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TALKING POINTSA weekly analysis of readers'

letters by PIP WEDGEKIRCHINS AGAIN

"Hell hath no fury like a womanwhen the Kirchins are scorned,"may not be a strictly accurate quota-tion, but it certainly sums up thereaction to last week's letter fromMrs. Betty Gibson, of Burton -on -Trent.

"Who wants crazy number aftercrazy number at 11.30 in the morn-ing ?" asked Mrs. Gibson.

But -"If Mrs. Gibson wants tolisten to schmaltz, she can alwayslisten to ' Music While You Work,' "retprts Mrs. John Mellish, of EwhurstClose, West Green, Crawley, Sussex."We just don't get enough cool 'music on the BBC . . . I'm truly upin arms about Mrs. Gibson's letter,as you have no doubt gathered."

And: " Were you playing ducksand drakes with your radio, Mrs.Gibson ?" asks Miss Terry Myatt, ofConstable House, Adelaide Road,London, N.W.3. "At least half thetunes I heard on the Kirchins' pro-gramme were slow numbers, andbeautifully played at that. There was

a little bit of something for every-one, which is what those who listen -in expect."

" Dear Madam, what a drearyperson you must be," says SteveLewis, of Primrose Gardens, Lon-don, N.W.3. "If you prefer a betterbalanced programme, then listen toVictor Silvester. There is a perfectlybalanced programme -so perfectlybalanced, in fact, that each numberplayed sounds almost the same as thelast !"

While Julian Kaye, of St. ThomasRoad, Finsbury P a r k, London,points out that there are many youngteenagers at home on Saturdays andlistening to the radio. "In my case,if I don't like a broadcast, I switchoff. Mrs. Gibson wasn't forced tolisten, and I can't understand anyonelistening tp something they don'tenjoy. And I can distinctly rememberhearing at least seven popular vocaltunes."

Finally, " I hope we have moreKirchin broadcasts," writes SallyFishman, of Sach Road, Clapton,

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When famous French singer Line Renaud arrived in England last week,she was met by Mills Music chief Fred Jackson (second from left) whopresented her with all the many recordings of " Majorca " and " PamPoo Dey " that have been made here. The tie-up is that Line's husband,Louis Gaste (extreme left) is the composer of " Majorca " and a famousFrench music publisher. On the extreme right is Sonny Miller, who

wrote the lyrics of "Pam Poo 1)ey."London, E.5 -a sentiment shared byLen Wa'Iters, who lives a little waydown the road from Sally. And MissJean Wake, of Riverside Road, Sid -cup. Kent, also points out that manyworkers who are free on Saturdayusually miss mid -week band broad-casts and are .glad of the opportunityto listen to their favourites at theweek -end.

RAY AND DOWNEYNo, we're not talking about a new

variety act - we're simply returningto the subject of Johnnie Ray, hismost ardent supporter MargaretDowney, and a whole heap of fanswho either adore Johnnie or hatehim.

Letters continue to pour in eitherpraising or condemning Margaret's" I'm going to jump in the Thamesif Johnnie doesn't come back soon "letter of a f'w weeks ago.

Doreen Whittaker, of Mill Road,North Lancing, Sussex, points outthat many Ray fans can't see him inperson even if he does come, andarc therefore only too 'pleased whenhe makes films. Eileen Blackband,of Bierton Road, South Yardley,Birmingham, a Dickie Valentine fan,says that if Margaret would go sofar as to take her life for Johnnie," the Thames is the best place forher."

Margaret's most recent opponentwas Mr. F. Easterbrook, whoseletter we published in a recent NME;now Audrey Broadhurst, of Long-view Drive, Huyton Lane. Huyton-w-Roby, Lane s, suggests thatwe'd be far better off if Mr. Easter,brook disturbed the rippling watersof old Father Thames himself;Audrey is herself a Frankie Leinefan, and says " I know myself howI'd feel if Frankie Layne cancelledhis British tour - though I wouldthink of his success before my ownenjoyment, and I would rather seehim getting on well."

This " away with Easterbrook "sentiment is shared by Mary Willatts,of Orchard Road. Dagenham. " Ifhe feels such a strong dislike for thepopular singers of today," saysMarv, " may I ask what he is doingreading our favourite paper anway?"

Another Downey defender isMalcolm Macdonald, of the RAF,Merryfield, Ilton, Somerset. "heartily agree with everything shesays about the one and only JohnnieRay . . . these so-called fans makeme mad. They're no more fans ofan artist than the man in the moon."

A David Whitfield fan,

Joyce Wilson, of The Oval, Cum-mcrsdale, Carlisle, strongly resentsfriend Easterbrook's suggestion thatwhen Margaret Downey jumps inthe Thames she should take DavidWhitfield with her.

" I'm sure if Mr. Easterbrook gotthe chance of meeting David," shesays, " he would change his mind.He's the only singer I know that hassuch a wonderful personality and alevel head."

Are we a little unkind to feeldisappointed that no one has writtento ouibble with the further Easter-broak suggestion that the entireNME staff should follow Margaretto her watery doom ?

But let's have Margaret Downey inagain to have the last word.

" I'd like to say," she writes." that I regard Johnnie's film as asubstitute until such time as heconies back ; I've seen the trailer ofhis film every night since the firstnight it was shown, I've booked myseat for the Royal Premiere of hisfilm, and after that I intend goingto see it every night -until he comesover here, which I hope and praywon't be lone."

From which you will gather thatMargaret remains quite unperturbed !And we, for our part, must call ahalt to this particular batch of cor-respondence for the time being.

* * *MERCI FROM THE MED

" May I write as a serviceman toexpress my gratitude to the NME andits staff for enabling serving per-sonnel abroad to keep in touch withall that's musical ? " writes LeadingCook Danny Lazarus, of 34 MessHMS Centaur, elo G.P.O., London.

" The musical scene in the Medis not very bright or very interest-ing, so we have to rely on the radioand your paper for nearly all as-pects of musical appreciation. Myown weekly NME is read by about60 of the lads, and only ends itslife when your excellent pin-ups havebeen removed to decorate lockerdoors !

" My favourite pin-up is EarthaKitt ; my favourite all-time musi-cian (controversy notwithstanding) isEarl Bostic ! In closing, may I con-gratulate you on a wonderfulAnnual ; it capped a year of won-deitul weeklies, and my mess -matesand I wish you every success for1955."

Thanks, Danny ; good luck to allof you in "Centaur," and my com-pliments to the Captain of theHeads.

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6 p.m. Geraido's Music Shop ; 6.15The Ovaltineys' Concert Party 6.30Primo Scala ; 6.45 Frankie Layne ; 7Songs For The Million ; 7.30 SundaySing -Song ; 7.45 Winifred Atwell Show;8 Vera Lynn ; 8.30 Take Your Pick ;9 Melody Caravan ; 9.15 Curt Masseyand Martha Tilton ; 9.30 Ted Heath ;10 Time For A Song ; 10.30 Bing Sings;10.45 The Eddie Calvert Show ; 11 TopTwenty, Midnight: Close down.MONDAY

6 p.m. Monday Requests ; 7 SpreadYour Wings; 7.15 Dan Dare; 7.80Smash Hits; 8 Strike It Rich; 8.30Your Mother's Birthday; 9 HollywoodCalling ; 9.15 Prlmo Scala ; 9.30Perry Mason; 9.45 Scrapbook Of Song,10 Jack Jackson; 10.30 Bob Crosby &Orch.; 10.45 Italian Music And Song;11.00 Programme Announcements ;11.5 The Bible Christian Programme ;11.'5 Frank And Ernest : 11.30 TheWorld Of Tomorrow. Midnight: Closetown.TUESDAY

6 pan. Tuesday's Requests; 7.15 DanDare; 7.30 Penguin Parade; 7.45 De-tails to be announced; 8 Double YourMoney; 8.30 Frank Chacksfield; 9Treble Chance; 9.15 Fireside Serenade;9.30 Perry Mason ; 9.45 Friends AndNeighbours ; 10 Question Mark ; 10.15Joe Loss; 10.30 Romance On Records;11 Revival Time; 11.30 Oral Roberts.Midnight: Close down.WEDNESDAY

6 p.m. Wednesday's Requests ; 7Accordion Time ; 7.15 Dan Dare ;1.30 Faintly Album , 7.45 SoccerSurvey; 8.00 People Are Funny;8.30 Carroll Levis And His Dis-coveries; 9 Doris Day; 9.18 Wally

RG - 208 MetresStott & Orch.; 9.30 Perry Mason;9.45 Curt Massey and Martha Tilton:10 Dreamtime; 10.15 Showtime; 10.30Tony Brent ; 10.45 Record Show ; 11Back To The Bible; 11.30 SwingSession. Midnight: Close down.THURSDAY

6 p.m. Thursday's Requests ; 7 Billy'sBanjo Band 7.15 Dan Dare ; 7.30Penguin Parade , 7.45 Edmund.) Roe ;8 Beat The Band ; 8.30 Lucky People ;

