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GERRY sans PACEMAKERS is also a very happy lad these days asBILLY J. KRAMER who together with the DAKOTAS sits happily in closely following his No. 1 hit "How Do You Do It" comes "I Likethe No. 2 slot with their PARLOPHONE hit "Do You Want To It" from COLUMBIA, which leaps into No. 22 in its first week. (NRM

Know A Secret". (NRM Picture by DAVID MAGNUS.) Picture by DAVID MAGNUS.)

EVERY THURSDAY

NEIL SEDAKA back in the charts again with his latest from RCA -Victor "Let's Go Steady Again". Current chart position is No. 42.

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SAM COOKE and his family in happy mood - and no wonder asTHE HOLLIES again from the pop -laden North enter the charts this week with their new release "Just Like Me" on PARLOPHONE and sit breadwinner Sam is again climbing the TOP SO with "Another Saturday

promisingly at No. 39 in their first week. (NRM Picture.) Night" on RCA -Victor. This week it's at No. 28.

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THE MYSTERY TEENAGE HEAVEN

I'VE just heard "Rockin' Crickets"by the Rockin' Rebels, and I

must admit I'm a little confused.Tell you why.

It's not just a version of the HotToddy's record of the same namefour years ago, but is the record-ing. The only solution I can thinkof is that the Rockin' Rebels usedto call themselves the Hot Toddys!-ALAN FITZER, 91 ClarenceRoad, Sparkhill, Birmingham.

CONTEST!

HAVING just heard JohnnyCymbal's controversial record,

"Teenage Heaven", I have come tothe conclusion that Johnny musthave made this with tongue-in-cheek humour.

It says much for the talent of thisartist that he got through the re-cording session without laughing.

I'll say one 'thing for this boythough, he's certainly got his earto the cash register, because thiswill sell.-TONY GRINHAM, 218Fulbourne Road, Walthamstow,London, E.17.

At last we have the pictures of the winning groups from Harry Lowe'sLancashire and Cheshire Beat Group Competition. Above are DERRYWILKIE and the PRESSMEN, the exciting R&B team who took thirdplace. Top left are the winners, the ESCORTS, a very youthful andtalented group who are destined for success. And immediately on theleft are the MERSEY BEATS who came second. This is another smoothteam who regularly delight Northern fans. (Pictures by courtesy of

the LIVERPOOL ECHO.)

WHY must the name on a recordmean so much these days to

the record -buying public ? I take,for example, the Beatles singing"Twist and Shout" on Thank YourLucky Stars when they brought thehouse down. I admit they made avery good job of it, but the IsleyBrothers brought this out somemonths ago and it was practicallyunheard of. They make the Beatlessound like a very ordinary group,as this is one of the best recordsever brought out, besides theirfantastic "Shout". Believe me, I

am not trying to drag down theBeatles as they are the most tal-ented group in this country, to-gether with Brian Poole and theTremeloes, but surely if they canget screams for that, the IsleyBrothers should have sold millions.-ROGER HORRELL, 183 Win-ston Road, Barry, S. Wales.

GREAT CHUCK

THE king of the guitar-Chuck, Berry - is now back in theBritish charts after five years, hisLP on Pye International called"Chuck Berry" being number 20last week in the LP charts.

It is a pity, however, that Chesshave released two old tracks, "I'mTalking About You"/"Diploma ForTwo" as his first record releasesince coming off parole in April.

Let, us hope that Chuck soon hasa new single released of the calibreof "Sweet Little Sixteen" and"Johnny B. Goode", etc., and thusenable him to sweep back into theTop 20, for the success of this LPproves just how fantastic this artistis, and how he has managed to keephis popularity even though hehasn't had a single released duringthe past 21 months!

I am now hoping that Don Ardenmanages to bring Chuck over herefor a tour of this country, as thiswould be the greatest thing tohappen since Alan Freed started his"We Choose Rock and Roll Cam-paign."-MIKE BOCOCK, ChuckBerry Appreciation Society, 64Longfield Road, Daubhill, Bolton,Lancashire.

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Now for the line-up: Del Shan-non, Gerry and the Pacemakers,Eden Kane, Kenny Lynch. BillyJ. Kramer and the Dakotas,Freddie and the Dreamers, 'VinceTaylor and the Playboys, BrianPoole and the Tremelos.

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"OUR aim," says Denny Laine,"is to invade Merseyside and

show them that Birmingham groupscan produce music every bit as ex-citing as Liverpool's."

Your Birmingham reporter sub-mits that anyone seeing Denny andHis Diplomats in action will agreethat realisation of this ambition,and their other show business aims,are just around the corner forthese four highly talented Birming-ham lads.

Admittedly, their line-up is thesame as the Beatles', with Dennyhimself lead guitar, Sonny Laine,bass, Phil Ralston rhythm guitar,Bev Ralston on drums; and allthree guitarists weighing in on thevocals; but on their own numberstheir sound is quite different, evenunique. They can, of course, emu-late exactly the sound of theBeatles and other groups, but inBirmingham it is their own com-positions which are in great de-mand. I heard them do four ofthese last week and could not over-emphasise their potential. Two ofthe numbers in particular, "Foreverand a day" and "It's what you dothat counts", I urge the disc com-panies to hear.

The Diplomats were formedabout twelve months ago, and theirlast personnel switch was carriedout last February, the month inwhich they made their TV debut,on BBC's Midlands at Six show,All within the 17-18 age group,Denny and his boys are ex -Gram-mar school lads who have givenup the prospect of comparatively"safe" jobs for the hazards of showbusiness. A most interesting point

is that they all have naturallyblonde hair, a feature which evi-dently helps to boost the successof the* thriving fan club.

Denny and the Diplomats arenever short of bookings, and theyare currently working seven nightsa week, every week. At their ball-room dates they are frequentlywatched by top -line stars who arealways impressed by their show. Toquote just two stars Susan Maughanthinks that they are "Great" and

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Mill THE BEATLES?'MY BON,VIE RELEASE WAS CUT 3 YEARS AGO!

WHILE the Beatles are topping charts with "From Me To You",the German company Polydor have come out with a disc by the

boys-but one cut around three years ago. Title is: "My Bonnie",and it's bound to cause of lot of interest.

But it poses certain questions.Can it harm the Beatles' reputation ? Is

to re-release something from the near -deadBeatles mind?

Listen to their Press representa-tive, Tony Barrow. "My own viewis that it can't possibly harm theboys' good name in the business.The shame is that this obviously in-ferior material should be availablefor the fans to put into their col-lections as a souvenir piece.

"That's the only difficulty. TheBeatles don't get a chance to doanything much, or anything particu-larly good, on the record. Theywere employed purely as a backinggroup for Tony Sheridan . . . andthat's exactly what they did, withinthe limits-though to the best oftheir ability."

BEAT BOYSBackground to the Polydor disc

is that the Beatles were in Germany,along with several other Britishgroups. When Tony, a popularfigure there, came up for this singlerelease, a backing group had to befound. On the original recording,the Beatles were known as the BeatBoys-on the grounds that Germanaudiences didn't know anythingabout Beatles!

In fact, Ringo Starr, currentBeetle drummer, was not on thesessions --Pete Best handled the per-cussion department. But Ringo,who was there at the time withRury Storm's outfit, did catch theeye of Tony Sheridan around this

it fair to the boyspast? And do the

time-and, after returning to Eng-land for a spell, did return toGermany to help back Tony for afew months.

Later, Ringo joined the Beatles asthe "new boy" of the group.

So it's not felt that the re -issueof this single can possibly harm theBeatles. This is borne out byNRM correspondent GrahamKnight, who writes of a recentBeetle performance:

SLICK"They put on a very polished

and slickly -presented act. They hadthe audience screaming again andagain as they belted out 'SomeOther Guy' and 'Please PleaseMe'. They slowed the pace to givea great performance of the Miracles'`You've Gotta Hold On Me' and,judging from audience reaction, thisone is definitely potential L.P.material.

"Their linking between numbersis excellent and their zany humourcertainly pleases audiences. Theyfurther demonstrated their versa-tility with 'I Saw Her StandingThere' and `Do Yon Wanna Knowa Secret'. They closed their actwith the huge seller 'From Me ToYou'.

"The tremendous reception andovation they received at the end

showed their absolute worthiness astops of the bill.

"Standing right next to meapplauding was Roy Orbison. Hesaid to me: They really are verygood', and he really meant it."

Nothing can dent their reputationnow.

byPETER JONES

Is the re-release fair businesstactics? Of course it is. It happensall the time. Joe Brown, when hegathered a Pye hit, had some of theearlier Decca material rushed out.Virtually every artist who changeslabels, then hits the big-time, hasthis happen to him. And it'sequally fair that the name on thelabel should be changed from theBeat Boys as on the first one toBeatles on the second-because thatwas the group's real name at thattime.

And the Beatles themselves arereported as being unworried by therelease. In other words, they don'tmind-except in hoping that thefans will realise the difference inrecording. dates and that they wereemployed purely as a backing group,not to stamp their own highly -developed personalities on thesession.

Lots of fans will want the Poly-dor release.

For anything, literally ANYthing,the Beatles do is all right bymillions of their fans.

The very talented quartet of lads from Liverpool we know as the BEATLES. This is the team whichmade the initial breakthrough and just look at what talent has emerged from the same area to fqllow intheir famous footsteps. From left to right (as if you didn't know) GEORGE, RINGO, PAUL and JOHN.

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GREAT UNKNOWNS No.1 THE MARVELETTESNorman Jopling Looks At One

Of America's Top Groups1N

both the United States and Great Britain, the trend musicallyseems to be going back to the out-and-out rock and K & B.

But one aspect of the new type R & B that wasn't a feature ofthe old is the abundance of the female based vocal group singinggospelly beat numbers-and making them into big hits all overthe world. Currently in the British charts are " He's So Fine ",by The Chiffons, and "Foolish Little Girl", by The Shirelles.In the same vein is "Let's Turkey Trot", by Little Eva.

But so far at least, there is one female vocal group that, althoughit is consistently successful in the States, means virtually nothinghere. It is, of course, The Marvelettes.

Record -wise, The Marvelettespaved the way musically for DeeDee Sharp and Little Eva. Bothof these two artists' initial hits werebased on a disc by The Marvelettes.Their discs were "Mashed PotatoTime" and "The Loco -Motion" ---and The Marvelettes' disc was"Please Mr. Postman". AlthoughThe Marvelettes' disc was wayahead of its time here, in the Statesit was a huge hit, reaching numbertwo in all the charts and selling amillion on the way.

BIG FUTURETheir latest disc is "Forever",

just issued here in Britain on theOriole label, and it has just beena big hit in the States. It was inthe music classes of Inkster HighSchool, Detroit, that the four girlscame together and discovered theirmutual taste for the same kind ofmusic.

They practised until they madeperfect-and some more. It wasnot too long before Mrs. Sharpley,a teacher at Inkster High, heard

the girls as they practised duringtheir lunch breaks and after school.

She asked the four girls if theywould like to make a disc, andwhen they of course replied theywould, she took them to the "Hits -vine" recording studios, belongingto the Tamla-Motown group. Therethe four girls, lead singer GladysHorton, Katherine Anderson,Georgeanna Tillman and WandaYoung were auditioned for BerryGordy Jnr., president of the discgroup. When he heard them, Berryknew that the girls had a big futurein front of them. He wrote a songespecially for them, and it wasreleased under the title of "Please,Mr. Postman".

CANCELLEDA major hit in the States, it

quickly established the girls as theforemost female R & B performersin the country. Their disc was, infact, far more bluesy than mostfemme efforts were and still are.

The MARVELETTES got together at school and it was, in fact, a'hip' teacher who introduced them to records. The group rateshighly in America but has still to break through big in Britain. Butwith R&B on the upswing here this shouldn't take too long. Oriole

are working hard on their discs too.

The success of the group alsomeant a lot to Inkster High, whichtakes extreme pride in the accom-plishments of the group-so much,so, in fact that the principal of thehigh school cancelled the school'shomecoming game as it was evident

that the majority of the studentswould be at home watching TheMarvelettes, on their TV sets, whenthey performed on the Dick ClarkAmerican bandstand show.

When they appear on stage, thegirls have broken several attend-

ance records in Washington, D.C.,and Baltimore, and they haveappeared in shows featuring artistslike Mary Johnson, Brenda l.ee,Chubby Checker, Dion, The Bel-monts, Bobby Ryden, The Spinners,etc., plus, of course, their labelmates The Miracles, and MaryWells.

NOT WELLRecord -wise, The Marvelettes

have not fared at all well in thiscountry. Their second smash,"rwistin' Postman", was issued, aswas "Please, Mr. Postman", onFontana, bus their third smash-their second biggest hit, in fact, wasnever issued. It was entitled

"Playboy". Next was "Beechwood5-4789", and that came out onTamla's new British outlet, Oriole,who have been making a good jobof issuing the American material."Loekhe Up My Heart", "For-ever", etc. Also very interesting isthat the flip of "Beechwood", called"Someday Someway", reached veryhigh in the R & B charts, thoughnot in the single charts. It wasvirtually pure R & B.

That, then, is a short descriptionof The Marvelettes. But you haveto listen to their discs to be ableto appreciate them. And if morepeople did bother to issue theirdiscs, they wouldn't be great un-knowns any more. . . .

