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Tom Rockwell foundthe starsPersonal tribute

by LESLIEMACDONNELL

Chairman of the Agents' Associationand personal friend of Rockwell for

25 years.

TOM ROCKWELL brought anew approach to star building.

First a recording manager, whenhe formed an agency he decidedto use disc success to build theappeal of his artists.

Before he came on the manage-ment scene, an artist's fame spreadonly through films and radio. Rock-well realised the potential of recordsand soon proved his point with BingCrosby. He was the singer's managerwhen Bing gave up band work andswept to world-wide fame as a solostar in the early 'thirties.

The success of his policy is morethan ever apparent today. Through-out the world, recording artistsdominate all others. Look at the listof some of the stars his firm, GeneralArtists Corporation, handles today.

ALSO A FRIENDAs well as guiding their careers.

Tom Rockwell was the constantfriend of his artists. In 1938, I wasin Chicago. Tom had phoned BobCrosby, who was playing there, andasked him to look after me during mystay. Bob did -lavishly.

"How can I possibly thank you foryour wonderful hospitality," I askedhim when we parted.

Crosby replied, " And I couldn'tthink of giving less than everythingI have when Tom makes a request."

Twenty years later, I heardexactly the same sentiments fromanother American topliner-JohnnieRay During his Palladium season, Itold Johnnie that I was just backfrom a brief trip to the UnitedSlates, during which I'd met TomRockwell.

" That man means everything,"Ray said. " No one could ever havedone so much for me."Now Tom Rockwell is dead. I have

lost a dear friend -a man I have

Tom Rockwell is seen with BingGrosby. The picture was takenin April, 1937, during the first visitto California of Leslie Macdonnell.

respected since he first came toBritain 25 years ago as manager ofthe Mills Brothers.

While I was visiting him in 1938,he took me to the Glen IslandCasino, near New York, to see thelaunching of a new sound that soonmade musical history.

It was the first date of GlennMiller's orchestra that was to sweepthe world in the next few years. Itstill lives today on records.

We sat up until the early hourstalking over this exciting debut. TomRockwell was never anything lessthan enthusiastic over his artists. Hewould travel thousands of milesjust to hear a new singer or trumpetplayer, listen to a new sound orroutine, as watch and support a clienttackling something new.

DISCOVERYOne night we were together in a

Chicago night club when he dis-covered a then unknown pianist -ArtTatum, soon to be one of the world'sjazz stars. On the same trip he foundtrumpeter Roy Eldridge.

While building his firm into one ofthe top three in the world, he wouldstill find time to visit a ball game, anice -hockey match, or a big fight. Iprefer to remember him not only forhis intuition in spotting a developingartist, but for himself, his character,good humour and ever -helping hand.

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shaping today's world of popular music -Sir Louis Sterlingand Tom Rockwell -passed away within tour days of each otherlast week -end. Sir Louis was for several years managing directorof the famous EMI group; many stars were launched on theroad to fame by Rockwell -who became President of America'sGAC Agency -today's largest organisation representing disc artists IIof international repute.

Last Thursday Rockwell died in New York, aged 56. His nameis known to very few in Britain, but his foresight in developingrecording performers thirty years ago produced some of the top discnames in the world. At first, bands were his main business interest -Louis Armstrong, Paul Whiteman. the Casa Loma Orchestra andDuke Ellington ; then singers : Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers,Ruth Elting and The Boswell Sisters, to name but a few.

More and more stars IAs these attractions became ace money -spinners in every part of

the globe, GAC, under Rockwell's control, emerged as a powerfulforce in American music circles by pursuing his policy of encouraging Irecording personalities.

During the late 'thirties and the ten years following, GAC increased ktheir status by signing British orchestra leader Ray Noble for a longU.S. career, plus The Andrews Sisters, Perry Como, Stan Kenton,Patti Page, Glenn Miller, Les Paul and Mary Ford, the Dorsey Brothers,Frankie Laine, Peggy Lee, Pee Wee Hunt and Nat " King Cole, toname but a few.

picture of the tremendous -roster of artists guided by Tom RockwellSupplement this list with other top GAC stars, and you have a clear

-artists who were responsible for spinning discs by the million, andgained fame as Anglo-U.S. attractions.

The galaxy includes Johnnie Ray, Mario Lanza, Pat Boone, Paul III

Anka, Ginger Rogers, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, Jimmie'Rodgers, Guy Mitchell, Tony Bennett, Ray Anthony, The Champs,Dorothy Lamour, The Crickets, Kay Starr, The Ames Brothers, IAndy Williams, The Diamonds, Al Martino, Danny and The Juniors,Georgia Gibbs, The Four Freshmen, The Ever!), Brothers, NelsonRiddle, The Four Lads, Bob Crosby, George Hamilton IV andJulie Wilson -plus almost two hundred moreIn recent years, GAC artists have been exclusively booked in Europe

and Britain by the Lew and Leslie Grade Agency. They, besides the IIsingers and bandleaders handled by Rockwell, will deeply mourn theloss of a great friend, adviser and business genius, whose influence

Ion the music scene during thirty years has been far more dominant 1111than words can explain. The impressive list of GAC stars canrightfully place the name of Tom Rockwell as their undisputed leader.

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Sir Louis Sterlingput them on wax

SIR LOUIS STERLING, who died in London on 'Monday at the ageof 79, was one of the pioneers of the record industry. He helped

to build it from small beginnings into the vast industry it is to -day.Born in the slums of New

York's east side, he came toBritain in 1903 with £6 in hispocket. His first job here was asa traveller with the GramophoneCompany (HMV), which thenoperated from an office in Lon-don's City Road.

After being appointed manager ofthe subsidiary British ZonophoneCompany, he left to found his ownlabel, Sterling Records.

In 1910, his company was absorbedby Columbia (at that time a bigrival to HMV), and he became asales executive in the new set-up.In 1923 he was managing director ofColumbia, which by then wasflourishing so well that it could buyout the parent company in the States.

MERGEDHe remained in control of

Columbia until 1931, when the firmwas merged with the GramophoneCompany into the new EMI com-bine. He then became managingdirector of EMI and remained sountil May, 1939, when he resignedfor policy reasons.

Although his main work was onthe business side, he took a stronginterest in the labels from the out-set because of his great love of thetheatre.

A big speciality of the Columbiacompany was the recording of WestEnd shows and the many famousstars who appeared in them.Among the artists who recordedfor the company were Layton and

Johnstone, Harry Champion, MarieLloyd, Harry Tate, Norah Bay es,Carroll Gibbons and his Boy-friends, Flanagan and Allen, HenryHall and Hi;degarde.Columbia also issued the records of

many leading- American dance bandsof the day, including the famousPaul Whiteman orchestra and thebands of Jay. Widden,- Horace HeiJt,Paul Specht and the Starita brothers.

Sir Louis -he was knighted in1937 -moved into other fields after1939, but he retained his love ofshow business to the end. His lastpublic appearance was at' the firstnight of "My Fair Lady" just overa month ago.

Well known for his generosity, heis said to have given away morethan £1,000,000 to various charitiesin the course of his life. To cele-brate his 50th birthday, hedistributed £100,000 among membersof his staff.

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ALTHOUGH I'm delighted with the news which greeted meon my arrival here-that my recording of " On The

Street Where You Live " stands at third place in your recordchart-it nevertheless gives me rather a peculiar feeling to seethe disc doing so well in this country right now.

You see, I've already experienceda full quota of thrills and excite-ment so far as this record isconcerned. I'm happy to say that Idid very well with it back home inthe States, where it became thebest selling single release of anyof the " My Fair Lady " material.But that was a couple of yearsago !

And when the demand for therecord subsided, I put it behind meand looked to the future. I didn'tforget it, of course. After all, youcan't forget something which has be-come a milestone in your career.

A funny thing happened on thesession we recorded On The StreetWhere You Live," which put me inmy place well and truly.

Mitch Miller has always adoptedthe policy of recording me with twomicrophones-one suspended abovemy head; the other at the back of

my neck, to catch the reverberationsand echo.

I asked if I could have a mikeright in front of my face, so thatI could sing straight into it.Mitch hesitated a while, and then

finally said : " Okay, give the boy amike where he wants it."

Not happyI wasn't very happy with m) efforts

at the session, and I went off to theCopacabana, where I was appearing,feeling very depressed. My managertried to reassure me by saying thatwhen I heard the final result in themorning I'd feel more satisfied.

Sure enough, it pleased me morethan I thought it would. I went rightin to see Mitch Miller and told himI thought it had been a good ideato bring in the additional mike.

Mitch looked up from his desk,grinned and drawled: " Oh, didn't

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BIRTHDAY IN LONDONVIC DAMONE was born in Brooklyn, NewlitV York, on June 12, 1928-and celebrates his

30th birthday in London next Thursday. Realname Vito Farinola. His mother was a voice

ai and piano teacher; his father an electrician. On leaving school Vic earned money boxing,

selling fruit and working as a theatre usher.His vocal career started in 1946, when a NewYork radio station signed him on for three

.programmes weekly; he made his cabaret debutin November of the same year at New York'sLa Martinique Restaurant and also joinedMercury Records.

O He remained nine years with that label pro-ducing several U.S. hits, among them " Again,""Your Breaking My Heart", "Eternally","Dearly Beloved", "My Symphony" and "Don'tSay Goodbye".

fill He joined the U.S. Army in 1952, serving foriij two years, including several months in Germany

where he broadcast on AFN. Demobbed in 1954,it Damone returned to the MGM studios, securinglit a combined acting -singing role in "Hit The

Deck" Later same year he married delightfulItalian screen star Pier Angeli, and they have one

son (Perry)-christened after Perry Como. Damone has since starred in several of his own

TV series, including a season as Perry Como'sreplacement. Vic's film (in 1951 for MGM) was"The Strip", which afforded him one vocalnumber "Don't Blame Me"; another Holly-wood musical a few months later was "Rich,Young and Pretty", with Jane Powell.

Other films-"Kismet" (with Ann Blyth) and"Athena". Damone switched to U.S. Columbialabel (Philips here) in January, 1956, renewinghis association with Mitch Miller, who was hisa & r manager at Mercury for several years.

Philips have issued two LP albums here-"ThatTowering Feeling" and the latest (on sale thisweek), 'Angela Mia"-a collection of Italiansongs, which have been popularised with Englishlyrics. When Pier Angeli was filming in Britain(late 1955 and early the following year), Vicvisited her, and they co-starred in a "SundayNight At The London Palladium" TV show.

