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'ANYONE CAN MAKE THE TOP TEN'"ANYONE can get a record in the top ten,

but it's up to you whether you live ordie on stage. They've all come to see you-to see whether you can stand up to yourrecord's reputation. It's all very well turningout a good record-but if you don't godown well on stage, that's it."

The speaker giving with these pearls ofwisdom was Clint Wai-wick, the MoodyBlues 24 -year -old bass guitarist. And he waswell -qualified to speak on the subject. Withthe Moodies "Go Now" well up in thecharts, here they were on their first tourwith everyone watching to see if they couldlive up to their record's reputation.

I was sitting in their dressing room onthe second night of the tour surroundedby umpteen tins of coke, packets of cigar-ettes and various Moody Blues, with acouple of managers, road managers andother odd people thrown in for good

say the MOODY BLUES

to Christine Osbournemeasure_ So how did they feel about play-ing to such a large, critical audience, 1

asked? The answers were varied.Clint "had butterflies," drummer Graeme

was plain "frit"-his grammar, not mine!-and pianist Mike felt "orrible" but"'appy"-again his English, not yourstruly's. The other two listened with just ahint of superiority. "I started when I was11 on a stage the same size as this one,"said lead vocalist Denny, "So it wasn't sobad." And Ray wasn't at all nervous. "Myfirst ever show was at the BirminghamHippodrome when I was 16-and I was

out there all on my own that time!"The general opinion was that this is a

big opportunity for them not just to showthemselves to the public on a large scale.but to get experience and a really goodstage act. "We're planning on changing theroutine every week if we have time," Miketold me. "Our trouble is we're all perfec-tionists. We come off stage happy, pleasedwe've gone down well-but not satisfied.Even while they're still clapping out there,I'm thinking 'What can we do to betterthe act' all the time."

Seeing as the Moodies were in a reason-ably serious frame of mind for once, Idecided to throw in a few more seriousquestions-like how they felt about thetour, the audiences, the critics and othersuch topics in the hope of getting somesensible answers out of them. Graemekicked off. "Makes no difference to me

whether the audience is small, medium orlarge-I'm always 'frit' before I go on.Critics don't worry me. If you're playingto the audience and they're receiving you,that's all that matters-not what the criticssay."

Denny: "We need this tour. We've onlybeen together eight months so we wantto give people the chance to see us andknow our record wasn't just a fluke. Andworking with Chuck is a knockout. He's areal showman, which is something I'd liketo be. No, the audience doesn't bother memuch. It doesn't make any differencewhether it's a bum club or a rum placelike this, though I admit I prefer playingto these sort of audiences."

Over to "'orrible but 'appy" Mike. "Iwas terribly relieved when the first show

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LOUIE A POP YARDSTICK!

L. to R. DICK ST. JOHN, three of the KINGSMEN and below, DIONNE WARWICK.

PAT OUR BACKS'VE been absolutely shattered

I over the past two weeks-infact I've almost had a stroke.

Reason? On FIVE separate occa-sions, 1113C radio has played discsby Del Shannon. I feel that aftercomplaining, some months ago. inRM, about the lack of airplay forhis discs. 1 must now congratulatethem. Before we know where weare, Del will be suffering fromover -exposure. - T. W. Wilson, 37Fullarton Drive, Truon, Ayrshire.

Says James Craig: ReadNorman Jopling's article noDel on the hack page, alongwith colour pie.

HE WINS AGAINSO the Spector Sound was sup-

posed to be finished. Take agood long look at the U.S.

charts. What a triumph for Philin the rise of "Lost That Lovin'Feelin' " . after producing out-standing and original discs by theRonettes, Crystals despite thestupid "let's buy all British" crazewhich is sweeping the States. Ijoin Andrew Oldham and give con-gratulations to Phil, whose discsbear the stamp of professionalismwith each proving an emotionala n d technically - satisfying ex-perience.-Robert Worrall. 60a HighStreet. Newport Pagnell, Bucks.

THE GREATESTT'D just like to mention to Mrs.

Creswick that if Cliff was abore, he wouldn't be at the top

where he is today. Cliff doesn'tneed a big wide grin or a fancyyacht to make him a star. He isthe best star Britain has got. He'sthe greatest.-Patricia Stirling, 90Cranford Road, Petersfield Hants.

Says James Craig: Cliffwould have been MISTERControversy of the week-except that not one readeragreed with reader Mrs.Creswick's viewpoint thathis career was boring. Onehundred per cent for Cliff,in fact.

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when the whole scene hasrevolved round one song-The Kingsmen's "Louie,Louie" - for months.Besides completely copy-ing the Kingsmen's vocaland instrumental style,The Kinks rose to famewith two watery twists ofthis classic, then pro-vided us all with endlessamusement by Lecordingit openly. Heinz had hissecond biggest hit everwith another disguisedversion of this It & Bopus and recently it hasbeen put out as a singleon Philips by someonesounding like an in-competent one-man band.The parasites should atleast leave off the newerAmerican greats.

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PEOPLEare often appalled al

the careless pronunciation cfmany pop singers. Surely

someone could tell the singers, ata recording studio when they arebeing so tiresome as to say "he-yend" for "hand" and "terve" for"love". After listening to many ofthem, the following few lines ranround in my head.

What is this thing called "lerve".We're always hearing "erf".Perhaps 'twould rhyme with

curve,Or swerve; or verve, or nerve!But never, never, never does it

go with "moon above",Nor all the delightful things that

seem to rhyme with love,So send them hack to school

once moreTo learn the spelling ofThis word that was pronounced

of yore,In simple English: "Liiv".

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was over, and terribly, terribly tired. We'd been rehearsingfor so long that day. Hey, did you know we've got a silverdisc? Yea, they only told us today. I don't know where it'scoming from, but I know it's coming from somewhere."Leaving Mike still muttering 'where do silver discs come fromanyway?' I gave Ray a chance to have his say.

"It's only when I hear the kids shouting for us that I reallyfeel nervous-they expect so much, you see. But it's greatcoming off stage with them still shouting- you know youhaven't let them down then. And I love doing the record- people recognise the number and it makes you feelreally . . . "

"Good!" exclaimed Clint triumphantly determined to havethe last word as well as the first. "In fact, there's only onething about the tour we're not too keen on. We're not usedto having things thrown at us, and although it's a noveltycollecting some of the little gonks and things, the medallions,St. Christophers and money HURT! We know we look hardup but . . . And we wouldn't mind so much, but it seemswe're only worth coppers!"

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Manhattens.New US releases Include-"The Man"-Lorne Green; "Six Boys"

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IP "Black Denim"-Surfaris; "Fly Me To The Moon"-LavernBaker: IvO "My Little Room"-Jimmy Soul; "Little Things"-Bobby Goldsboro; 0_ "Jerk & Twine"-Jackie Ross; "Can't You Just See Me"-w Aretha Franklin; "Jashy Found The Keeshka"-Matys Brothers;O "I'm In Such Misery"-Don Gardner; "Cross My Heart Again"_ -Bobby Vee.

Some new Atlantic albums this month include-"Mercy! " - _ Don Covay; "The Good Life With Tile Drifters;" "Hold What iir_ You've Got"-Joe Tex; "And I Love Him"-Esther Phillips; 0W "Seven Letters"-Ben. E. King.ll 14 4, 4, 4, 40 ll 41 41 0 40 1, 40 I/ 41 40 11 14 lb 4, 41 40 41 14 4, 41 40

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Billy's horse a

film star now!AS Stanley Holloway would say "Wiv a little bit of luck" Billy Fury should be better off

by quite a few quid in three months' time. But he'll need rain as well as luck.Before you all start calling me mad, let me explain that rain plays a big part in the

horse racing side of Billy's life these days. In fact, he reckons that rain is the secret ofAnselmo's success on the track of late.

