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THE WALKER BROTHERS could create considerable impact within the next few weeks with their new LP and single. The single is "My Ship Is ComingIn", and their fantastic new album "Take It Easy With The Walker Brothers" is out now. There's a review of the record on page nine this week.

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YOUR PAGEThen just drop a line to JAMES CRAIG, LETTERS EDITOR.

ELVIS in a shot from his film "Paradise -Hawaiian Style". He's seen withBritish -born Suzanna Leigh, recently signed to a non-exclusive contractby Hal Wallis and Paramount Pictures. El's triumph disc -wise is reflected

by this week's lead letter.

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HEREIS the result of my poll among RM

readers to find the best pop recordsof all time. A massive response from allparts of the country, and from overseas.I'm grateful to all. 1, It's Now Or Never,Elvis; 2, Jailhouse Rock, Elvis; 3, Don't BeCruel, Elvis; 4, Cathy's Clown, Everlys; 5,Runaway, Del Shannon; 6, HeartbreakHotel, Elvis; 7, House Of The Rising Sun,Animals; 8, Run To Him, Bobby Vee; 9,You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', RighteousBrothers; 10, Save The Last Dance For Me,Drifters; 11, All I Have To Do Is Dream,Everlys; 12, Only The Lonely, Roy Orbison;13, All Shook Up, Elvis; 14, Twenty -FourHours From Tulsa, Pitney; 15, Take GoodCare Of My Baby, Bobby Vee; 16, CryingIn The Chapel, Elvis Presley; 17, It HurtsMe, Elvis Presley; 18, Bye Bye Love,Everlys; 19, Hound Dog, Elvis; 20, Yesterday,Beatles. So Elvis romped home . . . 334votes as against 44 for twentieth position.Fifty-eight of his records were voted forand ten made the top fifty. Beatles' sup-porters spread their votes around a bitwhich explains why they had only one toptwenty entry. But twenty of their songswere voted Tor -only the Everlys (31 songs)and Elvis received more votes in all. RickNelson and Buddy Holly did well withoutany top twenty discs. Stones' best was "TellMe", which was 37th. Over 400 discs alto-gether voted for.-CRANSTON F. CRAN-STON, Popefield Farm, St. Albans, Herts.

COURTEOUSWENT to see the Seekers per-

form and they were sen-sational No pure -British pop

group could come up to their'standard. I met them after adance. Though they were in ahurry to go to another engage-ment, they took time sohave my picture taken with them.Judith Durham is really wonder-ful. - Valerie Watterson, 49 Wind-sor Drive, Belfast 9, N. Ireland.

THE POETWHY say Dylan has left folk

and become commercial? Hewas never a folk star in the

first place. He was a poet who setwords to music and he always willbe. So before there are screamsof "Dylan's gone commercial,"think again. Whether he playsaccordian or harpsichord, he'll stillbe king . . not of folk, but ofhip poetry. - L. Wright, 65 TheSlades, Vange, Basildon, Essex.

HOLLIES PROTEGES

Two of THE HOLLIES with the group they record, THEMIRAGE. Left to right -Graham Nash, Dave Hynes(drums, Mirage), Pete Allen (vocal, Mirage), Ray Glynn(bass, Mirage), Dee Murray (lead guitar, Mirage), TonyHicks, and seated -Pat Anthony (rhythm guitar, Mirage).Should be a money making proposition for somebody

or other . . .

THE CHEETAHS seen with British boxing heavyweighthope Johnny Prescott. Johnny part -penned the boys'latest record "Whole Lotta Love". Left to right -RodneyWright, Evan Rose, Johnny Prescott, Nigel Wright and

Ray Bridger.

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FRENCH FAVESTHERE was a time when I

thought British artistes weretotally incapable of performing

beat music. But two groups havenow shown that the earthy excite-ment and animal vitality thatcharacterise rock 'n' roll are notpurely American phenomena. TheStones have developed, throughMick Jagger, a most sophisticatedand electrifying stage act. In onegesture, Jagger can put an audiencein a frenzy; it took Little Richardhalf an hour and a gallon of sweat.The other group is the Animals.Eric Bunion has produced someamazing vocal effects which arethe nearest thing to gospel and soulon this side of the Atlantic. -JohnC. Carter, Sidney Sussex College,Cambridge.

ADAM SPLITWONDER how many Cliff

Richard enthusiasts realisethat there are some records

made by him that have been re-leased abroad but never here. Iknow of two - and I'll pass themon to anyone who cares to write.Anyone know of any others? -similarly with the Shadows. -J. M. Robinson, Stuartt Hostel,E.I.A., Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex.

WELL PLUGGEDSURELY with the publicity that

Paul and Barry Ryan havereceived for their first record

anyone could make the Top TwentyIt is one of this year's mostordinary records. We look forwardto seeing them appear on theEpilogue - we've seen them oneverything else. - Twenty-oneSixth -formers, Wellington GrammarSchool, Wellington, Salop.

A SMALL VICEIN answer to the recent "Face"

question, I would just like tosay that although Elvis cert-

ainly doesn't drink, it is commonknowledge among Elvis fans thathe does occasionally smoke a cigar.Perhaps the Face ought to catchup on his reading - all TENyears of it. - Monica Churchward,1 Mountbatten Way, PlYmistock,Devon.

James Craig: Lots ofother Elvis fans pointedout these facts. . . TheFace has, in fact, beenslapped.

INreply to reader Marilyn Geeabout the kings of rock, theFrench paper Disco -Revue.

specialising in rock 'n' roll, helda poll recently. The results: 1,klvis Presley; 2, Chuck Berry; 3,Eddie Cochran: 4, Gene Vincent;5, Buddy Holly: 6, Little Richard:7, Miek Jagger; 8, Jerry LeeLewis; 9. Eric Burdon: 10, VinceTaylor; 11, Bill Haley; 12, BoDiddley; 13, Cliff Richard; 14, RoyOrbison: 15, John Lennon. MarilynGee has a short memory . . . for-getting the early Cliff, with "Dyna-mite," Tommy Steele, Tony Sheri-dan, Screamin' Lord Butch. Yoncan laugh now. But anywhere itis, rock is here to stay. - BernardBoyat, Quillen 128 Gaywood Road.King's Lynn, Norfolk.

FRANKLIN FANSDUSTY SPRINGFIELD deserves

a wreatha' flowers for inad-vertently introducing us,

through her fan -club, to ArethaFranklin, one of the best and mostversatile artistes we have everheard. Our knowledge of her workis limited to three LP's, but wefeel sure her astonishing talentmust result in universal recog-nition in the near future. -Barbara A. Reid, Chris Lorimer,9 Church Road, Osterley, Isleworth,Middlesex.

ADAM SPLITI'M glad, not sorry, Adam Faith

and the Roulettes have partedcompany. I like the Roulettes

but the backing they gave Adamwas always too noisy and theirsinging messy. Adam is a fabuloussinger and a clever one. Just com-pare his two new LP's "FaithAlive" and "Adam." The latteris excellent with John back-ing him. "Faith Alive" would beexcellent minus the noisy backingfrom the Roulettes. Adam, pleasestick to an orchestral accompani-ment. - John Watson, Ashlea,Morton Road, Leeds.

THE VOICERDY ORBISON proves once more

on his new disc "CrawlingBack" that no-one can compare

with him in singing sad ballads.Every syllable seems to be wrungfrom the heart and his voice getsricher every time. When he singsthis way, he'll never lack fans. -June Richards, St. John's Avenue,London, S.W.15.

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How to bean Animal

WHILE sipping enthusiastically at a glass of whisky poured for himby his friend Alan Price (the organist he replaced in the Animals),

Dave Rowberry talked about his first six months with Chas, Hilton,John and Eric.

"The first job I did with them, after practically no rehearsal, wasin front of millions of people-on the 'Ed Sullivan TV Show' in theStates. And as if that wasn't enough of an ordeal it was immediatelyfollowed by a tour of Japan doing at least a 40 -minute act every night.But I'm glad to say that everything went well from the start. AlthoughI'd hardly met an Animal before I began working with them I veryquickly got the feeling that I'd been with them for years".

So, I wanted to know, if you'd hardly known the Animals how comethey asked you to join the group? Dave's was a surprising answer:-

"Three years ago I was knocking abouton the Nottingham jazz scene and came tothe conclusion I was getting too involvedin jazz. It was time I thought about a career.I wanted to study physics and get com-pletely away from Nottingham, and Lon-don-and anywhere there was jazz. I choseNewcastle because I reckoned it must beso far North that nothing would be hap-pening, absolutely dead as far as jazz isconcerned. That's how I came to go to theUniversity there. I arrived at King's Collegeon a Sunday and went straight to bed. Nextday was enrolment day and I queued forseveral hours and then walked out of thesigning -on hall into another hall in whichthe Universities' various societies had theirstands inviting students to join-the usualthings, aero modelling, photography, filmsand so on. The only one I joined was thefilm society. Outside in the corridor was ascruffy bloke sitting at a table on whichwas one Louis Armstrong 78 and a CharlieParker EP. This, with no official forms oranything, was the jazz society.

I joined and the bloke took some details,including the fact that I played piano. That

By DAVID

GRIFFITHSERIC (beneath the cap)

evening I went down to the students' Unionbar to have my first taste of Newcastlebeer. A young man came up to me andasked if I was Dave Rowberry and did Iplay piano. I said yes, and he asked if I'dlike to play a gig that night with their tradband! I'd come all that way to escape jazzand there I was 'already playing. I thoughtI'd just play the one engagement and forgetit. But I didn't. Over the years the bandbecame mine and I changed it from tradto mod. I played a lot at the DownbeatClub with another band-great musicians,Ronnie Stephenson, Malcolm Cecil, GaryCox (a knock -out tenor player), and Mikeand Ian Carr. Ian has lately been writingarrangements for the Animals' big band,by the way.

"After a couple of years I gave up physics,realised music was my life. But in all thattime in Newcastle the only Animal I can

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already signing his Christmas cards for the Animals fan club. A labourof love? (RM pie by Dezo Hoffman).

recall speaking to was Eric Burdon andthat was only Hello. We never sat down andhad a drink together."

Dave never thought it surprising that heshould come to join the Animals. When theoffer came, he accepted it and began look-ing forward to the good things the jobwould bring him, things like money andtravel.

"Yeah, the travelling has been very inter-esting, though we hope to spend the end ofDecember and the whole of January athome, writing songs and arrangements forthe big band. In the six months I've beenwith the Animals I've been to USA twice,Japan, Poland, Germany, Spain and Belgium.Not bad for a start!"