9 Songs Of Summer; 9.15 FiresideSerenade; 9.30 Perry Mason; 9.45Friends And Neighbours; 10 TeddyJohnson; 10.30 Evening Star; 10.45Mario Lanza; 11 Old -Fashioned RevivalHour. Midnight: Close down.FRIDAY

6 p.m. Friday Requests ; 7 Butlin'sBeaver Club ; 7.15 Dan Dare ; 7.30Sing Song Time; 7.45 Jean CampbellAnd Ray Burns; 8 Shilling A Second;8.30 Was There Something ?; 9 Scrap-book Of Song; 9.15 Frank Weir andBillie Anthony; 9.30 Perry Mason9.45 Curt Massey & Martha Tifton10 Dreamtime; 10.15 Petula Clark10.30 Old Acquaintance; 10.45 HarryGold; 11 The Voice Of Prophecy; 11.30Moments Of Faith; 11.45 Music AtBedtime. Midnight: Close down,SATURDAY

6 p.m. Saturday Requests; 7 AmateurFootball; 7.15 Bill McGuale and HisTrio ; 7.30 Musical Express; 7.45 HelloYoung Lovers ; 8 Irish Requests ;8.30 What's My Line ; 9 ScottishRequests ; 9.30 Country Fair 10Listen With Philips , 10.30 ThoseWere Thee Hits ; 10.45 Italian MusicAnd Song ; 11 Bringing Christ To TheNations ; 11.30 Jack Jackson, 12.30

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SUNDAYA.M. 7 Sunday Circus , 9.05 Front

And Centre ; 9.30 Symphonette ; 10.30Sunday Syncopation.

P.M. 12.30 Hawaii Calls; 2.06 High-way of Melody; 3.30 Serenade in Blue;4.00 Frank Sinatra; 4.30 RequestParade; 5.05 Charlie McCarthy; 5.30My Friend Irma; 6 Hall of Fame; 6.30All-star Parade Of Bands ; 7.05 OzzieAnd Harriet ; 7.30 Inheritance ; 8Music By Mantovaial ; 11.05 MelodyGo Round.MONDAY

A.M. 5.05 Hillbilly Gasthaus; 6.15Today's The Day; 6.30 Tips And Tunes;7.05 Forward March; 7.15 Curt Massey;8 Charley McCarthy; 8.25 Julius LaRom; 8.45 7th Army Presents; 9.115Merely Music; 10 Meet Millie; 10.30Noon Request Show; 11.55 Les Paul.

P.M. 12 Martin Block; 12.30 StrictlyFrom Dixie; 1 Outpost Concert; 2.05Stickbuddy Jamboree; 2.30 Bud'sBandwaggon; 3 Howard Barlow Pre-sents ; 4 Requests ; 6 Bob Crosby ; 6Music In The Air; 7 News World; 7.30Artar Godfrey; 8.30 Bing Crosby; 9 TheWhistler ; 9.45 Blue* For Monday :10.05 Nugeltto Valdez ; 10.30 LateRequest Show : 11.05 Late RequestShow.TUESDAY

A.M. As for Monday, except 8 RingCrosby.

P.M. 12 Martin Block; 12.30 LittleMatinee; 1 Outpost Concert; 2.05Stickbuddy Jamboree; 2.30 Bud'sBandwaggon; 3 Metropolitans A.udi-tions; 4 Requests; 5 Perry Como; 6Music In The Air; 7.05 Jack Carson;8.30 Enchanted Hour : 10.15 GuyLombardo & Orch.; 10.30 Late RequestShow: 11.05 Late Request Show.

WEDNESDAYA.M. As for Monday, except 8 Jack

Carson.P.51. 12 Martin Moog; 12.30 Strictly

From Dixie; 1 Operas Of The World;2.05 Stickbuddy Jamboree: 2.30 Bud'sBandwaggon; 3 Hollywood Music Hall;4 Re mests; 5 Bob Crosby; 6 MusicIn The Air ; 7.05 The Great Gilder-sleeve ; 7.30 Groucho Marx ; 9.45 MoodFor Moderns; 10.30 Late Request Show;11.05 Late Request Show.THURSDAY

A.M. As .,r Monday, except 8Groucho Marx.

P.M. 12 Martin Block; 3 TreasuryBand Stand; 4 Requests; 5 Perry Como;6 Music In The Air; 7.65 Two For TheMoney; 7.30 Dragnet; 9 Escape; 10.05Joe Retebman & Orch.; 10.30 Late Re-quest Show; 11.05 Late Request Show.FRIDAY

A.M. As for Monday.P.M. 12 Martin Block: 3 Music From

America; 4 Requests; 5 Bob Crosby:6 Music In The Air; 7.05 Paul White-man Varieties; 8.30 On Stage -KaiserLautern; 9 FBI In Peace And War;10.15 Freddie Martin & Orch.; 1L06Late Request Show.SATURDAY

A.M. 5.05 Hillbilly Gasthaus; 5.30Morning Request Show ; 7.05 MusicWith The Girls 9.05 Merely Music ;10.30 Noon Record Show.

P.M. 12 Hillbilly Gasthaus ; 1 Satur-day Salute In Music ; 4 News World ;6 Mimic In The Air ; 7.05 Grand OMOpry ; 7.30 Record Parade Of Hits ;8.13 USAREUR Sports Page ; 10,80Late Record Show ; 11.05 Late RecordShow.

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AUSTRALIA -THE LAND OF TOPPORTUNITY1Now enjoying a sensational`Mr. Heart-throb' writes

TO summarise my impressions of Australia, and tell you what hashappened here so far as I am concerned, is just about impossible

in one short article.Australia is undoubtedly the pop singer's paradise - in fact, if

you'll pardon the pun, I would call it the Land of Popportunity " -and I feel very thrilled and proud to have been selected as the firstBritish vocalist to top the bill at the Tivoli, Sydney (more or less theLondon Palladium's local equivalent).

So much has happened overhere lately in the way of enter-tainment. Visits have been madeby such American "greats" asBilly Daniels, Artie Shaw, EllaFitzgerald, Johnnie Ray, LouisArmstrong and the AndrewsSisters. Further U.S. stars duesoon are Nat Cole, Frank Sinatraand the Ink Spots.

Add the names of Frankie LaineGuy Mitchell, Rosemary Clooneyand again, Johnnie Ray as personali-ties who are set for Australian toursin the more distant future, and you'llget a good idea how truly integ-national the music scene here hasbecome.

It's time more British artists wokeup to this fact, for-although thedistance from London to Sydney isby. no means small-any effort re-quired to make the trip should cer-tainily be considered worthwhile 1

Wake upOne thing that must first be done,

however, is this. The British record-ing companies must wake up andcome through with some real co-operation. The U.S. labels treatAustralia as though it were part ofthe United States. Pressings of allthe latest releases are sent to theAussie disc jockeys as soon as theyare issued in America.

But all locally available Britishdiscs are months out of date, and inany case, there is no direct contactbetween the British artists and theradio stations as there is with theStateside entertainers.

They believe that Australia is animportant show business area, andpeople like Frankie Lain andJohnnie Ray know what they aredoing when they personally phonethe dj's in Sydney and Melbournefrom New York or California I

Here in Sydney there are eight

radio stations, and they play recordsall day. The big broadcasting per-sonalities are the disc jockeys whocan make or break a performer.

It is nothing for a world-famousstar to "jump on" a song quickly,use the personal contact approach,and have his record relayed three orfour times a day from every net-work. Literally, the number can beon the Hit Parade within a week.

This leads me to the unique HitParade system they have out here,and explains why I could not under-stand the set-up before I left Eng-land. Each radio station has its ownHit Parade, calculated by listeners'requests, and the sales returns sentin by one or two arbitrarily chosenstores around town.

Therefore, there can be eight or

season `Down Under', Britain'sthis exciting article for the WIVE'

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DAVID HUGHESten different Hit Parades the sameweek-one for each radio station.And believe me, they often aredifferent !

For instance, after having made agood contact with a certain discjockey and the station from whichhe broadcasts, my record of " GiveMe The Right " is on that HitParade. But in all fairness, I shouldadd that all the dj's here have beenvery good to me, and I certainlymean to keep up the contacts whenI return to Britain.

Now for some news of a morepersonal nature. Right from the timewhen I arrived at Sydney Airport, tobe greeted by more than a hundredfans, everything has been great!

I found myself billed as "Mr.Heart -Throb" which, quite franklydid not please me, as I much prefer

to be known simply as D.H. Becausethis locality is very Americanised,however, the press and public havegone for the angle in a big way, soI guess they are right and I'm wrong.

It was Christmas Eve when I gothere, and on Christmas Day I wasinvited to lunch with Jimmy Bailey,who is acting as piano accompanistto Donald Peers out here. I satdown to the usual seasonal fare-with the thermometer reachingeighty-five degrees in the shade!Nevertheless, I enjoyed the deliciousturkey and plum pudding.

Boxing Day I opened at the Tivoli,following the earliest rehearsal callof my life -at 9 a.m. But this turnedout to be a blessing in disguise, as Iwas able to spend a lot of timeplanning the staging of my act,getting it as near to what I wantedas possible.

