances, althoughprecise dates have not yet been an-nounced.

Dorothy is a firm believer in thetheory that hard work always paysdividends. After making good inBritain, she set about emulatingher success in the States, making herfirst trip there in 1948 to appear onthe Paul Whiteman radio show inNew York.

Her songs-particularly " A TreeIh The Meadow --were enthusiasti-cally received, but she came back towork in Britain three months later.

She returned again in 1952, andtoured America visiting all the lead-ing disc -jockeys, whilst the followingyear found her scoring heavily in

cine-variety show at the famedPalace Theatre on Broadway.

" The Palace is disappointing,"says Dorothy. "It's small-com-parable, say, to the Metropolitan.Edgware Road, and the work isextremely hard . . . four shows aday. Still, it was an experience andI enjoyed it."

Other trips have followed, andeach time Dorothy has made newfriends and gained more admirers.About the Mouline Rouge, she hasthis to say:

It's a huge place, and seats about1,300 diners. Believe me, that's alot of people to play to, but I'm

used to big audiences, so I get onfine. The audiences are great-theyreally appreciate what you're doing.

"I did a half-hour spot each nightwith Eddie O'Neill's 25 -piece orches-tra-a great bunch of fellows. 1

sang things like Walking BehindYou' (Elvis Presley's particularfavourite), You'll Never WalkAlone,' and one of my own tunes--`Come Home To My Arms '-

this September. which went down very well."The following month she begins' And what does the future hold

for the effervescent Miss Squires ?Well, the demands on her servicesin the U.S. grow day by day, so itlooks as if she'll be spending moretime there in the future than everbefore.

Our loss, make no mistakeabout it, is America's gain !

Cy Touff and tenorist RichieKamuca, whilst Ralph Lapolladoubles second alto and clarinet.Bill Usselton impressed as a

thoughtful, though somewhat un-adventurous tenor soloist, and thereed section is rounded off by tenor -baritone -clarinettist Abe Aaron.

Dapper, diminutive Les (pronounceit Less) occasionally blows alto orclarinet, but in the main, confineshimself to leading the band up frontin a quiet, casual manner.

The rhythm section has formerDave Pell Octet sideman DonTrenner on piano. Vernon Polk(brother of vocalist Lucy Polk) onguitar, bassist Mel Pollan, anddrummer Lloyd Morales kicking theband along in a relaxed, spiritedthough orderly fashion.

Yet another member of the Brownfamily-Les's 17 -year -old son ButchBrown-is working with the 'band onits lengthy tour of U.S. Servicebases in Europe. He doubles bongosand conga drum, and during a shortstint at the drums on Monday, dis-played a lot of potential.

Vocalist Jo Ann Greer soundsreminiscent at times of Doris Day.Her material is good-a lot of oldstandards and just a few of thebetter current " pops "-whilst herphrasing and diction are excellent,too.The band played a four-hour show

at Alconbury-a 60 -minute concertand a three-hour dance. Bill Ussehonwas featured (during the concert) on" Leap Frog" and Gone With TheWind," Mat Utal made good use offeature billing in " Midnight Sun,"and Stumpy Brown turned in ap l e a s a n t vocal on " Jeeper'sCreepers."

Jo Ann songs included the ever -popular " Sentimental Journey,"" Mr. Wonderful," a beautiful ver-sion of " Come Rain Or Shine," anda lightly swinging " Lullaby Of Bird -land," whilst the more elaborate

show numbers" included" Slaughter On Tenth Avenue," atongue-in-cheek arrangement of the" Nutcracker Suite," and-of course

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FRANKIE LAINE'S remarks about national newspaper critics havebeen welcomed by many readers. Says reader Alan Killen, of

Kirkdale, Liverpool:Surely you don't have to draw

screams to be good. Frank's fans onhis last- visit are two -and -a -half yearsolder now and less inclined toscream. But they are still there.

The newspapers were entirelywrong when they said that Frankrefused to see anybody at all. Whileat Liverpool, he had a lot of peoplein his dressing rooms before the firstshow and some more later.

PAMELA CARSON, of Hanley,Stoke-on-Trent, wants more of NatCole:Nat's record of " When I Fall In

Love " is really worthy of its highhit parade position. We hear com-plaints about singers who revive" oldies," but Nat's version of thissong is superb.

