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No. 365 (NEW SERIES) EVERY FRIDAY PRICE 6d. JANUARY 8, 1954

Mama's gone, goodbye;Coney Island washboard

PEE WEE HUNTAND HIS ORCHESTRA

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FULL NME POLL RESULTS

TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC AGAIN THE WINNERS

SYD ROY and HARRY DAWSON THANK THE ARTISTS and BANDS OFTHE BIGGEST SHOW ON RECORD-STARRING

EDDIE CALVERT(The Man With The Golden Trumpet)

DICKJAMES, Etc. for turning hundreds away at the Alma, Luton,Dec. 21st - Empire, Swindon, Jan. 3rd. This Sunday return Alma, Luton(6.30 p.m.) and Savoy, Burnt Oak (8 p.m.) Book now. Syd Roy, Ltd. WHI 9304 & 2031

ABOVE: A fine photograph of TedHeath and his Music, who have onceagain won the Large Band Sectionof the NME Annual Poll. The fullresults appear on page 3 of this issue.

EDDIE FISHERIN LONDON

LEFT: Eddie Fisher paid a surpriseflying visit to London over the week-end on his way to sing for theAmerican Forces. He was muchtaken by the English brand of head-gear, which he is seen wearing inthis NN1E photo. His glamorouscompanion is, of course, Vivian

("Guys and Dolls") Blaine.

ROSEMARY

CLOONEY HERERIGHT: Another celebrity to reachthese shores this week was RosemaryClooney, seen here with her film -starhusband Jose Ferrer, as they steppedoff the 'plane at London Airport on

Tuesday.

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2 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday, January 8, 1954

Best RecordsIHAVE been a reader of your

magazine for quite some time,although till now I have never writtena letter to your paper. However,now that this is the time when onestarts to think of " Best " this and" Best " that, I thought my list ofbest records and artistes would proveof interest to your readers.

During the year I have purchasedapproximately 300 discs -and haveconfined my selection to " popular "music.Nat "King" Cole: "I Still See Eliza."Joni James: "Why Don't You Be-

lieve me 2"Perry Como: "Don't Let The Stars

Get In Your Eyes."Joy Nichols: "The Inch Worm."Muriel Smith: "Hold Me, Thrill

Me."Tony Brent: "Have You Heard."Frank Chacksfield: "Limelight

Theme."Wally Scott: "The Kiss."Frankie Vaughan: " N o Help

Wanted."Dickie Valentine: " Don't Leave Me

Now."Richard Hayman: "Ruby."Vic Damone: " Eternally."Norman Brooks: "Somebody Won-

derful."Frankie Laine: " I Believe."Frank Chacksfield: "Ebb Tide."Eddie Fisher: "Wish You Were

Here."Ray Anthony: " Dragnet."David Whitfield: "Answer Me."Bruce Trent: " They Won't Know

Me."Frank Sinatra: "From Here To

Eternity."Vic Damone: "Ebb Tide."

Wishing you success and prosperityfor 1954.

VICTOR A WATSON.Beverley Court Road, Quinton,

Birmingham, 32.

Blood -boilerIT makes my blood boil to hear

people like Messrs. Copping,Barlow and Brunton (Letters, Dec.25), running down a wonderful pieceof literature like Mr. Montgomery'sletter on Trad. I heartily agree withevery word Mr. Montgomery wroteand would like to say a piece of myown.

Kenton and Heath and all theother big bands of today drive meup the wall. When the average per-son hears numbers "played" by such"groups of people" they get thewrong idea about jazz. They thinkit's all rotten. It's only after theyhave heard a few trad. numbers thatthey think there is something in jazzafter all. As for these small groups-the Kinsey and Klein type -well,I have run out of polite words toexpress my feelings about the boshthey turn out.

To hear some real jazz, I adviseMessrs. Copping, Barlow and Brun-ton to get Kid Ory's version of"Oh, Don't He Ramble" and "Mary-land" on Vogue V.2186. That repre-sents my ideal in jazz.

J. GILLBANKS.Enuismore Gardens, S.W.7.

Hear, Hear, Humph !A S secretary of an organisation

-ti devoted to the sale of jazzrecords, both modern and traditional,together with furthering the interestsof both retailer and record -buyeralike, may I heartily endorse Hum-phrey Lyttelton's remarks (NME,Jan. 1).

The practice of advertising re-

A group at the Flamingo, last Sunday (3rd).L. to r.: Lennie Hastings(drums); Bill Sutcliffe (bass); Ronnie Ross (tenor); Damian Robinson

(piano) and Dickie Bandon (trumpet).

cords which very often are not evenpressed is not confined to this Christ-mas only, but has been going onfor some considerable time, and hasbecome a source of irritation toboth sides of the counter. Myassociation has made friendly repre-sentation several times to the com-panies concerned, and whilst we havehad sympathetic letters from themajor companies, one particularindependent company has not evenhad the courtesy to reply to severalletters. This same company (and thisis absolutely true) when phoned re-garding releases advertised in a costlyadvert knew nothing whatsoeverabout the issues.

On behalf of the shops representedby our association, I would like toassociate myself with Humphrey'ssuggested New Year Resolution tothe companies; to reaffirm that weare doing our best by representationto the companies; to rectify thepractice, and to say that we believethat it is doing great harm to theTrade.

Finally, record -buyers, don't blamethe man behind the counter, it's nothis fault: he's just as peeved as youare, and in the case of the JRRAman he probably wants the discs forhimself, too.

PETE PAYNE.Bromley Road, S.E.6.

Confession11' HAVE a confession to make. II know nothing of Dixieland Jazz.But! Before you start throwingdaggers, I art wondering if NMEor any of its readers could help meout by putting me on to some bookson the subject and by giving me thenames of a few records andrenderers for the "new ear."

D. MILLS.Pinegrove Road, Sholing,

Southampton.

Jazz TasteIHAVE read with interest yourarticles on the BBC's attitude to-

wards jazz programmes, and it waswith a certain amount of relief thatI then heard that a campaign wasgoing to be launched by certainnotabilities in the profession againstthis latest policy in the BBC. But

BRITAIN'S No. 2 BEST SELLERORCHESTRATIONS F.O. 3/6 S.O. 3/ -

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lately, as a result of the lettersprinted in your Letters column, Ihave become dismayed by the atti-tude of the jazz fans themselvesover their likes and dislikes of jazzmusic. And I was shocked to readthat WAR has been declared be-tween those who like traditional jazzand those who like modern jazz.

Therefore, speaking of the wholeaffair bluntly, it must be admittedthat jazz in this country will neverp -ogress whilst there is such abigoted attitude shown by jazzfollowers towards their particularbrand of jazz. It is obvious that theBBC will only cater for somethingwhich has a large following of thesame taste. This cannot be said ofjazz, for its followers do not agreeon the meaning of the word, letalone music.

If people tried to listen to jazzand dance music in the same under-standing way as Jack Payne. whose

Sunday afternoon programmes isfirst-class, then the BBC would havesomething to work on. But at themoment the whole affair seems tobe too complex. How can the jazzfollowing public convince the BBCof the great potentialities of jazzwhen they cannot even convincethemselves on the most elementarypoint of all -taste 7

H. ELMEY.Edgway Road, Oxford.

Help WantedIRECENTLY received on the radio

X around 2 a.m. the American homestations of NBC and CBS, and Iwould Ike to hear from any of yourreaders who could give me pro-gramme details and information onthe above or any other Americanstations.

REG IREDALE.86, Ackers Hall Avenue,

Lis erpool, 14.

British StarsyES, Miss Downey, you are

another NME reader who shouldgo to America and stay there !

Ted Heath would Maw the crowdsfor many weeks to the Palladium be-cause in his show are a whole crowdof top-flight entertainers.

I'll guarantee you (and I'm suremany, many others will support me)that Max Bygraves would pack thePalladium for weeks because he isthe Star of entertainers. He doesn'tstumble around the stage "crying" -like your Johnnie Ray, and he doesmore than just stand and sing. Heputs life into his songs and makesyou feel happy.

Of course, there are the othergreat British stars that Mr. TerryDay mentioned last week. Theyshould definitely have a "turn" atthe Palladium.

True, we like to see some Americanstars at the Palladium, but do theyhave to dominate that great show -house for nine months of the year ?After all, America doesn't let ourstars play in their big theatres foreven three months.

ELSIE CAPLEN.Thorpedale Road, Finsbury Park.

AFN HIGHLIGHTS344, 271, 547 METRESSUNDAY

A.M. 8 Sunday Circus; 10.05 LuckyU Ranch; 10.30 Piano Playhouse; 11.30Sunday Syncopation.

P.M. 1.30 American Music Hall:3.05 Highway Of Melody; 5 Bob &stay; 5.30 Request Parade; 6.05 RedSkelton; 6.30 My Friend Dana; 7.30Dancing Party; 8.05 Eddie Cantor;8.30 Twenty Questions; 9 StarsFrom Paris; 10.35 NBC Orchestra;11.30 Knaves At Night; 11.45 TheVocal Touch; 12.02 Midnight In Mantbatten.HONDA!

A.M. 6.05 Hillbilly Gasthaus; 7.15Dave Garroway; 7.30 Bandbox; 8.02Forward March; 8.15 Curt Massey;Red Skelton; 9.45 Personal Album10.02 Merely Music; 11 Meet Millie;11..30 Duffle Bag.

P.M. 1 Jack Kirkwood; 1.20 HowardBarlow Present's" -; 2.02 Strictlycrom Dixie; 2.13 American Melodeers;2.45 Paulena Carter; 3 StickbuddyJamboree; 3.30 Bud's Bandwaggon;4.02 Outpost Concert; 5 Off TheRecords; 0 Jo Stafford; 7 MusicIn The Air; 8 News World; 8.30Arthur Godfrey; 10 The Whistler; 10.45Blues For Monday; 11.05 GarmisenRevue; 11.45 Late Date; 12.02 LateDate.TUESDAY

A.M. As fur Monday.P.51. 1 Jack Kirkwood; 1.30 Music

From Holland; 2.02 Pops In Polka;2.15 Winged Victory Chorus; 2.45 JudyKing; 3.05 Stickbuddy Jamboree; 3.30Bud's Bandwaggon; 4.02 Outpost Con-cert; S Off The Record; 6 EddieFisher; 7 Music In The Air; 8.05Amos 'n Andy; 9.30 Music's NoMystery; 10 The Line Up; 11.45 LateDate; 12.02 Late Date.WEDNESDAY

A.M. As for Monday.P.M. 1 Jack Kirkwood; 1.30 Pln-

chanted Hour; 2.02 Strictly FromDixie; 2.15 Flashing Fingers; 2.45Youth Brings You Music; 3 StickbuddyJamboree; 3.30 Bud's Bandwaggon;4.02 Outpost Concert; 5 Off TheRecord; 6 Jo Stafford; 7 Music InThe Air; 8.05 The Great Gildersleeve;8.55 Sergeant Jaeger; 10 The GreatStory; 10.45 Hot House; 11.05 Starsand Stripes; 12 Late Date.THURSDAY

A.M. As for MondayP.M. 1 Jack Kirkwood; 2.02 Pops

In Polka; 4.02 Outpost Concert;S Off The Record; 7 Music In The Air;8.30 You Are There; 9.15 On The Scene;10 Escape; 11.05 Late Date; 12.02Late Date.FRIDAY

A.M.. As for MondayP.51. 1 Jack Kirkwood; 4.02 Rtas

Symphony; 5 Oft The Record; 6 JoStafford; 7 Music In The Mr; 8.05 Play-house of Favourites; 8.30 The AmericanWay; 10 F.R.I. In Peace and War; 10.45Merodia; 11.05 Keller Dance Remote;12.02 Late Date.SATURDAY

A.M. 6.03 Hillbilly Gasthous; 7.30What's New ?; 7.45 Special Fifteen;4 Bob Elope.

P.M. 1 Hillbilly Gasthous. 2.02Combo Corner; 2.15 Sport a MemoryBook; 2.30 Big City Serenade; 3.30Stan Kenton; 4 Call Me Freedom;5.50 Local Edition; (3 Saturday SwingSession; 7 Music In The Air; .8.05Grand ble Opry; 8.30 Record ParadeOf lits; 10 Jazz Nocturne; 11.05 LateDate; 11.10 Late Date.

