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WALTZ OF LOVELE GRISBI
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CAT FROM COOS BAYMACMELODIES
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MUSICALEXPRESSWORLD RECORD -- Guaranteed Audited Weekly Sales Exceed 100,000 Copies
No. 439 EVERY FRIDAY PRICE Sd. FEBRUARY 11, 1953
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MANTOVANI & HIS ORCHESTRA100,000 already sold
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This Sunday:Great NME Poll -winners' Concert HRA0LYL%.3Oa.mT.
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FRANK SINATRA & DORIS DAY sing
YOU, MY LOVEin the Warner Bros. picture ''YOUNG AT HEART"
museum 7475 - 6 - 7 - 8
Diana Decker (above) sends you this charming Valentine and, it there's anyconnection between the setting of the picture and her latest Columbia record-ing, "Open Up The Window Of Your Heart "-well, it's a clever idea,anyway The rest of the page is devoted to pin-ups for February 14-extreme left : Marilyn Monroe (as she appears in her new 20th Century Foxfilm, " There's No Business Like Show Business"); he-man singer FrankieVaughan (centre); and Dickie Valentine (below), photographed while record-ing a Decca LP before an audience in London last week -end. Bottom left tFrank Sinatra and trumpet -bandleader Ray Anthony in Capitol's Hollywoodstudios, where Frank recorded two numbers with the Anthony Orchestra.The arrangements were by Billy May, and the two numbers recorded at thesession were " Melody Of Love " and " I'm Gonna Live Till I Die."
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2 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday, February 11, 1955
DAYLIGHT OR DARKNESS ?
WE'VEdone it again. Two
weeks ago, under the heading" Seeing Daylight." we printed aletter from C. R. Sheerman, of Isle -worth, Middlesex, which suggestedthat the only reason we see so muchof Messrs. Martino, Mitchell, Rayand Laine these days is that theirrecords aren't doing so well inAmerica.
The avalanche didn't take longto start.
" How many more times," askFred Roberts, of Dulverton Gardens.Reading, Berks, " are we going toread that just because Laine, Martinoand Ray's records have not beenon the USA pop list they arcfinished ? "
vitas. II.'Atett
Here is a youthful photo of aBritish musical celebrity. Studythe clues to his identity, and tryto answer the question in theheading-" Who is he?" Theanswer will be found on page 12
of this issue.HE was born in London, Janu-
ary 28, 1927.HE had the above picture taken
when he was seven years o!d.HE had his first music lesson at
the age of fourteen -on a 5s.cornet.
He took up tenor sax in 1942 -and by 1946 was in Ted Heath'sreed team.
HE has since worked withAmbrose, Vic Lewis and JackParnell.
HE is unmarried.HE calls motor racing his
favourite hobby, roast chickenhis favourite food.
HE is a traveller, who has visitedAmerica, the West Indies,France and Sweden.
HE records for Esquire.HE has been known to sing in
public -though not seriouslyHE leads a band which plays
record -breaking ballroom datesall over the country, 3i .:t hasonly had one commercialbroadcast.
TALKINGFred is President of Reading's
" Mr. Rhythm" Club, and there-fore obviously has good cause forannoyance.
Nobody will dispute DickieValentine's popularity in Britain,but, until very recently, how oftendid his records reach the top r"And, looking at the American lists,of the four artists Mr. Sheermanmentioned (Clooney, Como, Fisherand Day), only one has a record inthe top few and that's well on theway out."
Diane Coff, of Queens Park,Bournemouth, Hants, also dis-agrees strongly with Mr. Sheerman.
" The majority of the Britishpublic appreciate these singers(i.e. Laine, Ray, Martino and Co.)not merely because ,of allegedpopularity in the USA, but ontheir own merits.
" A few years hack, when Britishsingers crooned without expression,such artists as Frankie Laine shookthe public with the life andexpression in their recordings, andproved without a doubt that thisbrand of singing was what thepublic had been asking for. Andnote how many British singciscopied."
While A. Wolstenholme, of ThornGrove, Sale, Manchester, simplysays : " Surely the answer to allthis is S.) what ? ' "
" Apart from power politics,what the Americans happen to likeand dislike is no concern of oursAmerican tastes in pop music arewidely different from our own, asis shown by the American best-selling sheet music lists.
" So far as I am concerned,Johnnie Ray is the best thing thatever happened to the entertainmentworld, and it is just impossible forMiss Downey to sing his praisesloud enough no matter how hardshe tries."
Meanwhile, a lone voice in thewilderness is raised in defence ofMr. Sheerman, by Susan Carter, ofScotland Road, Cambridge.
"1 think Mr. Sheerman is rightin saying that Clooney, Como,Fisher and Day are the real stars,"she says. " It is just our mis-fortune that they find enough workto do in their own ,country."
* * *COPYISTS
One subject about which we arcalways getting letters is that ofwhether or not British artists copyAmerican recording stars.
Take this letter, for instance. Itcomes from Cecil E. Barran, ofMoreton Place, London, S.W.!, whohas obviously been giving the mattera great deal of thought.
I have just heard Billie Anthony'sdreadful imitation of Patti Pagesinging ' Ooh What A Dream,' " hewrites, " and think it's time I wrote. .. showing up those of our singerswho resort to plagiarism in order toget to the top.
'Another star ' who just can't
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POINTSReaders' letters
analysed byPIP WEDGE
resist copying Patti Page is LitaRoza. Ever since I first heard Lita, Isuspected she was doing her utmostto sound like Patti -then I happenedto see a complete list of Lita'srecordings. Most of them hadalready been done by Patti.
" Joan Regan, after taking offTeresa Brewer in numbers like
Ricochet' and ' Jilted,' goes on toimitate Georgia Gibbs with ' WaitFor Mc, Darling.' Alma Cogan'sphrasing and breathing . . . aredefinitely based on those of DorisDay. . . .
Originality comes first, and hereare some of the girls who have it :
Anne Shelton, Ruby Murray, PattiLewis, Vera Lynn, Dorothy Squires,Carole Carr and Rose Brennan.
" Now let's take the men. FrankieVaughan endeavours to give us thegimmicks, styles and exhibitionismof Laine, Ray, Mitchell and Danielsall rolled into one . . . Gary Millerthinks he's Don Cornell the second. . . David Whitfield's just the Eng-lish version of Mario Lanza singingpops instead of classics . . . andwhile Dennis Lotis doesn't sound oract like Johnnie Ray, there's anobvious effort in numbers like' Cuddle Me ' and Such A Night 'to copy Johnnie's style.
LETTER OF THE WEEKI MUST congratulate myself
on choice of musical paper.When, over one year ago, work-ing as a singer in the North, Ifelt a great need for company, Ifollowed your appeal on 208metres (Radio Luxembourg), tookfor granted what you said, and donot regret it.
It is true that your paper is thebest for popular music lovers,fans and amateurs. But it is farmore true that it is the best -and indeed, essential -for pro-fessionals, too.
Thanks for a mighty goodeffort I Truly, you all descry e ahandshake.
Yours,VAAL HARDY.
c/o 14, Hanover Street,London, W.I.
" Dickie Valentine, Ronnie Hilton,David Hughes, Howard J o n e s,Derrick Francis and Johnny Francisare all excellent singers, yet theyhaven't resorted shamelessly to
pinching ' others' styles in order togain popularity. Long may theysing !"
Well, there's a mouthful. Somereaders may think that Mr. Barransis being a little -hard on one or twopeople. Some may suggest that goodsongs which suit Patti Page also suitLita Roza . . . but there's plenty tothink about in what Mr. Barranssays.
* * *ACCOLADE FORACCOMPANIMENTS
Indications that more recordb'.yers are beginning to appreciatethe orchestral backings to vocalrecordings are appearing in some ofthe letters we're getting these days.
This one is typical ; it's from JohnL. Howard, of Wissctt Road, Hales -worth, Suffolk.
At last British recording com-panies have discovered that a goodsinger alone does not necessarilyproduce a best-selling record. I handbouquets to the tine orchestral back-ings being provided by Frank Cor-dell, Norris Paramor, Ray Martinand Wally Stott, with very specialmention of two comparative new-comers to recording, Eric Jupp andJohnny Douglas. Both have an im-pressive style of their own.
"Just one piece of advice -pleasedon't copy orchestrations alreadywaxed by American bands of similartitles, as has been the case recently.I'm sure our musicians can, if giventhe opportunity, do as well -and caneven surpass their American counter-parts."
* *CALLING ALL STARS
" Here's a plea for stars to drop aline to the NME ' Talking Points 'page now and again, giving theiropinions on the various topics thatcome under discussion,' writesGeoffrey Wilson, of Riley Avenue,Balby, Doncaster.
" This would give their fans anidea of their favourites' tastes inpopular music, creating (he 'more's-sion that a ' conversation was beingcarried on between the fans and thestars.astly,
congratulations,
to Breezy ' and the boys for carry-ing on the Billy Cotton show at theGaumont, Doncaster, while Bill wasindisposed. A funnier show I've yetto see."
If the stars care to write, we'll beonly tpo happy to print their letters.
* * *WE'RE
getting all behind againwith our correspondence. More
and more letters are pouring inevery day, and we can only hope toprint a very small proportion of
thePrneihaps we can placate some ofthe unlucky ones by printing, verybriefly, the gist of their letters underthe headings :
THANKS . . " To Ted Heathand his band for their willingness tosign autographs, etc., after a concertat Manchester's Free Trade Hallrecently." (Rita Dalton, WindermereRoad, Middleton. Manchester).
. . . " To Billie Anthony, for themost entertaining and polished per-formance I have ever seen or hopeto see . ." (Colin Higson, jnr.,Cobden Street Farnworth, Lanes).
. . . " To the greatest group in theworld, led by Tony Kinsey, for theirperformance in ' Jazz Unlimited ' atthe Manchester Hippodrome recently. . ." (Malcolm Foden, SouthernRoad, Sale).
. . . " To Jack Jackson, forplugging Tennessee Ernie's ' Give MeYour Word,' a wonderful record. . " (Janet Wilkinson, CarlyonRoad, Alperton. Middlesex).
. . . " To the loveliest femalevocalist in England-Lita Roza -foranother wonderful performance, thistime at the Theatre Royal, Ashton-under-Lyne . . ." (Maureen Clegg,Wilbraham Road, Congle ton,Cheshire).
. . . " To Mick Mulligan andGeorge Melly, for the most enjoy-able evening I spent at a jazz concertat Birmingham Town Hall on Janu-ary 28 . . ." (Margaret Schofield,Redthorne Road, Stechford, Birming-ham).
. . . " To Tony Martin, for beingthe most wonderful personality inthe music business . . ." (DenisHamilton, Henley Road, Caversham,Berks).
. . . " To the NME for providingeverything that I want for goodreading. Congratulations on reach-
AFN HIGHLIGHTS344, 271, 547 METRES
SUNDAYA.M. 7 Sunday Circus ; 9.09 Front
And Centre ; 9.30 Symphonette ; 10.30Sunday Syncopation.
P.M. 12.30 HawaiI cans; 2.03 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; 6.30Ail -star Parade Of Bands ; 7.05 OzzieAnd Harriet ; 7.30 Inheritance ; 8Music By Mantovant ; 11.05 MelodyGo Round.MONDAY
A.M. 5.05 Hillbilly Gasthaus; 5.15Today's The Day; 6.30 Tips And Tunes;7.05 Forward March; 7.15 Curt Massey;8 Charley McCarthy; 8.25 Ebony AndIvory; 8.45 7th Army Presents; 9.05Merely 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 Enchanted Hour ;4 Requests ; 5 Bob Crosby ; 6 Musicin The Air; 7 News World; 7.30 ArthurGodfrey; 8.30 Bing Crosby; 9 TheWhistler ; 9.45 Blues For Monday :10.05 Xavier Cugat; 10.30 Late RequestShow; 11.05 Late Request Show.rue.SIMY
A.M. As for Monday, except 8 BingCrosby.
P.M. 12 Martin Block; 12.30 LittleMatinee; 1 Outpost Concert; 2.05Stick buddy Jamboree; 2.30 Bud'sBandwaggon; 3 Metropolitans Audi.,dons; 4 Requests; 5 Perry Como; 6Music In The Air; 7.05 Jack Carson;8.30 Howard Barlow Presents; 10.15Skinnay Ennis & Orch.; 10.30 LateRequest Show; 11.05 Late RequestShow.
Bandleaders get together-Manto-vani wishes good luck to TeddyFoster, whose new twenty -pieceorchestra has just started a tour of
one-nighters.
ing the 100,000 . . ." (G. Inglis,Palace Road, East Molesey, Surrey).
. . . " To your gossip columnist,for the very nice remarks he madeabout Monte Rey last week, and tothe Editor and staff of our favouritevariety paper, the NME, for cateringfor us Mums and Dads as well asthe younger generation . . ." (Mr.and Mrs. Leslie Bishop, Lower Chest-nut Street, Arboretum, Worcester).
. . . . " To Eve Boswell for hersincere and charming personality,bosh off-stage and on . . ." (NellieAshford, Tedbury Crescent, Erding-ton, Birmingham).
, . . " To Ruby Murray, whom Iam convinced will in the very nearfuture be established as Britain's No.1 vocalist. I'd like to start a fanclub for her . ." (Donald Wear -mouth, 248, Sheffield Road, Birdwell,near Barnsley, Yorks).
