n eember l6, 1047 ::: DAVID JACOBS MATT::: MORO Five years Sick of the isn't easy with 'Pops' Sinatra tag page 6 pag e 7 pago 16 P L US all gut' latest antes and rerie ws Steele to S alsa. play in THE TOP RECORD a, MUSICAL WEEKLY panto O M MY STEELE. who this nee T ends his sum mer season a Great Yarmouth. is to play the till No. 182 Week ending September 16, 1961 role in the Tom Arnold pantomime production of "Dum my Dum my." Every Thursday, price 6d. The show will open al the Liver pool Empire on December 23, and will run until March 3. There is a possibility that I -ve Boswell. currently starting in th ltIA TI' 11101VISO —Five Past Eight" revue at th Alhambra. Glasgow. will co-star with Toning Steele. Next week 'Tom my Steele goes fo a three-week holiday. On his return he will com mence rehearsals for th Autumn Show at the Coventr Theatre, which is due to open or October 17. and run through until December 2. The following week. Tonmrt wil Reprise try telerecord his Christmas Day show for Associated Television. befor starting on rehearsals for "Ilumpt Dum my." When he concludes his run in Ild , under his new contract for ATV. Tontmy Steele will then spend si weeks recording program mes for his own series which will go out ne t to sign him sum mer.

INATR A'S Reprise label has asked Matt Monro to sign for them. S The offer was made to Malt while he was in America recently New U.S. series recording the song for a television com mercial. AR NER BROTHERS have in- The offer also includes a Hollywood film and a cabaret season at the W troduced a new series of discs Calneva nighterie in Lac Vegas. "It sounds like a good offer." Matt told eallcd the "Plus 2" single. to the DIS C. "It's a lump sum deal, rather like a transfer for a football p layer. But A merican market in an attempt to even Will came off it would make very little difference to Inc finanically as combat the fall in sales of singles. far as royalties are concerned as I am signed up to EMI. IAN NIENZIES . dogged by ill health This single 45 rpm. selling at the really up to EMI whether regular price, has two new songs, plus they accept the offer or not. I shall two of the artists' previous hits. have to leave it to them. But I don't ILL HEALTH FORCES MENZIES First release in the new series i s nee much hope of it happening as the Everly Brothers single. "Don't EMI seem to be happy with Morly Blame Me" and " Muskrat "--tss., Craft at Warwick. He does a lot to new numbers—linked with the oldie, push my records in the States." "Lucille" and "Walk Right lia,k " If a Monro deal with Reprise is TO RETIRE FRO M STO MPERS According to Jim Conkting, presi- concluded. then the man who has been •. dent of Warner Brothers. the " Pli., dubbed "the man to replace Sinatra WIN G to ill health trombonist A new trombonist. John hIcGuff, has list shows that they are the first 2" series was introduced to combat in America will not only join Sinatra O Ian Menzies is to quit playing already joined the band and until band selected to play a season at the dropping singles market. Although but Sam my Davis kw.. Nancy with the band he nmde fanmus— Ian finally leaves he is being Blackpool's Empress Ballroom, and each disc contains four titles, and i. Sinatra. Mort Sahl and a host of The Clyde Valley Stompers. How- featured as a guest musician. they will open for Iwo week, al in fan an El», the playing time is others. ever. although he will be actively Since Menzies reformed The Clyde the beginning of June next year. shorter. Followed by Kenny Ball and Terry prevented front playing he will Valley Siontpery In 1958 they have It is believed that several future I ightfoot. still be associated with the band. become extremely popular wills releases on this label, instead of being jan and pop tans. the usual singles, will come undo. the Al the present time Ian's lag date Ian Menzies and the Clyde Valley Belafonte at N.Y. with the band will be " Trad Fad." Describing their Individual sound. Stompers will guest on BBC Jan Plus 2" series. AR RY BELAFONTE will play Club. September 21. und Trad from then on his place as leader Menzies says. "We set out to play two benefit concerts at the the very beg in trad jan without Tavern on October 14 and Novem- H will be taken over by trumpeter . Carnegie Hall. New York, later this any cheap gim micks." ber It They also hase a date an Month —on September 23 and 29. Malcolm Higgins. They have obviously succeeded, as a the final «Trad Fad" for BBC-TV NEW DENVER The singer, whose latest single After this dale their new title will be glance Into their date - book —past On October 8 and 22 the band have release is 'A Hole In glve Bucket." "Ian Menzies Presents The Clyde . taken from his LP "Meow. Returns Valley Stompers." Ian will con- and present—proves. In the past two Ganniont dates. at Salisbury To Carnegie Hall," is also hoping to tinue with his duties as musical they have played with such names and Taunton. and this will be fol- SINGLE READY make a return trip to Britain in 1962. arranger and ad, iser. selecting all as Louis Armstrong. Kid Ory, Sid- lowed by a third on November 12 ITII titles still on the seoet 1.., the Karl Denver Trio, i., Ile is currently in the throes of nego- their material for recording.. and ney Bechet, and Denmark's nuntber at Cheltenham. On October 29 they W one. Papa Bue, start an eight-day Scottish tour, charts with "Marcheta." tiation for a spring overseas tour, in coact roe. Last ThursdaY, the opening of their and following this. a Southern TV which Britain May well be included. It is possible that as their Pye con- recorded their next disc for Dee., On November 13, Harry Belafonte tract does not come up for renewal weekly resident spot at Jazzshows spot on November 8. Plans are in release on October 6. Opens for a season at the Latin until neat May and is in Menzies Jan Club. their appearance was hand for Ian Menzies and the Clyde The trio will guest on " Music With attended by Bob COrt, John Le,t011, Valley Stomper, to make another Quarter, New York. This will be name he may continue to play A Beat" tonight (Thursday). Other Johnny Franks, Vic Ash and Max LP for Pye. It is planned that they BBC sound dates include "Band Box." followed by cabaret dates in Las with them on recording sessions. will record this live during one of Vegas, which will keep hint busy until " Kaboo" and " Auf Weidesehn" are Bacon. who sat in on drums. September 18. and "Easybcat." „ A look into their future engagements their sessions at the Marquee. after the New Year. the Stompers latest titles. the 251h.

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\ LA.T,I'N'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' e ay 7NJ 2046 "TABOO"!ha 1:1113C/CICICICIOCICICICICIOCIIM MCICIE MIDOCIDEMICICIMCIEX3CIE ME3C MCICICICICIOCICICICICIE MCIOCICIOCICIE MCI 2 DIS C, September 16, 1961 If Leyton's hit is an example of a top British song, then The Americans will rule Post • reason. I think, is that no longer arc our recording stars copying an A merican version of the same sons. Each week on LP is a warded note for note. - The artist is selling well because he to the writer of the Peale for she) is giving of their best without Letter... and once a monde relying on a big band backing. Long our Twenty a am may this continue. — STE WART there is a bonus prize of JOHLNSON, 93, Clement Park Road. Ronson These would be most welcome on the lighteriashtray set. personality on **Tell The Truth," I Locher, Dundee. Antes. Encore label —B. W. T, G OO DEY, think he would be terrific on "Juke The address Is: Post Bah Pondfidd Bungalow, The Downs, Gt. Box Jury." PRIZE LETTER PAT H ETIC DISC, 141, Fleet Street, Leader, Daemon, Essex. He realises the current teenage E.C A. taste in records, and it would be A FIER hearing "Together" by L'OR sheer, senti me ntal JAC K'S G O O D interesting to see someone who knows el. Connie Francis, I was disgusted lugubrious mediocrity, "Johnny something about .— by the pathetic monologue which CONSIDER Jack Good to be the that they are completely incompa- Remember Me " must surely take ideal panellist for "Juke Box JANET NEIG HBOUR, 16. Hartland forms almost half the record. tible. I As in case of Presley's "Are a packet of the proverbial biscuits. Jury" after regularly reading his con- Road. Lower Whitley. Reading, Berks. The I plead with all musical arrangers You Lonesome Tonight," a polished Never have I seen the British Top troversial but well written column in to leave the classics along —IRENE entertainer has ruined a potential bit BO WLER, 42, Malborough Dyke, Twenty look so igno minous and DISC, and having seen his pleasing ALL-R OU N DER record by adopting this monotonous Ilford, Essex, ludicrous as with this plastic Y any argument as to who are and infuriating trend. monstrosity perched snugly at the WHour " all rounders"? Surely Please, record companies, let us top. Anthony Newley is our only star that have more singing. and less talking.— PO O R SH A D O W S Cliff's and Ada m's seal efforts could rightly qualify as an all round PA UL. N. LE WIS. 24, D mborough W AVIN G just heard The Shadows are poor enough, but John Ley ton's entertainer. flotase. 2, Dickens Grove. Warnock, H " Kon-Tiki." and bought are infinitely worse, and those Could Cliff, Adam or Birmingham, 14. their EP "The Shadows To The Fore: screaming females In the back- Possibly write, direct and afar in a I was rather shocked at the standard show, at the same time making ground do nothing to alleviate the LET 'EM AL O N E of recording on their discs. wonderful records, and also write On the EP. " Apache " and " The mental boredo m and apathy which LTHOU G H I am a great fan of songs for other stars? I hardly think Stranger' are superb. but the studio the record as a whole arouses. to. — A N N STEVE NS, 31, Lime A , the idea of moderni- sound on " Man Of Mystery' and sing classical music makes me mad. If this Is to be the calibre of Avenue. Prenton, Wirral. Cheshire. - FBI" is very poor and both tracks The two forms are so sasily different future British discs, the British Ton seem very rushed. Twenty will remain In name only, N O BIG BA N D I admire The Shadows very much. because A merican recordings will but I with Columbia would take more TT was very gratifying to see that in The Editor' does not neces- completely monopolise it —and time over the recordings and give sarily agree with the ideas last week's TOP Twenty (DIS C them a more polished studio sound.-- deserve dl y so. — TH O MAS 2.9.61), there were no less than 14 expressed in Post Bag. R. W ATSO N, 1. Heston Avegua, SPE NCE, efo 13, M oir Crescent, British discs. In most eases the Great Barr, Bketingham, M uSselburgh, Scotland.

EN C ORE A HIT grION GRATULATIONS to EMI for their new "Encore" series TOP STARS JOIN IN THE of LPs for 23/3. This is real value and quality of recording. TAC K COSTANZO is the man who have purchased " Ruby Murray al has accompanied cabaret star Successes" and find that the numbers Frances Faye during her season at on this record, taken from old record- ings. are, in fact, improved. and I the Talk of the Town in London. BONGO CRAZE hope this is the beginning of many He k also one of America's fore- more Encore releases. mast Latin American experts and is As soon as young Jack could toddle. One suggestion to EMI: don't over- known in the profession as " Mt. 11-.1"o and Hugh O'Brian are :te`l he teed to stagger- around picking look the many excellent recordings Bongo." • few. up knives, forks, spoon.; and any- of Ray Martin and his Orchestra. He is a famous man who is in demand Jac. ...so worked with Nat Isiri by A and R men and cabaret thing else hands and then beat out Cole's trio for a long spelt before CO NNIE FRA NCIS —Does artists all over the States, but It rhythmic tattoos on larger, im- Nat bit the high snots as a solo her monologue ruin «To- must have been hell sometimes in movable objects of kitchen vocalist, and whited London mid gether"? See "Pathetic." the Costanzo kitchen in Chicago. furniture. Moreno' Castanet; didn't hint. die it much at the time. - Marlon Brandes pretty good tie " I guess she didn't realise nhat was bongos. I used to show him a fee going on inside Junior:* grinned thin m, and he's kept 111, his Practice' The Mot à, IS flare Nabs & WI It San Jack when he talked to me shortly Takes his bongos ewers %she,. he 'before resuming to the States. goes, and always spends a couple ut But bongos and conga drunrs stayed hours on them every day." out of his life for some time De the late Gary Cooper, a surprisine PORTRAIT became a dancer. specialising in the convert to the bongo cult, we' jitterbug which nas the mare at another who asked Jack for some OF that time, and then erasing on tu lips. a Latin dance moue. JO H NNY "I got interested in the music and especially the high-pitched drum lioneros rea d;; effects t heard. I found out these used to go round to his place were produced by bongos. so I made myself a pair." and he'd be waiting for me with ha Ilis kitchen practice onto him in bongos ready on the table, lie ne good stead. for be nay soon real keen on learning, but be ,soul walk up and down talking abet., f•ftf thing eke under the we Nigel because he was too polite and sirf to hurry things. Then I'd say • Lef, Hunter get started then: and he'd dish me, to his bongos like a shot." Jack's drum ming skill has vion bird talks to honorary membership of a secret A merica's Afro-Cuban ritual society. It's else woo hint a Liberty disc contract ie 'Mr. the Stales with a Mildill UM of 9a titles a year. FREE f Bongo' Mostly in albums, of comae, yl! latest is one of TV themes. A sin e Jack front it Itas been put out heir Full Colour coupling • Naked City' with • R u e

Costanzo 64 .' Actually, I'm pleased abed ' Reproduction that oilmen.. a•wild big bad; and it's Onerle oil pretty well. M oo drumming all the time for his dance discs Idol don't like when I het, with group. Follonine Mat, he joined the play-backs." 'The Lecuona Cuban Boys, the lack has been on so many session' grandfather of all rumba bands, in both Latin and jam, for so maid 1946, people that he couldn't state de "Stan Kenton beard me in a club favourite one, ((et pleased aloe; and joshed me to loin his orchestra the current prominence of bon e which was het about to tak e the and other Latin gear In pop mini'. road on a lung tour. I accepted, " I was in on the ground flour- at and I gums that was really the big I Linda feel It was my baby." break for me." - Anyone who wants to learn bon e Names of stars ...ham Jack has should listen and watch," ssaa t'4 'At T M- 51E53 FL. 571 (s) accompanied or gis en instruction parting advice. "Watchin g the bat', in the an of bongo drum ming read positions is as important as hate, IN SI D E T HIS A L B U M T H E R E IS A D E L U X E F U L L C O L O U R like a who's "ho of American ins." A tip worth remembering rrn„, RE P R O D U C TI O N O F J O H N N Y'S C O V E R P O R T R AI T show business. Peggy Tee. Dean FREE! Martin, 'my Lewis, Judy Garland, vitiate fortune literally lies in June Alb um. Gary Cooper, Marlon fingertips. DISC, September 16, 1961

These were the twenty M I- ben that topped the sales In A MERI America last week (week El TOP DISCS ending September 9). BILLY • MIKE Sass TIM Lae This weer weer Week Week 14 12 I Fell To Pieces • 9 I 3 1 Michael The Highwaymen Patsy Cline FURY 4 13 Last Night . • The Mar-Keys PRESTON I 2 Wooden Heart - • • Joe Dowell 2 3 Tossin' and Turista'. • Bobby Lewis — 14 Who Put The Romp Barry Mann — 15 Little Sister • • • • 5 4 You Don't 'Know What Elvis Presley JEALOUSY — 16 Cryin' - . • • o AS IF You've Got • • . Rai Donner 12 17 I'm Gonna Knock On 4. I lay 7 5 School Is Out - s - U.S. Bonds Your Door - . . Eddie Hodges I DIDN'T KNO W — 6 Take Good Care Of My — 18 Ben E. King 454 I It; Baby - - • - • Bobby Veo 13 7 My True Story • • • The Jive Five — 19 I Just Don't Understand Ann-Margaret — 20 Without You • . - Johnny Tillotson DECCA 10 II Hurt Timi Yuro 9 9 Don't Bet Money, DECCA Linda Scott 45 rpm record ONES TO WATCH 11 10 As If I Didn't Know Adam Wade 45 rpm record 19 II Dom Your Chewing When We Get Married . . . Dream Lovers Gum Lose Its Flavour Lonnie Donegan A Little Bit of Soap - Jarmels JAZZ GIRL (LEO TURNS TOP TWENTY

