- - ·.--- On ule, Tuesday, ...,eek ending Deamber 27, J969 7 - MUSICAL V(PaESS NME Points Championship­ MAC TAKES IT-PIPS Engelbert TV-more guests WONDER & BEATLES The points table II compUed by marb to TOM, HUMP RE-SIGN WITH DECCA awardlns artlm In the NME'1 wttkly Top Thirty ULU hu been signed for a guest appearance ln Engelbert Humpenllncl<'s Anglo-American 1V series, which went throu1bout lhe r•~O poh:W L Into production earlier thl1 month. Other newly-announced bookings for the series Include Sergio Mendes and ~:~ ~o~~·~i: !!!'':I~ point for No. st. ro~n: Brull '66, Lou Rawls, Caterina Valente, Carmen McRae, Shani WalUs, Kay Ballan! and Milton Berle. These are In The leadlna tea In the IHI addlUon to the lnldal guest list, e:1cluslvely reported ln the NME two weeks ago, which Included Tony Bennett, Roger 0 and Lena f:00&' ~~ 2~m:\;IE Miller, Ike and 11na Turner, Ray Charles, Oliver Home. A British transmission date bas not yet been set for 8 ~= the seriee, but A1V e:,:pect:a 1D start screening lt ln March, to colnclde wlth the introduction of the spring schedules. g~'}£.S.5. ~~iNtE~: 0 rt~v.~y~~A~~:n:. w~r•.~~rt;~ A~~u.'~f te: mAem=~ FRANK SINATRA. I , DIANA ri::'°:: u111L yuI1111111 Alli ROSS AND TH£ SUPREMES and ?!.~i',J"m~~7~.;;;::r;: n~r MO"'~ A 10. BEE GEES, wlll Include his del•ied seuon at ll~J-nVf. rr1111u r-,~ nu Marvin Gaye'• pladna Includes :;::ev;f::e: lvJ~rl~t ti~h ~~rT~!~ . ' polnla accwnul ated In hl1 duets with Tammi Terrell. Slmllarly, the hdueolld, t l)y1, 1V but commit whkhm entsho .pollpooe

letters' on Thres hold Tl I their heel s. Th eir first single. on Decca wrote and produced and w hich is ling very well. . F 12986. is ca lled 'Friends' and it' s utterly different from anything they ? year ARRIVAL amveJ about people liking each other : if any ever did before. one record is suited for the dawn of a ROY ORBISON released his first new decade, th is is it. made-in - single. ·Break my THE MARMALADE jo111ed Decca mind' on London H LU 10294. and 11 and made a single on F 1 2982 cai led turned ou t to be one of his bes t eve r 'Refl ections of my life' which they So much has been happening. and so much more is abou t to happen. But right now all that remains for me to do is to wish everybody a happy and peaceful Christm as and a wonderful New Year. Trojan captures Dekker Troj.lln - the predomi nanlly re1111ee l•b•I fo r wh ich uu, Up wnen, J immy Cliff ;a nd lh t ,ionun re· cord - hH uptued au mond \I group records I Otkl!er from Pynmld. Del!lter's •l !QB;J curnnt tingle " Pld,n•Y G;il •• WIii n- be 1w•ll.ibl t through his new Liverpool an d set sever,,! The Oecc ■ Record Company llm,1ed outfit, lor whom he wlll 11h.o ,.cord Doc ca Hou.. Alben Emb1 nlo,ment London SE 1 further l r■ ch early In the New ,sic bu siness people on Y••r.