The whisky having run out, Alan had leftthe room (presumably in search of more).But we weren't alone for long. In cameChas Chandler, just in time to hear theremarks about travelling.

"We've just come back from Poland, ourfirst trip, and I can't say I enjoyed it much,"confessed Chas. "The audiences were great-packed, wild houses. But for the rest ofthe time there was very little for us to doexcept sit around and drink vodka in thehotel. We were watched by police and girls

we talked to were liable to be interviewed.We were supposed to have an interpretersupplied by their government-and, remem-ber, it was the Polish government that hadtaken us out there-but she was really onlyused to make sure we got to the theatreson time. When we wanted to order a mealthere was nobody around to help and itwas quite impossible for us to understanda Polish menu.

"Next time we go back I'll take a fewbooks to read. Take a few extra things aswell. The Polonia pop group that was withus were good, and very nice guys, but theywere short of equipment. One of them saidhis harmonica had gone flat after a year.He was flabbergasted when we said Britishgroups usually chucked harmonicas awayafter a week or two! Hilton gave one kidhis twelve string guitar and the kid couldn'tget over it. Probably it was the first 12 -string guitar, other than adapted ones, inPoland. John gave his drum sticks and wegave all our spare strings and we're sendingout more strings and some saxophonereeds. They just can't get these things inPoland. Usually, we come back from abroadwith a whole lot of extra luggage. This isthe first time we've come back lighter thanwe went out!"

THE BACHELORS-seen recently at the BBC (RM Pic)

I SANK into a plush arm-chair while waiting for the

Bachelors at DorothySolomons office, and my eyefell upon Eleanor Tonor, whoasked me if I was still work-ing hard. "No" I replied. "SoYou haven't changed then,"was the speedy, ungraciousanswer.

Rescued, happily, byDorothy I was ushered intoanother, plush office wherethe Bachelors had justfinished signing an importantlegal document, or contractor something.

After exchanging variouspleasantries about theweather, their latest record,and the merits of Ken Dodd,someone mentioned thename of Bob Dylan. Now,the Bachelors make a pointof keeping quiet about any-body they don't like. How-ever the very mention ofMr. Dylan's name broughtforth such a stream of verbalbarrage that even Dorothywas amazed.

THE BACHELORSSLAM BOB DYLAN!"I wouldn't have minded Dylan

if he had stuck to his guns," saidCon. "But as soon as he finds outhe's making a bit of money hegoes and buys silk suits, stays Inall the plush hotels but still dresseslike a tramp on stage."

"Don't you really think this isdeceiving the public?" asked Dec."And here he is singing rock 'n'roll. I mean, if Dylan had startedsinging rock 'n' roll when it wasreally big he wouldn't have stood achance would he?"

"Our tastes are pretty wide nor-mally," explained John. "For in-stance, we like to see the RollingStones and the Beatles on stageThere's always something to learn,to pick up, from another good groupor Performer. You can alwayslearn."

"It's true," interrupted Con."When we were in Australia wemet Marlene Deitrich. Now, she'sbeen in the business for AGES.And she told us that she's stilllearning, still picking up things."

"Now, a performer has got to de-velop, just as his or her audiencesdo" said Dec. "I mean, the kidswho liked rock some four yearsago are now four years older and

they may not like rock any more.That's why artistes have got togrow up with the fans. Dusty, nowshe's changed-all those long skirtsand sophistication. A change fromtwo years ago when she was reallywild.

"Also, take the Dave Clarke Fiveon the Royal Variety show. Well,all they did was play exactly thesame kind of thing as when theystarted ." Dec was interruptedby frantic Bachelors and publicists,censoring his every word.

The Bachelors don't worry aboutrecords-of course they DO like tohave hits. And every track theymake whether it's for album orsingle release is given exactly thesame studio treatment. So thatwhen YOU buy a 16 -track BachelorsLP you're buying sixteen top singlessides. Plug over.

Thanking the Bachelors for theinterview, shaking their hands, andremembering to call them by theirright names I backed out, scaredthat they might grab me and brain-wash me so I wouldn't rememberwhat they told me.

But I did . . .

NORMAN JOPLING

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FATS DOMINO: "Domino '65."Blueberry Hill: Please Don't LeaveMe; Domino Twist; Let The FourWinds Blow; I'm Gonna Be AWheel Someday; I'm In The MoodFor Love; Jambalaya; Oh WhatA Price; Ain't That A Shame; SoLong (Mercury MCL 20070).

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MORE or less predictablematerial from the team,which is to say that Walter

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BARRY McGUIRE: "Eve Of Des-truction" Eve Of Destruction; SheBelongs To Me; You Never Had ItSo Good; Sloop John B; It's AllOver Now Baby Blue; Sins Of Afamily; Try To Remember; Mr.Man On The Street - Act One;You Were On My Mind; Ain't No'Way I'm Gonna Change My Mind;What's Exactly The Matter WithMe; Why Not Step & Dig It WhileYou Can (RCA Victo RD 7751).

KING Of Protest Barry McGuire,and Prince Of Protest P. F.Sloane combined to write many

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JOHN is a virile -voiced favouriteamong American matrons -a throbbing, emotional

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Adam Romanowski, 23, W. Szlach-towskiego 5/6, Cracow, Poland.Stars-Cliff Richard, Them, RollingStones, Kinks, Animals. Hobby andinterests - Records, pictures ofbands and singers.

Vanessa Taylor, 14, Broadfield PostOffice, Heywood, Lancashire. Stars-Beatles, Cilia, Dylan Sonny andCher, David McCallum. Hobby andinterests - Money, clothes, JohnLennon, way-out things, abstractart,

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Marianne Sobanski 21, 24 Lubeck,Wakenitzmauer 118, Germany. Stars-Beatles, Stones, Yardbirds, Dono-van, Tom Jones, Del Shannon.Hobby and interests-Pop music,records, singing, playing guitar,Photography, music papers, learn-ing English,

Abraham Silberberg, 18, 25 Feier-berg St., Tel Aviv, Israel. Stars-Georgie Fame, Stones, Them,Manfreds, Animals and PrettyThings. Hobby and interests-Tape-recordings, swimming, football,R & B and 208.

Christine Homes, 20, 10 CrossStreet Loughborough, Leics..England. Stars-Sandie Shaw, CliffRichard, Gene Pitney, TheSearchers. Hobby and interests -Records, pen pals, letters, radio,television.

June Parker, 16, 64 Avenue Vivien,Fence Houses, Houghton -le -Spring,County Durham, Stars-Beatles (esp.George), Dave Berry. Hobby andinterests-Records, dancing, modclothes, George Harrison.

Alan Richard Chamberlain, 19, 54Teignmouth Road, Torquay, Devon.Stars-Elvis, Sam Cooke, FloydCramer, Ben E. King. Hobby andinterests-Girls, fishing, would likea foreign (female), preferablyFrench penfriend.

Miss Prochazkova, 20. Gottwaldov1, Revolucni, 863, Czechoslovakia.Stars - Cliff, The Beatles, JohnLennon, Roy Orbison, ManfredMann, Paul Anka. Hobby and in-tersts - Sport, Penpalling, dancing.touring, reading, travelling. pleaseonly in French language, verymany thanks,

Mr, J. Farquharson, 21, 69 Thorn-ton Avenue, Streatham Hill, S.W.2,Stars-Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry,Yardbirds. Hobby and interests-Bowling, dancing, skating, wouldlike very much to be in showbusiness.

Mike Dodd, 18), 29a GranvilleRoad, Sevenoaks, Kent. Stars-RoyOrbison, Elvis Presley, MarianneFaithfull, Everly Bros. Hobby andinterests-Records, radio and films,reading RM, girls.

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December 8-Southampton Top Rank, 9-Cheltenham Blue Moon,10-Rediffusion's "Ready Steady Go", 11-Bristol University,14-Guildford School Of Art, 15-Bromley Court Hotel, 16-Smethwick Baths, 17-Middlesbrough Purple Onion, 18-South-port Floral Hall.

ZOOT MONEY

December 7-Great Yarmouth Floral Hall, 9-Lewisham Gold-smith's College, 10-Bristol Victoria Rooms, 11-Soho Flamingo,12-Bromley Court Hotel, 13-Ipswich Baths Hall, 14-UxbridgeBurton's, 16-Birmingham College of Advanced Technology, 17-Liverpool Cavern, 18-Chelmsford Corn Exchange.

BRIAN POOLEDecember 7-Norwich Gala, 10-Croydon Fairfield Hall, 11-Worsley Civic Hall, 12-Stockton Fiesta (week), 20-DagenhamPark Road School, 24-BBC-Light's "Joe Loss Pop Show" andDunstable California.

STEAM PACKET

December 7-Bristol Corn Exchange, 9-Lewisham Goldsmith'sCollege, 10-Manor House, 11-Wembley Starlite, 12-Hanley Mr.,Smith's, 13-Crayford Art College, 14-London King's College,16-Redcar Coatham Hotel, 17-Nottingham Dungeon and Bir-mingham Town Hall, 18-Hinckley St. George's Hotel.

JOHNNY TILLOTSON

December 11-BBC-1's "Juke Box Jury", 14-BBC-Light's "PopInn", 15 - TWW's "Discs A Gogo", 16 - Granada's "Scene At6.30'2, 18-ABC's "Lucky Stars", 21-Rediffusion's "FiveFunfare" and 26-BBC-Light's "Easy Beat".

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Matured Mann, Herman's Hermitsand the Koobas star on BBC -Light's"Saturday Club" on December 11.On the same day, the Ivy Leagueguest on "Home And Away".

MICK and BRIAN on their way to Kennedy Airport, on their way home from the Stones' latest tour of the States. Moreexclusive pictures of them in America in next week's RM.

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THE Seekers are being negotiated for a four -week college tour of Americabeginning next January. Their manager, Eddie Jarrett, is currently

having discussions with American bookers.The tour, if it comes off, would include their third appearance on the

"Ed Sullivan Show" and a guest spot on the "Red Skelton Show".They are also in line

for a three-week tour ofAustralia in Februaryto follow the Americantrip.

Their first TV appear-ance of 1966 will be onABC's "David Nixon'sComedy Bandbox" onJanuary 1.

Frankie for

'Town'Frankie Vaughan is to star at The

Talk Of The Town from December6. He follows Hildegarde who iscurrently there.