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CHUCK BERRYDISCOGRAPHYAN entry into the top twenty L.P. charts meant quite a lot to Chuck

Berry. It meant that he is no longer a "Fallen Idol". For Chuck'ssuccess with his new Pye L.P. is the first solid concrete proof of theR & B revival. And it is fitting that it should be the great Chuck wholeads the new craze, as it was he who was one of the principal figuresof the rock craze.

But the likelihood is that many fans who have bought the value -for -money Pye L.P. do not know about Chuck's earlier releases - certainlyup until his spell in prison from which he has been recently released-he was a most prolific songster. Here then for the benefit of ChuckBerry fans, past and present, is a complete discography of his singlesand L.P.'s. Only three of Chuck' discs in fact, made the British charts.They were "Schoolday" - No. 20; "Sweet Little Sixteen" - No. 11,and "Johnny B. Goode'-No. 17.

Incidentally only three Chuck Berry L.P.'s have been issued here, twoof which are still current. I have listed the others for the benefit offans who may wish to collect his imported discs.

By the way, did I say complete discography? Well, that's not strictlytrue - Chuck recorded. for a small' Los Angeles label called Rodeobefore joining Chess, but details of what he recorded are as yet unobtain-able.

BY MIKE BOCOCKAND NORMAN JOPLING

The discs are in order of Chess release. Numbers at the front are Chesscatalogue numbers, and London American or Pye Int. numbers are at theend.

1604 Maybellene/Wee Wee Hours. London E.P. REU 1053.1610 Thirty Days/Together1615 No Money Down/Down Boun Train - HL 8275.1626 Roll Over Beethoven/Drifting Heart - HLU 8428.1635 Brown Eyed Handsome Man/Too Much Monkey Business -

Not issued.1645 You Can't Catch Me/Havana Moon - HLN 8375.1653 Schoolday/Deep Feeling - Columbia DB 3951.1664 Lajuanda/Oh Baby Doll - Not issued.1671 Rock And Roll Music/Blue Feeling - FILM 8531.1683 Sweet Little Sixteen/Reelin' And Rockin' - HLM 8585.1691 Johnny B. Goode/Around And Around - HLM 8629.1697 Beautiful Delilah/Vacation Time - HL 8677.1700 Carol/Hey Pedro - HL 8712.1709 Sweet Little Rock And Roller/Jo Jo Gunne - HLM 9767.1714 Run Rudolph Run/Merry Christmas Baby - Not issued.1716 Anthony Boy/That's My Desire - Not issued.1722 Almost Grown/Little Queenie - HLM 8853.1729 Back In The U.S.A./Memphis Tennessee - HLM 8921.1737 Broken Arrow/Childhood Sweetheart - Not issued.1747 Too Pooped To Pop/Let It Rock - HLM 9069.1754 Bye Bye Johnny/Worried Life Blues - HLM 9159.1763 I Got To Find My Baby/Mad Lad - HLM 9159.1767 Jaguar And Thunderbird/Our Little Rendezvous - Not issued.1779 I'm Talking About You/Little Star - Pye Int. 7N 25100.1799 Go-Go-Go/Come On -Not issued.1853 I'm Talking About You/Diploma For Two - Not issued.That's the list of all Chuck's American singles. In Britain, several of

them haven't been issued, but they can be obtained in L.P. form. Manyof Chuck's earlier releases were not in fact recorded at the actual Chessstudios, but at Sheldon recording studios, a commercial concern, forChess was at the time a smallish record company. Also Chuck's backinggroup differed. His present combo consists of Lalalyette Lake (piano),Fred Deelow (drums), Johnny Johnson (sax), Willie Dixon (bass). Chuck,

WHY A VOCAL ONTHE FLIPSIDE?WESLEY LAINE POSES THE QUESTION AS TO WHY THE SHADOWS

SHOULD CUT A STRAIGHT VOCAL, "I WANT YOU TO WANT MEONCE more

Shadows.the man who'Apache" andon this disc isand its penned

we are informed of a new disc by the fabulous ON THE FLIP OF THEIR NEW DISCIt's called "Atlantis" and is penned by Jerry Lordan,just happened to write their two other biggest hits"Wonderful Land". But the main point of interest ATLANTIS

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the flip side. It's titled "I Want You To Want Me" by Hank B. Marvin, leader of the group.

And it's a vocal . . . .

The first vocal that the boys havedone on a single for a long longtime. Not counting a gimmickyeffort titled "What A Lovely Tune"some time back, it's the first vocalthey've ventured to put out on asingle since "Saturday Dance",which was way before "Apache"-when the Shadows were just thebacking group to Britain's wonderboy Cliff Richard.

SUBTLYThen they tried experimenting

with styles, until they hit the aceon "Apache", the Jerry Lordancomposition that took them to thetop of the British charts for manyweeks. In the States though itwas covered by Jorgan Ingeman andreached the number two spot there."In a way the Shadows were farluckier than me", Jorgan said."For with their version of 'Apache'they had a style they could stickto. Me, I dubbed Red Indianwhoops and yells on my version.You can't put that on every discyou make. So my other discs wereflops in the States. But theShadows went on and on makinghits in the 'Apache' style, whetherthey were near or far from thesound, in England."

But the vocal on the flip posesanother far greater question. Arethe Shadows subtly paving the wayfor vocal top sides. And why?It's a well-known fact that theyhave been including vocal materialon their L.P.s. On their giant -sell-ing first L.P."The Shadows" they

of course, is lead guitarist and vocal. But on some of his earlier record-ings the pianist and drummer may be the people that constituted Chuck'soriginal St. Louis Combo, that is Jasper Thomas and Johnny Johnsonrespectively.

Here are Chuck's E.P.'s . . .5118 After School, Session.5119 Rock And Roll Music.5121 Sweet Little Sixteen.5125 Pickin' Berries.5136 Sweet Little Rock And Roller.And for the benefit of any Chuck Berry fan trying to build his col-

lection through imported or old material, here's a list of Chuck's U.S.and British L.P.'s with titles.

1425 ROCK ROCK ROCK (from the film): Maybellene; ThirtyDays; Roll Over Beethoven; You Can't Catch Me. Also on the L.P.are the Flamingoes and the Moonglows.

1426 AFTER SCHOOL SESSION: Schoolday; Deep Feeling; TooMuch Monkey Business; Wee Wee Hours; Roly Poly; No MoneyDown; Brown Eyed Handsome Man; Berry Pickin'; Together; HavanaMoon; Down Bound Train; Drifting Heart.

1432 ONE DOZEN BERRIES : Sweet Little Sixteen ; Blue Feeling ;Lajuanda; Rock At The Philharmonic; Oh Baby Doll; Guitar Boogie;Reelin' And Rockin'; In -Go; Rock And Roll Music; How You'veChanged; Low Feeling; It Don't Take But A Few Minutes - LondonHAM 2132 now deleted.

1435 BERRY IS ON TOP: Almost Grown; Carol; Maybellene;Sweet Little Rock And Roller; Anthony Boy; Johnny B. Goode; LittleQueenie; Jo Jo Gunne; Roll Over Beethoven; Around And Around;Hey Pedro; Blues for Hawaiians.

1448 ROCKIN' AT THE HOPS: Bye Bye Johnny; Worried LifeBlues; Down The Road Apiece; Confessin' The Blues; Too Pooped ToPop; Mad Lad; I Got To Find My Baby; Betty Jean; ChildhoodSweetheart; Broken Arrow; Driftin' Blues; Let it Rock.

1456 NEW JUKE BOX HITS: I'm Talking About You; DiplomaFor Two; Thirteen Question Method; Away From You; Don't YouLie To Me; The Way It Was Before; Little Star; Route 66; SweetSixteen; Run Around; Stop And Listen; Rip It Up. Pye InternationalNPL 28019.

1465 CHUCK BERRY TWISTS: Maybellene ; Roll Over Beethoven;Oh Baby Doll; Around And Around; Come On; Let It Rock; Reelin'And Rockin'; Schoolday; Almost Grown; Sweet Little Sixteen; ThirtyDays; Johnny B. Goode; Rock And Roll Music; Back In The U.S.A.

CHUCK BERRY: Maybellene; Down The Road Apiece; Mad Lad;,Schoolday; Sweet Little Sixteen; Confessin' The Blues; Back In TheU.S.A.; Johnny B. Goode; Oh Baby Doll ; Come On ; I Got To FindMy Baby; Betty Jean; Around And Around; Almost Grown. PyeInternational R & B series NPL 28024.

That's the list then of the most astonishing revivalist of the beat age.The odds could even be that Chuck becomes even more popular inBritain now than he ever was ....

included things like "All MySorrows" and "Baby My Heart"-both of which were extremelysmooth and well -performed. Butwith this latest well -performedeffort on the flip of a typicalShadow's single the whole balancechanges. Other aspects creep in-like has the Merseyside scene hadany influence on it ? It could wellbe, noting the success of the Merseybeat groups, but on the other handneed the Shadows bother to changetheir style-almost all their discs goto the number one spot-they arevirtually guaranteed a top fiveplacing. And it'll be a long whilebefore any of the Merseysidegroups except the Beatles can claimthat distinction.

VALUE FOR MONEY

Of course there's always the factthat the Shadows may wish to givemore value -for -money on their discs.But why not put another instru-mental, at a different tempo, on theflip-after all the people who buythe disc must be instrumental fansto buy the top side.

The title was recorded in Barce-lona and was one of a dozen othersrecorded at the same session. Itwas the only vocal and the first tobe picked for a single release. Thetop side, the Jerry Lordan composi-tion "Atlantis" was already recordedand had been scheduled for thetop side. But the actual title ofthe tune had not been picked untilthe boys were on a bus in Barcelonaand decided that "Atlantis" mightmake a good title for a disc. Itwas, say the boys, a follow-on tothe Tclstar, Polaris idea.

Yet although the Shadows employthe same sound that they had ontheir first few successful discs, theydaren't stay too close, or makemediocre discs. The fans were on

their throat when "The Savage"from the film "The Young Ones",was issued. Not only did the fansprotest in their droves, but alsosent the disc to a much lowerposition in the Charts that any oftheir others were or have beensince.

It also works the other way.When the Shadows first put a stringbacking on one of their discs,namely "Wonderful Land", the fansmade it their biggest hit since"Apache".

TOPMOSTTo my mind, though, the

Shadows won't go and stick theirnecks out and take a risk-nomatter how high the odds are. Forthey are so well established that anychange would have to be a changefor the worse. And after all theMerseyside groups have a monopolyof that certain sound.

And the Shadows have amonopoly of THEIR sound, too-despite the hundreds of imitatorsthey have still managed to keepthemselves as Britain's topmostinstrumental group.

ABC-TV New SeriesFolk, R&B Featured

CYRIL DAVIES and The Rhythmand Blues All Stars were

among the groups working thisweek on a pilot show for ABCTelevision. It's for a possible folkand r and b series to he comperedby Rory McEwen.

Cyril and the group make theirfirst appearance on "Thank YourLucky Stars" on June 21.

Cyril's pianist, Nick Hopkins,was rushed to hospital last weekwith internal trouble, and is onthe "critically ill" list. KeithScott is currently deputising forNick.

ACCORDING to the latest popularity poll run by Country MusicExpress, a British C & W fan magazine, Canadian singer HANK

SNOW tops the section called " Favourite Male Singers", whitethe late PATSY CLINE, one of the tragic victims of the Nashvilleair crash on March 5, heads the female list.

Another crash victim, Cowboy Copes, makes fourth place. Hislatest Starday single. called " Goodbye Kisses ", was actuallymailed from the company's offices at Madison, near Nashville,Tennessee, on the very morning following his death a few milesaway at Camden. Don Pierce, an old friend and sponsor of Copas,and the president of Stanley, made an embarrassed and hastyexplanation shortly afterwards, pointing out that the record hadbeen waxed well in advance of the fatal Kansas City concert-the promotion had already been started, said Don. and the single'stopkal appearance the day after was completely coincidental. Amemorial album is scheduled by Starday and will be released inLondon shortly.

The third Grand Ole Opry starinvolved in the Camden tragedy,Hawkshaw Hawkins, has onlybeen featured on two ratherobscure E.P.s, one on Vogue andone on Parlophone, and fails tomake the latest popularity poll.

Top of the country vocalgroups is a famous Brunswickduo, the Wilburn Brothers. Teddyand Doyle Wilburn, now operat-ing a music publishing businessin Nashville, graduated from afamily singing group led by theirnap. Now starring in their owntight. they have a number of finecountry L.P.s issued here, thelatest of which is "Folk Songs"(Brunswick).

HANK WILLIAMS

The oldtimers have a field dayin the "All-time FavouriteSinger" listings, with the"Drifting Cowboy", Hank Wil-liams, high in first place. Thelegendary Jimmie Rodgers, notto be confused with the currentpop singer on the Columbialabel, is second, followed by thelate Johnny Horton, JohnnyCash, Hank Snow making onlyone of several appearances inthese findings), George Jones,Hank Thompson, Bill Monroe,Wilf Carter, otherwise known as"Montana Slim", and Capitol'spopular Ferlin Husky.

BLUE GRASSA section devoted solely to

Bluegrass music votes a compara-tive newcomer, Bill Clifton, in

RAY NORTROPCanadian d -j SeriesSHORTLY after being signed

to host six one -hour pro-grammes being recorded inBritain for transmission by theCanadian Broadcasting System,disc jockey Ray Nortrop hasbeen given two 10 -week series,which will be run in Canadawith a seven -week break be-tween them.

