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No. 165 Week ending May 9, 1964Every Thursday 6d. Registered at the G.P.O. as a newspaper

BEATLES &THE BARD!

ZOUNDS! Ye Beatles from Liddypoolhave invaded the immortal Bard's

own beloved poetic lines. Forsooth,these four young gentlemen did cut apretty caper, and trip a fair galliardfor the multitudes of the land. Clad inthe costume of the Elizabethan realm,these four actors did perform as revo-lutionary interpretation of Will Shake-speare's own "Midsummer Night's

Dream" on ye Rediffusion TV lastnight, as ever was seen. The one calledPaul did appear regal as Pyramus, andhe whose name is John was as prettya Thisbe as was ever portrayed. Whilethe one, George was a mysteriousMoonshine, the one who calls himselfRingo was as fearsome a Lion as everprowled the stage. Did ye Bard twistin his grave?

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YOUR PAGE . . send us your letters, and your views

DO BEATLES DECREETASTES?

THE letter from A. V. Kemp -Jones just goes to prove whata ridiculous attitude there is to records in this country.

All that is needed now, it seems, for a disc to get into theTop Twenty, is for the Beatles or the Rolling Stones torecommend it.

I'll admit their taste isvery good. But the thoughtthat hundreds of little modbirds will rush out and buya copy df "Hi Heel Sneakers"or "Urn Urn Urn Urn Urn"just becaues the Beatlesrave about it in an interviewprompts me to think whata great publicity asset itcould be to the interestedrecord company. Imagine oneof the Beatles being given aregular ten -second spot onTV just to tell everyone hisfavourite latest record. Itwould be possible to makethe Hit Parade look likeyour "Best All -Time Disc"poll top ten in this way.-Roy Simmonds, 75 LopenRoad, Edmonton, N.18.

L.P. winner

SAD SAXrERE'S something missing

. . . the tenor sax! It wason many records in 1960 but

not now. The amplified guitar hastaken its place. The Dave ClarkFive has a good sax, but onlyas a beat instrument. FewAmerican discs feature a good sax.Hardly any of the better-knownMerseyside groups have sax at all.I'd like to see it come back intofuller use-otherwise it might wellget forgotten about. - J. L. C.Shortis, 160 Amery Gardens, GideaPark, Romford, Essex.

RAW WHITES

PEOPLEwho say that only

coloured people can play Rand B, and that our groups

only produce a commercial ver-sion, should listen to "Money"And "Tell Me" on the RollingStones L.P. If this isn't real rawR and B I don't know what is.If they have rhythm and create astrong feeling of blues, that theirPlaying IS rhythm and blues.-Linda Rookes, 7 Grove Road,North, Southsea, Hants.

REBELLION

PARENTSseem determined to

like the Beatles. Howeverteenagers must have a distinc-

tive, rebellious music of their ownand though the Beatles had thisquality at first, mass, publicityhas made them acceptable toParents and teenagers. Becauseteens must have individuality ina.l things, especially in music, theywill sub -consciously turn from theBeatles to someone whose musicis much earthier and not soacceptable to parents. The groupwith all these qualities? The RollingStones. Parents dislike themintensely - and their music hastop -of -the -hit -parade potential. -Ronald Lloyd, 6 Goetre BellafRoad, Dunvant, Swansea, Glam.

HOLLY COPYISTSHOW dare Bobby Vee say that

Buddy Holly is "very muchlike the Beatles in some ways"

. . . then state that Buddy "wascompletely independent of anyother singers and styles." If heisn't contradicting himself there,we will stamp on all our BuddyHolly albums. To us and thousandsmore, Buddy will always beoriginal and not as Bobby Vee says"only for his time." And we thinkthat Bobby had a nerve to com-memorate Buddy, the Late Great,in a carbon -copy L.P. of Buddy'sfab songs. - Shelley Tyler, PatGregory, 4 The Drive, SicicuP,Kent.

NO R & B TOPSrriHE Record Mirror's fascinating

R and B poll proved con-vincingly the supremacy of

'Tamla-Motown-Gordy artistes inthis field. Yet not one disc fromthis label group has ever enteredthe British charts . . . not eventhe Top 50. Not even Mary Wells'"Two Lovers." Yet I bought theclassic Motown L.P. "A Packageof Sixteen Big Hits" - a highlydistinctive brand of music which isauthentic and commercial. Butnot, it seems. commercial in thisland where hair counts more than"soul."-Andrew Doble, 9 Kimber-ley Drive, Crosby, Liverpool 23.

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NAUGHTY ELFIVE years ago, I sent to

Elvis Presley's home address,a photo to be signed when

he had time, an International ReplyCoupon. and an envelope, self-addressed. So far, I've heardnothing. Surely five years is a longtime to wait!-Dtgusted, Hayes,Bromley, Kent.

ELVIS SONGSTHERE'S so much criticism

about Elvis's songs. But whatabout the people who have re-

recorded Presley numbers? TerryStafford and Millie Martin feature"Suspicion"; Roy Orbistm, d,id"Mean Woman Blues"; Pat Boonedid a whole L.P. of Elvis's songs;Cliff did one on an E.P.; RalDonner, Jim Reeves and RichardChamberlain had chart successeswith "Girl Of My Best Friend,""I Love You Because," "Love MeTender"; and both Billy Furyand Joe Brown have recordedtracks from "Girls, Girls," so El'snumbers can't be that bad!-C.Farthing, 49 Templeton Avenue,12,anishen, Cardiff.

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`I HAD ALL HOLLY TAPES'REVEALS BRIAN POOLE

AND now it can be told! Brian Poole and the Tremeloesare pleased with the progress of their new single,

"Someone"-mainly because it's so very different from theirearlier releases. An old Crickets' number, of course, writtenyears back by Norman Petty, manager of the late BuddyHolly.

Now for the bit that now canIn his early days, Brian

Poole was an unashamed fanof Buddy Holly and theCrickets. The boys' stage actwas filled with Holly mater-ial - and Brian, in thosedays, even sported vasthorn - rimmed spectacleswhich helped him even lookmore like American topsterBuddy.

He admitted this week:"We were mad about his ma-terial. So knocked out, infact, that we started writingto Norman Petty, and tomembers of the Crickets.Buddy had died, of course,and we were anxious to gethold of any songs, or discs,of his-in the hope we couldinclude them in our ownstage acts.

"And the Crickets andNorman were great. Theywrote us letters, telling us ofthe latest developments overthere. And they sent us tapesof sessions of the Crickets.Even tapes of the vocaltracks of Buddy singing.

"So this put us in a prettyprivileged position. It meantthat we were hearing newmaterial long before it wasthought of for release here.Of course, Buddy's popu-larity has held up fantastic-ally well in the years sincehis death-and we, well .

we've moved rather a longway from his type ofmaterial as a general rule."

But those tapes, jealously

BRIAN POOLE &THE TREMELOESdressed in nattybowlers, city -style. Theboys have just re-turned from SouthAfrica where theyhave had a most enjoy-able tour.

be told!

BY

PETER JONESguarded by Brian and theboys, are obviously of greatinterest to the multitude ofHolly worshippers.

Says Brian: "We certainlyleaned heavily on Buddy andthe Crickets in those days.But now I'm most anxious tostart writing my own songs.I've bought a tape -recorderand hope to carry it roundwith me in case there areany sudden flashes of inspir-ation.

CONFIDENCE"Fact is, I've felt a bit out

of things, what with all thoseother groups producing theirown numbers. I have writtena load of songs, but I sup-pose I've lacked confidencein them. Know what I mean?Other people have quite likedthem, I think, but I've beena bit bashful about pushingOwn, for vorordinr, nurposes.

"Now I'm working veryloosely with my recordingmanager, Mike Smith-andletting him hear most of thestuff I write. Incidentally,'Someone' was our first discfor a new company, StrandRecords - though it's re-leased as usual throughDecca. Mike's a great old

mate of ours, and he's cer-tainly had his fair share ofsuccess what with the earlyBilly Fury hits, and MikeBerry. Jet Harris and theApplejacks.

"'Someone' really is achange of style for us. Wehad to record it severaltimes before we were reallysatisfied that we'd got theright romantic atmosphere."

Incidentally, those o 1 dCricket -Holly -Petty tapes arehidden away among a massof cups, medals and trophiesin Brian's Barking, Essex,home. For Brian is one of

the best sportsmen ever togo into the big -beat business.He reached representativestatus at athletics, boxing,basketball, cricket, Rugby,swimming and soccer.

He says: "I still like a goodgame of basketball. Youknow, showbusiness is a lottougher than it seems. It'seasy to crack up if you don'tkeep yourself in goodtrim . . "

And though he doesn't playany instrument on stage, hehad piano lessons for fiveyears with a private tutorand is also pretty efficient on

guitar.What's more, he fronts one

of the most widely travelledgroups in Britain. They'vebeen to Eire, Sweden, Austra-lia, New Zealand, SouthAfrica, with America comingup. And in the Autumn theyrepresent British beat duringthe British week in Den-mark.

By the way, guess who isthe extra -special "Someone"in Brian's own life. He saysit's . . . his pet wire-hairedterrier, "Butch". No romanceat all. Which makes achange these days. . .

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DIONNEWarwick, whose "Walk On By" jumped from 25 to 15 in the RM Top 50 last

week, is coming to Britain.She will arrive on Tuesday, May 21, on her first ever visit, for radio and television dates.

The first is "Ready Steady Go" on May 22; then she is on "Open House" (23rd); "ThankYour Lucky Stars" (24th); "Saturday' Club" (25th); "Scene at 6.30" (26th); and "Top of thePops" (27th).

Dionne's first LP, "Presenting Dionne Warwick", was issued by Pye on Tuesday. Thereare 14 tracks on the album, nearly all of them arranged by songwriter, MD, and composer,Burt Bacharach.

Little Richard is on Ready, Steady, Go, tomorrow night (Friday), and the followingday starts his national tour.

The kick-off is at Wimbledon Palais tomorrow, followed by concerts at Coventry MatrixHall on Saturday, the Oasis Club, Manchester, on Sunday, Pavilion, Bath, on Monday, aSaturday Club (BBC) recording on Tuesday and Crewe Town Hall, King's Hall, Stoke, onThursday, and Scarborough Spa Hall on Friday.

When Chuck Berry Ries in to London Airport on a jet clipper this week -end, the Animalswill be waiting on the tarmac to greet him.

For Chuck is the doyen of most British R & B groups, the Animals in particular as theywill be playing on the same bill during Chuck's 21 -day tour of the country.

The tour, Chuck's first of this country, starts at Finsbury Park Astoria (London) onSaturday, and continues until the end of the month.

Coinciding with the star's arrival, Pye are issuing their fifth Chuck Berry LP, titled"The Latest and the Greatest" next Tuesday. The numbers on the album are: Nadine,Fraulien, Guitar Boogie, Things I Used To Do, Don't You Lie To Me, Driftin' Blues, LiverpoolDrive, No Particular. Place To Go, Lonely All The Time, Jaguar And The Thunderbird, 0Rangutang, You Two, Deep Feeling, Bye Bye Johnny.