"After the Derby, he didn't do any good," Billy reminded me. "Lots of people were back-ing him and I felt lousy. Now he's licking the hide off horses that have beaten him before.

"He likes mud. If the ground'shard, it's no good for him, but ifhe can dig his hooves into somemud, he's okay."

Anselmo-who must be the onlyfilm star horse about-is enteredfor the Champion Hurdle in March.And the prize money is a cool taxfree £8,000.

Billy smiled at the thought ofall that loot, then said: "The prizemoney for winning the Derby is£72,000. Another few yards and wecould have won that, I think."

More reasons for Billy gettingricher? Right. How about thiscracking record he's got out now.I think "I'm Lost Without You"is absolutely great and one of thebest discs out since "Needles AndPins" which I'm still raving about.

Now this record is zooming upthe charts faster than rising pricesand the royalties soon to goBilly's way will amount to agood bit. Which brings us nicelyto the subject of Billy's recordreleases.

SCARED"I leave it up to Dick Rowe."

Billy admitted. "He shows mewhat he's picked out. It's up toDick and Larry Parries. Then wego through them for a few hoursand decide which one is best."

I asked Billy why the Gamblers,his backing group, don't get usedon his records.

"The ones they do with me getput on 'B' sides and LPs," hereplied, taking a last drag froma cigarette and stubbing it outin an already full ash tray. "Ilike working with them 'cause wecan work out the arrangementswell together.

"I'm scared of recording withbig orchestras 'cause I never knowwhat they've got worked out. Theyshow me their arrangement and

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I get in with it. They always useorchestras on my records, though.and it works out okay."

If you want another reason forBilly's coming money there's hisnation-wide tour due to start inMarch, He wasn't quite sure ofall the details when I spoke tohim, but he revealed one interest-ing aspect.

"I'll be backed by a big bandsupplementing the Gamblers," hetold me. "Don't know how it'sgonna sound."

The tour goes out pretty well atthe same time as Billy's film "I'veGotta Horse" is due for generalrelease.

"We do musical story numbers,not songs that would be out onsingles," he pointed out. "We doa lot of songs with dancing aboutas well.

"Anselmo's got a good part,"he cracked. "There was one scenewhere Michael Medwin and LeslieDwyer had to stand in front ofhim and they were worried in casehe kicked them. He's temperamental,you see. They kept muffing theirlines."

What with a. hectic summerseason at Great Yarmouth, thefilm to do, recording, TV appear-ances and other odds and ends,Billy had a pretty hectic timeduring the last few months. Un-fortunately, it took its toll on hishealth.

"I had to go into hospital forfive days. They thought I hadsomething wrong with me andthey gave me lots of tests andcheck-ups," he said. "It was akind of delayed action exhaustionafter all the work I'd been doing."

Billy looks a lot thinner thesedays and he said that aroundChristmas time he lost a lot ofweight and had to keep tighteninghis belt to prevent losing histrousers!

Billy's voice has been alteringsomewhat lately, too. He laughedat my suggestion that he soundeda bit like Tony Newley on "I'mLost Without You" I2ut agreedthat there was a change in histone.

DIFFICULT"It came after 'It's Only Make

Believe'," he stated. "I had to doit a few times and it's a difficultsong to do. With 'Halfway ToParadise,' the song goes alongthen rises a bit, that's mucheasier.

"But my voice has been chang-ing quite a bit, now I think I'vegot a wider range. I can getsome of the notes that I couldn'treach before."

Billy had been sitting in a chairwith his legs over the arm whilewe had been talking. Now andthen he'd get up and walk to thewindow, but he looked completelyat ease. No doubt his spell inhospital did him a world of good.

"I feel much better now," hesaid thankfully. "I'm going off fortwo weeks in Israel soon. then I'llhave to take it easy from time totime."

But if he continues to turn outsuch good records, as he no doubtwill, I bet he won't have muchtime to rest.

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ANSWERS TO DEATH WAVEUPON MY LIFE! No shortage of views on death discs among RM

readers. A couple of weeks ago I asked how you felt about them.Some of you told me. Can't say I'm much wiser because the opinions

tend to cancel each other out. Here's a selection:-"I have just read David Griffiths' mock psychological article on death

discs and found it almost as hilarious as the record he described," writesR, Granger. "I wonder if he realises how many people buy these recordsbecause they are the funniest thing since Spike Milligan?" (No, I don'trealise. How many?) "The serious voice, the strings, the heavenly choir,the ridiculous lyrics and-always the funniest-the talking bit. Don't getme wrong, this is no 'sick' humour but a good laugh at commercialismat its worst."

Oh.Richard Howard tends to agree:

"All I got from these records wasa good laugh! The Shangri-Lasdisc should be entered as a comedydisc . . ITV and BBC must learnto act like adults and realise thata record is only a record and thatits lyrics make it no exception.Wake up you two channels and playall discs - whether you think theyare right for the teenage marketor not. 'Oh where oh where canmy baby be? The Lord has takenher away from me.' I ask you-what on earth do they expect withlines like this? I can see nothingmorbid here, in fact I've neverlaughed so much in all my life!"

FUNNY?When a reader makes a con-

fession like that, I don't knowwhether to laugh (embarrassed -type) or shudder. However clumsyand fatuous such lyrics may be,it's difficult to believe they producethe funniest comedy ever. Evenmaking allowances for the ten-dency to laugh at frighteningmatters, it does seem to me to bea little sick to giggle at death. Itimplies indifference to the unhappi-ness of others: we can be surethat the laughers won't be fallingabout wt.en people they know andcare about die.

I confess to more sympathy withthe views of David R. Chamberswho asks: "What is wrong with asong about death? Many of therecords in the present top 50 aresad and the death lyric is obviouslythe next step." Quite so. But whatI'm wondering is why it is feltnecessary to take that step - and,once that step has been taken,what's the next step?

Michael Hughes puts it this way:"Pop music surely is meant to becheerful. I fail to see there is any-thing cheerful or, for that matterentertaining in death discs . . .

(All the same, a lot of buyers-who don't want to be cheered up-are entertained.) "Thinking back afew years, a singer named RickyValance topped the British charts

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with a death disc, namely 'TellLaura I Love Her.' What happenedafterwards. Nothing. PRE-CISELY!"

That story is worth rememberingin detail. An American namedRay Peterson had a Stateside hitwith the number and John Leytonwas the first British singer to jumpon to this death wagon. But -perhaps luckily for him - he wasin process of changing labels andthe record was delayed and delayeduntil, by the time it was issued, itattracted practically no attention.Decca withdrew the Peterson discon the grounds that it was in badtaste. EMI came out with the un-known Ricky Valance's version andit shot to number one. So - Deccadecided that maybe the Petersondisc wasn't so offensive after all.Its taste miraculously improved.the Peterson was re -issued!

After his one hit, Ricky sankback into obscurity and eventuallywent bankrupt.

The moral here seems to be this:If you are looking for a quickclean-up short-term career in showbiz it may be worth risking thelimited plugging a death -disc getson the air, and it may be worthrisking unfavourable publicity if youdo a death -disc. But if you wanta long career you would be ill-advised to record a song that dwellsmorbidly on death. The really tooartistes never do such numbers.

