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Mirror a record Xmas No. 145 Week -ending December 21, 1963 Every Thursday6d. Registered at the G.P.O. as a newspaper PAGE 1 MEET THE GIRL OF THE YEAR 111 Inside today's special issue...

IT'Sthebiggest, bumper-ist,most colourful Record Mirror yet!Packed withfea- tures reflecting the year, crammed with pictures mirroring the BIG names of pop. StarsoftheYear? Read allaboutthe Beatles.Girlofthe year? Dig deep on how Kathy Kirby overcame all opposition. In 1963, Rhythm 'n' Bluesmade News! There's a featureset- ting out how the trend has grown. Surprise of the Year? Well,we'll keep it a surprise until you d e l v e inside. There'sasummed -up scrapbook of the year just going-and a survey of the impact jazz had on the pop scene, too. Andthere's space given to predictions . . . WHO will be the big new stars of 1964? AND plIE fabulous Beatles wish you all a Merry They'vebroughtfreshness,individuality, Stars of the Year?Of course they are! .. . there's a survey of chart 1Christmas. But we-the fansof the amiablecharmtothe scene. They've See page three inside.And when the Final fab foursome-should raise our glasses high dominated the business to such an extent Book of Pop Music is written, they'll be worth positions for the year and drink a toast to the Liverpool boys who that even Cabinet Ministers are hard put to several chapters all to themselves. . . . and the past seven gave pop music precisely the shot in the It to make a speech without mentioning the And through the Beatles many other hither- years. arm needed during 1963. Liverpudlian quartet! to unknown Merseyside groups shot to fame.

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HOUSE OF LORDS, Editor: JIMMY WATSON Westminster, Assistant to the Editor: NORMAN JOPLING London, S.W.1. Features: PETER JONES

10th December, 1963 Advertising and Circulation: ROY BURDEN Dear Sir,

116 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W.I. I cannot understand this Beatle mania. Telephones GERrard 7460, 3785, 5960 Iappreciatetheyhaveattractive personalities but when it comes to a question of rhythm, Elvis Presley has it all the way. Yours faithfully, Massereene and Ferrard. 41111. Why it wasn't top MARTY would readers say is WHOthemostunder -rated singer in pop music? My bet of our charts.. it Marty Robbins, who is not Lord Massereene and Ferrard. WHAT'S wrong with your only a great balladsinger, charts? The Beatles on a par with Bennett, Boone single "I Want To Hold Your andWilliams,butalsoa Hand" sold 750,000 copies in great song -writer. He wrote a few days of issue but first two -million sellers "El Paso" wentintoyour ratingsat and "WhiteSportCoat," AN AWARD FOR Number 10.Are you going while"Don'tWorry"and to say that all records above "Devil Woman" were on the itsold over 750,000 in that million mark. He is one of week? - J.Stebbing, Corner the few white men to master DEL SHANNON? House, Longfield Avenue, the Hawaiian style of falsetto Wembley, Middlesex. singing. And heisafine QURELY weshouldgive I was astonished that the guitarist. One day recently S Beatles' first entry was only FORGOTTEN Marty was awarded two Del Shannon some award at tenth position. Or do you you remember Bobby singing and one songwriting for his consistent chart just guess at the position of DO entries. Apart from Elvis,I Helms? He had only two awards.- a Triple Crown.-think he is the only Ameri- records?-JamesWightman, hits here - "Fraulein" and DaveConte, 4 Southgate 157 Crewe Road North, "My Special Angel." And the Grove, Hackney, London, can singer to have had ten Edinburgh, 5. follow-ups, "No Other Baby," N.1. consecutivehits.Andnot "Love Me Lady,""Jacque- only has he written nine of Editor'snote:Our charts,rated line," "Schoolboy Crush, them, but a few of the 'B' the most accurateinthe business CHEEK sides,too. - Dorothy Tim- by record companies, are based on "Jingle Bell Rock" and so on mons, 33 Hutchinson Street, ACTUAL sales over the counter in meant nothing.It'sa great GEORGE HARRISON, of retailshops.Rememberthatan shame that people forget so the Beatles, somehow Hamilton, Lanarkshire. advance order onadiscmerely insult relatestoordersfromretailers, easily. I'm keeping my had the audacity to estimating demand,tothewhole- fingers crossed that we may the British record -buying FAILURE salers. The ACTUAL sales of those have a new single from him public.Hesaidthatthe ordersmaytakeseveral.weeks. American taste in pop music Remember,too,thatofficialdate soon-and that Decca might I EAGERLY anticipated that FALL ON KNEES? ofEMI releasesis a Friday, re -issue some of his earlier wasbetterthanour own. giving only two days of half-hourshowbythe SO reader D.G. Stephens sales be- discs. - Michael Jones, 366,Thatisrubbish. We have Beatlesafter"Juke Box fore the charts for that week are Rotherhithe New Road, Ber- some very good talent here suggests thatall we R compiled.Thereispositivelyno at Jury" on BBC TV. Butitand B fans should fall down guessworkaboutour charts-they mondsey, London, S.E.16. at home insuchstars wasafailure,through no are factualtotheclosest possible Kathy Kirby, Dusty Spring- faultof their own.Itcan, on our knees and worship degreeand,tothebestofour field,KennyLynch.And, the great gods of Liverpool knowledge,aretheonlyaudited don't the however, only damage theirfor bringing new lifeback ones available. And El"s and LP's FREE RECORDS thinking about it, reputation as they have arenutincluded Inthesingles Readers letters can win Beatles always get to num-reached the stage where the tothe R and B scene.I chartsbecause separateratings remind him that many pop exist for them . . . and EP's and you Free EPs or LPs ber One?-Harry Cohen, 34 supply of adulationand GIRLS ? of your choice. Higharn Station Avenue, writers visualised this trend LI''sarc NOT singles. Chingford, London, E.4. adorationmustbenearly being ledby Fats Domino RFADER Alan Wych raised exhausted. The microphones and Ray Charles-insteadit WHY ? the question of girls and were faulty,thecamerais Chuck and Bo who are the best sellers in last week's focussed on Paul and George coming out ontopfora WHY do Ray Charles' Record Mirror.I would like instead of John - and the change.TheBeatlesmay fans buyhisrecords? to take hisletter a stage s cr e a ming audience didhave speeded it up, but why His latest,"Busted,"isthe further and ask all the boys GREETINGS nothing to improve matters.should we have tofall on poorest he's ever made. Thewho buy recordsto make - Eric Buckland, 32 Long- voiceispoor, the orchestra1964 a year for girls in the fellow Road, King's Norton, our knees and thank them To all Promoters, everytimeweplayour is awful-do the fans buy his charts. Birmingham, 30. Chuck, Bo and Muddy disc simplybecause his My own favourites are Brenda Editor'snote: M anyot her Lee, name is on the label?-Per Lee,KathyKirby, Helen Managers, viewershavewrittenexpressing Waters' discs?-Martin disappo'ntment with the production 3 Mill Grove, South Shields, Dalbro, Glennevelen 46, Hal -Shapiro and Susan Maughan. Agents and Groups side ofthis show. County Durham. den, Norway. George Watt, Bromley, Kent. FOR PENFRIENDS anywhere PENFRIENDS, home and from SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS in the world, any age, write abroad.S.A.E.fordetails: forfreedetailstoITCM, European Friendship Society, Martin Yale Agency ASPIRINGVOCALISTSre- FABULOUS MATADOR tech- Grindley Hall, Choriton, Burnley. quired for Coaching/Manage- nicolour wallpanels.Excit- Manchester 21. RECORDS BOUGHT, 45s, EPs, 30a St. Peters Avenue, ment/Recordings. - Chiswick ingbullfightposters,pic- LPs.-Fowler,264 Vauxhall 4895. tures. Free brochure: ROMA "FRIENDSHIPS" oppositeBridge Road, S.W.1.(Callers Cleethorpes. 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S.W.1 5/- membership. togoonrecord.Zodiac abroad, send S.a.e.for free AskfordetailsofourTape -to -DiscandRecordingStudio Jim Ireland, Mardi -Gras Club Facilities). Monthlynewsletters,photo- Studios,19GerrardStreet, details. - European Friend- (NRM), Mount Pleasant, graphs, etc. W.I. Ger. 8806. ship Society, Burnley. Liverpool, 3. RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 3 DURING THE LAST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER CAME THE BIG BOMBSHELL BANG! THElastweekin September. The pop year enteringits last quarter and every- bodywonderinghow and many more groups are goingtoclamber on the band -wagon.Then it happened. 0 n e fabulous group released a thunderbolt that andannouncedthey were SPLITTING UP. And bang went the Spring - fields. The two -man, one -girl teamwho'dbroughtnew was class to the vocal group field. Severalreasonsforthe split were put forward. Sug- gestionsofnigglingback- stage.Theoriesoftussles andfrustrations. Butthe main one was that all three felt they had something to offer as solo performers. Something tooffer? THE SPRINGFIELDS Dusty Springfield, 23 and blonde, had long been hailed intheteeth wasnotthe monies,usingtherobustwhere. Mike, ex -drama as an exceptional singer. Her stylings of Dusty as a pivot, by PETER JONES easiest thing to do . . . student, had dabbled more rave-upsolobitshad con- and they used material thatthan somewhat in show tributed alotto the trio's A lotofthecreditfor was not always slantedbusiness before he actually successes. She went straight-for Philips featuring his own chanceofhisGoony type the Springfieldstriumphs directly at the charts. Theymet and joined the Springs- away on disc and created aorchestra - andhasalso of humourbeing widely mustgotoagentEmlyn even went tothe heart ofand a solo career suited him hit with"I Only Want Tosettled in to spending more used in the future. Griffiths, who boosted them the matter - Nashville, Ten-best. Be With You." time on song -writing. consistentlysincethefor- nessee - tomaketheir It'snot quite the end of She says now: "The ner- Remember hewrote"Hey Credit mation daysbackin1960. "Folk Songs From The Hills"the story, however.Johnny vous period is over. I'm allMama" for Frankie Vaughan, He encouraged them - and album.It'sstillselling.Sel- Franz, the man who "made" rightupthereon stage plus a string of the Springs' So the Springs, who sympathised when it seemedling big! them ondisc,isreleasing withoutacoupleofmen biggies. chucked up somethinglike that they were getting much But their own problems ofan L.P. of their previous hits abouttheplace.And I'm Mike Hurst, who replaced £1,500a week togotheir more disc acceptance in making themostoftheir- songs like "Come On rehearsing a group to travel TimFieldintheoriginal separate ways, aren't regret- places like Americaand own ambitionsbeatevery- Home,""Say I Won'tBe with me, so that I can count trio, started off with the big - ting their monumental Australia than they were in thing.Dusty liked the ideaThere," "Island of Dreams," on standard backing sound." selling "Banjo Song" and hasdecision one littlebit.And their own home country. of working on beatier, more "SwahiliPapa,""Bambino,' Tom Springfield, eldera lot of interesting develop- it WAS monumental, because Trouble was thatthe R and B material. Tom "DearJohn,""Breakaway." brother of Dusty, leader andments in the bag as compere we'd never heard of a groupSpringfields were always way couldn't writehis songs inAnd there's one brand-new founder of the Springfields, andhostofradioshows. splitting up at the peak of aheadoftheirowntime. peace when they were travel-singlestillinthecanat got off the mark with a discWhat's more, there's a strong their fame.Kicking successThey experimented with har- linganywhereandevery- Philips Records.

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DECCA THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY LTD DECCA HOUSE ALBERT EMBANKMENT LONDON SE1 4 RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 Mle Will Helen make her comeback in 1964? HOW willthe New Year start for Helen From child prodigy to star of stage, Shapiro?As she says screen etc. That's the career of young goodbyeto1963she Helen Shapiro. She has a talent way will, perhaps, be a little relieved to see the back ahead of her years. of it, for it has not been a vintage Shapiro year. by DAVID GRIFFITHS January may well provide the clue to what sort of a singercalled LesleyLi o r e young that shewill always year 1964 is going to be forrecorded It's My Party andfind it hard to top her start her. Lately she has not had thediscwasimmediately in show business. "And I cer- a hit - Not Responsible andissued with the resultthattainly can't complain at being Look Who ItIssold only Lesley did indeed have thesuccessfulsoearlyin my mildly. Consequently, more ball. career,"saysHelen."It's thought than ever has gone Rather thanoffersome- beenwonderful, what any- into the choice of her nextthing else at this time Helen body would dream of." release. and her manager Alan Para- Manager Alancomments: mor decided to stay out of "Pop music isa very fleet- ACCIDENT the Christmaslistsbecause ingthing,afadofthe The chosendateisJan- there are so many discs com- moment. Nobody can expect uary10.The chosentitle?peting on the market nowto be on topallthe time. Peggy Lee's "Fever." thateven goodonesa r e Helen had the spark that Ironically, Helenlost onebound to get buried in thetook her straight to the top potential hit in 1963 by acci- piles. and I am absolutely certain dent.Whenshewentto she'll get back on top. NashvilleMissShapirore- Anyway, this Christmas is "She's improving every day corded abatchofsongs. undoubtedly a group soundand has becomeagreater Among them was a new num-Christmas. Most of thebig artistethan sheever was. ber titled It's My Party. There selling discs are going to be She's a much m or e were no immediate plans tQmade by groups. By the Newmusicianly singer than most. releaseit(others werere- Year, perhaps,solosingers She's able to sing standards leasedanddidn'tbecome will have a better chance ofsuperbly. And what's more hits). In fact, it was decidedbeing heard. she can sing the blues - and Helen Shapiro is still a very big star but charts success eluded her during 1953. to hold thediscuntilthe Seventeen, which Helen there aren't many girls who She could well hit the top twenty again once the current beat boom has eased. height of the party season,now is,is a difficult age forcan do that." RM Picture by DEZO HOFFMANN just before Christmas. Rightone who startedoutasa True enough. So let's hope now, in fact. Meanwhile, backchild wonder. She triumph-Helen only has to sing the in New York, an unknown antly made the grade so veryblues on record in 1964. HOW'STHIS FOR A POPSUCCESS? up when the pressure was really on. by LANGLEY "TheBeatles? I think they'vegotareallyindiv- JOHNSON idualsound. There's no danger of them being casual- tiesin the mad disc world. IFyoutackon a But what will eventually hap- couple of E.P's and pen is that they'll find their own level.They seem four the new L.P., the fan- very sensible boys who tastic Beatles have should be able to keep things FIVE separate releases in perspective. in the Top Thirty at the sametime."Aphe- Danger nomenal achievement," "That's one of the dangers. Youfindeverythingisso roar the headlines. And wonderful and you get car- the headlines roar cor- ried away by itall. Hearing rectly. yourrecordsalldayand But back in the Spring of every day - youjust think 1956, a solo British star had it'llgo on and on with no FIVE separate singles in the worries. Unless you keep a TOP TWENTY in the same sensibleattitude,youjust week.Ruby Murrayisthe can't adapt later on. star.And she'sstillgoing Ruby Murray "Maybe the worst partis strong . the financial one. You trust HerdiscschartedthenSouth Africa . . . ana Ire- everybodythen getinto were: "If Anyone Finds Thisland,ofcourse. Shehas trouble.I remember getting I Love You," "Softly Softly,"starredrecently forten behind with taxes-and the "Heartbreak,""Let Me Gomonths in "Snow White" - tax -man always collects. Lover" and "Happy Days Andand not many touring shows "But again the Beatles are Lonely Nights." last that long in these beat- obviously very sensible. And Ofcourse,thissortof_ -tidden days. they're surely well advised." saturation is a once -in -a - Shealsostars intop Ruby soundedtrulycon- lifetimeset-up.Itleadstocabaret,doesregular radiotented. She works a lot with trouble. Itleadstotheand TV shows. Ruby, in fact, herhusbandBernieand knockers saying, as the per-has made the transition fromthey're devoted parents. centage of hits gets smaller:disc wonder toentertainer.She's very much still a star, "So-and-so has slipped.Fin- And she told me, on thevery much in demand. ished."In some of the less -phone from her Northamp- But the days of being a talented cases, the knockerston home: "Those mad daysdominating influence in the areright. of over -exposure seem a longcharts are over.There are, ButRuby Murray haslong way behind me.I've of course, more records re- proved that total saturation,often thought how terriblyleased these days. extreme exposure, can lead overworked and over- YetRuby'sachievements to continued success. Her lastexposed I was. Now I'mback in 1956 take some beat- single"HurryHome"has much more contented and ing. Even thoughthey sold consistently. Her albumssettled. There's so much lesscaused her a lot of concern sellinBritain,theStates, strain-you know, I crackedat the time. RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thestarsof theyear THE BEATLES "Beatlemania?" echoed the University pro- fessor. "Is this perhaps simply another word for entomology?" HE was talking auout the study of insects. WE - mil- lions of pop fans-are Ringo talking about the Sensa- tion of the Year. TheBeatleshavedomi- nated the past twelve months .to such an extent that you can't even argue about the rightsofanybodyelseto take"StarsOf The Year" credit. They've been lavished with praise, idolised, mobbed. Yet the year opened with their debut disc "Love Me Do"inonly24th.position inthecharts.It'dkicked around in the lower reaches for more than three months. The fabulous Beatles, who must be the undisputed " Stars of the Year." Picture, courtesy of ABC -Television TheBeatleshadbeenin Germanyformostofthe in the show. an end. ingthem enjoy their timeofbuilding and plug- by PETER Paul McCartney caught 'flu That'stheirstrength-it's triumphs. And watching them on the way toPortsmouth not just four boys in a group. stay level - headed about it ging . . . though they'd had the Record Mirror sent out - and it was like a nationalIt's four individuals who hap- all. John to them each week to check JONES disaster. Ringo Starr had topen to be a group. Each has And 1964 should be even progress. number on theirfirstL.P. have his ear syringed. . .and a fan following strong bigger, what with their film "Beatlemania" hadn't even which was throwninjust you'dhavethoughtthey'd enough to turn solo singers hitting the circuit screens. been discovered at this time. to make up the total tracksfound uranium! green with envy. Can anyonepredictthat Liverpool knew of the boys.required. Then "Beatles' Every move was reported. It's been a fab year watch- it'llend?CertainlyIcan't. And that's where thedisc Hits". And then "Beatles' No Everygesture commented wasbeingboughtinthe 1". upon. early days. The boys would TheL.P.'swere"Please And throughitallI met phonemanagerBrianEp- Please Me" and then "Withthe Beatles in different ven- stein,daily, anxious to findThe Beatles". All enormousues throughout the year. - Question CHART outwhetherevennearbyhits. In some cases, the E.P.'s mostaskedis: Manchester was "digging" theand the L.P.'ssold sofast What are theyreallylike? disc. that they could be classified Sohere'sanut - shell with singles. answer. John: outspoken, But all this is now history.friendly once he gets to know SMASHERS you, knowledgeable, quick - OLD HAT Dischistorythatprobably witted - with a Goony style won't be repeated . . . EVER! The reviewshadn't been Political cartoonists had theof humour. Ringo: apparently particularly enthusiastic. Prime Minister and Haroldsad, but usually happy, dry Some had inferred that theWilson togged out in Beatlesortofwit,oftenintense. harmonica sounds from John clothes,Beatlehair-stylings. Paul: capable of devastating Paul Lennon were, by then, old - Theyhittheheadlinesall humour, wide - eyed appear- HEINZ hat. They didn'tinfer that overthecountry. Noless ance belyingconsiderable the Beatles had actually made than five national newspapersknow - how, not to be taken the disc some months before seriously when he appears to COUNTRYBOY ran their life -stories aroundbe serious. George: memory - . . when harmonica, via thetimetheboyswent Bruce Channel's "Hey Baby", into the Royal Variety Show.man of the outfit whenit was distinctly new and Even the debutantes werecomes to Beatle history, im- fashionable. sold on the broad - broguedmenselylikeable,longest - "Please Please Me" didn'tlads from Liverpool. A chain haired. hang about. It was up in the reactionsetup.Fansall topthreeinsideamonth. over Britain wore fringe hair- PATIENCE THEKENNEDYMARCH Then "From Me To You" cuts. Questions were asked in They collectively remember moved even faster. And "She Parliament about policese-faces,recallnames.They Loves You" went even more curity and"over -timepay- havetremendouspatience THEJOEMEEKORCHESTRA rapid - likeupwards. And ments" when Beatlesap- and like to help when they finally "I Want To Hold Your peared in the different areas.don't think people are bother- Hand", which chalked up the There wasaBlack Marketing them with stupid points. biggest advance orders of any in tickets for their shows -Generous - they always pass British single. and fans spent nightafterround the "ciggies"or the There were thefabulous night sleeping on pavementsCokes. Extremely knowledge- E.P's First: "Twist and togetthepreciousbitof ableabout the pop scene, George Shout" - namedafter a paper that would get themavid readers about it - and NOTTOOLITTLE especially "with" the Ameri- can R and B scene. Question second most asked is:Has stardom NOTTOOMUCH ittta'Qr Ai# tlx*e*l'AiroctliZ1V41 k .' changed them? OF COURSE IT HAS. 44;i1*- Ofitik 1 tfi'Z' Not in themselves, for they CHRISSANDFORD know how to cope with adula- 9Aeeteap °4.0t"N tion and frenzied enthusiasm. t Seadaa'a But their lives have changed. They're virtually prisoners of lkittr 4 their own fame. They dare from not simply go out and look round a town or avillage. GO i°, hotelsThey're oreither barricadedlocked in MONEY ittqc in theatres. Food is sent in . . . and sometimes you feel it'slike being in prison. BERN ELLIOTTo&°THE PENMEN Third most asked question ELVIS ei is: How long can it last? They don't reply tothis. I certainly will. Does it mat- koa and ter? Each Beatle isa talented being. John and Paul can 4 writesongsadinfinitum. Georgeisone of the most ei TheColonel 4,4 technicallysoundguitarists DECCA in the business. Ringo isa class,slightlyway - out, drummer. The Decca Record Company LtdDecca HouseAlbert Embankment London 5E1 *.-300P b At ilwkaA-4:04e' Factisthat they can go cAtee3-i%xIvy4911;NV ''' on as individuals long after ' \ e'lk the group phase may come to 6 RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending. December 21, 1963 iazzshows THE MAN WHO GUIDES THE STARS BEHIND THE SCENES Jazz Club