Ray is also considering twooffers to appear at the OlympiaMusk Hall, Paris. He willappear either with JohnnyHallyday or The Beatles.

first place-probably due to hissuccessful Starday albums. "Car-ter Family Memorial Album"and "The Bluegrass Sound of BillClifton" on the London labelissued over the last few months.In the second place are the re-doubtable Lester Flatt and EarlScruggs team with some out-standing CBS albums nowreleased here. The StanleyBrothers are third, followed bythe veteran Bill Monroe and hisBluegrass Boys. The CountryGentlemen, the Barrier Brothers,Mac Wiseman. Don Reno andRed Smiley, Jim Eanes and,finally, Hylo Brown make up theten best in Bluegrass.

In the country popularitystakes other familiar names havebeen rated highly by specialistcountry enthusiasts, and in thenear -misses among favourite cow-boy artists are Jim Reeves,Johnny Cash, Hank Locklin, BillClifton, Hank Thompson, LeroyVan Dyke and Claude King.

JIM REEVES

Nowhere are the pop -countrynames of Frank Ifield. RoyOrbison, Ned Miller, The Spring -fields, Wink Martindale andJohnny Tillotson. . . .

Two of the girls in the countryfield who have made the Top Tencharts regularly are the late PatsyCline, rated No. 1, and SkeeterDavis, voted No. 5. Skeeter's "Endof the World" can be found half-way up the Top 50 issued by RecordRetailer, while Patsy had a run atthe top with "1 Fall To Pieces" and"Crazy". Kitty Wells is in secondplace, followed by Wanda Jackson,Rose Maddox, Connie Hall. MargieSingleton, Harvie June Van andChickie Williams.

GROUPSBut country music relies for a

measure of popularity on its well -blended harmony singing groupstopped quite definitely this year bythe Witburns. Next comes the LouvinBrothers, followed by the pioneerCarter Family. The Carters, or-ganised by the late A. P. Carter,made exciting mountain music fromthe mid -twenties along with theirold friend, Jimmie Rodgers, and sixhistoric E.P.s have recently beenissued here by RCA -Victor whichcover the six or seven years whenthey made their great recordings.

?age Six NEW RECORD MIRROR. Week -ending June 1. 1963

POPS SNUBBED IN LATESTCOUNTRY MUSIC POLLCountry Music Hit Parade Commentary By NRM's

Country And WesternExpert James Asman

The Monroe Brothers, also listed,were really the forerunners of thebetter-known Bill Monroe Blue-grass Boys-also early, pioneer re-issues designed for the collectorrather than the pop -country fan.The Stanley Brothers, The WillisBrothers, The Delmores, andHoward Vokes' Country Boys (whomade it on the strength of onegood Starlite E.P. release over here).Last of all, and barely qualifyingfor mention because of theirbroader pop -folk style, comes thefamous Kingston Trio.

Because this is largely a specialistcountry poll which attracted veryfew pop fans, the subsidiary listsof favourite country singles. E.P.sand L.P. albums completely ignoredthe better -selling near -countryreleases like "Our Man in Nash-ville" by Chet Atkins, "From aJack to a King" by Ned Miller,or the Ray Charles Country andWestern hit albums on HMV.

HIT PARADENo. 1 in the country hit parade

was CBS's "Wolverton Mountain"by Claude King, followed in turnby George Jones' "She Still ThinksI Care" (United Artists), HankLocklin's "We're Gonna Go Fish-ing" (RCA), Hank Snow's "Lady'sMan" (RCA), "Adios Amigo" byJim Reeves (RCA), The OsbourneBrothers' lively "Banjo Boys"(MGM), Philips' release of Johnny

JOHNNY CASHHorton's "Honky Tonk Man" andRudy Thacker's "Ballad of JohnnyHorton" (Starlite). The top -ratingsingles are rounded off with LeroyVan Dyke's polished "1 Sat Backand Let It Happen" on Mercury,and finally Jimmy Dean's "LittleBleck Book" (CBS).

The Carter Family seize three ofthe ten places in the best countryE.P.s-Volume 1 is voted No. 1,

while Volume 3 is in third place,and their second E.P. at No. '7.

Capitol's varied "Roundup" with

Tommy Collins, Ferlin Husky, TheFarmer Boys and Texas BillStrength is up in second place,while No. 4 is RCA's MonroeBrothers (Volume 2). Fifth is"Country and Western Jamboree"with Jim Eanes, Hylo Brown, Lonzoand Oscar, Buddy Starcher and BillMack on the specialist label Coun-try Style. Johnny Cash comes sixthwith "Strictly Cash" (Philips),eighth place is taken with the lateCowboy Copas' "Country Hits"(Stateside), ninth is the MonroeBrothers again with their Bluegrassmusic on Volume 1 (RCA) Last,but certainly not least, is Starlite'spopular "Howard Vokes and hisCountry Boys".

HILLBILLY .

More specialist and serious musiclike opera, classical, jazz, folk andcountry enjoy their largest sales inthe L.P. market, and the best tencountry L.P.s voted by the readersof Country Music Express isclearly the most interesting forthose who intend to buy good hill-billy music for their collections.No. I is called "New Favourites ofGeorge Jones" on United Artists.No. 2 is The low-priced RCA -Camden issue of Hank Snow's"Southern Cannonball", while yetanother cheap Camden release,""fhe Country Side of Jim Reeves"finds place No. 9.

The legendary Jimmie Rodgers ishigh in the lists at No. 3 withRCA's superb "Jimmie the Kid",while another great veteran, Hank"Drifting Cowboy" Williams is "OnStage" (MGM), and in fourth place.Once more we find Bill Clifton, whohas obviously captured the interestof fans with his recent Londonreleases from Starday, high up infifth place with his "Carter FamilyMemorial Album" (London) andanother similar selection, this timeby Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs(Philips) has been voted No. 6.The Barrier Brothers' "GoldenBluegrass Hits" (Philips), a selectionof classic C & W 78s on "Countryand Western Requests" (Philips)and Johnny Cash's "The Sound ofJohnny Cash" (CBS) round offCountry Poll Winners 1962.

The late PATSY CLINE, who tragicallydied with COWBOY COPAS andHAWKSHAW HAWKINS in the planecrash recently is voted No. 1 C&W girl.

HANK SNOW - "the one and only" - is strongly featured ift several sectionsin the popularity poll run by Britain's C&W publication the COUNTRY MUSICEXPRESS. The NRM's C&W expert, JAMES ASMAN, is delighted with the poll

results, and you can read his full report alongside.

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'THEY ALLCOPIED US'THE first thing you notice about them is that they are quite

normal size-three average -height lads. But when they startto play-ah, that's another story. Then they become The Big Three.

They have to make a big sound when there's only three of them-no room for passengers in such a group. The biggest soundcomes from drummer Johnny, who sings the lead on most of theirnumbers and does most of the talking for the group. Johnny isfiercely proud of the group's achievements so far, and told me :" Everybody in Liverpool has copied us one way or another, andI don't mind saying it to their faces. Most of them would beglad to admit it. The Beatles used to stand and watch us singing.And The Hollies from Manchester performed a couple of ournumbers.

Not bad for a group that's onlybeen going three years. Johnnyused to buy all Gene Krupa'srecords, but never thought he'd beable to play drums like that for aliving. Then he heard the RayCharles recording of "What'd ISay ? " with Teagle Fleming ondrums, and that was it. "I decidedI'd have a go at playing myself.I've never had a lesson ; just satdown at the drums and startedplaying.

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But life tends to be a little easiernow than it used to be. At onetime Johnny and colleagues (anotherJohnny on bass, and Griff on gui-tar) used to work in the daytime(Johnny drums as an upholsterer,Johnny bass as a candlemaker, andGriff as a sheet meta] worker), andplay fantastic hours at night.

One weekend they playedLiverpool's Grosvenor from 8 to 12midnight, then moved over to St. But as their fame has spread, theGeorge's Hall to play from I to 3, travelling has become more andafter which they went to an all- more tiring, especially hard on

"My biggest trouble is singing night session at the Corinthian. Johnny drums, who has to do alland playing at the same time. It's where they played until 11 a.m. the driving of their minibus. "Andtoo difficult to concentrate on both Home for a wash, a change and a I just can't get used to Lonclea.at once. bite to eat, and they resumed play- It takes me hours just to drive

"You know," he went on, "I've ing at 2 p.m. at the Casanova until through it. The people are a lot

never played an ordinary pop song 7. At 8 the same evening they different too "in my life. We play strictly were in New Brighton to play art

rhythm and blues. I don't know the Tower from 8 till 12.whether the craze for this kind of "We've got about 600 numbersmusic will last three years or three we can play. and sometimes we'veweeks, but right now we've got too needed them all. We had to put

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ON DISC FOR TEARSTHERE'S a very good chance that Ray Martine is the funniest

man to appear on records In Britain for years and years. He'soutrageous, razor-sharp in picking up a gag, outrageous, very con-fident (most of the time) and outrageous.

His debut L.P. "East End, West End", for Pye Piccadilly, is myevidence. This outlines his recent success story-from working Inthe Dueragon Arms pub at Hackney, in London's East End, toonslaughting the debs at the Establishment, Soho. Though, infact, the debs trekked out to see him in the East End, too.

He knows his music, what'smore. He talks knowledgeablyabout: Nat Cole, Sinatra (every-body must like him). Peggy Lee,pianists Les McCann and OscarPeterson.

This Friday evening, he shouldimprint his style on millions as hostof the new ITV "Stars and Gar-ters" series, which features agoodly pop music line-up. I onlyhope Ray manages to stick to hisscript.

You don't interview Ray Martine.You listen. It's a gag -a -minute per-formance. Just let him chat on ...

-"At school. I made a stage ap-pearance as an Indian. I wantedto show my legs. The professionhad 'got me'. Later, as a messengerboy art Denham Film Studios, I

was fired for pinching cigars andcigarettes from Leslie Howard'sdesk. I never kept any of them formyself but gave them to the tele-phonists and others.

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Johnny bass (20, and two yt.a,syounger than the leader), lovestravelling-even in London. Itwould no doubt be harder on himif he had to lug a big double bassabout, but, thanks to eleotrooteshe can get the same sort of effectsa whole lot easier with tne bassguitar. "I used to play the guitar,but one night I was offered a jobat £2 if I could play the bassguitar, so naturally I said yes andpicked it up during the course ofthe evening. My brother playspretty good piano, and he's taughtme a lot. He's been very surprisedthat I've been able to turn profes-sional, but I guess it's too latefor him now, he's 32-getting on.'

GOOD TIMEGriff-at 19 the youngest of the

Big Three-was given a guitar byhis sailor brother three years ago."I've rather lost interest in theguitar now," was his surprising con-fession. "I enjoy the sessions, butI don't practise any more. I wantto get something out life, andnot just spend my time handling abit of wood. I just want to havea good time. That's ell I believein."

Leader Johnny's immediate am-bition is to make a lot of moneySo, if their next disc does evenbetter than their first ("Some OtherGuy", a minor hit), maybe thegood times and the money 'Oil soonbe rolling in for The Big Three.

ARMY"At 18, the Army. I never shot

anyone. But we had Bren gunshooting practice-in the middle ofthe worst winter for 50 years. Youshould get at least 50 out of a 104maximum. 1 got two! My fingerswere frozen to the trigger. Thebombardier shouted: `you're act-ing up!' That gave me the idea ofshow business as a career.

"Two years later, I was out. Ifthere'd been a rank lower that pri-vate, I'd have had it. I had a fewthousand more jobs then walkedinto a pub, got up and sang. Theyscreamed and hollered. So I movedon to a club, singing Nellie Lutcher-type numbers.

"I don't know how I became acomedian. I just started clowningand acting up. After three moreyears in the boozers, I, emigratedto America.

"There, I had eight quid in mypocket. More club work . . . but1 flopped in the lot. I was boughtbut I had nothing to sell.

"For nine months I went backto England. I was hated, even inmy old boozer. So hack to theStates went I.

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RAY MARTINE, a brilliant entertainer who has a quickfire line ofgags. The NRM's Peter Jones "listened" to him during an "interview"

at our local coffee shop. (NRM Picture.)

"For a while I was a bus -boy,carting dishes in a restaurant foreleven dollars a day, twelve hoursa day. My feet killed me. Nextcame a dive in Atlantic City whereI sang, carried on and M.C.'d theshow. For a while I was in a showwith nine strippers, each one carry-ing a gun, cunningly hidden . . .

"Then there was Anne's 400Club in San Francisco, where theunknown Johnny Mathis was ap-pearing.

"Back in Britain again, wherethey hated me at the Whiskey AGogo, London. But a few weekslater, I became resident compere.

"One night, in Hackney, a madactress breezed in and said shewanted to manage me. She kepton. Now she DOES manage me-her name is Pamela Manson. NowI get my hair cut by the same bar-ber as Richard Burton. Such is theprice-and you can say that again-of fame.

"Me? I dig Groucho Marx,

Terry -Thomas (because he thinksI'm the funniest man in the world),Spike Milligan and sometimesPeter Sellers. Bruce Forsyth becausehe is a first-class entertainer, andHarry Secombe, who is the best all-round man in the country.

"I've got a collection of over300 long -players and often I can'twait to get back to my pad andplay 'em.

"And my main aim? To get ashigh as I can. And you can makewhat you like of that."

What I think will happen is thatRay will make some vocal records,too. He has a swingin' style anddelivery, as you can tell from thatbig -selling comedy album of his.

He left me for a television re-hearsal. Last seen, he was rummag-ing in a litter bin in ShaftesburyAvenue, saying: "Must see ifthere's anything here for break-fast."

