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WHEN IMETRUBY MURRAY

I HAVE been a great fan of RubyMurray since her first appearance on

television. But I had never had theopportunity to meet her personally. Inthe Autumn of 1961 I purchased aportable tape recorder. At about the sametime I heard that Ruby was appearingat a theatre in Bedford, and I thought itwould be a good idea to see if it wouldbe possible to have an interview with herat the theatre. So I wrote to the FanClub asking about the possibility of thisventure. In reply they stated that Rubywould expect me on the evening ofThursday, October 19.

I duly arrived at the theatre on the datearranged, armed with my portablerecorder, microphone and a supply oftapes. I was rather nervous at the thoughtof conducting my, first interview, especi-ally as it was with someone so wellknown. However, I need have had nofears about it, because when I arrivedat the dressing -room, Ruby greeted me

DID THEY KNOW?IS it possible that some of these famous

singers, who died tragically, had apremonition of their death? The titles ofsonic of their records cause me to askthis.

Look at the titles of the last recordsmade by the following singers:

"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" byBuddy Holly.

"Three Steps To Heaven" by EddieCochran.

"What Am I Living For?"/"Hang UpMy R & B Shoes" by Chuck Willis.

Also many other singers who diedtragically, recorded songs that suggest apremonition of death. For instance:

"Six Miles To The Graveyard" byHank Williams.

"Freedom" by Hawkshaw Hawkins."Drifting Back To Dreamland" by

Cowboy Copas.What do you think?-M. J. STAVE -

LEY, "Little Spinney", Knowl Hill, Nr.Reading, Berks.

as though she had known me for years.While I was setting up the tape recorderwe had a very pleasant talk, and I toldRuby the sort of questions which Iwould like to ask her. So we started theinterview. Everything was going perfectly,until I realised that the tape recorderwas not working correctly. That, Ithought, is the end of that. But whenthe fault had been located and repaired,Ruby insisted on doing the whole inter-view again. So we went over all thequestions again. This time everythingwent swingingly, and what started as aninterview ended as a very informal dis-cussion about her career and other things.The resulting tape, which lasts for aboutten minutes, reflects all the charm andsincerity which is the nature of thischarming Irish Colleen. Despite all thefame which Ruby has found, she stillremains the natural, friendly person whocould very easily live in the house nextdoor.

I have had the pleasure of meetingRuby again since then, and was againgreeted with the same warmth and charm.But however many times I might meetRuby, I will never forget that evening inOctober, 1961, when I first met RubyMurray.

JOHN HOLLIMAN.94 Windsor Road,

Cambridge.

CAN any fan of the many Merseysidegroups (Beatles, Pacemakers, etc.)

tell me where their music differs fromother British groups.

When it was first announced thatMerseyside had its own brand of R&BI looked forward to hearing it.

Maybe it will be a mixture of ChuckBerry, The Coasters and the Bill Doggetgroup, I thought. But no-after listen-ing to all their records so far, it seemsmore like a mixture of Adam Faith. TheDallas Boys and the John Barn Seven.

Let's face it. the Mersey side sound isno nearer R & B than any of the otherrubbish in the hit parade. - MR. E.McDANIEL, 25 Warrington Road,Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.

NEWEY NEWSCALLING all guitar fans on behalf of

a star, young guitarist DennisNewey, who cannot get popular as therehas been no news or information on himat any time. How can a star becomefamous without any news or informationon him or her ? Dennis has made manyrecords, such as "Check Point", "BorderPatrol" and his latest is "The PiedPiper". Also he has made a modernguitar method, "Play In Ally Key", forbeginners. He is a superb performer atany time.-JUNE BARNETT, 141 Hert-ford Road, Dalston, London, N.1.

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SAM'S A WHAM!BinLY TERNENT and the PalladiumOrchestra are on stage. They fanfare.On walks Sammy Davis Jnr. Walkinglike a pigeon-toed bantam cock. Wildapplause. Straight into a dramatic, emo-tional "Once In A Lifetime".

SEVENTY MINUTES later, SammyDavis Jnr. walks off stage. Walking likea rather exhausted pigeon-toed bantamcock. And in between he'd thoroughlylived up to his tag "Mr. Show Business".

It's an astonishing virtuouso perform-ance, running the fullest range. He singswith incredible inventiveness; he dancesuntil you'd think his toes would curl up,wither and drop; he crack gags withimmaculate timing; he does impersona-tions with unerring accuracy, evenBritish artists who, he says, he really"can't do".

We spoil the true meaning of wordslike "dynamic", "exciting", "brilliant",by applying them all the time to lesserartists. Sammy wears these titles as wellas he wears his slim -cut tuxedo.

Listen to him singing "Got You UnderMy Skin" with just a drum accompani-ment. Hear him swing on "Birth OfThe Blues". Dig him emote on "As LongAs She Needs Me". Catch him comicup Tony Newley's "Pop Goes TheWeasel".

He knocked himself out on that open-ing first house. He must have been inneed of artificial respiration by the endof the second.

Yet even so, someone called out "Whydon't you play the drums". And sud-denly we realised that, magnificently ver-satile though he had been, he hadn't eventouched some of the facets of his showbusiness abilities.

Gentleman Sam even apologised aboutthe absent drums. "Doing two shows anight, we've had to cut a lot of material".he said. "But we try to keep the actflexible, so maybe I'll do other thingsin later shows . . ."

A tiny figure, this junior Sammy Davis.Seemingly inexhaustible. Certainly one ofthe most compelling performers in worldshow business. Anxious to please, but

equally confident that he will do justthat.

It's a five week season only for Samat the Palladium. So rush along-he'snot to be missed.

A smallish bill, featuring Americancomedian Pat Henry and modern dancersAngie and Margo. Two excellent acts.

But the Braish Dallas Boys nick majorhonours, despite having to open theshow.

These five boys, so sadly neglected onrecords, are now highly polished, shin-ingly glossed. Great harmony singing,well -played comedy, touches of instru-mental skill. They imitate other groupsand they never let up for a second.

Britain's "top vocal group" says theprogramme. Just about right, too.

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MORE AIR -TIMENOW that 'rye records have decided to

release more R&B records in thiscountry starting on April 16th, I hopethat they give more air -time to this typeof music, and not treat it as they didwith previous R&B records, which werelucky if they were heard once a week.

With a certain amount of pluggingsuch artists as Chuck Berry and BoDiddley could find themselves with achart -entry, instead of being lost amongstthe trash that is recorded by every Britishartist who goes into a recording studionowadays.

Let us also hope that this R&B outletis given extensive coverage in Britishtrade -papers, as this surely must assist arecord's selling potential to a certaindegree, for it would make a nice changeto read of records by Messrs. Berry andDiddley instead of those by Meld,Presley. Richard, etc.-MIKE BOCOCK,Chuck Berry Appreciation Society, 54Longfield Road, Daubhill, Bolton,Lancashire.