Recently, Damone attained his first moderatedisc success here, "An Affair To Remember"(which he sang at this year's Academy Awardspresentation in Hollywood).

e.

VIC DAMONE confesses .t4.

`I sang my greatesthit into a dead mike'

(But Mitch Miller had two others very much alive!)anyone tell you ^ That mike wasdead ! "

Needless to say, I have neveragain tried to tell Mitch Miller hisjob!Well, it's a great pleasure to be

back with you again especially nowthat I have a hit record on my hands.

When I was last over here for tele-vision, just about 21 years ago, Iwas able to make no other appear-ances at all. Maybe I can now rectifythat situation. Hope so.

Maybe you've had a chance ofseeing me in one or two of the moviesI have made. The most successfulwas "Kismet," though two otherfilms that I think did reasonably wellwere " Hit The Deck " and "Athena."

Funny thing, I was first spotted forpictures back in 1945, when I wasplaying in my own sustaining (non-commercial) radio programme from alocal New York station. Producer

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Joe Pasternak heard and saw me,didn't think I was ready to make thegrade in pictures, but said that he wasprepared to watch my progress !

Well, sir, I had to wait practicallyfive years before he considered I hadmatured sufficiently, to sign me forMGM's " Rich, Young and Pretty."Not long after I embarked upon afilm career. I went into the Armyfor a couple of years. As youmay know, for some of that time, Iwas stationed in Europe and playedcountless shows for my buddies there.

. . and thanks for the

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ON THE

STREETWHERE YOULIVEcoupled with ARRIVEDERCI, ROMAon PB 819 (also on 45 r.p.m. standard)over a million sales in the U.S.A. and aTOP TEN Hit in Britain!exclusively on

PHILIPS-mantopfeattioyPhilips Electrical Limited, Gramophone Records Division, Stanhope House, Stanhope PiaGytendon, W.2.

When I returned to civilian life,I found that television had estab-lished a powerful grip - almost astranglehold-on the nation !This was the new medium for a

singer ! And I must say that I'vebeen pretty fortunate in getting myface into America's living rooms viathe cathode ray tube !

I suppose the TV shows whichoriginally established me, and provedmore useful that any others, wereArthur Godfrey's, leading to an in-valuable spot on Milton Berle's show.

Then, of course, for the last twoseasons, I've been fortunate in beingable to present my own televisionshow.

All this springs from those earlychildhood ambitions, which I sup-pose all of us have nourished at onetime or another, to be a singer I AndI guess I really made up my mind tofollow through with it at the tenderage of two.

Taught a songNaturally, I can't remember this

incident now, but it seems my motherwas ill in hospital with pneumonia.With the intention of cheering her,my father taught me " You'reDriving Me Crazy."

In the hospital I sang it for her,while my father accompanied meon the guitar. I don't knowwhether I can take the credit forthis, but Mom eventually re-covered !There was a time when I very

nearly abandoned all thoughts of be-coming a singer. I was about tenwhen the kids at school started teas-ing me and calling me a sissy becauseI practised singing instead of playingbaseball.

I got involved in a fight, knockedsomeone's front tooth out and decidedto take up boxing in earnest. But thelure of singing was too strong, and Iwas soon back taking lessons again.

The real turning point came theday I met Perry Como. I wasoperating the elevator backstage atthe New York Paramount, whenPerry got in.You've probably read the story of

how I stopped the lift between floors,and forced Perry to listen to myvoice-it's been written about quitea lot, and you may have wonderedif perhaps it was just so muchpublicity.

But it really did happen. Perrywas amazed when the elevator stalledand I burst into " There Must Be AWay." When he realised what wasgoing on, he settled back and listened,and with that nonchalant drawl ofhis, commented: " You've sure gotthe pipes, boy. Stick with it"

You see, I've a host of wonderfulmemories, even though my career hasso far been comparatively short.

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KEITH FORDYCE reckons that

Bobby Helms is headedfor the charts at last

DON'T look now but Bobby Helms might have found a hit at last. Bobby is a singer whohas already chalked up some solid successes in his homeland. When those big discs have

arrived on our shores they have been beaten by British versions of the same songs.But this time 1 reckon that speak for itself. The coupling, " Hangin' Around,"Bobby himself should collect the "Endlessly " is more forceful features Guy in the role of a lad

honours with "Jacqueline." Simple, material and J.R. builds up a stack whose lassie is anywhere but withcatchy and gay, with a steady beat of emotion in declaring the bound- him. Mood is on the blue side, butsetting a comfortable pace. less nature of his love. there's quite a happy rhythm to it.

The sort of production that has Medium -paced, with a simple andthat certain hit sound from start to effective backing from the Ray Conifffinds. Bobby Helms-a new name orchestra in a sort of rockalypso THE SHIRELLESfor the frame. mood.

!JOHNNIE RAY GUY MITCHELLJohnnie Ray's chances with his With his new Philips platter, Guy

latest from Philips are middling. Mitchell seems to be turning the'Lonely For A Letter" is a strong clock back to the days of "Prettytitle and the lyric generally is a good Little Black -Eyed Susie," only he'scommercial job, It's the melody and transferred his affections to a gal witharrangement that sound a little weak. " Honey Brown Eyes."

Tune is catchy enough but not dis- This vintage -style Mitchell is goodtinctive, the jog -trot pace is agreeable stuff ; even the french horns of thebut not exciting. Jimmy Carroll orchestra have a place

Put another way, it's not the sort in the arrangement.of disc that would make you stop to An entertaining song that suitslisten if it came on your radio one the grinning, swaggering style thatnight. Guy can put over with such capti-

Johnnie is his own unmistakeable vating " open-air " charm. Yes, thisself, but takes the song straight, is the " Great Guy at his con -seemingly content to let the song siderable best.

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It's just possible that Brunswickmight have another big seller withanother new name, too. The Shirelleshave a slow rock item called I MetHim On A Sunday." As a song it'snothing-devoid of appeal or of anysign or originality.

But it does have a sort of hypnoticfascination from being the mostrepetitious record of this year.Different voices take different linesas solos; each line is separated fromthe next by a humming bridge.

It's not the sort of record thatI'm keen on hearing again, but Ihave an uncomfortable premoni-tion that we've going to hear a lotof it.The flipover is another slow rocker,

" I Want You To Be My BoyFriend." Aspires to a bit more of amelody than on the topside, butdrones on monotonously.

NAT COLEAnother of the big names has a

new one on Capitol, but I can't seeit attracting a deal of cash at thecounters. Nat Cole is "LookingBack " on a mistake that led to abroken romance.

Very slow, melancholy with nothingabout it to fix the song in your mind.I'm afraid I can't even say that Nat'ssinging makes the record worth hear-ing.

On the flipside he joins forces withthe brilliant Billy May and the out-come is far more satisfying. To alazy beat, Nat sings a casual butcatchy number called "Just For TheFun Of It."

Again, it's the story of a romancethat didn't work out, but this timethe song has the merit of beingentertaining.

MAXINE DANIELSWhen " Who's Sorry Now ?" hit

the top spot I was astounded-Ijust couldn't believe that such a well-worn oldie could land in the hitparade again, even with a treaty up-to-date arrangement.

Now that 1 know it can happen. Ifeel confident in saying that MaxineDaniels has a potential hit with herOriole waxing of " You Brought ANew Kind Of Love To Me."

Maxine belongs to the upperclass of British pop singers, andthis is her most commercial pro-position so far.You know the song-suffice to say

that this new version is full of life,has a great beat from the DennyBoyce orchestra, and no-one couldimprove on Maxine's performance. Afirst-class disc.

THE CALL OF THE WILDW EST

Louis Prima and his mates-Keely Smith, tenor saxman SamButera, and The Witnesses in-strumental group-put on anothertorrid show in their latest Capitolalbum. Louis's best is "ClosestTo The Bone", with Keely Smithadding a haunting "AutumnLeaves" and "Birth Of TheBlues". Butera's sax is heard ina "conversation piece" withLouis's trumpet during "I've GotThe World On A String" and"Little Red" Blount's trombonemakes a thing of beauty of "Blow,Red, Blow". The delightful LPis wound up by "When TheSaints Go Marching In".

WHERE'S CHARLEY?. Columbia has produced a well -

recorded reproduction of thesongs of Frank Loesser sungby the original cast of this

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marimba in this soft Latin album,which covers "Cordoba", "LaComparsa" and "Yours". OnMercury.

TEENAGE ROCKFour stars on one album of

rock songs. Tommy Sands is bestin a brand new one-"Can'tChange My Love" and in "HepDee Hootie". Gene Vincent addsanother new one-"Well, IKnocked, Bim Barn", but his"Lotto Lovin' " is better'. SonnyJames specialises in teenage emo-tion with "Why Can't TheyRemember?" and Ferlin Husky a..gives a c -and -w touch to his rrocking "Wang Dang Doo" and"Wat'cha Doin' After School?"Good value LP on Capitollabel. as

PINOCCHIO aSound track from original

Disney masterpiece makes attrac-tive album issued by Pye Group.

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popular musical, now running atthe Palace, London. NormanWisdom is at his best in "OnceIn Love With Amy" and in theduet with "Make A Miracle".Pip Hinton, Terence Cooper andPamela Gale give the hit song,"My Darling, My Darling" newlife.

HAVANA IN HI -ElRichard Hayman's orchestra

put the accents on rhythm and

JOEHENDERSON

PERSONALITIES" Somebody Else Is Taking My

Place " is not outstanding as a song,but is moneysworth by any standards.

FRANKCHACKSFIELD

It'll be worth your while spendinga few minutes listening to the latestby Frank Chacksfield and his orches-tra on Decca. "Rodeo" is an interest-ing item in this presentation.

What is basically a driving." Raunchy "-type number, gets a newtreatment. Guitar, instead of saxo-phone, deals with the melody mostof the time, but the full orchestratakes a hand, revealing an attractive-ness in the melody that might other-wise have gone unnoticed.

The overall effect is not im-mediately startling, but it grows onyou after one or two hearings.I wonder if this type of arrange-

ment could be the next vogue ? Ifso, this particular platter could be thefirst hit of its kind.

" Souvenirs Of Love " is a lush,romantic job. Agreeable, but notoutstanding of its kind.

EYDIE GO.RMEHaving heard Max Bygraves sing-

ing " You Need Hands," 1 couldn'thave imagined a girl singer copingvery successfully with it.

