Pont 5.. Page Sit, NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending April 20. 1963 NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending April 20, 1963 The Latin -Tinged lIalladeer Who Never Quite Made It!r Flying Stars THE SOUL -BEAT.REVIVAL... El Cliff And MB.CYRIL DAVIS,purveyor ofR & B is currently the whitehopeof Eye's someone makes the grade commercially, new R & B campaign. With his new single, the scintillating, exciting they have forsaken all their professional The Great Minium No.1 BEN E. KING "Country Line Special" he may be all set to make the final breakthrough ofstandards. Well I don't reckon that's so. El Shadows the music that has been classed "high class rock If roll". They said that about Muddy Waters but RHYTHM &I he'sjustasgreatnowasheever ROUND about 1958 the American beat group The Drifters cut a disc with siming.Itjust about made the British "I don't really know much about rock though" he confessed to me. "Eve Ev=v.Tatt.-.04-."°'5sa new lead singer. The disc was issued in England and didn't mean charts, having about the same amount of been playing this sort of stuff for years now-and I know bat our music won't thing.Butin the Males it reached the top of the charts and wasvotedthe success as the inferior "Fix. Taste Of change- an though some of the other groups may go toward rock music CyriPs ambition is to go to Chicago- BLUES Mamie Paramor, are Columbia a & r Love" had some months before. mom Mind you, Were are people who think we play rock", he laughed. andheintendsretiringvery oung. num and handl..., fliesto Spain on tap R & B disc of 1959. Whichwouldhe a sad thing for the R Sunday where -in Barcelona - be will The Drifters hadn't been in the U.S. top twenty for quite a while. Their Ben's next discs were all major hits in Cyril himself was born in Denham onment a aut. of hi, band in special R & B Rene which should he tinning like recordCliffRichard and FrankIfield theStates-andveryvett mMor ones January 23, 193/ As a OE he bleared mad before very lam.... SPREAD By ! new singer had not only sung the lead but also penned their new disc.The here. "I Count The Team" had been hk & B sets with Ottelie Patterson. alga in Spanish. title was "There Goes My Baby", and the singer was Benjamin Nelson. Banjo Ukelele. When he leftechos), he Such was the impact that a complete lastdisc with An Drifters andit was became apanelbeater andlaterper- The numbers, all well known Spanish issued shortly after "First Taste". That new group for R & Bwithout theBarber Underneath the disc in brackets were the nat. Nelson-Glick-Treedwells formed ina semi -protrod.bandlolled Alexis. Andit standards,willbereleasedin La. Nathan. That was because Benjamin wished to make each member of the the charts on both sides of Me `Steve Lane Southern Stompers', but at hand was made up, led by NORMAN America as well as Spain. Amadetlantic andsodid "Amor"-another started .le kg at the former jazz strong- group a partner in the royalties. 23 he decided the blues were more for holdthe Mhquee on Thursdayswith The Shadows oil also be recorded in tor a recording session, and at thestudio Latin -flavoured number that was included him and helearnedtoplay a lase. For Show Business reasons Benjamin on Ben's hot solo L.P. "Spanish Hai, great SIICCeSs. Barcelona,playingrockversionsof changed his name. From Nelson to King. only Ben tuna out-for the other mem- MI'. Puna, But later after differences over musical JOPLING Spanish instrumentals. bers of the group lived quite a ea sea'leer"-a scintiOting collection of Latin And Me name Bea E. King was born. flavoured numbers. The album also won "My kind of R & B lest grew out ofofpolicy, Cyril decided to form his own If the sessions are asuccess, Horde A rather gimmick name for a singer who and could not makeB. of the Nees", he said. "We Mink band, and when Alexis Eft the rmidency So the recording prttnelBoa. decided to the U.S. prim for the beat album cover intendstorecord English versionsof was to build up a following of fans who of the year. A look at the cover, and a marvellousthoughthatIt& Bhas of the Marquee Cyril moved in. some of the numbers sung by Frank and supported him through thick and thin. cut a disc with just g was aped"Eh. caught on like this-we couldn't be more And no. the Marquee isprob.,ly TasteOf Love"-and itwas listento"Spanish Harlem" will show Cliff. Theo willbe recorded (and of The