HEATHER PAPWORTH, of Red -hill, Surrey, writes:Are some of the Radio Luxem-

bourg disc - jockeys over - doingplugging " ? In eight programmes

recently, Howard Williams played 13

-the band's memorable version of" I've Got My Love To Keep MeWarm."

The band found a really relaxed,down-to-earth swinging groove whileplaying a sustained riff sequence asa background to some clowning byStumpy Brown and Butch Stone, andthe surprise of the evening (duringthe dance session) was a creditableperformance of Count Basic's classic" April In Paris " score.

The band acquired the arrange-ment through a " reciprocalswop " with the Count-Les got" April In Paris " and Basie, inreturn, got the Brown arrangementof " I've Got My Love To KeepMe Warm."

British tourAnd talking of reciprocal swaps-

some enterprising London agentwouldn't go wrong by arranging aBritish tour for the Brown band,who, during their current stay here,are allowed to play only 'at USAFbases and not for the general public.

The " trads " have had Armstrongand Condon, the swing fans Basieand Hampton, the modernists Kentonand Mulligan, and the rock 'n' rollersHaley and Freddie Bell.

Sooner or later must come the turnof the " band show " enthusiasts-people who like their entertainmentto be made up of good music, good

*singing, a little comedy and a littlejazz.

Who better to provide British fanswith that kind of entertainment thanLes Brown and his Band of Renown

Nat Cole records and almost as manyFrank Sinatra discs. 1 only heardGuy Mitchell once, and some artistswho must be at least as much re-quested as Cole (Elvis Presley, SlimWhitman, etc.), are seldom heard.

Be fair, 208 disc-jockeys-give usour choice, not yours.

L. WEDDALL, of Heaton, New-castle -on -Tyne, agrees:Have you noticed the boring

repetition of the Radio Luxembourgrequest programmes ? Some disc -jockeys give us Peggy Lee, Sinatra,Cole and Doris Day in every pro-gramme. Oh, for the return ofGeorge Elrick and Dickie Murdoch-we were sure of a good mixed bagfrom them

Says BARRIE STOCKWELL, ofLeeds, 8:If Charlie Gracie's records were

given more publicity, he would easilyget into the top five. His " Butter-fly" was much better than the versionby Andy Williams. His latest recordis just " Fabulous."

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ERIC SHARP of RAF,near Preston, writes:May 1, as just a small part of the

teenage public, say rock 'n' roll isterrible and should be given thepublicity it deserves-none !

Songs no longer matter to suchsingers as Elvis Pr esley and,especially, Tommy Steele. They couldrecord " Auld Lang Syne " and stillsell over a .million!

BRIAN HERNS, of London, S.W.12,writes:How 1 agree with LAC Ridley's

letter complaining of British stars be-ing pushed out of the record chartsby American discs of inferior quality.

Is there still hope that composersof the standard of Cole Porter,Rodgers and Hart, etc., will regaintheir former popularity ?

If not, popular music is in for apretty tough time during the next fewyears.

MARLENE ANSON, of Watton,Liverpool, writes:I have heard rumours that Frankie

Lymon's voice broke, and so ishe! Is he no longer with the Teen-agers ?

[Marlene, and other Lynzon fans-see Nat Henioff's column on theopposite page for the latest news ofthe group.-EDITOR.I

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singing-II "All Shook Up"%-ererrereere.-..-eioPRESLEY is back ! To his

legion of ardent fans, he'snever been away . . . he'sbeen ever-present. But to HitList compilers, he is back !

It took just three weeks forhis latest hit, the breathless,jerky " All Shook Up," tojump up the NME Top Thirtyladder to top place.

Even when dealers were allowed" request only " 45 rpm copies-made specially for AmericanForces in Europe-enough weresold to make the Hit List.

Now that HMV's " ShOok Up "is released on both 45 and 78 rpm,record dealers can't get copies fastenough. Listen to the disc andfind out why.

Presley makes you believe he's" All Shook Up and in Luv " (andhe probably was when he waxed themaster !).