Most readers agree with methat there's no reasonable case forbanning death discs. A couple ofletters are worth quoting for thestrangeness of the way they expresstheir opposition to censorship.KevanHedderly says: "I see no reasonat all why certain discs should bebanned just because they mentiondeath. Films, TV and books alldeal quite liberally with the subjectwithout a murmur of disapprovalor of banning them . . Anyhow,

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TWINKLEwhy restrict 'Leader Of The Pack'and 'Terry' when 'Ringo,' Gold-finger,"Three Bells' and otherdeath discs are not banned? Andwhy stick to banning just deathdiscs; why not all those which havea so-called harmful effect on today'syouth. Examples: 'Ain't It TheTruth' - bad grammer (that'sKevan's spelling) "and 'House OfThe Rising Sun' - about a gambl-ing den." It's an interesting pointbut I think there's quite adifference between death and theacceptable use of a bit of coloquialspeech such as "Ain't."

John Moody strongly favoursdeath: "The people who ban theserecords want to be deported to theNorth Pole and left to rot awaythen we would not have to listento them." No comment worthmaking on that!

NO RESPECTReady, Steady Go doesn't seem to

have gained much respect for itsstand in banning "Terry." WritesPaul Valentine: "Considering thetrash served up weekly by RSG I

can't see where they got their highand mighty principles from sosuddenly." And J. Jolly sees it allas a fiendish plot: "Perhaps RSGbanned Twinkle and the Shangri-Las because it is a programmewhich caters primarily for themouldy mods."

Finally, a letter from someone(signature looks like M. Crussain)who says he doesn't think deathsongs are wrong. He wrote a poembecause he was blue about a death.Well, I know Messrs. Granger andHoward and those who think likethem will have a good laugh buthere's the poem, which - to me -is very sad:

"It was so cold the night shedied. When she went I cried. Hercar crashed into a tree. Who waschasing her? It was me.

"I blame myself for her death,When at her grave I wept. Iremembered the white -clothed am-bulance men, Who stared at mewhen I stared At her with my headbent.

"Now as I shuffle past her grave,When I am unwashed and in needof a shave, Twenty years havePassed me by But still I stop hereAnd find that I still cry."

After reading that, I'm ratherglad I didn't start the originalarticle on lines that would, perhaps,have appealed to Granger andHoward: "Hi there death-diskers,there goes the ghoul bell so let'sstart digging grave matters! Here'sa song that'll make you dielaughing . . . "

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NELLA DODDS: Come See AboutMe; You Don't Love Me Anymore(I'ye Int, 25281). In a sense acover version of the Supreme'sdisc, though this one was outearlier in America. Song Is excel-lently commercial and there's agently chugging beat which en-hances the whole sound. We digNella's softly soulful voice.ERNIE FREEMAN: Raunchy '65;Jivin' Around (London MLA 9944).A re-recording of Ernie's 1958 hit"Raunchy," but with enough spiritand fire to take off all over again.Heavy sax; heavy beat. But justa wee bit mediocre.THE SCARLETS: Let's go; Tam-bourine Shake (Philips BF 1376).Dance -type disc with hand -clappingand a lot of energy expended.hearty piano, yellS, whoops andgeneral party noises. O.K., thoughit has a few drear moments mid-way.LITTLE RICHARD: Peace In TheValley; Joy, Joy, Joy (MercuryME 841). From the backlog of Mr.Penniman's gospel material cut forMercury, comes this soothingspiritual, in which he is billed as"King Of The Gospel Singers".Flip features him in rock -gospelform.VINCE HILL: And The HeavensCried; I.iving Without Love (Colum-bia DB 7458). A change of labelfor one of the most talented all-rounders in the pop business. Afine ballad, excitingly backed, withVince really singing out with powerand drama. A clever vocal, withlittle swoops and dives. This'll dovery well.DANNY KING: Pretty Things: Out-side Of My Room (Columbia DII7456). Rather a curious vocaldelivery on this song, which isNOT a tribute to that _hairy group!Danny sings in a, high-pitchedstyle, oddly reminiscent of AdamFaith in parts. Number is nerkY,easy to remember.MARK LEEMAN 5: Portland Town;Gotta Get Myself Together (('ndom-Ma DB 7452). New group debut -session was directed by all theManfred "men." Slow and hluesynumber, with plenty "feel" to itand nicely blended vocal work overmelodic backing. Very interestingcareer start. Might lake off.RHYTHM AND BLUES IN(:: Jaime,1.011Ie; Honey Don't (Fontana TE524). New group -to the disc sceneon a good version of the old Kings -men hit. Song is familiar, ofcourse - and this treatment hasPlenty fire and fury. Somewhat onan Animals' approach in parts.Fine guitar break.

THE ROYAL S II OW BA N I)VCATE121,01111): Hueklebnek; I RanAll- l'he Way If (HMV Pop 1377).A dance -craze item from one of 'the ttille Irish i.frotips. All very zest-ful but it lends to lack distinction. Aparty -IS Pc disc.

HOUSTON WELLS: Blue Of TheNigh; Coming Home (ParlophoneR 5226). The old Bing Crosbyitem given a Country -styled treat-ment from the likeable star. Noth-ing too ambitious but very pleasantlistening. Nicely balanced answer-ing chorus bits. Could do well.this.BARBARA ANN: You've Lost ThatLovin' Feelin'; Till The Summer-time(Pyc Piccadilly 35221). Thirdversion of this excellent song.I.acks the violence of the others,though Barbara does sing well.Rather a too -busy production, un-fortunately. May be held back bynot getting the plugs.KENNY AND THE WRANGLERS:Somebody Help Me; Who DoYou Think 1 Am (Parlophone R5224). From the "Be My Guest"movie, this song is handled veryconfidently by smoky -voiced Kenny.In fact, this is a very good record,all round. Emotional. sensitive.And well -sustained.MIGIL St Just Behind The Rain-bow; Seven Lonely Days Wye15757). Definite change of stylefor the talented group. Mike Felixtackles a wordy, fine -feel balladwith a load of charm. Interestinglittle melody line, with some highly -professional instrumental sounds.Might make it . . .but big.THE BEEFEATERS: Please LetMe Love You; Don't Belong (PycInt. 25277). Slight Country -attitudeto this heater, though it also hasa dirge -like quality in PartS. Vocalharmonies are good - build well.But it's really not particularly dif-ferent,DIANE RENAY: Watch Out, Sally!:Billy Blue Eyes (MGM 1262).Chatty sort of sing -along vocal disc,delivered in a wee girl voice.Hand -clapping gaiety most of theway, with some unusual pauses inthe lyrics. Lots of hustle andhustle.

CHASE WEBSTF.R: Life CanHave Meaning; Where Is Your HeartTonight? (Hickory 1283). Talkie -talkie opening and some unusuallyrics with a story -line content. Asort of Country -folk touch to it all,but it's not really in any currentcommercial idiom in Britain.PAUL ANKA: To Wait For Love;Behind My Smile (RCA Victor 1434).Paul this time has a Bacharach-David song . . and a useful tiltfor chart status it is. Less fierythan some Anka items, but ameaningful, classy ballad of appeal.Could boost Paul's sagging fortunes,disc -wise.THE KINGSTON TRIO: I'm GoingHome; Little Play Soldiers (Bruns-wick 115925), Typical bango-ladenfolksy offering. It's a nip -alongsong with touches of sentiment inthe lyrics. Pacey and well pro-duced, but probably not a big -seller these days.

JIMMY RADCLIFFE: Long AfterTonight Is All Over; What I WantI Can Never Have (Stateside SS374). A Bacharach-David song fora talented character who has re-corded Gene Pitney. Nice throatysound to his voice as he builds andbuilds on a rather huge ballad. Agood arrangement; a disc thatcould click as Jimmy is here topromote himself.

