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The Beatles in America- Page 7

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WHY ELVIS IS STILLTHE KING

1964 marks the tenth anniversary of Elvis A. Presley's firstrecording -"That's all right". Since then he has achieved

phenomenal success in all kinds of music. In 1957, he toppedthe R and B charts (mainly Negro) in the States, the onlywhite artiste to do so. In 1960, his recording of an oldNeapolitan love song " 0 sole mio," called " It's now ornever " sold five million copies. He has recorded spirituals,hymns, Hawaiian songs, soul and almost everything outsideof opera. He IS King -and a couple of million fans say so.-M. Wilkins, 20 Sheeley Court, Hanley Road, London, N.4.LP WINNER

IGNORE ITPLEASE leave the Rolling

Stones alone. Their hair -stylesand clothes are entirely their

own affair and those who don'tlike it are under no obligation tolook. Their sound is fabulous andthey're nice boys. -Esther L. M.Chamberlaine, 45 RooseveltAvenue, Leighton Buzzard, Beds.

PRAISE CLEMHOW about some praise for

Clem Cattini of the Tornadoes?He's the group's leader,

drummer and spokesman and theonly Tornado who was in thegroup when they made thefabulous "Telstar." I met himrecently and doubt whether I

could have met a nicer guy. He'sreally happy-go-lucky and fun. Andgood luck to all the group. -DavidHolmes, 44, Highsands Avenue,Rufford. Ormskirk, Lancs.

DIFFERENTSINCE the advent of Merseybeat,

the British record -buyers arewilling to accept anything.

Four years ago, they'd never haveaccepted anything like The SingingNun, Blue Grass and R and B . . .

nor all the copy -waxing. Everyoneis trying to say "I'm different",but no one is succeeding. No oneknows where they are. Don't mis-understand me -I'm one of thosecrazy fools. But just take a lookat us all . . . it's just one biggiggle. -Tony Brown, 28 Chalk PitHill, Chatham, Kent.

ELVIS PRESLEY. A I

reader defends himand notes some ofhis many recording

achievements.

TOUR IDEAWHO is the artiste with the

most Top Twenty hits andyet getting the least air -time.

The late great Buddy Holly. I'dlike to suggest some enterprisingPromoter puts out a Buddy HollyMemorial Tour. And I suggest asthe line-up: Bobby Vee, theCrickets (past and present), MikeBerry, Tommy Roe, Carter -Lewis,Adam Faith, Gene Vincent, BuddyBritton, the Fireballs - and TonyHall and Norman Petty as com-peres. -Robert Ward, 105 CheshireRoad, Smethwick, Staffs.

INJUSTICESURELY Phil Spector has done

all Crystals' fans a gross in-justice by withdrawing the

group's latest record. No doubtthousands of us have heard it onLuxembourg and thought it great.Phil, the originator of the greatsound in pop music, was under-rating British fans when he said:"It's too pure Spector to click inBritain." Any Crystals' fan wouldhave jumped at the chance ofbuying it. Now how long do wehave to wait for another release -another four months? - DavidBarker, 9 Lauder Road, West End,Doncaster, Yorks.

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PATRIOTISMBEFORE QUALITY

DAVID JACOBS

PREACHING

EVERYONE seems to have a digat Brian Poole for his disc -selection. Well, I think it's

only fair that Tommy Roe shouldbe the next one to be got at, overhis last two, "Everybody" and"Come On." Seems that he isn'thappy with a few things aroundhim and isn't afraid to tell theworld through his records. This"preaching" theme runs throughboth of these self -penned songs andthe backing is very similar. He'scapable of making good records -"Folk Singer," for instance, buthe'll have to do better than oflate to get high in the charts. -Bryan Spear, Winthrop, 28 Becken-ham Road, West Wickham, Kent.

ANNOYINGONE thing really annoys me -

choice of tracks on L.P's. I

got the Crystals' "He's aRebel" and found I had four tracksalready. Likewise, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" by Bob B. Soxx and theBlue Jeans. The Beatles' first con-tained single hits. And BrianPoole's "Twist and Shout", Gerry'sfirst one and Roy Orbison's "InDreams". Surely most peoplewould already have bought thesingles -if an all -new L.P. hadbeen released by any of thesearistes. I'm sure sales would havebeen doubled. Remember theBeatles' second one - all newlyrecorded and the biggest seller ofthem all. - A. Trevor Cox, 22Norton Road, Letchworth, Herts.

IT may be a source of delight toDavid Jacobs and others thatnot one American record

reached Number One in our chartslast year. Apparently ideas ofquality and originality don't enterinto it. It is galling for those ofus who can remember the originalsto have to listen to the scrappyversions of things like "Needlesand Pins," "Hippy Hippy Shake,""Stay," "Better Move On,""Candy Man" and so on. Among

of pathetic British beatrecords churned out, standardseems to be the last consideration.Where can we measure up toartistes like Ray Charles, GeneMcDaniels, ROY Orbison, SamCooke, Brook Benton etc. -I. R.

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EP WINNER

INSTRUMENTAL?NOW we've all seen the fabu-

lous Beatles sing their way tothe top of the charts and seen

their versatility, surely it is timefor a Beatles' instrumental? Avery early German Beatle record-ing, "Cry For A Shadow" is agood example of their playing.Please, Beatles, let us hear moreinstrumentals -Betty Dryden, SunnyDowns, Our Elmstead Lane,Barhain, Canterbury, Kent.

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HELEN'S BESTWAS shocked when I heard

the so-called wonderful versionof "Fever," by Peggy Lee. To

my ears there is nothing greatabout it -she sings it with nofeeling or beat as it is meant tobe sung. But the terrific HelenShapiro version is really some-thing to shout about. Lots of feel-ing, swing and beat and it suitsHelen's wonderfully deep voice. Forme, "Fever" is Helen's song. -JuneBarrett. 17 Sun Barn Road,Reepham. Norwich, Norfolk.

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DELETIONSread about the enterprisingVee-Jay label who have re-cently re-released many hits

of three or four years ago. Itmust be a paying concern, other-wise they wouldn't bother to re-vive the discs. Maybe EMI orDecca should follow this up.Granted, We don't always likewhat the Americans like, but "old"records would surely find a marketover here. Is it possible? Or areany old records worth releasingagain already deleted from thelists?. - R. Jones, 25, BrooksideSouth, East Barnet.

TOP 20 JIGYOU gave me needles and Alts

and I felt ,clad all over whenI did the hippy hionv shake

with you. I knew all along_r_tn-tht,laia for you and I unLy want ta.Jatwith you and I Want to hold ..YQUI_haul.. It was 24 hours from Tulsathat I had to stay ,with you and J.usual I told you don't blame mCbecause we are ja.love All nightI was swinging on a star, Underthe moonlight I asked you "Do

you really love me too?" and forme I could feel the countdown toyour answer 5-4-3-2-1. "Kiss meQuick". you said and I knew thatshe loves you and that [.wanna heyour man always. I said to you"Baby I love _..voe and I think oryou every minute. And, deep in-side. I knew I'm in love. Tot)Twenty (R.M. Feb. 1) in numericalorder. -A. Fisher, 49 West Drive.Lanes.

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Meet the 'square' hit makersTHE INSIDE STORY OF THEBACHELORS CHART SUCCESS

THE way I'd describe theBachelors is . . . "The

surreptitious hit - makers."They bring out discs whichsound a trifle square to myears; they seem to cause lessthan the usual bally-hoo;and, blow me down, thenext thing you know isthey're up there in thecharts.

Like this single "Diane."An old number-around 40years old, in fact-and onewhich seems to be milesfrom the normal trendstoday. But, in double-quicktime, Messrs. Con and DecCluskey and John Stokeshave a huge hit on theirhands.

"Charmaine" started it alloff for them, of course.That previously had been amassive instrumental, string -dominated hit for Mantovani.Point of interest is that"Diane" was the flip side ofMonty's single . . .

In between there were"Far away places" (also old)and "Whispering" (ditto).But "Far away places" didn'tmake it, which suggests themore recent revivals standless chance than the onesfrom way, way back.

Says Con Cluskey: "To say

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we're knocked out by theway 'Diane' has gone is toput it mildly. It's a funnysort of release, from a back-ground point of view. Tostart with, we didn't reallylike it so much. Had doubtsall along the line - andthere's another one all readyfor release at Decca whichwould have pleased us farmore.

MASCOT"Now, of course, we regard

good old 'Diane' as being alucky sort of gal to have asa mascot."

Said Dec: "Then we reallydid have a lot of troublegetting the number to soundright. I think it took fourseparate sessions before itseemed to us to be on theright lines. We didn't wantit to be on a strongCountry style, then wecouldn't seem to get on withtwo other arrangements

given us by different people."Eventually Johnny Keat-

ing came up with the ideafor the final cutting. Veryslight -sounding string sectionand most of the other back-ing sound coming from abass guitar and drums. You'dhardly expect anything muchto happen from this sort ofchaos . . but bingo! Thereit is!"