That's Ray Martine.

MARTY SEARCHESMARTY WILDE, now filming in

"What a Crazy World" beforeheading for Blackpool, is atpresent sifting through material forhis next recording date. The resultwill be released mid -July.

JUMPINGJIMMY

Scattered DatesTIMMY JUSTICE. who appears inJ "Thank Your Lucky Stars" onSaturday, flies to Sweden on June3 for a tour of stadia, fairgroundsand for TV dates. On the 17th hewill be in Klampenborg, Denmark,until June 23, when he returns toEngland to make a record.

In July he's off on his travelsagain, first to Hamburg to appearat the Star Club, and then toMunich to make records in Ger-man.

After that, Jimmy is likely toperform in Paris.

ROLLING STONESDisc Released

THE ROLLING STONES havesigned a Decca contract, and

their first disc, "Come On", will bereleased on June 7. Song is aChuck Berry original and wasissued in the States as the flip of"Go -Go -Go". The original Berrynumber is currently in the chartsvia Chuck's best-selling LP. "ChuckBerry", number 18 in the LP charts.

NEW POP CHIEFSTHREE chief producers, to work

in the new BBC PopularMusic Department (Sound), underthe head, Kenneth Baynes, wereannounced this week. They areJimmy Grant, famous for his workon "Saturday Club" and other toppop shows; Geoffrey Owen; andTed Nash, who started his radiocareer with light music broadcastsfrom Bristol in 1937.

All three will work directly underMr. Baynes and his chief assistant,Donald MacLean.

HEINZ HEADSMEEK PACKAGEHEINZ heads a package show of

one-nighters which hits theroad in July. The bill, assembledby Joe Meek, includes Freddy Starrand the Midnighters, GlendaCollins, Andy Cavell and TheSaints, and The Outlaws.

Glenda has a busy August linedup for her. She'll spend two weeksat the Tivoli in Stockholm, do aweek of one-nighters in Irelandand a six -day tour of Scottish ball.rooms.

JaywalkersGimmicks Galore

PETER JAY and the Jaywalkers,who open at the Aquarium,

Great Yarmouth, on June 28, havehad a large quantity of green eye -shields made for giving to fans,They have replaced the traditional"Kiss Me Quick" message with alegend perhaps a little less sexy:"PETER JAY AND THE JAY.WALKERS".

NEW RECORD MIRROR. Week -ending June 1. 1963

THE SHADOWS slow down for their latest single. (NRM Picture by DEZO HOFFMANN.) Still selling well on "CHARMAINE", the BACHELORS are tipped to repeat success.

Slower "Oise From ShadowsOldie From Bachelors

THE SHADOWSAtlantis; I Want You To WantMe (Columbia DB 7047)

GUITAR plucking opens thelatest from the so -successful

group. It's a Jerry Lordanpenned number with a good tune,and a medium tempo beat withsome strings in the background.Rather like all the rest of theirstuff but still with a lot of com-mercial appeal. There's also a

femme chorus on the backing.Nice stuff for the younger teens.

Better better better is the flip.Penned by Hank Marvin, it's avocal number with the boys sing-ing quite well-could they havebeen influenced by the Liverpoolgroups? Certainly it's prettygood.

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TOP 20. TIPRAY BARRETTOWatusi; Ritmo Sabroso (ColumbiaDB 7051)THE full credit on this disc is to

Ray Barretto Y Su CharangaModerns. It's taken from a U.S.L.P. and the single is a big hit inthe States. The gent talks in Spanishall the time, and begins to sing theinteresting thing which should appealto all lovers of Latin-American typemusic. Good stuff that should dowell, but not with the English speak-ing population.

Flip is another Latin -styled num-ber with some good work from Rayand the group who move along wellon the song which sounds like anoldie.

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THE EV!RLY BROTHERSIt's Been Nice; I'm Afraid (WarnerBros. WB 99)FRANTIC guitar opens the latest

from the Brothers which hap-pens to he the song recorded FreddieCannon on the flip of his newie.Also Marty Wilde had a hit with itsome years back. A Pomus-Shuman composition, it doesn'treally suit the boys. Too busy back-ing with a lot of appeal but notreally the best from them. Not a bighit, maybe a little one.

More of their old sound on theflip, a gentle number with the boyssinging better than on side one. Wequite liked it-but don't reckon itschances

THREESYS,

BRIAN HYLANDSomewhere In The Night; I WishToday Was Yesterday (HMV POP1169)

MORE of a country ballad fromBrian Hyland on this medium -

tempo litter which has his "WarmedOver Kisses" flavour. It's got a com-mercial sound, and although it'snot his best it could still make it ina small way. Quite catchy but notreally our cup of tea.

There's a concertina on the sadflip, a number with a countryflavour and a good ballady feel. Yetwe don't imagine it'll do too well.Good tune, slow tempo, slightlyhymnal but dreary quality.

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HOUSTON WELLSOnly The Heartaches; Can't StopPretending (Parlophone R 5031)THE deep voice of Britain's C &

W stylist comes through wellon this number which is a rather big -voiced sort of thing. Houston issupported by the Marksmen whomake a good job of backing him.A fair old bit of tuneful commer-cial C & W, it should do well.

The flip has a lighter flavour, andonce more Houston is on top of hisvocal form. He's very authenticand the song stands a good chance.

THREE

NAT KING COLEThose Lazy -Hazy -Crazy Days OfSummer; In The Cool Of The Day(Capitol CL 15303)COMING up fast in the States is

this merry little piece from Natwith a femme chorus working over-time in the background. Somethingof a square dance type numberwith a good catchy tune, and a fairbeat, with a banjo plunking in thebackground. Good stuff that shouldmake the charts.

Flip is a slower number with alot of appeal and has the samesound effects as on the top side.Good lyric with a repetitive tune,and a steady tempo.

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RITA PAVONECome To Non C' E' Nessuno;Alla Mia Eta' (RCA Victor 1346)SHE'S got a good voice, this

Italian (we presume) girl whoinjects a lot of feeling into the bigballady type of Italian pop song.She treats the song well, and there'sa fair backing behind her. Coulddo surprisingly well.

More echo on the flip, a numberwith a lot of vocal work and someinsistent backing work. Again a sideto watch and probably one that'llgarner a lot of radio plays. Pleasingto the ear.

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LOUISE CORDETAround And Around; Which WayThe Wind Blows (Decca F 673)FROM the girl who had the "Just

A Baby" hit comes this latestteen styled thing with a fast tempoand multi tracked chorused gim-micks all over the place. It's abouteverybody loving each other, but noone loving the right one. All ratherconfusing and not too commercial.

Flip is from the film "Just ForFun" and her voice comes throughbetter on this side. It's a fair thingwith a lot of appeal. We liked itand think it's better than the topside. Medium tempo, good tune, anda lot of appeal, as we said.

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SUZY COPEBiggity Big; Doing What YouKnow Is Wrong (HMV POP 1167)FROM talented young Suzy comes

a rather good disc with a fairold tune and lyrics and a certainamount of hit potential. It's a fast-ish number with a lot of commer-cial appeal and Suzy in magnificentvocal form on the teen song that'sgot a lot of appeal. The backing letsit down a bit but it's a fair out-sider for the charts.

Flip has some good piano stylingsopening it. Then Suzy comes in onthe beaty sort of thing which ismore run-of-the-mill than the topside. Fair stuff.

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SEMPRINITheme From The 'War Lover';Hatari (HMV POP 1168)FROM the ace pianist comes a

very nice bit of the old semi-classical type of piano stylings thathave proved very successful; in factthis one is decidedly better thanmost. It's a medium tempo thingwith plenty of orchestral work andsome fair old bits of piano workfrom the maestro. Good tune, goodbacking and a stirring sort of asound. Should sell well.

The flip is now pretty familiar andit is the usual style piano stuff --fairold tune, and some well -performedorchestral gear in the background.

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BOBBY

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GOLDSBOROThe Runaround; The Letter (State-side SS 193)AN interesting disc. It's got a trad.

type backing, with a U.S. teenbeat singer mouthing the good tune-ful song. It's certainly unusual witha good lyric about the new "game"that has broken Bobby's heart.He's got a good voice and plentyof appeal. Should do well,

Flip has one of those slow intro's,with a guitar backing, and then hegoes into the song, an interestingsemi -talking disc with a lot ofemotional appeal.

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CHRIS BARBER'S

JAll BANDWini Wini; Mack The Knife (Col-umbia DB 7042)

ATRAD. styled version of theTamoure dance, this one is a

well performed effort with a lot ofappeal, and a good tune. It coulddo pretty well, and it is a lot betterthan most trad. We liked it andthink it may do surprisingly wellhere.

Flip is familiar to everybody, andChris makes a competent job of it.Good stylings with the usual routingand some good solo work on thenumber.

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FRANKIE AVALONCleopatra; Heartbeats (Pye Int.25203)

FROM the ever -popular Frankiecomes this big ballad type thing

with plenty of femme chorus workand a lot more echo. Good tune anda fair lyric with the usual Avalontype sounds on the number which isprobably a try -on on his "Venus"hit. Not bad, but too much forthe charts.

Beat ballad on the flip, a merrylittle number with a lot of appeal,and some fair work from all con-cerned. Repetitive but catchy, itmay do well.

THREE US SKENNY LITTLELove Is A Ball; Theme From'Taras Bulba' (United Artists UP1025)

FROM the film "All This AndMoney Too " comes this trad.

styled effort with a good tune anda wide range of appeal, and plentyof what it takes. Supported by theLittle People Kenny makes a finejob on the number which shouldsell reasonably well.

Flip is another trad. styled effortof the tune that's become morefamiliar through orchestral versionsof it. Quite good but not commer-cial.

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CONNIE FRANCISIf My Pillow Could Talk; LollipopLips (MGM 1202)CURRENTLY coming up for

Connie in the States is this fast-ish perky sort of rock number. It'sone of those multi -tracked effortswith plenty of appeal. Femmechorus work in the background,with an organ and hand -clappingon the hacking. Should be a betterseller for her here than her lastfew.

Good piano work opens the beatyflip, another teen styled numberwith effervescent Connie in fine vocalform. Fast and punchy with a goodbeat, and a value -for -money flip.

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BILLY ECKSTINE AND

DAMITA JOLove Is A Ball; Gather YourDreams (Mercury AMT 1206)FROM two of America's top vocal

stylists come two songs from"All This And Money Too". Thetop side is a swinging piece of stuffwith a good tune, and some fairsolo and harmony work from thetalented pair. Good lyric, the twosound good together on the Benton/Washington type number whichmoves along at a fastish pace.

Good orchestral work on the flip,a slightly slower number with arather wistful quality about it. It's afair old flip that could easily be thetop side.

FOUR STUBBY HAYES QUINTETSally; I Believe In You (FontanaTF 397)FROM the excellent British combo

comes the rendering of the oldiewe tend to associate with GracieFields. Sax leads on the prettystraightforward melody with somegood simple work in the back-ground. Maybe not a huge seller, butquite a big one.

Muted trumpet lead on the topside, a rather less commercial effortthan side one. Some interesting solowork on this side, and perhaps moreof the stuff we expect from Tubby.Good material once more.

FOUR SSSSSWINGING BLUE JEANSToo Late Now; Think Of Me(HMV 1170)LIVERPOOL group with plenty of

the sound that put the Beatleson the map. They're a fair oldstylish group, with a nice vocaleffect. Fair song with a pleasingflavour about it, and some goodharmonising from the boys. Couldeasily be a hit.

Flip is rather a less commercialpiece very much in the Buddy Hollyvein, with some good patches. Thegroup have a fair sound on thiswell -performed disc-we think thatthey may well follow the others intothe charts. Like "Words Of Love".

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GRAHAM JAMESIf You Would Only Say You Care;I'm Gonna Make It With You(Columbia DB 7048)AN infectious type thing from

Graham with some good lyricsfitted to the average type tune. He'sgot a fair voice on the rather sub-dued number which could be a bighit if it gets the breaks. We liked ita lot and Graham may become abig name through this catchy ballad.

Flip isn't as commercial as thetop side but again it's quite wellperformed. Faster with a fair beatand some chorus and a good set oflyrics.

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THE BACHELORSFaraway Places; Is There AChance (Decca F 11666)THE belated follow-up to their

very successful "Charmaine"is a good oldie with a lot ofappeal, and the same sound thatput their last on the map. Theysing very well on the tunefulnumber which has a wistfulquality and a good flavour, andtune. They harmonise very well-it should make the twenty.

The flip is another medium -tempo type of song with a lot ofappeal. Not as commercial asside one but pretty good all thesame.

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TOP 20 TIPEDEN KANETomorrow Night; I Won't BelieveThem (Fontana TF 398)A KIND of "Looking Out Of The1-1 Window" backing for Eden onthis latest for his new label. It'sdifferent enough for him, and it mayput him back into the charts. Agentle ballad with a strong flavour-ing in parts, and some good, ifrather blurred singing from Edenadds up to a disc that may wellmake it if it gets the plugs. Wehope it makes it anyway. . . .

Instead of Johnny Keating, theDownbeats accompany Eden on theflip, another ballady type numberwith a lot of appeal. But it's notreally strong enough to make thecharts by itself.

