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Lonnie is a fan of The Weavers" THE ultimate in folk song entertain -

1 ment." That's how Lonnie Donegandescribes The Weavers, the world-famousAmerican folk singing team who make theirLondon concert debut tomorrow (Saturday)at the Royal Festival Hall.

Another compliment of equal magnitude wasdirected at The Weavers in a cable from U.S.composer -conductor Leonard Bernstein on theeve of their current world tour. Bernstein,who penned the " West Side Story " score,wrote: " You are a national treasure !"

The Weavers have done more towards thepopularisation of folk songs than any othersimilar group, and they are without equalanywhere in the world. Originally formed inthe late forties, the group is already somethingof a legend in the folk song idiom.

Many pop hitsill However, The Weavers' international popu-

larity hasn't been confined solely to the smallbut enthusiastic band of blues and folk musicdevotees. In the early fifties, they made acolossal impact on pop music fans to the tuneof a succession of nationwide hits.

" Goodnight, Irene " and " On Top Ofis Old Smokey " number among their million% sellers ; " Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,"% " Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," " So Long, It's

Been Good To Know You," " Wimow eh "and " Lonesome Traveller " are some of their

I many smash hits.I A few years ago, the group switched from1 American Decca (Brunswick here) to Van- tour at Birmingham, Top Rank issue twoII guard, and a delighted public readily welcomed new EPs-" Travelling On With The..6 their first two alhunis-" The Weavers At Weavers" (Volumes 1 and 2). engagements.

The Weavers collect folk songs from allparts of the world, and they recently returnedwith a new selection from Israel, where theywere engaged on an extensive concert seriesprior to European dates. Britain is the lastleg of their tour before returning to America.

The British stage dates are the direct resultof the quartet's success on Granada TV's" Chelsea At Nine " in June. During thatmonth, they also broadcast in the BBC -TV's" Saturday Club," while just three days ago,they were the star guests on Granada's " SongParade."

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Earlier this year, Top Rank became Van-guard's British outlet and a third album wasreleased under the title " The Weavers AtHome." Simultaneously, two titles from it-" Wild Goose Grasses " and "Johnson Boys"-were coupled as a single.

Today (Friday), to coincide with the open-ing of The Weavers' first nationwide British

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COME RAIN OR COME SHINE,by Judy Garland: She puts somuch feeling into it. You get theidea she's either going to make itor burst. It comes right from theheart.

I COULD HAVE DANCED ALLNIGHT, by Frank Sinatra: Hestarts off very quietly, then reallygoes to town on the song. In theend you feel he couldn't care lesswhether he danced or not !

OLD MAN RIVER, by SammyDavis, jnr.: There have been somany versions by coloured singersthat follow Paul Robeson's treat-ment of it as a song of the oldslavery days. But Sammy Davisoffers a modern version, almostmakes fun of it, in fact.

WILD IS THE WIND, by JohnnyMathis: I saw this film in Austra-lia and was fascinated by the voicesinging the title song over thecredits. It was my introduction toJohnny Mathis. I was interestedto see the face that belonged tothis voice-which I was able to dowhen I saw him in the PerryComo TV show. Nice !

APRIL IN PARIS, by Ella Fitz-gerald with the Count Basic Band:

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1 just love that ending: "Just onemore time!"

MY FUNNY VALENTINE, byDakota Staton: It's the little laughwhen she's singing that really getsme.

YOU NEED HANDS, by MaxBygraves: I think the words ofthis song are so true-perhapsbecause I use my hands a lotmyself when I am singing.

WONDERFUL YOU, by RonnieCarroll: This is an unusual songfor Ronnie and he makes a won-derful job of it.

SINCE YOU WENT AWAY, byPaul Weston: I loved the film andremember being very moved bythe music. Now, whenever I hearthe music, it reminds me of thefilm and how much I enjoyed it.

AS I LOVE YOU, by Me: Becausewhenever I hear the song itreminds me of the tremendousthrill I felt when I had two recordstogether at the top of the hitparade.

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The Weavers have experienced only onechange since their formation. Ronnie Gilbert,the only girl in 'the group, burly bass singerLee Hays (composer of many Weavers' record-ings) and singer -guitarist Fred Hellerman areall founder -members.

Newest recruit is singer Erik Darling, abrilliant banjo stylist who replaced thephenomenal Pete Seeger (now a solo per-former) in 1958. Darling is featured on theoutfit's Top Rank I.P.Co -featured with The Weavers on this am-

bitious folk, blues and country-and-westernpackage-the first show of its kind ever to tourBritain-are blues specialists Brownie McGhee(a fine singer -guitarist) and Sonny Terry, whocoaxes the most unbelievable sounds from hisharmonica.

American hillbilly singer Ramblin' JackElliott will present his special brand of country-and-western singing on the first two dates ofthe -series, before Johnny Duncan and his BlueGrass Boys take over for the remaining

VISUAL JANE

VOCAL TOOJANE RUSSELL is better known

visually than vocally inBritain. Her success on the screenundoubtedly outweighs that onrecords. On Sunday, Jane starsin ATV's " Sunday Night at theLondon Palladium " and her maincontribution to the show will bevocal.

In thi past Jane has sung both onand off the screen. She was heardon the sound -track albums of both" Gentlemen Prefer Blondes " and" Gentlemen Marry Brunettes."

In October, MGM have an EPtitled " Jane Russell " scheduled forrelease, on which she sings " FineAnd Dandy," " When A WomanLoves A Man," "Can't We Talk ItOver " and " Love Is Here To Stay,"hacked by Billy May and hisOrchestra.

Jane is not just another actresswho turned to singing as an addi-tional gimmick. After attendingJoaquin Miller Grammar School inBurbank, California, as a schoolgirl,she graduated from Van Nuys HighSchool, with specially high marks forart and music.

In those early 1940 days, she wasset on making dress designing hercareer. During her search for aouitable design study centre shecalled in at Max Reinhardt's Theatri-cal Workshop to see a friend. This

Newport Jazz comes

NOT since the inauguration of the Anglo-U.S. band exchanges in 1956 has such

a star -packed jazz package been presentedin this country as the " Newport JazzFestival " show, which begins a 16 -dayconcert tour at London's Royal FestivalHall tomorrow (Saturday).

The package - featuring the DaveBrubeck Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie Quintet,Buck Clayton All -Stars and blues singerJimmy Rushing-seems overloaded withtalent. Without a doubt, British concert-goers have never before been offered suchgreat value for money.

What makes the Newport tour even moreimpressive is the fact that all the bands areestablished favourites here. Indeed, I canforesee some bickering among fans about whoshould be allocated the longest playing time.

The Brubeck Quartet, one of the most con-troversial yet extremely successful small combosin contemporary jazz history, proved their box-office appeal during their initial tour here earlylast year.

They broke several jazz attendance recordsduring a nationwide itinerary.Brubeck's personnel remains unchanged from

the last trip. From the piano chair, he leadspollwinning alto saxist Paul Desmond, bassistGene Wright and the remarkable Joe Morello,the drummer who is apt to steal the show.To coincide with the tour, Philips this weekreleased an "in concert" LP waxed duringBrubeck's performance at the 1958 NewportFestival.

