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Meet Jeremy, the college TONIFIY STEELE

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a That's not the only unusualthing about Jeremy, either. He'sno head -shaking rock 'n' roller.He's a tall, suave ex -infantryofficer who has just made hisdebut on Parlophone with a coupleof " quality " pop songs.

His admirers claim that he singslike Sinatra and plays the piano likeOscar Peterson.

Whether you agree or not, there'sno doubt he's rousing a lot of in-terest since he was discovered playingin a West End night club by musicpublisher Johnny Blvton.

Jeremy claims he started playingpiano at the age of four. Hewent to Wellington College, where khe won prizes for piano, Holin,composition and conducting.

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singers took to themselvessuch homely names as Johnnie,Ronnie or Lonnie. The latestaspirant to fame in the musicbusiness is a 26 -year -old singer andpianist who intends to stick by thename he was born with -JeremyLubbock.

PhilosophyLater he studied philosophy at k

Oxford, but was asked to leave ashe devoted too much time to uni-versity cabarets and revues. He de-cided to concentrate on architecture kinstead.

six nightsbegan playing in night clubs

nights a week to raise someextra pocket -money, little realisingthat it would eventually become afull time occupation. Today, Jeremyis in demand for radio and TV pro-grammes as well as having a residentclub job. His first recorded titles-" Catch A Falling Star " and "TheMan Who Invented Love "-areaccompanied by a big orchestraconducted by Ron Goodwin.

What is the secret of Jeremy'sappeal ? According to his publicityagent, he has excellent manners,intriguing way with women and" exquisite good taste in clothes,art and music."Is that the formula for hit parade

success ? Take a look at Jeremy onthe "Cool For Cats " TV show to-night (Friday) and decide for your-selves !

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latest Parlophone album -"Kath Meets Humph "-is scheduledfor release on March 1.

It features guest artist Kath-leen Stobbart (tenor), who tem-porarily worked with the band whileregular sidemen Jimmy Skidmorewas undergoing an operation.

CORT IN NEW SHOWTHE Bob Cort Skiffle Group will

provide the music for a skiffleand jive dance competition whichwill be staged at London's Metro-politan Theatre for a week fromFebruary 24.

Also in the show, called " RhythmOff The Record," will be singerPauline Shepherd and novelty instru-mentalist Desmond Lane.

(CommencingRONNIE ALDRICH AND THE

SQUADRONAIRESFriday: Town Hall, Petersileld;Saturday: Town Hall. Oxford; Sun-day: Colston Hall, Bristol; Wednes-day: Baths Hall, Leyton.

TERRY LIGHTFOOT'S JAZZMENFriday: Town Hall, Wimbledon;Saturday: Dorking Halls, Dorking;Sunday: Broadway Cinema, Letch-worth; Monday: Empire Rooms,London, W; Tuesday: RAF Station,Halton; Wednesday: Southall; Thurs-day: Humphrey Lyttelton Club, Lon-don, W.

CHRIS BARBER BANDFriday: Town Hall, Birmingham;Saturday: Royal Albert Hall, Lon-don; Sunday: Town Hall, Leeds.

This profile of Tommy Steele was taken in Scandinavia,where he was surprised to find he had such a large

record following.

THE accusation is frequently levelledagainst Tommy Steele that he sets

himself up as a mere carbon copy of ElvisPresley and possesses no distinctiveindividuality of his own. Any open-minded jury would quickly dismiss thischarge as being completely withoutfoundation.

But the question whether TommySteele would have achieved fame ifthere had been no Presley to lay thefoundation is intriguing. Moreover, wouldeither of them have won any degreeof success, ifrock 'n' roll had not comeinto its own ?

BackgroundLet's take a look at the background. During

and immediately after the war the countrywas bogged down with an endless flow of

sugary, " better - days - ahead"ballads.

As the tide began to turn, a newphase of more carefree, light-heartedmusic took over.

Now we have the age of hustle andfrenzied, high-powered activity (moreso in the States than here), and therestless pace of our times is reflectedin the trends of modern music.

It's vibrant, pulsating, dynamic -like the youth of today. Above all,it provides the opportunity foryoungsters to let off steam, to releasetheir pent-up emotions, in a harmlessfashion.

Rock 'n' roll was inevitable -it wastime for the pendulum to swing backto beat music. And just as inevit-ably, the craze has produced itschampions.

Why Presley Liu! Steele in theirrespective countries ? Obviously, one

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of the principal rea_as is that theyhappened to be in at the beginning-for which full credit to them.

But even that would not haveprevented them from being oustedfrom their thrones, had a strongerpersonality come along to overthrowthem.

And there you have the keyword-personality.Rock has little more to offer than

a solid beat which can become verymonotonous unless it is in the handsof a:forceful personality performer.

Presley comes of rugged country-and-western stock; with roots deeplyembedded. in the foil( tradition; hissense of rhythm; his unhibited ap-proach, are inherent in him. Fromthe, outset he was a logical con-tender for rock honours.

But it was only natural that wein ,this country, although perfectlywilling, to recognise the achieve-ments of. Presley, should want toboost a' stir of our own.The mantle fell on Tommy Steele's

shoulders. All praise to him forrealising that such on opening existedand for adapting his style to thecurrent demand - remembering that

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IS NO CARBON

COPY OF ELVIS

PRESLEYsays Derek Johnson, whoanalyses the two champions of

rock roll herehe did not have the benefit ofPresley's background environment.

ExploitationOf course, both artists have been

the centre of tremendous publicityand exploitation campaigns, withoutwhich they would doubtless . havetaken considerably longer to becomeestablished.

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form the snowball into an avalanche.Although the famous Colonel Tom

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Presley himself says : " ColonelParker only advises me in busi-ness. I see him only when a bigdeal is in negotiation and it isessential for us to confer."Nevertheless, there is an extremely

close association between the two,and it is clear that they think veryhighly. of each other.

It is absolutely necessary that astrong alliance should exist in anymanagement partnership, and that isconfirmed by Tommy Steele's com-ments about his joint -managers, JohnKennedy and Larry Parnes.

" In my early, struggling days, thehelp and expert advice of my.'managers was enormously valuable,he said. " Nobody starting offgreen, as I did, could have hopedto handle hundreds of business de-tails and still find time to concen-trate oa performing.

"That's where my backroom boyscame in. Without them, I reckonI'd have been completely lost."

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It may be argued that the development of Messrs. Presley and Steeleis following parallel lines . bothhave burst out of the narrow con-fines of rock and have been heardto good advantage as ballad singers.

Elvis enjoyed big sales with" Love Me Tender" and " LovingYou," and the ballad from thefilm "Jailhouse Rock," called"Young And Beautiful," ishandled most 'tenderly.For Tommy's part, many of the

songs which he featured in his filmbiography are far removed from therock style, and this will be particu-larly noticeable in his second film,"The Duke Wore Jeans." " Shiralee,"his own composition for the filmof that name, was also a ballad.

To a large extent, both are aban-doning the spearhead of the rocksinger's attack-the guitar.

And with their entry into films,each has shown a sincere actingability and a strong dramatic feeling.

Tommy, of course, has nowblossomed into even wider fieldsand is proving fl remarkable suc-cess in pantomime, somethingPresley cannot do in the States!But, apart from cashing in on the

rock craze (and, in a couple ofinstances, singing his songs), there isno indication whatever of Steeledeliberately cettine ^tit to imitatePresley.

Tommy speaksHear Tommy himself on his sub-

ject: " I know it is a common storythat I once saw Presley in New Yorkand decided to follow in his foot-steps. But it's just a yarn.

There isn't a bit of truth in it.And as I had already launched myown stage career a year before hisfirst film came over here, it isobviously nonsense to suggest thatElvis had anything to do with thepattern of my show.