Drifters began to make more hits. you why. one of the most successful clubs in Lon- course released) in Britain. issued shortly aftero theStates and in don, thanks to the authentic --and itis Their "Dance With Me"/"True Love, Brioin. But in the States* didn't do as When theskittleonbegan,Cyril and of R & B thm's being Whro he returns to England, Morrie True Love" not only hit the top in the well as recording exttutives anticipated. IMPACT played frequently with names like Lonnie will be Waved in three big disc pro- Statesbut a.) made theBritishtop playedr' there. With Cyril and his band But then Dee -Jayssta rteff plugging Me Ben begantomake aconsiderable Moog. and Ken Cohen.ColYer sug- are Long John Baldry, probably jects:- en. givingthe team, a. Ben,its flip, a number called "Spanish Hark, impact in the States but in Britain his E ked that Cyril open a club. for blues first British hit. Britain'spremierbluessingr, and the French singing star Richard Anthony anditleaptintotheU.S.charm.It awe. if wything, dimhished. which he did at the Roundhouse, Wan Velvets, three colouredgirls`ttmparable willflyto London to he recorded,in "This Magic Moment" and "Lonely made the top twenty and stayed there for "Ecstasy", "Here Comes The Night", dour Street only to Ray Glories' Raylets. English, by Morriefor release on Was"followed. Allweresizeable quite a while. "Young Boy Blues" "Don't Play That Members of Cyril's Roar (Me average Columbia. "I'll There, Cyril met up with Akkis Stateside hits. But then came the biggest .ecutives at Ateo Records, however, Song (YamLiwirs, "Too Bad", nes another blues boy and a partnerShM ageiseighteen ears)areCyril-har. hit ofall.It was titled "Save The Last had big ideas for Ben. he had Stand By You", ad now "How Can 1 was set up. The two gents, organised and mortice/vocals;BernieWatson - lead HEINZ Dance For Me".Itshot up the U.S.cut a disc solo for Atcoco Records call. Forget?" starred at the club, and during itseight miter; RkkyFenson-hao chart, and went to the number one spot. Brace Yourself"/"Show Me The Way" is The latter though a cover of the or . year, of existence Presented suchnames Nick, Hopkins-piano redo Little-Triple- Flying back from Paris,along with -both areactuallyincluded on Ben's biggest hit by Jimmy Holliday-which is as Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Ecru, arum.drum& the rest of the Tornados is bees guitarist AMAZEMENT L.P. "Don't Play That Wog"-, collec- moving up the charts faster Man Ben's. andBrownie McGhee, and REAM, a puristieprobably Heinz Bort. But at the end of this month, tion of many of his big hits. He .d also The Drifters, Ben's ex -group, have been mercialcatchybeat baWd beforehe i'ilkeyeTt To theeternalamazementof eve, made the charts. The polish° Jack EIBM. When the club closed down, e=ic R & B harmonies Heinzisputting away hisguitar and cutsomediscswithAtlanticattist having of late more success than Ben. Cyril and Alexis split, but were rnjoined Englod. R & B fan in England it dM We some LaVerne Baker, who had previoaY Thereis much chwee ofthis as andunderrated leaving the group to embark on a solo here. When Ben firstleft the team they wori when Chris Barber asked them to aug- "Peopleseemtothinkthatwhen career . ainger. big spots wad R & it numbers like through a lean period but now they have there k of Cliff Richard making "Stand BEN E. KING. He makes his TV debut inhis new The disc though constituted something "Jim Day" and "I Cried A Tear". struck back. Their discs include "Sweets ratherdifferent from the usual run-of- Atthetimeofhissplitwiththe For My Sweet", "Room Full Of Tears", at on the May 4 Thank Your Lucky the-mill R & IIstuff. It had a distinctive Rams on which he will tender his record- DriftersBenhaddeveloped agood "Up On The Roof" and now "On Latin flavour andlilt aboutit.Italso cabaret act, both by himself and with Broadwa5 ing (elearsd on that date by Deem) of had the honour of being the only disc to the Me Meek composition "Drumm Do LaVerne. They created one of the most have more than one "answer" disc. For voralacts on any The factisthatBen.E. King has CHUCK BERRY: The Man With A Hundred Guitars... Come True". exciting and talmted made some of the best discs of his DP, One of the most there was not only "1'0 Save The Last stage. HeMi first venture into variety tooth'.) Dance For Yon", but "You're Having After his sucttss with "Spanish Ha, and they haven't ark on inBritain exciting artists asa tosinger will be on the JuryThe L. Dana Whh Me"-recordedkm" Ben waxed another number that despite extensive plugging and adva, on We music Lee Lei. tour which opens May 6. some months later by Billy Fury of all was destined forthe number two spot log. Although his Stateside success is not His firstfilmisscheduled for Rank people on an L.P. as great as it was, it only needs another inthe States.It was "Stand By 1."