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BIG G.B. TOUR

FOR DEL SHANNONDEL SHANNON, who flew into Britain last week to the welcome news that his new single,

"Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)" had leapt into the RM Top 50 at number 30will return to Britain in three months' time to headline a nation-wide tour.

With Del came his personal mana-ger, Irving Micahnick, who handlesa score of pop acts, Johnny and theHurricanes among them, to nego-tiate terms for the tour withRichard Armitage of the Noel GayOrganisation.

The tour is expected to start inthe second week of April and willrun for a maximum of three weeks.Dates in Ireland will also be in-cluded in the schedule.

Del himself has expressed a de-sire that Peter and Gordon, handledby the Noel Gay outfit, should alsobe on the tour.

In London last week, Del wasfeted at a reception held in hishonour at EMI House, ManchesterSquare, where he sang live, "HatsOff To Larry", "Swiss Maid","Runaway", and the new one."Keep Searchin'."

TAMLA TOUR DATESDATES

have been finalised for the Tamla-Motown tour ofBritain -a series of one-nighters featuring the stars of

the all -coloured Stateside recording organization. And thereare TV and radio dates being lined up, too.

On arrival, the Tamla artistes will be appearing on "Ready,Steady Go", for Rediffusion TV, on March 12 -and will alsobe on the programme on March 19 and 26, though the exactlist of artistes has not been decided. The company will alsobe recording a TV spectacular for the same television com-pany but the date for release will almost certainly be afterApril 18.

Now for the tour dates: March20, Astoria Finsbury Park; 21,Odeon Hammersmith; 22, off; 23,Colston Hall, Bristol; 24, Capitol,Cardiff; 25, Odeon, Birmingham;26, ABC Kingston; 27, Winter Gar-dens, Bournemouth; 28, Odeon,Leicester; 29, off; 30, Odeon, Man-chester; 31, Odeon, Leeds; April 1,

Odeon Glasgow; 2, ABC Stockton;3, City Hall Newcastle; 4, EmpireLiverpool; 5, off; 6, ABC Luton; 7,ABC Chester; 8, City Hall Sheffield;9, ABC Wigan; 10, Gaumont, Wol-verhampton; 11, Gaumont Ipswich;12, Guildhall Portsmouth.

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Jim Reeves' first and last full-length feature film, shot in SouthAfrica shortly before his tragic

death last year, will not be seenin this country.

The movie was made for theAmerican and South African mar-kets, RM was told, when enquirieswere made.

The film, a full colour musical,was titled "Kimberley Jim," andJim Reeves played a singinggambler among the fortune seekersof the South African diamond mines.

In it, he sang songs in Afrikaanas well as English.

Wayne disc promo datesWAYNE

FONTANA comes out with his follow-up to "Um,Um, Urn, Urn, Um, Urn", tomorrow (Friday). The title is

"Game Of Love," a tune written by Clint Ballard Jnr.Flip, "Since You've Been Gone"

is a Mindbenders' original.TV dates and radio bookings

include: "Ready, Steady, Go"tomorrow (Friday), "Pop Inn"next Tuesday, "Thank Your LuckyStars" (January 30), "The BeatShow" (February 4) and "PopSpot" and "Saturday Club" on the13th.

SearchersPop Spot

The Pop Spot, ABC -TV's newweekly series that kicked off withSandie Shaw last Saturday continueswith Freddie and the Dreamersthis week, Cilia Black (30), Gerryand the Pacemakers (February 6),The Searchers (13), Wayne Fontanaand the Mindbenders (20), AdamFaith and the Roulettes (27), SoundsIncorporated (March 6), and DustySpringfield (13).

DISCS A GOGOMillie, Billy J. Kramer and the

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Hollies off TYLSThe Hollies have been withdrawn

from this week's "Thank YourLucky Stars" programme on ABC-TV.

No replacement booking for thefuture had been made when RMwent to press. This week's show,a "Lucky Stars Special" featuringCilia Black, also includes PaulAnka, Del Shannon, the SwingingBlue Jeans, Jimmy Radcliffe andthe Riot Squad.

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(GEORGIE)Georgie Fame, off all this

week on a winter sportsholiday in Austria, is not anexperienced skier like hi,-manager, Rik Gunnell. Infact, he's never tried on skisbefore, so Rik has taken theprecaution of taking out avery comprehensive insurancepolicy on Georgie.

The premium of £35 for oneweek's ski-ing insurance is just asmall part of a ten-year termassurance for one hundred thousandPounds (Yes, £100,000).

During the ten years, Rik will paya total of more than £6,000 inpremiums -£608 a year to beprecise.

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THE SIDEKICKS

WATCHEDby a crowd of more than 1,200, The Sidekicks from

North London won Sunday's heat of the Record Mirror -sponsored "All Britain Beat '65" contest at Wimbledon Palais.

And the group won easily . . with the highest number of votesyet cast in a heat of the contest -318. Only a semi-final winningoutfit has had more votes.

Second, in a tie, were Themselves, from Isleworth, and theEast Ham -based Prospectors. They had 1E5 votes each. Now thecontest, which is tremendously successful, builds towards thegrand final before an all-star panel on February 28. There aretwo more heats, then the last two semi-finals which are onFebruary 7 and 14. On February 21, at Wimbledon Palais ofcourse, the groups coming third in the semi-finals will fight outa separate contest to put one of their number into the GrandFinal.

The organisers report: "Absolutely no room for any moregroups in the remaining heats. We're all' full up. Sorry."

Proby newone-nightertour . . .P. J. Proby has been signed to

star in his own one-nighter Britishtour. It begins on March 1 - eightdays after his tour with Cilia Black.

"The P. J. Proby Show" is beingpresented by Joe Collins andMervin Cann and will last for twoweeks. Sandra Barry is also onthe bill and the Moody Blues arebeing negotiated.

P.J. will be backed by the P. J.Proby Orchestra, a 14 -piece outfit,which will he specially assembledfor the singer. A wide variety ofinstruments to suit Prohy's manyvoices will be used.

Dates so far set for the tourinclude Finsbury Park Astoria(March 1), Birmingham Odeon (2),Bolton Odeon (6), Hanley Gaumont(7), Southend Odeon (8), IpswichGaumont (9), Leicester Odeon (10).Cheltenham Odeon (11), Bourne-mouth Gaumont (12), PortsmouthGuildhall (13), and Derby Gaumont(14).

New discs from Adam,

Jim Reeves and AnimalsNEW records by the Dixie Cups, Jim Reeves, the Animals, Martha and the Vandellas,

Adam Faith, the Zombies, Mark Wynter, and Marlene Dietrich are being issued nextweek (29).

There will also be new discs by Ike and Tina Turner, the Temperance Seven, the JohnnyHoward Band, Chuck Jackson, and the Quincy Jones orchestra.

The Dixie Cups: "Little Bell"and "Another BOY Like Mine."

The late Jim Reeves' newie is"It Hurts So Much To See You Go"and "Wishful Thinking."

The Animals' new "A" side is"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."Martha and the Vandellas sing "TheWild One."

Adam Faith's "Message To Mar-tha" follow-up is "Stop FeelingSorry For Yourself."

The Zombies penned "Tell Her No"and "What More can I Do" forthemselves and Mark Wynter asks"Can I Get To Know You Better?"and "Am I Living In A Dream?".

Burt Bacharach recorded MarleneDeitrich in London for "Go AwayFrom My Window" and "ShirHatan."