" When I first got my break inshow business," he continued, " Idecided to try to build up an actthat was entertaining and differentfrom anything that anyone else wasdoing at the time. Nothing wascopied from Presley-we worked atthe act ourselves, until we got itmore or less as it is today."

If there is any comparison betweenthe two artists, I suggest it lies inthese three points: (a) that they haveshown themselves completely adapt-able to the requirements of thepublic; (b) that they should now be

recognised as complete entertainers,rather than solely as rock singers;and (c) they stand supreme aspersonalities.

Public opinion on this latter pointwas expressed by way of the NMEAnnual Poll, which elected them topmusical personalities in their owncountries, with Tommy second onlyto Elvis as " World's OutstandingMusical Personality."

CommentsI went out into Denmark Street,

London's Tin Pan Alley, to obtaina cross-section of comments on thesetwo top -line performers.

Said the music publisher: " BothhaVe given the profession a shot inthe arm. But they haven't producedworld -shattering sales of sheet music,for the simple reason that their kindof music isn't played at home on thefront -room piano. From this pointof view, I .would say that TommySteele is the -More commercial of thetwo, Presley being more of aspecialist."

Said the secretary: " Well, they'resupposed to represent the youth oftwo countries. I suppose that's whythe girls like them-because we candream about them being the menin our lives.' But although Elvis isan ideal screen hero, he's only in

the land of make-believe ' to us.And I'm sure that, when it reallycomes to the point, most girls wouldprefer a down-to-earth character likeTommy."

Said' the Singer: " I admire themboth tremendously, although 1 dislikemost of their songs. I wouldn't saythere was any marked comparisonbetween them, except that they areboth at the 11. -ad of the youth cultin their own countries. And- asAmerica unavoidably leads the worldin pop music, that makes Presley ontop of the world, too."

Said the agent: " They're the big-gest box-office draws in Britain andAmerica, aren't they ? Steele willnever be as big internationally as

Presley, but I'd still -like to have acut in him !"

Analysing these viewpoints, Iwould submit that it is to Presley'sadvantage to remain the rock'specialist, as America is infinitelymore rock -crazy than Britain.

Over here, the percentage ofballads In the bestsellers (plus thefact that Steele has onlyetopped theChart for one single week, whereasPresley invariably spends severalweeks at the top) makes it advisablefor Steele to widen his scope, toappeal to more varying tastes. Ibelieve that he is doing thisadmirably.

Although Elvis will shortly bedrafted, into the Army, these twoentertainers will no doubt be aroundfor many years to come. And thehero-worshipping girls need have noimmediate anxiety.

Tommy declares that he has nodesire to get married yet awhile,and Elvis is even more vehementin saying that marriage is furthestfrom his mind !

AnswerAnd so back to our original' poser

-would these two have made thegrade, if there had been no rock 'n'roll ? My answer is emphaticallyyes-because they have shown thatthey are not dependent upon rock.They are personality entertainers, andtheir star quality was destined toemerge from ordinary level, irrespec-tive of circumstances

But let's not, say thatTommy is a carbon copy ofElvis. There was bound to bea similarity, whilst they wereboth confining themselves torock. However, now that theyare overcoming those limita-tions, I maintain that theirstyles are constantly growingfurther apart.

The stars confess ... inFebruary HIT PARADEDAT BOONE says : " Maybe we were too young to get married,

but I guess we'll never know-we're too happy." Doris Dayconfesses : " If wives were chosen for their ability to cook, I guessI'd still be a spinster.'

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Also writing in the February HIT PARADE out on sale this week -endare Frankie Vaughan, telling you about his recent trip to the States; andTerry Dene, who describes his experiences in making "The Golden Disc."

Malcolm Vaughan tells how his recording of Heart Of A Child "coincided with the arrival of a baby son. Then Lonnie Donegan writes abouthis spare -time hobbies of photography and golf; and Perry Como answersquestions on the " Witness Stand.'

And, of course, there are up-to-the-minute stories of your latestrecording favourites-Jackie Wilson, Buddy Holly, Jerry Let, Lewis, JimmieRodgers, the Southlanders.

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Ronnie sings with warmth, humourand the tone that picks him out asone of our best.

This excellent record has only oneminor fault: two lines of the songare sung by a vocal group who helpfill in the background for the rest ofthe time. I had to listen seven timesbefore I could make out all the wordsof those two lines-the group neededto be closer in on the mike.

Qn t'other side is a song thatdeserves more than a passingglance ; " One Blade Of Grass " isa pleasant ballad with a not -too -pronounced rock beat in theaccompaniment. Lyric is especiallystrong.

THE TROUBADOURSFor something out of the rut, and

with a pleasant old-world air about it(" old world " being pre -rock 'n'roll), try The Troubadours on Lon-don -American.

" The Flaming Rose " has a sunny,romantic Spanish atmosphere, novocal, but part of the melody iswhistled. The whistler also makes amelodious contribution to " TheLights Of Paris " and a choir singsfrom the half -way mark.

The slow waltz tempo helps con-jure up a picture of Paris after dark-quite some time after dark-whenone is feeling drowsy, but happy andcontented.

JEREMY LUBBOCKI'd heard a lot of most impressive

reports about a singer -pianist calledJeremy Lubbock, so I was veryinterested to listen to his first record,Parlophone R.4399.

Maybe he doesn't come over aswell on wax as he does in person,but on the strength of this disc, any-way, I'm afraid I can't proclaim thediscovery of an exciting new star.

His voice is clear, his diction crisp,but there's nothing special about thetone. " Catch A Falling Star " doesn'tgive much opportunity for a displayof singing-the range is small andthe melody nearly monotonous.

Best part of this side is the back-ing from the Ron Goodwin orches-tra, which is very good.In " The Man Who Invented

Love," Jeremy displays a vocal stylesimilar to Sinatra, but in tone andfeeling he is too wooden. The resultis that J.L. sounds as though he isattempting a meticulous copy ofSinatra-and with some success-butwithout the benefit of Sinatra's dis-tinctive t one and ultra -delicatesensitivity.

Nevertheless, I'll await Jeremy'snext disc with interest.

LOUIS PRIMATry to find time to listen to

" Buona Sera," recorded by LouisPrima on Capitol CL 14821. Ihonestly can't say whether it's likelyto appeal to you or not. What I cansay is that it is different.

Louis himself sings, setting out inslow tango tempo, then bursting intoa really hot second chorus. Followsa wild, sax solo from Sam Butera,and then the quiet tango again tofinish with.

An odd mixture with Louis' oddvoice adding to the unique atmo-sphere created by the disc.Flipside is the most amusing pop

offering on the Sputnik kick to cometo hand so far. " Beep, Beep I " doesmore than relate the sad tale of theladdie whose girl -friend took off on atrip to outer space-it even introducesa new sound -language

Dreadful thought is that this lyriccould be a true reflection of love -troubles ten years hence!

GLENN MILLERThere are two sides from The New

Glenn Miller Orchestra on RCA1034. I can't feel that there is anyreal justification for the existence ofthis band.

The original Miller recordings arestill available to buyers and have anatmosphere about them that no copycan hope to achieve, however care-fully done.

The arrangements and performanceof "So Sweet" and "Falling Leaves"are very good. Anything less wouldhave been inexcusable, anyway.

But I, for one, would not rush tobuy a copy if I could collect anoriginal Miller recording from the1939-42 days.

SANDRA ALFREDA teenage lady who is not letting

Frankie Lymon and company haveit all their own way, is Sandra Alfred,who hots up the Oriole wax with" Six Day Rock."

Sandra rocks with the assuranceof a seasoned veteran, injectingplenty of personality into her per-formance.No so hot, but more entertaining

lyric -wise is " Rocket And Roll."Before long Miss Alfred could

develop into an important recordingartist. She has what it takes.