EVERY NIGHT AT 7.30 100 OXFORD STREET, W.1 Backstage at Thursday, December 19th BRUCE TURNER'S JUMP BAND

Friday. December 20th MIKE DANIEL'S DELTA JAZZMEN with- DoreenBeatty JohnChilton'sQuartet the London Saturday. December 21st ALAN ELSDON'S JAZZ BAND Mick Emery Folk Group Johnny Barton and the Road Runners Johnnie Ray. Sunday, December 22nd TERRY LIGHTFOOT'S JAZZMEN Palladium

Monday, December 23rd by DAVID 7.30toMidnight MR. ACKER BILK'S CHRISTMAS PARTY GRIFFITHS with The Paramount Jazz Band Alan Elsdon's JazzBand SOONER or later The Mick Emery FolkGroup Members6-- Guests 76 Beatles will be back at the Palladium for a Sunday night TV spot. Christmas Eve (Dec.24th) MONTY SUNSHINE'S When that happensit JAZZ BAND withVal Wiseman can confidently be pre- JohnChilton'sQuartet Dickie Bishop's Folk Group dictedthatunprece- dented pandemonium Christmas Day will reign around Lon- CLOSED don'sfamousvariety Frank Sinatra Boxing Day (December 26th) house. all very THE CLYDE VALLEY and the boys are STOMPERS Itwasbad enoughlast charming. I'm glad the day so quickly that George some- Graham Bond's Rhythm and time, a few weeks ago. And went well for them. times has trouble keeping up Blues Quartet itwasthatoccasionthat "Ofcourse,thissortof with pop tastes (being on the alertedthedozingnational hysteria did not begin with door hecan'tsee the Pal- 2OZOSIMIMMIZMWePress to The Beatle Craz e. The Beatles," George pointed ladium shows, and only sees Up till the time of the Pal- out. He has been told thatTV on his nights off). But ladium show teenagers thereweresimilarscenes he is blessed with an excel- throughout the country were outside the Palladium in the lent memory and has known MELODISC buying discs and copying The Twenties over the screen star many stars from the days Beatles. The group was the Ramon Novarro. George got when they were nonentities hottestthingin show bus- first-hand experience of fan visiting someone else. He re- RECORDS iness.Butnationalnews- fever after the war when members Russ Conway com- papermen didn't seem to be DannyKayebecamet h e ing to see Joan Regan and u.LaA teicu.tea aware of this. George Cooper With Frankie Vaughan, one of the many nation's toast in 1948. "I re- Matt Monro visiting Winifred Then, rightintheheart stars in his life. All RM Pics. by Dezo Hoffmann and member oneladusedto Atwell. And he well remem- and. ad of London, outside the hal- Bill Williams. haunt us night and day try- bers the man who asked to lowed Palladium, those ing to get in to see Kaye. I see Buddy Holly and The eitiencts the screaming fans made it plain wereseveralhundredsof hours after The Beatles hadthink he had theideahe Crickets. to the Press that The Beatlesgirls outside the main stage arrived, it struck Fleetlooked like Kaye. He turned "Itwasabusy day for ftade the etat were big, big news. door butImanaged to get Street that there was a story. outto be JonathanMiller, Buddy. He was appearing at theminthrough a door Every paper sent reportersnow famous asone of the theState, Kilburn for two e.04, eiwth. wheretheywereseenby and photographers. When theBeyond The Fringe stars." concerts as well as appearing PRISONERS only a couple of dozen. They usual visitors from the musi- in Sunday Night At The Lon- had been warned not to 'sign cal press turned up for the and Elie I George Cooper, the don Palladium. He hadto any autographs, which would photo -call at five they ACHIEVEMENT wearadresssuitallday new- Yeah.. brilliantly efficient and haveheld them up long couldn't get, in. We had to long. Just before Buddy and friendlystagedoor keeperenough forallthe girlsto letthe photographers inin The current Palladium The Crickets left to set off at the Palladium for the lastfind them. relays. Then the boys wereshow has two stars, Frankfor Kilburn for the second 18years,told me: "W h a t persuadedtocome tothe If ieldand Susan Maughan, show a man came inand 'REMEMBER! made Beatles Day so fantas- "Sointhey came - no stagedoor andsticktheirwho have hundreds of fans asked for them. He told me ticwas thehordesofre- trouble at all. But from then heads out, one on top of thecoming to glimpse them at his name butit meant no- portersandphotographers. on The Beatles werepris- other, for photos. When thethe stage door every night. thingto me then. A few We'd had crowds of fans asoners in the Palladium, un-waiting girls saw them, they "Susan fi 1964 Riu George commented: years later he was back star- bigbutneverso many ableto go out. Even theirwent wild.The stagedoor is a rarity in the pop music ringinthePalladium TV journalists." parents, who had been givenphone rang non-stop all day business - she has quite a show. Dave Brubeck!" gi S This is George's account of tickets for the show, were un- with girls asking to speak to collectionof male fans.It's B -Day atthePalladium. able to come backstage andone ortheother of T h equite an achievement for a "Ten minutes before 11 a.m.,see them because they couldBeatles, some of them pre- girl to acquire a male follow- CRITICISED BLUEBEATI when the boys were due tonever have got through thetendingtobecallingon ing." George has always found arrive, their manager, Brian crush. business - but Epstein had Cliff, Adam, Tommy everybody in the pop music Epstein, phoned me andI "By two in the afternoontold me that the only callers Steele, Frankie Vaughan, Pat business extremely easyto YEAR told him which of five pos- we were beseiged. Outside, itexpected were a music pub- Boone, Bobby Rydell and the get along with. Even some of sibleentrances The Beatles looked like an Aldermastonlisher and journalists. In my numerous others who have the legendary awkward cus- 5610610.azglinngsza shouldbetakento.Ther- March and at this time, threejob, you get used to being appearedatthe Palladium, tomers have succumbedto able to tellifa call is gen- have all had their followers thespiritofthe Palladium uine or not. but thebiggest demonstra- and been extremely pleasant tions ever, says George, were within itsportals. George THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT PROTECTION forJohnnieRayin 1955. remembersFrankSinatra "For their departure after "There used to be a couple (therein'51)asatotally the show, The Beatles had of thousand girls every night engaging guy. police protection. Argyll crying to see Johnnie. Before "Some of today's stars are A TWIN PACK Street wassealedoffand him, I'd say the biggest fan - criticised,largelyitseems, they were able to get into a drawer was Dickie Valentine because of their clothes and car and drive off before the whenhewaswithT e d hairstyles. But nobody should fanscouldgetat them. Heath." be condemned for that.It's RECORD XMAS CARD They've got a good manager The fans switch affections necessary in show business."

TOP POPS a NEWLY 6You'll Never Walk Alone 41 RECORDED DINAH WASHINGTON'S Mule Train Blue Bayou FAVOURITE The First Time XMAS SONGS by TRAGIC DEATH Boma Nova Baby Somebody Else's Girl THE MIKE SAMMES DINAH Washington(who wide appeal. She started out supper -clubcolouredenter- OR SINGERS diedather Detroit asapianistandchurch tainers. Don't Talk to Him home Fools Rush In Virgin Mary afewdaysago, a chorister (c ailed Ruth I)inahwasborninthe Country Boy Silent Night bottleofpills by her side) Jones, herrealname) and deep south of Alabama and I'll Keep You Satisfied Winter Wonderland neverquitereached the then graduated to night raised in the tough spots of Hungry For Love Mary's Boy Child dizziestheightsofpopular clubs and the rough swing Chicago. In her thirty-seven You were Made For Me The Christmas Song fame here, though shedid band ofLionelHampton. years she had six husbands God Rest Ye Merry make thetop twenty with She wasabitofarock and two sons. She came to PETER STERLING'S top ten RECORDS Gentlemen "September InTheRain" singer, a bit of a jazz singer. GreatBritain in 1959 to exactly two years ago, and And she couldhandlebal- appear on Granada's lads inthestraightpop COLOURFUL XMAS CARD PACK FOR ONLY made a number of albums "Variety Show." that sold well. Columbia re- style. She bridgedagap She wasa goodblues between the raucous old-time 13'4 leasedher singerbecauseshe knew "Back To The bluesshouterscatering frombitterpersonalexper- Obtainable from your local record shop Blues"L.P.inNovember. largely for a negro audience. ience what the blues are all But she did have a very and the more 'sophisticated' about. D.G. RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 7 Kathy's the girl of theyear

`WAS to have been the Year Of The Bird. That's what the by PETER JONES prophets said about 1963. The girl singers would fight back into showed tothe same extent as Eydie Gorme and "Blame the charts, THEY said. It On The Bossa Nova." And one or two new Julie Grant hit back a little thrushes did make the with "Count On Me," Skeeter grade. Davisand"EndOfT h e But generally they wereWorld" made a showing. But swamped by the groupin- it was Brenda who kept up vasion. So much sothat athe consistent side of things top lass like Connie Francis with "Losing You." The Ver- couldn't even force a chartnons had "Do The Bird," but rating through the whole 12itwaslowlyplaced.T h e months. AmericanChiffonshandled Girl of the year? Ho hum! "He's So Fine." Brenda Leeisanobvious It was NOT Helen Shapiro's year, disc -wise, but there's no BrendaLee,a long - Susan Maughan, choice because virtually running everything she does getsa doubting herability."Woe favourite. a promising future. chart rating. On the otherIs Me" was not particularly hand,she was theonly big. Pet Clark, now based in Be A Baby To Cry." People Back." American solo girl with anyFrance, had "Casanova," the said they sounded like Enter, then, Cilla Black great pretensions to the title.Shirelles had "Foolish Little PatienceandPrudenceon from Brian Epstein's organ- British girls then? Well,Girl," as a littlehit - and "Tonight You Belong To Me" isationand "Love Of T h e Susan Maughan startedSusie Maughan had another - andsureenough T h e Loved" - aBeatles'song. offinworld-beatingform spasm of chart success with Caravelles included it on their Butthisiswhereitall then tailed off. On the other"She's New To You." debutL.P.Kathy Kirbystartedhappening.Enter hand, Kathy Kirby ended the -Billie Davis didn't make it emergedaroundthistime Kathy Kirby and "S ecr et yearinablazeofglory. so strong with her follow-up with "Dance On," Little Love." And Dusty Springfield, Which is the stronger claim- "He's The One." Then en- Peggy March had "Hellonow on her own, and "I Only ant? teredLesley Gore and the Heartache,GoodbyeLove," Want To Be With You." And U.S. Number One "It's My after her U.S. Number One comedienne Dora Bryan with Party."TheChiffonsh a d "IWillFollow Him" h a d "All I Want For Christmas Is Built "One Fine Day," the Crystals failed. Alice Babs, a Scandi-A Beatle." And the weirdest I'll plump for Kathy Kirby."Da Doo Ron Ron" . . . but it navian, tottered in the charts of many a month: the Sing- She's building the right way.was Brenda once again with with the jumped up "Aftering Nun on the haunting Come to that, she's built the"I Wonder." You've Gone." "Dominique." rightway. Her "Big Man" The lasthalfof the year These were the chart en- causedarippleofenthu- had some surprising girls in tries. Few reached the Top siasm. Her vocal version ofthe charts. There was "Chris- Crystals Ten. Nobodyamong the "DanceOn,"theShadows'tine," byMiss Xonthe ladiesreallykept goingin instrumental hit,established Ember label - it turned out The Crystals again with the charts for the whole year. herasachart name. Hertobesong -and -danceg a 1 "Then He Kissed Me." Shir- Certainly, Kathy Kirby "Secret Love," an up -tempo,Joyce Blair, with John Barryley Bassey won the "I Whoended the year inthe best up -beatversionoftheold involved on the production.Have Nothing" set-to and the shape. Doris Day big 'un, finally did Enter The Caravelles Angels dickered withtheir And I domean BEST the trick. with"YouDon't Have ToU.S. winner "My Boyfriend's SHAPE! Justnow,Kathyisthe most publicised girl singer of them all. She's been likened toMarilyn Monroe. She been touted as the one girl who can cope with the com- petitionofthebigbeat groups. Says Kathy:"I'mthrilled at the way things have gone. Merry Christmas But I get a bit worried when people thinkof me asan overnight wonder. After all, I learned a lot about the business on tour with the Am- and a brose orchestra. I rep- resentedBritaininasong Kathy Kirby outstripped her rivals in charts success contestat Knokke,inBel- this year.This feat is even more spectacular when gium. So it's not really one you consider the demand forbeat groups. of those sudden things." Happy New Year Television A BIG HIT IN THE U.S. Girl of the Year Kathy con- tinues in "Stars and Garters" on ITV through to the New Year. And her recent "Sun- from dayNightattheLondon Palladium"showinggained herawholehostofnew fans. An enthusiast, astylist,a LARRY PARNES shape. Kathy has earned the title. And part of the credit goes to her manager . . . the same Bert Ambrose who gave her the original chance. and his organisation Theyeargenerallywas thin,asI'vesaid,forthe girls.Itopened withSusie Maughanridinghighwith "Bobby's Girl." Also around including MARIA were Brenda Lee andher Xmasbit"Rockin'Around theChristmasTree,"Mau- reen Evans and "Like I Do," ELENA TheCrystalsand"He's A Rebel." ri JulieGrant made impact BILLY FURY with "Up On The Roof," but Kenny Lynch nicked a lot of her thunder on the same Los Indios song. The Cookies had "Chains," Ella Fitzgerald had "Desafinado," the Vernons MARTY WILDE Girls did well with "Funny Warns All Over." Brenda was not long out 6 5p following the release of "All and RCA Alone Am I."Billie Davis struck it richfirst time out with "Tel Him," Susie RCAVICTOR Maughan continued (but less DARYL QUIST is) effectively) with' "Hand A Handkerchief toHelen." RCA Victor Records product of LittleEva("Let'sTurkey The Dacca Record Company LtdDecca HouseAlbert EmbankmentLondon SEt Trot") and Shirley B as s e y (What Kind of Fool Am I") m

RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 8 THAT WAS 1963-THAT WAS!