COME ON DEE DEESURELY Dee Dee Sharp is the most

under -rated American singer inBritain today. Her first three records-"Mashed Potato Time", "Gravy", and"Ride"-all reached America's Top Tenand the fourth-"Do The Bird"-is vir-tually certain to do the same thing. Ofcourse, I must not forget her duet withChubby Checker on "Slow Tyr istin' "which also made U.S. Top 10.

Now that little Eva has made a bigimpression on our Top 50 with twodance -craze discs and a straightforwardR&B number, it must only be a matterof time before Dee Dee hits the chartshere. By the way, I must not forget herfabulous album with Chubby Checker-"Down To Earth"-which highlights herconsiderable vocal talents.

So here's hoping Dee Dee has a bighit here with "Do The Bird"-a discwhich is beaty, exciting, and above all,commercial.-DAVID EVANS, 44 DaisyBank Crescent, Walsall, Staffs.

COMPARISONSQ0 Ral Donner sounds like Elvis

Presley. Surely this must come as an-other compliment to the king. It is saidthat imitation is a minor form of flatteryand who can honestly say Donner is notimitating Presley? After all, Billy Furyand Cliff Richard began their careersimitating the voice of Elvis. I hope RalDonner will be as successful as Fury andRichard as he is a very good singer.

It is possible that Ral naturally soundslike Elvis but no one can object to that.What difference is there between thevoices of Kay Starr and Shirely Bassey?The voices of Danny Storm and CliffRichard are identical. Adam Faith,Buddy Holly, Mike Berry and TommyRoe all sound the same. It is very diffi-cult to distinguish the voices of MichaelHolliday and Bing Crosby. Matt Monroimitates Frank Sinatra. The BrookBrothers and the Allisons copy the EverlyBrothers. Johnny Mathis and DannyWilliams have similar voices. JimmyJustice imitates Ben E. King. I wonder,do other readers agree with the abovecomparisons?-T. A. HORGAN, Dillon'sCross, Cork, Ireland.

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These pictures don't really need captions, so familiar are the stars portrayed.But NRM cameraman DEZO HOFFMANN spent a few days with CLIFF and the

SHADOWS on their current tour of one-nighters and excelled himself-a hardthing to do as he is rated top show business photographer! --with these candid

shots.

Cliff is seen above taking a breather between dates and enjoying some sunshine.

An exciting shot of HANK MARVIN in action. (NRM Picture.)

CLIFF gets ready to go on stage. A final check in the mirror to make sure all is just right. (NRM Picture.)

In action once again. Another audience, another town. CLIFF up front with BRUCE WELCH and the two BRIANS seenbehind. (NRM Picture.)

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The Liverpool Big. Beat Scene concluded

"MY ROCKING CITY"By BILL HARRY, Editor of 'MERSEY BEAT'

EXCITING, unusual, thriving-that isthe state of the Merseyside Big Beat

Scene. Although the success of TheBeatles has turned the spotlight on Liver-pool, it was a recognition that was in-evitable. So many groups and artistshave been involved in such fantasticcompetition that it was a foregone con-clusion that there would eventually bean explosion of some sort .. . and Mer-seyside groups have certainly explodedon to the National scene.

All the groups who have so far suc-ceeded nationally have come from themanagement of Brian Epstein of NemsEnterprises. Soon other managers andother groups must also appear in thelimelight.

Colonel Joe, for instance. "ColonelJoe" is the nickname of Joe Flannery,personal manager of Lee Curtis and theAll Stars and leading light of the CarltonBrook Agency,

RIVALJoe has already achieved results with

his artists and the first recording by LeeCurtis was released by Decca on April 5.There is an opinion on Merseyside thatwith his voice and looks, Lee could wellbe a major rival to Elvis Presley-andanyone listening to "Just One MoreDance", the flipside of "Little Girl",will understand what they mean.

Lee Curtis and the All Stars werevoted Merseyside's No. 2 group only fourmonths after their formation-and thegroup who came 1st, The Beatles, hada record in the charts at the time.

It is interesting to note that Pete Best,drummer with The All Stars, was a mem-ber of The Beatles for three years.

Beryl Marsden, also under the manage-ment of Joe Flannery, is only 15 yearsof age but she is recognised as Liver-pool's leading female beat vocalist andI have no hesitation in predicting thatshe will also become a major star.

Recently Beryl has received vocalbacking from The Chants, five colouredboys who are unique on Merseyside, and,indeed in Britain. The Chants have been

backed by the Beatles the Big ThreeLee Curtis and The All Stars and receivedbacking from Eric Delaney when theyappeared at the Odeon, Liverpool enGood Friday in the "Meet Your LuckyStars" show.

They recently signed with Ted Ross ofManchester's Ross Enterprises.

Another major figure on the Mersey-side scene is Les Ackerley, the man be-hind the Iron Door Club, the Black CatClub and Northern Variety Agencies.Mr. Ackerley has a dozen Liverpoolgroups on his books including SonnyWebb and the Cascades, The Searchers(who recently recorded an L.P. in Ger-many), The Four Clefs, The Coasters(Billy J. Kramer's original backing group)and The Mersey Beats.

Several other clubowners and pro-moters on Merseyside have also takengroups under their management, the mostnotable being Ralph WebstitT of theOrrell Park Ballroom who handles TheUndertakers, Ian and The Zodiacs, andMark Peters and the Cyclones.

UNIQUERalph, I am sure, will benefit from

his faith in the Undertakers who havedeveloped a unique, driving sound oftheir own. The group made quite a visualspectacle on TV recently when theyappeared dressed in their outfits of frockcoats and stetsons.

The most recent agent to appear onthe scene is Doug Martin of IvormarPromotions who hats formed "StuartEnterprises", which is concerned withthe development of new talent.

Johnnie San don and the Remo 4, The4 Mosts, Faron's Flamingos are threemore groups who could well make animpact nationally. In fact, the potentialin "The Rocking City" is tremendous.Although there is a definite, recognisable"Liverpool sound", there are still manygroups who have their own individualsound, and new groups are appearingalmost every week.

What puzzles me is the fact that noone seems to realise dud Liverpool is

LEE CURTIS, handsome and talented, has been signed by DECCA. He and theALL-STARS could also click big, chartwise.

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also the centre of country and westernmusic, and The Blue Mountain Boys,Hank Walters and his Dusty Road Ram-blers, The Boot Hill Billies, The Country4 and The Centremen may one day ex-plode into national fame and so add tothe legend of Liverpool The RockingCity on Merseyside.

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BERYL MARSDEN is destined for major stardom, theyon MERSEYSIDE.

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FOOTNOTE: Pye A&R manager Tony Hatch last week signedJohnny Sandon and the Remo 4. He plans to record the

team immediately.On his trip to Merseyside Tony also put the Chants under

contract but is not rushing to record them in order to allow timefor gathering the right material and polishing up their per-formance.

Rumour has it that another leading Liverpool team was alsosigned last week but no confirmation had been received at presstime.

