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LOUIS PRIMAMUSIC knows no age barriers. The majority of today's record buyers may be teenagers, but

the discs they are purchasing are not all made by artists of their own age group. The threeAmerican artists at the moment appearing in Britain's best-sellers for the first time, show adistinct difference in their age bracket -Ricky Nelson has reached the ripe old age of 17 ;Bill Justis, now turning the corner into the thirties, and veteran Louis Prima, in his 47th year !

1(' A First -rime HELLO andIt's never too late-or early

to getinto theCharts !

What have they in common ? Simply that they all make exciting,rocking records. Take Ricky Nelson. His first record was issued inthe States only nine months ago. Yet since then, four of his discshave graced the Top Twenty in the States -two of which climbed tosecond position and one reached No. 3.

He has caused such a stir inAmerican circles that his latest re-cord, " Stood Up "/" Waitin' InSchool," crashed into the sellers inJanuary, arriving at fourth position.

This is the sort of impactnormally created by Presley alone !But probably his most remarkable

feat occurred with his initial release.Fats Domino had been sitting pretty

JOHNNY DANKWORTH ORCHESTRAFriday: Park Lane Hotel, London;Saturday: Windmill Club, Rushden;Thursday: Co-operative Hall,Nuneaton.

CHRIS BARBER BANDSaturday: City Hall, Sheffield; Sun-day: Empire, Liverpool; Monday:Humphrey Lyttelton Club. London;Tuesday: Royal Festival Hall, Lon-don; Wednesday: Southall.

in the top table for several weeks,with his " I'm Walkin'." Suddenly,from out of the blue, arrived thisslip of a schoolboy, who promptlyforced Domino into a back seat, andromped into second place.

His disc follow-up did not achievesuch heights -that was " You're MyOne And Only Love "-getting only

to 14th place, but he came back intothe reckoning in a big way inOctober with " Bee -Bop Baby."which became America's No. 3seller.

Now it's " Stood Up " that's mak-ing such headway, and providinghim with his first British hit. Whyhasn't he been recognised over herebefore 7

Possibly because he was totally un-known to us, whereas at home hewas an extremely well-known tele-vision performer long before he setfoot inside the recording studio.

(Commencing February 21)BASIL KIRCHIN BAND HUMPHREY 1,YrIEI.TON BAND

Saturday: Festival Hall, Kirkby -in- Saturday: Town Hall, Crewe; Sunday:Ashfield; Sunday: Oxford. Hippodrome, Manchester; Wednesday:

Humphrey Lyttelton Club, London;

-; FATS DOMINO'Wait and See'

JERRY LEE LEWIS),'Great Balls of Fire

\::YCHARLIIE GRACIE'Cool baby

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Thursday: Conway Hall, London.VIC LEWIS ORCHESTRA

Friday and Saturday: Green's Play-house, Glasgow; Monday: Southamp-ton.

(CommencingALMA COGAN, TERRY WAYNE

Glasgow Empire.LONNIE DONEGAN

Leeds Empire.VICTOR SOVERALL

Liverpool EmpireDAVID WHITFIELD

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GONELLA

RICKY NELSONHis parents, you see, are Ozzie and

Harriet Nelson. Dad was a popularbandleader in the States, and Muma very successful singer. But inrecent years, Ozzie and Harriet havebeen putting on one of the mostwidely watched family TV shows inAmerica.

Ricky, with brother David, havebeen joining in on the family'sadventures for several years -and he'salso appeared in Hollywood films.

There was no keeping him confinedto this aspect of show business,

RONNIE ALDRICH AND THESQUADRONAIRES

Friday: Queen's Rink Ballroom, WestHartlepool; Saturday: Queen's Hall,Preston; Sunday: Coventry Theatre.

TERRY LIGIITFOOT'S JAZZMENFriday Ealing; Saturday: WoodGreen; Sunday: Humphrey LytteltonClub, London; Tuesday: White Hart,Bromley; Wednesday: Walthamstow;Thursday: Humphrey Lyttelton Club,London.

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTETFriday: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool;Saturday: Gaumont, Ipswich; Sun-day: Dominion, London.

February 24)PAULINE SHEPHERD,

SKEFFLE GROUPLondon Metropolitan.

PERSONALITY PLATTERSChiswick Empire.

EDMUND HOCHRIDGE, YANAFinsbury Park Empire.

RONNIE HARRISNottingham Empire.

CHAS. 5IcDEVITT SKIFFLF GROUPNorwich Carlton Cinema.

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6 Requests; 8 Show Business; 9Deep River Boys; 9.15 Song Hits of theCentury; 9.45 Ronnie Hilton; 10 JackJackson; 10.30 Top Pops of Tomorrow;11, Talking Points; 11.05 Bible Chris-tian Programme; 11.15 Frank andErnest; 11.30 The World Tomorrow.TUESDAY

6 Requests; 8 Spike Harrigan; 8.30Godfrey Winn's Concert; 9 Alma CoganShow; 9.15 Linger Awhile; 9.45 To-morrow's Top Ten; 10 The CapitolShow; 10.30 Fontana Fan Fare; 10.45Bing Sings; 11 Revival Time; 11.30Oral Roberts.WEDNESDAY

6 Requests; 8 Double Your Money;

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11 a.m. Request Show; 12 noonMelody Mart; 3 One Man's Family;4 Requests; 6 Music In The Air; 7.05What's My Line; 9 Modern Jazz, 1958.WEDNESDAY

11 a.m. Request Show; 11.55 LesPaul; 12 noon Melody Mart; 3 OneMan's Family; 4 Requests; 5 SoundTrack; 6 Music In The Air; 7.05Groucho Marx; 9.45 Bob and Ray.

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3.30 Calvert Cavalcade; 9 Stargazers:9.15 Cugat's Carnival; 9.45 FavouritesOld and New; 10 Record Show; 11Back To The Bible; 11.30 The Hour OfDecision.THURSDAY

6 Requests; 8 The Harry JamesShow; 8.30 Lucky Number; 9 SongParade; 9.15 Song Hits of the Century;9.4.5 Favourites Old and New; 10 It'sRecord Time; 10.45 Italy Sings; 11 OldFashioned Revival Hour; 11.30 Star-light Serenade.FRIDAY

6 Requests; 8 Shilling A Second;8.30 Tops With You; 9 Sporting Chal-lenge: 9.15 Hinkle Valentine Show; 9.30The Dick Itaymes Show; 9.45 ScottishRequests; 10.15 Record Hop; 11 TheVoice of Prophecy; 11.30 Still Waters.SATURDAY

6 Requests; 7 Rhythm on the Range;7.30 Intrigue; S Jamboree; 10 IrishRequests; 10.30 Spin with the Stars;11 Bringing Christ to the Nations;11.30 Jack Jackson.

however, especially as he is the mostversatile member of the family -heplays guitar, drums and piano, andis an excellent dancer. Now, in lessthan a year, he has sold more recordsthan his Mom and Pop together -with all their years of experience.

It's particularly noteworthy thatall four of Ricky s hit parade entriesin the States have listed both titleson the disc. So in point of fact,although he's had four disc hits, hecan claim eight hit titles - and afurther success is that his new LPhas just found its way into the tableof hest -selling U.S. long -plays.

Long careerLOUIS PRIMA, whose " Buona

Sera " is currently popular, paidhis first visit to the recording studio25 years ago, when he played withRed Nichols and his Pennies. Louiswas a violinist originally, but he soontook up the trumpet.

He also blossomed as a rhythmsinger and his unusual gravellyvoice and hot trumpet becamewidely recognised in music circles.With the advent of the rock craze,

Louis was quickly on the road withhis own package show -and he is stilltouring with it, drawing capacitycrowds wherever he goes.

The title of this package show is" The Wildest Show On Earth," andCapitol has issued two LP's fromthe show, including songs Louis hasmade famous.