Ike and Tina Turner newie is"Finger Poppin' " with "Ooh PonPah Do."

The Temperance Seven return tothe recording scene with "Letkiss".title of a new dance. The JohnnyHoward Band play "El Pussy Cat"and "A Tune Called Harry."

Chuck Jackson sings "Since I

Don't Have You" and "Hand ItOver."

Finally, the Quincy Jones orches-tra disc is "Seaweed" and the"Theme From Golden Boy."

KINKS ON

CARRIERThe Beatles may have had extra -

large amplifiers built for the hugeopen-air stadiums on their lastAmerican tour but they've neverplayed through the Tannoy systemon an aircraft carrier.

The Kinks did, though, when theywere in the South of France, totake part in a film to be enteredin the Montreux Film Festival thisyear.

It happened on the USS Saratoga,anchored at Marseille, last week.

The Kinks open their spot walkingdown a Marseille street, playingguitars and miming to their record-ing of "Too Much MonkeyBusiness." The next shots show thegroup playing "All Day And All OfThe Night" aboard the aircraftcarrier.

After the filming was finished,the Kinks set up their equipmentin the hangar hay and gave a liveshow for the American crew, usingthe ship's own amplification equip-ment. The earthy sound of theKinks was heard in every part ofthe ship until Peter Quaife yelledinto the microphone: "Action Sta-tions," and everyone went dashingoff to their duty posts.

WHO TAXES BEATLOOTWHO should deduct tax from the Beatles' earnings on their

tour of America last autumn? H.M. Government or theGovernment of the United States?

Well, tax officials of both countries are still negotiatingwhich one will collect the levy on the cash that the Beatlestook away from the States in August and September.

A spokesman of the New Yorkoffice of the U.S. Internal RevenueService told our correspondent that"Ordinarily, we simply would abideby the Treaty but in this casethere may be some question on thematter of the time -limit - theStatute of Limitations may apply."

Under the Treaty to which hereferred, British and Americanartistes are allowed to keep alltheir earnings in both countriesand pay tax to only their ownGovernment. The tax official saidit was not a special case. "Thesame questions have arisen beforewith very big entertainment stars."

But he said that it was a matterof "technical interpretation of thetax rules."

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LIFE WITH THE LEADEPeter Coe of the Blue Flames talks about GeorgieWHILE leader Georgie Fame is celebrating his charts victory ("Yeh,

Yeh") by taking a winter sports holiday in Austria, Peter Coe-he's theone who takes the tenor sax solo on the disc-is staying at home practising.

He paused to tell the RM what life with Fame is like: "Success has madea noticeable difference to Georgie. Eighteen months ago, when I first knewhim, he was very shy. Not just personally, he was mike -shy on the job,never wanting to speak to the crowd. Now, the fact that his music is beingaccepted has made a tremendous difference. He knows the public is withhim and it has given him a lot of confidence. Everybody in the group isplaying better.

"We're sorry we'vehad to do such a lot ofmiming on televisionlately. We can play"Yeh, Yeh" a lot betterthan we do on the disc!And as a matter of fact,miming is hard work.We have to spend acouple of hours stand-ing in position underhot TV studio lightsand then maybe an-other couple of hoursrehearsing our move-ments. Thus, it takesall day to come up withthree minutes ofsilence! We'd soonerbe blowing."

DUSTBINPeter uses his own Ford

Zephyr to drive the bandto gigs. Now that Georgiehas his own new Jaguar,Peter has some advice forhim: "Don't use it for work!Taking six guys in my Fordhas made it a bit of a dust-bin on wheels and I'd hate

by PETER JONESto see a Jag get that way.Still, Georgie will probablymake a good driver. Hetakes his test at the end ofthe month and on long runsI've put up L-plates and lethim take over the wheel. Hedrives very well, thoughrather too fast. He'd bettercool it on the test. Andremember that the Jag is notso easy to drive as my car."

COMPATIBLEThe Blue Flames are a

happy band. "Off the standwe don't bug each other,"said Peter, "and musicallywe are all compatible. Weall want to go in the samedirection - everything hasgot to swing."

Peter plays tenor, alto andbaritone with the BlueFlames and he also playssoprano and flute at home.He's working out someeffects with the soprano and,after the holiday, he'll beplaying them over withGeorgie to see if they can

add even more colour to thegroup's sound.

He believes that the saxo-phOne is about to enjoy arevival in pop music and Iasked if he thought therewill be enough good youngplayers to go round.

MORE SAX"When the need arises, the

players will be there. We'venoticed on our trips aroundthe country that there aremore and more saxophonesin supporting bands. Some-times the players are in theirtwenties, sometimeE in theirforties. I reckon you canlearn to play sax well enoughto blow a few riffs in allkeys in about six months.The toughest problem forestablished professionals whowant to switch over fromdance bands and jazz groupsto r and b is the need toblow your top as soon asyour eight or twelve barsstart. You can't work yourway up to inspiration as youcan with jazz. You've got tobe an instant raver."

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THE 'SHOUT' SAGAjT all began on a warm summer

evening in 1959. On stage beforea capacity audience at the

Howard Theatre, Washington D.C.three young men were winding uptheir highly successful performancewith an energetic version of JackieWilson's million -seller, "Lonely Tear-drops." The boys' soaring vocaltalent and zestful agility had goneover very big that night, and theywere well aware of their triumph asthey launched into their finale. Butif they had reckoned on being backin the dressing -room a couple ofminutes later, then they could hardlyhave been more mistaken.

As anyone familiar with "LonelyTeardrops" 'will recall, the song'ssoulful climax and subsequent fade-outcentre around the words "Say youwill." On the night in question, thetrio had about reached this point inthe song when wham! It happened.Suddenly all three performers seemedto sense the full extent of the deli-rium. and they reacted in the onlyPossible way they knew how. Insteadof bringing their show to a close asplanned, they decided to prolong theirfinale and prove to themselves thatthey could ride such a wave ofhysteria all the way to its show -stopping conclusion.

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'The problem of how to make"Lonely Teardrops" six times longerthan usual without singing it throughfive more times never really arosethanks to the group's lead singer. Forlying in reserve behind his manyother talents was a rare genius forspontaneous improvisation, and thiswas promptly put to work on the"Say you will" bit.

The next line in the sequence was"Say you love me" which producednoticeably louder "Yes" responsesfrom the fans. More new wordsfollowed, all adding to the ever-increasing chaos, and then. just asthe leader was racking his brain forsomething to follow the line "I wantyou to know", the Big Momentarrived. With a stroke of supremeinspiration, he threw back his headand yelled: "You know, YOU makeme want to SHOUT!"

"Shout". That was the word thecrowd had been waiting for. It wasthe trigger which released their in-hibitions into a seething. pulsatingtorrent. It made them jump andscream and stamp until the wholeplace broke up into utter pande-monium, and a brand new namejoined the bill -topping elite-the IsletBrothers.

Amongst those in the HowardTheatre that night was a gent namedAugie Bloom, a promotion man forRCA Victor Records. Augie wasthere quite by chance, but after wit-nessing the fantastic scenes he knewwhere his duty lay. When the boys

of a song' serieswere finally allowed to leave thestage they found him waiting forthem. He soon convinced them thatwhat had just taken place wouldsound equally good on record, andtold them to report to the RCAstudios as soon as possible to demon-strate the number to the company'sA & R men, Hugo and Luigi.