. . . " To Chris Barber and hisBand, for the pleasure they broughtto hundreds of jazz fans in Belfastrecently . . ." (Irene Bunting, ShoreRoad, Belfast).* * *
While on the other side of thepicture we have:
NO THANKS . . . " To the fanswho, according to a daily paper,were daft enough to hide in FrankieVaughan's wardrobe . . ." (JoanCooper, Manor Cottage, Marsh Lane,Nantwich, Cheshire).
. . . " To the NME readers who
only voted David Whitfield intothird place in the NME Poll . . ."(Ray Lee, Cawnsall, near Kidder-minster, Worcs.).
. . . " To Margaret Downey, whowould be much better off if she dida little active work -for the promotionof Johnnie Ray's popularity insteadof sitting back writing pointlessletters to your newspaper . .
(Sheila Hawkins, President, Birming-ham Arca, Johnnie Ray Fan Club,540, Green Lane, Small Heath,Birmingham).
. . . " To the record companieswho are continually using ' heavenlychoruses ' in British reco.dings ; I'vejust heard it lurking around in RubyMurray's Softly, Softly ' . . ."(Maureen M. Pavies, North Ailing -ton, Bridport, Dorset).
. . . " To the record companieswho are issuing the same recordingstwice with different backings . .
(A. Wolstenholme, Thorn Grove,Sale, Manchester).
. . . " To the fans of modern jazzwho seem to have a strong anti-British feeling. Personally, I thinkthat our bands and musicians are thebest in the world." (Phillip Baker,Walton Way, Aylesbury, Bucks).
. . " To the NME, for being themost boring, stupidest paper I haveever read ... the only articles I readarc Modern Mood and Nat Elentoff. . . " (L. Creensleves, no addressgiven).
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From Dixie; 1 Operas Of The World,
A.M. As for Monday. except 8 Jack 1 ToNy BRENT 1 coRoNETsWEDNESDAY
2.05 Stickbuddy Jamboree; 2.30 Bud'sBandwaggon; 3 Hollywood Music Hail;4 Requests; 5 Bob Crosby; 6 MusicIn The Alr ; 7.05 The Great Glider -sleeve 7 30 Groucho Marx ; 9 45 Mood
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A.M. As for Monday, except 8Groucho Marx.
P.M. 12 Martin Block; 3 TreasuryBandstand ; 4 Requests; 5 Perry Como;6 Music In The Air; 7.05 Two For TheMoney; 7.30 Dragnet; 9 Escape; 10.05Carlton Hayes & Orch.; 10.30 Late Re-quest Show; 11.03 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 -Nurn-berg ; 9 The Big Story; 10.15 ArtMooney & Orch.; 11.05 Late RequestShow.SATURDAY
A.M. 5.05 Hillbilly Gasthaus: 5.30Morning Request Show ; 7.05 MusicWIth The Girls : 9.05 Merely Music ;10.30 Noon Request Show.
P.M. 12 Hillbilly Gasthaus ; 1 Satur-day Salute In Music; 4 Requests;ii Music In The Air ; 7.05 tlrand OleOpry ; 7.30 Record Parade Of Hits ;
8.15 USA REUR Sports Page ; 10.30Late Request Show ; 11.05 Irate RecordShow.
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Friday, February 11, 1955 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS 3
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TREMENDOUS reaction from- all over the world has greeted
the news-published in our issuelast week-that the NEW MUSICALEXPRESS has created an all-timerecord in entertainment journalismby publishing an audited certifi-cate that Our guaranteed net salesare, in excess of 100,000 copiesweekly.
The fact that the NME-withinthree years .of its inception-is nowthe biggest selling popular musicalWeekly newspaper anywhere in thewad, hai called forth spontaneous=sages of congratulation from starson .both sides of the Atlantic, andthe affection in which they hold thispaper is a ma:ter of great pride toall of us who work on it.
Hardly was the NME on the streetslast week than a telegram came fromsinger Jimmy Young saying: Con-gratulations on reaching 100,000.Sincerest wishes."
Eddie Calvert followed within anhour, his telegram (to the Managing
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Director, Editor and staff) reading:"My sincere congratulations on yourachievement of attaining the world'srecord sales figure. May every issuecontinue to be a record."
These -were the first of a flood ofcongratulatory messages from Britishcelebrities far too numerous to listhere. Telegrams, letters and personalmessages of congratulation poured in,while our readers have flooded ourpostbag with their good wishes. Toall of them go our grateful thanks.
As usual, a great number ofAmerican stars received their .weeklyairmail copies of the NME- over theweek -end, and since then the cablelines have since been kept very busycal rying messages f rom- world-renowned stars sending their goodwishes.
CablesHere is a selection of the wonder-
ful -tributes cabled to us:CongratWations to " New Musical
Express " for your new world recordselling over 100,000 copies weekly. I
A section of the NME Band in action at Saturday's party. Shownhere are Mike Collier (bass); Ray Sonin (violin); Percy Dickins (tenor)
and Mike Butcher (piano).
otinmereicil Coab1et--$4
11 WESTERN EN /ON
always read my copy with interest.Regards.-DORIS DAY.
Congratulations and best wishesfor continued success. - JOHNNIERAY.
Congratulations on having passedthe 100,000 mark. I'm sure it's onlythe beginning for your fine publics-tion.-GUY MITCHELL.
Good news about your circulationincrease. Best wishes to NME.--EARTHA KITT.
Congratulations on your n e wcirculation record.-BENNY GOOD-MAN.'
Thrilled to hear you now have100,000 happy readers. - ELLAFITZGERALD.
One hundred thousand best wisheson your new circulation mark.Congratulations. -G E O R G ESHEARING.
Have just heard the news aboutyour circulation. Heartiest congratu-lation and best wishes for the future.-MITCH MILLER.
Congratulations and great success.-PERRY COMO.
Congratulations on your greatprogress and best wishes for con-tinued success. - JOE CARLTONand HUGO WINTERHALTER(RCA Victor Records).
All of us congratulate you on youramazing new circulation figure andwe hope you'll rise even higher inthe months to come. -- WOODYHERMAN.
Meanwhile; in London, the staff ofthe NME had their own merry cele-bration of the great achievement.
Managing Director Maurice Kinnentertained all members of the NME,with their wives and husbands, todinner at the Pinocchio Restaurant,in Frith Street, Soho, on Saturdayevening, and a fleet of cars then tookthem on to a party which lasted wellinto the dawn of Sunday morning.
A feature of the revels was theimpromptu cabaret provided by thestaff, among whom junior staffmanDonald Black proved himself a realdiscover), as a comedian and im-pressionist.
Don Wedge; of the reporting staff,sprang a surprise by emerging as ahypnotist of considerable talent, andmusic was provided by a band drawnentirely from members of the staff.
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NME Managing Director, Maurice Kinn, cuts the 100,000 celebration cake at a party he gave to the staff ofthe paper on Saturday. The complete personnel of the NME is seen in the picture, and they comprise(1. to r.) Jack Marshall (News Editor); Mike Collier (Circulation Manager); Jean Woodward (AdvertisementManager's Secretary); Sid Heasman (Accountant); Pip Wedge (Assistant Editor); Joyce Raines (Editor'sSecretary); Ray Sonin (Editor); Mike Butcher (Feature Writer); Marjorie Murray (Telephonist); PeterBowyer (Junior Assistant); Percy Dickins (Advertisement Manager), and June Duke (Managing Director'sSecretary). In foreground, Don Wedge (Reporter), Maurice Kinn (Managing Director), and Donald Black
(Junior Assistant).Making its first appearance (and
probably last until 200,000 saleshave been achieved !) the band com-prised Editor Ray Sonin and NewsEditor Jack Marshall (violins);Advertisement Manager PercyDickins (tenor -sax and piano); JuniorStaffman Peter Bowyer (trumpet);Feature Writer Mike Butcher and
Accountant Sid Heasman (pianos),and Circulation Manager MikeCollier (bass).
During the evening, Alma Cogan,Teddie Beverley and Bryan Blackburnlooked in to bring their congratula-tions in person, and to use the oldjournalistic cliché that "a good timewas had by all," is an understate-
ment. It was terrific !In between all the celebration, a
presentation of some antique silver-ware was made to Joyce Raines, whohas been secretary to the Editor sincethe NME started in March, 1952.
She left this week, as she is goingto America to marry journalist -trombonist Al Webber.
* * * * * * * *Where to hear
MALCOLMMITCHELLAND HIS ORCHESTRA
Feb. 25 NOTTINGHAMASTORIA
26 BEDWORTHARDEN BALLROOM
27 DERBYHIPPODROME
Mar. 4 PRESTONPUBLIC HALL
5 DARLINGTONBATHS HALL
6 BRADFORDST. GEORGE'S HALL
10 DONCASTERBATHS HALL
11 SCUNTHORPEBATHS HALL
12 LOWESTOFTPALAIS
13 LEICESTERDe MONTFORT HALL
Management: *****HAROLD DAVISON LTD.,116 Shaftesbury Avenue,
London, W.1GERrard 7467
Publicity: *****PERRIN PUBLICITY LIMITED,
B Denmark Street, London, W.C.2COV 1955-6 * TEM 4524
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THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday, February 11, 1955
HUMPHREY LYTTELTON Jazz Recordsreviews the
TWENTY years ago, SidneyBechet was a name unfamiliar
to jazz fans. It belonged to therather misty roll of near -legendaryfigures-Jelly Roll Morton wasanother-which, until the Revival,formed merely a historical back-cloth to the New Orleans music ofthe Original Dixieland Band, theArmstrong Hot Five and theOliver Creole Band.
Now. in the latter half of his life,Bechet has emerged to take his placenext to Louis Armstrong in the hier-archy of traditional jazz.
The " Shake It And Break It " LPto which I referred briefly last week(HMV DLP.1042), gives a survey ofBechet's recording life between '32and '40. And I have an LP and twoEP's outstanding which bring usforward to 1948, 1950 and 1954.
Listening to this widely spreadsurvey of Bechet's music, one thingimpresses It is the way in which,in spite of a maturity which mighthave induced a rigidity of style,Bechet has, in. fact, moved with thetimes. And I don't mean in the" modernist " sense.
Unlike Coleman Hawkins and
Benny Carter, for example, SidneyBechet has never held with theslogan " you gotta be modern," norhas he indulged in chasing the tran-sient shadows of musical fashion. Atthe other extreme, he differs fromplayers like Ory and George Lewis,who have remained in a state ofarrested development for the greaterpart of their working life.
Bechet is nothing if not a greatexplorer. in his choice of tune, in hisobservation of what is going onaround him. Let's look once moreat the set of recordings issued on theHMV LP in this light.
" Maple Leaf Rag," " Shag " and" Lay Your Racket " were recordedin 1932, not so much by a band, asby a six -piece tornado which des-cended on the Savoy Ballroom inthat year. For vigour and energyand sheer ferocity, these records haveseldom been approached.
Although the line-up is a la NewOrleans (except for B e c het' ssoprano), the style is early swing.Bechet leads, with trumpeter Ladnierand trombonist Teddy Nixon in sup-porting roles.
The rhythm section-Hank Dun-can, piano, Wilson Myers, bass,
BAND CALLSID PHILLIPS BAND
Tonight (Friday): Drill Hall, Cam-berley; Saturday: Technical College,Hatfield; Sunday: Grand Theatre,Southampton; Monday: Baths Hall,Streatham.
NAT TEMPLE ORCHESTRASaturday: Cumberland Hotel, Lon-don; Tuesday: BBC; Wednesday:Cockerrnouth; Thursday: Sunderland.
DAVE SHAND ORCHESTRATonight (Friday): Cambridge; Mon-day: Penzance; Tuesday: Torquay;Wednesday: Minehead; Thursday:Weymouth,
JOE DANIELS BANDTonight (Friday): Plaza Ballroom,Derby; Saturday: Civic Hall, Nant-wich ; Wednesday : Gliderdrome,Boston; Thursday: Gaiety Ballroom,Grimsby.
MHO DELANEY ORCHESTRATonight (Friday): Queens Hall,Preston; Saturday: Town Hall,Birmingham; Sunday: Royal AlbertHall and Hackney Empire, London;Tuesday: Orchid Ballroom, Purley;Thursday: Lido Ballroom, Win-chester.
TONY CROMBIE ORCHESTRATonight (Friday): weythouttii Satur-day : Torquay ; Sunday : Kingston;Monday: Liverpool; Tuesday: South-port; Thursday: Hull.
EQUADRONAIRESTonight (Friday): Music Hall,
Week beginningFebruary 11
Shrewsbury: Saturday: Empress Balt-room, Burnley; Sunday: TheatreRoyal, Bolton; Wednesday; CityHall; Sheffield.
KEN MOULE SEVENSunday: Kingston; Thursday: Old-ham.
VIC LEWIS ORCHESTRATonight (Friday): Town Hall, Leeds;Saturday: Pavilion Gardens, Buxton;Sunday: Hippodrome Theatre, Dudley.
THE KIRCHIN BANDSaturday: Festival Hall, East Kirkby;
Sunday: Victoria Hall, Hanley; Mon-day: Corn Exchange, Bedford.
RONNIE SCOTT ORCHESTRATonight (Friday): Savoy Ballroom,Southsea; Saturday: Colston Hall,Bristol; Sunday: Royal Albert Halland Theatre Royal, Chatham; Mon-day; Town Hail, Stafford; Wednes-day: Baths Hall, Leyton,
JOHNNIE GRAY BANDSaturday: Baths Hall, Cheam; Sun-day: USAF Camp, GreenhamCommon.