Presenting our scrapbookforthepast yearinthe world of pop music NINETEEN - SIXTY - BEATLE - Sorry !-Nine- teen sixty-three. A year of everything happening on the pop scene. A year when pop -disc sales rocketed despite the moaners who thought the boom was over. A year when new words were

added to the language . . . like "Beatlemania", "Liverpop" and "Merseybeat". Judging by national publicity,you'dthink only the Beatles had never had it R.N. SPECIAL so good. But things swung in all directions.Trends SURVEY changed.Therewerethe usual shocks. But the group Thorne prowled round Rec- sound wasIN,pullingin ordMirror Offices .. . fans for R and B, both simu- Shadows'"DanceOn"re- lated and genuine. placed Cliff at the top here Kenny Lynch got some Let'slook back, through andSteveLawrence's"Go breaks. the Record Mirror files, and Away LittleGirl"took top sample again some ofthe spot in the States. "Cupboard Love" . . . Beatles disc high -lights: hitfront-pages for the first * * * time . . . Paul Anka mar- JANUARY - Year opened FEBRUARY - Brian Hy-riage plans revealed . . . with Cliff's "Next Time" at land chuckled when he re- Basie - Sinatraalbumre- thetop."Telstar," thebig- lated how he'd been writtenleased . . . Craig Douglas gest- ever instrumental, was . . off as a "one -hit wonder" . loseshistonsils . . . and stillprominent. The Beatles CliffinSouth Africa withFrank Ifield's "Wayward "Love Me Do" was slipping the Shads . . . Beatles startWind"hitsthetop. "Hey after 13 weeks in the charts getting huge acclaim . . . Paula" saw out the month . . Jet and Tony were Top Tom Springfield phones from attopinthe States-Paul TwentyTippedfor "Dia_ Nashville, Tennesse, tosay: and Paula theartists. monds" . snow was caus- "It's darned coldhere. But

ing chaos on the one-nighter exciting" . . . "Diamonds" circuits. hitsthetop,with Rooftop * * * Strange rumour put about Singersand"WalkRight MARCH - LittleEva

thatColonelTomParker In" ditto in the States. success on tour here . . was going to manage Helen Limeliters arrive and putKenny Ballgetshisninth Shapiro . . . Patsy Ann Noble on fabulous show for Pressbighitinles s thantwo

followedFrankIfieldand and dee-jays . . . Argumentsyears . . Use of classical Rolf Harris to Britain . . . rage about whether Elvis hasthemes for rock discs Kenny Lynch started getting declinedsincehis"pelvis"frowned upon by some fans

. . chart acceptance Billie days . . . Anniversary of the . Query posed: "Is Elvis Davis emerged from "groom death of Buddy Holly, withmaking too many films?" . . . school" to beat Alma Cogan stress on how he's influencedConnie Francis pleased with

andtheExciterson"Tell other stars . . . "Pleasereception for movie "Follow Him" . " Nineteen-sixty-BEATLE " says the story.A fantastic year for this group, . News of yet more Please Me" hits third placeThe Boys" . . . Tommy Roe one of the most successful ever. Buddy Holly tapes unearthed after four weeks . . . Andarrives . . . FourSeasons RM Picture by DEZO HOFFMANN . . "Alley Cat" star David John Leyton fights back withand "Walk Like A Man" top

JOHN LEYTON MIKE SARNE MIKE BERRY BILLIE DAVIS IAIN GREGORY Best Wishes GRAZINA DON SPENCER For A Very Happy Christmas THE INNOCENTS BILLY BOYLE frorn THE ANTS ALAN TEW Karl, Kevin & Gerry

ROBERT STIGWOOD ASSOCIATES LTD. KARL DENVER TRIO Craven House, 234-238 Edgware Rd., W.2.Tel.: PADington 7458-7 RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 9 THAT WAS 1963 -THAT WAS! Gerry and Pacemakers

in the States . . . Chris Mon- tez in London . . . and Bobby Rydell . . . "Summer Holiday" tops chart, Beatles

Number Two . . . Gerry and Pacemakers emerge with "How Do You Do It" . . hit the charts Everly Brothers slipped? queries correspondent . . . Wes Sands, Eden Kane's Holly's parents stresses brother, stabs at the charts authenticityof newly -found . . . Poole's . . . Dick Dale tipped as the tapes Brian new Presley in the States- "TwistandShout"starts . . but whatever happened? . . . upward moves Elvis cuts Bill Fury consistent around in near top with "Devil In fourth place here with Disguise" . . . and Heinz "Like I've Never Been Gone" hitshard with"JustLike . . . "Surf City" top . . and Rubyand Romantics Eddie" see out the month with "Our inthe States. DayWill Come" in the States. * * * APRIL - Cliff calls Dusty AUGUST -MitchMurray Springfield "The White honoured for his song suc-

. . . Negress" and Dusty digs . . . cesses Isley Brothers Mark Wynt erandJoe emerge on " Twist and Brown team up for an album Shout " battle . . . " Finger- . . . Gerry and Pacemakers tips," by Little Stevie Won- topthecharts, with "He's der, and " Devil in Disguise," SoFine"bytheChiffons byElvis,topsin America . . . making it in the States . . . and Britain respectively Pictures of Brian Podle with Gerry and ThePacemakers made ittwo successes PictureofBeatles inold- glasses, as he says he'd like for Brian Epstein. fashioned swimming suits on tojoinSinatra's Clan . . saysit'llbe along-term "It'sAll Happening" moviefront page . . . B -Day big Elvis reported "very brave" beat show fixedforLiver- policy . . . Jet Harris starts completed . . . Joe Brown abouttrapezestuntsfor bout of ill -health as 'Scarlett sports new hair -cut for pool, August 31. . . " Sweets "FunInAcapulco . . . " For My Sweet " goes to top O'Hara' rises . . . First fea- "What A Crazy World" . . . Del Shannon hailedasthe ture appears on the Rolling Manchesterbeatsceneex- placo here . . . Chubby most consistent star for five Checkerarrivesandsays Stones . . . Del Shannon ploredwith the Hales as years . . . Johnny Tillotson " Dance crazes are out " great model train enthusiast guides . . . Beatles, Gerry, arrives . . . Record Mirror Screamin' Lord Sutch stands . . . Mike Same produces a BillyJ.Kramerholdtop spotlightsthe Merseybeat for Parliament at Stratford- fantastic new stage act on three places . . "Sukiyaki" industry . . . Ned Miller and upon-Avon . . . Tony Ben- tour . . . Ray Charles tour top in States . . . Jim Reeves "From A Jack To A King" nett makes the charts . . . here gets mixed notices . . . arrives, but won't sing with- . . . 100theditionof holds at Number Two And the Four Seasons arrive out his own group . . . Paul " Thank Sammy DavisJnr.atthe Your Lucky . . . . . Bobby Rydell back in McCartney's21stcelebrated Stars" London Palladium . . . Paul Caravelles erupt gently with "town" to record British...... "I Like It" goes to top and Paula drive round Lon- Adam, Cliff and Frank Ifield "Confessin' "startshurtling" You Don't Have To Be A CliffRichardcalledDusty Springfieldthe" White . doninPrincessMargaret's . . Negress ". . and she was thrilled. all in Spain, plus the Shads up forFrankIfield . . Baby To Cry " Josh old Rolls . . . Bo Diddley, . . Buddy Holly's new disc: Shads' "Atlantis" breaks up ChuckBerry,CyrilDavis, "Bo Diddley" . . . Jimmy Liverpool domination in the widelyfeaturedin "soul - Soul's"IfYou Wanna Be first five big -sellers. beat"revivalstories , . . Happy" topinStates . Andy Williams incharts toBeatlesremainattopin * * * delight of many . . .Cliff says Britain. "No marriage for me yet" JULY - Plea to give in . . . Skeeter Davis well * * * Elvisheroicrolesinfilms charts . . . Jazz star Gerry made strongly . . . Freddie Mulligan inLondon . . . JUNE - "My Bonnie" disc andDreamersemergeas BillyJ.Kramerhailedas outbyBeatles-they madenew terrors of A and R men the rival to Elvis - by it as a backing group three . . . Half -year chart survey Beatles. years before . . Chuck showsSpringfields'"Island * * * Berry discography paves the ofDreams" topofBritish way . . . Supplement pro- chart entries; "I Will Follow MAY-Beatles hit top spotducedonElvis's"ItHap- Him" top in the States; Cliff afteronly two weeks withpened At The World's Fair" bestofBritishstars ...... "FromMe ToYou" . . Big Three claim lots ofMarty Wilde writes for Rec- Brenda Lee'smarriagean-groups copied them... Lesley ordMirror from Blackpool . . . nounced out of the blue Gore's"It's My Party" hits . . . Essex and "Easier Said DeeDee SharpplanesinU.S. Number One . . . John Than Done" hits top in the . . . and breakaway TornadoLeyton's "Great Escape" States, withFrankIfield Heinz emerges on the scenemovie premiered tooverall secondto Gerry inBritain . . . Jerry Lee Lewis pre-praise . . . CraigDouglas . . . Nat King Cole in Lon- viewed prior to arrival . . givesfrankinterviewon don for dates . . . "Surfin' " WinkMartindalereportedhowstardomhaschanged Statesidecrazeinvestigated stunned at "Deck of Cards"him . . . Jerry Lee Lewis on . "Confessin"getsto successasitwasfirstre-"Rock Across the Channel" top . . . Emergence of The . . . Quickly leased four years ago show . . . Cliff and Shadows Searchers .. Tommy LarryParnesstartshugedo fantasticbusiness on introduced by Brian Epstein build-upforDarylQuist,openinginBlackpool ...... Letter from Buddy nti. "kitAtt-txteeitztW iteirts- v eadoog9,reet.14t94 44ter from

or ELVIS 4°00 koa and heColonel A°5'°)ZBieve-te-,47it 10 RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 MERSEY BEAT HAS REALLY TAKEN THAT WAS 1963 THAT WAS! A STRONG CHARTS HOLD The collapseoJet Harris

White in London . . Beatles OCTOBER - Doubts ex- out with "She Loves You," pressed about Chuck Berry's but Billy J. Kramer has spell availability to tour . . . "1 at top with " Bad To Me" (Who Have Nothing)" battle . . . reported only thirteen won hands down by Shirley American discssoldamil- Bassey . . . "Blue Velvet," by lion in the previous year .. . Bobby Vinton,topinthe LittlePeggy March arrives States - "She Loves You" I "I tosay: didn'tthink carries on inBritain . . was good enough to make Heinz admits to be disturbed discs" . . Fourmost intro- bybarrackingat some of theEpstein duced from his shows . . . Cliff Richard stable. celebrates his 23rd birthday . . . Jimmy Young makes * * * astonishing show in the SEPTEMBER-CarolElvin charts . . Tony Meehan stabsatcharts,hopingto carries on alone after

emulate emergence of collapse of Jet Harris Kathy Kirby . . ."Hoote- And "Do You Love Me" de- nanny" U.S. craze spot- thrones the Beatlesatthe lighted . . Brian Poole top . . . BillFury show tipped for top with "Do You package hailed by reviewers Love Me" . . . And "She . . . Johnny Thunder pays

Loves You"goestothird quick visitto London . . . place in two weeks . . To new line-up announced for top the charts in the third the Tornados . . . Beatles'

. . . paid tributes in special Roy Orbison arrives to Freddie and The Dreamers proved a big hit during the year. RM Picture by DEZO HOFFMANN knock out once again British supplement . . . "Sugar audiences withhisrelaxed Shack,"by Jimmy Gilmer andtheFireballs, rushestotopspotwith Duane Eddy hits London and Controversy stirred up about song- selling . . Bo Did- reaches surprise "You'll Never Walk union troubles . . . Dusty similarityofBrianPoole's dleyinBritain-"MyBoy- Number One in America . . Alone" . . . new Beatles' L.P. Springfield makes immediate "I Can Dance" with previous friend's B a c k," bythe Libertyrecordsannounce break -throughasasoloist hit "Do You Love Me" . . Angels, goes to top in States plans to take Merseybeat tostarts mammoth advance . . . . RoyalVariety . . advance of one million Singing Nun on topof theStates . . . order Gerry Marsden worried be- "FunIn American charts with "Dom- cause he can't find time for Acapulco"getsreasonable ShowacredittoBeatles for Beatles' "I Want To Hold . . Your Hand" . . . Kathy Kirby inique"-and making grade receptions . . . "Deep Purple," by April recordings . . . Steve and Timi Yuro, fastinBritain . . . "She Eydie break through with "I Dion, LesleyGore,Trini Stevens and Nino Tempo top emerges as "gal of the year" Lopez, Brook Benton, all onin the States . . . story of with"SecretLove" . . . Loves You" returns to too Want To Stay Here" .. Bruce LosIndiosTabajarosand Chuck Berry telephoned and for a week before "I Want same package tour .. . Russ Welchsaidtobeleaving how they found their guitars sayshe'sdefinitely coming To Hold Your Hand" takes Shads - but he later Conway produces "Western" . . over again . .Bookings for sound on single . . . Quincy in the jungle causes lots of to Britain . Mark Wynter changed his mind . . . And . . . Beatles' Christmas season at the staggering news that the Jones in London, too. interest FrankIfield hitsbigagainwith"It's fully booked to end of 1964 Almost Tomorrow" . . . FinsburyPark, North Lon- Spzingfields weretobreak don. a virtualsell-out . . . up . . . Gerry Marsden cele- . . . firstcolourRecord * * * Mirror features-the Beatles * * * And Dora Bryan getsfirst brates his 21st . . . Bo Did- big Christmas hit with "All NOVEMBER - BillyJ. . . . tragic death of Michael DECEMBER - Cliffand dley says his music is NOT I Want For ChristmasIs" . . . . KrameronSundayNight Holliday Licorice Lock- Shadows, along with Susan R and B . Billy Fury at ...a BEATLE! last booked for London Pal- Palladium show . . . Dave ing leaves the Shadows and Hampshireoff toCanary A sadyearforJet ladium only to be withdrawn Berry and Dave Clark make isreplaced by John Rostill Islands for filming in 'Won- Which is where we came

...... inthisyearofNineteen- Harris. later . . . alla Black intro- chart movement L.P.'s Buddy Greco expresses derful Life" . Bern Elliott RM pie. by duced fromthe Epstein by Gerry, Billy and Freddie doubts about future of andFenmen and"Money" Sixty-BEATLE.Sorry,Nine- Dezo Hoffmann office. and D's released . . . Gerry BeatlesinAmerica . . . surprise debut -dischit . . teen-Stztylthree. SI\SOWS GRET/SGS Helen Shapiro

Co -Managers -Jean Burman 6- Alan Paramor HUN 2666. TEM 4741 RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 11

Cliff's co-star is lovely Susan Hampshire. UP at six a.m. A quick breakfast and then intothemake-up department to lose some WITH CLIFF of the walnut -tanhe's already acquired. A journey of 90 minutes tothelocationsites. IN THE Work till the sun goes down. Then back to the hotel. That's the daily routine for Cliff Richard and the Shadows, now filming in the CANARIES Canary Islands on "Wonder- ful Life." And saysCliff:"Bythe time I've had a quick bath, by PETER JONES changed out of costume and had dinner-why, it's time to get straight to bed so I don't oversleep the next day!" of a cowboy in a film.Well, musical number, "TheHis- Ican't complain from now tory Of The Movies" has him on. In'WonderfulLife' I appearingin 20 different Anxious play three different kinds of disguises. Cliff the cowboy on location in the Canary Islands. cowboy-and it's a real gas!" But Cliff deep down loves You'll see him as a singing Wrestles waythroughwinter,Cliff, surprisedatthe wayCliff roles yet and are an impor- the life.He's very keen on cowboy, complete with horse the Shads and leading ladymanages to cope. tant part of the story make- filmingandisanxiousto (four -legged) and guitar (six - Among otherhighlights Susan Hampshire are work- Buteverybody ishappy up. They, too, have to learn learneverything he can stringed). As a dancing cow- are scenes where he: wrestles ing in temperatures of with progress in the Canarydance routines - and are about the techniques of pro- boyinjeansandstetson. with a gorilla;tangles with around 80 on the little island Islands. SaysMr. Furie: not taking to them quite as duction.He's always asking And,ifyou look carefully, acrocodile; becomes mixed of Gran Canaria. "Thistightlittleislandis adroitly asisCliff. questions of the cameramen, asa mean gunfighter, lurk-up witha runaway camel. quite honestly a paradise for thetechnicians . . . even ing behind ablack droopy Healsotakesonsingle- film-makers. You could Dancer though he's already Britain's moustache. handedabunch ofsavage Talents make any kindofpicture most successful film star. Cliff'spartisthatofa desert tribesmen. imaginable here.We've got On the other hand, Susan SaidCliff:"Lotsofmy filmstunt man.Itmeans Soit'sa good thing that SaysdirectorSidFurie: mountains, deserts, sand - Hampshiredoesverywell friends know how keen I've making more than60cos- Cliff is in peak physical con- "Cliffisnow the complete dunes,greenpastures,vol- indeed.Her mother was a always been to play the part tume changes - and one dition.While we shiver our professional.He has an in- canic rock." famous dancer and now runs stinctive way of getting an academy of dancing. Says things done the right way. There are also palm trees, Susan:"I'vebeendancing He's shown his talents as a camels, donkeys-and Cadil-around ever sinceIwas a dancerbefore,butinthis lacs and Rolls-Royces.And, tiny tot, so 1 have less prob- production he has some ofcourse,thesunnever lems than the Shadows." rimeNrosimoyonkworgmonnocnimmitimoinancommorcen reallyintricate dance steps stops shining. "Wonderful Life" provides 1and routines to handle.Gil- CliffeyestheShadows a film debut for new Shadow I lian Lynne worked them all with some amusement. They John Rostill.He said:"I've 1 pEACE 0 1 out . andevensheis havetheirbiggestscreen always been keen totravel'., i 1 IiEA0 1 Pi 1 °61) ;TOW Aika.-1 I , be-Lati- QIt 1>a,el 1 'MICE ) CaiilA.SCAA Cwt.atAyvv-4..,- i 1 e>0..1 LA.1 It i cpiaciA-tw:41"/ ya.A.au .