At the studios Hugo and Luigigrimaced a little when they firstheard it, but they granted a sessionanyway. It began at 10 o'clock onenight in early August 1959. and lastedfor three hours. Backing the brotherswere a fine guitarist named JoeRichardson who now plays for theShirelles, a Professor HermanStephens, organ (the Professor wasorganist in the boys' family churchand' they insisted he should accompanythem) and six studio musicians. Inall, there were about six real 'takes'.

The result hit the American marketvery soon afterwards, on August 17th,1959. It was, and still is, fourminutes twenty seconds of recordeddynamite spread over two sides of adisc, and went on to sell a millionand a quarter copies.

At the height of the Twist craze inMay 1962, "Shout" again hit theAmerican charts in a huge way.reaching number six in "Bill -board"and again selling a million-this timefor Joey Dee. As O'Kelly put it."Second only to 'The Twist' itself.our song, 'Shout' was the mostpopular number with the twisters."

The song also figured in the midstof another pop revolution-the BritishBeat- Boom. Popular Midlands groupthe Redcaps, who were said to havebeen the answer to the Beatles, hada go at it in August 1963, but withoutmuch success.

Then, last year, the number finallyachieved its long -deserved Britishchart status. It was the song whichintroduced big -voiced newcomer Luluto the scene, and was easily one ofthe best -produced British discs of theyear. It spent several weeks in theTop Ten.

There are dozens of lesser -knownrecordings of "Shout" on the market.Dion has turned in a very competentone, and there is even a version byKeely Smith. Then there is theShangri-Las spanking new treatmentwhich should be released here in afew months' time.

Certainly, the wild and wonderful"Shout" has earned, and will continueto earn, its exalted place amongst

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THE record business is themost exciting in the

world. Whether you're aperformer or, like me, abackroom boy.

Take what's happening tome at the moment. I'm slapbang in the middle of a"battle." It's that age-oldbusiness of the "cover job."And right now, I'm trying todo a bit of giant -killing.Fighting to get The Right-eous Brothers' originalrecord of "You've Lost ThatLovin' Feelin' " away againstthe Cilia Black.

Whatever you feel aboutthem, cover jobs are nowaccepted practice in themusic business. Ask anypromotion man how he feelsabout them. He'll say simply,"I hate them." The deejaysfeel that way, too. So do theproducers. Whichever ver-sion they play, someone'sgoing to get hurt. Temperseasily fly. Everyone tends toget so involved in that oneparticular record that theyforget there are 51 moreweeks to the year . . and

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Tony Hall

Columngoodness knows how manyother hundreds of discs.

Of course, it's a differentmatter if the song isn't new.Say a great American discdoesn't happen here. Maybeour market isn't ready yetfor that kind of sound nrsong. Maybe it's too"coloured" or too hip. Butwhatever the reason, it's ashame to let a good song godown the drain. I'm all for a"British" version a fewmonths later. One deliber-ately designed to meet theneeds of our market.

Manfred Mann is an out-standing example of this.The Exciters' "Do Wah DiddyDiddy" didn't see the light ofday here. It was a knockoutsong. And Manfred made

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E BIG FIGHTsure it wasn't wasted. Thereare umpteen other examplesin the charts right now. Andthough, like you, I may havepersonally p ref erred theoriginal versions, I'd rathersee a British record 'happen'than none at all.

What upsets me mostabout this particular ''battle"is that I'm fighting a friend.One of my best in the busi-ness. Cilia is a sweetie. I'vea lot of admiration for her.She and her road manager,Bobby Willis, often drop byat the flat. We get alongfine. And I hope we still willafter the 'fight' is finished!

I'm certainly not knockingCilia. Far from it. I thinkshe's made a marvellousrecord. Certainly her bestso far. But then I say thatevery time. Much more'obvious' than the Americanone.

But even if I wasn't per-sonally involved, I think it'sa pity she has to recordsomeone else's current song.She's more than good enoughto take any great new songand turn it into a hit.

As it is, I sincerely believemy Righteous Brothersrecord is terrific. "An emo-tional experience," it's beencalled. It's an original crea-tion from the extraordinarymind of Phil Spector. Andthough Cilia's certainly isn'ta copy, it's definitely in-

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The outcome? We can butwait and see. I've got betson that both will make theTop Ten. After this week'smassive radio and TV on-slaught, The Righteous mighteven overtake her. Which-ever record wins, there'sonly one real winner. Andthat's the publisher!

But, if The RighteousBrothers' record does pipCilia at the post-or at leastgive her a real run for hermoney, I hope it might make

British A and R men Minktwice about "knocking off" acurrent really original bigAmerican record and con-centrate instead on findingnew songs by local writersand turning them into hits.

Of course, the last laughsdefinitely against me.Because I'll bet you anythingthat my next big promotionassignment will be to rusharound with a good British'cover' . . !

That's what makes therecord business the mostexciting in the world.

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BILLY J. KRAMER JULIE GRANT

BRENDA -A ROCKIN' NEWIEBRENDA LEE

Thanks A Lot; Just Behind TheRainbow (Brunswick 05927).

BIG fat brassy backing on thelatest from the not -so -littleMrs. Charles Shacklett alias

Brenda Lee alias Miss Dynamite.This is just great-there's a solidpounding beat, a fast pace andsome staccato mature vocal workfrom Brenda. One of . her best fora while, and destined to become abig hit. Flip. is completely in con-trast. and the song is also thenext top side from the Migil Five.A pretty ballad, with lots of feelingand emotion.

TOP FIFTY TIP

CLIFF BENNETT AND THEREBEL ROUSERS

I'll Take You Home; Do YouLove Him (Parluphone It 5229).

ANOTHER revival of an oldDrifters hit from Cliff. Againthere's a powerful sax riff

running through this jerky latiu-

tinged bluesy item. Better tunethan "One Way Love". but thearrangement and polish on thisone isn't as strong. Obviously ahit-top twenty status, too, withCliff's vocal work very dominant.Cliff penned the flip, a heavy beaterwith loads of loud rock soundseverywhere, and his vocal beingslightly reminiscent of Jerry LeeLewis. Nice for parties.

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BILLY .1. KRAMER & THEDAKOTAS

It's Gotta Last Forever; Don'tYou Do It No More (Parlophone R5234).

ASOMEWHAT jerky, thoughpleasant sound front Billyand the boys on their long-

awaited follow up to "From AWindow". There's a good tunehere, and Billy does an all-outvocal job, and there are somewierd backing sounds creeping in.A conventional "pretty" sound, buteasy -on -the -ear. Flip is a powerfulbeater with a solid dance beat,and a gen rock sound from allconcerned.

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ELKIE BROOKSThe Way You Do The Things

You Do; Blue Tonight (Decca F12061).

ELKIE more or less copies theTemptations big U.S. hit note -for -note, on this side, with

typical Tamla styled piano pound-ing away relentlessly in the back-drop. She sings well, stridently andwith a purpose, while the backinggradually builds up. She can handlea song of this dimension, and the"comparison" lyric comes overwell. Flip is a slower number,with a pretty beat ballad flavourand rather a Sandie Shaw flavourabout it. Pleasant, certainly.

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JULIE GRANTBaby Baby; My World Is Empty

(Pye 7N 15756).LATEST from Julie is a complete

contrast to her last smoothie.Pounding Tamla-styled beat,

with an easy -to -remember tune, andloads of immediate appeal. Shouldbe her biggest yet, although hervocal tones just aren't as distinctas on her previous discs. Veryvery commercial. Flip is a slowieagain, which will please all hermoody type fans. Pleasing to theear, and well performed.

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SAM COOKE

Shake; A Change Is Gonna Come(RCA Victor 1436).

