RecordMirror

No. 163 Week ending April 25, 1964Every Thursday 6d. Registered at the G.P.O. as a newspaper

R&6POLL

RESULTSHERE you have it. The

sensational results ofRM's own "R and B Poll"are all inside this week. Andwhat a turn up for the bookssome of them are! Aftersifting through thousands ofentry forms, RM staff, halfdead with exhaustionthrough days of calculatingcame up with the resultswhich are published in fullon Page 4 this week.

In the section 'Top MaleArtistes' winner was ChuckBerry, by quite a long head- and Chuck's fans willknow already that a specialChuck Berry Supplement iscontained on pages 8 and 9of RM this week. He wasclosely followed by surprisesuccess Marvin Gaye, whoobviously made this positionon the strength of two discs."Pride and Joy" and "Can IGet A Witness". But watchout for his newie, the great"You're A Wonderful One".issued this week.

WINNERS

Other winners were MaryWells, who literally walkedaway with the 'Top FemaleSinger' award - but never-theless there were literallyhundreds of others listedwith only one vote. Top MaleGroup were The Miracles -they would have had evenmore votes but many readersthought they were a femalegroup and voted into thatcategory although there is agirl in the group, she doesn'tsing lead. Biggest surprisemust have been the Stonesat third place.

Top Female Group werethe Shirelles-and like manyof the winners they aredubious R and B but never-theless they had a substan-tial lead over the Marvelettesand Martha and The Vandel-las.

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YOUR PAGE . . send us your letters, and your views

ALL THESE 'ON THE SLIDE'RUMOURSI'D say the worst thing for a recording artiste nowadays is

to make the Number One slot. For if the follow-upfails to reach the top, then the cynics are only too eagerto put the skids under that star. Prime example is Gerryand The Pacemakers . . . their fourth just failed to repeatthe chart -topping of the first three and the "Are They OnThe Slide" rumours started.

It also applies to DaveClark, Freddie, Brian Pooleand others. I suppose there'dbe a national crisis if theBeatles failed to hit NumberOne. But let's remember itWILL happen one day andlet's hope it doesn't meanthe end!-Roy Carr, 12, St.Albans Road, Blackpool,Lancs.

L.P. winner.

FAME VIEWSMAY I suggest that all the

bickering fans of R and Bread the article from this

country's best Blues man, GeorgieFame? He looked at the Bluesexactly as it should be viewed . . .

that there are different ways ofapproaching it, re: R 'n' B, folk,modern jazz and people should notargue over which is best. I'm notsaying that all pop beat groups ofthe moment are R, and B . . .

though what they play may be oldR and B records.-D. Utting, 5,Haileybury Road, Orpington, Kent.

EL'S BACKINGS

INMY opinion, the main reasonwhy Elvis no longer tops theBritish and American charts

is not because of the MerseySound but because his single ma-terial has become overcrowdedwith unnecessary backing - andbacking that isn't up to a veryhigh standard, at that. In many ofhis earlier discs, the backing isalmost unnoticeable, or very simple.They allowed the fabulousvoice of the "King" to be heardto its full advantage. Come onColonel Parker: more Elvis andless stodgy backing. - JeremyMillard, 69, The Downs, Harlow,Essex.

GERRY didn't makenumber one with "I'm TheOne"-and although it wasNo. 2, the 'knockers'stepped in.

FED UP

IAM fed up. Not with the lengthof hair on the Rolling Stones'heads, be it long or short. I

don't care for those who say theBeatles play B. and B or thosewho say it can only be played byBooker T and friends. The samegoes for cries of "Elvis isfinished"-they've been saying thatabout the Navy since 1066. Please,would-be world reformers,. learnthat people have individual tasteswhether it be R and B, C and W,or ABC. The trends may changebut people remain individuals, des-pite advertising and "Compact."Unfortunately, people being whatthey are-individual and argument-ative, the R and B, Beatle, Elvisand Ena Sharpies' fans will bom-bard me with individual, argu-mentative scrolls.-Tony Riddick,82, Queenscroft Road, London,S.E.9.

THE CULT

CONGRATULATIONS to PyeRecords on getting TommyTucker's "High Heel Sneakers"

into the charts. Some credit mustalso go to the Rolling Stones forfeaturing it in their act, and to theBeatles for raving about it. If Pyecould do the same for "Walk OnBy," or "Gonna Send You BackTo Georgia," the British chartswould be healthier. But I suspectmany R and B fans wouldn't reallyagree. They'd prefer their preciousrecords to remain a minority cult.-A. V. Kemp -Jones, 31, HollandPark, London, W.11.

MISLEADING

NOW that "Can't Buy Me Love"has sold a million and left thetop of the charts, we get the

national papers and TV news mengleefully reporting that the Beatleshave been knocked off their perchand that their days in the big timeare numbered. This type of report-ing is misleading, because theBeatles advance orders are nowso great that nearly everyonewho wants a disc has it inside afew weeks.-Michael Shepherd, 9,Parr Drive, Colchester, Essex.

BEAR SKINS

DOES Norman Jopling thinkthat we in the North goaround wearing bear -skins?

His reference that all the New-castle groups are still playingShadows' material seems to implyso. The Shads' type of music isexcellent but I very much doubtif more than one group in 100includes any of their material. TheAnimals were ONE of the leadinggroups in Newcastle, but whatabout others like the Gamblers?-Anthony Reed, 6, Whinmoor Place,Cowgate, Newcastle. 5.

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Mojo's and theirMad Mad World

THEmadcap Mojos, five strong and violently energetic, impacted themselves on the

critics with their first disc, "Forever." Now they've struck fair and square at thefans with "Everything's Alright." But it's really only the start for this ambitious "mob."

For example, they want to produce their own Mad MOJOFILMS. Says pianist TerryO'Toole: "All wacky ideas. Like having one scene set in a vast railway station. Millionsof people standing about, weeping and crying ... then the station moves off !"Or another scene. A

house, with water pouringout of all the windows. Thena fire engine roars up . . .

and the firemen start squirt-ing FIRE into the house."

Enter Stuart Slater. "Whatwe want is one reallyimportant date at a toptheatre. We get the big buildup from the compere. A rollon the drums. Then the cur-tain opens - and there weall are, in shirt sleeves, play-ing cards around a table!"

Crazy stuff. With, I report,more to come.

COLLECTIONGuitarist Nicky Crouch is

a keen photographer and isbuilding up a complete pic-torial record of the group'sactivities. Terry, former stu-dent at the Liverpool Collegeof Art, sketches members ofother beat groups. Keith Karl -son is a talented poet andhas already a collection ofodes to stars like the Beatles.

Then there is Stuart, cur-rently working on his firstnovel, "Both Roads Lead ToHome" - it has a lot of hisown background included.He adds: "There are ump-teen books and publicationsabout the beat groups. Butthey give a glamorous pic-ture of the life we all lead.I want to produce somethingwhich is authentic and showsthe other side of the life."

And they're also in thethroes of writing a new -stylepantomime, in which several

by PETER JONESother Liverpool groups willbe featured. "That'll give usa chance for some moreslapstick", they said.

Now this would seem to bea pretty full schedule forthe boys. But there's alsotheir song -writing. Back inthe early days of 1963, theywon a song -writing contractwith Aberbach Music - theynicked the prize in competi-tion with some eighty othergroups.

When Oriole A and R manJohn Schroeder heard a num-ber of theirs during a tripto Liverpool, he immediatelytook it for his own group,Faron's Flamingos. That was"See If She Cares", now inmost group repertoires.

And the ironic touch isthat Nicky Crouch, the new-est Mojo, was then a memberof the Flamingos. .

Recollections about thosedays finally got the talkativeMojo's back to the subject oftheir current biggie, "Every-thing's Alright". Seems it wasthe most panicky bit of writ-ing they've ever done. . .

They were appearing at theStar Club, Hamburg. The en-gagement was for one monthand it was agreed that they'dhave a new single out im-mediately they returned toBritain. But Decca executivesdecided that the one awaitingrelease "Seven Golden Daffo-

dils" would be better as thefollow - up to an all - outrave beat number.

So Mojo A and R manFranklyn Boyd decided to goto Hamburg and record theboys on some originalmaterial. "Trouble was, wedidn't have anything suitable.So we had to get round apiano in the Star Club wheneverything was quiet andhammer out a new song indouble - quick time.

"It took only a fewminutes. A day later it was inthe can."

DIFFICULTYLike most beat groups, the

Mojos sometimes have diffi-culty in getting up in themorning - which oftenmeans one or two of thembeing late for rehearsals.

Manager Spencer Masonhas found a way to shakethem out of that bad habit.He fines them according tothe lateness - say, ten bobfor half - an - hour adrift;fifteen shillings for an hour.

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R&B POLL RESULTSTOP FEMALE

SINGER1. Mary Wells 1,6172. Etta James .. 85

1.2.

BEST MALEGROUP

MiraclesCoasters

512453

BEST FEMALEGROUP

1. Shirelles2. Marvettes

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3. Laverne Baker 81 3. Rolling Stones 378 3. Martha and the4. Dionne

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Vandellas . .