GRACIE COLE ORCHESTRATonight (Friday): Grand Theatre,Coalville; Saturday: Winter Gardens,Weston-Super-Mare; Thursday: RAFCamp, Market Drayton.
PENNY NICHOLLSMonday: Week, The Plaza Theatre.West Bromwich.
NAT GONELLAMonday: Week, Metropolitan, Edg-ware Road, London.
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To brighten up this page, here's aphoto of Vicki Anderson, singerwith the Syd Dean Band, which is
shortly going out on tour.
Morris Moreland, drums-poundsout a furious rhythm, with drummerMoreland swatting the off -beat withthe exciting insistence of a hand -clapping Negro congregation. Con-temporary influences are clear.
In Bechet's own playing, there ismore Armstrong than of late-understandable in view of thecolossal and over-riding reputationwhich Louis had acquired at thattime.
'JUMP' STYLEAnd there's more than a suggestion
of Jimmy Noone, too, not so muchin phraseology as in the sustainedenergy with which Bechet keeps theball at his feet throughout thewhole performance.
Now on to 1940. The emphasis inNew York bad switched fromHarlem to 52nd Street, where thejoints were jtunpin' in the literalsense. And to a greater extent thanmany purists and protagonists of" Bechet The Great New OrleansJazz Man " would care to admit," jump music" - the bouncing,before -the -beat style founded by PeteBrown, Frankie Newton and theOnyx Club gang-found its way intoBechet's own style.
"Baby, Won't You Please ComeHome" and "I Ain't Gonna Give,"founded on the jerky hi -hat rhythmsof J. C. Heard and Arthur Herbertrespectively, are much nearer to NewYork " jump " style than to NewOrleans jazz. The best tracks in thismodern vein are those with SidCatlett on drums and Sidney deParis and Sandy Williams support-ing Bechet in the front line.
Here the compromise betweenBechet's New Orleans heritage andthe more angular style of the swingmen is better effected. Particularlyimpressive are the blues, with thedark, sombre " Wild Man " standingout in pleasant contrast to the_ebullient Armstrong version reviewedlast week.
Now on to '48. The revival wasin full swing-and Sidney Bechet wasforemost among the pioneer jazzmento understand its implications andto appreciate his responsibilities inits context.
Columbia 33S 1042 features foursides made by Bechet with BobWilbur and his Band. Wilbur was apupil and protégé of Bechet's, whoseband followed conventional revivalistlines. The music reverts to the old1932 style-but with this difference.They don't make jazz bands now,adays with the horsepower of thatSavoy group ... and the fact is that,while Bechet drives away with thevigour of an eighteen -year -old, theyoungsters run out of gas.
It's the same with the recordsmade with Claude Luter in, I think,1950 (why no dates in DerrickStewart Baxter's sleeve note?) (VogueEPV.1020).
HORSEPOWER!The strain to keep up with the
leader is only too apparent in des-perately pounding rhythm and poorband tone.
The 1954 set, recorded at theDixieland Jubilee shindig at whichBechet was making his first appear-ance, finds Bob Scobey's group inthe same predicament, and Bechetfalling into some uneasy riffs andcliches in his efforts to flog a deadhorse (Vogue EPV.1026).
Nevertheless, there is fine music oneach of these releases-" Love ForSale," one of the quartet sides whichshare the Wilbur LP, is a tour deforce, and the slow "I Had It ButIt's All Gone Now," gets rich back-ing from the Wilbur boys.
The Luter set is remarkable forthe wealth of attractive melody pro-duced by Bechet in his French vein- C,e Mossieu qui Parle," " LesOignons" and "Marchand de Pois-son " are lovely Creole tunes.
The Scobey recording comesbottom of my list if only becauseBechet's exploratory instincts arechecked-no doubt by a sense ofoccasion-and he trots out prettyroutine performances of four pot-boilers - ' Muskat," "St. LouisBlues," "Summertime" and "SunnySide."
NORTHERN NEWS.THE popular belief in Warring'
ton that there are not enoughinterested people in the town tosupport mid -week dance attrac-tions is being contested by theSydney Jacobs Agency, which lastweek promoted the first of aseries of Wednesday night dancesat the Baths Hall.
The series was led off to a brightstart with the appearance of thepopular trumpeter Freddie Randalland his Band, with Betty Smith,saxophone and clarinet, Stan Burke,drums, Jack Pcbberty, bass, andHarry Smith, piano.
Booked for future dates arc JoeDaniels and Carl Barriteau. Mr.Jacobs, head of the agency and locallabour agent, is also negotiating withother " big name " groups includingRonnie Scott and Frank Weir.
In previous years other Warring-ton promoters have lost money instaging name bands to play mid-week in the town.
* * *THE Grand Hotel, Harrogate,
which has been the residentvenue of Arnold Bailey and hisOrchestra, since Arnold left theBagatelle Restaurant, London, in1953, has now closed except forthe licensed bars on the premises.
It is known that the Grandmanagement have not been acceptingbookings for dances and functions.and the final blow fell when Arnoldand his men received notice thattheir engagement would be termin-ated.
Unfortunately, this also means thatArnold will lose his broadcast whichwas to have been from the Grandon March 3, and which would haveincluded cabaret spots featuring
by Ron Drakeharmonica star Max Geldray, impres-sionist Eddie Arnold and the youngWarrington singer Edna Savage.
Arnold is currently keeping hisregular sextet together and lookingafter the demands of his expandinggig connection.
He announces that his plansregarding the ten -piece band, whichis currently in the rehearsal stage,are not affected.
CATERING for the currentmambo craze, resident leaders
Eddie Shaw and Eddie Lambert,at the Loearno. Sale, together withmanager Wally G re e n, haveformed a special group to playthe new music.
The group is called the ElGranado Band, and is formed fromthe personnel of the two residentoutfits. Line-up is Eddie Shaw(piano); Eddie Lambert (bass);Johnny Leah (trumpet), Phil Hunt(flute), Gordon Tetley (drums), andWally Green on a variety of percus-sion instruments.
* * *TENORIST
Steve Devine recentlyleft the Eddie Shaw line-up.
Filling the vacancy at present isRonnie Maybury.
The Shaw band broadcasts in" Party Dance " at 10.15 p.m., Feb-ruary 17. Guest artists are theRadio Revellers and Les Howard.
Avis Scott, recently very much inthe news, comes over fresh from theTV controversy, to take on theannouncing duties.
* * *MANCHESTER bassist Frank
Street was rushed to hospital lastweek for an immediate major opera-tion. He is now progressing favour-ably.
Frank was at High Street Baths,Manchester, with Morris Mack';band at the time of his suddenillness.
The Mack outfit has since beealreplaced by the Jack CannoilOrchestra, which took over theHigh Street stand last Saturday,Leaving Morris's line-up this weekare trombonist Rex Greenwood -who is to join a London band-andpianist Brian Fitzgerald, who ismoving south to join saxist-leaderArt Gregory, at the Park Ballroom,Plymouth.
* * *WELL -KNOWN BridlingtonVT leader Ceres Harper, is now
signing personnel for his thirdsummer season at Southport.
It is expected that Ceres-who hasbeen ill far some time, but is steadilyimproving in health-may not be fitenough to f r o n t the orchestrathroughout the summer, so hisbrother, Eddy, will be directing theline-up.
The Harper men are to spendEaster at Whitby and commencetheir Southport engagement at Whit-suntide. For dancing at the FloralHall, Southport, the orchestra willcomprise five saxes, three trumpets,two trombones, piano, bass anddrums. Eddy Harper will be fea-tured on drums and vibes.
* * *SAXIST Mike Stanton commenced
an initial four weeks' engagement at Higher Broughton AssemblyRooms last Saturday with his newlyformed sixteen -piece outfit.
Vocalist is Brent Davis, who willbe heard shortly on a Mid -dayMusic Hall broadcast.
Due at Higher Broughton onMarch 26 is the new MalcolmMitchell Band.
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Friday, February 11, 1955 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS
3 HOURS OF BING MAKEA SENSATIONAL DISC !
BING CROSBY"A Musical Autobiography "
with a commentary byBing Crosby
(Brunswick LAT.805I, 8052, 8053,8054 and 8055)
WITHOUT a shadow of doubt.I name this as the most
enjoyable set of records it hasever been my pleasure to listento; and it is not only Bing'ssinging that captures your atten-tion, but also his wonderful com-mentary.
So brilliant is it, in fact, that itmakes experienced broadcastershang their heads in shame, forhere is a man gifted with supremeconfidence and the knowledge 'hatall over the world his fabulousvoice has endeared him tomillions.
This autobiography lasts for3 hours and 46 minutes, and con-tains no fewer than 89 wonderfultunes. They are the real gems,and many of them are associatedSolely with Crosby.
Owing to the bad technicalquality of some of his very earlyrecords, Bing has re-recordedmany items especially for thisalbum, and to accompany him hehas chosen the famed Buddy Coleand his Trio.
Obviously, I cannot list all thetitles but from the moment heannounces that his very firstofficial record was made with PaulWhiteman in 1926, and called" Muddy Water " till the time hecloses the album with " Y'allCome," Bing takes you throughover a quarter of a century ofsong.
Although he apologises for hislimited range, he is only kiddingus. for at no time does he soundas if he is having the slightest dif-ficulty.
As he goes through his relaxed
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Naturally, many of Bing'srecord successes are included andthis means we hear " WalkingThe Floor Over You " (withbrother Bob and his Bobcats);" Alexander's Ragtime Band"(with Al Jolson); " Road ToMorocco " (with Bob Hope);"South America Take It Away "(with the Andrews Sisters) ; " YesIndeed" (with Connie Boswelland Bob Crosby's Bobcats); "NowIs The Hour" (with the KenDarby Choir); " Deep In TheHeart Of Texas" (with WoodyHerman and his Woodchoppers);" Gone Fishin' (w i t h LouisArmstrong), and dozens of otherfirm favourites.
At the present moment, only alimited number of albums are onsale at a cost of £8 13s. 4d. butI understand that a little later therecords will he available indivi-dually and on sale like all otherL.P's.
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I don't suppose I shall ever getso much pleasure again as I havereceived from Bing's Autobio-graphy. Thanks, Bing, and thevery best of everything to you !
BILLY COTTON AND HIS BAND" Hearts Of Stone "
" The Naughty Lady Of ShadyLane"
(Decca F.10459)FOR many years past, the cool
gentlemen of the music profes-sion have poked fun at the music ofBilly Cotton, and our Bill even camelow down in the recent poll in theNME, but still he goes on givingpleasure to millions with his happyand exciting music.
These two latest sides are worthyof special mention a n d " TheNaughty Lady Of Shady Lane " willmore than hold its own with anyother record of the same title. It isalso technically good, with an excel-lent bass quality, and Bill's old -stagers can still do their share ofblowing
The- Bandits seem to have enlargeda little, but they have never sungbetter.
Hearts Of Stone" must havegiven Bill a good deal of satisfaction,for personally I have never heardthe brass play. with so much bite. Ifthis is what some folks call corn.then order me a few tons of it, forI just love it.
This record should be a goodenough tonic to put Mr. Cotton wellback on the road to good health,and I'm sure you'll all join me inwishing him a speedy recovery andlots of luck in the future.
THE CREWCUTS" All I Wanna Do ""The Barking Dog"(Mercury MB.3185)
WHAT a wonderful idea is theVV lyric to "The Barking Dog " !It is so true-to-life and even thosewho are past the courting stage willbe able to remember how often thatgoodnight kiss has been disturbed by
The Barking Dog." This is a
wonderful novelty record, it isextremely well recorded; the brasshas a real ring about it.
One must not judge a vocal groupon this type of song, for they aregiven little or no scope really tosing, but this is a highly entertainingdisc, and I'm sure you'll get a lotof fun out of it.
" All I Wanna Do" is first-class,
CHARTSBEST SELLING SHEET
MUSIC (BRITAIN)
BEST SELLING POP
RECORDS IN BRITAINLast ThisWeek1 1 MAMBO ITALIANO
Rosemary Clooney (Philips)3 2 SOFTLY. SOFTLY
Ruby Murray (Columbia)2 3 FINGER OF SUSPICION
Dickle Valentine (Decca)8 4 GIVE ME YOUR WORD
Tennessee Ernie (Capitol)7 5 HEARTBEAT
Ruby Murray (Columbia)9 6 NAUGHTY LADY OF SHADY
LANE Ames Brothers .(HMV)10 7 NAUGHTY LADY OF SHADY
LANE Dean Martin (Capitol)8 8 NO ONE BUT YOU
, Billy Eckstine (MGM)5 9 MR. SANDMAN
Dickle Valentine (Decca)4 10 SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
Bill Haley Comets (Brunswick)11 LET ME GO LOVER,
Teresa Brewer (Vogue/Coral)11 12 I STILL BELIEVE
Ronnie Hilton (HMV)- 13 BEYOND THE 'STARS
David Whittleld/Mantovanl (Deem)16 14 HAPPY DAYS AND LONELY
NIGHTSRuby Murray (Columbia)
- 15 MOBILERay Burns (Columbia)
- 16 LONELY BALLERINAMantovanl ( Deccal
12 17 HAPPY DAYS ANI) LONELYNIGHTS
Frankie Vaughan (HMV)14 18 MAMBO ITALIAN()
Dean Marlin (Capitol)15 19 I CAN'T TELL A WALTZ FROM
A TANGO Alma Cogan (HMV)- 20 TEACH ME 7ON1GH7'
De Castro Sisters (London)
I.ast ThisWeek
1 1 MR, SANDMAN (Morris)3 1 MAMBO ITALIANO (C & C)2 3 FLNGER OF SUSPICION
(Pickwick) 2s.