Geraldo launching new Dollimore suitefor LP recording of concert this SundayITIGHLIGHT of Geraldo's first jazz concert of the nevy year at the

Royal Festival Hall this Sunday (23rd), will be the first perform-ance of Ralph Dollimore's new suite entitled " The Big City."

The suite was specially com-posed for the concert and is RalphDollimore's first big compositionsince he wrote " Fourth Dimen-sion " for the Ted Heath Band.

He has been working on " TheBig City " for the past six monthsspecially for this concert, and itsperformance by Gerald() will berecorded as part of the long-playingrecord that Philips are making of theconcert.

The show in question is anespecially important one, for itfeatures the entire Geraldo and EricDelaney orchestras, with contingentsfrom former outfit led by

altoist Dougie Robinson, pianistRalph Dollimore, and trombonistHarry Roche.

VOCALS ?Vocalists Georgia Lee (with

Geraldo) and Marton Williams andDerrick Francis (with Delaney) will,of course, also take part in theconcert (to be held on Sunday after-noon, January 23, as already an-nounced) But it is not yet certainwhether or not any vocal items willbe included in the recording.

The Philips catalogue already in-cludes jazz concert LP's featuringsuch overseas attractions as Benny

Goodman and Lionel Hampton withtheir respective bands. This Festi-val Hall waxing will, however, bethe firm's first undertaking of a likenature in Britain.

Johnnie Grayon TV

TENORIST Johnnie Gray willbe appearing with the rhythm

section of his band on the "DavidNixon Show" on television nextWednesday (26th).

Johnnie will have his own spotand also appear with David Nixon.He is expecting to hear shortly ofan early TV date with his full band.

The Tivoli orchestra is first-class-at least up to the standard of thosefound in such venues as the GlasgowEmpire and Birmingham Hippo-drome, though perhaps a little belowLondon Palladium standards.

Incidentally, my contemporaries inEngland will think I am on an easywicket in that I only have one showeach night-a two -and -three-quarterhour affair starting at 8 p.m. I closethe bill, and therefore do not makean appearance until around ten everyevening.

ReceptionThe show (called "Coconut

Grove") is somewhat similar to the"Folies Bergere," with which I wasat the Prince of Wales Theatre inLondon three years ago. There areno scantily attired ladies but plentyof lavish production numbers.

My first night reception wasone of the warmest I have ever beenprivileged to know. The Australiansare quite vocal in their appreciation-yet one point surprised me. Theyseem to want pops, and pops onlyfrom me.

Naturally, my act was mostlyplanned from this viewpoint, but Ihad also included "On With TheMotley " from " Pagliacci." Thisseemed to be the only part of myact which failed to register, so Isubstituted " Granada."

You may be interested to knowdetails of the remainder of my pro-gramme. It comprises "A Girl, AGirl," "In The Chapel In The Moon-light," "Hold My Hand," "SecretLove," "Serenade" (Student Prince),"I Talk To The Trees," "Wait ForMe, Darling," "Not As A Stranger"and "Give Me The Right." All theseare in at least one of the HitParades here, and my only non-current material is "Woman" and"Old Man River."

The big song in my act is "I TalkTo The Trees," a new number toAustralians because the show fromwhich it comes, "Paint Your Wagon,"has only lately been produced "downunder."

I have been asked to make a re-cord out here, and have been showna great Australian song. This I may

DAVID HUGHES

well do, because the local musiciansand studio equipment are goodenough to help me make a first-classdisc.

Apart from which . . . well, there'sa lot I could tell you, but it mustwait until another time. You have,of course, already . read about myengagement to the most wonderfulgirl in the world. You also knowthat I may be staying out here longerthan was originally planned.

So long for now, then. And if it'snot too late, a very happy NewYear I

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"I Met The Cutest Little Eyeful "" Gee, But You Gotta Come Home "

(Philips PB.387)GUY MITCHELL gets such a

wonderfully gay atmosphere intohis records and when he introducesyou to the " Cutest Little Eyeful,"you soon realise that only Guy andMitch Miller could produce a sidelike this.

I don't think it's going to be oneof Guy's biggest hits, but It's reallycute and entertaining.

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CHICAGO STYLEJazz records reviewed

byHUMPHREY LYTTELTON

SOME weeks ago I promised toreturn, as soon as the oppor-

tunity presented itself, to the sub-ject of Chicago style, about whichI did a piece towards the end oflast year, and on which ErnestBorneman took me up in thecorrespondence column. N o w,with a Jimmy McPartland albumentitled " Shades of Bix " (VogueCoral LRA 10006), the opportunityhas arisen.

You may remember that I ex-pressed the view that Chicago stylewas a definite style with its ownadherents, and its own "masters,"and not simply a misfired attemptto imitate New Orleans jazz. Theoperative word in my argument is" simply."

. Ernest Borneman suggested in hisletter that I was building up afictitious conflict between the twopoints of view. His assertion was,briefly, that by their own admissionin their autobiographical note s,players like Mezz, Freeman, DaveTough, McPartland, etc., were, intheir young days, trying to play"just like" the New Orleans masters.

INTERPRETATIONWell, it seems to me that, funda-

mentally, Ernest Borneman and Iare on the same side over this. Weboth agree that Chicago "style" isinferior to the New Orleans musicfrom which it stemmed. Where weseem to differ is in our interpreta-tion of the causes which led theChicagoans astray. I don't quiteknow what Ernest implies by thephrase "a different set of ex-periences."

But his argument seems to suggestthat the young Chicago musicianstried hard to imitate the Negromusicians from New Orleans, andthat their failure to do so later be-came glorified into a "style" whenit was, in fact, no more than a col-lection of misapplied mannerismsand immature fumblings.

My view, arrived at through someinside knowledge of how a musician'smind works and some assiduousreading between the lines of Mezz'swritten views on the subject is thatTesch and McPartland deliberatelyturned away from New Orleans jazzand became engrossed in musicalthoughts of their own.

Had he so desired, Tesch couldcertainly have become as adept inthe New Orleans clarinet style as wasVolly de Faut, for example. Andlikewise, I refuse to believe thatJimmy McPartland failed to get asnear to the Negro cornet style as,say, Muggsy Spanier, simply throughhis own incompetence.

For better or wprse, and MiltonMezzrow notwithstanding Tesch andMcPartland gave up trying to capturethe New Orleans idiom and pursuedheretical notions of their own. Andhowever one may feel about therelative merits of their music, thefact remains that, through hisperversity, Teschemacher founded astyle which has influenced clarinettiststo this day, while Mezz has remaineda learner in the "second line."

I take off my hat to Mezz forkeeping his eye on the ball throughall the many distractions which musthave beset the young Chicago jazz-

men in the early twenties.And I deplore the perversity of his

colleagues in turning away from NewOrleans towards Eurppean music andBix. But I don't think you can writeoff Chicago style as just a bundle ofmistakes.

Although " Shades of Bix " is noself-conscious excursion into Chicagostyle, it belongs to that category ofmusic, hitherto unclassified, which isa hybrid of Chicago jazz and Swingmusic. Perhaps it doesn't deserve aclassification, since it is really onlyChicago style music in the extremestages of decadence. Jimmy McPart-land alone remains true tp the oldspirit.

There are a few deliberate Bixisms,but they fit quite naturally into thescheme of things, and there is nosuggestion of inhibition. Un-doubtedly, Jimmy has a ball, and heplays as well as I have ever heardhim. The rest of the music is of thatglib quality which is already familiarto me through the Lawson-Haggantand Jimmy Dorseyland recordings.

Geprge Wettling, once a sterlingperformer on the snare -drum, hasnow apparently succumbed to thecurrent fashion among modern Dixie-landers to keep up a dull swishingbeat on a sibilant top cymbal.

The combination of this insidioushissing with a wandering, effemin-ately meticulous bass (Jack Lasberghere) and musical -box piano (DickCarey here) is rapidly becoming forme the most detestable sound in jazz.

It swings in a mechanical way, butit has no shape, no architecture. In-stead of being an integral part of theband's structure, it is simply asmooth, polished platform beneaththe front line.

Glibness is the keynote of the restof the performance, too. Neither ofthe clarinettists taking part-PeanutsHucko and Bill Stegmeyer - inspireme with any positive feeling.

Their playing stinks pf musician-ship and disinfectant. Of the healthytang of jazz it is entirely innocent.Take it away !REBELLION

There are occasional notes ofrebellion. One of the baritone players-Ernie Caceres or Paul Ricci-delivers himself of a half -chorus ofRhythm and Blues booting in themiddle of "Since My Best GirlTurned Me Down" from which Ihope he derived a rich satisfaction.And there are occasional elephanttrumpetings from the trombones(Lou McGarity or Cutty Cutshall),which suggest a frivolity born pfdesperation.

I am in danger of becoming a boreabout this sort of jazz. But I amprepared to risk that because I be-lieve that the modern Dixielandtrend, incorporating the worst aspectsof swing and drawing -room bebop,constitutes a real threat to traditionaljazz.

One of the invigorating qualitiesof New Orleans jazz was its rhythmiccomplexity-the interplay betweenfront line and rhythm section in con-structing rhythmic patterns. Even inthe Bix recordings on which this setis based, there was a lumberingattempt at rhythmic playing.