RADIO

LUXEMBOURGFULL PROGRAMMES

(208 METRES)SUNDAY

6.45 Frankie Lain; 7 p.m. YourFavourites; 7.30 Kiddies' Corner; 7.45Winifred Atwell ; 8 Vera Lynn ;8.30 Michael Mile s' Take YourPick; 9 Carroll Gibbons; 9.15 CurlMassey and Martha Tilton; 9.30 TheCase Of The Sinister Sister; 9.45 TedHeath; 10.0 Listen With Philips; 10.30Bing Sinrs; 10.45 The Answer Man;11 Top Twenty.MON DAY

6 p.m. Monday Requests; 1.15 DanDare; 7.30 Smash Hits; 8 Your Mother'sBirthday; 8.30 The Capitol Show; q

The Gift Box; 9.30 The Case Of The

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Sinister Sister., 9.45 Forces Choice:10 Your Record Shop; 10 30 Music ForEveryone; 11.5 The Bible ChristianProgramme; 11.15 Frank and Ernest.11.30 The World Of Tomorrow.'CUESDAY

6 p.m. Tuesday Requests; 3

The Starline Show; 7.15 Dan Dare.7.30 Mario Lanza; 7.45 Guess TheName; 8 The story of Dr. Kildare:8.30 The Capitol Show; 9 The Best ofthe Best; 9.30 The Case of The SinisterSister; 9.45 Melodies By Malranta; 10Music For Everyone: 10.45 Songs FromThe Screen; 11 Revival Time; 11.30Oral Roberts.14 EON ESDA v

6 p.m. Wednesday Requests; 7.0Toilefesen; 7.15 Dan Dare; 7.30 FamilyAlbum; 7.45 Soccer Survey; 8 PeopleAre Funny; 8.30 The Capitol Show;9 The Gift Box; 9.30 The Case Of TheSinister Sister; 9.45 Curt Massey andMartha Triton; 10 Dreamtime; 10.15Music Of The Stars; 10.30 The QueensHall Light Orchestra: 10.45 The AnswerMan; 11 Back To The Bible; 11.30Music. At Bedtime.mu Haan V

6 p.m. Thursday Requests: 7 MoslemRound -up; 7.15 Dan Dare; 7.30 TopicalHalf Hour; 8 Movie Magazine; 8.30Movie Magazine; 9 Norrre Takes AChance; 9.30 The Case Of The SinisterSister; 9.45 Melodies By Mairants; 10.30Music For Everyone; 10.45 Italian Musicand Song; 11 Old -Fashioned Revive,Hour.PRI DAY

6.0 p.m. Friday's Requests ;Beaver Club; 7.15 Dan Dare; 7.30Topical Half-hour; 8 David Rose8.30 Hopaiong Cassidy; 9 EveningStars; 9.30 The Case Of The SinisterSister; 9.45 Edmund() Ros; 10 Dream -time; 10.15 Forces Choice; 10.30 OldAcquaintance; 10.45 Let's Dance;11 The Voice of Prophecy; 11.15Radio Bible Class; 11.45 The AnswerMan.SATURDAY

6 p.m. Saturday Requests;Amateur Football; 7.13 Irish Requests;8 The Best Of The Best; 8.30 TheCapitol Show; 9 Scottish Requests; 9.55Radio Theatre; 10.45 Popular Melodies;11 Bringing Christ To The Nations;11.30 '208' Slipper Club.

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Friday, January 8, 1954 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS 3

NME POLL : FULL RESULTSHow the readers voted for their favourite British dance bands,

musicians & singers

DICKIEVALENTINE

LITAROZA

BILLMcGUFFIE

JOh.NYDANKWORTH

BAND YOU WOULD MOSTLIKE TO SEE AT THE NMEPOLLWINNERS' CONCERT

1 JOHNNY DANKWORTH'S ORCHESTRA2 Vic Lewis and his Band3 BBC Show Band4 Frank Chacksfield's OrchestraS Ken Mackintosh's Band6 Stanley Black and his Orchestra7 Billy Cotton's Band8 Jack Parnell9 Ronnie Scott

10 Ted Heath11 Teddy Foster12 Carl Barriteau13 Gracie Cole14 George Evans15 Geraldo16 Edmundo Ros17 Squadronaires

18 Eric Jupp19 Oscar Rabin20 Eric Winstone

6021472428642106116464846441536329517415912392865841372421

CLARINET1 CARL BARRITEAU2 Sid Phillips3 Vic Ash4 Henry McKenzie5 Frank Weir6 Douggic Robinson7 Wally Fawkes8 Ken Mackintosh9 Nat Temple

10 Keith Bird11 Harry Roy12 Allan Beaver13 David Ede14 Archie Semple15 Dave Shepherd16 Harry Bence17 Bruce Turner18 Ronnie Baker

BASS3718 1 JOHNNY3253 HAWKSWORTH 68232803 2 Sammy Stokes 33861494 3 Frank Donnison 2402961 4 Joe Muddel 1823755 5 Jack Fallon ..... ..... 1102567 6 Eric Dawson 958436 7 Charlie Short 875347 8 Lennie Bush 531310 9 Joe Nussbaum 529287 10 Coleridge Goode 460245 11 Tim Bell 313212 12 Ronnie Stone 285175 13 Jack Seymour ... 177128 14 Micky Asman 8094 15 Frank Clarke 7487 16 Ronnie Seabrook 6154 17 George Jennings 48

The NME Poll-Winners' ConcertIN view of the two weeks' season Ted Heath and his Music at

the London Palladium, commencing March 8, the NME hasarranged-at Ted's request-to switch the staging of its great Poll -Winners' Concert to a later date.

It was originally intended to hold this mammoth presentationat the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday, March 21, but in view of thefact that Ted Heath's fortnight at the London Palladium will notterminate until Saturday, March 20, it was decided to make thispostponement for a few weeks, until either April 25 or May 2.

Ted Heath is anxious to playthe minimum number of dates inLondon during March to ensurethat the maximum number offans will attend his Palladiumseason.

Next week wethe definite dateWinners' Concertvenue.

Sorry, NME readers, but youwill have to wait a little longerfor the great thrill of hearing andcomparing the Heath Band andthe new Dankworth Orchestraplaying together at the sameconcert !

will announceof the Poll -and also the

SHOW BANDTIME CHANGE

TIMES of the weekly broadcastsby Cyril Stapleton's BBC

Show Band on Saturday have beenchanged, and this programme isnow aired from 1.10 p.m. for anhour's duration, instead of com-mencing at 3.30 p.m.

Comedian -scriptwriter, Bob Monk -house, is now featured each weekwith the Show Band on the Mondayevening and Saturday afternoonprogrammes.

Yesterday (Thursday) Cyril Staple-ton and Show Band producer, JohnnyStewart, met film star RosemaryClooney at her Claridges Hotel suiteto discuss arrangements for herbroadcast with the Show Band nextMonday evening (January 12)..

BRITISH DISC

STARS FOR

STATESTHE phenomenal U.S. sales of

Eddie Calvert's Columbia re-cord of "Oh! Mein Papa," are con-fidently expected to pass themillion mark by mid -February,,and Eddie is fixing a good will tripto the States on February 22.

Meanwhile, Ray Martin crossesthe Atlantic on January 15, whileNorrie Paramor is planning a tripfor February or early March.

Dick Lee, U.S. singer and star ofthe American "Essex" label-whosewaxings are heard here via theBritish Columbia label - reachesLondon on a good will and sight-seeing trip next week.

THEStanley Black Orchestra is

playing tonight (Friday, 8th) forthe Barnstaple Corporation at theirCorporation Dance at the QueensHall.

Tomorrow (Saturday), the Blackorchestra will play at London'sDorchester Hotel for the PottersBar Golf Club Ball. Further en-gagements include Basingstoke (15th)and the Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield (16th).

LARGE BAND1 TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC 95942 Jack Parnell and his Music Makers 70813 Ken Mackintosh's Orchestra 52534 Johnny Dankworth's Orchestra 45215 BBC Show Band 34166 Stanley Black's Orchestra 21047 Joe Loss and his Band 12508 Geraldo and his Orchestra 10169 Vic Lewis and his Band 852

10 Eric Winstone's Band 65311 Squadronaires 51712 Billy Ternent's Orchestra 45413 Teddy Foster's Band 42114 Syd Dean's Band 36815 Harry Leader's Band 31116 Ambrose and his Orchestra 28017 Basil Kirchin's Band 23518 Oscar Rabin's Band 111

19 Gracie Cole's Band 10520 Harry Roy's Band 56

MUSICIANOF THEYEAR

1 RONNIE SCOTT 54382 Johnny Dankworth 49163 Jack Parnell 32064 Ray Ellington 29215 Bill McGuffie ....... 221-6 Stanley Black 1841

7 Ted Heath 14658 Kenny Baker 9879 Tito Burns 950

10 Geraldo 91011 Don Lusher 86412 Freddy RanzIall 79213 Ronnie Verrell 76114 Ken Mackintosh 69315 Johnny Hawksworth 63116 Carl Barriteau 58417 Frank Chacksfield 52018 Eddie Blaire 47219 Alan Ganley 43320 Harry Klein 42721 Tommy Whittle

DON CARLLUSHER BARRITEAU

DRUMS1 JACK PARNELL 53022 Ronnie Verrell 48423 Eric Delaney 25254 Allan Ganley 19045 Phil Seaman 12386 Tony Crombie 9217 Basil Kirchin 7268 Tony Kinsey 5809 Lennie Hastings 458

10 Joe Daniels 40611 Jock Cummings 23712 Norman Burns 15013 Derek Price . 12014 Bobby Kevin 8815 Don Lawson 8116 Ken Hollick 47

FEMALE VOCALIST1 LITA ROZA 101152 Cleo Leine 94233 Julie DaWn 78064 Jill Day 42415 Diana Coupland 22346 Peaii Carr 11387 Annette Klooger 91418 Alma Warren 8919 Alma Cogan 747

10 Rose Brennan 43811 Jean Campbell 39812 Patti Forbes 37613 i Barbara Jay 35514 Dinah Kaye 32415 Vera Lynn 27316 Joan Regan 22417 Marion Ryan 20118 Jill Allen 14719 Marion Davis 12320 Diana Decker 94

12EG JOHNNYOWEN HAWKSWORTH

ARRANGER1 REG OWEN 4258

2 Johnny Dankworth 35263 Stanley Black 14534 Ron Goodwin 1167

5 Eric Jupp 9546 Ray Martin 871

7 Ken Mackintosh 7948 Ken Thorne 7209 Laurie Johnson 520

10 Johnny Keating 46411 Malcolm Lockyer 31112 Mantovani 29713 Allan Roper 22814 Steve Race 9715 Wally Stott 64

16 Dave Lindup 37

17 Harry South 23

TENOR -SAX1 RONNIE SCOTT 61512 Tommy Whittle 48263 Don Rendell 32114 Art Ellefsen 12065 Kenny Graham 9436 Tubby Hayes 8517 Kathy Stobart 6598 Rex Morris 5749 Jimmy Skidmore 414

10 Bob Burns 36511 Keith Bird 28112 Jimmy Walker 19313 Duncan Lamont 16614 Bob Efford 12815 Lena Kidd 9516 Reg Price 43

TROMBONE1 DON LUSHER . ... 72642 Jackie Armstrong 45443 Harry Roche 24014 George Chisholm 15215 Eddie Harvey 11626 Ken Wray 10507 Jock Bain 8648 Laddic Busby 7159 Gordon Langhorn 685

10 Mac Minshull 62211 Keith Christie 60012 Geoff Sowden 55113 Norman Cave 37314 Bill Geldard 35815 Johnny Keating 22716 Maurice Pratt 141

KENNYBAKER

JACKPARNELL

RONNIESCOTT

SMALL BAND1 RONNIE SCOTT'S BAND 6921

2 Ray Ellington Quartet 66423 Norman Burns Quintet .48014 Carl Barriteau's Band 44115 Tito Burns and his Band 26316 Freddy Randall's Band 25367 Sid Phillips and his Band 18218 Harry Gold's Pieces of Eight 1581

9 Humphrey Lyttelton's Band 70910 Kenny Baker's Quartet 52511 Tony Kinsey Trio 31412 Phil Tate's Band 25713 Reggie Goff's Band 21314 Johnny Rogers' Band 17815 Felix King's Band 14916 Malcolm Mitchell Trio 13717 Eric Delaney Group 7718 Hedley Ward Trio 43

ALTO -SAX1 JOHNNY DANKWORTH 67362 Derek Humble 39223 Les Gilbert 24424 Ken Mackintosh 22585 Dougpie Robinson 14706 Ronnie Chamberlain 8617 Carl Barriteau 6478 Harry Bence 6299 Harry Klein 536

10 Roy Willox 33711 Johnny Rogers 27412 Bruce Turner . ... .. 15513 Geoff Taylor 8714 Harry. Hayes 8115 Bob Burns 7616 Dave Shand 6417 Jimmy Walker 47

GUITAR1 IVOR MAIRANTS 63412 Roy Plummer 58623 Bert Weedon 20544 Ike Isaacs 9645 Archie Slavin ..... 8056 Ray Dempsey 5477 Malcolm Mitchell 5408 Laurie Deniz 4499 Ken Sykora 449

10 Don Fraser 20811 Jeff Rowena 15612 Johnny Wiltshire 13313 Dennis Wright 11814 Laurie Steele 7215 Peter Chilver 5316 George Elliott17 Freddy Legon

PIANO1 BILL McGUFFIE 66432 Ralph Dollimore 48313 Stanley Black 24424 Frank Horrox 21615 Winifred Atwell 4626 Steve Race 2637 Dill Jones 2498 Ronnie Aldrich 2109 Bill Le Sage 184

10 Dick Katz 10011 Eddie Thompson 7512 Tommy Pollard 4313 Ralph Sharon 3714 Norman Stenfalt 3415 Harry South 2816 Mike McKenzie 25

TRUMPET1 KENNY BAKER 46432 Eddie Calvert 39763 Jimmy Deuchar 23214 Bobby Pratt 18325 Joe Hunter 140116 Albert Hall 9067 Humphrey Lyttelton 8748 Freddy Randall 8449 Johnny Oldfield 651

10 Stan Roderick 63011 Freddy Clayton 62312 Eddie Blair 61713 Derrick Abbott 53014 Terry Brown 34715 Bert Courtley 26816 Duncan Campbell 14417 Bert Ezzard 611

MALE VOCALIST1 DICKIE VALENTINE2 Dennis Louis3 Frankie Vaughan4 Tony Brent5 Ray Burns6 David Whitfield7 Monty Norman8 David Hughes9 Frank Holder

10 Bob Dale

IVORMAIRANTS

11 Les Howard12 Benny Lee13 Howard Jones14 Jimmy Young15 Martin Moreno16 Teddy Johnson17 Dennis Hale18 Bryan Clark19 Johnny Grant20 Mel Gaynor

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"OH MEIN PAPA"is the 'Top Selling Record'-

The FIRST of 1954-AND IT'S BRITISH !