To teach me how wrong I can be,along comes Eydie Gonne with afirst-class waxing which does fulljustice to the song and which putsanother feather in the cap of thisincreasingly popular singer.

MUDLARKS PAY UP !

Glen Mason (left) holds out a collecting tin to the Mudlarks whocoughed up well for a good cause-the Spastics. They all gave theirservices at the star-studded "Starlight Dance" at Harringay Arena

on Saturday night

She very cleverly changes froma mood of unashamed senti-mentality to one of swinging gaiety.',hoover is a collector's item." The Gentleman Is A Dope " is a

Rodgers and Hammerstein composi-tion which is a guarantee of some-thing good to begin with.

In fact, this sophisticated songwould be heard to best advantage incabaret, but Eydie makes a verysmooth job of it on disc-just-shortof smoothy. That's an HMV release.

BILLIE ANTHONYAlways a good entertainer, no

matter what type of song she is sing-ing, Billie Anthony is back onColumbia with Careful, Careful."

To a hip -wiggling Latin-Americantempo Billie cutely contrives to inject

a come -hither tone into her voice atthe same time as singing a lyric thatsuggests rather the opposite.

An unusual song with immediateappeal.The coupling, " You," is one of

those sad and soulful ditties which setthe tears flowing like waterfalls. Loveaffairs do sometimes go wrong, but Idon't think a pop record is the rightplace for a depressing post mortem.

JOE HENDERSONYet another girl to have her name

commemorated in music is "Trudie."Joe (Mr. Piano) Henderson does thehonours twice over. As well as re-cording the number for Nixa, hewrote it, too.

She turns out to be quite adelicate and dainty lass, given today -dreaming, I should imagine. Atrifle flirtatious, too.She'll certainly be good for tired

businessmen who want to be soothedby a quiet, rhythmic piece of music.

On the other side, Joe reassures usthat "Love Is The Sweetest Thing."And most attractively he does it.Ultra -relaxed, with some smoothbackground assistance from the BerylStott chorus.

JACK SCOTTThere's a bright beat number on

London American that might attractquite a deal of attention. " Leroy"is sung by Jack Scott with all theusual rock trimmings in the back-ground.

It is similar to many of Presley'sdiscs, but lacks the " all-out" effectthat Elvis invariably achieves. Never-theless, it has plenty of zing and nipsalong with quite some pace.

" My True Love is in doubleslow time and makes love sound avery dull and dismal affair.

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Last ThisWeek

1 1 WHO'S SORRY NOWConnie Francis (MGM)

2 2 TOM HARK Elias and hisZig Zag Jive Flutes

(Columbia)8 3 ON THE STREET WHERE

YOU LIVEVic Damone (Philips)

5 4 A WONDERFUL TIME UPTHERE Pat Boone (London)

2 5 LOLLIPOPMudlarks (Columbia)

6 6 GRAND COOLIE DAMLonnie Donegan (Pye-Nixa)

10 7 TULIPS FROM AMSTER-DAM/YOU NEED HANDS

Max Bygraves (Decca)12 8 STAIRWAY OF LOVE

Michael Holliday (Columbia)14 9 WITCH DOCTOR

Don Lang (HMV)13 10 KEWPIE DOLL

Frankie Vaughan (Philips)4 11 WEAR MY RING

Elvis Presley (RCA)18 12 ALL I HAVE TO DO IS

DREAM/CLAUDETTEEverly Brothers (London)

9 13 KEWPIE DOLLPerry Como (RCA)

11 14 WITCH DOCTORDavid Seville (London)

7 15 WHOLE LOTTA WOMANMarvin Rainwater (MGM)

22 16 TWILIGHT TIMEPlatters (Mercury)

27 17 ARMY GAMEBernard Bresslaw, MichaelMedwin, Alfie Bass, LeslieFyson (HMV)

16 18 SWINGIN' SHEPHERDBLUES Ella Fitzgerald (HMV)

25 19 I MAY NEVER PASS THISWAY AGAIN

Perry Como (RCA)20 10 IT'S TOO SOON TO

KNOW Pat Boone (London)21 21 LOLLIPOP

Chordettes (London)16 22 STAIRWAY OF LOVE

Terry Dene (Decca)- 23 I DIG YOU BABY

Marvin Rainwater (MGM)15 24 I MAY NEVER PASS THIS

WAY AGAINRobert Earl ( Philips)

24 25 TO BE LOVEDMalcolm Vaughan (HMV)

- 26 BOOK OF LOVEMudlarks (Columbia)

- 27 I :1AY NEVER PASS THISWAY AGAIN

Ronnie Hilton (HMV)19 28 SWINGIN' SHEPHERD

BLUES Ted Heath (Decca)28 29 ON THE STREET WHERE

YOU LIVEDavid Whitfield (Decca)

29 30 TEACHER, TEACHERJohnny Mathis (Fontana)

BEST SELLING SHEETMUSIC IN BRITAIN(Tuesday, June 3, 1938)

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2 1 WHO'S SORRY NOW(Feldman) 2s.

1 2I MAY NEVER PASS THISWAY AGAIN

(Chappell) 2s. 6d.5 3 STAIRWAY OF LOVE

Leeds 2s.5 4 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU

LIVE (Chappell) 2s. 6d.7 5 TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM

(Cinephonic) 2s.3 6 LOLLIPOP (Anglo-Pic) 2s.4 7 SWINGIN' SHEPHERD BLUES

(Sherwin) 2s.11 8 A WONDERFUL TIME UP

THERE (Morris) 2s.13 9 I COULD RAVE DANCED ALI.

NIGHT (Chappell) 2s. 6d.17 10 TOM HARK (Southern) 2s.14 11 GRAND COOLIE DAM

(Essex) 2s.16 12 KEWPIE DOLL (Leeds) 2s.8 13 MAGIC MOMENTS

(Chappell) 2s. 6d.10 14 WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN

(Sheldon) 2s.9 13 APRIL LOVE (Robbins) 2s.13 16 TO BE LOVED (Duchess) 2s.13 17 CATCH A FALLING STAR

(Feldman) 2s.19 18 SUGARTIME (Southern) 2s.21 19 A VERY PRECIOUS LOVE

(Blossom)24 20 YOU NEED HANDS

(Lakeview)18 21 MANDY (PANSY)

(World Wide) 2s.- 22 WEAR MY RING (Belinda) 2s.- 23 LITTLE SERENADE

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Claudette Everly Brothers2 2 Witch Doctor David Seville3 3 Wear My Ring Elvis Presley4 4 Twilight Time Platters5 3 Looking Back/ Do I Like It ?

Nat "King" Cole12 6 Big Man Four Preps

7 Purple People EaterSheb Wooley

11 8 Secretly/Make Me A MiracleJimmie Rodgers

6 9 He's Got The Whole World InHis Hands Laurie London

- 10 Do You Want To Dance ?Bobby Freeman

9 II Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry7 12 Return To Me Dean Martin

10 13 Sugar Moon/Cherie, 1 Love YouPat Boone

8 14 Book Of Love Monotones17 15 Chanson D'Amour

Art & Dotty Todd- 16 Jennie Lee Jan & Arnie16 17 What Am I Living For ?

Chuck Willis13 18 For Your Love Ed Townsend14 19 Kewpie Doll Perry Como18 20 Oh, Lonesome Me/I Can't Stop

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LONNIE DONEGAN WANTS

NEW U.S. DISC DEALDISSATISFIED with the handling of his

records in the U.S., Lonnie Donegan tootan unusual precaution of stipulating in hislatest Pye-Nixa contract that no deal for over-seas distribution of his discs was acceptablewithout his consent.

Apparently, Lonnie feels that maximum oppor-tunity has not been seized following his U.S. coast -to -coast success with "Rock Island Line" in 1956.Since then all current releases ware submitted to theU.S. Mercury firm, but only a limited number were

IVS.itt,r.Vd,"&,V. presentative InLeonardLa' 7dVfs':s"cM a;7onni;1;do; =l ate

gaarantee firsboass remunerative deals in the Slates withtop independent label!.

Accordingly, Lon vie has instructed Greenfield toneotiate with Iwo campanics-one of them believed tobland (controllers of Pat Boone): Presumably, aid newplan ends the for the American Mercury label torelease Lonnie's recordings in the States.

Melcher-Toff part companyTH.L.t1=1=","V.:`.7t7.1:7.`=:.=PuND.Mg Personality INve behere asthe Music Compuny-io to be ormMated withinthe next few wees.

Subject to contracts, documents have been preparedwhich would enable each partner to retaM certatn titlesintroduced in the first ance by each of them.

Toff emphasised that Ewes keen to again more somevaluable British properties. including "Rooney," "MarehHare" and otTeii-,isoni,V material; he was prepared to

PIralkved that Meleher has already sounded otherWest Eat pubthhers with a view to Mobs tortes withhim tor a publishing deal Britain.During the Weber -Toff partnership, the only maim

hit was " Whatever Will Be, Will Be"--mileKnows byDoris Day.

RANK PREPARES SALES -DRIVE

TO INVADE DISC MARKETA '''..,;11=,'::";:t:L!" the hoomfaemarket vrill be invaded by a forcefol sales-promti.drive of the new disc at the mad Amt. or istSeptember.

In the initial stages the tow firm -a subsidiary .of theRank film organisation. will concentrate on building UPa mail-order el., offering low.priced discs to members.

Stars attend funeralMTZ.Z."1.`t..;.1V111 Zciall I `gaud i vi`xlGeneralc,.Artists Corporation), at the Church of the

"""1.' ° Vs rw.L71` S'e're'rdg. Percancelled' morning

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evening; also at the funerat vowe Johnnie Ray, PattiPage, Julius La Rosa and Me Mills Brothers-, siadesccz,wf. other artists Rockwell had helped inb`their

ee(See Waal article, page 2.)Torn Rockwell died on Thureda M

Vincent's Hospital. New York. from'i feated-9PanatreSats.(a stomach complaint). He is survived "bychis

pancreas(atwo children.

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runet, in June, 1e54-eelebrales its fourthanniversary with a thrilling issue. Within hoursof being on sale last Monday, repeat orders poured infrom mem part of Britain for the June MT PARADE.

