, . , . theless we write songs especially can only be inserted into it. ' ' States called Cincinatti; which for and We need real entertainers to the people we record The - Raver's SCE_.. : is rather like -Wigan, and there it is a bit tough on them al- hold a show together." NE SIXTY=FIVE the local hotel puts on a full - ways to be beaten at the post What is the view on this blown cabaret of pop: People ?'`y by a British artist! However, subject of recording manager, o hit parade that had for so long Geoffrey Everitt feels strongly have dinner and drinks and Dionne is now having songs Mickie Most? U.S. CABLE been. all U.S. 'It has already about real ability America is being the watch it. .I hope we'll take a that no one else can buy, "Certainly showbands a re kicking back -to rhythm and left a few recently -great stars backbone bl'ués .. of any business. -lead here' from this, and start which deals with that one!" great training centres", he Tarmla-Motown who had tremendous treading the ballroom, circuits "We have no good musicians offering our pop stars succes more When you ask the artists' agreed, "but nothing will take " with their stable of artists for a quarter the money coming up, we have no trom- than one - last 'year' expec type of show to themselves what they think the place of good -looks ' a nd bigger they commanded .a few months bone players, or sax players, or and better things this appear in." will be popular in 1965, they sex appeal. I don't see loo ks year, particularll ago: The Liverpool sound has trumpeters Most of the when their brilliant ses- This is _fair comment. The. tend always to say their own ever going out. Dull if th ey Motortown revue visit; also leftus a youth of guitar sion, men who back the stars themselves should England on March not type of music. Gerry and the did!" 1st . , players with H.P. left on their records are old. How many of .accept all the , brickbats. There Pacemakers swear allegiance We in Britain are lucky. to R & B artists who kicked instruments arid no one asking the youngsters can even read are many reasons for some off '65 with tre bad to Beat; The 'Searchers and have recording men like i n- mendous success them'to play. music?" performances. Managers can have been The Impressions Hollies believe in beat ballads; dependent Mickie Mo st, The Marvelette_s, Geoffrey Everitt, genial be as anxious as the artists to .who made a - The Bachelors claim sweeter Columbia's Norrie Paramor, tremendous managing director of Radio earn a lot of money fast. comeback with "Too Beatles Man. They songs; and The Kinks, Stones, Parlophone's (and 'Beatles') Many Fish in the. Sea", Luxembourg, relaxed behind book úp the groups they ' Marvin. Pretty Things say r. and b. George Martin; Pye Recor ds' Gaye, The Drifters and Ben. his large leather desk in a room George Martin, the man represent so that they E. King. work Tony Hatch. If the trend is Top girl groups are is . headed that looks out towards the who closest to the real every night -often not getting by the Stipremes Mersey Beat (he records towards better sounds then we Making- all this rooftops beyond. Park Lane. The enough sleep, or proper meals Talent Needed possible - the dynamic Beatles, ' can't have 'better men. "We can't change pop",' he Billy J. Kramer, between shows. Theatre and In fact, what will clearly be James Brown.. Since 1960, wrote and re- he's broken box said, "the fans decide what Gerry and The Pacemakers, ballroom managers can be un-' needed above all else is loads of Tony Hatch office records all over... they Cilla and The Dakotas) thinks corded Pet Clark's last big hit; want and they get it. helpful, refusing to allow hoúse talent, rehearsal, dedication Racing neck we can the- trend for 1965 will cer- I- "Downtown", which had the and neck with all the What do is feed them lights to be dimmed, to ádd ' ; and enthusiasm for the pop and rhythm - over it. blues groups good stuff in the belief 'that tainly be more' professionalism, atmosphere and often 'failing business rather than for fast stamp of 1965.all are the Beatles and nearly - beat- ballads and more com- Why? Because it also has the every other they will buy it." _ . British to provide the performers with ;, .'. - étidÍ fortunes. - . star. At the end' of '64, Mr. Everitt, like many im= plicated' songs, but .sung by stamp of music telling a t ale; ,Beatle a dressing-room. The type of The grey pounding noise -records 'in the U.S. alone had portent men . the same' people who topped the reflection of a current f eel - hit one 'in :the business, act which seems to be what is Cliff always works hard from the cellars of Liverpool hundred ..million sales, is afraid foí the future ofpop. the charts in '64. close of ing. Folk songs influence many though Elvis's sales are wanted of artists today, is has faded with the still exactly double Norrie hit par ade that! . - "Pop may suffer because of Paramor, who records something that is worked out Burt Bacharach and Hal 1964. It's now the blue sound, , of, our present for Cliff, once said, -."We'll Peter, P aul II Besides the the Mersey Beat", he said. end carefully, well -rehearsed, and David, the men who write great the -full sound, the cleaner songs. Folk singers Beatles, lasting groups this up with four million guitarists and Bob. D ylan year "In the past two years it's been includes lighting, good back- songs, are the two top sóng- look, the deeply, professional and Mary are without doubt the Dave all too easy for many artists. and one very old trumpeter. are potential 1965' hit p ara= Clark Five ing groups and first- writers to_ come hére from : acts: . (American sales class nearing ten million); and t All they have had to do is make "The Americans have much mikes. Performers do not 'America. Rave 'found their, The Showband, an .Irish ders. Folk tells a story, big The. al- Searchers, considered to be more- . the - a` big noise and look good. professionalism than we from the ballads do the same. The most musical i- ways get the chance to perfect quiet Americans with English idea that ,stems of British do", he groups , . added recently from or achieve these things. good' manners, enjoying an American big band parade, lone folk singer who toured Watch out for the U.S. his sunlit office ' in EMI the country with a"guitar as a Success. 