Now the promotional workslides into top gear to getthe boys away in the States.They ran into trouble over"Whispering" there becauseApril Stevens and NinoTempo did so well on it,despite coming second intothe battle. But the radionetworks have helped theBachelors a lot.

ALBUM

Out this week -end is the"Presenting the Bachelors"album in the States-thereis to be a fair amount of

`HAIL TO THEEWHAT I meant to shout,

on meeting Allan Sher-man was " Hail to thee, fatperson-you saved us fromwar!" After all, that's whathe wants us to shout, isn'tit? But my prepared tributeto the funniest man onrecords went wrong.

First of all, I didn't recog-nise him immediately be-cause he wasnt' wearingthose horn -rimmed glasses,and anyway he's a lotshorter than I expected.And secondly. . . I forgotthe words.

But talking to this WarnerBrothers' star is interesting anddifferent. He explained how hestarted writing parodies to well-known songs while he was atschool. He didn't bore his school-mates with them . because hedidn't stay anywhere long enoughto do so. "I went to 21 differentschools during my career," he said.

This is not as sinister as itsounds. His father had to travela lot as a racing driver and auto-motive engineer-as well as theinventor of a coal -mining machine.

At the University of Illinois, Allanstarted in journalism and wrotelyrics and stories for three con-secutive Varsity Shows. He laterserved in the army, deep in theheart of Texas.

Later he wrote material forJerry Lester, Joe E. Lewis, JackieGleason, Frances Faye and ump-teen others. But the big breakwas in 1951, when he was 28. Withpartner Howard Merrill, hedreamed up the idea for the TVpanel show "I've got a secret,"which is now in its thirteenthAmerican year. Allan produced itfor the first six years.

So on to October, 1962, when hewas simply a plump, guitar -

FAT

PERSON'by LANGLEYJOHNSON

strumming script -writer and pro-ducer who just liked to amuse hisfriends with his parodies on Jewishlife.

One month later, his "My son, thefolk singer" long -player had madehim the biggest -selling disc star inthe States. The way Allan tellsit, it was the simplest thing imag-inable. He stuck to the formula:take an old tune, preferably a folksong, re -write the lyrics and . .

Bingo!One suspects there must have

been more to it than that. JackBenny, notably a good audience forany comedian and especially GeorgeBurns, pronounced: "This fellerSherman is the funniest folk singereast of the Rockies and west ofthe Catskill." Jerry Lewis, whois NOT a good audience for anyother comedian, raved along aswell.

And each of Sherman's three LPreleases to date has been a numberone hit in the States. He made theBritish charts with his single "Hellomuddah, hello fadduh." Of course,Warner Brothers pulled out "Me,"to the tune of "Come back to Sor-

ALAN SHERMAN.

rento," to tie in with his nine -daystay in Britain.

Allan clearly worries about thedifferent trends in world comedy.He realises that some of hismaterial is slanted to specificaudiences. But in the States hehas become something of an institu-tion and can pack the biggest hallsin the country.

Why those full-blooded lush back-ings, by people like Lou Busch,on his recent records? Because,he says, it adds weight to theparodies. It pushes the new -writtenlyrics along, giving the whole thingan air of seriousness which is dis-pelled once you actually hear thewords.

A unique talent, Mr. Sherman.A quietly efficient man who reallybecame a star through accident.

He lives, now, in a smart part ofBel Air, California, with his wifeand family-a boy of 14 and agirl of 11.

I'm hoping it won't be longbefore he pays us another visit.

Then I'll remember the properway to "hail" this fat person.

THE BACHELORS. Those three likeable lads from Ireland shoot into the top placesonce again with their plaintive rendering of the oldie "Diane," which must be asfamiliar to the young record buyers now as it was to their parents many years ago.

trumpeting about this one.And, says John Stokes: "Weare hoping to get to theStates in the near futurefor a look-see at the scenethere.

"As you may know, we'rereally interested in folkmusic and there's a wholelot of that in the Stateswhich we want to study."

The boys are convincedthat folk will be IN in ashort time - though theyagree that hosts of peoplehave said this for a long,long time!

The Bachelors have hitthis sales peak in a hurry.It was only a year or soback that they were flat,stoney broke, living in asingle room in London andjust hoping that someone

would cough up enoughmoney to get them a packetof cornflakes. They'd actuallykicked off in show businessas a harmonica - playingteam, again concentrating onfolksey-styled material.

RAT -RACESome months ago, the boys

suggested they wouldn'treally like a Number Onehit, because they felt itwould put them right in the"rat -race," with all theattendant worries aboutkeeping up the standards.Easy-going lads, all three,they wondered if they couldcarry on being easy-goingif a calamitious Number Onecame along.

There's a fair chance now

that they won't be able tohelp themselves. And allbecause of a record that,quite frankly, they didn'tparticularly like!

Just one thing now cloudslife for the Bachelors. Thebusiness of repeating overand over again that theyreally ARE Bachelors. Withso many other pop starsadmitting, finally, to "Secret"wives, it's only natural thatthe rumours should startround a group who soblatantly advertise their UN -married state.

"But we ARE single," saysJohn. "I think that's themillionth time we've saidso . . ."

But they admit theystrongly fancy "Diane."

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DUSTY -`DON'TBE SERIOUS

ABOUT MUSIC'DUSTY Springfield looked

fabulous! Doesn't shealways? She claimed that theeye-catching coat she worewas made of rabbit fur-butit didn't look like any rab-bit that I've ever seen.

And Dusty chatted amiablyabout the solo -artiste songbusiness. Which everybodyknows is thriving for herright now.

A singularly frank girl isfabulous Dusty.

"The sort of music I likeis gospelly material, sung bycoloured artistes," she said."That's fine. But then peoplestarted saying I sounded asif I was coloured. I thinkCliff Richard said I was 'Awhite Negress' . . . again,that's fine. But the import-ant word is 'WHITE', not'Negress.'

"No matter what peoplethink, I don't soundcoloured. I'd like to. OftenI try to. But the most sens-ible thing said on this scorewas when I met Phil Spec-tor recently. We talked fora long time. He said hethought my record 'Onlywant to be with you' wasdoing well in the Statesbecause it had a good'WHITE' sound.

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"He knows. He's heard thereal thing. And he said therewas always room for a goodwhite sound in the States.

"To be honest, I'm stilllooking for the real me. Iknow what I like and whatI want to do. But it takestime to settle in - to beyourself instead of trying tofollow other styies and otherartistes. Sometimes I honestlyfeel I'm lost.

"I watched Dionne War-wick at the Olympia inParis. She sang 'Anyonewho had a heart' and it wasmarvellous. I couldn't stopthe tears. It was the song,yes - I think it's a greatsong. But the performance,too. Nothing against CillaBlack, but I'd take DionneWarwick's version all thetime.

"Then i got to know TimiYuro over here. She's oneof my favourite singers.Timi's problem is that she

feels you have to CRY everynumber and this isn't verycommercial here. But she'sgreat because she's so IN-VOLVED in her work. She'llspend her off - duty timelistening to her own records.

"Does this make her soundself-centred? It isn't really.She is just involved. Everyso often she'll follow aphrase and say 'What a gas!'She's really part of it all. Itmakes her difficult at times,but it's really her.

"I want to be an inter-national name. I don't thinkone big record in the Statesdoes all that much, thoughit's a start. But I want toconcentrate, c o u n t r y bycountry, on places likeFrance. To be honest, Idon't think much of what isaccepted as show business inthis country. You know, 16weeks in a summer season,then a pantomime or some-thing.

"That isn't for me. It sortof ties you down. Take Shir-ley Bassey. She's interna-tional. She's . . . well, she'sTHERE. I don't want to beanother Shirley-who couldbe? But her position, herstatus, that's the ideal.

"Sometimes I find I'm mis-

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD who looks like enjoying her second big solo hit in awith "Stay Awhile." Her first disc is still climbing in the States.

quoted-maybe it's my fault.But I never said I sangrhythm 'n' blues. I like it,sure. People like Martha andthe Vandellas - they mustmake it big in Britain soon.I'm just seeking, right now.But you can't expect whitepeople to sing like thecoloured stars.

"It's funny what peopleexpect from someone likeme. There was a big pollfor singers towards the endof last year. I didn't win-I didn't expect to becauseI'd only been solo for acouple of months and thefans usually go for somebodywith a big hit record. Butpeople said: 'Why didn't youwin it?'

"I saw that some peoplewrote to you because you'dmade Kathy Kirby 'Girl OfThe Year.' Quite right, too.

Kathy had had a couple ofhits. You need time . . .

"Both Kathy and I areafter the same thing, Ithink. International accept-ance. We're not similar insinging style, of course. Shehas her following, I'm build-ing mine. But it's the biggerthing we want - the oppo-site of just being tied inone country.

