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LONG PLAYERS: "HAVE TWANGY GUITAR -WILL TRAVEL" (London HAW 2160) Lonesome Road; I Almost Lost My Mind; Rebel Rouser; Three Thirty Blues; Cannonball; The Lonely One; Detour; Stalkin'; Ramrod; Any- time; Movin' 'n' Groovin'; Loving You. Northern DISCOGRAPHY "ESPECIALLY FOR YOU" (London HAW 2191) Peter unn; Only Child; Lover; Fuzz; Yep; Along The Navajo Trail; - Just ecause;Quiniela;Trouble In Mind; Tuxedo Junction; Hard SINGLES: Times; Along Came Linda. London HL 8669 Rebel Rouser/Stalkin'-No. 13 -Sept. '58. "THE TWANG'S THE THANG" (London HAW 2236) London HL 8723 Ramrod/The Walker -No place. My Blue Heaven; Tiger Love And Turnip Greens; The Last Minute OfRound- London HL 8764 Cannonball/Mason-Dixon Lion -No. 14 -Jan. '59. Innocence; Route Number One; You Are My Sunshine;St. Louis London HLW 8821 The Lonely One/Detour-No. 20 -April '59. DUANE London HLW 8879 PPti, Giinnfixn-No 5 -July '59. Blues;Night Train To Memphis; The Battle; Trambone; Blueberry London HLW 8929 Lay Miles Of Bad Road/The Quid Three -No. Hill; Rebel Walk; Easy. 6 -Oct. '59. "SONGIMIWR HERITAGE" (London HAW 2285) London HLW 9007 Some Kind -a Earthquake/First Love, First Tears - Cripple Creek; Riddle Song; John Henry; Streets Of Laredo; Prisoner'sUp No. 7 -Dec. '59. Song; In The Pines; Ole Joe Clark; Wayfarin' Stranger; On Top Of London HLW 9050Bonnie Came Back/Movin' n' Groovin'-No. 9- EDDY Old Smokey; Mule Train; Scarlet Ribbons. Feb. '60. "A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF TWANG" (London HAW 2325) London HLW 9104Shazam/The Secret Seven -No. 3 -June '60. Up And Down; Lost Island; The Quiet Three; Donnie Came Back; London HLW 9162Because They're 2- because They're Young; Theme For Moon Children; Shazam; 'fhb Sept. '60. Secret beverr; relftrffiles Of Bad Road; Some Kind -a Earthquake;by Bill Harry London HLW 9225Kommotion/Theme For Moon Children -No. 10 First Love, First rears; Kommotion. -Nov. '60. London HLW9257 F,IgneLT ost_Friend-No. 3 -Feb. '61. by ROY SIMONDS "GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS" (London 2373) London HLW9324 Theme From Dixie/The Battle -No. 6 -April '61. Brenda; Sioux City Sue; Tammy; Big Liza (see EP "Twangy Vol. 2");:ONLY one group on Merseyside Mary Ann; Annette; Tuesday; Sweet Cindy;Patricia; Mona Lisa;lJcurrently commands a similar London HLW9370 Ring Of Fire/Gidget Goes Hawaiian -No. 13 - Connie; Carol. July '61. sort of screarnage following similar London HLW 9406 Drivin' Home/My Blue Heaven -No. 18 -Sept. '61. "MILLIONDOLLARS WORTH OF TWANG -VOLUME2" (London HAW 2435) to that The Beatles received two Parlophone R 4826 Caravan (Parts 1 and 2) -No place. years ago -The Dennisons.... London HLW 9477 The Avenger/Londonderry Air -No place. The Walker; 1szi riend; Theme From Dixie; Gidget Goes RCA 1288 Deep In The Heart Of Texas/Saints And Sinners -No. 19 - Hawaiian;Ring OfFire; Tibbie;Drivin' Home; Tammy; TheGroups appearing at the Outlook June '62. Avenger; Londonderry Air; Liza Jane (see EP "Twangy Vol. 2"). Club, Middlesbrough, in the near RCA 1300 Ballad Of Paladin/The Wild Westerner -No. 10 -Sept. '62. "TWISTIN"N' TWANGIN' " (RCA RD 27264) future -Rory Storm and the Hur- RCA 1316 (Dance With The) Guitar Man/Stretchin' Out -No. 6 - Peppermint Twist;Twistin'n' Twangin';Let's Twist Again;Missricanes and Earl Preston and the Dec. '62. Twist; Sugartime Twist; Exactly Like You; Walkin'n' Twistin' (I'mT.T.s. . RCA 1329 Boss Guitar/The Desert Rat -No. 27 -March '63. Walkin'); Dear Lady Twist; Moanin"n' Twistin'; Country Twist; The RCA 1344 Lonely Boy, Lonely Guitar/ Joshin'-Coming up. Twist; Twistin' Off A Cliff. Lee Curtis has recorded " Let's "TWANGY GUITAR -SILKY STRINGS" (RCA RD 7510) Stomp," to be released shortly.It DUANE is also to be found conducting the orchestra on a single by willbe interesting to compareit are "Words Mean High Noon; Born To Be With You; Secret Love; Unchained Melody; his manager, Lee HazIewood. The two sides When I Fall In Love; Mirriam; Moon River;'Bali Ha'i; Hi-Lili, Hi -Lo;with the same number recorded by Nothing" b -w "Girl On Death Row". The American labelsof the Angel On My Shoulder; Memories Of Madrid; Love Me Tender. Faron's Flamingos on the Mersey above discs are as follows: London releases... JAMIE; Parlophone Beat L.P. released July 5th.. .. release ... GREGMARK; RCA releases... made by CAMY PRO- "DANCE WITH THE GUITAR