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MIKE SARNE: In action on the S.O.S. charity show at Wembley on Sunday. Cheering fans made himsing his new hit "Code of Love" THREE TIMES in succession! (NRM Picture by Bill Williams.)

PAUL & PAULA: Soon to start their first ever tour-in Britain-are still celebrating, with a chocolatemilk shake, their hit "Hey Paula". PS.: They're going steady in real life, too.

ADAM FAITH: And we don't know the name of the camel! But it's a pictorial 'souvenir of the songstar's recent holiday in Egypt where he had a good rest and picked up a healthy tan. Adam was in

the "Billy Cotton Band Show" BBC-tv show on Sunday.

GRETHA & JORGEN INGMANN: husband and wife team who won the Eurovision Song Contest forDenmark. Song was called "Dansevise" but the English version, "I Loved You", out this week onColumbia, has new lyrics by British songstress PATTI LYNN. Jorgen had a previous hit in the States

with "Apache". (NRM Picture by Dezo Hoffmann).

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TreatingE You"; (ii) "Party"; (iii)"Paralysed".

CLIFF RICHARD-(0 "Living Doll"; (ii)"Move It"; (iii) "I Live For You".

SHADOWS - (I) "Wonderful Land"; (h)"Blue Star"; (iii) "Nivram".

DEL SHANNON-(i) "My Little Girl"; (ii)"Runaway"; (iii) "Swiss Maid".

NEIL SEDAKA-(i) "Breaking Up Is HardTo Do"; (ii) "Oh Carol"; (iii) "CalendarGirl".

BUDDY HOLLY-(i) "Rave On"; (ii) "BrownEyed Handsome Man"; (iii) "Think ItOver".

CONNIE FRANCIS-(i) "Everybody's Some-body's Fool"; (ii) "Robot Man"; (iii)"Carolina Moon".

BOBBY VEE-(i) "Run To Him"; (ii) "TakeGood Care Of My Baby"; (iii) "PleaseDon't Ask About Barbara",

CRAIG DOUGLAS - (i) "100 Pounds OfClay"; (ii.) "Pretty Blue Eyes"; (iii) "Time".

BILLY FURY - (i) "Because Of Love"; (ii)"Letter Full Of Tears"; (iii) "Maybe To-morrow",

EVERLY'S - (i) "Memories Are Made OfThis"; (ii) "Walk Right Back"; (iii) "Don'tAsk Me To Be Friends".

JOHN LEYTON-(i) "Son This Is She: (ii)"Johnny Remember Me"; (iii) "Wild Wind".

-MILES STRONG, Hotel De Yemenite, 29Rue De Yemenite, Paris VII, France,

PATBOONE-"Love Letters In The Sand",

"Moody River", "Dear John".LONNIE DONEGAN-"Seven Goldtn Daffo-

dils", "Wreck of the Old '97", "Frankie andJohnny",

ELVIS PRESLEY-"Girl of My Best Friend","Don't Be Cruel", "A Fool Such As I".

BUDDY HOLLY/CRICKETS - "Rave On","Oh Boy", "Blue Days, Black Nights".

RICK NELSON-"It's Late", "You'll NeverKnow What You're Missing Till You Try","Stood Up".

DUANE EDDY-"Forty Miles of Bad Road",**The Lonely One", "The Quiet Three".

EVERLY BROTHERS-"Take a Message ToMary", "All I Have To Do Is Dream","Should We Tell Him".

BOBBY DARIN-"Jailer Bring Me Water","Dream Lover", "Things".

CONNIE FRANCIS-"Everybody's Somebody'sFool" "Someone Else's Boy", "My HeartHas a Mind of Its Own".

JIM REEVES-"He'll Have To Go", "AdiosAmigo", "Two Shadows on Your Window".

-MICHAEL M. TRACY, 73 St. David's Hill,Exeter, Devon.

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greatest records.CHUCK BERRY-(i) "Carol"; (ii) "Go -Go -

Go"; (iii) "Down The Road Apiece-.BO DIDDLEY - (i) "Road Runner"; (i)

"Bring it To Jerome"; (iii) "She's Alright".LITTLE RICHARD-(i) "Keep A Knockin';"

(ii) "Good Golly Miss Molly"; (iii) "LongTall Sally".

JERRY LEE LEWIS - (i) "Whole LottaShakin';" (ii) "Great Balls Of Fire";(iii) "Ubangi Stomp".

EDDIE COCHRAN-(i) "C'mon Everybody";(ii) "Somethin' Else"; (iii) "SummertimeBlues".

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Country and Western supporters havetheir own very excellent specialist maga-zines and many dealers specialising inC & W discs.

R and B discs are very often nevereven released over here and there ap-pears to be no club or firm devoted toobtaining hard -to -get records.

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If sufficient readers of the NRMwrite to me expressing their interest insuch a Club, it will become a reality.It's up to you, R & B fans!

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"Sweet Bird Of Youth".THE SHIRELLKS-(i) "Baby It's You"; (ii)

"Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"; (iii)"Mama Said".

DINAH WASHINGTON-ti) "September InThe Rain"; (ii) "Love Walked In"; (iii)"Where Are You?"

BROOK BENTON-(i) "So Many Ways"; (ii)"Endlessly"; (iii) Fools Rush In".

SAM COOKE-(i) "Summertime"; (i) ChainGang"; (iii) "Wonderful World".

DON GIBSON-(i) "Sea Of Heartbreak"; (ii)"Lonesome No, 1"; (iii) "Blue Blue Day".

SARAH VAUGHAN - (i) "Broken - HeartedMelody"; (ii) "Serena ta" ; (iii) "SmoothOperator".

DRIFTERS - (i) "Dance With Me" / "TrueLove"; (ii) "There Goes My Baby"; (iii)"This Magic Moment".

RAY CHARLES-(i) "One Mint Julep" (ii)"Unchain My Heart"; (iii) "Come Rain OrShine".

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re-port on Ben. E. King's latest record.

Having not heard the record before andbeing a "fan" of King's I bought therecord.

I agree with your critic when he saysthat "How Can I Forget" is a good re-cord, but will not make the charts. Notso the "B" side "Gloria, Gloria", hereis King at his best since "First Taste ofLove". The organ work and chorus addto give this record a tremendous impacton the listener, and I'm sure if givenenough spins by Dics Jockeys, this recordwill make the top twenty.

Notice how the organ is coming in onrecords, "Coming Home Baby", and"It Ain't Necessarily So" the latterwhich I'm sure will be a big hit hereand, if released, in America.-HUGHWELSH, 56 Grosvenor Crescent, Hill-ingdon, Middx.

THE CLASS MISTAKELAST week Norman Jopling stated

that Chubby Checker's first disc"The Class" was not released here; butit was. It was released over here on TopRank but Chubby was then calledChubby Jackson. The number of therelease was JAR 154 and the flip was"Schooldays Oh Schooldays". Doesn'tmatter much though does it?-AUSTINPOWELL, Raleigh Bryn, Knighton,Rads.

JERRY AND TRAGEDY

.'WOULD just like to say how wonder-ful it is to see the name of Jerry Lee

Lewis back in the charts. Because Jerry isproving himself as one of the greatestRockers going I would like to tell youabout the most sensational news ever toreach England about Jerry. It has beenaccepted that Jerry first recorded for theSUN label, with a record called "EndOf The Road" b/w "Crazy Arms". Well,I would just like to tell you the TRUEfacts.