JIM DALEI'm not so happy about the new

Jim Dale platter. " Don't Let Go "has originality about it and a distin-guishing " break " gimmick.

It is a punchy rocker with a goodlyric of its kind, but what worries meis that the gimmick seems to be over-worked to the extent that I was boredbefore I had heard the record oncethroUgh.

Jim's performance is good. So isthe beat. But the song itself . . .

well, I'm not so sure. The label isParlophone.

HUMPH LYTTELTON" Buona Sera " gets a neat non -

vocal once-over from the HumphreyLyttelton Band on Parlophone. Itwill appeal to non -jazz enthusiastswho like a good swinging instru-mental where precision counts formore than volume.

" Blues In The Afternoon," aLyttelton original, completes thecoupling.

KEITHF01111)YCEfamous RadioLuxembourg

disc -jockey andchampion 'future

hit' forecaster

KEN MACKINTOSHI'm very suspicious about an

instrumental called " Swingin'Shepherd Blues." Suspicious becauseI don't think this is commercialenough to be a hit, and yet . .

Well, the fact is that the melodyhas an insidious habit of creepingback into my mind three or fourtimes a day. For the most part it's athin, unexciting flute solo. Yes, I didsay Bute !

Backed by a steady beat, a veryattractive sound develops. You'llfind this number by the KenMackintosh Orchestra on HMV withthe full brass section strengtheningthe middle part.

There's one mystery-the vocalgroup mentioned on the label musthave fallen through the hole in themiddle, because they don't sing asingle note on this side!They have plenty to do in " The

Stroll," but this is not a goodarrangement. Too dull.

. . . and you'll be sweet onAlma Cogan's 'Sugar,' too !

IN "Sugar Time," Alma Cogan has got hold of a song that is notonly bright, zippy and well suited to her talents, but has all the

assets that could snake it a big seller.A fast and lively beat sets the

feet a -tapping straight away. This" Sugar" should be sweet enoughfor Alma.

JOHNNY LUCKThe latest addition to the Lymon-

London school is Johnny Luck, Hemakes his debut on Fontana with" Buzz, Buzz, Buzz." Johnny has agood fast rocker here, and shows thathe can rock with the best, and "sell"a song, too.

Given enough broadcasts this couldbe a good seller and I can con-fidently recommend it to those whodig the real teenage sound.

" Play Rough," is real crazy, butlacks distinguishing features. How-ever, Johnny's performancecouldn't be bettered.

SAMMY SALVOSammy Salvo is another name

likely to arouse interest on the teen-age front. Sammy is a Stateside ladwho has Waxed " Oh Julie " for RCA.

A medium paced rocker thatstands out from the rest by reasonof a soprano voice that keepsappearing in the background. Agood gimmick.Mr. Salvo is reasonably restrained

in his vocalising, and all the wordscan be heard. " Say Yeah " is faster,enjoyable, but not out of theordinary. Sammy has the right sort ofappeal and should be popular.

BEST SELLING POP

RECORDS IN THE U.S.(Week ending January 22)

Week1 1 At The Hop

Danny and the Juniors2 2 Stood Up/Waltin' In School

Ricky Nelson3 3 Great Balls Of Fire

Jerry44 April Love/wheaT

Lase Lewisae

Come Back To Capistrano

5 Peggy SuePat Boone

5 Buddy Holly6 6 Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley

10 7 Raunchy Bill Justis9 8 Kisses Sweeter Than WineB

Jimmie Rodgers8 9 You Send Me/Summertime

11 10 Silhouettes/Daddy CoolThe

12 11 Oh Boy ! Crickets- 12 The Stroll- 13 La Dee Dah Billypiama Lonilldies- 14 Buzz, Buzz, Buzz- 15 Sugarthne

Hollywood FlamesMcGuire Sisters

- 16 Sail Along Silvery Moon/Raunchy Billy Vaughn

16 17 Chances Are/The Twelfth OfNever Johnny manila

15 18 Rock And Roll MusicChuck Berry

7 19 Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms17 20 Bony Moronle/You Bug Me, Baby

Larry WilliamsBy courtesy of " Billboard "

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RECORDS IN BRITAINLast This (Week ending Wednesday,

Week 29th January, 1958)

11 1 JAILHOUSE ROCKElvis Presley (RCA)

8 2 THE STORY OF MY LIFEMichael Holliday (Columbia)

4 3 OH BOY ! Crickets (Coral)3 4 ALL THE WAY

Frank Sinatra (Capitol)2 5 MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT

ME Johnny Otis Show/Marie Adams (Capitol)

5 6 GREAT BALLS OF FIREJerry Lee Lewis (London)

6 7 MY SPECIAL ANGELMalcolm Vaughan (HMV)

12 8 APRIL LOVEPat Boone (London)

6 9 PEGGY SUEBuddy Holly (Coral)

10 10 KISSES SWEETER THANWINE

Jimmie Rodgers (Columbia)8 11 REET PETITE

Jackie Wilson (Coral)16 11 AT THE HOP

Danny and the Juniors (HMV)11 13 KISSES SWEETER THAN

WINEFrankie Vaughan (Philips)

16 14 THE STORY OF MY LIFEGary Miller (Pye-Nixa)

13 15 I LOVE YOU BABYPaul Anka (Columbia)

18 16 LOVE ME FOREVERMarion Ryan (Pye-Nixa)

15 17 BONY MORONIELarry Williams (London)

14 18 WAKE UP, LITTLE SUSIEEverly Brothers (London)

- 19 YOU ARE MY DESTINYPaul Anka (Columbia)

- 20 JAILHOUSE ROCK (EP)Elvis Presley (RCA)

21 21 BYE BYE BABYJohnny Otis Show (Capitol)

20 22 THE STORY OF MY LIFEDave King (Decca)- 23 RAUNCHY

Bill Justis (London)26 24 LOVE ME FOREVER

Eydie Gorme (HMV)- 25 THE STORY OF MY LIFEAlma Cogan (HMV)

19 25 JACK 0' DIAMONDSLonnie Donegan (Pye-Nixa)

21 27 ALONEPetula Clark (Pye-Nixa)

- 28 LOVE ME FOREVEREsquires (London)

- 29 PUT A LIGHT IN THEWINDOW

King Brothers (Parlophone)- 30 AN AFFAIR TO

REMEMBERVic Damone (Philips)

BEST SELLING SHEETMUSIC IN BRITAIN

Last ThisWeek

1 1 MY SPECIAL ANGEL(Yale) 2s.

7 2 THE STORY OF MY LIFE(Sterling) 2s.

2 3 KISSES SWEETER THANWINE (F.D. & 11.) 2s.

6 4 ALL THE WAY (Barton) 2s.4 4 APRIL LOVE (Robbins) 2s.3 6 MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT

(Feldman) 2s.5 7 ALONE (Duchess) 2s.8 8 FORGOTTEN DREAMS

(Mills Music) 2s. 6d.8 9 TAMMY (Macmelodies) 2s.

12 10 I LOVE YOU, BABY(Sherwin) 2s.

10 11 WAKE UP, LITTLE SUSIE(Acuff -Rose) 2s.

19 12 LOVE ME FOREVER(Kassner) 2s.

11 13 DIANA (Robert Mellin) 2s.16 14 PEGGY SUE (Southern) 2s.14 15 AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER

(Feist) 2s.15 16 LET ME BE LOVED

(Frank) 2s.- 17 JAILHOUSE ROCK (Belinda) 2s.21 18 OH BOY ! (Southern) 2s.13 19 MARY'S BOY CHILI)

(Bourne) 2s. 6d.20 20 LONG BEFORE I KNEW YOU

(Chappell) 20.- 21 PUT A LIGHT IN THE

WINDOW (Kassner) 2s.17 22 REMEMBER YOU'RE MINE

(Belinda) 2$.17 23 HE'S GOT THE WHOLE

WORLD IN HIS HANDS(Sterling) 2s.