Also on the Chuck Berry tour are: Carl Perkins, The Animals, The Swinging BlueJeans, King Size Taylor and the Dominoes, and The Other Two

Beatles A & R man

makes instrumental L.P.THE BEATLES' A & R manager, George Martin, has formed a 37 -piece1 orchestra to record twelve of the group's greatest hits for an LP."All My Loving" becomes a bossa nova on the album, and will be

issued with "I Saw Her Standing There" as a single on Parlophonetomorrow (Friday).

RM COMP WINNERSTHE Record Mirror's Rhet

Stoller competition comes toits happy conclusion on Satur-

day with the presentation of £500worth of beatifying equipment ata concert at St. Pancras TownHall.

The multi -track guitarist, RhetStoller, will be there in person, togive a concert with Wout Steen-huis and other well-known players.

The presentation comes at the

end of the one -day exhibition ofmusical instruments and big beatequipment.

The four winners are TimothyBroad (13), of Easton Portland.Dorset, who will receive an elec-tric guitar; John Grinstead (20).of Brighton, Sussex, who gets anelectric keyboard; Janet Davis(13), of Rotherham, Yorks, whowins an amplifier; and R. Stanton.of Bedford, wh, will get an echochamber.

The Tree -Top ManA MAN who spent all his teenage

AL years living in a tree -housein a village called Cheadle

Hulme, in Cheshire, breaks outonto his first disc tomorrow with

THURSDAY NIGHTPRAYER MEETING

Featuring

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the r e 1 e a s e, by Decca, of"Crawling Up A Hill".

He is John Mayan, who, with hisBlues Breakers, is the first artisteto record with the new company ofLink Records.

This Man - of - the - trees is aunique club singer. With the groupthat he formed in August last year,he sings, Plays the mouth organ,electric piano, and organ - all atthe same time.

He tends to ad lib, forgettingthe words of the song that he'ssinging, and making up new versesas he goes along.

He came to London a year agoafter meeting Alexis Korner inManchester, and admits to a stronginfluence from the Chicago schoolof the blues (Muddy Waters, andSonny Boy Williamson being amonghis favourites).

In town, John MAYALL can beseen at the Flamingo and All -fighter clubs.

LEEDS UNITED Calypso,written and composed by singerRonnie Hilton, will be released

by HMV on May 15th.

"Tell Me When"writer Geoff Stephens hadn't evenmet the Applejacks when the dischit,. the charts. So Record Mirrorarranged an introduction - andcameraman Dezo Hoffmann wasthere to capture the octelsion.That's prolific writer Geoff in themiddle of the group.

Beatles TourNearly stoppedFEARS that Danish fans

might be deprived seeingthe Beatles in concert nextmonth have risen in Den-mark following reports thatthe police there had bannedthe two scheduled perfor-mances.

The Beatles are booked toplay the KB Hall, Copen-hagen, on Thursday, June 4,but after Danish 'police hadwatched a film of theBeatles' performances, anewspaper reported that"the misgivings already har-boured had only beenaugmented."

It continued: "The Chiefof Police considered thereaction of the young people`utterly hysterical'," and apolice superintendent hadsaid that he was "shocked"

and "more appalled than hehad imagined."

It is understood that thepolice were anxious aboutthe arrangements because itwas intended to run the twoperformances with only ashort interval between.

But at the last minute,almost, the Minister ofJustice of Denmark hasstepped in and reversed thepolice decision to ban theBeatles, remarking "that itis not for the police toconsider the quality ofconcerts."

However, there is a con-dition that the two concertsare held with a 90 minutes'interval so that the firstaudience can disperse beforethe second one arrives.

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NEW BEATLES L.P.Dick James Move

MAJOR changes in the DickJames organisation (TheBeatles' and Gerry's music

publisher) this week.Having outgrown its premises

in Charing Cross Road, the com-pany, which comprises Dick JamesMusic, Northern Songs, JaepMusic, Pacermusic, and MetricMusic, moved, on Monday, to newoffices at 71-75 New Oxford Street,W.C.1.

And with effect from this week,Melcher Music, Doris Day's pub-lishing company, joins the list.

A number of personnel appoint-ments are also announced. RonnieBrohn from Kassner Music nowtakes over Copyright and Ac-counts; Lionel Conway, ex -LeedsMusic, takes over ExploitationManagement; and Leslie Conn,formerly with Melcher Music,joins Murray Apel in ArtistesPromotion.

THERE will be only six tracks on the new Beatles LPwhen it is released next month. The remainder of

the record will include incidental music from the group'sfilm, "A Hard Day's Night," and informal conversationbetween the Beatles and their A & R man, George Martin.

A title for the LP has not yet been decided by EMI, butthe film title itself is the most probable choice.

The album is expected to be released on June 25th-less than a fortnight before the premiere of their film atthe London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus, London, on Mon-day, July 6th.

All the Beatles' previous records have been on theParlophone label, but it is strongly rumoured that thisnew LP will be on United Artists.

New London Beat ClubLONDON'S answer to the Cavern Club in Liverpool, is how the new

Beat City, opened in Soho last week, is being billed.Under the direction of City financier, Mr. Alex Herbage, the club is

aiming to become the biggest club with regular big name bookings intown.

The premises at the corner of

ea,ret Date4THE Gamblers, from Newcastle,

who achieved fame as BillyFury's backing group, top the

bill in Scottish TV's "One NightStand" tonight (Thursday).

The Applejacks are on tonight's"Scene at 6.30" (Granada TV).

Brian Poole and the Tremeloes,the Swinging Blue Jeans, MikeBerry, and Litt!,e Richard appearon Ready, Steady, Go, tomorrow.

Michael Cox, who recently re-turned from a tour of Norway,where he played in the world'smost northern town, Hammerfest,has a new single "Rave On" re-leased tomorrow on HMV. On May15, he again journeys to Scandina-via for a tour of Sweden.

Manfred Mann are on the JoeLoss Pop Show (BBC Radio)tomorrow, and Friday Spectacular(Radio Luxembourg) and Scene at6.30 (Granada TV) next Friday(May 15); They can also he heardon From Us To You, the Beatles'radio programme on Whit Monday.

On this Saturday's Thank YourLucky Stars are Gerry and thePacemakers, Cilla BIack, TommyQuickly, Jim Reeves, TheBachelors, The Rebounds, Vandykeand the Bambies, and WayneFontana and the Mindbenders.Guest DJ will be Kent Walton.

The Chimes are on Five o'Clockclub on Tuesday.

Ricky Livid, the pop singercreated by Hugh Paddick of BeyondOur Ken, comes to life on arecord to be issued next Friday,May 15. He sings "Tomorrow"on Parlophone, backed by "TheTone Deafs."

Kathy Kirby starts her 16 -week

summer season at Blackpool ABCon June 13. Billy J. Kramer andthe Dakotas play the ABC Clee-thorpes on Saturday, May 16, withPeter Jay and the Jaywalkers,Adrienne Poster, The PurpleHearts, Margo and the Marvettes,and Peter Quinton.

Long John Baldry's first disc,"You'll Be Mine," will be releasedby EMI early next month. Mean-while, Long John (Oft. Thin, tall),takes over as compere of theBBC's Saturday afternoon radioshow, "Three's Company" thismonth.

A seven -hour open-air festival ofpops is expected to attract 7,000People on Whit Monday. The show,entirely for charity, starts at 11a.m. at Loakes Park, HighWycombe, with Kenny Ba',t andhis Jazzman, the Caravelles, CraigDouglas with the Cutters, SusanMaughan, the Over',anders. theTemperance Seven, the WashingtonDC's, and also the marching bandof the 3rd US Air Force. AlanFreeman and Don Moss are thecomperes, and all takings will goto High Wycombe's Freedom FromHunger Campagin.

The American Folk Singer, BobDylan, opens his British tour atthe Royal Festival Hall, London,on Sunday, May 17.

Dylan, best known as the writerof "Blowing in the Wind," thePeter, Paul, and Mary hit, is bigin the States, where the folk trendis the craze.

The Caravelles will be heard onBBC's Easybeat on May 24, andthe following day on TeenagersOnly (Midlands only).

Dean Street and Oxford Street canaccommodate a thousand, provid-ing non-stop music from 7.30 'till11 p.m. at the week -end.

The big name policy takes effectfrom this week -end, when Heinzand the Wild Ones play on theirfirst West End club date.

On successive week -ends, will beappearing Joe Brown and theBruvvers, the Red Price Combo,the Animals, Kenny Lynch, JohnLee Hooker, and the Migil 5.

ORIOLE TIE-UPAsensational announce-

ment about the futureof Oriole Records is expec-ted to be made soon by themanaging director, Mr.Maurice Levy, who, today(Thursday), returns from theU.S.A.

Mr. Levy has been in theStates for some weeks now,with his fellow -director, Mr.G. Shestopal, talking to thetop men of the AmericanCBS label.

Oriole is one of the oldestEnglish labels in the countryand the company's recenthitmakers have included theSpotniks and MaureenEvans.

CBS have currently gotDoris Day's "Move OverDarling" in the Top 10.

WHAT a smashing time they had down at the Decca Record factory, at New Malden,vv Surrey, last week, when the Teen and Twenty Disc Club show was recorded out-

side the Radio Luxembourg studios for the first time. Appearing on the programme,which was scheduled to be aired on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, were theApplejacks, The Bachelors, American P. J. Proby, and compere Jimmy Savile.

In this picture, Jimmy, the Bachelors and P. J. Proby get cracking at some record -breaking business.

SearcherMarriage

SEARCHERS' rhythm guitaristJohn McNally (22), adam-antly refused to disclose the

venue and date of his forthcomingmarriage.

"I'm sorry, but I just don't wantmy fiance to be bothered", he toldthe RM after reports appeared inthe national press that he had beensecretly engaged for three yearsto 20 -years -old Mary Hollywood,a former secretary of theSearchers' fan club.

The couple, who live in adjacentstreets in Liverpool, are said to be"childhood 7weethearts". Thestrongest- rumour hints - that thewedding will be at the end ofJune.

Heinz New Backing GroupHEINZ has a new backing

group. They are The WildOnes, who will appear with

the blond singer on all his tele-vision, radio, ballroom, and record-ing dates.

The Wild Ones comprise: Drum-mer Ian Broad, - formerly withFreddie Starr and the Mid-Nighters,and the Big Three; Bass guitaristand a newcomer, John Davies;Lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore(a founder member of Mike Berry'sone-time backing group, The Out-

laws); and organist Burr Bailey.Burr, who doubles on piano, was

the Dave side of the Joy and Davesinging duo. He then branchedout as a C & W singer, and hisfirst release, "San FranciscoBay" made the top fifty. Burr, realname Dave Adams, also has aC & W LP coming out on Deccain July under the name of SilasDooley, Jnr.