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BOBBY VINTONBlue On Blue; Those Little Things(Columbia DB 7052)THE popular U.S. songster cum

bandleader has a big hit herewith this fair old number with plentyof dual tracking and chorus work.He's got a gentle type voice, witha nice little sob in it and the song'sgood enough to make it if it getsenough exposure. Good tune, goodlyrics and a good teen ballad thatcould do well.

Flip has a fast backbeat on it,and some falsetto on the back-ground, and Bobby sounds verymuch like Bobby Vee on the beatything. A good value for money discwith some fair vocalising front allconcerned.

FOUR SSSSTHE RIVINGTONSThe Bird's The Word; I'm LosingMy Grip (Liberty LIB 55553)FROM the group who gave us the

great "Papa Oom Mow Mow"comes their latest which is styledvery similarly. It's a fair old fastnumber with the group chantingbusily in the background. Very com-mercial and pleasing; it's a light-hearted sort of bluesy thing thatcoofutlhdeeachsialyrtsmavvkee ltihkeedloiwt erfarisuentgtos

and bass thrown in-in fact every-thing thrown in.

More solo vocal work on the flip-a bluesy ballad with some straight-forward sort of chorus work fromall concerned. Painful in places butnot too bad.

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BUDDY HOLLY:== Bo Diddley; It's Not My Fault

(Coral Q 72463) A ETER his fantastic success

Li with the Chuck BerryE "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", Coral issue Buddy's version ofr-.;- another R & B standard "Bo

Diddley". If anything this isbetter and more commercial

than his last. It's a throbbing beat song with a great melody= and lyric and with Buddy nn top of his vocal form. Haunting= and atmospheric, it must rate as one of Buddy's best. The

Fireballs supply the superbbacking. Cannot miss the topten.

= Jerky country type number on the flip, with the usual ploddingE beat and the inimitable Holly flavour. Again a well -per -E formed disc with Buddy in goodLE form, and a good simple back- ing. Strong flip.

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TOP 20 TIPDINAH WASHINGTONSoulville; Let Me Be The First ToKnow (Columbia DB 7049)DINAH does a bit of a Ray

Charles on this one. It isn't toosuccessful when compared with someof her past efforts but it's not toobad all the same. Very similar toRay's "Sticks And Stones". Shesings well but without a spark oforiginality on the pseudo R & Btype thing.

Good sax on the flip, which is aslower sort of thing and more suitedto the girl who has made some verygood U.S. hits. She sings very wellon the number which makes up forthe top side. Great stuff with a lotof late -night -listening appeal.

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LANCE PERCIVALRiviera Coy"; You're Joking OfCourse (Parlophone R 5032)FROM one of the stars of

TWTWTW comes the latestcomedy single. It's a gimmicky sortof thing in which Lance runs downthe glories of the South of France.Quite funny with some goodpatches, and with any luck it couldfollow the Bernard Cribbins discsof this type into the charts. Hisvoice is fair enough, and the back-ing is punchy on the medium temponumber.

Lance penned the flip, which isn'tas funny or as entertaining as thetop side. More calypso with somefair jokes and a fastish tempo.

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Two new winning singles thisweek. One from BUDDYHOLLY (above) and the otherfrom honeymooner RICKNELSON (above right). Buddy'snew one is rated even higher

than his current hit.

RICK NELSONString Along; Gypsy Woman(Brunswick 05889)ONE of the up-and-coming hits

in the States, this was re-corded by Fabian some timeago. It's the usual type predict-able thing with the usual RickNelson sound. That means, ofcourse, that it sounds ratherlike all of his others. Should bea hit-it's pleasant enough.

The flip is a beat number thatisn't the hit by the Impressionssome time back. It's an atmos-pheric disc with plenty of appealand a good tune.

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TOP 20 TIPBILLY VAUGHN

AND ORCHESTRAHappy Cowboy; Sukiyaki (LondonDot HLD 9735)

FROM the very very consistentMr. Vaughn comes a guitar

led effort that we can't help compar-ing with "Apache" by the Shadows.It's a good teen -styled number witha hit flavour, and a good tune. Itwill sell well, we think-if it getsthe plugs it could make the charts.And there's the usual Vaughn -typeorchestral work during a break.Good commercial stuff.

Flip is Billy's adaptation of theKenny Ball hit that's doing well inthe States via the Japanese original.This one is a toned -down orchestralversion of it.

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KYU SAKAMOTOSukiyaki (Ueo Muite Arukou);Anoke-No Nama-Wa Nanten-kana (HMV POP 1171)

A HUGE hit in the States, this isthe Japanese vocal version of

the Kenny Ball jazz hit here sometime ago. It's the same familiartune, with Kyu's high voice lendingitself well to the tune. Very emo-tional in parts though we can'tunderstand the lyrics. Neverthelessit's a well performed simple typeof thing that should be a hit,whether it be a small or large one.

Flip is in a rather lighter vein,with a somewhat nineteen thirtiestype backing, and a fairly jolly littlefeel to it. Tuneful and well -per-formed, it's a good flip.

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Pag- Nine

"He's a Rebel" hit the charts in a big way for the CRYSTALS-nowtheir follow-up from London is tipped to follow suit, given the right

breaks.

R & B Standard From BuddyFabian Song From Rick

Big U.S. Hit From CrystalsTHE ' FORTYTWO

BIG BAND 'Woodchoppers Ball; Tuxedo June -don (Columbia DB 7050)

AUTHENTIC big band stuff thatrevives two very popular not -

so -oldies. A good sound with somegood solo work from some of theperformers. Woody Herman will bepleased when he hears this. It's fairstuff and will please all the Mumsand Dads.

Same sort of treatment on theflip, a fairly straightforward bigband treatment of the popular num-ber which has a lot of appeal.

FOUR '-44MARTY ROBBINSNo Signs Of Loneliness Here; I'mNot Ready Yet (CBS AAG 151)

FROM the ever popular Martycomes a fastish tempo country

styled number that lays down afair beat much in the "Ruby Ann"style. Good stuff with plenty ofbeat, and some fair old singing onthe heavy number from Marty.Guitar work is good, and there's anice feel about the disc. Goodlyrics.

Piano opens side two, with someslower singing from Marty more inthe authentic country groove thanon the top side. We liked this one,but it's not so commercial as thetop side

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THE VOLUMESSandra; Teenage Paradise (LondonHL 9733)

FROM the group who had a bigU.S. hit with "1 Love You"

comes this Four Seasons styledeffort with plenty of the gimmicksthrown in. It's doing reasonably wellin the States, and may do quite wellover here. A medium paced effortwith a bass voice and falsetto mouth-ing the praises of the girl. Gim-micky rock that sells well.

Flip is very much in the samevein, but with a rather banal lyric',about the girl who is gonna betaken to "Teenage Paradise" by herfeller. Not too bad.

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ADAM WADEWhy Do We Have To Wait TooLong; They Say (Columbia DB7045)

FROM the consistent U.S. hit -maker comes the Johnny Mathis

styled effort with a good tune andlyric and some good backing soundsfrom the group, and the instru-mentation. Nice set of words-hesings very well. Could sell well, butprobably not for the charts.

Good piano work on the flip,with Adam singing well on thegreat number with a good lyric. It'sa very good disc and deserves to bethe top side. Wistful and gentle,we liked it a lot.

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THE STINGERSBaby Mash; Night Time Madness(Stateside SS 192)

FROM the group that topped thecharts with "Nut Rocker"

comes this rock adaption ofBrahms Lullaby. Well -performed ina jerky sort of way with some fairbits of work from the team. Thetune is there, but any devotees ofthe classics will hate this. Not reallydestined for the charts either.

Organ stylings on the flip-apleasing number that's well -per-formed enough. Medium tempo likethe top side but with a differentsound to it.

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LADY LUCK ANDTHE LULLABIES

Young Stranger; Dance (PhilipsBF 1245)

RATHER a busy effort from theteen -styled vocal group with a

femme lead. The've a FourSeasons flavour about them, whatwith the load of vocal efforts, andthe jerky medium -paced heavy typeof song. Very commercial with abig bass voice intruding at times.Could do well, we imagine. If itgets the plugs.

Flip is another teen dance num-ber with the usual frantic type beatsounds from the backing, and somefrenetic sounds from all concerned.

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PERRY COMODon't You Forget It; One MoreMountain (RCA Victor 1347)" I LOVE YOU, Don't Forget It"

sings long time gone Perry onthis punchy Latin type song. Goodjerky sort of tempo with -a fair oldtune, and as usual some good sing-ing from the extremely popular voca-list. Unusual type swinging song thatshould sell well.

The flip has a harmonica on it,and the song moves at a slowertempo than side one. It's a sortof gospelly song, with Perry singingabout when he'll be home. Heasked if she's still waiting - wehope so.

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THE CRYSTALSDa Doo Ron Ron; Git' It(London HLU 9732)FROM the group who put

"He's A Rebel" into the toptwenty comes their latest U.S.top tenner. It's a gospelly fast-ish number with a lot of appealand a great tune. The girls singwell on the beaty R & B typesong. Sax blares in the instru-mental break and it should makethe twenty with a bit of luckand some persistent plugging.

Flip is a medium tempo in-teresting type instrumental withsonic fair work from the combowhoever they are. But we can'timagine the Crystals playing thissort of stuff.

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'OUR MAN' NEW L.P. SERIES

CHET ATKINS: Our Man in

CHET ATKINSOUR MAN IN NASHVILLE: Scare Crow;Alesander's Ragtime Band; Melissa;Goodnight Irene; The Old DoubleShuffle; Down Home; Always On Satur-day; Drown In My Own Tears; SpanishHarlem; Streamlined Cannon Ball; AHouse In New Orleans; A Little BittyTear (RCA -VICTOR RD -7529.)CHET ATKINS has such a decep-

tively simple way with a guitarthat at times he gives the impres-sion that to play one would be aseasy as falling off a log.

But don't be deceived, friends;there is nothing simple about thisinstrument when played properly.It takes a master to make it soundsimple, and if you don't believethat Chet Atkins is such a masterthen all you have to do is spin thisLP and join the club.

Nice commercial titles in theprogramme, too.

FOUR 4sssVARIOUS STARS

TOP TV THEMES: .2 Cars Theme(JOHNNY KEATING); Perry Mason(TONY HATCH); Hancock's Tune(DEREK SCOTT); Dr. Finlay's Casebook(LES REED); Ghost Squad (T. HATCH);Old Ned (RON GRAINER); The Saint(L. REED); Out Of This World T.HATCH); Sam Benedict (J. KEATING);Naked City (T. HATCH); MaigretTheme (THE EAGLES); Ben Casey (T.HATCH). (PTE GOLDEN GUINEAGGL 0196.)A POT-POURRI of TV show

I-1 theme tunes familiar to all.Most "goggle -box" fans will recog-nise and enjoy the material onhand. And there's an unmistake-able voice on the 'Ancock trackfor good measure.

Any complaints ? I don't thinkso . . but no " CoronationStreet " theme ?

FOUR 8,SStTHANK YOUR LUCKY STARS

THE ABC-TV SHOW: Venus In Blueleans (MARK WYNTER); Walk RightIn (THE KESTRELS); Roses Are Red(DAVID MACBETH), Welcome Home,Baby (BROOK BROTHERS); A PictureOf You (JOE BROWN); March Of TheSiamese Children (KENNY BALL);Ain't That Funny (JIMMY JUSTICE);Up On The Roof (JULIE GRANT);Swingin' In The Rain (NORMANVAUGHAN); Mama's Doin' The Twist(THE VISCOUNTS); Pick A Bale OfCotton (LONNIE DONEGAN); GreenLeaves Of Summer (KENNY BALL).(PEE GOLDEN GUINEA GGL 0190.)STAR -PACKED, low priced and

a collection of big hit num-bers. that's what you get for your19s. on this latest release from theGolden Guinea catalogue.

Can't be bad. I have no doubtwhatsoever that this one will bewell up in the LP best sellers beforelong.

Good value and good entertain-ment.

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Nashville. (NRM Picture.)

GEORGE MELACHRINOOUR MAN IN LONDON: Greensleeves;A Foggy Day; A Nightingale Sang InBerkeley Square; Sally In Our Alley; TheWhite Cliffs Of Dover; Waltz Medley;Roses Of Picardy; The Haunted Ball-room; Small World; Beautiful Dreamer;Moon River; Starlight; Tennessee Waltz;Body And Soul. (RCA -VICTOR RD -7548.)THE inimita7de, best-selling and

always tastefully entertainingMr. George Melachrino producesyet another of his fine LPs thismonth.

Certainly he is not true teenagemeat, but there must be more thanenough folks who read this paperwho will appreciate such an album.

The tunes are pretty well allestablished favourites. A good'un, in fact.

FOUR 7, 4sBILLY VAUGHN

1962's GREATEST HITS: Telstar; I Can'tStop Loving You; The Lonely Bull; DearLonely Hearts; Go Away Little Girl;Roses Are Red; Stronger On The Shore;Romblin' Rose; The Stripper; Born ToLose; Release Me; Moon River. (LON-DON HA -D 8056.)THIS could well be the one to

put Billy Vaughn back amongthe best sellers. For too long hissax sound has been by-passed to acertain extent by the pop fans. Butthis entertaining set should attractthe youngsters just as much as theolder fans.

This type album usually doespretty well for any artist. And thisis of a higher standard than manysimilar.