Several melodies will always beassociated with his name -as he hashit the million mark with six of hisdiscs in the States. One of his best-known is the Italian -flavoured"Angelina," while another whichenjoyed enormous sales was" Civilisation."

Louis, of course, will also beremembered for the marathon" Sing, Sing, Sing," which hecomposed for Benny Goodman.Louis is married to his featured

singer, Keely Smith, who was oncepresident of his fan club. Quite bychance she was invited to sing withthe band. A year later, they weremarried

Sax success

BILL JUSTIS

composition, " Raunchy," over here,too.

There is something of a parallel onthis disc with the late Jimmy Dorsey's" So Rare --another sax solo, whichobtained third place across theAtlantic last year. But on this re-cord, Dorsey had the assistance ofa vocal group, and there was notsuch keen competition on the num-ber itself.

In America, Ernie Freemanclimbed high in the sellers with" Raunchy," and now Billy Vaughnis doing likewise - though at themoment, it's the coupling ofVaughn's disc which is bringing inthe customers.

And in Britain, of course, Justis- has been battling against local

competition in the form of KenMackintosh and Winifred Atwell.Justis is a native of Memphis,

Tennessee, home of the enterprisingSun Record Company, where suchfamous names as Presley, CarlPerkins and Jerry Lee Lewis startedtheir rise.

Bill Justis has for some time beenmusical director at Sun and, assuch, has been closely associated withthe disc careers of these top -lineartists.

Already, " Raunchy's " follow-upis proving a tremendous seller in theStates and it will be out over here,so watch out for two of Bill's owncompositions - " College Man," awild, torrid jump offering, and "The

ONE of the rarest of all events in Stranger."the disc world is the arrival in Welcome to the British hit

the charts of a strictly instrumental parade, Messrs. Prima, Nelson andrecording. And to attain No. 2 Justis. Let's face it -it must be aposition with a saxophone solo is atruly outstanding feat. wonderful feeling to get into it for

the first time, irrespective ofwhether your age is 17, 30 or 47 !

DEREK JOHNSON.

Bill Justis has done this inAmerica; and he is now rapidlyzooming up our own table with his

THURSDAY11 a,m. Request Show; 12 noon

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1.1 a.m, Request Show; 11.55 LesPaul; 12 noon Melody Mart; 2.05Stickbuddy Jamboree; 2.30 Robert Q.Lewis; 3 One Man's Family; 4 Re-quests; 5 Songs Of Many Lands; 6Music In The Air; 7.05 Stuart FosterShow; 8.30 Mystery Time; 9 Stars OfJazz; 9.45 Bob and Ray; 10.05 RequestShow.SATURDAY

11 a.m. Request Show; 12.30 WesternSwing; 1 Saturday Salute In Music;3.30 Galen Drake; 4 Request Show;6 Music In The Air; 7.30 SaturdayNight Country Style; 8.30 OperationEntertainment; 9 Music Views FromHollywood; 10.05 America's PopularMusic; 11.05 Request Show.

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. . . a WELCOME BACKto the ChartsEVERY business has its cynics-those people who have faith

only in their ability (though more often than not it's in-ability !) to predict flops and cultivate misery.

The music business is liberally dotted with these characters.and during the past few months, they've been telling all andsundry that as far as big selling records are concerned, artists likeDavid Whitfield, Eddie Calvert, the McGuire Sisters and manyothers were through.

Right now, however, we can happily thrust a copy of thelatest hit parade listings under their noses and, with a justifiedsmirk, ask the old, old question: " How wrong can you be ?"For David, Eddie and the McGuire gals are all back in the sellersand it's a pleasure to welcome them back on this page.

KEITH GOODWIN.

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Monty is David'slucky charm

DAVID WHITFIELD, who is currently appearing in panto-mime for the first time in the London Palladium

production "Robinson Crusoe," has returned to the hit listafter a lengthy absence.

David won his gold record with" Cara Mia "-a song written bynoted orchestra leader Mantovani,who also accompanied David forthe disc. He is back again at No.22 with another Mantovani com-position-" Cry My Heart." Andas before, MantoVani also directsthe accompanying orchestra !

David, of course, is no strangerto the hit parade. He's been theremany times before, with tunes like" I Believe," "Answer Me," " RagsTo Riches," " The Book." " MySeptember Love," "Adoration Waltz,"" Everywhere," " I'll Find You,"" Mama," " Lady Of Madrid," and" When You Lose The One YouLove."

The success of "Cry My Heart "is all the more surprising in slewof the fact that David's day-to-day pantomime commitmentsrestrict him from helping tostimulate interest in the record, viapersonal appearances at varietytheatres all over the country.

Still intact!This tends to suggest that David's

vast army of staunch supporters isstill intact and not, as some cynicsseem to think, breaking up and losingfaith in their idol.

The Hull -born ex-quarrystoneshoveller, then seaman, whose am-bition if ever obliged to quit showbusiness is " to own a store andoperate it myself," will doubtlessbegin a tour of the major Britishmusic halls following the completionof the pantomime season in April.

The success of " Cry My Heart "should ensure an exceptionally warmand enthusiastic welcome for himwherever he appears.

It seems that ballads are cominginto favour again, and if this betrue, then David can be relied uponto make frequent visits to the hitparade in the future. It's our guess,too, that Mantovani will be rightalong there with him.

Moregold forEddie

CU R R E N T L Y causingjubilation in the Eddie

Calvert household is thegradual climb into the toptwenty of his recording of" Mandy."

I heard Eddie play this capti-vating little ditty during his varietyact at Finsbury Park Empire asfar back as September last year,and thought then that it was idealhit parade material for the famed" Golden Trumpeter."

Mind you, I had to wait a longtime to see my prediction come true!

EDDIE CALVERT

" Mandy " is one of those " onceheard - never forgotten " type oftunes, a fascinating little melodythat you'll have difficulty in gettingout of your mind.

The version of the same tune witha lyric, incidentally, is known as" The Pansy "

Whenever the name Calvert ismentioned, people always think of" Oh Mein Papa "-the first Britishinstrumental record ever to sell morethan a million copies.

You will recall that the Preston -born trumpeter flew to the Statesduring March, 1954, to collect hisgold recordEddie's career has been liberally

sprinkled with record successes.There was the haunting " Midnight,"the mambo -styled " Cherry Pink AndApple Blossom White "; the romantictitle song from the film " John AndJulie "; " Zambesi "; and even aninstrumental version of the TonyBennett hit " Stranger In Paradise(the only non -vocal interpretation toenter the hit lists).

In the composing field, too, Eddieis extremely active, and we'd liketo take time out here to remind youthat he wrote one of Vera Lynn'sbiggest discs hits-" My Son, MySon."

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"Sugartime' galsscore sweet saleTHE success of America's glamorous McGuire Sisters with

the swingy " Sugartime" (currently resting at No. 14), isdoubly important with regard to the far reaching effectt whichare resulting from their re-entry into the best sellers after anabsence of almost two years.

The immediate outcome of theirsuccess is that Christine, Phyllisand Dorothy McGuire are in ter-rific demand. Their services arebeing almost " fought for " by im-presarios since their disc success.

The McGuire gals were last inthe hit parade here in June, 1956,with " Delilah Jones," which hoveredaround the foot of the table for afew weeks.

Before that they entered the upperregions of the charts with "Sincerely"and " No -More," while in the States,hit parade titles came their way with" Muskrat Ramble " and " Good-

night, Sweetheart. Goodnight."In the LP stakes, too, the sisters

are enjoying a fair measure ofsuccess with their most recentCoral album " Teenage Party."

The girls-real-life sisters-comefrom Middletown, Ohio, and begantheir show business career byappearing at services bases and atarmy hospital concerts.

The McGuires first made theirmark in America after appearing ona radio show on station WLM inCincinnati. Later came a series oflucrative cabaret dates, and thenregular engagements on Kate Smith'sradio series and Arthur Godfrey'sTV programmes.

... and here's a gal who's just starting!