"Getting back to thatAmerican scene, you getstars like Lesley Gore. Agood white sound, again.It's not for me-but she'ssuccessful. People who raveabout some of the R and Bgroups don't seem to realisethat not ALL their recordsare good. You get an albumof twelve songs . . . well,maybe only four are anygood.

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"I'm pleased with the waythings have gone so far. I'mnot so nervous on my ownand I think I am finding my-self, slowly."

But just then she had to"find" her dressmaker, topick up the gown for lastweek -end's "Sunday Night AtThe London Palladium"show. Talking to fabulousDusty is one of the morerewarding things of life, Ifigured.

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SPECIAL R.M. CABLE FROM NEW YORK BY SAM MARTIN

THE Beatles have doneit! - and H 0 W

they've done it! They'vetaken America bystorm. Everyone is talk-ing about them. Teen-agers are wearing theirw i g s, sporting theirsweat -shirts and singingtheir songs.

One New York radio sta-tion does practically nothingbut play their records. Infact, people are saying thatLiverpool's hairy foursomehave made more impact thanElvis Presley ever did.

Their reception at NewYork's Kennedy Interna-tional Airport last Fridaywas fantastic to say theleast. One police officer whohad served at the airport forover ten years told me: "Ithink the world has gonemad."

HYSTERICS

And no wonder.For nearly 5,000 teenagers.

most of whom had playedhookey from school for theday, were there to welcomethe group. Some werescreaming. Others sang"Don't say anything badabout the Beatles," to thetune of "I want to hold yourhand." Banners and placardshailing the boys appearedeverywhere.

As the huge jet air -linerground to a halt on the tar-mac, pandemonium broke

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loose among the 1,500 young-sters who'd climbed on tothe third floor observationdeck. They broke into chantsof "We want the Beatles."

Then, as the main group ofthe fans inside the buildingrealised the plane hadlanded, they went hystericaland the police, who hadturned out in force, had afull-time job controlling thecrowds.

After a five-minute picturesession on the ramp, the boyswent to their first Americanengagement-a press confer-ence. And I'm quite surethey've never experiencedanything like that in theirfantastic career.

The room was very smalland packed from corner tocorner with New York Pres-men, photographers and T.V.cameramen . . all very ex-cited and eager to see whatall the noise was about.

WITTYThough looking, and no

doubt feeling, very tiredafter their flight, the boysdid very well and made a

very good impression withtheir off-the-cuff remarks andwitty comments. Asked aboutwhether they wore wigs, Paulreplied as usual: "I've gotto I'm bald." Someone elseasked if they would give outwith a song. John replied:"We only sing for money."

LUSHAnd the reporters loved

these exchanges. Said onecolumnist: "Gee, these boysare a gas."

Getting from the confer-ence to the parked Cadillacswhich were to drive the fourboys to the lush Plaza Hotelin New York was quite aproblem. The fans, deter-mined to get hold of aBeatle and perhaps run offwith him, broke through allthe barriers in their efforts.

And the crowds were thereagain at the hotel. Thescreamers were out in forceand there were several yellsof "Get a divorce, please,John." Once into their plushsuites, the boys had timeonly for a quick breather

THE BEATLES-Currently creating the biggest sensation since Elvis in the States,our correspondent cables RM readers about the scene there.

before facing the cameramenagain.

The evening was their firstchance to see a bit of theCity and they went down toGreenwich Village, the NewYork answer to London'sChelsea. That is John, Paul

and Ringo went - by thistime poor George was in bedat the hotel, nursing a sorethroat.

And before they started,they received a telegramfrom Elvis Presley andColonel Tom Parker, wishing

them a happy stay in theStates and "all success" onthe shows.

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Wow WowWee

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A LOOK AT THE LATEST CRAZE TO TAKE THE RECORD INDUSTRY BY STORM

IT'S THE BLUE -BEAT CRAZE

PRINCE BUSTER and his wife (ler t) and DerrickMorgan (right). Prince Buster was born in

Campbell on May 24, 1838-hewas named after the greatJamaican leader of the time, Buslamante. Ile learned tosing at the age of four, and later became interested in

boxing. He started his singing career around street comas,and later moved to the "Glass Bucket Club, From then onhis rise to fame as the King of Blue Beal was phenomenal.Derrick Morgan is also a great Jamaican Blue Beat singer,and like Buster he has tapped the Jamaican charts.

GOLD DISC COME -BACKA TEA-BREAK in a Liver-'. P.1 factory - and afair-haired young costingclerk stirred his cuppa withone hand and jotted downideas for a song with theother. In just a few moments,out came "We will makelove."

Later, he recorded it. Andit sold a million. And theflip, "Rainbow," sold a mil,lion in the States. RussHamilton, one-time ButlinRed Coat, has ARRIVED!

AMIABLEThe amiable YoUng chap

with the so -soft. ballad stylehopped across the Atlantic.Coast.to-coast television, viathe "Big Show," an IvorNovelle statuette from theSongwriters' Guild . . hewas a busy bloke all round.

But things change. He van -

by LANGLEY JOHNSON************** *****

ished, virtually, from thescene. The Liverpudlian wenton writing songs, making theodd appearances-but peopleforget all too easily. Rutswent on fighting ... quietlyand efficiently.

Now he's with Ember Rec-ords. And his first disc"Valley of love" is gettingthe big huild-up from the.dee-jays. It's a big sound, biglyrics and has Russ singingas if had never been away.Flip, by the way, is also highstandard-"Lonelies1 bap intown."

Two things are pleasingthe pundits of Tin Pan Alley.First. that Russ is really backon the scene with a bang.Second, that he should come

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back with a song that reallystands out, even in thesedays of overcrowded releaselists.

Says Russ: "I know some-thing, now, of the ups anddowns of show business life.You know - a Gold Disc oneYear and a blank date -bookthe next. But I've kept onwriting because I had a feel-ing things would start upagain and Inc' always Pre-ferred to use my own ma-erial."That material relies on

basic simplicity. Russ doesn'tread music. He says: "Thetrouble is that I have a fearof technique. What I meanis, the spontaneity and sin-cerity seems to me to meanmore than trying to write toa set pattern. I look forfreshness.

MOOD"But I definitely write best

when I am sad. It's a matterof mood. And in anse I'mseglad that toe been a bit sadsometimes in the past yearor so. What I want now is toget enough material togetherto create a big stage musi-

Like many of the Liverpoolcontingent of popsters, Russmade his first appearancesin :he clubs roundon the city.But he insisted singing"just for fun." In fad, whenhe was paid for one of themappearances he felt so guiltyhe went straight out andgave the money toHe only began to accept tees

when he ade his firstrecord.

Russ served in the 11.AF..then went back to his officeas a costing clerk. Then hewas persuaded to become aRed Coat at Rollins. On aday off, he went to make aprivate record in London.And his version of "We will

k I " so impress

RUSS HAMILTON

ive he went back to Butlintswith a contract in his pocket.

The rest is a slab ofrecording history. But I'vea feeling there's another slababout to be written, startingwith the release of "Valleyof love..

THE record industry thriveson new crazes and sounds.

And at the moment threerecord companies are thrivingon the Blue Beat craze whichis just being taken up by theindustry in general as apotential money -spinner forall concerned.

Just for the record, and forthose who probably haven'theard it yet, just what is bluebeat? Well, it's a strictlyJamaican sound with a pulsat.ing on -beat played on stopchords throbbing mercilesslythrough the disc. Most of thesongs are down-to-earth itemsthat don't usually deal withlove, and the tunes are strictlysecondary to the beat. TheMase has been 'in' with theods since last summer be.

cause of the marvellous dancebeat and of course has beenbought by the West Indianain Britain for many yearsnow. But it was only whenthe larger record companiesheard of fantastic sales forsuch blue beat discs as "Mad.ness", "Carolina" and "Blaing Fire" that they realisedit could mean something.

ORIGINSAnyway, let's take a look at

the small blue beat companies-after all one of the attrac-tions the music had to theMods was that the music wasexclusive to the smaller andvirtually unknown labels.

Firstly there's the Blue Beatlabel itself. Owned by Melo-disc records run by SiggyJackson this label was formedsome two years back. It boastsmany of the biggest blue beatartistes including PrinceBuster. Derrick Morgan, andthe Folks Brothers.

"The blue beat rhythm itselfwas started by Prince Buster"says Siggy. "He had beensinging in Kingston for awhile, then he invented thisnew rhythm. His success sincethen has been phenomenal.He has packed halls in Brixtonand his "Madness' has midover 120,600 copies. That's ourbest seller that's top of ourown little chart. Other gooddiscs for as are 'Carolina' bythe Folks Brothers and ournew one 'Tom Hark Goes BlueBeat'. Although Buster in-vented the blue beat rhythm,I invented the name for ourlabel."

The other two blue beatcompanies don't agree aboutthe origin of blue beat. Both

EZZIRECO, with BEVERLY and BOYSIE GRANT

by NORMANJOPLING

Island and R & B say that therhythm haslways been pre-dominate In Jamaican music.