Gillespie, Dizzy by name but brilliant bynature, is one of the pioneers of modern jazz,and his superlative, distinctive trum-pet style has been the inspiration fora whole new generation of hornsoloists.

We last saw him here with the"Jazz At The Philharmonic"troupe in 1958.The imaginative, sometimes fiery,

sometimes subtle Gillespie trumpethas been featured in a small groupsetting since the unwelcome foldingof his fine big band a few years ago.Aside of pianist Junior Mace,Dizzy's supporting sidesmen - altosaxist-flautist Leo Wright, bassistArt Davis and drummer LesHumphrey - are still virtually un-known here.

Even betterBuck Clayton, v.ho sprang to inter-

national fame as the featured trum-pet soloist with the Count BasicBand in the 'thirties, was at the headof a comparatively recent series ofbest-selling "jam session" albums onPhilips that re-established him as amajor force in the jazz world. Fewpeople will argue the point that heis playing better now than everbefore.

His current band, which epitomisesthe mainstream style, is featured onthe new Philips album "Songs ForSwingers", and spotlights such ex-Basie stalwar6 as trombonist DickieWells, trumpeter Emmett Berry, alto-ist Earl Warren, bassist Gene Rameyand tenor man Buddy Tate. Onlynon -Basic alumni in the Claytonline-up arc pianist Al Williams anddrummer Herbie Lovetle.

Finally, there's the effervescent" Mr. Five -by -Five" - rotund, per-sonable Jimmy Rushing. Haileduniversally as one of the greatest

From top (I. to r.): JIMMY RUSH-ING, DAVE BRUBECK, BUCKCLAYTON, DIZZY GILLESPIEand compere WILLIS CONOVER.

blues singers ever, Jimmy has twicetoured Britain in recent years withthe Humphrey Lyttelton Band andhis return is more than welcome.

Compering the "Newport JazzFestival" show will be "Mr. VoiceOf America " - American ForcesNetwork personality Willis Conover.Never lost for words, Willis willhave plenty to talk about on thisshow ! KEITH GOODWIN1,./....MekeOWYNISP*4.0..M.1MARTY'S FILM DEBUT

MARTY WILDE makes his screendebut among a distinguished

international cast in "Jet Storm"which opened in London at thePlaza yesterday (Thursday). Martyis one of the passengers aboard atransatlantic airliner which has abomb aboard, about to explode atany minute.

Alongside such experienced playersas Richard Attenborough, StanleyBaker, David Kossoff, Mai Zetterlingand Dame Sybil Thorndike, Martyhas the advantage of playing acharacter very like himself.

He plays Billy Forrester, a rock'n' roller off on his honeymoon toHonolulu with his wife (JackieLane).

Besides competently handling hisacting role, Marty sings the titletune, "Jetstream", which he alsocomposed. Unfortunately after hehad recorded it tll y changed thttitle of the film td " et Storm".

TONY KENISTON

CARMEN DRAGON

first brush with the living theatrefired an ambition to become anactress.

After a year's intensive study,Hollywood producer Howard Hughessigned this unknown girl to star in" The Outlaw." The outcome wassensational. So much so, that thefilm was not released until 1945.

Since then Jane has starred Innumerous films, including " TheLas Vegas Story," " The Paleface,"" Son Of Paleface," " Fox Fire "and her latest, "The Fuzzy PinkNightgown."A few years ago, too, she

appeared in variety in London atthe Princes Theatre.

Four GirlsRecordings Jane made with Connie

Haines, Beryl Davis and DellaRussell (with Rhonda Fleming laterreplacing Della)-released as TheFour Girls-have brought her addi-tional note as a recording artist, andin America they have been respon-sible for more interest in recordedspirituals and hymns.

Jane is married to one-timeAmerican football star, Bob Water -field. Her brothers and mother livenear them in the San FernandoValley and throughout her successfulshow business career she has main-tained a close relationship with them.

Her intimate friends arc notassociated with show business.Many of them are schoolmates whonow have families of their own. Sheprefers informal gatherings of friendsat home to nightclubbing.

Jane has three adopted children-Tracy (8), Thomas (9) and Buck (3).Experiences she encountered whileseeking children for adoption led herto found WAIF-I.S.S., an organisa-tion whose primary function is toget orphans out of institutions andinto private homgs. Her show busi-ness commitments never keep her sobusy that she is unable to make thisorganisation an almost full-time job

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Tommy Steele

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SNATCHING a few minutesfrom a hectic round of script

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and rehearials,1

the " Saturday Spectacular " hestars in this weekend-the firstof three major shows he is doingfor ATV in the next few months.

Said Tommy: " We're tryingto put on a show that doesn't

'have the usual faces doing theusual things. Every body is doingsomething that they haven't donebefore these days, to appeal tothe widest possible public.

" We've been successful ingetting the right people for thefirst show-Pete Murray, DavidJacobs, Paul Carpenter, the TedHeath Band, Michael Wildingand Mandy Miller.

"If I was to tell you every-thing we're doing, it might takethe edge off a bit. But I can saythat among the things I'll bedoing are a song -and -dance withthe Heath band, some rock 'n'roll with The Steelmen, and askit on another TV show."

Talking about the series as awhole, Tommy revealed therewould be a big band in eachshow and they'd also be featuringthe behind -the -scenes arrangers.

" We want to explain to thepublic that a band doesn't go onad lib," said Tommy, " but hasto have people to write the dotsfirst.

"There'll also be a record spot.in which I'll be reviving some ofmy past numbers. And I expectI'll be doing my new record,` You Were Mine '."

There will also be a spot inthe show featuring songs byfamous artists who have died.The first show will include thelife story of country-and-westernstar Hank Williams.

Later shows will feature num-bers associated with Jack Bucha-nan-with whom Tommy onceworked in a previous " SaturdaySpectacular "-and Buddy Holly.

The singing star explained his

" WHY does an artist of FrankSinatra's calibre waste his time

upon such trivial and unworthymaterial ? " That was the problemwhich faced not a few NME readers,when Frank's recording of " HighHopes " first appeared on the market-and they didn't hesitate to say soin letters they wrote to us !

But despite this violent outburst fromthe ardent Sinatra fans, we don't have tolook very far for the answer to theirquestion. The proof of the pudding isin the eating, and it seems that the vastmajority of record -buyers have found theflavour of the " High Hopes " recipe verymuch to their palate.

A glance at this week's best-sellers listwill show that Frank's recording is sittingpretty in 17th position-and that's not badgoing for a song considered by manyto be unsuited to his style.

The truth of the matter is, ofcourse, that first and foremost Frankis recognised and accepted as oneof the world's greatest purveyors ofthe "standard " type of material.This includes not only tried andtrusted evergreens that have alreadystood the test of time, but also themore melodic and lyrical of the newballads which could well developinto standards over the course ofyears.

The fact remains that materialof this nature seldom achieves hitparade status.That's because its appeal is to be

found in its lasting consistency,rather than in the direct, easily -memorised, nine -days -wonder impactof the average pop song.

Few will deny that most of thesongs which appear in the TopThirty frame are comparativelysimple in construction. They acquireno great powers of absorption on thepart of the listener, and their verysimplicity ensures their rapid demise.