Putting a snap in it with her fingers-and her voice-is Valerie Masters,17, who signed with Ray Ellington in December as replacement forMarion Ryan. Her television debut was in a Jack Hylton Show

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From the very first chord on the guitar it commands the attention;the beat is strong. the mood happy and the tune catchy enoughThe words, if not in Shakespeare's class, are certainly entertaining

Two listens to this waxing andyou'll be forking out your cash,I'm thinking. Flipside of thisMGM disc, " Baby Don't Go," isanother Rainwater original inwhich the c & w influence is morepronounced.

Incidentally an interesting featureof " Whole Lotto Woman " isMarvin duetting with himself, agimmick that has been morefavoured by the gals than the malesin the past.

TECHNIQUESI've got a feeling that The Tech-

niques might have a hit up theirsleeves in " Hey Little Girl." There'sno great impact in this easy-going,sentimental number with a very re-laxed beat.

Its appeal lies in simplicity, thesort of simplicity that put " It's Al-most Tomorrow " into the top spotover two years ago.

Easy on the ear but with enoughbeat to set the feet tapping and wordsthat are spot on the target-the tar-get being teenage appeal.

The Techniques are a group ofcollege students with a strong con-tendese value.

" In A Round About Way " is alittle faster, has a certain degree ofpunch, but not enough. Pleasantthough. Label is Columbia.

SILHOUETTESIssued here on Parlophone, " Get

A Job " by The Silhouettes has madea sensational jump up the hit paradeover Stateside. Just how it happenedmystifies me, because this is one of A home-grown newcomer whothe worst rock 'n' roll discs I have debuts on the Fontana label is Alever heard. Saxon. His singing of "Dream

I'm no square but I do ask that Boy," together with the simple guitarpop music should be entertaining, and chorus accompaniment, adds upwhether it be beat or ballad, happy to the best bet for a hit record thator sad. Fontana has yet turned. out.This is plain monotonous, and for Easy -paced, without being too re -

the most part meaningless. Opens lazed and with a happy beat.up with a fair imitation of hens " Dream Boy " sounds to be idealclucking, has very few words and for Al's vocal talents.what there are, are barely intelligible. The lad sings well, deserves his

This can be excused. In fact it big break. Equally promising is thedoesn't matter at all, if the beat is flipside, as far as Al is concerned,exciting and the mood infectious. But though the song, " You All You," isin this case it's just miserable nothing like so good.mumble -jumble.

On t'other side the title reads " IAm Lonely." I'm not surprised.

MARVIN RAINWATER

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For makeweight the kids have abash at " Rickety Rackety Rendez-vous," and sing flatter than theSahara Desert.

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MORE KIDSThe lollipop and lemonade brigade

has been at work again-this timeat the Decca studios. Little Johnnyand the Three Teenagers offer youtheir rendition of " Baby Lover."

An unknown youngster of -this sortcould chalk this up as a hit at theexpense of Pet Clark, but in thisparticular case I don't think it willhappen.

Little Johnny sounds no betterthan thousands of other little John-nies, lacks the extra personalitythat has made Frankie Lymon,Paul Anka and Laurie London intobig names.What's more, he lacks their singing

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THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS

PREDICTION . . .February 21, 1958

Marvin Rainwater's 'Whole LottaWoman' willcause a stir

says --'Singles' reviewerKEITH FORD YCE

number that we shall get under theheading of the big beat in future,it's not at all bad.

It's a reasonably intelligent song,the beat is attractive, the arrangementgood. The mixture is very much" as before "-a soloist backed by agroup, with guitar and drums wellin evidence.

But musically it is a higher classproduction than much that we haveheard recently.Tommy is restrained but loses

nothing in appeal. " Sing Boy Sing 'is the title song of his new film whichopens in London next week. "Crazy'Cause I Love You," on the reverse,is a very ordinary rock number.

VICTOR LABATITenor Victor Labatt has his second

recording out on Parlophone, andconfirms his earlier promise. Not areally " big " voice, but warm intone.

Victor gives a sensitive interpre-tation of " One Blade Of Grass,"and displays sincerity in the religiousballad, " His Arms."

Neither song is strong enough toput Victor in the sellers, but he hasthe ability to get there with the rightmaterial.

JOHNNY DUNCAN" If You Love Me Baby," recorded

by Johnny Duncan on Columbia,should sell well. Good instrumen-tally, a lively beat, and Johnny sing-ing remarkably like Lonnie Donegan.

Saxophone leads during the ratherlong instrumental break.

Much to my surprise I found the" B " side, a revival of " GoodnightIrene," to be the more impressive.

I suppose I've heard-and sung-this song hundreds of times, but so

Meet Pats brother IANYONE who decides to follow

big brother into show busi-ness sooner or later comes upagainst the problem of choosinganother name.

But the question is : What nameto choose ? Nick Todd, 22 -year -old brother of singing star PatBoone, pored over hundreds ofnames before hitting on the rightsolution.

On the advice of his recordingmanager, Randy Wood, he decidedto reverse the title of his recordcompany-Dot-adding another " d "for good measure.

And although his first two Britishreleases-" Plaything " and "At TheHop "-have so far made no greatimpression on the record -buyingpublic, a major breakthrough of oneof his discs could make Nick Toddas well known as his brother.

Nick was born in Jacksonville,Florida, on June 1, 1935, exactlyone year after the arrival of brotherPat. When the family moved toNashville, Tennessee, he followedhis elder brother into High School,

Like Pat, too, he decided to con-tinue his education at college, study-ing English and receiving hisBachelor of Arts degree in June,1957.

His initial break into show businesshad taken place the previous year.In the summer of 1956, Nickappeared as the." discovery of theweek " at a Sunday afternoon con-cert run by the local newspaper.

Randy Wood (brother Pat's re-cording manager) followed it upby asking for a tape recording ofhis voice and offering him a session

on the Dot label." I was very flattered by this offer,"

says Nick, "but I was hesitant intaking on anything that might inter-fere with my last year of college.Randy understood and suggested Icall him after I received my degree.

In August, 1957, Nick found him-self in Dot's Hollywood studio re-cording " Plaything." In Septemberhe appeared on Ed Sullivan's TVshow, m October he was the TV guestof brother Pat, and then he movedto the Patti Page and Bob Hopeshows.

But Nick shares his brother's pas-sion for education. He has nowjoined Pat at Columbia University,making records and personal appear-ances in his spare time.

good is the Duncan presentation thatI was compelled to listen to everyword.

The singing is dead " straight "and there ars some clever toucheson guitar. A worthy addition toanyone's collection.

JOHNNY GREGORYIf you have seen the Sinatra -

Hayworth -Novak musical "Pal Joey"and want a record for a souvenir.then the best you can get is thesoundtrack LP on Capitol.

But if an LP is beyond yourpocket, then you'll find that Embassy

WH268 is a very good buy.On two sides of this 78 r.p.m.

platter are six of the songs fromthe film -"Lady Is A Tramp,"" Bewitched," " I Didn't KnowWhat Time It was," "I CouldWrite A Book," " My FunnyValentine " and "Small Hotel."Performed by full orchestra (under

Johnny Gregory), chorus and twosoloists, this production is as goodas you could ask for.

Credit is given on the label toThe Embassy Singers-pity theydon't name the two soloists, who dosuch a fine job.

The male vocalist in particular (hehas four of the songs, the girl hasthe other two) does especially well.

TONY BENNETTA great song on Philips comes from

Tony Bennett. " I Never Felt MoreLike Falling In Love " is the sort ofcomposition that even Irving Berlinwouldn't feel ashamed of writing.

Taken at a strolling pace with astrolling accompaniment from theRay Ellis orchestra, it is romanticbut not " soppy."

In fact, the mood is a veryhappy, smiting one. The melodyis out of the top drawer, the lyricis above average, and Tony givesan ideal interpretation.Do your best to hear this song -

1 promise you won't be wasting yourtime. " Love Me, Love Me, LoveMe," is a slow romantic ballad, nottoo pretentious.