1 1 a "(CAN'T; oNIA L 1 CA47-Li SintAa-3 Il a 4 -as, N yea,. 1 1 C o from )21;tA/19-V" i 1 o IC ROLF HARRIS and FRIEND Ww PI 1 1 II losigftwascommtlemosemcametrive..volgoviculpielmv.sommixof RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 RECORD MIRROR, Week.ending, December 21, 1963 /3 12 SPOTLIGHTonthe STARS

These top attractions made the headlines IT wasn't ALL Beatles during 1963. And here are some of the OTHER stars on whom the arc -lights have shone amiably. Stars like Billy Fury, who was Number Two toCliffin the solo -singer stakes. BillyFury,withhitslike "Like I've Never Been Gone", "When Will You SayI Love You", "In Summer" and "Some- body Else's Girl", has done very nicely, thank -you. Then there's Dave Clark, who boosted his fame during the yearwithoutthebenefitof agent, manager, recording guv'nor. And what about Gerry and the Pacemakers ? Shadowed by the Beatles, somewhat naturally, they stillset recording history by getting their first three discs into Number One spot. AL KathyKirbyshattered a BILLY FURY, perhaps our most accident-prone and whole lot of theories by her hits illness -suspect star, looks to 1964 for a further break- "Dance On" and "Secret Love". DAVE CLARK through in the film world. His "Play It Cool" showed his Gals weren't supposed to make makes appeal at the box-office and his appeal as an actor. the charts in a big way. Kathy, whoopee as he cele- built on Marilyn Monroe lines, brates,incolour, showed thatgalsoftendon't his21stbirthday, simply conform to therules. surrounded byhis She's waited patiently for her mates in the Five. chance to hit the big-time. And He's got an agent FUTURE COULD BE now she'sthere, she has the now (Harold Davi- ability to stay put. son) but still makes That's four BIG names of the his own records. year, colourfully presented on BRIGHT FOR ACES this Spotlight Spread. Only Bill GERRY'S grin Furywasreallywell-known really would ACOLD, icy evening before 1963 opened. take up the whole in March 1962. And Justshowswhat a fast- centrespread. But troubles inHull. Two moving world this world of pop then he's got plenty boys, John Paterson and music reallyis. But isn't that to grin about, what Eric Lee, were due to a major ingredient of itsfasci- with the "fab" year be part of a group at nation and appeal? of 1963 behind him. animportantengage- Kathy Kirby. Her shape is as well-rounded as the notes she hits. ment...but the group had disbanded shortly before. Money, John and Eric felt, was about to go down the drain ... So they phoned one Adrian It's sweeping the country... Gate, a drummer with another outfit. KATHY They askedif he'd help out. He went one it's crazy...it's better and said his younger brother, guitarist Brian, would go along as well and KIRBY complete the group. They turned up forthat BEATLE first date. They'd never SINGS 16 HITS FROM played a solitary note before da group. But the audience idn't know - and they STARS AND cheered enthusiastically after CRAZY _GARTERS every number. alsois lead singer. He sky - Gads,leadguitarist. He's - - Result: a new group, The scrapesatan.3;in., has self-taught, musically, and Aces, was formed asfrom black hair andhazeleyes, has developed afair know- BILL A great LP from her TV series that evening.They've stuck digsfish and chips-and is ledge of saxophone and elm- togethereversince. Now a football fmatic. inet He writes a lot of the to follow her smash hit they have a thriving fan -club John Patersonisalso21. group's arrangements. CLIFTON intheNorth,a new disc He's the bass guitarist-and "Wait They've got over the panics Till Tomorrow," was a trainee manager in a oftheearlierdays now- SECRET LOVE backed with 'The Last One," disc shop before turning pro- and have settled into a well - on the Parlophone label, a fessionalas a musician. disciplined set-up. Their disc date -book laden with engage- Drummer Adrian Gallsis has received praise all round. DECCII ments . . . and a reputationonly at.He was originally Now the Area are simply asbeing oneofthetop ashopassistant and then keeping their fingers crossed Th.leal Rao* Company Beam llama Alban Emlunitinani tor,clonS groups in their area. decided that drumming full- and hoping they'llallturn Eric Lee is now 21.Plays time was for him. up trumps. guitarandharmonica,but Youngest member is Brian Peter Jones. RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 RECORD MIRROR, Week.ending, December 21, 1963 /3 12 SPOTLIGHTonthe STARS

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TOP DISCS TOP STARS IT goes without saying TOP ARTISTESsur- whohasscored vey, as compiled by thegreatesttriumph chartpositions,prob- this year. With the first ablyreflects public two, and another in the opinion by quite a fair twenty theBeatles degree of accuracy-at showthatthey DO leastthetopfew meritthemammoth artistes bear witness to publicity they are get- this.It'sthegroup ting. Other Merseyside sceneallover- again groupsdominatethe althoughinthelong chart --Gerryatnum- run solo artistes seem bers seven, fourteen toshow a better and forty-three; Billy J. consistencythanthe at numbers sixteen and groups. thirty-six,and various NED MILLER otherhugehitsscat- MEDIUM year'sprise hits-especially the lat- teredover the ter, which just goes to show Many artistes whose discs chart proves the total the power of radio plugging. don't show up in the top 50 acceptance of thisBiggest shake up ofallis records come in quite form of music. perhaps the total predomin- strongly, due toseveral ance of British artistes-only mediumsizehits,all of fourteen Americans appear in which mount up more than SLEEPER the fifty-and Elvis's highestone or two big hits. Artistes effort just misses the bottom in this class include Brenda Equallystrangeperhaps rung. Lee,theTornados,Kenny is the feat of Roy Orbison- Ball, TommyRoe, Bobby onlythestrengthofthe There areseveral U.S. Vee, and Paul and Paula. Beatles kept him from the artistes who look like being BuddyHolly'shighposi- them toahigh place. covetedtoppositionwith one-shot hitmakers Ned Mil- tion is gained not only BACHELORS - Their biggesthit "Charmaine" helped his surprisesleeper "In ler, Wink Martindale through the success of non - existent Springfields groupsinthetoptwenty; would be nice tolook into Dreams." TheSpringfields (Though afollow-uphasn't "Handsome Man." butgain a coveted top ten posi- and the Crystals are joined the crystal ball and see just willnever againhave any yet been released), the Cas- throughtwootherdiscs-tion. by the Chiffons in the U.S. how well Merseybeat will be discs in the charts, but per-cades, and the Surfaris. The "BoDiddley"justmissing Twenty U.S. artistes in the girl group scene atNo. 50. faring this time next year- haps "Island of Dreams"is Crystalsarecurrentlythe the top 50 discs for the year.chart shows a lead over the There's se v en instru- andiftheU.S.discsales a good epitaphat number mostpowerfulU.S.group The few extrapoints fromsmall number of American mentals, nineteenvocal herewillhave gone down four. here, while Trini Lopez their"He's A Rebel"hitsingles, but several of them groups, twenty male singers, any more thantheyhave Ned Miller and Wink should make more hits with gave the Crystals a lead over owetheirpositiontojust three female singers and an already. Martindalewerebothsur- the right material. severalgroups,whilethe onebighit. Five Mersey orchestra in the top fifty.It

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R.M. CHART SURVEY TOP DISCS

Top discs in Britain from "Record Retailer" top 50. All charts by Terry Chappel chartcompilationdept. Britain's top artistes. Some sur- prises and some disappointments. Last year's positionsinbrackets.

ANDY WILLIAMS-Scoredagreatcome -back hit here early this year. 1 FROM ME TO YOU The Beatles 801 2SHE LOVES YOU The Beatles 775 3IN DREAMS Roy Orbison 761 4ISLAND OF DREAMS The Springfields 754 5FROM A JACK TO A KING Ned Miller 726 TOP ARTISTES G DECK OF CARDS Wink Martindale 706 I (-)THE BEATLES 2,299 7 HOW DO YOU DO IT Gerry & The Pacemakers 663 2 ( 3 )CLIFF RICHARD 2,234 8SUMMER HOLIDAY Cliff Richard 630 3 ( 7 )FRANK [FIELD 2,056 9CONFESSIN' Frank Ifield 622 4 ( 8 )THE SHADOWS 2,008 10SCARLETT O'HARA Jet Harris & Tony Meehan 615 5 (-)GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS 1,766 11 CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU Andy Williams 606 6 (36)ROY ORBISON 1,704 12CHARMAINE The Bachelors 604 7 ( 4 )BILLY FURY 1,582 13PLEASE PLEASE ME The Beatles 603 8 (42)JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN 1,565 14I LIKE IT Gerry and The Pacemakers 602 9 (-)THE SPRINGFIELDS 1,292 15ATLANTIS The Shadows 593 10 (13)BRENDA LEE 1,249 16 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET 11 (-)BUDDY HOLLY 1,245 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 580 12 (-)BILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS 1,242 17 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART 13 (-)THE CRYSTALS 1,188 Ray Charles 578 14 (30)THE TORNADOS 1,098 18 DO YOU LOVE ME Brian Poole Si The Tremeloes 561 15 (-)FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS 1,078 19SWEETS FOR MY SWEET Searchers 552 16 (-)BRIAN POOLE AND THE TREMELOES 1,077 20FOOT -TAPPER The Shadows 542 17 (-)THE BACHELORS 885 21NOBODY'S DARLIN' BUT MINE Frank !field 535 18 ( 2 )ELVIS PRESLEY 875 22LIKE I'VE NEVER BEEN GONE Billy Fury 529 18 (-)THE SEARCHERS 875 23DA DOO RON RON Crystals 528 20(22)JOE BROWN 872 23IF I HAD A HAMMER Trini Lopez 528 21 (11)DEL SHANNON 861 25BLUE BAYOU/MEAN WOMAN BLUES Roy Orbison 525 22 (-)PAUL & PAULA 813 ROY ORBISON-In both British and U.S. charts 26LUCKY LIPS Cliff Richard 524 23 ( 5 )KENNY BALL 784 consistently. 27BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN Buddy Holly 517 24 (37)TOMMY ROE 744 28I'LL NEVER GET OVER YOU 25(-)NED MILLER 726 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates 516 26 (19)BOBBY VEE 709 29RHYTHM OF THE RAIN The Cascades 514 27 (-)WINK MARTINDALE 706 1411191111811111111111111/119111111111114118111=111011121161 30THE NEXT TIME/BACHELOR BOY Cliff Richard 511 28 (-)FRANKIE VAUGHAN 668 31THEN HE KISSED ME The Crystals 503 29 (-)FOUR SEASONS 646 I I 32THE WAYWARD WIND Frank [field 494 30 (20)ADAM FAITH 634 33DIAMONDS Jet Harris & Tony Meehan 491 31 (-)KENNY LYNCH 611 34IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY 32 (-)ANDY WILLIAMS 606 I ?Erma rerting51 Freddie & The Dreamers 481 33 (-)THE HOLLIES 597 35JUST LIKE EDDIE Heinz 480 34 (-)KATHY KIRBY 592 36BAD TO ME Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas 478 35(-)MARK WYNTER 538 37LIKE I DO Maureen Evans 477 36(-)TRINI LOPEZ 528 I 2nb the 113kit for ! 37WHEN WILL YOU SAY I LOVE YOU Billy Fury 477 37(-)JIM REEVES 520 39LOOP DE LOOP Frankie Vaughan 473 38(-)JOHNNY KIDD AND THE PIRATES 519 1 1 39TWO KINDS OF TEARDROPS Del Shannon 473 39(-)CASCADES 514 41TWIST AND SHOUT Brian Poole & The Tremeloes 471 40(-)HEINZ 505 i 1.964 1 42ITS ALL IN THE GAME Cliff Richard 462 42(-)THE ROLLING STONES 485 1 43YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE 41 ( 9 )KARL DENVER 496 FROM Gerry & The Pacemakers 461 43(-)MAUREEN EVANS 477 44THAT'S WHAT LOVE WILL DO Joe Brown 457 44 (-)SURFARIS 453 45DANCE ON The Shadows 455 44(-)RICK NELSON 453 46WIPEOUT The Surf aris 453 46(-)KEN THORNE ORCHESTRA 452 47THE LEGION'S LAST PATROL Ken Thorne Orchestra 452 47 (26)SHIRLEY BASSEY 446 47SAY I WON'T BE THERE The Springfields 452 48 (32)RONNIE CARROLL 425 BERN ELLIOT 49DEVIL IN DISGUISE Elvis Presley 442 48 (31)DUANE EDDY 425 50I (WHO HAVE NOTHING) Shirley Bassey 440 50 (-)CHIFFONS 415 AND THE FENMEN

MONEYDECCA F 11770

WEST SIDE STORY PAUL DESMOND QUARTET The Classmates CAL TJADER and Orch. Feat. DON ELLIOTT Arr. by Clare Fischer VOCALION LAE 561 VOCALION LAE 560 Jazzabelle; A watchman's car - GO TELL IT ON Prologue -Jet Song; Something's roll; Everything happens to me; coining; Maria interlude; Maria; Let's get away from it all; Look for the silver lining; Sacre blues; THE MOUNTAIN Tonight; America; Cool; One You go to my head;Line for DECCA F 11779 hand, one heart; Ifeel pretty - Somewhere. Lyons. BILL HARRIS and his FRIENDS CAL TJADER- VOCALION LAE 562 STAN GETZ SEXTET Itmightas cell be spring: THE FALCONS VOCALION LAE 557 Crazy rhythm; Where are you: I've grown accustomed to ner Just one more chance; I sur- face; For all we know; Ginza; render dear;I'm getting senti- Crow's nest; Liz Anne; Big bear; BUD POWELL TRIO BRUBEK A LA MODE mental over you;In a mellow STAMPEDE viiLzs My Buddy. (Max Roach. Charles Mingus) D. BRUBECK QUARTET tone. VOCALION LAE 558 Feat. BILL SMITH Embraceable you;Sure thing; VOCALION LAE 559 My devotion;Polka dots and Dorian dance; Peace; Brother; moonbeams; Cherokee; Jubilee; Invention; Lydian line; Catch - I've got you under my skin: My me -if -you -can; Frisco fog; The heart stood still; Iwant to be Piper;Soliloquy; One for the happy; Lullaby of Birdland. kids; Ballade. The Wackers (PLEASE WATCH FOR THIS GROUP MAKE THE MAN LOVE ME IN THE NEW YEAR) JOY BRYAN (Vocal) CONTEMPORARY LAC 563 My romance; Make the man love me; Almost like being in love; It never entered my mind; East I WONDER WHY of the sun;Aren't you glad you're you; My funny Valentine; RELEASED JANUARY 31st ON ORIOLE 45-CB1902 Old devil moon; These foolish things;Everything's coming up roses. Solely Represented by: J .D S ENTERTAINMENTS 104 HIGH STREET, N.W. I0 vocalion/113-115 Fulham Road/London S.W.3 Telephone KNI 4256-7-8 ELG 6344 16 RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963

R.M. CHART SURVEY

Top discs from the States, com- piledfrom theyear'stopfifty charts from "Cashbox." America's top stars, from "Cash- box" top 50 during 1963. Figures in brackets indicate last year's positions.