TO POPS AND OPERA Complied from dealers' returns from all mer Britain a-z ET'S meet the Ladies. This week I Lionel Bart. and Peter made a special point of phoning Sellers have all caught my show. They W eek ending September 9, 1961 from Blackpool, the show business are so terribly sweet and come back ladies currently in the news to get The BRUCE WELCH stage to say bow they liked it." a little inforiruition on how a lady So these star names, and many entertainer ticks. more, join the ranks of Faye enthu- Eden Kane moves My first call was to Cleo Leine. Column siasts, people who like their jazz considered one of the most versatile uncommermalised and their beat stars in show business She has starred served hot and strong, by the woman In cabaret, musical comedy, is e meets the busy who is a first cousin of Danny Kaye, down but puts straight actress, is Britain's top jazz and who doesn't let the family name linger and has just recorded her fins down one little bit. r song in years, "Youll Answer To girls of show biz " Do-Re-Mir the highly successful Broadway show which starred Phil Silvers, is to have its opening in Lon- in a second disc It was quite a job setting throu gh to her, because last Tuesday she don next month. Max Bygraves plays tan rim Title Opened at Sadlers Wells in • The the Silvers role and a young lady from Week Week Artist Lobel Seven Deadly Sins." Johnny Dank- Australia, Maggie Fitzgibbon, plays Worth Cleo's husband answered the opposite him. So in view of- the • 1 1 Johnny Remember phone; he told me that the Earl of excited anticipation for this show Me Top Rank Harewood had said that he felt that thought a call to Miss Fitzgibbon 4 2 Wild In The Country Elvis Presley Cleo had created a precedent by would be in order. RCA becoming the first jazz singer to first met Maggie when she was 2 3 You Don't Know - Columbia starring in another West End show. appear in opera and ballet by taking 13 4 Kon-Tiki The Shadows ove this starting pan at the. Wells. "Kookerburra." Columbia Then Ceo came on the line and Unfortunately, the show was not a 3 5 Reach For The Stars/ told me all her newt. "I'm sorry treat success and did not run very Climb Every Bruce." she said after a while, "t ve Rot to run, we're rehearsing. It has "That's the story of my lifer Mountain • - — Shirley Bassey Columbia been a hectic week. I m at Smilers Maggie told 'ne. " A series of highly 5 6 Well, I Ask Von • - Eden Kane Decca Wells on Tuesday. Wednesday. Friday ballyhooed shows which turned out to ar 7 and Saturday; I'm rehearsing for the be flops." 7 Romeo Petula Clark Pye Sammy Davis Show on Wednesday II 8 Michael R o w The and Thursday; and telcrecording the • • • Boat Lonnie show Friday. On Thursday I'm film- ier an advertising jingle, Saturday I'm Donegan Pye filming at Pinewood. and on Sunday T last call was to the Dale Sisters, 12 9 How Many Tears - - Bobby Vee London telerecording for ABC TV WI the singing trio of redheaded. 'Thank Your Lucky Stars: blue-eyed Yorkshire lasses.. This time 14 10 That's My Home - • Acker Bilk Columbia " They are putting back the curtain. I was unlucky and could not contact 8 11 Halfway To Paradise Decca up on the first night of • Sins so them. to I made do with a mil to that t will have time to fulfil an ATV Bobby Britten. ex-Ted Heath vocalist, 10 12 Cupid Sam Cooke RCA committment— RII Kinds Of Music. and the man who h publishing the 6 13 Ain't Gonna Wash CLEO LARNE a precedent music to the Dales Sisters' My Sadlen For A Week Brook Brothers Pye • • • Sunday Break." Bobby was kind enough to play me 9 14 Quarter To Three • • U.S. Bonds Top Rank stand it is being played all over the the record over the phone. And I can — 15 Together Connie Francis M G M Y next call was to the Waldorf place I'm thrilled to bits." understand the cause of all the "fall. M Hotel. in the Aldwych. I spoke I had taken care to phone Frances ins about the place." In true Lambert, -- 16 Get Lost Eden Kane Deer a to a lady who has been described as after 3.30 p.m. .. . that is the time Hendricks and Ross style, these girls — 17 Hats Off To Larry • hav ing 'An swing of June Christy, the she acts up. she then does a spot of swing into the ballad, virtually supply. London beat of Nellie Lutcher, the piano shopping, has lunch and goes to the ins their own backing. — 18 Jealousy Billy Fury Decca touch of Fats Waller and the ad lib "Talk of the Town." They sing trumpet, flute and other 16 19 Hello, Mary Lou • • Ricky Nelson remarks of Beatrice Lillie. The current In the States. Frances is a cult. She instrumental parts; Bobby told me London rig© of the "Talk of the Town." Miss is the star who entertains the off-duty that' it took them five hours a day for — 20 Michael The Highwaymen H MV Frances raye. Hollywood stars. many weeks to perfect this disc. It I asked Frances how ber record. "Have you had similar audiences seemed to him that it was about time O NE TO WATCH here ?" I asked her. "Frenesí" was doing. we had a female group from Britain Breakaway — - The Springfields " Just fabulous darling." that "Oh, sure. darling. Why, Anthony in the Hit Parade again, it would Powerful voice boomed. "I under- Newley. Marion Ryan, David Jacobs, make a nice change. I agree wih him. 111111 111111 UI 11 an II O n aa IMO la 111 III la

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DAVID CELL he plu mps for be waltzing with Cliff strings with a beat. sum mer lull is oser end the discs are once again beginning to 1 stream out from the serious record companies. Bat abet sort of 'DISC TALKS TO THE MEN discs? Are they going to be the same as we have been getting for the past six months or is it time for a new trend, something that will give the industry the boost that many people think it needs? W HO SET THE TRENDS Norrie Parana«. the EMI A and R portent the kids are really listening manager who takes the Cliff Richard to the lyrics. They want good lyrics was not quite so outspoken, but he, sound, which has been so good for and Shadows sessions among many and they want the beat, which, of too, thought that the time for a The Brooks Brothers, isn't a trend as others, was quite definite in his views, course, will always stay. change had come. far as I'm concerned, it's rust a "A change is certainly on the way." "Tunes are coming through now " I think the trend now will be for gimmick formula. the big beefy kind of ballad that "Al Saxon hasn't followed a trend he said. I've the feeling that from and, at the moment, the hit parade is now until Christmas the numbers very varied. But the trends for Frankie Leine used to sing. Those with his recording of 'There Use Said which will be most successful will be romantic songs won't affect a group are the kind that will dominate now. romantic ones. They might even be like, say, The Shadows, because they The pretty-pretty boy-next-door kind in waltz time. In fact it's likely that can play romantic music, or wild of song doesn't stand much of a chance. Ches nest record will be a waltz style music. " I prefer to write a strong type of because I believe this is the kind of "They are so versatile that nothing song and my new one. «Tribute To music that the Aids want is going to prevent them from staying Buddy Holly: is in that vein. I've " We may be approaching a seen. In the Top Ten." also done a new one for John Lemon TONY HATCH ... Trends mental period in our songs now and Geoffrey Goddard, who wrote John much on the same lines." can be misleading. although the sound of a disc is ins- Leyton's "Johnny Remember Me." Top disc jockey David Grit plumped for the use of airings with a beat "The kids are going for this sound," he said. "They also seem to want to get back to the rhythm and blues numbers. which IS a good thing Ballads have come in and t think they're going to stay: 8* T* A* 11 By June Harris "Of course, occasionally you get a record like the U.S. Bonds " Quarter To Three' slipping through. but I'd say the scene is fairly settled now." Alma goes Wally Ridley, veteran H MV M D who's seen quite a few trends come T* A* L* Ii and go, approached the questions to sea for rather cautiously. !MORRIE PARA MOR . . Jimmy tells us he's crowned 17 Not much damage though. I'm - This is always a guessing game." romance will be successful. beauty queens, ranging from the happy to report. but Billy's decided he told me. "But I4 say that ballads the sun ages of 7-17. to change his MGA for a Jaguar wift-be there -nr to Christmas-and-- It. Again ' because it's way out dr; Playing a butler in his next film, XX 150, "just as soon as I tan." beyond perhaps. h all depends on Own," A LNIA COCAN, currently "She'll Have To Go," presented a It sterna rather Fitting that when how good the ballad is. If Presley Said stable-mate Alan Freen e 2-1, having herself a ball in problem to singer Dennis Lolls. Tony Neuter was stopped from on one it becomes a best seller but trend now seems to be ste' Bournemouth and due to be seen However, the situation was solved driving into the car park at a with other artists it depends entirely a steady course off rock yet kee r umpteen times on television this by coaching from co-sur Bob recent charity golf match, caving to on the song. the beat. But even ballads wit oeti month, is thinking of buying Moakhouse. who, - before he thesfact that he didn't have a guest "In this business we're conditioned a beat get through now. I don't this' herself a cabin cruiser. "After became a comedian was employed by what the songwriters put on paper. there's much of a trend to follow having searched the whole of sticker for it, his record of "What as a butler by a tronh countryman, Kind Of Errol Am I?" was being We are hearing more strings now but " Who would have thought that It Bournemouth for a sun-bathing In spite of the fact that his relayed over the loudspeakers. the guitar hasn't lost its potency and Clark would get two hits in 10 spot." she said. "and not being father owned a string of theatres, a The Shadows aren't losing any months, but it just happened that the able to find one. I decided to go loba Lestais had to go it the hard ground." right songs carne along. But only ill afloat." READER N. Nicolson points Singer Mau Mauro, whose "Por- exceptional cases does the artist tell way. " When I sold dad that I out that if the total net sales. When she buys it, the boat will wanted to be an actor," he told us, trait Of My Love" may well become a song. I believe the kids go for the, stay with Alma in Bournemouth, 79.000,000, of Elvis herders discs song and the sound behind it. " he gave me his blessing but no were shared among the 52 million a standard on both sides of the and then be moored " somewhere financial help, so in order to pay Atlantic, doesn't foresee any change takes the rare combination for IMO on the Thames" while she's in Peorde in the United Kingdom, in trends. to po for all three." my way through the Actor's they would each receive one and a London. "The good ballads will get through So in three or four months' time tbe Workshop I had to work as a half copies! Furthermore, he Even though they spent years on as they always have done," he said. scene could change, and change a roadmender a11 salesman." states that if all these records were le thc road doing " one-nights-sin the Composer David Raskin, who. "It all depends on what the kids listen Ballads will be there, and peter Joe Lem Band is grateful that it's lined als they'd stretch for 7.400 to. As far as I'm concerned. I don't strings with a beat, and perhaps u. ever for Paramount, has composed 17 miles back in its residential spot at the original jazz numbers for their particularly want to stick with the waltzes with Cliff Richard ntying How about that! 19-year-old them. Hammersmith Perak, " Too Late Blues." which stars same kind of song because I don't Manchester born singer Sylvia But however anyone guesses, re° Not surprising. During their Bobby Darla, was glad to learn want to be stereotyped." three months summer leave from Sands last week-end secretly Two top Pye MErs, Tony Hatch and one knows. The faits. YO U, are the last week that one of his former married BBC TV producer Stewart people who count, and anyone whe there they travelled over 17.000 compositions. "Laura." is the Alm Freeman, both had surprisingly Morris. who was responsible for different views on trends. could be sure what you would buy miles visiting all our top seaside second most recorded piece in the her debut in "Drumbeat." The "I don't bother with trends." said two or three months' time. would'be resorts. history of music. "Laura" has wedding, which must have been " because making records is an a millionaire. Like Footle Vaughan, Mike over 200 different recordings. Any. Preston is a mad keen fisherman— one of the quietest and least eTsopneynsive business and trends can be one know which has more? publicised in show business. was misleading With every record I make Ltriern G i betend only on a larger scale, While • • • attended only by SYlvia's Parents look for a different sound plus a Frankie is quite content with ' WALKING of Bobby Darin, we and three other people. good song and good ideas. My timps salmon and pike. Mike is a tor bet you didn't know that he's man (tope is a minor shark). a keen chess player, In between Trouble is that recently. when scenes for "Hell Is For Heron," Mike caught a 150Ibs, worth of Bobby kept up a permanent chess tope in the Irish Sea, it was either Your view I game with wife Sandra Dee, When hart or the fish, so after 15 minutes Sandy was missing. Bobby's own of continued battling, the fish stand-in, Charles Mafia was substi- stayed in the water. tut. It took Robb Stooge ten lifts in Jerry Lee Lewis, who recently could win an assortment of vehicles, includ- made a smash ha comeback with ing a vegetable lorry, before he f " What'd I Say." will celebrate his could arrive at a recent personal 26th birthday on September 29.11e appearance at Boston. Lincs, has a new disc release out on Stranded 80 miles away in Hun- an LP September 15 entitled "It Won't tingdon. Robb had ers hitch his Happen With Me." way through, and landed up 100 Poor Billy Futy's in trouble So what do YO U think wi0_ yards from the theatre covered in again! And it's all because of his happen? What sort of dIgitn. vegetables, straw and everything sports car. "On my way to will be around ta three monde else. Yarmouth in the pouring rain If time? The beat will still tig In order that he should at least reached a double bend," he said. arrive in style Robb did the last with us, everyone seems tow lYe;, "1 bad even thing worked out, and agree d on that, but w ha t lap of the journey in • taxi. then this fella came towards me be the gim mick? Striate: How about this for a new twist in the middle of the road. I on the Russian angle? When DJ Saxes? A new tempo? P swerved to avoid him and landed Jimmy Saville flew to Moscow this straight in a ditch." new rhythm? We will glve week. "in order to have a look at LP to the writer of the mod, s the Russian radio set up." so he DENNIS LOTIS.. • Oar- interesting POSTC A R D e, says. he was wearing a Cossack ing the part of a bailer was this subject to reach sag hat—made in Bradford! Inciden- a problem at first. until later than Thursday, sep ta , tally, during this Pass season Monkhouse took a hand. ber 7. The address 81' TREN DS, DISC, 161, need Street, London, E.C.4. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII DIS C. September 16, 1961

"Our top stars don't want E MI1 to do corer fobs" Days of U.S.

B R O O K BE N T O N supremacy Frankie and Johnny Mercury 45-AMTI151

MI KE BE R R Y Tribute to Buddy Holly are finished HM S. 45-POP912 O T so very long ago the British Top Twenty was almost exactly says N the same as the American one of a month before. Slowly but surely, however. the British charts hase asserted their independence and now it has reached the stage where the British and A merk M R. A C K E R BIL K can charts are, as likely as not, completely different. a n d hi s P ar a m o u nt J a z z B a n d Why is this? Well, first and fore- JACK id most a whole new set of young all the improbabilities! One that British songwriters are establishing isn't even much of a hit in the Creole Jazz themselves and learning to write States. Columbia Lik.d0Wile Jan Serles SCID2155 for particular artists. Before, they Of course, sometimes the cover' GO OD dreamed up songs out of the blue job policy clicks—like " Halfway and hoped that someone or other To Paradise." But the number This one is, I very much regret would record them. that bite the dust is quite appalling. to say. Johnny Kidd's latest A side: "Please Don't Bring Me Down." PAL D O N N E R Our really big recording artists And the extraordinary thing is that Johnny, what on earth possessed just don't want to know about none of our number one stars has covering A merican material—not. come to the top for the first time you to come out with this appal- ling third-rate version of your Y ou don't kno w what I may add, out of patriotism —but on a "cover": Steele. Newley. for the excellent reason that if they Richard, Donegan, Faith, Shapiro. original his " Shakin' All Over "? you've got record American hit material it Kane, Basscy their debut-hits And if you had to have this side (unlit sou lose it) will be of no use for sales in were in every case originals. Don't on your record, did you have to Parlophone 4S-R4620 America. get me wrong —I'm not getting make it the top side ? wildly patriotic about all this. I The other side, though no And America, with the success don't think British is necessarily masterpiece, is infinitely better of people like Newley. Monro, and Best. There is as proportionately than the amalgam of rubbish on Donegan, has become a very big much bad British song material as the top. And u has the signatures potential market for our recording NIN A /3t F R E D E RIC K there is bad A merican song of Bill Crompton and Morgan artists. material. Jones, songwriters of repute who Cashing in on an American hit • • have had more than their share ul is not such a good proposition hits. Long time boy to emphasise the point that these days. since the chances of JUST Columbia MiD11470.3 all British songs aren't nixes. What really mystifies me is why any version of an A merican hit sarilY good, this week sees the you don't write your own material becoming a British hit have con- release of one of the worst songs "Shakin All Over" proved Yon siderably diminished. can do it and " Magic Of Love ' I have ever heard. It happens to was a first.class song Let's have Why. In the devil's name. do be British. but songs as bad as this B RIA N H Y L A N D Kidd singing Kidd again--and British companies and artists have no nationality. They belong squander their time and prestige in to a com mon substratum. Pity "Please Don't Bring Mc Down' no more. this pointless plagiary? they are ever brought to the sur- Let me belong to you • If the time and money spent on face. H.M.V. 45-POP915 producing these lifeless copies were HEER up. mates! I've saved used in discovering new and C the good news till last Anil original talent, and encouraging this really is good news. This new and original songsmiths, the week sees the release of a new T O N Y O S B O R N E profit returns would. In the long Fats, a new Jerry Lee . • and. run, far exceed the current figures. wait for it a new Chuck a n d hi s O r c h e str a You want a " ferrinstance" ? Berry! Well, what about the chronic waste Chuck is now being releases' of Mike Preston's talents covering by that hippies, or labels' Pvc M exico an Adam Wade hit. called " As If International. And " I'm Talking 14.1A.V. 45-POP921 I Didn't Know "—just as be was About You - is a gas. Typical beginning to make a real impact Berry, with stacks of drive, pushed on the record-buying public along by that strange whining through recording the British song guitar that is quite inimitable. IFs " Marry Me" 2 one of Chuck's own composition,. A D A M W A D E of course, with those crazy bits oi The last Adam Wade hit." I See Berry lyricism. The Writing On the Wall" was The Domino (Let The Four A s if I didn't kno w covered by Tom my Steele. Another Winds Blow) is just another waste of British talent. Talent. H.M.V.45M0P113 Domino. Merely great, that's all that in the past has done so well The Jerry Lee. ' It Wouldn't Hap with British material pen With Me." I've already talked Then there's Decca's bright about. I must add, however, a young hope, Robb Storme. His couple of words buy it ! last one failed to click, though it deserved to. So panic stations! JERRY l.EE LE WIS . . . Take "cover." Storrne has to - It Couldn't Happen With cover a Freddy Cannon record, of Me - .. buy It.