Frankie made his West Endcabaret debut at the same venuethree years ago when he drewpacked houses.

CROMWELLIAN

-R & B NAMESKensington Cromwellian Club is

extending its r -and -b policy andhas booked several top Americannames to appear there. They in-clude Major Lance (December 15).Joe Tex (20), the Exciters (Janu-ary 19), Stevie Wonder (26), LeeDorsey ;31), Doris Troy (February9), Rufus Thomas (16), Ben E.King (23), and Solomon Burke(March 21.

Sandie new

backing groupSandie Shaw's new backing group

is the Shandykins Four from Stoke-on-Trent. They replace the Para -mounts who are now managed byBrian Epstein.

The new group has secured arecording contract with Pye butare to change their name soon.

DIONNE'S SISTER

FLIES INDee Dee Warwick files in on

December 14 for an eighteen dayvisit. Johnny Franz hopes to recordhere during her stay.

She appears on Red if f usion's"Ready Steady Go" (.17) andGranada's "Scene at 6.30" (21) toplug her December 17 single "GottaGet A Hold Of Myself."

GOLDEN TEARSKenn Dodd has won a Gold Disc

for "Tears" which topped the chartslonger than any other record thisyear. It is the first record to winthe award for sales in Britain alonein 1965.

New Roy Head & TwinkleAROY Head single Is being released by Pye International onDecember 10 - "Just A Little Bit." Twinkle bounces back witha revival of Skeeter Davis's "The End Of The World"-- (Decca).Peter Sellers brings out his version of "A Hard Day's Night'L onParlophone and Philips release James Brown's "Try Me," an instru-

mental featuring James on guitar. The "B" side is "Papa's Got A BrandNew Bag."

The Merseybeats' newie is I

Stand Accused' and the Mind -benders' first disc since splittingwith Wayne Fontana is titled "AGroovy Kind Of Love'! (both Fon-tana). On Pye International, DionneWarwick asks "Are You There(With Another Girl).'!

Other December 10 releases in-clude: Pye - Kenny Ball's "FourOr Five Times" and the BarryGray Orchestra's "Thunderbird."Cameo - Dee Dee Sharp's "IReally Love You.'! Fontana - theTransatlantics' "Stand Up AndFight Like A Man." Columbia -Danny King's "Amen," HamiltonFolk Fours' "Show Me A Man,"Beryl Marden's "Music Talk,"Sons of Fred's "I I I (WantYour Loving)," Eddie Calvert's"Letkiss Yenka," Ronnie Hilton's"Rocky Old Boat Of Love,"Buddy Greco's "Mr. Kiss KissBang Bang,'! Steve Martell's "WhenComes The Time,"' Jackson C.Frank's "Blues Run The Game"and Shawn Phillip's "Little TinSoldier."

MGM - the Royalettes' "I WantTo Meet Him" and Connie Fran-cis's "Jealous Heart," Stateside-the Invitations' "What's WrongWith Me Baby" and George Stone's"Hole In The Wall." Parlophone- Steve Brett's "Chains On MyHeart." Atlantic - The YoungRascals' "I Ain't Gonna Eat OutMy Heart Anymore'! and Joe Tex's"A Sweet Woman Like You."Decca - Berk Woolau's "Sleepy,"the Emeralds' "King Lonely TheBlue" and Rupert and David's"Sound Of Silence.'l London -Charlie and Inez Foxx's "Humming-bird." and Lenny Welch's "RunTo My Loving Arms.'! Brunswick- the Spokesmen's "It Ain't Fair."

Caroline Hester

taken illCarolyn Hester collapsed twice

over the weekend and was admittedio Middlesex Hospital. She wasfirst taken ill on Friday and misseda date at Portsmouth.

The next day, she was taken byambulance to BBC -11s "Juke BoxJury" but collapsed again after 20minutes of her act at Leicester onSunday. She was able to travel toNewcastle on Monday for two daysof TV work. Carolyn was stated tobe suffering from a stomach dis-order.

POOLE FOR SWEDENBrian Poole leaves for Swenel.

on December 28 to undertake con-certs and TV appearances. Thenhe goes with the Tremeloes to Den-mark and Finland for similarengagements until late January.His record "Good Loving" isbeing released in those countriesto coincide with his visit.

YARDBIRDS

FOR SAN REMOThe Yardbirds are to compete in

the next San Remo Song Festival.They become the first British groupto take part in the internationalevent. They will sing the same songas Italian star Bobby Solo, buttheir's will be given a completelydifferent arrangement by Paul Sam -well -Smith, They spend four or fivedays in San Remo at the end ofJanuary for the festival. They havebeen having meetings with Soloduring his recent London visits.

Adam with

TornadosAdam Faith will be backed by

the Tornados for his summer seasonat Blackpool South Pier next year.They will take the place of theRoulettes who recently left AdSmto pursue their own, career. Alsoon the bill, which begins a 12 -week run on June 24, are BillyJ. Kramer, Marty Wilde and theCaravalles. Gerry and the Pace-makers star at Great YarmouthAquarium for 14 weeks from June10. The Karl Denver Trio and theMarionettes appear with them,

Frankie Vaughan undertakes aseason at Torquay Princes withcomedian Roy Hudd. The showopens on May 27 for a long run.At Blackpool Queens, Val Doonicanappears from June 16.

WHO DATEThe Who appear at Chelmsford

Corn Exchange on December 4 andnot at Nelson Imperial as statedlast week.

BEATLE PLUG

The Beatles sing their newtingle for the first time on tele-vision on tonight's "Top Of ThePops" on BBC -1. They performboth sides of the record whichhas been given a double "A"side.

On Saturday, they guest onABC's "Lucky Stars," againdoing both numbers. They havefilmed the inserts for the showindependently, not at the sametime or place as other artistes.

Ember cut

LP pricesEmber have cut the price of

many of their LPs from the 24s. 6d -32s. 6d. range to only 17s, 6d, Thecut took effect as from yesterday(Wednesday). Recordings by JohnLee Hooker. James Brown, EarlBostic and Barry McGuire are in-volved.

Items in the Ember Jazz Series,Country and Western Series andEMB 3300 popular series are in-volved. Mango Reinhardt, DukeEllington, Hank Locklin and PatsyCline discs are also affected. "Withour current product and the newrecords from established names re-tailing at around the same price,we feel the time has come toPrice our product at one compactlower sales level that keeps itclear of our 'Budget Line' butshould give it wider appeal bymaking it much more acceptableas a 'value for money' purchasein the eyes of the public," saidan Ember spokesman.

SMITH WIZARDRYHad there been a power cut on

Saturday night, the authorities needonly have plugged in to JimmySmith's organ at the Festival Halland all would have been well. ForJimmy was generating more excit-ing electricity than would seem pos-sible from a human being.

He was aided of course by hisorgan which he treats as thoughit were part of his body, controlledby his mind and brain like the restof his limbs. The audience was heldgripped throughout his entire per-formance of wizardly brilliance.

With Smith, it is at the pointwhen you think he has producedhis best that he pulls another musi-cal trick out of the bag, Such washis appeal on Saturday that he com-pletely overshadowed Dizzy Gilles-pie (the other half of the bill) whohimself was astonishingly good.P.E.

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The London -American

decade of hits... 1958ROCK

was now fullyestablished as the hottest

thing on record-and theLondon label was right inthere helping to make surethat no one disputed thefact. During the year, PatBoone was replaced as thelabel's most popular artisteby the Everly Brothers; thetwo revered gentlemen ofRock (Messrs. Penniman andLewis, of course) made evenmore wildly successful chartnoises; faithful Fats Dominowas still around, though onlyjust, and the new arrivalsincluded the Coasters, RickyNelson, Bobby Darin andDuane Eddy.

Curiously enough, theEverly Brothers had only twohits over here in 1958, havingmissed completely with theirfirst British release of theyear. But as those two hitswere the discs which put theduo at the Top of our chartsfor a grand total of twelveweeks (and kept the Brothersin the Top Ten for an un-broken run of SEVENMONTHS) they didn't haveall that much to worry about!

The big breakthrough came atthe height of the Summer whenthe boys' fantastic double-edgedsmash, "Claudette"/"All I Have ToDo Is Dream" shot to the Top anddefied all -comers for no less thannine weeks. This was followed by"Bird Dog" which hit Number Oneeven before "Claudette" haddropped out of the Ten, and wenton to bring the Brothers' total timespent at the Top to three months!Naturally, the twosome also ranaway with the "Record of the Year"title, the "Claudette'! / "Dream"coupling having done far morethan enough to earn it.

Pat Boone, still as popular asever but quite unable to top theEverlys' sensational achievements,weighed in with three Top Tenentries: "April Love"; "SugarMoon," and his own immenselysuccessful double-sider, "WonderfulTime Up There"/"It's Too Soon To

Know" which very nearly madethe Top.

But for rock fans by far the mostexciting month of the year wasJanuary which saw the namesJerry Lee Lewis and Little Richardbecome still more indelibly etchedinto pop music history. Jerryclimbed to the very Top of ourcharts in January 1958 with hisbiggest -ever British hit, "GreatBalls Of Fire," whereupon Richardpromptly joined him in the Tenwith "Good Golly Miss Molly."Then came Jerry's follow-up,"Breathless" which also hit theTen; but somehow Richard's next,-0oh My Soul" (yet another classic

exclamation), though a huge jukebox favourite and a knockout withthe dancers, failed to make theTwenty.

RICKYThe teen appeal of Ricky (as he

was then called) Nelson first beganto catch on here early in 1958when the seventeen -year -old idol'sfourth million -seller, "Stood Up"made a brief appearance in thelower half of our Top Twenty.Later, after missing here with yetanother Golden U.S. smash, Rickyreally hit the big time on this sideof the Atlantic, getting high intoour Top Ten with "Poor LittleFool" then landing another good-sized hit with his revival of "Some-day."

The Coasters' first. scoring shothere, the amusing "Yakety Yak,"went straight into the top Ten. Butthe British chart debuts of BobbyDarin and Duane Eddy (with theoriginal "Splish Splash" and "RebelRouser" respectively) were some-what more modest, figuring onlyin the Second Ten.

A swinging instrumental comboknown as the Champs crashed intoour Top Ten with "Tequila" in1958; and others enjoying similarsuccess that year were the Chord-ettes with their original version of"Lollipop"; the versatile Jack Scottwhose Perfectly contrasted coupling,"Leroy"/"My True Love" appealedequally to both rock and balladfans, and Jane Morgan with herlushly orchestrated opus, "The DayThe Rains Came."