Breathless and (at times) brokenvoiced. His modulation uncontrolled-listen how it rises suddenly as hehits the line " scares me to death."Slurred diction when it comes outthat way (" mah hay " for " myhair," etc.). All with an excitingbackground of rhythmy guitars anda thump -thump beat !

Yep, when Elvis chants " Ah'min luv ... (silent pause) ... Ah'mall shook up," he gets you " allshook up," too!Elvis has two other records on

the go at the moment, too. There's" Teddy Bear " and an EP called" Peace In The Valley," both issuedby RCA.

Hymn -likeOn the EP, Presley is a sort of

singing Billy Graham. He gives agreat sincerity to such hymn -likesongs as " It's No Secret What GodCan Do," " I Believe ' and " TakeMy Hand, Precious Lord." Theycould take their place in any churchservice.

This EP was the result to Presleysinging " There'll Be Peace In TheValley For Me " on Ed Sullivan'sTV show in New York. Next day

Although , his ardent ''..."ereediedwe'-"%In this corner . :11/

fans say he is. ever- the hymn -singingElvis featuring :;

present and has never "Peace in the Valley"

been away, the Hit List tells us that

PRESLEYIS BACK:

a deluge of requests came for therecord. So Elvis made his " Peace "album.

Elvis was five when he startedsinging in church and he has neverlost his love of religious music. Inhis personal record collection aretreasured copies of the StatesmenQuartet, the Blackwood BrothersQuartet, the Jordanaires and othersacred singing groups of the South.

With his semi -religious album,Presley throws a spanner. into thearguments of parents who don'tthink Presley good for their children.In America, they found that theycould say nothing against him whenthey discovered their teenage familieswere listening to an almost hymn -singing Presley as well as the " AllShook Up " stuff.

It made them think again beforeaccusing Elvis of having the powerto make their children disregardthem and follow The Pelvis. Thiscontroversial young man of 22 gotparents as well as children "all shookup " !

His inborn sincerity makes every-thing he does-be it a beaty popnumber or a rhythm-and-bluessemi-classic-sound more excitingthan the rest do.He is the personification of the

"free teenager." He does what hewants, when he wants. He repre-sents to teensters on both sides ofthe Atlantic what they want to be,and can't-free, unrepressed, withoutinhibitions.

They are ready to defend him tothe end, with an almost fanatic dis-regard for law and order. Yet theyendanger him at the same time. Thefan who writes a rude, eventhreatening, letter to a writer who

criticises Elvis, will also tear theshirt from Elvis's back and scratchhim, just to say he or she has.

Presley himself doesn't seem tomind the maulings he gets from hisfans. He once told film star NatalieWood: " They want my shirt, theycan have my shirt. They put it onmy back to start with."

Colonel Tom Parker, Presley'sfather -like manager, worried moreabout his " son's " safety. Whenfans broke the glass in one of Elvis'scars so they could touch him, theColonel became alarmed lest thesinger be cut. Now there's wiremesh protecting the windows-andElvis.

Presley cannot go anywhere with-out bodyguards. Fans seem to sproutup everywhere he goes. They waitfor hours for a glimpse of him.After a concert to 8,000 screamingfollowers at the Memphis Audi-torium, he had to wait hours beforehe could safely leave for home.

SouvenirsEven when Elvis isn't around-

and he's never been to Britain yet-you can buy souvenirs of him otherthan his records. Hank Sapersteinlooks after this end. He came toBritain last year to promote thesales-as he does in the States-ofsuch things as Presley jeans, T-shirts,caps, charm bracelets, pens, pencils,compacts, perfume, watches, walletsand other things bearing the nameand/or the picture of the side -burnedcountry boy from Tupelo, Missis-sippi.

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A new action, por-trait of Elvis Presleytaken on the film setwhile he made hisforthcoming film,"Loving You,"which opens in Lon-don next month.

By ALLEN EVANSby Sam Phillips of Sun Records,presented first on the stage by im-presario Tom Diskin. With theColonel and advance -man OscarDavis, they form a team which isstill behind Presley and receives apercentage of his earnings.

But there's plenty left for Elvis.He is estimated to sell 13 millionsingle records this year, bringing himmore than a million dollars. Aquarter more will come from films,a hundred thousand from TV (EdSullivan paid him top price of 50,000dollars for one show-presented himthree times during it-opening spot,middle and end), and another twohundred thousand from personalappearances.

