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NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS e Friday, December 11, 19592
THE 'Fifties introduced in-numerable singing stars,
some of whom proved to bedurable favourites, whileothers faded cuietly into thebackground. But it's signifi-cant that three artists-still hit
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Slower speeds, but faster sales!parade singers today-held astranglehold grip on the bestselling field as far back as1952 - Frankie Laine, GuyMitchell a n d the inimitableJohnnie Ray.
Unknown here the previousyear, the "Ultra Violent" Ray hitthe British music scene like athunderbolt, and before the e._d ofthe year had established a fan-tastic army of fans, who almosttore apart any place he appeared.
Johrmie's discs sold like the pro-verbial hot cakes, and his success in'52 with Cry," Little WhiteCloud," " Brokenhearted " and
Please Mr. Sun " aroused greatinterest in powerful dramatic ballads.
Throughout the year, pop musictastes changed very little. Happy-go-lucky, bouncy jump numbers ofthe Guy Mitchell variety ("PawnshopOn The Corner," "Always Room AtOur House," etc.) were nationwidefavourites, and such songs broughtthe house down when performed byGuy at the London Palladium.
Frankie Leine's successes werefurthered by such early '52 hits as
Gandy Dancers Ball." " Rock OfGibraltar " and " I'm Gonna LiveTill I Die," and other " old faith-fuls " with big hits on their handsincluded Nat " King " Cole (" Un-forgettable "): Doris Day ("A GuyIs A Guy "); Lea Paul and MaryFord (" Meet Mr. Callaghan "), andJo Stafford ("A -Round The Corner").
Fisher hitsNext to Johnnie Ray, undoubtedly
the most impressive newcomer of theyear was handsome young EddieFisher, who sang his way into homesall over the country with " I'mYours." "Anytime," "Tell Me Why,"" Never " and the British song"'Lady Of Spain."
Kay Starr made her mark with" Wheel Of Fortune," Ella Mae,Morse clicked with " BlacksmithBlues," Rosemary Clooney notched" Botch -A -Me," and pianist SirHubert Pimm turned out one of theyear's biggest novelty song hits-" IWanna Say Hello."
By the early months of 1952.interest in pop music had reachedunbelievable prpportions and theneed for a newspaper devoted exclu-sively to the pop industry wasbecoming more and more obvious.
Thus on March 7, there appearedon the news-stands the very firstedition of the " New MusicalExpress "-lat4 to become thelargest -selling weekly musical pub-lication in the world.An immediate point of interest was
the U.S. best seller charts, andrealising their importance, the NMEpioneered the first hit parade (basedon dealers' returns) ever to be pub-lished in Britain-on November 14.
Britain's first Top Twelve read:1, Al Martino's Here In MyHeart "; 2, Jo Stafford's " YouBelong To Me "; 3, Nat Cole's" Somewhere Along The Way "; 4,Bing Crosby's " Isle Of Innesfree ";5, Guy Mitchell's " Feet Up"; 6,Rosemary Clooney's " Half AsMuch " ; 7, Vera Lynn's " Forget -Me -Not " and Frankie Laine's " HighNoon " ; 8, Doris Day and FrankieLaine's " Sugar Bush " duet, and RayMartin's " Blue Tango "; 9, VeraLynn's " Homing Waltz "; 10, VeraLynn's "Auf Wiedersehen" 11, MaxBygraves' " Cowpuncher's 'Cantata "and Mario Lanza's " Because You'reMine "; and 12, Johnnie Ray's" Walkin' My Baby Back Home."
The list is self-explanatory-withone major exception. Had the chartsbeen inaugurated some months
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earlier, the top disc would most cer-tainly have been the still -remembered
Auf Wiedeqehen," Vera Lynn'sbiggest -ever hit. -
A best seller here, it also becamethe first British disc to top theU.S. charts-and went on to passthe million sales mark:Martino, Ray, Crosby; Kay Starr
and Doris Day notched more hitsbefore the end of the year, andWinifred Atwell made her first chartappearance with " Britannia Rag "-following.on -the success of " Di)deBoogie" add '1 Jubilee Rag." A newBritish representative in the chartswas Tony Brent. with " Walkin' ToMissouri."
Band boomBig hands were big business in 1952
-in dance halls, on radio and disc.Eager not to be left out of the popmusic boom, the BBC took a giantstep by launching the star-studdedShow Band, a resident orchestraunder the baton of Cyril Stapleton.Interest in the group-and the widevariety of sounds and styles it pro-duced-was unmistakable, and pavedthe way for a personal appearancetour early the following year.
Aided by composer -arrangerRonald Binge, Mantovani perfectedhis unique " tumbling strings "sound and scored a mammothorchestral hit with "Charmaine."A great new orchestra leader hademerged.During the year, we also paid our
last respects to two other great menof music-Debroy Somers died inMay, and America's jazz giantFletcher Henderson passed away onDecember 30. Disc fans were sad-dened, too, by the death of singerSteve Conway on April 25.
The recording world was under-goin$ radical changes, and LPs werestarting to get a grip on collectors.It became obvious that "slow speeds"were here to stay when EMI releasedthe very first 45 r.p.m. singles inOctober . . . a new -size disc thathas since become very fashionable.It was learned, too, that the famousPhilips organisation would launchtheir own disc label in 1953.
London Palladium first appearancesincluded top -of -the -bill dates by suchas Frankie Laine, Les Paul and MaryFord, Jo Stafford, Billy Daniels, andPeter Lind Hayes with Mary Healey.Lena Horne, Dennis Day, SophieTucker, Jimmy Durante, The DeepRiver Boys, musical comedy starsBetty Hutton and Dolores Gray and.the then unknown Jane Morgan alsoappeared there, alongside such Britishartists as Winifred Atwell, Max
VERA LINN with her Gold Discfor " Auf Wiedersehen ".
Bygraves, Billy Cotton. Peter Sellersand The Beverley Sisters.
Peruvian singer, Yma Sumac, thegirl with the multi -octave rangewhose discs were popularised by JackJackson on his Record Roundup "radio show, came here for concerts.
American showman Cab Callowaycame here to star in " Porgy AndBess," which gave us an opportunityto enjoy such famous Gershwin songsas " Summertime." " It Ain't Neces-sarily So " and " I Got Plenty OfNuttin'." The U.S. also sent us
Call Me Madam," the stage showwhich produced " It's A Lovely DayToday " and " You're Just In Love,"while Jean Carson and Johnny Bran-don starred in the British musical,
Love From Judy."The year's .big filmusicals included
"Aeron Slick From Punkin Crick "(Dinah Shore), "About Face " (Gor-don Macrae), "Because You're Mine"(Mario Lanza), " Just For You "(Bing Crosby). " Lovely To LookAt " (Howard Keel), " Meet DannyWilson " (Frank Sinatra). " RainbowRound My Shoulder " (Billy Danielsand Frankie Laine), " Singing In TheRain " (Debbie Reynolds and GeneKelly), " Skirts Ahoy" (Debbie Rey-nolds and Billy Eckstine), " With ASong In My Heart " (the biographyof Jane Froman), " Glory Alley "(Louis Armstrong) and two moreDean Martin and Jerry Lewiscomedies-" Jumpin' Jacks " and" The Stooge."
1953 Chart ToppersL MARTINO was still at the
head of the best sellers at theturn of the year, and his successwon him a variety season thefollowing year at the Palladium.Four other international stars whotopped the charts during 1953 alsoappeared there ... Frankie Laine,Kay Starr, Guy Mitchell andEddie Fisher.
Laine's hit parade consistencythroughout the year was spectacular,to say the least. He topped thesellers on three occasions-with" Hey, Joe," "Answer Me " and the -amazing million seller "I Believe,"which set up an all-time record byremaining in the No. 1 slot for 18weeks ! Don't forget, either, that onOctober 23, Frankie had three discsin the top four-" Hey, Joe " (1)," Where The Wind Blows " (3) and" I Believe " (4). A week later,"Answer Me " crashed into thecharts at No. 3 !
Other U.S. stars to top the chartsin '53 were Kay Starr (" Comes -Along -A -Love "), Jo Stafford (" YouBelong To Me "), Eddie Fisher(" Outside Of Heaven " and " I'mWalkin' Beside You "), Guy Mitchell(" Look At That Girl " and " SheWears Red Feathers ") and PerryComo (" Don't Let The Stars Get InYour Eyes ").
But the Americans didn't have itall their own way, and on April 10.a British disc occupied the top spotfor the first time-The Stargazers'
Broken Wings." The feat wasemulated on three further occasions
before the end of the yea r-LitaRoza's " Doggie In The Window,"Mantovani's "Moulin Rouge Theme"and David Whitfield's "Answer Me."
Many new British stars began toshine in '53. There was Tony Brent,who had three discs in the sellerst" Walkin' To Missouri," " Make ItSoon and Got You On MyMind ") in January; Jimmy Young,who scored with " Eternally "; Wini-fred Atwell with " Coronation Rag,"" Flirtation Waltz," " Five FingerBoogie " and her mammoth -sellingChristmas disc (later a million seller)" Let's Have A Party "; DickieValentine ("Broken Wings," "GoldenCoach" and "All The Time AndEverywhere"), and Joan Regan("Ricochet").