Jerry was 20 years old when he signedup with SUN, but when Jerry was only16 he cut a record for the JIFFY label.A label that only recorded three recordsof which only two were ever issued. Thelabel was owned by a certain JiffyFowler. The track that Jerry cut was anuptempo number called "Lost Lost".Unfortunately the record was only issuedin a few States, these being down South.Unfortunately, tragedy struck. Jiffy'swife was backing her car out of thedriveway when she accidentally ran overher own child. Jiffy lost interest ineverything, and the company folded.The few men responsible for the recordeach took a few copies and distributedthem to different radio stations. Unfor-tunately, the record never made thegrade. At this time Jerry recorded thisnumber under the name of Jerry Lewis.but it really was THE Jerry Lee Lewiswho is now one of the greatest truerockers going.-PAUL ROBERTON.Vice -President of the Jerry Lee LewisFan Club. 27 Brian Crescent, CrossGates, Leeds, 15.

REVIVAL MONTHOLDIES but Goodies? "Sheila" was

two years old when revived, "FromA Jack To A King" nearer six.Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax" wasrecorded four years ago, and the Rockin'Rebels' "Wild Weekend" was a minorhit in America in 1960 on "Marlee"-they are now "Swan" label.

And, of course, there is Buddy Holly's"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" . . . .-C. C. DANIELS, 123 Blenheim Road,Deal, Kent.

SCOIS C & WWHEN you're going all out for a duo

career in Country 'n' Westernmusic, there's no point in hoping folkwill remember your names if they hap-pen to be lain Campbell and LeonardKelly. So thought Messrs. Campbell andKelly who now emerge op the sceneas . . . Chuck and Gideon.

They are now mates. Their vocal to-getherness shows through on their debutdisc for Parlophone, "The TenderTouch" and "Cherry Berry Lips". Theyhave been known, it seems, even to shareeach other's girl -friends!

But not so long ago they were indirect competition-as bandleaders inGlasgow. Though they hadn't met, theyhad that feeling that they'd be enemiesif ever they did.

Said Chuck this week: "I was sureI wouldn't get on with Gideon becausepeople were always telling me that hisgroup was far better than mine".

Musically, the lads are very much"with it". Chuck learned guitar at six.All his family used to gather for C andW sessions, when his personal contribu-tions was inevitably "Home On TheRange". At 14, he joined a Glasgowjazz group as R and B singer, a part-time job because he was going throughan apprenticeship as a tool-maker.

Later, he formed his own band andonce appeared on the annual "RiverboatShuffle" on the River Clyde.

But his big solo break was with Scot-tish TV on "Dance Party", an eleven -week series on which he sang R and Band C and W. He went on to anothershow, "Rocking House".

Gideon? As an apprentice, he earnedthe odd bawbees by working a BernardBrothers' mime act with his cousin.worked well until his cousin became ill.

Later, he formed the "Honky Tonks",which gave him a chance to sing coun-try -style round the Edinburgh and Glas-gow halls. Three years ago, the rivalsmet up and became . . mates!

They more or less had to, since they'dbeen booked for the same dance. Butthey found they liked the same sort of

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music-got out their guitars and experi-mented, amalgamated their groups . . .and Chuck and Gideon were "together".

Next came a holiday in Brighton,occasional work in the local hostelriesand the setting up of a flat there. Chuckwent back to Glasgow just to finish hisapprenticeship for a week or so .. . andit all started happening for Gideon.

He was "spotted" by publisherMaurice Clark. He took NormanNewell and Dot Squires along and Gideonwas offered a test. But, said Gideon:"I'd rather wait for my brother to comealong, too". The brother was C. . . who hot -foot it to London.

Their first disc is a good 'un.promising.

Just for the record: Gideon hashair, blue eyes, is 5 ft. 7 in., digs ssuits, eggs, taking it easy . . . andthing by Ray Charles.

Chuck is fair-haired, blue-eyed,9 in., and goes for casual clothes, etrelaxing and . . . anything byWilliams.

Their main snag may be this.both dig the Everly Brothers and rethem as being the positive end

duos are concerned. Which means thatthey're going to have to go through thatperiod of "comparison" and accusationof copying.

I think they'll make it.But I've got news for the boys.

They're spending the month of April atthe Top Ten Club, in Hamburg. Justdown the road there's another smartclub which features top American stars.

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AT LAST CORAL HAVE ISSUED THE NEWBUDDY HOLLY DISC THAT THE FANSHAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. IT IS ALREADYTHE FASTEST -MOVING LP IN AMERICAAND HERE IS A DETAILED REVIEW BY

NORMAN JOPLING OFTHE FIREBALLS: Their backings were dubbed on several of the tracks of the

great new Buddy Holly album. They had a million -seller on "Torquay".

`REMINISCING' LP...."CAN anyone capture the wind ? Has a person ever had a spirit and per-

sonality huge enough and rich enough to encircle this earth ? Manyhave tried and failed, but we know of one young man who seemed to dothese things and much more. He was our son, Buddy Holly."

These are the words of Ella and Lawrence Holly, parents of one of themost significant and influential persons on the disc scene today.

Despite the fact that he has been dead for over four years. The wordsabove are from the L.P. "Reminiscing"-the long-awaited disc from Coralthat contains a wealth of new material from Buddy.

A disc that is probably in your shopsnow. . . .

It looks like being one of the biggestsellers Coral have had-on the otherside of the Atlantic the newly -releasedL.P. is currently the fastest selling-jumping up sixty places in the charts inone week.

So we thought this L.P. was morethan worthy of a detailed track.'to-trackreview.

LOVE OR LOATHEOn side one all fans will have already

beard the first two numbers-"Reminisc-ing" and "Slippin' and Slidin' ". Theformer was penned by sax maestro KingCurtis, who also solos on the disc. Thelatter was, of course, a Little Richardnumber which Buddy takes at a verymuch slower tempo than the original-NRM readers who have written up tous about it either love it or loath it.

"Bo Diddley", a fast-ish rocker withsome superb guitar work from Buddy.Repetitive and rather bluesy, it waswritten by Bo Diddley, one of thegreatest R & B exponents on the scene.Tune is familier-it's "Willie And TheHand Jive" was copied from it for thebenefit of Cliff fans. But this one, ofcourse, is the original number. We've

heard this is to be his new single-itshould get into the top five if it is.

"Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie",of course will be familiar to all Hollyfans.

"Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight"was composed by Buddy. It's a fastrocker with Buddy shouting his waythrough the pounding backing. Tunefuland with touches of the early Elvis inmany parts it's a well -made track.

"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" needsno introduction-it's Buddy's biggest hitsince "It Doesn't Matter Any More".Penned by Chuck Berry the great rock'n' roller.

VOCAL TRICKS"Because I Love You" is a slow-ish

number with Buddy on top of vocalform. The backing is almost all on one -note guitars jangling away. Builds upslightly with a very atmospheric flavour.Fans of his slower more deliberate num-bers will go a bomb for this one.

"It's Not My Fault" is a CountryAnd Western type number as the onesrecently sung by Johnny Tillotson.Medium tempo with an insistent almostheavy backing and with Buddy perform-ing some vocal tricks on the song that

we haven't heard before. Interesting in-strumental patch at the end.

"I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down" isa fast frantic rocker that even seems toput "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" inthe shade. Buddy's voice is high on thisgood rock number which he composed.Loud and fast backing with plenty ofTex-Mex sounds. Rather Little -Richard -

MANNERISMS"Changing All those Changes" was a

ish but definitely good Holly,.number recorded by Buddy on his"That'll Be the Day" L.P. But this is adifferent recording and one in whichBuddy seems to have improved his vocalmannerisms considerably. The backing isprobably not as good as on the original-but it may be that it's only because Ihaven't heard this version as much as theolder version. Slight title change too.

