8 NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS * Friday. November 23. 1962

laWteeslctoumse.tvoisoiutorr abnadcwk etolcooumre JOHNNY TILLOTSON LONNIE DONEGAN present the INcontrasttotheclamoursurroundingmany LONNIE DONEGAN'S four -week spellat New York's American disc stars when they come to this country, Village Gate jazz club brought some forthright comments the visit of Johnny Tillotson has so far gone unsung to PICK a large extent-principally because he is not making on his own ability-and the abilities of British -made artists- of the any concert appearances on thisoccasion.But the when I spoke to him on his return at the weekend. arrival of a guest from the States, who has previously " We settled down all right after PICK-UPS enjoyed a No. 1 hit in Britain, cannot go unheralded- a shaky start," he said.Shaky ? 1111111111111111111111M111111111111111111111 particularly when it happens to be his first visit here. " Yes-that's how you get wheni le his Johnny arrives at a singularly appropriate time, for yousing My OldMan's A

waxing of" Send Me The Pillow You Dream On " has By MIKE Dustman'toStanGetzfans," recently been faring extremely welt, despite intense compe-

replied Lonnie.

tition from two cover versions by British artists. HELLICAR This disc also marked Johnny's comeback tothe NME "This was the situation, Greenwich

Chart,after an absence of more than18months--and Village, where our club was situated, MIIII1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 doubtless his return ea favour was sparked off by the present is a tourist attraction.The ()bibis notable increase in popularity of c -and -w a jazz dub.As a result, during the ht was two years ago this week that Johnny made his hit week you get very severe jazz fans,Silvester's orchestra playing hot jazz parade debutinBritain, withhisintriguing recording of very miserable just sitting wondering-and then hearing the same band Poetry In Motion." adisc"whiCh was to oliimb to the tap whatonearthyouare sinigingwith Dizzy Gillespie sitting in.The of thetable. and stayinthe chants for a pretty lengthy about. result would be the same." reiediency. Unilortunately,however,hewasn'tableto "But comes the weekend-and in Had Lonnie'stripaddedtohis consolidate the foothold Whidi he had established. come the tourists.They don't wareexperience ? " Yes,ittaught me a Of coulee, the fact that he's artily had three discs released theblues, man.We had tobringgreat deal," he asserted firmly. in the past 18 months haenet helped matters. They " Jiramy's Girl " and " Without You " failed to register. out' Chewing Gum,' the lot ! But the biggest thing of all was It Keeps Right On A'Hurtin' " came mighty dose to were even joining inthe lyrics and that British artists are as good as but demanding' WhenIrishEyes Are the Americans. There is absolutely a Ton Thirty placing. Smiling.' A comipletelly different no doubt in my mind about that. This lattertitlealso served him very well In America crowd." ROYAL PP1: 5 guineas -so much so, that his new album release takes its name " I suppose there are about half a from this song. dozenreallytop names over there Over15,000ohmsimpedance. Thereasonforthecomparative toneand never surprise me to see this 23- Entertainer Light.strong,with lackofTillotsonreleases ? Well, year -old singer crash into pictures volume control. With lead thefactthatonly acoupleof -forthisisoneofhisgreat NewYork man,Nat andplug,inblack and white. monthsago he completed a six- ambitions. NME's monthstint of army reserve service By DEREK Heatoff,reviewingDonegan'sact hasn't helped any.Since competing Johnnyisa discovery of Archiecabled :" He is more of an enter- this comminnent, he's been fulfitliag Bleyer,boss of America's Cadencetainer than a musician and his broad one -Tighterdoesthroughout the JOHNSON label. He was spotted at- atalenttongue-in-cheekhumour generally States, and has succeeded in whipping contest which, ironically enough., hedelighted a small butIntrigued didn'twin --buthissingingwasaudience." tip much enthusiasm wherever he has euflidentlydistinctive to impress performed. Archie.He was signed to a contract Said Lonnie :" We had to do Subotskyall-star fi I mu siva I, " Just a lot of switching about with our For Fun."During his stay, he willand, in fact, enjoyed three hits in the programme to cope with individual also be guesting " Saturday Club "Statesbefore" Poetry "gave him Pillows and " Thank Your Lucky Stars "-an international triumph. audiences." The bosea-nova(genuinearticle) Notsurprieeingly,hehas beenand possibly other programmes. It'sa pity that Johnny won't be making anyin -personappearancescame under Lonnie's careful scrutiny inundated with a supply of pillows It will be motet interesting to make was working at sent by fans I during his stay.I'm surethat, on intheStates. " Johnny's acquaintancewhileheisthe Arendt of hisrecenthitandthe club with Stan Getz," he said. ;Anne, who wet persuadedtohere for he is an extremely interest-theupsurge c -and -w,he would" It'snotrealbossy -novathathe follow a show busenees career aftering personality. As agraduate ofhave proved abig attraction. So,plays. One night a Brazilian seeing an up-and-coming rock singerthe Univeritty of Florida, he isthein welcoming him tothis country,guitarist came in,a pioneer of the namedElvisPredley in 1957, is holder of two degrees. let'sexpress the hope thathewillmusic.He sat in with Getz and the primarily Visiting Britain to make a He is also an excepthmalls good-return far a longer Stay in the neardifference was instantly apparent. guestappearance inthe Mikan looking young man, soitwouldfuture. " Ltwas likelisteningtoVictor who can't be touched by any British artist. But generallyspeaking, we ROYAL PP2: 8 guineas shouldnot,by any means, count As PPI, forall'cellomodels, ourselves inferior." but withdouble pick-ups and Lonniecaughtthehitmusical " silent -slide "controls. Black 303ri taarxi."M"400-11,7 soon to come to London, "Funny leadandplug. -tic) vs Thing Happened On The Way To or white with The Forum," saw Eddie Fisher's one- PP4BASSfor allbass guitars: PAULINE and NORMA PAYNE PETER CLIFFORD of Guildford, MICHAEL SCOTT ofBaiham, JANET ROSELANofCardiff, greatman show and alsowatched Nat 8 Gns. of Stourbridge, Worcs.. writes :InSurrey,writes : StanGetzandLondon, writes : Ihave a copy ofwrites :Afterhearingthat "King" Cole.He thenflewoff reply to the letter by Doreen HayesCharlieByrdinthe Top Thirty ! " SusieDarlin' "inrecord" Let'sDance "somany whenItoBermudaforaholiday-and of Norwich, we eleauldliketo sayIncredible,butthereitis. I hadmy collection so it was with surpnisetimes,Ilookedforward compered a showinwhich Brook RichardCharriberlain isfarfrombegun to thinkthat Dave Brabeckthat I heard Tommy Roe's newboughttherecordtohearingtheBenton sang. being a good singer ! istheonly modern jazzman whoversion of the song. other side, too. True, his " Love Me Tender "is could ever make it. To me this anise not only borrows On the way home, Lonnie was But what a shock Igot.It's calledSlittingbackinhisairplaneseat, doing wellinthe charts, hut we're Then along came " Desafinado "from Buddy Holly and Gene Vincent," You're The One," and an it Chrislooking over the Atlantic, when he sure that if Elvis hadn't recordedit and suddenly twoofthemostbut now he turns out arecordingMontez sounds just like a girl. before, there would have been little improbable candidates in theasneartheoriginalRobin Luke spotted a ship on fire.He alerted interest in the record when Richard worts are hit parade stars. " Susie Daelin' " as he could He slurs every word andis waythe pilot, who flew the plane around Chamberlain made his version. And the most exciting thing aboutposteibby get. outof key must ofthetime. 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