- 24 CHICAGO (Feldman) 2s.

BEST SELLING POPRECORDS IN U.S.

(Week endingLast This

Week1 1 At The Hop

Danny and the Juniors2 2 Stood Up/Wallin' In School

Ricky Nelson3 3 Great Balls Of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis5 4 Peggy Sue Buddy Holly4 5 April Love/When The Swallows

Come Back To CapistranoPat Boone

- 6 Get A Job Silhouettes16 7 Sall Along Silvery Moon/Raunchy

Billy Vaughn12 8 The Stroll Diamonds15 9 Sugartime McGuire Sisters13 10 La Dee Dah Billy & Lillie7 11 Raunchy Bill Justis

14 12 Buzz, Buzz, BuzzHollywood Flames

8 13 Kisses Sweeter Than WineJimmie Rodgers

11 14 Oh Boy ! Crickets6 15 Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley9 16 You Send Me/Summertime

Sam Cooke10 17 Silhouettes/Daddy Cool The Rays20 18 Bony Moronie/You Bug Me, Baby

Larry Williams- 19 Why Don't They Understand

George Hamilton IV17 20 Chances Are/Twelfth Of Never

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8 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS

Although TV star JOAN SAVAGE has a mostfame on the Jack Jackson show by

AS a confirmed cynic, I never thought I would havepleasure of seeing a woman opening and closing

mouth for half an hour with no sound being emitted !

The human goldfish in questionwas none other than attractiveJoan Savage, one of the starmimers of " The Jack JacksonShow," whom I watched silentlymouthing in the studio on Satur-day - although the uninitiatedviewers at home might have beenstartled at the versatility of some-one employing the voices of suchcontrasting artists as Vera Lynnand Little Richard !

HuskyOf all people to happen to, though,

it's a pity that Joan has to remainsilent. She has a soft, husky voice,like gently cloying honey. But thosewho have heard any of her threeColumbia records will not need to betold this.

Her most successful disc to datewas a combination of two top pops-" With All My Heart " and " LoveLetters In The Sand"; although PetClark and Pat Boone easily won theindividual honours on these titles, thecoupling of the two songs was anobvious purchase for those who couldnot afford two separate discs.

Previously, she had enjoyed " fairto middling" sales on "Five Oranges,Four Apples "-a song which meantvery little whon it was published in

LENDING

HER LIPS TO

OTHER VOICES !

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the summer, though it could havebeen a " wow " if it had been saveduntil the Christmas season.

More recently, Joan has invitedprospective buyers to "Shake Me, IRattle," this time with only so-soresults.Joan is now growing excited about

her next disc venture, which she willbe recording in the near future. Thereason for the excitement is the factthat Joan and husband, Ken Morris,are joint composers of the song,which is called " If You Love Me."

She told me: " We took it to myrecording manager, Norman Newell.

He liked it and he's going to let merecord it, just as soon as we can finda suitable coupling."

It struck me that it must be rathera strange experience for a singer inher own right to have to mime toother artists' records.

" It was most odd at first," sheadmitted, "and I still find it a littledifficult. But now that Eve been onthe Jackson Show over a year, itcomes more naturally." I still find it hard to resist the

impulse to give out at the top of myvoice, though."

This is understandable, as most of

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The band, with Sam Woodyardat the drums, swings like mad.There are some excellent solospots for altoist Johnny Hodges(" Half The Fun "), trombonistsBritt Woodman (" Hank Cinq ")and Quentin Jackson ("Sonnet ForSister Kate "), baritone saxistHarry Carney (" The Telecas-ters " and many other Dukestalwarts. A historic, highlyrecommended album I

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Don't be put off by the ratheruninspiring title of this album.It is a really fine programme oflusty, swinging, big -band jazz bythe now seldom -heard CharlieBarnet Orchestra.

The personnel of the bandfluctuates from track to track,but a pretty high standard ismaintained, and the rhythm sec-tion in particular is extremelygood. Barnet divides his timebetween alto and soprano vises,and among the other fine soloistsare Charlie Shavers, MaynardFerguson, Buddy Childers, HerbieHarper, Milt Bernhart, GeorgieAuld, Willie Smith, Bill Holman,Barney Kessell and Hank Jones.

" Lumby " is the stand -outtrack-the remainder are all good!

QWEET SMELL OF SUCCESSK-7 -Brunswick LAT 8225("Goodbye Baby ; Jam ; CheekTo Chico ; Susan ; Sidney'sTheme ; Honalah ; Night Beat ;Concerto Of Jazz Themes ").

A pleasant, impeccably per-formed sequence of themes fromthe film " Sweet Smell Of Suc-cess " by drummer Chico Hamil-ton's unique, almost strange -sounding little quintet. Onecomplete side of this record isdevoted to a lengthy work-outincorporating snatches of all thetunes on the first side ("Con-certo "). Useful solos from FredKatz ('cello), Paul Horn (alto,flute and clarinet) and JohnPisano (guitar) and excellentrhythm work by Chico and bassiitCarson Smith.

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Bassist Leroy Vinnegar is the mostconsistently impressive memberof the combo (notice his beauti-fully rounded notes during Shelly'smoody " Parthenia ")

Elsewhere there are tasty solosby Russ Freeman (pianoO, StuWilliamson (trumpet) and " Bird -fancier " Carlie Mariano (alto).Give this one a listen !

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There's little to choose betweentrumpeters Art Farmer and NickTravis solowise, and all the reed-men-Phil Woods, Zoot Sims,

THE tall, rugged seaman stoodsix-foot plus, beaming at me

as he said proudly : " I haven't aprice on my head. But the otherscome pretty expensive. Top figureis £175 . . . sounds like a foot-baller's transfer fee, doesn't it ?"

The speaker was 24 -year -old VicHall, a Leading Airman in the Fleet

Al Cohn and Gerry Mulligan-find plenty to say.

Valve trombonist Bob Brook-meyer ties up the front line, whileHank Hones, Milt Hinton andOsie Johnson handle the piano,bass and drum parts admirably.You'll like this one !

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I feel sure that Fontana couldhave found something better thanthis to mark their first jazz releasein Britain.

The Basic things are worthhearing (trumpeter Buck Claytonis featured on " Fiesta," andJimmy Rushing bawls the blueson another track), and the Good-man titles are moderately enter-taining. Les Brown's "Love " (areal peach of an arrangement),is lust fine, but his other threecontributions don't add up tomuch and the album, as a whole,is a little on the dull side

January 31, 1953

attractive voice, she won her

the visiting celebrities do actuallysing with their records-even thoughthe microphone is switched off andthe viewers only hear the disc.

Not only is it less embarrassing tosing rather than mouth, but there isno doubt that it does look moregenuine that way. People are seeingso much television these days, thatthey are becoming hyper -critical aboutwhether an artist is " giving out " tothe best of his ability.

The 'gang'But in the case of the regular team

(the " gang," as they call themselves),it is impossible to do more thanmouth words in their c o m e d ysequences.

For one thing, there is so much

commotion going on in the studio weshouldn't be able to hear the recordson the speaker, if we were singing atthe same time," explained Joan.

" Besides which, there are usuallypassages of live speech between therecord inserts. This means that themike often has to be left on, so wecouldn't afford to risk being heardsinging."

Joan admitted these were just someof the compli6tions of putting on theJackson Show, which is transmittedfrom ATV's Foley Street ControlCentre, in quite the smallest televisionstudio I have ever seen.