Vera Lynn re -appeared with " TheWindsor Waltz," while three bigBritish instrumental hits were TedHeath's " Hot Toddy," Ray Martin's" Swedish Rhapsody " and FrankChacksfield's " Limelight."
The latter disc was also a bighit in the States, and Chackstieldfollowed it up later in the yearwith a second Stateside chart entry-" Ebb Tide."Early in the year, the NME's first
Popularity Poll won honours for LitaRoza and Dickie Valentine (topsingers), Ted Heath (top big band),the Johnny Dankworth Seven (topsmall group) and tenorist RonnieScott (musician of the year). Later,we inaugurated the NME RecordAwards, with Tony Brent (" HaveYou Heard ? ") and Frank Chocks -field (" Limelight ") voted thea inners by a judging panel.
Kenton tripTwo more NME promotions worth
remembering were the concert seriesstarring pianist Teddy Wilson inSeptember and a giant airlift toBrussels, where fans heard the StanKenton Band the same month.
Biggest surprise of the year wasFrank Sinatra's poorly supportedprovincial concert tour in June. Hecame here at a time when his popu-larity-for reasons never reallyascertained-was waning. But it stillcame as a shock when box-officefigures slumped, and in manyquarters the tour was branded as aflop. However, as we shall see later,
DICKIE VALENTINE
TONY BRE.N I received his NMERecord Award from the Mayor ofSwansea in 1953-and the occasionwas relayed from the stage of Swan-sea Empire to the audience at theNME Record Ball at- London'sRoyal Albert G.P.O. land -
lines.
Sinatra wasn't down for long !Other visiting Americans fared a
good deal better, and scenes ofriotous enthusiasm greeted JohnnieRay's London Palladium debut. Fansturned out in their thousands towatch this electrifying showman, andcapacity audiences at this venue wereno less appreciative of TennesseeErnie Ford, Billy Daniels, DeanMartin and Jerry Lewis, and TheMerry Macs.
Big news in the jazz world wasthe disbanding of the Johnny Dank -worth Seven and the leader's forma-tion of a big band. An Americanband appeared here for the first timein 20 years when the Jazz At ThePhilharmonic troupe played aLondon charity concert.
The long -running British stagemusical " Salad Days " was stillgoing strong, and theatregoers flockedto watch such celebrated Statesidemusicals as " Guys And Dolls,"" The King And 1," " Wish YouWere Here " and - Paint YourWagon." On screen. Guy Mitchellstarred in " Red Garters " (withRosemary Clooney) and " ThoseRedheads From Seattle " : whileMartin and Lewis in " The Caddy."Two of the year's biggest moviemusicals were " Seven Brides ForSeven Brothers " and "Bandwagon."
And so the pop music boom con-tinued. But more was to come, andnext week, you can read abo,ut someof the events of 1954-55-DickieValentine's solo debut and .U.S.-T'ssuccess . . Sinatra's great come-back . . . Eddie Calvert's Gold Disc. . . Ruby Murray's fantastic hitparade feat . . the beginnings ofcommercial TV . . . and the start.ofthe rock 'n' roll era!
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Friday, December 11. 1959 NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS *
IT'S a long way from " Rock With The Caveman to " TheLittle White Bull," but with the right amount of per-
sonality and ability, it's possible to cover the distance in justover three years-and to feel no ill-effects into the bargain.
Indeed, in the case of TommySteele, the transition has involvedthe gathering of an infinitelywider range of support, plus aconsiderable increase in prestige.
Some will argue that Tommy'sappeal on disc is not as strong nowas during the first year of his reign.Personally, I refute that suggestion.
For whereas Tommy no longergoes out of his way to cater incess-antly for the beatniks, he has provedhis worth as an all-round entertainerby gaining a following amongst theage -groups and tastes who, two orthree years ago, were simply not in-terested in the lad from Bermondsey.
When one recalls the varying natureof the titles he has recently recorded,his emergence as a musical comedystar in last year's West End "Cinder-ella" production, his flair for lightcomedy evident in his films, and thesparkling family appeal of his currenttelevision spectaculars - it is morethan obvious that Tommy has con-vincingly blossomed forth from thenarrow confines of rock 'n' roll.
Back in 1956, Tommy rose tofame on the crest of the rock wave,as Britain's answer to. Elvis Presley.As the months passed, so basic heat
music began to find a level, and toinfiltrate into other more complexmusical forms.
Tommy, sensible boy that he is,has gone along with these trends,continually developing as a per-sonality - instead of remaining justa rock singer. With his latest record(one of the highlights from hisimminent new film, " Tommy TheToreador "), he sings what in effectis a children's novelty song.
Bearing in mind the variousmediums and styles he has conquered,I am tempted to ask - could Elvishave done the same ?
GreatestDon't get me wrong, I'm not de-
crying Presley. He's still the greatestrock singer in the world, and he'sproved that he is a successful filmstar - even though the extent of hisacting ability is a subject of somecontroversy. What's more, his careerhas been sadly handicapped by hisperiod in the Forces.
Allowing for these points, the factremains that Tommy Steele todayappeals to a wider range of peopleand tastes than does Elvis Presley.And all credit to him for burstingout in this manner, for there canonly ever be one Elvis-and ifTommy had continued to jog alongthe same path, he could never havehoped to be more than an also-ran toPresley.
It is, of course, true that in the lasttwo years Tommy hasn't done quiteso well on disc as in 1957-but thatwas such a fabulously successful re-cording year that, in view of all hisnewly -acquired activities, he couldnot really be expected to maintainthese triumphs.
In any case, since Tommy's recordwas first released, slightly under 39months ago, he has had thirteen discs
in the best-sellers.That's an average of one every
three months, and in my reckoningthat's consistency for you.And considering that this is 13 out
of a grand total of 18 singles released,it means that by far the greater pro-portion of his discs have been hits.At the same time, Decca will tell youthat the five which didn't make theTop Thirty came appreciably closeto doing so, and enjoyed comfortablesales in the process.
The first sign of disc success camein October, 1956. when Tommy's veryfirst record, " Rock With The Cave-man," made its initial appearance inthe NME Charts at 26th position,and subsequently made its way up toNo. 13 slot.
A StayerMany thought that he was going
to prove a mere flash -in -the -pan whenhis second release, " DomesdayRock," failed to attain a top tableposition. But the cynics were quicklyhushed when along came Tommy
from YOU to USJOHN HENDERSON, of Hyson
Green, Nottingham, writes:My congratulations to alt at EMI
who were concerned in the produc-tion of Connie Francis' great LP," Christmas With Connie."
The numbers, arraagements, back-ing and everything are simply superb,and what a lovely sleeve picture, too!Her version of "Adeste Fideles" isthe most outstanding I have everheard.
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ELISABETH O'SULLIVAN writesfrom Clapham, London, S.W.4:I am tired of hearing Toni Dalli
sing in variety and disgusted toknow that a truly great voice likehis is to be wasted in pantomime.
I have heard Toni sing manyoperatic arias and it would be won-derful to see him recognised as thewonderful tenor he is - whenallowed 1
GEORGE BURNS, of Surbiton,Surrey, writes:In reply to the letters from Michael
Baker and Jenny Noviss on the sub-ject of similarity of records, here aretwo more: Pat Boone's "Two Hearts,Two Kisses." and Elvis Presley's"Too Much". These recording.; aremost alike.
*DAVE JACKSON of HMS Armada,
writes:Quite a number of LPs work out
more expensive than if the numberswere released as singles, so for thelittle extra that we fans pay, whydon't recording firms give us slightlymore ?
I suggest a chance to hear theartist's speaking voice, introducing hisor her album. I'm sure this wouldbe greatly appreciated, specially insuch cases as Presley, Nelson andDomino, who have yet to make anappearance in this country.
TOMMY STEELE appeal nowembraces the
whole familyT h e elegantly clad" Tommy T h e Tore-ador" in person. You'llbe seeing him as thekind-hearted bullfighter
soon.
with a cover version of Guy Mitchell'sgreat Stateside hit, " Singing TheBlues."
The first week of 1957 saw Mitchellat the top in Britain- and the follow-ing week. Tommy pulled off the near -impossible by overtaking Guy andsecuring the coveted top spot. Hewas only there for one week-but thetact remains that he's made it !
Came the follow-up, a tuneful dittytitled "Knee Deep In The Blues," onwhich Tommy was again competingwith Guy Mitchell. This didn't doas well as his previous smash hit, butat least he made the half -way markin the lists with it.
During the summer of that year,Tommy enjoyed a string of hits in-cluding " Butterfingers " (reached 8thspot), the doublesided success "WaterWater"/"Handful Of Songs" (reached
5th spot), and "Shire -lee" (reached 11th spot)-and at one time, allthree discs were in thetop table together.
Between times,Tommy was one of six
Decca artists who were featured ona charity "All Star Hit Parade" disc,which climbed up to 15th place inthe hit parade.
The year ended with Tommymaking a brief appearance at thebottom of the charts with a numbercalled " Hey, You."