Heinz's former backing group,the Saints, are to work on a newC & W act and will be recordingfor Pye as a trio.

COMP. WINNERSSIX young beat fans are looking

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Out of the thousands of entriesreceived at the RM's offices inShaftesbury Avenue, London, thesix with the correct or nearestcorrect order of six records werethe following: Susan Perrons, 11Failsworth Close, Clifton Estate,Notts; Ian W. Waite, 1 NorthStreet, Cromford, Matlock, Derby;Dorothy Ellis, 37 High Park Street,Dingle, Liverpool 8: Miss JoyEyre, 63 Windcroft Street, LowerOpenshaw, Manchester 11; JohnHall, 5 Nutfields, Sitlingbourne,Kent; and Joy Davies, 37 ParkerStreet, North Watford, Herts.

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ROY ORBISONOFF THE CUFFSLOW

talking, deep think-ing Roy Orbison - our

first American to be featuredin Off The Cuff-made anideal interviewee. Followingis a selection of Roy's com-ments on a number of sub-jects suggested at random byDavid Griffiths:ENGLISH FOOD: The vege-tables are fantastic. Maybethey are grown more locallythan in the States. Food ingeneral is like the States.ENGLISH GIRLS: Nice. Well,all girls are nice but Englishgirls seem to be more inter-esting than Americanwomen. They are sort oflively and project more per-sonality than American girls,who try to be more sedate.BUDDY HOLLY: I knew himquite well. We started ourcareers about the same time,and we both come fromwithin 100 miles of eachother in West Texas. I startedout from being a local per-former and became quitewell known. Buddy used tocome to see my shows. ThenBuddy became very big andI started seeing his shows!We were about to get veryclose: just before he diedI moved to within 30 or 40miles of his home town. Wehad a lot of mutual admira-tion. I sometimes felt jealousand proud to know him atthe same time!DUKE ELLINGTON: I'venever been an avid fan ofprogressive music. I wasborn with a knack for com-mercial music and it is thetype I enjoy best.

JUKE BOX JURY: I've onlyseen it once and on thatoccasion they gave a badreview to a record of mine.But it's an interesting showon which anything canhappen."THANK YOUR LUCKYSTARS: I enjoyed being onit. A busy production, awell-rounded show for thepop fan.

BY DAVIDGRIFFITHS

HAWAII: I loved it. I'vebeen around the South Seastoo, to Fiji and Samoa. ButHawaii has the advantage ofthe various comforts thatAmericans take for granted.If it wasn't so remote I'dlike to live there.DIAMOND RINGS: I've al-ways fancied them as asymbol of success. But I'vefound that they are not agood investment, financially.You can't do anything butwear them.MOD CLOTHES: I'm notreally hip enough to knowwhat they are. I do knowthat there are two sets inEngland, mods and rockers,and that's an innovationwhich shows character onboth sides.NEW YORK: Tremendouslyfascinating, but you have gotto have money there and ifyou want to live in NewYork you have to be wellversed in how to get alongin the world!

LONELINESS: The worstthing in the world-whichwas the start to one of mysongs.LONDON: I love it, and I'mnot just saying that to pleasefans. England, particularlyLondon, is my favouriteplace outside Nashville, Ten-nessee.TRANSISTOR RADIOS. Tre-mendous. For a while in theStates kids were buyingthem instead of recordplayers, which cut sales andI didn't like that! But nowI am for them.ACKER BILK: Loved hisrecords. It was unusual tohear a horn played like heplays become a hit.CARD GAMES: I play whenI can. There's such an in-finite variety of parlourgames. I don't gamble atcards any more, not sinceI once lost more than I'dcare to admit in Las Vegas.AMERICAN FOOTBALL:My very, very favouritesport. I was raised in a townin West Texas where youweren't anything if youdidn't play football, or playin my band. I could watchfootball for ever.THE TED HEATH ORCHES-TRA: In the States its ratedas England's top band. I'dlove to hear it in person.FAMILY LIFE: It keepseverything in balance andmakes you aware of who youare personally. Ultimately,it's the only thing that makesfor contentment and happi-ness.

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MY ADVENTURESABROAD DUSTY

DUSTYSpringfield's smoky -toned voice came through loud and clear on the trans -

Atlantic phone. "That you, Peter? Boy, what a trip this is turning out to be! It's justa big ball-with some of the most fantastic audience reactions I've ever seen."

The wonderful Miss S. is in the throes of a tour which takes in Australia, New Zealand,Honolulu. America.She galloped verbally on.

"Take Australia. The gang ofus, Gerry and the Pace-makers and the others, havenever experienced f a ndemonstrations like it. Youreckoned the Beatles hadfantastic receptions inAmerica? Well, you waituntil they hit Australia.

"There were 6,000 fanswaiting at Sydney airport.And 8,000 at Adelaide. Theyclimbed fences, ran acrossfields, even got out on thetarmac. And they rockedthe bus they laid on for usso much that I thought itwas going to overturn. In-credible.

TRINKETS"The shows there were

just great, too. Me-I lovedthe audiences. But trust meto get myself in a little bitof difficulty. At Melbourne,I stayed at the SouthernCross hotel. Well, word gotaround and we were vir-tually beseiged. I went outfor a stroll, got myself sur-rounded . . . and ended upin the VERY wet fountainoutside the hotel.

"Honestly, I was givenenough of those woollykoala bears to start up azoo! Not to mention all theother momentoes, dolls

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trinkets and things I alsopicked up.

"In fact, when I leftSydney I had a little excessbaggage to pay at the air-port. It totalled 1121 10s! Ihaven't got the nerve to tellyou how much it was by thetime I left for the States.

"Oh, yes . . . Honolulu.I couldn't help laughing my-self silly there-because arumour had got around thatI was engaged to RingoStarr. Seriously . . . every-body believed it! I had togo into the 'just goodfriends' routine!

"Three lovely sunny daysin Honolulu. Just basking inthe sun - and listening tothe local music. It's greatmusic. We broke the exist-ing box-office records at thetheatre there.

"Me -I tried desperatelyto get a sun -tan. Nothingdoing . . . just a crop offreckles. I'm a failure . . .

"Anyway, now I'm here inAmerica. I'd been before, ofcourse, but it's a fascinatingcountry. We've been doingsome promotional things .

and there was the SteveAllen TV show on April 29,

with a Dick Clark appear-ance on Sunday.

"There's something hap-pening all the time. I've gotan Ed Sullivan show to doand there is also the Holly-wood Pa lac e production.Looks as if I'll be here untilMay 20, and I certainly wantto spend at least three daysin New York.

BULLET -HOLE"Right now, we're talking

over record ideas - mymanager, Vic Billings, ishere with me. Nothing defi-nite is fixed yet, but it doeslook as if I'll be recordinga Burt Bacharach composi-tion for one side.

"Only one thing worriesme, in fact. I've been pick-ing up more and more littlereminders of the trip. I'llprobably have to hire aspecial plane to get themall back to London.

-Anyway, must go now!Oh, no-I forgot one thing.In Australia, I bought threekangaroo skins. I'm havingthem made up into a furcoat. But the funny thing isthere's a bullet -hole right inthe middle of one. I'm leav-ing it in-it'll be right inthe middle of my back. AndI shall call it my 'JamesBond Model'.

"See you soon . .

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"The American Folk, Blues andGospel Caravan" concert tour whichopened at Bristol last Wednesdaynight; and it is somehow tragic thatthe name artistes on the bill, eachof whom could have held that first -night audience for longer than theshow itself ran, had to make thebest of twenty or so minutes.

AWESOME Opening the show and getting

everybody into the mood was aformidable task made to lookchildishly simple by Sonny Terryand Brownie McGhee. The ever-green eloquence of this twenty -five -years -old partnership, which fea-tures Sonny's awesome harmonicaplaying and Brownie's rich voiceand guitar - picking, turned thecurtain - raiser into a roof - raiser- and a blissful memory. Alonethey did four numbers, and for theirfinale, a veritable storm entitled"Walk On", they were reinforced byOtis Spann (piano), Ransome Know -ling (bass) and Willie Smith(drums).

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the FirstLady of Gospel Song, brought thefirst half to a frenzied close. Shefollowed two lesser - known spirit-uals with a quartet of favouriteswhich included "Travelin' Shoes"and her encore, an all - too - shortversion of "The Saints".

MASTERYThe second half produced a real

surprise in the person of CousinJoe Pleasants. Virtually unknownover here, this dapper man fromNew Orleans displayed a fine pianomastery, a remarkably powerfulvoice, and a self - composed song-book full of delicious humour whichbrought gales of laughter and ap-

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plause from the audience. CousinJoe held the stage for four hilariousnumbers, then he was joined byMessrs. Terry Knowlings and Smithfor "Hard Headed Woman" (yes-Presley's) and his encores.

Blind Gary Davis may rely onsomeone to lead him to the micro-phone, but once there he and hishuge guitar are in sole commandof the proceedings. A man withamazingly swift fingers and a clear,true voice, he won instant respectand even reverence from theaudience. "Rev.", as he is affec-tionately known, included two of hismost famous songs, "Samson andDelilah", and "Bad Company" forwhich he called Sonny Terry backon stage. The end of his spot un-leashed a thunderclap of acclama-tion..

SILKENFinally, it was the turn of Muddy

Waters. BY the clock, Muddyhad just TEN MINUTES to showwhy he had been chosen to closethis fantastic show. His wonderfulvoice and silken guitar chordslooked like doing just that when,after only three numbers (whichincluded "Tiger In Your Tank"),the theatre lights went up and hewas called off. To the delight ofeveryone, however, he ignored therequest, and did one more shortsong (they even dimmed the lightsagain halfway through) but it was adisappointing end to the first showof the most consistently brilliantpackage show we are ever likelyto see.

MUDDY WATERS

SOUND CITY

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A REWARD of £100 has beenA offered by Sound City, ofShaftesbury Avenue, London, forinformation leading to the recoveryof the £500 Gretch "White Falcon"guitar stolen in the early hours oflast Friday morning.

Shortly after 6 a.m., a house -brick was thrown through a plate -glass window in the shop, scatter-ing glass and debris over displayedstock. Then, hands reached throughthe window, and grabbed the WhiteFalcon, believed to be the onlyguitar of its kind in this country.

The guitar had been on show inthe window since Sound City wasopened in March.

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IKE & TINA TURNER-r-s-A N innovation in the blues field that seldom appears else-

where are male and female duos. In this week's "GreatUnknowns" perhaps the most popular of these duos is spot-lighted - namely Ike And Tina Turner.Known throughout the business as the wildest couple in

the musical world, Ike and Tina Turner have cleaned up theU.S. charts with such numbers as "A Fool In Love", "It'sGonna Work Out Fine" and "Poor Fool".