Tony is in good form, backed upwith plenty of echo. The recordingengineer deserves a bouquet for anexcellent sound balance on both sides.

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RECORDS IN BRITAIN(Week ending Wed., 19th Feb., 1958)Last This

Week1 1 THE STORY OF MY LIFE

Michael Holliday (Columbia)3 2 MAGIC MOMENTS

Perry Como (RCA)2 3 JAILHOUSE ROCK

Elvis Presley (RCA)4 4 AT THE HOP

Danny & The Juniors (HMV)5 5 OH, BOY ! Crickets (Coral)6 6 ALL THE WAY

Frank Sinatra (Capitol)7 7 LOVE ME FOREVER

Marion Ryan (Pye-Nixa)10 8 YOU ARE MY DESTINY

Paul Anka (Columbia)7 9 APRIL LOVE

Pat Boone (London)7 10 PEGGY SUE

Buddy Holly (Coral)15 11 RAUNCHY

Bill Justis (London)11 12 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE

Jerry Lee Lewis (London)12 13 BONY MORONIE

Larry Williams (London)24 14 SUGARTIME

McGuire Sisters (Coral)20 15 WITCHCRAFT

Frank Sinatra (Capitol)16 16 KISSES SWEETER THAN

WINEJimmie Rodgers (Columbia)

13 17 MA, HE S MAKING EYES ATME Johnny Otis Show/

Marie Adams (Capitol)14 18 MY SPECIAL ANGEL

Malcolm Vaughan (HMV)20 19 RAUNCHY

Ken Mackintosh (HMV)26 20 MANDY

Eddie Calvert (Columbia)18 21 JAILHOUSE ROCK (EP)

Elvis Presley (RCA)23 22 CRY MY HEART

David Whitfield/Mantovani (Decca)

- 22 MAGIC MOMENTSRonnie Hilton (HMV)

17 24 THE STORY OF MY LIFEGary Miller (Pye-Nixa)

- 25 BUONA SERALouis Prima (Capitol)

19 25 KISSES SWEETER THANWINEFrankie Vaughan (Philips)

- 27 STOOD UPRicky Nelson (London)

22 28 BYE BYE BABYJohnny Otis Show/

Marie Adams (Capitol)26 29 LOVE ME FOREVER

Eydie Gorme (HMV)- 30 NO OTHER BABY

Bobby Helms (Brunswick)29 30 SUGARTIME

Alma Cogan (HMV)

BEST SELLING SHEETMUSIC IN BRITAIN

Last ThisWeek

1 1 THE STORY OF MY LIFE(Sterling) 2s,

10 2 MAGIC MOMENTS(Chappell) 2s.

3 3 LOVE ME FOREVER(Kassner) 2s.

2 4 APRIL LOVE (Robbins) 2s.4 5 ALL THE WAY (Barton) 2s.7 6 JAILHOUSE ROCK (Belinda) 2s.

23 7 SUGARTIME (Southern) 2s.5 8 MY SPECIAL ANGEL

(Yale) 2s.9 9 FORGOTTEN DREAMS

(Mills Music) 2s. 6d.8 10 MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT

ME (Feldman) 2s.6 11 KISSES SWEETER THAN

WINE (F.D. & II.) 2s.13 12 PUT A LIGHT IN THE

WINDOW (Kassner) 2s.IL 13 OH BOY 1 (Southern) 2s.- 14 CATCH A FALLING STAR

(Feldman) 2s.22 15 AT THE HOP (Bron) 2s.15 16 AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER

(Feist) 2s.14 17 TAMMY (Macmelodies) 2s.16 18 PEGGY SUE (Southern) 2s.17 19 WAKE UP, LITTLE SUSIE

(Acuff -Rose) 2s.20 20 CHICAGO (Feldman) 2s.18 21 I LOVE YOU, BABY

(Sherwin) 2s.12 22 ALONE (Duchess) 2s.19 23 LET 111F. BE LOVED

(Frank) 2s.- 24 YOU ARE MY DESTINY

(Robert Mellin) 2s.

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(Week ending Wed.. Feb. 19, 1958)Last ThlsWeek1 1 Don't I I Beg Of You

Elvis Presley2 2 At The Hop

Danny and the Juniors3 3 Get A Job Silhouettes6 4 Short Shorts Royal Teens4 5 Stood Up / Wallin' In School

Ricky Nelson5 6 Sail Along. Silvery moon/

Raunchy Billy Vaughn9 7 Catch A Falling Star/Magic

Moments Perry Como7 8 The Stroll Diamonds

12 9 Dede Dinah Frankie Avalon8 10 Sugartime McGuire Sisters14 11 You Are My 1)estiny Paul Anka- 12 Oh. Julie Crescendos10 13 Great Balls Of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis11 14 Peggy Sue Buddy Holly15 15 April Love Pat Boone13 16 La Dee Dah Billy and Lillie16 17 Maybe Chantels19 18 Don't Let Go Roy Hamilton- 19 Jo Ann Playmates- 20 26 51.11es Four Preps

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6 ThE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Fabrooss' 21, 1958 Febroony 21, 1958

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Phone: COVent Garden 2266 Ii tssl lie was voted "Show Boo'mess Peesonaiity of 1957" by the Variety Ctob of Great . .oisaaoeet Thoesday neoesiaEditor ANDY GRAY Beitom foe his genat stage, eneondiog, Gist. staId television es0100nos. SHOWMAN -ENTERTAINER Liberace has been signed for the opemng He will Se 10 Loado,. ten

News Editor DON WEDGE Its will be yntstsd with inssnibsd silsor Nro a and Hesbrrl Wiltsn will no: be onroll fortnight of the London Palladium variety season. He commences there Aae,00s.

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TOMMY STEELE'S OTHER LIFEStar paradein new film

PROBABLY the most excitingsequence in the film "Disc

Jockey Jamboree" is a tele-thon(an American TV marathon) witha host of disc -jockeys from all overAmerica-and Europe-introduc-ing the artists.

Jerry Lee Lewis comes bursting outIn an electrifying sequence of "GreatBalls Of Fire," an exciting event onthe large cinema screen.

Frankie Lymon's brother, Lewis.shows his face to British audiencesfor the first time, also. He resemblesthe sensational Frankie, and has agroup, The Teenchords, not unlikeThe Teen-Agers.

Another newcomer to Britain isJodie Sands, who sings " Sayonara,"treated by her as a jingly, beatyballad. A great find is Ron Coby, ahandsome South American who sings" Toreador " delightfully.

We know Charlie Gracie well. HeIs presented singing " Cool Baby,"but his segment of the picture isspoilt by the too obvious intrusion ofdancers.

Another host of singing stars areintroduced in a sequence at theLondon Palladium, introducingSlim Whitman (who sings " Un-chain My Heart ") and a vocalgroup new to Britain, The FourCoins, featured in a rather tame" Broken Promise."The film ends with yet another

. multi -act sequence, this time set atan American music trade conference.Count Basle is playing for the danc-ing, the band being featured in "OneO'Clock Jump," and singer JoeWilliams in " I Don't Like You NoMore."

We meet Jimmy Bowen, who lookslittle like a tall Dickie Valentine,

Martha Lou Harp and Buddy Knox,who has yet to find the same famehere as he has in America.

Then comes another of the shiningstars of the film-Fats Domino, in" Wait And See." Fats registers im-mediately, his light, easy singingbacked by a sturdy beat which lifts" Disc Jockey Jamboree " to astirring climax as the ends of thestory are tied up. M.J.

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JOHNSas performing-could easily givedays a week.

During the two months of hisLiverpool pantomime, Steele hasfound the perfect hideaway. Aplace where he can relax com-pletely. It's known only to a fewintimate friends. It's away from atelephone and almost isolatedfrom civilisation itself.

Work keeps him from the dreamhome he bought last summer inCatford, South London.