ALREADY a mammoth hit inthe States for the late blues -tinged "tipster, this one is a

big band dance number, which un-fortunately is about a dance crazewhich is well out here. Sam singswith his usual distinctive and in-teresting vocal tones, while a drumPatters away ceaselessly in thebackdrop. A small hit definitely, abig hit maybe, but not as goodas many of his sides which didn'tmake the charts. Does grow onYOU though, but the backing tendsto be rather dominant. Flip, fromhis latest album is a lovely ballad,self -penned, and with a greatsound to it. Better than side one.but not as commercial.

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THE RUSTIKS: I'm Not TheLoving Kind; Can't You See (DeccaF 12059). This is a highly -com-mended release from the BrianEpstein signing - could establishthem substantially because the sungfairly whips along with a forcing.driving beat. Interesting.THE PICKWICKS: Little By Little;I Took My Baby Home (WarnerBrothers WB 151), Lively group of-fering, with some wild old out-bursts. A fast -licked intro andstraight into a normal sort of vocalshout -out performance. Probably nota big 'un, but good enough to at-tract attention.

LISA SHANE: Here And Now;Miss Nobody (Columbia DB 7454).Aided by Peter Knight's "Sound",Lisa (the gal in white on theEamonn Andrews' telly -show) singsdramatically, clearly . . . andmakes the most of a top -classballad. Excellent piano touches.Good show.THE BLACKWELLS: Why Don'tYou Love Me; All I Want Is YourLove (Columbia DB 7442). This isa number from "Ferry 'Cross TheMersey," and it fair zing -swings.Wailing harmonica behind a throatysort of lead voice. Good beat:eminently danceable. An efficientrelease.

JOHNNY DESMOND: Rio Con-chos; Fate Is The Hunter (StatesideSS 373). One-time Glenn Miller vocalstar on a powerful LA offering;with whip -lash cracks and a fine -bodied arrangement. Rather effec-tive; but a bit heavy-handed inconception.

MORGAN-JAMES DUO: Michelle;A Lot Of Lovin' To Do (PhilipsBF 1391). Those swinging lads,with their modernistic phrasing andharmony, do another first-ratemusicianly job. Song stands up welland there's consistent punch in thearrangement.

ANDY WILLIAMS: Dear Heart; I

Could Have Danced All Night (CBSAAG 235), The stars are queueingUP for this Mancini film theme item.Andy gives it sheerly laid on pro-fessionalism and polish. A goodsong - this version should garnera fair Share of sales.TRAVIS WAMMACK: Scratchy;Fire Fly (Atlantic 4017). Off -beatguitar instrumental, with strangeslurred notes and a persistent backof percussion behind. Rather waver-ing; yet compelling.

THE GAMBLERS: Now I'm AllAlone; Find Out What's Happening(Decca F 12060). Above -averagebeat group offering, with a fine andrich sound behind the vocal line-upGroup is talented enough to score,but the number might not, thistime, be strong enough.

TONY OSBORNE: A Shot In TheDark; The Blue Waltz (HMV Pop1385). Aonther movie theme byHenry Mancini. Harmonica, blues.ily laid down, to a simple orches-tral backing. It builds well, power-fully percussive.

ROGER MILLER: Do-Wacka-Do;Love Is Not For Me (Philips BF1390). Bit hit in America. Gim-micky sort of C and W number,with some entertaining lyrics.Earthy sort of approach mid -way.Given the plugs this catchy littleitem could do well.THE MARIONETTES: Whirlpool OfLove; Nobody But You (Decca F12056). New coloured group, twoboys, two girls, with a piano -dominated opening to their firstdisc. Marty Wilde A and R'd thesession with a good feel for beatand vocal Punch. Group get agood sound reverberating througha beat -ballad of above -averageimportance.

PETER, PAUL AND MARY: ForLovin' Me; Monday Morning (War-ner Brothers WB 152). Brisk littlefolk song with a fair amount ofappeal, though without really doinganything new or original. Vocaltouches competent as ever. Notreally a chart potenial.

JAMES BROWN: Have MercyBaby; Just Won't Do Right (LondonHL 9945). Frenzied, frenetic andraucous rhythm 'n' blues fromAmerica's "King" James and hisFamous Flames. Heavy sax back-ing and high shrieking vocal andthundering beat. Should do well.

CRAIG DOUGLAS: Across TheStreet; Party Girl (Fontana TF 525).Gene Pitney wrote this one for thesmooth -voiced Craig. Nicely laiddown beat and a vocal that getsthe maximum pungency from thelyrics. Nice love -song ballad; com-mercially direct. Watch it.

DON COVAY: Take This Hurt OffMe; Please Don't Let Me Know(Atlantic 4016). A similar formulato Don's past "Mercy, Mercy"disc-a pounder of an R and BPerformance. Fair excitement, wellcontrolled. Wierd vocal touches.Good for dancing.JONI ADAMS: Love at Last YouHave Found Me; People Say(Columbia DB 7457). This is afirst-class recording by a first-classsong -seller. Joni has a good, clearvoice and this Aznavour ballad, ofdelicate intricacy, really demandsa good performance. Good, drama-tic, saleable.SAMMY KING AND THE VOL-TAIRS: Only You (And YouAlone); A Kiss, A Promise (HMVPop 1384). The old Platters' hit,dressed up nostalgically by high -voiced Sammy. String -laden back-ing - a straight, no -gimmicktreatment all round. Song standsthis revival.

SHIRLEY ELLIS: The NameGame; Whisper To Me Wind (Lon-don HLR 9946). Another gimmickyrecord, quite big in the States. Anovelty vocal with a dead -pan sortof approach. Lyrics well worth aclose listen, and the beat isn't halfbad, either. Good singer, this girl.IRMA THOMAS: He's My Guy;A True, True Love (Liberty 66080).Class singer; class song. This onecould help Irma a lot-it has atremendous grow -on -you appeal.Nicely backed, chorally, with Irmafair belting her enthusiasm. We'dlike to see this one in the charts.

THE IVY LEAGUE: Funny HowLove Can Be; Lonely Room (PyePiccadilly 35222). Falsetto -pitched~group vocal, with some excellentvariations on the well-worn theme.Nicely balanced recording with agentle foot -tapping ingredient. Ahighlight group disc this week.

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SKIN KINGIN the hurly-burly world of

skin -bashing, the nameBobbie Graham, commands alot of respect. He's one ofthe top session men; hasalso produced records forgroups like the PrettyThings; has now come outinto the open, as it were,with his own recording of"Skin Deep," on Fontana-it's his tribute to one of hisidols, drummer LouisBellson.

Actually, I'd need a couple ofpages to list fully all the workBobby has got through. Actually,too, he used to be a dustman inthe employ of Edmonton BoroughCouncil, later becoming a park at-tendant on the grounds that thescenery was better.

FIRST KITAnyway, Bobbie got his first drum

kit at the age of eight. He liked,even then, Messrs. Krupa, Rich,Clare, Ganley, Benson and Verrell.ProfeSsional drumming for Bobbieactually started with a season at aButlin camp, with the Stormers andwith Teddy Foster's big band.

Then he went with Mike Berryand the Outlaws. Then Joe Brownand Bruvvers. Then six monthswith Marty Wilde. Then he wentinto the session field . . so standby for a lot more name-dropping.Honest! - it reads like a Who'sWho of pop music.