Add to this his immense song -writing profits and you have thehighest paid performer in theworld today.Money doesn't worry Elvis much.

He's rather give a good performancethan get an extra five thousanddollars for a show he didn't enjoyplaying.

He is a frank person. He admitshe likes girls. " I've thought I'vebeen in love. Mostly I've playedthe field. I enjoy dating more thap,anything. Can that be wrong ?he has asked openly.

GigglerHe confesses he giggles easily and

can start laughing helplessly, almostcollapsing from weakness, at thesimplest thing.

His bedroom is in a permanentstate of untidiness. He admits hecollects stuffed animals, even teddybears.

In other words, he's an honestcitizen. No side about him, orsecret self.Recent reports are that he wants

to join the Army. He is tired ofbeing dubbed, wrongly, a " draftdodger." Elvis is honest enoughwith himself to know that while he'dlike to go on singing and entertain-ing-and come to Britain-he shouldbe doing what all other chaps ofhis age must do-a hitch in- theServices.

Elvis has a soft spot for uniforms.He was in the Officers' TrainingCorps section while at school.

Elvis has large cars-but still getsmore kicks out of tinkering aroundwith two old motor bikes he and hisdad bought before he hit the jack-pot.

Elvis enjoyed making his first film--" Love Me Tender." His fansloved it. A London teenage girl toldme recently: " I saw it eleven times!It was super ! "

She can get ready for more visitsto the cinema. Elvis has made twomore pictures-" Loving You," inVistaVision Technicolor, the first ofa seven picture contract for Para -

mount, and " Jailhouse Rock," forMGM. His next film will be " SingYou Sinners," which starts produc-tion in the autumn.

In " Loving You," Elvis sings tennew numbers, including DannyKaye's former hit, " Candy Kisses,"and " We're Gonna Live It Up,"" Hot Dog," " Teddy Bear," " MeanWoman Blues," and others.

In pre -recordings, he was accom-panied by the Jordanaires and thethree young musicians who always" back up ' Presley recordings-drummer D. J. Fontana, electricguitarist Bill Blake, and bass ScottyMoore. These boys appear in thefilm as a hill -billy band.

CreatorThe musical numbers were created

and staged by Charles O'Curran, whois at present honeymooning in theseparts with songstress Patti Page.

Elvis plays the part of a smalltown rock 'n' roll singer who is dis-covered by a female Press agent(Lizabeth Scott) and introduced toa Hillbilly bandleader (WendellCorey), who hires him. He falls

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SYMPOSIUMOF JAZZ

THE Symposium is rapidlyestablishing itself as the most

popular and practicable form oftechnical book on Jazz music." Concerning Jazz," far moremodest than the recent gargantuanCondon Treasury, limits itself torather less than two hundred pagescontributed by eight writers asmarkedly contrasted as the re-nowned fantasist Mezz Mezzrowand Stanley Dance, Hughes Panas-sie and Mike Butcher.

A symposium of course, has ad-vantages which arise out of its ownshortcomings. Different contributorsto the same volumn are liable tocontradict each other, which is oftenexcellent fun for the reader. Anastute editor will contrive to main-tain the balance between the dullnessof complete conformity and_the chaosof flat contradiction.

Sinclair Trail!, a pioneer of thesymposium method of presentation inthis country, has selected his con-tributois cunningly and edited aneasily readable book which althoughunavoidably uneven here and there,manages to be' informative and en-gaging at the same time.

The most interesting clash of ideasI found in the book was the oneimplied in the chapters by MikeButcher and Brian Nichols. Thelatter, in a somewhat uncharitablesurvey of the British modernists,says, There is really no such thingas a British modern jazz movement;nor indeed was there ever such athing." Butcher, in closing the mostaccurately informed section of thebook, " Modern Jazz, the Boostersand Beyond," mentions no fewer thannineteen British modernists he con-siders worthy of note and says " . . .

some of the above -mentioned Britishboys under Victor Feldman's direc-tion and the best of the other Euro-peans sometimes reach the standardsof all but the greatest New Yorkexponents.""Concerning Jazz," edited by Sinclair

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QUOTES ABOUT

ELVIS PRESLEYSINATRA on PRESLEY :

" Only time will tell (whetherhe'll last). They said I was freak when I first hit, butI'm still around. Presley hasn o training at all . . . he hasa natural, animalistic talent "

FATS DOMINO on PRES-LEY : " You've got to handit to the boy. He's it, rightnow" . . .