- "Stand By Me" or "Ws" to get him into Releaseinmid -May. Don't be misled perfectly happy with the now acceptedasone ofthe grmtest by the title, MEgbalt's called,"Favvell But Ben the charts once more. later. However,. oneday inNew popular R & 13 numbers el. waxed. It DIDDLEY THE GREAT hasalreadk Performance"butHeinz York, a snowstorm Mt We city that was hada Emplicatedorchestralbacking In Britain, though, We Poshion it inch He wasdifferentenoughwithhis been signed up for his second film,to ABOUT eight yearsagoasotmd the win. for many years.II was time that tended to build together with Ben's that Ben would have to make a tont- threopiececornbo,(maraca's,wash- AMERIUN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL shooting called Rock and Roll started to boardand guitar). Mt his major Omsk starts MO summer. penetrate the music Wane in a big Pig cae when he w playing in Chleego way, raking over completely from the andm he chancedasto auditionfor BERT stagnating pop music that was the rage Lanai', a. Phil Ch.s. They signed then. him up a. he wrote, a. recorded his But Weed., wbo Play, ".e. Before then rock and roll still had first disc in June 1955. on Saturday's(April20) Thank Your WHEN CHUCK SHOCKED lAllFANS been recorded and sung, but it hadn't It was called "Bo Diddles" and Itis Lucky Stars, flies to Ireland on May 13 been called that, Rhythm and Blues one of the greatest R&B ins &R Er agueatspotinUlster -TV's Here Chuck has never .en to Britain but Today. THE proof a the pudding is in the eating, they say. But the proof of the was the term, and it had Ian brought dis. ever made. Which categoryit TUrpatredndpaidrdads11:tg i'drrtt R & B pudding is in the after effects. How many rocksters who were going he was featured in the film Mars On A Inthe public inlesser degreesby owes inis still unclear. A row byany Britain la in 1%2 and caused a sensa- Mike Cotton's Jars Band, who have Not many, as you may Summer's Day" when he shocked purist people like Fats Domino, Ella Mae other name tionwithitsexcitingand of Negro recorded "Saw Tlmt Hammer"full swing five years ago are doing the ante today ? jazz fans by leading in on his tempes- Morse, and T -Bone Walker. ink well know. Itwas a majorhitthetrance -like Bluesinstrumentalistsandsingers.In for release by EMI in May, fly to Edin- tuousSweet Little Sixteen", when leak Then came the rock rage and names Hamburg, on October lone.2, the Sante burgh on Wednesday (April 24) for a But one who is, and who seems to be getting more and more popular every expected-that was in 1958. melody and haunting repetitive beat and like Pat Boone, Bill Haley and Little tunand of course thethrobbingguitar useneteast, with the exception of one night stand at Founteinbridge Palais. month is Chuck Berry. -And what of those who haven't heard Richard sprung up. Helen Humes Who was contractual They can be seen on April 27 Thank Chuck-well, although they don't know it worke, thatwas to become such abig .cl.ive), were taken to Deutsche Grm- Your Lucky Stars and the May 13 Discs A. now Pye issue an L.P. of Chuck's And Bo Diddley. feature of Bo's works. as one of the spearhead releases of their a vamtion, and be went to a club where ha in the charts-the top five-at the ophon studiosatRabistedtimmedi- A Gogo. Muddy Waters was working. Although moment.For Buddy ...is "IN.'