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TWO TICKETS TO PARISORIGINAL SOUND TRACK: What KindOf Love Is This (JOEY DEE); WillyWilly (WILLIE DAVIS); The Open Sea(HENRY GLOVER ORCHESTRA); Twist -in' On A Liner (JOEY DEE); C'est LaVie (GARY CROSBY); Instant Men(KAY MEDFORD); Two Tickets ToParis (JOEY DEE); Teenage Vamp(JERI LYNNE FRASER); Left BankBlues (HENRY GLOVER); C'est Si Bon(JOEY DEE); Everytime (JOEY DEE);This Boat (JOEY DEE AND THE STAR -LITERS). (COLUMBIA 33SX 1482.)FM sorry to say that I don't findI much time these days for visitsto cinemas, and so I am usuallylacking in information when I re-view a film sound track item.

This alas, is no exception. Mindyou, to judge from the materialheard on the album, I feel that avisit to the film might be wellworth while.

A mixture of talents and somepretty fair numbers make this anLP to listen to-could be you'llenjoy it.

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PAUL ANKA: Our Man Around The World.

PAUL ANKAOUR MAN AROUND THE WORLD:Around The World; Canadian Sunset;Puree; Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart;MIstrlou; Lady Of Spain; Brazil; ComeBack To Sorrento; Skokiaan; Sayonara;A Foggy Day; Fly Me To The Moon.(RCA -VICTOR R0-7547.)

QUITE a bit of Paul's recordoutput in recent times has dis-

appointed me. This particularalbum, however, is of better quality.And, as a result, it should attractthe attention of his many followersin Britain.

But that elusive hit disc is notto be found among these tracks, Ifear-that is if his exciting andexcellent "Eso Beso" couldn't breakthrough.

Anka fans will love this anddoubtless spread the word to theirmates.

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LES KAVEKATAMOURE: Otohetohe E Ron,. Te MumMuro. Papio; Les Femmes D'Amerique;Tamoure Vini Vini; Aue Us Reka; ElleEst Partie Denser Le Tamourd; PotiiMorea; To To To E; Te Matete; ManuPukarua; Tamoure Tamoure. (PYEGOLDEN GUINEA GGL 0197.)THE Tamoure is appearing more1 and more frequently in dancehalls throughout the country, I'mtold. Already a terrific rage onthe Continent, it could, I hear,flare up big in Britain.

Basically the sound is Hawaiian,but this particular group ofmusicians hail from Tahiti . . .hence the French abounding in thetitles. This is good.

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ERIC DELANEYDANCING '63: One Mint Julep: YouCan't Sit Down; Baubles, Bangles AndBeads; Green dyes; Swingin' The Blues;Lucky Mambo; Dancing To The Loco-motion; Madison Time; Rebecca; Data-finado; Satin Doll; Fish And Sticks.(PYE GOLDEN GUINEA GGL 0191.)THE lively Eric Delaney crew

treat us to some very dance-able dance hits of the year. Thecollection is an undoubted bargainat 19s. and is bound for success.

Good listenable tunes andarrangements if your feet achefrom too much dancing already.

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MARCO RIZOBOSSA NOVA: Desafinado; Pianologue;My Bosse Nova; Chopin Goes To Rio;Nadine; Rio Bosse; One Note Samba;Lucy Bosse; Ritimo Quiente; Portrait InBlue; Dreaming; Chit -Chat. (PYEGOLDEN GUINEA GGL 0181.)THE Bossa Nova is a craze whichA has not quite caught the publicimagination as generally expected.True there have been several hitdiscs in the charts featuring therhythm, but the dance is certainlynot yet another Twist, as far assuccess goes.

Here's a gentle and soothing discwhich might help things along.Certainly it is jazz -tinged, but sois all Bossa Nova material. Youcould well enjoy this one, beat fans.

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CARMEN CAVALLAROWALTZING IN THE DARK: Out Of MyDreams; That Naughty Waltz; If YouWere The Only Girl In The World; Care-free; Melody Of Love; Beautiful Love;When I Grow Too Old To Dream; TheVagabond King Waltz; My Best To You;My Buddy; Waltzing In A Dream; Para-dise. (BRUNSWICK LAT 8522.)FOR the older readers, I would

think of this one. Mr. Caval-laro is a dextrous and entertain-ing keyboard star. His music isbest described as being of t he"cocktail" variety.

Soothing, good for backgroundlistening, but certainly not for thebeat music follower.

Tell your parents and elderrelatives.

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JIMMY WATSONREVIEWS ALL THEL

THE LIMELITERS: Our Men in San Francisco.

THE LIMELITERSOUR MEN IN SAN FRANCISCO: TheWabash Cannonball; Max Goolis; I'mGain' Back; Corn Whiskey; CIVIL WARMEDLEY-Bright Golden Buttons, TheFirst Battalion, Yes I See, Two Brothers;By The Risin' Of The Moon; Yerakina;The Lute Player; The Jam On Jerry'sRock; Sleep Soft; Goodnight Ladies;Leaving A Song. (RCA -VICTOR RD -7550.)THESE brilliantly entertaining1 Limeliters are at it again.

How I wish I could have caughtone of their shows here recently.

Their presentation is slick, theirhumour is funny (sometimes ararity these days, even on legitcomedy discs), and their choice ofmaterial and vocal efforts are ofthe first order.

A relaxing set with bursts ofliveliness to shake you out of yourseat appreciately.

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JAZZ CVE fringe FanJOE WILLIAMS

A SWINGIN' NIGHT AT BIRDLAND:September In The Rain; Come BackBaby; Five O'Clock In The Morning; ByThe River Of Sainte Marie; This Can'tBe Love; Teach Me Tonight; Well AllRight, I Was Telling Her About You;Have You Met Miss Jones; Well OhWell. (COLUMBIA 33SX 1498.)

Top Blues singer Joe Williams,the former Basle band star, is

presented here in concert at Bird -land.

Backed by the Harry "Sweets"Edison Orchestra he swings his waythrough a bunch of his mostrequested items and winds up witha new version of 'Roll 'Em Pete"(titled "Well, Oh Well" on thesleeve).

A good introduction to Joe'sstyle which has more than a touchof commercial appeal for those out-side the hard jazz core

J.W.

FOUR ssssGERRY MULLIGAN

"JERU": Capricious; Here 1.11 Stay;Inside Impromptu; You've Come Home;Get Out Of Town; Blue Boy; LonelyTown. (CBS BPG 62134.)

AN unusual Mulligan. DaveBailey, drummer on this session

and an ex -regular of the Quartet,reckoned Gerry wasn't playingenough ballads. This collectionemphasises h i s persuasiveness.Ultra -professional playing through-out-ranging from the Bossa Novarhythms of "Capricious" to theclash of saxophone with congadrums on "Blue Boy". If Mulliganis in top form, then so is pianistTommy Flanagan. Quietly efficientbehind the baritone sax, he be-comes forcefully brilliant on a solorun. But, essentially, this is a happyinterpretative set of ballady pieces.Mulligan's own choice? KurtWeill's "Here I'll stay".

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The Dave Brubeck Quartetin an album with a very wideappeal. The Bossa Novarhythm is strongly featured.

DAVE BRUBECKBOSSA NOVA U S.A.: Bosso NovoU.S.A.: Vento Fresco; Trolley Song;Theme For June; Coracao Sensival; lrmaoAmigo; There'll Be No Tomorrow; Can-tiga Nova Swing; Lamento; This Can'tBe Love. (CBS BPG 62127.)

ORE most listenable BrubeckQuartet recordings which should

certainly appeal to the fringe fans.It is jazz, certainly, but it is com-mercial in appeal and this is nodisgrace in my book.

There is sometimes a snobbery injazz which insists that any itemcommercially successful ceases to bejazz-this just isn't so, friends. Mr.Brubeck is a jazz artist first andforemost. You'll enjoy this one.

J.W.

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HENRY MANCINIOUR MAN IN HOLLYWOOD: Days OfWine And Roses; Walk On The WildSide; Wonderful World Of The BrothersGrimm; Mutiny On The Bounty LoreSong; Mr. Hobbs Theme; Seventy -SixTrombones; Love Theme From Phaedra;Bachelor In Paradise; Too Little Time;Drink More Milk, The Wishing StartDreomsville. (RCA -VICTOR RD -7549.)

HENRY MANCINI, I would say,is obviously a man who loves

jazz, Good jazz, that is. Most ofhis albums which I have had -thepleasure to hear have been jazz -tinged and nicely so.

This, too, is pleasantly tinted isthe same way. Stirring arrange -meats help to make the listener situp and take enjoyable notice.

Alas, it probably won't be aminion seller, but believe Inc. plentyof folks will want to own it. I'dgive it a spin if I were you.

THREE SSSSONNY ROLLINS

OUR MAN IN JAZZ. Oleo; Dearly Be-loved; Doxy. (RCA -VICTOR RD -7546.)Sonny Rollins (tenor), Bob Crenshaw(bass), Don Cherry (cornet). BillyHiggins (drums.)AJAZZ LP which will be eagerly

lapped up by the diehardmodernists but for the fringe fansnot really a good bet.

Mr. Rollins is possibly that weebit far too way out for the new -to -jazz listener. No, this is somethingyou'll probably go for in a year ortwo of jazz listening and apprecia-tion.

Bear it in mind, though-I couldbe very wrong.

J.W.

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FATS WALLERFATS ON THE AIR-VOL. 1: BabyBrown; Viper's Drag; How Can YouFace Me; The Down Home Blues; Dinah;Handful Of Keys; Solitude; I'm Crazy'Bout My Baby; Teo For Two; BelieveIt, Beloved; Sweet Sue; Somebody StoleMy Gal; Honeysuckle Rose; Where WereYou On The Night Of June 3rd; ClothesLine Ballet; Don't Let It Bother You.(RCA RD -7552.)FATS ON THE AIR-VOL. 2: E -FlatBlues, Alligato' Crawl; Zonky; Crazy'Bout My Baby; The Spider And The Fly;After You've Gone; Tea For Two; You'reThe Top; Blue, Turning Grey Over You;Russian Fantasy; Hallelujah; Do Me AFavour; California, Here I Come; I'veGot I'm Falling; My Fate IsIn Your Hands; Ain't Misbehavin'; PoorButterfly; St. Louis Blues. (RCA RD -

THOMAS "FATS" WALLER isA an undoubted legend. Whether

it be as a singer, a pianist or asong writer he always came out atthe top of his class,

This collection of typical Wallermedleys is a delight to hear. Theman, as well as being a truly finejazz musician, was undoubtedly aworld class commercial entertainer,too.

The immediately identifiableWaller touch can be heard on anytrack in these two excellent volumes.Don't miss it. There's never a dullmoment anywhere in the set.

J.W.

FIVE VVVVIt&'

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1 (1) WHO'S SORRY NOW, Connie Francis2 (2) IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW/WONDERFUL TIME UP

THERE, Pat Boone1F (4) TOM HARK, Elias and Zig Zag jive Flutes4 (3) WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK, Elvis Presley5 (6) GRAND COOLIE DAM/NOBODY LOVES LIKE AN

IRISHMAN, Lonnie Donegan6 (5) LOLLIPOP, The Mudlarks7 (9) STAIRWAY OF LOVE, Michael Holliday8 (10) WITCH DOCTOR, Don Lang9 (12) ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM/CLAUDETTE, Everly

Brothers10 (13) TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM/HANDS, Max Bygraves11 (14) ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE, Vic Damone12 (8) KEWPIE DOLL, Frankie Vaughan13 (7) WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN, Marvin Rainwater14 (17) TWILIGHT TIME, The Platters15 (15) WITCH DOCTOR, David Seville16 (11) KEWPIE DOLL, Perry Como17 (-) JOHNNY B. GOODE, Chuck Berry18 (16) STAIRWAY OF LOVE, Terry Dene19 (-) THE ARMY GAME, TV Cast20 (18) SWINGIN' SHEPHERD BLUES, Ella Fitzgerald

NOM Chun SurveyA LOOK AT THE U.S. CHARTSFAST rising U.S. hits include "String Along"-Rick Nelson; "One

Fine Day"-Chiffons; "First Quarrel"-Paul and Paula; "Pride AndJoy"-Marvin Gaye; "On Top Of Spaghetti"-Tom Glazer; "So MuchIn Love"-Tymes; "Easier Said Than Done"-Essex; "Shake A TailFeather" -5 Du Tones; "Hobo Flats"-Jimmy Smith; "Swingin' OnA Star"-Big Dee Irwin; "Not Too Young Too Get Married"-BobB Soxx And The Blue Jeans; "I Wish I Were A Princess"-Little PeggyMarch; "Black Cloud"-Chubby Checker; "Falling"-Roy Orbison;"Six Days On The Road"-Dave Dudley; "Till Then"-Classics.

Recent U.S. releases include: "Get Him"-The Exciters; "BanzaiPipeline"-Henry Mancini ; "Graduation Day"/"The Humpty Dumpty"-Bobby 'Boris' Picket And The Crypt Kickers; "Tie Me Kangeroo DownSport"-Rolf Harris; "Yeh Yeh"-Mongo Santamaria ; "Poor Boy"-Jimmy Holiday; "The Ninth Wave"-The Ventures; "Starlit Night"-The Emotions; and "Tears In My Eye"-Tbe Fascinations.

Just issued: twelve Golden Goodies L.P.'s on Roulette, original hitscourtesy of other U.S. disc companies. Example-volume twelve con-tains - "Tossin' And Tumin' "-Bobby Lewis; "Stay"-MauriceWilliams; "Shake A Hand"-Faye Adam; "Don't Play That Song"-Ben E. King; "For Your Precious Love"-Jerry Butler; "HeavenlyFather"-Edna McGriff ; "Snap Your Fingers"-Joe Henderson ; "LetThe Little Girl Dance"-Billy Bland ; and others. NJ.