ExceptionThere are exceptions, of course-

including Frank's own smash hitwith the hauntingly attractive " AllThe Way."

Frank Sinatra is without doubt thesupreme specialist in standardmaterial. That is why he has beendubbed "King of the LPs," andwhy his album sales are larger thanmost singers manage with their singlereleases.

long absence from TV screens:" I don't think it's wise to do toomuch television. I like to spenda lot of time preparing for eachshow and make sure I've got theright people round me.

"These shows are the resultof many conferences spread oversix months or more. I've beenworking closely with the writersand the producers for manyweeks now."

Is this part of Tommy's long-term plan to become an all-roundentertainer ?

" That's right !" he agreedcheerily. "I'll be introducing,talking, dancing, playing, singingand everything.

"A comedian ? Well, that's allaccording to whether they laughat the gags. Lt:imey, I hope theydo!"

CHARLES GOVEY

Every time Sinatra has a hit, his

ardent fans

get so angry!FRANK SINATRA, with some ofthe children heard on the disc, re-cording "High Hopes" in Hollywood.

It's a safe bet that Frank himselfis quite unperturbed about his fre-quent lengthy absences from the toptable. After all, he makes no secretof the fact that his real interest liesin the recording of albums, and it'sin this facet of the industry that heis concentrating nearly all his efforts.

But every once in a while, Frankcomes up with a new single release,obviously designed to appeal to thepop market. This shows astutethinking on his part-for, amonghis tremendous LP activity, it issurely well worth while taking timeout to maintain prestige with theyoungsters.

High Hopes " will never behanded down to posterity in therepertoire of standards.It just isn't that type of song. But

it's got all the necessary ingredientsfor a pop song of the moment-it'scheerful, catchy, whistleable and easy -on -the -ear. The additional attrac-tion of Frank's distinctive vocal toneslends sparkle and lustre to an undis-tinguished tune, and in the processensures its sales appeal.

By the way, the fact that theyoungsters are st'll rallying aroundFrank is shown by this record hay -

Says DEREK JOHNSONing so tar outsold the Dave Kingversion-in spite of Dave's enormousStateside TV success. In fairness,however, we should remember thatFrank had a great advantage in thathe featured it in Isis recent film, "AHole In The Head" .(which, ofcourse, is another reason for himwanting to record a song whichmany consider unworthy of hisability).

It's significant that Frank's last hitparade success was scored withanother song in the same category," French Foreign Legion." Thisnumber nowhere approached thequality of some of the really beauti-ful ballads Frank has waxed-yet itachieved chart status.

Too goodThe implication is obvious. Many

of Frank's single releases have beentoo good for the hit parade and,from the sales point of view, hewould have done better to save themfor albums. Simplicity is the pass-word into the best-sellers, andFrank's success with " High Hopes "and " French Foreign Legion " isconcrete evidence of this.

Between these two titles, Frank'swaxing of " To Love And BeLoved " was released-but being aballad, and a particularly lush one,it didn't attract as many buyers asthe other faster -paced offerings. It's

interesting to note, too, that Frankscored another moderate success thisyear with a pop -type, up -tempoitem, called " Mr. Success."

Meanwhile, of course, Frank goesfrom strength to strength in albumsales. Earlier this year, he was res-ponsible for a once -in -a -blue -moonLP appearance in the best-sellers,when his " Come Dance With Me "made a fleeting entry. Now hislatest album, Look To YourHeart " has just been released hereby Capitol, who ire expecting equallygreat things from this new issue.

Fontana are still maintaining asteady output of earlier Sinatrarecordings, cut in the days whenhe was tied to American Columbia.A few weeks ago they issued an

LP of Frank singing a batch of well -loved show tunes, under the title of" The Broadway Kick," and thismonth has seen the advent of anEP called " Dream."

The most relevant point about thecurrent success of " High Hopes "is that, although there is a sort ofdividing line between LP materialand pop songs, it is by no meansan iron curtain so far as FrankSinatra is concerned.

He has shown that he is alive topresent-day trends in pop music, overand above his mastery of standards.This all-round versatility surely. rateshim as one of the greatest singersof our time.

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DU*/ FOR y covers an all-star bunch ofMARTY WILDE MAKES with new discs from

SONG WORTHWHILETO coincide with his tremendous success on TV's " Boy

Meets Girls," Marty Wilde has a new disc out on Philips.Title is " Sea Of Love " and as a song it's not all that great.But it's made into something worthwhile by Marty's ownexcellent performance and a striking accompaniment thatblends harp, " sweet " chorus and a steady beat.

There should be no delay aboutthis one becoming a big seller." Teenage Tears " sounds atypically "Wilde " title, but farfrom wallowing in misery the songhas a most appealing light andcasual sound about it.

Gone are the dramatis of "End-less Sleep", instead the approach iseasy and relaxed. Tune is attractiveand the lyric, without being anythinggreat, nevertheless is an accurateportrayal of a very real state ofmind. Strong approval of both sides.

FATS DOMINOOne fast, one slow - that's the

mixture on the latest Fats Dominoplatter from the London label. " IWant To Walk You Home" is takenat walking pace as Fats contemplateswith pleasure the prospect of making

first date with a girl who has goteverything-as far as he's concerned.

A ditty that could be dull if itweren't for the colourful personalityof Mr. Domino.

The fast side has the puzzling titleof "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel SomeDay". In fact Fats is expressing hisambition to be " somebody ", anambition that will be realised whenhe becomes a car-owner-hence theword "wheel".

A bright and racy number with amerry tooting sax in place of thefamiliar piano.

COASTERSHaving established themselves as

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this time titled "Poison Ivy".This is the description given to a

girl with whose affections it is notadvisable to meddle. Words arequite clever, and the idea is amusingbut the musical presentation is notas entertaining as on their previoushits

There's bags of beat to satisfythe rock fans."I'm A Hog For You" is a candid

enough admission, and the numberis a steady rocker with a chuckleor two to be had from the words.

TED HEATHThe title music from the forth-

coming film, "Jazzboat", in whichthe Heath band appears, providesone side of the latest Decca releaseby Ted Heath and His Music.

A loud, hard -swinging numberwith moments of jazz. It's a full-blooded presentation that leaves oneadmiring the band more than thecomposer. "Mah Jong" is unusual,very entertaining and most cleverlyarranged.

Somehow the "tinny" sounds ofthe Orient effectively come throughthe all-out big band presentation andthere's a section in the middle wherethe outfit swings like crazy, man.

" Mah Jong " as a game is amystery to me, but as a Heath re-cording it's a winner for my turn-table.

KING BROTHERSThe lively King Brothers get to

grips with the Mitchell Torok num-ber, "Caribbean". With the aid ofthe Rita Williams Singers and theTony Osborne orchestra, the boyscatch the right sunny, rhythmicalmood and sell the song with loads ofzip, on Parlophonc.