Here, there is nothing but a drool-ing swish -swish. The Austin HighSchool boy has become head of theHigh School girls.

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" It's A Woman's World," a sidethat stands head and shoulders aboveany American solo recording of thisnumber.

Unfortunately, the female voice orvoices can hardly be heard at thebeginning of the record, and althoughI listened moat carefully, I failed tounderstand the wprds.

But Tony Brent is in grand form,and the orchestra directed by NorrisParamor, reminds me that Tony hashad some great backings to his re-cords.

" Give Me The Right To BeWrong," does not impress me asbeing a very good title, and themelody is hardly strong enough totarry it to the top.

However, I do go a bundle on theether side, so I must be satisfied.

BARRY LEONARD'It's A Woman's World"

"Tino--Tino "(Parlophone R.3954)

A3 nearly everyone I have spokento during the past few weeks

eems to be aware that BarryLeonard is none other than our oldfriend Benny Lee, I see no reasonin trying to fool you into believingthat a new singer has been dis-cpvered.

But let's refer to him as BarryLeonard, the name given on thelabel, and Barry receives our con-gratulations on producing a verygood record.

Of the two sides, I prefer " It's AWoman's World," and the PeterKnight Singers give more than alittle help. Jackie Brown and hisRhythm are responsible for the

musical backing, and Jackie playssome good organ.

I believe that a couple of yearsago " Tino-Tino " may have madesome impression, for at that time thistype of song was riding high, buttimes have changed, and now its themambo that seems to be in favour.

I will only remind you that BennyLee is still one of our finest singersof beat songs.

ALMA COGAN" Softly, Softly "" Paper Kisses "(HMV B.10828)

TWELVE months ago, I wrote IIis same column that, in my

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BILLY. . . LES .phrasing is now greatly improved.The echo -chamber lends a hand and,at times, I think just a little toomuch so, but I have nothing butpraise for a first-class side.

The orchestra is under the direc-tion of Frank Cordell, and its per-formance is of the highest standard.This is a song with a lyric thatenables the singer to sing with agreat deal of warmth and feeling.I'm pleased to say that Alma doesboth.

" Paper Kisses " is in completecontrast, and, although it is anothergood side, I do not rate it as highas " Softly, Softly." The backing,this time by Geoff Love and hisOrchestra, is great and really jumps.Alma sings the way I used to liketo hear her, but, maybe, old age iscreeping on, for I now prefer hervery "Softly, 'Softly."

LES PAUL AND MARY FORD" Mr. Sandman " / " That's What

I Like"" I Need You Now " / " The

Things I Didn't Do "(Capitol EAP.1.9121)

Extended Play)THIS extended play record con-

sists of four excellent titles, andin my opinion, this is the best ver-sion I have heard of " Mr. Sand-man." It may not be the biggestseller, but you can take it from methat it's a real cracker.

. . LOUIS" That's What I Like" is a senti-

mental love song that gives a gooddeal of scope to Mary Ford. Theweakest item is, perhaps, " I NeedYou Now " for, somehow, Marynever really gets in the groove onthis song, although Les plays somefine guitar.

It's obvious to me that the mostpopular sides by Mary and Les arethose that move, and " The ThingsI Didn't Do" falls just a little belowtheir best. It is a great song, butit is, perhaps, not very suitable toMary's style of singing.

BILLY DANIELS" Songs At Midhight "

Parts I and 2(Mercury MG.25163)

(Long Playing)WE'VE waited a very long timeVY for this treat, and now that it's

arrived it will, I feel certain, givea great deal of pleasure to thecountless thousands of Billy's Britishfans.

I like it because not many of theeight songs are normally associatedwith this great artist. Benny Payneis at the piano and Russ Case directsthe orchestra.

I'll list the titles for you in theorder they appear on the disc: "It'sA Good Day," "You Better GoNow," "Don't Take Your LoveFrom Me," "After You've Gone,'

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All the numbers are well -orches-trated and I'll simply say "Over toyou."

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG"Spooks"" Trees"

(Brunswick 05364)IT'S always a pleasure to review a

record by the great Louis Arm-strong, for one always looks forwardto hearing something that is to say'the least, different.

The beautiful ballad, " Trees," isgiven a super Armstrong treatmentaided by the lush strings of theGordon Jenkins' orchestra, but I'mnot sure that this time Louis haschosen the right song, for the sideas a whole has given me a little lesspleasure than most of his efforts.

" Spooks " will give you a bit ofa shock when you listen to the firstfew bars, but Satchmo is really onthe ball this time, and this is thebetter of the two sides.

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Also appearing are GeorgeBrowne, Cab Kaye, Mike McKenzie,Lorraine Deniz, the Southlanders,Lord Kitchener, the Trinidad SteelBand, Uriel Porter, etc.

Gracie Cole and her All GirlsBand have another Midland Regionairing next Friday (28th). CaroleCarr is guest singer and Alan Water-man will again produce.

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NME DISC CRITICSFOR MANCHESTER

Two. NME record critics are duefor Manchester appearances.

This Sunday. Geoffrey Everitt willbe in good company ,at the Man-chester Hippodrome f o r thesecond of the "Jazz Unlimited"concerts.

Sharing the bill with Geoffrey arethe Tony Crombie Orchestra, ChrisBarber and his Band, and theLondon Jazz Club Skil& Group,plus Beryl Bryden and the ZenithSix.

"Jazz Unlimited Three" isscheduled for February 6, and is tostar poll winning trumpeter KennyBaker.

The second of our critics visitingManchester will be HumphreyLyttelton, who will be appearing inthe Belfast Suite, Belle Vue, at whatis believed to be the first of its kind-" The British Jazz PromenadeConcert"-to be held on Feb. 13.

-- -Former Tito Burns and Vic Lewis

bassist Stan Wasser, has beenadmitted to the MA Ward, Naps -bury Hospital, near St. Albans.

Frank Weir has just started anew series of Radio Luxembourgprogrammes, and the NME photo-grapher was in the studio to takea shot of him with guest artist

Billie Anthony.

OWING to the continued successof the Fleet Street "Press

Gang's" lunchtime meetings, leaderRay Whittam has decided to holdadditional weekly evening sessionsstarting on Monday (24th). Theywill be held at Fleet Street's famousold Dickensian inn, the Cock Tavern.

The Friday lunchtime sessions atthe Royal Scottish CorporationBuilding in Fetter Lane continue.

" There's Always Music " is thetitle of a TV programme on Feb-ruary 2. Music will be used as alink "between to -day and yesterday."Among those taking part arePetula Clark-who will act as wellas sing-and Jack Payne, who intro-duces the programme.

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Week2 1 FINGER OF SUSPICION

Dickie Valentine (Decca)1 2 MAMBO ITALIANO

Rosemary Clooney (Philips)3 3 NO ONE BUT YOU

Billy Eckstine (MGM)6 4 SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLI.

Bill Haley Comets (Brunswick)4 5 I STILL BELIEVE

Ronnie Hilton (HMV)8 6 1 CAN'T TELL. A WALTZ

FROM A TANGOAlma Cogan (HMV)

6 7 HEARTBEATRuby Murray (Columbia)

11 8 RAIN, RAIN, RAINFrankie Laine (Philips)

7 9 MR. SAN OMANfickle Valentino (Decca)

10 1.0 THIS OLE HOUSERosemary (looney (Philips)

9 11 MR. SANDMANFour Aces (Brunswick)

14 12 MR. SANDMANChordettes (Columbia)

19 13 THIS OLE HOUSEBillie Anthony (Columbia)

- 14 HAPPY DAYS, LONELYNIGHTS Suzl Miller (Decca)

- 15 GIVE ME YOUR WORDTenessee Ernie (Capitol)

- 16 MR. SANDMANMax Bygraves (HMV)

- 17 COUNT SOUL( BLESSINGSBing Crosby (Brunswick)

17 18 VENI VIDI VICIRonnie Hilton (HMV)

- 19 I NEED YOU NOWEddie Fisher (HMV)

15 20 HOLD MY HANDDon Cornell(Vogue/Coral)

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MUSIC (BRITAIN)Last This

WeekI 1 MISTER SANDMAN (Morris)4 2 THE FINGER OF SUSPICION

(Pickwick) 2s.2 3 I CAN'T TELL A WALTZ FROM

A TANGO (M. Refine) 2s.3 4 HOLD MY HAND

(Bradbury Wood)7 .5 HAPPY DAYS AND LONELY

NIGHTS (L. Wright)5 6 THIS OLE HOUSE

(Duchess) 2s.6 7 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

INSTEAD OF SHEEP(Berlin) 2s.