Island records is run byChris Blackwell, an enterpris.log young white Jamaicanwho was fascinated by bluebeat and started his own com-pany here well over a Yearago. His best seller is "BlazingFire", while another good oneis "Housewives Choice". Mostof his numbers are recordedin Jamaica, unlike Melodiscwho record hem. But recentlyIsland have been recordingsome of their best artisteshere including one Millie, whohad a disc recently issued byFontana.

"So far all of our discs havesold well and we haven't hadone flop" Chris told me. "Mya is to see a blue beat disci the charts-even if it wasnmonly at No. 50."

Chris also owns two morelabels. One is Sue, the greatU.S. R & B label which Chrisbought when he was last inthe States. Some of America'sbest unissued R & B discs cannow be obtained through thislabel. The other is BlackSwan, more of a Calypso typelabel.

The other record companyis R & B, the smallest of thethree. Like Island they areselling very well still to theJamaicans, while Melodisc areselling more to the Mods. Runby Ben leen who also runsthe R & B record shop inStamford Hill, sales have beengoing up considerably. One of

their tap discs is "OrangeStreet", an organ instrumentalby Georgie Fame & The BlueFlames.

They are the smallercompanies, the ones whopioneered blue beat. Hawabout the larger ones? Firstof all, Decca has put out adisc called "The Bluff Beat"by the Beasers. All of thesmall companies unanimouslysay "This isn't blue beat, Andif people think it is it will dous harm". The record itself issung by Chris Farlow andbacked by Cyril Stapleton.And no one anywhere seemsto think it is blue beat. Deccaare also reported to be leas-ing some Hacks from Melo-disc for release, and nextweek will be recording somegenuine blue beat groups tobe put out on Deem.

PRIORITYEMI are issuing two discs

in February by Erzreco andthe Launchers with BoysieGrant and Beverley as voca.lists. This is a genuine BlueBeat group and if the discsare fairly successful EMI willbe issuing more. But it is cer-tainly an unprecedented stepfor a big record company toissue two discs by the sameartiste within two weeks,

And so far no word fromany other companies. So itlooks as if the Blue Beat crazeis destined to catch on in abig way with the two biggestrecord companies giving it toppriority. But once it startsbreaking big nationally it

looks as if the mods are goingto have to find somethingmore exclusive. Keep youreyes open record your

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fa*SPOTLIGHT

SINGLES

DUSTY

SPRINGFIELD

StayAwhile

PHILIPS'S, 1173

DIE ANGELS

Wow WowWee

PHILIPS/BF 1312

IDE

NERSEYBEATSI Think Of You

EDEN KANE

Boys Cry

1011 DEE

MiraclesFoNTANAITF 443

ANDY WHIMMS

A Fool NeverLearns

CBS/A As tee

TONY

BENNETT

The Little Boyel./PAO1Ra

A LOOK AT THE LATEST CRAZE TO TAKE THE RECORD INDUSTRY BY STORM

IT'S THE BLUE -BEAT CRAZE

PRINCE BUSTER and his wife (ler t) and DerrickMorgan (right). Prince Buster was born in

Campbell on May 24, 1838-hewas named after the greatJamaican leader of the time, Buslamante. Ile learned tosing at the age of four, and later became interested in

boxing. He started his singing career around street comas,and later moved to the "Glass Bucket Club, From then onhis rise to fame as the King of Blue Beal was phenomenal.Derrick Morgan is also a great Jamaican Blue Beat singer,and like Buster he has tapped the Jamaican charts.

GOLD DISC COME -BACKA TEA-BREAK in a Liver-'. P.1 factory - and afair-haired young costingclerk stirred his cuppa withone hand and jotted downideas for a song with theother. In just a few moments,out came "We will makelove."

Later, he recorded it. Andit sold a million. And theflip, "Rainbow," sold a mil,lion in the States. RussHamilton, one-time ButlinRed Coat, has ARRIVED!

AMIABLEThe amiable YoUng chap

with the so -soft. ballad stylehopped across the Atlantic.Coast.to-coast television, viathe "Big Show," an IvorNovelle statuette from theSongwriters' Guild . . hewas a busy bloke all round.

But things change. He van -

by LANGLEY JOHNSON************** *****

ished, virtually, from thescene. The Liverpudlian wenton writing songs, making theodd appearances-but peopleforget all too easily. Rutswent on fighting ... quietlyand efficiently.

Now he's with Ember Rec-ords. And his first disc"Valley of love" is gettingthe big huild-up from the.dee-jays. It's a big sound, biglyrics and has Russ singingas if had never been away.Flip, by the way, is also highstandard-"Lonelies1 bap intown."

Two things are pleasingthe pundits of Tin Pan Alley.First. that Russ is really backon the scene with a bang.Second, that he should come

PHILIPS RECORDSLOWITISCI

MAMOrt PLACE LONDON of

back with a song that reallystands out, even in thesedays of overcrowded releaselists.

Says Russ: "I know some-thing, now, of the ups anddowns of show business life.You know - a Gold Disc oneYear and a blank date -bookthe next. But I've kept onwriting because I had a feel-ing things would start upagain and Inc' always Pre-ferred to use my own ma-erial."That material relies on

basic simplicity. Russ doesn'tread music. He says: "Thetrouble is that I have a fearof technique. What I meanis, the spontaneity and sin-cerity seems to me to meanmore than trying to write toa set pattern. I look forfreshness.

MOOD"But I definitely write best

when I am sad. It's a matterof mood. And in anse I'mseglad that toe been a bit sadsometimes in the past yearor so. What I want now is toget enough material togetherto create a big stage musi-

Like many of the Liverpoolcontingent of popsters, Russmade his first appearancesin :he clubs roundon the city.But he insisted singing"just for fun." In fad, whenhe was paid for one of themappearances he felt so guiltyhe went straight out andgave the money toHe only began to accept tees

when he ade his firstrecord.

Russ served in the 11.AF..then went back to his officeas a costing clerk. Then hewas persuaded to become aRed Coat at Rollins. On aday off, he went to make aprivate record in London.And his version of "We will

k I " so impress

RUSS HAMILTON

ive he went back to Butlintswith a contract in his pocket.

The rest is a slab ofrecording history. But I'vea feeling there's another slababout to be written, startingwith the release of "Valleyof love..

THE record industry thriveson new crazes and sounds.

And at the moment threerecord companies are thrivingon the Blue Beat craze whichis just being taken up by theindustry in general as apotential money -spinner forall concerned.

Just for the record, and forthose who probably haven'theard it yet, just what is bluebeat? Well, it's a strictlyJamaican sound with a pulsat.ing on -beat played on stopchords throbbing mercilesslythrough the disc. Most of thesongs are down-to-earth itemsthat don't usually deal withlove, and the tunes are strictlysecondary to the beat. TheMase has been 'in' with theods since last summer be.

cause of the marvellous dancebeat and of course has beenbought by the West Indianain Britain for many yearsnow. But it was only whenthe larger record companiesheard of fantastic sales forsuch blue beat discs as "Mad.ness", "Carolina" and "Blaing Fire" that they realisedit could mean something.

ORIGINSAnyway, let's take a look at

the small blue beat companies-after all one of the attrac-tions the music had to theMods was that the music wasexclusive to the smaller andvirtually unknown labels.

Firstly there's the Blue Beatlabel itself. Owned by Melo-disc records run by SiggyJackson this label was formedsome two years back. It boastsmany of the biggest blue beatartistes including PrinceBuster. Derrick Morgan, andthe Folks Brothers.

"The blue beat rhythm itselfwas started by Prince Buster"says Siggy. "He had beensinging in Kingston for awhile, then he invented thisnew rhythm. His success sincethen has been phenomenal.He has packed halls in Brixtonand his "Madness' has midover 120,600 copies. That's ourbest seller that's top of ourown little chart. Other gooddiscs for as are 'Carolina' bythe Folks Brothers and ournew one 'Tom Hark Goes BlueBeat'. Although Buster in-vented the blue beat rhythm,I invented the name for ourlabel."

The other two blue beatcompanies don't agree aboutthe origin of blue beat. Both

EZZIRECO, with BEVERLY and BOYSIE GRANT

by NORMANJOPLING

Island and R & B say that therhythm haslways been pre-dominate In Jamaican music.

Island records is run byChris Blackwell, an enterpris.log young white Jamaicanwho was fascinated by bluebeat and started his own com-pany here well over a Yearago. His best seller is "BlazingFire", while another good oneis "Housewives Choice". Mostof his numbers are recordedin Jamaica, unlike Melodiscwho record hem. But recentlyIsland have been recordingsome of their best artisteshere including one Millie, whohad a disc recently issued byFontana.

"So far all of our discs havesold well and we haven't hadone flop" Chris told me. "Mya is to see a blue beat disci the charts-even if it wasnmonly at No. 50."

Chris also owns two morelabels. One is Sue, the greatU.S. R & B label which Chrisbought when he was last inthe States. Some of America'sbest unissued R & B discs cannow be obtained through thislabel. The other is BlackSwan, more of a Calypso typelabel.