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(19) Buddy Holly (Coral)EDDIE COCHRANMEMORIAL ALBUM(13) Eddie Cochran(Liberty)HATS OFF TODEL SHANNON(14) Del Shannon (London)JOE BROWN-LIVE(18) Joe Brown (Piccadilly)CHUCK BERRY(20) Chuck Berry (Pye)OUT OF THE SHADOWS(15) The Shadows(Columbia)HALF A SIXPENCE(-) Tommy Steele (Decca)

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Provincial ParadeALL we can say is it's fantastic! The number of provincial groups in

the charts this week is nothing short of astounding. At No. I restthe Beatles, at No. 2 Billy J. Kramer and the Dakota's. No. 13 Gerryand The Pacemakers, while three places below Freddie and theDreamers. Gerry again at No. 22 with his newie, while the Hollies movein at No. 39 with the old Coasters' disc "Ain't That Just Like Me".

Not bad going ....Fast -risers elsewhere include Billy Fury, Ray Charles, Benny Hill, Bobby

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Lovely LAYA RAKI, cur-rently starring on tele-vision in ITV's "CRANE"series, is to present MissA. STEPHENS, the winnerof our "ELVIS LEADINGLADY" competition, withher prize jukebox on Fri-day, May 31 at theEMPIRE, LEICESTER SQ.,at 3 p.m. The jukebox issupplied by JUKEBOXDISTRIBUTORS LTD.,Wardour Street, London,

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is "HE'S THE ONE".

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LEYTON BACK TJUNE 20-that 's the big date for John Leyton. That's the date

his major movie "The Great Escape" has it's world premiere,here in Britain-and in aid of charity. Perhaps the BIGGESTdate for the Hendon heart-throb.

And here's why :Johnny really loves the acting business. He tasted it in reper-

tory. He built a national name through playing "Ginger" in thatITV "Biggles" series. It was through his ACTING then that hetook up SINGING.

The hit records duly arrived at the start of a career brilliantlymanaged by Robert Stigwood. John enjoyed the screams, thehowls.

But he did also want to act.There are two ways for a popsinger to break into, or back into,the film and theatre world. One isto take a part requiring the mini -Mum of acting ability-a part lib-erally studded with songs.

The other is for him to forgetsinging entirely and go in for a

part which really requires someacting.

That second one is the hardest.It's the one John Leyton took.

RISKI remember him telling me that

filming in Germany on "The GreatEscape" was an odd experience forhim. He'd been screamed at allover Britain. But in Germany fewof the folk on the movie knew hecould sing even a note. He wasthere to act. As an actor. And hewas judged purely and simply onthat basis

If he made the odd rick ... well,he couldn't expect much sympathy.He wasn't a singer struggling toact. He was . . . an ACTOR.

Now I haven't seen the movie.Last time I talked to John aboutit, it was liable to run nearly fourhours, which is long, even for anepic. Editing and cutting were inthe final stages.

But the film moguls HAVE seenit, obviously. And they are so im-pressed with John's performancethat they've signed him on for afurther two major productions.Hints of his ability have leakedout to other companies. Now they,too, are nibbling . . .

CARTOONIt's not been easy for. John, com-

bining two careers. While he was inGermany-and the filming got waybehind schedule-his discs under-standably slipped in Britain. Hewasn't here to exploit them andthough he has one of the loyalestbunches of fans in the business-well, that wasn't enough.

He tried a cartoon process sothat his discs could still be featuredin the TV "plug" programmes. Itdidn't really work. As the months

ACTINGsays PETER JONES

Handsome pop star JOHN LEYTONESCAPE". Filmed in Germany it hits

went by, I think John realised howdifficult it would be to make thatreally big comeback to the top ofthe charts.

He couldn't do anything aboutit, of course. But he banked a gooddeal on that "Cupboard Love"number, his first on returning fromfilming. To the pleasure of a lotof people, it made the charts. Itwas a substantial success, withoutbeing sensational.

BETTERThe next one should do even

bettor. And the next after that.For John is now SINGING bet-

ter than in those days before he

is soon to be seen in a strong dramatic role in "THE GREATthe big screens on JUNE 20 with

went to Germany. And I'm quitesure the lay-off from the poprounds has resulted in him gettinga more polished, more devastatingstage act. Any doubters shouldwatch him giving out to a packedtheatre audience.

John has been described asBritain's highest -paid pop singer.That includes his acting earnings.I'm not sure this is a good line totake because it can, rightly orwrongly, create touches of resent-ment among the followers of otherpop idols.

But there is no doubt that film-ing will provide him with a tre-mendous income over the next fewyears. He says himself : "That film

a world premiere screening,

experience was just about the big-gest thing of my career. It mad, -me realise just how keen I am onacting.

"Naturally, I don't want to giveup singing. And I'll push myselfthat much harder to keep the iv.)careers alive and kicking . .

"Just hope you like the film,that's all."

Well, film moguls usually aren'twrong. I see this film as being themedium for getting John across toa much wider section of entertain-ment seekers.

June 20-that BIG date for JohnLeyton. And good luck to him.

THE NORTHERN BEAT SCENEby BILL HARRY (EDITOR OF 'MERSEY BEAT')

nit UMMER Ron Parry tells methat he will soon be launch-

ing his R and B group. Membersinclude Vin Parker (piano), RoyStuart (bass), Bill Morton (bari-tone), and Ron is seeking a tenorsaxophonist. Although the groupconsists of Liverpool's leadingmodern jazz players, they won't beintroducing modern jazz into theiract.

The Four Mosts have not yetsigned a contract with BrianEpstein. However, they tell me thatthey will definitely be signing inthe near future. They intend turn-ing professional on June 28th.

The line-up and personnel of thegroup, recognised as one of Mersey-side's Top Ten groups, is asfollows: Brian O'Hara (lead), BillyHatton (bass), Mike Millward(rhythm 1, and Dave Lovelady(drums). The three guitarists, whosemain concern at the moment isdeveloping their vocal harmony,hope that drummer Dave will even-tually be persuaded to sing too.

Billy J. Kramer's former back-ing group, The Coasters, have foundthemselves a new front line vocalist- 14 -years -old Chick Graham.Chick will make his first public

appearance with the group at theMajestic Ballroom, Birkenhead, onMay 31st.

Les Ackerley, of The NorthernVariety Agencies, has severalgroups on his books, including TheSearchers, whose first record," Sweets For My Sweet," is to bereleased on June 4th.

Derry Wilkie and The Pressmenrecord for Decca on June 6th, TheSwinging Bluegenes debut disc willbe out shortly, and The Dennisons,The Undertakers, The Escorts, TheMersey Beats and The Young Onesare among the large number ofMerseyside groups who will havedisc releases in the near future.

Joe Meek wrote to me recentlydescribing his discovery of FreddieStarr and The Midnighters. " Myassistant, Dave Adams, who wasvisiting a show in London, rang meup at 12 o'clock at night, bubblingover with enthusiasm for a groupcalled 'Freddie Starr and The Mid-nighters.' I told him, if he liked, hecould fix up an audition with them,and this was arranged. After hear-ing them, I couldn't believe nobodyhad snapped them up before. Iimmediately contacted all pub-lishers to submit material for them.

It wasn't easy, choosing the rightsongs, but finally the record wasmade.

"The recording session proved tobe one I shall never forget. Freddiewas one big bundle of energy, im-personating a host of artistes, crack-ing witty jokes and performingfunny gestures all round the studio.I believe him to be one of the mosttalented young men to record at mystudio for a long time. Eachmember of the group has a finepersonality and are all greatmusicians. All I can say is I ameagerly looking forward to my nextrecording session so as to enjoysome more of that North Countrysense of humour."

"This is the best record that hasever come from Merseyside." Thatis how several prominent show bizpersonalities in London describedFaron's Flamingos disc when theyheard an acetape last week. TheA side of the disc, " See If SheCares," was written by two mem-bers of another Merseyside group,The Nomads, who are currentlyLiverpool's most sought-after song-writers.

The B side is a dynamic ren-dering of the big Stateside hit "DoYou Love Me ? "

The Flamingos are an extremelypopular group, and the line-up andpersonnel is as follows: Faron (bassguitar/vocals), Nicky Crouch (lead/rhythm/vocals), Paddy Chambers(lead/rhythm/vocals), and TrevorMorais (drums).

MERSEYSIDE HOTLINEby K.M.F.

THE MERSEY BEATS, newDecca recording group, will be

recording at Decca's HampsteadStudios on June 4th. The groupwill have to rush down from Mid-dlesbrough after doing a late show.LEE CURTIS, whose recording of

"Little Girl" has entered theMerseyside hit parade, will have hislatest disc released on June 28th.The following day, the 29th, Leewill be featured on "Thank YourLucky Stars", and further TV andradio dates have been fixed.EXTENSIONS are proceeding forI-4 the enlargement of Birkenhead'sKubik Beat Club. This will allowa further 300 teenbeaters to packinto this popular rendezvous,which features three groups eachevening.

THE ESCORTS, winners of TheLancashire and Cheshire Beat

Contest, held recently at Liverpool'sPhilharmonic Hall, have been over-whelmed by recordings contracts,publicity and fame, prizes, etc., infact everything but-bookings.RALPH BOWDLER, songwriter

and manager to Liverpoolvocalist Paul Francis, tells me hehas secured a number of engage-ments at London West Endnighteries.

A MERSEYSIDE pop special is" to be the highlight of nextThursday's Starnite at Liverpool'sMecca Locarno. Included on thebill are The Big Three, The Ver-nons Girls and The Chants.

TWO Liverpool agencies, theNorthern Variety and Web-

ster Promotions, have joined forcesto try to combat the powerful"feelers" being put out to Mersey-side groups from London manage-ments who are trying to cornermore and more Northern outfits.

JOHNNY KIDD, who is atpresent based in Liverpool for

a two-week tour of the North withThe Pirates, tells me he has justrecorded his latest composition,"I'll Never Get Over You", onHMV, and is due to be releasednext month. Johnny, who is stay-ing with Lee Curtis, really digs theLiverpool scene, and is looking for-ward to playing The Cavern Club,which he reckons is the greatest.

JOHN BEDSON, leader of TheChallengers, tells me that they

will be featuring a new front-linevocalist. Reports have it that theiroriginal singer, Tommy Quickly,has been approached by the power-ful Nems Organisation.

BERYL MARSDEN, pretty 1,-year -old vocalist, may have to

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100,000 DOLLARS . .JOAN O'BRIEN is a close personal friend of Elvis Presley. She

co-stars with his in MGM's "It Happened At the World's Fair".But the eye-opening fact is that she risked no less than 100,000dollars to accept that role-a gamble which she's delighted to sayhas already paid off.

In the movie, Joan sings just a couple of words with Elvis,right at the end. But she was once a teenage singer who appearedon some of the States' top Country 'n' Western packages.

Said Joan: "Though I've turned more to films in recent months,the fact is that I wanted to develop my adult career in two separateareas-as a dramatic actress and as a musical star.

"Well, you know how things go.Two opportunities come up right ontop of each other. And I was caughtright in the middle of it all."

ENTHUSIASMIn the middle? Well, director

Norman Taurog wanted her for "ItHappened . . ." at the very momentthat she was weighing up an offerto star in "South Pacific" in LasVegas with a minimum guaranteeof 100,000 dollars.

Joan's enthusiasm for workingwith El won her over. She turneddown the big musical project anddid the film.

"I knew the exposure I wouldreceive from the millions of peoplewho go to Elvis's films would bevery important to me in thefuture", said Joan. "I was dyingfor a chance to do 'South Pacific'because it would open a wholenew career area but I decided towait and maybe something elsewould come along."

Time proved Joan's decision cor-rect because, after testing dozensof other girl singers for the NellieForbush role which Mary Martinhad created, the Las Vegas manage-ment decided it would be better todelay the start of the show untilJoan was available. They didn'twant to risk the production by sign-ing a lesser star.

REHEARSALSSo . . . immediately after finish-

ing "It Happened at The World'sFair', Joan went into rehearsals forfor "South Pacific". The showopened to rave notices, particularlyfor Joan and was immediately ex-tended for four weeks beyond theoriginal six -week engagement.

"Naturally, I'm overjoyed thatthings have turned out just rightfor me", exclaimed the happy youngactress. "I wouldn't for the worldhave missed the opportunity ofworking with and getting to knowthe fabulous Elvis.

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"Long before I'd ever met him,I'd heard so much about his char-acter. About how considerate andkind he is . . . but you still don'tbelieve it until you get a chanceto meet him face to face, as itwere."

SUCCESSJoan scored a huge success in

the film "Operation Petticoat" and

later as Jerry Lewis leading ladyin "It's Only Money".

But this was her first chance towork with Elvis.

She said: "I even got to sing withhim in the final number ... 'HappyEnding'. I was mighty proud ofthat, even though I didn't havemuch to do."

That's what is was, though. A"HAPPY ENDING" for Joan andher 100,000 dollar gamble. P.J.

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Above: Elvis, as Mike Edwards, "takes a back seat" as friend DannyBurke pilots their plane. Below: An example of Elvis, alias Mike, inaction pursuing his favourite pastime (according to the script),

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Danny (GARY LOCKWOOD) and Mike are down on their luck.Grounded, in fact, as their plane has been impounded to cover theirdebts. Some pretty exciting adventures befall the two friends on

the road back to good fortune-see story alongside.