Instead he has discovered asecond home It's a luxurycaravan.Parked in fields by the sea near

Ormskirk, Lancashire, the onlyapproach is through muddy fields.A half-hour drive from the theatrewhere he has been starring in panto-mime since Christmas, the caravanhas been Tommy's escape.

His very own "Hernando'sHide -away":Steele is an entertainer. Rarely

does he start work until the after-noon. More often it is evening.Some entertainers, faced with this,

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try to keep similar hours to the restof us.

Tommy feels that he can performbest if he sleeps until almost thetime he starts work.

" I don't think that is unusual,"he told me. " When I was asteward on the boats I felt the same.Most people wake up an hour ortwo before going to work. I amlike them."

Rarely does he rise before noon.In the afternoon he works on newroutines if he does not have togive a matinee performance. Afterthe evening show, he begins toenjoy himself.

Okay at homeIn London this is fine. London

is home for Bermondsey -born Steele.Many friends are used to his hours.So is his mother, Mrs. Betty Hicks,who knows he's at his best whenhis day's work is done.

In the provinces-even a big citylike Liverpool-he is cut off. Hotelsare virtually shut down when Tommyis free to enjoy himself. Althoughhe has spent some nights in an hotelduring the pantomime season, Steelehas frequently slipped off to his" other home."

With him go a few friends-usually Alan Weighell, one of theSteelmen, John Edwards, one of hispublicists and Brushes, a formerfellow -steward on the " Maure-tania," who is now his dresser andconstant companion. These three tryto avoid playing cards-because theyhave lost to Tommy so many times-but usually the party starts that way.

" Never play poker with him,"Brushes warned me with a gleam inhis eyes which told me not to takehim too seriously. " He wins toooften. Ask some of the local

journalists who have played withhim." 1 did and they didn't recom-mend it.

Often there has been a hecticdash from the theatre to the cara-van. Tommy has wanted to getthere in time to see a late televisionprogramme.A TV set is only one of the

additions he has made to his dreamtrailer since it was given to himby Anglo-Amalgamated film companyfor his use at Elstree when making" The Duke Wore Jeans" lastautumn.

According to the suppliers, thecaravan cost " around E600." Butwith additions and fittings, it mustbe worth more than £1,000 by now.

ln one corner is a costly radio-gram. Music plays a prominentpart in any Steele party. The larderis always well stocked, Tommy takinghis turn at the cooking.

When the others tire, Tommy picksup a guitar and practices. The lateFrench star. Django Reinhardt, is hiscurrent idol. The recent Oriole LPrelease of early work of this greatgypsy guitariSt provides Tommy withone of his " lumbers "-his name fora practical joke.

Visitors to his theatre dressingroom are asked if they have heardthe " Django" LP. Then a " tapeof it " is played and the unsuspectingvisitor agrees that it is " rathermarvellous " or makes some equallypolite comment.

Tommy absorbs it all beforequietly revealin; that it is a re-cording of himself trying toemulate Reinhardt !His great good spirits and humour

recently went to the length of tryingout a pocket tape recorder. It had

Trust the music trade to make a hit of their Hit Parade Ball. llereare some of the personalities who made it so last Friday-(l. to r., rear)Cyril Simons, Johnny Franz (Philips), Percy Hirons (Dix Music),(front) Shirley Douglas, Sid Richardson (Lawrence Wright Music), whoorganised the evening, Chas. McDevitt, Ben Nisbit (Feldmans Music)and Franklyn Boyd. Two others to help the night along were Guild

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just been delivered when I calledto see him.

He had little time to experimentwhile the show was on but asked meto go into the theatre bar wearingit in an attempt to catch commentsduring the interval.

Recording plays a large part ofTommy's life - both playing, andmaking records. He sometimes hangsa notice on his dressing room door:" Recording in progress - do notenter."

There is a tape recorder, too,in his caravan home. Sometimeshe uses it to rehearse comedy-asyet an unexploited side of Steelethe entertainer.Recently he was asked to appear

at a Liverpool charity concert. Heagreed, but because of his theatrecontract was unable to do his normalact. Instead he did comedy patter.

On Sunday, he leaves his caravanhome for a long spell. He startshis first big overseas tour on Thurs-day when he sails to South Africa.On his return at the end of March,one of his first calls will be to his" secret " home, wherever it isparked.

It has the advantage overanything else-it can go ontour all over Britain-just asTommy does. And after Marchhe is likely to spend a lot oftime in the provinces onceagain.

GUY MITCHELL

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to do. I want to encourage themto raise cattle and crops.

The kids would borrow from afund to buy their initial needs.I'd expect them to pay the moneyback into the fund from whatthey received after marketing theirstock and grain.

Their profit would go into thebank for future use and to payfor the upkeep of the ranch.

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JACK EDMONSTON, of Retford,Notts, writes:I have always believed that there

is good and bad in all types ofmusic. But nowadays there appearsto be too much of the latter.

As a songwriter I would like to seea higher standard set. There is noreason at all why a good rock 'n'roll tune which sets the feet tappingand hands clapping should have suchridiculous lyrics.

Take this for example: " Doop-Doop - a - Doop-a-Doop-a-Doop-a-Doop." A lyric is supposed to tella story. Just what is this sort ofthing supposed to convey ?

JOHN SEWELL, of Bishop's Stort-ford, Hearts, writes:The number of records sold

throughout the year in this countryamazes me when you consider thatabout 85 per cent. of them are poprecords.

I am a teenager of sound mind,but I never buy pop records becauseall one has to do to hear them isswitch on the radio or TV or gointo a cafe and listen to the juke-box.

I am not against rock 'n' roll, andI also play in a skiffle group. But Ibuy traditional jazz records, becausethe songs will still be popular 20years from now, which is more thanI cap say for most pop songs.

* * *VALERIE YATES writes from

Crawley, Sussex:Just over two years ago a reader

wrote to the NME saying that DavidWhitfield will have been forgotten intwo years time. Any comment ?

* * *ROBIN LEE, of Worcester Park,

Surrey, writes:I would like to compliment Jack

Payne on running the most biasedrecord programme on any radio- orTV network

Off the Record- consists ofballads, praise of ballads and sar-castic comments on any artist whodoes not sing ballads.

Is this programme supposed tocater for the public taste-or just

LPsiDAY IN HOLLYWOOD

(Doris Day sings Tea For Two,Lullaby Of Broadway, Cuddle UpA Little Closer. I May Be Wrong.Makin' Whoopee, Be My Little BabyBumble Bee, Secret Love, Till WeMeet Again, Ain't We Got Fun?,Just One Of Those Things, It HadTo Be You, and Love Me Or LeaveMe.)

Doris Day at her effervescentbest, in a gay medley of songsfrom such of her films as " Lul-laby Of Broadway," " On Moon-light Bay," " Young Man WithA Horn," " I'll See You In MyDreams," " By The Light Of TheSilvery Moon " and " CalamityJane."

This is a really swingy, tunefulalbum from Philips, the bestnumbers being ' I May BeWrong," " Cuddle Up A LittleCloser ' and " It Had To BeYou.. " Miss Day has excellentsupport from unnamed orchestra,chorus and solo singers to duetwith her.

THE FABULOUS JIMM1DORSEY

(Jimmy Dorsey orchestra playContrasts, Mambo en Sax,. SpeakLow, Jay Dee's Boogie Woogie,Maria Elena, It's The Dreamer InMe,. June Night, Just Swingin', NoOne Ever Lost More, Arnapola,Sophisticated Swing,* and SoRare.*)

Soft, swingy jazz that'll get yourfoot tapping. Numbers marked' above were recorded in Novem-ber, 1956, with Jimmy Dorseyconducting. The rest were madein June, 1957, after his death,with Lee Castle batoneering andDick Stabile taking the saxchoruses Jimmy should havetaken.

