MONTHLY POT E 1q%1 Helen ° Russ ° ADAM ° BILLY • CLIFF • ELVIS Editor and Publisher: A. HAND, 2 West Street, Heanor, Derbyshire. Tel.: Langley Mill 3842 Postal Subscriptions: 14/6 per annum World Copyright Reserved FIRST SERIES ISSUE No. ONE - - Popten ... Popten ... Pop ... Pop- Pop-Pop-Pop ... WE'RE OFF! ... and I hope that we've not offended anyone during the take-off ! It wasn't an easy matter choosing the artistes to appear in this first issue, and we just about went round the bend picking the top four. In fact we finished up real cowards, really, and gave Cliff the front and back page, and Elvis the double-page spread. This arrangement gave us three Cliff pictures, and two pages text, and three Elvis pics and two pages text ! Adam and Billy gave us another big headache, and finally Billy got the casting vote. But I'm sure there'll be an Adam posse round the corner waiting to cast a noose round me ! And I can already see five irate Eden Kane fans, four Bobby Vee fans and a troop of Chubby Checker Twisters heading this way ! Still, as from our next issue, things should become easier ... yet more hectic. For here's how Pop-Ten Monthly works : This is the magazine that gives you the stars YOU want to read about. For your Editor realises that although you may consider a certain star superior in the recording world, YOU MAY NOT BE INTERESTED TO READ ABOUT HIM ! A prime example of this could be Frank Sinatra, though this is only a guess. Continued on Invide Back Cover Printed by R. Milward & Sons Ltd., Leen Gate, Lepton, Nottingham and Published by A. Hand, 2 West Street, Heanor, Derbyshire. World Copyright Reserved All Trade Enquiries to the Trade Agents : NOTTINGHAM. EnNEST Joycg & Co. LTD., Wholesalers, Commercial House, St. Ann's Well Road, Nottingham Telephone: Nottingham 55293 Telegrams: DISTNEWS, CLIFF RICHARD talks about you Pop-Tenners I think that the most nerve-wracking Hank time was not the actual making of the picture, but the time we spent waiting to see the national newspapers after the press reviewers had seen it! I remember The Young Ones almost tearing the papers to pieces, scanning the pages for the film columns. Actually, I passed it three or four times! My eyes nearly fell out of my head and the weather! when I saw a headline, "Best British Musical Ever!" I nearly shouted the roof off! Nearly every paper read the Hi there! Before I start rambling same, and I couldn't find a bad review in I I'd like to take this opportunity of the lot! Boy! was happy! wishing this and every future edition But if anyone had told me at that of the Pop-Ten Monthly all the moment that the next few weeks would make me even I certainly success in the world, and I hope happier, wouldn't have believed them. As it was, that it will hours of bring many when Norrie Paramor 'phoned to say happy enjoyment to all readers. that my single, The Young Ones from the movie had passed the half-million mark, do in this There's been so much to and orders were still pouring in, a week that I don't New Year already, really before its release, I reckon I was the but the know where to start, biggest thing proudest guy in the world ! for not only myself but the Shadows as I'll always be grateful to Topper and well, was of course the tremendous for not did write success of both our film, "The Young Bennett, only they The Ones, but they wrote my Ones", and the title song from it. Young previous hit, When the Girl in Your Arms, The Shadows and myself had a great time doing this film, both on and off the set. One small instance was when Hank f B. Marvin took his spectacles off, placed them on a small table by his side, and they were promptly carted off to the film set, with Hank crashing after them, CLIFF ''. tripping over wires, and yelling at the top of his voice! He's a great fellow, is Hank! which I still think is one of my best recordings to date. TEMPLE BAR 6769 — 6560 Now that "The Young Ones" has made such a good impression, naturally I would like to do some more, and by the coming summer we should start Neyent shooting a new picture, which has a tentative title of "Summer Holiday". S.cuend .CEd. Looks like we're going to get another suntan to add to the one we brought back from Australia last year, for the RECORDING location of this film will probably be on the coast of France. SPECIALISTS It's a pity it can't be shot in this country, for what with the number of