"Rock -A -Bye Rock" is a mediumtempo absolutely pounding rock num-ber with a good tune and lyric pennedby Buddy of course. Backing is good-but the middle instrumental break is veryvery similar to the one in "That'll BeThe Day" (both versions) and "Ting -A -Ling". A good powerful ending to oneof the most outstanding beat L.P.'s tobe issued.

That's that then. Fans will like toknow (if they don't already) that manyof the backings on these tracks aresupplied by the Fireballs. Holly fans willnot be disappointed-the Fireballs soundlike the Crickets used to on discs like"Oh Boy" and "Rave On"-discs madewhen Buddy was at the height of hiscareer. And that's exactly what thesetracks sound like. Others were alreadybacked when originally recorded and

BUDDY HOLLY

"Reminiscing"away.

I hope R & B. fans will not beoffended by Buddy's versions of "BrownEyed Handsome Man" and "BoDiddley". Certainly these two trackswould never have been issued if Buddywas alive - and they can in fact donothing but good for the two artists whooriginated the numbers.

has King Curtis blowing And here are a few more words fromMr. and Mrs. Holly . . .

"We would like to join with all thosewho have been part of Buddy's careerto thank you for your unfading devotionto our son and his music. We hope youfind many pleasant hours of listeningpleasure in this selection of Buddy'ssongs. . . ."

CHRIS MONTEZ: Says his British tour is the best he has ever"digs" the girls here, too. (NRM Picture.)

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Chris Montez and his'Olde Englishe Shirts

THE theatre: ABC, Croydon, SouthLondon. The audience: packed.

Audience behaviour: a mixture ofscreaming, hollering, panting, howl-ing, wailing. The reason: the immi-nent arrival of American star ChrisMontez.

Now read on: the curtains open.Out comes the "some kinda fun"bundle. Wearing black bolero suit,sealskin shoes and zany red cravat.

Everything happens from the off. Ahighlight was "La Bamba", tribute toChris's old idol, the late Ritchie Valens.Final number was "Some Kinda Fun".All uninhibited. Chris hits the audience,non-stop, You can criticise his technicalperformance but not his zest. He's noDarin or Sinatra as a singer.

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Who cares? The audience certainlydon't. Chris knows his limitationsKnows it'll be a long while before hecan move out of the touring rock 'n'roll arenas.

The tour is coming to an end. Chrisis still knocked out by this, his first everoverseas trip. And now he sits down,

quietly, in his dressing room and writeshis views ... specially for the NewRecord Mirror.

"Sure, I realise that every Americanartist over here must say the same . . .but I've never had such a ball. Theaudiences here are wild-and wild likeI've never seen in the States.

"All of us get on well. Tommy Roe.the Beatles, me. I'm mad about theBeatles for they're so zany. I'm never susure whether they're serious or funny. Butwhen they are funny, they're real funny.And talent-well, as soon as I get backto the States, I'm going to put some oftheir songs on my next L.P. In fact, it'llbe a race to see who gets them outfirst, Tommy Roe or me.

"My chief problem here has been thatI've had little free time. I've had somecrazy suits made by Douggie Millings.And my publicity man, Andrew Old-ham, took me to an 'Olde Englishe'shirt place in Burlington Arcade and Ibought some wild shirts. So did mymanager, Jim Lee.

"And you know what? The guy in theshop recognised me, It was a real high-class place and it was gas being noticed.Eden Kane has his shirts made there.

"There are so many British artists Iwanted to meet but time is what Ihaven't got. But with Andrew, I metMark Wynter and there is one real niceguy. We know the same folk back in theStates. I listened to his 'Aladdin's Lamp'and rate it a definite hit.

"I wanted to meet Julie Grant, too.I love her latest record and, for a six-teen -year -old, she has a swell voice,

"You know, I've come to realise thatthere's a whole lot more talent overhere than people appreciate. For in-stance, those Beatles. Apart from enter-tainment value, they have talent.`Misery' is one of the greatest songs I'veheard in a while-and Kenny Lynch isa gas. I hear his 'Puff' in the States but'Misery' is even better,

"And how about the British girls? Ilove 'em all. They've really been greatto me on this tour. Whatever theweather, and sometimes it's been prettybad, they've queued to see us. Andthey're all so pretty. .

"The most important thing to me, per-sonally, about this tour is that I'velearned a lot and met so many people.No singer ever stops learning and I'vetried to take in as much as I can.

"It's been the best tour I've ever beenon, anyway. And the truth is that it's thefirst I haven't been even a little home-sick on. When the time finally coniesfor me to go back, I'll be a little sadfor sure.

"Honest, I'll be just rarin' for theopportunity to come back and meet upwith the British audiences again."

Chris Montez stopped writing. Andwent back on stage. He was as unin-hibited as ever. Why this time he evenpulled off that "olde Englishe" shirtand hurled it to the ground.

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NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending Maroh 30, 1963 Page Five

'I'M A VERY JOLLY PERSON'Said Roy Orbison, The Saddest Singer On Record

"ONE day", someone said, "Roy Orbison will make a happy record". Thatwas a very fair statement. Just take a look at Roy's discs and you'll see how

the great majority of them are in the sad vein."In Dreams", "The Crowd", "I'm Hurtin' ", "Cryin' ", "Runnin' Scared",

"Blue Angel" and "Only The Lonely". His happier discs were "Dream Baby","Workin' For The Man", "Candy Man" and "Todays Teardrops".

His two albums-"Lonely And Blue", and "Cryin' ". Both of which hadvery effective mournful type covers on them. Roy himself has penned happiersongs than those he sings. "Claudette", a million -seller for the Everly Bros wasone of them, and he has also penned several numbers for Buddy Holly and theCrickets, close acquaintances of his once.

"Actually I'm a very jolly person"says Roy. "I don't think I'm ever reallymoody except for one afternoon everythree months or so.

"But I don't write sad songs to a for-mula. 'I've never said to myself 'Sadsongs sell better, therefore write sadsongs'.

"Most of the material was writtenduring the time I was growing up whichwas at times pretty frustrating. My songsare all about the way I felt personallyat one time or another.

"But I maintain you have to be happyto write a sad song, if you know whatI mean."

Roy is happy enough. He's happilymarried to Claudette (you guessed it, theEverly's song was written about her), andhis chart successes in the States andBritain are rather astounding.

After his "Only The Lonely" hit Roykept to the same formula for "BlueAngel" and "I'm Hurtin' ". His hitsdiminished in size so he changed hisformula starting with the fantastic suc-cess of "Runnin' Scared", one of themost atmospheric discs of the beat era.He followed it with another U.S. chart -topper, the highly emotional "Cryin' "and since then continued more or lessin the same vein, that is with songs thattend to build an.

Surprisingly enough though, his last

top ten hit here "Dream Baby" wasn'ta builder, just a gospelly type beat num-ber that made the charts in the middle ofthe twist craze.

Since then he has had minor Britishhits with "The Crowd", "Workin' ForThe Man" and "In Dreams", his currentpoignant hit which looks as though itmay make the twenty.

In the States he has had one morehit "Leah", flip to "Workin' For TheMan" did better chartwise eventuallytaking over in the charts from it, Cur-rently Roy is in their top thirty with"In Dreams".

Although Roy sells a fantastic amountof discs he is by no means a teen idol.He looks matured and sensible withoutthe hip -swivelling approach-he looksmore set to be a classical pianist than apop singer. Yet he has a fantastic num-ber of fans who consistently buy his discs-for Roy Orbison never drops in stan-dard-he hasn't made a bad or evenmediocre disc yet.

Roy's recording history is not asstraightforward as it seems. It was in1956, when he was twenty that he penned"Claudette". Before he had had a hitwith "Uptown" his first for the Monu-ment label. Then a long series of flopsrelieved financially by "Claudette".