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NORRIE PARAMOR

The Men behind the Records -1

PRODUCTION BY PARAMORpICTURE a major recording

executive, and you'll probablyimagine a bloated business tycoon;heavy jowled, humourless, purple -faced, and surrounded by sixtysecretaries.

Picture Norrie Paramor, and ifyou know anything about the guyat all, your image will be as differ-ent from the last as bop is fromboogie ; a youngish, dapper fel-low, reserved almost to the pointof shyness, quietly spoken andthoroughly approachable.

Yet Norrie is such an important

figure in the disc world to -day thatto refer to him as a "major execu-tive " is almost belittling hisposition !

He has been immediately res-ponsible for half the popular musicissues on British Columbia sinceOctober, 1952 (the equally talentedand charming Ray Martin takescare of the other fifty per cent.).He decides which artists will waxwhat tunes. He conceives, scoresand hires the required musiciansfor vocal accompaniment sessions.And additionally, he finds time to

AMERICAN AIR -MAIL FROM NEW YORKby ANDY E.

COUNT BASLE called me fromI -A his Long Island home to thankme for the mentions I had made ofhim in the NME, and asked me towish everyone a prosperous andhappy 1954.

Basic told me he has reopenednegotiations for a European trip andwill let us know how that pans out.

Making the second go round, isGeorge Gershwin's "Love Walked

Ted "Is Everybody Happy" Lewisis going into the oil biz; he is in-vesting a big wad of dough intoBolivian oil.

Did you know that the famed18'er Oscar Peterson of NormanGranz's JATP is an accomplishedsinger, too ? Granz has cut a vocalalbum starring Oscar.

Norman Granz recetly flew to yourcontinent to ready the 1954 JATPtour which kicks off sometime inFebruary.

There is a plan afoot by AVGAto ban dee-jays from becoming per-formers, i.e., Al Jazzbo Collins,Steve Allen, etc., who not only aredee-jays. They also record, and fromtime to time engage in club dates.The AVGA feels they should goback to the airwaves exclusively andstay there ! It is said that unlessthis is done, performers may beasked not to appear on dee-jayprograms in "guest shots."

If you are a modern jazz fan.Dizzy's latest Contemporary LP C2504 "Dizzy In Paris" is a must !He is backed by Nat Peck, trom-bone; Walde Legge, piano; LouHackney, bass; and Al Jones, drums,featuring "Mon Homme," "Tou-jours," "C'est Comme Ca," " 'S Mer-1 eilleux," "Fais Gaffe " "Au PaysD'Oobladee," "Nocturne Lunaire,""J'ai De Rythme "

Connie Haines touring the FarEast stopped off at Honolulu to stageseveral shows for Servicemenstationed there.

Satchmo and his band reachedHonolulu about the same time, andTrait -my Young showed the bandaround in his adopted h o m e.Trummy llved five years in Honoluluprior to joining "Pops."

Bill Perkins has replaced ZootSims on the tenor chair with Ken -ton's ork.

This Week's Bravos: Count Basisand his big band at the Birdland.This Week's Best Record: TurkMurphy's Jazz Band -Good TimeJazz LP 18. featuring "Minstrels OfAnnie Street," "Little John's Rag,""Bay City," :"Messa 'Round" andfeaturing Claire Austin vocals on"Cakewalkin' Babies," "Oh Daddy,""Hot Time In The Old Town" andlast, but far from least, the excellent

SALMIERIclarinet solo by Bob Helm on"Wolverine Blues."

Good News Department Theowners of the recently shuttered BlueNote night club will reopen soon atanother site . . . they have not de-cided whether they will keep the oldname "Blue Note."

Paul A. Studer, of Switzerland,has come up with a wonderful idea.He has formed a collectors' clubcalled "The New International JazzClub." The primary mission of thisclub is to be of service to recordcollectors the world over. It is alsodesigned to assist collectors in learn-ing more of their musical pre-ferences Basically, the NJC has thefollowing aims: (1) An address ex-change service; (2) To give membersinformation on current records andbooks being released in variouscountries; (3) To aid in the inter-national exchange of records betweeninterested collectors; (4) To promote(if possible) annual meetings ofmembers; (5) To realise every usefulsuggestion from members.

There have been no nationalchapters set up as yet, but they willbe announced as soon as possible. Ifinterested in this idea (if you are aJazz -Pop -Hillbilly -Classical collector)write to Paul A. Studer, Rivera(Tessin), Switzerland. Kindly men-tion you read it here.

Here are more pen -pal listings:Patrick J Sullivan to George13rymer, 627 E. Concord Ave.,Orlando, Florida ; Coln Lane to BillLawson, 4927, Lake Park Ave.,Chicago 15, Illinois; Chris R.Hennesy to Lee S. Kruska, 7052 E.Ludington Ave., Ludington, Michi-gan; Nonna Stone to Al Starck, 635,McKinley St., Neenah, Wisconsin;Jacquelline Whipall to Catherine V.O'Brien, 402, First Ave., NewtownSquare, Pennsylvania' JimmyCarroll, jnr. (Glasgow, Scotland) toLeon Whitley, 4815, Cole's Manor,Dallas, Texas; Michael Maher toKenneth C. Rooks, 70, MacombsPlace, New York, 39, N.Y.; AnthonySnook (17, Grove Rd.) to PeterBoekhoff, 1507, Parkview Ave.,Whiting, Indiana.

Pauline Nightingale to LeonardLeichter, 2733, N. 46th Street,Philadelphia 31, Pennsylvania;Danny Smith (26 St. Paul's Ave.) toLouis Loura, 3105, San Pablo Ave.,Berkeley, California; Jean Biggin toElmer H. Moeller, 755, Dawson St.,Waterloo, Iowa ; Pamela Lumsden toP. C. Dixon, 2749, Parkview, Knox-ville, Tenn.; Thomas Burns (12,Horncastle Rd.), to Carl A Schafer,357, S. Linden Rd., Mansfield, Ohio;Trevor W. Taylor to Dean C.Hughes, 46, Sheridan Ave., Pontiac,

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Michigan ; Stephen J. Voce to Leon3. Hibler, 6i8, So. Hawley Rd.,Milwaukee 14, Wisconsin; R. F.Burrett (Bonham Rd.) to DanPavia, 1711, S.W. 3rd Avenue 207,Portland, Oregon.

Brian P. Toehane to H. B.Worster, c/o Mrs. T. T. Marks, jnr.,1703, Pointview Ave., Youngstown,Ohio; Shirley Moore to Norman K.Ackermann 216, No. Main St. RockCreek, Ohio; J. Brcbred (?) 918,Shettieston Rd., Glasgow, to RichardG. Holbrook, Guard Hill Rd., Bed-ford, N.Y ; Trevor Williams to J.Robert Mantler, 144-42, NorthernBlvd., Pasadena, California.

L. J. Cook to Roehale S. Mounts,1266, No. Commonwealth, Holly-wood 29, California ; John E. K.White to Gloria Lee Taylor, 1128,E. Adams Street, Springfield, Illinois;Tune Bradbrook to Gilbert Harmon,21, Elm Street, Camden Maine;David Staitewitch (Rose Street) toWilliam De Frayne, 401, East 137thStreet, Bronx 54, New York ; P.Chapman to Jack Breckenridge,2406, Silverstrand, Hermosa Beach,California ; Basil Brideson, jnr., toMr. J. A. Pascarella, 1798, DixwellAvenue, Hamden 14, Connecticut.

That's all for this week. We willpublish more names as soon as weget more American names to matchYOU with.

cut best-selling orchestral plattersunder his own name, often playinga solo piano part to boot 1

All this would require a twenty-five -hour day and an eight -dayworking week for one person, youwould think. In point of fact,Norrie gets through his assignmentsquite comfortably, with level-headed aptitude and enough freetime to follow his favourite hob-bies of motoring, tennis -a4darts.

If ever there was a right man inthe job, it's Paramor. But untilmaybe three years ago Norrie wasregarded as an expert keyboardman, an efficient Dixieland special-ist, and little else. Except by ahandful of folk in the know 1

MusicianLondon born and bred, Norrie

Paramor studied music from the ageof seven, and he had already estab-lished a reputation within the pro-fession before the war, working withJack Harris, Maurice Winnick andother prominent bandleaders of the'thirties until he joined the RAF in1940.

Posted to Blackpool, Norrie col-laborated with Sidney Torch, MaxWall, Harry Alan Towers and othersin providing forces' entertainment,and eventually he was made musicaldirector of Ralph Reader's serviceGang Show organisation. In India,he helped with the production offurther RAF shows, pounding mean-while on "practically every NAAFIpiano in the world."

In 1944, a meeting with maestroHarry Gold led to a business partner-ship for Norrie, a partnership whichproduced the first Pieces of Eightcombo, featuring Paramor at theivories, of course. And this set-upcontinued until 1949, when Norriedecided to give up dashing madlyabout the country. He settled inLondon, concentrating on free-lancearranging activities.

One artist who made good use ofParamor manuscripts was vocalistMarie Benson. When Marie waxedfour titles for the Oriole label early

in 1950, Norrie looked after thebackground chores. When she movedover to Columbia later that year,Norrie moved too. Very soon he wasbeing top label credit for things like"Saloon Bar Rag," made to:: thesame concern.

But though he was happy to acceptthe chances thus offered him, NorrieParamor had other ambitions which,for some time, were completelyefrus-trated. In his own wards, "It hadbeen active in one field, for too long.All the time I was with Harry Gold,the brand of Dixieland made itsmark on me, and stuck !

Dixieland"I love Dixie, and all kinds of

jazz, but I wanted to do so muchmore. Use strings, in lush songsettings, for one thing. At first, noone at Columbia would give me achance. Until I had an idea I

The idea was to arrange anappointment for Teddy Johnson withNorman Newell. Teddy had justreturned from Luxembourg, wherehis reputation as disc jockey andsinger had been firmly established.Norman was Columbia's artists andrepertoire chief, holding the sameoffice that Norrie and Ray Martinshare to -day.

Newell needed little persuasion tobe sold on the idea that Teddy John-son would be a fine additional assetfor the Columbia vocal roster, butthe singer said that he would agreeto this idea only if a certain con-dition was fulfilled. His friend,Norrie, must be employed as MD forthe recordings !

The artists and repertoire boss wasfrankly dubiou s. A Dixielandarranger writing for a ballad singerAt last, however, he authorised thescheme -"just this once."

You'll realise how glad Normanwas that he took this decision whenwe tell you that the first disc pro-duced by Teddy and Norrie was"Beloved, Be Faithful," a wonderfulcommercial success and one of thebest -remembered British vocal andorchestral renditions in recent yeaes !

After that, Newell gave Paramorall the scope he could wish for. Hebacked such dissimilar personalities

1,6WQr

as Johnny Brandon, the late SteveConway,

Johnnyde Carlo and Josh

White on more than a hundred sides.He evolved the continental -styleensemble which first made a real im-pression with "At Last At Last."

And when Norman 'Newell trans-ferred from Columbia to Philips latelast year, Norrie was given permanentemployment with the former or-ganisation, accepting the respon-sibilities which we ha. alreadydetailed.

UnusualMany of the discs that Paramor

has produced make use of quiteunusual instrumental combinations,so skilfully blended that the averagelistener is unaware of what he ishearing.

There is, for example, the "TonyBrent Noise," well exemplified by theslicing that Tony made of rhe Frenchhit, "Le Loup, la Biche et leChevalier," under the title "Make ItSoon." The instrumentation herecomprises two tenors, three guitars,celeste, bass, drums and LatinAmerican rhythm.

Then, on Diana Decker's famous"Poppa Piccolino," Norrie used four'cellos, accordion, mandoline andrhythm. The laugh that lights upDiana's voice on this one was alsoinspired by Norrie, for Miss Deckersaid to him, "You look so happywhen you smile. Please keep laugh-ing all the time we're making therecord, and it'll encourage me to dothe same !"

In addition to his transcriptions ofother writer's works, Paramor is nomean composer himself. He didpretty well with "Cornflakes," whichSidney Torch and Les Baxter waxed,and also with "Jog Trot," the debuttune of Eric Jupp s recordingorchestra.

Norrie's plans for the future in-clude a short trip to the States,"maybe in March," when he de-clares that he will spend most ofhis rime listening to the New Yorkjazzmen, But as a long-term policy,he is more than happy about the ideaof remaining with Columbia, in-definitely. Needless to say, the Col-umbia powers -that -be are more thanhappy about the idea, too !

An ear like a waffle -but it saysthis is beautiful music!

lumphrey Lyttelton blows, AltoistBruce Turner admires

SOME things are hard to under-stand. While the "cultural

and educational " BBC is deli-berately ignoring the requirementsof the jazz -loving minority, thecommercial record companies arebeginning to cater for them in adegree which seems almostsuicidal.

One is, to some extent, reconciledto the trash which emanates fromTin Pan Alley if it helps to financethe issue of such rare and valuablerecords as are now emerging fromDecca. An almost indigestible feastof jazz has been presented on theLondon label in the Jazz Archivesseries of Long Players.

I urge all jazz lovers to investigatethese at once -if you haven't a LongPlaying machine, sell your radio.