4 4 HAPPY DAYS AND LONELYNIGHTS (L, Wright)
5 5 NAUGHTY LADY OF SHADYLANE (Stirling) 2s.
7 6 SOFTLY, SOFTLY(Cavendish) 2s.
6 7 I CAN'T TELL A WALTZFROM A TANGO
(M. Reine) 2s.
8 8 NO ONE BUT YOU(Robbins) 2s.
10 9 HOLD MY HAND(Bradbury Wood)
9 10 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS(Berlin) 2s.
16 11 MAJORCA (Mills Music) 2s.
11 12 THIS OLE HOUSE(Duchess) 2s.
14 13 IF 1 GIVE MY HEART TO YOU(Robbins) 28.
12 14 I STILL BELIEVE(Macmelodies) 2s.- 15 LET ME GO, LOVER
(Aberbach) 2s.20 16 A BLOSSOM PELL
(John Fields) 2s.
18 17 HEARTBEAT (Kassner) 2s.
19 18 SOMEBODY (Bourne Music) 2s.15 19 HAPPY WANDERER
( Bosworth I13 20 VENI, VIDI, VICI (Dash)- 21 5101111. (Leeds) 2s.23 22 SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
(C & C)17 23 SMILE ( Bourne Music)21 24 SKY BLUE SHIRT (L. Wright)
BEST SELLING POP
RECORDS IN THE U.S.Last This
Week3 1 Hearts Of Stone Fontane Sisters5 2 Sincerely McGuire SistersI 3 Let Me Go. Lover Joan Weber2 4 Mr. Sandmen Chordettes4 5 Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane
Ames Brothers6 6 Melody Of Love B. Vaughn7 7 That's All 1 Want From You
Jaye P, Morgan
13 8It 98 9
- 119 12
14 1310 14
12 15
Earth Angel PenguinsLet Me Go, lover Teresa BrewerNo More DeJohn SistersKo Ko Mo Perry ComoMake Yourself Comfortable
Sarah VaughanMr. Sandman Four AcesTeach Me Tonight
Decastro SistersMelody (It Love David Carroll
BEST SELLING SHEET MUSIC (U.S.)last This
Week2 1 Melody Of love1 2 Mr. Sandman3 3 Let Me Uo, (.over4 4 Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane5 5 Hearts Of Stone8 6 Slake Yourself Comfortable
10 7 Sincerely11 8 That's MI I Want From You7 9 Teach Me Tonight6 10 Count Your Blessings13 11 Open Up Your Heart- 12 Ko Ko Mo9 13 This Ole House15 14 Earth Angel12 15 I Need You Now
U.S. charts by courtesy of " Billboard."
Bing Crosby (right), Grace Kellyand William Hoiden as theyappear in Paramount's latest film," The Country Girl." This pic-ture gives the incomparable Binghis most dramatic screen role todate, but it is about him as asinger that Geoffrey Everitt gives
him a rave on this page.
and how this thing rocks, with aterrific beat from the rhythm sectionand some of the best big -band play-ing that I've heard for a very longtime.
On this side, the boys display theform that has made them a house-hold name in the United States, and1 have no hesitation in saying thatthis is by far the best record to beissued in the country bearing thename of the Crewcuts on the label.
Two highly contrasting sides andtwo crackers.
TONY MARTIN AND DINAHSHORE
" Melody Of Love "" You're Getting To Be a Habit "
(HMV B.1083l)
RECORDSof choice quality are
naturally difficult to come by,and when one considers that only a
small proportion of the records"issued become hits, it is obvious thatnot many of them are in the out-standing class, but here is a recordof two of the greatest vocal starsAmerica has ever produced.
" Melody Of Love " opens withsome lovely saxophone playing whichimmediately forces one to pay atten-tion, and then the voice of TonyMartin and Dinah Shore can beheard.
Dinah, the supreme stylist, fits inwell with the now rather mellowvoice of Tony Martin, and togetherthey are responsible for a first-classside. Knowing just how to handlea lyric is a great art, but it presentsno problems to these two fine artistsand this side has almost everything-perfect diction, great phrasing andwonderful light and shade.
The other title only serves toprove that of the two, Dinah is themore versatile, for she sounds a gooddeal happier in handling that fine oldclassic " You're Getting To Be AHabit With Me," and I'm convincedthat this type of song is not Mr.Martin's cup of tea.
Dinah sounds just as great asever. and her ability to sing almostany type of song is truly amazing.
To sum up. there's one great sideand, I feel, one mistake.
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itt :5, hiutum' ot Bttich dour, musk hoe hmdwfr huh mhpd m,&tnmdmcuum amblES ukihu &ituiudwttathosomnrect RHCS taeoee "CloSe Up"cue:un mu ou000od to much mu tttO,uhOeee a udiuc -. ard ,eill"" -'0' tu,,.,.,,,s,, t_tO_ on:t,,a.,,n,
ci the NME ,n it dccc 10louc 5 prcg:se:muoIce,tg0000at thu guyst .5050cc Hell, and oummt un muon.
fleet 000uetm,upnt cur' VcOiOt, O,ohnatua etc Ic ptu:ito hoall auoilebts stats mote panda Icr inc eottue.
moflu,," domeud ntOe eo Fub,Stet 28 ettl hr a bto Soy 0,,tap, u I --s add I
ANd
ctetot ott pcun of G,ual p,uotaututt
alt, uuutpttt, sttun5000 ut Fttlutc fl]:un plo-n tuut:tde a
up: Ostttutt:c,toflttt,,ep,tt ehuh to
,:upuuoa, aud mc up bc uutufltctt so: cut pat:, u Match.
tudJill Allan leaving
Ac ptoniusdy outu:tucud, ut y t,. ad. tiukcte loollttyuutoeou,cdlo,toua:tcblt It, tho sttttuuuu pc,00utaoct.Tflatc am ublsochlp u't:y tuum tIc NME uffiu,a, ut tha,Royal Abut: Halt, otthtt it odtc000. ue OttO, II a.tt.o,th, dcv tftflt,ctucttt.
Attfluuththpetlp,uuttcutcp,t he, b,t, odor, lardat 2 put, a,, ,tucmthttly Say tiOkpt hutd,,a
cc ho j, thciv Stole it l,sst fit ecu mi,ur,n bite to thatthur. 10 t,crt to alit,, 000lti,ut ttme tu,thanot:ctatu
1ev thti, otmat,d ecuoiuua. :1 nap ho toutdp0,1 tot.
Thu dut:bt ,ehish o,i,ttd at t,c tIme eutup,oi,, LttaRues, opptsaoouo a: th, muto,otahut, hoe ott, bootdtop,ticd L:to wilt dpflutulo e attune the aeesy up
Pattuatat hull t ut Sotdoy'e :tupotte Silt haoe fleetpviutttybuc,ssut:he bcsi scale cI no sadbtat Hdh hueofficc tut tto Mcluum M:tcflull'RutOtO Scull.Tuutl(t,a,y'Tutmmt Whtt:ltttutt uu March uu. (FoIl dnlatle
t,utttrloc,ot. thttp> uS mu, ,padctc Ott hc,a emahead, eauutcd Itekola, alt 0ucatttahit,l:m,, con e,ly It u,,td tt tpmOdy Sceitcotiun h ohloluluOtiokueoilhot :u adtaucp, Oe 01
tho hue uS,, mu thp mu'tiusu I lhccu,uou.Dons, ttueic flielute wilt ho mod, on Suudey, Febtuaty
it. Thc,,tutsuc:ee000utt:utktuucsthtocutttt005btcpeeotemttttuukbaukuuTt{Egoeatdctla:ho ucata
NAT HENT0FF'S LAIE-Ntctpr CABLENato Suer, Wcdortdct. Ths dooth boa tcottt,d tf
NMp: "Javtiruuttttu::s'ut,uu:TERNENT SIGNS
'° L SINGING FIND'mdmrlmus t, c,:l ui BANULLADERcutuldfll,ueaenusolem
Billy TPeOt,ithtewmkttu,aigapdaa,Vou'
- cppe'bcar'tidtotsttte
utosi dia000p,y fopbpprrdiuusagoede,fuht'oeldo, cs
nat, 500td ho mado tot ec tcut 00 a doubh cut an
Ftiduy, ltuhrumpy It, 1955 - TIlt tIt'bV SSIJSICAL EXPRESS 7
"lIME PRESENTING NEW' MALCOLMMITCHELL BAND DEBUT AT ROYAL
-' ALBERT_HALL, MARCH- 20I
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MakuhuMouhufiO,shoatuanstuotntte,outctmd'
"1â 'rilE ues500 u000tdiuue vou,,ttu madu by Rutciu'a tpgpudoty 5 TO STAGE THE LONDON CONCERT PREMIERE of' TIltSa c,........., o,00,5'0 --------------------, SFNSATIONAL NEW ORCHESANA, AT ThE ROYAL ALRE*T
-
°ttieig bit eon MGM dcii. Amht,eu had host mY mao coo, up file iotputlsut 0t5-.
849. ethee hr ,eesde tuaevst Beaus ,ctcirmu nith slut alt'slut bord ho cc scone cent Ii nua d ho__________________________________________________________________________________________
LIVERPOOL DATEFOR JOHNNIE 1L4 RONNIE SCOTT WILL LEAD
VARIOUS taelher diane ass cow be aeeaneeref in eoaaeedoe eiehJoheate War', Iseeheemineg ReIt sane, The fabetoen "Car II ft T
Corn defeoltetp errs, hen the Cent eoe..eeepi.g Ae 4. sad .i-S h S at Aaaieand, t edit peaS bi A I S Lw Sea FOR BINGE ?Glee
WIld S PbICKIE FOR RUTMOURS
QUARTETEVEN tarltp, tuoo:l,o dutu
k ha,d 5h N0M I TO U S CUT
h toO ho, WOO PRICE DISCS ISSUE
fos dtcttt,tt"rt,,o.ttsl,unotitttoep:00 totItsu' o:asteOd:n
S nneor4 lb
tON, MARCH 08, >2 PM>.
. And here is news
of a 5OO ransfer
fee' paid by MaIcom
for new menTH'S pctetoutl 00 'slioloul,:
Mitnholl'e much ' d:ottol,dauto o,oh,et,a is no uylctod 1St'eaptknhthtbpeig,ittoiDuosau Lomtee.
JTLL ALLAN gI S d Ia, no ,50t clOt mu,u toe
he,, ttt HE DANNY KAYE FORA 1 it) d 1nt0
o ml1N dd h colony t A 0° It dR
B dMon çot m
saso iet, MANUEL KOPEL tAt h veumlt>tntto'Cm
?r
P LdD dIm11dcC Solo tot m ?0110 p,Oaoud
PALLADIUM INDblStoppt
lob t0nuorOh Us dg
b moo carom boy fim bin AttHt Sta,al
h) ADDITIONAL Ivy Benson s Drummer MAY o510
I
be St DLIty NME 8 ul , ma tu It
he, f tokd o I I S 5toithot co"t,,y
II 5055
El ECKSTINE DATES breaks wrist'' NME
smPIe, Pet
dd
boost kpuulH On m
m
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Sm
TIe ,. htot,cdunuuedeas,t tatatuata
bs,d t:se0b,co ,o,uosepd 1N addinbuo to oh, 01110 Eckoti,t PAULA PYRE. dottmmpo With scout aloe, Dp,up Ka,p, to 5usd' Lonia sod bIn Oe4nneua slIt ho 0tski mill ho lbS loadieu elteao'oOttpI,l,. atdin:tmmsiuuud,t It aloe cte,ady aoeouunsd (NME. by Deoece'e Omtnaan,o St itep' at the L00000 Pelladiom tc ac,u,tpsnyno tuhattr Se alt pose Cc, otto lariat p,udt,t,'uu n,hitt tIlIf, t,cdpnnhip 01 ssnln:'claeluultlat 28.1.35), ho gtpat Ampeisan ai,g:o Lyons' Qurb,c Catd aS the Mopbie tummpem cu Mcoday, May 9 tmous, looppI ISO i,00dco Paltadb000. notonanne u June 24. nod utItn,eu:, Sirobut. a now boukod to pleytt000elo 51 Aesh Co,oce Ibouoe, at:Pp,d 0*5 Ours ecseon of rilbop tout u,aiu web te ,,otsoa,e suttt :tottd ul
11)9mos (doo ) Ap 24
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glho tauth coho0 Hood
d
DEEPS RETURNING ThtfOoS k
S
lterS m h Ott eoTndd °sd cedlut,plot,oes d ocr hI
dot onym-th Drop n ut'e,n b
Billy St Loluontot tt Aptit )t toopoecol at iitta000ut 1100w. Da000 Ksoe'a bobatt hate in,,, to BnIa:n 00, nsttety engsgPmPataBadid En ed see S tnt dcosbbttneo Ld 50 o.dcn to Kai Windings
nod L FOR MECCA T Alt S I md n
bereavementnlooepeolo:bu. he nsa able T oo,fl,rned the buokiaf 00 ienu:a Ibe,nle,Snoeke noWm,,,ius isue 0 THIE NME OeIOOda ha
I .50 no Orotten Ca I Hup I h di T doy (05 hI W d lob Se 0 M 5
1110 BURNS LAUNCHES pt:nnmdopbht0trCorbtMiLLSTMA tomdth,df
hh
TUBBY HAYES 9 -PIECE emdiolIvflpotthui,,iouItoW D°° hLo attt°t btme
peeaia000t tum0000 cf Ito last I pm each a tp0nydiug cbS lube,hoIfrsa.