Novelty hitThere were four Steele entries in
1958, by far the most successful being" Nairobi." an intriguing -soundingnovelty which carried Tommy way upto No. 3. Nevertheless, he had nocause to complain about " HappyGuitar " (No. 20), the lilting " TheOnly Man On The Island " (No. 16)or his return to the basic rockformula with " Come On Let's Go,"which obtained 10th position.
Due *o the diversity of his activi-ties, 1959 didn't look so healthy disc -wise. Decca staged a big campaignon " Hiawatha," but it just failed toenter the table-and then they re-peated the procedure on " Talla-hassee Lassie," this time to goodeffect. For battling neck -and -neck
'with Freddie Cannon, Tommy wonby a short head ' when he .reached17th spot.
Tommy's following release, adramatic ballad called " You WereMine" looked all set for the charts,even to the extent of BBC -TV's "JukeBox Jury" tipping it for honours.But surprisingly it didn't registerenough to make the grade.
For his current release, instead offalling back on one of his safe -betsellers in the rock tradition, Tommygoes even more commercial and singsa cute party song with a bunch ofchildren - a disc which " Juke BoxJury" voted a miss ! Yet here is the" Little White Bull " giving Tommyone of his most popular waxings forsome time.
I venture to suggest that manyof the people who are buying therecord are either schoolchildren ormiddle-aged married couples.Which just goes to show the wide-
spread public approval for this shock -haired young entertainer.
By the way, if you're thinking ofbuying a Tommy Steele album forChristmas, there are four from whichto choose-plus the " Stars of 6.5
Special" and " Cinderella" LPs onwhich he is featured alongside otherartists.
Also there are several Steele EPsavailable, including a delightful discfeaturing the soundtrack materialfrom "Tommy The Toreador" - afilm I strongly recommend you to seeat the first opportunity, as it under-lines all I have said about his de-velopment as an artist.
DEREK JOHNSON.
TWOFAMOUSSTARSSPEAK
MORE by Frank Sinatra astold to reporter Joe Hyams:
". . . after going it alone all dayI have to go it alone afterwards.Loneliness is pretty much forcedon an entertainer. I can't walkinto a restaurant and sit by my-self because I'd never finish.People feel I belong to them.
So I have to eat dinner in myhotel room or at home. After awhile you get so you duck thepeople.
" Contrary to what's been saidabout me, I'm not a night clubguy. I only go if a friend opensand I can help him out. Thepoint is I can't just be someplacewithout it becoming a publicappearance." straighten t:. ngs out.
HARRYBELAEONTE says
about the behaviour of to-day's teenagers : " No differentfrom when I was a teenager, orwhen my mother was a teenager,or even my grandmother. Life isjust more difficult today, andadults are not giving teenagers afair shake.
" Adults expect young people tobe law-abiding, generous and am-bitious, while they wave an atombomb over their heads and set anexample of rushing madly aftermoney." He believes that thesolution of the tecnage problemis for adults to let them alone andlet their natural enthusiasm
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4 NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS 41 Friday. December 11, 1959
* KEITH FORDYCE reviews the platters.that-matter -7A7
Two songs perfect for MalcolmMAYBE I've overlooked a record, but it seems to be ages
since we had a new one from Malcolm Vaughan. Now, onHMV, he sings two songs that are perfect for him. He capturesthe full magic of that wonderful ballad " You'll Never WalkA lone " (from " Carousel "), with restraint andsensitivity.
With the aid of the FrankCordell orchestra, he builds up toa thrilling climax.
The Michael Sammes Singers joinMalcolm and the orchestra for "TheHoly City." An excellent perform-ance. This record will be an asset toany collection, and it's one that islikely to get lots of broadcasts inthe years to come.
JACKIE WILSONOn the Coral label there's another
could -be winner for Jackie Wilson,accompanied by the Dick Jacobsorchestra. "Only You, Only Me" isa slow rock ballad, presented in thebig style, with strong choral support.
Jackie, of course, uses his vocalchords In a highly Individual waythat you will either love or loathe.Me, I love it-with the right song.
And this IS the right song. "TalkThat Talk," is a bright and bouncyrocker, full of sparkle.
Mr. W. gives his vocal all, and Idefy anybody not to get some enjoy-ment from this sure-fire blues -chaser.
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"(Love Is A) Career" is an in-teresting thought, and Dean Martin,on Capitol, conveys the thought inconvincing manner. He's singing in afirmer voice than usual.
Tune and tempo are casualenough. Brass and chorus accom-pany, and the melody will begin toget hold of you after two or threespins.In "For You" Dean relaxes and
quietly serenades the current girl-friend. Pleasant rhythm and tune.
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Fats Domino createsa really 'solid' mood
WITH a reliability and solidity that matches his ownfigure, Fats Domino comes back again and again to
the hit parade. He's in the Stateside charts now with "BeMy Guest," released here on the London label.
A bright, medium -paced rocker with the excellent beat back-ing that is always a feature of Domino discs. The tune isworthwhile, and Fats sings in a straightforward manner - hedoesn't need any gimmicks because his personality is big enoughto give a disc that something extra.
" I've Been Around," is slower, has a jerky kind of presentation.It's unusual and attractive. Fats creates quite a mood with his singing.
TERESA BREWER" Bill Bailey, Won't You Please
Come Home," is such a well -triedoldie that it is exceedingly difficultto give it any fresh appeal.
It needs a very individual per-sonality to do it, and that's just whathappens as Teresa Brewer tripschirpily through this happy ever-green.
A Dixieland backing from DickJacobs together with a malechorus completes the picture." Mexicali Rose " is another old
favourite which benefits from themagic Brewer charm. Dick Jacobsdeserves special mention for themost attractive backing. Label isCoral.
THE PLAYMATESAlthough 1 previously stated that
" On The Beach " was best as aninstrumental, I have now heard avocal version that I can confidentlyrecommend. It is by The Playmat..son Columbia, with Joe Reisman'sorchestra.
This love theme from the film"On The Beach," must be aboutthe only cheerful thing In themovie, which concerns the end ofmankind after an atomic explosion.The male trio sings smoothly and
roniantically, capturing just the rightmood of this lovely melody. As al-ways it's the warm, lazy tempo whichis the outstanding feature of thesong. This version could be a bigseller.
" First Love " is a gay beat num-ber with a rhythm in the " When "style. A bright and appealing tune,a good lyric. Great two-sided valueon this platter.
ROCK HUDSONJoining the ranks of film stare who
give us the benefit of their vocalprowess is Rock Hodson, who turnsup on the Brunswick label. "Pillow
Talk" comes from the film of thesame name. It is a breezy, light-hearted ditty of the guy who looksforward to wedded bliss.
Rock has a lightish voice, quiterelaxed, but not overloaded withdistinctive personality. Song nipsmerrily along-it will entertainwithout making a great impression." Roly Poly " (from the same
film) is a plain rock -type number thatfails to stir up any excitement.
DON LANGWith his own arrangement of
" Frankie And Johnny " on HMV,Don Lang has something really in-teresting to offer. It's an instrumentalwith Don leading on trombone andThe Frantic Five backing up.
Right from the opening bars it'san ingenious and cies er presenta-tion." Reveille Rock " is another non -
vocal, and I must confess I missDon's gravelly tones. but this r 'n' rsizzler has real punch and vitality, soI can't complain.
Try spinning this one at Christmaswhen the party's really swingin'.
ELLA FITZGERALDOne of the most delightful and
heart-warming of Christmas songs isthe one composed by Mel Tormd,and very simply entitled " TheChristmas Song." Mel made abrilliant waxing of it himself, butnow on HMV there's another oneto match it-by Ella Fitzgerald.
She takes the song very slowly,giving every single word a com-pelling sincerity.The orchestra is conducted by
Russell Garcia. Unreserved praise andrecommendation for this one. Thatace songwriting team, Messrs. Cahnand Van Heusen are responsible for"The Secret Of Christmas." Againit's slow and thoughtful, almostpreaching a sermon, but in the nicestpossible way.
No. 11 TOMMY STEELE'S
LITTLE WHITEBULL
HIT FROM THE FILM: "TOMMY THE TOREADOR"
PETER MAURICE MUSIC CO.
PETER MAURICE KEITH PROWSE
GROUP
Wish all our friends in the Business
A Merry Christmasand a Happy New Year
"Man will live for evermore,Because of Christmas Day."
from
CHILDNINA & FREDER1K-Columbia 4375
BOURNE MUSIC LTD.
I just can't remember her hav-ing made a bad or dull record.Coupling of this Parlophone
platter is "Turnabout Heart," acheerful, bouncy ditty about a girl ina "tizzy" over a fellow who couldnever quite make up his mind.
Accompaniment on both sides isby the Ken Jones orchestra.
PEGGY LEE
Together with Jack Marshall,Peggy Lee has written "Things AreSwingin'" and she has recorded thenumber on Capitol. It's a very lightlyswingin' item, with Peggy using verylittle voice. What you might call" intimate swing."