Whilst down below in the BottomTen, the great Charles EdwardBerry scored with "Sweet LittleSixteen" and "Johnny B. Goode'!;Fats Domino gave out as alwayswith "The Big Beat"; Larry Wil-liams jilted "Short Fat Fanny" for

This isn't strictly tied up with this feature, but it's such a great photograph we had to print it. Seen looking atsome rather amusing mail are (left to right) the late disc jockey Alan Freed, the man who coined the name "rock'n' roll', Larry Williams (his hit In 1958 was 'Tony Moronie' ), dee jay Ben DeCosta and, of course, the late great

Buddy Holly.

FRARMC FIFTY-EIGHT"Bony Moronie" and a genial nut-case named David Seville hit withhis own version of "Witch Doctor."The Billy Vaughn Orchestra alsoappeared in the bottom half of theTwenty ;with the most successfulof no less than three LondonAmerican versions of the instru-mental classic "Raunchy") as didPat Boone's brother, Nick Todd(who had the second most popularversion of the raving dance num-ber, "At The Hop"); and a Mr.Moe Koffman with his original"Swingin' Shepherd Blues."

Some extremely potent rock discswhich only just failed to make theRecord Mirror chart in 1958 were

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Bobby Darin's "Queen Of The Hop";the frantic "No Chemise Please"by Gerry Gra/Labatt; Bobby Free-man's own much -copied but never-batered version of "Do You WantTo Dance"; Eddie Cochran's"Summertime Blues," and thehistoric Bobby Day double-sider,"Rockin' Robin"/"Over And Over."All were issued over here onLondon in 1958 as were othermighty U.S. hits like Jody Rey-nolds' original version of "EndlessSleep"; the brilliant, jazz -tingeddrum workout, "Topsy" by CozyCole, and two somewhat moresubtly appealing American chart -jumpers, "Just A Dream" byJimmy Clanton and Robin Luke's"Susie Darlin'."

And there were more-many more-massive U.S. hits released hereon London that year, all of whichfailed to repeat their Stateside suc-cess in our charts. They includedsuch fine group discs as "YouCheated" by the Shields; the Mono-tones' original version of "Book OfLove," and a zippy teen itemcalled "I Wonder Why" which wasthe first British release from Dionand the Belmonts. And equallybrilliant offerings from renownedsingle artistes, like Clyde McPhat-ter's biggest -ever hit, "A Lover'sQuestion"; the sadly Prophetic"What Am I Living For" byChuck Willis, and the two Americanchart - busting v.r Sion s of"Raunchy": the smooth - flowingoriginal by Bill Justis who took ithigh into the U.S. Top Ten, andthe rock -solid rendition by tenorsax specialist Ernie Freeman. Allof them missed out over here in1958, as did three of the year'sbiggest rhythm and blues hits,namely "For Your Precious Love"by Jerry Butler and the Impres-sions; "The Ten CommandmentsOf Love" as laid down by Harveyand the Moonglows, and "Tears OnMy Pillow" from Little Anthonyand the Imperials.

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THE EVERLY BROTHERS were perhaps London -American'sbiggest artistes during 1958. Here is an early photograph of

them riding in Tennessee.

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It's libber Soul tiITS the most eagerly -awaited of all the in -

time - for - Christmas LPs - and there'saround 750,000 copies of it already beenpressed by EMI to cope with the rush. TheBeatles, of course. "Rubber Soul" is the title.All numbers (fourteen) by the Beatles, withGeorge Harrison producing two and Ringohaving a hand on one other with Messrs.Lennon and McCartney.

We had an early listen. Just a formality,really, because it is bound to be a massivesuccess. Let's wander through the tracks, oneby one. See whether it maintains the incrediblyconsistent success -run of the millionaire four-some.

Side one opens with "Drive My Car,"features Paul and John on the singing side.

Medium tempo with a very solid neat, withPaul putting in some pianistic moments tobreak up the sound picture. Title isn't aninvitation to take over the Beatle Rolls . . .

good guitar work, tambourine.Then comes "Norwegian Wood", alternative

title seems to be: "This Bird Has Flown."Almost a folksey feel to this one, gentlertempo and beat, with George turning uptrumps on an Indian instrument, a sitar. Sungby John, Melodic. Third is "You Won't SeeMe," sung by Paul at a happy medium tempo.Interweaving of lyrics and you can hear roadmanager Mal Evans contributing more thansomewhat on organ. Good harmonies. "No-where Man" is slow, melodic, pleasantsung by J, P and G - We figured this could

mmake a fine single. Definitely a stand -out.

"Think For Yourself" features George onlead vocal, with the Paul -John team, filling in.Sounds like castanets helping along themedium tempo. Nice song but a feeling here-abouts that there's a sameness about some ofthe melody -construction ideas. Maybe we'lllose it later on . .

"The Word" has all three singing again, withharmonium played by recording managerGeorge Martin. Strong beat again and someexcellent lyrics. Mid - tempo, chugging alongnicely, excellent blend of voices. "Michelle"features Paul and is just remotely, faintly,slightly similar to "Yesterday" in the generalapproach. Paul turns in ono chorus in French

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FAST rising US hits include-"FlowersOn The Wall"-Startler Brothers;

"Our World"-Johnny Tillotson; "AppleOf My Eye"-Roy Head.

New US releases include-"SweetSeptember" - Lettermen; "BroomstickCowboy"-Bobby Goldsboro; "Just OneMore Day"-Otis Redding; "Are YouThere"-Dionne Warwick; "I've Got ToBe Somebody"-Billy Joe Royal; "FiveO'Clock World"-Vogues; "A SweetWoman Like You"-Joe Tex; "ThisPrecious Time"-Barry McGuire; "IfYou Gotta Make A Fool of Somebody"-Maxine Brown; "Crying Time"-RayCharles; "Party People"-Ray Stevens;"I'm Not Saying"-Leroy Van Dyke;"Midnight Affair"-Jimmy Hughes;"Santa Claus Is Back In Town"-ElvisPresley; "Be My Lady"-Booker T. &M.G.'s; "Good Things Come To ThoseWho Wait"-Chuck Jackson; "Grab ThisThing"-Mar-Keys; "My Kind of Love"-Screaming Jay Hawkins; "If You WalkAway"-Linda Hopkins. N. J.

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and is another stand -out performance. Greatlyrics.

Side two opens with "What Goes On." Thisis Ringo singing, ond singing with a strongCountry and Western flavour. Jogs along, withan all -happening sort of backing. Ringo doesvery well indeed . . . and helped to write thisone with John and Paul.

"Girl" follows, with John singing lead.Rather a dramatic sort of number, plenty ofsadness and feelingfuliness. Another of thestand -out tracks, with George and Paul in thebackground creating tremendous atmosphere.Another which could have made a single . . .

Then it's "I'm Looking Through You."Ringo comes in on Hammond organ here,maintaining this spirit of everybody having ago at everything. Plenty of beat on this one,with Paul singing and some top-notch guitar -work from George. "In My Life" has Johnand Paul singing, with George Martin on piano. -Best described as "a nice song." slowish, effec-tive. More stand -out harmonies.

LOTS OF TAMBOURINENow on to "Wait." John and Paul join vocal

forces on this one. The sort of productionthat bounds along, cuts out for a slow vocalbit, then bounds off again, with guitar fillingin. A lot of tambourine on this one - veryeffective at filling out the sound.

"If I Need Someone," written by George,sung by George - and also the new Holliessingle. Interest point obviously is to comparethe two versions. Certainly they're as differentas chalk and cheese . . .

The last track is "Run For Your Life." Johnsings lead and is a fine old curtain -closer.Fast, exceptionally strong, with John in hisbest voice . . . pushed along by some greatguitar work. One of the most exciting trackson the list.

So what's the summing-up? First one marvelsand wonders at the constant stream of melodicingenuity stemming from the boys, both asperformers and composers. Keeping up theirpace of creativeness is quite fantastic. Not,perhaps, their best LP in terms of variety,though instrumentally it's a gas!

That's our view. But RM's Richard Greenwas bitterly disappointed with "Rubber Soul."Stand by for HIS views next week. He'll tellyou, why he feels let down by the album.

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`I HATE IT . . . RUBBISH. CRAP'

says Pete Townshendabout the new Who LP!

pETE TOWNSHEND spends his time making cir-cular movements with his arm around his guitaror attacking other pop stars. The Yardbirds,Ken Dodd and the Bachelors have all come underthe hammer recently.

Now the Who's first LP is out and we invitedPete to listen to it with us and say exactlywhat he liked about each track. Believe it ornot, he often criticised the album and did not,

as many people may think, venture the opinion that theWho are the only worthwhile group on the scene.

"OUT IN THE STREET". "This was gonna be a single.I hate that 'no, no, no' bit, it was originally 'show me,show me' but Kit Lambert thought it wasn't very good.He wrote all the new lyrics, I'm not gonna take the blamefor any of them. It sounds all cut about and edited."

"I DON'T MIND". "This was gonna be on our first LPwhich never came out. It's just a straight copy, well thebest we could do of a James Brown number. It soundsbetter the way we do it now."

"THE GOODS GONE". "One of mine, I like it. Rogersounds as though he's about six feet tall when he's sing-ing. It's a big bore this."

"LA LA LA LIES". "It wasn't as good as this before Idid it with Keith. It's not my favourite one on the LP,it reminds me a bit of Sandie Shaw."

"MUCH TOO MUCH". "I like the beginning of this.Sounds like Barry McGuire, doesn't it? Very sort of folky.'Green Green'."

"MY GENERATION". "Rubbish! Any record that can'tget to number one is rubbish. If it gets to number one,it proves I'm wrong."

"THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT". "This was gonna be the'B' side of 'Generation'. It's our French EP. Shel Palmysaid he'd prefer it as the 'A' side in the States. He doesn'tlike taking chances, he doesn't like doing anything. I

don't know where I got the idea for this one from, itsounds sort of symphonic. This is the favourite numberon the LP of John, Keith and me."

"PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE". "This is another one ofthe old LP, same old crap. We didn't want all this stuffon It. I'm a bit gone on all these electronic toys, theserobots we've got. I don't like all this rhythm and blues.Oh, I don't play like that anymore."