18 8 MAMBO ITALIANO (C. & C.)13 9 NO ONE BUT YOU

(Robbins) 2s.8 10 VENI VIDI VICI (Dash)12 11 I STILL BELIEVE

(Macmelodies) 2s.9 12 IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU

(Robbins) 2s.11 13 HAPPY WANDERER

(Bosworth)10 14 THERE MUST RE A REASON

(Campbell Connelly) 28.14 15 SMILE (Theme from "Modern

Times ") (Bourne Music)- 16 THE NAUGHTY LADY OF

SHADY LANE (Stirling) 2s.17 17 SKY BLUE SHIRT AND A

RAINBOW TIE (L. Wright)18 18 MY SON, MY SON (Kassner) 2s.21 19 C LOVE PARIS (Chappell) 2s.20 20 MY FRIEND (Chappell) 2s.- 21 PAPA LOVES MAMBO

(Macmelodies) 2s.20 22 LITTLE THINGS MEAN A myr

(Robbins) 2s.- 23 SOFTLY, SOFTLY

(Cavendish) 2s.15 24 SANTO NATALE (Merry

Christmas) (Spier) 2s.23 24 THE MAMA DOLL. SONG

(Leeds) 2s.

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RECORDS IN THE U.S.Last This

Week1 1 Mr. Sandman2 2 Let Me Go Lover

ChordettesJ. Weber

3 3 Naughty Lady Of Shady LaneAmes Brothers

7 4 Hearts Of StoneFontane sisters

6 6 Teach Me TonightDe Castro Sisters

5 6 This Ole House.Rosemary Clooney

8 7 Count Your BlessingsEddie Fisher

9 8 Let Me Go LoverTeresa Brewer

4 9 I Need You Now Eddie Fisher13 10 Make Yourself Comfortable

Sarah Vaughan10 II Mr. Sandman Four AcesI4 12 Dim Dim The Lights Bill HaleyII 13 Shake Rattle And Roll

Bill Haley15 14 Melody Of Love B. Vaughan- IS That's All I Want From You

J. P. Morgan

BEST SELLING SHEET MUSIC (U.S.)I ast This

Week3 I Let Me Go Lover1 2 Mr. Sandman5 3 Naughty Lady Of Shady lane2 4 Count Your Blessings4 5 This Ole Hons.6 6 Teach Me Tonight

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The programmes are being re-corded between 9.30 and 10.30 p.m.,and the BEC have again offered freetickets to NME readers.

Those interested should write tothe BBC Tickets Unit, BroadcastingHouse, London, W.I.

Betty Reilly forVariety here

CAPITOL recording singer BettyReilly, is in the vanguard of

the 1955 " invasion" of Americanartists.

Betty came over here last Octoberfor a month's engagement at Lon-don's exclusive Colony Restaurant,where she was seen by agent NormanPayne of MCA. Since then she hasbeen on the Continent playingcabaret dates in Monte Carlo, Parisand Spain with her accompanistBarry Brenton.

Norman Payne has now bookedher for an extensive tour of theBritish Isles, and she opens atChiswick Empire on January 31,followed by a week at HackneyEmpire. Further dates are beingnegotiated.

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NORTHERN NEWS by Ron DrakeDISCUSSIONS

which may affectthe whole future of the

famous Spa at Scarborough havetaken place between officials ofScarborough Spa, Ltd., and repre-ilentatives of the town's Corpora-tion.

The possibility of the Spa beingsold to the Corporation was dis-cussed, although no official statementhas been issued.

Meanwhile, it has been announcedthat a name band season is beingIntroduced at the Spa for eightweeks immediately prior to the startof the summer season proper.

Booked for summer residencies areGeorge Crow, whose band will againplay for the Spa dancing, andCharles Shadwell, who will handlethe light orchestra side.

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DAVE SHAND'S second appear-ance at the Grand Theatre,

Halifax (last Sunday) was, unfortu-nately, accompanied by Arctic con-ditions which brought a six-inch fallof snow to the North.

The hardy souls who braved theelements to hear Dave, however,were, in every way, pleased with theband's performance.

It is probable that few in theaudience knew that the band hadalmost appeared without pianist BillyPenrose.

Billy was travelling by car fromManchester when he was interceptedby an official who advised him thatthe roads over the moors wereblocked. He had to return to Man-chester and make the trip to Halifaxby train and he arrived at thetheatre just before the curtain wentup.

WITH a four-anda-half-years stayin Blackpool behind him, saxist-

leader Art Gregory has now movedsouth to Plymouth.

Art opens at the Park Ballroomto -morrow (Saturday) with an eight -piece band which comprises trumpet,four saxes, piano, bass and drums.

The personnel will include DougClarke, who was a member of Art'ssax team at Blackpool and who hasrecently been playing with CharlesFarrell at the Empress Ballroom,Blackpool.

The Plymouth venue was newlyopened just before Christmas.

DRUMMER George Bennett, whowas formerly with Liverpool's

Merseysippi Jazz Band, reports thatthe Aigburth Jazz Club is nowsettled at Vale House, AigburthVale, Liverpool, and is in sessioneach Tuesday.

AFIER a twelve-month lay offfrom music, sexist Steve Drake

has joined Aub Hurst's thirteen -piece resident band at the VictoriaHall, Halifax. He replaces PhilHodgson, who recently left Aub inorder to form his own quartet.

The Victoria Hall's 1955 Sundayconcert programme commences thisSunday (23rd), when the JohnnyDankworth Orchestra and singersare the attraction.

BRADFORD guitarist Len Lewis,who is now a member of Messrs.

Kitchens sales staff, is to open aschool for guitarists at the firm'sQueen Victoria Street premises inLeeds.

Len recently left trumpet -leaderStan Smith's group at the IlkleyMoor Hotel, Ilkley, Yorks., and iscurrently freelancing.

TENOR -SAX Terry James hasnow left the Les Patterson

outfit at Grimsby's Manor Cafe,and will be freelancing locally.

Terry was formerly with the RoyWaterhouse band on CleethorpesPier Pavilion, and also with theWinter Gardens Ballroom Orchestrain Cleethorpcs.

He was with Les Patterson for.18 months.

PROPOSINGto hold monthly

concerts in various areas-andspotlighting provincial jazz groups.the Manchester Sports Guild held itsinaugural event at the Stamford Hall,Altrincham, last Sunday.

Featured bands were the DerekAtkins Dixielanders ; the 'E r i cBatty Jazz Aces and one of Man-chester's newest traditional groups,the Rainy City Jazz Band,

The Rainy City group have madeseveral appearances at MSG's Mon-day sessions at the SportsmanRestaurant and comprise : NoelBlundell (trumpet) , Harry Mills(t rombon e) ; Ron Greenfield(drums), Joe Tighe (banjo), JerryKrybeck (piano) ; Eric Welch(clarinet) and Ron Baker (bass).

ROUND AND ABOUTFOR the first time in history of

the venue, Ireland's largestcinema - the Theatre Royal,Dublin-is to stage a four -weekvariety season. The first starattraction will be singing star,Dickie Valentine, who appearsthere for the week commencingMarch 7.

London agents, Lew and LeslieGrade, who will be presenting theattractions at this venue, are hopingto finalise visits to this venue byBilly Cotton and his Orchestra(March 14), David Whitfield (March21), and Josef Locke co-starringwith Bonar Colleano, commencingMarch 28.

WILF TODD, Anglo-Indian" singer -bassist, joined HarryGold and his Pieces of Eight thisweek, taking the place of JonClark.

Witt a versatile player, who ledhis own group in India on tenor,

and who has been on Mecca andwith Freddy Randall, since cominghere, is playing bass, and alsobongoes, in between his singinginterludes with the Gold group.While he plays bass, regular dog-house man Bill Bramwell takes overon guitar.

* * *KEN MACKINTOSH and his

Orchestra commence a seasonof three weeks' duration atGreen's Playhouse Ballroom,Glasgow, next Monday.

Following Green's, the band has aweek of one-night dates in Scotland.These will take Ken to Perth.Gourock, Aberdeen, Dundee, Fal-kirk and Kirkcaldy.

* * *THE Peter Ustinov programme

"In All Directions" returns tothe Home Service next Friday (28th).Musical links for the series are againprovided by the Aeolian Players,under the direction of Nat Temple.

The NME cameraman caught thisshot of bandleader Dinah Dee front-ing her all-girl, orchestra on their

first London appear.ance last Monday(17th) at Hammer-smith Palais. WritesDon Wedge:"Frankly, the firstset was bad ... butlater the nervousnessthat had plagued thefirst session had dis-appeared.

" The band settleddown to play con-fidently and if thepersonnel can re-main constant for aperiod, then thegroup could de-finitely stand com-parison with anytouring male bandof similar size andexperience."

MODERN MOODTHE KIRCHIN BAND

(BASIL AND IVOR)"Mambo Macoco" / "Tangerine"(Parlophone R.3958/MSP.6144)

"Minor Mambo" / "MotherGoose Jumps" / "Mambo No-thing" / "Lover Come Back To

Me"(Decca DFE.6237)

"Panambo" / "Tango Mambo"(Parlophone R.3968)

THESE Parlophone singles andDecca EP introduce the

Kirchin Band to wax - and allexcept the first -listed are littleshort of electrifying ! I know Ihave had some hard things to' sayabout the boys at their recentLondon concert appearances. Butnow it's definitely a case of " comeback home, all's forgiven " !

A side -by -side survey of the discsis not possible in the space to hand,so in specially recommending theDecca set I'll merely point out thatit has the best quality recording, themost completely convincing singleperformance (" Minor Mambo ") a

couple of personable Johnny Grantvocals (" Mother Goose " and" Lover ") and an overall impact offormidable power.

