RECORD MIRROR, Week ending August 14, 1965 9

singles reviewed by NormanJopling and Peter Jones new singles reviewed by Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new singles reviewed

ROGER WEBB TRIO: "A" CHOSENFEW: I Won't Be TIFFANY: Am IDreaming; I Side;Charleston'65(Parlophone RoundYouAnymore;BigCity Know (Parlophone R 5311).Liver- R 5309). Walkingstringbass (Pye 7N15905).Verysoftwith poolgal'sfirststabisaJackie introforthepianist's own com- casualguitar and tambourine. de Shannonsong ofextra -high position.Good small group music, Sounds like a mixture of folk and quality.A clever George Martin this,withacompellingmelodic pop. All at the same pace with no recording of aJohnnieSpence line,riff-ishandstylish. Very highlights. arrangement. Allthiscouldadd a of strong, musically . . . afoot - up to cutie a lower - chart JOHNNY SHADOW: Atom Bomb entry. tapper. Song Part 3; Talented Man ART LUND:Branded: Gonna (Parlophone R 5308). Whatever FRITZ, MIKE AND MO: Some- Have ALittleTalkWithYou happened tothefirsttwo parts? body Stole The Sun; Let Me Hear Friend(UnitedArtistsUp1100). It's all very folksy about when the Your Voice (PhilipsBF 1427). Finesingerfromthebig band bomb dropsandcontainschoice FritzFryer,lateofthePour days (B. Goodman etc.). Thisis lyricslike "when the babiesare Pennies, and his new mates.It's born mutilated, deformed". asemi -Countryitem,semi -swung the film series, a big Western bit. along.Actually anice withchoraltouches. Sortofa it's little MARS LEEMAN5: Blow My song, with girl voice coming relaxed "Whip Lash" song,if you BluesAway; On The Horizon through well. This one soon grows get the gist. (Columbia DB 7648).Writtenby onone. GARRYBLAKE: The Happy Mark, this has a strong beat and Elephant; Song Of Mexico iswellsung.Chorus addeffect. JULIE ROGERS: Day By Day; (Columbia DB7658). Big - band Nice, but short instrumental break. I'm Walking Behind You (Mercury swinging theright typetogeta MF 868).A GordonMillscom- Party going nicely. Mostly section position . . nottheoldieof work,withconcentrationonthe similartitle.It'sapaceyitem, THE ROCKIN' BERRIES beat.Happy top -side. intricatelybacked,andJuliehas DIONNE WARWICK vocal group accompaniment. THE ROCKIN' BERRIES: You're SONNY:Laugh AtMe;Tony THE ART WOODS: Goodbye Jangle -shuffle rhythm. Miles away My Girl; Brother Bill (Pye Picca- (Atlantic4038). DIONNE WARWICK: Here I Am; Sisters;She Knows What To Do from Julie'sballad style. dilly 35254). (DeccaF 12206). Slow,almost SONNY wrotethis . . . appar- They Long To Be Close To You JOE MAGEE Too Many Tigers; ASLIGHT backward move, entlyafterhe'd been thrown (Pye International25316). dreamy opening,here with organ From TheCandyStoreOn The dominant.But it's good R and B sound -wise, fortheBerries, out ofanight-club.Lyrics SLOW, dreamy almost. Piano and Corner To The Chapel On The Hill butit'shigh-pitched,falsetto - showitthroughallthe way. No with first-rate lead vocal.As the (Columbia DB 7661). With the rhythm andadelayedvocal laden, and darned easy on the ear. singing 'voice is demonstrated, entrance.It's afine Bach- tempo builds,so does theexcite- Broadways, Joe singsofthe cur- This Goffin-Kingsongishighly ratherawhiningnasallydrawl. ment.Group has a big following; rentobsession with arach song, constructed with should do well. tigersof one commercial and there'splentyof Teen rebellionpersonified, with tendernessandromanticinclina- variety and another. Country vibrancyintheBerries'voices. ratherastridentguitarbacking. tion. Comes from the "What's New DANNY DAVIS ORCHESTRA: flavouredand bouncy. Easytempo.Backingismarvel- Nearhystericaltouchesmid -way THE CHIFFONSNobodyKnows Pussycat" film.It's such a warmly Main Theme From "The Saint"; lously controlled. Should be ahit, as thebackingdronesfierily. presented performance, well The Little Bandits of Juarez What's Goin' On; The Real Thing but there's some worthwhile com- Should be a minor hit.Flipisa arranged,thatitshouldhitthe (MGN 1277). Typical telly theme (StatesideSS437). A veryteen- petition.Clive Lea hollers his way straight instrumental, featuring' age type song here, more for the Fifty.Flipis anotherromancer, buildingupapictureofRoger intoa send-upof R and B (we rounded guitar sounds. slightly more jerky.Not quiteso Moore thumping someone onthe American public. Nothing new, but think) flip -side. Amusing and beats. TOP FIFTY TIP effective. chin. Nice arrangement with areasonableperformancefrom TOP FIFTY TIP organ. the slick coloured girls. TOP FIFTY TIP TERRY JUDCE AND THE THE MARK FOUR:Hurt Me; I'll I'm Leaving (Decca BARRISTERS: Come With Me THE EVERLY BROTHERS: 12204). DEAN MARTIN:Houston;Bum- and Love Me;Waitin'For The Sonny goes solo, and more high Never Get Over You;Follow Me Guitarintro,thenheavilybeat - ming Around (Reprise 20393). Not (Warner Brothers 5639). laden.Sortof chugging rhythm, ascommercialashislastfew, Night To dome (Fontana TF 599). Shuffle - but the vocal seems a bit drear- thoughthisisdistinctlydifferent. rhythm here, with some NOT quite as good as their last wonderifyou'llagree. Moves Usual relaxed singingto a slinky highly talkative guitar going along biggie,butthis Country -styled well enough, though. beat a la early Trini Lopez. Dead with Terry's distinctive voice. pitched sounds from the Berries item, with harmonica and sleepy, this. Song isa good'un with quitea drums predominant, should do very DAVY WILLIAMS: Spanish lotof commercial appeal. nicely,thank -you.Ratheraslur- Harlem; I Wish You Love (Colum- red, drawling sort of delivery and bia DB 7649).Young Welshman RICK JONES: Connie; My SMALL FACES: Whatcha Gonna Dreamy Dionne, folksy Everly's, a brisk tempo. Swings well enough. ontheLieber -Stollerhit. Quite Sometime Love(Decca F 12205). Do AboutIt; What's A Matter Almostasing -alongchorusline A folksingerofexcellentvocal Baby (DeccaF 12208). Rather lively and pacey but probably not here . . . whichwillhelp.Flip hit material this time out. Atmos- clarityandpurity. Songneeds frenziedstory -linewithacurious isaslower,more dramaticbal- phericallySpanish, anyway. to be studied . . . fullof charm leadvoicevying withalot -hap- and similar follow-ups from Sam lad,covered withfinevocalhar- and style.Gently arranged.Sym- peningbacking,vocallyandin- monies. Good,too. EDDIE KING: IWanna Love patheticallyperformed. strumentally.Bitdifficulttopick Her SoBad; IfAllYou Need up but it has a grow -on -you appeal. TOP FIFTY TIP (Columbia DB 7654).A Peter and THE GALLANTS The Man From Gordon"discovery" - andthey U.N.C.L.E.;The Vagabond(Capi- LITTLE JOE COOK: Stormy & Dixies. U.S. hit from Billy. THE DIXIE CUPS: Two-Way- recorded thisone.,The Bristolian tol CL 15408). The theme from the MondayBlues(Parts Oneand Poc-A-Way; That's Where It's doesarather pleasantjob,with TV series, and the film "TheSoy Two)(Sue WI385). Powerful SAM THE SHAM AND THE BILLY JOE ROYAL: Down In At (HMV Pop 1453). double -tracking With My Face."Atmosphericin- blueswith some fairoldwailing devices. Songis PHARAOHS:JuJuHand;Big The Boondocks; Oh What A Night