It's good, it's unusual and, whatalmost goes without saying whereMiss Lee is concerned, it's captivat-
WITH a title like "Wild Cat" and a singer like Gene 'Vincent. youmight expect something real y wild. I'm afraid you'd be dis-
appointed.ingly successful.It's a repetitive, run-of-the-mill
rocker that borders on the dull. " You Deserve " has a swingingtempo, but again it's all very lightUp goes the tempo dad with It and casual. Peggy's incredibly easythe entertainment value, as we flip singing is a delight to listen to.to " Right Here On Earth "-a
rocker that really moves, withi..itbeing wild.Gene 'seeps the vocal output down
to a low level, with a group used * ROSEMARY JUNE (London)well in the background. On the has waxed her version of "TheCapitol label. Village Of St. Bernadette." Not as
good as the Anne Shelton record bya long way, but good, nevertheless.The production is restrained and ingood taste. "But Not For Me"provides a sharp contrast. A smallgroup accompanies Rosemary for hereasy -flowing version of this attrac-tive oldie.
Gene Vincent's 'WildCat' is too tame
EVE BOSWELLPut a good singer together with a
good song and the result is some-thing worth hearing. This is true ofEve Boswell and " Misty." A strong,impressive melody, with a strong * DELLA REESE (RCA) is aromantic lyric give Eve the oppor- coloured singer with a ton of per -tunny to use all her considerable sonality She lets rip far a rough.vocal skill and technique. tough version of "Soldier Won't
You Marry Me." Utterly differentfrom the quiet and gentle waxings ofthis amusing song, and great fun."Not One Minute More" is a heavyballad with an almost Mozart -likeaccompaniment.
POTTED POPS
* NELSON EDDY (Philips) is a
name to stir the hearts of many olderlisteners. Younger ones, too, cannotfail to recognise the unique characterof his rich, powerful voice. Withchorus and orchestra he sings "HarkThe Herald Angels Sing" and "JingleBells." The baton man is PaulWeston.
* DAVID CARROLL, his orches-tra and chorus (Mercury), offer arousing, he-man rendition of "Waltz-ing Matilda." Very good. Flipsideis indeed something cute and clever.The oldie, "Sometimes I'm Happy"is brought up to date with guitarsplaying in the "Sleepwalk" style.Beat that for originality !
DICKIE VALENTINE
"One More Sunrise"(MORGEN)
PYE 7N 15221 (45 and 78)
JULIAN
"Can't Wait"PYE 7N 15236 (45 and 78)
EMILE FORDand the Checkmates"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR"?PYE 7N 15225 (45 and 78)
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COMING UP FAST !
RIVERBOATBy FARON YOUNG-Capitol 15093
MACMELODIES MUSIC LTD.
Friday, December it 1959 NFW MUSICAL EXPRESS * 5
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Stanhope House
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NiviE MUSIC CHARTSBEST SELLING POP
RECORDS IN BRITAIN(Wednesday, December 9, 1959)
Last ThisWeek1 1 WHAT DO YOU WANT ?
/lam Faith (Parlophone)2 2 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
MAKE Ti:OSE EYES AT MEFOR? Emile Ford (P
3 3 TRAVELLIK' LIGHTCliff Richard (Col rnbiy)
4 4 OH ! CAROLNcil Sedaka (Re)
8 5 SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS tzThe Avons (Colurrroia)
5 6 RED RIVER ROCK Johnnand The Hurricanes (London
7 7 PUT YOUR HEAD ON MYSHOULDER
Paul Anka (Columbia)6 7 MACK THE KNIFE
Bobby Darin (London)10 ' TEEN BEAT
Sandy Nelson (Top Rank)12 9 SNOW COACH
Russ Conway (Columbia)18 11 LITTLE WHITE BULL
Tommy Steele (Decca)20 12 AMONG MY SOUVENIRS
Connie FranciNs.,,b1GM )13 13 RAWHIDE
Frankie Laine ( Philips)24 14 LITTLE DONKEY
Beverley Sisters ( Decca )28 15 MORE AND MORE PARTY
POPSRuss Conway (Columbia)
14 16 PIANO PARTYWinifred Atwell (Decca)
25 17 MR. BLUEMike Preston (Decca)
- 18 BAD BOYMarty Wilde (khilips)
9 19 'TIL I KISSED YOU VEverly Brothers (London)
11 20 SEA OF LOVEMarty Wilde ( Philips)
16 21 ONE MORE SUNRISEDickie Valentine"( Pye)
30 22 THE THREE BELLS VThe Browns (RCA)
15 23 POISON IVYThe Coasters (London)
22 24 DECK CF CARDSWink Martindale (London)
29 25 SAN MIGUELLonnie Don yAn (Pye)
- 26 LIVING DOLLCliff Richard (Cylumbia)
21 26 MAKIN' LOVE N,Floyd Robin on (RCA)
26 28 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVEAGAIN Johnnie Ray (Philips)
30 29 IF YOU WERE THE ONLYBOY IN THE WORLD
Stevie Marsh ( Decca )- 30 MARY'S BOY CHILD
Harry Belafonte (RCA)23 30 LITTLE DONKEY
Gracie Fields (Columbia)
BEST SELLING SHEETMUSIC IN BRITAIN
(Tuesday, I )eeember S, 19:is tLast 'Ibis
Week1 1 LITTLE DONKEY (Chappell)2 2 TRAVELLIN' 1.1(1117' (Kalith)7 3 wisAT DO YOU WANT TO
MAKE THOSE EYES AT MEFOR? ; (F. D. & H.)
4 4 SNOW COACH (Feldman)8 3 SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS
(Sheldon)3 6 MACK THE KNIFE (Arcadia)
12 7 MARY'S BOY CHILD (Bourne)3 8 ONE MORE. SUNRISE
(Dominion)9 MIL BLUE ( Morris)
9 1.0 THE THREE BELLS (Southern)13 11 PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY
SHOULDER (Spanka)11 12 CHINA TEA (Mills)1.0 13 HIGH HOPES (Barton)13 14 LIVING DOLL ( Peter Maurice)24 15 WHAT DO YOU WANT? (Mills)18 10 VILLAGE OF ST.
BERNADETTE (F. D. & H.)14 17 BROKEN-HEARTED MELODY
(Peter Maurice)16 18 SIDE SADDLE (Mills)19 19 TREBLE CHANCE (Henderson)- 20 JINGLE BELL ROCK
(Cromwell)17- 21 SEA OF LOVE (Southern)21 22 HEARTACHES BY THE
NUMBER (Joy)- 23 LITTLE WHITE BULL
(Peter Maurice)20 24 ROULETTE (Mills)29 25 THE KEY (Leeds)25 28 RED RIVER ROCK (Burlington)26 27 001 CAROL (Nevins -Kirshner)27 27 MAKIN' LOVE (Chappell)23 29 ONLY SIXTEEN
(Ardmore & Beechwood)27 29 TRUDIE (Henderson)
BEST SELLING POPRECORDS IN U.S.
(Tuesday, December 8, 1939)Last This
Week1 1 MACK THE KNIFE
Bobby Darin4 2 HEARTACHES BY THE
NUMBER Guy MI tKII3 3 MR. BLUE The Fleetwoods2 4 DON'T YOU KNOW Della Reese5 5 IN THE 21001) Ernie Fields8 6 WE GOT LOVE Bobby Rydell6 7 SO MANY WAYS Brook Benton9 8 BE MY GUEST Fats Domino
13 9 0111 CAROL vo Neil Sedaka14 10 DANNY BOY Conway Twitty7 11 PUT YOUR IMAD ON MY
SHOULDER jo, Paul Anka11 12 DECK OF CARDS
Wink Martindale12 13 MISTY Johnny Mathis0 14 SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS
Paul Evans & The Curls- 15 EL PASO Marty Robbins- 16 SCARLET RIBBONS The Browns18 17 TM; BIG HURT Toni Fisher- 18 IT'S TIME TO CRY Paul Anka- 19 1)11! OH! (Part II)
Nutty Squirrels- 20 COME INTO MY HEART
Lloyd Price
The American chart is publi5hedby courtesy of " Billboard "
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The scintillating newBeecham recording of
THEHALLELUJAH
CHORUSfrom Messiah '
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestraand Chorus
45/RCA-11 62(45 rpm only)
RCA RECORDS product of THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY LTDDECCA HOUSE ALBERT EMBANKMENT LONDON SE ll
LP OF THE WEEK
RUSS CONWAY
RUSS CONWAY'S`Time to Celebrate'
Titles include: Time to Celebrate; I'm just wild about Harry;It's a long way to Tipperary; Down at the old Bull and Bush;
Brown Eyes (why are you blue?); I like mountain music;Cuddle up a little closer; Who's sorry now; Yankee Doodle BOY:
Wait till the sun shines Nellie: Singh)? in the rain;Sweet Rosie O'Grady; When day is done
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ANNUAL EVER!WHAT are the true loots about Elvis Peeolev's
life before he became a world-famous rock'a' raIl star S flaw baa Shirley Banoeytriumphed ooee the problems of her private
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DARIN-EDDY PACKAGE, EVERLYS CONFIRMED:MATH IS, COASTERS, TWITTY PRO BABIES Fans organise
PLANS are rapidly being finalined for ooc of the greatest -ever invasions Iy
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untad InpL' Vinsr Latest devrtopmeots are the fixing of aa opeoiag date 10cr Bobby Darius pacloage toot tOegndOv,"lst,eonoltoy los..ovos.eB ULeU IIUUR Pall l in which be wiU co-star with Dons., Itddy; ooehematioo that The Eveety Itrothee,' tour ,5O]OOnrslnjs nt ssn a n7nrtoO.