MARRY BY PPAUL and Paula were typical

campus steadies at HowardPayne College, Brownwood, Texas.That disc fame came so suddenly tothem is just by the way. They were,also, two of the most popularstudents among their class colleagues.

So stand by for a lesson on thethree "P's"-Paul, Paula and Popu-larity. I cornered the duo on theirarrival in London for their currenttour and asked 'em to give out withthe hints for NRM readers on a hipnew version of "how to makefriends and influence people"

And the first point is that youdon't have to be a star student,school captain. great sportsman oranything real big to be popular.Anyone can be popular.. .

First hint: BE YOURSELF.Paul: Kookie hair -do's are okay if

the brains under them aren'tscrambled. But don't be ashamed tobe smart. Set your own pace; don'tfollow one. The boy -lines form upfor the girl who is natural and real.Paula for instance doesn't turn her-self on to impress anybody.

Paula: It's easy to be flip abouteverything these days and too many fel-lows are stand-up comics full-time. Theserious and real side of a boy is veryattractive to a girl if she ever gets aglimpse of it. Paul is sure of himself be-cause he consistently is himself and nothalf -real, half -act.

DO THINGS!Paul: No one is expected to excel at

everything. The important thing is to bea part of many things. Join clubs. Entercontests. Attend events. Volunteer.Belong.

Paula: Paul has always been a do-er.He studied piano in the third grade. Hemastered guitar by 12. He played foot-ball, basketball, tennis and athletics athigh school. He was in the top ten ofhis class, edited the school papers andheld offices. Yet he still wrote music,organised an all -male singing group anddid a radio show with me.

LOOK GOOD!Paul: Guys don't want to know the

female tricks of beauty. They want to

PAUL and PAULA on their arrival pictured in a ROLLS ROYCE once owned byPRINCESS MARGARET.

think their hair gets curly without rollers,eyes get big without mascara and thatthere's nothin' like a gal. A sweater andskirt don't have to be cashmere, but ifthere's a head full of hardware under ababushka, even cashmere doesn't help.

Paula: Girls notice things like haircuts,socks, shirt collars, belts. Paul doesn'tspend hours at his appearance, but hisgrooming is a matter of habit.

LIKE PEOPLE!Paul: When anybody is over -critical,

it boomerangs. If a bunch of girls takeanother female apart, the guys usuallylook at the "victim" with new interest.Like "What's she got that's made theother so shook." There's a big pay-offin liking all sizes, shapes and kinds ofpeople.

Paula: Liking people doesn't mean aPollyana attitude of "Isn't everybody justwonderful." It does mean less relish ingossip-and that goes for boys too-andmore open praise. Popularity doesn'thave to be a continual campaign. But it'sworth working at.

DREAM BIG!Paul: If you have an idea, dream big

about it. Look what happened to Paulaand me and the song I wrote for her.

We knew we liked "Hey Paula"-so whywouldn't kids like us all over the countrylike it? A big dream gives you a goal towork for and something exciting to talkabout.

Paula: Only the dreamers in the worldhave accomplished anything. And a girlwho shows interest in a boy's dreamusually ends up in it. I know Paul and Ishare a big dream about our recordingcareers and our personal future.

BE ENTHUSIASTIC!Paul: To me, a popular girl reacts to

everything like a girl! She yells at foot-ball games, cries when the tears are realand doesn't take attention from malesfor granted.

Paula: It isn't really sophisticated toact bored. Real sophistication comes withletting the real "you" out. When I wrote"Bobby Is The One", which is the flipside of "Hey Paula", the lyric "You'reeverything I wanted wrapped in a boy",was for Paul because he's everythingwe've been talking about.

And the two campus steadies linkedhands and strolled off to start anothershow. Tall Paul and demure Paula-acoupla nice all-American youngsters. ...

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Flying StarsEl Cliff AndEl Shadows

Ev=v.Tatt.-.04-."°'Mamie Paramor, are Columbia a & r

num and handl..., flies to Spain onSunday where -in Barcelona - be willrecord Cliff Richard and Frank Ifieldalga in Spanish.

The numbers, all well known Spanishstandards, will be released in La.America as well as Spain.

The Shadows oil also be recorded inBarcelona, playing rock versions ofSpanish instrumentals.

If the sessions are a success, Hordeintends to record English versions ofsome of the numbers sung by Frank andCliff. Theo will be recorded (and ofcourse released) in Britain.

Whro he returns to England, Morriewill be Waved in three big disc pro-jects:-

French singing star Richard Anthonywill fly to London to he recorded, inEnglish, by Morrie for release onColumbia.

HEINZFlying back from Paris, along with

the rest of the Tornados is bees guitaristHeinz Bort. But at the end of this month,Heinz is putting away his guitar andleaving the group to embark on a solocareer . a inger.

He makes his TV debut in his newat on the May 4 Thank Your LuckyRams on which he will tender his record-ing (elearsd on that date by Deem) ofthe Me Meek composition "Drumm DoCome True".

HeMi first venture into variety tooth'.)as a to singer will be on the JuryLee Lei. tour which opens May 6.

His first film is scheduled for RankRelease in mid -May. Don't be misledby the title, MEgbalt's called,"FavvellPerformance" but Heinz has alreadkbeen signed up for his second film, to

shootingstarts MO summer.

BERTBut Weed., wbo Play, ".e.

on Saturday's (April 20) Thank YourLucky Stars, flies to Ireland on May 13Er a gueat spot in Ulster -TV's HereToday.

Mike Cotton's Jars Band, who haveink recorded "Saw Tlmt Hammer"for release by EMI in May, fly to Edin-burgh on Wednesday (April 24) for aone night stand at Founteinbridge Palais.They can be seen on April 27 ThankYour Lucky Stars and the May 13 DiscsA Gogo.

The Springfields, whose series in TheDick Emery Show staris this Saturday(20), fly to Norway on lime 22 to maketheir first appearance on TV in thatEunry.

Alexis Korner's Blues IncorporatedRies to Rome on June 15. They rehearsein the afternoon, record a TV show inthe evening, and fly back that night toappear, at London's Flamingo Club AllRighter.

Alexis is taking r & h to the univer.sifies next month. On May 10 Wey playal we annew may .11 of ..deeUniversity. On May 22 they are atanbamplon University, and on May24 they wail at Oxford University'sCommand Bag.

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The Great Minium No.1 BEN E. KINGROUND about 1958 the American beat group The Drifters cut a disc with5s a new lead singer. The disc was issued in England and didn't meanthing. But in the Males it reached the top of the charts and was voted thetap R & B disc of 1959.

The Drifters hadn't been in the U.S. top twenty for quite a while. Theirnew singer had not only sung the lead but also penned their new disc. Thetitle was "There Goes My Baby", and the singer was Benjamin Nelson.

Underneath the disc in brackets were the nat. Nelson-Glick-TreedwellsNathan. That was because Benjamin wished to make each member of thegroup a partner in the royalties.