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"TAKE IT EASY WITHE THE WALKERL BROTHERS"P Philips BL 7691

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singles reviewed by Norman opling and Peter Jones new singles r

RM's Tony Hall seen during his trip to the States a couple of weeks back. With him are(left to right) -the Lewis Sisters and Little Lisa, Berry Gordy Jnr., Carolyn Gill of theVelvelettes, Bill `Smokey' Robinson, Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas, andChris Clark. There'll be more pix of Tamla Motown names with Tony Hall in next week'sissue. Issued this week is ,the "Hitsville USA" album, containing many recent Motown hits.

VARIOUS ARTISTES: "Hitsville USA"-Supremes-Stop! In The Name Of Love; NothingBut Heartaches; Four Tops -It's The Same Old Song; I Can't Help Myself; Marvin Gaye -/11 Be Doggone; Pretty Little Baby; Martha And The Vandellas-Nowhere To Run; You'veBeen In Love Tdo Long; The Miracles-Ooo Baby Baby; Brenda Holloway -When I'mGone; The Temptations -Since I Lost My Baby; It's Growing; Jr. Walker And The All -Stars -Shotgun; Shake And Fingerpop; The Marvelettes-I'll Keep Holding On; StevieWonder -Kiss Me Baby (Tamla Motown TML 11019).SIXTEEN more recent Motown `A' sides lumped together. Five of them were hits here, all

of them in the States. They range from the varied, staccatto Vandella sides throughthe smooth Miracles to the sophisticated beat of Marvin Gaye. The fact that there are aboutfour of these mammoth hit albums in the States, with more to come proves that Motownis still perhaps the most successful record label in America. Here, they've become acceptedand despite frequent criticism this is probably the best type of pop music available.

* * * *THE WALKER BROTHERS:

"Take It Easy" Make It Easy OnYourself; There Goes My Baby;First Love Never Dies; Dancing InThe Street; Lonely Winds; TheGirl I Lost In The Rain; LandOf 1000 Dances; You're All AroundMe; Love Minus Zero; I Don'tWant To Hear It Anymore; HereComes The Night; Tell The Truth(Philips BL 7691)

THE powerful, full voices of theWalkers should delight theirfans on this well produced

and clean -sounding album. Aninteresting selection of tracks,which are probably the boys' ownfavourites, and which range fromthe Drifters "There Goes My Baby"and "Lonely Winds" to Bob Dylan's"Love Minus Zero " Certainly thebest tracks are the slower ones,which are impeccably performed,although they do manage to injectexcitement into "Land Of 1000Dances" and "Dancing In TheStreet." Perhaps the only fault liesin the fact that like so many corn-petant American groups, theWalkers cannot get much 'soul.'On songs which require dramathey do fine, but the spontaneousfeel that is really needed on suchas "There Goes My Baby" and"Here Comes The Night" ismissing. But then it is thoroughlydoubtful whether fans of theWalker Brothers are also fans ofBen. E. King and the Drifters.* * * *JO STAFFORD: "Smoke Dreams"

- (Music for Pleasure 1050).THE one-time Dorsey singer

became one of the biggestsolo names. True, there's a

lack of fire about some of her workbut she's technically spot-on. Thissample includes songs like "OverThe Rainbow," "Tumbling Tumble-weeds," "Smilin' Through" and"Roses Of' Picardy." Nothing toodynamic, lust soft treatments.* * *ALYN AINSWORTH: "My Fair

Lady." - (Music For PleasureMFP 1057).

ALL the hits from one of themost durable show scores inyears and years. The Alyn

Ainsworth orchestra tugs out someexcellent new performances fromstars like Tony Britton, AnneRogers, Jon Pertwee along withthe Lisa Gray Singers.* * *

ELVIS PRESLEY "Elvis ForEveryone" - Your Cheatin' Heart;Wild In The Country; FindersKeepers, -Losers Weepers; In MyWay; Tomorrow Night; MemphisTennessee; For The Millionth AndLast Time; Forget Me Never:Sound Advice; Santa Lucia; I MetHer Today; When It Rains ItReally Pours (RCA Victor RD7752).

THIS will really please Presleyfans. Eleven unissued tracksincluding the long-awaited "In

My Way." There's a solid bluesbeat on "When It Rains It ReallyPours" which sounds really vintageElvis, and Elvis' rocking "Mem-phis" shows that it's possible toget something more out of eventhis song. There are some prettyballads ("Wild In The Country")and some decent beat ballads. Cer-tainly one of the best new LP'sfrom Elvis for a very long time.

* * * *DICKY WELLS: "HeaVy Duty"-.

(Vocation LAE 593).TROMBONIST Dicky on some

late -'50's tracks featuringstars like Vic Dickenson,

Major Holley, Kenny Burrell, JoJones - original Felsted Record-ings. "Wine -0 Junction" is a goodsample because it shows the fan-tastic range of the Wellsian trom-bone. "Girl Hunt" has plenty ofSkip Hall, who shows up on organand piano. There's humour here,too.

* * *ANDY WILLIAMS: "Christmas

Album" - White Christmas; TheHoliday Season; The ChristmasSong; It's The Most WonderfulTime Of The Year; A Song AndA Christmas Tree; Kay Thompson'sJingle Bells; The First Noel; 0Holy Night; Away In A Manger;Sweet Little Jesus Boy; The LittleDrummer Boy; Silent Night (CBSBPG 62286).

NOTHING much to say aboutthis because the titles areself-explanatory and YOU can

take it as read that Andy doespositively superlative jobs onthem. Brightly arranged, with somesubtle changes of mood - nosleeve notes, just a happy holidaywish from Andy along with hissignature. Choral work is nicelyhandled, so are the arrangements.* * * *

DORIS DAY: "Sentimental Jour-ney" (CBS BPG 62562).

DORIS says: "I wish I couldsing like-, Etta James. Must bewonderful to have that free-

dom, throwing your head back andclosing just going."Well, she's a grand stylist in herown way, and here is a set ofnew performances of oldies, dressedup by Mort Garson. "The More ISee You," "I'll Never Smile Again,""Serenade In Blue," "SentimentalJourney," "It Could Happen ToYou." Great songs, sung with asmile (or possibly a sob, too) inthe voice.* * * *IAN AND SYLVIA: "Early Morn-

ing Rain" (Fontana TFL 6053).SOMEBODY described this duo

as singing "Country and North--western," which could be true.

Two voices with the real folk feeland they blend perfectly. They useguitar, autoharp, 12 -string and aseries of good additional breaksfrom Monte Dunn and RussSavakus. Vibrant performances anda good collection.* * *BROOK BENTON AND

WASHINGTON: "The Two(Mercury MCL 20069).SOME from Dinah alone t"There

Goes My Heart," "LoveWalked In," "This I Promise

You"), some from Brook ("Some-one To Believe In," "Because OfEverything," "Call Me"), somefrom the two together ("A Rockin'Good Way," "I Do," "Baby"). Twosuperlative performers who get to-gether in a most exciting way.Song -selling par sincerity and ex-cellence.* * * *

NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL:"Volume One." (Fontana TFL6056).

COMES from 1960, this sliceof authenticity. Artistes:Seeger, Oscar Brand, Hooker,

Alan Mills, Tommy Maken, BillLee, Eric Weisberg, Jimmy Drift-wood, New Lost City Ramblers,Jean Carnigan . some include18 different songs which obviouslycome from the right sources. Fivethousand voices at the festivaljoining in on some of the tracks."I Know An Old Lady" is a gas.* * *

DINAHOf Us."

HERMAN THE HOLLIES

Beatle-penned Hales, strong Herman and Searchers

& worse Beach Boys. U.S. song from the Berries,

and a powerful Four Tops.THE MOLLIES: If I Needed

Someone; I've Got A Way Of MyOwn (Parlophone R 5392). Writtenspecially for the boys by GeorgeHarrison, this is a pacer beat -ballad' which gives full rein to theirhigh, rather strident (but alwaysdistinctive) harmonies. Fine guitarbits 'n' pieces but not quite as im-mediately commercial as "LookThrough Any Window." Flip is abeater, different tempo -more goodvocal work.

TOP FIFTY TIPHERMAN'S HERMITS: A Must

To Avoid; The Man With TheCigar (Columbia DB 7791). An UN -protesting song from P. F. Sloanwho's new areas of destruction arewound up round a girl who is aheart -breaker. Herman sings well,with a sort of urgent power, andthere are some good group touches.Musically, strong. A hit. Flip isan inoffensive piece about Herman's"guv'nor" urging him to workharder.

TOP FIFTY TIP

THE BEACH BOYS: The LittleGirl I Once Knew; There's NoOther (Like My Baby) (Capitol CL15425). Should be a sizeable hit,but the number (by Brian Wilson)is far from the boys' best. Intri-cate vocal harmonies, as ever, withscreeching falsetto and a well-rounded overall sound. Dead -righttempo. Flip used to be done bythe Crystals and is a good, but re-motely dated, number,

TOP FIFTY TIPTHE SEARCHERS: Take Me For

What I'm Worth; Too Many Miles(Pye 15992). Mike Pender takeslead vocal on this one and ithardly sounds like the Searchers ofyore. It's a beat ballad, with ex-cellent guitar work and it buildsand builds to obvious hit appeal.The beat gets stronger and stronger,but there are also moments oftranquillity (almost). Good lyricshere. Flip is one of their ownsongs, with added instrumentalqualities.