MAN" (RCA RD 7545) Mark Peters was former Locarno DUCTIONS, leased for release to RCA -VICTOR.In the States the !Hance With Mel Guitar Ma Limbo Rock; Wild Watusi; The Scrape;D.J. . . Big competition for release schedules have been somewhat different. For instance: The first New Hully Gully;Popeye (The Hitch -hiker);Spanish Twist; Thegroups and bands being organised single released there was "Movin"n' Groovin' ". And again, "Theme Climb; Loco -Locomotion; Nashville Stomp; Creamy Mashed Potatoes.on Isle of Man for August 20(11 - From Dixie" was released with "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" as the flip, Well, that's it. The full discography of Duane Eddy. In the US he had23rd. .. . Johnny Sandon and the and "Ring Of Fire" had "Bobbie" as its flip -over. The Parlophone track an LP released on Jamie at the same time As "Twistin'n' Twangin' "Remo 4 and The Chants can now (Caravan) was reputed to have been recorded around 1957, that is, before titled "Twist With Duane Eddy". However, this was just an LP made upbe booked out as a package show. his Jamie releases. When he switched to RCA last year another single of his old tracks, which were edited; some bits were deleted and others On release -"Hello Josephine" was issued in the US on Jamie. Its title was something like "Runaway were switched around, presumably to make the LP easier to dance to.c/w "Road Runner" by Manches- Pony" but the accuracy of this statement is a bit shaky. In the last six weeks he has had two more LPs issued in the US, oneter'sWayneFontanaandthe on RCA called "Twang A Country Song", and one on Jamie titledMindbenders. . . . In many ways, EXTENDED PLAYERS: "Duane Eddy, In Person". Again the Jamie LP contains his old hits,The Rolling Stones remind me of "REBEL ROUSER" (London RE 1175) but a review of LP mentioned "audience sounds". thewild,earlyBeatles -but they Rebel Rouser; Stalkin'; Ramrod; The Walker. don't possess the same magic.... "THE LONELY ONE" (London REW 1216) Playing on Merseyside - Preston's The Lonely One; Cannonball; Mason-Dixon Lion; Detour. Thunderbeats. .. . I hear that The "YET" (London REW 1217) Beatles were so impressed with The Yep; Three Thirty Blues; Lonesome Road; Loving You. Searchers' "Sweets For My Sweet" "BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG" (London REW 1252) that they will be using the number Because They're Young; Easy; Shazam; Rebel Walk. on their next L.P.. . . So many "TWANGY" (London REW 1257) people tell me that D.J.s are very Up And Down; Lost Island; You Are My Sunshine; Blueberry Hill. reluctant to play discs by Liverpool "PEPE" (London REW 1287) groups -no matter how good they --Pepe; Night Train To Memphis; Kommotion; Trambone. may be.. . Cheshire Beat Group "MOVIE THEMES" (London REW 1303) Contest takes place on July 11th, Ring Of Fire; Bobbie; Gidget Goes Hawaiian; Theme From Dixie. 12th and 13th. . . . ses- sions for the Cubik Club. Birken- "TWANGY -VOLUME 2" (London REW 1341) DUANE EDDY, the "Twangy Forty Miles Of Bad Road; Drivin' Home; The Avenger; Liza Jane (This head. . . . Gene Vincent at Liver- is the same as "Big Liza" on "Girls, Girls, Girls") GuitarMan" is thisweek's pool Locarno tonight (June 20). ... featuredartistinourDisc- Appearing on Merseyside on July All EPs recorded by JAMIE. All tracks on the EPs are also available ography series. 18th -Birmingham's Gerry Levene on LP and/or single. and the Avengers... . Date of Undertakers'firstdischasbeen moved from July 18th to July 2nd -on samedaydebutdiscby Johnnie Sandon and the Remo 4 released by same company-Pye.... Top Radk "Talent of Tomorrow" contesthas over £1,300incash KETTYBEATS IIIE TWIST prizes, PLUS recordingcontracts for allwinners. . . . Prediction spot :ChickGrahamand the "I HAVE just one more song forbrief moments, thevocalcaressKetty's revolutionary tour holds no Coasters will find themselves high I you, apd then you can all gowhichfirstbrought thebeautifulspecial message for other jazz per- inthe '"Mersey Beat" Popularity American songstress to world fame.formers,I'mafraid,because the back to your dancing," said Ketty Poll at the end of this year.... Lester, announcing her final num- theapplausefor" Loveone and only reason for its success Mecca After is Ketty herself.Make no mistake managerof Liverpool's ber at Rugby Town Hall last week.Letters " had died away, Ketty Locarno,GordonKnowles,has The song was "This