"Only The Lonely" was worked onROY ORBISON (NRM Picture)

WHEN JIMMIE FRUSTRATEDHIS NEW RECORD COMPANY

JIMMIE RODGERS: All-out effort.

WITH an ironic twist of fortuneJimmie Rodgers, who had a

succession of early hits on the Colum-bia label and then fell into obscurityhad a sudden resurgence of popularitywith "English Country Garden" onColumbia just at the time he switchedlabels to Dot (London here). NowDot inform me they are making anall out effort to put Jimmie backwhere he was with hits like "Honey-comb" and "Kisses Sweeter ThanWine."

NEW RELEASEJimmie's second London single

here "Rainbow At Midnight" and itscoupling, "Rhumba Boogie", didn'tcatch on. However Dot are not toodisappointed as they feel sure thatJimmie is due to win certain acclaimonce more in the not -too -distantfuture. And this week, a new JimmieRodgers single "Face In A Crowd"has been released on London.

Jimmie's expected tour with theSpringfields and others later this yearfell through. On the stocks is anotheralbum - his first for London - namedafter his first London single "No-oneWill Ever Know". Among the highlightson this album are Jimmie's version ofGene Pitney's "The Man Who ShotLiberty Valance" and Peter, Paul, andMary's "Lemon Tree" plus "I Can'tStop Loving You",

POPULARITYAlso on the album are Jimmie's inter-

pretations of Claude King's "WolvertonMountain", "It Keeps Right on aHurtin'," "I Love You A ThousandWays", "Born To Lose", and "Al DiLa".

The package is completed by "Be-cause", "Slow Poke" and "I'm GonnaBe The Winner'.

It will be interesting to see if "Face In

for many months before it was perfected.Then it was recorded. It flopped. Or atleast it seemed to, For the disc wasreleased in the early spring in the States.It didn't make the charts till autumn ofthat year, 1960.

After that Roy was all set up.Roy has just completed a thirty day

tour, which began on February 17th inHouston, Texas. He has been to suchplaces as Atlanta, Georgia, BritishColumbia, and he finished up in Nash-ville.

In a few days he will start to cut hisnew album, no titles aavilable yet. Atthe same time he and his manager and

co -writer Fred Foster will be negotiatingfor two or three TV spots between nowand the end of the year. A new singlewill be cut soon too.

Roy's hobby is quite an unusual one-for a singer at least. He builds andraces flying gasoline -powered enginemodel airplanes. He has been doing thisfor some time now, and he races themwith his friends, and his manager. Royhas just bought himself a new car, asuper sports coupe.

That then is Roy Orbison. The manwho sings some of the saddest songsin the business-yet who is completelythe opposite in real life ...

NORMAN JOPLING.

THAT CONTEST ! !!SO Britain missed out again. In the eighth of the Eurovision Song Contest prestige.

booster, 75,000,000 viewers in 16 different countries saw "veteran" competitorRonnie Carroll sing his way into fourth place with "Say Wonderful Things".

The winners: husband -and -wife team from Denmark, Gretha and Jorgen Ingmann,on a sentimental ballad "Dansevise" -a win calculated to be worth at least f10,000to them. Gretha handled the vocal side, accompanied on guitar by Jorgen, who isalready an international disc name. Columbia rush -released this song, under the title"I Loved You", getting it to the dealers by Tuesday.

Second came Ester Ofarim, an Israeli girl working on behalf of Switzerland. Hernumber was "Please Don't Go". Third came Italy, represented by Emilio Pericoli,who sang "One For All". This ex -New York policeman had a huge hit with "Al DiLa", a big -voiced ballad and now looks set to clean up in the world tenor stakes. He'salready been described as the successor to Mario Lanza.

And then came Britain. A disappointment certainly but surely not unexpected. Butat least this year, a determined effort to find a winner was made. Instead of therather shambling selection system of past years, BBC TV commissioned some of thetop writers in the business to put forward a song specifically for the contest. RonnieCarroll, who'd won the "Song For Europe" heat the year before with "Ring -a -DingGirl" was the hands -down winner.

Of course, it has already gone on to be a hit in this country for Ronnie andwriters Philip Green and Norman Newell.

Production-wise-The BestThe contest? I watched on the home screen and rated it, from the production

side, easily the best so far. The audience was based away from the scene of opera-tions so there were no distractions . . . just excellent camera angles, settings, lightingand presentation. Though it was a longish show, the interest was maintained most ofthe way.

The judging? Everyone to their own taste. I didn't particularly agree with thedecisions. But on an all-round presentation system, I'd like to hand out Certificatesof Merit to the blonde and talented Heidi Bruhl, of Germany; to the bespectacledand talented Nana Mouskouri of Greece (though she represented Luxembourg); andto 18 -year -old Francoise Hardy, of Monaco, who also wrote the song she sang.

All three caught my pair of peepers. I think we'll hear plenty in future of allthree. Just missing a Certificate was Annie Palmer, of Holland, who looked a lotlike Rosemary Clooney.

Tough luck, then, Britain. Now let's start work on next year's contest. NOW.

PETER JONES

The Crowd" and the new album (releasedin March) can regain Jimmie his formerpopularity. Since his "Country Garden"hit Columbia have released anothersingle "The Fox And The Goose" butthis has not done the trick.

In his beginning with Columbia hereand Roulette in America Jimmie notchedup hits with "Honeycomb" (MartyWilde covered this on his debut disc forPhilips), "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"and "Oh, Oh I'm Falling in Love Again."

U.S. HITHis first two singles were packaged

on his first album which had some splen-did tracks. After his next singles"Secretly" and "Are You Really Mine",two of these tracks were put out on asingle, "Woman From Liberia" and"Girl In The Wood", two catchy num-bers that gave him a moderate hit. Inthe States Jimmie had a hit with "Bin',bombey" but this did not catch on here.

Because of Jimmie's drop in popularityhis singles slowed up here but there wereplenty of albums such as "The NumberOne Ballads" and "Jimmie RodgersSings Folk Songs". Jimmie's "Fox AndThe Goose" single was taken from thisLP incidentally.

RECONCILEDJimmie incidentally, who had been

happily married for a number of yearswas later involved in divorce proceed-ings with his wife but the couple havesince been reconciled, it is pleasing to re-port, after his wife was taken seriouslyill.

Among his other albums are "Jimmie

Rodgers' Favourites", a Christmas col-lection and a spiritual package and atop rate Western album "Twilight OnThe Trail". On his LP "An Evening OfFolk Songs" he included the soft memor-able "Evergreen Tree". Cliff Richard laterwaxed this on an album and got plentyof radio requests for it. It was from theLP "Folk Song World Of JimmieRodgers" that Columbia took his hit"English Country Garden".

By

GRAEME ANDREWS

Columbia unsuccessfully released a fewmore singles before this last hit. Thesewere- "I'm Never Gonna Tell", "RingA Ling A Lario" and the surprising miss"Tender Love And Care" which wascoupled with "Waltzing Matilda". Afterthe next single "The Little Shepherd OfKingdom Come" came his "Garden"hit.

It's a pity Jimmie's tour plans did notmaterialise. As you can see he wouldhave had no shortage of material to drawon had he come here. Maybe one day hewill make this island. Even today hisvintage hits would probably go downwell and his fans would get great plea-sure front seeing him perform such finenumbers as "The Long Hot Summer","Blowing Wild", and "Girl In TheWood". A tour could do him nothingbut good for Jimmie is a top line artistwh uses his own material. Maybe if"Face In A Crowd" makes the hit listshe'll think again about coming here.