•••••" THIS The WEEK'S original The High waymen STAR A merican SINGLE yersionl M I C H A.Ela H. M.V. 4 5- P O P 91 0 DISC, September 16, 1961 Beat music ISN'T Let's Dig A Little Deeper INSIDE EVERY COPY OF s. easy rwith Dick Tatha —mj Sti r CLIFF RIC HA R D number we'd chosen? 'Sorrento' N the set of "The Young Ones" I stood waitin g for Cliff. Six "It's well known." l said. "that Ø dancers were doing a cha cha cha sequence. I thought it good, but BM Haley hillueneed the start of hardly sensational. Then Cliff showed. We sat; started to talk. Then your career. Do you still dig him?" Pegonal the dancers went into a new take. "Excuse me," whispered Cliff. He "Very much! We may have stood up to watch. When the cameras cut, he exclaimed: "Isn't that a developed a few ideas since his day. G REAT scene. Isn't it really something? FAB-ulous!" but his excitement stays put. When I mention that small incident I go to a party, I always take along a ll Bill's 'Rock Around The Clock • LP. because. to my mind, it typifies tile Etta James her 'At Last' is just itPop-Ong Gets a joint honk' quicker 'n any- thing about Cliff: that despite his wonderful") and Brook Benton ("like three years of high success, he still Nat Cole, only fresher"). thing I know." has a normal, youthful zeal for any- " And when I mentioned Wee DTI "How's your weight these thing above average. He'd probably Willie Harris, who once supported days?" eecesie the r ed be knocked out by a seal playing Cliff on many one-nighters. the Cliff: I'm trimming down ! " Pop Goes The Weasel" in a circus response was eager: 'How's Willie Playing plenty of badminton. Also l'in not taking the r'cley. I'm th da " swim once a wee k. No I haven't had sage Cade simply stressing that Cliff ho could a pool built in the garden. Every easily have become cynical and brassy ai lirai i:! he wa il 'Metin g • fortune— Sunday morning I hire the indoor "im his amekl f""" fame and riches " Glad to hear it!" Cliff enthused. bath at a big block of flats in London. — has done nothing of the kind. . .. willies a m n anfonaar. I wish Invite my friends. All I pay is five ch "anHgeodw aines you latua ay is l ef, they'd recognise his greatness over bob a head. But please don't print where it is!" I asked. he "re Rr ecently." I sald. "you told me f• Any new interests?" " Only in how I treat money." Cliff you plan to take singing lessons. Does " I recently became a Victor Borge replied. "Used to throw it around, this mean that—like Presley—you're fen. Kept me laughing 21 hours. Today. I wouldn't say I'm tight: but Then there's Polynesian food. Had elhatrnyge fp be thrifty. Otherwise: no " ¡IC T drlo..dewlaMaltiaresteneret o improve some recently. Terrific! Do I my breathing—so I can sustain notes recommend it to readers? Dunne: "Fine!" I said. "But how about_, longer. I don't aim to change style. it cost over ES a portion." you as • Performer' Some people The lowdown about me and Italian "I thought." t said, "you were feel you should widen your scope? songs is this. When Elvis made thrifty these days?" "That I'd love to do." was the 'Now Or Never: me and the fellers "Dorn marry," Cliff replied. earnest answer, thought it great. . They suggested I "Someone else was standing treat!" try something similar. e Dancing "I kicked the idea around—then dropped it. Maybe a lot of people NEXT WEEK "I hope this film will show Eve at would have bought the disc. But I least made a start as a dancer. felt a whole lot more might have rea Cabaret: that, t think, is the biggest panned me for sticking my neck out. Tommy Steele test of an adult entertainer. In tune. I had had a go, do you know the I'd like to try it. It'd be fine to do so with The Shadows. Maybe we'd do some numbers alone; some with **se band backing; gags; dance routines and so on." 'VVell, I Ask You' ...'Get Lost .., and then . ? I said: "I'm sure it would boost a a your dock vastly if, for example, you one day showed us a trumpet solo or high-speed tapdance. Such things Eden Kane 's ti-lird record require talent and training. Some egote s-- people in the older age groups feel brat musk doesn't." D ci " Beat music is not easy," must be different Arranger Johnny countered Cliff. " Quite a few have tried to make a name with it. How 1 \ • many have succeeded? I'm not DEN KA NE k sexy. He Is earthy. Hen not the w ades greatest Keating talks abet!t boasting, but when l formed my E singer, but his is the sound for which you are all, apparently, mi n ( z/ •• - # backing group I could have picked out. Eden Kane Is the " growling Ilully Gully man." where I liked for musicia n that. new star and "Did I look for technically With Johnny Worth, Johnny brilliant ones? Not on your life. I Keating, Michael Barclay and Philip • Nulty Gully' style. so everybody e eve ` chose four blokes who—at the time— Waddilove, Eden Kane is part of a really swung this time. - However. according to Johnny. it's could hardly read a note. Why? team —a team which has given you that new sound Cos they could produce the right " Well. I Ask You." and now "Get the third disc nhich wilt he the all important one. At the present time sound—whereas most others couldn't. Lost." "The great thing about him is hi, "I wonder why people knock the But it is unlikely that "Well. 1 Ask there are no plans regarding this at willingness. No doubt in time he beat so much. I dig performers like Ynti" would have had half its all. will have one or two of his own idea ,. Peggy Lee and Sammy Davis. I don't sutcess without the brilliance of but for the present, he uiss ." happe go around slating ballad singers, or 'Johnny Keating. for here is an Fresh approach to leave everything to us. arranger who must surely count jazz, or any other kind of music. " • Get Lost' will really establish It was just over a year ago that among the top authorities in British So why can't folk accept my kind of Eden." says Johnny. "It had ko be Keating began to take an interest i• show business, particularly in the jazz music?" the same vein as the first. This was the beat field. Since then, when he In fairness. I report I have and pop fields. generally accepted by everybody. But made his debut beat disc— Garf always found Cliff most appreciative " This second disc is a terrific it's just as much accepted that the Miller's " Mission Bell "—hit service of other performers—whatever their improvement on the first, all round," third disc must be very different from have been much in demand by the aTICX-O N label. said Johnny. "Eden even growls better the first two. record companies. His zeal for Helen Shapiro is well on 'Get Lost.' and the session men are "The song must differ, and the But it was through "Hot Cheer,' known. Other ncn favourites include now getting used to playing in a INITIA LS sound must have a completely fresh late Crazy." Eden Kane's first eve approach. Maybe well keep to the disc, that Johnny was selected 0 • Hulk Gully' trend. but there will arranger and musical director for IN COLOGIP be variations on it." " Well, I Ask You.- " What really decided me to take TO DECORATE Is Keating worried that maybe Eden is not yet ready to change his up beat arranging was Bobby Darin , HANDBAGS, BRACELETS, approach, having thrown all he has • Mack the Knife, he told me. " Thi, record had ' it.' which is the only wee DIARIES OR SIN KS into his present style? I can express that sound Mitch make, Girls? Here's the tops In great new "No one is worried about that," a disc an instant hit. ' Ideas from Hollywood—Personal he said. "Eden is very ,adaptable "Eden Kane has been associated 'Pop-Ons'l Spell out your dream' and so obviously enjoys singing that with Michael Barclay ever since the, his voice can be applied to almost boat's name or Initials as a brace- start of his record career. I askee. anything in the modern idiom. Pro- Barclay to let me have a shot sr' let or ear decoration, on your viding he keeps to this special Eden arranging • Hot Chocolate Crazy.' Ile blouse, make-up pack—In fact Kane beat, I think he'll always be wasn't too keen at the start. °will successful. Certainly he's in for a wherever takes your fancy! Every to my interests in the jan field. Bei long run. letter from A to Zee, with Many I did it, and although the recora 'repeat?—all In gay coloursk-and "Like to many of today's young hardly got off the ground. I we, you can use them time and time singers. Eden has plenty of enthu- pleased that t had been able to create siasm," said Johnny. "In the studio egalnl the sound it had. he is easy to work with. He has When Eden Kane changed labelP tremendous feeling for what bet and it was decided to launch him id doing and puts everything he a big way, Barclay and W addilma, possesses into his discs, and believe called in Johnny Worth and 'oboe/ me, that's a lot Keating, JOHNNY K E A TI N G Thus new team and a new sound (right) takes the band were created. through the number as Eden J a n e IfIces-rid Kane m orns "Get Lose' DISC, September 16, 1961 7 After five years on one show MORE ARTISTS LIKE ro MATHS WILL TOUR

= BRITAIN says Fred Dale

ORE artists of the Johnny where they can see lop artists miss Mathis calibre — those with nearly all the time. we hase got go M "nunical integrity" was how they put on really gond shows. were described to toe — still be "Big names," pointed out Dale, " are coming on concert tours of Britain. not the sole answer. The artists This was the forecast made to nie by must bate musical integrity -1We A merican promoter Fred Dale a Mathis. The supporting act, must few hours before he dew back to be good and the show must be well the States after a two month presented." 'Pick European visit, And as more concert tours prose And the first tour he has arranged successful London will lose its through our own Vic Lewis organi- monopoly of American artists. In sation will be in March nest year. future it shouldn't be necessary 10 Headlining will be Nelson Riddle. pay the releisely high London the musical director who helped night club prices to see the top make Sinatra. and The Four Fresh- American stars. men. And remember." said Dale. " When Other American names are being lined Vic and I bring over Riddle and up. and Sic Lewis is arranging for The Freshmen they will only be of the British artists to play tour. In the part of a show." And again that Stales. Phrase "musical integrity" came No names yet." said Fred Dale. into our conversation. "1 he, mud " Not until everything is down in have It," stressed Dale, "Plus a black and white." flair for putting on a commercial The success of the Johnny Mathis act." tour. In the provinces as well as in When Dale speaks of tours " oser tendon, has decided Fred Dole and here." he is also referring to the Vie Lewis to exchange more artists. continent of Europe. British towns Pops' .1 believe the concert field to be the will only form a part of tlie tour. market of the future," said Dale. But this opens up lo promoters a "By putting on spectacular, more market comparable in size lo the adult shows we can reach a wider one they have at honte in America SAYS .; section of people. TO get the older __an d one just as lucrathe, E Petiole away from their T‘ sets,

: D A VI D J A C O B S

A FTE R nearly five years David Jacobs comperes his last " Pick of the ePoseeme elle Eletenfibie X S- Pops" on Saturday. He begins Isis new program me, "The D J. Show " on October 2. We salted about the new and the when it comes to putting surface old program mes as we drove to noises on the records, that is ridicu- Londou airport where David flew lous. Why not just re-issue the old The Story of back to Spain to continue his inter- records? You get the best then. rupted holiday. He had returned to Crosby with Jack Teagarden for London to record 16 program mes, example. and he recorded them in one day! "The hit parade is in a fairly decent state at the moment. There is no My Lzfe " Yesterday." he said, "I recorded seven half-hour program mes, three record in it or likely to be in it that three-quarter-hour program mes, two I would be ashamed to play. And this the last two Pick of the Pops has not been so in the past. and two Exhibition Choices for the "Records such as ' White. Cold Radio Show." And Beautiful.' by Keith Kelly, are Quite a day's work! ridiculous. This is not the purpose of the gramophone record. Records arc "It was the only way I could make marvellous all-round entertainment time to spend two weeks in Spain and should not be spoiled by this kind BILLY and have a rest." he said. of stuff. He was in a slightly nostalgic mood, "I don't know why teenagers can having just recorded the last " Pick be so misguided as to dame to suicide Of The Pops." records. "Five years is a long while to be associated with one programme and I shall miss it. But it ta exciting to be Bad records starting a new show. FURY The choice of a 'title was an " This is only an isolated eitample obvious one. It seemed natural to use of the bad records that are issued. Here at last is the ,,,,, sneer-w ooer you've been waiting to read l Now the fabulous BILLY my initials for a DJ Show. It can And they are issued in dozens every either be The Disc Jockey Show' or week. I don't know why the record FURY tells In Ms own words of his fight to 'The David Jacobs Show '—take it companies waste their money issuing reach the top—and whet • fight it west One. which way you like." them. It is not fair to the artists this bright £S00.•-week recording star was involved. They don't stand a chance battling it out with his bare fists in vicious Had he any idea how the new show anymore. would work out? Liverpool ant brawls. "But when record companies persist In issuing rubbish. I find it nauseating You'll thrill to Billy's words as he tells of and so does the public." So gradual * his teenage gang life Does David remember any particu- "Not yet I don't intend to think lar record that he has discovered and * bis revolts (against brutal bosses about it until after my holiday. helped to the top? Obviously I shall not be playing the * the day he "crashed" a M arty complete Top Twenty. That will be "You must remember that a DJ Villde show doesn't discover a record. Some Dls continued by Alan Freeman in 'Fick * why he was branded "obscene” M of the Pops: I will, of course, be pretend that they do and take the credit for its success. But the person • Dublin playing , numbers from the Top Twenty. Beyond that I'm not sure who discovered the record is the * how big success came. artist who made it. Then comes the what format the show will have." record company who had the confi- Don't miss this hot-moving and Intimate story In five years of playing the Pon dence to issue it. Then the DJ comes of a treat one. 1.1.e to fame. had he noticed any radical changes? into it by giving it a spin. **Changes are so gradual that you "However, there have been times lUst don't notice them. It's like the when I have played a record that no changes in men's clothes, they arc one knew existed. Pete Murray and l EXCLUSIVELY IN gradual and you are eased into them gave a start to Jerry Keller's •Here without being aware that there has Comes Summer' at a time when few been a change. Not like women% people knew that it existed. I also was fashions when a skirt can change from the first to play Bobby Darin's first six inches below the knee to six hit. 'Splish Splash t" Inches above Overnight!" At London Airport David Jacobs Was the rise of The Temperance signed autographs for the girls behind Seven a noticeable recent change of the coffee bar and then disappeared taste? down Channel 5. en route to the sun and leaving all thoughts of discs and "I don't think so. They are not turntables behind him. even a move into something different. I believe that the old records they try Peter legman:en d to imitate are better, anyway. And ON SUNDAY 8 DISC, September 16, 1961 • Everlys cut k Iris h tour is a mood music The Everly Brothers base turned to mood musk for their sell-out for Kane Shapiro offal newest Stateside release. Title of this single on Warner Brothers. ECAUSE Eden Kane's first Ir'sh lour, due to com mence on Septe m ber is the oldie. "Don't Blame Me." B la, is a complete sell-out, the promoters have had to arrange another while the Ilipside carries a new concert in Belfast to cope with the demand. number, " Muskrat." Eden opens the tour at the Orph us Also released in the States this Ballroom. Belfast. on September 19, Asarcuardoioam Baollnurooshm. (P20o)rf ruEsmhb lss9y). Bt u! week is the new Del Shannon and a second date. at the same ve ue single "So Long Baby." has been arranged for September 24 raciaol mly e nCaa st(12e2b)I a naenyd ith2e1).T. Fvil m Hinag