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8 NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday. December 11. 195
Gene Vincent makes Britishand Beat Show' gang\TEARING a red -and -black sweater, and jet black trousers. Gene" Vincent made his first appearance in this country at TootingGranada on Sunday in front of a capacity audience.
Gene closed the first half of theall -rock show with a performance' heard him only on disc.that put him way above the rest of I The rest of the package was theth6 artists in stagecraft and showman- i complete Larry Parnes' " Beatship. I Show," including Marty Wilde
In spite of an injury sustained in a! (making his first theatre appearancecar smash some years ago which left !as a married man), Billy Fury,him slightly lame, Vincent performed j Duffy Power, Sally Kelly, Vincemiracles -with the stand mike he used Eager, Dickic Pride, Johnny Gentle,throughout his performance. Het Julian X, Terry Dene and Thehoisted it above his head, swung his Viscounts.leg over the top of it, and generally Marty, of course, had themade a very heavy prop look like Granada reverberating withfeatherweight bamboo cane ! screams when he came on stage
Add a peculiar, half -crouching singing "Mack The Knife."stance, and his act was not only good " Teenager in Love." "Donna,"to listen to, it was well worth watch- "Sea Of Love" and his latest chartlag too! entry " Bad Boy " made up the rest
Most of the numbers he sang were of his act.new to British ears, hut all Vincent Billy Fury also had his fair sharefans knew his first hit " Be Bop A of the screams and Vince Eager'sLula," which was extremely well re- powerful versions of "Make Believe"calved. and "What Do You Want To Make
Unfortunately, Gene and his hack- Those Eyes At Me For ? " earned thefrig group, led by guitarist Joe Brown, appreciation of a full -house.hadn't been able to have sufficient re- New addition to the Parnes stable,hearse'. This was noticeable, but it Julian X, has an attractive voice anddidn't make a great deal of difference stands more or less motionless whento Gene's memorable performance. he sings, Maybe he's trying to evolve5et it could have made it even better. a new style or perhaps he's just
After the show, mane fans gathered nervous.at the stage door veiling for Gene.. Incidentally, this package, minushammering on the door and shoWing Gene Vincent and Marty Wilde.that his first visit is certainly no die- starts a week's variety at London'sappointment to the fans who have Finsbury Park Empire on Monday.
debut with Marty Wilde
Larry Parnes' coca! line-up at the Tooting Granada on Sunday was (I to r): DICKIE PRIDE, BILLY FURY,VINCE EAGER. JULIAN, MARTY WILDE, DUFFY POWER and JOHNNY GENTLE
op stars salute a greatRACK in 1934. a young man
began his career in the enter-tainment world, determined tomake good as a composer. Thisyear Jule Styne celebrates his 25thanniversary in show business. Hecan look back on a mission welland truly accomplished, successfollowing success with thrillingregularity.
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David Jacobs joins the Mailto write the newest, mostexciting column about popsand people ! What discs aregoing to spin high in the polls
. what goes on behindscenes ... what every disc fanwants to know is covered inthe bright, breezy style thathas made David Jacobs thetop eise jockey. Don't miss it !
songwriterTo mark the occasion, the "Con-
gressional Record," America's officialnewspaper, printed in Washington.published this glowing citationrecently : The lives of Americansthroughout our land, as well as thelives of people throughout thecorners of the world, have been en-riched by the artistry and genius ofJule Styne.
" As an American, he has hrghtgreat credit to his colstey;;theUnited States of Amtherefore,
fitting and eiltrr hisraiki llis.
fellow -Americans to- pay tighute toJule Styne on the occasion of his25th anniversary in show business.
" His accomplishments have beengreat-the position he holds in thehearts and minds of fellowAmericans is just as great."
Praise indeed for a man who washorn in humble circumstances 53years ago in Bethnal Green, London,and who went to America with hisparents in 1913. -
He was a piano soloist at 9 withthe Chicago Symphony Orchestra,and started his own dance band in1931.
Returns hereJule Styne visited London last
year, the first return since he wentto 8. His son is nowa songwriter, too.
His songs have indeed w o nworld fame, and much acclaim fromthe famous singers who have sungthem.
Here are some of the recentquotes from stars about Jule Styne:PAT BOONE: If it weren't for
musical geniuses like Jule all wesingers would have to warble do remi fa so Ia ti do or something.
DORIS DAY: Congratulations onyour 25th anniversary of writingsongs. I hope you keep it up foranother 125 years.
DEAN MARTIN: Everyone is say-ing nice things about Jule Styneand that's because all you can sayabout this fellow is nice things.
NAT "KING" COL& Thank youfor all the great and wonderfulmusic that you have contributedto the world in the past 25 years.
JOHNNY MATHIS: Not only isJule a great, great songwriter, buthe is a wonderful showman and awonderful man.
BING CROSBY: This Jule Stynecommemoration is a deserved tri-bute to a really fine composer. Hislovely music has played a big partin the lives of all of us.
JONI JAMES: I'm sure that one ofJule Styne's songs is yourfavourite, because 1 know that allof them have been mine.
FRANK SINATRA: The list ofsongs Jule has written reads likean all-time hit parade.Frank is right. Here are some of
the famous numbers he has com-posed:
I Don't Want To Walk Without You,Baby; I've Heard That Song Before;Come Out, Come Out, Wherever YouAre; Saturday Night Is The LoneliestNight Of The Week; There Goes ThatSong Again; Forever And Ever; I'llWalk Alone; Bonita; Since You; IBegged Her; When It's Chilly DownIn Chile; It's Been A Long, LongTime; Tequila; The Charm Of You;Honky Dory; Three Dreams; I FallIn Love Too Easily; Three LittleWishes; I Said No; Let's Start WhereWe Left Off; I Believe; Five MinutesMore; l'm The One Who's Lonely; LetIt Snow, Let it Snow, Let It Snow.
The Things We Did Last Summer;Papa Won't You Dance With Me; It'sMagic; The Girl From Havana; WhoAm I ?; Diamonds Are A Girl's BestFriend; How Do You Speak To AnAngel ?; Three Coins In The Fountain;And Then You Kissed Me; PrairieSerenade; Time After Time; Never,Never, Never; Some Other Time (NotNow); Just For You; It's The SameOld Dream: Take My Heart; It's YouOr No One; Make Yourself At Home.
Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em WithA Ribbon; I Still Get Jealous; Inter-national Cowboys; Bye Bye Baby
JULE STYNE(Remember You're My Baby); StayWith The Happy People: KentuckyOpera; It's A Great Feeling; , Top 0'The Morning; That's What I- Like;Melody And Moonlight; Money BuriesA Hole In My Pocket; Song's GottaCome From The Heart; Wa Wa Water-melon; Just In Time; I'd Love ToKnow You Better.
Long Before I Knew You; DownMexico Way; The Party's Over; WhenThe Cat's Away; Bells Are Ringing;Pagan Lullaby; Well, Well; SayDarling; Baby's A Big Girl Now;Small Talk; Tumble Down Shack InHavana', What Makes The Sun Set ?;Out Of This World; The Closer YouAre; Ridin' On A Rocky Road; AreYou Just A Beautiful Dream ?; ZuyderZee; Talk To ate Tomorrow; VictoryPolka.
The Closer You Are; For The WantOf You; Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me;Sing A Song Of Laughter; A Long,Long Winter; From Here On; In TheCool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening; KeepYour Powder Dry; A Change OfHeart; A Better Day Is Coming;You're Good To Me; Nobody Knows;Rainbow In The Night; As Long AsThere Is Music; Tahiti Honey.
Conchita, Marguita, Lelita, Papita,Rosetta, Juanita Lopez; The Lady WhoDidn't Believe In Love; Who'll Buy My
Flowers ?; Where The River Meets TheRange; When A Fella's Got A Girl;Manhattan Holiday; Cupid's After Me;Lonely Hills; Don Pedro Pistachio.
Co.writersMajority of his songs contain lyrics
by Sammy Cahn; other co -writers in-clude Frank Loesser, Leo Robin, BettyComden and Adolph Green, HerbMagidson, Kim Gannon. Walter Bul-lock, Ralph Murphy, Sol Meyer, EddieCherkose, Harold Adamson, GeorgeBrown, Lew Brown, Sidney Clare, RayGolden, Sid Huller, Nick Castle, etc.
From 1940, he wrote for motionpictures, including Tonight And EveryNight; Two Guys From Texas; It's AGreat Feeling; Kid From Brooklyn: ItHappened In Brooklyn; West PointStory; Two Tickets To Broadway: Don'tFence Me In-currently screen versionof his Broadway musical Bells AreRinging.
Stage musical scores : High BattonShoes, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, TwoOn The Aisle, Peter Pan, Hazel! Flagg,Bells Are Ringing, Say Darling, Gipsy.
Won Academy Award for Three CoinsIn The Fountain. Gave Broadwaydebut to Sammy Davis, 1nr., whenproducing Mr. Wonderful. In 1958,produced series of Eddie Fisher 11.S. -TV shows.