For Show Business reasons Benjaminchanged his name. From Nelson to King.And Me name Bea E. King was born.A rather gimmick name for a singer whowas to build up a following of fans whosupported him through thick and thin.

The Drifters began to make more hits.Their "Dance With Me"/"True Love,True Love" not only hit the top in theStates but a.) made the British top

en. giving the team, a. Ben, itsfirst British hit.

"This Magic Moment" and "LonelyWas" followed. All were sizeableStateside hits. But then came the biggesthit of all. It was titled "Save The LastDance For Me". It shot up the U.S.chart, and went to the number one spot.

AMAZEMENTTo the eternal amazement of eve,

R & B fan in England it dM We somehere.

The disc though constituted somethingrather different from the usual run-of-the-mill R & II stuff. It had a distinctiveLatin flavour and lilt about it. It alsohad the honour of being the only disc tohave more than one "answer" disc. Forthere was not only "1'0 Save The LastDance For Yon", but "You're HavingThe L. Dana Whh Me"-recordedsome months later by Billy Fury of allpeople on an L.P.

But Ben perfectly happy with thelater. However,. one day in NewYork, a snowstorm Mt We city that wasthe win. for many years. II was time

tor a recording session, and at the studioonly Ben tuna out-for the other mem-bers of the group lived quite a ea sea'and could not make B.

So the recording prttnel decided tocut a disc with just

Boa.g was aped"Eh.

Taste Of Love"-and it wasissued shortly after o the States and inBrioin. But in the States* didn't do aswell as recording exttutives anticipated.But then Dee -Jays sta rteff plugging Meflip, a number called "Spanish Hark,and it leapt into the U.S. charm. Itmade the top twenty and stayed there forquite a while.

.ecutives at Ateo Records, however,had big ideas for Ben.

co

he hadcut a disc solo for Atco Records call.Brace Yourself"/"Show Me The Way"

-both are actually included on Ben'sL.P. "Don't Play That Wog"-, collec-tion of many of his big hits. He .d alsocut some discs with Atlantic attistLaVerne Baker, who had previoaY

big spots wad R & it numbers like"Jim Day" and "I Cried A Tear".

At the time of his split with theDrifters Ben had developed a goodcabaret act, both by himself and withLaVerne. They created one of the mostexciting and talmted voral acts on anystage.

After his sucttss with "Spanish Ha,km" Ben waxed another number thatwas destined for the number two spotin the States. It was "Stand By 1."-now accepted as one of the grmtestpopular R & 13 numbers el. waxed. Ithad a Emplicated orchestral backingthat tended to build together with Ben's

siming. It just about made the Britishcharts, having about the same amount ofsuccess as the inferior "Fix. Taste OfLove" had some months before.

Ben's next discs were all major hits inthe States-and very vett mMor oneshere. "I Count The Team" had been hklast disc with An Drifters and it wasissued shortly after "First Taste". That

Amadethe charts on both sides of Me

tlantic and so did "Amor"-anotherLatin -flavoured number that was includedon Ben's hot solo L.P. "Spanish Hai,leer"-a scintiOting collection of Latinflavoured numbers. The album also wonthe U.S. prim for the beat album coverof the year. A look at the cover, and alisten to "Spanish Harlem" will showyou why.

IMPACTBen began to make a considerable

impact in the States but in Britain hisawe. if wything, dimhished."Ecstasy", "Here Comes The Night","Young Boy Blues" "Don't Play ThatSong (YamLiwirs, "Too Bad", "I'llStand By You", ad now "How Can 1Forget?"

The latter though is a cover of thebiggest hit by Jimmy Holliday-which ismoving up the charts faster Man Ben's.The Drifters, Ben's ex -group, have beenhaving of late more success than Ben.When Ben first left the team they worithrough a lean period but now they havestruck back. Their discs include "SweetsFor My Sweet", "Room Full Of Tears","Up On The Roof" and now "OnBroadwa5

The fact is that Ben. E. King hasmade some of the best discs of his DP,and they haven't ark on in Britaindespite extensive plugging and adva,log. Although his Stateside success is notas great as it was, it only needs another"Stand By Me" or "Ws" to get him intothe charts once more.

In Britain, though, We Poshion it inchthat Ben would have to make a tont-

WHEN CHUCK SHOCKED lAll FANSTHE proof a the pudding is in the eating, they say. But the proof of the

R & B pudding is in the after effects. How many rocksters who were goingfull swing five years ago are doing the ante today ? Not many, as you maywell know.

But one who is, and who seems to be getting more and more popular everymonth is Chuck Berry.

A. now Pye issue an L.P. of Chuck'sas one of the spearhead releases of theirnew R & B campaign. It's an L.P. withfourteen tracks on it including such gnathits as "School Day", "Sweet Little Six-teen" and B. Goode".

Although Chuck no longer makes thecharm, the reason must be lack of singlerelmses. For his last single release wasover a year ago, in the shape of "I'mTalking About You", a great disc thatwas almost ignored, but it was includedon the L.P. "Chuck Bea ShMS JokeBox Hits"-the only L.P. alma, cukernby Chuck after deletion of such gemsas "Ono Dozen Bette, etc.

But as take a look at Chuck. He. born Charles Edward Berry in St.

Louis, Missouri, in MI. Both hisparents encouraged hint to sing, . bothwere members of the Antioch BaptistChurch choir in St. Louis. Mother wasa soprano while father was a ha.

MUSICALOthers of Chuck's relatives were also

very musically inclined, and not only didthey snag, but they could playa varietyof different instruments. That gave Chucka pretty comprehensive musket back-ground. During his term at High School,Chuck began to sing with a pal, TomStevens who played guitar. He liked theinstrument so much that he decided totake it up himself.

So he bought a Spanish six -stringguitar soon after for four dollars and aot of Nick Maniloff instruction books.The music teacher at the High SEEM. JollaDavis, encouraged an SEE.toin his musical ambitions. Chuck used todo Muse -parties and church affairs inhis spare time off from school. hisdays off hew worked as an assistant tohis father ho was carpenter.

Later Cruck started his own group,The Chuck Berry Combo, and theyplayed in many parts around Weir arm.But one day Chuck went to Chicago for

a vamtion, and be went to a club whereMuddy Waters was working. AlthoughMuddy was very busy with autographhunters he offered Chuck some advice-"Go and see Leonard Chess. he said.

Chuck did so and was encouraged bythe owner of the big R & B rettrd com-pany to make some demonstrOion tapes.He took them back and signed Eimmediately as a disc star. His firstrecord for Chess was in June 1955 andwas ntitleVMaybelline". It reached the

Mco!, :a, Miele/1'111T Wiitisle=o by"Bill.ard".

STARDOMAfter that Chuck was set as a big

record star. His discs like "Thirty Days","You Can't Match Me", "Roll OverBeethoven", "Too Much Monkey Buskness" were all has, and he became oneof We biggest box.office draws .country.