Mind you, let's not shirk the factthat reissues of early jazz recordingsappeal only to a minority within thebody of self -professed jazz lovers.A pity, but it is so.

I was at a broadcast a short timeago, when some old Dodds andArmstrong records were played. Awell-known modern band was inattendance, and their fans filled thehall. When the old jazz came overthe P.A., mirth was unrestrained.

And it was a little depressing tosee the musicians so openly derisiveof a music which was, for simplicityand expressiveness, so far beyondthe reach of their own pigmy efforts.

If you are the sort of " jazzlover' whose face disintegrates into

a ghastly grin at the sound of abanjo or a sliding trombone, kindlytake leave of us for the next fewweeks. We have some music todiscuss, and I'm afraid it will bebeyond your powers of compre-hension.

As for the rest of you, the firstthing you must do is to go out andbuy the London LP entitled "LouisArmstrong Plays The Blues"AL.3501. This is a selection ofnumbers sung by Ma Rainey, TrixieSmith and Grant and Wilson, withaccompaniment by a Fletcher Hen-derson group containing Louis,Buster Bailey and Charlie Green.

I have, for the past week, beenlistening to this record as one shouldlisten to all early and indistinctrecordings -with my ear pressedagainst the speaker of my Deccalian.

Now I have an ear like a waffleand a strong belief that here is sonicof the most beautiful jazz music tobe heard anywhere.

Outstanding are the three tracksby Ma Rainey, greatest of alldramatic blues singers. Her deep,contralto voice has the bluest sound-bluer even than Bessie's-and Iknow nothing in recorded jazz sopowerful and moving as these ver-sions of "See See Rider" and "JellyBean Blues."

The third Rainey is "Coun tin' TheBlues," hardly less impressive thanthe others. After them, the rest ofthe music is -perhaps fortunately -more lightweight. -

Trixie's high, reedy voice dealsmost effectively with "The RailroadBlues" and "The World's JazzCrazy, Lawdy, So Am I," and would

Jazz Record Reviewsby HUMPHREY LYTTELTON

excel in any company less imposingthan Rainey's.

The cabaret Blues of Coot Grantand Wilson, less personal and moresophisticated than the others, suffermost from the passing of time Buteverywhere, the accompaniment issuperlative. Armstrong's uncannilyprecocious sense of timing and feelfor harmony are things to bewondered at. But even withoutthem, he stands out among all con-temporary cornetists for the degreeof warmth and emotional intensitywhich he blows into one single note.

In many of these accompaniments,the band is used almost like anaccompanying guitar, subdued duringthe vocal lines and surging up inbetween with passages of intenseblueness. Here, and in the dramaticintroductions, the banjo lays downa resolute beat with sinister effect.

These accompaniments alone aresuitable subjects for an essay, andI have only space left here to imploreyou to reward Decca's enterprise onyour behalf by making every effortto buy this fine LP.

1954's Big Winner ! !

eli.^^A.0%/lhosseNoWsesosis.

COLUMBIA CONGRATULATES

EDDIE CALVERTON HIS TERRIFIC RECORDING OF

"OH! MEIN PAPA"A Smash Hit both in America and Great Britain

coupling "MYSTERY STREET"-DB3337 (78 r.p.m.)

Columbia Gramo-phone Co., Ltd.,Record Division,8-11, Gt. Castle St..London, W.1.

COLUMBIA

Friday, January 8, 1954 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS

DICK JAMES HAS MADE HIS BEST DISC !DICK JAMES

"Tenderly""You're On Trial"

(Parlo. 8.3791)WHEN I picked up this record

I must honestly admit thatI was expecting nothing extremelyexciting apart from the usualsound performance turned in byDick James, but it took only amatter of seconds to make merealise that, after many years ofrecording, Dick has made his bestrecord !

"Tenderly," of course, has beena famous instrumental for manyyears, but now, for the first time,it is a real "pop" and this is areally excellent record.

I am amazed at the quality ofthe recording and it's Oscars allround to Dick James, Ron Good-win (the orchestra leader and, Iimagine, also the arranger) andlast, but by no means least, to therecording engineers.

Well done, boys, it's British andit's good.

Not as good as "Tenderly" isthe backing, but then it would bedifficult to turn out two sides asgood as the one previously men-tioned. But take it from me, it'sa good solid backing.

DICKIE VALENTINE"Guessing"

"When I Was Young"(Decca F.10172)

-FUDGING by the number ofrequests received recently for

this record, Dickie is on a hit.This side has a great deal of

what it takes to make a big hitrecord. First of all it has anattractive lyric and certainly acatchy melody, but it also has a

most tasteful and charming musi-cal backing provided by Stanley

Black.I sincerely wish that every

arranger in the country could findsufficient time 'o sit down andlisten to this side at least half adozen times for here, surely, isthe answer to many problems.Mr. Black never lets us forgetthat Dickie Valentine is a featureartist and that the melody is wellworth hearing.

"When 1 Was Young" is a ratherdifficult song to sing and, unfor-tunately, it is rather uncommercial,but it is indeed a very beautifulsong and one that 1 shall nottire of hearing. Once again,great praise for Stanley Black fora charming accompaniment.

I should like to present to Mr.Black the NME Oscar of theWeek.

* * *PRIMO SCALA AND HIS

ACCORDION BANDSix Hit Medley (Parts 1 and 2)

(Polygon P.1089)AFTER far too long an absence,

Primo Scala and his Bandreturn to the world of recordedmusic. Primo has chosen suchhit numbers as " When You HearBig Ben," "Poppa Piccolino,""Swedish Rhapsody," "AnswerMe," "Rags To Riches," and "ISaw Mommy Kissing SantaClaus."

It is obvious that from the out-set this is intended to pleaselovers of commercial music, andwhen I tell you that it's all goodstraightforward stuff with noclever arrangements, then youhave a good idea of what youare buying.

D HYTHMnECORDS

KEN MACKINTOSHHis Saxophone and Orchestra

" Skin Deep "" Istanbul "

(HMV BD.1302)**JUST before I go wading into

this disc, let me reaffirm some-thing. Let me state that, as areviewer my standard of perfectionis high, possibly because as amusician, I aim for the top invari-ably, even though I may not al-ways get there.

STANLEY- DALE* PRESENTATIONS *

SUNDAY, 10th JANUARY

Empire, Chatham6 p.m. Two Performances 8 p.m.

T1TOBURNSAND HIS

+ BAND +IRENE MILLER

MONDAY, 11th JANUARY

EMPIRE Theatre,WEST HARTLEPOOL

TWICE NIGHTLY

Tony BrentEDDIE ARNOLDBRIAN BOBBY

ANDRO + COLLINSAND

ALL STAR VARIETY

SUNDAY, 24th JANUARY

Empire, Chatham6 p.m. Two Performances 8 p.m.

FREDDY

RANDALLAND HIS

+ BAND +EUROPE'S

GREATEST DIXIETANDBAND

Reviewed byREG OWENBearing in mind, then, that m

standard of criticism is rigid, I feela little disappointed with the jobthat Ken's fine band has made on" Skin Deep "

For a start I don't think theright tempo has been hit-it seemsa little laboured at times, and ifit wasn't for the fine cLumming ofBobby Kevin, it would only suc-ceed in being a very ordinaryversion of Lou Bellson's brain-child.

The saxes in particular soundvery anaemic and the playing ofthe brass section is certainly notas precise as one expects from theMackintosh band.

"Istanbul" is quite a cute arrange-ment, and Ken has dug up an oboefrom somewhere. This, coupledwith various tom-toms and gongsgives the accepted " oriental"touch.

Once again the saxes seem toplay with very little spirit, and thetrombones are at times very muchout of tune.

However, as this is a commercialrecord, it should sell At least it

POPULAR RECORDS

REVIEWED BY

GEOFFREY

EVERITTThe Radio Luxembourg

Disc -jockey 1r

GARY MILLER"From Here To Eternity"

"In The Mission of St. Augustine"(Philips PB.217)

THE record label informs usthat this first side features

Gary Miller with Wally Stott andhis Orchestra and Chorus. Per-haps we are invited to take partin a new parlour game called"Find The Chorus."

Well, I tried and I certainlycan't find it, so I guess they musthave got lost on their way to thestudio.

However, I am more thanpleased with what I have heard,and apart from the singing oftalented Gary Miller, you can alsoenjoy a lush arrangement pro -

vided by arranger Wally Stott.I don't go a bundle on the

second side and do not rate itschances of success very high. Thistime the chorus is present but thewhole affair is rather dreary to me.

*ANNE SHELTON

" Crystal Ball""Don't Leave Me Now"

(HMV B.10628)THIS is a new recording of a

song which has been kickingaround for ages. One would havethought, in fact, that this was fartoo late to mean very much, butI have a feeling that at long lastthis song has started to meansomething and the coming weekswill prove that Anne was rightor wrong in recording a titlewhich has so far failed to makethe grade.

Miss Shelton is a great singerand one of my own personalfavourites, but as I have pre-viously stated in this column, sheis possibly a little too good attimes. Anyway, it's some littlewhile since this fine artist had abig hit record and on this sideshe sings well enough to deserveanother break.

"Crystal Ball" certainly has themakings of a big seller and myonly regret is that for my likingthe tempo is a little slow. Apartfrom this, I can find no fault with

Nc MUSICL CHARTS

BEST SELLING POP

RECORDS IN BRITAINLest This

Week- 1 OH 51FAN PAPA

Eddie Calvert (Columbia.)- 2 SWEDISH RHAPSODY

Mantovani (Decca)- 3 RAGS TO RICHES}

David Whitfield (Decca)- 4 ANSWER ME

',rankle Leine (Philips)- 5 POPPA PICCOLINO

Diana Decker (Columbia)- 6 ANSWER ME

David Whitfield (Decca)- 7 BLO1ITNG WILD

Frankie I.aine (Philips)- 8 CLOUD LUCKY SEVEN

Guy Mitchell (Philips)- 9 LET'S HAVE A PARTY

Winifred Atwell (Philips)- 10 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL

Lee Lawrence (Decca)- 11 DRAGNET

Ray Anthony (Capitol)- 12 RICOCHET Joan Began (Decca)The following titles were also listed

011 dealers' returns."The Creep" (Ken Mackintosh) ;"Chico. Boom" (Guy Mitchell) ;"Golden Tango" (Frank ChacksLield);"I Saw Mommy" (Jimmy Boyd);"Dragnet" (Ted Heath); "BecauseYou're Mine" (Mario Lanza); "WhenYou Hear Big Ben" (Vera Lynn);"Istanbul" (Frankie Vaughan); "EbbTide" (Vic Damone); "All I Do"(Johnnie Ray); "Golden Tango"(Winifred Atwell); "Poppa Plecolino"(Billy Cotton); "Oh My Papa (EddieFisher); "Flirtation Waltz" (WinifredAtwell); "That's Amore" (DeanMartin); "Oh My Papa" (Lys Assia)

is different. "Rags To Riches" (Ray Burns); "ISaw Mommy" (Beverley Sisters);"Vaya Con Dios (Les Paul); "Istan-bul" (Edmund° Kos); "I Believe"(Whitfield).

BUDDY MORROW'SORCHESTRA

" Quarter To Twelve ""Re -enlistment Blues "

(HMV B.1067)**HERE is an attempt to produce

another " Night Train "-eventhe drum beat is the same through-out, but although the theme, playedby the trombone section, is quitegood, 1 don't think it will catchon like its predecessor.

Apart from a few bars of tenor,the side is completely ensembleand tends to get rather monoton-ous. The spoken intro and codaI rate as a good gimmick, and thiswill probably help the record tosell.

" Blues," from " From Here ToEternity," is sung by a fair bluessinger, Frankie Lester, backed byMorrow's muted trombone, andthe overall effect is good.

The band comes in just whereyou would expect and plays force-fully throughout, though not verywell together. The side finishesas it started, with vocal and trom-bone.

One suggestion I should like tomake is that -before Mr. Morrowrecords another number such asthis he gets his guitarist to tuneup

Copyright by the New MusicalExpress, 1902.

This chart Is compiled from weeklyreturns made to us by the largest recordretailers throughout the country, based

on their actual sales figures.

*RECORDS MOST PLAYED

BY U.S. DISC JOCKEYSList This

Week1 I Rags To Riches Tony Bennett2 2 Oh My Papa Eddie Fisher3 3 Changing Partners Patti Page

II 4 Stranger In Paradise Four Aces7 5 That's Amore Dean Martin

10 6 Santa Baby Eartha Kitt5 '7 Stranger In Paradise

Tony Bennett4 8 Ricochet Teresa Brewer

12 9 Oh Me4n Papa Eddie Calvert8 10 Ebb Tide Frank Chackstleid6 11 You, You, You Ames Bros.9 12 Changing Partners Kay Starr

- 13 C'est Si Boa Stan Freberg- 14 Istanbul Four Lads13 15 Many Times Eddie Fisher- 16 Off Shore Richard Hayman- 17 Stranger In Paradise

Tony Martin16 18 Christmas Dragnet Stan Freberg20 19 To Re Alone HIlltoppers17 20 Ebb Tide Vic Damone

*U.S. charts by courtesy of

" Billboard."