TV weekendIt is part of the regular gang's

many duties to set any newcomers attheir ease, and when this crazyquartet get to work, it's difficult foranyone to remain nervous !

Admirers of Joan's singing abilitynow have the opportunity of hearingher real voice, for she teams up withKen Morris every other Sunday onATV's " Top Tune Time," on whichprogramme they are resident.

" We certainly don't get much ofa week -end at home these days,"she grinned.But she was only joking, for she is

really thrilled to be an integral partof two peak -hour shows, and to beable to combine her ability ascomedienne with her talent as .aromantic singer.

She enjoys TV immensely, thoughadmits to an occasional attack of" butterflies." But it doesn't happenvery often for, as she says, " yourstate of mind depends largely uponthe people around you, and in thatrespect I'm very lucky."

Being so closely associated withrecords, I asked Joan about her ownfavourite disc stars. " I admit I don'tlike all the records I mime," she said." That's probably personal prejudice,because some of them are soawkward to decipher that it takes mehours to discover what they're sing-ing about-before I start learning themime ! "

She listed Doris Day, JudyGarland and Frank Sinatra as herall-time favourites, but claimedthat her particular disc passion is

THE FOUR JACKSBRING A JAUNTY SEA 'AIR' TO

DISCLAND

tor the lush, sweeping strings ofsuch orchestras as Melachrino andMantovani.One of the big happenings in

Joan's career occurred last year when,in company with husband Ken, shewent back to her hometown, Black-pool, to star in a summer season withBob Monkhouse.

This was a crowning achievementfor Joan, whose first taste of showbusiness came when, at the age oftwelve, she was asked to join theTower Ballet Company. After landinga singing spot on the Northern HomeService, her big break came when shewas 18-she won an important partin George and Alfred Black's " Musicand Madness."

Indeed, this show proved importantin more senses than one, for also inthe cast was comedian -pianist KenMorris. And as we know, the couplehave since formed a highly successfulpartnership-both professionally andpersonally !

Although TV commitments haveprevented them from playing anyvariety dates for two years, theyare currently negotiating a summerseason for this year.I refrained from asking Joan about

the clash between the Jackson Showand " 6.5 Special," which are nowon at the same time. There seemsto be a sort of unwritten law onATV territory that the " 6.5 " justisn't mentioned.

AmbitionsSo I fell back upon the journalist's

stock question, asking about herambitions. " Gosh, I've got dozens of'em." she said. " But I think most ofall, I'd like the chance of playing ina West End musical."

Well, I suppose a stock questiondeserves a stock answer, for that isthe number -one aim of practicallyevery girl singer I have ever met. Anda jolly good one, too.

Just as I was going, Joan threwa parting thought at me. " Youknow, I have got an otherambition," she murmured. " I'dlove to see someone else mimingto my record ! "

DEREK JOHNSON.

Air Arm and of the aircraft carrier" Albion."

We were discussing how much itwould cost to buy the new singingteam, The Four Jacks, out of theServices, if they made a hit in showbusiness.

These young singers, all in theirearly twenties, have come a long wayin a short time, and I met them cele-brating their good fortune at a partyin agent Hyman Zahl's flat.

They were fresh from their BBC -TV debut in Cyril Stapleton's ShowBand Show.

Hyman, shrewd judge of talent,and behind Terry Dene's first riseto fame, was obviously impressedby this quartet of singers, who alsowrite their own numbers.They have got Tin Pan Alley talk-

ing, no small feat, with their vocalarrangements of their own songs.

They told me excitedly about theirfast success. Jo Douglas started it all.She heard them when the " 6.5Special " travelled to the NavalNAAFI at Plymouth.,She encouragedthem and gave them advice.

Many offersThey came to London and got a

recording test, an interview atFoster's talent agency, a recordingoffer, Midlands ITV, and the Staple-ton Band Show.

Already they have waxed six oftheir own compositions for Decca,and the enthusiasm of a & r chiefDick Rowe is easily understandablewhen you've beard the results-as Ihave.

The Four Jacks obviously enjoyedtheir guest appearance on Cyril

Stapleton's BBC -TV show last week.

Vic introduced_ me to the rest ofthe group. There's Jackie Coulter,who is on a course at Lee -on -Solent,Hampshire, at the present time, thuscomplicating rehearsals, which takeplace in Plymouth, Devon.

" It could mean promotion forJackie, too. From Leading Airman toPetty Officer," said Vic, with con-cern, and I couldn't make up mymind whether he was worried abouthaving a Petty Officer in the group,or if it cost more to buy out of theNavy a P.O.

Third member of The FourJacks is 21 -year -old Naval AirmanGordon Smit h, known as" Smudge," and completing thequartet is 23 -year -old Brook thing -worth, the only one who is in theRoyal Navy and not in the FleetAir Arm.Smith and Illingworth come from

Leeds and their ambition is to be-come as well-known as other Leedscitizens, Ronnie Hilton and MarionRyan.

" I've read plenty about Ronnie inthe NME,' said Brook Illingworth," but I'll bet he'll be surprised to readabout me. I knew him when we bothplayed working men's clubs. Imimed to gramophone records inthose days instead of singing on themas 1 do now."

The Four Jacks' first two songs arereleased today (Friday). " Prayer OfLove " is backed with " Hey, Baby."Vic Hill wrote " Hey, Baby by him-self, but three brains went into" Prayer Of Love "-a combinedeffort by Vic, Smudge Smith and aFleet Air Arm friend, DougDonovan, a 21 -year -old NationalServiceman.

After hearing their first Deccadisc, all I can say is these boys arein for some promotion-into thehit parade ! JAY BLACK

January 31, 1958 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS * 9

Cyril Ornadel won 'Fair Lady'with disc!A BROADWAY report in-

dicates that the reasonCyril O r n a del has beenassigned to direct the Londonstage version of " My FairLady" is that composerFrederick Loewe heard, andwas impressed by, the orches-tral suite he made and re-corded from the score.

The Ornadel version has beenreleased in America by Liberty ...George Liberace is a director ofthe Hotel Sans Souci in LasVegas, as well as entertainmentbooker for the room . .

Frank Sinatra may film Mere-dith Willson's " The Music Man,"the biggest Broadway musical hitsince " My Fair Lady " . . . Kapphas released a Russ Hamiltonalbum, " Rainbows " . . .

Julie London has her most im-portant film part yet, the leadopposite Gary Cooper in " Man ofthe West." Filming starts February3, and Julie will play a dance hallsinger and hostess of the early West. . . Tab Hunter may take over TonyPerkins' starring role in " LookHomeward, Angel," the Broadwaybit, in June. If the deal goes through,the part would increase Hunter'sstature in the business immensely ..

Pianist -composer -conductor AndrePrevin will be musical director forSam Goldwyn's production of "Porgyand Bess." MGM gave Previn a yearoff to take the assignment. Previn isalso a jazz recording artist for Con-temporary . . . Count Basie has beenailing (with gallstones listed as thelatest diagnosis). He's back with theband, though . . . Capitol is aboutto release the first Danny Kaye

reports

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HENTOFF.

Danny Kite is waxing his firstalbum in three years-" Mommy,

Gimme A Drinka Water."

album in three years, " Mommy,Gimme A Drinka Water." Each songindicates a child's reaction to theworld around him and Danny's voicechanges as the child grows from fourto ten . . . FROM YOU

TO US a We welcome your opinions on popular music subjects. Address

your letters to "From You To Us," New Musical Express, 5, DenmarkStreet, London, W.C.2.YOLANDE LANGRIDGE writes

from London, W.2:I enjoyed seeing and hearing the

Glenn Miller Orchestra under thedirection of Ray McKinley. It wasTHE favourite orchestra during thewar years, and I also have fondmemories of his films, " Sun Valley "and " Orchestra Wives."