Ike, was born twenty sixyears ago in Clarksdale,Mississippi, a small townrunning adjacent to theMississippi river, just east ofArkansas. Since the age ofeleven he has been interestedin blues music, and in histeens he formed his ownband in which he playedpiano and guitar. It waswhile he was working withthe band that he first metTina who approached theband with a view to sing-ing with them. Ike asked herwhether she had ever sungprofessionally before.

VOCALISTShe replied that she

hadn't and continued topursue Ike in the hope ofbecoming the group's voca-list. After a while, they fellin love and married, but stillno hope of Tina's becominga vocalist occurred.

Then the group got theirbig chance, namely to record'for Sue records, one of thebiggest R & B companies inthe States. And the songwhich they were to recordwas called "A Fool In Love",backed with "The Way YouLove Me".

But at the session, theproposed singer failed toshow for the date, so indesperation they decided togive Tina her first try andthe chance she had beenwaiting for.

The result was fantastic.The disc was a smasherooand leapt into the U.S.charts - mostly as the re-sult of Tina's wild andfrantic vocal. The disc wasissued here on the Londonlabel, but failed to make thecharts, or any impression onthe British record buyingpublic. They brought outseveral discs in the Stateswhich weren't issued here,all of them with Sue, butthen they had another topten Hit with "It's GonnaWork Out Fine", consideredto be one of the world'swildest vocal discs, in whichIke and Tina 'talk' on disc.

They followed it up witha string of smashes like"Poor Fool" and "Tra-La-La-La", but these weren't is-'

sued here. Now that Suehave their own label herethey have issued an EP con-taining several of their hitsincluding "A Fool In Love","Fm Jealous", "If", and"Gonna Find Me A Substi-tute". And there are plansto issue an LP of the team-in fact they have abouthalf a dozen LP's issued inthe States.

Two weeks ago though,Ike and Tina broke off theirassociation with Sue recordsand signed a contract withWarner Brothers. The firstdisc has just been rushedout titled "A Fool For AFool" / "No Tears To Cry".This will be issued heftshortly.

But for the wildest pairin the business, the odds arethat they'll probably nevercatch on with the Britishrecord buyers, to the ex-tent they have in the States.

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THE WILD WILD ANIMALSTHOSE chart -rising Animals sat casually around a table

and explained the reasons for them breaking -up theiroriginal "menagerie"-their original base when they firstleft Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the bright lights of London.

Explained organist Alan Price first: "We all moved intoa flat in Kensington. All very nice, very plush. But spending24 hours a day with each other led to trouble. We got fed up.We started arguing over almost any little thing-like who'dhad more eggs than he was entitled to.

"And there was ChasChandler, our bass guitarist.He was a villain - he'd goround singing at the top ofhis voice . . . EARLY INTHE MORNING!"

Broke in Chas: "That'sbecause I'm always cheerfuland you were always havinghangovers."

Alan: "Then there werejokes. Like when JohnnySteel was ill and they fedhim All -bran . . . and madehim worse. And the businessof leaving a milk bottle fullof icy water at the door sothat when anybody went outthey got boot -fulls of slush.

COMPLAINTS"And the bucket of water

balanced on a bedroomdoor, ready to drench some-body. Collapsing beds. Aniron bar delicately balancedto fall hard on somebody'stoes. And the neighbour whocalled to complain aboutdoors being banged-to findan Animal in underpantsprotesting innocence.

"Or our friend from New-castle who came to stay andwas mistaken for a burglarwhen he was locked out.There appeared to be atheory that we were lower-ing the tone of the.area . . . "

So now the Animals liveseparately in bed - sitters.And they like it. True, Chasand Alan DID share oneroom for a time . . . butthere were disputes withtheir neighbour, a classicalviolinist, over musical tastes.

MORE SAXNow Chas, Alan, John,

Hilton Valentine (leadguitar) and singer Eric .Bur -don are caught up fully inthe stardom bit. But theyadmit to being sad about theway pop music has becomestereotyped. They say:"We'd like to see tenor saxused more. In fact, we've gota friend in Newcastle whocould join us. But it's not upto us-you've got to blamethe dee-jays who don't playoriginal stuff."

But perhaps the biggestchance for the Animalscomes when they tour with. . . JAMES BOND, no less.That happens this way.

by PETER JONES

Starting on May 29, theyfilm a half-hour moviecalled "Swinging U.K." It'sin colour and they'll play aminimum of three numbers.And this film is scheduledto go out with the new Bondfilm "Goldfinger"-so they'llbe assured of packed housesall the way.

Their tour with ChuckBerry knocks them out, too.It starts this week -end andthey say: "We've admiredthis man for years. To beactually working with himis fantastic. One thing is forsure - we'll be out in theaudience every single timehe walks on stage. There'sso much to learn from a starof his calibre."

And for June there willbe the first Animals' L.P.Their discs are directed byMickey Most, himself anestablished song - star. Infact, they had the ratherunique experience of havingstarted their L.P. before therelease of the debut single,"Baby Let Me Take YouHome."

STAGE SUITSNow I'd like to clarify the

question of that wierd groupname. They explain: "Whenwe first started, back home,we were the Alan PriceCombo. We had no moneyso we couldn't buy stagesuits, or even have our haircut. We looked somewhatwild and unruly.

'Anyway, as our reputa-tion started to grow, peoplegot on to us about ourappearance. Said we lookedmore like 'animals'. Thatcaught on, too - peopleshouted after us as wewalked through the streets.So we thought: let's playalong with this and actuallycall ourselves Animals. Itlooked a good thing forpublicity, too . . . "

Now the Animals, cagedin their separate bed-sitters,look set for a continuedsuccess story. Life is hectic,they agree. But then it'sreally all happened for themin just a few short months.The only thing that palls is

having to be interviewed bypeople who don't know whatR and B really IS.

"It's like sending garden-ing expert Percy Thrower totalk to us", said Chas.

"I dunno," said Alan."After all, our music ispretty earthy. And earth issomething Mr. Throwerwould surely like . . "

THE ANIMALS are shoot-ing up the charts with theirpounding, exciting version of"Baby Let Me Take YouHome." The boys themselvesall hail from Newcastle andare acknowledged as one ofthe leading R & B styledgroups in the country.

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short. (You might think they would have been worrying forweeks, at least, over finding the material for an album -but if you think that you don't know these four easy-goingcharacters very well!).But they didn't panic. They set to work forthwith and by

the time the tapes were ready to roll they had composed anew tune, "Jumpin' Jonah." To this they added "Funny Face"and another original, "Milkman" (in which the Milk Market-ing Board are already taking a keen interest; looks as thoughthe Merseybeats will soon be used to plug milk. They drinkit too - I've seen 'em at it).

Why didn't they just in-clude their most successfulnumbers from their stageappearances? Leader TonyCrane explained: "We'velearned from experience thatsongs that go down greatwith audiences, gets every-one screaming, aren't anygood on record. It works theother way round, too. Forthe album we've recorded afew oldies such as "My HeartAnd I", "Hello YoungLovers", and "The Girl ThatI Marry." Not the kind ofthing that we'd featuremuch on stage."

FINISHEDThey finished the record-

ings several days ago and tocelebrate Fontana's recording chief Jack Baverstocktook the boys out on thetown, including a visit tothe London Palladium tocatch Lena Horne. Needlessto say, it's their ambitionto perform on that illustriousstage, but not necessarily

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just yet. Tony says they arein no hurry: "It's not thatI don't think we're goodenough or anything; I'm notconvinced we are wellenough known yet."

Still and all, they aren'tdoing too badly for a groupthat has only been recordingfor one year this month(May). Their first, "It's LoveThat Really Counts", releasedlast August, got them to No.22. Their second, "I Think OfYou" made the Number 4spot and is still selling verywell (it was released in earlyDecember).

As for "Don't TurnAround" - well, the bestcomment was devised byJack Baverstock. After theircelebration dinner, a massivecake was plonked in frontof them. The surprised four -

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some read the messagescrawled in icing across thecake: "DON'T TURNAROUND-A HIT". And therestaurant's trio struck up amedley of Merseybeat num-bers-all arranged withoutthe group knowing a thingabout the tribute.

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After their wild night outthe lads were looking a littledilapidated (marvellous whatwonders of retouching thesephotographers can work!)and they had rolled out ofbed at least an hour late forthe appointment. Butcamera - clicking Don Jarviswas determined to get thesession over as soon aspossible ("So's we can all goout and get a drink") andFontana records wereparticularly anxious toget some good pictures be-cause they had already madeand discarded, one fullcover picture of The Mer-

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The Story ofFlingel BuntPETER JONES DISCOVERS ALL ABOUT IT

WHO'D have thought that a character with a name like FLINGEL BUNT would evershow through in the charts? But that's what is happening, via The Shadows' out-

standing "Rise and Fall of F.G." And Messrs. Hank, Bruce, Brian and John are delighted:that so many people are interested in this weird -named character.

So let's reveal the startling truth 'about Mr. Bunt. Let's lay bare some of his secrets.The Shads met Flingel in

Las Palmas in the CanaryIslands during the filming of"Wonderful Life." They aver:"He used to come from hiscave, scaled feet a -glistening,lathe -like in structure, gauntof appearance . . . A N DWAVE HIS HANDS.

"And down would comethe rain. It worked almostevery time. Every time wewanted to do some exteriorshots in the required blazingsunshine."

SOCIETYNow the Shads have

formed a Society for thePropagation of The TruthAbout Flingel Bunt. Theyresent the inaccuraciesgoing the pop -world roundsabout their favourite charac-ter.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *Here are extracts from

their pamphlet. "Flingel firstrose to fame with his re-cording of 'Don't You StepOn My Blue Serge BalaclavaHelmet.' Then came 'KeepRight On To The End Of MyNose', followed by his trend-setting fashions which in-clude velvet boots, high -heeled elbows and ingrownear -lobes.

"Following the flop of hisrecording of 'Crad ThatCroddle Now Baby', he hada vicious attack of sock -bit-ing which culminated inbouts of wrist -whistling,forcing him into retirementin Bogginshire, where he isnow a successful redundantand gent.

"The film rights of his

story have already been soldto a major company for anastronomical figure a n dshooting will either start orbreak out any day now. Itwill be an epic productionwith a cast of dozens. Thetitle - 'Flingel and Cleo-patra'."

THEORYThat's what the Shadows

say. But they've left bits out,according to their vocalist,Cliff Richard. There's noreference to the theory thatFlingel Bunt was the mastermind behind the mail trainrobbery and the sabotage ofthe opening night of BBC 2.

As an expert said: "Wedon't know who was behind

THE SHADOWS explain to Record Mirror readers all about the mvsOrious charactercalled Fingel Bunt. Their disc, "The Rise And Fall Of Fingel Bunt" is currentlyshooting up the charts, and it's an interesting fact that it's a completely differentstyle to their previous recordings. The Shadows themselves have just finished filming

"Wonderful Life" with Cliff. (RM pic)

the robbery, and we don'tknow who was behind the'sabotage.' And we don'tknow who Flingel Bunt iseither. This surely must bemore than mere coinci-dence!"