This is hardly surprising I No fewer than fourteenfull-length articles (written either by he stars or by ourexpert writers) are featuredon Elvis Presley, FrankSinatia, Tommy Steele, Jerry Lee Lewis, Connie Fran.,Marvin Rainwater, Laurie London, Johnny Math., TheC Ted Heath, Jerry Lewis, The Chordettes, SalMin., Dinah Shore, Andy Williams and The Crickets.

two "Onyrat`t`trfntlfsiti`CstrIvilcafficbt"ti'dJury Lee he Turn to page II for full details of howto obtain the June BIT PARADE.

FRANKIE VAUGHAN OFFEREDJOLSON ROLE IN 'JAll TVc hia h5 t

FRANKIE VAUGHAN has been offered the starring role in a proposed re-make of "The Jazz Singer," the first all -talking picture which featured

Al Jolson in the leading part.It would be made in Britishstudios

this autumn with Frankand at least one top U.S. actressco -Warring.

The offer was made by JohnBasch -a top American producer,who saw Frank during his seasonat the Palace Theatre, London, inFebruary.

Impressed by Vaughan's abilities,Basch suggested the singer to hisHollywoodnaught the 4:ctn. wfit rt°,

mBrothers, producers of the

Frank was at first tuughtrnedhe

down.because it was not tho wassufficiently well known in America.Discuwions took place with leadingAmerican intrsts in mind.

Then Vaughan made two morelnitM bate and utter

17.",1°.= on "the big beard"aodre

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FRENCH CRISIS MAY

UPSET MITCHELL TOURn In7,-7=

the CoMinent, due to start 0June 18.

But what Is bad news for Goyand fans in other Europeancountries will be welcomed inBritain. Guy

rehis

variety tour here at ManchesterPalace week conmiencing J1 0,51..followed bY Siewcaotle Ening,Jodie J

Furthermore, according to his

e case ct5,76 'LI: lig'to extend his b, Mo or three

"ze:rt:°:1,:mrrixmilted to return home to America.

JIMMY YOUNGKEEPS MOVINGBEFORB Jimmy Young begone hit

"Music For The Millions',,lhows,ekYdp

lays them

ktculd'el;i7and 'Morecambe Winter Gardens

No variety season forPrince of Wales : Delfontbusy with 'Corner' plansWIBT END impresario Bernard Helton( has refused the oppor.ee Melly of star U.S. names in a variety s at London's Prince

of Wales Theatre this summer. The AmericaneasonGAL agency submitteda list of top music prmonalities (reports Nal Renton from New Yoriri,but by that Mite Delfont had decided to continue with the currentFrendostyled revue al this enue.

ofscmict ,r,:1,11: remain their:until h knownLondon

On Thewill no want Me siffri i'oi7 build% C17118f 11:(13853, Rolm war

.r fr"nh'' D'111 ',Ird1=1,7t"`. the

the L=1 WitgoadaleToients'll 6PPOintrnent of noted badlleaderentertainment show -case. Gerald° as musical adviser to his

organisation theft-bW emphasised heSURPRISE would not he in charge of the other

orchestras engaged to play at 'TheConcerning the new Sunday ought Place On The Corner."

ATV variet shows - which will

'"fidonI"duliggi"th'ea''=er'TFfeTtard Delfont surprisingly revealed

PlIrrrinch: rv:Mr'n=It Fatah Vaughan on June 22,,

Ie proposed todrl'it'gr

of

BLACKPOOL'SDANCE MUSICACK P ARNE, I and his

Orcheetra play two weeks al

on SaturdayTF tt=m, "'"Elr-IT'""'htSpecial " crew will not be caught

Zl'iVieuetelxtnlike r'SpleraP8tended at an hour's notice to a full"ES Special," producer Dennis MainWilson has prearranged plans Mr afull show if the Lmt Match ends be-fore six o'clock on Saturday.

These include a longer spot for allthe artists on the bill, several " 6.5 "rfgulars skadiag by, and Me inclu-

'Th'e'rok'ut:W`lZ 'er'? a'ofTìte trans-mitted from two separate locaoins.Dennis Main Wilson has now con-firmed plans for one camera crew tobe situated 01 the Southampton Guild-hall, while a second crew visits theBeaulieu lam Festival oveml milesaway.

The plan to use a helicopter inbringing he August 16

Flan, has now had to be atadonee,

Denegan, lit,, engaged in a matineeseason in Blackpool. The DallasBays and Ken Mackintosh's °when,goahe only other names so far

Philips' new singing star, ValerieSham makes her "6.5" debut on

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Re t, who was a member ofDon s "6.5" group until Donleftand `97rati'rfargsrAve. it're= 'fedi"gpanying group on "6.5 Special.'

Frank Sinatra here: talksof biggest film deal ever

pli,1-.NE trightlarrived in Tendon 0,1 Mon-

day with aces of his laugest Mtndeal ever. epees a/ Wm/ threemajor lifins tor MCNI during thenext Mu years. Frank will star inthem.

First subject will be "SomeTame Running," from a novel byJames Jones, author of " FrontHere To Eternity," the film whicheatioulted SW. into his PT..role of Me word, leading enter.tainer.

Alt the films lo be am. motorMe contract intake Frank., ownfilm company, Hobart Productions.

To allow him more Mite forMining, Sinatra is reducing thenumber of American -TV appear- nes he will make in Mture. Ilewill concentrate on guest appear-ances and mmsional Spectaculars.For the past year he has been.rred in a weekly show.

BOB CROSBYON TV AGAIN

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Ronnie`c'ildrich Band and in- and performer as well !Whitfield.

to Amerm. As reported last 'Yea.gr Alma Cogan and

gr,'ets4e.e:r.e.liorrt and DENNIS LOTIS, one lime vocalist with the Ted Heath hand, h.his owfamous but now extinct Bab been signed for his first radio series combining live performancesCats for a BBC sound recording lastEdda,

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'BREAK' EVERY FEW WEEKSis ATV orchestra with him.

n torlr:rtabitious entertain. ';inee'hirstay at the Lancel

menkwinkdancing venue fon the one shirt restart last yew.

(:,.d).thaw ,,..0d a sem po,Ulat s

41aJo7.i'mydoilth"° 12sl'ity".w d'ektil:Itt Tuesday. 5" 0' "mg." '.'n =nag:, Wilfrid Thomas, the(28111).' Jimmy 11eekri0also7scheduled to G. to Cl. Johnny Franz, Ph tits

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VIC DAMONE PREPARESTO VISIT YOUR STREET150,1;o1(.Adf..y vocal athl i:tawreeVkictoD,a,n:ox.ltaondbede London Airport on

You Live "-by way'of two ATV appearames: thiseSsu'nrx rn'tft'eLondon Palladium series, followed by the "Sic Damon,- Show"("Saturday Spec...calm") on June 10.

ffferTotat a cocktail party to the Mess oidninety minutes after arriving here.Phroughout the proceedings, he took

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ists" arld7Iting eTeorVIgng ,testY

eve writers every co-operation.

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PLANS are rapidly developing for Tommy Steele's "back to work."He will resume his BBC disc -locker series on June 22 and has

been asked to star in a major ATV production at the end of the month.When Tommy Plays three con-

cut dates during the week of June, moms, to d1311055,7, mkt picture. Ills23, no platform tickets will be sold. a angcd for thisThis is to avoid any possible

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repetition of the Dundee incident c hie illness.

when he was mobbed mainly bypeople who had been sitting be-hind him on the stage.

Venues for the Emmert series areCast. Halls Bristol time EDCity Hall, SheMeld (2Sth) and DeMontfort Hall, leieester

d(26 es1h).Steele resumes variety at (aspreviously reported) at CoventryTheatre on Juno 16 and he la bookedopo for Southend Oton fromtJulytforliel,eel'ariL;SI, :Tat.Leh free to avoid any over -strain.

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Later this month, Dennis plays one-night stands at Lowestoft (June 211,Luton Cresta (June 28) and WinterPavillon, Gt. Yarmouth (Saturday,July 29).

BILLIE HOLIDAYCONCERT OFF

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Gerald° will conduct theaccompanying orchestra for theperformance, which will also in

elude the local dixieland unit, ILeClyde Valley Stompers.

gra°=, rriectiotril tteeN717,last week will include ErankleVaughan, David Hughes, KennethMcKella Jimmy Logan andMargot Henderson.

A reliable authority also sug-gests Mat certain pop..who had previously declined ini-tations to appear, owing to othercommitmnts, 1.12, now be able toaccpt.

Announcements are likely to bemade within Me next few days.

Laurie London to star in U.S.`spiritual' package show

Leaves on June 18 for 16 -day tourFOURTEEN -YEAR -OLD Gold Disc winner Laurie London is preparing

to make a 16 -day, 2,000 -dollars -per -week tour of the American southernstates later this month. JERRY LEELaurie will star in a spiritual package show opening onJune 20, On the advice of his father.manager. Will London, CARRIES ONhe will give only one performance each evening.The yon. si. be I :N111,1, 1 11 My ritish

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ALMA COGAN flies la Stockholmnot Tuesday for a metes of

Scandimvim dales They includetwo broadcasts and a TV in one de,

On her returnh.

Mc has a weds atCardiff New orn June 16, andguests on ATV's "Tell the Truth"Ehtne MI and the BBC's The WorldOur Stage" tonne JO).Alma

bona further variety wedat Bournemouth on June 30. Morecommencing a season atMorecam. Winter Gardens unJuly 7.

Jazz afloatfrHE Humphrey Lyttellon Club's

Itict=1set for August 10. In additthe rothe Lyncho outfit. clans..Sandy Brown's band will also playfor the revellers.

The Terry Lightfoot Band has beenadded to the parade of IS top ra.

irisditional jazz Unib and five skifil,e

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GOOD'S GUESTSGUESTS booked by lack Good for

the second edition of his nowABC-TV series " CM Boy"similar to Inc first (Many Wilde.Roeaie Carroll, Mace Reading,.with Jackie Dennis as an additionalattractien.

He has gill sos decided on a cormPeth fm the Mow, the first two edi-tions of which arc screened on lune15 and 29.

New StargazerVOeaertgel Brook,'"Drrrepn lacin;

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and wil1 make hh first appmrancewith them towards the end of June.

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Shows'. over BSC.TV, Tonne,.Ernie Ford, an established name formany years. is set for June Of,

New star Johnny Mathis, whoserecording of "Teacher, Teacher is

currently prmiding him with his forkBoitish hit. is in the following week.programme.