Other dales on the tour are he Newry , on September 23. n er TV shows in The same promoters, JEN E t - prises. have arranged for Nero and the ELE N SHAPIRO has necked an offer from America to appear on Gladiators and Danny Rivers to H the Steve Allen Show, and both of them for next January. A See ' follow Kane into this circuit tour. The told DISC, " We are seriously considering this offer, but at the moment at Gladiators will play five dates inclusive However, we would sery much like to accept. '- CONGRATULATIONS 'from October 2-7. and Danny Rivers Helen has a new disc release on from October 16-21 inclusive. Happiness. It is • beat n ber, the filmoc;L:th 7A L lifeit e,"w wil lhichvie wstilliiit:" TV DATES FOR On " Thank Your Lucky Stars." which 5 Barber—new agent will tele-record on October I. On OH HE Chris Barber Jazzband has NEW TRAD BAND day of transmission, Helen will apel T signed to the Malcolm Nixon T IEITH the first disc release this at the Essoldo. Brighton, heading a la Agency for all forms of represen tat ion . VT week, "Battle Hymn Of The which also includes The Viscount', Formerly, the band was with the Ly n Republic," coupled with "Bell Of The Robin Hall and Jimmy MacGregor. trit Dutton agency. Mohawk Vale." new srad band. The Red Price Combo and Danny William: EDEN n s Chris Barber is one of the ba d Confederates will appear on TW W on The previous week. on September booked for the opening programme of September 26. followed by a Tyne Tees Helen Shapiro will head a bill at Or the BBC's "Trad Tavern" on Septem- "Young At Heart" on October 25, and Winter Gardens, Bournemouth. ber 23. Also scheduled to guest is the eht! ABC-TV's "Sunday Break" on will comprise the same bill as Brie' • Alex Welsh band. and Long John October 29. ton, except that Colin Day will pithily. new British blues singer will The Confederates have also been appearing instead of Danny Williann also make an appearance. signed for eistht appearances at the club EMI have reponed that the sales Les Fous Hiboux in Streatham. They Helen's current hit disc. " You Doti; KANE Hepburn song started on September 6. and follow up Know." have exceeded the 400.P. with spots on September 17. 20, 27, mark. She has already received a Sibs' OHNNY MERCER and Henry October 4, Ii, 18 and November I. Disc for this record. No. 16 in the DISC charts with J Mancini have composed a new " mood blues" number. "M oo n Although no confirmation was available River." which Audrey Hepburn w ill at press time, it is understood that Michael sing in the Paramount produc tion of Holliday will be starring in a Bernard nekton' pantomime production at Torquay British dates> "Breakfast at Tiffany's," due to have this year. It is posible that Johnny Wilt- its premiere at the Plaza, on October H ELEN SHAPIRO will guest thire and the Trebletones will appear with 16. him. 2 "Sat eurddaayy s Cealurlbie"r h 3.A feshe e forher own four ipr iugaraem mboeusrg series, . "GET This coming Sunday. Selstem88.' Helen will be one of the guests in Gereiat , Po28pProm at the Royal AitD e : inbeHall , Her 15th birthday is on P LOST" Mudlarks debut ESSEX MUSIC LTD. on lasybear RITAINS top vocal group- Mudlarks will make their debut o Production B DECCII BBC's "Easybeat" on October 21. 0, Prior to this, however, the grouts "4•' 45-11381 appear on "Thank Tout Lucky Star..., on October 7, and will make a fivena' lour of Ireland. Playing one-nightsit ,:k On October 21. The Mudlarks w; ) appear at the Lido. Prestatyn. ece . conclude their summer season at Bla 'TERRIFIC! ElgttuSiVE! Pool at the end of this month. MGM takes Chore° *Wid L P RECORD SETS O M are to handle all distributill, M for Fred Astaire's record 1044 "Choreo." This means that the le' will now be available in Britain.

OVER 36 TOP HITS OF YOUR FAVOURITE Seen by millions on TV. EDEN KAlw.., was presented with a Silver Disc 104 STAR IN ONE GREAT 'L.P. PACKAGE' SET! weekend on ABC TN", "Thank Start your collection the TRIO way: Lucky Stars." The presentation !fa made on behalf of DISC by BRIA• Now 24 top stars to choose from — MATTHE W * ELVIS PRESLEY * EVERLY BROS. * CLIFF RICHARDS de BUDDY HOTLY * JOHNNY MATHS * BRENDA LEE Montagu on * SHIRLEY *ASSET * DUANE EDDY * PERRY COMO ale cONNy FRANCIS * PAT BOONE * GENE VINCENT * RICKY NELSON * ROBBY DARIN Trad Tavern * ACKER BILE mk L. DONEGAN ORD MONTAGU has accepted NEW RELEASES * JOHNNY/ RAIKI/GRIFF) L the BBC's imitation to officially MARK ' HURRICANES * FATS DOMINO open their "Trad Tavern," which is Battle hymn ef the Rouille TEE CONFEDERATES azzatIM * DORIS DAY I. FRANK SINATRA due to start a long series ors Saturday, 4S, 11309 been * PAL ANKA * CHET ATEINS September 23. %PUNTER OMAHA Sete bille psi * ReSS CONWAY * DAVID WHITFIELD Ile will start the programme with an .,aca.sase sca FACIE SET CONTAINE-3 top esteem. Ir LP's i• esker gene * Slew* de-lute opening speech welcoming all listeners Girl errtrortalla. hoe in rtd Winker.. * Veer ow. wemsammea Wank lei elk karts se. JERRY I.PE LEWIS toyer * EMI, lire. Ir a Ir inn plume 9.rtnil In lid * Cash pride WISE pea free and guests to the "Tavern." Host for * Every rte. ad ..... ry Ire* * Mosey link id not deliehree. she evening, and possibly the complete Il sort holm with at for eiryday series, will be guitarist Die Dirley. and 4S,1LS 9414 Lamson JOIN OUR FAMOUS "GOLDEN RECORD among the guests on the opening night PATS ROBING 45, 11100 Deert CREDIT CLUB":—No deposit or entrante still be Alex Welsh and the Dixie- tel Ile br wins bin fees * Send only 6/.., repay a/. weekly lenders and tenorist Joe Hanlon. 45-ASP 9415 t.,.., t24(. monthly to suit) * FREE CLUB Resident trail hand throughout the HEN E. ERG kw BENEFITS * BONUS SCHEMES, etc, series will be Chris Barber. atalLIC 9416 4904.144.7,A,7144 etc. (under 21 with parents approval). THE LENNON RIDERS BOB Sait movies (ant ne TREAT YOURSELF TO A TRIO! P OS T ThetS coupon/ Blues club opens 45,ILD 9417 Londe.. Cal beet It's been a bag lame time MAN HE Ballads and Blues Assoc iat ion to le Pll el RECORDING CENTRE (Dept. 7e-pAyee 1,71 IT CLARK tO/DW9. Sa, PERSH ORE STREET T it to open its first full Folk Club 4511LX14111 Undo, BIRMINGHAM. S. in London, on four nights a week. Black laid farmer Moe* end a WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATION, MD Setae of TRIO tata. Private eye The club. "The Sevendown" is in WINE MARTINDALE NAME • Carlisle Street. W.I. Opening date is 4,14LX3 9419 Landon 45-VVB 49 Yverner Sr.,. next Saturday (September 16), with two sessions, one at 7.30 p.m. and a JACK/E WILSON Years Irem nee ADDRESS 'SC flats c".' late night one at II p.m. Ales end " up ta al. 0419 Mt Pope. Jan, Clanks. Upan. . Sheen. Comideli sod %miens Ode». MO. The club will be open on Thursdass, Fridays. Saturdays and Sundays. DIS C. September 16, 1961 9 n S ^0-4.44- Grand ged two major Talent SEDAKA HOPES Contest

1.1. of today 's lop recording TO VISIT BRITAIN A artists were once people eh« dreamt of stardom. Perhaps EIL SEDA KA. whose latest RCA like >ou. But the ones who made N disc, "Sweet Little You" is it did more than lust dream. States released this week, still wants to visit E mile Ford. the Allison., and major T V shows, one of them being Britain. many others got their start tsman for her agent, General Artists, In a letter to RCA here, he mentions through ti DISC talent competi- are will have to be several negotiations. that if possible he would like to come tion. And you could do the early in the New Year—following a same. uptember 23. Called " Walking Back To planned trip to Australia. In conjunction with The Centre the one which she is seen recording in • Sedaka, who with partner Howard of Sound in London, DISC is released later this month. Greenfield penned the score to the holding another competition lo Connie Francis movie. " Where The find the stars of tomorrow. Boys Are" is now 'ready to com mence Series ends work on his second film score. At Auditions will be held «nosy press time, further details were not Saturday at the Centre of Sound. Singing Years" on BBC Tele- available, To enter for this great and valuable T H E vision, September 24, will be the context it is necessary to complete last in the series and will feature music gn an bogy Form —available from from the fifties, including selections Centre of Sound, Archer Street, from some of the top musical shows of that era —" Carousel." "South Pacific." lui U.S. first? The es: Is open to male and "Call Me Madam," "Can Caw" "The iner his return to the States last Pyjama Ga me." " Kismet," " Dom V Thursday, A merican promoter tiremenitru",,,,,pz"rdand""jrZ " Yankees " and " My Fair Lady." Bill Downs took with him tapes of 4‘, groups. As in previous editions. the Pro- actor-singer Peter Dolphin. who ap. Entrants who reach the required gram me will feature Dennis Lotis. peered on television last week in "The standard after auditions; will he Diane Todd and Benny Lee. • Congratulations lo DISC colu mnist M oney" for the BBC. Invited to 'omen in a series of T ON Y H ALL and W AFAL DA heats. culminating In a grand goal Downs is interested in recording H U NTER. when ibis picture was taken, in the New Year. Dolphin for the A merican market. BBC lines-up his bride of a few minutes. The, were Dolphin does not have a contract with married last Saturday at Holborn The winner will Heels. a 105 Littler resigns mi me VI Rl FONE tape recorder, a D R I NCE LITTLER, chairman of a British company and it is possible Registry O ffice. (DISC Pic). recording irst with a major M e- .. •R Associated Television, will be he will be released in A merica only. 'Club' guests play and a pald engagement for a e resigning his position after the corn- through Down's own company. East week at the Centre of Sound. Runner-up will receive a STUR M , pany s annual meeting on September 28. Coast Records. UESTS lined up for the BBC's Roberts cuts LP Peter Dolphin is due to appear in tape recorder. Third prim is • , He feels that owing to other com mit- "Saturday Club" on September U RIN G his highly successful collection of Les of the 'inners another BBC-T V play, "Jacks and G ments it is impossible for him to devote 30 include Rosemary Squires. RLIS51 D season at the Blue Angel, London. choke worth HO. as much time as he should to his duties. Knaves" later this month. Sainty. the Kestrels, who have a new songwriter-singer Paddy Roberts corn. Get your entry form now. ' His successor will be Sir Robert disc release on the previous week, a pleted an LP for Decca. .Renwick. Chita Rivera, American star of "Bye number written by Johnny W orth. the As yet. the title is not fixed but the . Bye Birdie." and " Wee Side Story." will Tremilos. the Geoff Rowena 6. Tom my album will be released on October I. : Johnny Wiltshire and the Trebletones share top billing with Nina and Frederik Sanderson and the Sandmen. and the w ill Wiest on " Mid-day Music Hall - on on "Sunday Night at. the London M onty Sunshine Band with Beryl September 24. and on " Saturday Club" Palladium' this coming week-end, Bryden. on October 28. September It

NI, lie W. Werl e Field robbed HOW CLEO-OUTSTANDING cg'IM FIEL D. me mber of the Spring- fields. had -his new tontine broken TO LE O LAINE, who scored an outstanding success ss hen she appeared at Into last Thursday night. C the Edinburgh Festival lass week, bas been picked as one of the guest The cottage, in Denham. is a new stars for ATY's Sammy Davis Show. one which Tim is converting. Stolen KEEP The telerecording for this show is due to be made tomorrow (Friday), were a gun and a Mexican blanket. for show ing around Christmas. The police suspect that the intruder Cleo, currently appearing In "The Seven Deadly Sins" at Sadlers Wells, had something to do with the recent COOL has a date at the Leeds Festival in October. and it is understood that the A6 murder. singer has received several offers for straight pies,. She will appear in WHEN AIIC-T V. "Thank Your Lucky Stan" on September 23. Film score "nliwnil.ollb..41 YOU'RE B OTHERS Bob and Dick Sherman B have composed the music for the Leyton-U.S. TV Mathis on Granada new Walt Disney production, ' The HOT! [ Castaways." IE Granada network is to televise the One of Hollywood's top songwriting shows likely TA Johnny Mathis Show on Tuesday teams. The Shermans, have specially O H N LEYT ON has been offered next. September 19. The show was taped while Johnny was in Britain, but dors not written three songs for Maurice J" several A merican TV shows " and Chevalier, who stars in the film. will be flying to the States as soon as feature any other singers. Possible after the completion of his film tentatively titled " Angel On My Shoulder," due to start shooting I shortly. Top stars on ABC TV No definite dates or shows have been fixed but Lorton wilt spend a working A TT M O NR O, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Billy Fury und Helen Shapiro r week by the States sometime in M are all in line for ABC-TV's "Thank Your Lucky Stars," viMeh got off to a eying start last Saund ra, and is likely to capture a great deal of the audience November. from the BBC's "Juke Box Jury." In line for the program me on September 30 are Adam Faith, Billy :gg• Fury and M att M onro, with Tony Osborne, . Jackie Atom and Carole Dee m. Guest disc jockey for that week is Sam Costa. MY DECCR Cliff Richard and the Shadows head THE EVERY the bill for the following edition, October 7, and also in the top spots MEXICO are Helen Shapiro, Craig Douglas. The BROTHERS r e = Mudlarks and the Karl Denver Trio. This week's guest DJ will be Barry BOB MOORE Alldis. Templas] WI Producer, Philip Jones. who is wII and his orchestra responsible for " Thank Your Lucky Stars" intends to continue in his policy 45-HLU 4405 Leedom 45-55 t 47 "1 ''-'a' are, of bringing the top stars to the screen ,for this forty minute Saturday night program me.