It p,o,ent plane,oeoup. Ha Shea ho pbsto tfJa,knaeta,l'i tysat,eoeb,oadcs tfr:,ohcectnaeod,eeu.Rdtli:a.
plate 00 yuothfot 1,00, asp Tubby Hayra home myalottiepd wslh Coot Gs,,itpnu will aid 00 May 2t Damn IttA) and Icon Roesa l25Ihhthe 000floy atltouu,omrut S.d Tabby as Seed at woek tuhesesiog hIS 00, a teutop.en,k lust, t:o,stnt,e TRdMWT' LEADER Dot -
U.S. on, Dotty Hst:un, who a,'otu,utodeetloos ititir otda ahu, 000ehit ntothot,il OhS drsmmm' Jaoky ritod, 'j'o°'i'. yestdndtnttulumtl400,nce.eooitI d
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motl:phuupo). ella, sod iTO aesoad ltao,yntaodOtum,o,: luOe. Pout,r, epptnciug Ppto, CrItIc,. lenod. ' old sabo,,I.
Ott ol ti bla Aoeeocsn onto,2 ' t0itiolh:s oosolta:ei mmoataltsttd euii :n!o 0: 0to0to 000 'a too. MAK I IN MUIthNUtu,m tokl'OtO boI'°io"t, MochIO Sd t:DHEenShOa LEAVINGmitml1
bye,. ,lO,dS that to sotost egeenan 00,0 Tb, SiegeSOh:, no atoo Op Ih,n tp,OSHitsod:mo:athe troll,, totthup,bot1utb0t0ttt0d
ho p::bt:,. maineiby of Ih000lset,tsautn wil 50 eol,S.ted cv
ne,aS'eieg and eien,nSoen.Cacaos t,e,nuta so eessa wtsl,be STANLEY BLACK
nI thy rouwr,I I hate ntlfllug teoeeSue-"
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WIDLEAE H to h d wor NOdE M wed 0
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Kenny Graham pens 'Bodgie,t:
hoOt mit, l°asd Widgie' suite for Heath °
heiileed te She rem 0' of the wsnt tedtntdaai tompasess ha Itdtteh lea's tenonlalHeath aad FRANK WEIR BAND
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toa2nt Wedaearisr hseoetaa App,opt,atoly o'uttttpd'AuottY' I000d St , rial,00cI bIt OIler LINE -VP COMPLEIEDihoStoIP.,,hr to u5k5aeatbO his sot tee need euro (a
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Eubh,,,uhomdotfud,oad, JOHNNY PAUL TRIO YBRA LYNN STAN KENTON RING CROSBY NORMAN BROOKD :0 i,todtootl, or: ltitTodrl0I Evening dates a,tnooa no eon,snn.o. moms' FORSYTHE RETIRING
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hot I d he sIt I en pe,ec I pun MANTOVANI H PpbUoCb W moorS bpCL 4244 THE HILLTOPPERS 't tt A h k p oh S I ha u as St I S cc S
ho m uctlrPslt Cdnd to tenet enlen U Softly soOth LoOo OF 461 VICTOR YOUNG Tm Cat 0 00 ii d ,,o I h h ott I S op 0
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dot, Arson SO, The sen,oe a sAn nseaeoided. lOyansee, 7505 soc's ", T0o Too,sni'u TA a uEuc 0 PLO Or P0 P I 3 0 , ,
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6 5iE hW MUSICAL UX1'RSSS * Prado:, labroury 11, 1955
.rs,wwwa
FjeI}1i BBC negotiating for Stan
Kenton or Lionel Hampton forEdtic,'icel & Ad imoccwt Offleoor
'Festival of Dance Music'Assistant Editor: PIP WEDGE
flewe Editor JACIf MARSHALL Ao:e, ean?t ,aa7eiAdoerttsn,ee,t Manager. forthconeieg "Feetirel of Dance Monte" resonate of the Ryrat
PERCY C. OICIC1NS o a royua, frout tOut5'
OUR POLL -WINNERS' SERIES FORhi
:FOR LES PAUL & MARY FORD
R ON NI E HI LION"I :huctttt it trend ho a outdo,' RITISH aSset, Lee and Leetie Geade are eeeodaangeeeisee Stoleultt, tluroul to Doltale for oae'eia, eagagementa, ut ace te000dlag Ooitneiat Lee
CONCERTS WILL MAKE 1a, oscustrttoon:he North olEnglaad ieadp,aypoutt,Cuoátmtrat ho cipatodihatLpapaulsvdMa,y
THIS SUNDAY THE DAY :m Ith
adtrod 'ssi'
°' Fd wt1Potety I LAWRENCE WRIGH1
OF THE YEAR' HMPTONSPLANdO
itt :5, hiutum' ot Bttich dour, musk hoe hmdwfr huh mhpd m,&tnmdmcuum amblES ukihu &ituiudwttathosomnrect RHCS taeoee "CloSe Up"cue:un mu ou000od to much mu tttO,uhOeee a udiuc -. ard ,eill"" -'0' tu,,.,.,,,s,, t_tO_ on:t,,a.,,n,
ci the NME ,n it dccc 10louc 5 prcg:se:muoIce,tg0000at thu guyst .5050cc Hell, and oummt un muon.
fleet 000uetm,upnt cur' VcOiOt, O,ohnatua etc Ic ptu:ito hoall auoilebts stats mote panda Icr inc eottue.
moflu,," domeud ntOe eo Fub,Stet 28 ettl hr a bto Soy 0,,tap, u I --s add I
ANd
ctetot ott pcun of G,ual p,uotaututt
alt, uuutpttt, sttun5000 ut Fttlutc fl]:un plo-n tuut:tde a
up: Ostttutt:c,toflttt,,ep,tt ehuh to
,:upuuoa, aud mc up bc uutufltctt so: cut pat:, u Match.
tudJill Allan leaving
Ac ptoniusdy outu:tucud, ut y t,. ad. tiukcte loollttyuutoeou,cdlo,toua:tcblt It, tho sttttuuuu pc,00utaoct.Tflatc am ublsochlp u't:y tuum tIc NME uffiu,a, ut tha,Royal Abut: Halt, otthtt it odtc000. ue OttO, II a.tt.o,th, dcv tftflt,ctucttt.
Attfluuththpetlp,uuttcutcp,t he, b,t, odor, lardat 2 put, a,, ,tucmthttly Say tiOkpt hutd,,a
cc ho j, thciv Stole it l,sst fit ecu mi,ur,n bite to thatthur. 10 t,crt to alit,, 000lti,ut ttme tu,thanot:ctatu
1ev thti, otmat,d ecuoiuua. :1 nap ho toutdp0,1 tot.
Thu dut:bt ,ehish o,i,ttd at t,c tIme eutup,oi,, LttaRues, opptsaoouo a: th, muto,otahut, hoe ott, bootdtop,ticd L:to wilt dpflutulo e attune the aeesy up
Pattuatat hull t ut Sotdoy'e :tupotte Silt haoe fleetpviutttybuc,ssut:he bcsi scale cI no sadbtat Hdh hueofficc tut tto Mcluum M:tcflull'RutOtO Scull.Tuutl(t,a,y'Tutmmt Whtt:ltttutt uu March uu. (FoIl dnlatle
t,utttrloc,ot. thttp> uS mu, ,padctc Ott hc,a emahead, eauutcd Itekola, alt 0ucatttahit,l:m,, con e,ly It u,,td tt tpmOdy Sceitcotiun h ohloluluOtiokueoilhot :u adtaucp, Oe 01
tho hue uS,, mu thp mu'tiusu I lhccu,uou.Dons, ttueic flielute wilt ho mod, on Suudey, Febtuaty
it. Thc,,tutsuc:ee000utt:utktuucsthtocutttt005btcpeeotemttttuukbaukuuTt{Egoeatdctla:ho ucata
NAT HENT0FF'S LAIE-Ntctpr CABLENato Suer, Wcdortdct. Ths dooth boa tcottt,d tf
NMp: "Javtiruuttttu::s'ut,uu:TERNENT SIGNS
'° L SINGING FIND'mdmrlmus t, c,:l ui BANULLADERcutuldfll,ueaenusolem
Billy TPeOt,ithtewmkttu,aigapdaa,Vou'
- cppe'bcar'tidtotsttte
utosi dia000p,y fopbpprrdiuusagoede,fuht'oeldo, cs
nat, 500td ho mado tot ec tcut 00 a doubh cut an
Ftiduy, ltuhrumpy It, 1955 - TIlt tIt'bV SSIJSICAL EXPRESS 7
"lIME PRESENTING NEW' MALCOLMMITCHELL BAND DEBUT AT ROYAL
-' ALBERT_HALL, MARCH- 20I
. 'dA i, ro.sesig maki24 more records for U.S. {
MakuhuMouhufiO,shoatuanstuotntte,outctmd'
"1â 'rilE ues500 u000tdiuue vou,,ttu madu by Rutciu'a tpgpudoty 5 TO STAGE THE LONDON CONCERT PREMIERE of' TIltSa c,........., o,00,5'0 --------------------, SFNSATIONAL NEW ORCHESANA, AT ThE ROYAL ALRE*T
-
°ttieig bit eon MGM dcii. Amht,eu had host mY mao coo, up file iotputlsut 0t5-.
849. ethee hr ,eesde tuaevst Beaus ,ctcirmu nith slut alt'slut bord ho cc scone cent Ii nua d ho__________________________________________________________________________________________
LIVERPOOL DATEFOR JOHNNIE 1L4 RONNIE SCOTT WILL LEAD
VARIOUS taelher diane ass cow be aeeaneeref in eoaaeedoe eiehJoheate War', Iseeheemineg ReIt sane, The fabetoen "Car II ft T
Corn defeoltetp errs, hen the Cent eoe..eeepi.g Ae 4. sad .i-S h S at Aaaieand, t edit peaS bi A I S Lw Sea FOR BINGE ?Glee
WIld S PbICKIE FOR RUTMOURS
QUARTETEVEN tarltp, tuoo:l,o dutu
k ha,d 5h N0M I TO U S CUT
h toO ho, WOO PRICE DISCS ISSUE
fos dtcttt,tt"rt,,o.ttsl,unotitttoep:00 totItsu' o:asteOd:n
S nneor4 lb
tON, MARCH 08, >2 PM>.
. And here is news
of a 5OO ransfer
fee' paid by MaIcom
for new menTH'S pctetoutl 00 'slioloul,:
Mitnholl'e much ' d:ottol,dauto o,oh,et,a is no uylctod 1St'eaptknhthtbpeig,ittoiDuosau Lomtee.
JTLL ALLAN gI S d Ia, no ,50t clOt mu,u toe
he,, ttt HE DANNY KAYE FORA 1 it) d 1nt0
o ml1N dd h colony t A 0° It dR
B dMon çot m
saso iet, MANUEL KOPEL tAt h veumlt>tntto'Cm
?r
P LdD dIm11dcC Solo tot m ?0110 p,Oaoud
PALLADIUM INDblStoppt
lob t0nuorOh Us dg
b moo carom boy fim bin AttHt Sta,al
h) ADDITIONAL Ivy Benson s Drummer MAY o510
I
be St DLIty NME 8 ul , ma tu It
he, f tokd o I I S 5toithot co"t,,y
II 5055
El ECKSTINE DATES breaks wrist'' NME
smPIe, Pet
dd
boost kpuulH On m
m
aked 00 Rd m's tenho
Sm
TIe ,. htot,cdunuuedeas,t tatatuata
bs,d t:se0b,co ,o,uosepd 1N addinbuo to oh, 01110 Eckoti,t PAULA PYRE. dottmmpo With scout aloe, Dp,up Ka,p, to 5usd' Lonia sod bIn Oe4nneua slIt ho 0tski mill ho lbS loadieu elteao'oOttpI,l,. atdin:tmmsiuuud,t It aloe cte,ady aoeouunsd (NME. by Deoece'e Omtnaan,o St itep' at the L00000 Pelladiom tc ac,u,tpsnyno tuhattr Se alt pose Cc, otto lariat p,udt,t,'uu n,hitt tIlIf, t,cdpnnhip 01 ssnln:'claeluultlat 28.1.35), ho gtpat Ampeisan ai,g:o Lyons' Qurb,c Catd aS the Mopbie tummpem cu Mcoday, May 9 tmous, looppI ISO i,00dco Paltadb000. notonanne u June 24. nod utItn,eu:, Sirobut. a now boukod to pleytt000elo 51 Aesh Co,oce Ibouoe, at:Pp,d 0*5 Ours ecseon of rilbop tout u,aiu web te ,,otsoa,e suttt :tottd ul
11)9mos (doo ) Ap 24
C,oydPly Pe OOte ct
glho tauth coho0 Hood
d
DEEPS RETURNING ThtfOoS k
S
lterS m h Ott eoTndd °sd cedlut,plot,oes d ocr hI
dot onym-th Drop n ut'e,n b
Billy St Loluontot tt Aptit )t toopoecol at iitta000ut 1100w. Da000 Ksoe'a bobatt hate in,,, to BnIa:n 00, nsttety engsgPmPataBadid En ed see S tnt dcosbbttneo Ld 50 o.dcn to Kai Windings
nod L FOR MECCA T Alt S I md n
bereavementnlooepeolo:bu. he nsa able T oo,fl,rned the buokiaf 00 ienu:a Ibe,nle,Snoeke noWm,,,ius isue 0 THIE NME OeIOOda ha
I .50 no Orotten Ca I Hup I h di T doy (05 hI W d lob Se 0 M 5
1110 BURNS LAUNCHES pt:nnmdopbht0trCorbtMiLLSTMA tomdth,df
hh
TUBBY HAYES 9 -PIECE emdiolIvflpotthui,,iouItoW D°° hLo attt°t btme
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S THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday, February 11, 1955
You know the Luxembourg disc -jockeys and those on the BBC, but here's anotherone who is making many friends in Britain and Ireland with his record shows
THE BOY FROM BOSTON WHOIF you've got a short wave radio and you like to bear pop music
that's truly in the groove. try picking up Jack Terry's " Music InThe Night " programme these evenings in the 25 and 31 metre bands.