Chuck writes most of his own iyrics,but employs a MORC writer to help h.with the melody. The thing behind his%meek he says is his marriage. Of hiswife Thant. Chuck says "She's bema real inspiration. You know the womanbehind the man's success".

More of Chocks hits included "SweetLittle Sixteen", "School Day", andMoha, B. Goode", but he .goo tofade a little alien hat. Discs like"Carol", "Too Pooped To Pap", "ByeBye Johnny" els just didn't make it

reason probably was that Chuck wasin prison at the time on tice eharges-he just couldn't make any new discs.

But now he is out and has signed anew con.ct with Chess.

At home, Chuck finds pier, Of MEfor photography, his favourite hobby.When he finds time he hopes to travelwidely with his family-he enjoys soft-ball admitting that his six-foot one framecarrying 185 pounds makes him a "fair"left fielder.

Chuck has never .en to Britain buthe was featured in the film Mars On ASummer's Day" when he shocked puristjazz fans by leading in on his tempes-tuous Sweet Little Sixteen", when leakexpected-that was in 1958.

-And what of those who haven't heardChuck-well, although they don't know itha in the charts-the top five-at themoment. For Buddy ...is "IN.'.Ey. Handsome Man" is a carbon copyof Chuck Be. dIsc of six years

For the fa., the titles on his L.P. are"Co. Back Maybelline", "Down T.Road Apiece", "Mad Lad", "SchoolDay", "Sweet Little Sixtten", "Confessin'The Blues", "Baek In The U.S."Johnny B. Goode", "Oh Baby Doh","Come On", "I Got To Find My Baby","Betty Jean", "Round And Round","Aknost Grown".

mercial catchy beat baWd before hemade the charts.

There is much chwee of this asthere k of Cliff Richard making "Stand

THE SOUL -BEAT. REVIVAL...someone makes the grade commercially,they have forsaken all their professionalstandards. Well I don't reckon that's so.They said that about Muddy Waters buthe's just as great now as he ever

MB. CYRIL DAVIS, purveyor of R & B is currently the white hope of Eye'snew R & B campaign. With his new single, the scintillating, exciting

"Country Line Special" he may be all set to make the final breakthrough ofthe music that has been classed "high class rock If roll".

"I don't really know much about rock though" he confessed to me. "Evebeen playing this sort of stuff for years now-and I know bat our music won'tchange- an though some of the other groups may go toward rock musicmom Mind you, Were are people who think we play rock", he laughed.

Cyril himself was born in Denham onJanuary 23, 193/ As a OE he blearedBanjo Ukelele. When he left echos), hebecame a panel beater and later per-formed in a semi -pro trod. band lolled`Steve Lane Southern Stompers', but at23 he decided the blues were more forhim and he learned to play a lase.MI'. Puna,

"My kind of R & B lest grew out ofof the Nees", he said. "We Mink

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marvellous though that It & B hascaught on like this-we couldn't be more

When the skittle on began, Cyrilplayed frequently with names like LonnieMoog. and Ken Cohen.ColYer sug-E ked that Cyril open a club. for blueswhich he did at the Roundhouse, Wandour Street

There, Cyril met up with Akkisnes another blues boy and a partnerShMwas set up. The two gents, organised andstarred at the club, and during its eightor . year, of existence Presented suchnames

as Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Ecru,and Brownie McGhee, and REAM,Jack EIBM. When the club closed down,Cyril and Alexis split, but were rnjoinedwhen Chris Barber asked them to aug-

ment a aut. of hi, band in special R& B sets with Ottelie Patterson.

Such was the impact that a completenew group for R & B without the Barberhand was made up, led by Alexis. And itstarted .le kg at the former jazz strong-hold the Mhquee on Thursdays withgreat SIICCeSs.

But later after differences over musicalpolicy, Cyril decided to form his ownband, and when Alexis Eft the rmidencyof the Marquee Cyril moved in.

And no. the Marquee is prob.,lyone of the most successful clubs in Lon-don, thanks to the authentic --and it is

r'and of R & B thm's being

played there. With Cyril and his bandare Long John Baldry, probablyBritain's premier blues singr, and theVelvets, three coloured girls` ttmparableonly to Ray Glories' Raylets.

Members of Cyril's Roar (Me averageage is eighteen ears) are Cyril-har.mortice/vocals; Bernie Watson - leadmiter; Rkky Fenson-hao

Triple-arum.Nick, Hopkins-piano redo Little-drum&

e=i a purist ie probablyc R & B harmonies i'ilkeyeTtEnglod.

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RHYTHM &IBLUESSPREAD By !NORMANJOPLING

The Man With A Hundred Guitars...

DIDDLEY THE GREATABOUT eight years ago a sotmd

called Rock and Roll started topenetrate the music Wane in a big Pigway, raking over completely from thestagnating pop music that was the ragethen.

Before then rock and roll still hadbeen recorded and sung, but it hadn'tbeen called that, Rhythm and Blueswas the term, and it had Ian broughtIn the public in lesser degrees bypeople like Fats Domino, Ella MaeMorse, and T -Bone Walker.

Then came the rock rage and nameslike Pat Boone, Bill Haley and LittleRichard sprung up.

And Bo Diddley.The chances are that most of We

disc fans today haven't mien heard ofBo Diddle, let alone heard any of hisdiscs. Yet amongst the R & B circles, heis perhaps one of the biggest namesaround. So much so in Met `hater ecordretailers are finding it worhwhile toimrt his L.P.'s from the States andsellpothem at a fantastic rate-forty-fiveshillings is not a lot to vine R & B fanfor twelve priceless tracks. This 'under-ground' market in Diddle, discs is be-coming such a profit -making concernthat Pye re -cords, who have the rightto Bo's record company Chess, areactually issuing two new L.P.'s in acouple of weeks time.

LASTEDBut Bo Diddle y lasted a lot longer

than the initial mad rock impetus backin 'SS. Let's take a look at ha

Born Elias McDaniel in McComb,Mississippi 1928, he shares his birthdale with any her distinguishedblues personalities like Muddy Waters,and Big Bill Broonzy. Bo Diddle, nowfamed for his guitar work did not taketo that instrument first. He was taughtto play-the violin by Professor 0. W.Frederick, musical director of theEbenezer

inchurch in Chicago. The

Professor is in fact still established thereas teacher of music.

Until High School, Bo aka WittlYserious music, but daring his term atthe Foster Vocational School, he wouldgo nut with a three-piece rhythm bandplaying violin.

At 17 he switched to guitar but con-tinued to play Trombone at the BaptistCongress band. After this he left collegea. was engaged in a variety of jobs.

Bo remembers ibis time quite vividly."When I used to walk from spot to

spot looking for work, everybodyplayed like T. Bone Walker and thosecat. So I tried to be different."

He was different enough with histhreopiece cornbo, (maraca's, wash-boardand guitar). Mt his major Omskcae when he w playing in Chleegoandm he chancedas to audition forLanai', a. Phil Ch.s. They signedhim up a. he wrote, a. recorded hisfirst disc in June 1955.

