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Nme-1955-12-09-S-Ocr No. 493. EVERY FRIDAY PRICE 6d.December C,IOW Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper -PETER MAURICE BILLY VAUGHN THESHIFTING Narration by KEN NORDENE THE SHIFTING WHISPERING SANDS WHISPERING SANDS MUSICAL SEVENTEEN 78 & HLD MACMELODIES 45 r.p.m. 8205 EXPRESS LONDON RECORDS division of WITH YOUR LOVE THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY LTD., LONDON, S.W.9 21 DENMARK STREET, LONDON, W.C.2 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation:Weekly Sales Exceed 100,000 Copies JANUARY 'HIT PARADE'onsalenextMonday- 1E1E112GDEE ABOVE: A meeting between two famous musical stars. This historic picture ABOVE: One of the niusical highspots of the new " Benny Goodman Story." was taken during David VVhitfield's recent visit to America-just after his last which has its first Press showing in New York next week. In this scene from the appearance on the Ed. Sullivan " Toast of the Town " TV show in New York, film, Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) plays clarinet, with Lionel Hampton on where he teamed up with the fabulous American pianist Liberace. This group vibes.The other jazz stars in this sequence are pianist Teddy Wilson and drummer shows (I.to r.): Reg Warburton, David's MD and accompanist ;Liberace's Gene Krupa. LEFT: Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds asthey appear brother George-seen each week in the pianist's ITV shows here ;David together in the newMGMfilm," The Tender Trap," which hadits London Whitfield and Liberace. premiere in a midnight matinee on Wednesday. These Singing Stars will be appearing in pantomime this Christmas ALMM GO6AN JIMMY YOUNG EVE BOWELL DICKIE VALENTINE JOAN REGAN (Chiswick Empire) (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) (Dudley Hippodrome) (Theatre Royal, Newcastle) (Liverpool Empire) ORCHESTRATIONS LOVE and Recorded by : GOAlmaCogan (HMV);Suzi Miller(Deem); ON RosemaryCloonoy (Philips); Children's BY Cowboy Choir (Brunswick) AND WATCH OUT FOR A SMASH ! ! ARRIAGE(A BARTON MUSIC CO. LTD., PUBLICATION) AN OLD BEER BOTTLE Professional Enquiries to: BLUEBIRD MUSIC CO., 23 Denmark Street, London, W.C.2 TEMple Bar 6972 I CINEPHONIC MUSIC CO. LTD., 17 BERNERS ST., LONDON, W.1 MUS 7475 2 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday, December9,1955 Arewebecoming a, )TALKING POINTS < IS this country losing its 'origin- ality as far as popular music is concerned ?This question, which perhaps explains the recent con- troversy on record -copying, comesntion of copyists? from BERNARD GLANVILLE, opinion,it is *finitely notan so well in the NME Poll.First, we ofRocklandsDrive,Stanmore,improvement. Conducted by Middlesex : have Belfastgirl Ruby Murray as To my mind, Britain will always Their own style Best Female Solo Singing Star. lag behind America inthe musical BRIAN AYERS,ofBradmore CHARLES GOVEY Then a Dublin lass, Rose Brennan, world ifitcontinues inits presentStreet, Cambridge, writes: bands came up with styles of theirwins the Female Dance Band Vocalist vein of being a nation of arrangers One of your readers wrotelastown. section, with two other Irishgirls, rather than composers. week about Ambrose borrowing the Jackie Lee and Ottilie Patterson, also Naturally, if we go on presentingSauter -Finegan sound.Well, he isn't Comets in harmony wellplaced. Finally,Belfast -born arrangements of American composi- Michael Holliday was placed ninth theonlyone. OneofGeraldo's Tworepliestoreader JAMESin another section. tions,this means second-hand, notrecentrecords,titled" The BritishTYNER, whorecommended Bill original music. Grenadiers," sounds to me very muchHaley as a singing group last week: Humph on Shaw Methods of arrangement leads melikeSauter-Finegan's" Doodletown Iagreewith Mr. Tynerinhis to my second point.Why can't TedFifers." preference of Bill Haley to the Star- D. M. RUSSELL (secretary of the Heath (the top large band, according It seems that if any band comes upgazers. But the Comets would notMaple Jazz Club) writes from Shep- to the NME Poll) try something newwith a new sound, other bands arecome under the group singers inaherds Lane, Mapledurham, Oxon: insteadofmurderingsuchwell-bound to borrow it.A too obviouspoll.They would surely count as a Although agreeingwith some of Welcome back to bandleader -vocalist Reggie Gun He has made a known classics as Rossini's "Barberexample, of course, is Glenn Miller,small instrumental group. - (MAU-HumphreyLyttelton'sremarkson good recovery from the illness that kept him in hospital formany Of Seville " and Trenet's "La Mer "?who has been copied by many bandsRICE LSON, Haverfordw est, S.the Artie Shaw book, I must refute weeks, and the NME, photographer took this picture of him trotting Both these tunes were written toon previous occasions. Wales). thecommentthatShaw" only off on a business trip In his car, preparatory to getting his bandon Conveyanatmosphere,especially Another new sound which seems Mr. Tyner istalking through hisskated on the surface of jazz." - the road again. La Mer."So