The other record companyis R & B, the smallest of thethree. Like Island they areselling very well still to theJamaicans, while Melodisc areselling more to the Mods. Runby Ben leen who also runsthe R & B record shop inStamford Hill, sales have beengoing up considerably. One of

their tap discs is "OrangeStreet", an organ instrumentalby Georgie Fame & The BlueFlames.

They are the smallercompanies, the ones whopioneered blue beat. Hawabout the larger ones? Firstof all, Decca has put out adisc called "The Bluff Beat"by the Beasers. All of thesmall companies unanimouslysay "This isn't blue beat, Andif people think it is it will dous harm". The record itself issung by Chris Farlow andbacked by Cyril Stapleton.And no one anywhere seemsto think it is blue beat. Deccaare also reported to be leas-ing some Hacks from Melo-disc for release, and nextweek will be recording somegenuine blue beat groups tobe put out on Deem.

PRIORITYEMI are issuing two discs

in February by Erzreco andthe Launchers with BoysieGrant and Beverley as voca.lists. This is a genuine BlueBeat group and if the discsare fairly successful EMI willbe issuing more. But it is cer-tainly an unprecedented stepfor a big record company toissue two discs by the sameartiste within two weeks,

And so far no word fromany other companies. So itlooks as if the Blue Beat crazeis destined to catch on in abig way with the two biggestrecord companies giving it toppriority. But once it startsbreaking big nationally it

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KENNY TALKS FRANKLY ON JAllKENNY BALL is probably

the only hit -makingtrad man left. His new discis a vocal titled "Caterina"-yes it IS the Perry Comosong of a short while back.This is Kenny's first vocalfor some time, his last being"So do I" which in turn washis first since "Midnightin Moscow." The newone is a rollicking merrynumber that should takeKenny right back into thecharts, after his chart misswith "Washington Square". Isay chart miss because thisdisc has sold more thanseveral of his hits - "Onlyover a longer time" saysKenny glumly.

"But they say trad is dead.Well, for me and many otherbig bands it's certainly notdead yet. At least we haven'tfelt the pinch, although nodoubt if Rhythm and Bluespushes in, we will feel it.

NO BOOM

"Is there an R and B boom?I don't think there is an Rand B boom, but there mostdefinitely is a boom in aform of music that peoplelike to attach the tag 'Rhythmand Blues' to. Consequentlyall the beat and rock groupswho can get a member toplay harmonica after afashion are calling them-selves R and B groups.

"Please don't think I haveanything against R and B. Ihaven't. But the same thingis happening to it as hap-pened to trad. All the in-ferior and imitation groupsare jumping on the "band-wagon, and eventually the

AND R & B

KENNY BALL.

public will become sick ofthe watered down varietyand want something new. Inplaces that's already happen-ing, and the comparison be-tween the two forms of musicand their boom is close butnot too close. For instanceIt and B gets very close torock sometimes. That putsmany people off. Again, jazzclubs were going ages beforethe so-called trad boom. Andthey'll keep going for years.The trad clubs which sprangup for the boom are nowthe ones that are switchingover completely to R and B.

"And the trad-based groupsthat are switching to R andB? well, many of them onlyjumped on the trad band-wagon. Others, like ManfredMann and Mike Cotton werealways very blues -influenced.

Mike made many discs whichwere more akin to R and Beven in the days of the tradboom. I don't know what thefuss is about."

DEMANDKenny himself is currently

extremely busy - he'sscheduled for many manytours and international ap-pearances including theStates. For he's greatly indemand there, and his disccompany in the States, Kapp,asked Kenny to record "FromRussia with love" as a topside. In Britain it's on theflip. Which is real value -for -money from the man who'llkeep the trad flag flying formany years to come, tradboom, R and B boom, or noboom at all.

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BENAMUSIC

reporters life isnot an easy one. But

a big consolation is wheninstead of having to reporton music and artistes whichare not to his own personaltaste he can write aboutsomeone whose music hereally digs.

I had the good fortuneof talking to Ben E. King,one of my favourite singersof all time, last week. Benis in England now, and isembarking upon a series oftours in which he is merelya supporting act. But formy money, and a lot ofothers he is THE attraction.I asked Ben a lot of ques-tions about himself whichI thought RM's many readerswho are also Ben E. Kingfans would have liked to

ask."My favourite type of

music? Well, as you couldguess by my discs I lovethe Latin sound. My favour-ite of my own discs is"Spanish Harlem." I'll tellyou a story about that one.When I cut the first sessionwithout the Drifters it wasbecause New York was hitby the worst snowstorms inyears. I was the only one ofthe Drifters who turned up,so the engineers and Ithought that we wouldn'twaste the recording time,and that we'd cut a disc.The result was "First TasteOf Love" which we were allpretty pleased with. Butthey wanted a Phil Spectorcomposition "Spanish Har-lem" on the flip. We recordedit, but I wasn't happy.

RAY ENNIS OF

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WE'VE lots of hinny happymemories of the threefabulous weeks we've spent

on the Ronettes' tour. Highlightof the shows was the friendlyatmosphere hack -stage. Estelle.Ronnie. and Nedra were greatcompany, and gained. friendswherever they went. It was notunusual to see Rte entire castadmiringly watching from thewings whilst the fabulous three-some wowed the audience night -after -night.

We'll always remember theswinging party that Nedra gave(in Bristol to celebrate her lathbirthday-it was just fab hear-ing all the different accentsjoining in for a definitely dif-ferent version of "Happy Birth-day".

Pleased to say we got ongreat with everyone who tookpart in the show. Brian -tones ofthe Rolling Stones and myselfhad some good chuckles over thestories of the animosity that'ssupposed to exist be t w cc nNorthern and Southern beat -groups. The Stones proved greatpals; on several nights we helpedeach other out by swoppingequipment to save precious timeduring the changeover betweenacts.

Besides making new friends,we were pleased to renew oldfriendships with Johnny Kidd andthe Pirates, Bern Elliott andMarty Wilde. Marty gave someuseful tips on harmonica playingto our bass -guitarist Les Braid.Les. who had recently bought amouth -organ, was driving uspotty by practising in thedressing -room. I'm pleased tosay he's improving fast thanksto Marty's help.

It was nice to see Dusty Spring-field again. Dusty popped -in onthe first night of the tour towish us luck. Julie Crant wasanother welcome visitor.

We had a particularly pleasantsurprise at Walthamstow. Ourmanager Jim Ireland took us Intoa restaurant where we weregreeted by 30 of our staunchestfans from Liverpool, who hadhired a coach to make the longjourney from Scouseland. It wasa very happy reunion --only dis-appointment being that the res-taurant didn't serve chip-butties.

Bunks are now second on thelist of Ralph Ellis's favouritefoods. On the lour he developed

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memories'a passion for chocolate toscuits.and fans began leaving half -Pound packets of his favouritenosh at the stage -door, now. wehave to ration hint to, six bis-cuits a day.

Food provided the most un-usual incident of the whole tour.At Kettering, a large cake wasleft in our dressing -room. Wewere just about to tuck -In. whenour drummer. Norman Kulilke.spotted a package In the bottomof the box. It contained a cake-icer and a note asking us toautograph the cake for a fan'sbirthday party. Though we weredisappointed at missing a feast.we did our best to ice ournames on the cake. It wasn't agreat success. BY the time we'dfinished we had so much Icingsugar on our hand -uniforms welooked like snowmen.

I only hope we are able totour with the Ronettes when theyvisit Britain again. Meanwhile.we're looking forward to twoforthcoming tours: one withJohn Lesion, Mike Same and theRolling Stones: the other withGene Pitney. Billy J. and a

great new LIVERPOOL groupcalled "TILE ESCORTS."

Hope to see you all SoonThanks again everyone for thegreat welcomes you've beengiving us.

RAY ENNIS.

`THE DRIFTERS

AND I'by NORMAN JOPLING

'You're mad' I said. 'youcan't release that thing.' Ijust didn't think it wouldsell. Instead that was the sidethat did the best businessanywhere!

"Well, that's my favouriteform of music. You couldtell that by my L.P. "SpanishHarlem." A lot of people,myself included find it sur-prising that a negro artistelike myself goes for thissort of music. But I do. I

dig R. & B. too of course-Chuck Berry is a gas. Mykids rush out and buy R.& B. all the time, and Ican't stop them. The flipof my disc here is from alive L.P. "At The Apollo,"I did with other Atco ar-tistes. 'That's more. R. & B.than most of mine.