4. Crystals5. Ronettes6. Raelettes

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7. Barbara Lewis 41 7. Drifters 96 7. Ikettes 518. Victoria Spivey 40 8. Kingsmen ... 95 8. Chiffons 229. Shirley Ellis 28 9. Manfred Mann 46 9. Cookies 18

10. Betty Everett 26 10. Yardbirds 31 10. Supremes 14

GEORGIE FAME seen here with his great group THE BLUE FLAMES was voted themost popular R & B artiste in Britain. Georgie is almost completely different fromany other British R & B artiste as he features organ, bongos, sax, etc. His sound Isearthy and exciting, and his music has progressed considerably. Several years agohe was just another face in the Larry Parnes stable, singing rock. Now -Britain's

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2. Green Onions -Booker T. And TheM.G's 126

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5. You Really Got AHold On Me -Miracles 83

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THE IMPRESSIONS. This U.S. vocal group scoredheavily in the poll despite no hits here. But in theStates they have hit the charts on several occasionsduring the past six years. The group will be featured

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ALL ABOUT THEPOLL RESULTS

THESE results of this, the-II- first R and B Poll to beconducted by any Britishpop music weekly are veryvery interesting to say theleast. After sifting throughthousands of entries we cameto the conclusion that R andB in Britain is much muchbigger than anyone suspects.Let's take a look at theresults.

Top male singer - ChuckBerry. Maybe not too sur-prising when you considerthat he's the most commer-cial of the R and B singers,and has probably enjoyedmore recent success with theR and B tagline than anyother singer. He's followedby a succession of R and Ball-time favourites. It cer-tainly seems that record saleshave hardly any influence onpoll results - neither MarvinGaye, Jimmy Reed, nor How-lin' Wolf have scored anyhits in this country but theybeat Bo Diddley and LittleRichard who have bothscored substantially here atone time or another.

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Another surprising fact isthat many of the top artisteshave had very few disc re-leases in this country. Cer-tainly Howlin' Wolf, JamesBrown, Arthur Alexanderand Sonny Boy Williamsonhaven't much in the cata-logues. Just out of lists are

BEST MALE SINGER 6. James Brown 1067. Arthur

1. Chuck Berry 543 Alexander ... 752. Marvin Gaye 357 8. Muddy Waters 733. Jimmy Reed 229 9. Little Richard 714. Howlin' Wolf 182 10. Sonny Boy5. Bo Diddley ... 181 Williamson 69

Ben E. King at No. 11,tying with Ray Charles, whilethey are followed by JohnLee Hooker, Jerry Lee Lewis,Major Lance, Rufus Thomas,Fats Domino, Sam Cooke,Elvis Presley, Solomon Burkeand James Ray.

Top female singer MaryWells polled almost 20 timesas many votes as the nextfavourite Etta James. La -Verne Baker, who hasn't hada disc issued for two yearscame third, while up andcoming ballad -blues s o n g -stress Dionne Warwick, inthe charts with "Walk OnBy" came fourth. Tina, ofthe Ike and Tina Turnerteam made number six, oneplace below Timi Yuro, oneof the few white singers inthe whole poll. VictoriaSpivey obviously was placeddue to the recent Folk BluesFestival.

Best male group was theMiracles - the Beatles fav-ourites incidentally. Theywere followed by theCoasters, who have just madea disc comeback in the

-.V. T T T -4. -4, 4 -States with their comedydisc "T'Ain't Nothing To Me."The Rolling Stones camethird in the list - higherin fact than their positionin the top British artistessection, something which issomewhat astonishing. Never-theless it's an achievementwhich no other British artistehas. The Impressions, thatgreat "new sound" vocalgroup in at No. 4, while theIsley Brothers of "Twist AndShout" original fame arehalf -way. Two other Britishgroups creep in at the lowerend - Manfred Mann andthe Yardbirds.

TAMLA SOUNDThe Shirelles as the top

female group triumphed overthe more commercial groupswhich have made the charts,such as the Crystals, Ron-ettes and the Chiffons. TheTamla - Motown sound ismuch in evidence here withthe Marvelettes, Martha andThe Vandellas and the Su-premes well placed. Phil

JIMMY REED was voted

Spector's two groups, theCrystals and The Ronetteshave done well.

Best disc was Howlin'Wolf's "Smokestack Light-nin' " - a blues standardthat is performed by almosteverybody on the Britishscene - no-one who eversaw the late Cyril Daviesperforming it at his Marqueesessions will be able to forgetthe atmosphere and excite-ment he generated onChester Burnette's song.

third most popular R & B singer in Britain (RM picGUY STEVENS).

Booker T. (Jones) and theM.G's (Memphis Group) stan-dard "Green Onions" whichsold a million in the Statesin 1982 comes second-theyhave only had four releaseshere, all on London. RayCharles and "What'd I Say"burst on the scene in 1958when Pete(r) Murray said" . . . this is the guy who'swilder than Little Richard"when plugging side two ofthis great exciting disc.Voted the best ever R and B

disc by a female singer, "TwoLovers" by Mary Wellsscored highly, while fellowTamla - Motown stars theMiracles have two top discs"You Really Got A Hold OnMe," and "Shop Around." Infact there are four Tamladiscs in the charts-"Money"is the other - the fabulousversion by Barrett Strong ofcourse. Diddley's great"Pretty Thing" comes in,

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and the Pacemakers flew into London Airportyesterday morning (Wednesday) after their dinkum

tour down under.They had postponed their return home for three days

because of the fantastic reception on their pace -makingtour, and the requests for more concerts in Australia.

But back home in Britain,there's only thne for a quick tainly" a few performances"Hello" and "Goodbye." The in Canada.group was due to fly out After that, the real funalmost immediately to visit starts for Gerry- Film Fun.the Festival of Television atMontreux, where one ofBritain's entries is a record-ing of the Christmas editionof "Thank Your Lucky Stars,"which featured Gerry.

Then, on Friday, May 1,they board a jetliner again,to fly to the States for twoEd Sullivan shows, otherconcerts, and "almost cer-

They start on their firstfilm - probably on May 24-breaking only for a spot onmanager Brian Epstein's"Pops Alive" concert on June7. The script for the film-as yet untitled-is beingwritten by Coronation Streetwriter, Tony Warren. Loca-tion shots will be filmed inLiverpool.

SEARCHER MARRIAGE

REPORTS PUZZLESEARCHERS' guitarist Mike Pender (22) and his pretty wife

May (19) read their Sunday newspaper together withpuzzled looks this week -end.

For the couple had just noticed a report announcing thatMike was planning to leave the top pop Liverpool group toget married.

"I was amazed," Mike told the R.M. "I knew nothing aboutthe report and I don't know where it came from.

"It's completely untrue. With the Searchers swinging alongthe way they are at the moment, the possibility of leavingis unthinkable."

How the "news" leaked out to the national Press is amystery. The fact that Mike is married has been commonknowledge for weeks now.

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SINGERMike Berry (21)

groaned, and doubled upin pain as he cringed fromthe sharp jabbing at hisstomach.

"Call a doctor," he criedout to his grandmother intheir London home.

The doctor arrived, a n ddiagnosed a perforated pepticulcer. "No doubt about it,"said the doctor, orderingMike off to hospital, a n dwarning Mike that he'd needan operation and would bein hospital for a month.

Mike was forlorn.

X -RayHowever, whilst undergoing

medication, an X-ray testshowed that Mike was notquite so ill as the doctor hadthought. He was, in fact,suffering from a bad dose offood poisoning.

More treatment, and Mikewas discharged from t h eRoyal Northern Hospital,Archway, little more than 24hours after he had beenadmitted.

Wisely taking a rest, Mikecancelled his engagements forlast week -end - Edmontonon Friday, Leicester on Sun-day, a "Thank Your LuckyStars" recording on Sunday,and West Ham on Monday.

His first appearance sincethe illness is tomorrow (Fri-day), at Norwich.

Mike's latest record, issuedonly last week, is called"Lovesick." Ironically, thelyric refers to Dr. Kildare ..

the things we hearDUSTY SPRINGFIELD writing

her life story . . . AdamFaith recording an LP of

Mitch Murray compositions .

all members of Sounds Inc. boughtJohn Lennon's book . . Do JohnLennon and Keith Fordyce seeeye to eye? . . . Denials byGraham Nash that he is marriedto Hollies fan club secretary . . .

Decca LP plugger Chris Williamshospitalised with glandular fever. . . Disc -jockey Ted King, surelyone of our best,-but he's stillwaiting for a break . . .

When actor -singer Melvyn Hayesrecovers from broken foot, CliffRichard's "Wonderful Life" canbe completed . . . Cilia Black is21 on May 27 .. . Paul McCart-ney's brother, Mike McGear, hasturned professional . . JimmySavile currently in Las Vegas . . .

Freddie Starr booked for LionelBart's "Maggie May" stagemusical . . . Lionel Bart andJoan Littlewood interested inmaking film with Rolling Stones

. . Tommy Quickly's sister Patlooking for a group to back her. . . New transport for Fourmost'sequipment - just as they're pre-paring for a London Palladiumseason . . .

