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where 1 •LLAND CKLB. ^liff Rotterdam (Ahoy-Hall, Richard and The Shadows’ triple-concert in In 1! 10 seats!), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw) and The Hague (K. & W.) was Canada apletely sold out in advance, when Britain’s young showbiz-personality signed nber 1 arrived at Schiphol-airport on last Friday 13. Bovema’s Mr. Voerman, Show.” a . Lamberts and Mr. Pompe were thei’e to pay Cliff and the Shadows Wher irty welcome. There was a crowd of screaming fans and the assembled MacGo’v tch press to give his first visit a lot of free publicity. So did Rudy Carrell’s CJLX-I -show that same night. Cliff’s victory over his Dutch fans may well be deejay Bovema-Gramophonehouse’s stockroom, rked by the constant pressure on move ir ere five telephones were ringing at the same time for a far-out number of agemen ler’s orders for Cliff’s Columbia records. He 1 )n April 29 Bovema’s His Master’s Voice-star Gilbert Becaud, interna- where 1 lally reputed French songster, will appear in the Amsterdam Concertge- JOHN MURPHY Show” tw with his own show. prograr lis Master’s Voice’s special jubilee-Pourcel-single series will be released NEW YORK—Now serving Cash Box Murp 3 week, following Franck Pourcel’s 10th anniversary as orches- up conductor as its voice from Canada is Johnny in 1936, leader. Murphy, who is observing the Cana- Faye, £ president of Holland’s prominent publish- .ast week Mr. H. Ch. Gomperts, dian disk scene from his post as a dee- German firm Les Editions Internationales Basart, Amsterdam, left for a four week jay-program director over CKOY- His n ) to publishing rights from Music Corp., the U.S. Basart has the sub Marks Ottawa. Box 31 w York, of the Helen Shapiro bestseller “Tell Me What He Said.” The re- Murphy’s radio career, as a profes- Station' 3e by Bovema is supported by Basart with a very strong promotion on sional broadcaster, began at CKSF 2-6501. lio Veronica and Radio Luxembourg, the two commercial radio stations, iart expects as much of this song as of the preceding song “Walking Back Happiness,” which has been a Dutch bestseller for about two months. A 5. “Violetta” (Bobbejaan Schoepen). Best sold bch recording of “Tell Me What He Said” is in preparation. Leeds Music Charles Aznavour, best sold Bourg Hand (Basart) started promotion of the Sam (5ooke hit “Twisting The and LP “Les The young singer Eric a real 'ht Away.” This song received a strong plugging in the famous Dutch teen Genty, who made just made another record on the Decca-label. I 10 program “Tijd Voor Teenagers” (Time For Teenagers). Although the three weeks ago this is zoomin alts in the Eurovision Song Festival at Luxembourg of the Spelbrekers with and already disk hit parade. Joli song “Katinka” were not too good, the sales in Holland already reached The two songs are “Dans Ce Franz Lehar . . .) and “Le New Tango.” Now t )00 copies. Basart, who has the world copyright of this title “Katinka,” is Genty: he really hit L loiting the song all over in Europe. made a out of “Oh La La sold to Germany, France and the Netherlands, 'he Fouryo’s had their first record for the German market released in interested. many: “So Ein Feiertag” b/w “Veilchen Aus Ascona” (Decca). A filmed Anneke van Hoofif is young Dutch songstr idi Carrell Show” was seen on Belgian TV these days, with contributions a Brussels “Iwan Iwanowitsch” and “Sweetheart Decca-star Rudi Carrell himself and the charming Young Sisters, who ke records on the Philips-label. represented in Belgium by Fonior. Fonior imme Dutch record in Belgium. From the start on i ’hilips-artist Ronnie Carroll, popular by his rendition of “Ring-A-Ding Hooff would do fine. With her first record, rele; 1” at the Eurovision Song Festival, made his first appearance on Dutch radio breaking through. ^RA); the same day his British colleague Roy Castle and Los Paraguayos Belinda Music-chief Edgard Pluraart was ver th Philips-artists), were in the Dutch TV program “Zaterdagavond- coorden” (KRO). Box that “Good Luck Charm” by Elvis Presle Daniels and “Percolator Twist” by Billy Joe & ' 'he filmed TV show “Corry’s Party” will be seen at the coming TV festival hits in Belgium. “Afrikaan Beat” by Bert Kaer Montreux, France. Choreography is by George Carden (famous from Siemens reports that its best selling disk of tish TV program “Sunday Night at the London Palladium”). Among the Freddy. Further best selling disks are “Break ly songs, Corry Brokken sang for her guests and viewers, were standards: Lee, “Tell Me Where Can I Go” by Pia Beck and icky Day,” “Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries,” “Smiles,” “Too Darn Hot” with on the reverse “The Young Ones.” . “The Party’s Over.” Other songs: “Yours Tonight’ (based upon “Dark Fud Leclerc, a Belgian ambassador of the F ;s”), “Viens Danser,” “Nitschewo” and “Vannacht” (Dutch version of San on Polydor “Tu Ne Peux Oublier” (Tell Me W no song “Stanotte A1 Luna Park”), her recent success on a Philips single, rever d’Un Grand Amour.” Big expectations! ’reparations started for the annual Loosdrecht Jazz Contest and Amateur Mr. Holzapfel, director of Siemens’ record-de npetition, which will be held for the fifth time, coming July. Singer Max of April on the firm is representing MGM for B Praag is going to organize this again, in association with L. C. Phonogram, The famous French Polydor-singer Marcel . lay 6 will mark the first appearance in Holland (Concertgebouw, Amster- many French songs, also German, Flemish a i) of Eartha Kitt. The Kapp recordings of this famous artiste are released “Ancienne Belgique,” Brussels, with a new “torn e on the London label (L. C. Phonogram). Among new single-releases of S.A. Gramo lost popular Dutch team The Blue Diamonds have just entered military “Genesis” by The Ventures (Liberty), “Teach rice. Every Dutch newspaper had photos of this event. TV newsreel was gether” by Chubby Checker and Bobby Ryde re too. “Adios Coqueta” by Los Amadores (H.M.V.) .rtone’s Willy Schobben, whose version of “Mexico” is the best selling ver- Maubeuge” by Bourvil (Pathe). Number one of 1 in Holland, and who has another topper on the Dutch charts with “Happy still is “Zwei Kleine Italiener” by Conny Frobot guest-appearances in e,” made Copenhagen, Denmark recently. Schobben With three personal TV-appearances in three

; in American (starring featured an show Bob Hope) along with the Car- “Zwei Kleine Italiener” building now into a sm; Orchestra. Meanwhile, Gibbons some of his recent Artone recordings have record will be far more important than the wi released in the States. Schobben’s n latest Artone release has two strong Song Festival, “Mon Premier Amour,” this in ;rumentals back to back: “Auf Wiedersehen Marlene” and “Bolivia.” After Kleine Italiener” didn’t make it at all at the sai one week exposure the deck already blossomed beautifully. Y A few months ago Decca-Belgium released a t Li’tone’s Verve line has been extended with brand new material by Ella Fitz- called the “Black Label” series. As you know on ald. “Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson Riddle” and Oscar Peterson, “West are chosen for this series. Three new rec e Story.” Recordings of both artists received a powerful sales-push from “Tecumseh”/“Happy Jose” by Ivo-Marc, “Oh, B£ 11 concerts by Ella and Oscar in March. Artone’s John James Vis further by Richard Wery and “Faut-il Vous Croire”/“P aids the addition of “More Music” from the soundtrack of “Les Tricheurs” Wery. First reports show that the recordings of the label’s catalog, by noting that this Artone first, featuring a.o. Dizzy Los Machucambos, that wonderful trio, are espie, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt and Oscar Peterson pre- made a hit out of “Pepito,” then came “La Bam res on record the as yet unreleased titles. Along with the already issued Belgium with their tango “El Professor.” And the complete soundtrack has now been made available. what the next move of Los Machucambos will b( 'ete Felleman, head of Artone’s Funckler Dept., advised Cash Box that record-company in Belgium: T ilette’s Joey Dee has definitely become one of the hottest names in the There’s a new Louis Marshall. First record: “Goodnight Twist le. A record number of the sock-coupling “Ya Ya” and “Shout” were sold Belgium, causing the disc to zoom up on the charts, while the LP package Peter Plum Publications draw our attention tc )in’ The Twist At The Peppermint Lounge” has become Artone’s No. 1 tioned “French Music, Brussels” in our best sel um-seller within a week after release. “Si Tu Me Telephones”—there is no “French Mr 'elleman, who used to program the Capitol label in The Netherlands, and that its catalog is sub-published in Benelux by Brussels. Peter Plum reported that its currc ! responsible for release and promotion of such 6-figure sellers as “Return Me” and “Volare,” was host at an inner office party, celebrating the arrival Violence” (recorded by Johnny Halliday in the Dean Martin to the Reprise fold. Dino’s initial waxing “'Tik-A-Tee, Tik-A- Back That Sun”), “Si Tu Me Telephones,” “Re1 “11 (all Jol r,” was released April 16, together with two other Reprise firsts: Frank and Faut Saisir Sa Chance” by atra’s first twist-recording “Ev’rybody’s Twistin’ ” and the first Tony Wil- “Lucie” and “J’Ai Tort” (by Charles Aznavour ns single, a special Funckler-made coupling of two great Platters smashes Box” (by Johnny Halliday and Dalida). le Great Pretender” and “Only You.” lount Basie’s forthcoming concerts in Amsterdam and The Hague inspired ra activity on the Roulette-label: four new and two new LP albums were led during the past weeks. Foreign Circulati LGIUM lest sold single records of Fonior S.A., Brussels, during the month of rch were: 1. “Mexico” (Bob Moore); 2. “Oh! La La Louise” (Eric Genty); Cash Bo:

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