FAVOURITES"My favourite artistes

come from the Berry Gordylabels - I love Martha &The Vandellas, and Smokey& The Miracles. Record -u IseI haven't any further re-cording plans except to re-cord some standards lateron here in Britain. In myrecords I try .to vary thestyles as much as I can. Iknow that I can sit andlisten to an artiste for aday if his songs are varied,and the styles different,

"I try to be like that my-self, There have been a lotof remarks about me andthe Drifters. Well the factis that we are all still per-sonal friends. And althougha lot of people say that thepresent lead singer soundslike me I can assure themit's not deliberate. For whenI heard their first disc with-out me I thought he wastrying to sound a bit likeme. So I went along Jo thestudio to find out. And hesang as naturally as can be!Their style hasn't varied be-cause they have a successfulformula.

NEW GROUP"I started with the Drifters

in 1958 It was a completelynew group then, because theold group had broken upwhen Clyde McPhatter wentsolo We were previously theFive Crowns, but when wesigned with Atlantic recordsthey changed our name tothe Drifters. Our first discwas of course "There GoesMy Baby" which I wrote. Ido a bit of writing some-times - well, not exactlywriting. I sit down with this

old guitar I have that's miss-ing all but three strings-no one else could possiblyplay it but I pick out tunesand when I have somethingI'll play it for someone whocan write it.

"When I first heard thatsomeone wanted me inBritain I couldn't believe it.I thought it would be an-other big let-dowrf for meat the last minute. But whenI was on the 'plane I realised

BEN E. KING, currently in England and the subject ofa feature by Norman Jopling.

'I'm really going there!' It'sjust great."

And so I might say is BenE. King. All I hope is thatenough other fans think so

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JOHN LEE HOOKERTHE BIG SOUL: Frisco blues;

Take a look at yourself; Send meyour pillow; She shot me down; I

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FROM one of the most popularblues names in the worldcomes this very earthy

album. Thumpy heat, less of thecountry blues than is usual in hiswork and all of the Hookermannerisms. Backings are excel-lent and the whole album reeksof authenticity. The 'big' sound ofJohn Lee Hooker is present onall the tracks, all of which hecomposed. A step or too ahead ofChuck Berry, but worthwhile.

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this is a 'live' L.P., a genuineitem actually recorded at theBeach Club in Myrtle Beach. SouthCarolina on July 5 and 6 last year.Throbbing guitar, spontaneous vocaland the inspiration of twothousand Diddley admirers makesthis into his most atmospheric ifnot his best recorded album. Amust for the charts we think.

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JIM REEVESI Love You Because; Anna

Marie. RCA -Victor 1385.THIS has been done before by

Al Martino and Elvis Presley.And Jim Reeves' voice suits

the song exactly -it's a slow-ishvery commercial country tingednumber that's fast becoming anevergreen. But this should be abig hit. Flip is a folksy numberfull of interest once again. Goodstuff.TOP FIFTY TIP

BRUCE CHANNELGoing Back To Louisiana; For-

get Me Not. London HLU 9841.ALTHOUGH Bruce hasn't hit it

with anything since "HeyBaby" there's a chance that

he will make the charts with thisRay Charles styled number. Like"Tell All The World About You,"it's a tuneful style of thing withloads of bluesy appeal. His voicesounds very very much like Ray'sbut there is plenty of originalityabout this. Flip is a softer beatballad with loads of commercialappeal again.TOP FIFTY TIP

SAM COOKEGood News; Basin Street Blues.

RCA -Victor 1386.

ATYPICAL Sam Cooke type ofnumber - smooth and bluesyand of course impeccably per-

formed. It's a good sound, and theplaintive atmosphere is still there.His fans will like it enough to putit into the bottom of the top fifty.Good stuff. Flip is a big -bandbacked version of the oldie.TOP FIFTY TIP

THE HOLLIESJust One Look; Keep Off That

Friend Of Mine. Parlophone R 5104.ONE of these days the Hollies

will record an original number.This one is the recent Doris

Troy U.S. hit which they dress upin their own inimitable style. R andB fans will hate the Hollies evenmore for this, but it's a com-mercial sound neverthelesss, andthe boys get smoother and morepolished with each disc. Flip is aPrOttY beat ballad with decentbacking work.TOP FIFTY TIP

CHUCK BERRYNadine; 0 rangutang (Pye

Int. 25236).FIRST new waxing from Chuck

for several years and it main-tains the sound of his old

beat numbers. A typical Berrystyled beat affair with ferociousbackbeat, terrific lyrics and theusual great dance beat. Maybe nottoo original for Chuck but never-theless it should be a hit. Polishedand well -performed. Flip is apowerful instrumental with sax andguitar playing an equal lead role.TOP FIFTY TIP

LOADS OF NEW SROY ORBISON

Borne On The Wind; What'd I

Say. London HLU 9845.THE latest from Roy is of course

sure to be a great big hit. It'sa gentle type affair with loads

of the a pp e a 1, and typicalvocalisms of Roy. Good guitarwork in the backing, and he singswell enough -maybe not quite asstrong as his last though. Flip isa great Orbison type beat inter-pretation of the Ray Charlesclassic.TOP FIFTY TIP

BEN E. KINGAround The Corner; Groovin'.

London HLK 9840.BEN gets to town on this at-

mospheric type of numberwith loads of the typical

appeal. His voice is up and down,back and around and this is agreat disc. Latin -tinged beat, anda gimmicky subtle backing. Maybea little too off -beat to click in abig way, but his tour here shouldbring it in slightly. Flip is awild R and B pounder recordedlive at the Apollo, Chicago.TOP FIFTY TIP

KATHY KIRBYLet Me Go Lover; The Sweetest

Sounds. Decca F 11832.LATEST from big voiced Kathy

is another revival and againit should do big business

chart -wise for her. Probably morefor the older record buying public,but nevertheless there's loads ofappeal on he latin-tinged affair.Flip is a faster song with a greattreatment of the oldie once again.TOP FIFTY TIP

KENNY BALLCaterina; From Russia With

Love. Pye Jazz 2070.FROM Kenny comes his first

vocal since "So Do I." It's awell -performed smooth trad stylednumber with loads of great soundsfrom the team. Ideal for the olderfolk and dancing, but of courseKenny has enough fans every-where to put this way up into thecharts. Flip could be subtitled"Son Of Midnight In Moscow," andis a similarly styled arrangementof the film tune.TOP FIFTY TIP

BILLY J. KRAMER AND THEDAKOTAS

Little Children; They Remind MeOf You. Parlophone R 5105.

FAR slower number from Billyfor his latest release. It's partpenned by Mort Shuman, and

it's an off -beat number with arather strange quality about it. Ittends to build and build, and if thiscatches on purely for the recordssake it could be his biggest yet.Flip is a soft beat ballad with somegood work from all concerned.TOP FIFTY TIP

GENE PITNEYThat Girl Belongs To Yesterday;

Who Needs It. United Artists UP1045.

THE latest from Gene, who hada surprise hit with his "Tulsa"was penned by two of the Rol-

ling Stones. It's a dramatic soundingbig ballad in typical Pitney stylewith loads of appeal once again,and of course a good follow-up tohis current hit. Coming up in theStates too. Flip is a faster sort ofoff -beat beater.TOP FIFTY TIP

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FREDDY CANNON gets a throb-bing Bo Diddly beat on his U.S.hit on a new label called "AbigallcBeecher." Could surprise us here.Warner WB123.THE VIKINGS are Island's Blu-Beet group they call the BlackBeatles in Jamaica. OK for currentappeal sales, but not their best.Island WI107.THE AVONS and "I am the girl,"a usual -style number that isn'ttheir potential best by a long way.Fontana TF442.THE ATLANTICS get to town onthe Crystals inspired "Don't sayno." Not bad, but needs to beheard a lot. Windsor WPS129.THE CLANCY BROTHERS ANDTOMMY MAKEN on an Irish folksong called "The leaving of Liver-pool" which has nothing to do withthe Beatles, CBS AAG186. s/DAVE LEE AND THE STAGGER -LEES and a droll affair titled"Forever and always." Good beat,but they can do better. OrioleCB1907.

BUTCH MOORE AND THE CAPITOLSHOWBAND on a Presley styledvocal called "Foolin' time." ButEl's imitators are having a hardertime than him. Piccadilly 35170.

RICHARD HAYMEN and hisorchestra on a well -performedtheme from "Irma La Douce."Film should help sales. UnitedArtists UP1043.EDDIE CALVERT and his goldentrumpet of course and a mums anddads thing called "Shangri-La"from film "Father came too.Columbia DB7206.THE APPLEJACKS and a goodbeater called "Tell me when."Maybe too little tune to mean/much though. Decca F11833.

BETTY TAYLOR and a very un-commercial thing called "Peace onearth" while Cuddly Dudley does"Blarny blues" on the flip. OrioleICB9.

ROY AND MILLIE get to town,probably Kingston Jamaica, withtheir calypso type item called "OhMorns." Black Swan WI410.GEOFF LOVE and his orchestraand a well performed instrumentalgospelly item called "Halleluiahgathering." Columbia DB7216.HANK WILLIAMS Jnr sings hisfather's composition "Long gonelonesome blues" and proves he'snot too bad either. MGM1223.