HI-LO's tour datesare announced

mimes in England. Scollthal and Wales hatebeen announced for the first, long-awaited British tour by

sI ick U.S. vothl group, The IfElos. Their 111.1 Philips album-- Love Ned "-will be released in Jul), two months prior to theirdebut here. No singles are planned.

'their first three en g . tem will M in the London area openingat the saw Gaumont State Cinema. Kilburn. en benumb... M. AllI heir appearances will M at Rank super-cinenms.

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ail! head an ell -star package show now !minaassembled. Other attractions will be announced in the near future.

On consecuthe dam, the III -Los will appeur at Kilburn GaumonlStale laeptenther ID, followed by Mmontoe Regal, Romford Odeon,Mtheingham Odeon, Glam., Odom, Mialvemh New S.:etude, New-castle Odes, Liverpool °dem, Leeds Odes., Bradford Gault,Nottinthem Odeon, Wolverhamploe Gmnsom thriteehem Detunowt,Cardiff Capitol, Plymouth Odeon, Taunton (Mormon, SalisburyGunman, Southampton Gatlin., Rochester Gaimont, SouthendOdeon and Ilammersmith

On completion of Moir British ilinerari, the 11i -Los lees fordates in Daly. the South tEranee and Scandinaria.

DAVE KING HAS

DOUBLE TV DATEVOSIFIDAN SINGER INie

King has Peen signed fur

"11',"7ilI"TeNiOeein.own'' Sodom. SPeetacool.show on July 5 and this week -endis a final late Wailing for the last"uteri Show ' of Mecurrent

From `thisrom this week -end. ATV's°Sunday Night At The guidonPalladium" nill be screenedthirty minutes lower Manusual-at 11.00 Pm.

The Three Monarchs ',mar on'Mode, with warsarc Dementand Juanita Drib

Bernard Dresden and MichaelSlewwin, Mini "The ArmsGame;' are on Me June 15 bill.for wilich Me headline name Msstill to be bunked,

Ronnie Dillon and Alma Orgu In the firol "Tap lonelimeset " no June 22.

Shirley Bassey'sextra bad luckShiner Basse> svu mice,

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,,,Othe eve of embarking on mond Inothr AR -TV aeries, Tnol"Tbei'ficooloom ftena1141h) Three Kings And An Aoe,

versatile Dickie Vakntine H conffdering mskiaa the longest -ever Lmrac Ibm'aloo been kigned Po a°verve. tour since Numbing his solo singing career early in Mt second comedy radio series wall ''o8.8

definite Mier for Mare to Bern,. Pool. and DM .nolc.. 1"8 "fi8 '81"6.8r 61888i'star on Au., wiM a minimum - - --Me weeks' engagement startong in ,August. is reocit ing hm consider. Makes buying easytion. He is expo:Med to arrive at aJ ecision shortly. when he discuss, rrilm I. war deunimanw--firaMe eletaik with hio hook rig agoni K pdi al a liemsear plen-LiateI.esle (irtdo. been nooduccd al ilMVA one

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This mob has a good record !

IATTEN-SHUNT kTWO weeks ago Bernard Bresslaw, the 24 -year -old actor who

plays Private Popplewell in Granada TV's " The ArmyGame " series, was joking with his buddies about the recordthey had just made for HMV.

" What d'you think its chancesare of becoming a best seller ?"asked one.

" You can't hear a word any-body says on a best-seller thesedays," said another.

" Then I reckon we're a cert toget in the Top Twenty," jokedBernard.

It wasn't meant seriously. Asmillions know, the words on thehilarious comedy record of " TheArmy Game " are as clear as day. Itwas just a joke among four experi-enced straight actors who were be-wildered to find themselves in arecording studio for the first time intheir career.

Now it's a joke no longer. In twoweeks the disc has leapt to No. 17spot in the NME charts, and the lead -ink characters of " The Army Game "

SID COLIN, formerly a leadingband guitarist and now a top scriptwriter who pens "The Army Game"

had the idea for the record.

have become almost as well knownto the pop fans as they have to theviewers.

Lanky Bernard Bresslaw seemedpretty overwhelmed when I spoketo him this week and told him hewas now a Top Twenty recordingstar."It's all very confusing," he said

in a voice very different from thelugubrious tones of Private "Popeye."

" When I was at the RoyalAcademy of Dramatic Art, I studiedShakespeare and Greek tragedy. Inever envisaged making records andfinding myself in the Top Twenty,

" But it's very nice now I'm get-ting used to the idea. They're evenasking me to open record shops !"Was this his first attempt at singing

in public ? " It's the first time any-body's offered to pay me for it ! "he admitted.

" But I must confess I've oftensecretly fancied myself a singer.

"Sometimes, in my early days asan actor, I was so hard up for a jobthat I'd turn up for an audition andtell them I could do anything-sing,dance, do conjuring tricks, the lot.

"If they asked me about my sing-ing, I'd reply Bass -baritone '. Thatwas the only musical term I knew. Inever did get a singing job, but Ialways felt that if one came along,I wouldn't let myself down badly."

SeriousThe moron " of commercial TV's

most successful comedy series takeshis new-found recording career veryseriously. He is even learning to readmusic

"If I'm going to do some singing,I don't want to look daft when some-one sticks a sheet of notes in frontof me," he said.

Bernie has always been interestedin music, liking modern jazz, rock 'n'roll and-despite his attempts tomurder " Magic Moments " on" What Do We Do In The Army "-his favourite singer is Perry Como.

He has also made abortive effortsto play the banjo, and once nearly

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AI ME BASSbetter known to viewers as Private" Excused Boots " Bisley, was acabinet -maker's son from BethnalGreen. He broke into films as a boy-by appearing in a medical docu-mentary about the human eye. Hehas starred in many West End playsand films, including " A Kid for TwoFarthings " and Hell's Drivers."He looks back on his own Army dayswith horror. He was trained, muchagainst his will, as a despatch rider," but I could never remember how

to stop the darn thing."

MICHAEL MEDWINwho plays Corporal Springer, wasborn in London 33 years ago. Hejoined the Italia Conti School in1941, and started his stage career byplaying, in turn, nearly every part in" Where the Rainbow Ends." Heplayed repertory in Newcastle andhas since starred in West End plays.His many films include " TheCourtneys of Curzon Street," "AboveUs The Waves," " Doctor At Sea "and "Hill in Korea." He is akeen sportsman and a low -handicap

golfer.

BERNARD BRESSLAW24 -year -old son of a London tailor'spresser, is 6ft. bins. tall. After study-ing at the Royal Academy ofDramatic Art, he made his TV debutthree years ago in a BBC docu-mentary. He was seen in the NormanWisdom film, " Up In The World "and in " High Tide at Noon," butgot his big break when he playedthe part of a dopey guardsman in theTV production of " Who GoesThere." Army life is no novelty tohint. "1 was in the RASC and gotno further than private," he says.

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The Army Gamejoined a harmonica act in variety.

" I told them I'd join if I didn'tfind an acting job within a month,"recalled Bernard.

But soon after that I got a WestEnd part in a play called The BadSeed.' Otherwise I might still betouring in variety today."

What does he like most about beingPrivate "Popeye ? " " The waypeople go out of their way to help,"he said. " The other day I had apuncture and a passer-by came upand insisted on changing wheels forme. He did the whole job himself.

" The funniest thing is whenpeople write to me and say : ' We'vegot a brother just like you at home.Could we have a photograph.'"Although Private Popplewell is to

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Says CHARLES COVEYsome extent the " star voice " on There are also two important back-" The Army Game," the record as a room boys who played a big part inwhole, like the show, is the result of the success of the record.a brilliant piece of team work. One is scriptwriter Sid Colin, who

originated " The Army Game " series,suggested making the record, andwrote the lyrics for both numbers.

The other is Pat Napper, a Granadastudio manager, who wrote the thememusic of The Army Game " andalso composed the tune for the otherside.

The teamBoth sides feature a straight vocal

group singing the numbers, with the"soldiers" taking a line in turn andnipping in with odd bits of comedy.Altogether the disc captures a lot ofthe fun that viewers enjoy each weekin the TV serial.

Other Army characters heard onthe disc are Michael Medwin (whoplays Corporal Springer), Alfie Bass(Private " Excused Boots " Bisley),and Leslie Fyson as the Sergeant-Major.

Sid Colin is now one of radio andTV's top writers, with shows like" Educating Archie," " Double Top,"" Raise a Laugh " to his credit. Buthe is no stranger to the music busi-ness He once played guitar forAmbrose, Lew Stone and theSquadronaires.

WHO'S WHERE It was while working with RonnieAldrich that he composed " If 1 Only

(Week commencing Juno 9) Had Wings," the war -time hit. HeHARRY SECO:VIBE also wrote the words of another big -

London PalladiumTERRY DENE, EDNA SAVAGE

Birmingham HippodromePETULA CLARK

Brighton HippodromeDOROTHY SQUIRES

Edinburgh Empire " The session was certainlyWINIFRED ATWELL. KATHIE KAY, one of the funniest I've everDON RENNIE, DES O'CONNOR attended.Glasgow EmpireMALCOLM VAUGHAN, " None of the boys had ever been

PENNY NICHOLLS in a recording studio before, andLeeds Empire

KAYE SISTERSLiverpool Empire

LITA ROZA, AUDREY JEANSManchester Palace

JIMMY YOUNGSheffield Empire

EDDIE CALVERTCardiff New Theatre

JACKIE DENNIS, KN:NTONES,JOHN BARRY SEVENChiswick Empire

MAXINE DANIEI.SLondon Embassy Club

GARY MILLER, NAT GONELLAMorecambe Winter Gardens

ONE-NIGHT STANDS(Commencing June 6)

THE TRENIERS, TERRY WAYNE,HEDLEY WARD TRIO, CHAS.McDEVITT GROUP.Friday Gaumont, Cheltenham;Saturday : Gaumont, Wolverhampton;Sunday : Gaumont, Bradford; Mon-day : Odeon, Nottingham; Tuesday :Odeon, Leeds; Wednesday : City Hall,Sheffield; Thursday : Carlton, Nor-wich.

BAND CALL(Week commencing June 6)

JOHNNY DANKIVORTH ORCHESTRAFriday : Savoy Ballroom, Southsea ;Saturday: Regency Ballroom, Bath;Sunday: Pavilion, Bournemouth;Tuesday: Embassy, Welling,

TERRY LIGHTFoovs JAZZMENFriday: White Hart Hotel, Brent-wood; Saturday: Polytechnic, Lon-don; Sunday: Jazz Club, WoodGreen; Tuesday: Jazz Club, Barnet;Wednesday: Jazz Club, St. Albans;Thursday: Humphrey Lyttelton Club,London.