* *Merseybeats on cover of Decca

Cavern LP . . . Howlin' Wolftours here next month . . . SusanHampshire comes from Liverpool

. . Burl Ives is dieting . . .

Bank Snow touring the Far East. . . authoress Charlotte Binghammanaging the Interns . . . GerryMarsden's ambition - to own acastle . . .

Memo to columnist Jack Bentley:The Eagles do not play the MerseySound . . . Beatles to spend all ofMay holidaying . , Sounds In-corporated for Sweden next month

. . Bill Wyman of the Stoneshighly flattered at being dubbed"Charles I" by Evening Standard'sMaureen Cleave . . . Belgium'snumber one singer Adamo was inLondon recently to record forEMI . . . Millicent Martin andRonnie Carroll return from holi-day in Barbados this week -end

Merseybeats first LP a realknock -out . there is but onemarried Rolling Stone - Bill,Wyman . .

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party for Elvis P.to celebrate his eighth year withRCA -VICTOR . . . Jim Reeves'"Welcome to my World" big hitin Britain last year, just Peen

released in the States . . . DaveBerry recently given leathertrilby by Sheffield newspaper . .

this columnist witnessed comple-tion of Marty Wilde's next single-it's a rocker and his best chartbet for quite some time . . .

by THE FACESearchers and Tony Meehan

Combo star in the first of BrianEpstein's POPS ALIVE Sundayconcerts at London's Prince ofWales theatre on May 3 . . . newTommy Quickly disc is TommyRoe composition . . . How aboutthe long hair of the Rolling Stonesgracing the stage of the LondonPalladium? . . new song-writitigteam of Mitch Murray and BigDee Irwin

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. . Freddie Garrityfor Juke Box Jury ntxt Satur-day . . .

Is it -romance for Bayley Millsand Ringo Starr? . . . DorisDay's "Secret Love" was a toptenner a decade ago and she'sstill a hit parader today .

Beatles for concerts in WestGermany next month . . . latestBillboard survey of golden discsshows Elvis led with 21, Bing 20.Fats Domino 16. Perry Como.(12,and Pat Boone 11 . .

Cliff and Shadows for dates inBelgium and Austria next month. . . Eden Kane's newie "Rain,Rain, Go Away" as exclusivelyforecast here many weeks ago

. . . the Wildcats' most under-rated group vocally, and instru-mentally . . . Brave predictionsfrom Sunday Mirror's JackBentley that Cliff's "Constantly"will make top . . . Adam Faithto buy Rolls Royce Silver Cloudafter killing on roulette tables atMonte Carlo whilst staying onmillionaire John Bloom'syacht? . .

* * *Billy J. Kramer's "Little

Children" selling well in America. . . Millie kidnapped by studentsfor 48 hours and released onPromise to appear as "Queen ofBlue Beat" on a rag float . . .

Beatles guest stars on Morecambeand Wise show (ITV) Saturday . .

Searchers open 14 -day tour of USat New York's World's Fair onMay 29 . . . Verve got a nerverecording Ella's version of "Can'tBuy Me Love" . . .

Promotional visit from US ofJody Miller for her Capitol single"Walk Like A Man" . . "TheRise And Fall Of Flingle Bunt"written by Shadows whilst in theCanaries (must be the weather)is new Shad single out soon . . .

Micky Most's first record sessionnext month to wax "Well Alright"-Little Richard's infectious catch -phrase . . .

Mick Jagger says knocked outby Soul Sisters' record on firsthearing . . . The Pyramids, saidto be billed as America's answerto the Beatles will appear in"Bikini Beach", . being producedby American International . . .

Bobby Allison is the new namethat will soon appear on Bob'sfirst solo disc after almost a yearsince the Allison' break-up . . .

Lulu, the 15 -year -old redheadfrom Glasgow who looks more likeCilia Black than Cilia Black, re-ceived wild publicity in thenational newspapers after hercoming-out party . . . Lulu's"Shout," recorded with her Luvers,our Top Fifty Tip . .

Beatles say the Se archers aretheir favourite group . . . ABC's"Big Night Out" best TV varietyshow . . . Chris Curtis of theSearchers thinks the Mersey Soundhasn't long to live . . EMI'sJohn Burgess one of Britain'sfinest A and R men . . . Why nochart appearance for theRoulettes' "Bad Time"? . .

Millie good outsider for TopGirl Singer of Britain title in1965 . . . Will Marty Wilde leavingGeorge Cooper organisation affectchances of another Wilde -JoeBrown film? . . .

Now officially to be called"Around the Beatles", next month'sJack Good produced spectacular. . . Kathy Kirby recorded herBBC -TV Spectacular last Thursdayfor May 3 transmission . . .

Cilia Black's long-awaited follow-up "You're My World" releasedon May 1 . . . Susan Maughandid a great job of Dusty Spring-field's "Stay Awhile" on lastweek's "Big Night Out" . . . twocars for Gordon Waller, a Peugotand a Mini, but for Peter Asherit's a "world without cars" . . .

Roy Orblson for BBC -TV's Cracker-jack tonight (Thursday) . . .

The Rolling Stones think TheYardbirds have a knockout clubact .

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CHUCK BERRY SPECIAL4 - PAGE SPECIAL

PERSONAL FILE

Real Name: Charles Ed-ward Berry.

Birthdate: October 18th,1931.

Height: 6 ft. 1 inch.Colour of Hair: Black.Colour of Eyes: Brown.Birthplace: St. Louis,

Missouri.Parent's Names: Henry

and Martha.Present Home: Berry Park,

Wentzville.Age entered show busi-

ness: 16.Where Educated: Sim-

monds Grade School (St.(Louis), Sumner High School(St. Louis).

Brothers & Sisters: LucyAnn, Martha, Thelma.

Biggest break in career:Signing with Chess records,Chicago.

Weight: 175 pounds.Favourite food: C hil

strawberry shortcake.Favourite drink: Orange

juice.Favourite colour: Blue.Favourite singers: Nat

'King' Cole, Frank Sinatra,Will Bradley, Muddy Waters.

First record: Maybellene.Gold Records: Maybellene,

School Days, Sweet LittleSixteen, Roll Over Beet-hoven.

Films: Rock Rock Rock,Mr. Rock and Roll, GoJohnny Go, Jazz On A Sum-mer's Day.

Awards: Billboard TripleCrown.

Current U.S. Hit: Nadine.Latest Release in England:

Nadine.

Disc Label: Pye Interna-tional.

Recording manager: PhilChess.

Important engagementsabroad: Canada, Hawaii,Australia, Jamaica, Mexico(and now) Great Britain.

Favourite hobbies: Photo-graphy.

Before show business:Hairdresser, photographer.

Origin of stage name:Nickname at school.

Wife's name: Thelmatta.Children: Four.Line-up of backing group:

Johnny Johnson, piano, EbbyHardy, drums, J. C. Davis,tenor sax, George Smith,bass.

Favourites of own record-ings: Maybellene, MemphisTennessee, School Days,Sweet Little Sixteen.

CHUCK BERRYRECORDING PERSONNELMusicians who are known

to have played with ChuckBerry on his records.

DRUMS: Jasper Thomas,Ebby Hardy, Fred Beelow.

B A S S: Willie Dixon,George Smith.

PIANO: Johnny Johnson,Otis Spann, Lafayette Leake.

SECOND GUITAR: JimmyRogers, Bo Diddley.

SAX: L. C. Davis,MARACCAS: Jerome

Green.ADDITIONAL VOCAL S:

Martha Berry.LEAD GUITAR &

VOCALS: Chuck Berry.RECORDING STUDIO: Ter

Mar Recording Studio, 2120,South Michigan Avenue,Chicago, Illinois.

CHUCK BERRY with some executives of Chess Producing Corporation when he was being given a three -in -one gold disc.The award which was one of the greatest gold disc presentations in the States was given to Chuck for over a millionsales EACH of "Maybellene," "School Day," and "Sweet Little Sixteen."

It must be Gibson forMr. R & B

Chuck Berry comes to Town-bringing with him today'smost authentic rhythm and blues sound, and of coursehis Gibson. Like so many leading Guitarists, Chuckinsists on Gibson. It's got everything-incomparable tone,fast response, beautiful appearance. Try Gibson yourself,see what it can do for your playing and why it's thenatural choice of the greats.See Gibson at your dealers, or send for fully illustratedcolour catalogue on the world's finest guitars to: Dept.RM24/4.

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POLL RESULTS°Continued from Page 5

while the surprise was prob-ably "Mojo" which came invia Muddy Waters.

Just under the ten wereJimmy Reed's "Shame ShameShame," three Chuck Berrynumbers - "Johnny beGoode," "Roll OverBeethoven," and "Come On,"followed closely by "StandBy Me," tying with "YouBetter Move On" and "CanI Get A Witness."