TOP FIFTY TIP

ALLUN DAVIES: Girls Were Made To Love AndKiss; Rosemarie (Parlophone R 5384). Straight tenortreatments of two well -loved songs, with strings.* * *

DEDICATED MEN'S JUGBAND: Don't Come Knock-ing; One Time Blues (Pye Piccadilly 35283). Groupgetting stacks of popularity nowadays doing a goodjob on the Fats Domino oldie. Good dance beat andguitar-kazoo-washwood sounds. Could easily hit thecharts. * * *

THE KOOBAS: Take Me For A Little While; Some-where In The Night (Pre 17012). Liverpool quartetwho should get plenty attention on their tour with theBeatles. Girlie chorus behind them on this dramaticbeater. An each -way bet for the charts with thisatmospheric piece. * * * *

TRACY ROGERS: Love Story; I Remember When ILoved You (Polydor BM 56037). Theme from the telly -series sung with a lot of charm by the actress turnedsinger. A slow, popular theme -and .Tracy gets abeautifully controlled performance going. Could easilybe a chart -clicker. * * * *

DAVID ESSEX: Can't Nobody Love You; Baby I

Don't Mind (Fontana TF 620). This new boy is reallywild, selling with bluesy feel and a stack oforiginality. Very good. * * * *

RENATE KERN: I'll Remember Summer; NowNow And Then (Polydor BM 56507). Sad, poignant,vibrantly -sung ballad of fair charm. * * *

THE TRUTH. Who's Wrong; She's A Roller (Pye15998), North London duo who get a rasping edgeto their work on this beater from America. Unusual.* * *

LEAPY LEE: It's All Happening; In The Meantime(Pye 17001). Light -voiced performance of a zippyballad - written by Leapy himself. Attractive.* * *

THE WONDER WHO: Don't Think Twice It's AllRight; Sassy (Philips BF 1440). Novelty gimmickwhich could turn out to be the Four Seasons. Up -tempo, falsetto, squeaky . . well, justgimmicky. * * *

GRAHAM BONNEY: My Little World Is All Blue;Why Can't We Be Friends (Columbia DB 7773). Soloshow by an ex -group member, with professional vocalPerformance on a strong song. Watchable. * * *

BOB. HENRY: I Need Me Someone; Built Like A.Man (Philips BF 1450). American all-rounder on asing -along sort of ballad, but sung in a personality -plus way. Big virile voice -star is so good-lookingmust pick up useful sales. Nice chorus, good back-ing. One to watch closely. * * *

MARK WYNTER: Babe "I'm Gonna Leave You;The Very Thought Of You (Pye 15994). A slow balladof almost eerie atmosphere. Not the most commer.cial of Wynter, but highly professional. * *

THE CANDY DATES: Some Other Time; Show MeHow To Live (Pye 17000). Second disc from thegirl -led group - a delightful ballad with someexciting harmonic effects. Good beat. * * *-THE IMPRESSIONS: Amen; Long Long Winter

(HMV Pop 1492), Written by Curtis Mayfield andJohnny Pate, this Christmas -slanted item is anotherchartworthy effort, Title repeated over and overagain, then a story -line set of lyrics. Tuneful,melodic. * * *

BILLY 's'HORPE AND THE AZTECS: Over TheRainbow; Twilight Time (Parlophone R 5381). Verysensitive performance of the Judy Garland oldie, withstrings and strong sentimentality. * * * *

RAY FELL: I Will Come To You; When My LoveComes (Fontana TF 634). Big ballad, slightly jerky,with a marvellous Les Reed backing. Takes time tostart . . . *

THE ROCKIN' BERRIES: TheWater Is Over My Head; Doesn'tTime Fly (Pye Piccadilly 35270).American beat ballad which shouldbe good enough to get this versa-tile group back in the charts. A

tuneful, group vocal, with excellentharmonies and a sharp attack tothe arrangement. Good beat, withguitar figures prominent. Slightlyrepetitive sort of number takenOverall. Flip has some fine guitarwork and was written by the boys.

TOP FIFTY TIPFOUR TOPS: Something About

You; Darling I Hum Our Song(Tamla Motown TMG542). Cer-tainly good enough for the charts-this one shows off a more way-out side of the group who'venibbled, chart -wise, before. Leadvoice starts off a riff-ish song withmassive backing sounds, and thenthe vocal group sound comesthrough strongly. It has a sort ofimmediacy of appeal that shouldgive strong chart placing.

TOP FIFTY TIP

KINGSTON TRIO: Parchman Farm; Runaway Song(Brunswick 05946). Good version of the oldie, helpedby great vocal enthusiasm. Could sell. * * *

JANIE JONES: Witches Brew: Take -A My Tip(HMV Pop 1495). An outsider for the charts featur-ing attractive blonde on a distinctive novelty.* * * *

ALAN KOOPER: Parchman Farm; You're TheLovin' End (Mercury MF 885). Erstwhile hit, suit-ably revived with gentle piano and Simple -but -drawl-ing vocal treatment. Listenable. * * *

CHRIS AND FORBES: Get Away From It All: I'mRunning Away (Philips BF 1451). Banjo -guitar back-ing on. a nice -sentiment song. Good blend of voices.* * *

WILLIE MITCHELL: Everything Is Gonna Be Al-right; That Driving Beat (London HLU 10004). Wild'n' frantic R and B epic, with plenty of saxophoneand vocal backing noises and potentially a big seller.* * * *

THE CASTAWAYS: Liar, Liar; Sam (London HL10003). Organ, big beat, unusual vocal harmonies ona fastish number climbing in the States. * * *

LORNE GIBSON: I'll Give You Me; As Lovers Do(Decca F 12290). Suave and polished vocal on anunusual song which could register.

NEVILLE RUSSELL: The Little* Match Girl;Marigot (Polydor NH 66831). Good Christmas songwith full choral and orchestral backing. Well -sungin a smooth way. * * *

THE NEW BREED: Friends and Lovers Forever;Unto Us (Decca F 12295). Beat -ballad with bags ofspirit and some neatly boosted vocal sounds. Mightdo well. * * *

JAMES ROYAL: Work Song; I Can't Stand It (Par-lophone R 5383). Good Oscar Brown Jnr. standard,with plenty feeling on this reading. Pretty way-out

"and exciting. * * *ROGER MOORE: Where Does Love Go; Tomorrow

After Tomorrow (CBS 202014). Spoken -word item offair commerical pull -the Saint is very popular. Acover of the Charles Boyer American hit and a pre-dicted seller. Sentimental. * * *

MAJOR LANCE: Everybody Loves A Good Time;Just Can't Help It (Columbia DB 7787). Van McCoysong and a good performance, Major working over alively vocal group backing. Could do well in view ofhis tour here. * * *

SOUNDS ORCHESTRAL: Thunderbolt; Mr. KissKiss Bang Bang (Pye Piccadilly 35284). New Bondfilm theme, with Johnny Pearson piano and greatbacking. Bit slow for big sales, but good. * * *

THE BLUE STARS: Please Be A Little Kind; ICan Take It (Decca 12303). Routine sort of beat -ballad with fair vocal lines. * * *

JACK BRUCE: I'm Gettin' Tired; Boutin' Tootin'(Polydor 56036). Two self -penned songs, top side arather amusing saga about giving up drink, etc.* * *

SHAWN PHILLIPS: Little Tin Soldier; LondonTown (Columbia DB 7789). Self -penned, guitar -backedsong based on a fairy-tale and performed with a loadof Texan charm. * * *

JASON EDDIE: Whatcha Gonna Do Baby; ComeOn Baby (Parlophone R 5388). This is Billy Fury'syoung brother and there is a fair similarity of style.Jason sings with plenty of power on a big -beat ballad.Novelty value obviously strong -could make thecharts. * * *

VINCE HILL: Take Me To Your Heart Again;Push Push (Columbia DB 7781). "La Vie En Rose"In a chorus -song treatment which could easily makethe charts at this time of year. Easy on the ear:well sung. * * *

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10 RECORD MIRROR, Week ending December 4, 1965 ALL my life, I've tried to

encourage talent. I hateto see it go to waste. If Ican't help, I try to put theperson in touch with some-one who can. But this week,I'm really in a quandry.

I've found an extremelytalented lyric -writer. A shygirl in her late teens with aremarkable talent for goodtitles, and intelligent, un-usual lyrics. But she needsa partner. To put appropriatemelodies to her lyrics. Some-one she can sit down at apiano and really work with.Someone with as sensitivean approach as herself. I

think that someone must bea profes-sional.

Most of hersongs aremore suited toA m e ricarsingers than,say, the aver-age BritishPOP group. I

can see some-one like Max-ine Brownsinging them.Dusty mightconsider themfor an album.In other words.they'resuperior - style60's pop songsong material.

The peopleI've shownthem to so farjust haven't had the right 'feel'.So if anyone in the business readsthis and thinks they've got whatI'm looking for, please contact meas soon as possible. Because thisgirl is churning them out. Andthey're just siting on my office deskwaiting for melody lines.

I think she has much to offer themusic business. Any offers?

P.S. Please, readers, if yOU writelyrics, send them to music pub-lishers . . . NOT to me! I met someone the other daywhom I thought might solve mylyric -writer's problems. But, as awriter, she turned out to be al-most in the same boat. In otherwords, lyrics come to her, too,more easily than melodies. A girlramed Lesley Duncan. Back in theearly days of the column, I men-tioned her Mercury record of "JustFor The Boy". I said somethingalong the lines of "I'm surprisedI dig it, but I do". Several readerswrote in and said they knew whatI meant.

So far, Lesley hasn't made it asa solo singer. But she's in greatdemand as a member of vocalbacking groups. She's on quite afew of Dusty's records. She wason the Goldie sessions last week.Unfortunately, one of these clashedwith a Springfield session.

She has talent as a writer aswell as a singer. She co -wrote the'B' side of The Walker Brothers'latest. "I'm not particularly pleasedwith the song", she told me, "Itwas done in a bit of a hurry. Butat least I may make -some moneyout of it." She also wrote bothsides of her current Mercury single."Run To Love" and "Only TheLonely and me". Both lyrics aregood, and there's a good 'feel' toeverything she writes. I do hopeshe makes money. Also on the Goldie session wasBarry St. John. Not, I suspect, theeasiest person to handle for record-ing, she is so much better than hercurrent 'cover' of "Come Away,Melinda". When I met her, Barrywas very depressed. Said she wasseriously thinking of emigrating toAmerica. I hope she doesn't go.Because with the right song -preferably a raver - and the rightmanagement, she could still have ahit. Talking of talent, I was knockedout to hear Sandie Shaw praiseThe Small Faces on Juke Box Jurythe other week. To my ears, youngSteve Marriott has more to offerthan any singer of his kind inthis country since Eric Burdon.And that is meant to he the highestcompliment I can pay. And Steveis still so young. Though he's beenon the scene for several years now.I remember Belinda's FranklinBoyd producing a Buddy Holly -typerecord with him. And later, AndrewOldham did some titles with him.Steve's future is very bright indeed.So is The Faces. Have you noticed how Americanrecords are slowly but surely creep-ing back into the British charts.In ever-increasing numbers. Justas I've often prophesied in thiscolumn. And good groovy records,too. The kind that used to beappreciated in the Nippier disco-thecms.

Len Barry reached the numberone slot here and in America atexactly the same time. The Toys'record should go higher up thecharts when the girl, have donetheir TV spots. The Four Seasons'"Let's Hang On" will be their big-gest seller in years. And FontellaBass' "Rescue Me" just has tohappen. (I heard of a proposedBritish cover on this last week.All I can say is, forget it.)