Zent»O k W hen the MegalOn's' hot keep cool wi th TRANSISTOR THE MeGUIRE Gordon's. It's Important to ask EOT Gordon's O'er the border by name —It'g the coolest. Gordon's Q C OTLA N DJS "Had H a band, The with orange, lime, tonic or bitter lemon. SISTER SISTERS 0 East Coast Jazzmen, have three London and near.London dates this Say Gordon'a firat—everytime. .erre n, 45 rp m records week. Tomorrow (Friday). the band will guest at the Elm Park Hotel, ar ROBB STORME THE DECCA MORE PEOPLE MIMIC Tears on my pillow RECORD COMPANY LTD Ho mchurch. followed by a date at the DECCA HOUSE Jazzshows Jazz Club on Saturday. On 45-F I 13b8 Decea 45-Q 72455 ewe.- ALBERT EMBANKMENT LONDON SE/ Sunday (17) they will appear at the Gordon's Hot Club of London, Woolwich. THAN ANT OTHER G151 At the beginning of next month, the East Coast Jazzmen will leave for Germany for a two months' trip. 10 DIS C, September 16, 1961 DISC reviews the British debut single of Sinatra's own label SI X Reprise will win Sinatra t GES REVIEWS Singles pages 10, 11 and 12 LPs pages 12, 13 singles battle HARRY BELAFO NTEIODETTA A Hole In The Bucket; Chickens FRA NK SINATR A Mod Jazz page 14 (RCA 124) Granada: The Curse Of An Aching OTH these tracks have 'Granada' should Heart been taken from the LP Trad Jazz page 15 (Reprise R. 20(510) B " Return To Carnegie Hall." beai the Capitol M ITE first of the Reprise And the brilliant version of discs to be issued in the game song oA Hole la D this country. Sinatra's cure anything and everything which The Bucket" could easily release "Granada," should see the ails you. mount into the hit parade. N label smartly into the hit Sings it to a slow beat Just the A first - class duet by thing for rockers who are worried parade. Frank opens up the Belafonle and folk -singer oldie in tremendously about their health. °Elena. it'll raise a grin however well Violins sweep up above- Attractive. dramatic fashion to a Tees Years is another of Stevens' you may know the number itself. My Cousin From Naples aptly gives furious Billy May string own compositions. A wailer which I Here are two perfectionists working accompaniment From this colourful you the mood in its title. Mandolinish don't think is supposed to be funny. start he glides Into excellent swing in superb accord. Do spin it. orchestration full of sunshine, while Audience reactions help the mood with May constantly laming the band a chorus la-la -las for size. SOU NDS INC considerably. pattern. A perfect showcase for the Moreembri; Emily " Chickens "—much shorter than H A N K SNO W new label; it ought to be a smash (Parlophone R 4815)* * * Introduction. the four-and-a-half.minutes top deck Bre a To A Klag Poor Little a saucy little gem. group rocking "The Curse Of An Aching Heart" Jim mie INSTRUMENTAL infectiously on Mementos, with Is commercial too, lhough not up to (RCA 1248)* * some gim micky effects to catch your "Granada's" mark, NEIL SUDABA FA WNIN G country and western Sweet Little You; I Found My World A romancer. Betgar Te A King ears. Whoops, drums and twangy FRAN K SINATR A In You has a maudlin lyric even for this kind guitar all combine for some excite- American Beauty Rose; Sedimental (RCA 1250)* * * of territory. Snow sings it slowly and ment. Steady beater for the turnover — Journey whipping up a steady beat with great unction. Fiddles help to EDAKA Emily —sues sax in the lead noise. (Capitol Cl. 15218)* * * * Sfur Sweet Little You which he spread the syrup. AN OTHER Sinatra coupling with sings in company with a girl group Quicker is Poor Utile Jimmie. Useful coupling for all jukes. Billy May apio providing the and an injecting bass voice. Why he Snow livens up for this catchier tune band backings. thu week. American slips into those Johnny Preston and there's a not unattractive backing JACKIE WILSO N Beauty Rose is a slick ballad though whoops. however. I can't imagine, featuring guitar and piano. Years From Now; You Don't Kno w the title could be against its chances. Stan Applebaum provides the What It Means Frank is in smooth voice while the musical backing. Should sell on CHRIS KENNER (Coral Q 72419)* * orchestra swings amiably. Sedaka's name, but by no means one 1 Like It Ulm That (I and Ill W ILSON whooping up a wild On the turnover Sinatra revives of his best. (London HLU 9410)* * * TY emotion ay he insists he'll be the one and only Sentimental Journey. I Found My World In You is ON'T look for much of a lyric still missing his sweetheart Years And he pours his heart into it. I slower and in the romantic ballad D in I Like It Like That The From Now. For my money, he over- prefer this side not just for the vocal bracket Good Contrast. rhythm's even thing in this hulls-gully does the dramatics and the screeching. but for the moody trombone and piano in Billy May's accompaniment. RUBY !MU RRA Y Tammy Tell Me True; The Faith Of Two singles on two labels, A Child Ales Capitol and Reprise, from • tia (Columbia DB 4701)* * FRANK SINATRA. SIMPLE, reminiscent belle Tammy Tell Me True is sung in 'typical sentimental fashion by Miss Murray. Norrie Parental- gives her a tinkling piano and hum ming male team accompaniment. . Another slow ballad for the other Thanks, Kent Walton, half. The Faith Of A Child uses up quite a quota of cliches to arrive at for choosing the new hit fro m a field of corn. JORGE YEIGAIMARIO AUG USTO Brigitle Bardot : Ten n Pena De Mien (HMV POP 918)* * FRO M Spain. an amusing bouncy novelty with Brigitte Bardot in CONNIE FRANCIS mind. Jorm Veisa chants as if through a layer of 17 mantillas. Girl group echo the easy tune. Was it recorded in a cave or beneath one? 'Tama Pena De Mini is a quicker continental offering with the village band sound often overpowering TOGETHER another riluzit vocal. ROSELLA RISI Mon Homme Alla Fine Dell'Estate . (Oriole CB 16 27 )** * * TAT OT known here. Roselle Risi is 1.1 an Italian girl and one with a SOUN DS INC.—A merican sound, American name, but it's a British group.. compelling voice. She sings Mon Homme splendidly with, a wealth of item. Kenner repeals the couple of Dick Jacobs gives him strings and romance. Language is no barrier with phrases over and over. while chorus chorus a performance like this. echo in spiritual fashion. PinccLha.a.nnn ged raggtienmgrof n poin forb the Singing a French song in Italian for Second half varies pace with some withh lvi the turnover, All. Fine Dell'Estate. sax work added for instrurnental mood, You Don't Know What It Roselle hasn't such a com mercial tune variety, along with piano. m n n to sell, but the liquid,: clarity of the This one's contagious all right for Again he breaks out in the shouting voice is still worth hearing. the dancers. and I can see it selling for no reason at all. bignheerepm. rwas. High;onEEDEIE Want NIANTOVA NI BIG IIM SULLIVA N CO MB O - (W U Jackie Atom) - Fanny: Nadia'. Theme (De = F 11386)* * * * You Don't Know W ill You've Cot ; Hot Hiss Of Steam Ø those versions I've heard to (London FILG 9408)* * * date. I'd pick Mantovani's treat- THIS one's been very big indeed EAT(D teceacrna pFlalylin3gr e * ment of the film melody. Fanny, as over the water. Dick and Deedee Don't Know What aslYou've*yfor Got. Vonn the one to keep. Delightful in its use arc boy and girl with a chanting style of strings, of course, it also uses with Sullivan taking the voc.tl. that goes well with the steady beat of accordion and guitar to pointed effect. Smooth and with an infectious The glountain's nigh. Drum promi- Monty directs the big orchestra with rhythm. nent for a ratatat rhythmic accom- sure skill. Reverse features songwriter Trevor ¡'indi'a, Theme (from "Rocca and Peacock (as Mr. Atom l chanting lets as PaniIWne ano tt. Someone slows down to a his Brothers") is slow and dramatic Hot Hill Of Steam. Middle rocker wistful pace with strings coming in —and not so successful out of con- punctuated by jets of escaping air. for sentimeRnAtsIsakc. Honey Hit tent as the top deck. ' , STEVENS CONFEDERATES JAZZ BA N D Saida Hymn Of The Republic HE NRY !MA NCINI Jeremiah Penhody's Poly Unsaturated Parade'Record - Belle Of The Mohawk Vale Fanny; My Cousin From Naples Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant (D;caBF 113..89)*kh*e*ver (RCA 1249)noliM Tasting Green And Purple Pill.; Teen of the "P ATTER H Y M N. or "John w eek' 45-MGM1130 H ENRY M A NCINI directing the Years Brown's Body." whichever rime big orchestra through the screen (Mercury AMT 1158)* * you know it by. makes a steady tract, theme. Fanny, and making a very EEMS to be the year for long — E M I, RECORDS LTD.. E Mk HOUSE. 20 MANCHESTER SC). LONDON cr., S offering for The Confederates. Clari, soothing job of it. too. Organ Is very long— crazy titles. Ran net and trombone are the iMPOrtant prominent in this above Stevens has worked out this one for some gentle brass. himself; a fantastic commercial to (Continued on facing lane) DISC, September 16, 1961 1 1

n ui " M g gg IM O Ital ia ag N Ew To you... MMMMMMMM CM MMMMMM MM Disc Claude K. Bog Jim Sullivan 'Big River, Big Mán . 'You Don't Know What Preston, The Brook Brothers. Peter po int of giving it up when he net LAU DE KIN G was one of D ate Ellicfit, Sheila Southern and Terry up pith Don Rolle and the Nader You've Got' C country and western Mir Johnny Dene, and now they're in big Brothers. /lorton1 closest Mends and They took him to Liberty's Holly- ISTENERS to Jim Dale's " Cool associates, and he composed a & annul. I Incidentally, the boys do all their wood recording studios in cut a or Spot " 'so the BBC w al be Continued from number of tales which the singer familiar with tlie guitar mans travelling in an ex-Kent County disc of " t Want Someone." A recorded. played by 20-y ear-old Jim Sullivan. Boni In Shreseeort. Louisiana. ansbula mt—paInlea black and Iliac. female sole«, was needed and previous page Deedce, an cad school pal of flick's, But for his disc debut as a solo (laude's male interest is in songs was nailed in for the session. artist. Jim, oho onl. recently pee. which tell stories, and much of his Soloists . • . there's also a brief un- Sue Thompson Then Dick and Deedee collaborated fixed Big" lo his name, has named vocal. life has been spent tooling through on a number calling it " The chosen a vocal backed by a combo archives or composing these songs made up of session men. The vocalist should be grateful 'Sad Movies' Mountain's Iliah," and they for hranelf. Al/ are folk songs for The disc is •• You Don't Know What " Q A D M OVIES" (Make Me Cry) recorded it under the direction of abSoeuct otnhde hlaaclkf Ionftr ioddeuncteitsy a. qu ick, cute this is his speciality. h the dise marking Sue the Waders and Mille. You've Got." the big A merican lo A merica he is being heralded as Plum are in hand for then% to cut hit, and the session was taken by soccesnoe to Hank Willia m and Thompson's debut both here and number, The Belle Of Mohawk Vales lo the States. but over there it le their first album. Jack Good. Played in simple traditional vein. Johnny Horton and men though " I'm been • professional musician already in their lop hundred. he is • not nationally famous out since t was sixteen and a half." there. Claude has within a very Although this is only her lint disc, T HE C O ASTERS Sue's company. Hickory Records, Chris Dors said Jim. " Got my big break by shoe( spare of time, become an being in the right place at the right Girls, Girls, Girls (1 and in are forecasting a tremendous future established let ourite among true 'They Called It Love' time when M any Wilde was (London M L R 9413)* * for her. country and western followers. looking for musicians to form the Petite Sue wan born in Nesada, but IIE thing that lint set Chris Dom I LE A D voice on the loping double Wild Cats. decker, Girls. Girls, Girls, milks her present home h Ins Vegas— on the show business rond w m Sounds Inc. same State but different city. She et picture of a lean guitar. Now he For the past four or five weeks the comedy rather like fern, Lewis. he how been playing guitar for the works the Nevada club circuit. has a brand new record contract Rest of The Coasters ham mer out the 'Mogambo' which includes some of the biggest with Fontana and a first disc, his Elee.Rekkers. background title chant. It was Jack Good who secured Big "/34 1171T H an American noise, and a club names in the whole of the own comp mition. "They Called It Second half quickens the pace. but Jim's recording contract for him. V very A merican name. Sounds United Staten. Lose." 1 can see no real excuse for prolong- Int. are not new to you in pencil, Sue has worked with Sam my Davis Chris, now IS and born in London. ing the number into a turnover. but they are on record. Their Jar., Bob Crosby and Jack Carson became interested in pop music first disc. for Parlophone, Gonna others. She has built up when he was 13. "than ks to a Roselle Risi M I KE PREST O N "alogambo," backed with "Emily," polished night club act and Is In Jerry Lee Lewis mo•ie" he says. As If f Didn't Ertow; Ga me Of two original numbers. «umlaut demand among the top " I bought a book on how go play 'Mon Homme' the piano and formed my own Chance The line.up comprises six musicians, Mot. /34 HEAU MEL:L Italian signorina group, cooed The Dynamite,. We who between them play nine ••K with red hair and blue eyes (Decca F 11385)* * * * ' stayed together for about a year. instruments. Leader is Wes Hunter makes her disc debut this side of 3 OIN G into opposition against Dick and Deedee Seeing the picture of the bass guitar, who plan base guitar. but it was the Channel this week. She is 24- 9 Adam W ade on As If I Didn't two other members of the combo, Chits decided to snake himself one. Know. Mike Preston stands more than 'The Mountain's High' year-old Roselle R M. and until Barrie Cameron and Johnny St. Thbe he did, and when It was recently she wax employed In Me a slight chance of whipping maior John, who composed the recorded rrlIFRE are two Liberty Records completed, he joined up with Polio wing at the Neurological sales in this country. in the A merican top ten, and " Rocky alorris.'s Country and Clinic of Rome I-Whinny, nursing He handles the light country style Their big chance came in April when one of them, standing at number Western Trio» with whom he children. ballad well, making the most of the they were playing at a dance and sis, is "The Mountain's High," a stayed for a year. RosellaN frat bigt show business break simple tune and receiving a melodious were spotted by an agent who folksy. beat number recorded by " I left them to loin Streaming Lord came when she got a part in a TV teenagers Dick and Dream. Notch, but when the group started accompaniment from Roland Shaw. offered them the job of accompany. show. She was an Instant success, Cene Vincent on his tour. Dick, is Dicti St. John, aged 19 and touring. 1 had to drop out in order and more important 1V shows Ga me Of Chance is a very ordinary •• At first." c m W m. "we thought studying tut at the Los Angeles to tale emus, for the engineering followed, plus a lour of Spain. lilting ballad. pleasantly sung. he was Joking and we lust Art Centre. Partner Deed., In commie I was studying. Last year. Roselle won the first price lambed." Later. however. they Dcedee Spurting, still at the Santa " There was only one thine left to at the Ancona Festival of 1960, BOB M O O RE discosered that the offer was Monaca City College. do, and that wal to form my own and thls year won the Juke Box M exico: Hot Snot genuine, so they teamed up id h latedee had never sung professionally group. I did thin by becoming O use at Cortina. (London HL U 9409)* * * Vincent on April 29. before. and Dick had been singing, full time singer and leading the lier disc is one of Italy's current but unsuccessfully, and was on the favourite, VER Y M exican indeed is M exico This lour led to often with alike as played by Bob Moore and his BM II M IIIi III BB Ili OM RH BM BB Il M MM orchestra. The unison trumpets are present for tvoical noise. G ood girder work in the rhythm as well. A ripping, melodious production which may not be a race-away hit, but which should null quite a lo t of T H EIR G R E A T E S T Y E TI attention for itself. I'd have been inclined, however, to concentrate on Hot Soot as the seller from the coupling. Less ordinary in concept it moves pleasantly with a neat blend of vocal group and rhyth m. Very infectious. THE SHADOWS

MI KE BE RR Y LA U N C H Tribute To Buddy Holly W hat's The M atter (H M V POP 912)* * * JO E M EE K'S responsible for I-MCD1\T 'FM K' recording his lament in Tribute To Buddy H a Mike Berry sings it with The Outlaws for instru meMal chv 36-24-3 6 45-0134450.3 '-RATINGS

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eompaniment, An obituary whi h MI KE PREST O N — Could may please sortie of the late Holl 's beat Adam W ade on As If at. I Didn't Know." Tune's useful, but I cannot honestly Work up enthusiasm for this sort of romantically to a backing by t ing. Johnny Williams. W hat's The Matter is a good lifter By Love Possessed was also co- Which Berry takes along smoothly. authored by Sam my Cahn .. • Elmer Bernstein was responsible for the CLAUDE KIN G music. A languid sound-track offering Big River. Big M al Sweet Lew & which Da mone handles competently. ( PB 1173)* * * R E A D Y N O VVI T H EIR FI R S T L P — A MISSISSIPPI plonkele-plonker, T O N Y O RLA N D O i t Big M yer, Big M a e is sung Bless You; A m I Ile Guy darkly and with ear-tuggine style by (Fontana H 330)* * * N OTHER version of Mess Yon, Claude King. Tune's quickly lem gelw THE SHADO WS pitted and has lust enough of a A this one planted fervently by nger-snapping attraction to sell. Tony Orlando while girl grouts doo- Ehafioogle. Blue star: Nivram: , Sweet Lorin' is a country waltzer wahs behind him. Thumping stre wn. Baby my heart; Bee YOU 111 my dellmot: toat seems to have come straight paniment is directed by Carol King. All my sorrows; Stand up and say Watt: from a western dance. King sings it A m 1 The Gay works tip to quite Cionzalm: Find me a golden street: in the right idio m with chorus helping a catchy rhyth m though it's not so Thorne from a Matted plate. That's my deetrat out. com mercial as the upper half. My resistance In low: Sleepwalk: Big boy VIC D A M O NE SUE T H OSIPSO N .a lle Pleasure Of Her Co mpany Sad M ovies t Throwin' Kisses 335)0374 (MON O) Stereo re ! MOW eme Fro m " By Love Possessed (Polydor N H 66 969)* * * _. (Philips PB 11671* * * ITH quite a reputation in " W ,rw 0 screen title numbers for Vic A merica as a country and sa Da mone here. The Pleasure Of western singer, Sue Thompson is now COLUMBIA RECORDS Arr.. C ompany (by Sam my Cahn and released here by Polydor. ed New man) is an enjoyable song Contd. on page 12 E MI. RECO RDS LTD.. E Mt. House. 20 Manchester Sours a, London W.1 'nth a first.rate lyric. Darnone Sings 12 DISC, September 16, W C Yet another great comedy