Top British artiste isGeorgie Fame, who is prob-ably deeper in the bluesfield than any other repre-sented artiste in this section,while Long John Baldry,who has been on the scenefor several years, comessecond - he's just about toreally burst into the scenein a big way too. The lateCyril Davies still has a lotof faithful fans as demon-strated by his third place,while Jimmy Powell probablygot his position due to thethree fabulous discs he made- "Sugar Baby," "TomHark," and "RememberThen." Others were ratherpredictable although DaveBerry at number ten was asurprise result.

Booker T. And The M.G'swalked away with this topinstrumental group or artisteaward, followed mainly byvocalists who have producedlarge numbers of good in-strumentals. The only pureinstrumentalists left wereLonnie Mack, of "Memphis"and "Wham" fame, and themarvellous Markeys.

In the poll, the manyspoiled papers had to bediscounted, while a fewreaders, not realising thatthis was an R and B poll,voted for purely pop artistes.Altogether this poll probablyconfirms the suspicions ofR and B fans about the mostpopular stars in Britain, butthere's one strange thing.

Why don't they get intothe charts more often?

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Bye Bye Johnny/Mad Lad-HLM 9159.1767 Jaguar & Thunderbird/Our Little Rendezvous-Not issued.1779 I'm Talking About You/Little Star-Pye Int. 7N 25100.1799 Go-Go-Go/Come On -7N 25207.1853 I'm Talking About You/Diploma For Two-Not issued.

Let It Rock/Memphis Tennessee -7N 25218.Run Rudolph Run/Johnny B. Goode -7N 25228.Nadine/0 rangutan-7N 25236.Memphis Tennessee/Sweet Little Sixteen-Not issued.

E.P's. Chuck's U.S. E.P's are listed although they are not available hereand do not in fact contain any tracks other than those on his L.P's andsingles. All the British E.P's with the exception of the London -Americanone are still available.U.S. E.P's5118 After School Session.5119 Rock And Roll Music5121 Sweet Little Sixteen5125 Pickin' Berries.5136 Sweet Little Rock And Roller.British E.P'sCHUCK BERRY-Maybellene; Wee Wee Hours; Thirty Days: Together-

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(Chuck Berry tracks)-NEP 44009.CHUCK AND BO VOL. 2-You Can't Catch Me; No Money Down (Chuck

Berry tracks)-NEP 44012.CHUCK AND BO VOL. 3-Too Pooped To Pop (Chuck Berry tracks)-

NEP 44017.L.P's1425 ROCK ROCK ROCK (From the film, never shown here)-Maybellene:

Thirty Days; Roll Over Beethoven; You Can't Catch Me (ChuckBerry tracks. Also on the L.P. the Moonglows and the Flamingos).

1426 AFTER SCHOOL SESSION-Schoolday; Deep Feeling: Too MuchMonkey Business; Wee Wee Hours; Rob, Poly; No Money Down;Brown Eyed Handsome Man; Berry Pickin'; Together; HavanaMoon: Down Bound Train; Drifting Heart.-Not issued.

1432 ONE DOZEN BERRIES-Sweet Little Sixteen; Blue Feeling; Lajuanda;Rock At The Philharmonic; Oh Baby Doll; Guitar Boogie; Reelin'& Rockin'; In -Go; Rock And Roll Music: How You've Changed; LowFeeling; It Don't Take But A Few Minutes-London HAM 2132 nowdeleted.

1435 BERRY IS ON TOP-Almost Grown; Carol; Maybellene; Sweet LittleRock And Roller: Anthony Boy; Johnny B. Goode; Little Queenie;To Jo Gunne; Roll Over Beethoven; Around And Around; Hey Pedro:Blues For Hawaiians-Not issued.

1448 ROCKIN' AT THE HOPS-Bye Bye Johnny; Worried Life Blues:Down The Road Apiece; Confessin' The Blues; Too Pooped To Pop;Mad Lad; I Got To Find My Baby; Betty Jean; Childhood Sweetheart;Broken Arrow; Driftin' Blues; Let It Rock-Not issued.

1456 NEW JUKE BOX HITS-I'm Talking About You; Diploma For Two;Thirteen Question Method; Away From You; Don't You Lie To Me;The Way It Was Before; Little Star; Route 66; Sweet Sixteen; RunAround; Stop And Listen; Rip It Up-Pye Int. NPL 28019.

1465 CHUCK BERRY TWISTS-Maybellene; Roll Over Beethoven; OhBaby Doll: Around And Around; Come On; Let It Rock; Reelin; AndRockin'; Schoolday; Almost Grown; Sweet Little Sixteen; Thirty Days;Johnny B. Goode; Rock And Roll Music: Back In The U.S.A.-Notissued.

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CHUCK -KING OF BEATTHE STORY OF CHUCK'S CAREER AND

COMEBACK, BY GUY STEVENSCHUCK BERRY . . . songwriter . . . guitarist . . . singer . . . performer . . . the list

is endless. A man of many talents, and not all of them concerned with showbusiness, Chuck Berry has now been accepted as one of the most phenomenal enter-tainers of our age. Despite continual undulations in the pop music field, he has main-tained and increased his popularity with all sections of the record buying public, sincehis first record, 'Maybellene,' won him the Billboard Triple Crown Award in 1955. Hiscompositions have been recorded time and again by scores of artistes and groups, hisguitar and vocal style copied, and his tunes and lyrics imitated on countless occasions.He is one of the few artistes who has as many fans in the business as outside of it.and his discs can be found in practically any type of record collection.

And now, following monthsof controversy, we will at lastbe able to see this incredibleperformer in the flesh onBritish stages for the firsttime. His three week tourstarts at Finsbury ParkAstoria on May 9th, on asensational bill which alsoincludes another greatveteran of the rock age, CarlPerkins, King Size Taylor andthe Dominoes, The Animalsand the Swinging Blue Jeans.Will Chuck live up to thefantastic reputation he has

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *as a stage performer? By allaccounts, from many visitingAmerican artistes, he willcause not h i n g short ofphrenetic riots Elt everyTheatre he plays.

THICK & THINOne thing I know, and that

is that Chuck will be out tosatisfy his fabulous army ofBritish fans, who have beenthe main instigation behindhis current American popu-

CHUCK BERRY-Maybellene; Down The Road Apiece; Mad Lad; School -day; Sweet Little Sixteen; Confessin' The Blues; Back In The U.S.A.;Johnny B. Goode; Oh Baby Doll; Come On; I Got To Find My Baby;Betty Jean: Around And Around; Almost Grown-Pye MPL 28024.

CHUCK BERRY ON STAGE-Go Go Go; Memphis Tennessee; Maybellene;Surfing Steel; Rocking On The Railroad; Brown Eyed HandsomeMan; Still Got The Blues; Sweet Little Sixteen; Jaguar And Thunder-bird; I Just Want To Make Love To You; All Aboard; Trick OrTreat; The Man And The Donkey-Pye NPL 28027.

MORE CHUCK BERRY-Sweet Little Rock And Roller; Anthony Boy;Little Queenie; Worried Life Blues; Carol; Reelin' And Rockin'; ThirtyDays; Brown Eyed Handsome Man; Too Much Monkey Business;Wee Wee Hours; Jo Jo Gunne; Beautiful Delilah-Pye NPL 28028.

THE LATEST AND THE GREATEST-Nadine; Don't You Lie To Me; NoParticular Place To Go; You Two; Bye Bye Johnny; Liverpool Drive;Driftin' Blues; Fraulein; Guitar Boogie; Things I Used To Do; DeepFeeling; Lonely All The Time; Jaguar And Thunderbird; 0 rangutan-Pye NPL 28038.

larity (`Nadine' is currentlyin the American top thirty),and have stood behind him inthis country through thickand thin.

To coincide with his tour,Pye are issuing an LP con-taining six COMPLETELYNEW recordings, and eightmore tracks which have beenincluded owing to thetremendous demand for theirre-release, titled 'The Latestand The Greatest' on PyeNPL 28038. The new record-ings should please manypeople over here, who havehad to wait so long for somenew Berry recordings. Amongthem is an extremely unusualand charming treatment ofthe old Bobby Helms hit'Fraulein,' and a great versionof 'Crazy Arms' (previouslyrecorded by Jerry Lee Lewis),which has been inexplicablyre -titled 'Lonely All TheTime,' and a typical drivingBerry instrumental titled con-troversially 'Liverpool Drive.'

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King Size Taylor & the DominoesCarl Perkins The Other Two"BLUE SUEDE SHOES" "BE WITH YOU"May 9.-Finsbury Park Astoria

May 10.-Hammersmith OdeonMay 11.-Birmingham Town Hall

May 12.-Nottingham OdeonMay 13.-Stockton A.B.C. Globe Theatre

May 14.-Sheffield City Hall

May 15.-Bradford Gaumont

May 16.-Bournemouth Winter Gardens

May 17.-Liverpool Odeon

May 18.-Southampton Gaumont

May 19.-Plymouth A.B.C.

May 20.-Exeter A.B.C. Savoy Cinema

May 21.-Croydon A.B.C.