Some vigorous, in -character solowork by Norman Hunt (one of ourmost under -rated tenorists) andFrank Donlan (a free -blowing, un-inhibited trumpet man) b r e a k sthrough from time to time, but it'sthe brilliant, precise brass teamwhich impresses me most. And theswinging, integrated rhythm section.

The second Parlophone couplinghas most of the same virtues, pluscontributions from a couple moreimportant individualists: pianistJohnny Patrick (who has an excellentbit in " Panambo ") and altoistBrian Hayden (quite respectable on" Tango Mambo," though I havereason to believe he can do betterthan this).

Baritonist George Robinson parti-cularly impresses me in the ensemblesof " Mambo Nothing." He getsjust the right fat sound for musiclike this.

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Last week, however, we reportedthat these negotiations had brokendown as no agreement could bereached regarding terms. New dis-cussions then commenced betweenGeorge and both the Coral andMercury labels.

Now we learn from our NewYork correspondent, Nat Hentoff,that despite all previous reports, itis now almost certain that Shearingwill sign with Capitol.

Hentoff feels that George's deci-sion to recommence negotiationswith Capitol is due to the immin-ence of English EMI taking overthe Capitol ownership (as reportedelsewhere in this issue); also be-cause Capitol are embarking on alarge scale jazz programme.

-byMIKE

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RONNIE HARRISSCORING IN

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H A R R I S, whosemeteoric rise to fame in the

vocal firmament will already befamiliar to readers, is heavily'Poked for variety in the im-mediate future.

On January 30, he goes across forweek at the Theatre Royal, Dublin,

and a similar period at the Empire,Belfast.

He then returns to London to bringIts act to Chiswick Empire andHackney Empire. Several of thesevariety dates - notably the Empire,llelfast, and the Hackney Empire -will find Ronnie presenting his ownpad show, and this is his intentionfor future bookings into 1955.

Ronnie expects to appear quite;shortly for a three week booking in

aris. Then, still well before thering, he will be embarking on theoss tour, starting at Portsmouth.On all his engagements nowadays,

Ronnie is accompanied by his" Treble -Tones." They are JohnnyWiltshire (guitar and leader), JohnnyHeave (piano), and Cliff Ball (bass).

The radio still claims Ronnie whene is in town, and he will soon bet:esting again on two of Norrieransom's " In The Still Of The

ight " programmes.

JillAllan: "No truthIn leaving rumours

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is shortly leaving the DonJuan are worrying West Endliatoneer Jill Allan.

" These reports are utterly stupid,"the insisted to the NME this week.

I have been at the Don Juan for acnr, apart from our summer break,d I expect to be in residence for ang time yet."Jill fronts a five-piecer with Art

ackson (piano); Terry Seymourdrums); Martin Gilboy (bass);Sammy Samuels (tenor), and Bernie

nton (alto and clarinet).

THE NME is pleased to reportthat bandleader Billy Cotton

is " getting on fine " after hiscollapse at Doncaster last Thurs-day.

Although his health is improving,it is unlikely that he will be able totake pant in Sunday's broadcast." That s not final, though, knowinghim," his secretary told the NMEon Wednesday.

As many readers will alreadyknow, Bill collapsed between per-formances at Domcaster last Thurs-day night. He was unable tobroadcast on Sunday.

His music -publisher son, BillCotton, jnr., compered the showwith very great success, and arrangerJackie Brown conducted the orches-tra. The band is at Kingston Empirethis week and the Gaumont,Ipswich, next week. For the varietydates it is being conducted by Billy'snephew, guitarist Laurie Johnson.

Winnie's openingswitched to Sydney

The Billy Cotton Band as they appeared au the stage of the KingstonEmpire this week, under the leadership of Laurie Johnson.

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LATEST news from WinifredAtwell, now en route for

Australia, is that the date andplace for the opening night ofher tour have now been switched.She will now open at the TivoliTheatre, Sydney, on February 5,instead of Melbourne on Febru-ary 4, as originally planned.

Interesting sidelight on Winnie'sforthcoming tour is that she did nottake with her any of her new supplyof stage dresses, as they were stillin process of being completed.

They were due for despatch byplane to Melbourne on January 14-but news of the switch in venuewas only received late on the nightof January 13, and only a last-minute phone call to the dress-makers prevented £2,000 worth ofdresses being sent to wrong theatre.

With such an array of clothes, klooks as though Winnie deserves hernewly coined title of "Queen ofStage Fashion."

AS usual when appalling weather conditions sweep the country,musicians-many of them members of " name " bands-have

been involved during the past few days in any number of unluckybut usually not serious roadside accidents and mishaps.

Fortunately, none so far hasproved fatal; but there have beenany number of cuts and bruises,innumerable smashed cars, dam-aged coaches, etc.

Pinpointing' just a few of theseincidents, we turn first to the entireBilly Ternent Orchestra. Returningto town after a police ball atPetersfield last Thursday, their coachran into snowdrifts near Godalmingand despite all efforts to continuetheir journey the boys-and singerGeraldine Farrar-were stranded onthe road all night.

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of musicians who let out a faintcheer when a relief coach fromGuildford at last ploughed its waythrough at 8 a.m. !

For Billy himself this was asecond nightmare journey for,electing :o travel to Petersfield oytrain, he had spent hours in com-fortless transit, eventually reachingHaslemero dangerously late. Thestationmaster there told him : " Ihave no idea where this train lsgoing. We must ask the driver I '

Eventually, however, Bill reachedhis destination at 9.35 p.m.-just tenminutes before he was due on thestand.

DATE MISSEDThe Eric Winstone Orchestra had

an even more frustrating experienceon Sunday night in that, unlikeTernent, they were not eventuallyable to fulfil the engagementto which they were travelling. Theywere thirty miles from Birminghamet 7.10 p.m., and from a lonely'phone -box Eric contacted theDudley Hippodrome, where theywere due to take the stage half anhour later.

Since 10.30 that morning they haddriven along snow -bound roads,through icy blizzards, losing theirway on a trip from their previousnight's engagement at Felixtowe.

As it was impossible for them toreach Dudley in time for the show,the Winstone boys returned toLondon, journeying in their coach .)Rugby and catching a train fromthere.

An even more unnerving incidenthappened to altoist Les Gilbert (ofthe Ted Heath Band) whose caroverturned and was smashed on theway to Leicester, where the orches-tra had a concert booking lastSunday.

Near Hockliffe, Beds., the vehicleskidded several times, eventuallycrashing into a ditch. Lea and mswife, Constance, who were the onlyoccupants, escaped without seriousinjury, and the altoist reachedLeicester in a hired car to play thedate as scheduled.

FOSTER CRASHESMore seriously hurt, however, was

bandleader Teddy Foster-anothercrash victim whose car skidded nearSpalding last Saturday when Teddywas driving into town for a danceengagement.

The vehicle crashed into a wall,and Teddy sustained head injuries asa result of the collision.

A story of tedium allied to dramais that of Gracie Cole and her All -Girls Orchestra, who left London at9 a.m. 'est Saturday for a dancedate in Buxton. They were snow-bound time and time again alongthe route, and at one point theircoach crashed into a ditch.

Nevertheless they struggled on,eventually reaching Buxton at

p.m.I Leslie Baker and hisMusic had played the entire eveningsession until then, but Gracie andher girls went on to play a finalset to a terrific ovation.

A light note was struck by JohnnieGray and his Band who, unable toreturn to town from Ramsgate lateSaturday owing to fog, instead spenta rip-roaring night in a local hotel

This year's Hit Parade Ball (pro-moted by the Trade Music Guild)will be held as usual at the EmpireRooms, Tottenham Court Road,W.I. The date is February 11, thetime 7.30 p.m. to 1 a.m., and tickets(10/6d.) may be obtained in advancefrom Mr. G. Seymour, Dash MusicCompany, 17, Berners Street. W.I.

SARAH VAUGHAN MAKES ACOMMERCIAL HIT

by MIKE BUTCHERIT begins with two Sarah

Vaughan, voicing their seduc-tive request in heavenly -echoedunison: " 0o-oo, Make Y'selfComftable, Baby." Then a thirdMiss V. chimes in with some moreexplicit invitations.

The whole thing is really justanother " Baby, It's Cold Outside "routine - but it's selling. At thetime of writing " Make YourselfComfortable " by Sarah Vaughan,Sarah Vaughan and SarahVaughan (Mercury MB.3180) wasin the second half of America'sTop Twenty. By now it may wellhave reached the first half.

The pop -boiling critics who usedto dismiss Sarah as " uncommercial "welcome her change of style. Thespot of Andrews Sisters -type harmonyshe essays with her two other selvesmust fracture them

For my part, I'm also happy tosee her with a hit on her hands afterall this time. It couldn't have hap-pened to a cooler chick. But howsad it is that a girl of unique singingability should have descended to themost obvious kind of gimmick forthe masses to take notice of her I

BRITISH BACKINGMiss Vaughan, I hardly need re-

mind you, has one of the loveliest,most flexible voices in popular music.And she hit the scene ten years agowith an uncommon impact. In thewords of Kay Starr she can " takea tune like vanilla ice cream andturn it into a chocolate sundae "with her developed gift for variation,wide effective range and consum-mate control.