It was called "Bo Diddles" and It isone of the greatest R&B ins &Rdis. ever made. Which category itowes in is still unclear. A row by anyother name

It was a major hit the trance -likemelody and haunting repetitive beat andtun and of course the throbbing guitarworke, that was to become such a bigfeature of Bo's works.

The disc "Bo Diddle," has neverbeen forgotten. For three years after Bohad hit the charts with it a renegedejazoon named John, OW ME. newlyrics for it, and recorded it more inthe rock idiom as a number milled"Welk And The !tend -Jive". It wasbig hit Stateside.

CLIFFSome years after that Cliff Richard

also recorded it, and it made ourcharts coupled with "Fall In Low WithYou"-reaching the number two spot!

Now we hear that it is to . Bad,Holly's next release - in its originalform as "Bo Diddley", as it is containedon his album "Reminiscing".

After that disc Bo mark a lot of hits

BtheStates "Road Runner", "Hey

o Daley", "rota, UP", "r".Sorry", "Hush Your Mouth" and manyMare.

Then he faded slightly until 1959,when he made a talking blue, item, inwhich he was arguing with anotherfeller. Called "Say Man' it tvtadi theU.S. top twenty and Bo followed it upin the same vein. he steppedmaking those type of discs and again hewas forgotten fora while.

Untillak summer, that is when his

heasinglerel., the fantastic double

der "You Can't lodge A Book ByIts Covet"/"I Can Tell" made the U.S.charts once more. Thatmarketed

over here by Pye together withan L.P. "110 Diddle, Is A Gunslinger",on the Pye lass label.

Two discs-that's all that are mark.Wed in England by one of the greatestbeat singers in We world. Pye seemsare now taking the chance of issuingsome more, in the hope Thal all of Bo'sfans will buy them. If they do, more alof course be issued.

So a's up to you, R & B fem.

AMERIUN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL

TUrpatredndpaidrdads11:tg i'drrttBritain la in 1%2 and caused a sensa-tion with its exciting and of NegroBlues instrumentalists and singers. InHamburg, on October lone.2, the Sante

usenet east, with the exception ofHelen Humes Who was contractual.cl.ive), were taken to Deutsche Grm-

ophon studios at Rabistedt immedi-ately after W. concert for an all-nightrecording ession.

Together with the usual crowd ofrubber -necking fans and girl friends anda sprinkling of critics and were

the caravan of Bluesmen wereoffered unlimited dough. of whiskyand beer and a free and easy atmopherewith microphones Ed other recordingimpedimenta as a casual aside. Theresult is now available here on one rock -Mg, rolling album which illustrates withincredible fidelity the Parentage thi5music possmses to the popular Rock in'Roll output.

Elvis Presley profess.. an early in-spiration derived from one of their con-temporaries around the Bluebird studios,Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and timeare so many traces of Lonnie Johnson,Rig Bill Brooms Roosevelt Sykes, JohnLee Hooker, 'Jazz Gillum, MuddyWaters, Bo mad, Lana' Hol.,Leadhelly and Tommy McLennan (to .1'nothing of Roy Char.) in currentReek that cataloguing would be out ofthe question.

This then. is the source of contem-porary pop -Rock, with so mutt moresping, tom and imagination that com-parison is really odious. With true in-formality the various musicians andsingers fearrange Memselvcs to form theaccompawniments so that most of the

withorkis done by Memphis Slim

his large -handed rolling Boogie andlush glues runs, the drumwork is alwayshandled by Jump Jackson, a promoterfor the Blues market back in his bornetam If Chicago, while Willie Dixon,when he kn/ duetting with Memphisor taking over the piano stool, playsbass. Shakey Jake and Sonny Mayharmonica on their own titles. whileT -Bone Walker and Brownie McGheesupply fierce, MuMnic guitar music onmany of the titles. John Lee Hooker,aloof as usal, plays guitar only on hisown tracks.

JAMES ASIVIAN.

Page Eight NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending April 20. 1963

Del Set For The ChartsBUT IS HIS LATEST TOO SIMILAR TO 'LITTLE TOWN FLIRT' ?

DEL SHANNON the hit -maker is set to make it again with his latest.

THE ROUTERSSting Ray; Snap Happy (Warner Bros.WB 97)

MORE hand -clapping and a catchytheme from the "Let's Go" team

who get their teeth into another instru-mental portion served up complete witheverything. Not bad, with some goodrepetition beat work involved via the saxbut we don't think it will be another"Let's Go".

Slow intro for the cleverly played flip,a number with plenty of beat and gustoabout it. Good stuff with some good saxwork again. Probably more commercialthan side one.

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ANTHONYNEWLEY

There's No Such Thing As Love; She'sJust Another Girl (Decca F 11636)

MUCH -HERALDED disc that hasn'tmade the U.S. charts yet despite

some weeks release. A ballad sung byAnthony in his unique manner. Ratherreminiscent of "What Kind Of Fool AmI", it nevertheless has a distinctiveappeal. Nice tune and lyrics, and itcould make it if it gets enough plugs.

Much tenderer ballad on the flip, agentle type number without the commer-cial appeal of side one. Not bad, but notlikely to cause much of a stir. Emotionalpresentation.

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Talk of TheTown

PHIL FORD and Mimi Hines,America's latest comedy team,

opened at The Talk of the Town EasterMonday night. I know it sounds cornyto say so, but they must surely be thetalk of the town following their hour-long, highly polished extremely funny act.

Adam Faith, Saumy Davis Jnr., AndyStewart, Rolf Harris and Billy De Wolfewere but a few of the stars present whogave this very talented act such a tremen-dous ovation. If they should appear onTV while over here, don't miss them. Fullmarks, too, to Robert Nesbitt's HighLife Revue. It was beautifully dressedand imaginatively staged. Go and see it!

ROY BURDEN.

MATT MONROThe Girl I Love; Leave Me Now (Par-lophone R 5019)AFTER the chart failure of Matt's

magnificent "One Day" he moveson to the swing kick for "The Girl ILove." It's a really swinging buildingnumber a la "My Kind Of Girl". Butthis is no copy, a great disc. We likedit a lot, the tune, lyric and performanceare all good. Could make the charts ina big way.

A moving ballad on the flip, a numberwith plenty of emotion and Matt singingbeautifully. Great stuff once again with atear -jerking song that's performed wellby all concerned.

FOUR usss.BARRY ALDISLike Lazy; Go Get It (Decca F 1164)THE very popular Dee Jay has a go at

a bluesy styled piano instrumentalwith a catchy riff and a good "feel"about it. An organ comes in later andthe whole thing moves along quietlyand efficiently. Not bad stuff, and per-haps it could make it in a small way.Certainly a well -performed effort.

More stylings on the flip, a fasternumber with a Nashville sound about it.We liked it, and the whole thing has aRay Charles flavour. Unexpectedly good.