May 22.-Manchester Odeon

May 23.-Newcastle City Hall

May 24.-Leicester De MontfortMay 25.-Birmingham Town Hall

May 26.-Bolton OdeonMay 27.-Glasgow Odeon

May 28.-Bristol Colston Hall

May 29.-Southend Odeon

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THAT STAR SOUND

WHAT MAKES THE

BLUE JEANS SWING

INSTRUMENTALLYTO reach the Swinging Blue Jeans I had to get past a1 couple of donkeys, a cow whose back half turned outto be a woman, and my favourite TV animal characters,011ie Beak and Fred Barker. And even when 'Five O'ClockClub's' livestock was behind me, I still had to cope withthe noise of Feeding Time in AR -TV's canteen.

Yelled Ralph Ellis over the clatter: "Ray Ennis and Iswan the lead part about, so sometimes he's playing leadand sometimes it's me. I use a Fender Stratocaster," hebellowed when he'd got his breath back, "with GibsonSonomatic strings. I've had it about three years now,and. it cost me somewhere around /170.

"But I'm thinking of chang-ing from a solid to a semi -acoustic soon, probably aGretsch or a Gibson. I don'tknow; there seems to be abit more depth in the toneof a semi -acoustic.

SMASHED"The writing? Oh, well,

we all do a bit of it. Forthe B side of "Miss Molly"we all pitched in. We wereon our way from Portsmouthto the session, and once westarted having ideas it onlytook us about ten minutesto get it written. Les" (LesBraid, bass guitar) "onlywrites instrumentals, of

by

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course, because he can'twrite words."

Les, who hadn't heard,said "I use a Fender JazzBass, and Fender strings.That's the one your hear onthe records. I used to havean acoustic, a Hofner Con-gress, which I kept for com-posing on and for my own

amusement. But somebodytried to steal it a few weeksago, and when they foundthey couldn't get through thewindow of the van, theysimply smashed it up. I usedto play piano when I wasabout ten, and after that Iwas brought up on doublebass."

We chewed our cups oftea, and waited for thenoise to die down. NormanKuhlke managed to tell mehis drums were by Ludwig,very new, but that he'd kepthis old 20in. cymbal and I5in.hi -hat. "It's not so muchthis or that make," he said,"as this or that individualcymbal. You have to keeptrying them all till you findexactly the ones you want.Never change your cymbalsonce you've found them."

HUMOUR

It was quieter in the SBJ'sdressing room, but there wasa different hazard - RayEnnis's sense of humour."The guitar I play is a redone. That one up there.

THE SWINGING BLUE

There you are; red. Greenones are no good at all.What make? Do they havedifferent makes?" After alot more of this he relentedto the point of admitting itwas a Gibson. "A 335 STD,"he said. "That means I canphone Liverpool on it with-out asking the operator."

The Jeans' amplifiers are

JEANS 'tell all' about their

Vox T.60's, and they carrywith them a set of Reslomicrophones and two banksof 4 Grampian speakers.

"What happens if there'sa power cut?" I asked."Easy," said Ralph Ellis."When our amps cut out theother night, Ray just shoutedto the audience 'We will nowplay "Silent Night."' brought

instrumental secrets.

the place down."I could believe it. When

I left, Ray Ennis had justgot back from the make-updepartment. He was carryinga small pot of white cream."What's that?" asked Nor-man.

"It's stuff for getting thestuff off after I've done mestuff," he said.

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EDDIE COCHRAN: Skinny Jim;Nervous Breakdown (Liberty 10151)Two tracks from the "CherishedMemories" album, with Eddie inchart - potential form on a coupleof fiery rock performances whichdon't seem at all dated.CHUBBY CHECKER: Hey; BobbaNeedle (Cameo - Parkway P907)Handclapping backing on a catchysort of folksey song. Good - but canChubby climb back nowadays?THE MIRACLES: The Man In You;Heartbreak Road (Stateside SS282)Slow, bluesy, wailing ballad. Notthe best by the group but it doeshave a grown - on - you quality.ERNESTINE ANDERSON: KeepAn Eye On Love; Continental Mind(Sue WI 309) Excellent vocal per-formance, with compulsive beatgoing on behind. And a distinctlyabove - average mid - tempo song.THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Shake ItWith Me Baby; Stagger Lee (UnitedArtists UP 1050) Rather muddledand messy sort of production, ex-citing and wild in parts - but cer-tainly not another "TwistAnd Shout."OTIS REDDING: Come To Me;Don't Leave Me This Way (LondonHLK 9876) Very popular amongthe R and B fans now in Britain-Otis wails through a dramatic num-ber with a so - simple backing.Very way - out.BRYON LEE AND THE DRAGON -AIRES: Hanging Up My Heart;Sour Apples (Parlophone R 5125)Genuine blue beat from the heart ofJamaica, with delicate organphrases behind a full - bloodedvocal. Finale on a very, very highnote.BYRON LEE AND THE DRAGON -AIRES: Musical Communion; RiverBank (Parlophone R 5124) Secondrelease in the same week from theWest Indian group. Lots of authen-tic instrumental noises, strident andbrash . and danceable.TOMMY McCOOK'S ORCHESTRA:Sampson; My Arms Are Waiting(R and B Discs JB 139) Hefty sliceof instrumental blue - beat whichshould please the fans.JOE SENTIERI: I Have LovedYou; This I Know (Decca F 11886)Smooth - voiced balladeer on adrama - packed song but curiousand jerky background sounds. Avery well - performed few minutes.THE MARKETTS: Vanishing Point;Borealis (Warner Brothers 130) Thefirst surfing group on anotherpowerful, punchy instrumentalwhich probably won't make it here.

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SINGLES IN BRIEFTHE CHIMES: I'll Be Waiting- I'llBe Here; Hello Heartache (Decca F11885) Very professional group vocal,featuring Denise, on a song thatcould catch on in a very big way.Well produced all the way.ANN - MARGRET: Man's FavouriteSport; Hey, Little Star (RCA Victor1396) Very amusing lyrics - it's afilm theme - and powerhoused bythe shapely actress. She's a tigress,all right. Good.ANTHONY NEWLEY: I'll TeachYou How To Cry; Solitude (DeccaF 11883) Expressive performance ona slow, dreamy ballad. Performedwith all the usual Newley talent,but not really for the charts.DEAN AND JEAN: Hey Jean,Hey Dean; Please Don't Tell MeNow (Stateside SS 283) Minor hit inAmerica, with some useful vocaltouches by the duettists. Excitingin its rather limited way.PEGGY LEE: Once; I've GotYour Number (Capitol CL 15342)From Miss Lee's "In Love Again 'album. Top deck has the thrush onplaintive form, breathing andhusking her way through. Excellent.OWEN GRAY: Draw Me Nearer;Daddy's Girl (Blue Beat 217) Ratherjerky blue - beat offering with adanceable melody and beat andright - sounding vocal work.ALAN CADDY: Workou'; Tornado(HMV Pop 1286). Ex - Tornado leadguitarist on one of his own pro-ductions. Good guitar, of course,and a drive along sort of beat.Should do well.PRINCE BUSTER: Blue Beat Spirit;Beggars Are No Choosers (BlueBeat 211) The huge - selling BBstar on a typically inventive sort ofvocal. The dancers'll love it.MAJOR LANCE: The Matador;Gonna Get Married (Columbia DB72710) The new R and B sound -a big hit in America, but will prob-ably miss out here. Not really ascommercial as his last.THE VIBRATIONS: My Girl Sloopy;Daddy Woo - Woo (London HLK9875) Big sounding vocal - instru-mental R and B - it's climbedup well in the States . . . but willprobably prove too way - out forBritish consumption.LOUISIANA RED: Take YourHands Off My Woman; Don't Cry(Columbia DB 7270) Bluesy itemwith limited appeal but a lot ofinterest for the fans. Good guitar;lively singing.

DAVE CURTIS AND THETREMORS: Summertime Blues; I'mA Hog For You Baby (Philips BF1330) The Eddie Chochran numberdressed up well enough by theBritish outfit. Taken at a compul-sive beaty pace.ANDY WILLIAMS: Wrong For EachOther; Madrigal (CBS AAG 182)Emotional sort of big ballad, withstrange effects at tempo changes.Sung excellently and with a lot offeeling and sincerity. A likely bigseller.

LORD NELSON: It's Delinquency;Proud West Indian (Stateside SS281) Gen - type calypso with thebrassy background and mellow per-cussion sounds. His Lordship copesadmirably with some worthy lyrics.

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ME AND THEM: Show You Mean ItToo; Everything I Do I Wrong(Pye 15631) British group soundon a climax - filled number witha whole stack of vibrant spiritthroughout. A powerful sort of beatnumber.SAMMY ICING AND THETAIRS: What's The Secret;Balls of Fire (HMV PopGood song, tut the overallis a little in the common rut.voice is very good indeed.