Nearly Wasasked appreciation for her backingabout it, the girl has so many un- faithin sinkable assets,like her way with Beryl Marsden, Remo 4 Mine," and it concluded a perfor-group, The Mike Digby Trio, who and The Chants. . . " Daily mance which, in my opinion, earnshad handled their by no means easyan audience and her breathtaking Mirror " spotlighted sensational Ketty the bouquet of the year fortask splendidly throughout.Thenbeauty, to name but two, that she eventsatPaul immediately captivates everyone McCartney's 21st achieving the impossible -selling 25she threw herself into "Thii Nearly Birthday Party.. . . The Mersey minutes of sophisticated jazz songWas Mine"andleftthestagewithin range.Then, and only then, does the material she performs have Beats will be recording for Fontana to ballroom full of rock 'n' Twistamidst wildclapping,cheers and on June 25th. . . . Johnny Bar- addicts cries for " More."So ended theany significance. nette booked for the Tower Ball- Of course it was not easy.Herthirdin theseriesof immensely KettyLesterisno longerthe room, New Brighton,inOctober. opening number, a tearaway jazzambitious one-nighters which Ketty"Love Letters" girl; she now has .. . Would all groups from dif- piece called "Somebody Save Me,"is committed to give on this herone footfirmlyplantedinthe ferent parts of the British Isles send lefttheaudienceinconfusedsecond British tour, and just for thedomain of the jazz greats and looks regular news and information to: silence ;and theydidn'texactlyrecord,it was the third time herreadytoforsakethe pop music Bill Harry.14a Childwall Parade, rave over her next, a swinging ver-audience had got the message, too.scene altogether.She dismisses the Liverpool, 14. sion of " Route 66" ;but little by failure of her excellent follow-ups little their enthusiasm increased, and to " Love Letters," notably "You MERSEYSIDE TOPS her thirdsong, a fine,emotional Can't Lie To a Liar" and "Warm "What Kind of Fool Am I?" drew Worried Summer Day," with a philosophical (Compiled by Mersey Beat) some really warm applause. Shortly before the show, Kettyshrug, for she wishes to be known 1.1 Like It.Gerry and the Pace- told me that she had never done aas an albums artist from now on. makers. g_111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111:. series of dance -halldatesbefore, Her second album, by the way, and she was worried about whetherwhich Ketty cut for Era Records 2. Sweets For My Sweet. The by thematerial was right forball-last December, is,in her opinion, Searchers. rooms." The point is," she con-far superior from the variety point 3. Too Late Now. The Bluegenes. fided, " my music doesn't have aof view to her first, which got five Alan Stinton dance beat, and thatis what thestars and a rave review in the NRM 4. SeeIfShe Cares. Faron's teenagers come to ballrooms for, tolastJuly. Explained Ketty :"It Flamingos. dance.I do believe, though, thathas a bit of eveything, jazz, ballads 5: From Me To You. The Beatles. if a certain type of music is good,and even the spiritual medley which Soundinglikeacross betweenand folks get to hear enough of it,I included on my first British tour 6. Do You Want To Know a Della Reese and Lena Horne, Ketty Secret ?Billy J. Kramer. then gave out with what, for me,then they will grow to like it. Thelast October." two audiences I have had so far this There is still time to catch Ketty's 7. Falling.Roy Orbison. was theclimaxofhershow,atour have been wonderful. They powerhouse interpretation of "Hard show, and I heartily recommend it The Honks. Hearted Hannah," which was thegathered round to listen and I thinkto everybody. Certainly her 8. Just Like Me. perfect showcase for the full extenttheyreallyenjoyedwhattheymaterial belongs in a night club, 9.If You Gotta Make a Fool of of her artistry.The audience, how-heard.I'm just delighted at this,and I admit that I was one who Somebody.Freddie and the ever,was waitingforthegentleand we are now working on anotherthoughtitshould stay there until Dreamers. number for me to use as an encoreKetty changed my views.I'm will- contrastof " Love Letters," and 10. When Will You Say I Love You? this,for most of them, was theif things carry on this way." ing to bet she'll convert you, too,Lovely KETTY LESTER pictured above with one of our top stars, highlight, revealing again for a few Theunprecedentedsuccessofgiven the chance. ADAM FAITH. Billy Fury.