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BIG BENBANJO BAND

Been A Long Day; Grand Old Ivy(Columbia DB 7024)

LATEST from the ever -popular teamcomes from the show "How To

Succeed In Business Without Really Try-ing". It's a bouncy little vocal effortthat swings along and proves to be quitean entertaining little piece. Could catchon we think.

Flip comes from the same show, andproves to be yet another bubbly song,but this time, the male chorus takes apredominant part in the vocals, where-as in the last one we heard a good dealof the femmes. Faster but perhaps lesscommercial.

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DEL SHANNON THE PERCELLS THETwo Kinds Of Teardrops; Kelly(London HLX 9710)

NAUGHTY Del! He's brought outa disc that's too much like

"Little Town Flirt" for words.There's a shrill femme chorus andsome good vocal work from Del.Slabs are borrowed wholesale fromhis last hit. Although Del may needto woo the U.S. market he doesn'tneed to do it here. But it's gotenough to put it in the charts. A goodperformance from Del-but pleaseuse a better song next time mate. Noneed to do a "Return One BrokenHeart", here.

Flip is great by anybody's stan-dards. It's a soft builder that shouldhave been the top side. It's got ahymnal quality, and a great sound toit. Better than side one, we liked it.

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TOP 20 TIPTHE DUPREESGone With The Wind; Let's MakeLove Again (London HLU 9709)

THISis the fourth label this team have

turned up on on their fourth release.Not bad going boys' It's a pleasing num-ber with plenty of appeal and the flavourof their two big Stateside hits "You Be-long To Me" and "My True Love"about it. There's the Glenn Miller back-ing with the off -tune loud voice and thechorus and piano in the backing. Slowand emotional but not really commercial.

Good stuff on the flip, a rather corn-inerdul ballad with some good choruswork and some decent work from thelead singer.

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JAN AND DEANLinda: When I Learn How To Cry(Liberty 55531)"SHERRY" type noises on this latest" from vet. hit team Jan and

Dean. Plenty of falsetto on the ex-tremely gimmicky number - plenty ofbeat and some good noises from all con-cerned on the medium tempo number.Good stuff that could make an impact.

Usual type vocal group number fromthe boys. Quite well -performed withoutthe appeal of the top side. Yet there'sa nice quality about the fastish tunefulnumber.

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LITTLE RICHARDCryin' In The Chapel; Hole In TheWall (London Atlantic HLK 9708)SLOW disappointing number from

Little. After his scintillating "He GotWhat He Wanted" this gospelly numberseems so uncommercial. Nevertheless it'sa well -performed number with an emo-tional treatment from the rockster whodoes let himself go at times. Not badbut not another hit for him.

Mr. Penniman chants a very gospellynumber on the semi -talking flip, with agoodly lyric. Quite entertaining and liablefor a lot of plays.

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FERGUSMcCLELLAND

Sammy Going South; Merrily We RollAlong (Decca F 11643)FROM the award winning film of the

same name comes little star Fergussinging merrily away in a rather kiddytype manner which will appeal to thekids. Harmonica helps things along-itdoes need helping in parts. There's adrum beat and a shrill child chorus theretoo. We should be hearing a lot of thison Saturday mornings...

More chorus work on the flip, apatter -patter number with a catchy tuneand a nice little treatment. Good flip,and nice to listen to.

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What Are Boys Made Of; Cheek ToCheek (HMV POP 1154)SHRILL female group chants out this

routine beat number that's in thelower half of the U.S. charts. Usual fast-ish bluesy singing with a solo here andthere. Not much of a tune and notlikely to create the impact of the usualtype of the disc. But there's a good saxsolo half way through.

More good sax sounds on the muchslower flip, a routine bluesy ballad withthe girls singing well. With better mater-ial they could have a big hit.

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GROUP XThere Are 8 Million Cossack MelodiesAnd This Is One Of Them; Teneriffe(Fontana 267274)

MAMMOTH titled effort from theinstrumental group with more

gimmicks than one. But we're pleased tosay they make a good sturdy job of thisguitar led instrumental-the title speaksfor the discs. It's a good melody, andafter a while the organ joins in. Itcould catch on-it's good enough.

More beaty guitar sounds on the flip,a number with a sax leading on the oldtune with a sort of plaintive melody line.Good stuff once more.

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AL SAXONThe Man Who Broke The Bank AtMonte Carlo; If You Want To Go ToDreamland (Parlophone R 5016)

AL has made some good discs-andthis is no exception. As usual he

gets a swinging backing, and he singswith a great accent on this oldie whichshould be a popular favourite for a longwhile to come. It swings and swingsand builds and builds. A goodly discwith lots of appeal, and of course a tunethat everyone knows. Could make it.

The flip is a rather run-of-the-mill beatballad. But of course it's very well per-formed with a lot of charm and a ratheroff -tune piano.

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COUNTRYMENBlow The Wind Southerly; The LiliesGrow High (Piccadilly 35112)THE Kathleen Ferrier classic is given

a folksy sound-that's not sur-prising considering it's the Countrymenwho are singing it. But we do think theycould do with less of the immensely com-plicated backing which tends to spoiltheir marvellous vocalising and harmo-nising.

More harmonica on the flip, anotherfolksy number with the gentle soothingtones of the boys coming through well.Good stuff but not particularly chart mat-ter.

THREE sssGRANDISONSAll Right; True Romance (RCA Victor1339)

SAX and a raucous chorus open therock disc, and then a Ray Charles

voice leads in on the one which is asnear as you can get to "What'd I Say?".But it is a well -performed effort withplenty of gusto and a lot of appeal.Frantic and fast-moving. Slower stuffon the flip, a number with not as muchcommercial potential as the top side.It's a moving emotional number withplenty of appeal and some powerfulvocalising.

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DEREK NEWWhistlestop; Blue Train (Envoy 003)INTRIGUING melodic theme for

"Whistlestop", played by pianistDerek New. Not likely to set the chartsafire . . . but a strong example of pianotechnique and not -overdone backgroundnoises. Piano style veers towards thehonky-tonk. Given the right plays .well, anything might happen for thisinstrumental. Flip gets off to a crashinggreat start, then organ takes over thelead. Rather good organ, too-a bow,please, Mr. New. It adds up to a nicepiece of musical comparison.

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LOOKOUT, LAWSAND CHESHIRE!

RECORDING contracts guaranteed forthe first three groups, plus prizes of

instruments and tokens worth over £1,000-and the entries for the Lancashire andCheshire Beat Group Contest are pour-ing in.

What's more, enormous rivalry isbuilding up between the groups fromLancashire and those from Cheshire. Thecontest is to be held at the PhilharmonicHall, Hope Street, Liverpool, on May 9and 10.

As the entries arrive, it is becomingobvious that many hours will be spenteliminating and selecting during the earlysessions, in time for the finals whichstart on the Friday evening at 7.30 p.m.

London promoter Harry Lowe is alsoarranging an all-star panel of judges tohandle the contest-big names drawnfrom recording companies, television andbroadcasting.