The " Music In The Night " show originates in New York. hutgoes out over the airwaves under the call of WRUL-Radio Boston.You can hear it Mondays to Fridays from 7 -p.m. to 7.55 p.m.GMT on- 11.7g megacycles (25 metre band) and 9.675 megacycles (31metre band).
And if you are interested in keeping abreast of the top sales discsin the U.S and really enjoying yourself while you're at it. listening tothis disc -jockey show is the best way we know to do it.
Jack Terry, who emcees " MusicIn The Night." is a boyish 28, buthe's a veteran at spotting the top hitsdays and even weeks ahead of theircatching on.
One of his more recent finds is thenew "Everlovin'," sung by PattiPage. It's stating to catch on fastnow in the States, but Jack had itnailed for a sure thing way back inDecember and told his listeners sowhen he first played it on the air. Dozen Shows"Music In The Night " has onlybeen on the air since last October,but it's already pulling a flood ofmail. Most of it comes from Britainand Ireland. but a surprising lotcomes Africa-Southern Rhodesia,Nigeria, Gold Coast and Kenya, justto name a few of the more recentpostmarks represented. Out therethey seem to go for Frankie LaMe,Jo Stafford and Rosemary Clooneyas much as in the cooler climes.
Intimacy
him up accidentally while "playingaround on the short-wave."
He has developed a real feeling ofintimacy with his overseas listeners.Twice-once back in 1950, when hewent to Mexico and aeain in 1951,when he went out to Hollywood torecord some shows-Jack has takenleave of WRUL. But both times hecame back after a few weeks.
"You know, I really missed myoverseas audience " he explained."It's a different audience from thedomestic radio audience . . . moreintimate. They're much farther away.but somehow they seem closer andmore sincere in their responses."
What does he mean by that ?Well, take the girl in Newcastle -on -Tyne who wrote him a letter a fewmonths ago offering him a piece ofher birthday cake if he would playa certain request tune on her birth -
The timing isn't bad As Dudley day.Delves of 120. Mansfield Road. Jack not only played the song onSwaythling. Southampton, noted in the air, but added a casual remarka letter to disc -jockey Terry recently: like "And now how about that piece
"You have certainly chosen a of birthday cake you promised ?" Agood time for your transmission as month later the piece of cake arrived.many listeners over here can hear "It was a bit stale," says Terry,the pop request programme broad- " but after all, it was the spirit ofcast from Radio Luxemburg from 6 the thing . . ."to 7 p.m. and then switch over to This philosophical bent is all partWRUL for another hour of popular of the Terry equipment and perhapsmusic. Good going-yes ? " one of the reasons his disc -shows
Jack has been riding herd on the have become so popular with hisplatters at WRUL since 1947 and foreign_ audience.caters exclusively to his foreign Still, he doesn't fall into the trapaudience although occasionally he that so many disc -jockeys fall into.gets letters from some place like He doesn't spend too much timeOconomowoc, Wisconsin, deep in the talking. "A maximum of music andheart of the U.S. where some of just enough talk to keep it cosy," ishis fellow countrymen have picked Terry's motto.
SPOTS THE HITSby
JOSEPH DEESin between his daily rounds with
"Music in the Night." Terryoccupies himself with getting out adozen or so other shows in Englishon WRUL's short-wave transmissionsto Europe and Latin -America.
On Mondays, he supervises the"Hawaii Calls" programme, whichcan be heard in Britain from 8.45to 9.15 GMT.
On Tuesdays he puts on a highlypopular variety show with a col-league, John Lowry, called "OnStage America" (8.45 to 9.15 p.m.GMT).
And every evening. Mondaythrough Friday, from 9.20 to 9.15GMT! you can hear him reading theAmerican Business Bulletins and thelatest stock market quotations.
With all his activity on the radio,though, Terry still finds time for out-side activities. Last summer, he wonhis Bachelor of Arts degree inPhilosophy at Columbia Universityin New York after attending nightclasses for three years.
ClassicsOff hand, we would say that he is
probably the only disc -jockey in NewYork or-we daresay-anywhere elsewho has a BA in Philosophy.
When he isn't turning platters andtalking into the mike at WRUL, Jackis likely to be turning the platterson his long-playing records at home.He has a real passion for music, and--oddly enough for a pop fan-hisfavourites are the classics.
When Jack was out in Californiafour years ago he went up to SanFrancisco and found a little old ladyantique dealer, of all things, who waswilling to sponsor a "classic" pro-1/4NertoiNeNesieNeesiNNW/WWeselvf~^0Weekti.
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gramme on a local radio stationJack started the programme on the
air with Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto and then did a quick switch toSpike Jones and his Band playing" Yes, We Have No Bananas."
" The station manager rushed intothe studio to find out what it was allabout," says Jack, "but I told hintto take it easy and wait until thereactions started to come in. Then Iwent on playing them, first a classicand then a popular one. Some of theartier types didn't like it much, butypti would be surprised at how manypeople did. They said it wasdifferent."
FunJack doesn't try anything quite this
wild on "Music in the Night" oreven on "On Stage America," wherethere is a little more room forvariety.
But he does have his fun-forinstance,. the recent broadcast inwhich he played "On Top Of OldSmokey" on his harmonica accom-panied by the howls et "Pablito," hispet Chihuahua puppy which hebrought back from Mexico.
On another occasion recently, the"On Stage America" show featuredthe dramatisation of a flight throughspace, with Terry and his assistant,John Lowry, doing the dialogue.
This drew a flood of fan mailfrom overseas listeners who mar-velled at how Jack, with all his otherduties, could have found time tolearn so much about space travel.
"We didn't really know muchabout it," says Jack modestly. "Wejust picted it up from some popularscience articles in the newspapersand magazines and then let our
fancy do the rest."Another feature of " On Stage
America " is the number of inter-views Terry has done. VaughnMonroe, Jean Sablon, Guy Lom-bardo, Xavier Cugat, Guy Mitchell,Terry Stevens, Patti Page . . . allhave been on the "On Stage" showat some time or another.
But, as we said in the beginning,it's Terry's highly developed instinctas to what people are going to likein the pop music field that has madehis programme so popular with over-seas listeners.
JACKTERRY
That is why he is coping with arising tide of fan mail not only fromthe United Kingdom and Ireland,but from hundreds of fans in France,Germany, the Low Countries andScandinavia.
In fact, Terry's seemingly unerringtaste in what makes a hit is alreadywell on its way to pushing WRULpretty much up into the position thatAFN had in the days just after thewar.
Reception in recent weeks hasbeen rather good, so you shouldn'thave any trouble getting him.
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Friday, February 11, 1955 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS
GUY MITCHELL ...DORIS DAY AMES BROS.. SHORTY ROGERS
You can read the °latest news about them herein NAT HENTOFF's New York Air -mail
LATE NEWS : Guy Mitchell makes his first United Statesappearance in almost a year at the National Sports Show in. SanFrancisco on March 4, for ten days. . . . Ray Anthony is continuinghis movie career. He and his band have just finished their part in" Daddy Long Legs," with Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron. Now Rayis about to go into " Pink Tights" in a solo capacity. Band will layoff until April 9 when the one-nighters begin again.
Doris Day has asked for. and obtained, her release from Warner Brothersafter an association of eight years. Doris is still working on " Love Me OrLeave Me." the biography of Ruth Etting, and the director of the picture,Charles Vidor, recently gave the Associated Press an idea of how seriouslyand intensely Doris takes her acting responsibilities.
" Vidor observed." said Bob Thomas of the AP, " that Doris was aliteral girl who believed everything she was told. She had an hystericalscene and got so carried away that the director had to shake her to stopthe sobs."
It now looks as if a new majorrecording outfit may soon be formedas a subsidiary of the AmericanBroadcasting Company and Para-
mount Pictures. ABC and Para-mount have been allied for over ayear now, and if they form arecord division, they will be follow-
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GERALDOand his Ail Star Orchestra
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DEUTSCHE GRUPPEEine Danube Company, Tyrol,
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RUSS HARDY'S" Search for a Singer " Contest
Tickets : 10/6. 7/6, 5/-, 3/8Obtainable from Royal Albert Hall(KEN 8212), also personally andby post from Ross Hardy, 9, Ver-non House, Sicilian Ave., London,WX.L, (ROL 1220, encl. La.&
ing the pattern of CBS -ColumbiaRecords and NBC -RCA Victor,
The Four Ames Brothers havebeen awarded a lucrative com-mercial television series to beginApril 1. Each telecast in the 26 -week series will have a separatestory and on the show, the Victorartists will dance, act and make likecomedians as well as sing. Showwill be seen 15 minutes each weekover 195 stations. The AmesBrothers (Ed, Gene, Joe and Vic)are currently riding a nation-widehit, " The Naughty Lady Of ShadyLane."
* * *THE JAZZ SCENE : Shorty
Rogers, one of the main influenceson the west coast modern jazzmen inrecent years, has left RCA -Victorfor an exclusive contract withAtlantic Records. Atlantic is one ofthe country's most prosperousrhythm and blues labels, and now itwants to strengthen its jazz divisiontoo. Shorty has b een namedmusical director of the modernwin g of Atlantic's soon -to -be -expanded jazz line.
Shorty will function as a leader.arranger and trumpeter, Atlanticvice-president Nesuhi Ertegun, whosigned Shorty, has also been work-ing on the traditional end ofAtlantic's jazz catalogue, and recentlyrecorded the New Orleans band ofPaul Barbarin.
Another Hollywood musician hasshifted companies. Young, Berlin -born Andre Presin, who has becomeone of the more gifted arranger -conductors at MGM films, has leftRCA -Victor for American Decca. A remarkably encouraging exampleof the extent to which jazz hasswung through and across nationalIboundaries is the forthcoming March.1955, issue of the excellent Frenchmagazine, "Jazz Hot." The issue isthe 20th anniversary of that journal'sexistence. Among other features,there will be 40 articles from jazzwriters from every part of the world-North and South America, Europe.Asia, Africa and Australia. Eachwill list his choice of the " mostunderrated jazz musician."
Aim of the issue, in the words of"Jazz -Hot" editor Charles Delaunay,is to show "the universality of jazz.and the international solidarity ofthe world's jazz critics and jazzlovers."
Sonny Payne, who has drummedwith Erskine Hawkins and EarlBostic, has permanently replaced GusJohnson in the Count Basic Band.Count has :.lso added blues singerJoe Williams . . . Joe Newman,Basic's featured jazz trumpeter,recently cut two albums in one week-one for Victor and one for Story -vine. .
* * *There have been changes in the
Woody Herman Band. DrummerChuck Flores has left to be replacedby former Dave Brubeck drummer.Herb Barman. Bill Castagnine andJohn Howell have departed from thetrumpet section and Bill Perkinsexited from the saxophones. Per-manent replacement for the threehad not yet been set at press time.
There's a chance that WoodyHerman may have a TV variety showof his own this fall . . . Woody,meanwhile, is in line for a topsummer replacement spot on TV.
Newest young jazz writing talentto look out for is Phil Sunkel. Philhas written several scores for theDan Terry Band, which is due backin Birdland soon, and he also writesfor the Stan Getz Quintet. Phil is aninventively swinging trumpet player,too.
One of the best jazz albums amongthe newer releases is a second set of"Jay and Kai." This maturely potenttwo -trombone team (Kai Wind-ing and Jay Jay Johnson) made acrisply exciting record debut on Savoysome weeks ago, and their latestsession on Prestige is equally stimu-lating. Jay and Kai have been on theroad with their combo, and hope forfurther dates by means of the in-terest the records should arouse.
The instrumentation is two trom-bones and rhythm, and the varietyof sounds and perspectives these twolong-term professionals achieve there-by, is imaginatively unexpected.
Hottest controversy among writerson jazz these days is Dave Brubeck-how important a contribution is hemaking to contemporary jazz, anddoes he swing ? More on that nextweek.
Isle of ManLOCAL bandleader Harold Moor -
house and his Band will openfor the summer season at the Bal-queen Hydro, Port St. Mary, Isle ofMan, on May 14.
The Balqueen have agreed to re-lease Harold for the two weeks May28 to June 11, inclusive, when heopens the season at the Villa Marina,
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Home"(Philips BBL.7015)
THE Apollo Hall is in Amster-dam, and Philips taped this
LP there during Hamp's currentinternational tour. The prepon-derance of ballads and varyingrecording balance suggest that theextracts may come from morethan one concert,
But who cares ? Certainly not I,who am delighted to find so muchwonderful Hampton vibes work onone record.