RONNIE ALDRICH AND THESQUADRONAIRESFriday: Winter Gardens, Malvern;Saturday: Pavilion Gardens, Buxton;Sunday: Palace, Burnley; Monday-Thursday: Greens Playhouse, Glas-gow.

CHRIS BARBER BANDSaturday: Dorking Halls; Sunday:Empire, Liverpool; Monday: Hum-phrey Lyttelton Club, London; Wed-nesday: White Hart Hotel. Southall;Thursday: Town Hall, Oxford.

some of them didn't take easily tosinging. Michael Medwin, for in-stance, has a real tin ear' and ifwas some time before we could getanything like' a melody out of him.

But Bernie has a natural talentfor singing-and making it soundfunny. He reminds me of a voiceshouting from deep down a man-hole ! "

It was Sid Conn who told methat Bernard had already been ear-marked for further recording titles-possibly as a solo voice."I think his voice has great

potential for taking the mickey outof the pop music scene," he said. "Itwould certainly blow some fresh airthrough all this screaming and shout-ing.

"I'm already working on ideas forsome new material, though it's a bittoo early yet to say what they are."

Big futureWhen I rang HMV's recording

manager Wally Ridley, he confirmedthat Bernard Bresslaw had beensigned for further discs. "Hecertainly has a future in records,although he's saddled a bit with this

Popeye ' character. But I think hecould well make two or three hitdiscs a year, provided the rightmaterial comes along. The material

selling song, " Friends And Neigh- counts first and foremost."bours." Could he say what the future

material would be ? Would he, forinstance, record a number writtenround a well known catch -phrase ?

" It's much too early to say," re-plied Wally, " we want to see firsthow well the first one's going todo."

Well, I only asked !

" I think it was the fact that theTV cast themselves make the recordthat got it away " Sid Colin told

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, Friday, Yune 6, 1958 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS 9

Life-lkes FRAME VAUGHAN

1 JAllby KEITH GOODWIN

villEN the now legendaryCharlie Parker passed away

a few years ago, the music worldlost not only one of the greatestsoloists it had ever known but alsoan influential pioneer who hadshaped the path of the music weknow today as modern jazz.

Charlie Parker played bop, buthe had roots planted deep in therich traditions of jazz. LikeLouis Armstrong, the man knownto the kingdom of jazz as Bird,played a music that was imme-diately acceptable to all jazz lovers.

Here was a musician who hadnot only achieved perfection inthe technical sense, but also ex-pressed his whole life and per-sonality by way of his music.Bird's jazz was an honest reflec-tion of himself.

It was not until he died thatBird began to harvest the fullrecognition he had fought so hardfor during his tragically short life,and it's a sobering yet sad thoughtthat Bird's following has morethan doubled since his last falter-ing flight.

The demand now for anythingfeaturing the incomparable Parkeris enormous, but London's five-volume IMMORTAL CHARLIEPARKER (LTZ-C 15104-8) shouldhelp -slake the thirst of the manypeople who are at last beginning

CHARLIE PARKERto realise just how much thismulti -talented man had to offer.

This is a unique and admirableproduction, covering some ofBird's earliest sessions for theAmerican Savoy label. The titlesdate back as far as 1944, and withthe exception of a few charts fromMiles Davis, Tiny Grimes andStint Gaillard, the tunes are allParker originals.

Numerous " takes " are in-cluded of almost all the titles, in-cluding the " master take " pre-viously released. The remainingstuff, however, is all unissuedmaterial, and this album is alsoan important document becausefor the first time, we have a" complete " session on wax.

You'll hear goofs galore onsome of the previously unissued" takes," as well as occasional" Hold it Charlie, that's enough "shouts from the control box. Butthrough it all shines the genius ofBird-the greatest soloist in con-temporary jazz history.

Birthplace: Liverpool.Birthdate: February 3, 1928.Height: 6 ft.Weight: 13 stone 5 lb.Colour of hair: Black.Colour of eyes: Dark brown.Family: Wife, Stella; son, David (4)

and daughter, Susan (2).Present home: Hendon, Middlesex.First singing experience: B a n d

vocalist during Army days inMalta.

Early training: Went to Leeds Uni-versity to study commercial art.

First break: Brought the house downwhen he sang at students' rag atLeeds Empire. As a result, HarryParry signed him for week's guestappearances in variety.

First professional theatre date: Trialweek at Kingston Empire.

Other early show business experience:Toured in small variety road show,

The Old and the New." Was alsovocalist with Nat Temple's Band.

First recording: " My Sweetie WentAway "/" Strange " (for HMV).

Present recording company: Philips.Hit records: " Green Door," " Gar-

den Of Eden," " Wanderin' Eyes,"" Man On Fire," " Kisses SweeterThan Wine," "Gotta Have Some-thing In The Bank, Frank," "Can'tGet Along Without You Now,"" We Are Not Alone," " KewpieDoll."

Favourite personal recording: "GiveMe The Moonlight."

Films: Has made " These DangerousYears " and " Wonderful Things "for Anna Neagle and HerbertWilcox. Now working on " TheLady is a Square," with AnnaNeagle co-starring.

Royal appearances: Selected for theRoyal Variety Performance at theLondon Palladium in November,1957. Has now been chosen to takepart in Scottish Royal Show atGlasgow next month.

Other honours: Being chosen by theVariety Club of Great Britain as" Show Business Personality of1957." Nominated "Top ScreenSinging Star" in Picturegoerannual awards.

West End engagement: Starred in hisown show at the Palace Theatreearlier this year.

American visits: Has so far madetwo highly successful trips to theU.S. this year for TV and personal.He is due to return in the autumnfor Broadway film premiere.

Hobbies: Boys' clubs, playing soccer,physical training, sketching andinterior decorating.

Dislikes: Greedy and conceitedpeople, and over -made-up girls.

Likes: Playing with children andwatching their happiness.

The future: Shortly due to begin asummer season at Brighton Hippo-drome.

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. OFFICIAL announcement has been made here of Frankie ,-,:

" Vaughan's unprecedented establishment of a scholarship inhis name for " a deserving member of the Boys' Club of America :IIwho exhibits real talent as a vocalist." 1

The winner, to be chosen from 600,000 Boys' Club members in/Il

iA imerica, will be flown to England in time to entertain at the annual m

AMERICAN October concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London during " Boys' alClub Week." a'

NEWS -BOXHe, will then spend ten days touring English Boys' Clubs with %

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Vaughan, doing concerts and meeting fellow Boys' Club members. B31.1 .1The winner will spend three weeks in England in all, with Vaughan

.11a paying all expenses, including transportation both ways. Says Albertr Ray's success L. Cole, president of the Boys' Clubs of America: " We are rightfully

Johnnie Ray has been having proud of Frankie Vaughan and extremely grateful to him for this .§ a characteristically successful en- scholarship. ii

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York Mirror " : "There's no one American

believeeA:imclaenrican

and British Boys' Clubs will be of great value to Anglo-Vaughan's grant will provide between Ilie

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gagement at the Latin Quarter.Writes Lee Mortimer of the "New

0kin his league, when it comes tosellingnsongs. His personality is One -ma. unique, his showmanship is flaw - l'less and his appeal is uni- show JOINED BASIE ill::

Billy Mitchell is now a IIversal " . . . regular member on tenor on theCount Baste band. SnookieYoung remains the newesttrumpeter and Al Grey the newesttrombonist. Basie's night club in'Harlem is doing well, with Eddie"Lockjaw " Davis the long-termcombo.

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Annie Ross will be back to Institute and Hospital. It was thevisit in England around mid -June. third major benefit Davis hasShe has been recording an album played this year, making himof Charlie Parker compositions for probably the leading charityWorld Pacific . . . worker in show business According to several sources, %

IS including the "New York Times":ific PAT BOONE GARY CROSBY TEAM ? and a group of superb musicians a'

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.. Pat's average this year at Columbia University, despite the distrac-t tions of his TV series, films and records, was A -minus. He's got hise Bachelor of Science degree.

aa In the fall, lie will study acting in New York with the celebrated... teacher, Sands Meisner, at the Neighbourhood Playhouse . . . Young took place at Btrdland .. . %le.'n'.enmnen"ienaen'en'n'n'irenn`en'en'n'n'n'aanneen'em'emelenienneenren'en'en`eenimn,

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Was Jackie Bennis avoiding Tommy Steele's fate?CATHERINE WATSON writes from

South Milford, Yorks :I travelled 11 miles to see Jackie

Dennis at the theatre recently andwas completely " sent " by his per-formance. After the show 1 joinedsome other girls at the stage door.

Suddenly a small, duffle -coatedfigure darted to a car and climbed inwith what seemed to be a 'sigh ofrelief. He didn't wave or smile to usas the car sped away.

Why did he hurry like that ? Washe frightened of being mobbed likeTommy Steele ?

* * *PATRICIA KING, of Watford,

Herts, writes:I was very surprised and angry

when I read that Lonnie Donegan'srecord Nobody Loves Like AnIrishman " had been banned by theBBC on religiouS grounds.

" Ai Koran," the phrase objectedto, seems to me perfectly inoffensive.I can think of songs, like " GardenOf Eden." which have not beenbanned, but which have far moreobjectionable phrasing.

* * *ALAN M Al HER writes from

Baraton, Midlothian:notice there is an increasing

number of instrumentals in the sheetmusic charts. This is surely a signthat the public is now buying musicin order to play them on an instru-ment and not just for the words.

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* * *HELEN SMITH writes from Bach -

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But Jim has come through wonder-fully, and given the show an evenbrighter swing than it already had

* *Mrs. G. SHELTON, of Dagenham,

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he like to meet one of the Wellknown singers. I imagined theymight be a little " uppish " and off-hand.

But I had the good fortunte tomeet Ronnie Carroll and RussHamilton recently. I was most im-pressed by their charming manners.Some so-called fans could take alesson front these two young men.

* * *NIGEL BURLINSON, of Woodford

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I'm sure all his admirers will joinme in hoping that " Teacher,Teacher " will make the Top Ten andso break the hoodoo for Johnny,

PATRICK W I S E, of Clanfield,Oxfordshire, writes:Why hasn't Jerry Le Lewis's

record of " I'm Feeling Sorry " beenadvertised very much? I only cameto know of it through seeing it in a" new releases " list in a shopwindow.