BEST SELLING SHEET

MUSIC (BRITAIN)Lam This

Week2 1 ANSWER ME (Bourne) 2s.3 2 SWEDISH RHAPSODY

(C. & C.) 2s.9 3 oil I MY PAPPA

(P. Maurice) 2s.4 4 POPPA PICCOIANO (Sterling)6 5 RAGS TO RICHES (Chappell)5 6 RICOCHET (Victoria)7 7 WHEN YOU HEAR BIG BEN

(Box & Cox)1 8 I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA

CLAUS (Morris)10 9 VAYA CON 1)109 (Maddox)8 10 IF YOU LOVE ME (World Wide)

11 11 CHICKA BOOM (Dash)12 12 WISH YOU WERE HERE

(Chappell)20 13 THE GOLDEN TANGO

(L. Wright) 2s.14 14 ETERNALLY (LIMELIGHT)

(Bourne) 2s.16 15 YOU, YOU, YOU (Menial17 16 MOULIN ROUGE (C. & C.) 2s.14 17 FLIRTATION WALTZ (Bourne)18 18 I BELIEVE (Cinephonlc)19 19 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL

(Morris)13 20 WHEN SANTA GOT STUCK UP

THE CHIMNEY (Refine)21 51 ISTANBUL (Aberbach)22 22 BIG 'EAD (L. Wright)- 23 CLOUD LUCKY SEVEN

(Robbins)- 24 HELLO YOUNG LOVERS ...

(Williamson) 2/6d.

BEST SELLING POP

RECORDS IN THE U.S.Last This

Week2 1 Oh My Papa Eddie Fisher

Rags To Riches Tony Bennett3 3 That's Amore Dean Martin8 4 Santa Baby Eartha Kitt4 5 Ricochet Teresa Brewer5 6 Changing Partners Patti Page6 7 Stranger In Paradise

Tony Bennett7 8 Ebb Tide Frank Chacksficid9 9 Oh Mein Papa Eddie Calvert

11 10 Stranger In Paradise Four Aces10 11 Eh Cumpari Julius LaRosa14 12 Vaya Con Dios L. Paul -M. Ford12 13 You, You, You Ames Bros.13 14 Changing Partners Kay Starr13 15 Christmas Dragnet Stan Freberg16 16 Heart Of My Heart Four Aces- 17 Stranger In Paradise Tony Martin18 18 You Alone Perry Como- 18 Heart Of My Heart A. Dale19 20 Istanbul Four Lads

*BEST SELLING SHEET

MUSIC (U.S.)

British singer Dinah Kaye is obviously enjoying her new career in theStates, judging by this picture of her taken with Tony Martin at the

Chez Paree night-club, Chicago.

Anne's singing and the musicalbacking is well up to standard.

* * *KATIE STEVENS

"Crying In The Chapel""You Alone"

N(CoL DB.3410)

43' no,Miss Stevens, this will

not do for me !I'm sorry to be somewhat harsh

on what I believe is your firstmajor record release, but I knowyou will appreciate that a criticmust review both good and badrecords.

I am, indeed, extremely sorryto say that this is one of theworst records produced in aBritish studio in 1953. Even ifI considered that the recordingwas excellent I would still saythat it is at least two months toolate.

The record company responsiblehere have in the past receivedmy congratulations for giving achance to British talent, but I'm

Last ThisWeek

2 1 Rags To Riches1 2 Ebb Tide3 3 Changing Partners

13 4 Oh Mein Papa7 5 That's Amore6 6 Stranger In Paradise8 7 Many Times9 8 Vaya Con Dios3 9 Ricochet

10 10 Heart Of My Heart5 11 You, V011, You

IC 12 Frosty The snowman12 14 I See The Moon14 14 White Christmas17 15 Winter Wonderland19 16 Rudolph The Red -Nosed Reindeer- 17 You Alone- 18 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa

Claus- 19 Santa Baby- 20 Secret Love

afraid this time they have slipped."You Alone" is a lovely song,

and I prefer to say no more.* * *

TEDDY JOHNSON"A Little Kiss"

"Cornflakes"(Col. DB.3404)

WITHOUT the slightest hesita-tion, I shall state that this

is the best side recorded by TeddyJohnson since he cut "Our VeryOwn" many months ago.

This is a charming British songsung with great sincerity andfeeling. When Teddy is in formhe is a great salesman and let meassure you that on this occasionhe is in great fettle.

"Cornflakes" is a vocal versionof the very popular British instru-mental which has had considerablesuccess on both sides of theAtlantic. The lyric is Americanand for my liking Teddy takes ita little too fast. No other com-plaints, however, and all in allthis is a first-class record.

"HIS MASTER'S VOICE"

The Ames BrothersYou, You, You

My Love, My Life, My Happiness78 r.p.m. B 10543

45 r.p.m. 7M153

Les HowardRags to Riches

From here to Eternity78 r.p.m. B1061045 r.p.m. 7M171

these are the winners

Jean CampbellVaya Con DiosTrue for ever

78 r.p.m. R 3737

Billy ThorburnAND HIS STRICT TEMPO MUSIC

Ricochet; Rags to Riches78 r.p.m. F 2527

PARLOPHONE

SLICSSICAL a 14USIC41. INDUSTRIES LTD. (SWORD DIY.) L -I1 Of. CAST( it ST., LONDON, W.5

THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Peidey, Jonorry 8, 1954 Friday, Jamctory 8, 1954 'PHi NEW MUSICAl. EXPRESS

ri MAXINE SULLIVAN

HERE THIS MONTHManaging Diraslort MAURICE KINN 000000ial Family Fatomlin.

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Freddie Brinklow and his seven -pieceband make merry as they entertainthe patients at an American Armyhospital at Ruislip. They are very

busy with American camp dates.

Round and AboutNorthern Towns

LAST Sunday, January 3, wasanother red letter day in the

calendar of Monty Norman. AtKing George's Hall, Blackburn, hemet the most ardent audience hehas experienced since his ChelseaPalace debut last October.

Nearly 3,000 avid bobby-soxers atthe Corporation's first concert of theyear, demanded the most, and theirenthusiasm inspired the best thatMonty holds in store. But thebalcony boys were bawling for moreand the gallery girls still " oohing "appealingly when, after 27 minuteshe finally retired reluctantly into thewings.

After his record -breaking success,Monty was immediately booked thereagain, and returns to Blackburn onFebruary 28.

If Lancashire hot -pot is as whole-some as this I could settle here forever," reporters back -stage heard himtell as afterwards he attended to thequeue of autograph hunters. Montystarts his grand variety tour (forMoss and Stoll) at Edinburgh Empireon January 18, following up withGlasgow Empire the week after. Heopens a resident summer season forGeorge and Alfred Black at Black-pool on June 5. Johnny Roberts(Sarah Vaughan's European touraccompanist) is now a permanentmember of the Norman set-up.

Harold Holt and his Cotton Cluborchestra from Accrington also ren-dered effective supporting service inthe Blackburn bill, in which WilliamFlintoff, of Bolton an up-and-comingvocalist, won the first prize (£25) foroutstanding concert artistry.

Next Sunday's bill here will featureDick Denny's Hooligans, and onJanuary 17, Diana Coupland is tostar.

Excellent support for the NewYear's Day return visit of JackParnell and his Music -makers -despite strong attractions at threeopposition ballrooms - reflected thekeen appreciation of discriminatemusic -lovers hereabouts.

Next Sunday, in a stage presenta-tion at Preston's Royal HippodromeHarry Gold and his Pieces of Eightwill vie with the cotrnter attractionsof town's sixteen cinemas, and theCorporation's regular Winter Gardensentertainment. If the experimentsucceeds, there may be more danceband offering,s at this theatre.

WolverhamptonDESPITE a local rumour that he

had at last left the venue, Reg.Bartlam is now in his fifteenth con-secutive year at WolverhamptonCivic Hall, where he has been resi-dent Saturday band since the hall wasopened. Even during the war, whenReg himself was in the forces, theband continued to appear weekly,being fronted then by Mrs. Bartlam.

Changes in the band recently havebrought in Bill Arnie% from Wolver-hampton Student Orchestra on thirdtrumpet, and Charlie Miller onsecond alto in place of Harry Harvey.

The rest of the line-up, with Reg.Bartlam leading and playing reliefpiano, is George Emery (altoclarinet), Joe Jones (alto violin), WilfBevan (tenor), Bernard Morton, AlecPugh (trumpets), Paul Morton (trom-bone), Derek Carter (piano), KenCarter (bass), Ron Bayliss (drums),and vocalist Joan Cater.

KingstonI(EN MACKINTOSH and his

Orchestra, with popular singersPatti Forbes, Kenny Bardell, GordonLanghorn, and the "Macpies," makea return visit to Kingston Empire thisSunday (9th). There will be twoperformances, at 6 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.

Promoter Syd Norris, who intro-duced the Mackintosh Orchestra forits first concert engagement at thisvenue last October, is also fixingother attractions for Surrey fans.These include the lining up of variousname bands for regular engagementsto play for dances at Dorking, and.at the New Ballroom, Guildford.

HullDAVID

WHITFIELD, the successstory maker of 1953, returns to

his home town of Hull for a week,commencing February 22, when hetops a strong variety programme atthe Regal Cinema.

The booking of David is includedin a new scheme to be operated bythe Regal-one of the ABC group-in which the cinema will from timeto time forsake the films in favourof stage shows. The scheme is in-augurated with a week's appearancecommencing January 25 by thestars of " Educating Archie," and athird programme, details of whichare not yet announced, will take placein March.

The popularity of the BBC's "TopTown" contests some time ago hasresulted in arrangements being madefor a " Top Town " programme toappear on television early next month.Hull, which did so remarkably wellin the radio programme, has beeninvited to take part, and local audi-tions have been arranged for overforty local artistes. Preliminary audi-tions took place in the East ParkBallroom last Monday evening, Janu-ary 4, and a final selection will bemade after further auditions havetaken place on Monday, January 11.

Louis Gold and his Monarchs ofMelody take the place of Leslie Roseand his Music as resident Saturdayevening outfit at the Hull City Hall.The change over took place on Satur-day last and comes after a verysuccessful stint by the Leslie RoseBand. Featured as vocalist with LouisGold will be Wyn Harmer.

Ken Mackintosh and his Band aredue at the Hull City Hall in the nearfuture. Freddy Randall and his Bandappeared at the Regal Ballroom,Beverley, on January 7.

After many years in the musicalprofession, local leader Ernie Coatesdied recently on his 64th birthday.

WorthingASUNDAY morning Jazz Club

has been formed in Worthing(Sussex) by a group of young pro-fessional and semi -pro. musicians.Leading the musicians is 19 -year -oldDickie Chisholm, of Brighton,

Nine others usually form the band-Dave Pearson (drums); TonyHalliday (alto, clarinet); RonSmitherman and Barry Loveland(trumpets); Terry Miller (accordion);Johnny Legg (vibes); Johnny Haslett(tenor); Ted Pain (trombone); andRoy Martin (bass).

One of the club members, 17 -year -old Michael Fogden, of Worthing,has started the first organised protestagainst the corporation's ban on jiveat Saturday night dances.

Two hundred fans have signed apetition which is to be presented tothe town's Entertainments Committee.

"The prohibition of modern danc-ing, namely jiving and jitterbugging,is not only antiquated but also un-democratic," states the petition.

More than 500 people attend theSaturday dances.

Said Mr. John Coates, Director ofEntertainments: "The ban is imposedfor the general comfort of themajority of the dancers.

"If we allowed jiving there wouldbe no end to it- people would bethrowing each other over theirshoulders before long."

Portsmouth Jazz Club is back inoperation and meets every Wednes-day at the "Old Countryman,"Thomas Street, Landport. Apart froma Jazz Record Appreciation Society,lectures, discussions and recitals areheld.

MidlandsTr EN RATTENBURY and his Band.1-k have gained a reputation in theMidlands for their capability to playboth modern and traditional jazz.They will get plenty of opportunity todemonstrate this versatility on Thurs-day, January 21, when they are togive a concert at Willenhall Bathsentitled "The Story of Jazz."

The programme, which commencesat 7.45 p.m., will be based aroundfour phases of jazz progress-NewOrleans, Dixieland, Swing and bop.There will also be a special selectionof Duke Ellington numbers. Theconcert is being promoted by thelocal council.

Included in the Ken Rattenburyband's other engagements in the nearfuture is the dance at Darlaston TownHall (January 22) and the West Brom-wich Horticultural dance at WestBromwich baths (February 5).

Dancers at the Civil Hall, Old Hill,and Cateswell House, Birmingham,find themselves dancing to Ken .Gordon's band one Saturday eveningand that of Don Smith-no relationto his famous Wimbledon Palaisnamesake-the next.

This is because Ken and Don haveworked out an exchange by whichthey play the ballrooms on alterna-tive weeks.

Drummer Ken Crumpton, whoplayed with Arthur Rowberry band,has joined Don Smith to replace IvanDavey, who has gone to the FredNewey band, resident at Smethwickbaths. The personnel of the DonSmith Band is now Ron Waldron(piano and clavioline), Ron Butler(bass), Ken Crumpton (drums), LesTownsend (guitar and vocals), JohnnyBishop (lead alto), Jimmy Stait (alto),Maurice Troop (tenor), Syd Lucas(trumpet) and Don Smith frontingon tenor.

Don, who at one time was a mem-ber of the Ken Gordon band, alsoplays every Wednesday at the B.T.H..Blackheath. On Friday, January 27,his band is giving a concert for thepatients at the West Bromwich ChestHospital.

DublinANEW ballroom, to be known

as the Top Hat, opened inDun Loaghaire, Dublin, onDecember 16. Owned by a Scots-man Louis de Felice, it is the firstballroom in Eire to have a revolv-ing bandstand.