STUDIO RECORDINGS tours abroad, we don't seem to be able to get much spare time left for relaxation TAPE TO DISC SERVICE in Britain. It looks as if we'll go back to Australia in '63, and we've also been offered some tours in Brazil. (Hank says 4 DENMARK STREET,W.C.2 we'll drive 'em nuts!) We've also been offered another trip What marvellous weather du to South Africa, and I'd love to go back they have over there—me and the Shadows there, for they gave us a tremendous spent what spare time we had on the reception on our last visit. From the tremendous beaches. Bit different from second we arrived to the minute we left the weather we've had since Christmas they proved themselves to be some of —but whatever anyone says—we may the nicest people we've ever met. not have the best weather, but we've Our Australian tour last year was certainly got the best people! Be somewhat different, our first reaction seeing you ! being that they didn't like the songs, for all through my first number there was like the an almost eerie silence, nothing ATTENTION noises we usually experience in Britain else. or anywhere ALL CLIFF CATS Boy! was I pleased when I found out The address the that in practically every part of Australia of CLIFF RICHARD FAN CLUB they always wait 'til the end of the song ;s before they applaud, then they really JAN VANE let go! It took some getting used to at , 59 EASTERN ROAD, first, but once we did get used to it, the ROMFORD, ESSEX. rest of the tour was like the weather, glorious ! FRANKIE VAUGHAN with his SILVER DISC for "TOWER OF STRENGTH" Photograph by kind permission of "DISC" Britain's fine musical weekly. DON'T STUN ! - TWIST COME-BACK! What a tower of strength this guy proved to be When talk turns to British stars hazard of the pop business that "gone" can soon become "forgotten". who have won international reputa- as an he had tions, it won't be long before the While, entertainer, grown beyond the need to find continual name of Frankie Vaughan is disc hits, he had had nothing in the mentioned. Italy, Israel, France, charts since Milord in 1960—until the Switzerland they're all after him arrival of Tower of Strength a couple of of It a but good news for his British fans months ago, course. was number in his best Green Door all-out style and is that this year Frankie intends to zoomed unerringly to No. 1. concentrate on appearances in this Disc fans were Vaughan-conscious country and to ration strictly his again—and Frankie had proved in no abroad. trips uncertain terms that, like all great It means that many more people here artiste, he could fight back. his will have the chance to enjoy rip- Exciting plans are being made for him. roaring stage performances. At the time of writing, for instance, the At one time, it looked as though we possibility of a stage spectacular he would be losing; him to America. With a ("different", says "from anything the British has lucrative Hollywood contract in his public seen before") was to his under discussion, and another pocket and enthusiastic response project bound is a film to be made in Rome. Las Vegas cabaret act, he seemed his centre of activity. to make the States It was Frankie's birthday on February the and it must have But "Let's Make Love", the 20th 3, by way, been starred with particular pleasure that the follow- Century-Fox film in which he ing day he starred in a with Marilyn Monroe, did not fulfil the Liverpool Empire His best show. For Liverpool is his home town. high hopes he must have had. scenes were mercilessly cut and in the end he had little to show for his experience except bad reviews. He still maintains, though, that equal valuable billing with Monroe gave him European publicity. FRANKIE Absences from Britain inevitably a meant that less was heard of him. it is "Only my style has changed" says Billy Fury Life's difficult sometimes. Even could reply to all of them but it's in my profession, you never quite just not possible. And—ooh, know what the next day is going to nearly forgot, thanks as well to a bring. Since I changed my style of young lady in Blackpool who just singing to suit the more popular signed herself Hope. Said she up-tempo numbers like Jealousy, thought my singing was better, everybody sort of expects me to and enclosed a stick of Blackpool have changed personally as well ! rock, "to make your future songs One of my fans, for instance, said sound sweeter".