It might have been a platter like" Blues Serenade " (Philips PB.373)or " Saturday " (Mercury MB.3162)which, had it been widely exploited,would have introduced the trueSarah to a wide public. Instead ithad to be something which any com-petent vocalist could do.

I'm sorry about that. Yet I alsohope that " Make Yourself Comfort-able " will catch like scarlet fever

in this country as it has in Amer(and that Sarah's version of it willfind its way into hundreds of damsands of homes !

Here's the reason why. The Bride%coupling of " Comfortable " is " OldDevil Moon," a perfect vehicle lotthe Vaughan delivery art its modcharacteristic - and treated as such,Hearing it may convince a whole lotof people that Sarah has somethingspecial on the ball.

After all, Billy Fckstine (who 11more or less her male coundid not have to disguise his art topopularise " No One But You " thiqwinter. He just sang and phrased

naturally.Let's trust that Sarah does the

same on her next big disc. Anothet" Comfortable " would make thiswriter, at least, most uncomfortable,For a multi -dubbed Miss Vaughattpleases me about as much as a threeheaded Mona Lisa

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ME AND MY MEMORIEyou may already know that I

am all set to embark uponmy biggest bandleading ventureto date. This gives me a lot tothink about in anticipation-andI am a guy who likes to lookforward.

But I am also a guy who likes tolook back. I have so many pleas-ant memories connected with thisbusiness of ours. Perhaps youdon't recall the early 'twenties,when gramophone records werea novelty to many people, andthe saxophone a strange " new "instrument. I remember this, andso much more besides.

I Remember ...I can remember going to the

London Coliseum as a lad to see thelate Bert Ralton and the SavoyHavana Band. They'd sound datednow, but then they were the lastword in modernity. And what athrill it was to see them cominground on that unprecedented pieceof machinery, the revolving stage !

Also at the Coliseum. the SouthernRag -a -Jazz Band comprising sevenAmerican college boys brought anearly taste of jazz to the disgustedpatrons. Just after I had left school,

Teddy Foster's vocalists-BrianClark and Annette Klooger.

however, a U.S. pianist of whomyou may well have heard, VincentLopez, brought his band to theLondon Hippodrome-and we justcouldn't believe what we heard I

Vincent had a trumpeter whoplayed Irving Berlin's " What'll IDo " in what seemed to be an im-

possibly high register, frequentlyE flats above high C. High C wasthen reckoned to be just about theupward limit of a trumpeter's range,but that was before Maynard Fer-guson was even born.

I became a professional musiciannot long after all this, playing trom-bone with the late Percival Mackey'sBand in the touring show, " GayNews." Percival had hit the head-lines a few years earlier by intro-ducing dance -band instrumentation(with saxes) into a West End theatrepit for the first time. I think you'll

be familiar with the score he con-ducted then ; it was " No, No,Nanette " with its hit song, " TeaFor Two."

Later I switched to trumpet andjoined an up-and-coming band-leader named Billy Cotton, after aspell in Birmingham as batoncer inmy own right. Billy and the handwere asked at a moment's notice todeputise for an ailing Louis Arm-strong at the Holborn Empire (thismust have been around 1932)..

I had already started to featuremy impression of Louis' trumpet

playing and singing then, but thoughtit would be wise to omit it from theact at Holborn I Billy wanted itkept in, however, and you can im-agine my relief when it turned outto be a success !

Billy was - and still is - oneof the nicest people I have ever met.But like most associations, ourseventually came to an end, and Imoved from band to band. Ambrosefirst, then a spell of variety withmy own Kings of Swing, a stintat Victoria Palace when the fabu-lously successful " Me And My

American Air -mailby NAT HENTOFF

THE following remarkable pictureof Johnnie Ray off-stage

appeared in " The New YorkJournal -American," and will, Ithink, be of great interest toJohnnie's many English admirers. Itmay help explain the passion he poursinto his entertaining. Writes Sobol:" Johnnie Ray will earn in thevicinity of $500,000 this year. Onlythe other afternoon, following atriumphant opening at the LatinQuarter, he was in my brother'soffice when I was present, moaningit was all futile.

" None of it added up to anything.He felt he was alone-no one reallycared for him-he really wasn't offer-ing anything to the world-not like,for instance, that ` wonderful evange-list, Billy Graham.' He was goingto quit it all. This was a lad speak-ing who had been a farm boy withno particular prospects in the world-handicapped by deafness-yet hadattained a meteoric success in hisown field and become a world -famedfigure.

" In his 20's, earning more moneythan he can ever spend, enjoying thesatisfaction of knowing that he hastaken care of his family's lifetimeneeds, this singing man sinks intothe blue slough of despair and criesout his frustrations.

"It's unlikely that Johnnie will

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quit the entertainment business, butSobol's picture of him in privatemay indicate to you that living thelife of a star isn't always as satisfyingand joyous as it may appear to befrom the point of view of thefan . . . "

* * *Hollywood News : Sammy Davis,

jnr.,' made a thrillingly triumphantreturn to show business on January11 before a cheering, celebrity -filledaudience at Ciro's. Among thoseapplauding were Humphrey Bogart,June Allyson, Dick Powell, JudyGarland and England's lovely repre-sentative, Glynis Johns.

Sammy's close friend, JeffChandler, introduced him, afterwhich Sammy was cheered for 90seconds. Sammy then launched intoan historic one-man show that lasted70 minutes and, according to the AP," left the audience pounding tablesand cheering for more."

Sammy did his full range ofamazingly accurate imitations ofshow people, he danced like BillRobinson, imitated Liberace at thepiano, danced and sang in his ownstyle, played the drums, and climaxedhis act by playing the trumpet andsinging like Louis Armstrong. Atthe end of the emotion -filled per-formance, Sammy exclaimed: "Thisis more than wonderful. Only inshow business could it happen. . . ."

There is a strong report that DorisDay will make her first personalappearance in Australia this summerfor what is estimated as $60,000 forten appearances in eight days. Forthe past several years, Doris has hada fear of appearing before a liveaudience-despite the years sheworked as a travelling dance bandvocalist with Les Brown. This fearseems now to have been conquered,so Doris may well be seen moreoften in in -person engagements,perhaps in Britain, too. . . .

* *Walter Winchell provides the

romance -and -wisdom note this week.He reports: " Eddie Fisher's birth-day gift from Debbie was a pair ofcufflinks inscribed: `A wonderfulthing happened today-you.' . . .Worthy of wider circulation is thewonderful way Eddie's motherhandles the problem of having a starin the family. When a newsman in-quired : How does it feel to be themother of a star ?' she declared:' Which star ? I'm the mother of

.seven' ". . .

* *The Jazz Scene :Him, Gillespie has become so in-

trigued with the musical maturityand integrity of the Modern JazzQuartet that he will join with themin a series of bookings. Their col-laboration begins March 4 and 5 atconcerts to take place at OberlinCollege, Ohio. Under the plan ofassociation, in the weeks to come, theModern Jazz Quartet will play as aquartet for some two-thirds of eachset, and then Dizzy will join themfor the remainder of the set, therebysetting up a recital -in -miniaturewherever the combination plays-inclubs or concerts.

John Lewis, musical director forthe Modern Jazz Quartet, will alsobe in charge of the music to bewritten for Dizzy's work with theunit. My own feeling is increasinglythat the Modern Jazz Quartet, if itstays together, will prove to be themost valuable small combination injazz since the Parker -Gillespie andParker -Davis units of some yearsago.

It has already eclipsed DaveBrubeck's unit in musical impor-tance, speaking in terms of integratedgroup -approaches to jazz. Bru beckand altoist Paul Desmond, however,still are making great personal con-tributions to modern jazz throughtheir inventiveness and communica-tive passion as soloists. But they'renot evolving as a unit the way JohnLewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath andKenny Clarke are.

Stan Getz finally has a unit hefeels thoroughly satisfied with, ac-cording to a recent statement byhim.

In the band are Tony Fruscella(the trumpet player formerly withGerry Mulligan); bassist BillAnthony ; drummer Frank Isola, an-other Mulligan alumnus; and theangularly exciting young pianist,Johnny Williams. who recently signed

a contract with EmArcy. Stan isnow managed by Monte Kay, whoalso handles the Modern JazzQuartet, Chris Connor, Tony Scott,Tito Puente and Canadian pianistPaul Bley.

Busily organising hisnew 21 -piece band,

TEDDY FOSTERlooks back on his

exciting careerGirl " was there, and finallyperiod with Jack Payne.

You may never have heard aboutthe next chapter in my story. I wenton the halls as a comic double actwith Bart Norman ! This was goodfun, and I enjoyed it all. Soon thelure of music proved too strong toresist, however, and in 1942 Iformed my first big band.

Covent GardenWe played for the American

Forces in Britain, toured with arevue called " Bandstand," signedwith Mecca in 1943 and before longfound ourselves installed at CoventGarden Opera House in London !