1 I WILL FOLLOW HIM Little Peggy March 535 2 THE END OF THE WORLD Skeeter Davis 532 3 FINGERTIPS Little Stevie Wonder 527 4 SUGAR SHACK Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs 524 5RHYTHM OF THE RAIN Cascades 521 6 WALK RIGHT IN Rooftop Singers 519 7 HEY PAULA Paul & Paula 517 8HE'S SO FINE Chiffons 513 8MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK Angels 513 10CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU Andy Williams 510 11 WALK LIKE A MAN Four Seasons 507 PEGGY MARCH THE BEACH BOYS- They are the main creators of the surfingcraze. 12BLUE VELVET Bobby Vinton 504 Beach Boys 501 13SURFIN' U.S.A. 34(11)SHIRELLES 620 14PUFF (THE MAGIC DRAGON) Peter, Paul and Mary 483 Dion 474 35(-)THE DRIFTERS 616 15RUBY BABY 36(-) RUBY AND THE ROMANTICS 584 16IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY Jimmy Soul 472 TOP ARTISTES 37(-) LITTLE STEVIE WONDER 579 17 WASHINGTON SQUARE Village Stompers 457 38 1,421 (-) THE ROOFTOP SINGERS 571 17BE MY BABY Ronettes 457 1 (13)THE FOUR SEASONS 39 1,400 (-) THE ESSEX 564 19 DEEP PURPLE April Stevens & Nino Tempo 456 2 (-) THE BEACH BOYS 40(37)BROOK BENTON 20GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL Steve Lawrence 454 1,211 561 3 (15)BOBBY VINTON 41 (-) THE CASCADES 532 21OUR DAY WILL COME 1,180 Ruby & The Romantics 452 4( 2 )ELVIS PRESLEY 42 (-) JIMMY GILMER 524 22BLOWIN' IN THE WIND Peter, Paul & Mary 445 5 LESLEY GORE 1,165 (-) 43(-) MAJOR LANCE 496 23SO MUCH IN LOVE The Tymes 443 6 DION 1,163 ( 6 ) 44(-) JIMMY SOUL 472 24HEATWAVE 1,115 Martha & The Vandellas 440 7 ( 3 )RAY CHARLES 45(18)MARY WELLS 466 25THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES ... Bobby Vee 436 8 CHUBBY CHECKER 1,076 ( 1 ) 46(-) TONY BENNETT 465 26YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN The Dovells 429 9 THE CRYSTALS 1,004 (14) 47(-) THE MIRACLES 457 27YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME ... The Miracles 427 10 932 (-) SKEETER DAVIS 47(-) THE RONETTES 457 28TWO FACES HAVE I Lou Christie 422 11 (-) ANDY WILLIAMS 932 49(-) NINO.TEMPO & APRIL STEVENS 456 29I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Al Martino 419 12 ( 8 )SAM COOKE 911 50(-) THE VILLAGE STOMPERS 451 30DA DOO RON RON Crystals 418 13 (21)ROY ORBISON 909 31BUSTED Ray Charles 417 14 (-) PAUL & PAULA 902 32SURFER GIRL Beach Boys 415 15 (-) THE RAINDROPS 889 33SURF CITY Jan & Dean 404 16 (-) THE CHIFFONS 883 MVX.V=M.VM.VMVXVMV 34CANDY GIRL Four Seasons 398 17 (-) AL MARTINO 808 35IF I HAD A HAMMER Trini Lopez 395 18 ( 4 )BRENDA LEE 791 36I'M LEAVING IT UP TO YOU Dale & Grace 394 19 ( 5 )CONNIE FRANCIS 772 37BABY WORKOUT Jackie Wilson 393 20 (-) JAN & DEAN 759 38IT'S ALL RIGHT Impressions 389 20 759 ABERBACH ( 9 )GENE PITNEY 39WIPEOUT Surf aris 385 22 (22)NAT KING COLE 732 40SHE'S A FOOL Lesley Gore 384 23 (-) PETER PAUL & MARY 718 (LONDON) LTD. 41PIPELINE Chantays 383 24 (36)BOBBY DARIN 712 42MORE Kai Winding/Vic Dana 382 25 (-) STEVE LAWRENCE 710 43BLUE ON BLUE Bobby Vinton 380 26 (-) THE TYMES 702 44DEVIL IN DISGUISE Elvis Presley 379 27 (25)BOBBY VEE 678 45I CAN'T STAY MAD AT YOU Skeeter Davis 379 28 (-) THE ANGELS 655 BELINDA 46MEAN WOMAN BLUES Roy Orbison 375 29 (20)THE ORLONS 644 47WILD WEEKEND Rockin' Rebels 370 29 (-) THE KINGSTON TRIO 644 (LONDON) LTD. M 48CRY BABY Garnet Mimms 368 29 (-) LOU CHRISTIE 644 49TIE ME KANGEROO DOWN SPORT ...Rolf Harris 366 32 (-)LITTLE PEGGY MARCH 635 PROGRESSIVE MUSIC LTD. 50 MOCKINGBIRD Inez Foxx 364 33 (-) MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS 628 and ASSOCIATED AMERICA'S TOP ARTISTESDURING1963 COMPANIES WOW! The Fourhis position while other them both next year. Lawrence and Tony Bennett Seasons leap frombig"newies"include Comebacksforalotof areallinwhileonlythe tiCYRIL BAKER. FRANKLIN BOYD lastyear's13th placeLesleyGore,Skeeter artistesthisyear. Jan and VillageStompersrepresent Dean, The Angels, the Kings- theinstrumental sideof AL LESLIE PAUL RICH tothetopthisyear,Davis and Andy Wil- ton Trio,theDrifters, and things. while the Beach Boys-liams. theMiraclesallhave had More solo artistesinthis GEOFF MORRIS they had one hitlast huge hits again. New male time, and some of the more Elvisfallsslightly,while singers include Stevie consistent artistes, who Y915byouft the Comptiment year-smash their way Dion, always popular in the Wonder, Major Lance, Jimmy don'tclickwithanultra - up to the second place. Statesstaysatnumber6. Gilmer,andJimmySoul, big single, show thistime, And ChubbyChecker Roy Orbison climbs but Sam while new groups this year such as Jackie Wilson, Lou of tbe gicoSon who has been number Cooke, GenePitney,The are Martha and The Van- Christie and Tony Bennett. 17 SAVILE ROW, LONDON, W.1.REGent 3251/5 Orions and Bobby Vee, fall. dellas, Ruby and the Roman- Butnextyearit'llbe oneforthreeyears Two bluesy lots, the Shirelles tics, the Rooftop Singers, the interesting to seeif Bobby falls right down to 8th and Mary Wellsfallbadly Essex, and the Ronettes. Vintonor the Beach boysitkv!stev!xt.vz.v-zvmvvgm-v. place. Bobby Vinton this year but they are both More'class'singersthis reach the top in the likely so consistent that there's noyear - Skeeter Davis, Andy event of the Four Seasons more than consolidates doubt thatwe'll be seeingWilliams, Al Martino, Steve dropping. 11112111111111111111111MOSIIKOMMMINSERIWIRMIII9 ISOUTHERN

MUSIC w 'wish to extend 'season's greetingsI aIto all theirfriends in I Ithe business. BRIAN POOLE & THE TREMELOES AND THANK YOU I wishyou all 1FOR ALL CO-OPERATIONi it it DURING 1963 1 ictof e4144#44 SOUTHERN MUSIC I LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC MERIDIAN MUSIC I and all thevery Best in the New Year IVER RECORDS filUMINIMIUMMILMESNMIWNIliMMI Mal RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21. 1963 17

Sevenyears RUNNY' A 1 Del Shannon 2WOODEN HEART ElvisPresley YOU DON'T KNOW 3Helen Shapiro flashback 4HALFWAY TO PARADISE BillyFury

HOW THEY RATED IN THE YEARLY SURVEYS FROM 1956... WELL. I ASK YOU 5Eden Kane ARE YOU SURE 6TheAltisons WALKIN' BACK TO 7HAPPINESS Helen Shapiro

ALL 1 WALK RIGHT BACK I'LL BE HOME LOVE LETTERS IN THE 1 HAVE TO DO IS 8 1 I'at Boone 1 SAND DREAAI/CLAUDETTE Everly Brothers T'S ALMOST TOMORROW Pat Boone Everly Brothers JOHNNY REMEMBER ME 2 9John Ley ton TheDreamWeavers 2DIANA 2WHO'S SORRY NOW WHATEVER WILL BE WILL Paul Anka ConnieFrancis HIS LATEST FLAME 3 10ElvisPresley BE 3ALL SHOOK UP 3MAGIC MOMENTS / CATCH Doris Day Elvis Presley A FALLING STAR IIULLO MARY LOU 11 THE POOR PEOPLE OF 4YOUNG LOVE PerryComo RickyNelson 4 Tab Hunter STUPIDCUPID / CAROLINA PARIS 4 12SURRENDER Winifred Atwell ISLAND IN THE SUN MOON Elvis Presley WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN 5 Harry Belafonte ConnieFrancis 5 13A GIRL LIKE YOU LOVE? TEDDY BEAR 5HOOTS MON CliffRichard The Teenagers 6 Lord Rockingham's 11 ElvisPresley 14TEMPTATION ROCK AND ROLL WALTZ YES, TONIGHT JOSEPHINE TULIPS FROM EverlyBrothers 6Kay Starr 7Johnnie Ray 6AMSTERDAM/HANDS MaxBygraves 15FBI 7ZAMBESI DON'T FORBID ME Shadows Lou Busch 8 7WHEN Pat Boone Kann Twins 16BLUE MOON 8A WOMAN IN LOVE WHEN IFALL IN LOVE Marcels Frankie Lathe 9Nat'King'Cole WONDERFUL TIME UP 8TIIERE/TOO SOON 17SAILOR JUST WALKIN' IN THE TO KNOW Petula ('lark 9RAIN 10LONG TALL SALLY Johnnie Ray Little Richard PatBoone 18ARE YOU LONESOME ONLY MAKE BELIEVE TONIGHT HOUND DOG PARTY 9 ElvisPresley 10 11 Conway TyvittY The consistentEverlyBrothers. Elvis Presley Elvis Presley' TIIEME FOR A DREAM MEMORIES ARE MADE OF 10WIIOLE LOTTA WOMAN 19 GAMBLIN' MAN/PUTTIN' MarvinRainwater CliffRichard 11 THIS 12ON THE STYLE Dean Martin FRIGHTENED CITY Lonnie Donegan 11BIRD DOG 20Shadows 12No OTHER LOVE Everly Brothers Ronnie Hilton 13MARY'S BOY CHILD JAILHOUSE ROCK REACH FOR THE STARS Harry Belafonte 12ElvisPresley ShirleyBasses 13 ONLY YOU The HiLltoppers THAT'LL BE THE DAY STORY OF MY LIFE 14Crickets 13 CATIII"S CLOWN LOST JOHN Michael Holliday LIVIN'DOLL 1 14Lonnie Donegan 011 BOY CUR Richard EverlyBrothers 15ALL THE WAY 14 A TEAR FELL Frank Sinatra Crickets 2WHAT DO YOU WANT TO 2PLEASE DON'T TEASE 15Teresa Brewer ON THE STREET WHERE MAKE THOSE EYES AT CliffRichard WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE 15YOU LIVE ME FOR GIRL OF MY BEST STRANGER ON THE SHORE LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS 16 EmileFord 3 1 16 Anne Shelton Everly Brothers Vic Damone FRIEND/MESS OF BLUES AckerBilk IT DOESN'T MATTER ElvisPresley ROCKIN' THROUGH THE RETURN TO ME 3 I REMEMBER YOU 17 TAMMY 16DeanMartin ANYMORE HANDY MAN 2FrankIfield RYE 17Debbie Reynolds Buddy Holly 4 FiiilHaleY TEA FOR TWO CHA CHA Jimmy Jones IN 17 TRAVELLIN' LIGHT CAN'T HELP FALLING ILOVE YOU BABY Tommy DorseyOrchestra APACHE 3LOVE/ROCK A HULA BABY 18SIXTEEN TONS 18 4CliffRichard 5 Tennessee Ernie Ford Paul Anka IT'S ALL IN THE GAME Shadows ElvisPresley 18 SMOKE GETS A SWEET OLD-FASHIONED Tommy Edwards IN YOUR 6IT'S NOW OR NEVER WONDERFUL LAND 19 19REMEMBER YOU'RE MINE 5EYES ElvisPresley 4The Shadows GIRL I'at Boone A CERTAIN SMILE Platters Teresa Brewer 19Johnny Mathis 7WHY LET'S TWIST AGAIN SIDE SADDLE Tony Newley 5 ChubbyChecker HEARTBREAK HOTEL APRIL LOVE TOM DOOLEY 6RussConway 20Elvis Presley' 20I'at Boone 20 1,onnie Donegan 8SAVE TILE LAST DANCE THE YOUNG ONES DREAM LOVER FOR ME 6 CliffRichard 7BobbyDarin Drifters A PICTURE OF YOU INEED YOUR LOVE 8 BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG 7JoeBrown TONIGHT/A FOOL SUCH 9Duane Eddy AS 1 COME OUTSIDE 8 Elvis Presley 10SHAKIN' ALL OVER Mike Sarne BATLE OF NEW ORLEANS Johnny Kidd GOOD LUCK CHARM 9LonnieDonegan POETRY IN MOTION 9ElvisPresley 11 JohnnyTillotson 10ONLY SIXTEEN I CAN'T STOP LOVIN' YOU CraigDouglas 12TELL LAURA 1 LOVE HER 10Ray Charles ROULETTE RickyValance TELSTAR 11 RussConway. RUNNING BEAR 11 Tornadoes 13JohnnyPreston AS I LOVE YOU SPEEDY GONZALES 12ShirleyHassey 14MAMA/ROBOT MAN 12PatBoone ConnieFrancis PETITE FLEUR I'M LOOKIN' OUT THE 13ChrisBarber AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME 13WINDOW/DO YOU WANT TO 15ShirleyHassey DANCE 14IT'S LATE/NEVER BE Cliff Richard ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU 16FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU RickyNelson CliffRichard 14THINGS I'VE WAITED SO LONG POOR ME BobbyDarin 15 17 Tony Newley Adam Faith 15THE LOCO -MOTION OH ('AROL GOOD TIMIN' LittleEva 16NeilSedaka Jimmy Jones TELL ME WHAT HE SAID 16HelenShapiro WHAT DO YOU WANT 18DO YOU MIND 17Adam Faith TonyNewley 17NUT ROCKER B. Bumble &TheStingers TILLIKISSED YOU TIIREE STEPS TO HEAVEN 18Everly Brothers EddieCochran ROSES ARE RED 18Ronnie Carroll MACK THE KNIFE I LOVE YOU 19Bobby Darin 19CliffRichard GINNY COME LATELY 19 LIPSTICK ON YOUR VOICE IN TILE Brian Hyland 20 COLLAR 20WILDERNESS WIMOWEll ConnieFrancis CliffRichard 20Karl Denver

KENNY LYNCH

sends his To Our New and Old Friends All Over anotede The World Seal 9,teetio94 A Swinging Xmas and The Best for '64 to all

.Cft his friends RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 COUNTRY ROUND -UP FOR 1963