L can't imagine that this particularsong is ready for another run in thehit parade yet, but it could happen."Makin' Love", on the other hand,does have a definite hit sound aboutit. It's a medium rocker with anamusing lyric of the lad who playstruant from school to spend the timewith his current beloved. Very good

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triguing proposition, and with fourglamorous blondes making the offer,I suggest you say " yes " to theCapitol recording by The KingSisters. A racy up -tempo presentationwith a crisp accompaniment fromJack Marshall's Music.

"What Would I Do Without You"

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TONY NEWLEY OFFERSDREAMY ROCK!

ANOTHER likely winner on the Decca label is " SomeoneTo Love," waxed by Anthony Newley. Johnny Gregory's

orchestra and chorus create a suitable mixture of rock beatwith drifting and dreaming as a background to Tony's thoughtsabout his ideal girl.

The arrangement, presentation,and sounding are all first-classand the song is full of charm.

Round on the other side Mr.Newley offers a strong Latin-roEkcalled " It's All Over." AgainJohnny Gregory earns special praisefor the contribution from the orches-tra and chorus.

BOBBY DARIN

BRILLIANTMACK The Knife " is not

BILLY WILLIAMS IT -11- a new song-in fact it hasalmost achieved the respectablestatus of a folk song, which

That troubador of the Coral label, makes it all the more surprisingBilly Williams, gets together with that objections have been raisedBarbara McNair for a couple of in some parts of the U.S.A. to theduets. One is a revival of that de- new Bobby Darin waxing of thislightful two-way conversation of song on London.frustration and drowsiness, "Go To And make no mistake, this is aSleep". brilliant performance from Bobby.

Billy and Babs put over the He displays artistry and techniquesong in a convincingly cosy way, similar to Sinatra and on theand give it a delicious ending. same level, sounding like aDick Jacobs provides the backing youthful Frankie. There is a

for this and for "Telephone Con- great swingin' accompanimentversation", a punchy duet with a fast and the disc can't be faulted.beat. On the flip -over Bobby gets

away from the X -certificate stuffand goes into the slow and plain-tive " Was There A Call ForMe? " Both sides are tracksfrom Darin's recently releasedlong -player.

hai, an attractive melody to matchthe sentiment expressed in the words.The vocal arrangement is mellowand musical and there's a slow,subdued beat in the background

DOUBLE BASSEYTHE simultaneous appearance of two discs by Shirley Bassey, on

different labels, gives us the unusual opportunity of comparingthe technique of two different recording managers.

On Philips, Shirley sings two standards, " My Funny Valentine " and" How About You," and has the backing of the Wally Stott orchestra.

For both numbers the brass leads the accompaniment, and in " HowAbout You " matches the swinging approach of Shirley's vocal.

" Valentine " gets a subtle interpretation from Miss Bassey, varyingfrom the wistful to the impassioned A good example of Shirley thetop -class artist

*For her debut on the Columbia label, Shirley has been given an English

version of a French song, a ballad -with -a -beat, " If You Love Me."Oddly enough, this is a very commercial number, just when Shirley had

claimed that she was no longer concerned about waxing commercial songs !Her performance, too, seems to be playing to the gallery, and instead ofhearing the brilliant Bassey, we get an odd blend of Eartha Kitt andDorothy Squires, with a touch of Anne Shelton (all good artists themselves,but the mixture isn't so good).

The disappointment of the top side is partly compensated for by "CountOn Me," a slow ballad with a strong lyric.

Builds up from a steady opening to a big climax. Shirley sings well,and in a style true to herself

LPs by Allen EvansJOHNNY MATHIS

(Johnny Mathis, with Ray Connifforchestra, sings It's Not For Me ToSay. Warm and Tender, No Love,Chances Are, The Twelfth OfNever, When Sunny Gets Blue, andWonderful, Wonderful; and withRay Ellis orchestra, he singsTeacher Teacher, When I Am WithYou, Come To Me, Wild Is TheFind, I Look At You).

Under the title " Johnny'sGreatest Hits", Fontana give youa dozen top numbers, sung withgreatest skill and appeal byJohnny Mathis. Recorded overtwo years - 1957-58 - with twoorchestras, the high quality isconstant throughout.

Whether it is a beaty numberiike Teacher Teacher, or a slowlove ballad such as Warm andTender, Mathis is perfectly athome. This fine selection shouldfind favour with a wide public.

* *THE CROOKED MILE

Original cast LP of Britain'sbest stage musical for a long

time. I saw the piece before hear-ing the record, so I knew howthe songs fitted in, but sleevenotes will help other less for-tunate.

Elisabeth Welch has two goodsentimental numbers-If I EverFall In Love Again and I'llWait; while chirpy MillicentMartin gives terrific zip to OtherPeople's Sins, an amusing satire

John Larsen (Going Up, andDown To Earth); Jack Mac-gowran (Free, and Spare APenny) and Alan Thomas (Luigi)also add to a faithful reproduc-tion of the Peter Wildeblood-Peter Greenwell tunes. An HMVsuccess.

CHAQUITOMore rousing Latin-American

rhythm from the "Rey dell Cha-Cha-Cha," Chaqulto. Plenty ofbeat to tunes such as Francine,La Farfalla, anti' Let's Dance trFontana.

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JOE HENDERSONWho's coming up with the treble

chance this autumn ? Joe (Mr.Piano) Henderson, for one. Not thatJoe would regard himself as a poolsexpert, but as a composer he's justwritten a number called "TrebleChance".

His permutations on the key-board are as cheerful and infec-tious as his own grin and as lightand catchy as all his compositions.There's a lovely big crash pf cash

at the end-more in hope tfian ex-pectation 1

Flipside is the familiar "FlirtationWaltz", presented in a straightfor-ward manner with the barely audibleassistance of an accordion. Label isPye.

DUFFY POWER"Kissin' Time" is a bright, lively

and bouncy rocker with a lyric thatis particularly tied to the U.S.A. butwith plenty of meaning for the teen-age audience.

Ditty has been recorded on Fon-tana by Duffy Power who can rockwith the best and who has the bene-fit of an excellent backing from theKen Jones outfit.

A rock number that will get agrip on you after you have heardit a couple of times.And so as to prove that he's not

just "another rock singer", Duffyturns his attentions to a well-wornoldie "Ain't She Sweet".

To make one sit up and listen toa number like this takes some doingbut Duffy is successful with his lightand relaxed singing.

Friday, September 18. 1989

TOMMY'S BALLAD

WITH A BEAT

A "SEM1-BALLAD with asteady beat is the best des-cription I can give to " You WereMine," recorded on Decca byTommy Steele. There's loads ofappeal in the strong, fascinatingmelody.

It makes a change, too, forTommy to tackle a meatysong that be can really get histeeth into. I predict a bigsuccess for " You WereMine," probably Tommy'sbiggest for over a year.

" Young Ideas " has a bright beat,is bouncy and finds Tommy in hischeekiest frame of mind.

JERRY LEE LEWIS"Let's Talk About Us" is a good

opening gambit for the type whowants to get down to serious topics.On the London label, Jerry LeeLewis makes this plea to the girlwhose conversation seems to rangeover all sorts of less important sub-jects.

Not quite so wild as some ofJerry's offerings, but pretty lively,all the same."The Ballad Of Billy Joe" takes

over where "Tom Dooley" and "TheHanging Tree" left off.