. The chances arethat mostof We The disc"Bo Diddle,"hasnever ately after W. concert for an all-night new R & B campaign. It's an L.P. with Ey. Handsome Man" is a carbon copy discfans todayhaven't mien heard of been forgotten. For three years afterBo recordingession. The Springfields, whose series in The fourteen tracks on it including such gnat Muddy was very busy with autograph it a renegede Dick Emery Show staristhis Saturday hunters he offered Chuck some advice- of Chuck Be. dIsc ofsixyears Bo Diddle, let alone heard any of his had hit the charts with Togetherwiththeusualcrowd of hits as "School Day", "Sweet Little Six- discs. Yet amongst the R & B circles, he jazoon named John, OW ME. new rubber -necking fans and girl friends and (20), fly to Norway on lime 22 to make teen" and B. Goode". "Go and see Leonard Chess. he said. theirfirstappearance on TV inthat For the fa., the titles on his L.P. are isperhaps one ofthebiggest names lyrics forit,and recordedit more in a sprinkling ofcritics and were Eunry. Although Chuck no longer makes the Chuck did so and was encouraged by "Co. Back Maybelline", "Down T. around. So much so in Met `hater ecord therockidiomasa number milled thecaravanofBluesmenwere the owner of the big R & B rettrd com- Road Apiece", "Mad Lad","School retailersarefindingitworhwhile to "Welk And The!tend -Jive".It was offeredunlimited dough. ofwhisky AlexisKorner'sBluesIncorporated charm, the reason must be lack of single relmses. For his last single release was pany to make some demonstrOion tapes. Day", "Sweet Little Sixtten", "Confessin' imrt hisL.P.'s from the States and big hit Stateside. and beer and a free and easy atmophere Ries to Rome on June 15. They rehearse over a year ago, inthe shape of "I'm Hetookthembackandsigned E TheBlues","BaekIn TheU.S. sellpothemat a fantastic rate-forty-five withmicrophones Ed other recording in the afternoon, record a TV show in immediatelyasadiscstar.Hisfirst shillings is not a lot to vine R & B fan the evening, and fly back that night toTalking About You", a great disc that "Johnny B. Goode", "Oh Baby Doh", CLIFF impedimentaasacasualaside.The was almost ignored, but it wasincluded recordfor Chess was in June 1955 and "Come On", "I Got To Find My Baby", for twelve priceless tracks. This 'under- Some years afterthatCliff Richard result is now available here on one rock - appear,at London's Flamingo Club All was ntitleVMaybelline". It reached the ground' market in Diddle, discsisbe- Mg, rolling album which illustrates with Righter. on the L.P. "Chuck Bea ShMS Joke "BettyJean", "Round And Round", alsorecordedit,anditmadeour Box Hits"-the only L.P. alma, cukern "Aknost Grown". coming such aprofit -making concern charts coupled with "Fall In Low With incrediblefidelitytheParentagethi5 Alexis is taking r & h to the univer. by Chuck after deletion of such gems Mco!, :a, Miele/1'111T Wiitisle=oby that Pye re -cords, who have the right You"-reaching the number two spot! music possmses to the popular Rock in' sifies next month. On May 10 Wey play as "Ono Dozen Bette, etc. "Bill.ard". toBo'srecord companyChess,are Roll output. al we annew may .11 of ..dee actuallyissuing two newL.P.'sina Now we hear thatitis to . Bad, Elvis Presley profess.. an early in- University. On May 22theyareat But as take a look at Chuck. He STARDOM couple of weeks time. Holly's next release - initsoriginal spiration derived from one of their con- anbamplon University, and on May . born Charles Edward Berry inSt. formas"Bo Diddley", as it is contained temporaries around the Bluebird studios, that Chuck was setasabig 3IM 3CD University's After ar 107 SOW R 3IM 24theywailatOxford Louis, Missouri,inMI. Both his record star. His discs like "Thirty Days", LASTED on his album "Reminiscing". Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and time Command Bag. parents encouraged hint to sing, . both are so many traces of Lonnie Johnson, "You Can't Match Me", "Roll Over But Bo Diddle ylastedalotlonger After that disc Bo mark a lot ofhits were members oftheAntioch Baptist Beethoven", "Too Much Monkey Busk States "Road Runner", "Hey Rig Bill BroomsRooseveltSykes, John DAVID GRIFFITHS Church choir in St. Louis. Mother was than the initial mad rock impetus back Lee Hooker, 'JazzGillum, Muddy ness" were all has, and he became one ALL in 'SS. Let's take a look at ha Btheo Daley", "rota, UP","r". a soprano while father was a ha. of We biggest box.office draws JET &TONY CRYING IN GONE WITH Sorry", "Hush Your Mouth" and many Waters, Bo mad, Lana' Hol., . Born Elias McDanielinMcComb, Leadhelly and Tommy McLennan (to .1' country. Mare. Mississippi1928,heshareshisbirth nothingof Roy Char.)incurrent MUSICAL Chuck writes most of his own iyrics, dalewith any herdistinguished Thenhefadedslightlyuntil 1959, Reek that cataloguing would be out of Others of Chuck's relatives were also but employs a MORC writer to help h. HARRIS MEEHAN THE CHAPEL THE WIND RIGHT blues personalities like Muddy Waters, when he made a talking