They Remind Me Too Much Of YouOne Broken Heart For Sale

A World Of Our OwnTake Me To The FairCotton Candy Land

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LOOKING astonishingly like Elvis Presley, handsome MikeEdwards occupies the rear seat of a small aircraft-his friend,

Danny Burke, up front. The craft glides sweetly through the air,behind the opening credits. ,Mike starts to sing " Beyond TheBend "-and sounds astonishingly like Elvis Presley, too.

Mike has a weakness. Women. Three kinds of women . . .

blondes, brunettes, red -heads. If there were any baldies around.they should watch out, too. Mike is well dressed in a variety ofmohairs and lightweights.

Danny's weakness is gambling. Cards, dice, horses, anything.They are pals. They are bush pilots-which means they takefree-lance jobs in their airplane, " Bessie ", and spray their crops.

But with THEIR weaknesses, they have financial ups and downs,as well as those they have in their plane.

Right now they are hovering over the potato fields of WashingtonStates, crop -dusting. Danny's mind is on his job. Mike's, temporarily,is on two blonde dishes driving an open car along a State highway.Mike put back his eyeballs and they finish the job. And they returnto base to collect their loot.

PUNCH-UPS GALOREDanny pleads for a little pay -out to indulge in gambling. Mike

refuses, but thumbs through his diary of girlie contacts. As soon asMike leaves, in search of luscious Dorothy, Danny sneaks the moneyfrom the cockpit compartment of the plane....

Meanwhile, Mike makes reasonable progress in the arms of Dorothy.He should progress . . for he sings, husky and emotionally, a delight-ful little ballad called "Relax ". The iced tea is prepared to cool himoff . . . but, out of the blue, arrive Dorothy's pa and ma. An angryduo. " Fetch my gun," roars the father. " You can't shoot him,"pleads the mother. " Fetch MY GUN," yells the father. Mikevanishes, at high-speed sprint pace, down the pathway, just a fewjumps ahead of the first blast from a shot -gun.

And, just round the corner, he hears voices raised in anger. Raisedagainst his pal, Danny, who has got involved in a card game and hasalready lost all their earnings, with other debts piled up. Mike leapsin to a thundering great fist fight, slinging some of the most spectacularright-handers of his punch-up career.

TEARS AND LAUGHTERThey mszke off . just a few jumps ahead of retribution. To the

airport, to pick up " Bessie ". Where they meet the Sheriff. Heserves them a writ of attachment against the plane-as security forvarious bills they owe money on.

Grounded pilots are idle pilots. They set out, forlornly, to hitch -hikesomewhere. Anywhere. Looking for any sort of a job. Mike carrieshis guitar-and his portable wardrobe of suits. He goes nowherewithout his duds. .

Eventually they ger a ride from Chinese farmer Ling and his littleniece, Sue -Lin, a real Oriental charmer of seven years (unless she'stravelling on a bus, when she is five). They're off to the Seattle World'sFair. Up back on the lorry, Mike borrows a ukelele from Sue -Lin anagives out with " Take Me To The Fair ", a fast, story -line number.

But Sue-Lin's laughter turns tobusiness crops up for her uncle aMike volunteers to take her roundspurred when he notes a spectacularground unattached.

tears at the Fair. Unexpectedd he can't take her to the show.

the sideshows . . . his gallantryly shaped blonde entering the tair-

SNATCH A KISSThey sample every ride Sue-Lini samples every type of food and

sweet -stuff. And develops a pain her Oriental tummy. Together,they go off to the dispensary to g t some medicine.

Mike is concerned. But his connern reaches new heights when henotes the contours and attractiveness of Nurse Diane Warren. Suddenlyhe develops "something in my eye" in order to get near enough thenurse to snatch a kiss.

Diane is unmoved. She doesn't like his rush technique. Mike, foronce, makes little progress. But at least Sue -Lin feels a whole lot better.

Meanwhile, Danny has been searching for a rather shady characternamed Vince Bradley . guy usually well enough loaded to help thepals out of financial stickiness. But Danny has also been busy on thegambling side. . . .

Mike and Sue -Lin return tp the monorail station at the Fair to findthat Danny has "won" a station wagon and a mobile home in whichthey can live Nice pickings from a quick game or two of gin rummy.

ROMANCE IN THE AIRMike breaks off to sing "They Remind Me Too Much Of You ",

with a delicate piano backing. That' shows how much he's thinking ofthat pretty nurse. And on the veranda of the mobile home be worksover " One Broken Heart For Salo ", which shows a bit more howmuch he's ruminating on the ministering angel.

Next day, Mike wanders round ttie Fair, alone. How best to meet

the nurse again ? He hires a small boy to kick him on the ankle.And limps towards the dispensary. After initial doubts, Diane findsit a pleasant enough re -union, and she joins him for dinner. Duringwhich he serenades her with " I'm Falling In Love Tonight ".

Romance is in the air. All over the air. Seeping in everywhere.

But that little boy turns up artd asks if Mike would consider"buying" another kick on the ankle.! Mike demurs . . but gets kickedjust the same. Romance is out of the air. Seeping OUT everywhere.

Enter Sue -Lin Tearful again. i Her uncle has disappeared; hasfailed to return from his business. iMike takes the little girl back tothe mobile home, croons her to sleep via " Cotton Candy ", then startsa police search for the missing Uncle V/alter.

There are no doubts in Sue-Lin's inind as to what to do. She knowsshe must fake an illness in order to glet Diane back with Mike Anotherre -union is staged The romance bit is back in the air

SMUGGLING!But . ger-doinggg ! It doesn't last long. A child welfare officer

turns up to take away Sue -Lin and reveals that Diane "tippedthe department. More trouble for Mike, especially as he'd just finissinging "A World Of Our Own " straigf; at Diane I

Meanwhile. back at the' fAirground ranch, "Danny has foundhoodlum friend, who advances the money to get the plane outcustody . . in exchange for flying sonic "freight" to Canada.Sue, he sings " How Would YOU Like ;'o Be ? "-Mike. thatDanny doesn't sing I

Just as the boys are about to takt3 oft ter Canada, Mike "hears

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Sue -Lin has escaped from the clutches of the welfare board and is

waiting to meet him in the fairground. They meet, elude the police. and he takes the girl to the airport, hoping to fly her with him

to CanadaBut it turns out the cargo is . . . stolen. The boys are involved in

smuggling.

GOOD NEWSAnother punch-up. Witb Mike slinging a right upper -cut to dispose

of Vince Bradley. An upper -cut that Sonny Liston would admire.Law, right, order-they triumph. And the news stays good. Uncle

Walter has been traced to a nearby hospital and is not badly injured.What's more Diane is cleared of the "informing" charge-it wasDanny, after all, but he bad acted with the best of intentions.

Arm in arm, Diane and Mike take another stroll round the SeattleFair. They're now in love. For good, obviously. But they lovetheir country as well, and they become enlistees in the U.S. aero-spaceprogramme-she as nurse, he as pilot.

With a whopping great brass band all round them, Mike sings" Happy Ending ". Which is exactly what they deserve, after theirlengthy series of " ups and downs."

THE CAST OF-'IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR'

Mike Edwards ELVIS PRESLEYDiane Warren JOAN O'BRIENDanny Burke GARY LOCKWOODSue -Lin V ICKY TIUNurse Supervisor EDITH ATWATERLing KAM TONGDorothy YVONNE CRAIG

Produced by Ted Richmond. Directed by Norman Taurog.Written by Si Rose and Seaman Jacobs; Music Score by LeithStevens; Director of Photography. Joseph Ruttenberg; In Panavision(R) and Metracolor Technical Adviser, Colonel Torn Parker

LIST OF SONGS'Beyond The Bend"; "Relax'', "Take Me To The Fair": "They

Remind Me Too Much Of You"; "One Broken Heart For Sale":"I'm Falling In Love Tonight": "Cotton Candy"; "A World OfOur Own"; "How Would You Like To Be?"; "Happy Ending"

Pocal . Backgrounds by the lordanaires and the Mello Men.Musical numbers staged by Jack Baker.

Film runs 1 hour 44 minutes "U" Certificate.Note: "They, Remind Me Too Much Of You" was written by

Don Robertson; "One Broken Heart For Sale" bye Otis Blackwelland Winfield S',ott.

Above: 'Mike' and the lovely Sue -Lin (VICKY TIU) and a cuddlyfriend. Top left: 'Mike' and his companion Sue -Lin meet up withNurse Diane Warren (JOAN O'BRIEN). Bottom left: Mikeand Danny have successfully thumbed a lift. Also seen Sue -Lin

and her father (KAM TONG).

DIANE with SUE-LIN.

El gets 'medically' romantic.

THE LP OF THE FILMELVIS PRESLEY

IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR: Beyond The Bend; Relax; Take Me To TheFair; They Remind Me Too Much Of You; One Broken Heart For Sale; I'm FallingIn Love Tonight; Cotton Candy Land; A World Of Our Own; How Would You LikeTo Be; Happy Ending. (RCA -VICTOR RD -7565.)

A PLEASANTLY mixed album is this sound track from El's latestfilm. It opens in lively mood and keeps swinging along for a

couple of tracks. Then a switch to tender ballad.He closes side one with his recent single hit, "One Broken Heart

For Sale"Side two opens in quieter mood and continues with "Cotton Candy

Land", which seems specially designed for the very young fan-but Ibet all El's followers will dig it.

Mostly ballady, this side, but El closes on a lively "Happy Ending",an appropriate title if ever there was.

The verdict ? Another winner, naturally, as the Top Twenty LPcharts already show. Certainly a "must" for all Presley tans, andthere are more than enough of these around the country to keepthe album in the best sellers for many a long week, or month, oreven year. J.W.

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THE PROBLEMS OF

BEING MARRIED toELVIS

WHILE making MGM's "It Happened At The World's Fair",Elvis Presley did a little personal stock -taking. About how he

was now 28 years old, at the top of the world show business tree. . . but had never got particularly near to taking the plunge. Togetting married.

For a third of his life, millions of feminine hearts have goneall fluttery. Hearts in America, Britain, Japan, even Iceland.

Said Elvis: "It's not that I don't want to get married. I knowmost bachelors say just this but the truth for me is that I've notyet met the right girl.

"Of course, maybe I have alreadymet the girl I'll eventually marryand don't know it. But all I cansay right now is that there isNOBODY who is Number One,although I'll say there are a lot ofgirls whose company I enjoy."

But let's dig deeper. Elvis issurely the most eligible bachelor inHollywood. He's probably in theworld's top three in that category.His earnings have been around theten million dollar mark. And evenhis worst knockers would admit hehas a knack with a love song . . .

Some friends claim that the realreason Elvis hasn't dived intomatrimony is because his religiousbeliefs and his home training havemade him very conscious of theseriousness of the marriage vows.He has never been the type to makea move on the spur of the moment-not in anything, let alone mar-riage.

But what will he look forbefore he buys any girl a weddingring? "A lot of things much moreimportant to me than beauty", hesays.

"We'd have to have similartastes. She'd have to be a goodconversationalist. And she wouldbe the home type who would puta family above everything else inher life.

"Also, and this is very important,she would have to be the type ofgirl who could adjust to my kindof life. Things like going to a pub-lic restaurant would be OUT. She'dhave to realise that it's not alwaysa lot of fun being recognised andmobbed-though of course it is stillvery flattering, no matter how usedto it you get."

Elvis paused for breath. He waswarming to his subject. "No, thisgirl and I would soon find out onlysocialising would have to be in ourown home or at the home offriends. The way things are, I haveto do a lot of travelling. I haveto divide my home life betweenHollywood and Memphis.

"I fully appreciate that it's noteasy to ask someone to share alife with all these restrictions."

In the past Elvis has beenlinked romantically by Hollywoodcolumnists with almost every lead-ing lady he has worked with, in-cluding Joan O'Brian, the shapelyyoung star who co-stars with himon "It Happened At The World'sFair".

Said Elvis: "When you worktogether some nine or ten hours aday, you find a lot of things totalk about and you become natur-ally friendly. But it's nothingserious, that's for sure.

"You know something? I'm aslikely to marry a girl from rightin the middle of nowhere as aHollywood actress. In fact, some-one like that might be morewilling to settle for a quiet life.

"Hey, now! Careful how youphrase that last quote. I don't wantit to seem that I'm being criticalof Hollywood actresses. Most ofthem are great girls, extremelyhard workers-and I get a kickout of being with them. Speciallythe ones who've worked with meon movies."

Elvis is always careful how hespeaks. He chooses his wordssometimes with hesitancy, determ-ining to say exactly what hemeans and not be rushed intomaking an error which could bemisinterpreted. After all, he is

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quoted just about as widely as thePresident of the United States.

But he admits that he has to bevery careful when he is introducedto a new girl. There are plenty ofnice girls around but there are alsoplenty of opportunists who wouldbe only too happy to marry for ashare of Elvis's accumulated wealth-or to use a romance with himas a springboard for her owncareer.

Says Elvis: "Over the years, youlearn to size up people. I canusually spot a phoney right away.It's a knack I've picked up duringmy years in show business. And Ipride myself on rarely havingmade a mistake."

It may seem a perpetual bed ofroses to be the world's top popstar. But there are thorns. Plentyof thorns. And Elvis does a greatjob in avoiding them.

All five pictures on this page depict further scenes from MGM's "ITHAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR". You can shortly enjoy this

great Elvis film at your local ABC cinema.