EDDIE FISHERFor his first recording in England.

Eddie Fisher picked on an oldie, thehighly sentimental " Last MileHome". If you like the song you'lllike this recording - Eddie singsexcellently.

The coupling, "I'd Sail A Thou-sand Seas" is a sea -shanty type songof a sailor's love.

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Craig Douglas (Top Rank)2 2 LIVING DOLL

Cliff Richard (Columbia)4 3 HERE COMES SUMMER

Jerry Keller (London)3 4 LONELY BOY

Paul Anka (Columbia)S S CHINA TEA

Russ Conway (Columbia)6 6 LIPSTICK ON YOUR

COLLARConnie Francis (MGM)

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6 8 SOMEONEJohnny Mathis (Fontana)

10 9 HEART O,7 A MANFrankie Vaughan (Philips)

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Duane Eddy (London)11 12 DREAM LOVER

Bobby Darin (London)15 13 'TIL I KISSED YOU

Everly Brothers (London)13 14 SAL'S GOT A SUGAR LIP

Lonnie Donegan (Pye)14 15 JUST A LITTLE TOO

MUCHRicky Nelson (London)

17 15 I KNOWPerry Como (RCA)

19 17 HIGH HOPESFrank Sinatra (Capitol)

29 18 BROKEN-HEARTEDMELODY

Sarah Vaughan (Mercury)- 19 THREE BELLS

The Browns (RCA)18 20 ROULETTE

Russ Conway (Columbia)20 20 PLENTY GOOD LOVIN'

Connie Francis (MGM)21 22 PEGGY SUE GOT

MARRIEDBuddy Holly (Coral)

- 23 MIDNIGHT FLIERNat "King" Cole (Capitol)

22 24 SWEETER THAN YOURicky Nelson (London)

30 25 I'M GONNA GETMARRIED

Lloyd Price (HMV)- 26 TWIXT TWELVE AND

TWENTYPat Boone (London)

16 27 BIG HUNK 0' LOVEElvis Presley (RCA)

24 28 A TEENAGER IN LOVEMarty Wilde (Philips)

25 28 TALLAHASSEE LASSIEFreddy Cannon (Top Rank)

- 28 WALKIN' TALLFrankie Vaughan (Philips)

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(Joy)14 7 HERE COMES SUMMER (Mills)

6 8 SIDE SADDLE (Mills)9 9 BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

(Acuff -Rose)10 10 LONELY BOY (Bron)8 11 GOODBYE, JIMMY, GOODBYE

(Bron)13 12 THE WONDER OF YOU (Leeds)12 13 A TEENAGER IN LOVE

(West One)16 14 I KNOW (Feldman)15 15 MAY YOU ALWAYS (Essex)19 16 SOMEONE (Johnny Mathis)11 17 DREAM LOVER (Aldon)20 18 TRUDIE (Henderson)17 19 TWAT TWELVE AND

TUTNTV LSoline)21 20 WINDOWS OF PARIS Mason)IS 21. TRAMPOLINA (Harvard)24 22 HIGH HOPES (Barton)22.23 PERSONALITY (Leeds)22 24 WATERLOO (Southern)- 25 MONA LISA (Famous Chappell)27 26 40 MILES OF BAD ROAD

(Burlington)- 27 WHY SHOULD I BE LONELY ?

(Southern)25 28 GIGI (Chappell)- 29 CHICK (Henderson)- 30 SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE

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The Browns2 2 SLEEP WALK Santo and Johnny4 3 I'M GONNA GET MARRIED

Lloyd Price3 4 SEA OF LOVE Phil Phillips8 5 I KISSED YOU

Everly Brothers5 6 RED RIVER ROCK

Johnny and the Hurricanes7 7 BROKEN-HEARTED MELODY

Sarah Vaughan10 8 I WANT TO WALK YOU HOME

Fats Domino- 9 MACK THE KNIFE

Bobby Darin11 10 BABY TALK Jan and Dean8 11 LAVENDER BLUE

Sammy Turner14 12 KISSIN' TIME Bobby Rydell9 13 WHAT'D I SAY ? Ray Charles

12 14 THERE GOES MY BABYThe Drifters

- 15 POISON IVY The Coasters18 16 THANK YOU PRETTY BABY

Brook Benton20 17 I'M GONNA BE A WHEEL

SOMEDAY Fats Domino17 18 WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY

MAKES Dinah Washington15 19 IT WAS 1 Skip and Flip13 20 BIG HUNK 0' LOVE

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SONGS UNITE GANGS KEITH GOODWIN interviews the truly fabulous

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A BRITISH musical with plentyA of good choral singing is " TheCrooked Mile," at the CambridgeTheatre, London. The male choirsplits into two rival Soho gangs foraction, but unites for singing.

The girls' choir depicts a bunchof ladies -of -the -street, who createtheir own union and go on strike,leading to a considerable amount ofwise -cracking, KA by MillicentMartin.

This delectable young miss runsaway with the personality honoursand is a joy to look at and listen to.

Harry Belafonte will love thismusical because a fine coloured star,Elisabeth Welch. plays the part ofany girl-coloured or white-foralmost the complete action of thepiece, something for which he iscrusading.

Only near the end are we told thatshe's supposed to be coloured-andthis bit of dialogue is unnecessary.

Witty, smooth lyrics by PeterWildeblood, tuneful music by PeterGreenwell, and really rousing choralsinging make this musical better -than -most. But don't expect to seea world -heater. Just go for someentertainment and you'll be wellsatisfied. A.G.

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she countered, adding: " Anyway, Idon't think I speak as weil as Ising."

However, she adapted her actperfectly to the needs of varietyduring a music hall tour here in1954. and her performance lost noneof its warmth, charm and sophistica-tion.

On records, too, her artistrysuffers little, and her unique style ofpresentation remains unimpaired.Finally, there's television-and here,it's true to say that Lela hasmastered the medium perfectlyand is equally at ease in fror t of"dead" cameras and live audi-ences.

It's via TV that most of uswill see Lena early next month,when she headlines ATV's star -packed " Sunday Night At TheLondon Palladium " on October 4.A lot of luckier Horne fans, how-

ever, will he able to see her incabaret at London's plush SavoyHotel, where she begins a four -weekseason on Monday.

Lena is one of the few topAmerican singing stars whose popu-larity is not dependent in any wayon disc successes. In actual fact,she's never had a major hit in thiscountry. Confronted with this situa-tion by an interviewer back in 1954,Lena replied: " I'm just not madefor hit records. And anyway, I'mnot at all worried!"

Big songsOn the other hand, don't get the

idea that Lena's records fall flat ontheir face. Most of them sell con-sistently well over a long period oftime. Among the many standardsongs we always tend to associatewith her are " Stormy Weather,"" 'Deed I Do," " The Lady Is ATramp,' Love Me Or Leave Me "and "Love!'

Explaining her choice of material,Lena said: " I like to sing mostlystandard songs. I don't necessarilylook for sultry or sophisticatedmaterial. You see, I look upon my-self as an interpreter of whatevermood I feel from a song."

Oddly enough, Lena narrowlymissed entering the hit lists as re-cently as June, with a tantalising,amusing sprig about the " NewFangled Tango." The disc wasknocking on the door of the chartsfor several weeks.