But Cliff actually claims tohave unmistakeable proof ofthe existence of Mr. Bunt.Says Cliff: "I distinctly heardHank Marvin telling BrianBennett of a conversationwith John Rostill duringwhich it was revealed thatBruce Welch had been toldthat Richard O'Sullivan(who is with us in the film

'Wonderful Life') had caughta glimpse of Flingel, slip-ping furtively out of theSavage Club recently."

I checked with RichardO'Sullivan who said: "Well,it was certainly no one elsethat I knew-and if it wasno one else, then who elsecould it have been but him?"

RETIREMENTSo Flingelphobia remains

partially hidden in mists ofrumour and counter -rumour.

Is he back there in LasPalmas-waiting for another

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film company to come alongso he can shower more rainupon them? Is he in retire-ment in Bogginshire? Or hashe turned his half -man,half -devil attentions to theWest End of London.

You can't get definite in-formation from the Shadows.They seem evasive. But thenthe truth is they are nowrather fond of Flingel Bunt.

And why not, when theirrecorded tribute to his lifeand times is selling in suchhuge quantities.

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STEVE LAWRENCEACADEMY AWARD LOSERS?:

I've Got You Under My Skin:Change Partners: Love Letters;You'd Be So Nice To Come HomeTo; Long Ago; They Can't TakeThat Away From Me; I'll Remem-ber April; Cheek To Cheek; MyFoolish Heart; How About You;That Old Feeling; ChattanoogaChoo Choo (CBS BPG 62218)

LIKE it says on the sleeve notesit's hard to believe all thesesongs are losers. Nevertheless

the bunch of standards have beendressed up well, and Steve makesa ;-;ood job vocally of all of them.Could be a minor chart disc.

* * * *

ANDY WILLIAMSTHE WONDERFUL WORLD OFANDY WILLIAMS: Canadian Sun-set; Sing A Rainbow; Dream; ThisIs All I Ask; Wives And Lovers;First Born; A Fool Never Learns;Noelle; Pennies From Heaven;September Song; Let It Be Me;Softly As I Leave You (CBS BPG62247)

SMOOTH -VOICED Andy and acollection of very differentlystyled favourites indeed. This

album features not only Andy, butthe Williams Brothers, ClaudineWilliams and the entire Williamsfamily. Smooth adult music withstyle, and loads of entertainmentvalue.

* * *

BESSIE GRIFFINTHE GOSPEL PEARLS: Swing

Down Sweet Chariot; Bye AndBye; Lift Him; Jericho Walls;Lord Don't Move The Mountain;Swing Low; The Story Of Job; IShall Not Be Moved; Two LittleFishes: Lord, In The NewJerusalem; I Believe; Troubles OfThe World (Liberty 1191).

EXCITEMENT in the Gospelidiom. Bessie Griffin, vast -voiced and shimmering with

sincerity, fronts a hand -clapping,foot -tapping band of tambourine -wallopers who have a big follow-ing in the States. It's mostly sofiercely conceived, that it couldwell win some converts from to-day's beat group followers. "IBelieve" is a surprising andeffective success, as is "SwingDown . . . . "

* * * *

THE BEFORE & AFTER LOOK

ONCE upon a not -so -long -ago, Mike Cottonfronted a trad jazz band. Now he leads theMike Cotton Sound-a new R and B group.

And the change in style has led to a shatteringchange of appearance for the boys.

They've grown their hair long. Changed theirband clobber. Dropped string bass and banjo infavour of amplified bass and guitar. And broughtin different instruments to go all out for versatility.

Mike plays trumpet, doubling on harmonica;pianist Dave Rowberry doubles organ; JohnnyCrocker has switched from clarinet to alto and

tenor sax: trombonist John Beecham is doublingpiano-and singing; Stu Morrison is on bass guitar:Tony Pitt on lead; and Jimmy Garforth stays inthe drum chair.

"We were veering away from trad jazz for quitea while", said Mike. "Our hits 'Swing That Ham-mer' and 'Midnight Flier' were both R and B -flavoured. So now we've gone the whole hog . .

The whole hog? Just take a look at these picturesof Mike and the boys. BEFORE and AFTER!

PETER JONES

JIMMY SMITHANY NUMBER CAN WIN: You

Came A Long Way From St.Louis; The Ape Woman; GeorgiaOn My Mind; G'Won Train; AnyNumber Can Win:. What'd I Say;The Sermon; Ruby; Tubs; BluesFor C.A. (Verve VLP 9057).

ADELICIOUS cover on thispleasant organ instrumentalL.P. by blues/jazz maestro

Jimmy Smith. A danceable discthis, with tracks full of bubblingvitality ("What'd I Say," "TheApe Woman") and others that areslow and plaintive. ("Georgia,""The Sermon"). Although thisisn't too blues or jazz inclined itmay give pop fans an idea of whata great talent this lad JimmySmith can be if he tries. Althoughhe doesn't really try terribly hardon this disc.* * *

SOUNDTRACKIT'S ALL OVER TOWN: It's Al'.

Over Town; Alley Alley Oh; MyLove Will Still Be There; Wouldn'tYou Like It; Maracamba; GiveMe The Moonlight; The TroubleWith Man; Come On Let's Go:Gonna Be A Good Boy Now; If I

Was Down And Out; The Stars WillRemembers; It's All Over Town.Philips BL 7609.

LIKE a lot of stars on onealbum? Line-up here featuresFrankie Vaughan, Cloda

Rogers, Springfields, Jan andKelly, Wayne Gibson, theBachelors. Material comes fromthe movie of the same name,features a great Vaughan piecewith Jan and Kelly on "TheTrouble With Man". Plus twoSpringfield offerings which are justdandy.

* * * *PEARL BAILEY

"C'EST LA VIE."-C'est La Vie;Don't Take Your Love From Me;But Beautiful; Supper Time; LostIn The Stars; April in Paris:Slowly; I Was Telling Him AboutYou; I Left My Heart In SanFrancisco; If I Should Lose You;Stay Well; I've Got You UnderMy Skin (Columbia 1605).

SOMETHING different from theirresistible Miss Bailey. Gone,for this album anyway, is the

saucy, witty. near -the -knuckle lasswho slays night-club audiences.This is Pearl on a ballad kick.A somewhat hackneyed selectionin a way, but sung with wonderfulwarmth. Don Redman and LouisBellson (MISTER Bailey!) did thearrangements and the familiaritems come up bright and new.Specially recommended: "ButBeautiful" and Cole Porter's" . . Under My Skin."

IRENE REIDIT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING:

I Love Paris: The Road To Heart-break; I Had Someone Else BeforeI Had You; By The Bend Of TheRiver; Trouble Is A Man; EveryDay; Hard Hearted Hannah:Through A Long And SleeplessNight; Don't Get Around MuchAny More; Everything I Love; NoMore In Life; Heart And Soul(MGM C 968).IRENE, 34, was with the Basie

band. Now she works with jazztrios. And the album is a

strange mixture of big. bad andindifferent. Miss Reid seems bestwhen she isn't trying too hard.Still, even when she is a . triflebelow par, there are instrumentalhighlights like Dick Hyman onorgan, Urbie Green on trombone.At her best, Irene Reid is very.very excitingly bluesy indeed. Try,for size, her work on the opener,"I Love Paris", or on Bill Dog-gett's "No More In Life".

* * *MORGAN-JAMES DUO

AT THE BAR OF MUSIC: Some-times I'm Happy; Squeeze Me;Happy Talk; Everything HappensTo Me; You Do Something To Me;A Wonderful Guy; Hello, YoungLovers: Moonlight In Vermont;Guys And Dolls; It Ain't Neces-sarily So; Moon - River; Day ByDay. Philips BL 7606.

COLIN JAMES, on guitar, PeteMorgan on string bass-withassistance from drummer

Pete Morgan. A collection ofstandards, treated with reverenceand ingenuity (specially on thelocal side). It's music with a swingand with definite zing. Fair roarsalong. First number the boysworked out, "Sometimes I'mHappy", is actually a specialhighlight.

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STEVE LAWRENCECAL TJADER

"SEVERAL SHADES OF JADE."The Fakir; Cherry Blossoms;Borneo; Tokyo Blues; Song OfThe Yellow River; Sahib; ChinaNights; Almond Tree: Hot Sake(Verve 9055).

IBES - STAR Cal leaves theVsmall-group

scene and front abig band of infinite tonal

variation. Compositions are byLalo Schifrin for the most part,but Quincy Jones's "Hot Sake" isone highlight. Judicious use ofoboe, bassoon, tuba all add to theenjoyment. But it's Tjader'striumph. He's rarely been soeloquent. He often whispers; theband usually roars.

* * * *SONNY TERRY AND BROWNIE

McGHEEBACK COUNTRY BLUES: Gone

Baby Gone; Tell Me Baby; Sittin'Pretty; Bottom Blues; DissatisfiedBlues; Diamond Ring; The Way IFeel; So Much Trouble; When It'sLove Time; I'd Love To Love You;Love's A Disease; My Fault.Realm RM 165.ITTIHE very popular blues two-'. some have already established

themselves in the collectionsof British jazz and blues recordbuyers, and this latest album isdoing very well already. It's allslow pure blues, with wailinggenuine harmonica and that appealwhich doesn't wear off. Merseybeatfans might find this interesting tosee where the roots of theirfavourites come from.* *

BENNY GOODMAN QUARTETTOGETHER AGAIN: Seven Come

Eleven; Say It Isn't So; I've FoundA New Baby; Somebody LovesMe; Who Cares?; Runnin' Wild;I Got It Bad; Dearest; Get By;Four Once More (RCA Victor RD7618).

DOES it still gell as it did some25 years ago? Certainly itdoes. Benny's fluent clarinet,

pianist Teddy Wilson, drummerGene Krupa, Lionel Hampton onvibes - wonderfully classy small -group jazz. Full of nostalgia; yetexcitingly modern. "Runnin' Wild"does just that. Goodman's newlywritten "Four Once More" flowstorrentially. Must . be a big seller.

* * * *CASSIUS CLAY

I AM THE GREATEST: I AntThe Greatest; I Am The DoubleGreatest; Do You Have To Ask?:I Have Written A Drama; WillThe Real Sonny Liston Please FallDown; Funny You Should Ask;Round 7; The Knockout; Afterpiece(CBS BPG 62274).

AUDIENCE participation hereas the most vociferous heavy-weight champion does his

party piece. Say what you likeabout this bloke, he has a finesense of humour and. here, someexcellently written material. You'dthink the torrent of words wouldpall after a while-but it's so wellvaried it holds the interest. Morethan just a novelty.

* * *

RAY CONNIFFYOU MAKE ME FEEL SO

YOUNG: You Make Me Feel SoYoung; My Old Flame; Patricia.It's Patricia; An Affair To Remem-ber; Lullaby Of The Leaves; InThe Cool, Cool, Cool Of TheEvening; Caravan; Solitude; ThirdMan Theme; What Kind Of FoolAm I; With My Eyes Wide Open;Frenesi (CBS BPG 62228).