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MONTEZ TORECORD HERE

dinspending Me best part of a week study -Mg the possibility of Chris's recordinghere. He explain. that there is nothingin the .n back home and be can seeno reason why

Chimeshould not record

something here.MT has heart looking over British re-m.. and also many new

songs. He is mid to have a high regardfor British rewording techniques.

NORTHERNBEAT

RTTntLvo.-rtrztLanmshire and Cheshire Beat Contestlakes place at the Philharmonic Hall,Liverpool, PoMay 9 old "'

It is organised by Harry Lowe, well-knoem agent and promoter and thePrim includerecording contiacts for thefirst three winners. There will be numer-ous other prizes.

Said Mr. Lowe this week: "Agentsand personal managers are invited toinclude their groin theAlready, reaction has been tremendous-and the fantastic thing is that there areover 300 groups in the Liverpool areaalone.

"Heat elimination will take placeduring the day -time a. the finals, onMay 10, .0 be judged by several well-known -personalities from the musicworld. This is a rich area for the POPmusic scene and we are sure of high -goal.

Mr. Loan is in Liverpool for Me wholeof this week finalising arrangements.

For up-to-the-minute details, readnext week's New Record Mirror.

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follow up to the Japanese kiyaki isMe Moroccan Casablanca isohedulad forrelease on AP. 3L

B. the flipside hs a closer -to -homesound Harelmere.

MIKE SARNE- NOVELISTJUST as hs attn also, Code of Love

(Anattention

in the),is sot plemy of

shops and on the air-and looks like being another hit-MikeSame leaven this weekend for a get-away-fromeit-ell holiday in Slain

The reason: Mike a putting thefinishing touches to a novel.

TORNADOS

NEWCOMERSPETER PANARIO is deputising for

the Tornados' regular organistRoger LaVern, who is in hospital underob.rvatton. The gr.up oho esix. .be signing a new bass player in the nextfew days.

KENNY LYNCH, MP?COULD BE, says

PETER JONESIT seemed a strong enough rumour

to be worth following up. KennyLynch, Hit Parader who spends mostof his spare time at the House ofCommons, was goiag Mond forParliament in the interests of theLabour Party.

The rumour -monger added thatKenny was taking special tuition inorder to lit himself for the job.

So I put it to Kenny. Who .id:"No, male, that was just a bit of agiggle. What I really said was that ifJimmy Edwards was standing forPaddington . . . then I'd he happyenough to stand against. Either that,or I'd stand for the East End, where Ihope I'd be a dead certainty to get in!

"Seriously, though, all this Mrsinmsshoot show business coming in on Mepolitics kick worries me. How could youform a government of singing comics andcomic singers.

NO GIMMICKBut I'm dad interested in the politi-

cal scene. It's not 'rata gimmick, youIgo

the House of Commons for those mid-ight sessiems. Tea, thinking about it,

you were Me first bloke to say that itwas the two of us up there in the publicgallery at various debates . . ."

Meeting Kenny, you get the impres-sion that nothing is all that serious tohim. He's a quip -king who has theimmediatumg to top anything yon say.That blue tint you see to the atmosphereabout him is caused by his Fast Endlangmm which is as colourful Cl hisdebut L.P. "Up On The Roof".

But the fact is that few artists ofBritish origin have had such a tremen-dous reaction to a first L.P. as hasKenny. He's been hailed as a "worldgreat" by many :whichOut of eight,'reviews 01 the albuMin which have pouredout, only one was a bit anti -Lynch. And

et was mostly on the score of thesleve-notes on the di. . . . whichKenny didn't write an...

TOO BADMost

his:mportantto Kenny, though, is

how new single "Miser" is going.It vv. written by two members of MeBeatles and was originally offered toHelen Shapiro. Koury said: "I firsthood it on our tour when Me boys wereplaying it over for Helen. Evetually,she didn't use it, but I knew at the mmeritne that I'd like to record it.

"Will it be as big as 'Up On TheRoof'? Who knows? But I think I'vetold you before that my main interest isin making GOOD RECORDS . .. andif that cuts across merely mmmercialthings, well that's too bad."

Every . often someone comes on thescene who smnds out because of thebreadth of his general talents. Say, aTony Newley or Roy Castle, orSinatra as far as the Sim. areconcerne.

Kenny looks like being Mal type.Hers writing rapidly to finish hisnovel, which is set among Me folk heknows and loves in the Fast lad. Hehas his political affiliations. He has hisgmat enthusiasm people ... emo Whe immediately argues Me hind legs off

m. He has his vocal versatility. He hasthe boxing champions..., days behindhim which enables him to deal ruthlesslywith any trouble -maker.

BLOODHOUNDSQuite recently, Kenny appeared on

television with a couple of bloodhounds.These are not the most smiling of clogsand he immediately nicknamed one"Misery"-the title of his new single.Now he's going into the dog business, inthe same that he's buying himselfbloodhound which will, inevitably, becalled "Misery".

When I interviewed Kenny first, he hadno hit record behind him. Only a lot of -praise from mates of his in he showbusiness scene. Bin Kenny hasn't changeda bit. He almost gives the impressionof thinking it is all a bit of a giggle andthat pop music is j. one section of ha

cal is L.P.? Kenny chose most of thematerial. He chooses most of his singlematerial, anyway. If he believes in

the -re's no point in trying t arguewith Wm.. He's a bit surprised Ma sornany crifics have picked out "LeaningOn A Lamp Post" for special mention,himself regarding the ballads as being thermlly DIFFERENT things for himself.He'd have liked a few more swingers,

xtbut he's been Promised that there'll bemore on his nealbum. -

THINKERThe main thing about Kenny is that

be is a THINKER. I just hope thatdoean't make him seem too square. Tooout of touch with the general NON -thinking of the pop scene.

BM with a MI right behind him' a 1414on the way about now, and an albumwhich so many fans and fanafies dig so

he afford to slop

Fame. about polities, racial problems,bloodhounds, his soccer -laying, hihook, his debut in a straight TV play,his film aspirations (notably on Mdirecting side), his sister (Max.Daniels, now in the throes of a come-back), etc. etc.

Oh, yes. AND what I'm writing abouthim in this article.

LIONEL BLAIR: surrounded by a bevy of glamour as he plugs his Oriole vocal debut Mse, which Is going great guns

KENNY: "I'm no misery,I wouldn't mind standing forParliament againstJimmy Edwards!"

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NT NAMES CHANGEwrites DUFFY POWER

DUFFY POWER - a name that'sbecome part of me. 'Course, it

not my REAL name. My old malesdown. Fulham way now me as Ray-mond Howard. And I didn't pick"Daffy Power", either - though itcomes pretty near to what I wanted.But

now the problem bi should Ichange my name all over again? ADOUBLE change, in fact. Bur firstlet's have a look at this problem ofBoding the right name fora singer.

Adam Faith, TorTerry

Billy For,vieee Eimer, Terry Dene. Allgoodnames. Easy to remember. All RIGHTfor the pop singer.

B. let's be far. It is the pop industrythat has gained notoriety for name -changing. Newspapers are always herald -mg the fact that "Vinemt Hamilton",my, the new pop sensation was bornplain John Smith.

What's the point of making a change.What's the benefit? Does a orousmoniker really add to one financial andprestige rewards? Well, it does add tothe image surroundMg the artist.

And the DOUBLE change? One .sein point is Darren Young. That's hisnanne now, but he was launched as ...Johnny Gentle. And that wasn't his rightname.