NINETEEN -SIXTY-THREE has been a bumper year for English country music fans. The albums and E.P's have been flowing fast and furious, thanks to the London, Stateside, R.C.A. and Capitol labels. Unfortunately, the single releases have suffered through this, but we can't have it all at once. Country music is growing once again over here, and with the right promotion, it can stay big. The biggest break -through seems to be Bluegrass music. This past year has seen re- by BRIAN leases from Bill Clifton, Hylo Brown,BillMonroe,Glenn Campbell, Reno and Smiley, CHALKER The McCormick Brothers, The KentuckyRebels, The Barrier Brothers, The Green - Jim Reeves and his group in action during this year's visittoBritain. RM Picture by Dezo Hoffmann briar Boys, and The Lone- somePineFiddlerS.Many 'unknowns'havealsoseen whenever possible - sooner* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * the light of day by way of orlatertheywillknuckle fourparticularalbum re- under. We have had several. . leases - 'The Bluegrass Hall good shows already on radio, of Fame', and three 'Country but they have dwindled away, Music Hall of Fame' L.P.'s. but they can come backif JAZZ JUNKET The 'unknowns' are namely, the B.B.C. thinks itis worth 4, Stringbean, JimandJesse it. McReynolds, Red Allen, J. E. The most noticeable thing**************by*************by DAVIDDAVID GRIFFITHS************* Mainer, Sam and Kirk Mc- about the current interest in more blatantlypopr & b Gee,CarlStory,ErnestV. country musicistheinfil- JAZZ beganaspop Stoneman, Roger Miller, Lew trationof'Pop'sounds - rockers) the trad bands be- Childre,TheCrookBroth- stringsandchorus's.This music. But it soon came scarcer to find in the ers and Archie Campbell. must now beacceptedas turned into an art and charts. Kenny Ball has gone part of country and western on making hits but the jazz lostitsmassappeal. contenthasbeendiluted. TRAGEDY I'm afraid.Iattended many Then,after recording sessions whilstin about 30 Mike Cotton did mildly well Singers in other fields of Nashville and the commer-years of existence, one withSwing That Hammer countrymusichavedone cialsound was presentat typeofjazz(Benny (Columbia)andhasnow wellwithalbums,notably, every one. Even the Grand Goodman'sbigband takentofeaturing rhythm- George Jones, Hank Snow, OleOpryactshavevocal and-blues more than trad. Slim Whitman, Cowboy Hank Locklin groups oowah-ing in the swing) againturned Copas, TheCarterFamily, background, and if the Opryjazzintopopmusic: UNHAPPY Skeeter Davis, Webb Pierce,people. A blow from which itis only just beginning to hasit,it must be accepted. teenagers swooned and Big bands, jazzwise, have Johnny Bond, Sheb Wooley, This year has been goodrioted over Benny, and not had a happy year, The Patsy Cline, Johnny Horton, recover. forcountrymusic andit Centre 42 Big Band put out BurlIves, Jimmie Rodgers, What does1964holdin looks like 1964 will go evenArtie Shaw,in much a corny swing disc best for- Don Gibson, Red Foley, store for country music fans? further. the same way as today's gotten. Ted Heath's wonder- ErnestTubb,JimReeves, There is no doubt that the See youallagain soon. fullydrilledOrchestrahas MerleTravis,Johnny Cashdiscs will continue to be is- youngsters scr ea m Dave Brubeck took jazz and Warner Mack. This givessued regularly, as there are aboutElvisandthe into the pop charts. not been very active in jazz several schemes under way during the year. some indication of the pro- Beatles. winter was incredibly mag- Whichbringsus, portionstowhichcountry to furtherpromotion of fora music has grown in relatively country music in England. About 30 yearsafterthe nificent - and pulled in the happy finale, to Johnny short space of time. If country music is to stay swing era we in Britain had audiences. (Basie's unsur- Dankworth. If the band has Early in the year, a plane bigonthissideofthe the trad fad when a type of prisingly excellent orchestra,not gone on from strength crashclaimedPatsyCline, Atlantic, record wise, it must jazz (more or less Dixieland) withSarahVaughan,did to strength, atleastitcan Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw have much more exposure became the tops in pops and ratherlessbusinessthan be said that it has gone op. Hawkins and Randy Hughes. on radio and television. Both Barber, Ball and Bilk were StanKenton'sastonishingly Theleader hasbeenkept Shortly afterwards, Jack concernsarestillfighting thebig money -spinnersin good band, the best he's hadbusy writing scores for films Anglin died in a car smash. shy, soit'sup toyou, the show business. foralong time, and wasand T.V. with the result that Country music lost five great fan,tosend in requests Will there, some time dur- received by small but rav-he'sbecome a much more ingthe next 30 -oddyears, ingly enthusiastic audiences).experiencedjazzcomposer. be another jazz break- The year ends with his most throughtothe topofthe RE -ISSUES ambitious effort yet for his charts? ownorchestra:asuitein SHOPPING PROBLEMS? Undoubtedly. Apart from the recent bos-tributeto thecharacters Will modern jazz have its sa nova records, I'd say thatcreated by Charles Dickens! TO HELP YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WE SHALL BE turn in favour? the best jazz records releasedThe LP (Fontana TL 5203) OPEN UNTIL 8 p.m. EVERY EVENING THIS MONTH That'sdoubtful(because in1963 were re -issues. The is,naturally,entitled What modern jazzrequires more MiltJacksonQuartet(on The Dickens!andfeatures DOBELL'S JAZZ RECORD SHOP, 77 Charing Cross Road, knowledge on the part of the Realm) was the start of thethe Dankworth Orchestra London, W.C.2. ThelatePatsy('line, ModernJazzQuartetand whowaskilledina listenerandthereforehas they've never surpassed thatand guests (including Tubby planecrash. lesssuperficialappeal)but Hayes, Ronnie Ross and har- certainlypossible. early standard. Columbia pist David Snell).It'squite gave us an excellent Parkereasytoobjecttoattempts LP, Bird, and the best of Budto portray in jazz characters NEXT WEEK POP HITS Powell(mostly from1947) created beforethis century eamAtioceat4 66 de Ray Charles, whose piano on Bud. Realm re -issued (the very juxtaposition of a and alto playing is strongly the Parker memorial albumssaxophone against the image influenced by modernjazz, (fiveof them)ata cheapof Dickensisconfusing, to BEATLES has been a huge pop success price. These contain some ofsay theleast), and theas- Seadoo - mostly as a bluesey singer. the most breathtaking musicsociationofjazzwithany PICTURE Yet Dave Brubeck's uncom- ever recorded anywhere. kind of1 iterature tends to- promising Take Five and, to InBritain some odd ses- wardscoynessandirrele, SPREAD a lesser extent, It's A Raggy sionstookplace.Thenor-vance,butlet'snotworry from Waltz became pop hits. mallynote- cramming andtoo much about that. Dank - Bossa nova played by jazz- chord - stending Tubby Hayesworth has been enabled to RHYTHM & men became amild vogue madeasimpleversionof usesuchtitlesasWeller Bob Adams & Gerry Evans but not, alas, a fully-fledged Sally (Fontana), simply aimedNever Did andPleaseSir, BLUES craze. at the charts. It didn't makeI Want Some More (the One Gillespie, Miles Davis, Oscar it but Tubby's jazz LPs haveMore Time ofitsday,no of Peterson,CountBasicand beengoodsellersandhe doubt) and the "inspiration" HOLLIES GerryMulligan,have been remains the Golden Boy ofof the varied characters has well represented on LP's dur- British modernists, the onlyperhaps helped him to come ing theyear. The greatest one with commercial appeal.up withahighlysaleable SOUND CITY & DRUM CITY COMPETITION of them all, Duke Ellington, As the traddies began tocommodity. Any way, the re- made a slightly disappointing lose ground to the rhythm-sult is good jazz with a wel- 24 Rupert Street, 114 Shaftesbury debutalbum(AfroBossa) and-blues groups(someof cometouchoforiginality. TOP DISCS under his contract with Sin- which contain good jazzmenDankworth tells me: "It's the W.1 Ave., W.1 atra's Reprise label but thebut these have, so far, beenfirst record I've made thatI band that toured Britain last less popular on disc than thecan stand!" RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 19 Rhythm and Bluesi made thenews THIS has been THE by yearforrhythm and blues fans. There is no doubt aboutit. NORMAN At the beginning of the year the R & B craze JOPLING hadn'tspreadoutside"Don't say nothin' bad about ofasmallcircleofmy baby,"Cookies;"Eter- nally,"Ch an t el s: "The "fanatics". Now, it'sTwister," Bo Diddley; "Just THE CRYSTALS-America's most popular female the big thing. Whether like Itreatyou,"Howlin' scored three hits this year in Britain. Wolf: "Help me," Sonny Boy or not it will continue Williamson;"CountryLine need me," Solomon Burke: JUNE: Discincharts - "Whataguy,"Raindrops: ALEXIS KORNER-The start of it all here to dominate the scene special,"CyrilDavies;"All "Da doo ron ron," Crystals. is right," Grandisons. RM fea- "Askme," Maxine Brown: Unsuccessful new releases- debatable,butso tures on R & B were Ben E. "Hobo flats," Jimmy Smith: "Pushover," Etta James: far it is very, very big. King, Chuck Berry, Bo "Today I met," Darlene "You alwayshurt the one How did it all start? Well, Diddley,CyrilDaviesand Love; "Hello stranger,"you love," Fats Domino; "My without doubt the Marqueedespite much publicity only Barbara Lewis: "This empty block," 4 Pennies; ''Shake a NATIONAL JAll FEDERATION ClubtogetherwithCyril "Chuck Berry" L.P. of Pye's place," Dionne Warwick: hand,"JackieWilsonand DaviesandAlexisKornerR and B release made the "Prisoneroflove,"James Linda Hopkins. RM features Present the Star of the i963 had a good deal to do with charts.Butalltheothers Brown; "There goes my on Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee it. But everything just snow-sold extremely well. heart again," Fats Domino. Lewis, currently touring, AMERICAN NEGRO BLUES FESTIVAL balled so fast that the real MAY: Discs in charts. RM features were included Sam Cooke, the Majors, reasons for the craze might "AnotherSaturdaynight," onMary Wells and Jerry Cyril Davies, the Crystals. never be known. Sam Cooke;"Foolishlittle Lee Lewis. Ray Charles SONNY BOY Here's a summary of the girl,"Shirelles.Unsuccess- visits here and gets mixed NEXT WEEK: The lastsix main R & B events of the fulreleaseswere"Ifyou reviews. months. WILLIAMSON year starting with- JANUARY: Only discsin December 24th-Christmas Eve December 31st-New Year's Eve MARQUEE CLUB MARQUEE CLUB top 50 are "He'sarebel," 165 Oxford St., W.I. 165 Oxford St., W.I. Crystals; "Keep your hands with with offmy baby,"LittleEva, CYRIL DAVIES' ALL STARS CHRIS BARBER'S JAZZ BAND To Long John Baldry, etc. Plus many guests "Chains,' Cookies;,"Don't 7.30 to midnight 7.30 to 12.30 a.m. hang up," Orions. Tickets: 5/- (Members) Tickets: 7/6 (Members) Unsuccessfulnewreleases 7/6 (Guests). 10/- (Guests). were "Seeseerider,'La VerneBaker;"Untieme," myFriends SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29that7.30 p.m. EMPIRE THEATRE, LIVERPOOL The Tams; "Remember with then," The Earls and Jimmy THE CHRIS BARBER JAZZ BAND Powell; "He's sure the boy also the return of Britain's finest Blues Singer I love,"Crystals;"Every- Far and Near OTTILIE PATTERSON body loves a lover," Tickets:8/6, 7/6, 6/6,5/-,4/-. From: Advance Box Office, Empire Shirelles; while RM features Theatre. theOrions,theCrystals, 18 Carlisle Street, Soho Square, London, W.I. Tel.: GERard 8923 Fats Domino, Shirelles, Bob B. Soxx, The Cookies. I extend my warmest FEBRUARY: R and B entries- "Zip-a-dee-doo- The greatest folk trio of them all dah," Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans; "Tell him," Exciters. Unsuccessful re- 9teet4e,4 leases include "That'slife," PETER, Gabriel andthe Angels; "Send me some loving," Sam RUSS CONWAY Cooke; "Jelly bread," Booker T. and the M.G's; "My wife PAUL can'tcook,"LonnieRuss; "Don't make me over," Dionne Warwick; "Two lovers," Mary Wells:while & MARY RM features Little Eva and Frankie Lymon. MARCH: Discs in are PUFF-The magic dragon "Let's Turkey Trot,"Little Eva and no more. Unsuccess- ful R and B discs include- "I don't need you no more," and Rumblers; "Lover come back to me," Cleftones: "I'm gonna forgetyou,"Tiaras; MOVING "What in the world," Majors;"I'mthe one who a fine Peter, Paul & Mary LP full of real folk spirit loves you," Impressions: "Mama didn't lie," Jan Brad- ley; "You really got a hold on me," the Miracles; "How can I forget," Ben E. King; "ShakeSherry,"Contours; "SoulMotion,"Don and Dewy;"On Br o a dw a y," Drifters; "Tell him I'm not home," Chuck Jackson and RM featuresincludedthe Miracles(first'Great Un- knowns'): R and B survey; CI WS 8124C) WM 8124 RM reader suggested an R 12" stereo or mono LP and B club. Little Eva goes home aftertour. APRIL: Discs in, 'He's so fine," Chiffons; "Do the Bird," Dee Dee Sharp. Un- WARNER BROS. RECORDS DECCA HOUSE ALBERT EMBANKMENT LONDON S Et successful new issues were 20 RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 On the bigscreenfor Christmas

Special Film Preview

LIVE

Gene Vincent. IT UP

by Heinz and Patsy Ann Noble in a scene from the upcoming film "Live it up." LANGLEY JOHNSON

Latest film produced as a vehicle for pop talent could be a Christmas winner. THE SOUTHEND SOUND

LOADS of pop interestreleaseonDecember PRESENTED in"LiveItUp," 29, in company with the the Rank Organizationnew Norman Wisdom BY THE movie which opened at movie. PARAMOUNTS the New Victoria, Lon- Pop appeal largely centres don, on December 15- round Heinz, cast as one of four Post Office messengerNOW it's the Southend and goes out on general boys who gain fame as "The Sound. ThePara - SmartAlecs".Heinzsings mounts, to be precise. "Live It Up" and "Don't You Understand" and also has aA four -handedgroup fairchancetoextendhiswho've made consider- actingabilities.Hecomes able noise already with across as a likeable person-their "Poison Ivy" ality, with a ready smile and a goodly sense of timing hisdebut release-and it's acd a lines. a particularly swinging version of the old Coasters' hit. qaftitet 1964 GOOD SONGS And pianist -lead singer Story is a routine one butGary Brooker, by co- is highlighted by good songsincidence,formedagroup - most of which were com-CALLED the Coasters in the to all posed by Joe Meek. In fact,Southend area when he was the story is purely incidentalin his mid -teens. tothewell -presentedpop Here are the Paramounts who are intent on proving ,second 7a4ta numbers. DEMO that Liverpool is not the only beat centre in Britain. Solet'sconcentrate on TheoriginalParamounts what you'll hear . . . Kenny Ball and the Jazz-were formed three years ago.Nit ItaltAX MA Mall IIIIIMMIA MOM AZ NO XIMPAMICIN mentackle "Rondo"and They struggled round various "Hand Me Down My Walkin'local dates, gradually build- 1 Shoes".PatsyAnnNoble ing up their reputation. A LEE CURTIS and the ALL STARS registers strong profes- lotofthefanssuggested sionalism on her "Accidentsthey shouldbe onrecord- Wishingyou a Will Happen", probably theings so the boys pooled some II BERYL MARSDEN best song inthe Movie -money and made .a demon- 1 111 lyricsby Bob Barratt andstration disc. Merry Christmas music by Norrie Paramor. It went to Ron Richards at and all at the EMI who was so impressedII II he brought them to London a 111 GUESTS soon afterwards, signed them anda rteet CARLTON-BROOKE AGENCY onthedottedline - and Then on to the Meeksiancoupled, on Parlophone, i II numbers.Apartfromthe"PoisonIvy"with"IFeel II Heinz'pair,GeneVincentGood All Over." contributes "Don't You Gary Brooker used to -be Happy New Year t4Ple.g1,03)111111ANCtile'lltrAir.A10.1tANANIV.AIJA, understand",Jennifer Mossa laboratory assistant beforeI I (From'CoronationStreet') turningfull -professionalin from has "Please LetIt Happen August this year. I C To Me", Sounds Incorporated Rob Trower isco-founder do that dynamic "Keep Mov-of the Paramounts and plays THE HOLLIES GOOD MUSICAL C ing", the Outlaws have "Lawguitar.Originally he worked if And Order", Kim Roberts'aroundwithtwoorthree SHANE FENTON AND THE FENTONES1 C song is "Loving Me This Way" rockgroups inEssex.. and Andy Cavellandthe Whentheoriginalbass THE LORNE GIBSON TRIO C Saints perform "Don't Takeguitarist left to go to univer- 1 You From Me". sity,Diz Derrick took over. WISHES FOR C David Hemmings, JohnIle'd been a technician with FRANK KELLY AND THE HUNTERS ! C Pike and StephenMarriottthe BBC at Alexandra Park,ir a are the others in the quartetthenworkedasatrainee JUDD PROCTER C of messengers who send mes-clericalofficerintheCivil sages as well as deliver them. Service. MARY MAY 1964 CAnd they work wellwith Andwhentheoriginal II Heinz on getting the storydrummerleftbecause he JILL GRAHAM C acrossinan un-corny way. didn'treallywant toturn 1 I And thereare guestap- professional,BarrieWilson TheWilsonEntertainment Agency C pearances from Nancy Spain,took over. He's the youngest1 Ltd. Peter Haigh and Peter Noble of the group and is a power- (Tommy Sanderson, Eddie Donoghue) 1 7244/tee Panastal adding tothe general fun.house performer on drums. 1 Should dowell,thisun- 142 Charing Cross Road,London,W.C.Z. C How about keeping a close 1 pretentious movie. And geteye on them for big things TEMple Bar 3948 through, dead -centre, to theduring the coming few ANA' !IAA glIthe./te. aCtitt: IN0.110.1%0.11ilt teenage fans. months? "IgNirliktiltiMATAVDRAWMPliiiiMARMIONNIR RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 21 Record E.P's by KEN GRAHAM Mirror It'sa young Ray Charles