WHY should Ray EVER changehis style? Blend of voicesand orchestra, broken up by

brisk solo instrumental passages(piano, clavietta, trumpet, flute)-it's all the Conniff trademark. Hesells hugely with every release.This sort of sound is as originaltoday as when Ray first devised it.More that that one cannot say.

* * * *GEOFF LOVE

HOW TO SUCCEED IN SHOWBUSINESS: Hey There; Sound OfMusic; I Believe In You; As LongAs He Needs Me; SomethingWonderful; Falling In Love WithLove; What Kind Of Fool Am I;Somewhere; The Sweetest Sounds;I Talk To The Trees; Ball Ha'i;The Party's Over (Columbia 1600).

ACOLLECTION of the hit songsfrom hit musical productions.Those who feel melody is

going out of modern music can,as the sleeve -notes opine, gainassurance from Geoff Love'spresentation to twelve highlywhistleable numbers. Big, richorchestral sounds, swirling stringsand occasional staccato statementsfrom brass and reeds. Should dovery well with those out of lovewith the Top Twenty.

* * *,J. J. JOHNSON AND KAI

WINDINGREFLECTIONS: Bernie's Tune;

Lament; Blues For Trombones;The Major; Yesterdays; Co-op;Reflections; Blues In Twos; WhatIs This Thing Called Love; TheBoy Next Door. Realm RM 167.rilWO great trombonists whoI really work together. These

samples of their work stemfrom the mid -fifties, mainly, thoughthere is work by J. J. alone from1947. People like Eddie Safranskiand Hank Jones crop up from itemto item. Maybe "Reflections", thetitle piece, is the most outstanding.A Charlie Mingus composition, withChas bass-ing away beautifully in'the background. For specialists:.Remember that J. J. and Kai onlyoperated together for a couple ofYears.

* * *FRANCOISE HARDY

C'EST FAB: L'Amour S'En Va;Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles;Ton Meilleur Ami; C'Est L'AmourAmine! Je Pense (Pye Pop NEP24188).

FRANCE'S favourite bird singerand four lovely numbers.Great material, great voice

and a great cover pie.* * * *

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HOLLIESTHE HOLLIES

Here I Go Again; Baby That'sAll (Parlophone R 5137)

ANAN original from the Hollies, part -penned by Mort Shuman. Ithas a "Just One Look"

flavour, and there's a grow -on -youmelody on the vibrant beat ballad.Maybe not as powerful as theirlast few, but a huge hit on theirname. Flip is a softer, gentlersort of beaty little ballad with aload of appeal-perhaps more sothan side one.

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AN ORIGINALTHE PICKWICKS

Apple Blossom Time; I Don'tWant To Tell You Again (DeccaF 11901).

/111-1E new gimmicky lookingI team get their teeth into an

old standard and make a firstrate slow beat job of it. Verywell arranged with some good har-mony from the boys. It grows onyou, and it should move slowly upthe charts. Flip features somesolid guitar work, and a somewhatdreary vocal. But it's the top sideto watch.

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THE JOY STRINGSA Million Songs; Joshua (Regal

Zonophone RZ 503).JOY WEBB and her little band

of the faithful get their tonsilswrapped around this catchy

beaty affair, which if anything iseven stronger than their first disc.Good solid stuff-for adults andteens alike. A good guitar solo, andof course a message in the excel-lent lyric. Flip is faster and witha good gospel feel. It's a goodswinging version of "Joshua FitThe Battle Of Jericho," and makesa wild flip.TOP FIFTY TIP

FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERSI Love You Baby; Don't Make

Me Cry (Columbia DB 7286).

POPULAR Freddie revives anumber taken into the chartssome years back by Paul

Anka. It's a fast brisk number,with a good tune, and the wholething suits Freddie and the boysdown to the ground. Excellent beatand guitar work. Could be a topchart disc. Flip was penned byFreddie and it's a medium paceitem with some interesting vocalwork.

TOP FIFTY TIP

Mystery of the CrystalsIliA MONTH or so ago, those

four gorgeous lasses withthat bluesy Phil Spectorsound arrived back in theStates. The Crystals had justcompleted a very successfultour of Britain, with Man-fred Mann, Johnny Kidd,Heinz, Joe Brown and a hostof other big name stars.

But the disc which theywere plugging, an item called'I Wonder' just didn'tmanage to make the lists inBritain. Despite the fact thatit was as good as their pastdiscs, and had a U.S. "A"side "Little Boy" on theflip. Of course the Crystalshad a string of hits beforewith numbers like "Da DooRon Ron," "He's A Rebel"and their fabulous "Then HeKissed Me." Also theiralbum entitled "He's ARebel" managed to do quitewell too.

IMITATORSThe main reason

that "I Wonder" didn't doso well was probably the vastnumber of imitators of PhilSpector's type of music.Groups like the Breakaways,the Orchids and many manymore, all jumped on theSpector sound bandwagon totry to get the Crystals/Ronettes sound.

But the Crystals were un-perturbed themselves attheir lack of success withthe disc. They were merelylooking forward to. the re-cording session which calledthem back to the States,where Phil had a new ideaabout recording them.

Originally it was plannedthat the Crystals would enjoy

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a few days in London aftercompleting their strenuousBritish concert tour. A bigfan club gathering at theFlamingo had been fixed forwhat was to have been theeve of their return to theStates, and the girls weregreatly looking forward toshopping for souvenirs whenthe stores opened afterEaster; not to mentioncatching up on some much -needed sleep.

This, however, was not tobe. The day after the tourended a call from their NewYork headquarters told thegirls that they were neededin the recording studio andrequested that they shouldtake the first available flighthome. That is how La Laand Dee Dee came to leaveus two days earlier thanwas expected - on EasterMonday - followed justtwenty-four hours later by

Fran, Barbara, and roadmanager Arthur Pemberton.

Back in the States, Franand Barbara summed uptheir visit.

"We sure enjoyed thetrip" said Fran. "Thepeople were very friendly,and it was great meetingour fans. The weather couldhave been a lot kinder tous, though."

"Yes," agreed Barbara,"we would have enjoyedour stay much more if ithadn't rained so much-andif we'd had more time tolook around. Six weeks ontour without a single dayoff is so exhausting, itseemed as though all weever did was work, sleepand travel. Just one day offhere and there would haveallowed us to recuperateand take in some of thesights."

"Those were only minor

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disappointments, though"said Fran. "And the touritself more than made tipfor them. There were somewonderful people in theshow with us who madesure that there was never adull moment backstage."

EXPERIENCESpeaking for all four

Crystals, Barbara had thelast word. "I guess youcould say it was anexperience which none of uswould have missed" she con-cluded.

The girls have now beenhome for five weeks, and theresults of the recordingsession for which theysacrificed their holidayshould be awaiting release.We can only hope that PhilSpector has used thesession to produce a newCrystals single which isevery bit as good as theirpast discs (and this includestheir latest British offering,"I Wonder," which amazedmany people by its lack ofsuccess), yet different enoughthis time to foil Phil's cheapimitators who have saturatedthe market with pseudo -Spector sounds.

SINGLES IN BRIEFSHANE FENTON AND THE FEN -TONES: Hey Lulu; 1 Do Do You(Parlophone R 5131) Calypso-ishsort of number, with a solid heatand some of Shane's best vocalwork. It'll do well.THE TRENDS: You're A Wonder.ful One: The Way You Do ThingsYou Do (Pye 15644) Cover of theMarvin Gaye American hit. One ofthe best British groups do a worthyjob on it. Good plugging couldget it away.BOBBY TAYLOR: Temptation; ModBod (Columbia DB 7282) Solo bassguitar fair thumps out the oldietheme-and the backing, busy andfull, adds to its saleable appeal.FORCE FIVE: Don't Make MyBaby Blue; Shaking Postman(United Artists UP 1051) Groupvocal on a goodly but not toooriginal number. Fair sound pro-duction; good beat, in a slowerway. Musicianly.WAYNE FONTANA AND THEMINDBENDERS: Stop Look AndListen; Duke Of Earl (Fontana TF451) Best yet by the talented group.Big sounds, with dynamic beat.Wayne's solo voice work is excep-tional. One to watch.BRIAN HYLAND: Here's To OurLove; Two Kinds Of Girls (PhilipsBF 1326) Slow, rather draggy, bal-lad with a load of appeal. Briansings out with surprising clarityand style. Well -arranged.THE PUPPETS: Baby Don't Cry;Shake With Me (Pye 15634) Highlycommercial offering from the trio-a raving sort of number withPower and bash -happy verve. Very

good.THE CORRIE FOLK TRIO ANDPADDIE BELL: Love Is Teasing;Waly, Waly (Waverley SLP 530)Good -style folk work of great charmand subtlety. Wonderful blending ofvoices throughout. Right for thespecialist brigade.SIX OF ONE: He's The One YouLove; 1 Love My Little Girl(Mercury MF 812) Revival of theInez Foxx number-it has a jerkyblues treatment but it's not reallyfor the charts.SUSAN MAUGHAN: Kiss MeSailor; Call On Me (Philips BF1336) Cover of the U.S. biggie, withSusan back to her best song -sellingform. Brisk arrangement; perkilysung. Could put her in the chartsagain.

BRETT YOUNG: Never Again;You Can't Fool Me (Pye 15641)Guitar -intro to a competently per-wfoirnmneerd. song, but not really a chart

DENNY SEYTON: Short Fat Fan-nie; Give Me Back My Heart (Mer-cury MF 814) A bit dated, thisold rock sound on the Larry Wil-liams' song. But it's persistent andwith a good dance beat.RONNIE CARROLL: Tell Me AllAbout It; Where Are You? (PhilipsBF 1329) Rather a country feel tothis one. Chunky piano behind Ron'ssoft voice. Effective. Could do well.MEL TURNER: The Hermit andThe Rosetree (Carnival CV 7005)Mel's on the folk kick now and ofcourse this is an excellent disc.Soft and gentle with a commercialflavour.

THE TAMS: You Lied To YourDaddy; It's All Right (You're JustIn Love) (HMV POP 1298) Topside has a "Laugh It Off" flavourwith a plaintive bluesy beat. Goodfor new sound R and B fans-butnot popsters.THE ROADSTERS: Joy Ride:Drag (Stateside SS 293) Usual dragsounds, Beach Boys, Jan and Deanad infinitum. Good for the Mods.but not for the charts.JEAN AND THE STATESIDES:Putty In Your Hands: One FineDay (Columbia DB 7287) Shirellesnumber, solid beat, good potentialchart material. Maybe a little out-dated.RICKY LIVID AND THE TONEDEAFS: Tomorrow; Nuts And Bolts(Parlophone R 5136) A strangesound, off - beat lead voice withoutmuch chance of success. Good beatthough.SANTO AND JOHNNY: In TheStill Of The Night; Song For Rose-mary (Stateside SS 292) The old hitis given a slow tuneful Hawiianguitar treatment. Pleasant but getsa bit tinny after a while.