Now, from Tamla-Motown comesthe sew Supremes and new FourTops. I'd say their chances of suc-cess are better than at any pre-vious time. And if Marvin Gaye'sknockout "Ain't That Peculiar" isstayed with, that could still takeoff.

This American success in Britaincan only do good. It will keep ourown artistes and producers on theirtoes. Make them really try to comethrough with better songs andbetter records.

Twenty-one years old Gillian Hills (above) almost appeared in a Roger Vadim filmwhen she was only 14, but that fell through. However, she landed a part with AdamFaith in "Beat Girl", then began making records in France. If her first British release,"Look At Them", sold on Gillian's looks alone, she'd have a big hit on her prettyhands.

Mick Softley (top right), singer -composer, who wears a monk's habit on TV dates.The off -beat character who wrote "I'm So Confused", otherwise "The Battle Hymn ofChristendom", and sings it on Immediate. A much -travelled cove, Mick originally plannedto be a Jesuit priest. His disc was reckoned so "hot", the Americans wouldn't releaseit.

A name you'll be hearing a lot of . . . Graham Bonney (right), who debuts as asoloist on "My Little World Is All Blue", on Columbia. With a show -biz background,Graham used to be with The Trends, toured the Continent. Is a very experienced sessionguitarist, a highly talented composer-and a decidedly way-out dresser. His singingvoice, as per the disc, is just another aspect of a multi -talent.

With Adam Faith, The Roulettes (below right) built a big following. Came the partingof the ways, as ways do part in this business, and the boys are now riding headlonginto a fine career on their own. Their disc, "The Long Cigarette", is selling fast butran into troubles because of TV bans on nicotine -advertising. But The Roulettes havegood chances... .

Four boys from Liverpool-The Koobas (bottom right) . . used to be The Kubas, butpeople thought they came from South America! Managed by Tony Stratton -Smith,and their biggest break must be touring with the Beatles as from December 3 on tendates. Follow-up biggest break: release of their swinging debut disc, "Take Me For ALittle While" on Pye. Line-up: Roy Morris, lead guitar and singer; Stu Leatherwood onrhythm and vocals; Keith Ellis, bassist and singer; drummer Tony O'Reilly.

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WHO LP REVIEWtrack. I hate it. Yes, I'm thinking of giving this one to acountry and western group actually. They're called theNew Faces."

"I'M A MAN". "We recorded this years ago. I hate thisas well. I don't actually like the LP, it strikes me as kindof weird the way there are so many numbers from differ-ent stages of our career. I only hope they don't expectus to do it on stage. It's great how I get that piano soundout of my guitar. This is probably our best recordedfeedback."

"A LEGAL MATTER". "I'm singing on this one. Putthat it's a similar voice to Paul McCartney."

"THE OX". "This is the lead track on the LP, we allwrote it except Roger. In a way I suppose it's a surfingsound. It's an American sound like something you getfrom the Wailers. I got out of this something I've alwayswanted to get out of a piece of music. I like that pianobreak. Actually it's John getting a piano sound out of hisguitar. Nicky Hopkins is on this, he used to be with CyrilDavis. This session went on much longer and at the endwe were all falling about."

On first hearing, I wasn't keen on the LP. On secondhearing, I realised I was right the first time. Not until"The Ox" do we get ,the type of sound that sends Whoaddicts into a frenzy of pop art. But it is bound to be abest seller despite Pete Townshend and my not liking itthat much.

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TURN! TURN! TURN!5 (51 Byrds (Columbia)

LET'S HANG ON'4 (8) Four Seasons (Philips)

I HEAR A SYMPHONY"2 (61 Supremes (Motown)

1.24'1 (10) Len Barry (Deccal

A TASTE OF HONEY'6 (8) Tijuana Brass I A & M)

RESCUE ME'3 (9) Fonlella Bass(Checker)

7 I GOT YOU11 (41 James Brown (King)

OVER AND OVER*9 (3) Dave (lark Five (Epic)

GET OFF OF MYCLOUD'7 (8) The Rolling Stones(London)

10 I CAN NEVERGO HOME10 (3) Shangri-Las (Red Bird)

FEVER*211 13) McCoys (Bang)

I WILL'14 (41 Dean Marlin (Reprise)

SOMETHING ABOUTYOU`17 (4) Four Tops (Motown)

14 YOU'VE GOT TO HIDEYOUR LOVE AWAY'16 (6) Silkic (Fontana)

RUN BABY RUN15 (7) Newbeats (Hickory)

16 HANG ON SLOOPY22 (31 Ramsey Lewis Trio(Cadet)

17 AIN'T IT PECULIAR'10 (7) Marvin Gaye (Tamla)

MAKE THEWORLD GO AWAY'24 (41 Eddy Arnold (RCA)

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A LOVER'SCONCERTO'8 (10) The Toys (Dynavoice)

21 MY GIRL HAS GONE'21 (5) Miracles (Tamla)

22 DON'T THINK TWICE,irs ALRIGHT*30 (2) Wonder Who (Philips)

23 PUPPET ON ASTRING'31 (3) Elvis Presley (RCA1

MAKE IT EASY ONYOURSELF'27 (41 Walker Brothers(Smash)

25 EVERYONE'S GONETO THE MOON'12 481 Jonathan King (Parrot)

LET ME BE29 (4) Turtles (White Whale>

27 MY BABY°19 (5) Temptations (Gordy)

MAY THE BIRD OFPARADISE FLY UPYOUR NOSE28 (51 Little Jimmy Dickens(Columbia)

KISS AWAY34 131 Ronnie Dote (Diamond)

I'M A MAN35 (41 Vardbirds (Epic)

MYSTIC EYES"38 (3) Them (Parrot)

IT'S MY LIFE36 (3) Animals (MGM)

LET'S GET TOGETHER43 (2) We Five (A & M)

YESTERDAY'(II) Beatles (Capitol)

35 (ALL OF ASUDDEN) MY HEARTSINGS37 131 Mel Carter (Imperial)

CRAWLING BACK'40 (31 Roy Orbison (MGM)

HOLE IN THE WALL46 (2) Packers (Pure Soul)

JUST A LITTLE BIT42 (2) Roy Head (Scepter)

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41 KEEP ONDANCING'23 (II) Gentry's (MGM)

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ifEBB TIDE- (11 Righteous Brothers(Philles)

44 YOU'RE THE ONE'26 (101 Vogues (CO & CE)

45 RUSTY BELLS'39 (7) Brenda Lee (Deccal

SOUNDS OF SILENCE- (1) Simon and Garfunkel(Columbia)

47 RING DANG DOO32 (7) Sam The Sham andPharaohs (MGM)

1111 PRINCESS IN RAGS°- (11 Gene Pitney (Musicor)

MOTHER NATURE,FATHER TIME.- (1) Brook Benton(RCA -Victor)

410 THE GIRL IONCE KNEW'- (1) Beach Boys (Capit01)

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4 THE ONE IN THEMIDDLE3 Manfred Mann 111111V1

TAKE FOUR111 Cliff Richard (ColuMbialDYLAN6 Bob Dylan (CBS)GOT LIVE IF YOUWANT ITS The Rolling Stones (Dec.)ANDY WILLIAMS'FAVOURITES No. 14 Andy Williams (CBS)

9 FIVE YARDBIRDS5 The Yardbirds (Columbia)TICKLE ME15 Elvis Presley (RCA)

TONY BENNETT'- Tony Bennett (CBS)

12 RAINING IN MYHEART17 Pretty Things (Fontana)

13 BEATLES FORSALE No. I13 Beatles (Parlophone)

re BEATLES FOR SALENo. 2- Beatles (Parlophone)

15 THE SEEKERS9 The Seekers (('olumbia)

16 THE ANIMALS AREBACK11 Animals (Columbia)ANDY WILLIAMS'FAVOURITES, VOL. 2- Andy Williams (CBS)

MkYOU PUT THE HURTON ME- Spencer Davis Group(Fontana)

19 1'31 ALIVE7 The Dollies (Parlophimei

20 TICKLE ME Vol. II16 Elvis Presley (RCA)

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1 SOUND OF MUSIC1 Soundtrack (RCA Victor)

2 MARY POPPINS3 Soundtrack (CBS)

3 HELP2 Beatles (ParloPhonc)

4 HIGHWAY 61REVISITED4 Bob Dylan (CBS)

5 OUT OF OURHEADSa Rolling Stones (Deccal

6 FAREWELL ANGELINA18 Joan Baez (Fontana)

7 MANN MADE7 Manfred Mann (HMV)

ELVIS FOR EVERYBODY- Elvis Presley (RCA)

9 ALMOST THERE8 Andy Williams (CBS)

HISCITLheUlEloSIlies (Parlophonei

THERE IS ONLY ONEROY ORBISON15 Roy Orbison (London)* MOONLIGHT AND ROSES- Jim Reeves (RCA)

IN SAN FRANCISCO- Tony Bennett (CBS)

4110 MAGIC OF THEMINSTRELS- Black and While Minstrels(HMV)

15 LOOK AT US9 Sonny and Cher (Atlantic)

SHIRLEY BASSEYAT THE PIGALLE- Shirley Hassey (Columbia)

41111 THE KINKS'CONTROVERSY- Kinks (Pye)THE OTHER SIDEOF DUDLEY MOORE- Dudley Moore (Dem)

19 EV'RYTHING'SCOMING UP DUSTY6 Dusty Springfield (Philips)

20 LOOKING THRU' THEEYES OF LOVE20 Gene l'itney (Stateside)

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2 SAVE THE LASTDANCE FOR ME2 The Drifters

3 STRAWBERRY FAIR1 Anthony Newley

4 1 (LpiLOVE YOUrd

5 MAN OF MYSTERY3 Shadows

6 LITTLE DONKEYIn Nina and Frederick

7 GOODNESSGRACIOUS ME5 Peter Sellers andSophia Loren

8 ROCKING GOOSE6 Johnny and the Hurricanes

POETRY IN MOTION12 Johnny Tillotson

10 GUERNEY SLADE13 Man Harris

MINDEART ITS OWNOF ITS OWN7 Connie Francis

AS LONG AS HENEEDS ME9 Shirley Hassey

LONELY PUP- Adam Faith

DREAMINGII Johnny Bunten,.