He's been on approximately 300different singles, many of themhuge hits. Starting with JohnLeyton's "Johnny Remember Me,'then Mike Berry's "Tribute ToBuddy Holly"; Leyton's "WildWind"; Joe Brown's "Picture ofYou"; Joe's "Tender Look"; the

P. J. Proby LP, EP and singles;eighty per cent of Bill Fury's re-leases; all Kathy Kirby's records;Dusty Springfield's album and someof her singles; the Kiki Dee singles;and, incidentally, a yet -to -come re-lease by Jimmy Page which folk -in -the -know reckon WILL be a hit.

Among current chartsters onwhich Bobbie can say: "I'm ondrums" are: Pet Clark's "Down-

town"; Twinkle's "Terry"; Proby's"Somewhere"; and the FrancoiseHardy "Et Meme". Among Ameri-can visitors who've recorded herewith the assistance of Bobbie areThe Everly Brothers, Del Shannonand Dionne Warwick.

Says Bobbie about his "SkinDeep" release: "Really I supposeit was a giggle. I really want toProduce records, not play on them.But it's also the realisation of achildhood ambition - I really dididolise that guy Bellson.

"People ask me about my ownfavourites. Well, I rate Jimmy Pageon guitar; Jim Sullivan on electricguitar; Alan Wale on bass. Butthere are a heck of a lot of greatmusicians about whom the record -buying public know nothing andcare less.

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"I must say that P. J. Proby in-trigues me. And of all the girls Ithink Kiki Dee has rather morepotential than the others and couldmake the grade big this year.

"Thinking back to when I reallystarted out, I remember going towork at a cinema. And found thatthe band booked for the Sundayconcerts there was Ted Heath's. I

watched every single move madeby his drummer, Ronnie Verrell,Then I'd go out and buy all theHeath discs, slow 'em down from78 rpm to a speed at which I couldCOPY them note for note."

One day, I reckon, Bobby Grahamshould write a book about all thecharacters he'd worked with in thepop business. He, of all the sessionboys, has had a panoramic view ofthe whole scene - even if he hasspent most of his time gazing at theback view of the stars.

And, giggle or not, I've a sneak-ing feeling that his "Skin Deep" isgoing to do well.

LMARTY'S MARIONETTES!

MARTY WILDE handled the first recording session for the Marionettes, anall -coloured group of two boys, two girls. To get the background of this

highly -promising team, let's line 'em up first. There's Lance Ring (19), from India;Pauline Sibblies (16), a West Indian now living in Brixton; Jerry Kissoon (19) andhis sister Kathy (15), from Ealing. Lance and Pauline met first at a singing school,rehearsed a double act. Lady -of -music Valerie Avon suggested augmenting to aquartet. They met Kathy who, in turn, introduced her brother. Top side of theirDecca disc is "Whirlpool of Love," an old American number. Matey Marty isthoroughly thrilled with the group's approach and sound. So am I. I hope they do verywell . .

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Bobbie Graham, who pro-duced last Pretty Things'single completed thegroup's first LP last Thurs-day . . . Cheetahs investedcapital in forty head ofFriesian cattle on one ofmanager Mrs. Regan'sfarms in County Cork. Firstcalf, on Christmas Day

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Tom Springfield produced newPhilip's disc by Rick and Sandy,"Half As Much" . . . Dave Berry'sbacking group, The Cruisers, cutown single for release at end ofFebruary . . . What business isTony Hatch doing for Pye in NewYork this week? . . . Ken Doddwill return to his own Light Pro-gramme series in the spring . .

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In New York. Hulla-baloos had their blond hairre -bleached: Black rootswere beginning to show .Cilia guests Billy CottonBand Show (BBC -11 January30 . . . When office ofMigil Five manager Reg'tracer was burgled, thievestook three aceytates of newsingle but left behind adozen copies of the finisheddisc . . . Brenda Lee look-ing for a new fan clubsecretary . . Vic Sutcliffeleft Tito Burns to work withErie Easton . . .

Extracts from "Ferry Cross TheMersey" and "Every Day's AHoliday" on next Wednesday's"Movietime" (BBC) . "Ragun-boneman," flip of Tornados' newieincredibly like The Honeycombs ...Georgie Fame and the Blue Flameson Crackerjack February 5 .

Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfieldsteals ashtrays as a hobby .

Chart -topper Georgie Fame andRM's Barry May both on skiingholidays this week . . Her cap-ture of the American number oneslot just about completes thepicture for Pet Clark: Congratula-tions

ONE of the chief attractions about Del Shannon is his own individual style of singing andguitar playing. So it'll come as a shock to his fans if ever they hear his latest album

just issued in the States, it's tagged "Del Shannon sings Hank Williams" and contains someof the most authentic country and western music recorded by a pop singer for a long time.

"I guess I've always wanted to cut a country album," Del told me, "and as I've alwaysbeen an admirer of the late Hank Williams, his songs were the natural choice. But I foundthat after I recorded the LP, the urge to record more country music left me. This albumsatisfied my country urge, I guess. Now, I'm thinking of cutting a jazz album, but I've noidea when."

Del Shannon is currently inBritain to plug his mammoth UShit "Keep Searchin,' " but he isn'ttouring here until the spring.

I asked Del whether or not hisenormous success over the past fouryears has affected him at all as a

to Norman loplingPerson.

No, definitely not," he replied,"but it certainly has influenced myold friends. They just don't behaveas they used to towardt me. Beforethey wouldn't care about callingme 'Hey Stupid!,' or 'You Jerk!.' American Big Top company, onlybut now they don't act that way a few were issued.at all, It isn't too pleasant, and "Well, the company I record forit makes me wonder a lot " now is Amy. And they're a very

go-ahead label and like to push

ALBUMSout as many albums as possible.And although the sound from thetwo record labels is the same, infact I use a different backing group.In the States Del has been doing

the usual rounds of touring, andbefore he left for Britain Del tookhis parents for a vacation inFlorida. And he recorded materialfor yet another album, scheduledfor release in Britain AFTER hislatest LP "Handy Man" reachesthe shops this month. This onehas such titles as "She Cried,""Runnin' Scared," "Rag Doll," "IGo To Pieces," etc.

I quizzed Del as to why he'scutting so many albums, whereasbefore, when he recorded for the

DEL SHANNON: a finecolour portrait of thispopular American artistewho is enjoying chart successwith his latest disc "Keep

Searchin'."

Said Del Shannon

REVIVALSThe new one is called, well, some-times they're called the Doltons,sometimes the Royaltones, some-times they're something else. ButI only use them on sessions, noton tour. I guess the reason whyI have a distinctive style isn't onlymy voice, but I do try to write asmuch of my material as possible,and Sing with as much sincerityas is possible. I think that sin-cerity counts a lot. I probablywon't be reviving any more singlesyet, like 'Handy Man' and 'Do YouWant To Dance' as I prefer record-ing my self -Penned material,

"When I'm in the studio weusually have several songs worked

out to record. You know, I Justlove recording. It's the greatestthing in the world for me. Butoccasionally a song which soundedgreat at rehearsal, just doesn'tmake it as a single. Then we haveto switch and use an alternative.

"Incidentally I've got my ownrecording company. The onlyartiste on it is Lloyd Brown, forwhom I wrote 'I Go To Pieces.'It flopped, but then Peter andGordon took an interest in it, soI re -wrote it for them, I don'treally have time to bother aboutmy label though, I think drat I'lljust keep Lloyd on the books . ."

A WAITSo for his fans, there'll be a short

wait until they can see DelShannon again, in the flesh. Andfor the quiet hitmaker comes yetanother in the seemingly endlesssuccession of hit discs he has beenmaking since the fabulous "Run-away" back in 1961.

I've a feeling that Del will stillbe making hits in many, manyyear's time .

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