I think, bas ally, this name -changebusiness goes back to our schooldays.That's when you first become influencedby the and of a name. You find thatthe most popular names al those limesare (hose ending hi a double Idler and

. Like Penny, Ginny and so on.They also have an air of cuteness aboutthem.

mhen there are the strop -souvding

and so on.So when the tirne comes for picking

:12mname of Me sort of character you eitherassociate with yourself . . . or wolike other people to associate with

Ion.u

Quite honestly. apart from seeking soimpressive sound, Me name is morelikely one which yourwish you'd had asa child. "Duffy" fo ins tan is Ihosort of name I'd like to be born with.

DUFFYThat, roughly, is Al psychology of 0

all.The benefits? Well, you gen a name

Mat looks better than your real one onrecord label. Fans will like it bitter-

n. it is easier to remember. I saw theother day, though, that Wes Sands, EdenKane's brother, had made half -a -dozenchanges before settling on WS.

However, until recently Lye neverunderstood the double narne change. Itdidn't seem logical, particularly whenyou most probably have spent time build-ngi a reputation on the first name.

I say until recently. Here's why. Inmy case, 1 was ahem. known as "theaildmt rock singer in the world". At thetime. this was fine. The tight sort ofPIM I attra t the customers

Recently, though, I've made a cora-

POWERplate change of stir.. My "Aido .6666..rily So", for instance, was in therhythm 'n' blues -ballad idiom. Unfortu-nately, many people refuse to think ofme as this type of singer. Dhinkm"Dully Power" wish that "Wildest" tag.

Rally, this A an example of when aname SHOULD be changed again

Had I realised this before the record

areleased,I would for sure bave had

ndsec serious thoughts Mom adoptinganother stage and recording name.

Now it's too late, anyway. TherecordIs ou-and I must stick to the aideHuffy Power.

It's like I was mying before. Whinyou choose a name, it's likely to be onethat Is somehow a pad of you.

And yon can't lease that behind!

FALLEN IDOLS No.18

JOHNNIE RAYIOHNNIE RAY: for me, the most

exciting pop performer I've everseen. A star of the highest quality,with more studied showrnambiphis little finger, left hand, than mostof the others have in their wholebodies. And a man I truly regrethaving to include in this series . ."Fallen Idols".

What went wrong? You'll have totell me. I can honestly find noreason for his slump ...

Johnnie comes from another era.The era of Coy Mitchell and FranldeLaine, who also consistently churnedout hits. But he was unique. Builton a gimmick of tearfulness, initiallycalled everything from phoney toventriloquivris slummy . . but heoutlasted the others of his own time.

Now it's pone. Remember "Cry"?And "Little White Cloud"? Heavyemotional contem-but he eased numbers

ntlike "Wh. A Night" and ?Josephine"io the huge-sellors, too. Then thehysteria vanished. The skids, disc -wise,were under him.

He's swopped labels in recent monthsin an effon to find the way back. Hislatest "Lookout Ch.anonga", forBrunswick. Before that he came up withTimi Toro on "I Believe'. for London.

The seen. Johnnie mead to muse wereriotous. The London Palladium wasbeeteged. On tour, it was chaos. liemade today's mob -scenes look Rune bycomparison.

Then he mme to the Palace Theatrein London. Quite a few fans .yedloyal. But houses wore !OS, than halffull. Johnnie ems philosophical about itAnyway, it wee not really a good theatrefor variety hills.

And Johnnie returned again to play inmbaret isTelk Of The Town". Onthe day nips arrival there were hug afew La iting to greet him. Onprevious visits, the police would havebeen called out.

What happened? Again, You tell

Johnnie was very loyal to his fans andmade more visits here than m. Ameri-can slam Did he overdo 07 Should hehave spent more time In Presky.fikexi:elusion?

Were John's discs suddenly Jam com-mercial, Surely not. He varied themwell hut retained most of Mat earlyemotional impact.

Did sundry stories about his romance,including two reported engagements, putthe block on him?

Or is it lute one of Mose mysteries?But we must accept that Johnnie has

lost the teenage following. O.K. Whatbashes me is that my early PrediNionwas that "Johnnie Ray will outlast theteen idols and move into the standardcategory along with Sinatra and Tomm".

Fact is that Mere were two sides toJohnnie. One, the tearaway, ailing,mart. angular wage performer. Andthe other, Me off-stage quiet man whocould (rat st.ards, blues, janclassics Psith his own piano accompani-men0-and give them imaginative andmusicianly tr.me..

Jazzmen dug John when he was in thismood. They regretted only that hedidn't injeM mom of the "...Y.'material into his Page sc..

He once told me: "I love Me mg.,rms.. And the good folk wogs. Tooknow, there's a whole heap of fine songsthat most of the fans lave never evenhmrd. They're the ones I dig whenIhn just singing for my own .tisfac-Eo

Johnnie wanted to make his mark infilms. He did star in "There's No Busi-ness Like Show usiness", laying iself open to criticism by playing a singerwho went off to become a andsinging the senRreligious ?If YouBelieve" in the bargain. Ble mrvivd

And he starred in the big surname

stock musicals in the Slates, takingleading roles in things laic "Carousel"-"just for the expariensans ontMe loot". His cabaret am was highlypaid and highly praised.

What with the tears, the hearing -aid(he centrmlly is 52 per nt. deafeachear),

and his high perceatage of RedIndian blood, Johnnie bad tome thenhis fair share of brickbats as a gimmick0300- He was ea. Prey for Me butcher-ing journalists. But he lasted, made loot,overcame several lengthy illnesses.

He's still a big name, of course. Fewpeople can forget ho initial impct andhis barnstorming tactics.

But can he really snake it back in thechests? Nobody's trying harder thanJohn to do just that. Or will he settledown in Me ranks of steady -sellers onalbums, away from the teen -scene.

He's a unique talent. Certainly thehest showman -singer I've v see.Sorely he antg he hat delegaeteerd to the"not wanted" department.

Surely not.PET. JONES

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COUNTRY BALLAD FROM FRANKFRANK IFIELDNobody's Darlin' But Mine; YouDon't Have To Be A Baby To Cry(Columbia DB 7007)p0P-STYLED COUNTRY number1 from Frank, with a lot of assist-ance from the girl chorus. It's aslow-ish beat ballad which Franksings very well, and nice gentle liltingstrings plus some insistent guitarstrumming in the backing. Pleasingenough but not likely to repeat thenumber one success of his last threediscs.

Faster sounds on the slightlybrighter flip, with a Nashville typepiano in the backing, as well as thechonis. Frank sings well enough onthe average ballad, which again has acountry-ish flavour.

THREE VWD

TOP 20 TIPBRIAN POOLE &THE TREMELOES

Keep On Dancing; Run Back Home(Decca F 11616)"OH-KA-KA-KA" sing the Tremeloes

- before Brian leads in on the plain-tive rocker from the film "Just For Fun".It's a beaty effort that's extremely wellperformed, as are all of the boys' num-bers. We liked it-and it has some greatinstrumental work involved. Keep to theformula and they must have a hit soon.

More rock on the flip, another ex-tremely well -performed number that hasyou tapping your toes. Good stuff withplenty of what it takes.

FOUR 'WWD

CHUCK ANDGIDEON

The Tender Touch; Cherry Berry Lips(Parlophone R 5011)

BASS voice and choral effect, mitguitar, lead in the way on "TheTender Touch" before the new duo getat the lyrics. Slow and invested withcharm, "The Tender Touch" is just that.Tender. Slight folksey tang to it all anda familiar sort of melody. There's afollowing for this sort of number. Thingsmove faster for the flip and the duowork with brisk precision. Nice arrange-ment-not too messy.