RAY RUFF AND THE CHECK-MATES: I Took A Liking To You;A Fool Again (London HLU 9889)Another Holly imitation - rather adistorted item that Holly fans won'tlike one little bit.THE DRIFTERS: One Way Love;Didn't It (London HLK 9886) U.S.hit, beaty and rather confused withgreat dance beat, and limitedappeal.THE PRETTY THINGS: Rosalyn;Big Boss Man (Fontana TF 469)Bo Diddley beat, wild vocal, goodsong, but maybe a little too con-fused for the charts.JEAN MARTIN: Save The LastDance For Me; Will You Love MeTomorrow (Decca F 11879) Goodvoice this, and the song is powerful.Could be a steady mover.JOHN MAYALL AND THE BLUES -BREAKERS: Crawling Up A Hill;Mr. James (Decca F 11900) Thetree -top man, and a wild R and Bflavoured side with a good lyric.Great performance, but uncommer-cial soundJACKIE EDWARDS: Sea Cruise;Little Princess (Fontana TF 465)The old Frankie Ford number witha blue beat treatment, very com-mercial and could be surprisebiggie.THE MELLOTONES: Kootanda;Doo Doo Umtwana (Decca F 11899)One of those jungly-folksy items inthe "Wimoweh" style. Interestingbut must have a limited market.ALLEN SHERMAN: Skin; TheDrop -Outs March (Warner WB 130.-Good version of the old "You GottaHave Heart." Funny, but not aschart -worthy as some of his.GLORIA LYNN: I Should Care;Indian Love Call (London HLY9888) The smooth -voiced thrush onan enchanting ballad. Could clickwith the older late -night set.SOLOMON BURKE: Goodbye Baby;Someone To Love Me (London HLK9887) Nice blues number, delicateand moving up the U.S. charts.Too way - out for here.CUDDLY DUDDLY: Way Of Life;When Will You Say You're Mine(Oriole ICB 10) Strong blue beateffort with loads of potential if itgets enough plugs. Tuneful andexciting.GEORGE JONES: Your HeartTurned Left; My Tears Are Over-due (United Artists UP 1044) Thetop C and W singer and a jerkybeaty country, ballad with loads ofall - round appeal. Too far awayfrom the Liverpool sound to meanmuch though.MARK FOUR: Rock Around TheClock; Slow Down (Mercury MF815) Revival of the greatest andfirst rock disc. Very similar to theHaley version and with consider-able punch. Miracles could happen.THE STRANGERS WITH MIKESHANNON: One And One Is Two:Time And The River (Philips BF1335) Heavy ponderous beat and acatchy vocal, with a grow - on - YOUsound. Could be a chart numberwith enough plugs.NORMAN PERCIVAL: Woman OfStraw; Babylon (United Artists UP1052) From the film, a pleasantlittle orchestra item with a buildand build flavour. OK if you digthe film.TONY OSBORNE: Open House:Lovely Girl (HMV POP 1292) In-teresting item from Tony, goodatmospheric tune, and big slowsales guaranteed for this one.Clever arrangement.ROBERT MAXWELL: Shangri La;That Old Black Magic (Brunswick05907) High in the States, this hasharp, beat, and a lovely tune, withan oh - so - atmospheric 'feel'.Great stuff that could make it here.THE MODS: Something On MyMind; You're Making Me BlueRCA Victor 1339) Pleasant littleditty with a delicate tune, and anice vocal delivery. Harmless, may-be a little too tame for the charts.BOBBY PATRICK BIG SIX: ShakeIt Easy Baby; Wildwood Days(Decca F 11898) Beaty number witha wild vocal, but the whole thingdoesn't quite come off. Like "NewOrleans".TONY ORLANDO: Tell Me What ICan Do; She Doesn't Know It(Columbia DB 7288) Good build -tipbeat, good vocal but this isn't onthe sound for the charts, eventhough it's great.

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BOBBY'S FIT AGAINCONSIDERING that he has not

yet a hit record, Bobby Shaftohas had his share of nationalheadlines. But, unfortunately, starktragedy has been behind many ofthem - which is why I welcomehim back to the disc -folk withgreat enthusiasm.

Remember Bobby? Blue-eyed,fair-haired, a bundle of talentvocally - and the sort of good -looker who could make it in films.Ex-teaboy in Lionel Bart's publish-ing company, then debut disc -maker with a Bart song "OverAnd Over."

And over to . . June, 1963.Bobby, touring in Germany, wasinvolved in a car smash - ahigh-speed, grinding, crushing crash.His friend Freddie Clifford, thedriver, was killed outright. Bobbywas on the critical list in hospital,with daily bulletins headlined onhis slow recovery.

It took eight months convales-cence. His natural keenness to getback to work was further ham-pered by an appendix operation.I saw Bobby many times duringthis period as he fretted his wayto complete recovery.

I was also there when he first

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met Craig Douglas's manager,Robin Britten. Together they talkedabout a disc comeback for Bobby.A long, slow process, this. Bobbyhad a course of singing lessonswith Mabel Corran, who had taughtMark Wynter, Craig - and Dickie

Valentine. Bobby and Robin tooktheir time finding the right sort ofnumber to record . and slowlyagain, Bobby started making per-sonal appearances.

Now the disc is out. Voted a hitby "Juke Box Jury," presentedwith talent on "Thank Your LuckyStars," "plugged" all over thecountry on other television pro-grammes. It's the driving, up -tempo"She's My Girl" . . . on theParlophone label.

Says Robin Britten: "I thin kBobby is a natural. His voice hasimproved enormously and we're get-ting tremendous reaction from thefans wherever he appears. We'rejust hoping his run of bad luckis finally over - and that he canget on with building the sort ofstar career he deserves."

Says Bobby: "I nearly went madwith frustration during all that timeout of the business. But I'm grate-ful for the way people have helpedme . , . put faith in me."

Say I: I've boosted Bobby'stalents in the past. He has thepersonality to make it big - andthe voice. Plus the fact that hehappens to be a darned nice,amiable young man.

Aussie Bryan triesfor Britain!

WE'VE checked. Double-checked.And there's no doubt that Bryan

Davies was the youngest -ever whenhe started his own television series("The Bryan Davies Show") inAustralia. He was just 17 . . . andthe show ran on, every Saturday,for more than two years.

Now Bryan is in Britain. He's 19now, and making his British discdebut with "Raincoat In The River"on Columbia - it's a welcomerevival of the old Sammy Turnerhit. Written by Aaron Schroederand Chuck Kaye . . . Aaron wrote17 of Elvis Presley's biggies.

Says Bryan: "I left Australia be-cause I honestly felt I'd done all Icould there, I wanted some sort ofchallenge. Funny thing, the change,Fans chased me round Australia forautographs and so on - but inBritain, nobody knows me. It's likestarting all over again."

While Norrie Paramor was ac-companying Cliff Richard "downunder," he met Byan, and sug-gested he should try his luck inLondon some time. Bryan hadbeen complete "guv'nor" on histelevision series, featuring stars like

John Leyton, Adam Faith, Johnnie,Ray.

"I was bullied into going for aTV audition - and to my surprisepassed it," says Bryan. "It was aproblem deciding whether to go intoshow business full-time, or carry onstudying. In the end, I did both."

Two hit discs "down under,""D r e am Girl" and "Five FootTwo," came up fast. Plus a fineLP "On My Way."

Says Bryan: "Now the televisionshows are coming along in Britain,to help the record. It's a changenot having my old gang aroundme, but it seems quite likely that,I'll be going back to Australiaanyway for a new series of myown show. I'd really like to spliteach year between Britain andAustralia."

It takes courage to chuck upsteady stardom to try from thestart elsewhere. Especially at theage of 19. But there are success -story precedents in the namesFrank Ifield and Patsy Ann Noble.Now Bryan is making headway.His "Raincoat In The River" isgetting fair dinkum reviews.

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TONY COLTON

STUNTMAN

TO SINGERSPLASH! That was Dave Clark

diving into the Thames-fullyclothed. Splash! That was new

Decca artiste Tony Colton doingditto . . . and doing it, what ismore, for MONEY. ;or both werestunt men in movies before turn-ing to records. And if they did atouch of the high -diving, theyearned more loot.

Tony's first disc out is "LoseMy Mind"-and it highlights wellhis R and B feel which is earn-ing him plenty of work round theLondon clubs nowadays.

Says Tony: "I was born inTonbridge Wells. For a time I waswhat they call a progress chaserat Fords, in Dagenham. But Isang around in my spare time.Then, suddenly, it all started. Imade demo -discs for some pub-lishers . . . and then startedwriting."

How he started writing! He'salready had over fifty songs pub-lished. And the American labelRoulette signed him up for a year."Only one disc was released",says Tony. "I know it wasn't ahit, but at least it gave me abreak in the States before I'drecorded anything in this country."

Now Tony works with his owngroup . . . and very successfully.He's a fast -talker who knows aheck of a lot about the discbusiness. What's more his owndebut disc, self -penned by theway, is starting to move.

Looks like Tony Colton can for-get about diving in the Thamesand all those other stunts.

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A LOOK AT THE U.S. CHARTSBAST rising U.S. hits "Once Upon A Time"/"What's The MatterI' With You Baby"-Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells; "Be Any-

thing"-Connie Francis; "Sugar & Spice"-Searchers; "IKnew It All The Time"-Dave Clark Five; "Rock Me Baby"-B. B. King; "Hurt By Love"-Inez Foxx. Up and coming Britishdiscs in U.S. charts are "Not Fade Away", "I'm The LonelyOne", and "Good Golly Miss Molly".

New U.S. releases are "World Without Love"-Bobby Rydell;"Tears & Roses"-Al Martino; "Yesterday's Hero"-Gene Pitney;"Too Late To Turn Back Now"-Brook Benton; "Ya Ya"-TriniLopez; "Leave Me Alone"-Peggy March; "Look At Me" (theBuddy Holly song)-Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs; "Long TallShorty"-Tommy Tucker; "Milord"-Bobby Darin; "Heading ForA Fall"-Jimmy Reed; "The Boogler"-Olympics; "SomedayWe're Gonna Love Again"-Barbara Lewis; "A Fool For A Fool"-Ike & Tina Turner. New British releases include "Candy Man","My Boy Lollipop" etc.

American show biz is getting sour grapes about British suc-cesses. Already a 20 -(lay residential period for visiting artistes isbeing talked about, and John Lennon's book hasn't exactly beengiven the fairest reviews. New L.P.-"The Motortown ReviewVol. 2". Artistes featured are Marvin Gaye, Miracles, StevieWonder, Martha etc., Marvelettes, Kim Weston, Temptations,Mary Wells. N.J.