TOMMY SANDS onPRESLEY: "I'm not at alllike Elvis. I admire himtremendously, but I couldn'timitate him if I tried " . . .

PAT BOONE on PRES-LEY : " Elvis is very excitingvocally. I like a lot of hisrock 'n' roll records, but don'tcare too much for his bal-lads " . . .

for the girl vocalist, played byDolores Hart.

The film will be showing in Lon-don next month at the Plazacinema.What are the chances of Elvis

Presley visiting these shores to singin person ? Elvis wants to come,but there are so many dates linedup for him in the States-includingthe probable Army hitch-that itseems almost impossible to fit thingsin.

One thing certain-if he did comeover, his reception would make allothers seem as flat as the openingof a vicarage garden party by thelocal mayor after a curvey film starfailed to arrive !

Presley works harder, sings harderand lives it up harder than his rivals-and in return The Pelvis gets everyounce of response from his fans !So call out the tiot squad !

As one teenager told me:" I'm an Elvis Presley fan-body and soul ! " And shemeant it !

SOUTHSEA OPENING

Audience hadto wait - but

David Whitfieldwas worth it !

THE Bernard Delfont summershow, "Light Up The Town,"

which opened at the King'stheatre, Southsea, on Tuesday,didn't quite live up to the spec-tacular nature of its title. Thereare one or two quite colourfulnumbers, including a fairgrounditem and "Calypso Capers," butotherwise the sketches and soloturns are only of an average sea-side standard

David Whitfield is the big at-traction for the crowd, but despitehis huge billing, he only does hisown solo feature practically at theend of the show.

vHe was in fineoice,

with avaried selectionof some of hisbest numbers, in-cluding the "Ad-oration Waltz "and more seriousballads such as" Rudder AndThe Rock " and" Without Him."

David WhitfieldaudienceMany

ofmust

have hoped that he would take partin some of the other musical items.They were unlucky, and had to waittwo hours for his twenty-five minutespot. Worth it, though.

One of the slickest turns in theshow is by the King Brothers, whovary their well known disc hit-" White Sport Coat "-with a FatsWaller impression and " Cradle Rock'n' Roll."

They also provide the accompani-ment for Audrey Jeans, a brightcomedienne, best in the calypso fea-ture.

Comedy is in the hands of HarryWorth and Billy Dainty. And alsoin the cast are the aerialists, theSkylons, acrobatic Betsy Ross, anda sprightly dance team called the

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Surprise gimmick of DickieValentine's AR -TV " Monday new singing capture), has regular

tuition to improve as a dancer andDate " programme this week was musician . Harry Secombe in -presentation of singers Ronnie eludes aesah ous sketch in touringCarroll, Patti Lewis, Glen Mason r it nal( n Tow*. "-and Dennis Lotis-besides resident co-star Shani Wallis . . . Pressnotices for " These DangerousYears " have been sensational intheir praise of Frankie Vaughan .when film is released in America,a double -:sided disc of titles fromthe movie will be issued (on eitherColumbia or Epic there)-accord-ing to spokesman Nat Shapiro . .

American orchestra leader Law-rence Welk fulfilled a twenty -years'ambition-when he met Victor Sil-vester in London this week .

Despite his numerous British HitParade successes, "All Shook Up "is first title to give Elvis Presley aNo. 1 placing here . . In theLucille Ball -Deli Arnaz " I LoveLucy " ATV programme last Sunday.singer Tennessee Ernie Ford gave atremendous performance - in acomedy acting role . . .