An unbilled alto soloist crops upon " Loverman." a trumpeter on" Nearness Of You "-and the entire,hectic band makes its usual home-ward flight. Otherwise it's Hampalmost all the way ; Hamp withbrass and reed figures behind him,Hamp with rhythm section alone.
He plays superlatively, provingonce again that he's one of the mostinventive, swinging musicians ever tocome out of jazz.
BILLIE HOLIDAY (LP)" Time On My Hands " / " LaughingAt Life " / " It's A Sin To Tell A ,Lie " / " Swing, Brother, Swing" /" Loveless Love " / " Without YourLove " / " Tell Me More " " Mandy
Is Two."(Philips BBR.8032)
UNLIKE Lionel, Billie has changedwith the years. Her singing
round about 1940 (when most ofthese tracks were cut) had a carefreeinsouciance that it lacks today. Hercurrent work lacks sophistication, ofcourse, and it's entirely a matter ofpersonal taste which you prefer.
Her bitter-sweet voice and lan-guorous phrasing are not everyman'scaviare. But if, like me, you doteon her, BBR.8032 can be safelyrecommended.
The personnel details provided byPhilips fail to give any proper in-dication of who accompanies MissHoliday on the various titles. Dropme a line (enclosing s.a.e.) if you'dlike a full listing.
TOMMY DORSEY AND HISORCHESTRA (EP)
" Diane " / " Opus Two " / " Mar-chita " / " TD's Boogie Woogie."
(Brunswick 0E.9012)STAN GETZ QUARTET/QUINTET
(EP)" Interlude In Bebop " / " As I LiveAnd Bop" / "Diaper Pin" / "Pardon
My Bop."(Vogue EPV.1016)
KENNY GRAHAM'SAFRO -CUBISTS (EP)
"Tempo Medio Lento" / "Dance OfThe Zombies" / "Saga Boy" /
"Haitian Ritual."(Esquire EP.34)
ELLA FITZGERALD (EP)"Smooth Sailing" / "Flying Home" /"Lady Be Good" / "How High The
Moon."(Brunswick 0E.9025)
GEORGE SHEARING TRIO (EP)"Consternation"/"I Only Have EyesFor you" / "Ponciana" / "To. Be Or
Not To Bop."(Decca DFE.6030)
EXTENDED Play re -issues fromLP's and 78's-and, for the most
part, welcome additions to the 45rpm repertory. The Dorseys featuretwo Jack - Leonard - and - Glee -Clubvocals (one of which, "Diane," wasnever previously issued here) andtwo sequels to swing -era hits. Out-moded arrangements are no help,but the band sounds slick and TDblows his 'hone as smoothly as ever.
The Getz titles comprise anambitious, worthwhile (t houghnot completely successful) opusfamiliar to most modernists. Excel-lent tenor and rhythm stuff, butcheck the recording quality of yourcopy before purchase.
Kenn y Graham's efforts areextracts from his "Caribbean Suite,"
which can be obtained in toto onEsquire 20-023.
The Fitzgerald set groups four ofElla's best-known bop -scat specialitiestogether, and the Shearing remindsus how George used to sound in1948.
MIKE BUTCHER
The NME cameraman was at thefirst rehearsal of the new TubbyHayes group this week. In this pic-ture are (I. to r.) pianist -arrangerHarry South, Tubby himself(tenor), Jackie Sharp (baritone),Pete Blanqin (bass), Mike Senn(alto), and Les Condon (trumpet).The names of a second trumpet,and the drummer have yet to beannounced. Behind the group areMr. Chalmers, a Decca recordexecutive, and Tito Burns, underwhose aegis the band is being
launched.Avvvvnevsninnosovhnnewsne...........nowNovvsovs.
CINE-VARIETY FORTWO GRANADAS
CINE-VARIETY programmes, inwhich favourites of the
popular music world will befeatured, are about to be launchedat the Granada, Walthamstow,and the Granada, Tooting.
Song -star Alma Cogan is appear-ing next week at Walthamstow,making two daily appearances inbetween the film sessions.
For the week of February 21',singers Pearl Carr and Teddy John-son head a strong cine-variety billat Tooting in which Leslie Randalland Frank Cook will also be in-cluded.
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Just Published, PART V, J-Kirk, of the
JAZZDIRECTORYOF RECORDED JAZZ AND SWING MUSICCompiled by Albert I. McCarthy and Dave Carey
" M.M." says : " Volume V includes the discographiesof jazz musicians, gospel and blues singers, whose namesbegin with J and K up to Kirk. Such notables as MahaliaJackson, Harry James, Bunk Johnson, James P. Johnson,Lonnie Johnson, Stan Kenton, Andy Kirk and the JATP,to name a few, are in this volume, with their discographiesup to December, 1953. What needs stressing, however, isthe amount of information supplied on scores of less -known musicians, orchestras and singers. Many find theirplace in a jazz discography for the first time. Othercharacteristics of " Jazz Directory" are the frequent noteson a musician or recording session, and the accuracy ofinformation throughout the volume. In every detail it is upto the standard of the former volumes, and that is thehighest ever attained by a discographical work dealing withjazz."
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WILL A HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER
BE THE NEW JOHNNIE RAY?IN the Philips' February record releases there was included a name
new to British fans. " Roy Hamilton," said the notification, " sing-ing `If I Loved You' and You'll Never Walk Alone.' "
Now, any record fan worthy of the name will realise immediately thatfor a major company to release a recording of two such out-of-date, non -plug songs, must mean that they have great faith in the singer.
Justification of this faith comes this week in a feature on RoyHamilton, from our New York correspondent Nat Hentoff. We are printingit because we know that NME readers like to learn about the stars whoserecords they will be buying tomorrow, as well as reading about their currentfavourites each week. Nat Hentoff writes :
* * * *T looks increasingly as if- the next major ballad sensation in America willI be Roy Hamilton. He's been called a combination of Johnnie Ray and
Billy Eckstine, and in the -past year and a half his salary has jumped from$5`a night to $3,500 a week. Since his first Epic record (an AmericanColumbia subsidiary) was released in January,'1954, Roy has estabtished a
solid series of hits-"You'll Never WalkAlone," " If I LovedYou," " E b b Tide "and " Hurt."
Roy's story is oneof the more unusualbackgrounds to suc-cess in recent years.Born in Leesburg,Georgia, the onlychild of devout,church -going parents,Roy started singingin church choirs atthe age of 6. At 14,his family moved toJersey City, whereRoy majored in com-mercial art while inhigh school. Roy be-came a skilled artistin oils and watercolours, as well as inthe illustrating field,and even now, hesketches betweenshows and wheneverhe has a chance.
While developingas an artist, Roy alsoengaged in profes-
sional boxing. A quick success as an amateur heavyweight, Roy was beatenonly once in seven fights, and he later defeated the man who had handedhim his only loss. Roy left boxing, however, because " I wasn't the typeto hurt anyone. I just don't have that killer instinct a professional fighterhas to have."
Roy also had a strong desire to Kin success as a popular vocalist duringthis time, and in 1947, he won amateur contests at the Apollo (the HarlemTheatre where both Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan earlier got theirstart). Roy was dissatisfied with his singing at that time despite the amateurvictories, and he studied semi -classical voice for the next year and a half.He was looking for a different style, a different sound for popular vocalising,but wasn't at all sure just what it was. Then another musical influence-onethat had been oart of his background since childhood-was strengthenedwhen Roy was persuaded to join a gospel group. For the next five years,Roy sang with the Searchlight Gospel Singers in churches and at concerts.
By 1953, Roy had finally begun to find the original style for whichhe'd long been searching. Returning to popular music, he entered and won,an amateur contest in a small club in New Jersey.
He was kept on for three weeks at $5 a night, and then moved overto a slightly less small club where his salary was soon raised to $12 anight. One evening, a New Jersey disc -jockey named Bill Cook wanderedinto the club.
He heard Roy, knew what possibilities he had, and arranged for arecord contract for him with Epic Records. So Roy now is powerfully onhis way to national and then international renown. As for that originalstyle of singing he's found, Roy's own description calls -it a "mixture ofabout 50 per cent. from the gospel field, about 30 per cent. from thepopular and about 20 per cent. from the semi -classical, with a touch ofrhythm and blues."
I shouldn't be surprised if you had a chance to hear the young newcontender for the heavyweight ballad crown for yourself before too long.
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r111-IE juke box age is about to-a- burst on Britain.. The in-dustry manufacturing these publicrecord-players, freed at last fromcontrols, is now again on its feetand determined to become a forcein British entertainment compar-able to its American counterpart.
In America, juke boxes are bigbusiness. They are an Americaninstitution now and, therefore, theposition,on the other side of theAtlantic is the most likely guide totheir, possibilities here.
Latest figures available show thatthe number of juke boxes in opera-tion was half a million-that is tosay, one for every 300 of the U.S:population, mah, woman and child.
Of even more importance to themusic business in its wider sense, isthe fact that no less than 20 percent. of the total number of recordssold throughout the United Stateswere for use in juke boxes. Andthat means something like 60,000,000discs !
Both the manufacturing and dis-tributing sides of the industry wereprominent features at the annualAmusements Trades Exhibition heldat the New Royal Horticultural Hallin London last week. To it flew Mr.John Haddock, dollar millionairepresident of AMI Incorporated, oneof America's leading juke box mann-manufacturers, who was surveyingthe progress made by his firm'sBritish associate.
Mr. Haddock was keen to dispelthe impression that the juke box isa vulgar instrument. Over here, hepoints out, it is usually associatedwith amusement arcades where itsuse 'is primarily to create a noisy,riotous atmosphere.
" The modern juke box," he says,"is a high-fidelity instrument and isas fine a product as any other pieceof reproduction equipment. Itshould be treated as such."
3d. a discDuring the duration of the exhibi-
tion, the AMI stand was visited byseveral recording personalities. RubyMurray (Columbia), Tony Brent(HMV), Jack Parnell (Parlophone),Lorrae Desmond, Frank Chacksfieldand Suzi Miller (Decca), allenthused over the reproductionqualities.
Half a dozen machines were onusing both 78 and 45 rpm
records. Outstanding feature, to oneaccustomed to the crude pre-warmodels still in widespread use, isthat they play both sides of arecord.
This gives double choice to thecustomer. Standard price is 3d, aplay with one juke box offering fivefor one shilling.
The number of records on themachines varies with the manufac-turer from 16 to 52 discs. Thislatter represents an outlay of up to£13 on records at any one time.
The AMI machine is built entirelyin Britain using British parts fromthe American design. Impart ofmachines from abroad is restrictedto member countries of the Organis-ation for European Economic Co-operation, but `jukes " can bebrought in from those countrieswithout restrictions. Some, like theWurlitzer and Seeburg, are built inGermany from American parts.
Extensive research can only un-earth two British manufacturers. Ofthese, the Minstrel has only been onthe market for a year, but the" Music Maker " has been manu-factured since before 1948.
The latter is produced for theirown use by the Ditchburn Equip-ment Company, who only sell themoutright to overseas buyers. Thisrestrictive policy was inaugurated byMr. G. N. Ditchburn, head of thefirm. Like Mr. Haddock, he isparticularly aware of the socialresponsibilities of his product andchooses to control the operation andlocation of the machines himself.
45's bestIf one of his machines encourages
what he considers to be an un-desirable element, he is able to with-draw it. Despite, or perhaps becauseof, this self-imposed policy, his firmclaims to control more installationsin this country than any other.
The Ditchburn firm is the excep-tion to the general rule. In mostcases the manufacturers do notoperate the machines. This is usuallyleft to the distributor, or morefrequently to a specialist operator.As in the United States, a machineis rarely under the sole control ofits location owner.
Several operators complain thatthe record companies do not treatthem fairly. Frequently, they say,deliveries are delayed, particularly45 rpm discs which are being widelyused because of their better repro-duction qualities.
This means that the public cannotbe provided with a record when itsissue is first announced.
Most operators have to buy discsat the full retail price which theyconsider unjust. " We help to createa market for records," they argue,
They absorb 60,000,000 records yearly in the U.S., and now
THE JUKE BOX ERA HITS BRITAINIfDON
WEDGE` and if there is to be the expansion
hoped for, more co-operation isneeded from the record companies."
The big record firms reaction ismixed. Jack Baverstock, of Mercury,told us : " I would like to see thehome juke box market as extensiveas the American. With restrictedBBC needle time and limited com-mercial radio facilities, it would bean ideal medium to build artists."
Decca were frank, but lukewarm.An official, who declined to bequoted, took the view that thelicence revenue doesn't cover theamount of the lost sales and whilejuke boxes remain an unknownquantity the record companies arecontent to wait.
ViewpointsEMI publicist, Doug Geddes, re-
gards.juke boxes as an added avenuefor stimulating interest. " Someoneplays their favourite record and it isheard by all those around."
Both bandleaders who visited theexhibition were keen to see theAmerican success repeated here.
" I think if people hear yourrecords, they'll come along to -seeyou," says Jack Parnell. ".I see' noharm in them. They are onlyintended for small places where therewouldn't be live music. It certainlydoesn't seem to have hurt the bandsin America.
"A different technique of arrang-ing is going to be necessary. Theremust be lots of rhythm and lessintricate stuff," he added, saying heis waiting to see, if more catch on," then we will aim for the market."