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DO YOU WANT TO KNOWA SECRET*3 (6) The Beatles (Vee Jay)BITS AND PIECES*4 (4) Dave Clark Five (Epic)MY GUY*8 (5) Mary Wells (Motown)

CROOKED LITTLE MAN*5 (8) Serendipity Singers(Philips)

LOVE ME DO.25 (4) The Beatles (Vee Jay)RONNIE9 (4) Four Seasons (Philips)

DEAD MAN'S CURVE*11 (8) Jan & Dean (Liberty)SHANGRI-LA12 (6) Robert Maxwell/VicDana (Decca/Dolton)

SUSPICION*6 (9) Terry Stafford(Crusader)

WHITE ON WHITE*15 (6) Danny Williams(United Artists)

GLAD ALL OVER*7 (12) Dave Clark Five(Epic)

IT'S OVER*19 (3) Roy Orbison(Monument)

ROMEO & JULIET24 (3) Reflections(Golden World)

I'M SO PROUD*18 (4) Impressions (ABC)

THAT'S THE WAYBOYS ARE*14 (6) Leslie Gore (Mercury)

LOVE ME WITH ALLYOUR HEART33 (2) Ray Charles Singers(Command)

WISH SOMEONE WOULDCARE*22 (5) Irma Thomas(Imperial)

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YOU'RE A WONDERFULONE*20 (8) Marvin Gaye (Tamla)

THE VERY THOUGHT OFYOU40 (2) Rick Nelson (Decca)

KISS ME SAILOR.30 (3) Diane Renay(20th Fox)

CHARADE36 (3) Sammy Kaye (Decca)

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MY GIRL SLOOPY37 (4) Vibrations (Atlantic)

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ALL MY LOVIN'31 (5) The Beatles(Capitol of Canada)

STAY AWHILE*42 (4) Dusty Springfield(Philips)

SHE LOVES YOU*29 (15) The Beatles (Swan)

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IDLE ON PARADE EP(13) Anthony Newley

SMOKE GETS IN YOUREYES(9) Platters

FORT WORTH JAIL(-) Lonnie Donegan

WHERE WERE YOU ONOUR WEDDING DAY(-) Lloyd Price

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MAYBE TOMORROW(-) Billy Fury

BRITAIN'S TOP LP's

THE ROLLING STONES(1) The Rolling Stones(Decca)

WITH THE BEATLES(2) The Beatles (Parlophone)WEST SIDE STORY(3) Sound Track (CBS)

SESSION WITH THE DAVECLARK FIVE(4) Dave Clark Five(Columbia)

PLEASE PLEASE ME(6) The Beatles (Parlophone)STAY WITH THE HOLLIES(5) The Hollies (Parlophone)

BLUE GENE(8) Gene Pitney(United Artists)A GIRL CALLED DUSTY(9) Dusty Springfield(Philips)

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24 HOURS FROM TULSA(9) Gene Pitney:United Artists)

ANYONE WHO HAD AHEART(11) Cilia Black (Parlophone)

VIVA LAS VEGAS(-) Elvis Presley(RCA Victor)

PETER, PAUL & MARY(16) Peter, Paul & Mary(55 oilier tiros.)

THE BEATLES HITS(14) The Beatles(Parlophone)

SHAKE WITH THESWINGING BLUE JEANS(15) Swinging Blue Jeans(HMV)

CHUCK AND BO(20) Chuck Berry &Bo Diddley (Pre)

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA(-) Soundtrack (Colpix)

DIANE(-) Bachelors (Decca)

The National ChartrrtHE Searchers take over from Peter & Gordon in the top spot1 with their haunting goody "Don't Throw Your Love Away",

while "World Without Love" drops startlingly to No. 4. TheBachelors hog second spot, while the Four Pennies leap up toNo. 5, Dionne Warwick makes it top ten -wises while other moversin the top half are the Fourmost, Richard Anthony, Billy Fury,Dave Berry, Roy Orbison, and Cliff of course. All threats to anydisc that is holding on to the top spot at the momeint.

Sounds Inc. drop after only two weeks in the charts, whileother slowies which looked as if they would have moved fasterthis week are Frank Ifield, the Animals, and the Manfreds.Navies include some cents, like Cilia, Kathy, Chuck, and BrianPoole, who has entered in a very short time indeed with hisfabulous "Someone, Someone". Terry Stafford-billed in the Statesas 'the first artiste to break the Beatle barrier' crashes In withhis great "Suspicion", a grow -on -you Elvis type number. Andin the States you can buy this one by Elvis on a single-overhere El has recorded it on his "Pot Luck" L.P. The Dennisonsmake a fine job of Rufus Thomas's "Walking the Dog", whichshould get higher.

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DON'T LET THE SUNCATCH YOU CRYING7 (4) Gerry and thePacemakers (Columbia)

CAN'T BUY ME LOVE4 (7) The Beatles(Parlophone)

MOVE OVER DARLING8 (9) Doris Day (CBS)

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EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT9 (7) The Mojos (Decca)

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TELL ME WHEN14 (10) Applejacks (Decca)

I WILL38 (2) Billy Fury (Decca)

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LITTLE CHILDREN16 (11) Billy J. Kramer andThe Dakotas (Parlophone)

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THAT GIRL BELONGSTO YESTERDAY22 (10) Gene Pitney(United Artists)

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More of theManfred Men

ONLY 18 months ago, Mike Vickers and Manfred Mann were ekingout meagre existences as scuffling would-be jazz musicians. Bothwere fervent modern jazz enthusiasts. They still are but nowadays they

also enjoy rhythm and blues - and they enjoy a standard of living thatmost people would envy. For the Manfreds average a group income of£1,000 a week!

Here's how it happened. First, Mike Vickers: "My parents started meon piano lessons when I was nine. I stuck at them for about two years.got nowhere, didn't like music particularly, completely lost interest.

by DAVID

GRIFFITHS

"When I was about 15 my mothergave me a recorder for Christmas.Much to her surprise-she wasexpecting me to be annoyed withthe present-I took to it and wassoon learning descant. treble andbass recorders and playing withschool groups. At 16 I got a

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clarinet. then started playing altosax. I even began tinkering aroundon piano.

"After leaving school I wentinto the civil service and startedPlaying with semi -pro jazz anddance bands in my' spare time. Inthose days my tastes were prettybroad-I used to think the Sc!.Phillips band was marvelous andI longed to play his kind ofclarinet out in front of a bigband.

"I became so interested in music-I wanted to be an arranger-that I chucked up the job with thecivil service and came up toLondon. I got a few jobs, evensold some arrangements to theDankworth Orchestra. and was ableto earn about f4 10s. a week. I

used to go home to Southamptononce a week, which cost f2 return.and I had to pay f2 for myroom in London but somehow I

survived." ("Petty pilfering?"asked Manfred straightfaced.)

SAME FLAT"Then I moved into the same

flat as Manfred and Mike Hugg andwe snowballed into a very slowlymoving snowball. We _got interestedin playing R & B, which meantthat one of us had to play guitar(wed tried out a motley assort-ment of guitarists without success)and I borrowed an instrument andstarted to learn it. I'm stilllearning!"

Now that they've made the BigTime. Mike is looking forwardto finding time (the one commoditythey are shortest of) to buy acar. "I've had a number of oldcars. most of them have beenabandoned in the English country-side, and soon I intend to get areally good one."

Manfred is the most talkative ofthe group ("I'll never get a wordin when he's around." said Mikewryly), much "admired" by hiscolleagues for his ability to winevery' argument (to his own satis-faction, at least). He's quick -thinking and articulate and hisbackground is an unusual one fora pop star:-

"I was born in Johannesburg andwas suppdsed to go into msfather's printing business there. I

did spend three years in theworks. bossing around all thePeople who had been with thefirm 20 years! But eventuahy myinterest in music became too strongfor me to want to do anythingelse.

JAll FANS"I started on piano at the age

of 14, was sent to teachers and myinterest rapidly flagged. I threwup lessons again and again. But,listening to the radio I gotinterested in trad jazz and pops byBing and others.

"there was a bunch of fellas Iwas very anxious to get in withand I heard one of them mentionHarry James-they were all jazzfans. So I bought my first LP,Harry .tames' A,I Time Favouriies,in the hope of impressing them. I

took it along to them, theycrowded round the gramophone-and then started wandering off intothe next room. It seemed I'dbought the wrong record. Afterthat, I started taking an interestin Brubeck. Shearing and TedHeath, and started playing pianoat private parties.

"Suddenly, playing became logicalto me and I became fascinatedwith the reasons behind music-why certain chords sound good andlead on to the other chords andso on.

"An American jazz pianist andteacher, John Mehegan, came toSouth Africa and I took lessonsfrom him. Practising became dailyroutine with me. I began going tolibraries and looking up books onMUSIC.

"After Mehegan went home I

started studying theory with theProfessor of Music at Johannes-

burg University. But South Africawas turning into a Republic andI felt 1 wattled to gel out. Sodid my professor, a Viennese.

"So. at the age of 2o I cameto London and got a grubby flatin Hampstead. I wrote a fewarticles on jazz musical theoryfor Jazz News and advertisedmyself as a jazz harmony teacher.I got quite a few pupils."

(Interruption from Mike Vickers:"They came to him because theywanted to know what his articlesmeant!'')

"But they soon drifted away. Myplace didn't have the right aura-no secretary and all that-and 1

think they resented. being made toclap with records. I always starteda new pupil by making him clapwith a record. If he clapped onthe on beat (as they always do atthe end of luke Box Jury) I'dmake him carry' on clapping untilhe understood the rhythm andclapped on the utt beat. But mostof them resented paying I5s. 6d.

RECORD MIRROR. Week ending May 9, 1964

to learn how to clap.-So I joined the pathetic army

of jazz musicians trying to makea living playing in pubs and clubsto listeners who were indifferentor knew ii already and just talkedthrough the music.

"I got a job at Butlins with MikeHugg on vibes. We were veryambitious to make the jazz sceneand we assembled a good band,a seven piece with tenor andtrumpet. Occasionally we evenhad a bloke on piccolo.

"The tenor and trumpet leftand we thought it was a catas-trophe. We got a vocalist-Paul

- and I thought he was acatastrophe. I opposed him joiningus but there was nobody else. MikeHugg and I pooled 'all our resourcesand bought an organ for 1325. Atlast we were getting our presentsound. But nobody wanted to know.

"We were booked for theopening of a club in Poole andwere paid C25. which knocked usout. We didn't knock out the

audience. though. Ten peopleturned up and threatened to breakthe place up if We appeared again.The club packed in. and cancelledthe following week's attraction-agroup of unknowns called TheRolling Stones.

"Suddenly. it all started clickinginto place. Before our hit with5-4-3-2-1 we were working regularly.turning away bookings.

"Now. everything's a rush. Wedon't have enough time to rehearse.and to think about the things youmust think about if you are tostay' successful in this business. Wedon't even hove time to listen toall the r & b records which MikeVickers and I enjoy just as much-though in a different way-as weenjoy our first love, jazz::

Next week-Paul Jones

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