" New Fangled Tango " is one ofmany outstanding selections in thefine "Lena Horne At The WaldorfAstoria" RCA album-and this leadsus to add that it's in the LP fieldthat Lena chalks up her biggest discsales.

Two other top selling RCA LPsby her are "Stormy Weather" and"Give The Lady What SheWants."On Camden, she shares an LP

with Dinah Shore, while last month,the low-priced Gala label releasedanother album by her, supported bythe Phil Moore Orchestra. On mostof her records, of course, Lena'saccompaniment is directed by herhusband, composer -arranger LennieHayton.

A staunch perfectionist, Lena isher own severest critic. Dissatisfiedby her performance on an RCA"Porgy And Bess" album, co -featur-ing Harry Belafonte, she took legalaction in the States earlier this yearto have the record withdrawn. How-ever, her bid failed, and the disc wasissued here just a few weeks ago andis selling extremely well.

New albumTo coincide with her visit here this

month, RCA are releasing anothernew album titled " A Friend OfYours," a collection of some of themost memorable songs penned by thegreat Burke and Van Heusen team.

Brooklyn -born Lena, ex -featuredsinger with the Noble Sissle andCharlie Barnet Band, can thank aseries of starring stage and movieappearances for the healthy pushwhich started her on her way to thetop of the success ladder.

After 13 weeks as the star of NBCradio's "Strictly From Dixie" series,Lena made her Broadway debut inLew Leslie's "Blackbirds" revue in1940.

Cabaret dates in New York laterkept her in the limelight, and it wasduring a night club season in Cali-fornia that Hollywood film pro-ducers decided she had the makingsof a screen star.

Lena's movie appearances havebeen many. and varied, including dualacting -singing roles in "PanamaHattie," "Stormy Weather," "CabinIn The Sky," "1 Dood It," "Thou-sands Cheer," "Broadway Rhythm,""Swing Fever," "Two Girls And ASailor," "Ziegfeld Follies," "Till TheClouds Roll By," "Words AndMusic " and most recently, MeetMe In Las Vegas."

LENA HORNE

Via pictures and records, she wasalready well known by the time shecame here for her British debut atthe London Casino in 1947. Alsoon the show, by way of interest,was the Ted Heath Band, and Lenawas accompanied by Ted's rhythmsection.

In 1950, Lena returned for atop -of -the -bill season at the Lon-don Palladium, and she starred

there again during her third visitin 1952.Fans in the provinces packed

theatres during her variety tour in1954 and she came to Britain againin October, 1955, for cabaret at theSavoy Hotel and a Sunday eveningATV London Palladium date.

In effect, this was Lena's lastworking visit to this country. True,she returned early in 1956 to workon a series of tekfilms for an Ameri-can producer. But things didn't workout, the films weren't made, andalluring Miss Horne spent threeweeks in London doing preciselynothing!

What has she been doing in theU.S. since then? First and foremost,she spent much of her time onBroadway as the star of "Jamaica,"a musical production which openedon October 31. 1957.

Long run" 'Jamaica ' ran for a year and a

half, and I must say I enjoyed my-self," she told ..e. " The show hadhumour and colour, and there weresome good songs which you'll hearwhen RCA release the original castalbum we recorded," she went on.

" A film version ? " Lena echoed." Believe me, I'm not trying to befunny, but I read about that in thepapers. I guess there was talk of itat one time. But nothing happenedas far as I'm concerned."

When "Jamaica" eventually closedLena returned to cabaret and starredat many leading American nightspots. Just a short time ago, she con-cluded a season at Las Vegas, andfollowing her current seventh visitto Britain, she is contracted forseveral more niterie engagements inthe U.S.

Additionally, there's an importantseries of TV appearances on the" Perry Como Show," which will befitted in whenever her other commit-ments allow. And a new film isunder discussion.

" It's a good story," Lena told me," and it will feature a lot of music,especially jazz. The whole idea isbeing gone into right now, and I'veheard already that trumpeter MilesDavis will be featured."

Has Lena ever thought of retiring?" Well, I'm 42," she admitted quiteopenly, " and my son and daughterare grown up now. I guess 1 mighttake things easy when they've finishedtheir education. But that doesn'tmean I'll stop singing," she con-cluded.

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Friday, September 18, 1959 NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS *

`Mona Lisa' revives Londonmemories of

Conway TwittyWHEN Conway Twitty came to Britain in May,

just a few hours after his arrival he said hewas more excited about the prospect of meetinghis fans here than they were about seeing him.By the time Twitty left, everyone had beensatisfied. We had seen him and he had seen us.

Now the memory of those hectic days this personableyoung American was in London has been revived byhaving another Twitty hit in the best selling charts.This week his latest entry. " Mona Lisa." has climbedto 6th position.

Twitty made a big Impression on everyone he met andon the thousands who saw *is performances on ABC -TV's" Oh Bo) " My personal recollection of him is of aboyish -faced young man surrounded by people at a Pressreception. He answered every question that was put tohim Everyone he spoke to he called " Sir " or " Ma'am."

Between questions he sipped an iced tomato juice. Hedid not try to be evasive Every question he answered asfrankly as he was able.

Don Seat, his gay manager, endorsed Twitty's sincerity.In fact, he went so far as to say that handling him was apersonal pleasure as well as a business asset. Twitty wasnot temperamental and did not mind how much incon-venience he was put to in order to further his career.

Proof of this point is that prior to flying to BritainTwitty had to make a two-day car journey from a concertin Canada to reach New York intime to catch the plane.Again on arrival in London

nothing was too much trouble forhim. Although he had just flownthe Atlantic and hadn't slept formany hours, he gave an exclusiveinterview to NME's chief featurewriter, Derek Johnson, so that hisBritish fans could read about himin that same week's issue, whichwas about to go to Press when hearrived.

Conway was most impressed bythe rehearsals for " Oh Boy ! " InAmerica, the rehearsals in his ex-perience had never been so intensiveand thorough. The whole of the" Oh Boy ! cast he found werevery friendly and helpful to him.

"You couldn't wish to meet anicer bunch of folks," he said. " Iwas very much a stranger, but theywent out of their way to make mefeel at home and were very patientwith my shortcomings.

"Jack Good impressed me most.He knew what he wanted anddidn't rest till he got it."

Rehearsals took up most ofTwitty's time. In fact, most of hismemories of that visit to Londonare confined to i '.at he saw fromthe car that took him from theSavoy Hotel to the television studiosfor rehearsals and brought him backagain

By the riverOne afternoon, Conway Twitty

his manager Don Seat, and JimKent of EMI Records (who waslooking after them in London) wentby car to Hampton Court on theRiver Thames where Twitty took astroll along the tow -path.

This made him home -sick for theMississippi, on which river he lives.

When he has a moment or two torelax, he enjoys nothing more thanto sit on a river bank and throwstones into the water. watching theripples.

The only other break from theroutine was a trip to Germany inthe hope of meeting Elvis Presley.But unfortunately Presley was onmanoeuvres that week.Another person Twitty had hoped

to meet, and didn't. was Britain'sown rock sensation, Cliff Richard.Twitty listened to some of Cliff'sdiscs while here and saw a numberof " Oh Boy !" telefilms in whichCliff appeared.