1 asked to bear it and immediatelybought it. I consider it Jerry's bestrecord to date.

* * *DAVID ADES writes from Leigh -on -

Sea, Essex:I think it's about time that we

accepted the fact that, at the moment,America is "tops" in the pop world.British artists just can't match theraucous row which is such a big sell-ing point these days-though some ofthem try very hard!

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* * *SYLVIA KNOTT writes from Guild-

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Donegan will at last play before theQueen at the Scottish Variety Showin July.

I was, to say the least, very in-dignant that one of our greatest andmost successful artists was omittedfrom the last London PalladiumRoyal Variety Show.

* * *CHRISTOPHER W AR D writes

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can people become I am referringto the cancellation of Jerry LeeLewis's tour.

Fans do not admire a star because

he is a bachelor, went to high schooland goes to church on Sundays. Theyadmire a star for his artistry andpersonality.

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their idols to pieces ? Please think,girls, before you try to grab hold ofhim. Think what you have done toTommy Steele and how bitterly dis-appointed thousands of his moresensible fans were that they weren'table to see him on the stage as theyhad hoped!

I danced in the air when I queuedup long before the booking officeopened and then came away withfront seat tickets to see Tommy.Then I was told he was too ilk, toappear.

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THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday, June 6, 1958

tells how two sacked men paved the way to the fame ofJUST three weeks ago I commented that it is virtually impos-

sible to omit the name of talent -spotter Arthur Godfreyfrom any success story involving an American artist. TheEverly Brothers are no exception.

Mr. Godfreyplayed an im-portant and instru-mental part in therapid rise to fameof these two youngKentuckians.

In this particularinstance, Godfrey'sInfluence was ratherindirect. He didn'tgive the boys theirfirst big break onhis TV show or any-thing like that. Hiscontribution to thisstory - with - a -happy - ending wassimply that he fireda couple of peoplewho were on hispay -roll I

The gentlemenwho bore the bruntof Mr. Godfrey'swrath were ArchieBleyer, an extremelycapable a n d far-sighted young

Lttusical director, and a promising,le -known baritone called JuliusRosa.

After leaving Arthur Godfrey,Archie Bleyer set about fulfilling alife-long ambition-to form hisown record company. Thus theCadence label came into being.The very first name he signed wasJulius LaRosa.Cadence quickly developed into a

force to be reckoned with in therecording world, thanks largely toplatter -seller LaRosa. He became anational favourite during his t w oyears' association with Archie.

Cadence had blossomed into anextremely enterprising and mostformidable organisation when TheEverly Brothers were first brought tothe attention of Archie Bleyer earlylast year.

First hitHe immediately sensed their

potential as recording artists, realisingthat their youthful appeal and dis-tinctive style was tailor-made for thedisc -market.

At their recording test, Archiehad heard the boys perform severalnumbers. The one which impressedhim most was " Bye Bye Love."It became their first release on the

Cadence label and zoomed into thestratospheric sales figure of nearlytwo million.

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very day that the NME recorded theentry of " Bye Bye Love " into theAmerican Top Twenty. It is by wayof being an appropriate anniversary

THE EVERLYSpresent that they should today findthemselves sitting on top of theAmerican table with their third hit ina row-and, to all intents and pur-poses, their hat -trick of GoldenDiscs.

Indeed, the youngsters have misseda hat -trick of Number Ones only bya mini -groove. " Bye Bye Love "hovered in second place Stateside forfour weeks, before commencing theclimb down ; but The Everlys' twosubsequent hits-" Wake Up, LittleSusie " and the current " All I HaveTo Do Is Dream "/" Claudette "coupling-have both secured thedistinction of topping America's best-sellers.

The boys' success in this countrylends weight to the theory thatcountry-and-western music, with itsroots deeply bedded in the authen-tic folk origins of the Middle -West,is gaining in popularity here at theexpense of the basic crudeness ofrock 'n' roll.The Everlys, hitherto completely

unknown in these isles, jumped intosixth slot with their first disc lastsummer, and came back even morestrongly with the follow-up, whichbecame the nation's No. 2 and wouldundoubtedly have reached top but for

the solidarity of Belafonte's " Mary'sBoy Child " during the pre -Christmasperiod.

Just how high they will go with_their latest release (at present in 12thplace) only the next four or fiveweeks will tell.

But one thing is certain-on bothsides of the Atlantic The EverlyBrothers have proved that they areno flash in the pan. For here they aretoday, in an even stronger positionthan when the fans avidly seizedupon their first disc hit. And in thesedays of overnight record sensationsto have lasted a year means that youare an accepted and established artist.

TV starsSuch is the case with The Everly

Brothers. One of the most sOught-after acts in the States, they are stillresident of their native Kentucky,where they appear_ regularly on the" Grand Ole Opry " TV show (asthey have been doing since May oflast year).

They are frequently seen on manyof America's top -rated programmes,including Patti Page's " Big Record "and the Ed Sullivan, Vic Damoneand Julius LaRosa shows. And theyhave enough offers of bookings in

night-spots and package tours to keepthem working steadily for the nexttwo years I

Though Don and Phil Everlyhave but recently commanded in-ternational attention, they havebeen in show business for as longas they can remember.They made their first bows at the

tender age of eight and six respec-tively (they're only 21 and 19 now I)when, together with their parents,they comprised a singing act knownas The Everly Family. After Momand Pop retired to the middle-agedsecurity of shopkeeping, the boysdeveloped their own act-very muchmodernised to appeal to the youngerelement-and consisting largely oftheir own compositions.

Like many of today's youngerschool of artists, they write much oftheir own material. Both the reversesides of their first two disc hits werepenned by The Everlys and of theirpresent double -sided hit, "Claudette"is their own composition.

They have also written songs whichhave been waxed by other c -and -wsingers, including Kitty Wells, AnitaCarter and Justin Tubb.

Before they broke into the big-time, The Everlys recorded some titles

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PLATTERS SHINE AT TWILIGHT TIME!THE towering Platters intro-

duced themselves to the

Hit followed hit-for a while at

pop music world with a streamof top -selling hit records to-wards the latter part of 1956.

least.Then as their last success

Duke Ellington, Dorsey Brothersarranger also wrote " The GreatPretender " (initially a hit herefor Australian Jimmy Parkinson)," Only You " (first popularised inBritain by the Hilltoppers) and"The Magic Touch," you'llquickly realise that he's something

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more than the customary " back -room boy."

These, then, are the people who:1

have sung their way back again %

illinto the highly competitive hit ITparade. We think they are going

e to be around for a long tune-and the Platters' countless thou-sands of devoted fans are going tomake sure of it !

KEITH GOODWIN.

Taylor .......-"?..r.-eiee.re.r.w.......The Platters are (I. to r.) : Herbert Reed, David Lynch, ZolaPaul Robi and Tony Williams.

ladder, it ousted the high flying" Tequila " which had kept theChamps at the head of the charts.

progress of " TwilightTime " here has been less sen-sational and a good deal slower.May 16 saw It enter the chartsfor the first time, and consistentsales have now placed it at No.16.The direct results of the Platters'

early record hits are many andvaried, but most important of all,it has led to their recognition inAmerica, Britain and on the Con-siernern.W.W.P.V." tinent as one of the world'spremier vocal groups.

The rise to nationwide popu-larity in America of titles like" Only You," " The Great Pre-tender," " Magic Touch," and" My Prayer " resulted in count-less package tours, concerts andlucrative night club engagements,besides important appearances infilms like " Rock Around TheClock " and " The Girl Can'tHelp It".

In Britain, all the above -men-tioned discs made the hit paradegrade in a big way with the ex-ception of " Magic Touch," andadded best sellers came thePlatters' way with " You'll Never,Never Know," " It Isn't Right,"and "I'm Sorry".

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faded into the distance, so thetalented fivesome f aced aworrying spell of bleak, barrenmonths with nothing evenremotely resembling a bestseller to lift their spirits.

But the Platters, who regardthemselves not simply as a rock'n' roll group but as an all-roundsinging team, continued to turnout discs at a steady rate, knowingfull well that one of them wasbound to click sooner or later.And now it's happened I

The song in question is an" oldie "-a slow, insistent littlemelody called " Twilight Time."Success came first in America,where it burst into the hit paradeat No. 7 on April 18.

With all the shattering velocityof a Sputnik flashing across thesky, it continued its upward flight,and a week later, was America'stop selling disc . . . an achieve-ment worth noting, particularlyas in arriving at the top of the

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I Such was their popularity herethat in 1956, NME readers votedthem second only to the long-established Four Aces as theWorld's Outstanding Vocal Group.Twelve months later, they were atthe top of the poll !

With public attention tightlyfocused on them, the time wasripe for the Platters to make theirinitial tour of Britain, and follow-ing a sensational debut in Yorkon March 12 last year, they playedtwo power -packed, electrifyingweeks at the famed London Palla-dium the next month.

So far, we've mentioned onlythe group's single releases, but

4 it's very necessary to point outI. that they are among America's topweeeedwee"...vecegeire.

album sellers. Over here, theirMercury LPs, like " The FlyingPlatters," have sold remarkablywell, and in France, too, this par-ticular album was (and still is) atremendous seller.

Right now, the Platters are inthe throes of a lengthy Euro-pean tour, and reports indicatethat they are attracting colossalcrowds at every performance.Early in May, they completed a

film for an Italian company, andduring the same month, they alsofilmed a contribution in Rome forinclusion in the celebrated U.S.Ed Sullivan TV show.

EARLY DISCSPlatters' supporters (and there

are plenty of them !) are foreveron the look -out for records to addto their collections, and they maybe interested to know that ten ofthe group's earliest records (forthe U.S. King label) have nowbeen released in album form byParlophone.

If you've only recently becomeaddicted to the Platters' brand ofvocal group magic, you'll doubt-less want to know who makeswhat sounds within the group.Lead tenor and most featuredsinger is New Jersey -born TonyWilliams, while the second tenorchair is held down by ex -taxidriver David Lynch, from St.Louis, Missouri.

Baritone Paul Robi acts asspokesman for the group, and alsopens some of their arrangements,and Kansas City native HerbertReed handles the bass parts.Finally, there's glamorous ZolaTaylor-singer, pianist, songwriterfrom Los Angeles, who is alsobuilding up quite a reputation asa comedienne.