Also produced Broadway productionof Pal Joey. His current presentation(Gipsy) based on life of Gipsy RoseLee, includes song Small Talk, waxedby Johnny Mathis.
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FRANK IN FILMS (Philips)offers Frankie Vaughan singingThese Dangerous Years, WonderfulThings, Lady Is A Square. and HeartOf A Man, with Wally Stott orches-tra . . . CHRISTMAS -WITHJOHNNY MATHIS (Fontana)means he charms you with WinterWonderland. Christmas Song, 0Holy Night, and Silent Night . . .
Clyde MePhatter's beaty, high-pitchedvoice infuses excitement into I Told -
Myself A Lie, Where Did I MakeMy Mistake. TWICE AS NICE,and The Masquerade Is Over, onMGM.
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WESTERN HITS (Philips) intro-duces Johnny Horton (Battle Of NewOrleans), Stonewall Jackson (Water-loo), Johnny Cash (Don't Take YourGun To Town) and Carl Smith(10,000 D rei in set ... WANDAJACKSON (Capitol) provides rock'n' roll and c -and -w. singing Let'sHave A Party, Money Honey,Heartbreak Ahead, and Just Call MeLonesome . . . CHICO HOLIDAY(RCA) is a lively rocker, With a greatinstrumental eroup behind him. leisnumbers - -Please Don't Touch.Young Ideas, Lonesome Stranger.Your Kid Sister-prove his youthfulversatility. He's good, singing andplaying guitar . . . Britain's MIKIAND GRIEF (Pye) sound morec -and -w than most Americans,specially with Lonnie Donegan super-vising the session, and accompanyingthem with his group. They sing IHeard the- Bluebirds Sing: I'mHere To Get My Baby Out Of Jail ;A New Love : and Roekin' Alone-in a tuneful, lilting way.
* * *Smooth guitar a n d mandolin
playing, plus tuneful harmony sing-ing from IRA AND CHARLIE(The Louvin Brothers) on Capitol.Songs are Don't Let Your SweetLove Die, We Could, Are YouTeasin' Me, and Here Today AndGone Tomorrow . . PRESENTINGLITTLE TONY (Durium) has theItalian lad and his tWo brothers pur-veying rock-Who's That Knockin'Jumptn Jack : Pity Pity ; and YouSend Me - all passable . . SINGALONG WITH THE GAYLORDS(Mercury) has plenty of beat andguitar music to oiler, as this gaytwosome sing Sweeter Than You;Homin' Pigeon ; The Shovel ; andJesse James.
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MARTERIE (Mercury) h a s anoriental flavour at times, specially inCleopatra's Dream. Exciting bigband disc . . . WILD BILL DAVIS(Top Rank) is really quite soft andgentle as he swings "My Fair Lady"tunes on the organ, backed by arhythm group. Very suave music .. .
CHUBBY (Jackson) MAKES BIGBAND MUSIC (Top Rank) doesjust that, playing. Loch Lomond;Alexander's Ragtime Band; TheSaints; and It's D'Lovely,
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Friday. December 11, 1959 NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS *
RUSS CONWAY revealshow it feels to relive
your life before millionsALL day Tuesday. Russ Conway was feeling the after-effects of the nerve-racking
surprise-and delight-of being the " victim" of the BBC -TV's "This Is YourLife programme.
" still got butterflies in my stomach. Yet somehow I feel the programmemeans a big turning -point in my future life," was what Russ told me on Tuesdayafternoon.
He confessed that it was a shock at first, then a slight worry, but in the end aninspiring and delightful half-hour.
Russ was very surprised whensound radio studio on Monday after-noon, when he turned up to recordhis show to be heard in the LightProgramme next Monday night.
It was a very unusual thing. hefurther thought, to find TV camerasinside the plush Piccadilly One soundstudio, a few yards from the Circus.And he was even more surprisedwhen he met Joan Regan-in full TVmake-up.
But one thought calmed hiscuriosity. "About a fortnight ago,"he explained, " someone mentionedto me in strictest confidence thatBert Weedon was to be the subjectof ' This Is Your Life.' "Russ went to work as. usual on
rehearsals for the pre -recording ofthe show. The clock was approach-ing 7.30 p.m. when an operatormoved behind one of the camerasthat had been lying dormant for solong.
No worryRuss was suspicious, but as Bert
Weedon was in his programme, hejust thought it was Bert's " Life "that- was about to be revealed tomillions.
Tension reached a peak whenEamonn Andrews arrived-and spoketo Weedon. " I laughed inwardly,"Russ recalled. " I was in on thesecret and had been right all thetime-or so I thought.
"I noticed Eamonn working hisway atound the studio. He spoke tome, I replied, and turned away,thinking we had finished our con-versation.
" But he was still talking to me.When I realised I was to be thesubject-or victim-I wanted to runright out of the studio. Panic ? Inever was so close to it."
But Russ overcame it, and theshow went on . . .There was Billy Cotton (on film)
he saw the television transmission van outside the
from Glasgow, Mrs. Joan Morgan,a childhood friend ; Miss Bissicks,his Sunday school teacher: andMike Holliday, who knew Russ inthe Navy.
"I bleached my new collar,"recalled Mike, " to take the newnessaway and to make others think I
was an old hand. Russ saw mycollar and said: 'You must've beenin a long time.' I winked and said:'All day !'
Years later I met Russ at amusic publisher's when I was look-ing for 'Yellow Rose Of Texas.'I remembered him, even out ofuniform."
Russ (or Terry Stanford, as he
ELVIS PRESLEY told areporter he doubts rock
'n' roll is fading. " You've gotno idea how many times I'veheard that," he said. But ifmusical tastes changed, hewould, too, he added.
0 A national association ofMotion Picture Exhibitors hasvoted Doris Day Top FemaleStar of the Year."
Pat Boone will soon extendh'a film appearances to two, in-stead of one, a year.
After' winning his twoGramm, trophies for " MackThe Knife," Bobby Darin said:'`if hope to have an Oscar andan Enuny some day to go alongwith these Grammies. I'm anxious0 prove this isn't a one-shot suc-cess .. . I also hope someday tohave my own TV show and I'vealready signed for a motion pic-ture deal at Paramount Studios."
Dorothy Killgallen reports:Nat 'King' Cole's engagement
at Blinstrub's in Boston drew
EAMONN ANDREWS hands RUSS CONWAY his" Life" on BBC -TV last Monday night.
was then) was proud when his fatherwon the George Medal in Bristoland modestly embarrassed when hehimself was awarded the Dis-tinguished Service Medal for devotionto duty as a signalman during abattle.
Out of the Navy in 1948, hebecame radio salesman, barman.civil servant. When his father diedin 1952, he joined the MerchantNavy, leaving in 1955, when he got ajob playing at the George pub.Newington Butts, three times a week,
such an un' edented avalancheof advance reservations that oneof the rival clubs .. . decided toclose for a week, rather than tryto fight City Hall."
French popular singer, YvesMontand, who has had muchsuccess here, will star in a Broad-way musical by Jule Styne, "TheStory of Georges Carpentier."
Torme a deacon ! Mel Tonne has an acting.
role in Paramount's " Walk Likea Dragon." He'll play the deaconof a church.
Frank Sinatra has bought forfilming "The Execution ofPrivate Slovik." it's the story ofthe only American soldier whowas executed for desertion sincethe Civil War.
attracting an ever-growing audience.One fan then was John Lloyd,
who described Russ as "a master ofthe change of key," and whorecorded him at his home one night-Conway's first !
Dancer Irving Davies introducedRuss to Norman Newell, who gothim a job as song plugger withTeddy Holmes, of Chappells. Nor-man told how he rang Ken Morristo record " Roll The Carpet Up,'"but Ken wasn't at home. So heasked Russ to do it-which Russ
Although Fabian has beenwinning some popularity polls inteenage magazines, it's expectedthat Elvis Presley will be back atthe top soon after he returns fromthe Army.
Sedaka in Brazil Neil Sedaka was a great
success in Brazil. He'll do somenew recordings for Victor nextmonth.
Harold Arlen's health is im-praying-he suffered from ex-haustion because of overwork onhis new Broadway show, "Sara-toga "-and he should be out ofthe hospital soon.
Singer Jackie Wilson recentlybroke attendance records at theApollo in Harlem.
jumped at because it was a song hewas plugging for Teddy Holmes atthe time !
That started Russ off as a record-ing artist, but Teddy Holmes said:"He was a good plugger. He canhave his job back any time I"
As Terry Stanford was too square.Norman took the name Conwayfrom the late Steve Conway, andTeddy added Russ.
Russ was asked to write the musicfor the BBC pantomime, " Beautyand the Beast," and a minuet fromthis, with tempo changed, becar..e"Side Saddle"-and Russ was made !" Roulette." "China Tea " and" Snow Coach " followed.
Always shyHe played in the Royal Variety
Show in Glasgow this year, butanother "Command Performance "was described by his aunt, Mrs.Lilian Stanford. which Russ did forher at Bristol for charity. " He wasovercome by the applause," sherecalled. " He has always been somodest and shy."