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Russ Hamilton signs autographs for four fans at Imhofs, New OxfordStreet, W.1, when they bought his hit record-" We Will Make Love."

guying pop singers, assisted by MaxRussell and a former wrestlingfavourite, Joe Cornelius . Dis-covered that original version of" Look Homeward, Angel " (JohnnieRay's recent disc hit) was issued onLondon label in America duringMarch, 1956-perfermed by a grouptitled the Town Esquires .Renowned.singer -actress Jill Dayis not the only talented member ofher family ; beautiful younger sisterVirginia Page visited Las Vegasrecently-prize for winning a nation-wide competition here . . AlthoughBonny Guitar's " Dark Moon "enjoyed profonged stay in U.S. toptwenty, her recording companycovered same title with another hitwaxing on same label by Gale Storm-released here at Bonny's expense ;however, Decca group may havesecond thoughts, especially it Colum-bia's Tony Brent maintains initialsales ro ress.. . Pending start of

Cyril Stapleton's new projects, ShowBand instrumentalists Harry Letham(trumpet) and Ken Goldie (trombone)play month of August at Blackpoolwith Geraldo orchestra . .

arePressure of U.S. commitments pre-

vents Harry Belafonte attendingBritish premiere o.: " Island In TheSun " this month . . . Pardon thepurring Alley Cat, but this columnis pleased and proud at choiceof Steve Martin (for U.S.-TVappearance with Lawrence Welkshow)-bearing in mind praise con-sistently printed during his residenttelevision series with the Lou Preagerband. . .

Bandleader/composer HaroldGeller (of " Green Cockatoo " fame)has joined exploitation staff of Eddie

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Tracing the career of the man inthe background who puts so manyrecording . . . in thestars . . foreground

NORRIE PARAMORMarion Keene, me popuiar record - FREQUENTLY the mask of a quiet outward appearance is inclineding vocalist from West Hartlepool, to shield the talents of a go-ahead personality. So it is withgets a big break on Saturday when Columbia Records' Norrie Paramor.she appears on the " Spectacular " Luckily for record fans, Norrie'sshow with Bob Hope. apparent outward lack of " push"

hides a strong determinationbacked with some excellent ideas.

He first started having piano lessonsin 1921 when he was seven years old,and ,developed a strong dislike forjazz and an equally strong admirationfor Bach. This proved a great satis-faction to his parents but, as timepassed, Norrie's ear stayed tuned tothe classics and widened its scope toinclude good jazz music.

Now, as every good musicianshould, he appreciates all forms ofmusic-provided it is of a highstandard.

His love of music led him to form-ing a school dance band while hewas attending Trinity School, WoodGreen, London, N. The bandproved a great success and one ofthe reasons Norrie gives for this isthe fact that they only charged 10s.per engagement ! Even in those days,that was cheap, to say the least of it

Norrie left school and tried tomake his way in the big commercialworld but music was destined to behis career, so he formed a trio andwas booked into Cliftonville for asummer season.

Joined throngThe engagement over, he joined the

weekly throngs of musicians in ArcherStreet, off Piccadilly-the narrowthoroughfare where a musician mustgo to meet his fellows, and wherehe gradually becomes known inmusic circles.

In those troubled years, work washard to find and Norrie was forcedto pawn his beloved record collectionso that he had some ready cash. Hispatience paid off and his talents wonhim many contacts,

These contacts introduced him tothe world of dance bands, great andsmall, and he was able to exploit hisarranging and playing capabilities.

In the 'thirties, he was workingfor the " name " bands of the day,including that of Maurice Winnick.Then war came and the RAF claimedhis services in 1940.

Donning his uniform, he went offto Blackpool, met up with SidneyTorch, Max Wall, Harry AlanTowers, etc., and was kept busyentertaining his fellow servicemen.

The next step was to join Ralph

Reader's RAF " Gang Show," withwhich he finally became musicaldirector. Then Norrie was postedto India to assist with production ofForces Entertaining Units, and hebroadly claims that he has playedon nearly every NAAFI piano inthe world.

While in the RAF, Norrie kept uphis arranging work. and was able tofit in scores for stars of the JackBuchanan, Noel Coward, Louis Levy,Mantovani and Tessie O'Shea calibre.

In 1944, he met Harry. Gold andbegan a five-year association withthat bandleader out of which thefamous "Pieces of Eight" were bornBack in 1949.

Back in 1949Norrie stayed with the group on

piano until 1949 when he decidedthat the hectic one-night standroutine dashing all over the countrywas not for him. He left the bandto remain in London and concentrateon arranging.