blue, item, in the question. RHYTHM & BLUES very musically inclined, and not only did with the melody. The thing behind his and Big Bill Broonzy. Bo Diddle, now whichhewasarguingwithanother Thisthen.isthe sourceof contem- they snag, but they could playa variety %meek he saysishis marriage. Of his SCARLET? O'HARA LITTLE RICHARD THE DUPREES THE 6RANDISONS famed for his guitar work did not take feller. Called "Say Man' ittvtadi the porary pop -Rock, with so mutt more USA IMPORTED of different instruments. That gave Chuck wife Thant. Chuck says "She's bem RCA ISM to that instrument first. He was taught U.S. top twenty and Bo followed it up sping, tom and imagination that com- aprettycomprehensive musketback- a real inspiration. You know the woman to play-the violin by Professor 0. W. inthe same vein. hestepped parisonisreallyodious. With truein- Frederick,musical directorofthe making those type of discs and again he and CHUCK BERRY ground. During his term at High School, behind the man's success". DECCR f0 formalitythe variousmusicians Chuck began to sing with a pal, Tom More of Chocks hits included "Sweet Ebenezer church in Chicago. The was forgotten fora while. singers fearrange Memselvcs to form the BO DIDDLEY, LITTLE WALTER, Stevens who played guitar. He liked the LittleSixteen","SchoolDay",and Professor is in fact still established there Untillak summer, thatis when his accompawnimentssothatmostofthe instrument so much that he decided to as teacher of music. rel., the fantastic double is done by Memphis Slim MUDDY WATERS, Moha, B. Goode", but he .goo to take it up himself. fadealittlealien hat.Discslike Until High School, Bo aka WittlY heasingleder"You Can't lodge A Book By withorkhis large -handed rolling Boogie and serious music, but daring his term at Its Covet"/"I Can Tell" made the U.S. lush glues runs, the drumwork is always DALE HAWKINS, So he boughtaSpanishsix -string "Carol", "Too Pooped To Pap", "Bye SAMMY CAN YOU LIKE THE handled by Jump Jackson, a promoter guitar soon after for four dollars and a Bye Johnny" els just didn't make it ANTHONY the Foster Vocational School, he would charts oncemore. Thatmarketed SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, go nut with a three-piece rhythm band over here by Pye together with for the Blues market back in his borne ot of Nick Maniloff instruction books. reason probably was that Chuck was tam If Chicago, while Willie Dixon, the High SEE in prison at the time on tice eharges- playingviolin. an L.P. "110 Diddle, Is A Gunslinger", HOWLIN' WOLF, The music teacher at GOING SOUTH on the Pye lass label. when he kn/ duettingwith Memphis M. JollaDavis, encouraged an SEE.to he just couldn't make any new discs. NEWLEY WIADDLE LAZY ROUTERS At 17 he switched to guitar but con- or taking over thepiano stool,plays CARL PERKINS in his musical ambitions. Chuck used to But now heis out and has signed a tinued to play Trombone at the Baptist Two discs-that'sallthat are mark. bass. Shakey Jake and Sonny May do Muse -parties and churchaffairsin new con.ct with Chess. THERE'S NO SUCH TUNE AS LOVE BARRY ALLDIS STIR RAY Congress band. After this he left college Wed in England by one of the greatest harmonica ontheir owntitles.while his spare time off from school. his At home, Chuck finds pier, Of ME FERGUrpiCiLLAND a. was engaged in a variety of jobs. beat singers in We world. Pye seems T -Bone Walker and Brownie McGhee days off hewworked as an assistant to forphotography,hisfavouritehobby. Bo remembers ibis time quite vividly. are now taking the chance of issuing supply fierce, MuMnic guitar music on his fatherho was carpenter. When he finds time he hopes to travel some more, in the hopeThalall of Bo's many ofthetitles. John Lee Hooker, 1MMOFS DECCR DECCR DECCR CIRCA "When Iused to walk from spot to fans will buy them. If they do, more al Later Cruck startedhis own group, widely with his family-he enjoys soft- spot lookingfor work,everybody aloof as usal, plays guitar only on his The ChuckBerry Combo,andthey ball admitting that his six-foot one frame played like T. Bone Walker and those of course be issued. own tracks. ALFRED IMHOF LTD., Dept. MBI., IT L. ,NOON S Weir carrying 185 pounds makes him a "fair" So a'sup to you, R & B fem. JAMES ASIVIAN. 112.116 New Oxford St., London. W.C.I played in many parts around arm. cat. So I tried to be different." But one day Chuck went to Chicago for left fielder.