Instrumental prowess is thehighlight of this album, withsaxes much to the fore. Vocals,although taking a back seat, arewell sung by Tommy Mercer,Dottie Reid and the Arthur Mal-vin Singers. HMV label.

Date of birth: February 4, 1933.Hometown: Leeds.First job: Assistant in a drapery

store.Start in show business: Asked Ray

Ellington for an audition, when theQuartet was playing at the Locarno,Leeds, in 1953. On the strength ofthis, was given a five-year contractby Ray and his pianist -partner,Dick Katz.

Early work: Appeared with the RayEllington Quartet on variety, radioand TV dates. Was approached bythe Pye-Nixa company to record asa solo artist, and she signed to thislabel.

Recently: Left the Ellington Quartet,July, 1957, to be featured as a soloartist. Undertook top -of -the -billvariety tour on the Moss Empire

Jack Payne's ? He is entitled to 'hisown opinions, but he shouldn't tryto foist them off on others.

* * *EAMON KELLY, of London, S.E.6,

writes:Strange that Bill Haley's " fall "

should be the only one to be noticed.Just compare the Top Twenty ofearly 1957 with the present one !

* * *DEREK JOHNSON writes . . .

Seems I was guilty of an in-accuracy last week, in my PerryComo -Ronnie Hilton article, whenI intimated that Ronnie's recordingof " No Other Love " enjoyed muchgreater success in Britain than didPerry's version in the States.

This suggestion was based upon asearch through the NME files, fromthe beginning of 1955 onwards. Ifound no trace of the Como disc inthe American best-sellers, eventhough Hilton's reached No. 1 herein 1956

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CHE WONDERFUL WALTZ(Norrie Paramor and Orchestra

play Always, Fascination, ThreeO'clock In The Morning, Stars InMy Eyes, I'll See You Again, TheKiss Waltz, A Kiss In The Dark,Wunderbar, Ramona, Waltz In SlyHeart, Will Yon Remember, TheWonderful Waite.)

A selection of famous waltzes,excellently arranged and played byNorrie Paramor and his Orches-tra. The music of such mastersas Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Sig-mund Romberg, Coward, Novelloand Marchetti makes this a worth-while Columbia album. Mainlyinstrumental, vocals are welltaken by soprano Patricia Clark.Title waltz is composed by NorrieParamor.

HIT PARADE OF 1957(Petula Clark-Alone and With All

My Heart; Lonnie Donegan-Puttin'On The Style and Don't You RockSte Daddy -0; Gary Miller - Won-derful, Wonderful and Garden OfEden; Marion Ryan-Mr. Wonder-ful; Joe Henderson -- ForgottenDreams; John Fraser-Bye ByeLove; and Frankle Brent-Be MyGirl).

Nixa's 1957 was a healthy oneas far as discs in the best sellerswere concerned. You'll recogniseseveral titles in the selection onthis 10 -inch LP that made thegrade during last year.

A compact way to store someof the best tunes and artists of1957

01' ROCKIN' ERN(" Tennessee " Ernie Ford sings

Milk 'Em In The Mornin' Blues,Catfish Boogie, Anticipation Blues.Country Junction, Shot -Gun Boogie,She's My Baby, Blackberry Boogie,Kiss Me Big, Ain't Nobody's Busi-ness But My Own, Srookey Moun-tain Boogie, I Ain't A -Gonna LetIt Happen No More, and The Lord'sLariat.)

A gay, cheerful selection ofrockin' rhythm songs about thehill country of Tennessee, sung inthe best Ernie Ford tradition.Putting a chuckle into his work,this popular deep -voiced song -seller will not disappoint you withthis Capitol album.

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circuit. Subsequently, undertookfurther tour as guest singer withCyril Stapleton's Show Band Show.

Recording: First release, early 1956:" Sailor Boys Have Talk To Me InEnglish "/" Hard To Get."

Most successful records: "HotDiggity '/" Why Do Fools Fall InLove ?" ; " Mr. Wonderful "/" Chantez, Chantez " ; and her cur-rent first entry into the best-sellers-" Love Me Forever "I" Make TheMan Love Me."

Other recordings: " Cry Me ARiver "/" Shoot It Again " ; " TwoInnocent Hearts " " Miracle OfLove": " That's Happiness "/" Ding-Dong Rockabilly Wedding."

Extended -Play: " That Ryan Gal !"Latest record: " Always And For-

ever "/" Oh, Oh, I'm Falling InLove Again "-for March release.

Television: Is probably the mosttelevised girl singer in Britain. Best-known for her weekly appearanceon Granada -TV's "Spot TheTune." Has been seen in all othermajor musical shows on bothchannels.

Hobbies: Designing her own clothes,watching television and cooking.

Likes: Good food, nice people.Telephone number: Oh, no !

But I had overlooked the salientpoint that the song was released inthe States in 1953 and it was duringthat year that Perry's record scoredsuch a big hit-remaining in thesellers for six months and climbingto second place.

* *Mrs. CATH CARPENTER, of

Chadwell Heath, Essex:1 admire Tommy Steele for not

forgetting that he hails from Lon-don's East End and, in the face ofso much criticism, still preserving hisCockney way of speaking.

We couldn't care less if he dropsa few aitches or forgets to dot a fewl's, so long as he can do what hisprofession demands-entertain.

Miss Carr, of Stockport, shouldconcentrate on her own profession-and teach !

* * *RAYMOND THOMPSON writes

from Hull, Yorks:There is much talk nowadays of

terrific vocal groups-for example,The Platters and The Crickets. Butthe only thing I can make out whenI hear these records is one personsinging a solo.

In my opinion, the real meaning ofa vocal group is a number of peoplewho can sing and read music, andwho have style and showmanship.

* * *" Poet " PAT COOPER writes from

Southampton:think it is so very sad,Keith Fordyce has got it really

bado say Frankie Vaughan's new disc

is phoneyIs absolutely baloney !

I'm going out to buy this pop,Which very soon will reach the

top.*

CAROLYN THROUP, of Bingley,Yorks, writes:I disagree with Alex Clarke, who

says that The Vipers are changingtheir style to " this commercialstuff." I think they're changing theirstyle for the better.

To me they used to be just anothergroup. But now, since their record of" No Other Baby," I like them verymuch. They now stand out from allthe other new groups.

*I). CALDECOTT, of Stockport,

Cheshire, writes:I agree with Roger Thomas that

someof the best rockers have notbeen heard of in this country. I don'tthink anyone's heard of Screamin'Jay Hawkins. and he's the best ofthe lot.

Wake up, disc -jockeys, and let'shear more of these unknowns !

* *P. L. GODDARD, of Stoke-on-

Trent, writes:Are you so short of material for

" Question Time " as+ to publishilliterate statements from a nonentitywhose only claim to showmanship ishis pink hair ? Go back to school,Mr. Harris !

* *" HARRIS -HATER writes from

Upper Deal, Kent:Does Wee Willie Harris really talk

as he does in last week's article, orcan't he help it ?

TONY BARNES, of Coventry,writes:I can just about tolerate Tommy

Steele and Larry Williams, but whenit comes to Wee Willie Harris-heaven help Can any of his so-called fans explain his attraction ?

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Trumpeters Jimmie Deucharand Dizzy Reece, and tenoristsRonnie Scott, Tubby Hayes, andDon Rendell are all extensivelyfeatured, but the best tracks areundoubtedly the three quartettides by vibist Victor Feldman-greatest of the British " greats."

IN traditional circles, too, our jazzmen are continually im-proving and the comparatively newACKER BILK PARAMOUNTJAZZ BAND inject life andvitality into a set of " tradstandards " on their latestSeventy -Seven label release (77-LP/7). This is spirited, stimu-lating stuff, and in the solo field,the contributions of clarinettist -leader Bilk and Bob Wallis'authoritative ensemble trumpetplaying are points well worthnoting.

UMPETER Jon Eardley pre-sents his best "waxwork" to

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What happens whenWOW ! This business of having a hit record certainly

keeps you busy ! I've been pretty fully occupied fora couple of years now, but the last month beats all,since " The Story Of My Life " started catching on.

