NEW RECORD MIRROR. March 10. 1962 JIMMY JUSTICE WHEN MY LITTLE GIRL IS SMILINGTO BILLY LONNIE DONEGAN FURY HAYLEY MILLS LETTER DEL SHANNON POP DISC C. FULL OF TEARS REVIEWS BRITISH DECCA 1 & AMERICAN 45-F 11437 45 rpm record 116 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON, W.1. CHARTS Registered at the G.P.O. WEEK ENDING MARCH 10, 1962 EVERY THURSDAY, 6d. ***************No. 52 as a newspaper :BINGO!!! Cameraman Dezo Hoff- mann captures the reactions of Brian, Hank, Jet and Bruce - THE SHADOWS - as they hear their latest discis No. 2 in theNRM charts. (NRM Pictures.) WONDERFUL THE SHADOWS ----- LAND COLUMBIA -1 FRANCIS DAY & HUNTER 138 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON, Page Two NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending March 10. 1962 101111111111811111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111i =NEW BILLY SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS 2s. 6d. per line (average five words) RECORD TRIES prepaid. Forward copy to SMALL ADS. DEPT., THE NEW RECORD MIRROR, 116 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.1. _MIRROR ACCOUNTANT, EDITOR: JIMMY WATSON personal, prompt, TO BE confidentialservice.AllIncome Tax Editorial, Advertising and mattershandled.LimitedCompanies Circulation Departments: formed. FIT 0566. A GET-TOGETHER for Mario Lanza a.- 116 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE fans.All welcome.To take place on LONDON W.1 April7. Fordetails, please write to DIFFERENT Mrs. Cousins, 55 Gainsborough Road, E--. Telephones: Rainham, Essex. GERrard 7460, 3785, 5960 E.-- ANNE SHELTON FanClubs. - Send BRITAIN'S top disc stars can hardly s.a.e. for details to (North) 218 Hey- FT111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111117 be called gamblers.Richard, Faith, Leyton and Co. continue to churn out wood Old Road, Bowlee,Middleton, the same well -tried sound withevery Manchester. (Midlands) 15 Foston Lane, WHAT'S... new release, and any slight deviation is Fagley,EccleshillSouth,Bradford, 2 thought really daring and listened to in Yorks. (South) 74 Beverley Rd., White- WHAT Shirley has happenedto bushed reverence. leafe, Surrey. Bassey's latestsingle, "Tonight" BOBBY RYDELL.Official and " Let'sStartAll Over Again ?" Oddly enough and almost unnoticed, fanclub, After making a good startit seems to Bill Fury is constantly varying his style s.a.e,to Janet Martin, 21Rosemount have come to a dead stop. andisadventurous enough toexperi- Road, Acton, W.3 for details. ment with new sounds and tempos with CHARLIE CHESTER CLUB. Girls 18/21 Where areallthosefans who so each new platter. recentlyrushedoutto buy" You'll wanted urgently as penpals for service- Never Know "and" Reachforthe Perhaps it isn't thought very clever to men. Josie Veen, 72 Clarence Avenue, Clapham Park, London, S.W.4. Stars "and "I'll Get By " ? throw aside atriedand trueselling BILLYFURY:Reader Pete Warrack praises the star in a letter alongside. We In these days when flip sides are so style for something that may turn out show Billy in another scene from the film "Play It Cool". CRAIG DOUGLAS Fan Club.-Details often rubbish, how nice to find a disc a flop, but how much more interesting from The Secretary, 58 Holmwood Rd., with two A sides.-RAYMONDGAR- for the record -buying public these few Ripon, Yorkshire. RET, 32 Westbourne Road, Wallasey. changes are. Ifother stars wouldn't EARN MONEYwith your always insist on playing safe, how much NOT PILTDOWNS sewing more interesting today's charts would be. INFLUENCE machine. Materials, sample and instruc- tions supplied.S.a.e.please.(H.N.9), Withhislatestrelease,Billtackles IA THY don't you make Brian Matthew ISEE that the Piltdown Men have not Riley, 9 CoytesGardens, Ipswich, HAPPENED straight rhythm and blues...up till " your "Star of the Week " ?After broken up, but have a new disc out nowstrictlytaboothissideofthe all, he has been on disc. this week.Although this disc will be WHAT'S happened to Jimmy Dean ? FSuffEoElk.R MEMBERSHIP. Ladies! Girls! Atlantic, and although maybe not his I do think he has had alot to do welcomed by many Piltdownfans,it After his brilliant Big Bad John " Would you like a pen -friend? Perhaps finest disc, certainly deserves full marks with the improvements in the past yearlacks much of the atmosphere of the a teenager, house -wife, or someone in he has recorded a series of mediocre- for ringing the changes.