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THE UPTOWNERS: If'n; TheSearch Is Over (London HLU 9877)Bluesy vocal group .with a lot ofcommercial appeal. Song is sale-able, too . . . and it could be asurprise, out - of - the - blue hit.THE KINKS: You Still Want Me;You Do Something To Me (Pye15636) Highly promising group withstrong guitar sound and a compactsort of vocal performance. Mid -tempo but bustling song - shouldsell well.TEDDY MERTENS: This Is MyPrayer; My River Of Memories(Oriole CB 1925). Eurovision song -winning melody played delightfullyby a soulful trumpet. Tone andphrasing just perfect. Listen to this.VANDYKE AND THE BAMBIS:.Doin' The Mod; All I Want Is You(Pye Piccadilly 35180) Interesting.Who is Vandyke? Try and guess.All happening sort of current idiomnumber and performance. Couldclick.MICKEY FINN AND THE BLUEMEN: Pills; Hush Your Mouth(Oriole CB 1927) More authentic -sounding blue - beat material.Lyrics are worth a close hearken.Nicely pungent, instrumentally.THE FORTY TWO BIG BAND:St. Louis Blues; C Jam Blues(Columbia DB 7275) Tommy Watt'shuge aggregation on a swingingcouple of big - band standards.Musically spot - on; excitingly pre-sented.SHORTY AND THEM: Pills ofLove's Labours Lost; Live, LaughAnd Love (Fontana TF 460) TheBo Diddley calypso - type song -second version of the week. An-other lively performance withstylish lead vocal and busy back-ground noises.

CARL PERKINS

CARL PERKINS: Help Me FindMy Baby; I Wouldn't Have You(Brunswick 05905). The ex -rock 'n'roller with the Country tinge hasgone almost back purely to C andW and this middle-of-the-roadsong is not too commercial.PETULA CLARK: In Love; Forget-ting You (Pye 15639) Lush stringsmoan behind Pet's stylish interpre-tation of a happy ballad. Not ascommercial as some of hers, butmust sell very well indeed.THE SHIRELLES: Sha - La - La;His Lips Get In The Way (PyeInternational 25240) Average sort ofgroup vocal and in a lighter moodthan some of the Shirelle efforts.But it swings and should attractattention.THE BAKER TWINS: WordsWritten On Water; He's No Good(Pye 15628) Lovely lasses whoenunciate well here on the debutdisc. Medium pace sort of songwith touches of organ behind thevocal lead. Rather nice.WINSTON STEWART: The KissYou Gave; No More (In Life) (Rand B Records JB 140) Rather softbut appealing voice on an averagesort of number. More for thespecialists.ROD AND CAROLYN: Young Love;Talk To Me (Pye 15629) Youngduettists get a solidly rounded soundhere. Song is familiar . . . via TabHunter and Sonny James. Shoulddo extremely well.JOHN PAUL JONES: Baja; AFoggy Day In Vietnam (Pye 15637)An Andrew Oldham production.John is on six - string bass andpounds out a consistently classybeat. Good - and dig the flip sidetitle.

THE BLUEBEATS WITH REDPRICE: Blue Beat's Over; Kiss TheBaby (Blue Beat 209) Tenor saxistRed also handles the vocal in hisfruity style. We liked it a lot.

THE MIGHTY AVENGERS: HideYour Pride; Hey Senorita (DeccaF 11891). Something similar toGerry's "I Like It" in conception-a snappy beat -ballad with tune-ful vocal front-line and goodinstrumental work.ROGER WILLIAMS: Non Ho L'eta'Per Amarti; Roger's Bumblebee(London HLR 9879). Typical, lush,string -laden treatment of a big -sound melody by the piano star.Good for late -night listening, butnot for the charts.

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THE MONOTONES: It's Great;Anymore (Pye 15640) Personablegroup who go for something differ-ent, sound - wise. Comes off too,on the pacey "It's Great". Notquite "Great", but very good.THE DOVELLS: Be My Girl;Dragster On The Prowl (Cameo -Parkway 901) Biggish sort of vocal -group sound on a falsetto -domina-ted number. Got a little of theLiverpool "feel" about it all.IRENE REID: I Love Paris; HardHearted Hannah (MGM 1231). FromIrene's debut album "It's OnlyThe Beginning"-and she showsher jazz -styling well on the click-ing -type interpretation of "Paris."Pretty far-out phrasing.MIKE SARNE: A Place To Go;Out And About (Parlophone R5129). Don't be surprised to seethis one ,do very well - plugsthrough the film, currently onrelease, can swing sales for thisCockney -voiced, well-lyricked beat -ballad.THE SHY ONES: La Route;Susanna (Oriole CB 1924). Interest-ing instrumental, zestfully recorded.Lots of different sounds to sustainthe top side and a fairly strongtheme.THE MANHATTAN BROTHERS:Wimoweh; Blue Sky (Columbia DB7274). Good deep sound on theold familiar song - with wildfalsettos going on and a fiery,full -range vocal sound. Fascinating.

BILLY FURY1 Will; Nothin' Shakin' (Decca

F 11888).

DESTINED for the upperreaches, for sure, this dynamicFury version of the old Vic

Dana hit. Strings sweep awaybehind him as he sings out withstyle and certainty of phrasing.Nice easy tempo, with a goodbuild-up towards the end. Songis exceptionally strong, too. Flipwas a big American hit somesix years ago for Eddie Fontaine. . . and it suits Billy's up -tempo,crash -bang style very nicely.TOP FIFTY TIP

BUDDY HOLLY AND THECRICKETS

You've Got Love; An Empty Cup(Coral Q 72472).

THIS one should make the fiftybut it comes from the L.P."The Chirping Crickets," so

it could miss the really big-timebecause so many people will al-ready have it stashed away. Some-what old-fashioned in conception.Well -performed all the way, with aninteresting middle eight featuringguitar and voices. "Empty Cup"is from the same L.P. and it'llprobably miss B.B.C. plays becauseit mentions the word "Coke."TOP FIFTY TIP

ROY ORBISONIt's Over; Indian Wedding

(London HLU 9882).

ANOTHER sad ballad, with atheme of unrequited love andall that, and of course it's

immaculately commercial. Straight-forward singing, as ever, but soefficient and so warm that itshould immediately be borne onthe wind into the charts. Beauti-fully arranged. Story -line lyricsfor the Orbison-penned flip, withtom-tom drums and choral effectsof high quality. Catchy, appealing,upper-class.TOP FIFTY TIP

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DANA VALERY

SEVERAL Saturdays agoDana Valery was swim-

ming in warm South Africanwaters. The next day, sheDew to rainy old London.By the Wednesday she had aDecca contract and had re-corded her first disc, ''ThisIs My Prayer" (English ver-sion of the Italian Euro-vision Song Contest winner),coupled with "Would I LoveYou Again?"

Now she is starring in theSouth African musical show,

Wait A Minim", runningat London's Fortune Theatre,she has just moved into anew flat, she is recoveringfrom a cold - and she is

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For young Dana-a beauti-ful, dark Italian girl who wasraised in South African sun-shine - has been in a showbusiness whirl for the lastthree years. All because herbrother is the famous tenorSergio Franchi.

"In 1960 I was on my wayto Germany to take a coursein interpreting," she told me."At school I was good atlanguages so I decided tomake a career out of them.But I stopped off in Milanto see my brother. He tookme along to his agent's of-fice where I met a man whowas trying to sing a song inEnglish. His accent was ter-rible, and I said so. 'Show mehow to sing the songproperly' he pleaded. So Idid."

TRICKBut the whole thing had

been a trick by brotherSergio who had planted theagent in the next room andtold him to listen. Sergioknew that Dana would neveragree to do an audition.

The result of this set-upwas that the agent rushedin with an offer of a sevenmonths' contract to sing in ashow in the Italian touristresort of Alassio.

Her fate was sealed: theAlassio job was a roaringsuccess, she acquired anItalian recording contractand the company entered herfor the Milan Song Festival.She won. This led to lots ofItalian TV work.

But Dana got homesick forSouth Africa (where she'dlived since the age of six).So she went on what wasintended to be a brief visitto her parents. She wasflooded with show offers andfinished up topping bills.

Now she's come to London.Her sun - kissed skin andRoman face misleads shop-keepers into thinking thatshe is thoroughly foreign("they speak very slowly andsay things like 'That will betwo SHILLINGS and one SIX-PENCE'; sometimes theyeven take the money out ofmy handbag for me!") but,despite the cold caused byour cool, cool Spring, MissValery is quickly becomingacclimatised to the Londonscene. And, considering hertalent as a pop singer, itshouldn't be long before thewhole of Britain becomes ac-climatised to her!

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ON THE REBOUND

THE REBOUNDS

WANTED, by up-and-comingbeat group: A GHOST! Orat least the chance to look

over some premises which arereputed to be haunted! Forspectre -seeking is the main off -duty hobby of the Rebounds, outnow with their debut disc on theFontana label.

The four young men from Essexexplained: "We're not kiddingabout this. We've spent manynights in plices in Suffolk andKent-places where it's rumouredthere are ghosts kicking around.

"So if any of the Record Mirrorreaders know of anywhere new. . . well, we'll be only too happyto investigate."

Lead guitarist Shaun Corrigan,bassist Pete Gill and pianist -organist David Watts are reallythe keenest. I noticed drummerMick Simons keeping rather quietabout the ghostly aspect of life.Finally he admitted: "I'm not allthat anxious to find a real ghost.I go along only because theothers do.