Next Joan Regan told how he wasso nervous about playing on-stagewith her for the first time at Bir-mingham. Just beforehand sheinjured her leg backstage, and Russwas so worried about her he forgothis nerves.
He once said he was going topack it in," went on Joan, " but 1
told him off. You're raving mad,giving up the talent you have,' I toldhim sternly. I'm so glad he tookheed."
CONNIE FRANCIS feels-'4 that one factor in hersuccess is " the fact that I'mrelatively unsophisticated helpsteenage girls to identify them-selves with me." And of rock,she said : " Lots of rock 'n'roll is junk and calculated tosell. But to me. rock is funmusic. It's meant to be felt andenjoyed, not analysed."
Hugh O'Brian will p l a yAustralia in February.
One of the directors of EddieFisher's new record company isElizabeth Taylor.
0 Debbie Reynolds will be inNight Without End," with
William Holden. Filming will bein London, Paris and Munich.
Eddie Joy, Guy Mitchell'smanager, is anxious to get somenew records going for him, andhor-s to bring Guy from thecoast to record in New Yorksome time this month.
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EVANSBEST OF THE WEEK
PAULANKA'S latest, MY
HEART SINGS (Colum-bia) was recorded in America (withDon Costa's pulsatiag accompani-ment) primarily for his recent Parisseason, but his peppy singing isequally attractive to British ears.Seven French songs (in English), in-cluding C'est Si Bon and Paul'shaunting Les Files de Paris, arefeatured. Other highlights are MyHeart Sings and Autumn Leaves. Allvery good . . CHRISTMAS WITHCONNIE (Francis) devotes one sideto religious songs-Silent Night, AveMaria, The Lord's Prayer, etc.; andthe other to popular Yule tunes-White Christmas, Have Yourself AMerry Christmas. I'll Be Home ForChristmas, etc. Connie sings with hereasy charm and deep sincerity on thisMGM LP, produced in London byNorman Newell. She's backed byGeoff Love Orchestra and RitaWilliams' Singers . . . Plenty rockyzip in MR. PERSONALITY LLOYDPRICE, which features a dozen r 'n'r songs. including Personality, I'mGonna Get Married, a torrid Alt OfMe and I Only Have Eyes For You.Accompanying orchestra is Price's,conducted by Don Costa.
SONG ALBUMSThat popular film couple Shirley
Jones and Jack Cassidy duet easilyin WITH LOVE FROM HOLLY-WOOD (Philips), choosing 12 popularstandards, highlights of which are HitThe Road To Dreamland, Cheek ToCheek and Love Of My Life ... Nat"King" Cole excels in EVERY TIMEI FEEL THE. SPIRIT (Capitol), analbum of 12 great spirituals, backedby Gordon Jenkins conducting TheFirst Church of Deliverance Choir.Plenty of heat infused into thesejoyous songs and an excitementyou'll enjoy over and over again ...
COMEDY SPECIALAdvent of new Peter Sellers' album,
SONGS FOR SWINGINGSELLERS, is an event for allwho enjoyed his last LP or hisbrilliant work in various mediums.You won't be disappointed - hesatirises with devastating wit, skiffle(a Donegan "take off"), a rock im-presario and one of his boys, radioshows, boarding schools, as well assinging My Old Dutch (a wickedburlesque) and I Haven't Told Her,She Hasn't Told Me (in pleasantvoice). On two tracks he is aided bythat queen of comediennes, IreneHandl. All very amusing and just thething for the "interval" at yourChristmas party. -
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JoENE RAT joins 'Old Pals' in the Charts!IT'S Old Pals' week in the hit parade !Just take a look at the top table, and reflect on
the significance of some of the names appearing there. Several of the artists currentlyriding high had practically been given up for lost-yet here they are, lending a decidedly 1955flavour to the Charts.
What a year it's been for come-backs ! British stars like JoanRegan, Dickie Valentine and TheBeverley Sisters have enjoyedtheir most successful recordingyear for many seasons, whilelong-established favourites such asWinnie Atwell and Gracie Fieldshave convincingly cemented theirpopularity.
But perhaps the most resoundingtriumph of all has been scored bythat trio of oft -reputed has-beens-Frankie Laine, Guy Mitchell andJohnnie Ray. And in the process,they have no doubt gladdened thehearts of Philips Records executives-for all three singers are released onthis label over here, and they havebeen noticeably missing from thetable of honours for the past fewyears.
RightBack at the end of October, 1
suggested in the NME that bothFrankie and Guy might well reappearin the lists before long --and I wasproved right when they duly showedup with "Rawhide" and "HeartachesBy The Number" respectively.
But no one noticed Johnnie Raycreeping up on their heels.Then last week he burst into the
sellers with his waxing of " I'll NeverFall In Love Again," which today issituated at 28th position.
The reason why Johnnie's return isperhaps a little more unexpected thanthe other two is this-his record wasreleased way back in the summer.and it looked very much as thoughit had failed to make the grade.
When first issued in August, atten-tion was focused on the other side,
You're All That I Live -For." Itwas this waxing which the disc -jockeys chose to include in their pro-grammes, and which Philips nomin-ated as the " A " side.
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ploitation, this title failed to register.And then interest began to switch tothe coupling. Sales gathered momen-tum, an airing on BBC -TV's-" JukeBox Jury" clinched matters-and, heypresto! the disc was in the Charts.And what's more, it had taken closeon four months to get there!
There's probably one other factorwhich should be taken into considera-tion - the recent unfortunate courtcase in which Johnnie was involved.Happily he was acquitted, but untilthen, it was not good publicity forhim. -
However, one school of thoughtmaintains that any publicity is goodpublicity, and that theory appears tohave been substantiated in this in-stance. For the case brought Johnnieinto the public eye once again, re-minded people of his existence and-I feel sure-helped to boost his recordsales when he was declared innocent.
I (and many thousands of his fans)can derive satisfaction from theknowledge that Johnnie had, at least,gained some advantage from thiswholly unpleasant, unnecessary inci-dent.
New eraDoes this return to the hit parade
indicate that we are entering a newJohnnie Ray disc era-and that hemight, in fact, achieve another No. 1best-seller ?
No, I don't think it means anysuch thing-and I'll tell you why.Johnnie is no longer the sudden
sensational craze he was back in 1952,when he burst upon a startled worldwith " Cry " and " The Little White
Cloud." He is now a mature record-ing artist, who can always be assuredof steady sales even on poor -qualitymaterial-and he can expect occa-sional and periodic Chart entrieswhen he hits upon songs which hap-pen particularly to tickle the public'sfancy.
Every once in a while, a songcomes along which is strictly Johnnie'scup of tea - and the outcome is aNo. I seller. As in 1954 when hecame up with " Such A Night," thenumber which the BBC shunned butthe fans didn't; two years later, whenhe waxed probably his biggest sellerof all, "Just Walkin' In The Rain":and the following year, when henotched up a hat -trick with "Yes, To-night, Josephine."
And, of course, we mustremember that "Cry" and"Little White Cloud" weredoing the rounds in Britainbefore the inauguration ofthe NME Charts. Hadthese been in existence atthe time, it is probablethat Johnnie would haveanother one or two best-sellers in Britain to hiscredit now.
Anyway, judging by the law ofaverages, it looks as though he isabout due for another smash hit.
shall be somewhat surprised if" I'll Never Fall In Love Again "proved to be the really big hit forwhich he is looking, but at least it is
having the effect of re-establishinghim as a hit parade artist.
Although Johnnie's singles have notexperienced world -shattering sales inthe last couple of years, he has builtup a considerable reputation as a re-corder of albums. He has an appre-ciable selection now available in thePhilips catalogue, his latest havingbeen issued only this month. Called
A Sinner Am I," it was cut duringhis recent visit to this country, andfeatures him with Jack Parnell and hisOrchestra.
Possessing one of the most demon-strative and loyal fan followings inthe country (as anyone who hasattended a Johnnie Ray live perform-ance will witness!). he can rest assured
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Wink recites his way to fameFOLLOWING in the footsteps
of Jerry Keller, Big Bopper,Teddy Johnson and others-all ofwhom earned a living as disc -jockeys before becoming recordingartists with their own hit disc, is26 - year - old Winston "Wink"Martindale, who entered the NMECharts last week and is this weekat No. 24.
His version of the ingeniousmonologue " Deck Of Cards ' brokeinto the American top twenty onOctober 16, and on the same day, itwas released in this country on theLondon label.
In America. " Deck Of Cards "reached No. 7 before it started adownward trend again. At the sametime it started dropping from theStateside charts, it came into the topthirty over here !
Against a slow rock backing ofguitar, organ and voices, Wink tellsthe story of a soldier bringing out a
pack of cards in church, a deadly sinin the eyes of his sergeant.
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brought before his provost -marshal,the soldier explains the religioussignificance each card has and that adeck of cards acts as his bible andprayer book.
the monologue, also recorded byPhil Harris on his Camden LP, wasperformed by Tommy Steele on tele-vision quite a while ago, and at thetime, The Alley Cat suggested Tommyshould record it. But Tommy ignoredthe advice, so enter Wink Martindale!
Wink's sincere and dramatic versionhas made a lasting impression on bothsides of the Atlantic. Wink goes tochurch every week with his wife andfamily of three daughters, and hisdeep religious feeling helped him withthe record.