One thing puzzles me, however.According to the Harold Davisonsouvenir programme, the fact that Ihave any memories of the GlennMiller Band classifies me as "middleaged." On this point, Mr. Davison ismost definitely wrong.

* *SUSAN MESSINESI, of Radlett,

Herts, writes:After hearing "C'mon Let's Go,"

I feel sure that Guy Mitchell hasanother one for the Top Twenty.

But why so few LPs ? Perhaps itwould be a good idea if Guy re-corded an album with some of hisjokes between songs-like his recentstage act.

*BRENDA ZANELLI writes from

London, S.W.2:After seeing the King Brothers

perform " Put A Light In TheWindow " on TV, I feel I must con-gratulate them on a really first-classimpersonation of the Four Lads.They ought to introduce it in theirstage act !

* * *JOSEPH WARD, of Darlington,

writes:I have a problem. Doris Day beat

all competitors in her section of theNME Poll and she is regularly turn-ing out first-class recordings like" Whad'ja Put In That Kiss,"

Through The Eyes Of Love" and" The Party's Over."

Why then has she not had a recordin the hit parade for well over ayear ?

* * *JACK BERRETT, of Grange -over -

Sands, Lanes, writes:For a disc -jockey, Pete Murray

doesn't seem to know much aboutthe various forms of popular music.

A little while ago he referred tothe Everly Brothers' " Bye ByeLove " as skiffie and, more recently,also put The Crickets' record of" Oh Boy " in the same category.

If he wants to hear some realskittle, I suggest he listens to TheVipers' " Coffee Bar Special " LP.

TONY SIMMONDS writes fromLondon, N.12:I agree with the Alley Cat about

the reappearance of Bill Haley inthe hit parade, though I have heardno new record on which to basethis opinion.

But a comeback like this has hap-pened before-Guy Mitchell, FrankSinatra, Jimmy Young, FrankieLaMe, Johnnie Ray -and it willhappen again with Haley . . . andRuby Murray.

It seems the public can have toomuch of a good thing and tirequickly of hearing an artist. Butthese singers make too big an im-pression to fall into total obscurity.

*I. J. GODDARD writes front Chep-

stow, Mon.I'm afraid that Mr. Dolton must

be doing quite a lot of wishful think-ing concerning the " death " of theballad.

I would merely refer him to thepresent positions in the NME chartof "All The Way," "April Loveand " The Story Of My Life."

Anyway, although I prefer a balladto any rock 'n' roll number, I haveno wish to see the charts dominatedby ballads.

One good song is worth ten lotsof rock 'n' roll, and I think thatthose whose musical tastes demandsomething more than a lot of scream-ing and shouting are really quite wellcatered for. * *SHEREE MITCHELL writes from

London, E.9:To know that Johnnie Ray has

regained his hearing is the mostwonderful news that we fans haveever had. He has given us so muchhappiness in the past few years thatthis is the least he deserves in return.

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ing, Sussex:Why doesn't the BBC realise that

there are appreciative audiences forjazz programmes on TV ? Thereason 1 ask is that neither of the"Jazz Saturday" shows from theAlbert Hall next month are beingtelevised.

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had seven of 1957's fifty topAmerican records, more than anylabel. Victor and Columbia hadsix hits apiece in the top fifty ;

Capitol and Imperial had foureach ; Mercury and Cadence hadthree apiece.

In the top six, Dot had PatBoone's " Love Letters In TheSaud " (2) and " Don't ForbidMe " (6), plus Tab Hunter's" Young Love" (4).

Jeannie Carson starred in one ofAmerican television's most importantseries, the General Electric Theatre,on a recent Sunday . . . Pat Boonehas survived the generally dismalseason for pop singers on TV. Asit looks now, his show will returnnext fall. Frank Sinatra's future onABC -television is uncertain, and GuyMitchell has already succumbed ...

The growing power of MorrisLevy (head of Roulette Records andBirdland, personal manager ofFrankie Lymon, etc.) is indicated bya strong rumour that he will takeover the management of SarahVaughan in June from Sarah's ex-husband, George Treadwell. Sarahwill then probably move fromMercury to Roulette . . .

Ricky Nelson gets his second GoldDisc as a result of his Imperialrecord, " Stood Up " . . . There aremore and more reports in the tradethat Mitch Miller is finding his newesthit singer Johnny Mathis (andmanagers) hard to handle. Or maybeit's the other way round ..

Columbia has released Duke Filing -ton's " My Heart, My Mind, MyEverything " as a single. He wrotewords as well as music. Duke hasnow been a recording artist for 33years . . .

Woody Herman has hired the AlBelletto Sextet intact and has in-corporated it into his band . . .

Louis Armstrong's newest bassist isMort Herbert, who served at theMetropole a long time with CozyCole . . . Bill Russo is now in NewYork, teaching, writing and workingwith Mort Sahl on a musicalcomedy . . .

News from traditional jazz circleson the west coast: Bob Scobey ismoving his base of operations toChicago and Turk Murphy has hisown Easy Street club in SanFrancisco . . . Two scoops fromRuss Wilson, of the "OaklandTribune ": Dave Brubeck's newbassist when he arrives in Englandwill be Eugene Wright. Wright, 34,is a member of the Cal TjaderQuintet and has worked with GeneAmmons, Count Basie, Arnett Cobb,Buddy DeFranco and Red Norvo...

When Louis Armstrong was inBoston recently, Bix Beiderbeeke'sonly sister, Mrs. Mary Louise Shoe-maker, showed Louis Bix's lastknown horn. Louis reminisced: " Bixalways played fresh. He had changesin his mind and he knew where hewas going all the time . .. Take thatsolo in ' From Monday On ' withPaul Whiteman's band. Just 16 bars,but the most beautiful thing I everheard " . . .

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YEAR or so ago, the " DismalADesmonds " of the music business

were telling us that rock 'n' roll was onthe way out. They were wrong, of course.Rock is still very much a part of the pop music scene.

Today the same " Morbid Morons " are shouting theodds that skiffle has had its day ; that its decline and ultimatefall is just around the corner. But is it ?

On the surface it seems thatskiffle is losing its grip and thatballads are coming back intovogue. On the other hand, thereare many underlying facts whichtend to suggest that the countlessthousands are far from tired of it.

They arc the fans who have grownto love the music since the skifflecraze first started late in 1955 withthe release of Lonnie Donegan'sbest-selling " Rock Island Line."

A general consensus of opinion onthe present state of skiffle is that themusic is undergoing many radicalchanges and that the rough-hewnmaterial once so popular is beingreplaced by a more mature style.

Dennis Main Wilson, co -producerof the BBC -TV " 6.5 Special " seriesputs it this way: " Skiffle made theyoungsters do-it-yourself ' musicconscious-a very good thing. ButI do feel that the old ' twang -twang'style is now being superseded by amore advanced and polished musicform in the skiffle idiom."

" 6.5 " compere Pete Murraytold me: " I do think that the oldstyle of skiffle is on the way out,but at the same time we must bearin mind that the really goodskifflers will always be in demand.I think the trend now is for adifferent, modified form of skiffle."

Why apathy ?What, then, are the causes for this

sudden feeling of apathy and generaldiminishing of interest which so manypeople claim now exists in skittlecircles ?

No, the real reason, I think, isthe noticeable absence of skifflerecords from the hit parade in morerecent months.Only Lonnie Donegan, acknow-

ledged leader of the skiffle movement,has managed to retain, his hit paradestatus, although his last two recordshaven't attained the high positionsexpected of them.

All Mr. D's Nixa singles reachedthe Top Ten with ease until therelease of " My Dixie Darling,"which hovered around the middle ofthe Charts for some considerable timeand made only one fleeting Top Tenappearance at-No. 10 !