Frank Chacksfield was placed thirdin the 1953 Operators poll held bythe American trade weekly " CashBox," and so his words have addedweight. " If juke boxes becomepopular here," he stated, " they cando nothing but good. They willnever replace live music."
He agreed that a special techniqueis required for the juke box field." Ebb Tide ' has been enormouslysuccessful. It has now sold morethen 1+ million copies, but I shallnever again use a quiet opening tothe record. I realised that it waswrong when I visited America andI have never used it since " he said.
Like every other branch of thepopular music business, the juke boxcame to this country from America.Its forerunner was born in 1888when an enterprising salesmanattached a coin mechanism to anEdison phonograph at the SanFrancisco Exhibition.
HistoryBut it was not until 1927 that the
industry really began -to take itspresent shape. In that year theAutomatic Music Instument Com-pany produced the first fully auto-matic juke box. To -day, AMI Inc.,as it is now known, probably manu-factures more machines than anycompany in the world.
Two years ago the firm decided toexplore the British market and,eventually, reached agreement withan English firm, the Balfour MarineEngineering Co., Ltd., to produceunder licence identical machineshere. The first came off the produc-tion lines of their Ilford factoryabout a year ago and production andsales are now in the region of 50a month-retailing at nearly £600each.
The American parent firm turnsout over 2,000 machines a month,and feels there is an enormous un-tapped market here.
A good juke box is happierplaying good music than bad," saysMr Haddock. " It is at its bestwhen the volume produced is evenlydistributed around the room and forthat reason our product is made sothat up to six extension speakers canbe used with it.".
He considers that its ideal locationis in the coffee houses that have nowbecome a London institution andare rapidly spreading to theprovinces. " Music," he points out,
is usually associated with refresh-ment in the States."
So look out for records with yourcoffee. If the juke box makers havea say in the matter, silent refreshmentis on its way out !
Hui!ERIC WINSTONE and his
Orchestra visited the City Hall,Hull, yesterday (Thursd4, 10th).
Other name bands due to visitthis venue include Tony Crombieand Mick Mulligan in a two -bandsession on February 17, and KenMackintosh and his Orchestra for aSunday concert on February 27.
Playing as supporting band atmany of these name band sessionsis popular trumpeter MaxwellDaniels and his Orchestra, who fea-tures the singing of Joan Richardson.
At the Amusement Trades Exhibition, held in London last week,bandleader Jack Parnell looks very pleased to find one of his records
on a new and super AMI juke -box.
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OK ON TV -Congratulations toPearl Carr. Benny Lee and NatTemple for the most amusing partthey played in a Bernard Bradensketch on TV on Sunday.
Occasion was the " Daily Mail "National TV Awards Galla Perform -oyez from the Scala Theatre, London,and they were all in cracking form.
* *A YOUNG STAR - It's always
good to welcome the "young idea,"and viewers who saw the "All YourOwn" TV programme on Sundayhad a chance of seeing in -action a14 -year -old boy who will undoubtedlytake -his place in the ranks of oneof our major dance bands beforehe's very much older
His name is Stewart Goodwin,from Middleton, Manchester, and heplayed clarinet with confidence,technique, tone, rhythm and a naturalfeeling for the dance idiom. Appar-ently, he plays in semi -pro bands upNorth after school, and the way heeattled through Solitude " and'1 Clarinet Cadenza " suggests we'llle hearing a lot more of him in thefuture.
GOOD "RHYME ANDRHYTHM "-What an entertainingshow TV gave us in last Monday'sprogramme " Rhyme And Rhythm.'There was some fine singing by JillDay and Tony Brent and some greatpiano and mouth -organ playine byKen Frith and the incredibly bril-liant Frank Cook, respectively.
The excellent accompanimentsthroughout the show were suppliedby the saxophone and rhythm sec-tions of Alyn Ainsworth's NorthernVariety Orchestra and conducted byAlyn himself. This was TV at itsbest. Can we have more, please ?* * *
RECORD FOR RUBY - WhenPatrick Doncaster, ace "DailyMirror " writer, wrote about RubyMurray in last Monday's issue ofthat illustrious national paper, hementioned that " she has three re-cords in the Top Twenty . . ."
Whose Top Twenty ? Why, theNME's, of course. And by gettingthree into the top twenty, Ruby setup a record for any British singer,and an international record for anyfemale singer, British or American.
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When Carl Barriteau and his Band commence a tour of one-nightstands and concerts on February 14, at the Baths Hall, Warrington, anintegral part of heir show will be the Three Deuces, a Canadian vocaltrio, They are pictured here with Carl (right), and if their faces lookfamiliar, a glance at our news pages will provide the explanation.,Frankie Laine at one time had
four records in our best-sellers' list,but Ruby is the only other artist toapproach that number so closely.
Incidentally a couple of weeksago, "Mr. Sandman" achieved theunique distinction. of being the firstsong to appear four times in our toptwenty, recorded by four differentartists and vocal 'groups.
Footnote: We have just heard thatwhen last wee k's NME w a spublished, with Ruby's three recordsin the best-sellers, Columbia SalesManager L. G. Wood and his staffpromptly sent her a glorious bouquetof flowers with a message of con-gratulations Nice gesture, Mr.Wood !
TWICE TIMES ALMA - AlmaCogan tells me that when she broad-casts in the BBC Dance Music Fes-tival programme at the Royal AlbertHall, she will have the uniqueexperience of singing with twoorchestras on the air. She will singone number with Geraldo and hisOrchestra, and the other with theSquadronaires.
* * *A BOB A DAY-" Housewives'
Choice " for the week' -commencingFebruary 28, brings Leslie Heritageto the microphone to introducehousewives' favourite discs. Leslie,better known as "Bob Dale" of"Mrs. Dale's Diary," is a keenmodernist in his musical outlook,with a liking for Kenton, Gillespie,Heath, Shearing, Sarah Vaughan andsimilar artists.
He'll undoubtedly try to slip oneor two of them into his programmes,but has been listening to a lot of popmaterial lately to plan his dailyforty-five minutes of music.
* * *CYRIL GETS WALLY -For his
two new films for which the musicwas recorded this week, CyrilStapleton engaged ace arranger WallyStott to do the bulk of the arrange-ments. Since he left Gerald° a fewyears ago, Wally has made rapidstrides towards becoming one of ourfinest -musicians and arrangers, andis well known for the fine orchestralbackings he gives to the many stars
who record for Philips.Wally, of course, also makes
records with his own orchestra -needless to say, with excellent results.
Incidentally, for the above men-tioned film, augmentation -has beenadded to the orchestra in the wayof a fifth trombone (Jack Thirwall)and featured along with Jock Cum-mings in a drum duet will be OscarRabin drummer man, Bobby Kevin.Also added to the rhythm sectionfor the occasion will be KennyPowell on piano. Bill McGuffie, ofcourse, will be featured as a soloist.* *
YOUNG'S BENTLEY - SingerJimmy Young, whose latest Deccarecording 'Don't Go To Strangers,"is heading for the Hit Parade, hasbecome the proud owner of a beauti-ful grey Bentley car. In so doing, hehas achieved another ambition.
During his war -time RAF service,he once had to drive a Bentleyowned by a high ranking RAFofficer. He enjoyed the "feel" of it somuch that he made up his mindthere and then to own one himselfone day.
Until last week he possessed aluxurious Super Snipe, but he wasn'tsatisfied until he was at the wheelof his own Bentley. Last Mondayhe was seen speeding north in it onhis way to open at the EmpireMiddlesbrough. * *
RONNIE O'HARRIS - Irishscribes and critics give glowingaccounts of Ronnie Harris's openingat the Theatre Royal, Dublin, onJanuary 30.
Ronnie's debut was a real success,and the Irish have taken him to theirhearts in no uncertain way -not theleast, says a correspondent, "becausehe has a charming manner, and awonderful and natural sense ofhumour."
There is also lavish praise acrossthe Irish Sea for the Trebletones,the boys who back Ronnie's act withguitar (Johnny Wiltshire), piano(Johnny Neave) and bass (Cliff Ball).
Ronnie is at Hackney -Empire nextweek, so Londoners have their ownchance of seeing the local boy whohas done so well.
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6 p.m. Monday Requests ; SpreadYour Wings; 7.15 Dan Dare; 7.30Smash Hits; 8 Strike It Rich; 8.30Your Mother's Birthday: b HollywoodCalling ; 9.15 Primo 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;11.15 Frank And Ernest; 11.30 TheWorld Of Tomorrow. Midnight: Closedown.TUESDAY
6 p.m. Tuesday's Requests; 7.15 DanDare; 7.30 Penguin Parade; 7.45 YourFavourites and Mine; 8 Double YourMoney; 8.30 Frank Chacksfield; 9Lila Roza ; 9.15 Tony Martin ;9.30 Perry Mason ; 9.45 Friends AndNeighbours ; 10 Picture Post Pro-gramme; .10.15 Joe Loss; 10.30 Sports-man's Choice ; 11 Revival Time; 11.30Oral Roberts, Midnight: Close down.WEDS ESDAY
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Ramblers; 9.30 Perry Mason; 9.45 CurtMassey and Martha Tilton; 10 Dreamtime; 10.15 Showtime; 10.30 DickJames; 10.45 Record Show; 11 Back ToThe Bible; 11.30 Swing Session. Mid-night: Close down.THURSDAY
6 p.m. Thursday's Requests ; 7 Billy'sBanjo Band ; 7.15 Dan Dare ; 7.30Penguin Parade ; 7.45 Edmundo Ros8 Beat The Band ; 8.30 Lucky People :
9 Harold Smart Quartet; 9.15 DlckleValentine; 9.30 Perry Mason; 9.45Friends and Neighbours; 10 TeddyJohnson; 10.30 Evening Star; 10.45Mario Lanza Sings; 11 Old -FashionedRevival Hour. Midnight; Close down.FRIDAY
6 p.m. Friday Requests ; Butlin'sBeaver Club ; 7.15 Dan Dare ; 7.30Ken Mackintosh Show; 7.45 JeanCampbell and Ray Burns; 8 Shilling ASecond; 8.30 has There Something ?;9 Scrapbook Of Song; 9.15 MusicalExpress; 9.30 Perry Mason ; 9.45 CurtMassey & Martha Tilton; 10 Dream -time; 10.15 Petula Clark; 10.30 OldAcquaintance; 10.45 Frank Weir andBenny Lee; 11 The Voice Of Prophecy;11.30 Moments Of Faith; 11.45 MusicAt Bedtime. Midnight: Close down.
SATURDAY8 p.m. Saturday Requests; 7 Amateur
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LOW FLAME -Though AnthonySteel's newest Polygon recording,"The Flame," is described as being"based on a theme from the film' Out of the Clouds,'" it's difficultto recognise the connection evenafter both hearing the record andseeing the film.
Your columnist has done bath ;
Anthony hums a few bars of thesong while taking a shower in thefilm, but certainly not enough tomake anyone realise it's the sametune as the record. Any sales thedisc gets will be as a result ofPolygon chief Alan Freeman's work,it seems.
* * *SOUVENIRS -An expensive item
in . Basil Kirchin's -working coststhese days is the price of replacingdrum sticks.
His session at Darlington lastSaturday cost him six broken sticks,but they were not entirely wasted -the fans salvaged the splintered onesfor souvenirs.
nightThefollowing Bradford -where the Kirchins shared the billwith Tommy Whittle and his Quintet-Basil got through by borrowing apair of drumsticks 'from EddieTaylor.
If Eddie happens to be reading thiscolumn it is our sad duty to informhim that he has "had" these sticks -Basil smashed them, too, and thefans got the bits*
* *MORE JUPP-Eric Jupp and his
Orchestra, who continue to broad-cast along with the Show Band everyFriday night, will he heard in afurther series of morning musicprogrammes commencing February28. Eric tells me that he will beaugmenting his string section for
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* * *'WOMAN'S WORLD" THEME -
Apart from the title song of the film" Woman's World," there's also ahaunting theme running through thefilm. We mentioned It recently inthese columns, and now we'repleased to hear that Ray Martin andhis Orchestra have recorded it forColumbia under the title " TheGentle Sex."
* * *" DON UNDER "1 -Don Lusher,
ace trombonist of the Ted HeathOrchestra, told me that he and theother boys are looking forward totheir Australian trip very much. Donhopes that during their visit to NewZealand he will be able to meet somerelatives he 'has out there. .
The Heath boys will be keptextremely busy before going abroadand this week have been hard at itrecording for Decca and also play-ing down at Shepperton Studios,where they are making music -for theJane Russell- film " Gentlemen MarryBrunettes." * *
DOUBLE FOR. DILL AND DON-Pianist Dill Jones and tenorist DonRendell must have set up some kindof broadcasting record the otherweek_
At 10.10. p.m. on the Mondayevening they completed an Over-seas airing. Ten minutes laterthey took the air in the JohnnyDankworth Seven's " British Jazz "programme.
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TWO BIG HITS ! !
THERE GOESMY HEART
Recorded by NAT 'KING' COLE on Capitol
TWO STEP,SIDE STEP
Recorded by CUZI MILLER (Decca) andBONNIE LOU (Parlophone)
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Printed for the Publishers, New Musical Express, Ltd., 5, Denmark Street, London, W.C.2, by The Walthamstow Press, Ltd. (T.U. all depts.), 644, Forest Road, E.1.7.