Trumpeter Norman Williams is lead-ing the resident orchestra, compris-ing George Matthews, Frank O'Dris-coll. Dermot Brereton, Jack Rafter(reeds) ; Ronnie Bell (piano) ; BillyLloyd (bass) and Stan Wilkinson(drums).

Brenden O'Hanlon is handling thevocals.

Interval music at the Top Hat isbeing played on an electric organ.

West BromwichFOLLOWING

the Club Six changeof night, comes another change

from a modern club-Club 13, WestBromwich. Club 13 will now openon a Sunday evening instead ofMonday. This is fortunate since, ifthe sessions had continued to be heldon Mondays, they would haveclashed with those at Club Six.

It is hoped that a number ofFrench musicians will be seen at theEmbassy Modern Jazz Club early inthe new year. Mr. Charles Capelwill shortly be visiting Paris, wherehe hopes some of the continentaljazzmen will agree to come to hisclub when they spend their vacationin this country.

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It appears, however, that Mr.Waldman possesses one trait thatother BBC big -wigs seem to lack.Not only do opinions presented bythe musical press come under hiscareful notice, but as was provedby a second phone call regardingJack Higgins' statement, he doesn'tconsider it beneath his dignity todefend himself in print.

In effect then, his phone callto me was to raise the followingquestions, for Jack Higgins toanswer. Also to qualify his ownstatement by pointing out that itwas made on the assumption of itbeing general knowledge that any-thing that really means somethingin American TV, must be on anationwide network and nearlyalways in peak hours.

Would Mr. Higgins inform him,he continued, if this was the casewith the band shows mentioned inhis letter, and if so, what are theirnational ratings ?

Did Mr. Higgins also know thatthe Laurence Welk show whichwas such a tour de force in theargument presented, comes overon station KLGA, a small localstation in Los Angeles, not evenon the Californian channels, andis presented at ti.e same time as

THERE must be only a very few musicians whohappen to know the history of the house in

which Dinely's Studios is situated, in MaryleboneRoad, almost opposite Madame Tussauds.

Those who do must have, at times, half expectedto see the shade of a bearded, literary -looking gentdisapprovingly flitting through the corridors as thebuilding fills with the strains of modern jazz inrehearsal.

Charles Dickens, the great Victorian novelist,lived at the bow -windowed Georgian house, whichnow houses the rehearsal rooms, from 1839 until1851, and it is certain that notabilities of the literary,theatrical and parliamentary world congregatedthere, almost as often as famous musical figures areseen there now.

Dickens wrote many of his early and mid -periodbooks there, including the "Christmas Carol" andthat macabre masterpiece, "The Haunted Man."

EVER heard of a songwriter who can claim 1,275hits ? This is the proud record of Charles Rose,

resident composer at London's ("We NeverClothed") Windmill Theatre. At the theatre forover thirteen years, Charles, a good pianist who gigsaround the West End, writes all the incidental musicfor each complete edition of Revudeville, whichentails complete numbers as well as the incidentalscraps of music.

The funny thing is that Charles has never oncebeen able to hit the commercial jackpot by placingone of his numbers in the "Alley"! Lyrics to fit hismusic at the Windmill are penned, often at an hour'snotice, by pianist Ronald Bridges, who also com-poses and who has some of his numbers placed inTin Pan Alley and at the BBC.

* * *WAS at bandleader Ron Goodwin's flat last week,having a cup of tea after a hectic New Year's

Eve party given by the IBC, when in walked whatmust be the biggest dog in the world !

It was Ron's-he calls it Shan-and he tells methat it is very friendly indoors, but, once outside,goes for every other dog in sight. ConsequentlyRon has to take Shan out only during the earlyhours of the morning when the streets are clear.

A thought crossed my mind that, bearing in mindthe size of the hound, he probably takes Ron fora walk !

* * *NORRIE PARAMOR went to the doctor the other

day, complaining that his left foot was allswollen up. The doctor examined both feet and,to Norrie's surprise, informed him that it was the

right foot which was swollen.It seems Norrie has a complaint which makes his

feet swell alternately, but I'm glad to report that itis nothing serious ; he has to walk around his officein outsize carpet slippers on one or other of hisfeet. What a time his assistant Neville Skrimshirehad when he went to ten shops before he could findslippers size 12 !

* * *DRUMMER Max Lewin received a call from

manager Harry Belson to hurry along toPhilips' recording studios at once. Taking his ex -taxi, Max lumbered all his drums, tymps, vibes,glock, etc., and arrived and duly unpacked.

Only to be told by Norman Newell that all hewanted him for was to walk up and down near amike to record the footsteps for Wally Stott's re-cording of Bert Weedon's "Footsteps In The Fog" 1

* *TRUE story about one of our top trumpet men,

who was nabbed for parking when he was upNorth recently. When the day of the court casecame near, our hero was in London and sent a politeletter to the court explaining the circumstances, andenclosing a pound note to cover any fine-with arequest that if anything was left over, it should begiven to the Police Fund.

A week later he received a letter saying the finewas £2 and would he forward another £1 im-mediately 1

* * *BEING very intrigued with that stunt of Winifred

Atwell, when she played in the lions' cage atEarls Court, I met her a couple of days ago andasked her how she felt about it.

"Never again," said Winnie. "When the idea wassuggested to me I accepted thinking it was a joke,but when I realised it was serious, believe me, Itrembled. The most terrifying moment was whenI was waiting in the cage for the lions to be led in.As I was wearing the ensemble which I wear inthe finale of 'Pardon My French,' which weighs

by The

Sliderabout thirty pounds, it would not have been easy toget up and run away 1"

Anyway, as a tribute to Winnie for her courage,one of the cubs recently born in the same circus hasbeen named after her.

*TAKE as many guesses as you like, and I'm

willing to bet you will ne4name the danceband which did NOT play on Year's Eve 1

Ted Heath refused all offers of engagements forthe big night of the year, as he decided to spend itwith his wife, for the first time in twenty years. Theywere seen enjoying themselves at the Chelsea ArtsBall-busman's holiday, Ted ?

* * *A FRIEND of mine just back from the States met

Frankie Laine and asked him how he hadenjoyed his last visit to the Palladium. Frankie isreported to have said, "It was wonderful-every fewhours Val Parnell sprayed my throat with money !"

JOE* * *LOSS singer Howard Jones puzzled all the

boys in the band just prior to Christmas, byasking everybody for details about the purchase ofa gun licence.

Somehow the boys couldn't reconcile the genialHoward with the role of a gunman, and then thesolution seemed nearer when some of the boysrecalled that Howard and one of the boys in theband had won a couple of prizes in a tombola whenthe band played Dudley a few days earlier, andthere was talk about one of the prizes being a rifle.

A couple of days later the Loss office phoned tosay that a long parcel, addressed to Howard, hadbeen delivered. Howard implored the girls in theoffice to be most careful in handling it because hewas still not licensed to own a gun.

Miss Wright, however, simply had to open the long,mysterious parcel, just to see this marvellous firearm.

It, was a toy rifle !

THIS week's motoring story. London's newestbandleader, Ken Moule, was proudly offered a

lift by his bassist, Arthur Watts, when Ken wasdashing off to play his last night as a rank and file

musician with Frank Weir at the Dort Juan.The boys boarded the car, which was parked in

Great Windmill Street. Ten minutes and about onehundred and ten funny noises later, it was dis-covered that the car's gearbox had chewed up in-side, and that the only gear which would work ofthe whole boiling lot was the reverse.

Lesser men than Arthur Watts would have beendaunted; some, indeed, might have told their leaderthat he could take a taxi, or even jolly well walk.But not Arthur, oh, dear, no 1 Straight down Wind-mill Street, across the traffic lights at the bottomand into Shaftesbury Avenue went the little car inreverse; quietly, efficiently, almost like some well -trained circus horse might have done.

Then the perilous journey across the circus-Piccadilly Circus. Crowds lined the pavements, andleapt up upon Eros to obtain a better view of thephenomenon-but the car chugged steadily on,reached Simpsons, passed that Mausoleum knownas the "BBC No. 1" and safely on towards thewilder hinterland of Bond Street and BerkeleyStreet. Every moment the intrepid driver, themuscles of his neck working overtime and an almostpermanent "crick" developing, expected some blue -uniformed figure to step off the pavement, and tohear a voice intone the well-known query "Naw-thenwotsallthis'ere ?"

But nothing happened. Nobody interfered. Thecar went serenely on. Finally, with all the aplombof a Rolls Royce delivering a diplomat, it backedgently to a halt outside the Don Juan ; Tommysaid " Cheerio," Ken went off to work-and thatwas that 1

1%IY New Year wish ! To find a musician withthe ability of Billy McGuffie, the modesty of

Johnny Dankworth, the charm of Harold Smart,the energy of Ray Martin, the humour of CharlieKatz, and the ear of Dennis Wilson. What a guyhe would be !

* * *ITHINK Scots comic Jimmy Logan made history

on television on New Year's Eve, when he sud-denly stopped his patter, looked straight into thecamera and told his brother, Buddy, to go home ashe was a father, some fifteen minutes ago! That'sone way to break the news I

Mr. Waldman sticks to his gunsAFTER my phone conversation

with TV chief Ronnie Wald-man regarding dance bands andBritish TV, reported in the NMErecently, numerous bandleaders,agents and other interested parties1 came in contact with unani-mously pooh-poohed Mr. Wald -man's statement that bands as afeature didn't exist on AmericanTV.

Unfortunately, with the excep-tion of Jack Higgins, the promoterand band manager, all the otherswere quite insistent that theiropinions be treated "off the re-

nationwide hit shows ?cord," which, to be perfectly fair,Again, was it realised that theremay hardly be the crusading spirit are innumerable TV stationsrequired these days, but can be

through. out the USA, and whereasunderstood when one realises howthere is only one in Britain, allmuch that autocratic body thethings could only be taken inBBC is inclined not to forgive or general comparison ? Which reforget !gretfully meant that he was still ofhis original opinion, that featuredbands couldn't look forward toany kind of Utopia as yet, via themedium of TV.

Over to you, Mr.perhaps some otherhearts.

RADIOREVIEWS

byJACK

BENTLEY

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* * *GEORGE EVANS AND HIS

ORCHESTRA5-5.45 p.m. 1-1-54. Light.

THERE are probably very fewmusicians and even fewer band-

leaders who have been held so highand so long in the profession'sesteem as George Evans.

Narrowing the category downeven further, it would be almost im-possible to find another Britishmusician whose influence as anarranger, instrumentalist and general"power behind the throne" has madeso many figureheads into nationalfigures, and yet as a leader himselfhas had so much misfortune.

It is, therefore, with much pleasurethat I can say without reservationthat this first broadcast has provedMr. Evans not only to be thepossessor of the finest provincialband by far, but also that he is atlast in his own right amongst the topfew maestroes in Britain !

His unorthodox instrumentation ofnine saxes, five brass and rhythm,has produced much shaking of headsin the past, mainly because it was

GERALD COHEN presents (for Belau& Presentations)JACK PARNELL AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Concert-Saturday, January 9, City Hall, Sheffield, at 7.30 P.m.Dancing-Friday, January 15, Baths Hall, Keighley, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

KEN MACKINTOSH AND HIS ORCHESTRADancing-Thursday, January 14, City Hall, Hull, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Friday, ,January 15, Palais De Dan,e, Stockton, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.Concerts --,Saturday, January 16, City Hall, Sheffield, at 7.30 p.m.

Sunday, January 17, Rialto Cinema, 'York, at 7 p.m.All communications : 33, (.`ratribourn Street, London, W.C.2 (TEM 0823-4)

felt that a preponderance of saxeshas always resulted in a muddysound that bogged down the rhythmand detracted from any feeling ofbrightness.

Mr. Evans' tenacity and talent asan arranger, however, seems to havesurmounted these obstacles, for al-though the saxes sounded like nine,at no time did the band lose itsbeat.

On the other hand, whether dueto the acoustics of the hall theywere using, or through some trick ofbalancing that's new to me, through-out the broadcast there was theunusual effect of feeling the beatfrom the front line more than therhythm section.

The trumpets as a section wereadmirably balanced, and the leadhad one of those big tones that liftsany band up.

Of the trombonist, Ted Barker, Ican only say that he has a produc-tion and tone I haven't heardequalled since Jackie Armstrongpinned our ears back.

In common with other Palais bandswho are worthy of radio hearing,the Evans' Band kept their tempos,and the programme was in a veinthat would cater for both audiences,even to the inevitable Latin-Americanoffering.

Regarding the latter, however,there was a subtle difference. BillyHutchinson, modulating from pianoto organ, provided a complete tonecolour change, by being the onlymelodic medium, and giving the restof the band an opportunity to backhim up with the rhythmical "toys"that I have so long insisted comefirst in this musical idiom.

Vocally, Ivy Barnes has mostdefinitely got something. It might beher intonation, or even the vibrantquality of her voice, but although Ido not yet qualify her as start-ling, there's something intriguingabout her efforts that I would notlike to define with hasty judgment.

George Evans' lift as a vocalistand Whistling Rufus is as intriguing,tuneful and rhythmical as ever itwas.

Critically, in spite of the novelinstrumentation, I heard littlepioneer spirit in the realm of style;in fact, the "Miller" brass figureswere a voice from the past that couldbe very well done without.

* *SID PHILLIPS AND HIS BAND

12-12.55 p.m. 2/1/54. Light.IDOUBT if I have ever had a

really critical word to say aboutthe shows given by Mr. Phillips and

"" MILLSTONESMILLS'THE traditional festive spirit cer-

tainly prevailed among thetraditional jazz clubs throughout theChristmas period.