THREE

NANAMOUSKOURI

The One That Got Away; No Moon AtAll (Fontana 261361)DRAMATIC drums and strings on this

powerful ballad from Nana, whosings with plenty of spirit on the songwhich has a lot of appeal. Not for thecharts, but a lot of people will buy theemotional song from a good songstress.Good backing sounds on the ballad.

More orchestral sounds on the flipthat sound just great. And Nina's voice ispretty good on the song, which is slightlyslower than the top side. Again a well -performed disc with a lot of appeal forthe older market.

THREE S.

DICKIEHENDERSON

I Believe In You; Theme From Carni-val (Decca F 11609)LISTEN to this without checking the

label and you'd never believe it wasby the fast -limbed comic. He sings thissort of show tune (top side is from "HowTo Succeed in Business . . .") with pie-cisely the right touch. Phrases withmodern touches and he swing along toa good big -band backing. Dickie recordsall too infrequently. Another good per-formance for the flip and it's a catchyenough theme to take on in a big way.His telly -popularity should tack on thesales.

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BERT WEEDONNight Cry; Charlie Boy (HMV POP1141)

FAST bass guitar opens this one, andthen some screeching sounds joinin as Bert plays the fast interesting tunewell on his guitar, with some clever littleinstrumental tricks. Pleasing sound,slightly reminiscent of the earlierShadows stuff. Maybe not for the charts-but a goodly seller nevertheless.

He penned the flip, an interpretationof "Charlie Is My Darling", It's played

and is slightly DuaneEddy-ish but it has a lot of atmosphere.

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THE FEDERALSBoot Hill; Keep on Dancing With Me(Parlophone R 5013)THE FEDERALS change their former

sound on this beaty organ leadnumber taken at a medium tempo.Haunting tune and delivery, extremelyatmospheric with an unusual chorus. Alittle bit Tornado-ish but not nearly asfrantic. Good stuff with a good chanceof the charts.

Faster tempo on the flip, which is avocal and has quite a good beat fordancing. Not bad but rather unoriginal.

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JOE GORDONA Taste of the Blues; My Heart CriesFor You (HMV Pop 1139)JERKY, perky song for Joe on this

merry little effort that's got a rathersad little lyric. Fast tempo with an in-teresting string backing on Joe's slightlyhigh-pitched voice. Entertaining.

The old standard is given a goodvoicing on the flip, a well styled versionby Joe, who sounds quite a bit of anentertainer. He sings well an the oldie-but it's more for the older

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DON GIBSONHead Over Heels In Love With You;It Was Worth It (RCA Victor 1335)AFAST-ISH beaty semi -country sort

of thing from Don, who hasn't beendoing too well since "Sea Of Heart-break". Another good catchy numberthat could easily be a hit. Some goodchorus work and a great guitar solo withDon singing marvellously in his deepdistinctive (ones. Watch this one.

Slower sort of thing on the flip, withsome gentle backing work and Don sing-ing well on the more country-ish numberwith the whining sound-but it's all veryentertaining nevertheless.

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REFRESHING RUSS!

RUSS CONWAYGigolo; Terry's Toon (ColumbiaDB7006)BACK to his breezy refreshing piano

style goes Russ on this merry effortwith plenty of good joanna work fromhim. A catchy tune and some good lightbacking but with Russ taking the leadall the time on this pleasing thing.

Russ penned this side-it's anotherbright breezy effort with plenty of zestand gusto. Fair old stuff once more.

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WADE RAYBurning Desire; Two Red Lips (LondonHL 9700)

ACOUNTRY styled number thatsounds suspiciously like "From A

Jack To A King". Repetitive type num-ber with some chorus work and insistentbeat in the country vein. Very ordinary.

Faster type stuff on the flip, anotherrather C & W oum rock type thing.Insistent old-time guitar work.

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BEVERLEY JONESWhy Do Lovers Break Each OthersHearts; I'm Just An In -Between (HMVPOP 1140)(2.00D cover version of the U.S. hit by

Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans.Beverley sings the song well, and there'san insistent bluesy piano beating all theway through. But it's the objectionablefemale chorus that sounds out of place.The song is fast and good and veryappealing-but it's not as polished asthe other version.

Flip is rather Brenda Lee-ish and is atypical teen versus adult song. Not bad.

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THE DAVECLARK FIVE

The Mulberry Bush; Chaquita (ColumbiaDB 7011)THE Dave Clark Five-currently the

centre of a storm by their fans-have a got at the oldie. A good sidewith lots of atmosphere and some good,strong backing sounds, in addition tothe throaty lead voice. Slightly differentto the Chucks' version-probably morecommercial. Good stuff with organthrown in.

Latin sounds on the flip, with a reallyraucous sax taking lead on the tune, withwhoops and yells somewhere. Guitaralso on the fine beaty instrumental,making it a good double -sided rock disc.

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STEVE MARRIOTTGive Her My Regards; Imaginary Love(Decca F 11619)THE striking thing about Steve is that

he sounds like a girl on this song.It's a medium tempo number with somegood backing work on the tuneful beatnumber-which has a lot to recommendit. Good singing from Steve-watch outfor this one.

A slightly off -tune thing on the flip,another good number but not as catchyor commercial as side one-slightlyslower and less potent than the top side.Unusual.

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KETTY LESTERWarm Summer Day; I'll Never StopLoving You (London HLN 9698)STRINGS, gentle and soft, and quiet

trumpet open the latest from Ketty-and it's from "Just For Fun". It's alovely gentle ballad and she sings mar-vellously in her soft lather breathy style.So good and so well sung-and so enter-taining. Like a breath of fresh air.

Flip has the "Love Letters" pianoopening and carries on in the same ratheroff -beat vein for the oldie "I'll NeverStop Loving You" which Ketty againsings very well. A really good value formoney double-sider.

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THE VALADIERSI Found A Girl; You'll Be Sorry Some-day (Oriole American CBA 1809)HEAVY drum beat, and high voices

before the almost normal lead voicecomes in on this tuneful rock disc withplenty to recommend it. Not as bluesyas some but quite an entertaining disc.Appealing in places with plenty of fal-setto on the medium -pace number.

Flip is more ballady with more groupsounds on the tuneful number with asmuch appeal as side one. Not bad onceagain.

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SANDRABROWNE

By Hook Or By Crook; Johnny Boy(Columbia DB 4998)SLOW intro for a raucous teen beat

number with plenty of noise etc.thrown in rather a la Shapiro. Sandra'sgot quite an adult voice which is morethan can be said for the song. Catchyeffort which takes well to the rock treat-ment with a shrill girlie chorus in thebackground. Not bad-but she can dobetter. We've heard it all beforedearie . . .

More of the same sounds on the flip-rather quieter than the top side butvery lively all the same. Not as com-mercial as side one.

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DICK ANDDEEDEE

Young And In Love; Say To Me(Warner Bros. WB 96)SOME months ago this boy and gill

team had a Stateside hit called"Tell Me". This is a carbon copy ofthat and differs only it seems in the lyric.If you haven't heard "Tell Me", this isan appealing teen ballad with plenty ofunusual work from Dedee's high voice,creating a rather plaintive sound. Goodstuff but not too commercial.

More ballady stuff on the flip of "TheMountain's High" team. Good stuff butnot too commercial

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EDDIE HOLLANDIf It's Love; It's Not Too Late (OrioleAmerican CBA 1808)LIDDIE had a big hit Stateside someA-4 time back with his "Jamie". Thisone is a string -filled effort with Eddie'sthroaty bluesy voice taking the fast-ishballad well, with the assistance of achorus. Subtitled "It's All Right", thisis a good disc, but maybe a little toounoriginal.

Drumbeat on the flip, a slower sidewith plenty of emotion from Eddie whosings well enough on the side, which ispowerful in parts, but not as commercialas side one.