LATINISH bongobeatforthe strong,with- compulsiverhythm. strumental with good guitar from Little Joe.Slow tempo, but City Lights (MGM 1278). (CBS 201802). Vibes solo,too. sounds. itbuildsbothsides,andthere's gals. Infact,italladds a lot of soulful guitar work behind. PROBABLY notaravinggreat SOMETHING of the Gene Pitneys up toquiteapercussive This is one quite definitely for the hit, but should make the Fifty. aboutthisbig Americanhit. torm. Rapid rim -shots accent collectors.Lots of interest. Same introastheboys'last Voiceissimilarin many re- the beat.The girls vie with each one, but considerably different spects,withthehigh-pitchedde- other. It'stremendouslyrepeti- THE TRANSATLANTICS:Many thereafter. Jerky, ponderous, livery and the emotional onslaught tive,butnotinthe"IkoIko" ThingsFromYourWindow; I rhythm backing, goodsolidbeat, on lyrics. A good, fast-moving, manneranditsoongetsright SECOND GREAT Tried To Forget (Fontana TF 593). slightly morbid -sounding lead voice. catchy song, with a suitably busy inside the mind. A distinctly Semi -prowithanunusualvocal Rather oddlyrics.Butithasa backing, featuring a strong drum- differentsortofpopsound.but harmonic approach. Smooth, commerical sound to it and there's mer. May not be hugely big,but good enough to click big.Flipis gentlealmost,but with the right a strident tenor -sax mid -break, shouldmaketheFifty.Flip is a startling variation.Simple sing - SOUNDTRACK EP FROM sort of beat. Debut disc. Amiable, assisted by long yell. Flip is so-so. not the Johnnie Ray oldie,buta along piece, with dominating butnotterribly -different,song. More subdued. Rather good lyrics so-sobeater with more high-flown piano. Very goodandtuneful. here, which lift the side. vocalising. KEVIN ROSS: For A Lifetime; TOP FIFTY TIP You'll KnowIt'sLove(Polydor TOP FIFTY TIP TOP FIFTY TIP BM 56019). Semi -tenorvoiceon aballadwhichsoarsexcitingly GEORGE MOODY: Lock Up Your KIKI DEE: Runnin' Out 01 VAL MeKENNA: Mixed - Up through the upper registers. Ob- Memories; China Doll (Fontana TF Fools;ThereHeGoes(Fontana Shook - Up Girl; Now That You've viously square for many, it'sstill 595). Unusual Country -styleguitar TF 596).A very dramatictreat Made Up Your Mind(Piccadilly darned goodsinging. andthenGeorgesings,straight- mentofanoldArethaFranklin 7N 35256). A beat ballad with big TICKLE forwardly andwith strum -along number. Bags ofatmosphere and band backing, doneintheStates ROGER MILLER: Can't Stop enthusiasm. Kiki. by Patti and the Emblems. Sixteen LovingYou; You'reForgetting Bit square in a com- asplendidperformance by mercialsense,butthissortof Given enough playsitcould edge year old Val shows confidence. Me (Stateside SS 445). Disappoint- thing does have a following. into the charts. ing releasefromthetalented JEAN AND THE STATESIDES: Roger. Seems tohavelosthis IVOR RAYMONDE ORCHESTRA: DEREK AND RAY: Theme From Mama Didn'tLie;JustLet Me way. Thisisastraightforward, Feelin'Froggy;Grotty(Mercury "The Amorous Adventures Of Moll Orr(Columbia DB 7651).Curtis ME .pacey,Country -style number with- MF 866).Arranger and backer -of - Flanders";Do-Re-Mi (RCA L463). Mayfieldpennedthisoldhitby out much personality.Probably a big -Starswithhis ownorch.In Very pretty tune which will mean Jan Bradley. Nice song that miss. thelimelightforachange. A couple of attractively presented big - alotto people who see the film. bounces along. Blues -tinged with a DANNY WILLIAMS: LovelyIs band treatments, specially the Touch of theclassics towards the lotofbackgroundworkbythe