The following year (1950), he madehis first record for Columbia, thecompany with which he is now Aand R. chief. This first waxing wasin an accompanying role to MarieBenson, who subsequently joined theStargazers, and is now scoring as asoloist again.

Since then he has recorded withevery big star on the label as well asbeing featured as a soloist and con-ducting his own orchestra.

One of Norrie's achievements ondisc which brought a great deal ofpublicity was to link Jo Stafford andTeddy Johnson on a duet recordingof " The Moment I Saw You." Bothstars, recorded their parts 6,000 milesapart-Jo in Hollywood and Teddyin London.

Norrie has also developed a talentfor composing, and has had hisoriginals used for film sound tracks.He has also worked on Radio Luxem-bourg. A frequent BBC broadcaster,Norrie has also won wide acclaim forhis TV appearances.

A happily married man, Norriehas two daughters and a Son andstill finds time to play tennis anddarts and to motor whenever andwherever he can.

One of his ambitions is to co -drivein the Monte Carlo Rally with vocalstar Teddy Johnson.

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Norman Wisdom renewed hisclarinet playing-when the Cy Lauriejazz group visited him on film setof " Just My Luck " . NorrieParamor and his family take overresidence of new coastal home atShoreham (Sussex) today . . NatHentoff reveals from New York thattrumpet star Ziggy Elman has beenapproached to re-form and direct theTommy & Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.

Mel Torme arrives at London Air-port next Thursday for his stage tourhere . . . Patti Lewis had to declineoffer to appear in Bob Hope ATVshow this Saturday night-owing toprevious commitment, deputising forJosephine Douglas as comniere ofBBC -TV " Six -Five Special " . . .

Reputation of Tommy Steele willbecome international : his film isbooked for Holland, Belgium, WestAfrica, Denmark and Germany . . .

Impresario Tom Arnold and holiday -camp personality Billy Botlin areamongst competitors applying foricence as contractors for new Hamp-.hire Commercial TV station .

kfter winning singles championshiptitle at Wimbledon last Saturday,U.S. tennis star Althea Gibson cele-brated by singing at a GrosvenorHouse party, then later at AstorClub . . .

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Holidaymaking in London thisweek is Barry Allehs, Radio Luxem-bourg disc jockey . .

Manager of Capitol Records'British division Arthur Maslow'planes to Hollywood-for an inter-national conference this Sunday . .

Screen star John Fraser has a poten-tial hit with his first solo waxing of

Why Don't They Understand ? "(on Pye-Nixa); good version of sametitle by intrumental/singing unit TheZodiacs (Oriole) and TV personalityGlen Mason (Parlophone) . .Another " Island In The Sun " star,Dorothy Dandridge, cannot findtime to attend London premiere . . .

Disc jockey Paul Martin organiseda charity fête at Crawley (Sussex) lastSaturday : disc stars who appeared

This is Anita Louise, the singerwill Basil Kirchin's new band.

She's an Australian.

included Tony Brent, Oonald Peers,Patti Lewis, Benny Lee and NorrieParamor . . . Congratulations to LenTaylor (general manager of DavidToff Music Company), whose wifePresented him with a son last Friday-to be named David Leonard . .

After hearing Peggy Lee's superbrecording and Sarah Vaughan's ver-sion of Mr. Wonderful," the inces-sant efforts by several British vocalistsmust be reducing Mr. Wonderful'sstatus . . .

Frankie Vaughan's new magazineof his own life story surprisinglyevades any reference to his lengthyengagement with Nat Temple's Band-as featured vocalist . . DailyMirror columnist Clifford Daviscomperes Brighter variety bill (star-ring Alma Cogany week commencingJuly 29 . . . Plenty of praise forMarie Benson and the Londonaires,following recent BBC -TV exposurein Cyril Stapleton's " Show BandShow " . . .

Several new records in Americaof Ron Goodwin's " SkifflingStrings," which has been retitled forthe States ; lyrics have been addedby Carolyn Leigh, writer of superb" Young At Heart " composition,made famous by Frank Sinatra . . .

Wide publicity for Duke of Bed-ford's skiffle activities ; how abouthim forming unit to accompany Mrs.Gerald Legge and the Duchess ofBedford, if we must be subjected toanother disc from this poor pair . .

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