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CHUCK JACKSONTell Him I'm Not Home; Getting ReadyFor The Heartbreak (Stateside SS 171)

SLOW bluesy emotion -packed balladfrom Chuck Jackson on this, hislatest effort to enter the U.S. charts. It'sa song with a good lyric about the girlwho tells her family to tell Chuck she'snot home when he rings. A shrill femmechorus supports well and the song buildsrather. Good earthy singing-but notcommercial enough for our charts.

More chorus work on the flip, and thesong moves along at a slightly fastertempo. Again an emotion -packed song,well performed with an organ on thisside.

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BRIAN HYLANDIf Mary's There; Remember Me(HMV POP 1143)THE NEW ONE from Brian looks

like doing what "I May Not LiveTo See Tomorrow" failed to do. Thatis to re-establish him in the chartsonce more. It's a slow very emotionalballad that Brian sings very much inthe style of his "Sealed With A Kiss"triumph. Very good arrangement andsome good vocal work on the tunefulpoignant ballad from Brian. Couldand probably will, make it withenough exposure.

Same sort of stuff on the flip, slowand plaintive - but unfortunatelyit tends to get a bit painful in theend.

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TOP 20 TIPJOEY DEEHelp Me Pick Up The Pieces; BabyYou're Driving Me Crazy (ColumbiaDB 7005)STILL on the semi -ballad kick is Joey

Dee who has deserted the Twist onhis top sides at least. He sings well onthe fastish beat ballad with a chorushelping along the perky tempo number.He sings well enough but he wants toget back to the beat-unless he can makeanother ballad like "What Kind Of LoveIs This".

Organ work on the flip which issteady and driving on the faster neatnumber which is probably better andmore commercial than side one. It'svery similar to lots of others but it'snot too bad. Jerky thing. All rightthough.

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THE VERNONSGIRLS

Do The Bird; I'm Gonna Let My HairDown (Decca F 11629)

AHIT in America for Dee Dee Sharp,this one is a frantic fast moving

dance number with plenty of R & Bfeeling that the girls manage to putover surprisingly well. It moves along atthe fast pace necessary to the dance, witha repetitive catchy tune. But they dohave competition on this one remember.

Quite a good flip, a number with somegood lead singing from Maureen andsome good team work. Fast rockish stuffwith plenty of appeal. Usual type num-ber with some insistent backing work.

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RICHARD WYLIEBrand New Man; So Much Love In MyHeart (Columbia DB 7012)AN almost martial string backing, pre-

cise and well -trained on this semi-bluesy number from Richard who singswell, with several jerks in his voice.Not a bad disc-with more than justimmediate appeal. It could do well wethink.

More martial strings on the flip, afaster number, and again he singsreasonably well. Good lyrics to thisone-it's again somewhat off -beat andattractive.

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BERYL BRYDENBig Daddy; I've Been Living With TheBlues (Columbia DB 7010)PERKY beaty backing on this one from

Beryl-plenty of zest and plenty ofgusto on the medium tempo forcefulnumber which moves along well. Shesings well in her deep-ish voice on therepetitive number which could doreasonably well.

Flip is gentler and has a less beatybacking. But she sings in a more bluesyand gospelly vein on the very entertain-ing song. Quite good stuff.

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JIM HALLLawrence Of Arabia Brotherly Feeling(Pye Int. 25195)JIM and his orchestra make a very

off -beat version of the theme fromthe film. It's rather a modernistic versionwith plenty of the noises that the modernjazz fans go for. Quite good and moder-ately commercial. It brightens up ratherbut still carries the haunting quality.

Repetitive jazzy thing on the flip thatbuilds and builds until you either likeit or loath it.

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ELMERBERNSTEIN

Girl Named Tamiko; Mutiny On TheBounty (MGM 1195)TOP SIDE is the theme from the film

of the same name. Elmer leads hisstring -filled orchestra well on the enchant-ing disc with some very good pianobreaks. Not too commercial but the slow -to -medium effort is very well performed.

Flip is the love song from the film,subtitled "Follow Me". It is once againa slowish tune played well with the pianowell prominent. Good stuff.

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HANK LOCKLINFlyin' South; Behind the Footlights(RCA Victor 1336)

AFTER a goodly sized hit with "We'reGonna Go Fishin'" Hank picks on

another C. & W. type number for hislatest effort. A good song taken at afast pace. with plenty of those countrysounds, including steel guitar and Nash-ville piano. Could make the bottomhalf of the fifty.

More usual sort of stuff on the flip,slower rather whining style with loadsand loads of appeal. He sings wellabout himself as a performer. The songhas a message-but we don't reckon thesad lyric applies to him.

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THE VENTURESEl Cumbanchero; Ship To M'Limbo(Liberty LIB 68)THE old Latin thing is given a good -

treatment by The Ventures who in-strumentally deal with the number,taking the lead on several instruments.The successful beatsters make a goodjob of it, and they play it well givingit a good original interpretation withoutlosing the feel of the number. But prob-ably not commercial enough for thecharts.

Jerky Limbo beat on the flip, withthe latin-ish guitar sound leading the tunewhich of course is "Skip To M'Loo".Good stuff once again-this by the wayis the top side in the States. Maybe itshould be here too. A builder.

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DICK ROMANChanging World; Days Of Wine AndRoses (Stateside SS 173)

BIG, BIG string and orchestral backingon this big ballad from Dick who

sings sweetly in his deep voice as thebacking simplifies rather to allow himto be heard. Rather a la David Whitfieldit won't make the charts, but should bea favourite for a long time.

Flip is softer and is the big themefrom the States. We liked this but ithas been done a lote before lately.

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PATSY ANNNOBLE

Heartbreak Avenue; I'm Nobody's Baby(Columbia DB 7008)

AGOOD tuneful ballad for Patsy onthe number which is ideally suited to

her voice. Good string backing but maybenot too much commercial. She sings verywell though. The sort of thing that growson you.

Much merrier stuff on the flip, a rathernineteen twenties type number but withplenty of present day appeal. She singswell in her perky style and the songmoves along well.

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SHAWN ELLIOTSincerely And Tenderly; Why Don'tYou Love Me Anymore (StatesideSS 174)GIRL CHORUS and strings open this

tender ballad sung well by Shawnwho mouths his way delicately throughthis rather pleasing ballad. He's got abig voice and it goes down well on thissort of song. A lot of emotion on thenumber which is slow with good tune

and lyrics. Not bad, maybe not toocommercial. The talking bit in the middlerather enhances the effect.

Flip is a rather sad little number sungmuch the same as the top side. Slow andgood with a good backing.

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WINIFREDATWELL

Mississippi Mud; Bossa Nova Boogie(Pye 15516)THE OLDIE is given a very present-

able treatment by Winnie on herjoanna, played her usual style. Fastishand rather heavy in places, it movesalong well. Nice little tune on the thing,which isn't all that commercial. Couldsell quite well to the older folk.

Really boogie style stuff on the flip,another number that moves along well.Strange contrast yet one that mingleswell. She plays well and the whole thingis exciting in places. As good as side one.

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JULIE LONDONThere'll Be Some Changes Made; Loveon the Rocks (Liberty LIB 10078)

NEWIE from Julie, from whom we'veheard nothing for a long while. The

standard is given a swinging yet smoothand sophisticated treatment it9M Julie,who has what it takes vocally andvisually. She sings well with a greatbig band backing. More for the olderset though, more than the teenagers.

Breathy singing on the flip, anotherenormously well -performed Lifort withplenty of appeal. She sings well andthe whole thing moves smoothly alongat a slower pace than side one, withmore attention on Julie's voice.

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