ADAM WADE and a smooth vocalitem called "Look again," whichis the theme from "Irma LaDouce." Pleasant. ColumbiaDB7213.

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THE ANGELS and a U.S. chart -maker called "Wow wow wee."Crystals styled delivery from thegusty girl team. Philips BF1312.

DARYL QUIST and a catchy grow -on -you number called "True toyou" that could give him a surprisehit. Pye 15605.SKEETER DAVIS captures the"End of the world" sound on hergreat "He says the same thingsto me." Lovely stuff! RCA -Victor1384.

RON WINTERS and a Bo Diddleybeat with a country voice. It'scalled "Snow girl" and has anirresistible beat. COIPIX 15607.

EARL GUEST and very very goodsubtle beat version of "Begin thebeguine." It's good and could sellvery well. Columbia DB7212.

BUDDY GRECO and a non-swing-inger called "It had better betonight" from "The pink panther."Sales could be good. ColumbiaDB7207.

JULIE RAYNE and a virile up -beater called "You can't comeback." It could do well we reckon- she has potential. WindsorWPS128.

THE MIRACLES and a U.S. hit"I gotta dance to keep from cry-ing." Not their best, a subtle R.and B. number. Stateside SS26/TANAMO and a blue-beeter fromIsland entitled "Come down." Coulddo OK but the beat isn't too strong.Island W1108.THE COMMANCHES and an up -beater called "Tomorrow." Slightlyout -of -the -rut style and potentially agood seller. Pye 15609.

PETE SEEGER and a from -the -heart folk item called "Little boxes"that should please all the folk fans.CBS AAG187.

MASH HITS!FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS

Over You; Come Back WhenYou're Ready. Columbia DB7214.

'TYPICALLY styled number fromfrantic Freddie and TheDreamers. It's a tuneful fast

moving type of beat oallad that'swell -performed and with the typicaldistinctive Freddie sound. Maybenot as strong as "I'm Telling YouNow." Flip is a good number withloads of appeal again from Freddy-in fact this is as good as thetop side. Good instrumental workfrom the boys too.TOP FIFTY TIP

THE DAVE CLARK FIVEBits And Pieces; Of The

Time. Columbia DBAGAIN there's the road drill

sound on the latest thumperfrom Dave Clark. It's an

average number, full of gimmickrybut yet with the individual soundthat has put Dave on top. Not asstrong as his last but neverthelessa cert for the upper half of thecharts. Flip isn't part two of hislast hit, and no matter what theAmericans say this isn't theLiverpool sound with the Merseybeat.TOP FIFTY TIP

THE PYRAMIDS and a subtle beatnumber that's called "Penetration"which is an instrumental similar to/"Pipeline." London HLU9847. VFATS DOMINO and a Don Gibsonnumber "Who cares" which maynot follow up "Red sails. HMVPOP9847.ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK from"Dr. Who." It must sell well dueto constant exposure, andgimmickry. Decca F11837.BIG BEN BANJO BAND and La/thing called "Beautiful screamer,"which is an unnecessary revival oythe oldie. Columbia DB7211.DORIS DAY and a pleasing balladcalled "Move over darling" fromthe film of the same name. CBSAAG183.

JEANNIE AND THE BIG GUYSand a Beatles type vocal withfemme lead called "I want you."Commercial. Piccadilly 35164.WILVERT HARRISON and a minorU.S. R. and B. hit called "I'mbroke." Could do very well indeed.Island WI031.THE MONOTONES get going on agood vocal group number called"What would I do." Could do wellwith enough plays. Pye 15608.THE DRIFTERS will sell more tothe older buyers with "Vaya condies." Efficient but not inspiringLondon HLK9848.OTTILIE PATTERSON has SonnyBoy Williamson's song, and har-monica backing her on the ultra -commercial "Baby please don'tColumbia DB7208.BROOK BENTON sings well, butmuch slower than his usual formon the poignant "Going goinggone," a hit in the States. Mercury,MF806.

TROY DANTE and the Infernosand a number called "Tell mewhen." Not exactly the height ofcommercialism but not bad. Fon-,Lana TF445. VTHE KINKS give "Long tall Sally"a Chuck Berry treatment and com-mercially it comes off. Poundingstuff. Pye 15611.

THE MARAUDERS and anotherLittle Richard revival. Slow anddeliberate but not a hit. DeccaF11836.BO DIDDLEY and his poorest y trelease with "Monkey diddle"which sounds like a poor man's"Mickeys Monkey." (rye Int25235).

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I want to hold your hand; Rollover Beethoven; From me to you;Till there was you; Please Mr.Postman; Twist and shout; All myloving; She loves you; I wanna beyour man; Love me do; PleasePlease me; Money. Pye top sixrecords TSL 1.

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A LOOK AT THE U.S. CHARTS

'VAST RISING U.S. hits include-"442 Glenwood Avenue"-r Pixies Three; "What's Easy For Two"-Mary Wells; "GladAll Over"-Dave Clark Five; "Fun, Fun, Fun"-Beach Boys;

"Blue Winter"-Connie Francis; "Leaving Here"-Eddie Holland;"Rip Van Winkle"-Devotion; "Worried Guy"-Johnny Tillotson;"My True Carrie Love"-Nat Cole; "He'll Have To Go"-SolomonBurke; "Woman, Love & A Man"-Tony Clarke; "Bird DanceBeat"-Trashmen; "I'll Be There"-Majors.

"Tell Me Baby"-Garnett Mlmms & The Enchanters; "Be MyGirl"-The Doyens; "I'll Make You Mine"-Bobby Vee; "ThePatriot Game"-Kingston Trio; "From Rocking Horse To Rock-ing Chair"-Paul Anka; "Out Of Sight Out Of Mind"-Sunny &The Sunliners; "I Rise I Fall"-Jay; "Girl From Spanish Town"-Marty Robbins; "To Wait For Love"-Jay & The Americans;"Dance On Little Girl"-Thurston Harrus; "Mary Jane"-DelShannon; "He's A Good Guy"-Marvellettes; "Someday"-PatsyCline; "Wallin' "-The Wailers.

From Australia comes news that Festival records is puttingout a two -album package entitled "The Best Of Buddy Holly."Another Holly Item is that "Not Fade Away" is to be next RollingStones single. "Meet The Beatles" top in the States. Up andcoming numbers include "Convicted"-DarteIls; "I Can't StandIt"-Soul Sisters; "Going Back to Louisiana"-Bruce Channel. N.J.

I WANT TO HOLD YOURHAND*1 (5) The Beatles (Capitol)

YOU DON'T OWN ME*2 (6) Leslie Gore (Mercury)

SHE LOVES YOU*7 (3) Beatles (Swan)

UM, UM, UM, UM, UM, UM.*6 (6) Major Lance (Okeh)HEY LITTLE COBRA*4 (7) Rip Chords (Columbia)JAVA*11 (4) Al Hirt (RCA Victor)

OUT OF LIMITS*3 (8) Marketts(Warner Bros.)FOR YOU*9 (7) Rick Nelson (Decca)WHAT KIND OF FOOL (DOyOU THINK I AM)*12 (5) Tams (ABC) 34DAWN (GO AWAY)32 (2) Four Seasons (Philips)THERE! I'VE SAID ITAGAIN*5 (11) Bobbie Vinton (Epic)

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IT'S ALL IN THE GAME*25 (4) Cliff Richard (Epic)FORGET HIM*20 (12) Bobby Rydell (Cameo)SEE THE FUNNY LITTLECLOWN34 (2) Bobby Goldsboro(Unart)

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DAISY PETAL PICKIN'*18 (7) Jimmy Gilmer & TheFireballs (Dot)

I LOVE YOU MORE AND*MORE EVERY DAY- (1) Al Martino (Capitol)

GOING GOING GONE *38 (3) Brook Benton(Mercury)

GOOD NEWS*- (1) Sam Cooke(RCA -Victor)

OH BABY DON'T YOUWEEP40 (2) James Brown (King)THE SHELTER OF YOURARMS42 (2) Sammy Davis Jnr.(Reprise)HARLEM SHUFFLE37 (4) Bob and Earl (Marc)

WHO DO YOU LOVE49 (2) Sapphires (Swan)

I WISH YOU LOVE *- (1) Gloria Lynne(Everest)

ABIGAIL BEECHER*- (1) Freddy Cannon(Warner Brothers)

WOW WOW WEE*48 (2) Angels (Smash)

YOU'LL NEVER WALKALONE41 (3) Patti Sabelle & theBluebelles (Parkway)

GONNA SEND YOU BACKTO GEORGIA44 (2) Timmy Shaw (Wand)

PLEASE PLEASE ME*- (1) Beatles (Vee-Jay)PENETRATION*- (1) Pyramids (Best)THE NUTTY GRITTY*23 (12) Shirley Ellis(Congress)WHISPERING*22 (8) Nino Temple & AprilStevens (Atco)

(IT'S NO) SIN*50 (2) Duprees (Coed)