greens. and some of them will be readily familiar as soon as the solos gets to them, but others are not so well-known and receive well-desened and skilful attention from Johnny and the orchestra. Not an ear-catching set, but ideal OM for dreamy reveries in the dimmer LP fr the U.S. kind of lighting. BILL DANA Quarrel Longer; A Tree: A Jaw Has A GLEN N MILLER saved some of rye's session guineas Jose Jinja« At The "hungry i" Wife; Raisins And Almonds: The This Is Glenn Miller, Vol. 2 Ati Night Club Act—Introducing "Dar- Chossid Goes On A Journey: What Do too. Chattanooga Choo-C'hoo: You Say The Still, agreeable listening if you're hag. le Vous Anne Beaucoup"; The You Wont, My Darling Odle; Don't Sweetest Things. Baby; le Happened In - Go With Other Girls: In A Poor Hanse; not too much of an ardent fait Attronaul: PIHewing Bill Dana: Any Sun EMIG: Measure For Measure: Questions! At The Fireside; Childhood Days; At Moonlight Sonata; I've Got A Gal In Titles 3, 4, 5 and 12 were all core (London HA-P 2379. stereo SAM-P The Stream; The Rabbi Commands Us Kalamazoo: At Last; Sim Valley lump; posed by Joseph Kuhn. who seems to 6(79)4e ** * * To Be Happy. Thai's Sabotage. be resident exotic merchant for IN (Fontana TEL 5133. stereo STFL NOTHER great comedy disc (Ember EMS 3324)* * * * Golden Guinea label. A 556)* * * HE late Glenn Miller could from America! I can't tell you T CLAUDIO VILLA fr OVA-BEN-TSVI is a Polish-born hardly have more eloquent anything about Bill Dana because Italy Sings With Claudio Villa Em reviewing the disc ahead of the 1. Jewess who teaches folk songs tribute to his musical magic than the Piscatore 'E Pusgleco: Marechiare; sleeve and label information for and Hebrew in Jerusalem. She also continual reissue of his recordings Vivere; Luna Rona; Pankow; 0 solo holiday reasons, but I can tell you I sings folk songs very well. judging by more than 15 years after lais death. Mio: Coning E Perche': Libero; Sons almost split my sides listening. this LP. Ember have taken this tel from the Seine. Qui; Marina; Binario; Arrive Dana tams himself into what t Accompanied by Johnny Gregory's Twentieth Century Fox disc catalogue. derci: Firenze Sogna; Il We Amore A imagine is a short. tubby Mexican orchestra and chorus, she works It consists of recordings made by the Fontana DI Trey,. character with a strong accent called through a spirited, tuneful selection Miller band for the two 20th (Cetra LPA S005)* * * * lute liminez. The combination of of Jewish folk songs. I've listed Century films "Orchestra Wives" P r HIS LP deserves a lot of cotton, accent and droll humour is hilarious. them under (heir English titles above. and "Sun Valley Serenade" way fro m holidaymakers who and proves that Mr. Dana has been and the sleeve explains every one back in the early 5101. browned themselves off in the Italia. doing some keen observation south of helpfully. As usual, they have withstood the sunshine this year. the border before going to work. Obviously their primary appeal is passing of time admirably. The band Claudio Villa is a first-rats Jose's opinions and future activities for Jewish people and collectors of plays with its renowned verve and balladeer, who can also swing out as a potential astronaut, and his the folk songa of various races, but polish, and there are typically when sang and occasion demand, and brilliantly spontaneous wit in answer- they're certainly not short of colour, pleasant vocal contributions from Tex he registers in both capacities here. ing impromtu questions on any sub- life and melody. The last track is a Illeneke and Marion Hutton. The songs are a pretty good cross' ject under the sun from the "hungry real Yiddisher gas with everybody in Not outstanding in the well- section of familiar and lesser-known i" audience in the last track are the the studio having a ball in what preserved Miller repertoire, but still Italian tunes. and altogether the se, very good indeed. highlights of a first-class and originally sounds to me like the Israeli is the best Italian proposition to funny LP. equivalent of the western barn dance. come my way this year. The only irritation comes occa- 101 STRINGS sionally from some shrill. loud- Back Beat Symphony TONY BENNETT mouthed American women in the JOHNN Y GREGORY Swingle.' At Igor's: Back Beal SYnn Sings For Two Hold Me; l Married An Angel; Far All Phony: Choppin' Chopin; New World I Didn't Know What Tinte It Was; audience and their noisy, high-pitched We Know; On Green Dolphin Street; Bewitched; Nobody's Heart Belongs Te laughter (no doubt they were deter- Rock; Rigoleno Rock: Romeo and I Got It Bad; Donn Blame Me; Para- Juliet: Swingid Little Marsha; Shine. Me; I'm Through With Love: My Farm( mined to be heard on the recording). dise; Did I Remember?: Last Love: hop; Twangy Serenade; Strings At The Valentine; The Man That Got Away. Some of the questions from the audi- If You Were Only Mine: Theme From Hop. Where Or When; A Sleephe 13e* ence are inaudible, but generally "The Intimate Stranger"; Thank You (Golden Guinea GOL 0072)* Happiness Is A Thing Called Toe , speaking it's a marvellous tel with - For A Lovely Evening. Mam'selle: Just Friends; Street li "DEAD Beat Symph ony" wou ld a lot of built-in laughs for a long (Ember EMB 3331)* * * have been a snore appropriate Dreams. time to come. O UST atranger-M D Johnny title for this horrible lot. The 101 (Philips BBL 7479. stereo SBBL 625) * * * 1.1 Gregory pops up on the Ember Strings butcher a set of classical TOYA-BEN-TSV1 tr ONY BENNETT attemptin/ label with a characteristically polished themes by adding cling-cling piano 'Minikes Alit Moodiest and ponderous offbeat, sounding as AL something definitely different e The Rabbi Elintelah: A Song: He It selection of restful, melodic mood singing right through a set acconr music_ lively in the process as so many Eighty. She is Serail,: Let Us Not zombies suffering from rigor mortis. pained only by his British-borf He has shown his good sense by pianist. Ralph Sharon. This is the dreariest and most steering clear of most of the well' It's a novel idea, and it takes TONY BENNETT attempts flogged standards which are usually tasteless record of the year so far. highly competent singer like Tony if something di on "Tony included ad nauseam in LPs like this. If any people anywhere in the world Be mis Sings For Two." pull it off adequately as he has doe The tunes here all qualify as ever- actually prefer these shoddy travesties to the real music, then I But I'm not that, fond of his voice feel very sorry for them. and style that I can enjoy it solid» Incidentally, they will find that the through an LP with only a piano id running order given on the sleeve musical distraction and makeweight. bears little resemblance to the actual But full marks to Tony for Cs Contd. from page 11 record. • skill and anistry which he has pi1 _DI S C D A T E into this. His fans should flip. DOLORES VENTURA There's something of the C W BAN D OF H.M. ROYAL M A RIN O class tune and story. Brook Benton's PAUL ANKA Party In Rio feeling behind this ballad, too, but the the latest to adapt it to his needs. El Cumbanchero; El Choclo; Beguine A Life Ois The Ocean Wave , beat is more cha-cha than anything Cinderella ; Khan' On The Phone Vitro eeeee Nelson; Shiver htTimbert, Swings it easily with something of a (Columbia DB 4702)* * * * Fur Lovers; CatmcIlhalm Samba: else. Sue sings it like any broken- modern shuffle. Your feet will move. Montevideo Bolero: Miserlou; La Via- Shortcake Walk: Three Jolly Sallorman NKA whipping tan another of his By La And Sea; Sailors' Holiday; ,e s hearted teenager might Imagine she'd W s J.« A Home Without you is Iona: Cuban Love Song: La Golan- A own songs. Cinderella. Catchy drina; Cosmetics; Carnival Tango. Life On The Ocean; II.M. Jollies: rr sing q for herself. an intriguing ballad with sad romantic Seafarer; The Huntsmen; Concert Parr Could climb high here if it gets the and easy to remember, it could put (Golden Guinea GOL 0087)# # * theme: a miss-tuts-so-much number him among the upper reaches again. phrase On The United States Mari? breaks. with polish on it. I like Benton sing- A REASONABLE set of exotica Corps Hymn; Anchors Aweigh; Grgs Throwid Kisses beats out another Melody seems to have a Mexican base featuring pianist Dolores Ven- ing it ... I'd also like to hear Dinah to me, Good backing from Stan Finales Fanfare For A Ceremonies talc of a fickle male. Washington try it. tura with an orchestra and a Latin Occasion. The Sunset Call For Bond Ate, Applebaum uses a lot of violins and rhythm section which is more or less Bugles, Rule Britannia. .4 Life On Tr DORIS DAY girl voices. authentic if a little unventuresome. Orean Wave. PERCY FAITH NOT One bt Anka's own composi- Make Someone HaPPY1 Bright And The orchestra is too large to avoid (Oriole MG 20047)* deds J Theme From "Th e Last Tinte I Saw tions on the other half, which makes Stdav dragging thing,. especially in the up- A SAFE bet for enth us iasts an tie "; Tammy Tell M e True a change nowadays. Khan' On The military bands, especially if ther (Philips PB 1184)* * * * tempo items, and I think Dolores (Philips PB 1164)* * * Phone was penned by Earl Wilson would have registered best with just like the tang of the sea in the muse.. DORIS DAY takes the " Do-Re. and L. Whitcup. Good one, too, flute, trumpet and a really lively Captain K. A. McLean contlue Mi" show song, Make Someone 'THE Theme From "The Last Time bouncing along pleasingly. 1 I Saw Archie" is really a com- rhythm section. It would also have Ho rn, and sings it with a soft intense (Continued on lacing page) . sincerity. You really feel she believes bination of two melodies—" At Last" and "Angel Face." Well integrated CHUCK BERRY CLAUDIO VILLA —A first-rate balladeer who can also swing when needs e every word of the advice in this lyric. I'm Talking About You; Little Star Very good production and perform- by Percy Faith as he directs the lush orchestra for this release. ance, which deserves to grow quietly (Pye International N 25100)* * * Tammy Tell Me True (another to heavy sales. Neal Hairs respon- AA RHYTH M 'n' blues coupling sible for the understanding back- picture tune) is given a fairly direct hem Chuck Berry. I'm Talking ground. orchestral treatment for the second About You ought to collect custom Bright And Shiny pushes out with half of the record. rapidly. Chuck husks it out to a a bouncy contrast. Quick and easy slappity guitar and bass accompani- on the ear. with Doris beaming all FOUR PREPS ment. The beat is firm and the noise over- Mare Metier For You And Me good. Medley; Swing Donn Chariot Lime Star goes cling-cling a little STEVE LAWRENCE mu lushly. I feel. Berry has this slow In Time; Ola How You Lled (Capitol Cl. 15217)* * * * half dressed up unnecessarily with girl (HMV POP 914)* # # # "M R. BLUE." "Alley Oop." chorus. MMOUN DING ballad which opens "Smoke Gets In Your Eves." like a full concert in itself, such "In This Whole Wide World." "A EDDIE CALVERT is Steve Lawrence's latest choice. In Worried Man," " Tom Dooley." and The Greek Flower Song; Sailor's Time. Settles down into a flowing "A Teenager In Love." These are Lullaby the mom" woven by The Four Preps melody which he sings sincerely to , (Columbia DR 4704)* * * Don Costa's first-class accompani- in this More Money For You And ment. Me Medley. THE Greek Flower Song co ntinues Eddie's association with sunny Ole How You Lied is a straight- Audience reactions for the act as melodies, capturing the atmosphere of forward love song warmly sung by The Preps imitate the various groups that part of the world. Trumpets well Lawrence in a simple framework. connected with the listed hits. Good comedy links as The Preps think un and tunefully to intriguing back. BROOK BENTON laces to send their rivals in the grout. ground including vocal chorus ah- Frank'. And Johnny; It's lust A Home Without You Sailor's Lullaby is slow and senti- As themselves for the reverse, The mental with Eddie milking the catchy (Mercury AMT 1157)* * * * Preps make a fast successful presenta- HAT old FranIde And Johnny melody for all its worth Dubbing T tion of the traditional Swine Dena up in duet with himself h* pro still attracts singers with its first- a pr ducesuces Chariot, a good sound for this half, DIS C, September 16, 1961 13