"And if I did meet up face toface with anything supernatural I

can assure you of one thing. I'dmake a run for it. You wouldn'tsee me for dust."

SEARCHERSIf he yelled "Help Me" at the

same time, you couldn't blamehim. That's the title of their firstdisc. And a plug IS a plug, afterall . .

The Rebounds have been playingtogether for eighteen months andwere originally called TheSearchers. On the rebound, as itwere, they changed their namelast summer. They've played avery successful two -month tour ofAmerican G.I. bases in Franceand also backed American starJohnny Burnette on his Britishtour in November, 1963.

Shaun Corrigan nearly ended hismusical career before it started,by the way, because some faultywiring in some borrowed amplifica-tion equipment severely burned hishands. He doesn't put that accidentdown to ghosts, though - justinefficiency.

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STRIKING out on his ownwith a new solo disc:

John Paul Jones, bass guitar-ist with the Tony MeehanGroup. And the discwhich could do the trick is"Baja", out on Pye, andfeaturing John Paul on six -string bass.

Says JP: "I'd been plan-ning a solo career for my-self but I hadn't really gotaround to deciding exactlywhat to do. Then recordingmanager Andrew Oldhamcame up one day and saidhe had just the right numberfor me.

"It was quite a session. Weused a ten - piece orchestra,but the disc started with justbass and drums. Then it juststarted building - we evenhad a choir on it later on."

John Paul is 18, was bornin Sidcup, Kent. He went toschool in Blackheath andlearned to play piano andorgan. Then he started in onbass guitar while he was stillat school. "My main hobbynow is buying records", hesays. "Anything by DionneWarwick, Sarah Vaughan orTony Bennett is great byme."

And he also says: "Theonly thing I really dislike ishaving to rush about". Yethe wants to be a top popsoloist? He must be kidding.

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F-VAST RISING U.S. hits include-"The Very Thought Of You"-rRick Nelson; "Goodbye Baby"-Solomon Burke; "Gonna GetAlong Without You Now"-Tracey Dee/Skeeter Davis; "Carol"-Tommy Roe.

New U.S. releases include-"I'm Watching My Watch"-JohnnyTillotson; "The Loneliest Night"-Dale & Grace; "Confessin"-April Stevens & Nino Tempo; "I Knew It All The Time"-TheDave Clark Five; "One Girt"-Garnett Mimms & The Exciters;"Nomad"-Louis Armstrong & Dave Brubeck; "3 Window Coupe"-Rip Chords; "Something You Got Baby"-Fats Domino; "Swing"-Tokens; "I've Had IC-Lonnie Mack; "MY Baby's ComingHome"-Paul Anka; "Going Back To The Village Of Love"-Nathaniel Mayer.

In the Elvis anniversary promotion campaign RCA have launcheda tremendous sales drive. Included is a new single with "KissMe Quick" backed with El's great version of "Suspicion"-couldbe a chart job as neither of these have been issued as singles inthe States. Yet another single from Dave Clark on Epic in theStates-"Do You Love Me". No more Beatles material to beissued purely for U.S. import by Capitol of Canada. Almost un-believable-Pete Drake's talking guitar on "Forever". New BerryL.P. "Greatest Hits" probably won't be issued here. New InezFoxx-"Hurt By Love" given rave reviews. Dictionary definitionof Serendipity- " . . . unexpected discovery of a new and happyevent". And the Serendipity singers are currently at number seventhis week! N.J.

I CAN'T BUY ME LOVE*I 1 (5) The Beatles (Capitol)

7 HELLO DOLLYA, 3 (9) Louis Armstrong

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3SUSPICION*4 (7) Terry Stafford(Crusader)

4 TWIST AND SHOUT*2 (7) The Beatles (Toilie)

6GLAD ALL OVER*5 (10) Dave Clark Five(Epic)

6DO YOU WANT TO KNOWA SECRET*7 (4) The Beatles (Vee Jay)

7 CROOKED LITTLE MAN*8 (6) Serendipity Singers(Philips)

BITS AND PIECES*9 (2) Dave Clark Five (Epic)

THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG*6 (7) Betty Everett(Vee Jay)MY GUY14 (3) Mary Wells (Motown)

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DEAD MAN'S CURVE*20 (6) Jan & Dean (Liberty)

SHANGRI-LA17 (4) Robert Maxwell/VicDana (Decca/Dolton)

THAT'S THE WAYBOYS ARE*15 (4) Leslie Gore (Mercury)

NEEDLES AND PINS*12 (7) Searchers (Kapp)

THE WAY YOU DO THETHINGS YOU DO*10 (8) Temptations (Gordy)

WHITE ON WHITE*23 (4) Danny Williams(United Artists)

HEY BOBBA NEEDLE*19 (5) Chubby Checker(Parkway)

YOU'RE A WONDERFULONE*18 (6) Marvin Gaye (Tamla)

MONEY*22 (5) Kingsmen (Wand)

SHE LOVES YOU*11 (13) The Beatles (Swan)

I WANT TO HOLD YOURHAND*13 (15) The Beatles (Capitol)

AIN'T NOTHING YOU CANDO16 (7) Bobby Bland (Duke)

PLEASE PLEASE ME*21 (11) The Beatles (Vee Jay)

THE MATADOR*33 (3) Major Lance (Okeh)

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FOREVER*34 (4) Pete Drake (Smash)

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MY HEART BELONGS TOONLY YOU*25 (10) Bobby Vinton (Epic)

WISH SOMEONE WOULDCARE*40 (3) Irma Thomas(Imperial)

STAY*26 (8) Four Seasons(Vee Jay)

IT'S OVER*- (1) Roy Orbison(Monument)

ALL MY LOVIN".37 (3) The Beatles(Capitol of Canada)

ROMEO & JULIET- (1) Reflections(Golden World)

LOVE ME DO*43 (2) The Beatles (Vee-Jay)

DAWN GO AWAY*27 (12) Four Seasons (Philips)

NEW GIRL IN SCHOOL*32 (5) Jan & Dean (Liberty)

THINK*24 (7) Brenda Lee (Decca)

FUN, FUN, FUN*28 (10) Beach Boys (Capitol)

MY GIRL SLOOPY*48 (2) Vibrations (Atlantic)

NADINE*35 (6) Chuck Berry (Chess)

COTTON CANDY- (1) Al Hirt (RCA)

KISS ME SAILOR- (1) Diane Renay (20th Fox)

HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE*31 (9) Swinging Blue Jeans(Imperial)

HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS*36 (8) Tommy Tucker(Checker)

CHARADE- (1) Sammy Kaye (Decca)

STAY AWHILE*50 (2) Dusty Springfield(Philips)

I CAN'T STAND IT*46 (4) Soul Sisters (Sue)

KISSIN' COUSINS42 (9) Elvis Presley(RCA -Victor)

JAVA.39 (14) Al Hirt (RCA -Victor)

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1 MORE(1) Buddy Holly

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A FOOL SUCH AS 1/I NEED YOUR LOVETONIGHT(-) Elvis Presley

4PETITE FLEUR(6) Chris Barber

CHARLIE BROWN5 (5) Coasters

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SMOKE GETS IN YOUREYES(3) Platters

C'MON EVERYBODY(8) Eddie Cochran

IT'S LATE/THERE'LLNEVER BE ANYONE ELSEBUT YOU(16) Ricky Nelson

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STAGGER LEE(10) Lloyd Price

COME SOFTLY TO ME(-) The Fleetwoods

AS I LOVE YOU(9) Shirley Basset

PUB WITH NO BEER(13) Slim Dusty

TOMBOY(15) Perry Como

GIGI(11) Billy Eckstine

NEVER MIND/MEANSTREAK(-) Cliff Richard

MAYBE TOMORROW(17) Billy Fury

LITTLE DRUMMER BOY(14) The Beverley Sisters

COME SOFTLY TO ME(-) Frankie Vaughan

BRITAIN'S TOP LP's

WITH THE BEATLES(1) The Beatles (Parlophone)

STAY WITH THE HOLLIES(4) The Hollies (Parlophone)

WEST SIDE STORY(2) Sound Track (CBS)

PLEASE PLEASE ME(3) The Beatles (Parlophone)

MEET THE SEARCHERS(5) The Searchers (Pye)

ELVIS' GOLDEN RECORDSVOL. 3(6) Elvis Presley (RCA)THE ROLLING STONES(-) The Rolling Stones (Decca)BLUE GENE(9) Gene Pitney(United Artists)

HOW DO YOU LIKE IT(7) Gerry & The Pacemakers 19(Columbia)

SESSION WITH THE DAVECLARK FIVE(19) Dave Clark Five(Columbia)

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IN DREAMS(14) Roy Orbison (London)

SOUTH PACIFIC(8) Sound Track (RCA)

THE SHADOWS GREATESTHITS(15) The Shadows (Columbia)

IN THE WIND(12) Peter, Paul & Mary(Warner Bros)

BORN FREE(11) Frank Meld (Columbia)BLUE SKIES(10) Frank Ifield (Columbia)A GIRL CALLED DUSTY(-) Dusty Springfield (Philips)FREDDIE & THEDREAMERS(13) Freddie & The Dreamers(Columbia)AT THE DROP OFANOTHER HAT(17) Michael Flanders &Donald Swann (HMV)GOOD 'N' COUNTRY(18) Jim Reeves(RCA Victor)

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THE DAVE CLARK FIVE(5) The Dave Clark Five(Columbia)

HUNGRY FOR LOVE(4) The Searchers (Pye)

LOVE IN LAS VEGAS(12) Elvis Presley (RCA)

ON STAGE(10) Merseybeats (Fontana)

24 HOURS FROM TULSA(11) Gene Pitney;United Artists)

THE BACHELORS(6) The Bachelors (Decca)

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THE BEATLES HITS(7) The Beatles (Parlophone)PETER, PAUL & MARY(9) Peter, Paul & Mary(Wai ner Bros.)