SINCE 1 FELL FOR YOU*29 (15) Lenny Welch(Cadence)

DRAG CITY*26 (9) Jan & Dean (Liberty)

THAT GIRL BELONGS TOYESTERDAY*- (1) Gene Pitney (Unart)

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TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVEHIM(3) The Teddy Bears

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SDOES YOUR CHEWINGGUM LOSE ITS FLAVOUR(12) Lonnie DoneganAS I LOVE YOU(6) Shirley BassesPROBLEMS(5) Everly BrothersSMOKE GETS IN YOUREYES(7) Platters

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I'LL REMEMBER TONIGHT(-) Pat BooneSTAGGER LEE(-) Lloyd PriceLITTLE DRUMMER BOY(-) Beverly SistersCHANTILLY LACE(18) Big Bopper

BRITAIN'S TOP LP's

WITH THE BEATLES(1) The Beatles (Pariophone)PLEASE PLEASE ME(2) The Beatles (Parlophone)WEST SIDE STORY(4) Sound Track (CBS)HOW DO YOU LIKE IT(3) Gerry & The Pacemakers(to,u.nAa)MEET THE SEARCHERS(7) The Searchers (Pye)BORN FREE(5) Frank Afield (Columbia)

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THE SHADOWS GREATESTHITS(8) The Shadows (Columbia)

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TRINI LOPEZ AT P.J'a(15) Trini Lopez (Reprise)

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KENNY BALL'S GOLDENHITS(14) Kenny Ball (Pye)

SINATRA'S SINATRA(12) Frank Sinatra (Reprise)

SIXTEEN HITS FROM"STARS & GARTERS"(16) Kathy Kirby (Decca)

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

JAZZ SEBASTIAN BACH(17) Les Swingle Singers(Philips)

ON TOUR WITH THEGEORGE MITCHELLBLACK & WHITEMINSTRELS(13) The, George MitchellBlack & White Minstrels(HMV)

SOUTH PACIFIC(10) Sound Track (RCA)

BO DIDDLEY'S BEACHPARTY(-) Bo Diddley (Pie)

MORE CHUCK BERRY(19) Chuck Berry (Pye)

BRITAIN'S TOP EP's

THE ROLLING STONES(1) The Rolling Stones(Decca)

ALL MY LOVING(7) The Beatles (Parlophone)

THE DAVE CLARK FIVE(3) The Dave Clark Five(Columbia)

TWIST & SHOUT(2) The Beatles (Parlophone)

THE BEATLES HITS(4) The Beatles (Parlophone)

AT THE CAVERN(6) Big Three (Decca)

THE BEATLES No. 1(5) The Beatles (Parlophone)

PETER, PAUL & MARY(8) Peter, Paul and Mary(Warner Bros.)

SWEETS FOR MY SWEET(9) The Searchers (Pye)

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AIN'T GONNA KISS YA(15) The Searchers (Pie)

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CHUCK AND BO Vol. 3(-) Chuck Berry & BoDiddley (Pye)

CHUCK & BO. Vol. I(18) Chuck Berry &

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LIVE IT UP(14) Heinz (Decca)

TOP TEN(-) Various Artistes (Aral)

BERN ELLIOT & THEFENMEN(13) Bern Elliott & ThePenman (Decca)

CHART CHATTER

R& B fans will get a shock when they look at the chart this, week. For this must be the biggest R & B break -throughfor some time. Dionne Warwick comes in with her original

"Anyone who had a heart," while on the first week of releaseChuck Berry looks like having a splash with "Nadine." And mostastonishing of all, "Monkey Time" star Major Lance makes it withthe new brand of U.S. R & B, the fantastic "Urn, um, um, um,

um." Two Bo Diddley's also break in the L.P's and E.P's.At the top half of the charts the Searchers still hold on, but

there's strong upward movements from the Bachelors and CiliaBlack. Manfred Mann also rise, while it looks as though the

Searchers will go on to sell a million in "Needles and Pins."But there's still a raging battle for the top, and we don't knowwhat next week's chart will bring. Two previously unknownschartwise come through - the Unit Two Plus Four with theirfolksy "Green Fields," and Tony Sheveton makes it on Oriolewith his Beaty "A million drums." Cliff makes a surprise return-but not for long we should imagine-with "Don't talk to him."Altogether a very interesting and fast - moving chart with plentyof bubbling undercurrents.

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I'M THE ONE2 (5) Gerry & The Pacemakers (Columbia)DIANE8 (4) The Bachelors (Decca)

HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE3 (10) The Swinging BlueJeans (HMV)

54-3-2-19 (4) Manfred Mann (HMV)

GLAD ALL OVER4 (13) The Dave Clark Five(Columbia)

AS USUAL5 (6) Brenda Lee(Brunswick)

DON'T BLAME ME10 (6) Frank Ifield (Columbia)

I THINK OF YOU15 (5) The Merseybeats(Fontana)

ANYONE WHO HAD AHEART

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24 HOURS FROM TULSA6 (11) Gene Pitney(United Artists)

BABY I LOVE YOU13 (6) The Ronettes (London)

CANDY MAN22 (3) Brian Poole & TheTremeloes (Decca)

I'M THE LONELY ONE23 (2) Cliff Richard & TheShadows (Columbia)

I WANT TO HOLD YOURHAND7 (11) The Beatles(Parlophone)

FOR YOU21 (3) Rick Nelson(Brunswick)

I ONLY WANT TO BEWITH YOU11 (13) Dusty Springfield(Philips)

I'M IN LOVE17 (8) The Fourmost(Parlophone)

STAY12 (13) The Hollies(Parlophone)

SWINGING ON A STAR16 (13) Big Dee Irwin (Colpix)

SHE LOVES YOU19 (25) The Beatles(Parlophone)

DO YOU REALLY LOVEME TOO?14 (7) Billy Fury (Decca)

WHISPERING20 (5) April Stevens &Nino Tempo (London)BOYS CRY33 (3) Eden Kane (Fontana)WE ARE IN LOVE18 (10) Adam Faith(Parlophone)

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I WANNA BE YOUR MAN24 (13) The Rolling Stones(Decca)

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MARIA ELENA31 (16) Los Indlos Tabajaras(RCA -Victor)

KISS ME QUICK25 (9) Elvis Presley(RCA -Victor)

EIGHT BY TEN40 (2) Ken Dodd (Columbia)

SECRET LOVE27 (15) Kathy Kirby (Decca)

DOMINIQUE29 (11) The Singing Nun(Philips)

MY SPECIAL DREAM36 (4) Shirley Bassey(Columbia)

POISON IVY37 (5) The Paramounts( Pa rlophone )

YOU'LL NEVER WALKALONE32 (19) Gerry & ThePacemakers (Columbia)

GERONIMO38 (11) The Shadows(Columbia)

FEVER42 (4) Helen Shapiro(('olumbia)

ALL MY LOVIN'39 (7) Dowlands (Oriole)

MONEY41 (13) Bern Elliott & TheFenmen (Decca)

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THE SEARCHERS ONE BY ONETHIS WEEK...

TONY JACKSON

OFTENknown to the other Searchers as

Jake, even Black Jake (from "CaptainPugwash"), Anthony Paul Jackson is themost talkative, and the most verbally comicalof the team topping the charts with "Needlesand pins." He was born in Liverpool and bredin Liverpool. Except for a short evacuationperiod in Wales that is. Anyway, let Tony

tell you the short andtumultuous story of his life,with and without theSearchers, for whom heplays bass guitar.

" Well, that's an exaggera-tion. I don't actually PLAYbass guitar. I don't playany instrument. I'd LIKEto play bass of course, andorgan. I met the Searchers,or John and Mike at leastwhen I was singing in theCross Keys pub. I used tosing in the pub for the freebeer. We teamed up andlater met Chris. Thosewere the early times. It wasgood playing in a group-although I had played in askiffle group before butthat tailed off.

" We didn't used to getmuch money playing. Butwe didn't play only for themoney. There were thebirds, they used to flockaround the groups. And thebeer of course. But soonwe began to get other en-gagements. And the othergroups were springing up.There were the Quarrymen-we all know who they arctoday-and Gerry Marsdenand the Marsbars. I gotmarried four years ago butit seems the papers haveonly just found out about it.

"I was glad when weturned pro. Mike and Johnweren't keen at all, in factwe almost had to force themat gunpoint to leave theirjobs. But I was glad. Ihurt my arm and hand in anaccident at work and I can't

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play guitar with it. I canuse it normally but I haveto play left-hand bass. Inever want to go back tomanual work. I'd soonerhave no money and be atramp or something. WhenI get older I'd like to stay

in Show Business in London.Or even write features formagazines.

"I don't want to go backto live in Liverpool I can'tstand it, it's much betterdown here.

"I'd also like to travel

around the world, I thinkwe all would. An ironicthing is that none of us havelicences to drive a car, des-pite our travel bug. I likeR & B, also I like SammyDavis, Jnr., and of coursethe Beatles."

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