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the Marine hand in a salt-limed on 71I rpm twit op', when they A ME RICA had Sccco sa it back in the earls selection including several nautical favourites. They shine in the more I'm pretty sure the rest of this album martial material, but in light is of the same vintage. recently wrote Jerry Wallace's humorous pieces like Shiver It all sounds dated and not very "Eycs: is to front his own band M ifimbers, they sound as ponderous well recorded. The Orquesta River- on the Challenge label. as all their contemporaries when they side is not the greatest Latin band The swing Brenda Lee recently headlined anyway. attempt the same kind of thing. a show at the New York Coliseum I'm all for resurrecting good to help youths stay at high school. recordings frOITI the archises. bus this OR QUESTA A MERICA DEL 55 Teenagers were admitted free if back to Invites You To Dance set didn't rate the trouble. I hope they signed pledges to return to El Coln° Es El M arna: Aboglohn CR D will get more up to dale for high school after the holidays and Attendee,: La Cerina; Cha Cha Cha their own sales chart sakes when they complete their course till gradua- Del Pulirla; Galletana; Miedo Me Da: make future selections from the Seeco- the oldies tion. Caco Liso; Mirala Que Linda Fleas: Tropical repertoire. Well known country and western Los Bomberos; Longina: Me Gasta El Cha Cha Chat Las Matanceras Son. singer Farsa Young has got so JOYCE GREN FELL (Seeco SCLP 9107)* * * tired touring over vast spaces by Presenting Joyce Greater. hots-up car and train that he is now train- "['HE American Seeco catalogue of Hello Song: Life And Literature; ing hard to become a pilot. He 1 predominantly Latin material has Thought For To y; Two Songs My then intends to buy a small plane r r HE trend toward oldies return- passed through the hands of Vogue. Mother Taught Me: Nursery School; Life Seery: I Lae Life: Tinte To Waste: ing in new dress to the hit and fly- London and Oriole during the last dozen years in this country. Now it's Three Brothers: Artist's Room: Medi- parade is increasing with each new ocre Knit::: Committee. release. At the m o ment 15 in the hands of Central Record Dis- lElektra EEL 1841* * * recognisable pop oldies, plus a lot Selling up tributors. and this is part of their of rhythm and blues revivals, are initial issue from it. y OUR enjoyment of this LP will making it big in the charts this strEN NESSEE ER NIE FOR D This set is mostly cha cha cha, but depend on the extent of your week. including ...Connie Franck' 1 has just moved to San Fran- presented in its historically authentic appreciation of Miss Grenfell as a "Together," -Amor," by Ben E. cisco. If anybody is interested he form with strings, flutes and rhythm comedienne. I didn't enjoy it at all. King, Lonnie Donegan's "Does is selling bis old home in Toluca by the Orquesta A merica. The cha She has talent as a mimic, but with- Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Lake, Los Angeles, for a mere has been with us for years now, and out seeing her expressive (ace. I Flavour," The Platters "I'll Never l05,000. to register these days it needs .a lot couldn't rake a smile anywhere. Smile Again," Brook status's Jazz star Cozy Cole has just more colour and impact 'than I'm sure this set was a success in been signed by the Charlie Parker "Frankie A nd Johnny," Don possessed by this instrumentation. the States on the strength of her Roe. Shirley's "Water Boy," The Sensa- The "55^ part of the band's name dean accent, but her attempt at an tions' "Music. Music, Music." is significant. too, I think. I'm pretty American accent ended up with a Timeless appeal from the "You Must Have Been A Beautiful sure these tracks date back almost definite Australian tinge in Th ought velvet tones of NAT Baby." by Bobby Darin, Duane that far, and they are not attuned to Foe Today. "KING " COLE. Eddy's "My Blue Heaven." The the current feel of the Latin market Hel muth "Don't Get Around NA T "KIN G" COLE Much Anymore7 "Juke Box Satur- ORQ UESTA RIVERSIDE The Touch Of Votar Lin been missing from the disc label day Night," by Nino And The Ebb Dance Wills The Orquesta Riverside The Touch 01 Tour Lips; I Remember credits for too long. Tides, The Cl/Hones' - I Love Cambia El Paso; De Ail Para 71; You; Illusion; You're Mine. YON: As you can gather from the album You For Sentimental Reasons." Despierta Emilia: DIspensame; El Ave Funny: Poinciana: Sunday. Monday. Or title, it's an LP designed specifically Alu ms: Not So Lung Ago: A Nighiln- The lettermen's -The Way You Del Pon Pun; Espante En Llantas; for the romantically inclined and the yde Sang lu Berkeley Square: Only Look Tonighr and Ella Fits' Llegaste Tarje: Mambo En Eimena: wee small smoothy hours of the Forever; Ms' Need Fur yen; Lich. Oat. Que Equivocation: Rico De rerilad. morning. But its appeal and effect Gerald's, - Mr. Paganini.'" ICapitol W 1574. stereo SW 1574) Alt hough the title "Moon (Tropical TRLP 50Ig)* * * arc timeless. I listened in the s a s s River." is very like the big hit Pat ANOTHER disc from CR D's tic-up unromantic light of a rainy morning, Boone had with " Moody River." with Seeco and its subsidiary AM OTHER beautiful set from one and still flipped. it looks as though it will become label. Tropical. Once airain they've of the few vocal maestros who The velvet tones of the King caress the song of the year. It is the chosen an ancient set to launch the can always be relied upon for a five the lyrics of these high-class pop deal. song from the forthcoming Amite,' star plus performance. Nat is accom- evergreens against a gorgeous back- " Mambo En Espana" and "Flo Hepburn movie "Breakfast At panied superbly by an orchestra under cloth of instrumental sound with Tiffany's." Already 10 singles have A ria Del Pon Pon were released Ralph Carmichael, whore name has strings predominating. been released and the song is get- ting a mass of radio plugs. Johnny Mathis just set a box office record at the Forest Hill Stadium, in New York where he -er ees drew a crowd of 14.003 for a gross /, of 559,000. Now that Richard Hayman has rec orded "Night Train" for Mercury with great success. Columbia Records are thinking about re-cutting this with the original hitmakers, The Hannon& tt)019 ee " cats. Four famous jazz musicians will soon get the chance to show their acting talents in two dramatic shows for CBS TV this autumn, both of which will he shown later in England- Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge and Joe Jones are to appear in "Goodnight Sweet Blues," a "Route 66" story. Apart from acting for the first time Eld- CLASSICALS 71- ridge. w ho is. Of course, a tram- PAT BOO NE has signed buy them on pc144, will play drums anal Jones one of Australia's top the drum mer will Play • r • • singen to bis own label. trumpet Bobby Troup will be playing "Bongo White" in a Perry Record Co. His first album is due Mason Show. out any time now. It's called -Cozy Conception Of Carmen." -Prowse Doris Parker. widow of the late "Bird," is president of the com- Hop again pany. OPING to get back into the D mi Arnez is trying to get singer BUDGET ACCOUNT Hposition they were a couple Andy Williams to star in a forth- nf years back, Danny And The coming TV situation comedy series. Juniors, have recorded "Back To Sonny Steele, 20-year-old rack Only £1 down and you can take your pick or £10 want them to go. So you can order by post or The.Hop," a song with much the 'n' roll protege of Gene Autry, is worth of records from the 100,000 mono and stereo shop in person al any of the Keith Prowse branches. time rhythm as their smash hit. shortly to cut his first disc for discs always in stock at Bond Street. Paying off is "At The Hop." Republic. Main title will be Easy isn't it? Treat yourself to a Keith Prowse at the rate of El a month, and credit is extendable Pet Boone was so impressed "Mine, Mine. Mine." Budget Account today. Happy buying means when he saw Australian singer —for instance when you've paid off £2 your credit happy listening. Nice reports here on the first Johnny Rebb work that he signed can be extended to allow you to choose another release of England's Danny Wil- him to record for,his own label For Budget Account details send the coupon below liams- The "A" side of his disc, tg worth of records. Agoom, which is released through "Lonely." has already started to ko Keith Prowse. at Yd. New Rond Boat, W.l, Dot Records. Johnny has sold Postage and packing are free on all orders oser If get a nice amount of plays. Budges Amounts opened ¡or U.K. customers only. more than 5.000.000 discs in his and we cau send records anywhere In the world you Helen Naja, wh o manages own country. His first title for Johnny Mathis, has a big problem Pat's label will be the oldie. "All --she has just found out that her Of Me," 90. Hew Send tirite. Leans. W./. 8.year-old granddaughter's fav- r After more than 10 years TeL t HIM 64,0 DI awed ourite singer is Paul Anise, Please send nag details of the Keith PrOwte absence from the Broa d way When Pat Boone (who was over 0 Budget Account. theatres. Irving Berlin is to write S/d, Cerentry Street. W.1, there) was asked w-hat he thought a new show which should be ready 47, High Skeet, Keedeeten, about the terrific reception received f or production in about eight E please put my name on your mailing list by General MacArthur on his 43. Aldn,a, D.C. 1 months Like hit last h 'Call return to Manila Pat said "I don't 93. Kniebhbrldge. S.W.' Me Madam? the new one will have a political theme, shit time understand it, he doesn't even have 71, RRRRR state, E.C. 2 NAME a ficti ona l charac ter. . a hit record." TS 93. hhhhhhh street. a.m. Title will be "Mr. President." - jrnaricee Clark 4 3. cited., Crew S.W.. ADDREsS Singer Ed Townsend who ALITDO HAVES LTD., ID. %we mesa 5L. W.I ITel.: RIVI3 4440) end 74 Cer•lii. E.C..3 D J 14 DISC , September 16, 1961 reviews 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 M O D EIEN JA ZZ comments BY É THEY END UP Coltrane is AT MY better ever TO NY HALL somewhat arid sound. 1 get a Blue Mitchell (trumpet): Bobby Timmons (ilane); Reeler Betts (bass); Louis Hayes tremendous emotional boot out of (drums). almost everything he does. And he is FIAT maturing from record to record. A M JONES, whom we heard here The London LP (all but one of tle S last year with Cannonball's band, tracks are with W eston. Chambers is unquestionably one of the very best BOGEY G AYN AIR . . . like Roy and Cobb) is a further statement of bassist "arrivals" in recent years. On signed for sure if he went to disc Tranes development along the lines his first LP as a leader. he "doubles " the States. (DISC Pic) Eyre did of those on " Giant Steps." Actually. convincingly on cello. JOHN COLTRANE I think it's slightly less difficult to guy we're selling, though he's not He is excellently supported here by Coltrane Jan understand than " Steps," but maybe NYTIME someone connected yet known in Britain. is UA W Tim mons. Hayes and Betts. The Lune Old Lady; Village Blues; M Y not quite so startlingly outstanding. With an American lam record Oliver Nelson. Shining flour;' Fifth Hone; liar- ensembles could have done with A The sleeve notes imply that he plays company comes to London. In- "In fact, we have an album called nionique; Like Sonny; Vil Wait And another rehearsal or two. Of the horn soprano on Village, I can't hear it variably they end up at my Eat. 'Screamire the Blues' with Nelson. Pray; Some Other Blues. soloists, the evenswingiog, firm.toned myself. I'm sure it's tenor all the way. A recent guest was the National Sales Dolphy and trumpeter Richard (12M. London I:17.-K 15219) Jim my Heath is the 111091 consistently The Esquire album shows 'Dane Manager of Prestige Records Williams, which coed eventually * * * * * inventive and impressive. with a Trio. Quartet and Quintet. (Esquire here). Was he • quick. be as big for us as those early PERSONNEL: Jobs Coltrane (tester); Lush (an outstanding performance) Davis, a new VOLUM baritone-player talking, hustling, bustling Brook- 'Bags' Groove.' etc., things we did Wynton Reny or McCoy Tyner (Mane): and Someone are tender ballad who has recorded with Kenny lynite? Certainly not. He's • with Miles, Milt and Monk. Paul Chambers or Steve Davis (bass): "A major Prestige seller is tenorman Jimmy Cobb or Elvin loom (drums). explorations. Love You gets a Latin Denham, amongst others, is Promising.. quietly convincing Londoner. Prom but suffers from sloppy intonation and Fulham. Name of Ron Eyre. Gene A m mons. Though all the Lush Idle treatmeot, while Rhapsody is a tear- Like Someone In Love; I Love You; undeprecording. Ron owes his job at Prestige Partly critics have put him down, his Twines Slow Blues; Lush LIP; I Bear Each thoroughly deserves the five' The album contains some excellent to the fact that he once had some obvious sincerity has got through A Rhapsody. to the record.buyers. He's a big star rating. If you can't afford both, tunes Especially Nat Adderlev's Stock Exchange experience! And (12,0. Esquire 32-132)* * * * * wistful Country. Timmons' Tired, Prestige boss. Bob Weinstock. is influence on many of today's PERSONNEL: Coltrane; Donald Byrd the London LP has the edge on the Bets' Mean and Heath's bright blues. extremely active amongst the bulls younger tenors." (trumped: Red Garland (piano); other, because of Trane's rapid and bears! Eyre told me how tremendously am' Chambers or Earl May (bass): Art development between the dates. Members (which Tubby Hayes p:ays Eyre told me that he was largely pressed Weinstock had been by a Taylor. reels Hayes or Al Heath a lot). responsible for the recent inaugura- Bogey Gaynair LP he heard. "We'd (drums). SA M JONES Not outstanding. But generally tion of Prestige's Moodsville, love to record him. In fact, if he W ITH the exception of Miles (and The Soul Society enjoyable. Nearly four stars. Swingville and Bluesville labels. cornes to the States, we'd sign him VT his role k often that of the Some Kinder Mean: All Members: The Old Country: Just Friends; "Home"; 'Distributors told me there was a for sure. We also think Tubby Mastermind who shows the way), I Deep Blue 'Cello; There if No Greater Hayes is terrific. and The Jazz Five market for mood music of a more don't think anybody is doing more Love: So Tired. RON NIE ROSS QUINTET meaty kind than just the usual sound excellent. British jazz is than Coltrane to further he harmonic Stompin' With The Ronnie Ross certainly of a much higher calibre , strings things. I put the idea to development of modern jazz. (1P7e-iind osRerimverside Sam RLPJones 12-324)* (cello, bass): * * Quintet Bob. And he was so enthusiastic. than before I emigrated to America I find his experiments completely Jimmy Heath (tenor): Charlie Davis Shuman': Lucky Bean; Blue Grays; I found that instead of one new in the early '50s." and utterly enthralling. I love his (baritone): Nat Adderley (cornet) or Red Prune; Blues For Terna/ta; label, we were to have THREE! Prestige's new pop label will be called Donor/on; Smoke Gets In Your Ens; In addition to the existing Prestige Tru-Sound. It will concentrate on Vs And A's; The Serpent; Slidire. and New Jazz lines. rhythm and blues, but with a more (12in. Ember EMB 3373)* * * "And now we have a special Inter- modem ceneeret. PERSONNEL: Ronnie Ross (baritone. national Series and soon we're Says President Weinstock: "Ray no): Bert Couriley (trumpet, mello' starting our own pop singles label." Chartes has revolutionised R and B phone); Eddie Harvey (trombone. How are the New Jazz LPs by the and the R and B material being Mane; Pete Mannin (bass); Andy White avant-garde men like Eric Denny produced by most firms today is (drums). doing, I asked? outdated. Today's R and B listener HIS is a reissue of the recently "Denby is selling very well." said wants to hear something more deleted Parlophonc LP called Ron. "He is a sincere musician, modern. That's why he turns to T though very controversial. Another jazz." "Double Event" (because most of the guys either double instruments or'play dual roles). If my memory is correct, it CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS was cut several years ago when the The rate for ¡mouton in then column' u 1p pa word Wee* in CAPITALS Pi 6d efre, Don Ronde( Jazz Six was in existence. MUM word. SembdOplay £2 per Pre Ma. Copy must arrive in DISC, 1614.6, Fleet Street. All but Jerome Kern's Smoke fa London .E.0 4 not later Man first pail Monday po martian in Inn al the &ante week Adverelsemen” must be intend quartet feature) and American coma' poner. Ralph Bums' Blues For BOOKS R PUBLICATIONS PERSONAL Terrisita are British jazz orstMals. 100.000 American retard, listed in TEENAGERS: Pen friends anywhere Ross wrote Bean. Gram and Prune the monthly "Schwann catalogue. Ed Hewes. Stemple; Don Rendell, Jazz. Classes, Pops. Folk, Film Sound- Rae. brings details. - Teenage Club. Falcon Home. Burnie tracks, Theatre Productions. ele Single Donation: Courtier, l's and A's I Harry South Slidin't and' Tubby comes 4s. Postage inclusive. Yearly PHOTOGRAPHS subscription 37s. dd. American records Hayes' Latin-tinged The Serpent, also supplied. Sole distributors.-Zediae YOUR FAVOURITE Stars. 2/9 large. It's interesting to note the difference_ Record Organisation, Lida 19. 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O WE N BRY CE la is true to say that if you Saw him in one film you wouldn't all what I expected recognise him in the next. His !gems are amazing. He is a " type ' but a different "typo" each time. W e e k b e gi n ni n g GEORGE LEWIS AN D HIS NE W down to its uncomfortable tempo and All are told, however, with tongue in ORLEANS STO MPERS the ending is as amateurish as any cheek and with enough hunting and In addition to all these talents he ir can hold an audience by himself S e p t e m b e r 1 7 MabollanY Hall Stomp; See See Rider; you'd find in our own trad scene. Sat e IO HEI them over. When You Wore A Tulip; Bucket Got Walking With The King, on the Rosemary Lane is the same song throughout a whole concert perfor- BIR MIN G H A M A Hole In It; Walking With The King: other hand, is first class. I wondered that has become popular under the mance. And he captivates that de.,ppo»c. fume: Temperance Sete•. Diet High Society: Savoy Blues; Gettysburg if my ears were at last getting attuned name of "The Oak And The Ash." audience within seconds of starting. oerh mot an city Gents. D a n March; feeble Nettles; Lord Lord You It is also known as "Home, Dearest His announcements arc a joy to hear Sure Been Good To Me. to the sound of this band. Could be Churn• :. ej¡.'ir '' P (1 d r Home." The gory it tells is eternal. , sometimes l fch they were the (w ei. •w e SPratIleft. that Laurence Marrero's absence (Blue Note )205)• • • • (George Gnomon plays banjo here) is highsPot of the record. I was in for some Nona PLA C KPO OL partly the answer. THEODORE M EET. He plays guitar. sings in Turkish. Plat: M kliael Homan . Me A. more of that dreary otn of tune Bravo Ilikel French, Hebrew. Greek and Russian. (Seasion). Winter (Sarden. : Lewis music on hearing the faulty He plays the harrnonica and. on one Deanna. Den« see, mid balance of the intro to Mahogany INaschaY: Buffalo Boy; Dom Cascabeles: „ a udit s:Se:don). Palace: Doak Mul flor Sinai; Two Brothers; Harmon:- track. Harmonicas at the same time Hat Then something happened. cat; Mon; Le Caissier; ¡'Jar Yarda as playing his guitar. Richard The ...... lito .. . Avery "Kid" Howard came in D Delgatly; Digging the Weans; There is some wonderful and wire some hard-hitting New Orleans 11 FOL K 11 Copies; Sano Ouzo; Cheendatl: incredible material on this recording Hitcher° Nitehevo Nitchevo; Kratchma. ROU RNE M O UTH horn and brought a new sound to the of excerpts from two Bikel concerts. Al a Cagan. Rea D odd ensrenble of the first few choruses. FRANK PURSLO W AN D (Elektra EKL I75)• • • JOIIN PEARSE It is unfortunate that song of the Then back to Lewis with a weak low HEODORE BIKEL is an amazing announcements are barely heard. It register solo. Bottoms Up Icaria man. He is a folk singer but has is also unfortunate that Bikel devotes pa,7trt?"-tle.."2.1.. Follows a marvellous all-in chorus The Carrion Crow; Rosemary Lane: The also taken pan in films mainly in much of the second side lo a reading Jolly Herring: Three Rogues; The Cattle C HESTE R with Howard playing the traditional character parts. A Russian officer in of the humorous Digging The Weans, ..r., Itv... J..Ber.tret (..0 .Foh• Smock. trumpet solos. SO M.> glorious Jim " Fraulein," an elderly uncle in "There an account of an archaeologist's (Folklore F-EPEU 500)* • • • Robinson atoning in two choruses for Shall Be No Night," a Dutch doctor explanation of present day fragments years of horror. Alton Purnell, great THESE examples of earthy English in "The Little Kidnappers," a C R O Y D O N " found in the Year 3500. LM:tir... Ht eli.,: lan folk songs. . . more from the Cub: Hendon> on die piano. sticking dose to the Southern sheriff in "The Defiant It must be a 'killer, but it doesn't original melody with loe Watkins "songs Miss Pringle never taught us" Ones." The list is impressive. He has quite come off on record. In fact t stable . . are refreshing after the Aib G LAS G O W punctuating the phrases. An excellent his own radio Programme He has found it hard to laugh. You may. of EIhLmhra Ewe Bei ne. •• Fine Pao ride-out with Lewis playing perfectly spate of pseudo-American material appeared on numerous top American course. love it, so don't pass the in the idiom and a wonderfully which often finds its way on to my DI shows record by without a listen. _ . GRE AT Y A R M O UT H precise ending. turntable. windmill Tom my Steele (Minton). And that run through on the first This is the folk music of rural England ... the East Coast, Somerset, IIIC H W YC O MBE number is symtomatic of the LP as Lancashire and Dorset. These are the n Jackie E D W. icod Hie a whole. It could almost be the result O wls (Wed.). of two sessrens. so different are some songs that you can still heat sung in the odd tucked-away country pub ILF OR D tracks from others. Most of those on Outs at the Top : Adam Fain. the first side are incredibly good. And sung by men bout into the tradition LEICESTER Others. notably Savoy Blues and _ De Mont-fun Hall W . See See See Rider are just as bad. Savoy Alas, such things are fast disappear- !!cara.lumen Eo ne n, witeklien. Michael Coa.Danny NereRie.. ,. Blu m and, indeed. most Lewis blues ing. The pub is now chromium-plated numbers, has extreme difficulty in and else songs are die songs of the QM ,. (Son.). De NI Ion Hen: T s creed te (Mon.). deeding just what the chord sequence town visitors whose oars conveniently ought to be. Even Howard is thrown block up the village green and the • LIVE RPO OL Empire fickle Veltman, Joh•ai completely by this one. His riff chorus square D u ne Menirees awl hie Rm. Gr.« Bees. towards the end clashes violently with Not all these songs are vulgar. E mu% (Wk.). the rest of the band. None are really, but many tell of the LO N DO N Heebie 'ethics takes time to settle nefarious doings of "lads and lassies." Savor Ni n and Frederic (SUS0 0. K M al Festival Hall : Mode m 111111I1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111101111111111111 1 'P. . Quaint (Sat). R m.] Albert Han You Prom •• Aden Ea », CUE Richard.illy Fury. The Zahn Shad WIZ; . andluir,, me 7. me. once of w same, Dan ,. Round-up (Selman). & eems Theatre: Tim, twin. - Sinn The World. • Londnn P oladiu m H wy ! Wombs . Roy C ask. Made. Ryan Fi n Broilcers. Eddie Calvert. • Lei r,...sor co. ,. Her Ma kEY's puts Rivera. M any M a w. 'by Rye Birdie.” Palace RW MF Seeger gets top Da n. Dan Baylma. •• Sound ol Muck. Adelphi Van l a wn. Tan Lambe«. " Mm k Man. •• Hernmeeenith Pidic Joe Low and hi. Orchestra.