So impressed was he with Cliff'ssinging that when he flew back toAmerica Richard's LP was in hisluggage Another item he took homeas a souvenir of his televisionappearance here was the " Oh Boy!"album.

Some stars only have show busi-ness ambitions. Twitty is one whothinks of other things too. Beforeleaving Britain he told Jim Kent thathe hoped one day to return to Lon-don and open a vast American -styledrestaurant.

The idea he' has in mind isreally revolutionary, and whatprompted him to remark on it washis dislike of the service lie re-ceived in one of the London res-taurants he visited.Apparently one evening, very tired,

after extensive rehearsals all day, hewent to a restaurant and ordered ameal. There happened to be anitem in one of the dishes to whichhe was particularly partial and askedfor a double rortion This couldn'tbe done, apparently

Only a little thing, but it set Con-way talking about this big idea ofhis.

" Back home we have big drive-inrestaurants," he said. " And three

floor places where there's a soda baron the ground floor. You eat on thefirst and can dance on the second.The whole place is set in a big parkand you can take the car right inand, if you like, you can eat yourmeal out in the car."

Of course, in America a lot morepeople have cars, he was told, so itmight not be so practicable overhere.

But Twitty was not deterred. Hehad already ear -marked a site inLondon for such a project-BatterseaPark. He was quite disappointedwhen told that he certainly couldn'tbuy that

So laughingly Conway geared hisbig -scale idea down a bit and de-cided on a small restaurant run on

American ideas in miniature withmaybe a small garden out backfor bubble -cars!Twitty's smile rarely left his face

while he was in Britain. Life wasa great adventure to him and muchof this young singer's appeal is hisboundless enthusiasm.

At 24 he has proved himself quitea prolific composer, writing thewords and music to no less than 250songs. His disc of " It's Only MakeBelieve " topped the charts on bothsides of the Atlantic.

Now Twitty is heading that wayagain with " Mona Lisa "-no won-der they are both smiling !

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MELVYN WADDINGHAM, ofSouthend-on-Sea, Essex, writes:I was horrified to read in a recent

article that Terry Dene is switchinghis attention to " standards." Surelyhe must realise that the majority ofnumbers which far under this head-ing demand a greater skill from asinger than any rock 'n' roll song.

Having heard his rendering of" Birth Of The Blues " and " PenniesFrom Heaven " when he appearedlocally, I am convinced that Mr.Dene should leave this type of musicto Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra,and our own Alma Cogan, to namebut three of the artists who canreally sing

* * *ALAN J. MANN writes from

Norwich, Norfolk:Congratulations, Coral Records, on

a wonderful achievement ! By skil-ful work, the engineers have madeBuddy Holly's " Peggy Sue GotMarried " me of his greatest -everdiscs.

Let's hope there are some moretapes hidden away somewhere !

MRS. P. J. PERKINS. of Gosport,Hants, writes:Thank you far the recent article

on Ronnie Carroll. It makes apleasant change to see this versatileartist getting some of the praise hedeserves.

Mr. Carroll has given ...ndlesspleasure to my !may, which includesmy parents, with his pleasant per-sonality on TV appearances and hisfine singing.

Although, a. your article states,Ronnie is an infrequent visitor tothe charts, his fans are to a largeextent people who do not buyrecords By that, I mean the oldergeneration who enjoy listening to aballad sung in a musical voice-nota nasal twang, so typical of the rock'n' rollers.

LES NORTH and DAVE WAR -LOW, of the 2nd Royal .TankRegt., BFPO 57, write:Being stationed in the Libyan

Desert, we rely on your excellentweekly to keep us in touch with thegoings-on in the music world

The only record programme wecan pick up is from the AmericanForces' transmitter in Tripoli. PaulAnka's " Lonely Boy " takes on anew meaning for us !

There are several British Regi-ments in Libya, so we'd very muchappreciate a British programme, butmeanwhile, thanks NME for keepingus informed.

*MARGARET CLARKE and JOAN

RIGNEY, of Rock Ferry,Cheshire, write:We would like to say that we were

thoroughly disgusted with JamesWynn's comment on Billy Fury inlast week's edition of the NME

Billy's performances are marvel-lous, and he sends out a messagewhich reaches the hearts of all hisfans.

There is certainly nothing in hisact to warrant the phrase " downrightdisgusting." Let's bear some goodreports about 'Wm

* * *B.M.H., of Hull, Yorks, writes:

I would :ike to say how I agreewith A Stephens' letter in last week'sNME. It is high time Guy Mitchellcame back here. I am sure he isnot forgotten by his rea: fans, buthe is sadly neglected where publicityis concerned.

Could somebody please tell mewhat has happened to his programmeon Radio Luxembourg ? It is billedas being on Wednesday nights at9.30, but the last two weeks someother show has come on instead,without any explanation

(Editorial note: Due to revisedprogramme planning Guy's show isnot an at the moment but it willreturn to the air on October 4, andfrom then will be broadcast onTuesdays at 8.30 p.m.).

H. W. SIMMONS of New Eltham,London, S.E.9, writes:It seems that Cliff Richard has

little faith in his own recordings, forin an interview in the NME datedMay 22, he was asked by a 16 -year -old schoolboy fan whether he wouldapprove of the numbers from hisfilm "Serious Charge" being releasedas singles. He replied: " No, I don'tthink they would sell in largequantities.'

Yet " Living Doll"-which Cliffsings rn " Serious Charge "-hasproved to be his most successfulrecord to date

(Editorial note: Cliff did say In thesame interview that he thought thesongs from the film' were the best. hehad done to date)

NAT HENTOFF'S AMERICAN AIRMAIL

Connie's secret is 'sound'CONNIE FRANCIS' success secret, as told to Earl Wilson :

" Some singers you can hardly understand, but it's not thatthey're mumbling. What the people buy 'tow is the youthful,Negro, Southern sound.

" Take me. I bought all theFats Domino albums. I listenedand I became a Southerner. Yousing the words real clear andsomebody'll say, 'It won't move.It's too good. Do it over, not soclear this time.' "

Newest major jazz sensa-tion is altoist Ornet Coleman.He has two new albums due-on Contemporary and Atlantic.

Dorothy Dandridge is agood bet to play the life of BillieHoliday on screen. Phil Wax-man, who recently completed" The Gene Krupa Story." willproduce.

Director Sammy Javis may do his

first directorial job for comedianTimmie Rogers musical. " TooPoor To Die."

The band Kid Ory bringsto Britain will include trumpeterRed Allen, bassist Squire Gersh,clarinettist Bob McCracken,drummer Alton Redd and pianistCedric Haywood. Gersh and Mc-Cracken were once with LouisArmstrong.

Both the American StateDepartment and Russian culturalofficials are anxious for HarryBelafonte to visit the SovietUnion. He may go next summer.Not generally known, incidentally,

that he made his appearance atthe Brussels World Fair at his ownexpense.

Under orders Troubles of stardom: 20th

Century Fox ordered Fabian notto go steady.