Yes, Covent Garden operated asa ballroom during the war, and forthe first time anywhere in Europe,I used an eight --piece brass teamthere - not to mention a full-timechoir.

TEDDY FOSTERWe moved to the Lyceum after the

war, opening this famous venue asa dance hall. The things I and myboys have since done come intothe category of fairly recent history,so I guess I need not remind youof them.

I have great hopes for the comingmonths and years. But above all,I'm keeping my fingers crossed thatI'll continue to enjoy myself to thesame extent that I have up untilnow !

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* * *DISC-OVERIES-When an MGM

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ing about MGM pictures, we haveto thank their advertising manager,Doug Eames, for letting us havetheir lineup so far of musical filmsfor 1955. It makes impressivereading.

Next musical extravaganza forWest End showing is " Deep In MyHeart," the Sigmund Rombergmovie with all the old Rombergfavourites. This has a tremendouscast including Jose Ferrer, JanePowell, Gene Kelly, RosemaryClooney, Cyd Charisse, Vic Damone,Ann Miller and Howard Keel. Andthere are 22 musical numbers.

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Lowe -Lerner music-and rater on" Hit The Deck," with Powell,Martin, Damone, Miller, DebbieReynolds and Russ Tamblyn (whomthose who have seen " Seven Brides"will remember as the youngest ofthe brothers).

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* * *ANY -A OLD -A TIME -A I-One

of the top tunes in the Italian hitparade today was written by twonames well-known in the Britishmusic business - Columbia record-ing executive Ray Marlin and song-writer Norman Newell.

The song-" Any Old Time,"which spent several weeks in thebest-sellers in Britain a couple ofyears ago - has been translatedinto Italian, and there are now noless than eight different recordingsavailable in Italy, under the title of" Gli Ulmini Del Far West."

And for a territory as small asItaly-from a song -plugging pointof view, that is-eight is an awful lotof records of one number.

*DIS-ORGANISED - Columbia's

well-known arranger, musical directorand Hammond organist JackieBrown was one of a small party ofpeople who were celebrating a birth-day last week in a London pub.

Spying what looked like an organunderneath a dust -sheet in the cor-ner, Jackie had a wprd with thebarmaid on the subject.

" Pardon me, but is that," saidJackie, " a Hammond organ ? "

" That," responded the barmaidwith a rather acid tone, " is anelectric organ."

" Could I," persisted Jackie, "bepermitted to play it, please I"

The barmaid's expressionchanged from acidity to horror.Elevating her nose a 'couple of inchesccilingwards, she said cuttingly :

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And with that she turned her backand proceeded to wash up theglasses.

And Jackie ,Brown never did getto play the organ.

* *TV FARNON-The Bob Farnon

Orchestra's television programme" Contrasts " last Monday nightsurely provided one' of the mostenjoyable half hours of musical

entertainment seen on our TVscreens for years.

The great improvement in soundbalance was due to the fact that theprogramme was transmitted, notfrom one of the usual TV studios,but from the BBC's No. 1 soundstudio at Maida Vale, from whichmany of their big orchestral concertsare broadcast.

Familiar faces spotted among theorchestra included ex-RPO leaderDavid McCallum, and Charlie Katz,among the strings, Freddy Claytonand Derrick Abbott in the trumpetsand Jimmy Wilson in the trombones,with Geraldo stalwart Keith Bird inthe reeds.

Bob himself conducted a n dannounced the programme with thatrelaxed Canadian charm whichmakes him the likeable guy that heis. Our thanks go to producerAntony Craxton for a great pro-gramme. More, please,

WELL DONE, BILL, JR.! -Everybody in the Alley is talkingabout the wonderful way in whichyoung Bill Cotton Junior took overthe announcing duties on the BillyCotton Band Show last Sunday whenhis father was ill.

Young Bill managed to preservethe atmosphere of friendliness andhomeliness which his Dad has alwaysbrought to the programme-no meanachievement in the circumstances.

Well done, Bill! We're proud ofyou, and we're sure your Dad is, too!

LOCKYER GOES FOR LOVE-For the new Bernard Braden TVshow entitled " Go For Love,"which is scheduled to have its firstscreening on February 4 all themusic will be composed and arrangedby that very busy ace arranger andbandleader, Malcolm Lockyer, whohas already written many orchestralbackground scores for TV including,of course, the sensational hit number" Friends And Neighbours."

* *JAZZ MUSIC IN MOVIE-Some

very nice jazz solo spots will beheard in the musical background ofthe new Diana Dors's film " A KidFor Two Farthings " at present be-ing completed at Shepperton Studios.

In a scene depicting jive dancing,these solo spots are played by BillyAmstell (clarinet); Aubrey Frank(tenor sax); Harry Hayes (alto);Laddie Busby (trombone) and MaxGoldberg (trumpet). The orchestral

BAND CALL Week beginningJanuary 21

GRACIE COLE ORCHESTRA KEN MOULE SEVENSaturday: USAF Camp, Ruislip; Tonight (Friday): Cannock; Satur-Sunday: Palate de Dense, Slough, day: City. Hall, Newcastle -on -Tyne;

TONY CROMBIE ORCHESTRA Sunday: St. Andrews Hall, Glasgow.Tonight (Friday): Stockton; Satur- SID PHILLIPS BANDday: City Hall, Newcastle -on -Tyne; Tonight (Friday): Prescott Saturday:Sunday: Ardwick Hippodrome, Man- Drill Hall, Northampton; Sunday:chester. Windsor Theatre, Boarwood; Wednes-

JOE DANIELS BAND day: Baths Hall, Dayton.Tonight (Friday): West Hartlepool; DON RENDELL BAND ,Saturday: Manchester; Sunday: Sea- Tonight (Friday): Kingston; Satur-land; Monday: Liverpool. day: Stamford; Sunday: Glasgow;

ERIC DELANEY ORCHESTRA Tuesday: Kingston; Wednesday:

ORCHESTRATonight (Friday): Southsea; Satur- Flamingo, London W.day; Brighton; Sunday: Festival RONNIE SCOTTHall, London, and Guildford ; Thurs- Tonight (Friday) and Saturday:day: Hull. Green's Playhouse, Glasgow; Mon-

day: City Hall, Perth; Tuesday:TONY KINSEY BAND Empress Ballroom, Dundee; Wednes-Saturday: City Hall, Newcastle -on-Tonight (Friday): Molesworth;

DAVE SHAND ORCHESTRAday: Aberdeen; Thursday: Greenock.

Tyne; Sunday: St. Andrews Hall, Tonight (Friday): Falkirk; Satur-Glasgow. day: Kirkcaldy; Sunday: Glasgow;THE KlBCIHNS BAND Monday : Edinburgh; Tuesday.:Tonight (Friday): University, Leeds; Carlisle ; Wednesday: Thirsk ; Thurs-Saturday: Drill Hall, Guildford; day: Sunderland.Sunday: Theatre Royal, Chatham; SQUADRONAIRESThursday: Savoy Ballroom, Oldham. Saturday: Royal Star Hotel, Maid -

JOHNNY GRAY BAND stone; Sunday: Trocadero, ElephantTonight (Friday): University, Leeds; and Castle, London.Saturday: White Cross Ballroom, NAT TEMPLE OltellESTIIA,Guisley; Sunday: Pavilion, Buxton; Saturday: Winter Gardena, East -Thursday: Casino, Warrington, bourne; Sunday: Dorchester Hotel,

VIC LEWIS ORCHESTRA London; ThUrsday: BBC.Tonight (Friday): Trocadero Ball- ALEX WELSH BANDroom. Derby; Saturday: Pavilion, Tonight (Friday) : Manchester ;Bath; Sunday: Hippodrome, Coventry; Saturday : ,Lyttleton Club,, London ;Wednesday; Winter Gardens; Bourne- Sunday: Wood ' Green; Wednesday:mouth. ' Darnet ; Thursday: Swansea.

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accompaniment in the film is suppliedby Ben Frankel and his Orchestra.Incidentally, also appearing in thefilm is the veteran Italian boxer,Primo Camera.

* *SWISS SID-Sid Millward and his

Nitwits, who are currently appearingat the London Palladium have onceagain been booked to play at a bigSwedish Festival held in the TivoliGardens, Stockholm, during themonth of May. This will be theirthird successive appearance there.

Such is the popularity of Sid andhis boys that they were offered a sixmonths' contract, but other commit-ments have limited their stay thereto just one month.

* * *VOCALISTS IN VARIET Y-

Vocalists Monty Norman and Diana

Coup'and will appear on the, samevariety bill. They will be featured assolo stars, but will team for onenumber at the end of Monty's act.

They start their short variety touron January 31; which will includevisits to Ashton-under-Lyne, Stock-ton, Aston, York and Wolverhamp-ton. '

ELLIS (NOT) IN WONDER-LAND-Victim of a nasty fall onthe frozen steps outside his home lastFriday morning was trumpeter CyrilEllis, of the Skyrockets PalladiumOrchestra. Cyril sustained a brokenrib and, naturally, was unable tocarry on working. Last minute de-puties were found in Billy Smith andHarry Letham. On behalf of hismany friends, here's wishing Cyril aspeedy recovery.

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