M A NC HESTE R Palace . Ma. Eti m me. M a nia Met- stars to back him Mikan. Steve Arlen. • Do Re W s' Y W EI of a change let me tell sou also. Anyway Mr. }gassed enjoyed N E W CASTLE B of a Folk Concert nest Sunday the experience, and though no Jazz w : So ny Terry had min .., a (Septembe r 17) at St. Pattern [own singer. I thought he acquitted himself ber. Terry Llehttoot • lam men. Bab w o n and No Sonn 011e Janssen Hat The concert ba organised by well. His actions on "Knock 'Em In the Poe Seeger Committee and is (PO). E mpire !Rile n n e. h a " j die The Old Kent Road" were superb. Check su ms. David n ac aptly titled, " For the Love of Poe." Se w ( Wk.). Pete Seeger. one of the beet of the • •• n• N O RT H A MPTO N Folk artists :mutiny in the world. Northa mpton IO N Club Te n Lien- is currently in difficulties because of RO M a lead viewpoint three Taal (m ists.). his political views. After his lag sisit F British bands on LP in one mouth N OTTING HA M to England Pete returned to the is wonderful news. But just whet arc , P ring Slipper Hu mphrey L,ttelton United States knowing ftnit well that Lora Alexandria and Nina Simone bit return could mean jail and the loss doing in the list? To say nothing of N UNEA T O N Bo Diddleyl The records are -not yet u-uperative Ballroom Kerney Ball', of his livelihood. ineeee. alu ms raed (enure.). He endeared himself so much to ut to hand but a sample of Kenny Ball's OXFORD that A. L Lloyd. Dominic fichan, "Savoy Blues" sounded highly Ashman's "Zambesi" has a Trn CDde V ac, W m ../ Isla Cameron, Ian Campbell, Johnny nonsked. Cole, Bob Davenport. Stan Kolb,. Lou LA beat and Bob Wallis sticks with PETE RSFIEL D Killen. Enoch Kent, John ReaveY. the brash playing which his band Timm Hell: Chde Valley Stamm. - fro>. Ewan McColl. Dave Swarbrick and favours on "Ilkla Moor Herat" • It I hats betterr eteres 1300 n-S" spoke to Al Gay, ex-Freddy Randall the London Youth Choir have all PLYMOUTH clarinettist and leader for two wars brake i.e offered their services for the concert. of his own band on the Queen Mary. Kee Ilteje (den ) I.."... Pete's charnsive sister. Peggy, will also He seemed highly delighted t being ST. ALBANS appear on his behalf. (etI::it:et Rea Clyde % Wk. Sto mpers The premises are ideal for Folk in the jazz game again, and particu- Concerts, not too cramped and neither larly at being with the Wallis Band. A hint of gold for too enormous for the close relation- As an afterthought I thought David e. 'sellaitSHEFFIE t i L rs_ D . S wale ship between artist and audience re- Kossoff's singing an improvement on See Newcastle. quired for good Folk music, Bob's! the great occasion TORQUAY • • • gdedacese Ili aire •. ¡ata • • • Heritage of the q uiet m ell o win g in %ma ileeknise(Sealo): Rena. • SPENT an hour or so recently USIC for street parades is an old .....en WALynedd CROSS cask that makes this gin so smooth. to David Kossoff singing idea . . . the oldest in jazz. teenei. ot. mu : Jaelde 141.1•• and dar ▪ listening M . e ale M ies.). with the Bob Wallis Band. Not for Music for fashion parades is some- • _. WES:MOISES • general consumption, mark you. TVe thing quite different. But it's a dif- ,...er..7. a lo ..(Season).. Nan can ma tam occassion was the party which Pre ference the Temperance Seven found threw to inaugurate their new Jazz no difficulty in Inkling when they W OEIN G label. Reason is that Mr. Kossoff played recently for the opening of BOOTH'S attre...bnitinezu tc. L,..— .. has joined the Pre company. that Woolands' new department in Kossoff has recorded "I'm Shy. Mary Knightsbridge. M andan' Here, al, tolf and quarter Oaks for the pocket • Ilectlee II IS Sit. Ellen," that Wallis has recorded it 16 DISC, September 16, Wei B ack fro m n working trip to the States, Matt Alone° sa PRESLEY'S OLD TEAM I'm sick of this LOOK FOR reoord—'Songs For Swinging Sellers only sound like Matt Monro NEW TALENT doing an impersonation of Sinatra. "1 sin a bit worried about one record that sounds .ton much like OP American songwriling team Sinatra. It's 'Love Is The Same Any- where.' When I recorded it I was T Jerry Leiher and Mike Stoller- they wrote some of Presley's early Sinatra tag surprised: t really did Mond like hits including "Hound Dog" and Sinatra. But it will please my fans in "doilhouse Rock "—have signed • the States as it's the title to nay new contract with United Artists to • VS here, it's here, It's crystal quite a place. It's big and it's mutt. album and is shortly to be released clear ..." so sang Matt It's not the top nighterie, but it's big produce new artists for the label. over there." The pair, whose songs in the past M unro backed by a 50-piece Hugo Of his forthcoming cabaret appear' eieh t years have more than 50 Winterhaltor orchestra. One of "London has nothing like it. Nothing to touch it." atices in the States. Matt said: "1 million copies on discs, will act as Britain's top singers giving the soft shall sing some standards, I suppose I How did Matt find his reception in. scouts 'for UA. prepare the new sell to a soft drink on American the States? shall have to sing 'My Kind Of Girl,' boys' material and produce their television. although it is not really a cabaret sessions. " I did it strictly for the loot," Matt INFLU E N CE number. But I have to sing it so They will also enter the album field, told me when I met hirn on his return they'll know who I am. They may again with the accent on new front New York We had moved out "They seem to know me over not know Mats Monte but they'll talent. of EMI's p*.ush London offices to a there. he said modestly. " but they know that guy who sings 'My Kind This contract will not prevent Leiber Of Girl." nearby pub. tend to accept Inc as at: mine( to and Stoller from producing discs Matt-was only drinking light wine. Sinatra. A New York columnist for other labels, but it will give "Clee got to got ow weight down." he beaded her snide—' Is Matt Monte BIG RE W AR DS them the opportunity to work with weaned. "and hard booze S strictly a New Sinatra?'—and then went on Matt said that he was a 'little film producers on scores which will tu say that 1 didn't always sing like nervous" about the reception he be recorded fair United Artists. ' As Ile :tiptoed his wine he told me Sinatra. and if I didn't continue to Under their new contract, tether and would get. " It's always a risky M A T T M O N R O Stoller have already produced two about his short hop to New York to do so 1 would disappoint my fans. business. They may like your voice "Strictly for the loot." do a television commercial for a soft " It reminded me of the time when new discs. They are "Drums" by but you can die a death when they Kenny Chandler. and "How Many drink, an American agent came over here see you. 1 shall be exposed to 80 American artists in Britain Take " The stuff was called 'Teen'," he with an offer for me to go to the Nights. How Many Days" by million people when.I appear on the Robert Horton. He couldn't have Johnnie Ray. said, " and the fact that I am helping States as a Sinatra impersonator, He Ed Sullivan show on October 15, and been more popular when he came to sell it in America has nothing at wanted me to do the lot, wear the United Artists discs are released here I could be killed. But you have to over here. But When he went on tour under the HMV label. all to do with my being off the hat, carry the drink, the raincoat, the make a bid and the. rewards are he died a death." tiquor! It was a good opportunity for lot. I told hint where to put his offer! tremendous if you arc a hit." We talked of the Reprise offer me to pay a quick all-expenses-paid "Earl Wilson said in his column In last week's DISC American agent (reported on page one). visit to New York. while I was over there that I- con- "It Sounds pretty good." Matt said, "I was able to have a look at The fessed to being influenced by Sinatra, Bill Downs said that Matt was going Renews contract out to the Stales too late. He said "but t can't see much hope of it Round Table, where I start a month's but he conditioned this by pointing coming off. As for a Hollywood film, A MERICAN Country and Western season on October 2 and arrange for out that there weren't many singers that he should have been there at the 1'1 star Webb Pierce, who for the height of popularity of "My Kind Of that could mean ajot or nothing. You the Ed Sullivan TV shows, Ii would who hadn't been influenced by him, an be an extra in a Hollywood film. past 10 years has been a top selling have cost me a lot to do this but the other than opera singers and the Girl." artist for American Decca, has I asked Matt if he agreed like just singing in a night club at commercial paid for it. worst of the rock 'n' rollers. the back of a bar while the mincipals renewed his recording contract with "They Cad only use my voice on "I'm getting sick of the Sinatra "No. I don't. 1 read the article act out a scene. I'll just have to wait them. the oornmercial. They can't mention comparisons. But I suppose I'll just and I didn't agree, If Presley came and see what happens. I'll just leave He now has a long term , exclusive my name." have to [et it ride for a while in the over here would it be too late? it in the hands of EMI." pact with the company , and his latest States. I don't think that I sing like Personal appearances and TV can single, under the new contract is Peter 17o mntsen d "How Do You Talk To A Baby." N OT A GIM MICK Sinatra, anyway, Even on the Sellers make or kill you. It's happened to Is WaSirt done as a Matt Momo promotional gimmick. then? - No, strictly for the loot. The advertising agents, or something like JOE MEEK SLA M MED THE that, wanted a singer who could do a jingle with a nice easy swing and I suppose they chose me because they had heard ' My Kind Of Girl.' DOOR ON JOHN LEYTON It meant nothing to them to send for someone from Britain. It would have oust just as much to have flown is a singer in from California. N0 r r2:: —and made the Top Twenty No.1 disc "1 didn't mind singing the jingle. recordings in Ille bathroom." But It did have a nice easy swing and I front where I was standing I could through his company. RCM Sound beefiest, punchiest and gimmicky Ltd. Millie ever to leave a studio. And e see how the rumour had started. was working with someon good in Judging by some of the big combines' Hugo Winterhaltor. Also the orchestra I was in a flat over a shop in Hollo- Joe Meek is one of the few inde- was made up of ton musicians. Some pendent A and R managers making a studios ... what a studio it St way Road, North London. Joe's flat. Small and no room for spectators or of them work with Sinatra and the What had once been a quiet and success in the disc biz. To work with Joe artists sign a contract giving him " hangers on." And no one ever sees strings and piano work with Korey peaceful sleeping place was now a the artist when they record, not even Como. control room. The old lounge was exclusive recording rights. And after he's made the disc he sells it to one Joe, There's no talk-back system "It was extravagant but not so the studio. The two rooms contained trots control room to studio, no glass different from working on comma- about £3,000 of equipment. And the of the large companies. window through which the artists can bathroom was only a few feet away. He records The Elee-Rekkers, The okay in Britain I've done them be watched. before, Outlaws. Mike Berry. but his two star A simple but extremely efficient "They're completely on their own " You know. The Round Table is set-up which Joe Meek operates performers arc Michael Cox and John Lc ton in the studio, says toe. "And I think it helps a lot There's nothing M S discs are full of new sounds, new gimmicks that help sales. He's to distract them .. all they have to probably the most sought after A and do is produce a sound. Which is what R man in the big record world. Yet I'm interested in. - • THE ORIGINAL THEME PROM THE A-R-T-V SERIES he works in a flat, and turns down all MIKE BERRY — he rec ords offers to join one of the big groups. Tea-maker, too exclusively for Joe Meek, There's not much connected with " When I want them to start a work it all out in the studio. Thal records that he doesn't know about. number I go into the studio and tell way they get more punch and feeling He started off in his home in Glouces- them. I then go back to the control into their music." ter as a songwriter. He wrote "Put room and by the time they've started Another big advantage that doe hat A Ring On Her Finger." He's been I've got the equipment ready." over his contemporaries in the larger a top radio and TV mechanic. A The results are discs like " Angela studios is that he can work on one sound engineer. An A and R man Jones ". and, more recently, "Johnny recording at a time. "I suppose I with one of the big companies and Remember Me." average about one disc a week," said now an independent A and K man. "To survive as an independent A Joe. " And I don't think I could worle ' and R man I've got to produce any harder than I do. Eight at a time records that are different This is the "But I do have time to think about THE LAURIE JOHNSON ORCHESTRA PLAYS new ideas. And 'neatly when I record His studio can only take eight only advantage I have over the big companies and working as a small I put the singer's on a separate musicians plus a singer. He employs unit like this I can do it." track and don't join it up with the no sound engineers. no secretaries. hacking until a few days after the When Joe nid that he made the tea When he's in the middle of a session session That gives me even more during the tea breaks he wasn't and feels it's time for tea, he's the one time to decide on she sound?. iokint lie does everything. who puts the kettle on. Probably one of the big reasons for "1 suppose that's how the story " When I first get a song sent to Joe's success and the reason why he about my using the bathroom me, I know exactly what sort-of sound is so popular with his artists is that "SULU-SW:1r started," said loe. "But I don't mind I want. who is the best person to sing he genuinely likes the sort of discs he what they say, it's the results I'm it. who I want to back it. and so on. ma ka. interested in, I can only look after all these things "I've never reached the perfoctiort "Some musicians, particularly string if t do it myself. I wanted, but every time I hear one ON 7bt 15333 sections, ask ine if I want them to sit "Sometimes I use Charles Black. of my discs for the first time I get the in the bathroom or kitchen when they well to write arrangement,. but l'as same thrill as I did eight years ag° first come here . But they lake every- not using hint much these days as he's when I made my first record, pp n ple thing more seriously when they hear so lied up with other work. And are surprised when I say I like Mil the results." anyway I seldom use complete type of music but I genuinely do ." a rrrrrr meals. I gel a group M. The results! Some of the swiegled, usually The Outlaws, and let them John ferellei ••01e.'• u primed by the Me] Advertiser Printing Co. tut. Diming game r. sr, m ara.1,Itsu ed Lieadic.1„dtopuerhed C unto Brabaces Publicatiom, Lt4. itt Five- Stn. Lotion. act. (Etta Stein Sella