PINK PANTHER(20) Henry Mancini (RCA)SHAKE WITH THESWINGING BLUE JEANS(15) Swinging Blue Jeans(HMV)

THE BEATLES No. 1(13) The Beatles (Parlophone)I'M THE ONE(17) Gerry & The Pacemakers(Columbia)

ANYONE WHO HAD AHEART(-) Cilia Black (Parlophone)BACHELORS VOL. 2(-) The Bachelors (Decca)DON'T BLAME ME(19) Frank 'field (Columbia)

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The National ChartPETER & GORDON take over the top spot from the Beatles-

but as it's a Beatles number we don't think the four lads areworrying too much. Not much in the way of competition, but

Millie is the strongest outsider this week with her disc which cer-tainly seems to be growing on the record buyers. Unfortunately,poor Millie hasn't much chance of reaching the top, with thefavourites leaping up for the top spot. There's the Searchers withtheir fabulous "Don't throw your love away" - a cert. for the topspot. And there's Gerry, and Manfred Mann, both leaping up likecrazy into the regions of the top ten. Other fast risers this weekinclude Dionne Warwick (three cheers!), the Merseybeats, theAnimals, and the Four Pennies.

Newies this week include certs like the Fourmost, and thesleeper from Frank Ifield. plus some unusual discs. There's theEurovision song contest winner, by glamorous Gigliola Cinquetti,and "The Spartans" from Sounds Inc.-that most underrated group.Plus a return for Richard Anthony with his great rendition of "IfI Loved You."

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DON'T THROW YOURLOVE AWAY20 (2) Searchers (Pye)

MY BOY LOLLIPOP10 (7) Millie (Fontana)

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE5 (10) Jim Reeves(RCA -Victor)

TELL ME WHEN7 (8) Applejacks (Decca)

NOT FADE AWAY8 (9) Rolling Stones (Decca)

LITTLE CHILDREN4 (9) Billy J. Kramer andThe Dakotas (Parlophone)

JUST ONE LOOK6 (9) The Hollies(Parlophone)

MOVE OVER DARLING12 (7) Doris Day (CBS)

EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT13 (5) The Moles (Decca)

MOCKINGBIRD HILL17 (4) The Migil Five (Pye)

GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY11 (6) The Swinging BlueJeans (HMV)

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JULIET32 (4) Four Pennies(Philips)

ANYONE WHO HAD AHEART15 (12) Cilia Black(Parlophone)

THEME FOR YOUNG LOVERS19 (8) The Shadows (Columbia)

DIANE16 (14) The Bachelors (Decca)

VIVA LAS VEGAS18 (7) Elvis Presley(RCA -Victor)

BITS AND PIECES14 (10) Dave Clark Five(Columbia)

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NEW ORLEANS24 (6) Bern Elliott &The Fenmen (Decca)

HI -HEEL SNEAKERS33 (4) Tommy Tucker (Pye)

BABY LET ME TAKEYOU HOME39 (2) Animals

LET ME GO LOVER22 (10) Kathy Kirby (Decca)

BOYS CRY23 (13) Eden Kane (Fontana)

I THINK OF YOU21 (15) The Merseybeats(Fontana)

TELL IT ON THEMOUNTAIN46 (2) Peter. Paul & Mary(Warner Bros.)

OVER YOU25 (10) Freddie and TheDreamers (Columbia)

IF HE TELLS YOU26 (7) Adam Faith with theRoulettes (Parlophone)

GONE37 (31 Shirley Hassey(Columbia)

A LITTLE LOVIN'- (1) The Fourmost(Parlophone)

ONLY YOU41 (3) Mark Wynter (Pye)

IF I LOVED YOU- (2) Richard Anthony(Columbia)

STAND BY ME45 (2) Kenny Lynch (HMV)

STAY AWHILE28 (10) Dusty Springfield(Philips)

BORNE ON THE WIND34 (10) Roy Orbison (London)

I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE *ME35 (9) Maureen Evans (Oriole)

NEEDLES AND PINS38 (15) The Searchers (Pye)

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NON LO L'ETE PER AMAFtTI- (1) Gigliola Cineuetti (Decca)

ANGRY AT THE BIGOAK TREE- (1) Frank Ifield (Columbia)

CANDY MAN30 (13) Brian Poole & TheTremeloes (Decca)

I'M THE ONE40 (15) Gerry & ThePacemakers (Columbia)

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RM SPOTLIGHT ON A TOPICAL QUESTION

Brenda's Homein Britain P

DON'T quote Brenda Lee herself on this - but . . . she has apparently been dropping hintsthat she'd like to live, full-time, in Britain. At least, that theory comes direct from her

manager and friend Dub Allbritten.He hints in a letter from the States: "Brenda's had this move in her mind for quite a

while. I guess she fell in love with Britain on her previous tours-and I think she believesthe fans there are rather more solidly loyal than they are in America."

If Brenda DID make themove, it'd be good news in-deed. She's taking thingseasy for a while, where workis concerned-but will startthinking more about sing-ing in a few months. Herbaby daughter, Julie Leann,is doing well . . . after thosescares about her tininess andpremature birth a few weeksago.

Brenda arrives in Britainfor her tour around themiddle of September - andshe says this will be her firstactual working engagementsince the birth of the baby.Venues, by the way have notyet been finalised by theDon Arden office.

For the eagerly - awaitedBritish tour, Brenda is hop-ing to use her own backinggroup, the Casuals, for thefirst time out of America.This does raise problems onthe "exchange" basis as laiddown by the Musicians'Union, but it is hoped thatthe Flintstones will make areciprocal trip to the States.

by PETER JONESNow for a message from

Brenda herself. "Around thetime my baby was born, Ihad a whole host of mess-ages from British fans wish-ing us all well and express-ing good wishes. And I'd bevery pleased if you couldpass on our thanks to every-body-they were real swellgestures. Especially the

little presents we receivedfor the baby.

"And when I start workagain in Britain . . . well, Ican only say I can't think ofanywhere I'd rather be tostart over after my tempor-ary retirement!"

I say: Brenda Lee is verywelcome to use our little olecountry any time she wants.

BOBBY AND THOSE BEATLES

BOBBY VEE talks abouthis "She's Sorry" disc.

SO that controversial discing of "She's Sorry" by BobbyVee looks doomed to Flopsville. "Too much like the

Beatles" is, presumably, the attitude of Bob's erstwhilelegion of fans.

But recently, on Peter Aldersley's "Pop Around" RadioLuxembourg programme, Bobby was questioned about thedisc. . . about the Beatles . . . and about his "motives."

Said Peter: "That record.In one way, it's a very greatcompliment that an Ameri-can should pay a tribute toa British group. It's been inreverse for many, manyyears."

Bobby: "Yes . . . This issuch a tremendous thing Ithought that since it's going

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to be a trend, I'd like to bein on it."

Peter asked Bobby aboutthe Beatles in the States.Said Bobby: "Well, I waspreviously familiar with theBeatles, When they cameout with 'Love Me Do.' theyimpressed me very muchwith their feeling and soforth, but I think that thegeneral public in the Statesis just so overwhelmed bytheir uniqueness and they'reso different and there's somuch honesty in their songs.I think the way they writeand sing and everything-it's like nothing they've everseen before. It's just theopposite extreme of theAmerican singers, I think."

Peter Aldersley: "I'm in-terested as to whether it'llbecome a trend, as such, inthe States. I mean, youdidn't take your record 'She'sSorry' as an indication ofYOUR future, I hope?"

Bobby: "No. It was origin-ally scheduled on an albumwhich will be released .

and will probably be theonly record of this sort thatI'll do. There's a theme toit, a definite Beatle theme,and then I'll go back to someof the old things that, youknow, the old style we'vebeen doing. But as far as theBeatles are concerned, Ithink this sound will remainin the States for quite a goodtime, especially that materialwritten by them."

INDEPENDENTThen Peter talked to

Bobby about his "I Remem-ber Buddy" album and askedwhy Bobby thought thatBuddy. his influence and hisrecords still remained.

Bobby: "Well, I think hewas very much like theBeatles in certain ways. Ithink that he was completelyindependent of any othersingers and styles. For histime, he was very originaland very sincere and had avery honest approach tomusic, and as much as theBeatles I think he wasunique."

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