Not many of the London clubsorganised Christmas get-togethersbefore the date, but a normal Thurs-day session at Mayfair's BagatelleRestaurant provided interesting jazzfor Christmas Eve by the newlyformed Norman Cave Cavemen.

With two of his old Freddy Ran-dall colleagues, Lennie Hastings(drums) and Ken Ingerfield (bass),serving up the sort of rhythm he isfamiliar with, trombonist Norman isable to play with that "Quite atHome" confidence and does much toprevent any raggedness which onemight expect from a new group.Clarinettist Dave Shepherd has fittedin well and of course a feature ofthe outfit is Dickie Hawdon's drivingtrumpet work.

Christmas Eve at the Club duFaubourg saw people arriving by thedozen, and although after a coupleof hours George Brown's calypsomen were out of sight behind a solidmass of dancers, there was no doubtas to the lively rhythmic playing theywere achieving.

Cy Laurie's all-nighter began at afast pace on Christmas Day and bythe following dawn had not sloweddown for even a breather. The earlypart of this non-stop session was

handled by Cy's group and GrahamStewart's Band.

Always glad to hear of a tradi-tional Jazz Club expansion, in anyshape or form; nothing is more in-dicative of the demand for jazz andthe support it is receiving.

The Mercia Jazz Band and theMerseysippi outfit recently openedthe first of a new weekly session bythe Nottingham Rhythm Club.Situated on the banks of the RiverTrent, the rendezvous is at thePlaisance Yacht and Country Club,West Bridgford, and is one of themore luxurious jazz haunts.

Members only are admitted to theweekly get-togethers and membershipcannot be obtained on the night ofa session.

The new session will in no wayaffect the concerts which the NRCholds periodically at the OdeonBallroom, Nottingham. This Satur-day (Jan. 9), Humphrey Lytteltonand his Band are featured there.

Coventry jazz fans are more thansatisfied with the recently introducedBlue Note Jazz Club. The residentgroup, Gordon Bostock's Jazzmen,are attracting quite a crowd for theirThursday sessions at the Queen'sHotel, Primrose Hill Street. Chicagostyle is supplied by the guest bandof Geoff Woodhouse.

Here is the new trombone line-up of the Jack Parnell Orchestra-favourites on the radio (and everywhere else !) L. to r.: Mac Minsbull,

Bobby Lamb, Jimmy Torbett and Robin Kaye.

Co. in the past. The time has nowarrived.

An orchestra of this specialisedtype depends on the trumpeter morethan most people realise. I've nodoubt that Mr. Phillips has had muchdifficulty in replacing the talentedperformer on this instrument whorecently departed to other walks oflife, but I'm afraid that the replace-ment has only rendered his absenceconspicuous.

A featured trombone solo, on theother hand, was only conspicuous bythe fact that it was practically aquarter -tone flat throughout.

* *BILLY TERNENT AND HIS

ORCHESTRA12-12.45 p.m. 31/12/53. Light.THIS show varied very little from

the usual run of this band'scommercial offerings, except that theintonation was better than I hadheard it before.

Also the brass section are to becommended on the precision of

their tongueing of the staccatofigures which Mr. Ternent uses as hisform of recognition.

Still on the credit side is the muchimproved vocals of Johnny Webb,particularly his phrasing, and this isone of the most complimentarythings one can say about a songster.

Some form of personnel adjust-ment, or maybe some form of mentalreadjustment from the drummer, alsohas given this band more of a beatthan I have heard of late, thoughthe inclusion of drum solos with aband of this style struck me as beinga little incongruous.

Distracting were the sobs, slursand sighs from Miss Eva Benyon,and the coarse tone of the trom-bones. Although Mr. Ternent him-self as a compere no doubt in manyways merits his picture on the frontpage of the "Radio Times," I shouldhave liked to have heard whether itwas Terry or Teddy Walsh (un-announced in the "Radio Times")who had a voice that was extremelypleasing

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Because the football match was cancelled, I found

EDDIE FISHER INIF fog hadn't forced the

abandonment of a footballmatch last Saturday, I mightnever have found out that U.S.singing star Eddie Fisher wasin London !

Play had been stopped in theArsenal -Aston Villa game afterless than twenty minutes, and itwas in a disgruntled frame ofmind that I reached home, at leasttwo hours earlier than expected.

Then, no sooner had I taken offmy overcoat than the phone rang.It was Milton Blackstone, Eddie'smanager, telling me that he wasin London for just a few hours,and that Fisher was with him I

The same evening, I met Eddieat Isow's Restaurant and learnedthat he was passing throughBritain on his way back homefrom the continent, where heappeared last week at AmericanService bases in Frankfurt, Salz-burg, Bordeaux and finally, Den-ham (just outside London). Hereturned to America by air onSunday morning.

BodyguardEddie's party included Barney

Ross, the former welter -weightboxing champion of the world,who told me that Eddie Fisher ishis bodyguard, although I thinkthat the position may actually bereversed !

And also present were song-writer Harry Akst, acting as pianoaccompanist to Eddie; Joey Fore-man, an old boyhood friend ofFisher's from Philadelphia, andnow a rising young comedianfeatured on the Fisher teleshow;Lady Bridget -Clark, and PeterMaurice exploitation representa-tive Leslie Conn.

Trying to make Eddie Fishertalk about himself is like gettingblood out of a stone. He ismodesty personified, and only withgreat difficulty did I get him toadmit that his waxing of "Oh !My Papa" has already sold amillion and a half copies in theStates, the fastest turnover inhistory.- -

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Although this disc is already onsale in Britain, it has not yet beenbroadcast here. But it is neverthe-less estimated that world sales willeventually top the two millionmark ! And, since I met Eddie, Ilearn that his record is No. 1 inthe States this week.

Eddie remained faithful to hisTV sponsors by drinking CocaCola all the evening. His twice -weekly programme in this mediumis a great success, though I gatherthat Fisher is much happier whenappearing before a live audience,and he certainly hopes to play theLondon Palladium again beforelong I

her nightly stint in "Guys andDolls."

Later at his Savoy Hotel suite, hemet British vocalist Mickey Andrews.whom he had unfortunately missedhearing at the Embassy Club.

But the English singer whomEddie Fisher wanted to contact mostof all was Dickie Valentine. Un-fortunately, due to Dickie's absence

from London, this could not bearranged.

"I have never heard him sing, butAmerican stars just back fromEurope are raving about him !"Eddie declared. "To appear on Ed.Sullivan's 'Top of the Town' pro-gramme in April will be a big breakfor Dickie, for this is one of thenumber one TV spots back home."

Eddie is completely knocked outby the Cockney accent, and islikely to imitate it on the leastprovocation. Furthermore, he hadjust invested in a typically Britishcap and was delighted with it. Heinsisted on wearing it for most ofthe evening, as the photograph of himon the front page of this issueshows IEddie was also delighted when I told

him that his fans' clubs in thiscountry are becoming increasinglypopular, and his parting words con-firmed how much he is lookingforward to the chance (not too longdelayed, I hope) of singing to Britishaudiences again.

Eddie Fier (second from right), with a group of colleagues at Isow'sRestaurant last Saturday. Famous composer Harry Akst is secondfrom left and former boxing champion Barney Ross Is on extreme

right.-NME photo.Speaking for Fisher fans in this

country, 1 feel that the pleasure isquite mutual, and we will all wel-come back this self-effacing young

MODERNIST CLUB NOTESTo quote his own words : name, Studio '51 I It was the club's big reopening night, of which you have previously read plenty in the" Next time I come here, I want : NME news pages, that drew "Chanti-to work at provincial theatres and deer" away from his habitual roost.

on out-of-town concert dates, so ? And here is what he had to saythat I can meet as many members about his unusual experience in lastof the British public as possible." Tuesdays paper :

*"All the people down in that cellar

were either trying to blow theirheads off, or twist their torsos intoagonised knots And the noise ! Justlike a flock of jets rapidly punchingholes in the sound barrier.

"A lean young man with a wiseold face and sad, sunken eyes wasbeating the daylights out of an up-right piano. This was Ken Moule,current hero of the jazzbos-jazzfans, that is-breaking in his ownband.

We're not trying to prove any-thing,' Ken assured me betweenexplosions.

I believed him. Much of his stuffreminded me of the old records Ihad. Records made during the rawdawn of jazz . . . by Miff Mole, ArtTatum, the immortal Bix Beider-becke."

Just the stuff to give the "Herald"readers, eh ? Cacophonous musicians,gyrating couples. Pay that man abonus, Mr. Editor !

SongwriterI turned aside to swap a few f

words with Harry Akst, formerright-hand man to the fabulousAl Jolson and composer of such hits I)as "Dinah," "Am I Blue ?" "BabyFace," "Guilty" and "All My Love."

Harry had tears in his eyes as hetold me of the days when he and Alentertained the armed forces to-gether in 1943, before the' greatshowman was "rediscovered" byHollywood and returned to thepinnacle of world fame.

Akst had been living in retire-ment until Eddie-"A swell guy, ifthere ever was one"-persuaded himto return to the fold.

Before leaving the restaurant,Fisher had a long talk with VivianBlaine, who was dining there after

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RAY'S A LAD!HE'S on the AIR EVERY SUNDAYRAY ELLINGTON formed

his first Quartet six yearsago. Its debut was at a TedHeath Palladium Swing Concert.

Of the original line-up com-prising Lauderic Caton (guitar),Dick Katz (piano) and ColeridgeGoode (bass), only Katz re-mains-as the Quartet's manageras well as pianist. But afteran impressive run, the unit isnow, if anything, a bigger andbetter attraction than it everwas before.

Ellington himself was born inin London, just six doors awayfrom CharlesChaplin's birth-place, on March17, 1916. He isthe youngest ofa family of four,and the son ofan American a.

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While still atschool, in 1928,Ray appeared inthe musical rtcomedy, "Vir-ginia," at Lon-don's PalaceTheatre. Maybeyou'll rememberthe hit songfrom the show," Roll Away Clouds."

His first job in the dance bandbusiness was as a drummer at thePark Lane Hotel. He was fifteenyears old at the time. Then camea series of night club jobs, inclu-ding stints at the legendary Bago'Nails, Nest Club and ShimSham. Such U.S. stars as Cole-man Hawkins, Benny Carter andthe late " Fats " Waller wouldoften come and jam with Ray atthese fabulous after -dark establish-ments.

A radio series with Van Phillipsled to Ellington's engagement with

Harry Roy, an association whichlasted for five years. The bandtoured South America, and itwas in Brazil that Ray first becameinterested in the Latin Americanrhythms which today influence somany of the Quartet's numbers.

A spell in the RAF interruptedthe Ellington career for a while,but in 1946 Ray left the serviceand returned to the Bag o'Nails.He also worked with StephaneGrappelly on radio, records andin films, until a broadcast serieswith Tito Burns and his AccordionClub Sextet became his mostimportant activity.

Ray formed his Quartet aftera year withBurns, by thesimple expedientof taking overt h e CaribbeanClub Trio intoto. They startedrecording forP arlo phone,then moved toDecca, and arenow contractedto Columbia.

The Quartethas also airedextensively,notably in the"Top Score" and"Goon Show"programmes, andon TV the boys

have appeared in " The EricBarker Half Hour." They nowhave their own Sunday spot inthe "Mr. Ros & Mr. Ray" series.

Ray and Dick Katz have alsohad considerable success as song-writers. Their " Old MotherHubbard " has been featured byElla Fitzgerald, and "That's MyGirl " by Nat " King " Cole.

The remaining members of theQuartet now comprise Don Fraser(guitar) and Bob Duffy (bass).Lately, their act has been furtherstrengthened by the addition ofred-headed vocalist Marion Ryan.

But what were the sounds andscene really like at the '51 last Sun-day evening ? Well, we were there,so we'll try to give you an accurate,unbiased report. It varies somewhatfrom "Chanticleer's" but then, may-be it's we who didn't see and hearright

When we arrived, just before 10p.m., the first thing we noticed wasthe tasteful luxury of the new decor.Especially in the outer lounge, wherecontrasting panels of wallpaper makean eye-catching display, and woodenbooths add greatly to the patrons'comfort and convenience.

In the main room, where most ofthe customers were crowding roundthe stand, rather than torso -twisting,the Ken Monte Band sounded really

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Bassist Arthur Watts is a tower ofstrength in the rhythm section, justas he was with Jimmy Walker dur-DO you fancy a trip to "The Land of Razzamataz" ? That's where "Daily Herald" columnist ing the latter's Quintet days.

"Chanticleer" went last Sunday. Though you'll doubtless know the place better by its rightful Drummer Jackie Davenport alsomakes his presence felt in no un-certain manner.

So you see, Ken has got himselfa good band. The best medium -sizeunit to come along, in Britain, sinceRonnie Scott. But when you drop into hear Ken next time you're passingthe '51, don't expect to find anythingeven remotely similar to Mole,Tatum or Beiderbecke. Otherwiseyou may be disappointed !

*Also to be caught on Sunday even-

ing was a most unusual pick-up atthe Flamingo. It comprised formerChristie Brothers Stompers'trumpeter Dickie Hawdon, ex -Randall drummer Lennie Hastings,sensational young tenorist RonnieRoss, one-time-Tristano-pupil-pianistDamian Robinson and that goodbassist, Bill Sutcliffe (picture, page 2).

You might think that such a mix-ture of stylists would sound franklyterrible. You'd be wrong.