WILD SIDE OFLIFE17J,,o,

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MY LOVE FORYOU15 Johnny Mathis

BLUE ANGEL/TODAY'S TEARDROPS19 Roy Orbison

TIME WILL TELL- Ian Gregory

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RESCUE MEI Fonlella Bass(Chess 80231

AIN'T THATPECULIAR5 Marvin GayeiTamlaMotown 539)

LOVER'S CONCERTO2 ToysiStateskde 460,

1-2-33 Len Itarry,Brunswick 5942)

DON'T FIGHT IT6 Wilson Pickett1A mantle 411521

MY GIRL HAS GONE9 Miracles(Tamla-Motown 540)MY GIRL4 Otis Redding(Atlantic 40501TAKE ME IN YOURARMS8 Kim Weston(Tamla-Motown 538)I BELIEVE I'LLLOVE ON13 Jackie Wilson(Coral (1 724821

ALL OR NOTHING20 Patti La Belle& the Bluebell,(Atitntic 40551

TREAT HER RIGHT7 Roy Head,Vocalic(, 9248)

AI SOMETHING ABOUTMr YOU

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IT WASN'T ME14 Chuck Berryt'hess 4022,MY BABYIG Temptations(Tamla-Motown 541)di I HEAR ASYMPHONY- Supremes(Tamia-Molown 543)FEVER- WO*,(Immediate IM0211IN THE MIDNIGHTHOUR12 Wilson Picket((Atlantic 4036)

1111 LIAR LIAR- Castaways(London HL 10003)FIRST I LOOKAT THE PURSE10 Contours(Tamla-Motown 5311

20 MOTHER NATURE,FATHER TIME18 Brook Benton(RCA -Victor 1491)

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SHOTGUN1 Junior Walkerand the All Stars('ramla-Motown 11017)SOUL BALLADS2 Otis Redding(Atlantic 5025)ETTA JAMES ROCKSTHE HOUSE5 Ella James(Chess 45021THE BEST OFLEE DORSEY6 Lee Dorsey(Sue ILI' 924)MASHED POTATOESUSA

3 James Brown(London 82411DANCE PARTY- Martha and the Vandellas(Tamla-Motown 11013)

ROCK AND SOUL4 Solomon Burke(Atlantic 5009)FRESH BERRIES

7 Chuck Berry(Chess(" 4506)HERE'S THE MAN- Bobby Bland(Vocalion 8041)

10 SOUL DRESSING9 Booker T. & The M.G.'s(Atlantic 5027)

NATIONAL CHANT GOMM It TIE RECORD RETAILER,THE CARNIVALIS OVER1 (61 Seekers (Columbia)

2 MY GENERATION2 (5) The Who (Brunswick)

3 1-2-34 (5) Len Barr) (Itrunsoirk)

4 GET OFF OF MYCLOUD3 (61 Rolling Stones (Decca)

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A LOVER'S CONCERTO11 (51 Toys (Stateside)

TEARS5 (171 Ken Dodd (Columbia)

WIND ME UP8 (51 Cliff Richard(Columbia)

POSITIVELY 4thSTREET111 (6) Bob Dylan (CBS)

PRINCESS IN RAGS12 (5) Gene Pitney (Stateside)

YESTERDAY MANa (91 Chris Andre)), (Deere)

THE RIVER19 (3) Ken Dodd (Columbia)

IT'S MY LIFE7 (6) Animals (Columbia>

DON'T BRING MEYOUR HEARTACHES21) (41 Paul and Barry RyanDecca)

MARIA37 121 P. J. Proby (Liberty>

TELL ME WHYIN (4) Elvis Presley (RCA)

YESTERDAY13 (7) Matl Monro(Parlophonel

IS IT REALLY OVER21 (.1) Jim Reeves (RCA)

HERE IT COMESAGAIN9 (9) Fortunes Mecca)

CRAWLIN' BACK26 (5) Roy Orbison (London)

LETS HANG ON35 (3) Four Seasons (Philips)

HOW CAN YOU TELL39 (3) Sandie Shaw (I'ye)

EVIL HEARTED YOU/STILL I'M SAD14 (8) Yardbirds (Columbia)

LOVE IS STRANGE15 (71 Et erly Brothers(Warner Bros.)

ALMOST THERE16 (12) Andy Williams (CBS)

YOU'RE THE ONE23 (51 Pet ('lark (l'ye)

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26 TURN, TURN, TURN34 14) Byrds (('BS)

UNTIL as TIME FORYOU TO GO22 (9) Four Pennies (Philips)

ITS GOOD NEWSWEEK17 (10) liedgehonPersAnonymous (Decca)

WALK HAND IN HAND38 131 Gerry and thePacemakers (Columbia)

TURQUOISE31 (4) Donovan (Pye)

BABY I'M YOURS25 17) Peter and Gordon(Columbia)

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RESCUE ME- 111 Fonlella Bass (Chess)

TILL THE END OFTHE DAY- (1) Kinks Wye)

EVE OFDESTRUCTION27 (13) Barry McGuire (R('A)

BUT YOU'RE MINE24 (7) Sonny and Cher(Atlantic)

TREAT HER RIGHT33 ID Roy Bead (Vocalion)

MY SHIP IS COMING IN- (1) Walker Bros. (Philips)WAR LORD48 (2) Shadows (Columbia)

SOMETHING28 (5) Georgic Fame(Columbia)

IN THE CHAPELIN THE MOONLIGHT311 (6) Bachelors (Deccal

DON'T FIGHT IT50 (2) Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)

HANG ON SLOOPY29 (141 McCoys (Immediate)

44 ILOVE YOUYES I DO41 (81 Merseybeats (Fontana)

IN THE MIDNIGHTHOUR32 (11) Wilson Pickett(Atlantic)

46 IF YOU GOTTA GO,GO NOW40 (12) !Manfred Mann (HMV)

47 SOME OFYOUR LOV1N'36 (121 Dusty Springfield(Philips/

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49 MY GIRL49 (21 Otis Redding (Atlantic)

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12 RECORD MIRROR, Week ending December 4, 1965

Tracy Rogers was an actress.Well, she still IS, though she'snow added singing to her listof accomplishments. She recordsfor Polydor. Her first single,"How Love Used To Be", was outonly a few weeks ago; now asecond, "Love Story", has beenreleased. Tracy starred in one ofthe "Love Story" programmes,so it's appropriate that sheshould handle the first lyricalversion of the Jack Parnelltheme.

The girl scene in the chartsis hard to define. The big namesdon't always get as high as theyshould nowadays, but there'splenty of pulchritude in the Fifty.Tracy, using the actress's skillat handling lyrics, could be oneof the new names.

Her pictures hove been liber-ally splashed across just aboutevery newspaper recently.

But this is the first one incolour. So why have we pickedout Tracy Rogers? Just take alook of her, that's all. And stopasking silly questions ...

TAMLA MOTOWN have signed the Isley Brothers who madethe original versions of "Twist And Shout" and "Shout"-an album and single are to be issued soon . . . ex-Beatle

drummer Pete Best has covered "Boys"/"Kansas City" for theAmerican market . . . the Wonder Who are of course the FourSeasons . . . since the New Christy Minstrels were formedfour years ago there have been over 30 personnel changes .

Leapy Lee of "It's All Happening" fame, is managed by Kinksmanager Robert Wace . . . so far. -rears" hasn't happenedin the States . . why does John Lennon insist that "DayTripper" is the better side?

Jan Berry, of Jan And Dean has waxed "The UniversalCoward" . . . Ray Martine, formerly of 'Stars And Garters'

,turns straight actor in "The Avengers" . . . hope the Im-pressions have the last word with "Amen" . . . Gene Vincentalbum "Crazy Times" now available for 12s. 6d. on Music ForPleasure label . . . Martha And The Vandellas make their

first appearance on the EdAlWSullivan Show on Sunday,December 5 . . Malver AndDistrict Hotel's Associationgiving shares in Beatles'Northern Songs' company intheir raffle . . . Lenny Brucerecording for Phil Spector?COnly three British records

in America's top twenty . . .

Levon And The Hawks whohave "The Stones I Throw"issued here on Atlantic areBob Dylan's backing group

. . although "Shame AndScandal In The Family" iscompletely banned from ailair play in the States.'Variety' magazine can printa careful description of the

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new edition of "The Rolling Stones Song Album"published by Jewel Music at 6s. . . . American music maga-zines seem to write in newspeak . . . Valerie Mitchell's newHMV single "Go My Way" is in Radio London's Fab Forty. . Jim Economides producer of Marc Bolan's "The Wizard"-Mike Leander was the musical director . . .

Cassius Clay would have enjoyed the Mick Softley reception. . Kuiokalani Lee wrote Andy Williams' "I'll Remember

'You" . . . after a Face suggestion, Jimmy Clitheroe has madea pop record . . Bobby Ryden has done a Dave Daviesnumber . . . Rogeroger Daltry not a Bachelors fan . . . JohnStephen critical of beat groups in "News Of The World" . . .

Hayley Mills' new film is "The Trouble With Angels" . . whyis Terry the pill? . . . unimaginative cover for WalkerBrothers LP . . . Mike Dorsey doesn't look like Ian Stewart

. . Tommy Roe to pursue a film career . . was Kit Lam-bert influenced by Peter Meaden? . . . Chris Farlowe is saidto have turned down "Yesterday" . . . Rik Gunnell opensthe Ram Jam Club in Brixton in January . . . Chrissie Shrimp -ton and Sarah Leyton attending drama classes together . .

Frank Meld's film "Up Jumped A Svfagman" to be premieredat London's Carlton Cinema on December 22. . .

Impressions "Amen" was an American hit a year ago . .

flip of new Beach Boys disc "There's No Other (Like MyBaby)" was the Crystals first disc four years ago . . .

Dominic Behan's criticism of Bob Dylan on BBC -light onSaturday showed ignorance . . . actually, Toys "Lover'sConcerto" is adapted from Bach's Minuet In 'E' . . . now he'sslimmer, Billy J. Kramer looking like Culla Black . . . FourTops newie "Something About You" one of their best to date

. . . Len Barry "1-2-3", album being rush -released . . . gooddrumwork on Kinks "Till The End Of The Day tz . . . DanaGillespie will appear with Bob Dylan in a folk concert inBrussels in January and will be televised by Eurovision andmay be seen here . . . Sorrows tour Europe from January 17,starting in Germany and going to Sweden. Norway, Denmark,and France . . . strange that "If You Gotta Go, Go Now"didn't make it in the States . . the Who. Sir Douglas Quintet.the Honeycombs and the Applejacks appear on Radio Luxem-bourg's "Ready -Steady -Radio" on Sunday . . .

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