" Jack 0' Diamonds " came inwith a bang, but it didn't move inthe direction everybody expected.It became Lonnie's first Nixa re-lease NOT to reach the Top Ten !The effervescent Vipers haven't

had anything like a big hit since thesuccess of " Cumberland Gap " and" Don't You Rock Me, Daddy -0 "-and that was early last year. Withthe exception of " Green Back

Dollar," which just touched the fringeof the Charts, neither Chas. Mc-Devitt nor Nancy Whiskey have beenable to find a follow-up hit to" Freight Train," and after thephenomena( success of " Last TrainTo San Fernando," Johnny Duncanhasn't managed to attain anotherseller of equal stature.

Stalwarts like Bob Cort and DickieBishop have been unplaccd in the hitlists, while comparatively new groups,such as The Worried Men. LesHobeaux, The Barbecues and SonnyStewart's Skiffle Kings have yet tooroduce a best seller.

Does this situation, then, pointto a decline in the popularity ofskiffle music ?

Lonnie answersAs far as Lonnie Donegan is con-

cerned, the answer is a firm " No."Lonnie explained this by saying: " Idon't regard the hit parade as beingaltogether indicative of popularity.The point is that some records sellquickly and thus shoot into theCharts, while others sell over aperiod of time.

" Puttin' On The Style,' forexample, is still selling and has nowreached half a million. Then there's

My Dixie Darling,' which is now inthe region of a quarter of a million.And there were something like180,000 advance orders for Jack 0'Diamonds.' They seem to be prettygood figures to me."

David Platz, whose Essex Musiccompany publishes a lot of skiffletunes, added: " The record businesshas boomed in the last six months.Many more discs have been sold.

" Skiffle records are selling in asgreat numbers as before, so othertypes of music must be selling evenmore copies than previously. Butthat doesn't mean that skiffle isdying."As far as I'm concerned, it's just

as popular now as it was six monthsago, perhaps even more so. The salesof our skiffle albums are very en-couraging and the position seemspretty bright to me."

Back again to Lonnie . . . he hasbeen doing good business at theatresall over the country. After visitingsome towns where skiffle and folkmusic were in great demand, Lonnieencouraged the formation of folkmusic clubs and he is now closelyassociated with a dozen such groupsin Britain.

More of these clubs arc springingup each month and Lonnie'smanager, Peter Buchanan, now haswhat amounts to a full time organis-ing job.

===- -

KEITH GOODWIN asks the question

Is it dying?and gets the answer

No, but it'schanging

The go-ahead Vipers group have recently broadened their scope byadding rock to skiffle-and consequently dropped the word skiffle

from their billing.

The skiffle pessimists have attacheda lot of importance to the fact thatThe Vipers have dropped the wordskittle from their official billing.Wally Whyton explains: "It is simplybecause we want to feel free tobroaden our scope. In other words,we didn't want people to think thatskiffle was the only thing we couldplay.

"Our act now includes songs like16 Tons' and 'On Top Of Old

Smokey,' a country-and-western styletune called Why, Baby, Why ? 'and even a Latin -tinged song calledNo Other Baby.' We feel we'll

go a lot further by adding colour toour act.

" Skiffle dying? " Wally continued." I don't think it is at all. It's justthat when it first started out, it re-ceived an awful lot of publicity. Nowit's settling down to a steady pace.The Vipers are booked pretty solidnow. I'll be very surprised if wework less than 45 weeks in the next52. - How bad can that be ? "

Does Chas. McDevitt think skiffleis taking a nose dive ? Speakingfrom Middlesbrough Empire, hesaid: "No, it's certainly not dyingout-just finding its own level. As

The story of Mike Holliday's life

Michael Holliday,the soft-spoken Irishcharmer, is verypopular with thegirls, and here heposes with two ofhis admirers-Marion Ryan(centre) and June

Marlow.

Born : November 26, 1928. Son ofa New Zealand sailor and Irishmother.

Family name : Miller, altered bydeed poll to Milne. Holliday ishis mother's maiden name.

Home town : Liverpool.First job : Apprentice to tailor's

cutter.Started singing : During service in

the Navy, in off -duty time, to en-tertain his fellow sailors.

First public appearance : In a talentcompetition at Radio City, NewYork. He won 100 dollars.

First professional jobs : Singing withlocal dance bands in Liverpoolarea: Subsequently signed to singwith band at a holiday camp-at£5 per week.

First big break : Became vocalist withEric Winstone and his Orchestra,which spot he held for three years.

Records : While with Winstone, wastested by Columbia A -&-R man,Norrie Paramor. Achieved repu-tation for relaxation by taking hisaudition sitting down. First recordreleased September, 1955-" TheYellow Rose Of Texas "J" SteinSong."

Record Best-sellers : Before thisweek's No. 2 (" The Story Of MyLife "), has had three records inthe Top Twenty-" Nothin' ToDo" (reached 19th position), " GalWith The Yaller Shoes" (13th),

and " Hot Diggity " (15th). Alsohas had " Ten Thousand Miles " inthe Top Thirty.

Records that just missed : " SixteenTons," " Four Walls," " Yaller,Yaller Gold," " Old Cape Cod."

LP's and EP's : Four extended -playsand LP called " Hi."

First big TV success : In RichardAfton's " More Contrary."

Cabaret : Seasons at Cafd de Paris,Dorchester and Embassy.

Achievements : Televised many timeson both channels. Toured themajor variety circuits as top -of -the -bill.

Currently : Just completed radioseries, " Sentimental Journey," withEdna Savage. Also just finishedRadio Luxembourg series. Hasown BBC -TV series.

Future : Summer season at BlackpoolHippodrome, with Winifred Atwell.Prior to this, short variety tourbeginning in March.

Spare -time occupations : Takingthings as easily, and doing as little,as possible ! But he does likecinephotography and " messingabout with tape recorders."

Family : Wife (Margie) and son(Michael junior).

Favourite singers : Como, Crosby,Sinatra, Doris Day, Jeri Southern,Vera Lynn.

Favourite food : Rare steaks.

far as we personally are concerned,we're doing very nicely, thank you!

"As a point of interest, we aretrying to widen our appeal, andrecently, we've been playingcabaret -type spots at dance halls.

Mixed songs" My singer, Shirley Douglas, has

been singing things like My SpecialAngel ' and With All My 'Heart,'in addition to the established skifflefavourites. The group now do songslike That'll Be The Day ' andWake Up, Little Susie ' in the skiffle

idiom." You see, skiffle is just a style of

playing, and almost any form ofmusic can be played in the style-within reason."

Russell Quay e, leader of thePity Ramblers and proprietor ofSoho's popular " Skiffle Cellar "

Lonnie Donegan works like am a n possessed during h i sskiffle sessions, as this pictureproves. He makes some in-teresting comments on his art,flatly denying any suggestionthat his kind of music is on

its way out.

(open seven nights a week !) toldme: " We feature two groups eachnight-top-liners and amateurs-inaddition to soloists. At week -ends,the cellar is always jam-packed. Itwouldn't be if skiffle was dying."

Regarding the actual music,Russell says: " I think that theemphasis is shifting to the country-and-western style, and there's alsoquite a demand for ' spasm ' music-a skiffle style that incorporatesnumerous changes of tempo. It'sbecoming very popular."I drew two conclusion from my

enquiry. Firstly, that after explodingon to the pop music scene with H-bomb force, skiffle is now settlingdown to a steady run of popularity ;and secondly, the music is developingand gradually changing.