'of Gedrgie Rich Quick Cliff, Norrie explained, has English high tea of boiled an idea similar to the popular Fame - and the Moody" House: "They have more friend, playing in coffee bars Blues had great lasting success here eggs, crumpets and tea with - ` New Christy Minstrels group, ... British girls are hot in the "No one has thought further chance to acquire it. All that is , race too. - partly because he works so milk, in a typically English may well be a feature 'of the for very little money, likely Bacharach will than one hit record at a time: is required in this remain the high priest of country for hard on his act. He never goes" hotel. Burt is young,with un- to come into his own this year. writers duringthis song-.,.. Few have tried to grow more a one -righter (one ' or two 'year, on the road with a show before expected grey hair and Hal , s He will offset the showbands, but Jeff Barry and professional. As soon as a shows in one town's p J, Ellie Greenwich theatre) ". t big ballads and the new full who he has . had a week's re- - David it, you might say, grey,- ° the composed "Do Wah group gets a hit, they play a . the main form of live enter- ing with young he, too; will share Diddy Diddy" hearsals: He patiently ' prat - enthusiasm. - sounds-but for your Manfred Manns, . arid different show each night, col- tainment here, is for the - "The_ pop scene - We will still have several tisis foot movements, what to will level the melody. other smashes will. have ' .letting as much money as fast singer to turn up the amps .out both here and .b: to 'Andy even more say, how to sing. He knows and in thé r. according success in the next few . as possible. Their attitude is, and bawl! In America things . months writing what spotlight'is reaching him States". Burt Bacharach has a 1 Gray. artists -for - `We do as we want, we say are -on 'the' Red different. Every town has next, and what The Shadows steady foot on both sides of Bird label, which produced what we think, we want ,lots a theatre, and an hotel, and I the Shangri-Las, are -doing behind him. the Atlantic; believes we both - Dixie Cups and Jelly Beans '. of money and then to blazes both offer varied' live enter.. have something to :Love Affair- .Red Bird . give each debuted to a 'with the business.' tairiment. By way of an ex- terrific success in other. "Instead . the original 1964 Everlasting of dominating "I don't mean and every one of its twenty "It's not good enough". ample the re' is a town in ...theh e ' ' releases has your charts as we used to, or _ negro 'style", he smiled, "I been a smash :. . e you completely taking over Mean R. for rhythm; beat, The Beatles, too, are deeply q The Righteous Brothers Beatles A and,. R man George John ours, we'll have a little of each. movement and B. for blues, have finally made Martin' with talented. They write funda- it in a big We are working -together much melody, romance.". - way, with the Phil " and George.. That's Ringo in the background. mentally songs, and their Spector written good more. I'm recording Dionne But what out of this revolu- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" , . . , sound is one that will never "- - «q' Warwick here in England, and tionary new era of talent, and. Jack Good's"Shindig" date.. What of many other Burt Bacharach- one of us has given rise Mickie Most is recording in respectability will have two new to Mersey Groups, now that more . teen type America. We're learning from today's top song -writers screaming in our seats-flying TV shows called "Go Go". and more American artists are and each other.". - at ;the "Hullabaloo" which year: Show- down the aisles, weak made their début.in hitting our Hit Parade? . Music scene this' the New knees and hoarse for a week? Year . , , Andy Gray, Editor of New . bands' are 'almost á package . Who will replace the tight- It's Musical Express Britain's New Sound tour ''inthemselves, and are a fashionable among college - trousered, long-haired young dents stu- biggest selling. 'music news- Like most recording fine training ground for young tb like folk, and it's Man- men; who wooed us from the generally folksy paper-believes that American agers today, Burt is going for singers. (Dickie Rock and the acts who have sucess playing spotlights? We buy records to college dates... - and . the acts are mostly clean, pro- the bigger, fuller sound Miami Showband - More. with listen to and go to theatres to commercial, more widely fessional and very experienced more wind instruments Royal Showband are groups accepted and off worship and have and. infinitely -more and are to pop to be watched as tips for the let steam, successful'are Peter,. adding greatly... lots of melody. love Paul top this year.) a wonderful, personal and Mary. Their double album_ Some of our British artists,_' . 'Hé and Hal .David have package "Peter, Para- affair along with four thousand Paul anyway, . found . "A showband", Norrie and Mary in have great, written ,songs- that are full of as Concert" hit the top mor explained, "has. several others. There is nothing five American numbers. Adam power-; feeling and soul . and, within a month dynamic as- explosive, natural of release, while "Blowin' in Faith echoes" Lou Johnson in doing so, have not only singers, .girls . and boys, and the Eric Burdon and Mick Wind" has been in the charts they ' ' and harmony. talent. for two years! with his recent "Message - do solos ... to added greatly to today's pop this. Over They chat to the audience and Jagger are two whoprove here, Britain still has 30 Martha", Sandie Shaw also but also influenced tomorrow's. per cent - ° Will folk music, transatlantic o,f the with her first "Always Some- When rave asked -what these generally learn about the busi- -American charts and well - rehearsed. there's still a thing There To Remind Me". two Americans feel ,about ness while they are part of the showbands; good future their place? That for new names from England! and Cilla Black, The Righteous having their arrangements band: acts ever take to you, that is your Brothers with "You've Lost copied in Britain, they smiled "An average modern group. is up. that Lovinr Feeling." " Flattered, of course. Never - . cannot carry a TV show; they decision.