" Wild man" Mel Turner. RAY CHARLES THE LIMELITERS The Original,Vol.1: Ain'tthat Fun And Folk: Gunslinger; fine;Honey,honey;Ray Charles VikkiDougan;Yerakina;Bythe blues;Don't putallyour dreams risin'ofthemoon. (RCA -Victor in one basket. (London RE -B RCX 7126). THE LATEST SINGLES 1407). IT'S "fun and folk"indeed. The TheOriginal,Vol.2:St.Pete Limeliterssound Floridablues;Youalwaysmiss likeareal the water; Jack, she's on the ball; fun -loving bunch and theyare THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS TOMMY WATT 'MEL TURNER Can anyone ask for more. (London talented musically too. Their wise- White Christmas; Mohican Crawl. cracks would do justiceto many My Babe; Fee-Fl-Fidily-I-0 (Lon- Burke'sLaw Theme; Lapland RE -B1408). atopcomedian'sscript.A most don HL 9814). Romance. (Columbia DB 7176). (Carnival CV 7003). The Original. Vol.3:Let's have enjoyable album which might not. a ball;IfIgive you my love; I'm GREAT beat on this minor U.S. THEinterestingtitleddiscis fabulousMel Turnerlays unfortunately,gettheattentionit a beat sitting on topoftheworld;I've deserves. hit,and the high -voiced group given a good thumping sound I down slowthumping had my fun.(London RE -B 1409). thathititbigwith"Little and there's plenty of big on this extremely off -beat * * * * LatinLupe Lu"havea number band brashness involved here. vce-s'on of the Irving Berlin AVERY, veryyouthfulRay RICK NELSON which could do pretty well here. A More for adult sales we think, but standard.There'sabluesyKetty Charles, in fact he's somewhat big band enters,andthe unusual neverthelessit'sa prettycom- Lestertypepianoandafemme reminiscent ofanearlier Nat I WillFollowYou; PickUp vocalisingadds a lot to this mercial record. Not a hit of course. chorus to help him along on the Coleon some tracks.The blues The Pieces;One Boy Too Late; interesting number. Flip is an Isley Smoother sortof number forthe slow number.Hisvocalworkouts feeling is there and this set should Let's Talk The Whole Thing Over Brothers type thing, and there's a fkp, an efficient piece of orchestra- are great-in factthe whole disc appealespeciallytocollectors. I (Brunswick OE 9502). distinct gospel flavour to it. t'on again. isprettygood.Andsalesshould doubtif many of the followers of FIRST E.P. from his new label * * * begoodthistimeofyear.Flip hishit parade discs will be really is this interesting album which * * * * isa faster number with plenty of interested inthis . . . butIhope col- featuresRickinfine vtical BARRY AND THE TAMBERLANES sax and no vocal. theyare.A most interesting form.There'sagoodtreatment I Wonder WhatShe's Doing * * * * lection. of the Peggy March hit called "I Tonight;Don't Go (Warner Bros. * * * * Ray Charles. Will Follow You"-but Rick's treat- WB 116) TOBIN MATHEWS mentismore subtleandgentle. SAM COOKE THIS big U.S. hit is produced by Can'tStopTalkingAbout You; PAUL ANKA His fans willgo a bomb on this the same team who made the When You Came Along(Warner Swing Sweetly: I'm lust a one. Brothers WB 117). Theycallthewind Fly Me To The Moon: Lady of Cascades"Rhythm Of The countryboy; Spain;Brazil;Sorrento;Fly me * * * Rain".It's ateen -styledcatchy ACOFFIN -KING composition on Maria; Long long ago; Goin' holUe.(RCA -Victor RCX 7128). tothemoon. (RCA -VictorRCX THE EVERLEY BROTHERS number with Barry ably supported thisextremelycatchy teen - 7127). by dual tracking and the Tamber- beat type number from an all- SMOOTH - VOICED Sam Cooke Temptation; Oh My Papa; lanes.Flipis amedium -tempo American soundinglad. It's a withfouroutstandingitems AN excerpt fromPaul'srecent Autumn Leaves; Tree Love (Warner numberagainwith good vocal healthyveryfasteffortwith a from the standard catalogues. album with material whichis Bros. WEP 6113). work. femme chorus backing him to the hasdressedthemupina better than a lot of his recent hilt.Everything is thrown in,and He singles.Whetherthiswillbring THE excellentvocalduohave * * * * this is a cert for big sales. It should gently swinging style and the him back into the charts is another a go atthis"InstantParty' resultisadelighttohear.It's (Vol.2)EP,whichfeatures IAN AND SYLVIA make the charts but we can't be chartentrant matter, however.Itcould be just sure. differentfromhis too classy for the fans. their while -back number one biggie 4 Strong Winds; Long Lonesome discsinapproachbutthevoice "Temptation."Thewholeset is Road (Fontana TF 426). * * * * remains the same . . so perhaps * * * strong and versatile and we reckon GENTLE folksy -sounding number GEORGE HAMILTON you'll enjoy it. JIM REEVES that together with Don and Phil's fromtheefficientduo,who ideas for warming up a party on make this pleasing song sound Don't Envy Me; Does Goodnight * * * * From TheHeart:Justoutof thesleevethediscwilldo very very nice indeed. Not commercial, Mean Goodbye (MGM 1215). GENE VINCENT reach;I'd fight the world;I never wellindeed. but fans ofthis kind of thing will BARBRA STREISAND SWOON kingGeorgegetshis True To You: True to you; She passthereanymore;After loving * * * * go a bomb forit.Flip is a bit in HappyDaysAreHereAgain; teeth into a lazy sounding beat she little Sheila; Littlelover; you. MCA -Victor RCX 7131). the skiffle vein, and again it's very, Down With Love (CBS AAG 179). balladwithachorusanda WeepingWillow.(CapitolEAP1- RICH -VOICED Jim Reevesand BRENDA LEE veryfolksywithexcellentguitar THIS is magnificent. Barbra, one build -and -build dramatic quality. The 20461). fourtypicalsongs,atleast Rock -a -Bye YourBaby; Baby work. much -recorded songfrom "The Face;Toot,TootTootsle;Pretty ofthebiggesthitsinthe Victors" is given a tender treatment GENE VINCENT and four slick oneof which has dentedthe * * * States,tackles a fine song pieces and his inimitable charts in a big way. His Baby (Brunswick OE 9499). from George on theflip. recordsarealwayspopularwith . style.I'msurprisedthatthe to Al HANK LOCKLIN with a slow intro. piano led, all FOUR tracks,tributes andthentakesthechorusata current beat trendhasn't brought age groups andthisonewill Jolson, fromBrenda'sL.P. WoodenSoldier;Kiss OnThe * * * beno exception. much slower pace than usual. Her SHIRLEY JACKSON him back to the charts, but there's Good,relaxing "Grandma What Great Songs Door (RCA -Victor 1370). phrasing, production, style,diction, timeyet,andGene'saspopular stuff. some Broken Home; No Greater Love YouSang,"recordedfirst -EIROMtheverypopularHank note -bending . . allmarvellous. as ever on the one-nighter circuits. * * * four years ago. Hear the gal swing Locklincomesthiscountry - Won'tbe ahit,ofcourse.But Than Mine (Decca F 11788). Good stuff this, lend an ear. on "Baby Face." Maybe she lacks styled number which moves at whattarecord!Touches ofthe SHIRLEY singswell of her boy, THE EVERLY BROTHERS her current polish here . . . but amedium tempo and employs a Judy Garlands for sheer intensity. who comesfromabroken * * * * theexcitement makes upforit. clever lyric set to a martial beat. Flipisalsoemotionaland tough home. There's a femme chorus DUANE EDDY TheihSidesOf An EveningFor Rather unhappy. Commercial-could in content. Another wonderful on the slow -to -medium number, and Dancing: My ga'. Sal;Bully of the * * * * Mr. Twang:Limborock;Wild My Mammy. click in a small way. performance. quitea considerable beat.Military Watusi;Spanishtwist; Nashville town; Chlo-e; THE BACHELORS styledrumbeatonflip,a more (Warner Brothers WEP 6115). I'llSee * * * * * * * * withShirley stomp. (RCA -Victor RCX 7129). Charmaine.Bashanova; adulttypenumber FOUR bright onesfrom the You In My Dreams; By The Light again singingwell. THREE DuaneEddyoriginals Everlv Brothers, taken from a Of The Silvery Moon (Decca DFE out of four. The twangy * * * recent album which I enjoyed 8529). MilingingellitintintiONIMMOOKINIMMISMINVIE guitar goesallout fromthe two TED HEATH startandit'stypical materialall immensely.Thefirst tracks AN ingenious trio,vocally, these theway.Andthismeans more wouldn't be long out of the charts Bachelorsproducedistinctly March of "The Victors"; Country ifreleasedasasingle . . . at Waltz (Decca F 11787). bigsalesforthisquietyoung differentsoundson"Bashan- American. No three -chord guitarist least I thinkso,butpredicting ova." "Silvery Moon" fairly FROM thefilmthatlookslike hitsbecomes moredifficulteach harmonicdelights is Mr. Eddy, he really knows how a cascadeswith being a big money -spinner tohandlehis day. Anyway I do recommend but even when in delicate mood they instrument and the to'this particular pro- Seadoaal9,reetiop C comesthisbright-ishtheme, resultis a polished andheaty listen producevirileexcitement."Char- withsomegoodmilitarysounds performance. gramme. It's good. maine."ofcourse,clicks. from the orchestra.It'swellper- C formed, and we Imagine thatlots * * * * * * * * * * * of people who see the film will like C this as a sort of souvenir.Flipis from alighter,jauntylittlepiecewith good sounds from all concerned. C * * * "Yours truly" C SHIRLEY ELLIS TheNittyGritty;Give Me A List(London HLR 9824). AMERICAN dancebit,but with theaddedimpactofhaving theBeatles'approval.Shirley sings out well with a well-rounded voice and a well-rounded backing. Plenty of impact and interest with noises going on from an audience inthe background. Just missesa TwentyTip,butit'sgoodgear. Brassy sounds midway.Shirleyis much quiter on theflip-andshe sings,bluesy-styled,in exactly the right way. Very pointedvocal. * * * * ADRIENNE POSTER Only Fifteen; There'sNothing You Can Do About That (Decca F 11797). TEEN -AGED actress on a vocal kick-this isthedisc that THE BEATLES caused alot ofcontroversy not so long ago.It's a bright, brisk Wishing you a teenyballadwithalotofstyle GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS inthesinging.Maybe notahit 7)/.t . . but enough to make you want to hear more of the gal concerned. WONDERFUL BILLY J. KRAMER wie, THE DAKOTAS REALM Nicely arranged.Flipisa double - tracked item, withafair amount 179? A.pi,V CHRISTMAS of charm inthelyrics. JJ * * * THE FOURMOST ORIOLE-EURODISC * ANDY STEWART and a Peaceful Campeltown Loch; Morag CILLA BLACK TOMMY QUICKLY : BRIAN EPSTEIN O'Dunvegan (HMV Pop 1246). C..Q.S2g. Watt. '4A I-041 TIME -ORIOLE LAST-TEMPOED Scottishballad and Prosperous r from oneofthefewBritish artistes tosellall over the world. But thisone is moreslanted towardstheScottish marketand, REALM -SAVOY * New Year assuch,must have onlylimited sales.All "Ochs" and "Ayes" and allthat. Simple little backing; fair amount ofgood-heartedsinging. Flipiseven more ontheScots' folkseykick . andisequally ORIOLE RECORDS LTD. 104 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON,W.1 well sung. * * * 22 RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963

RECORDS Christmassongsperformed FOR -CHRISTMAS- DAVID LISBON. Most family parties end up around the old parlour joanna - but, doubt- asRhythm less, David Lisbon will shine through stronger than Uncle Fred or Aunt Minnie forthesing -song proceedings. A talented ladis Dave and he really knows how to tickle the oldivories. This oneispretty well guaranteedtokeep the folks and Blues ;sappilyoccupied.Philips BL 7589. MAHALIA JACKSON. ('RYSTALS, RONNETTES, etc. One ofthe most moving singers ithas ever been my pleasureto A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU: White Christmas;Frosty the snow- hearisMahalia Jackson. A majes- man; The bells ofSt. Mary; Santa Claus is comin' to town; Sleigh ride; tic figure inthe music world Miss Marshmallow world;Isaw Mummy kissing Santa ('laws; Rudolph the red - Jacksonisa thoroughly dedicated nosed soldier; reindeer;Winterwonderland; Paradeofthewooden artiste.Being a Gospel singer the Christmas; Here comes Santa Claus; Silent night. (London HA-U 8141). religious side is predominant in this Christmas collection.It's an absol- PHIL SPECTOR hascollectedhistopstars togetherforthisbeaty ute joy. CBS BPG 62130. Christmas treat. You've just never heard these traditional favourites sung thisstylebefore. The artistes concerned are the Ronettes. the Crystals, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans. Darlene Love and Phil Spector himself. MURIEL SMITH. I can safely betthathad London decided torelease any track from this albumitwould have made a healthy dent inthe best sellers. The The most attractive Muriel Smith sounds are justrightfor the beat fans of today. Ibet this one ends up wouldbe more than welcomeat in a load of pop fan Christmas stockings any party, but when she brings her songs along too who could ask for * * * * * anything more. A strong voice and GROUP BEAT '63 a strong song selection of Christmas Do_ioll love me (Faron's music.AgainPhilipsisthelabel SWINGIN' SUSAN: A lot of Flamingos); HaysNagila (Spot - and the number is BL 7586. llvin'to uo;ItI were a bell; The nicks);Fragile (Mark Peters and lady'sinlovewithyou; PoPlia. the Silhouettes); Diddle dedum don'tpreachtome; When ligh.s (Jeff RowenaFive);I'llcryno are low; Just one of those things; more (Buddy Britten and the The gypsyin my soul;Old uevii Reg ents) ; Sweet and tender moon;It might as well be spring; romance (CarterLewis andthe Things are swingin'; Ca, c'est Southerners);if you gotta make a !'amour; Gone with the wind. fool of somebody (B. Britten/ (Philips BL 7577.) Regents);Just listento my heart (Spotnicks); lioNESTLY don't think it (Flamingos); Who told you (('. I wouldmattermuch a Susan Lewis / Southerners); There's a Maughan never had another place (Bobby Sansom and the top twentyhitinher career. She Giants);Highflyin' Scotsman (Spot - has talent in abundance and should nicks).(Oriole Realm 148.) SI ZENTNER BAND BobB.Soxx and the the pop door be closed to her then HERE'S a real beaty treat, and RHYTHM PLUS BLUES: Doggin' around Walkin'; What amIliving Blue Jeans. anotheroutletwillautomatically atonly22s.6d.itshould do for;('aldonia; just aslongas Dada-dada-dup-bup-bup; Going totheriver; Sweetie; appear shecon- a bombthis Christmas. In- Puddle Jumpin';Troublein mind; Honey dripper;Blue prelude; Simon tinuestoturnoutpolished,pro- cidentally.for my money.itcon- sez. (Liberty LBY 1164). fessionalshorts like this. this tains the best of the recent c2I ZENTNER recently gave the big band business a shot JAN AND DEAN album demonstrates a talent which versionsof"Do YOU loveme". in the arm shouldlakehertosuccessinter- This was the 'B' side of a disc by when hehitthe jackpot with ahitsingle," Up alazyriver."It SURF CITY;SurfCity; Mem- JOE LOSS nationally. And she has more than Faron'sFlamingosreleasedquite attracted a lot of custom to his band in America and revived interest phis; Detroit City; Manhattan; in dance bands generally. afair share of good looksto help a whilebeforethe BrianPoole Philadelphia,PA; Way down yon- Ten titles on this seasonal Now hehasanother album on the market which, Ihope,willwin herout.Thisisoneofthebest hit.If onlya trickof Fate had der in New Orleans: Honolulu offeringfromJoeLoss andhis homegrown albums for a long him many more friendsinthiscountry.It's very danceablestuff and Lulu; Kansas City;Ileft my heart danceable band.It'sjust right for had that record flipped Faron could be you'll likeit. whileandit's a realbeautyall andhisbuddiescouldwellhave Francisco; You came a to thatpartyinthefrontparlour. arrangements waySanm:from Thetempois the way. Brilliant beenhittingthehighspotstoday. * * * * St.Louis; Talahassee forTwistingbut. too,by Wally Stott. A good all round beat album. lassie; SoulCity. (LibertyLBY doubtless,you'll heabletofitin * * * * * * whichever current dance YOU AHITwith prefer. The labelis HMV and the "SurfCity" and number. 7EG 8828. FLAMINGO & ALLNIGHTER CLUBS now the usual follow-up 33-37 WARDOUR STREET, W.1. album.Butit'snotoneof those quickly - knocked - together items. Theprogramme is enter- Rik Gunnell and Tony Harris present: taining and variedinappeal. DAN THE MUSIC MAN A good party disctoo,forget- Thistwo -albumdeal isforthe FRIDAY 7.30 p.m.- 11.30 p.m. THE tingthewallflowers on theirfeet. youngsters,but, as Orioleclaim STEVE LANE COMBO Mind you. ifyou'dratherjust on the sleeve.it'sfor "children of listen.you'llstillenjoy theset. all ages." Dan sits at the keyboard FRIDAY 12 midnight - 5 a.m. and sings popularkiddie songs GEORGIE FAME and Blue Flames * * * with cute linking passages. There's SATURDAY 7 p.m.-11.30 p.m. ADAM FAITH anuncredited lady present,too,to TORNADOS help thingsalong.IfYOU want to TOMMY WHITTLE QT. plus THE 'SEXTET' FOR YOU:The wanderer;My kind ofgirl;Forget him;Forget- keepyouryoungerbrothersand SATURDAY 12 midnight- 6a.m. me-not;Lettherebelove;Lazy sistersoutofthewayatyour GEORGIE FAME and Blue Flames river: Hello Mary Lou; Ginny party. borrow another record (CLEM, ALAN, BRYAN, RAY & JIMMY) comelately; Things;Take good player, buy themthis set and TONY KINSEY QUINTET care of my baby;It doesn't matter luck them away inanother room. SUNDAY AFTERNOON 3 p.m. -6 p.m. any more;Bye byelove.(Parlo- EP -7081and 7082 on Oriole. DAVE DAVINI phone PMC 1213.) SUNDAY 7.15 p.m. -11 p.m. 'LIEBE'S abeautyfrom Adam. GEORGIE FAME and Blue Flames El Good to see him strongly back PINKY AND PERKY. inthe charts these daystoo. wish Everybodya Merry MONDAY 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. This set will make alot of people Somethingforthekiddiesnext. GEORGIE FAME and Blue Flames sit up and takenotice. Adam The fabulous puppet twosome have dabblesinsome materialusually some really hip backings from Alyn TUESDAY 7.30 p.m. - 11.30 p.m. "Christmas Eve Rave" considered "notsuitableforpop Ainsworth as they chant their way . . idols" . and he does a good through a really wide ranged song DAVE DAVINI The "D" Men and Beryl job on them. book. Bet more than the youngsters Christmas & Happy New Year I loved the almost country - will dig this one. TUESDAY 12 midnight - 5 a.m. styled arrangement of "My kind of "Christmas Eve All -Night Party" girl"witha touchoftheFloyd Cramer's on the accompanying GEORGIE FAME and Blue Flames piano. His fanswill love this-and DAVID KOSSOFF. and Clyde Burns and Beachcombers he'll win alot more followers too. WEDNESDAY. CHRISTMAS EVE 3 a.m. InhisroleofAlf Larkin,Mr. 9 p.m. - once the word spreads. Kossoff invites one andallto join TONY SHEVETON and SHEVELLES * * * * in a Cockneysing -up.Justright STEVE LAINE COMBO for the family. Oriole -Realm RM142. THURSDAY 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. GEORGIE FAME and Blue Flames FABULOUS SUNSPOTS (Po THE eti?, AX5',Mift.4WWW,)-M,M iiC_M)ft,1 M