For Dickie and Lennie love con-temporary jazz, and have a wonderfulfeeling for the idiom. If they areallowed to relapse into the stagnantbackwaters of London traditionalism,it will be a sad, sad happening.

Lennie, of course, has played Inpublic with the avant garde brigadebefore. But not Dickie. All honour,then to a man who virtually cameout of nowhere (so far as theFlamingoites were concerned), andimmediately found himself a place inthis column's Hall of Distinction !He's good now. Soon he will bemuch better than that.

* * *And that Ronnie Ross ! He just

gets greater all the time ! Which isthe nearest thing to an impossiblefeat that we have yet encountered,seeing that he had us reaching fornew superlatives when we first heardhim three or four weeks ago

* * *The Bandbox and Feldman Clubs

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* * * finding it impossible to be in morethan one place at once.

Ken and his boys have obviously But with a total aggregate ofput a great deal of time and trouble attractions including the Ronnieinto the formulation of their new Scott Orchestra and the Ken Sykoraventure. At its best, the group's Six (Bandbox), Don Rendell, Nor -ensemble is already as smart as man Cave, Tommy Whittle, the Tonypaint, and the leader's tuneful scores Kinsey and Derck Smith Triosfall pleasantly on the ear. Feldman's), how could the music

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HELLO again ! The publishers areclapping their hands now this

freezing weather has come. Markyou, there are two reasons-one tokeep themselves warm, and -the otherin the hope that people will want tospend the evenings indoors playingthe piano or listening to gramophonerecords If that happens, the smilesIn the street will become wider andwider. *1.14RRY* DAW1ON, the popular

broadcasting tenor, had asmashing start to the New Year. At4 a.m. on the morning of January

1, he ran into an unlighted islandn the middle of the road on his wayome from Edgware. It appears

someone had already crashed intothe island, and extinguished thelights, and unfortunately Harry camealong before anything was doneabout it. Although badly shaken up,Harry hasn't lost his sense ofhumour, because he asked me to askif anyone is interested in a fat, flatAustin, cheap . .

*CAW singer Les* Howard* enjoying17 himself in the audience at theShow Band Show the other day. Leshas been singing with the NorthernVariety Orchestra some time now,and has always been a good friendto the popular music publishers. Heand his wife also had the uniqueexperience of having their weddingphoto used as the cover of a popsong. Aptly the title was " WhiteWedding."

* * *THE other Sunday I was playing-1- golf with the Pinewood CastingDirector, Budge Weston Drury, whensuddenly we found ourselves behind aman and woman playing a quietgame of golf.

Your Alley Cat was not taking alot of notice of their game until itwas pointed out to him by hispartner that not only were they anAmerican woman and a Frenchman, but they were Ginger Rogersand her new husband JacquesBergerac. I overheard Ginger sayin the pro shop later that she hadhad a very happy Christmas. Fortheir politeness to me on the course,I wish them many more.

* * *II -OW nice of Jack Payne to men-

tionAi Pat Clark, the lead soprano

on the Ken Mackintosh record ofthe theme from the film "FrontPage Story." Personally, I had al-ways wondered who she was. At themoment she is appearing in "Guysand Dolls," but is also a member ofthe Peter Knight Singers. For mymoney, the Jack Payne programmemoves from strength to strength. Iparticularly agree with his advice tomodern dance band leaders to includemore comedy in their repertoire.Everybody likes a laugh-yes, evenbop fans.

THINGS are looking very brightat the moment for guitar

virtuoso Bert Weedon. He wrote adescriptive piece called " FootstepsIn The Fog," and it was quicklysnapped up by Liber Southern MusicCo. I hear there are already tworecordings of it-one by Wally Stottwith a 45 -piece orchestra, the otherby arranger Eric Jupp. Bert is alsoplaying solo guitar with MalcolmLockyer on a series of " MorningMusic."

Apart from that, Bert has quitea connection when it comes tosessions. Yes, sir . . . quite a con-nection.

* *HOW

typical of Eddie Fisher tocreep in and out of London

without a murmur last week -end.This shy, modest American artist,who sells more records in a monththan some people do in a lifetime,had come ever to entertain theForces of his country, and wantedno publicity or ballyhoo for doingit. More strength to your arm,Eddie.

I HEAR that voluptuous Yvonnede Carlo is flying from Cali-

fornia to Paris to make a film called"Castiglione" for a French company.It's an epic historical romance andwill be in all sizes and glorioustechnicolor Furthermore, it is inFrench, so to avoid the dubbingproblem, Yvonne is at presentbrushing up her francais.

Passez moi mon ticket to Paris,s'il vous plait.

THREE cheers ! The BBC has atlast let its hair down, and re-

called Harry Roy from Coventry.He will be broadcasting on the 19th

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THE ALLEY CATMusic Business News & Chatter

Last Wednesday (December 30), the Trade and Technical Branch ofthe National Union of Journalists held their Press Ban at the SeymourHall, Loudon. Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight played and helpedto produce several pieces of silver for the NUJ Widows' and Orphans'Fund, in aid of which the Ball was held. The NME picture aboveshows NUJ officials with some of the stars who appeared -0. to r.):Jock McGregor, Richard Arlen, Anna Valentina, Paul Carpenter,

Harry Gold, Tony Gruner and Harold Myers.

of this month. Now-I only hope way. In Italy it was called " Monand ray that we are in for a full Pays," which, translated, means " Myblooded Harry Roy broadcast, andnot an unfunny announcer accom-panied by Harry Roy's band.

The big name Harry built up be-fore the war depended to a largeextent on his own personality, and Ithink that we could do with his typeof humour right now.

* * *I AM pleased to see that the Tele-

club "Write a Song" competitionhas already produced a song that hassince been published. It all startedwhen Teddy Johnson was guestsinger on the show. He started tosing a song called "A Little Kiss"and before he had finished, Chap-pell's exploitation man JimmyHenney was on the phone to get thepublishing rights. Since then, Teddyhimself has recorded it, and it wasfeatured last week by Dick Bentleyand Alma Cogan in TIFH.

The lucky girl who wrote it isSonia Bard, and it was her first effortat songwriting. Jimmy Henney tellsme it is his No. 1 plug for January.so we should be hearing it plentybefore long.

* * *ISEE that old hit "Tenderly" is

being revived by the EdwinMorris Music Co. Syd Green, thefirm's genius, tells me he has alreadygot 17 records on it. When I askedhim which he thought was the best,he was a little bit cagey. He did,however, say that the homespun re-cord by Dick James is nothing shortof sensational. You see, you can'tkeep a good singer down.

[Syd Green and the Alley Cat willno doubt be interested in GeoffreyEveritt's rave about the record onpage S.-EDITOR, NME].

* *THE other week I .:ommented on

a song belonging to Leeds Musiccalled " A Baby Cried." Since thenI have heard the record that mustput this song in the big money.

The singer is Jimmy Young, and Ican only say that, to my way ofthinking, it is by far and away thebest record he's made. The nationalpress wrote this song up as trashy,but that, of course, is a matter ofcomparison.

Mind you, a write-up of that kindusually sells more records for theartist than a rave notice. Anyway,you can decide yourselves whetheryou like the song, and if JimmyYoung has made THE record.

A NEW Italian song o follow" Poppa Piccolino " is on its

Country." The Eng:ish lyrics werewritten by script -writing song -pluggerPeter Charlesworth, and 'the title ofthe English version will be " WaltzOf The Stars."

Pete had his lyric accepted againstsome pretty stiff opposition, butbefore the deal finally went through.there were already three non -vocalrecords for sale under the originaltitle. These, I understand, will bealtered at the next pressing.

SCOLMA.N tells me that he is1.-/ very happy "that ex -Chappellarranger Brian Fahey has joined hisstaff at Cinephonic. Brian has forsome time been a popular arrangerwith many dance bands, and we allwish him lots of luck in his newappointment.

* * *I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT

DEPT. Anne Shelton was signingautographs outside a provincialtheatre when a woman came up totell her how much she enjoyed hersinging. Anne was her usual friendlyself and, in course of conversation,asked what her favourite song was.She immedatey replied, " Oh, I likethat one where you sing all aboutwhat YOU BELIEVE "!

* * *HAD a phone call from David

Hughes, the singer with the faceto match his voice. He- tells me heis off to America this week -end tospend three weeks in New York andthree weeks in Hollywood.

David wouldn't teff me anythingabout his plans because, he said, thepromises he has received have beenso wonderful that he daren't believethem. Knowing in which sphereDavid's ambitions lie, I have mysuspicions, but we'll have to wait andsee.

* *On his rhyming playI could make hayBut Slater I won't slateAlthough at the timeIt wasn't his line,He deserved a better fate,

* * *THE

" no advertising" deal at theBBC now seems to be going to

pot!In the past week, I seem to have

heard at least a thousand plugs forshows, nearly as many for books(including the publisher and price)and the odd few for newspapers andperiodicals.

BAND CALLTITO BURNS

Tonight (Friday), Corn Exchange,Brigg.; Saturday, Coronation Ball-room, Ramsgate; Sunday, EmpireTheatre, Chatham.

RONNIE SCOTTTonight (Friday), Locarno, Swindon;Saturday, Arden Ballroom, Bedworth;Sunday, De Montfort Hall, Leicester;Wednesday, Town Hall, Bedford;Thursday, Casino, Warrington.

JOHNNIE GRAYTonight (Friday), Broadcast; Satur-day, Royal Set Hotel, Maidstone.

RAY ELLINGTONTonight (Friday), Grafton Rooms,Liverpool; Saturday, Mansfield Patois,Peterborough; Sunday, Broadcast.

REGGIE GOFFSaturday, N.C.O's. Club, Sealand.

SID PHILLIPSTonight (Friday), Broadcast andSavoy, Southsea; Saturday, NewBallroom, Guildford; Sunday, Pavi-lion, Bath; Tuesday, Windsor Hall,Bradford; Wednesday, Town Hall,Huddersfield; Thursday, Victoria Hall,Halifax.

Week beginningJanuary 8

NAT TEMPLETonight (Friday), Nantwich; Satur-day, Colston Hall, Bristol; Sunday,Empire Rooms, London; Monday,T.V.; Wednesday, T.V.; Thursday,Town Hall, Watford.

)HCK MULLIGANSaturday, Gliderdrome, Boston; Sun-day, Cadena Hall, High Wycombe(Afternoon) and Wood Green JazzClub (Evening); Tuesday, Club DuFaubourg; Thursday, Gaiety Bail -room, Grimsby.

HARRY BENCESaturday and Sunday, Royal ForestBallroom, Chingford.

GRACIE COLETonight (Friday), Hull; Saturday,Nantwich; Sunday, Copacabana,London, W.1; Tuesday, Lamm),Streatham; Thursday, Upper Hay-ford.

VIC LEWISTonight (Friday), Town Hall; Satur-day, Empress Ballroom, Burnley;Sunday St. George's Hall, Bradford.

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I even heard of a firm who offeredmoney to any songwriter who couldnot only write a song with the nameof his product mentioned, but get iton- the air.

A good example of show -pluggingwas given on the New Year's EveBBC Ballroom where the Ted Heath100th Swing Session at the Palladiumon February 14, etc., etc., was floggedto death.

While we're on the subject of thatprogramme, I thought it was verysad staff work forgetting to wish thetroops in Germany a happy NewYear before the BFN station closeddown at 11 o'clock, which is, ofcourse, midnight Central Europeantime.

THE wandering spirit has grippedthe Mills Music executives ! On

Wednesday of this week, Fred Jack-son left by air for Hamburg, wherehe will be contacting Germanorchestras, publishers and singers, aswell as calling in on BFN.

He plans to return next Tuesday(12th).

Tomorrow (Saturday, 9th), CyrilShane also flies off for a few days'trip to Radio Luxembourg.

* *y HAD a cup of tea with the Tanner

Sisters last week, and they toldme of the Terry -Thomas gag cometrue.

When they were in Ho:land, theydid a programme during which theywere interviewed by a top DutchDJ, who played their current recordsas they went along. Everything wasgoing according to plan until theycame to the last record. This the

engineer unfortunately dropped andbroke. So the girls had to busk itto the piano on the spot,

As Frances so aptly put it-it wasfunny, but may it never happen toyou * *p ISING new singer, MickyIA- Andrews, made a big success ofhis- cabaret debut at' the exclusiveBond Street Embassy Club, wherehe opened on New Year's Eve, andhas been retained for the next fewweeks. It was quite an ordeal for asinger to make his cabaret bow be-fore a critical West End audienceon the noisiest night of the year, butspeaking to Sidney Simone, wholeads the resident band at theEmbassy, he told me that Mickycame through with flying colours,and stopped the show with his im-pressions of Frankie Laine, BillyDaniels - and Rose "Chee-Chee"girl Murphy ! Micky waxes two newtitles for Columbia next week.

I know that Eddie Fisher's repre-sentatives are taking more than usualnotice of this young Peterboroughdiscovery of agent Harry Lowe.

* *WHAT an enormous improvement

there was in last Sunday's "Mr.Ros and Mr. Ray" programme IThere was more music and less talk-ing, while the Kentucky Minstrelsangle, so noticeable in the first show,had been completely dropped. Bothgroups played well, as if they felthappier with the whole presentation,and the pace was fast and slick.

I particularly liked the MarionRyan -Ray Ellington duet version of"Ricochet," but the whole showmade bright and easy listening.

The Baroness de Koenigs-wader Rothschild cuts arug to open the newregime of Studio '51 lastSunday (3rd). Her daughterJanke and bandleader KenHoule help w ith the

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