Though the Platters arebasically a quintet, there's asixth member who stays moreor less in the background. Hisname is Buck Ram, and he'sthe group's manager.But when we tell you that this

ex -Benny Goodman, Count Basie,

for the specialised c -and -w section ofAmerican Columbia. Apart fromlocalised sales, they did not meanvery much at the time.

But in view of their presentsales potential, it would never sur-prise me to see these early record-ings find an outlet over here, hyway of the Philips or Fontanalabel.Actually, the boys were experienc-

ing a pretty sticky time and wereeven considering quitting the busi-ness when a music -publisher friend,Wesley Rose, recommended them toArchie Bleyer. And the volcano,which had been seething for years,suddenly erupted and engulfed theentire country I

Something tells me that thistime next year, I shall be writ-ing a second anniversarytribute to The E v er 1 yBrothers !

JEFF CHANDLER

"Recording songs is a hectic busi-ness. I listen to 50-100 tunes. ThenI go over them with officials fromU.S. Decca and we decide which arebest suited to my voice.

"We toss around ideas for a coupleof days, rehearse, then the actualrecording session starts-two hoursfor each song. You can see that,when I'm making a movie at thesame time, I don't have time for anyhobbies.

"Among my closest friends I countJanet Leigh and Tony Curtis. Tonyis from the Bronx, I'm from Brook-lyn. We met when we were bothstarting out at Universal -Internationaland both homesick for New York.This was before Tony and Janet weremarried."

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Tommy Steele was in jovial mood when he went to London Airport tosee his mother, his brother Roy and his sister Sandra off for a holiday

in Jersey this week.

mental releases by Frank Chacks-field's orchestra (" Limelight " and" Ebb Tide ") both reached No. 2position-but can this magnificentaccomplishment be attained by aBritish singer The music industryof this nation must benefit in manyways it Laurie London's bold attemptis achieved.

In wishing him good fortune, It istimely that three names are spot-lighted for their personal contribu-tions to Laurie's success - NormanNewell who selects all his disctitles and supervises the recordingsessions; Geoff Love (the brilliantarranger), responsible for Laurie'smusical accompaniment ; HarryWalters (EMI exploitation andsales executive), who discoveredLaurie London (then aged thirteen)at a BBC Radio Exhibition lastautumn-and arranged an auditionwith Norman Newell within a fewdays.

This needed plenty of pluck ; arriv-ing at New York airport last Wed-nesday, Jerry Lee Lewis told reportershe could live in England, because ofhis popularity here 1 . . , MarcelSteliman (British, RCA representative)penned the lyrics of Max Bygraves'current "Tulips From Amsterdam "hit-also recent Ames Brothersmillion - seller, Melodic D'Amour " . . . With the death lastweek of Tom Rockwell (chief of lead-ing U.S. Agency, GAC), Perry Comolost his closest personal friend . . .

Although Andrew Anka sold hisOttawa restaurant, he denies takingover Paul Anka's business affairs -stating that Irving Feld continues asPaul's personal manager .. . VintageFrank Sinatra albums have beenrevived by three American labels-including a set with Tommy Dorsey'sorchestra . . . Surprisingly, it is morethan six months since Harry Bela-fonte's last hit entered the sellershero .

Praise for Ronnie Hilton - notafraid to admit he is a great admirerof Lonnie Donegan's tremendousshowmanship . . . Undoubtedly saleshere of Sheb Wooley's U.S. hit title"The Purple People Eater" will behotly contested-by Jackie Dennis'sstrong rival version-on Decca . . .From his latest film, " Gunman'sWalk," Tab Hunter sings "I'm ARunaway," shortly available onLondon Records . . .

Elvis Presley (in " King Creole ")gives his best -ever screen acting per-formance, reports Bob Bernstein, U.S." Billboard " critic; he also gives arave review to Frankie Vaughan's act-ing in retitled " Dangerous Youth "-released this week by WarnerBrothers throughout America ...Thegreat vocal quality of Vera Lynn wasundeniable at Harringay ArenaSpastics Ball last Saturday-equallingPat Boone's top class interpretationof " It's Too Soon To Know " . . .

Ed Sullivan's TV series celebratestenth anniversary on June 22 . . .

Bunny Lewis (responsible forlaunching record career of DavidWhitfield) is shrewdly handlingBritain's best new vocal group, TheMudlarks ; they are strongly tippedto outsell The Monotones here with

Book Of Love "--particularly afterdemoralising The Chordettes for the" Lollipop " lolly . . . When takingover from Perry Como (as summerreplacement on his U.S.-TV series),Bob Crosby's opening programmechief guests are the Everly Brotherson June 14 . . . " Secret Of Happi-ness " is very appropriate title ofDinah Shore's new RCA release; herhappy marriage to screen star GeorgeMontgomery is an open secret . . .

He may not like this question, butis Will London wise to handle thebusiness affairs of his son, LaurieLondon-considering lack of previousshow business experience ? . . .

Connie Francis's Whose SorryNow ? " smash hit is a signal forrevivals with same style rock -flavoured beat ... Johnny Johnston'scomposition, " Red River Rose "(waxed by Dickie Valentine), is re-leased by LondonAmerica . . .

In Britain with Vic Damone thisweek Is noted Hollywood personalmanager, Milt Ebbins-guiding lightat the outset of Billy Eckstine's solocareer . . . Recent London Palladiumvariety season would have been ex-tended-if Frankie Vaughan hadaccepted an offer to playa fortnightthere, following Johnnie Ray . . . Aseverance of partnership betweenMarty Melcher and British publisherDave Toff is expected - regardingMelcher-Toff Music Co. here . . .

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The Cyril Stapleton orchestramade their first commercial TVappearance (from Harringay Arenalast week -end), which booker LeslieGrade rated one of best ever "Satur-day Spectacular" relays; LonnieDonegan's group generated plenty ofexcitement in this programme, alsoJackie Dennis was a big hit (and, sur-prisingly, Jimmy Kenny, too) - butan over -dramatised " On The StreetWhere You Live " marred GaryMiller's performance . . . Hardlylikely Frank Sinatra can be accusedof not co-operating this week; haveyet to find a pressman who hasspoken to him . . . Seems certainthat Joan Regan and Decca will partcompany . . .

Although Bob Crosby gave a pleas-ing performance (in Val Parnell'sSunday Palladium ATV show), toomuch material was angled at hisbrother, Bing Crosby ; when singing,it was remarkable how similar Bobsounded to Ronnie Hilton . . Priorto the Chas. McDevitt group takingover from Jerry Lee Lewis on currenttour, the Jerry Allen Trio deputisedat Birmingham on Tuesday last

week . . . Five years ago, "IBelieve" (Frankie Laine's :1isc: toppedbest sellers here, with U.S. chartsheaded by Percy Faith orchestra("Theme From Moulin Rouge") .

Ever -popular London favourite,Guy Mitchell will get a big welcomeat Walthamstow Granada (June 14). . . For Johnnie Ray's next visit here,special material is being collectedby manager Bernie Lang-for analbum to be waxed with Cyril()readers orchestra . . . Despiteadverse personal publicity, sales ofTerry Dene's " Stairway Of Love "prove that the public buy what theylike-irrespective of other circum-stances ! . .

Dean Martin's vocal had pianoaccompaniment by screen star JackLemmon on his latest U,S.-TV show-besides weird saxophone soundsfrom comedian Sid Caesar . . .

London premiere of " St. LouisBlues included specially recordedtribute to W. C. Handy, relayed be-fore film showing; but whoever wasresponsible for Nat " King " Coleplugging a Capitol album in hisspeech, resorted to lowest formof bad taste . . . Tommy Steele wasgiven a great deal of pleasure whenE. R. Lewis (Decca's chief) permittedhim to supervise a Kentones waxing-now being considered for U.S. re-lease (on London label) by WaltMaguire; if acceptable. Tommy canplay the a & r game again, even withother artists . .

Betty Hutton had a standing ova-tion (at Lou Walters' new Broadwaynight spot, Cafe de Paris) - from1,100 opening night patrons . . TheDeep River Boys, now playingSweden, prior to tenth annual Britishtour . . . Billy, Eckstine's recentlysigned management contract hasended by mutual consent-with RalphHarris (handler of business affairs forLena Home) ...

We gratefully acknowledge personalletter of thanks from Sir TomO'Brien, M.P.-for NME contribu-tion to Festival Gardens Star Gala"charity event ... With Teresa Brewerat Coconut Grove, Jerry Lewis(Moulin Rouge), Peggy Lee(Mocambo) Carmen Cavallaro

orchestra (Staffer Hotel), MattDennis/Ruth Olay (Avante Garde),and June Christy (Crescendo), Holly-wood has never experienced so manymusic stars simultaneously appearingin cabaret there . . . A single concertby Lawrence Welk Band at SanAntonio (Texas) last week grossed0,000 . . .

Comprising several Sammy Cahn -Jimmy Van Heusen compositions,forthcoming RCA " Fancy MeetingYou " LP is a Bing Crosby showcase- but including vocal duets .;tr.Rosemary Clooney, besides solotracks for both singers . . Lookinglike Doris Day may prOve a bigadvantage to Britain's most improvedvocalist - photogenic RosemarySquires . . . Following a Top Tenhat -trick with first three releases here,Paul Anka's sequence has been.sgem-ingly broken . . .

A Gordon Irving comment on re-cent Glasgow appearance by RuesHamilton is that he iooks untidyhighlight of the act is his version ofLonnie Donegan's " Putting On -

Style " . . . RCA have isslical secondof Perry - Como's. "We. Get.

Letters " album here-with Mitchell.Ayres directing the music,, plus tune-ful Ray Charles Singers . . . A well -deserved three weeks' holiday nowbeing taken by Ted Heath's entireband . . .

Having completed filming withEartha Kitt (for his initial majorscreen role in "Anna Lucasta "),Sammy Davis Jnr. has resumed nightclub dates at Las Vegas's Sands Hotelunder Frank Sinatra's auspices .Philips will issue future discs here byKitty Kallen, a new signing for theirAmerican counterpart label, made byMitch Miller-in addition to " BateSuede Shoes " singer -composer CarlPerkins . . . Final ABC TV "TopNumbers" program me on Sundaywas hall -marked by Kenneth Carter'sslick production , praise awards toultra -modern Polka Dots vocal group,versatile nancerisinger Lionel Blair,easy for looking -and -listening -to Rose-mary Squires-plus immaculate per-formance from suave Dennis Lotis,despite bad lighting in two num-bers . . .

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