what does he thinktobecatching onthesedaysishat when he compares the Stargazers If Mr. Lyttelton had read the book he has achieved by arranging them toJohnny Dankworth's. IpersonallywithBillHaley.The Comets domore carefully, he would have dis-The realtitleis" The Clown Whofollowing week, to see " Evermore " suit his modern dance band?In mythinkit's about time some of thesenot, and never have, sung in. har-covered that Shaw explored prettyCried." soaring to the top. mony, merely inunison.For real,thoroughly the whole field of jazz. I wrote to Decca to see if they close -harmony singing, with a reallyHe was associated with, and admiredwould record it on 78.They replied 'Vintage Pops' solidbeat,listentotheMillsby, many of the really great jazzmen.that they would bear it in mind.So Last week'sletterabout the THE FAN CLUBS REPLY Brotherssinging" Gumdrop." -(N. I suggest that, unlike Mr. Lyttel-it looks asif we shall just have to" Vintage Pops" programme brio. HE fanclubquestionhas The latter will drift away with MILLER, Grange, Cardiff). ton, he rejected the coarse in jazzwait and see. this reply from WENDY GUTHRIE, brought many replies from the current top star, whereas the anddevelopedtowardsamusical ofKiugscroftRoad,Leatherhead, Ruby's record Surrey: readers who run them or belong genuine fans willstick totheir Unfair to Ronnie artistry which took him to the top KENNETH HORNSEY writes to them.Mrs. D. HALL writes star through thick and thin. of a highly competitive profession. from St. John's Road, Walthaunstow, I agree with reader A. T. Smith fromDaleStreet, Burton -on - JAMES KIMBLE writes from A number of readers have leapt Shaw got there by hard study and thatit'spleasant to hear the old tothedefenceof RonnieHarris, E.17 : Trent: Elstow Gardens, Dagenham, practice with a background nearer to May I congratulate Ruby Murraytunes again.But, surely, we should John Waterfield is quite wrdng Essex: whose latestdisc was reviewed bythejazzthatLytteltonchampions heartherecordingsofthose who Geoffrey Everitt last week: for her outstanding accomplishmentmadethediscfamous,whatever insaying that to get a picture I would be the first to admit I feel compelled to protest againstthan our Humphrey has ever been. in remaining in the NME Best Sellers of a star one must join a fan club. that some clubs are a " business." Moreover,althoughShaw hadfor exactly 52 weeks. nationality they may be. My experience is that if he waits But we aren't all tarred with the what Iconsider veryunfaircriti-plenty of publicity, he won his way For instance, we heard Ray Elling- cismofRonnieHarris'srecord, Her " Heartbeat " entered at 15thton's version of " Feet Up." But outside the stage door with the same brush. on merit, and unlike our critic, heposition on December 3,1954; on rest of the fans, he will get a free In my own case, I started a " United " and " Cabaret."To myused no Etonian gimmicks to give a it was Guy Mitchell who brought this fan club for Nat Gonella as an mind, this is one of the best recordspseudo -dignity to a music that hasMarch 18, 1955, she had five songstune into the best sellers. autographed pictureof any star Ronnie has made. in the Top Twenty; and her latest By all means let us hear a British who happenstobeappearing expression of thanks to a great If your reviewer does not care forno need of it. appearance was on November 25, there. trumpet player and artist for the artistifhemakes therecording many hours of pleasurehe has Ronnie's type of singing, it is surely Dickie's 'Clown' with " I'll Come When You Call "popular.But let us hear the original VIOLET WOOD writes from not right for him to spoil the enjoy- at No. 14. Top Twenty number. given me over 20 years. MARGARET HICKLIN, of Chel- SwanlandTerrace,New Row, What happenswhenastar ment of thousands of fans. -(CARO- She nearly lost her place on July 1, Morpeth: fades ? Genuine fansarestill LINE STEER,Solihull,Warwick-tenham Road, Chorlton, Manchester,when her only song in the chart the Autograph books had their day! interested even ifthe artist isn't shire). writes: previous week, " Softly, Softly," dis- I have one and itis worth its making front-page news.For in- I must say I think Mr. Everitt is Charles Hammond asks when weappeared. However,"Evermore " weight in gold to me.I am in stance, Nat hasn't recorded for utterlyincorrectinsayingthatare going to be able to buy Dickiechose that week to make its debut, severalfanclubs,butallthe a few years, but we still have a Ronnie sounds lazy and uninspiredValentine's " I Was The Clown Thatand Ruby stayed in the list. " Softly, signatures are not by thestars healthy club. on his latest disc.He is one of theCried "(last week's Talking Point).Softly " made a brief appearance the whose clubs I'm in. very few singers who sing straight Iwas recently backstage, and BETTY GRAY, of Palace Road, from their hearts. the artist was complaining about Tube Hill, S.W.2, writes for the You don't have to sing Ronnie's how many photos he had given opposition: type of song with the same energy outthatweek.
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