DeejayA couple of years back he was a
Memphis deejay, and at that timehe interviewed Hollywood disc chiefRandy Wood.
" Randy arranged for two of thesongs I had cut for a local label tobe released nationally-but theyfailed to click." says Wink sadly.
Back in Hollywood, Randy had notforgotten him, however, and in Febru-ary of this year, he asked Wink togo to the film city and record "DeckOf Cards."
Then his employers transferredhim from Memphis to one of theirHollywood stations and so thefamily moved west.Wink promptly waxed "Deck Of
Cards " on Randy's Dot label andWink Martindale the recording artistcame into being.
A sturdy 6ft lin., Tennessee -bornWink is a very keen water skier andenjoys driving his Ford Thunderbirdsports car. Other interests includereading, his favourite authors beingTennessee Williams and WilliamFaulkner.
A monologue such as " Deck OfCards in common with mostsongs with a religious angle, can soeasily be ruined by an over -sentimental approach.Wink has managed to get exactly
the right balance as he explains thata deck of cards has 365 pips-thenumber of days in a year: 52 cards-the number of weeks in a year;four suits-the number of weeks in amonth; and 12 picture cards-thenumber of months in a year.
Although the disc doesn't actuallysay so, no provost -marshal couldjail a young soldier after hearing sucha moving reason for spreading a packof cards out during a church service.
IFOR GRIFFITHS.
that his reappearance in the framehas given immense pleasure to manypeople from all walks of life.
Now that the old firm of Laine,Mitchell and Ray have succeeded inmaking their mark once again, let'shope that the dawn of 1960 willherald a brighter year for them.
LPs for Your PartyRuss Conway will certainly he wel-
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Down Yonder In New Orleans", Connie Francis' Among MySouvenirs" and Ricky Nelson's "I Wanna Be Loved"; meanwhile.congratulations Paul Anka on two current placings . . . Despite de-parture from Charts of Guy Mitchell's "Heartaches" here, expect itback with a bang ? . . . . Don Lang has covered next Johnny and TheHurricanes release, "Reveille Rock". . . .
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Warner Brothers label to starthere . . . . Unlike most othersingers, Alma Cogan changesdresses more times than her mind!. . . . Lew Chudd (U.S. Imperiallabel chief) signs Mickey Rooney's11 -year -old son Teddy Rooney toa disc contract . . . .
A dull contribution from TheBrowns on " Boy Meets Girls,"followed by Joyce Baker's solo vocal
(and slow Marty Wilde ballad) re-duced pace of Saturdays Jack Goodproduction to a miserable crawl:only Emile Ford's verve compensated....Opposite James Cagney in "BigRiver, Big Man" film. Lena Horneis sought....For cabaret debut ofKathryn Grayson at Hollywood'sMoulin Rouge, Betty Lanza (widowof the late Mario Lanza) backstagefor opening night shows
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GENE VINCENT gut a vvarm welcome to Britain last week. He metmany stars at his reception where the picture above was taken, showing(I to r) MARTY and JOYCE WILDE, GENE, and LITTLE TONY.
press adverts. for Andy Williams'"St. Bernadette" waxing speciallypraises Eula Parker's composition-hut names her Eula Clark ...Film-ing. postponed ten weeks by AudieMurphy for TV series-enabling GuyMitchell's' broken arm to heal....Opinion of your Alley Cat disagreeswith "Juke Box Jury" panel, butendorses David Jacobs' view that"Some Kind -A Earthquake" anotherDuane Eddy smash hit....
At London Airport. Gene Vincentarrived with Radio Luxembourgchief Geoffrey Everitt on Saturday....Irrespective of billing, CliffRichard makes "Expresso Bongo"huge box-office success ....MartyWilde's flat neighbour is Jack Good.in same Chiswick block....
Eddie Fisher's Ramrod Recordshas signed Malcolm Dodds, formerU.S. Decca singer....Johnny Wells'disc played in "Cool For Cats" byKent Walton, an even more accuratePerry Como imitation than MichaelHolliday gives of Bing Crosby I. ..." Why," next issue by AnthonyNewley, creates war against StatesideFrankie Avalon hit-besides com-petition from Niece Eager....
London premiere of "Career"(Dean Martin starring), December17. Plaza Cinema ....Sandy Nelsonswitches to same label as RickyNelson they are not related....Bruce Forsyth was pianist in JackJackson's Band during 1946....
On Wednesday, Dickie Valentinecommenced rehearsals with Eve Bos-well for Birmingham pantomime....Revival of Mario Lanza's million -seller "Be My Love" (by KeelySmith) under consideration ....Afterseveral acting roles, Mel Tormepersuaded to sing on Steve AllenU.S.-TV show.... .
Latest Tommy Steele car, an MGA1600.... Agent Hyman Zahl de-lighted with big busiest by GeneVincent (combined with Marty Wildepackage) at Tooting concerts.... Fordisc sessions, The Kingston Trioremove their shoes !....
On Sunday, Jean Metcalf rejoined"Family Favourites"; the N a t"King" Cole record played provedsingers like Johnny Mathis andcarbon -copyist Earl Grant will neverequal the "King's" greatness....Louis Prima supervising first DodieStevens' LP....21 on Tuesday isJackie Rae's actress -singer wife,Janette Scott-two days after ConnieFrancis....
Expect. Jerry Fuller Chart debutwith "Tennessee Waltz,!' Patti Page'sbiggest -ever hit title.- From NewYork. Lance Fielding reveals 1960London plans for Frank Loesser's"Most Happy Fella," 1957 Broad-way musical....Dielt Clark's troublescould jeopardise tour for CliffRichard and The Shadows inAmerica next month....
Financial problems for SammyDavis, jar., now - besides beingcoloured and Jewish !....GaryCrosby "Rocking The Blues" EPwith Marty Pinch on HMV....Switch by Ray Charles to ABC -Paramount - influenced by LloydPrice's success with label ?....
Potentially Joyce Baker a gooddisc singer, but would Marty Wildebe agreeable ?....Backing groupwith Vince Eager known as The
Quiet Three-title of a recent DuaneEddy record....'Flu victim AnthonyNewley has recovered....
Will Frankie Laine's "We'll BeTogether Again " get chosen byRussell Turner-for Saturday's ap-pearance by Jayne Mansfield on"Juke Box Jury"' 'Compared toMichael Holliday's " Starry Eyed."original Gary Stites disc does notcompare....For George Pal's "TheBrothers Grimm" lilm, Peggy Leewriting seven songs....
Penned by Sammy Cahn, "There'sNo Business Like Shoe Business,"sung by Harry Karl (footwearmillionaire) at Hollywood DeanMartin testimonial dinner.... FormerBritish vocalist Johnny Brandon sur-prisingly composed great jazz singerErnestine Anderson's next release,"Our Love Will Last"....LouellaParsons reports London PalladiumSpring date for Eddie Fisher: wish-ful thinking....
Wimbledon Girls Choir (twenty-seven voices) assisted ex -boxer JackDoyle for new Melodisc waxing....The Sons Of The Pioneers million -seller "Old Smokcy" revived byHarriott and Evans, on Parlophonedebut....In " The Gene KrupaStory" (after drumming a scene), SalMineo collapsed with exhaustion....
" Mr. Jim," playwright D a nHarsey's Broadway show, includesJerry Heller's music -sixteen songs
..The reply was "Fabian's hand-some,'-', when a disc -jockey askedDodie Stevens if he resembled RickyNelson ....The marriage of singer -actor Jimmy Darren to Danishbeauty Evy Norlund expectedsoon...,
Besides new Connie Francis re-cording. other versions of MelTorme's "Christmas Song" available
WHO'S WHERE(Week commencing December 141
CLIFF RICHARD and the SHADOWS,JIMMY LLOYD, LANA' SISTERSBirmingham Hippodrome
BILLY FURY, VINCE EAGETERRY DENE, MCKIE PRIDE,JOHNNY GENTLE, JULIAN X,DUFFY POWER, SALLY KELLY.Finsbury Park Empire.
NORMAN WISDOMManchester Palace (from Dec. 15)
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Hugh O'Brian named recently-now Glenn Ford (estranged fromwife Eleanor Powell; supposedlylatest light in Debbie Reynolds' eye
..This month, five new CyrilStapleton LPs issued in America-also Frank Chacksfield has four re-leases....Medley containing twenty-two Rodgers and Hart hits sung onDean Martin's recent U.S.-TV"Spectacular"-Frank Sinatra aidedhim....
Celebrating !-Dean Martin's tenthwedding anniversary to JeanneBiegger...." Hound -D o g Man "should trigger Fabian into 1960 teen-age idol here ....This Sunday,Johnnie Ray's personal managerBernie Lang arrives for holiday....
1953 "Cash Box" poll voted TheBrowns most promising countrygroup , . . Frank Sinatra was starguest of recent U.S.-TV "DeanMartin Show." but many thoughtMickey Rooney stole major honours;he even married Ava Gardner beforeSinatra !....When interviewer CharlesCollingwood questioned her interestin current events, Mae West replied:"My weakness is foreign affairs'....
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