a CHRISTMAS GREETINGS ACES HAPPY CHRISTMAS SING .4ND .4 PROSPEROI'SNEW' TO THE STARVING YEAR TO .41.1,Ot-R Fl?lENDS N from 'WAIT TILL TOMORROW' HAIRDRESSERS AND BURLINGTON MUSIC CO. LTD on PARLOPHONE R.5094 a and PALACE MUSIC CO. LTD 9 Albert Embankment THEIR FAMILIES a - London, S.E.1 FILMUSIC LTD.(ArtistesManagement) 110 New Bond St., W.I.- HYD 7633 itil! kAgl "ft! MS liti211 RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending, December 21, 1963 23 *-***** *** * * * * * * * * * ******** CASHBOX TOP 50 Record Mirror BRITAIN'S TOP 50 AIR MAILED FROM NEW YORK COMPILED BY THE RECORD RETAILER TOP TWENTY -5 YEARS AGO A LOOK AT THE U.S. CHARTS CHART CHATTER ti HOOTS MON 11 MORE THAN EVER AFTER a surprise drop, Dave Clarke and his Five leap back up- FAST risingU.S.hits include-"Whispering," April Stevens and 1 (I)Lord Rockingham X1 (6)Malcolm Vaughan Nino Tempo; "Any one who had a heart." Dionne Warwick; maybe itwas the Beatles that causeditall . . The Shadows almost skidtoahalt with "Geronimo" while Gene Pitney gets "You're no good,"Betty Everett;"Daisy petal picking," Jimmy ')IT'SONLY MAKE BELIEVE COME PRIMA/VOLARE 12(9)Marino Marini hisbiggesthiteverherewith"Twenty -four -hours From Tulsa."a Gilmer and theFireballs;"LittleSaint Nick," the Beach Boys; a'(2) Conway Witty medium sizedhitintheStates. Some of the records this week are allin Cliff "Baby Ilove you." the Ronettes;"It's the game," SOMEDAY really hanging on. Apart from the obvious "She Loves You" (17 weeks) Richard; "A-soalin'," Peter, Paul and Mary; "Do YOU hear what 3TOM DOOLEY 13(14) Ricky Nelson there's "Blue Bayou" (14 weeks), "Then He Kissed Me" (14 weeks). I hear,"BingCrosby;"We belongtogether," JimmyVelvet; (3) Lonnie Donegan and "Hello Little Girl"(15 weeks). But despite many plugs the new "Can't stop talking about you," Steve and Eydie; "Baby's gone," BIRD DOG Fourmost disc hasn't shown through yet. Gene Thomas. TOM DOOLEY were predictable - but 4(5) Kingston Trio 14(11)Everly Brothers New entrieslikeElvisand Buddy Holly New releases include-"Billie baby," Lloyd Price; "Who cares," what will happen to these two rather out -of -the -ordinary releases we Fats Domino; "It's Uncle Willie," Little Natalie and Uncle Henry; THE DAY THE RAINS CAME don't know. Chuck Berry rushes in with "Run Rudolph Run," while IT'S ALL IN THE GAME 151181 Jane Morgan his "Memphis" is dropping fast, and Big Dee Irwin with an un-named "High on a hill," Scott English; "The twelve gifts of Christmas," 5(4) Tommy Edwards Little Eva leaps into the top twenty. Popular two -some Chad Stuart Allan Sherman;"CableCarr,"Dave Brubeck;"Crying on my and Jeremy Clyde are up and down like a yo-yo with their "Yesterday's Pilow," Mary Johnson; "Jingle bells slide," Jack Scott. Not many HIGH CLASS BABY MOVE IT 16 (16)Cliff Richard (;one" and another Ember disc that's in for the second time is "Front new releases owing to Christmas. 6 (71Cliff Richard Russia With Love,"butthistimetheinstrumental version viathe Millicent Martin's "In the summer ofhis years" as performed SOMEDAY John Barry Orchestra. on "TWTWTW" given a single spotlight in the States on the ABC TEA FOR TWO CHA-CHA 17 New entriesduringthenextcoupleofweeksshouldbepretty 7(a) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (19) Jodi Sands willbereleased.Even label. Dusty Springfieldisalso tippedfor high honours with her interestingconsideringthatvery few discs onlywanttobewithyou"Theinterestingpointis that n KING CREOLE this week several oldies come back once more - and in the L.P. and "I LOVE MAKES THE WORLD E.P. scene the situationisthe same. reviewers compareditwith the Phil Spector sound-i.e.Crystals, 8GO ROUND 1 0(17)Elvis I'resley Ronettes, Darlene Love etc. The Singing Nun and the Kingsmen (13) Perry Como aresuccessfullyholdingoffBobbyVinton'seffort,butLenny MR. SUCCESS 19(-) Frank Sinatra I WANT TO HOLD YOUR KISS ME QUICK Welch and Brenda Lee could strike lucky. 0 A CERTAIN SMILE 1 HAND 25- (I) Elvis Presley New Isley Brothers revives James Brown's first great hit, which (10) Johnny Mathis 1 (3) The Beatles (RCA -Victor) even struck the charts here.it's "Please, please, please" andis STUPID CUPID/ (Parlophone) on Unart. but whether or not it will follow "Twistin' with Linda" COME ON LET'S GO 20CAROLINA MOON COUNTRY BOY in (15)('onnie Francis 26 34(3)Heinz (Decca) as a hit, after a succession of flops, is dubious. Sam Cooke to re- (12) Tommy Steele 2SHE LOVES YOU sign long-term contract with RCA. 5years back-"To know him 2(17) The Beatles HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE is to love him" top of all charts. N.J. ( Pa rlophone 2741 (2) The Swinging Blue YOU WERE MADE FOR ME Jeans (HMV) DOMINIQUE* LITTLE RED ROOSTER* 33 (7) Freddie & The 1 26 SUGAR & SPICE 1 (6) The Singing Nun 12(7) Sam Cooke (RCA) Dreamers (Columbia) 28 (Philips) 25 (9) The Searchers (Pye) * PRETTY PAPER BRITAIN'S TOP LP's GLAD ALL OVER 27- (1) Roy Orbison (Monument,) 4 BE MY BABY 2LOUIE LOUIE* 9 151 The Date Clark Five 29 21(10) The Ronettes 2(5)The Kinsmen (Wand) (Columbia) (London) 28SUGAR SHACK* * 15(13) Jimmy Gilmer & SECRET LOVE THERE! I'VE SAID IT The Fireballs (Dot) WITH THE BEATLES ON TOUR WITH THE 5 BLOWIN' IN THE WIND 3AGAIN* 1 (1) The Beatles (Parlophone) 12GEORGE MITCHELL 4 (7) Kathy Kirby (Decca) 3028 (11) Peter, Paul & Mary 4 (3) Bobby Vinton (Epic) DRAG CITY BLACK & WHITE (Warner Bros.( 29- (I) Jan & Dean (Liberty) PLEASE PLEASE ME MINSTRELS 6I ONLY WANT TO BE I'M LEAVING IT UP TO 2(2) The Beatles (Parlophone) (13) The George Mitchell WITH YOU FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE* YOU* Black & White Minstrels 7(5) Dusty Springfield 31 26(6) Matt Munro SOMEWHERE 3 HOW DO YOU LIKE IT (Philips) (Parlophone) 3(12) Dale & Grace (Montel)30- (1) Tymes (Parkway) (3) Gerry & The Pacemakers (Columbia) (Columbia) THE SHADOWS GREATEST MARIA ELENA STEPTOE & SON AT SINCE 1 FELL FOR YOU* KANSAS CITY* 75 (8) Los Indies Tabajaros 32BUCKINGHAM PALACE 11(7) Lenny Welch (Cadence) 1 35 13HITS (3)Trini Lopez (Reprise) WEST SIDE STORY (14) The Shadows (Columbia) (RCA -Victor) 38 (4) Harry 11. Corbett & YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE TURN AROUND* 4(7) Sound 'crack (CBS) Wilfred Brambell (I'ye) A BABY TO CRY* 32 FREDDIE & THE DOMINIQUE 39(3) Dick & Dedee SUGAR & SPICE 14DREAMERS 810 (3) The Singing Nun I CAN DANCE 6(6)The Caravelles (Smash) (Warner Bros.) (6) The Searchers (Pye) (8) Freddie & The Dreamers (Philips) 3331 14) Brian I'oole & (Columbia) The Tremeloes (Decca) DRIP DROP* 33SURFIN' BIRD IN DREAMS 24 HOURS FROM TULSA 10(5)Dion (Coumbia) - (1) Trashmen (Garrett) 6(9) Roy Orbison (London) ANOTHER BLACK & WHITE 920 (3) Gene Pitney 34DEEP PURPLE 15MINSTREL SHOW (United Artists) 18 (7) April Stevens & BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL34WHEN THE LOVELIGHT MEET THE SEARCHERS (-) The George Mitchell Nino Tempo (London) 9(7) The Beach BOYS STARTS SHINING IN HIS 7(4) The Searchers (Pye) Black & White Minstrels DON'T TALK TO HIM (Ca.0140B 10 EYES BORN FREE (Columbia) 6(8)Cliff Richard 35WE ARE IN LOVE - (1) Supremes (Motown) (Columbia) 4212) Adam Faith EVERYBODY* 8(5) FrankIfield(Columbia) TRINI LOPEZ AT P.J's (Parlophone) 16(10)Trill' Lopez (Reprise) 5 (9) Tommy Roe (ABC) NEED TO BELONG GERONIMO KENNY BALL'S GOLDEN 11 BUSTED 35- (1) Jerry Butler (Vec Jay) 9HITS 17LISTEN 13 (3) The Shadows 36 TALK BACK TREMBLING (17) Billy J. Kramer & (Columbia) 35 (8) Ray Charles (HMV) * LIPS* THE BOY NEXT DOOR* (11) Kenny Ball (Pye) The Dakotas 1Parlophone) 14(5)Johnny Tillotson 40(3)The Secrets(Philips) 37WALKING ALONE 36 SOUTH PACIFIC STEI'TOE & SON 12YOU'LL NEVER WALK 43 (2) Richard Anthony (Mercury) 10(15) Sound Track (RCA) 18(-I Wilfred Brambell & ALONE I HAVE A BOYFRIEND Ilarry II. Corbett (I'ye) 8 1111 Gerry & The (Columbia) POPSICLES AND ICICLES* 3738(3)The Chiffons(Laurie) THE BLACK & WHITE Pacemakers 28(3) The Murmaids CONCERT SINATRA 38WHAT TO DO THAT LUCKY OLD SUN 11MINSTREL SHOW 19(-) Frank Sinatra (Reprise) - (1) Buddy Holly (Coral) (Chattahoochee) 38- (1) Ray Charles (ABC) (19) The George Mitchell 13I WANNA BE yoliR MAN Black & White Minstrels 20CLIFF'S HIT ALBUM 15 151 The Rolling Stones RUN RUDOLPH RUN FORGET HIM* (Columbia) (-)Cliff Richard (Columbia) (Decca) 39 22(4) Bobby Ryden (Cameo) WASHINGTON SQUARE* - (1) Chuck Berry (I'ye) 3919(12)Village Stompers MONEY MISS YOU WIVES AND LOVERS* (Epic) 1419 (5) Bern Elliott & 40 The Fenmen (Decca) 36 (11) Jimmy Young 18(5) Jack Jones (Kapp) 40MARIA ELENA* (Parlophone) SHE'S A FOOL* 27(11)Los Indios Tabaiaros SWINGING ON A STAR (RCA) 15 41 KANSAS CITY 7 (12) Lesley Gore (Mercury) 27 (5) Big Dee Irwin (('olpix) - (1) Trini Lopez (Reprise) BABY DON'T YOU WEEP* BRITAIN'S TOP EP's LODDY LO* 41 I'LL KEEP YOU SATISFIED YESTERDAY'S GONE 44(2) Garnett Mimms & 16 42 16 (7) Chubby Checker Enchanters (Unart) 11 (7) Billy J. Kramer & 39 (4) Chad Stuart & (Parkway) The Dakotas (Parlophone) Jeremy Clyde (Ember) I WONDER WHAT SHE'S MIDNIGHT MARY* 42DOING TONIGHT* TWIST & SHOUT BILLY J. KRAMER'S HITS NOT TOO LITTLE NOT 43LET IT ROCK/MEMPHIS 1 11 17TOO MUCH TENNESSEE 23(4) Joey Powers (Amy) 31(7) Barry & The (1) The Beatles (Parlophone) (9) Billy J. Kramer & Tamerlanes (Valiant) 30 (21 Chris Sandford (Decca) 32 (11) Chuck Berry Wye) QUICKSAND THE BEATLES HITS The Dakotas (Parlophone) 25(4) Martha & Vandellas AS LONG AS I KNOW 2(2) The Iteaties (Parlophone) CHUCK & BO IF I RULED THE WORLD 44HELLO LITTLE GIRL 43 12 18 43 (13) The Fourmost (Gordy) HE'S MINE THE BEATLES No. 1 (7) Chuck Berry & 22 (8) Harry Secomhc 45(2) Marvelettes (Tamla) 3 Ito DiddleY (PST) (Philips) (Parlophone) CAN I GET A WITNESS* (3) The Beatles (Parlophone) FRANK (FIELD HITS THERE! I'VE SAID IT 20(7)Marvin Gaye (Tamla) FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE SONG 13(14) Frank Diehl (Columbia) STAY 45 44LOVE* 4 (5)Cliff Richard (Columbia) 1917 (5) The Brollies AGAIN HAVE YOU HEARD* 50(2)Garnett Mimms & 14SHINDIG ( Parlophone I - (1) Bobby Vinton 21(5) The Duprees (Coed) EnChanters (Unart) AIN'T GONNA KISS YA (18) The Shadows) (Columbia) (4) The Searchers (Pye) Columbia) IT'S ALMOST TOMORROW FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE It WONDERFUL SUMMER* 45TRA LA LA LA SUZY HOW DO YOU DO IT 20 14(6) Mark Wynter ]Pye) 46 24(6) 49 15 - (2) John Barry Seven & Robin Ward (Dot) (2) Dean & Jean (Rust) 6LOS SHADOWS (10) Gerry & The Pacemakers (6) The Shadows (Columbia) (Columbia) ALL I WANT FOR Orchestra (Ember) THE NITTY GRITTY* STEWBALL 21 CHRISTMAS IS A BEATLE 26 (4) Shirley Ellis (Congress) 46- (1)Peter, Paul & Mary IN DREAMS 16TOP TEN RECORDS 24 (3) Dora Bryan (Fontana) 47IF I HAD A HAMMER (Warner Bros.) 7(8) Roy Orbisun (London) (-)VariousArtistes(Arai) 29 (16) Trini Lopez (Reprise( * WALKING THE DOG* I (WHO HAVE NOTHING) * 17 24 HOURS FROM TULSA* CHUCK BERRY 48SUGAR SHACK (9) Rufus Thomas (Stax) 47 8PETER, PAUL & MARY 17 12(13) Shirley Bassey 29(7)Gene Pitney (Musicor) (11) Peter. Paul and Mary (-) Chuck Berry (I'ye) - (5) Jimmy Gilmer & The * DEEP PURPLE* (Warner Bros.) (Columbia) Fireballs (London) LIVING A LIE* 18FOOT -TAPPING WITH THE 8(12) April Stevens & 48 SHADOWS * Nino Tempo (Atco) 33 (7) Al Martino (Capitol) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET BLUE BAYOU/MEAN 49EVERYBODY 9(16) The Searchers Wye) (-) The Shadows (Columbia) 23WOMAN BLUES - (12) Tommy Roe (HMV) * IT'S ALL RIGHT* 49IN MY ROOM 19THE GUITAR GENIUS 16 1141 Roy Orbison (London) * 13 (11) The Impressions (ABC) 31(5) The Beach Boys 10WAGES OF SIN (-) Chet Atkins (RCA -Victor) 50THEN HE KISSED ME * (Capitol) HUNGRY FOR LOVE :12 (-1 Ilarry II. 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