Suddenly I find I'm wanted forpractically every TV and radioshow in existence, charity concertpromoters insist that they cannotgo on without me, offers startpouring in from all over Britain-and, of course, I'm being chasedto open various bazaars, fairs andshops.

Even the National dailies havedecided, as one man, that I havebecome worth interviewing !I'm aways a little cautious about

what I say to the National papers,though. They seem to make ahabit of mis-representing me. Theclassic example occurred when I wasasked why I didn't have a fan club,and I replied that I didn't like theword " fan."

And neither do I. It seems tosavour of hero-worship or idolatary.

vsnowso'szososowhows",,nowvall get into the solo act, and thecommendable rhythm trio is madeup of George Syron, TeddyKotick, and Nick Stabulas. Re-commended !

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Two pictures from the story ofMichael Holliday's life. Above,

as a boy of five . . .

I'm tickled pink to think that Ihave so many loyal supporters, ofcourse, each one of whom I lookupon as a good friend.

Nevertheless, the paper in questiongot it all wrong, and printed abanner headline screaming-" MikeHolliday Doesn't Like Fans."

Another paper said I was givingup show business and going backto sea! Oh, mate, how wrong thatreport was !

Offered filmThere has been some talk of me

making a film. I've had an offer,which I'll certainly think about. Butit doesn't seem particularly suited tome. I don't relish the prospect ofgetting involved in a sort of film -biography of my life. I'm not theright material for it.

All this hard work, which the hitrecord is bringing, has helped todestroy one false illusion, I hope.So many people, both in and out ofthe business, seem to think that Iam terribly lazy.

I'm not quite sure how this im-pression arose. Maybe it's becauseI have an easy-going, relaxedapproach to my singing, and peopleassume that I'm like that in privatelife.

To a certain extent they're right.I don't believe in doing anythingwhich is unnecessary or not worththe trouble.

I follow the principle that theshortest distance between two pointsis a straight line. In other words,I try to do things in the most directand straight -forward manner.

When a job is done, I'm onlytoo glad to relax and take it easy.

Phone ideaOne little effort -saver which I have

installed at home has become afavourite gadget of mine. I've hadthe telephone amplified throughloudspeakers into every room-likethe system used in the film " ManOn Fire " and the play " Tunnel OfLove."

It means that when I receive a'phone call, the incoming voicebooms all over the house and I canreply by speaking ordinarily, withouthaving to talk into the mouthpiece.

Sometimes callers are rather sur-prised to hear me playing the guitar,while I am talking to them.

But this isn't so much a noveltyas a genuine time-saver. I assureyou that the telephone never stopsringing at home.A charge which is frequently made

against me is that I copy BingCrosby. I want you to know that Idon't deliberately copy anyone andI like to think that what comes outof these pipes is pure Holliday !

But I'd be the first to admit thatI've been strongly influenced byBing. To my way of thinking, he'sthe greatest of them all, and I'vealways looked up to him. And ifpeople say I sound like Bing, thenI take it as a compliment.

What a wonderful artist the Old

Groaner is ! I could listen to himall night-and to singers of theSinatra -Como vintage. I'm not soenthusiastic about the modern schoolof singers, chiefly because rock hasnever meant much to me.

Oh, I enjoy beat music all right-in fact, I like singing it-but this all-out stuff is a bit much for me.

Take Presley, for instance- a greatperformer, a good-looking boy, finesense of rhythm, and he sings onthe beat. But I can't say his musicexcites me.

I think that about the only newsinger I really go for is Pat Boone.Now, there's a boy who has every-thing ; I imagine that he'll last along, long time.

By the time these words of wisdomget into print, I shall be enjoying aski-ing holiday in Switzerland. An-other clue to my laziness ? Not onyour life. This happens to be thefirst holiday I've had in my life-previously I've either been at seaor unable to afford it.

And I figure that a few daysoff, with things having been sohectic lately, will do me the worldof good and help me to get stokedup for my forthcoming varietytour and a summer season atBlackpool.

. . . and here pictured in sunhelmet during a trip while in the

Merchant Navy.

It's a great feeling to go awayknowing that I've scored a number -one success with " The Story Of MyLife." Quite honestly, I can't under-stand how it has happened. I'll letyou into a little secret-I don't thinkit's anywhere near the best recordI've ever made. In fact, I'm notvery keen about it at all.

But maybe that's because I'vehad to sing it so much in the lastfew weeks that I find I'm almostdoing it in my sleep.Anyway, it really is gratifying and

I'm particularly pleased for myrecord manager, Norrie Paramor, whowas the first to put me onto disc andwho has guided my record careerever since.

Gives creditAlthough he remains in the back-

ground, this is his triumph and Ithink he should be given full creditfor it. I'll gladly tell the world thatI couldn't wish to be associated witha nicer bloke !

Hey, I wonder what you'll thinkof my new disc. It's called" Rooney," and it's featured in thefilm of the same name. It's a bitof a contrast from the record: it hasan Irish -jig flavour about it . . .

something like the number whichwas popular a year or so ago, " TheMarch Hare." Remember ?

Well, provided I don't sustain toomany fractures or bruises on the skislopes, I'll be back in action againat the beginning of March.

Let me just express mysincerest thanks to all thethousands of you who havemade "The Story Of My Life"such a happy one. I shallalways be indebted to you.See you around, eh ?

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meat is true. Would Fielding pay£4,000 to present Steele for two con-secutiv,0 weeks at a London varietytheatre ?

At the annual Music Directors'Association Baton Ball in Londonon March 24, Harry Secombe willreceive a special silver baton-pre-sented by ex -bandleader Jack Hylton. . . In order to continue workingin America, U.S. citizenship paperswill be taken out by the Crew Cuts,Canada's well-known vocal group ...

Following his " Raunchy " hit,Bill Justis has composed both titleson his next disc release. . . HerbertWilcox (on BBC -TV " What's MyLine " last Sunday) said that anycredit for Frankie Vaughan's screensuccess is due to his (Herbert's) wife,Anna Neagle ... Name of new Ameri-can vocal group is the Kuff Linx ;presumably they keep gimmicks uptheir sleeve ! . . .

Having recovered from illnessJimmie Rodgers is now to undergo aHollywood screen test, reveals per

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What an advertisement for toothpaste ! Three big smiles from threefavourite singers-when (I. to r.) Tony Brent, David Whitfield andLonnie Donegan met after " The Jack Jackson Show " last Saturday.

sonal manager Seymour Heller . . .

In view of recent publicity, it is awise decision that first variety en-gagement on Shirley Bassey's returnhere will be at Cardiff, her hometown . . U.S. cabaret singer KayeBallard has been offered an ATV datefrom London Palladium on Sunday,March 2-when Buddy Holly and theCrickets are headlining . . .

Rave reviews in American musicpress for Billy Eckstine's waxing offilm title song, " Gigi "-but manyrival versions include Bing Crosby. . . After a stage performance 'atChatham tonight (Friday), DorothySquires makes a hurried dash toLondon for appearance in AR -TV" Cool For Cats "; programme mayalso include her husband, RogerMoore (of " Ivanhoe " fame) . .

Best selling LP album on " Bill-board's " American chart is FrankSinatra's " Come Fly With Me " . .

October 2 will be starting date offourth U.S. concert tour by TedHeath Orchestra-at Huntington(West Virginia) . . . When Ray Mar-tin was introduced on BBC -TV lastFriday, he showed no trace of anAmerican accent; Norrie Paramor'sorchestra was conducted by him,playing " Fly Fiddle Fly " - Ray'sown composition . . . Doris Day'snext British screen release (in April)is " Teacher's Pet "-with ClarkGable as co-star, besides featuringMamie Van Doren . . .