She;GoneandForgotten (HMV "Fruggv" side. end, aided by violins. group. Pop 1455). Theme from the "Amourous Adventures of Moll RAY ELLIS ORCHESTRA: FRANK SINATRA: Forget BILLY STEWART: Sitting In The Flanders" sung smoothly, so - "ThemeFrom VonRyan'sEx- Domani; I Can't Believe I'm Losing Park; OnceAgain (ChessCRS smoothly, by Danny. Not another press;" Morituti (Stateside SS You (Reprise R 20380). Sing along 8017). Follow-up to his big U.S hit "Moon River" but a semi -concerto 443). Two movie themes dressed withFrank on a veryItalian "I Do Love You". Pleasant. itemwhichwill please music - up predictably. The walking soundingmelody.Notquitehis Ambles along with a group aiding ELVIS rhythmandthepiccolo -ledtop- type of song. Big in America but Billy. Not very strong and unlikely loving fans. unlikely to repeat the success here. FELDER'S ORIOLES: Down side themeisspecially strong. to click here. Home Girl;Misty (Pye Piccadilly 35247)."Group usedtobecalled The Beat Society. Jazz -influenced withstronglybluesyleadvocal. Number isfamiliar but thisisa stand -out,thoughslightlypatchy, WHAT'SSELLINGON SUE? PRESLEY Performance. Specialistfare. ANTOINETTE: Our House; What's -aHappening To Me (Pye Piccadilly35252), Fifteen -year -old talent from Southend.Nice back- TOOMANYDRIVERS It feels so right; Easy question; ing, featuring choral bits, a piano, strings. Lovelyclearqualityto Antoinette's voice and she phrases Long lonely highway; I'm yours like a veteran inparts.Deserves WJI.71RILSON to do well - anyway she's highly RCX 7174 promising. Pleasant song. SUE ANDY STEWART:Dr.Finlay; Oh!What A Ceilidh (HMV Pop 1454). Well -loved Scottishartiste withanaudiencepresentatthe IWANNABE session. Story revolves round the telly -seriesandthere'stheusual accordian-backed sounds.All very chirpyand,initsownway, a ALLAN SHERMAN: Shine On Har- and don't forget veyBloom;Your Mother'sHere THEMANHATTANS foot -tapper. To Stay (Warner Bros. 5725). Two SUEWI -384 THE LEGENDS: I've Found oldiesdressed up with brand-new Her; Something'sGonnaHappen lyrics by thesatirist.Full ofbig (Pye15904). Groupusedtobe belly -laughs and true value -for - TICKLE ME, VOL. calledtheFirstImpressions. A money coupling. But not as catchy mover,thisone,withabriskly as "Hello Muddah." RCX efficientwayinlayingdowna SOMETHINGONYOURMIND solidmid -tempobeat. Harmonica SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET: The breaks by lead singer Pete Tracker; BlueNorther (London Watkinson. Couldclick,this. HLU 9982).Almost the sameas BIGJAYMcNEELY COLIN HUDSON: Girl You Don't last biggie . . , probably too sim- Know Me;Little ilartomakethechartsagain. SUEWI-373 Boy Blue(Pye Notsucha 15907). Twenty -year -oldnew boy. strongsong,either. A CurtisMayfieldsong,rather Usual beaty ingredients and jerky [RCAVICTOR rhythm,Still,couldfloatinon jerky but nevertheless catchy. follow-up success. Interesting backing liftsthe whole thing well.It grows on you, per- STORMYMONDAYBLUES haps becauseofthe unusual con- structionandit'swell performed. 45 rpm extended play records PEANUT:Thank GoodnessFor TheRain; I'mNotSad (Pye LITTLEJOECOOK RCA VICTOR RECORDS ptoduct 15901).This isa small but rather livelyvoicefromthegal. This SUEWI-385 THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY LIMITED song buildsintoquitea perform- ance, be atrifletoo DECCA HOUSE ALBERT EMBANKMENT LONDON S E 1 but may ISLAND RECORDS LTD. 108 Cambridge Road, stridentfor some tastes. Quietly effective backing, featuring guitar. London, NW6 Interesting . . .