FORMSEntry forms for the contest are ob-

tainable from Lancashire and CheshireBeat Contest, 31 Colquitt Street, Liver-pool, 11-and please enclose a stampedaddress envelope. "Mersey Beat", too,have forms at their address, 8Ia Ren-shaw Street, Liverpool.

Tickets are already on sale. The ordin-ary early sessions are at 3s. 6d. and theseat prices for the last -night finals are at5s., 7s. 6d., 10s. 6d. and 12s. 6d. Elimin-ations go on from 10 a.m. on theThursday and from 10 to 5.30 p.m. onthe Friday. Get your tickets from thePhilharmonic Hall, or from Rushworthand Dreapers, Whitechapel, Liverpool.Box-office phone is Liverpool RoyalS070.

Now for the prizes. This is only an

early list as many other dealers and con-cerns have promised to support thefunction.

They include: Harmony guitar (Booseyand Hawkes, London); Scout amplifierand Echo Copicat (Watkins ElectricMusic, London); Cliff Richard Rever-beration Unit (Jennings Musical Ind.,Dartford); No. 5 metal shell snare drum(Premier Drums, Leicester); Burns sonicguitar (Barnes and Mullins, London);Futurama guitar (Selmer, London);Framus bass guitar (J. Dallas and Sons,London); pair of bongoes (M. Hubner,London).

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Autocrat Hot -Snap snare drum (Rose,Morris and Co., London); record player(Alba Radio and TV., London); Trixonsnare drum (J. and I. Arbiter, London);piano organ (Frank Hessy, Liverpool);token value £25 (Barretts, Manchester);token value £25 (Rushworth andDreapers, Liverpool); Reslo microphoneand stand (Bradleys Music, Liverpool,Rochdale and Halifax).

Said Harry Lowe this week : "Thiswill, quite certainly, be the biggest con-test of its kind to be held in the Northof England. There will be prizes awardedto the best instrumentalists in mostgroups.

"I'd just like to stress that we welcomeagents and managers to bring along theirown groups and enter them in the usualway. There is no management tie-up overthe contest."

NEW RECORD MIRROR, Week -ending April 20, 1963 Page Nine

THE INSTRUMENTAL UNIONNew Disc From Jet and Tony Should Hit The Charts Again

SUSANMAUGHAN

She's New To You; Don't Get CarriedAway (Philips 326586)THIS is perkier, for a start, than

Susan's last, "Hand A Handker-chief". Touch of the double -trackinghere and there. Big dramatic backing,with unusual tonal effects-it should puther back in the "Bobby's Girl" class,though we're not going to go far enoughout on a limb to give it a Top TwentyTip. Susan is certainly an ever -improvingthrush. But some jurists fancied herchances more on the more far-out flip.Nicely arranged, with stacks of bounceand pep-and it really calls for somesinging from Susie. If the top sidedoesn't appeal ... well, don't forget thatworthy flip.

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TONI CARROLLFive Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue; I'm JustWild About Harry (MGM 1198)

DIG the sounds of the Twenties?-hereare couple of tracks from American

thrush Toni's recent album. Fairlyauthentic sort of backing on "Five FootTwo", but the trouble is that DorothyProvine really said about all there is tosay on this particular subject. Enthusiastsmight boost the sales. More ukelele -ledbacking for the flip, With a girlie choirechoing Miss Carroll. Not really likely tomake much noise in the general run ofpop releases.

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FRANK SINATRACall Me Irresponsible; Tina (RepriseR 20151)

OF course, this is just fine. It's Sinatra,after all. But it's a slow ballad-

and most of the jury like him best on theup -tempo gear. Not a particularly brightbacking, but the song itself is of thehighest quality, with excellent lyrics. Atrifle short on the melody side. Sinatrasings excellently. But it's hardly likely tomove much in the charts. Flip is of onlyslighter faster tempo and again lacks thesort of melody line to catch on with thegeneral public. Right for the fans, notso good for the undedicated-that's thesumming-up.

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JET HARRIS &TONY MEEHANScarlet O'Hara; (Doing The) HullyGully (Decca F 11644)TO all who haven't seen "GoneI With the Wind"-Scarlet was theheroine of that biggest of all films.Jet and Tony use her name as anexcuse for an excellent though ratherbelated follow-up to "Diamonds".Well -performed by the two boys,there's a gay little tune, and the moodis much lighter and slightly fasterthan their last disc. Good drum solo(need we say) and although there'sa Duane Eddy sound here it willeasily make the charts.

Chorus on the flip-from "Just ForFun"-and a vocal from the boys ona rather monotonous beat numberwithout too much appeal. O.K. fordancing though.

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TOP 20 TIPTHE OLYMPICSSidewalk Serenade; Nothing (HMVPop 1155)TINKLY piano states the theme early

on, with all sorts of bell -like bitsgoing on all around. Nice pleasant littletune without too much commercialappeal. However it should sell well overthe months.

Slower flip, with a vocal on it, but awordless one with some nice little TraLa La's all the way through. Pleasingand with a little whistle in the back-ground-we quite like it.

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BO DIDDLEYThe Twister; Who Do You Love (PyeInt. 25193)FROM the ever popular Bo Diddley

comes the latest offering from theU.S. Chess label. It's an instrumental onthe top side-a frantic kind of beat tunewith plenty of guitar work and a slightDuane Eddy quality about it. Blues basedand well -performed, it's loud and com-mercial, but we don't reckon it for chartsuccess.

The flip is probably better with Botaking the vocal on this R & B numberwith plenty of what it takes. Repetitiveand commercial it would probably sellbetter than side our if it were plugged.

FOUR 3 3 3 3SHANE FENTON

SONNY BOYWILLIAMSON

Fools Paradise; You Need Love (Parlo-phone R 5020)DOG doesn't eat dog in the pop busi-

ness. Dog writes song for dog.Shane here has an Eden Kane numberfor his top side-and it suits him admir-ably. Brisk, punchy backing as Shanegets to work with his breathy style ofsinging. He has stacks of power inreserve, too, as he shows mid -way. If itdoesn't hit the Twenty, it certainly shouldget pretty near to it. Strings involved inthe backing. Hefty backing again for theflip, which has Shane whipping up hismore customary storm. He's a good 'tux,all right. One of the liveliest on thescene.

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Help Me; Bye Bye Bird (Pye Int.25191)

FROM Sonny, comes a slow temponumber with plenty of wailing

harmonica work, and an intro that's veryreminiscent of "Green Onions". It's agreat blues number with an immense feelto it, and although it won't appeal to thepop market the fans will go wild for it.

Flip is faster and the same sort ofstuff-again more specialised than say theBo Diddley, but well -performed stuff ofits type.

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HOWLIN' WOLFJust Like I Treat You; I Ain't Super-stitious (Pye Int. 25194)

FROMHowlin' Wolf Burnette comes a

number that is a howlin' bit of R &B. Fastish tempo with plenty of savagebacking and some great spirited vocalwork from the throaty gent we imagi

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