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A DING-DONG battle will rage between Ronnie Hilton and hisfavourite singer, Perry Como. They have both waxed " Magic

Moments," but as the Como version is released on rival RCA labelhere, it will be interesting to observe if Ronnie's HMV release canscore a victory. Unlike Vie past, Como now has the advantage of hisTV show on BBC to exploit the song-but remembering that helaunched " Round And Round " in America with three performancesin the same programme, an attempt to adopt these tactics here is hardlylikely to curry favour with British viewers. His pantomime commit-ment at Sheffield does not afford Ronnie Hilton the maximumopportunity of undertaking many radio and television shows topromote his disc-but although the odds slightly favour him to capturethe " magic moment," plenty of Como-tion" can be expected frommerry Perry's corner ! . . .

The success of Dorothy Squires incabaret at London's Astor Club hasencouraged a project for DonaldPeers to appear at this venue . .

Although American Decca .(Bruns-wick here) have lost Kitty Kallen'sservices, they are likely to gain along-term contract with Howard Keel. . . It was quite an explosive,dynamite -filled Tony Bennett whorevealed a new personality in ATV" Sunday Night at the London Palla-dium " last week -end --compared tohis mild offering on Ted Ray's BBC -TV show in 1955. .

Few will begrudge Michael Holli-day his long awaited smash disc hit(" The Story Of My Life ")-by farthe strongest challenge to ElvisPresley's " Jailhouse Rock ", filmproducer Herbert Smith is likely to

star Michael in a screen role, beforehis summer season with WinifredAtwell at Blackpool . . . At a con-servative estimate, British composersJack Fishman and " Why Don'tThey Understand " co -writer Joe" Mr. Piano " Henderson will shareroyalties of £5,000, from theAmerican success of this title : recordsales by George Hamilton IV nowapproach three -quarter -million mark. . . Gary Crosby plans Europeandates-after his demob from U.SArmy . . .

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Tony Bennett enjoys the companyof French vocalist Line Renaud,whom he met during rehearsals forlast Sunday's Palladium TV show,

in which they both appeared.

ing of a record firm by this filmcompany; accordingly, Pat Booneand rising new singing star TommySands (both under screen contract),are likely to have future sound -trackalbums issued by this new label . . .

Rosemary Squires continues to shineas a British vocal hope of the future-with Geraldo's ATV " Gerry'sInn " her latest triumph on Mon-day . . .

Fantastic advance orders for

victim of incorrect information ; hereported (in good faith) that RitaHayworth sings herself in " PalJoey " film-but this column revealedlast March that her voice is dubbedby Jo Ann Greer, featured vocalistwith Les Brown's orchestra .. . Resi-dent singer in ABC-TV " TopNumbers series Maureen Kershawis ntarried to former singer -pianistBurton Brown - now a bookingrepresentative with Lew and LeslieGrade Agency . . . A leader attend-ing our recent Poll Winners' concerthas offered to start a fan' club forRoger Moore (television's dashing" Ivanhoe ") who presented the NMEawards with screen -star Tony Wright;incidentally, Roger has composedmany songs with his wife DorothySquires . .

1111WFor his visit here in April, Liberace

will be joined by his sister, Angelina. . . R. C. Noel -Johnson becomesgeneral manager of the music firmAscherberg, Hopwood and Crewe onMarch 1-succeeding the late WalterEastman . .. Now back in her Holly-wood home, Julie London is verylikely to strongly consider a recon-ciliation with ex-husband Jack Webb-before deciding whether or not to" tie the knot " with composer BobbyTroup .

Val Parnell is hardly likely toregret paying the fee Tommy Steeledemanded (and deserves) for LondonPalladium variety fortnight-fromApril 7 . . . Perhaps the success ofEydie Gorme's " Love Me Forever "will influence EMI to release hersensational LP album here, " EydieSwings The Blues " Except for

Best man Lonnie Donegan's advice to the bride, Maria de Vries, was togo ahead and sign the contract which gives her a long-term option onhappiness with Jimmy Currie, whom she married in London on Monday.

Jimmy is, of course, the, guitarist -singer in Lonnie's group.

original cast LP album of " My FairLady," featuring Rex Harrison, JulieAndrews and Stanley Holloway-which Philips issue when this showopens in London ... Now that AlmaCogan's version joins the Top Thirty,four British recordings of " The StoryOf My Life " grace the sellers-butnot Marty Robbins' original U.S. bit.

" Daily Mirror " disc criticPatrick Doncaster was an unfortunate

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MOBILE MUSICAL" T ADY at the Wheel " at the

-EA Lyric, Hammersmith, is a slick,teen -appealing musical in the modernidiom.

Lucille Mapp, as a winsomecoloured maid -cum -night club singer,has two good songs-" Love Is " and" Early Birdie," which she put overwell, and Bernard Cribbens, as a dagoracing driver, steals the s,Latw withhis singing of the saucy 'Siesta "!lumber.

The show will transfer to the WestEnd, possibly to the WestminsterTheatre. An LP of the show isplanned.

DAVID'S DATESDAVID HUGHES resumes variety

dates at Sunderland Empire thisMonday. He is also booked forChester (Feb. 17), Edinburgh (24),and Cardiff (March 10).

Johnny Duncan and his Blue GrassBoys, the King Brothers, and theBetty Smith Quintet combine for a" Disc Stars Gala Show" at the Walt-hamstow Granada on February 16

MUDD ON WAX

Vikings - and another establishedvocal group, the Shepherd Sisters ..

Congratulations on arrival last week-end of their second daughter (namedMiranda)-to Mr. and Mrs. NatHentoff in New York . . . In arecent interview, Bing Crosby wasasked to name the most promisingsinger in the world ; Pat Boone washis choice-but Bing also highlypraised Elvis Presley .. . Making oneof his frequent trips to Britain-music publisher Eddie Kassner . . .

zCZLast year, Jerry Lewis's earnings

were five million dollars-comparedto four million in 1956, when he wasin partnership with Dean Martin ." Inside information " from Parlo-phone headquarters indicates solorecordings by Spike Milligan-sing-ing ballads ! . . . Twenty -three -year -old Dennis Crosby will marry a LasVegas show girl (three years hissenior) Pat Sheehan ; Dennis's screenactress step -mother Kathy Grant(who, of course, is Mrs. Bing Crosby)is two years younger than hisfiancée !

Ruby Murray and her vocalist -husband, Jones Boy Bernie Burgess,plan to purchase a bungalow inSurrey . . Pity that Sabrina lackstalent comparable to her tempera-ment-which caused producer ArthurLane plenty of headaches on last

Sunday's ABC-TV "Top Numbers"programme . The Beverley Sistersare strongly tipped to appear in nextWest End Folies Bergere presentationby Bernard Dellont .

4CWILII"

Although rumours are flying fastand furious concerning PetalsClark's romance and possiblemarriage to Joe Henderson, nothingwill persuade any comment from" Mr. Piano " at present . . As anadmirer of Anne Shelton (since herdance band singing days with JackPayne and Ambrose), this writerwishes her a speedy recovery fromillness ; Carole Carr deputised inAnne's own BBC -TV show lastFriday, when a prior commitmentalso prevented Teddy Johnson andPearl Carr from taking partWhen his contract with NBC expiresin August, Steve Allen is unlikely torenew .

Whatever became of Marion Ryan'sfiancé ? Eddie Calvert's recording of" Mandy " and the waxing, byEdmund() Ros of " The Pansy,' aredifferent titles-but both based on thesame Italian melody . Havingrecently taken up the Jewish faith,will Sammy Davis, jnr. be denouncedby the American synagogue formarrying a coloured girl ? . .

A NEW British vocal group, TheMudlarks, have been signed to

record for the Columbia label. Theirfirst coupling is scheduled for releasetoday (Friday).

The group - 24 -year -old FredMudd, his sister Mary (18) andbrother Geoff (21)-were discoveredby disc -jockey David Jacobs whileplaying at a social function in theirhometown, Leagrave, Bedfordshire

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