Appearing in " The Big Beat " filmmusical is Howard Miller, theChicago disc -jockey who persuadedscreen star Tab Hunter to become arecording singer . . . Making hissolo variety debut at London's Metro-politan Theatre next month --Steve

.Martin . . . After waiting anxiouslyfor nine months, RCA welcomed re-cent arrival of Perry Como ;art hitparade here; shortly after this" labelwas launched in Britain, Harry Bela-fonte appeared in our best sellers,followed soon afterwards by ElvisPresley-but surprisingly, Como isonly third name from RCA's largeroster of stars to gain Top Tenentry . . . Pip Wedge, a formerNME assistant editor, has secured animportant post with AR-TV-work-ing under Michael Westrnore as theassistant head of light entertain-ment . .

As an evangelist, no doubt LittleRichard is interested in hymns, al-though a young lady is again in hislatest disc title-" Good Golly, MissMolly " . . . British actress EuniceGayson has composed a song-whichhas been submitted for considerationto Frank Sinatra . . . For a currentcabaret season at Chicago, GordonMacRae has the assistance of a retiredactress for the past ten years-hiswife, Sheila MacRae . . .

Mthough American reports an-nounce a parting from her thirdhusband, Betty Hutton's friends arehopeful that a reconciliation will bemade with Alan Livingston, formervice-president of Capitol Records,now an NBC executive . . . TeddyJohnson not only sang, but dancedgracefully with his wife Pearl Carron last Saturday's BBC -TV presenta-tion of " Ted Ray Show "; pro-gramme's highlight was stylish vocalof " The Story Of My Life "-bycomedian Bill Maynard . . . Gossipis buzzing along Broadway, since JeffChandler (enstranged from his wife)has been seen escorting Esther Wil-liams (since her parting severalmonths ago from husband BenGage) . . .

A performer bred of the BBC -TVdepartment (Wee Willie Harris) wassharply bitten by words in their own" Off The Record " programme lastFriday ; this Alley Cat is no supporterof Harris, but strongly criticisesJack Payne's ill-timed introduction;he should either have withdrawnfrom the show, otherwise had hisscript censored by producer JimmyGilbert . . . Newcomers to ranks ofsinger -composers with new record re-leases-Bill Hayes (" Bop Boy ") andHollywood's new vocalist, AnthonyPerkins (" Indian Giver ") . . . Thecatchy melody and clever lyrics of

" A Secret That's Never Been Told "make Dorothy Squires' revealingColumbia disc worthy of hit paradeexposure . . Kent Walton makes agood job compering "Cool For Cats"on AR -TV - Ker Robertson isresponsible for the writing of all thebreezy scripts for these shows . . .

Good to hear that Toni Dalli(young British singer who 'planed toU.S. last week) is highly regarded byFrank Sennes, controller of Holly-wood's Moulin Rouge; he toldcolumnist Louella Parsons that Dallihas a voice comparable to MarioLanza . . . Handsome 21 -year -oldNick Todd is fortunate to havebrother Pat Boone's shrewd handlersguiding his career-Randy Wood(Dot Records chief), besides personalbusiness representative, Jack Spina. . . Another " happy event " isawaited at Radio Luxembourg-byMrs. Keith Fordyce . .

A memorial service held last weekfor Manie Sacks (NBC and formerRCA chief who died recently) wasattended in Philadelphia by FrankSinatra, making a 6,000 miles returnflight from Hollywood, also TonyMartin, who cancelled an engagementin South America . . . MarionRyan deserves highest credit for cur-rent hit disc, but would the oppor-tunity have come her way-hadPetala Clark not been riding highwith " Alone " (which coincided withrelease date of " Love Me For-ever " ?) . . . Danny Kaye says hewill not be tempted to star in his ownTV series . . .

Although Edmundo Ros's recording-of " Melodie D'Amour " was the firstreleased in America, best selling ver-sion was gained by Ames Brothers;undaunted, Edmundo set a fast start-ing pace with " March From RiverKwai " - but was overwhelmed byMitch Miller orchestra's onslaught ...Judging by record dealers' demands,Michael Holliday is in danger oflosing his top chart crown withinnext fortnight ; only a miracle candeprive Perry Como of the magicmoments of dethroning him . . .Hollywood correspondent Dane Mar-lowe attended recent opening nightby Johnny Mathis, but reports he isa disappointing visual performer; atnearby Moulin Rouge, capacitycrowds have cheered Sammy Davis'sdynamic performances-which includea Frank Sinatra vocal impression anddevastating mimicry of ElvisPresley .

BBC Light Programme " Pick OfThe Pops " last Sunday night provedthat disc -jockey Alan Dell can skil-fully blend discs with a winning way. . . Death of ace sports writerHenry Rose (in recent Munich airdisaster) was a severe blow to hisgreat personal friend, ex -bandleaderMaurice Winnick, now a leading im-presario . . . Occupying high posi-tion in U.S. best sellers, The Sil-houettes' " Get A Job " is releasedby Ember-a label controlled byDoug. Moody, British -born son offormer EMI recording chief WallyMoody . . .

With his first disc issued by Philips,newcomer Jimmy Lloyd has everyopportunity of bursting into TopThirty-with " Prince Of Players ";a Be r manager Johnny Franz hasmade a great capture with this bril-liant young coloured singer . . .Teresa Brewer has a new albumavailable here (" For Teenagers InLove "), also the McGuire Sisters(" Teenage Party "), with chorus andorchestra directed by Dick Jacobs-both on Coral . . . Replacing musi-cal director Johnny Green (withMGM film company) is Charles Wol-cott, former studio music chief ofWalt Disney organisation . . .

Decca group have issued DickieBishop's waxing of " No OtherBaby " (his own composition), besidesrival American version by BobbyHelms . . " I'll Be With You InApple Blossom Time" (made'famousduring 'forties by the Andrew Sisters)is revived on new EP " Rockin' TheOldies " (part 2), by Bill HaleyComets . . Unlike previous years,

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Sunday night London Palladium TVshows under Val Parnell's presenta-tion continue from that theatre thissummer-instead of transferring toGeorge and Alfred Black auspicesat Blackpool . . .

Scoring major vocal -acting honoursin film musical " The Big Beat " isGogi Grant-remembered for her1956 hit, " Wayward Wind " . . .Patricia Lee (formerly a secretarywith Feldman Music firm) has re-turned to London, after working inAmerica for singer Lee Lawrencesince last autumn . . . Remarksmade by Jack Bentley in " SundayPictorial " (regarding new recordwaxed by Colin Hicks) has. infuriatedColin's personal manager, JohnnyKennedy-who is also business repre-sentative of Colin's brother, TommySteele . . .

Enterprising 20th Century -Fox arealert to current Perry Como popu-larity wave, by reissuing (after twelveyears) the film " If I'm Lucky," co-starring Harry James; this screenmusical also features Vivian Blaine. . Discussions are taking placefor a summer tour here by GuyMitchell of eight weeks duration-

presented by Lew and Leslie Grade. . . " Tender Trap " with " LoveAnd Marriage " provided separate hitparade entries for Frank Sinatra inBritish charts; exactly two years later(with no interim 78 rpm successes)Frank again has twin hits-" All TheWay " and " Witchcraft " . . .

Can Jim Dale prove that too muchTV exposure does not harm recordsales ? . . . Julie London has re-corded title song of her current film," The Mirror "-co-starring RichardEgan . . . For .the American market,Capitol have linked Laurie London's

He's Got The Whole World," etc.,together with " Handed Down " onsame disc . .

David Whitfield will be invited tolunch next week by Tom Merrin(" Daily Sketch " feature writertogether with another guest, WeeWillie Harris; how nice if this partydines at the Two I's-providing theyare not expected to share NoelCoward's table . . . An advanceforecast: forthcoming London Palla-dium variety season will provide DickShawn with a sensational triumph onApril 7 opening bill ; Johnnie Raymight still be star of first fortnight. . . According to publicist Les Per-rin, a TV set has a picture in front,knobs on each side-and an instal-ment behind I . . .

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