-PETE WAR -in the pop world with his personal in- the Forces. Then drop us a line, en- RACK, 103 Alexandra Road, Liverpool, earlier releases and the distinctive "Pilt- well, you can't even callthem songs. fluence in such shows as " Easy Beat " down sound" is almost non-existent on close s.a.e. Amongst our male members " To a Sleeping Beauty " was dreadful, 23. and " Saturday Club." we have Managers, Engineers, Salesmen, this recording. all sugar and no spice." Cajun Queen " Iknow more about "Easy Beat" Authors, Photographersand Teachers. was asillyfollow-up...and now because I work on Saturday.The Sun- Coulditbe that a new combo has -C -Services, 2 Sutton Avenue, Biggles- "Dear Ivan." day show has featured many types of been formed and is trying hard to keep wide, Beds. BRASH PAUL the Piltdown's banner flying ? artists and bands-and itis true that it FOR ALL YOUR Musical Requirements, Dear Jimmy, if you want to record gives plenty of attention to off -hit -parade this,fine; but please give us a quality WHY isthebrashMR. PAUL The standardofrockinstrumentals musictolyrics,piano arrangements, country song like Big Bad John " and ANKA going to such lengths to plug items, whichisarelief from so many from the States is very high, andIhype etc., write or call, Musical Services, 2 we'll be happy. his new record in this country when- record programmes which are just car- that groups such as thePiltdowns, Fire- Denmark Place, W.C.2. bon copies of record stars. balls, String -a -LongsandVentureswill I tocoinhisownphrase-itdoesn't GLAMOROUS YOUNG LADIES don't think pop stars should sing " bother him very much " that he has And if only for giving Clinton Ford keep it that way. about their political opinions. - wanted as amateur singers forvocal had no hits in this country for the last plenty ofair tipe Brian deserves the We have been let down so much by group, Send photograph.-Write Mr. VALERIE LEWIS, 61 Ly Irvington threeyears ?-M. HEBB:i 9Lindum 'honour. -).10111s1WATERFIliLD, our own instrumental groups, suchas Avenue, London, N.W.2. C. E. Shaw, 241 Barnsole Road, Gilling- Villas, Paisley, Hull. bury Park Road Plymouth. TheShadows,Hunters,RabinRock ham, Kent. Unit, John Barry,Bert Weedon,and Nero and his Gladiatorswith mediocre HANK WILLIAMS, JimmieRodgers, recordings. Bobby Helms are allfeaturedinthis The Outlaws and the Moontrekkers month's edition of The Country West- are about the only groups worthy of ernRecord- Review, price1/4, from MEL SINGS FOR HALF matching the leading American groups. 437 Folkestone Road, Dover, Kent. Neitherareparticularlypopular in JOHNNY CASH & JIMMIE DEAN are Britain.-RAY DONELAN, 50 Welbeck featuredinthisFebruary editionof Road, West Harrow. The Country Western Record Review, price 1/4 post free. 437 Folkestone Rd., AN HOUR AT A TIME!THE GARLAND PUBLIC Dover, Kent. LADIES interested in modelling! Please MELTURNER a couple of years And at last Mel has got on disc with started singingitI made it up myself. I WOULD liketo reply to reader J. write to Correspondence Services ago was called Jimmy Ross, sub- a song that he wanted to record, a beat - " Someone asked me to sing' Daddy Gibson's comments on Judy Garland, organiser, who will be pleased to send title "The Wildest Man inthe World," fillednumbercalled" Daddy Cool," Cool.'I had no idea how it went, so N.R.M. of last week. fulldetailswith no obligation. Any wore a bright red jacket and used to which consists towards the end of MelI made something up in the rhythm and area. Age limit 35-C -Services, 2 sing for half an hour at a time-on chanting " Daddy Cool " while his group "The Wizard ofOz" the one great Sutton Avenue, Biggleswade, Beds. blues style.This is my style. film she made indeed ! How about these; just ONE song !-all the time shak- The Bandits push him alongwitha MARK WYNTER Fan Club.-Subscrip- ing all over and working himself all strong back beat. "And believe me,it's more popular "BroadwayMelodyof 1938,""Girl of a lather. now than it's ever been.I mean in the Crazy," "Meet me in St. Louis," "Words tion5s.,toincludefreephoto and No studio recording for Mel.This badge. Apply 24 Litchfield St., W.C.2. Now he is called Mel Lewis, wears dance halls up and down England. I and Music," "A Star is Dorn,"-all great was taped at a dance hall in Nuneaton, play mainly one -righters, and what with films. PEN -PALSinAmerica andEngland. a medallion on hischest, black leather and the half-hour epic was edited down Send 2/6 for lists.-C-Services, 2 Sut- theTwist andeverything,thingsare It trousers and a black shirt.He still to a more convenient three -plus minutes. really moving." is a great pity that J. Gibson has ton Ave., Biggleswade, Beds. works himself up into a fine sweat by Therearethe names of two song- never had the chance to see these won- shaking all over, and does his mara- writers on the label, a fact that amazes Melhasworked in New York. derful movies, no doubt he would change POP SONGS and lyrics. Send to The thon numbers. Mel." They may have written a song What's more, he appeared in the Appollo his mind if he could see them today. New Society of Lyricists. S.A.E. 30 Cwm Hir, Ebb Vale, Monmouthshire, Only nowit'scalled Twisting. called Daddy Cool,' but whenIfirst Theatre,Harlem,inatalentcontest. These talent The "Garland" Public don't mind how S. Wales. contestsarequite some-many timesshe may sing" Over the thing, according to Mel. Rainbow." Just SINGING SUCCESSFULLY, 10 vital hear the audience on points, send s.a.e.