Dean Martin has beensigned for two more majorColumbia pictures His salarykeeps going up.

Nat Cole is so popular inBrazil that President Kubitschekhas invited him to be guest ofhonour at the dedication of thenew Brazilian capital, Brasilia, inMarch, says Hedda Hopper.

Tab Hunter is Steve Allen'sfirst guest on the latter's new fallseries.

Pat Boone's initial show,Cctober 1, will have Nat Coleas star guest, besides Fabian.

Another challenge is in storefor the Crosby Brothers whenthey open at Hollywood's MoulinRouge late September. They'readding ten new numbers for theoccasion.

Both of the new "talking"magazines - magazines with re-cords inside them-have receivedmuch publicity, but neither seemsto be especially prospering. Theirnames are "Echo" and "LivingMusic" and they're modelledafter a very successful Frenchprototype. Neither has had muchto do with pop music.

Dick Haymes is workingagain in New York-singing at ac'uh called The Living Room

Bob Hope invited BingCrosby to appear-along with theCrosby sons-on Hope's firstNBC programme. It's unlikelythat Bing will accept.

Jimmie Rodgers due for Aus-tralian tour soon

Among the new pupils atGene Krupa's drum school areSal Mineo, Pat Suzuki, PaulNewman and Andy Griffith.

Sam Goldwyn's " Porgy andBess " has to take $16,000,000before there's a profit.

When fire broke out onthe set at 20th Century -Fox, PatBoone pitched in with the fire-men and helped put it out

Eartha Kitt is reported tobe doing well in Hollywood realestate.

Eartha Kitt played theApollo Theatre in Harlem wear-ing a dress made of 14 -carat spungold

For Christmas Frank Sinatra is recording

a secret Christmas !bum. The film biography of W. C.

Handy, "St. Louis Blues" withNat Cole and Eartha Kitt, turnedout to be a box office failure,even though it wasn't made onhigh budget.

Bing Crosby wanted oadly tomake the film version of Meredith

" Music Man," butWillson apparently thinks he canget even more money. He'sturned it over to open bidding.The national touring company ofthe show has meanwhile grossedover three -and -a -half million dol-lars in its first year on the road.

Sidney Skolsky quotesFrank Sinatra as saying: "Oneis hip or one is a square: that'sall there is to it."

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1p NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS * Friday, September 15. 1959

JOHNNY CASH BRINGS A LOADTHE British TV debut of Johnny Cash (the first U.S.

star in Jack Good's new " Boy Meets Girls " series)is tomorrow (Saturday). While in Britain, Johnny alsotelefilms another show for screening on October 10.

Perhaps the name Johnny Cash does not mean so verymuch at present to many British music fans, but he is certainlythe best-known of the current country-and-western artists inAmerica.

He has a string of Stateside hits to his credit, including " I'llWalk The Line," " Don't Take Your Guns To Town,"" Ballad Of A Teenage ,Queen " and currently " FiveFeet High And Rising,' this latter title having justbeen released here on Philips.

What's more, in the country-and-western section ofa poll conducted among disc -jockeys by the U.S.magazine " Cash Box," Johnny was voted the mostprogrammed male vocalist, and his " Ballad Of ATeenage Queen " received most spins during the year,while Guess Things Happen That Way " reached topplace in the Cash Box " country-and-westernjuke box table.

As far back as 1956, he was receiving attentionand in that year was voted the most promisingmale singer.Like many of his contemporaries, Johnny's talent

also extends to composing. He writes most ofthe songs he records himself, as well as supplyingmaterial for records by Rusty Draper, HoagyCarmichael, Lawrence Welk and fellow c -and -wstars Jimmy Wakely and Ernest Tubb.

Born 26 years ago on a cotton farm in Kings -land, Arkansas, Johnny grew up in an environ-ment of authentic country music. His twobrothers and three sisters were also musical andsome of the happiest childhood memories are oflong winter evenings when the whole familygathered round the piano to sing.

In such surroundings, it is not surprising thatJohnny was not the only member of the Cashfamily to display a degree of talent. His elderbrother Roy was the first to make headway. He washired to play with a hillbilly bandon a local radio station. to Germany, where he spent the

There and then young Johnny next three years. During his staydecided to follow on with a similar there Johnny found his talents weremusical career, but his ambitions greatly in demand. Consequentlyhad to take a back seat while he he sang in many musical productionsdid service in the U.S. Air Force. on the base, besides appearing in

He did his training at Brooks small German clubs.Field, where he began seeing a lot On completion of his militaryof a San Antonio girl named career, he returned to America andVivian Liberto. married Vivian, the girl he hadShortly afterwards he was posted fallen in love with before he left !

with his records for the' Sun label. XHopefully Johnny went for an

audition with that firm and unlikemany of the young hopefuls who gc Nin for auditions, he was successful !

Today, Johnny is the top country Nmusic artist. He holds the unique distinction that each of his discs so :far has reached the top ten in thecountry-and-western charts.

Johnny is also showing great pro- Imise as an actor. He was recently tested for the part of Hank Williams in the prospective film biography ofthe late singer -composer.

He lives in a small, unpretentious cottage quite near' Memphis, with his wife and two daughters. When on tour, Johnny finds relaxation by seeking out a quiet stream to fish.Besides starting with the same :

record label as Elvis, Johnny Cash hasro

mailllking. Hisah etrheBorne

used to represent Presley.Now, Johnny has switched labels

to the current major American NColumbia firm. Thus his discs are on their second U.S. tourcurrently released here through Philips, instead of London who'llissued his Sun records. His last issue. SOMEWHEREX in New York to -on the London label was " I day (Friday), the Chris BarberBand will be relaxing in a clubForgot To Remember To Forget MI

listening to American Jazzmen. OnYou " three weeks ago.There is little doubt that after his el Monday, they start out on a

hectic, 39 -day coast -to -coast con -TV appearances here, Johnny Cash ;cert itinerary - their second U.S.is going to find himself a big gi tour within eight months .1favourite this side of the Atlantic, N Barber's Stateside success is alreadytoo. Tomorrow you can judge him since his sensational tourfor yourself, and it's my guess that 11 assured,in February this year won for thevery soon the name Johnny Cash ;band a widespread fan following.will be figuring in the British hit N Highspot of the trip, of course,parade 1

DAVID SAMPSON X was the meteoric climb intoAmerica's top ten of " Petite

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been released there. Two are on.13 the Laurie label (who handled

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The band almost had a secondmajor hit on its hands with "Old

IN Rugged Cross", which like "Fleur",heavily featured clarinettist Monty

N Sunshine. However, soon afterII Laurie released this disc earlier

IT must have taken either-.ex-treme audacity or tremendousself-confidence for The Browns torecord "The Three Bells," a tunewhich has been rehashed in oneform or another time and timeagain.

And having previously beenrestricted to the country-and-western idiom in the mid -west ofAmerica, The Browns themselvescould hardly have hoped for more

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than a strong local interest intheir new effort.

Yet not only did they soon zoominto the elusive top position in theAmerican best-sellers list, but thisweek they have made their initialentry in the British charts.

The disc was first heard in thiscountry when it was played on BBC -TV's " Juke Box Jury " a fortnightago - and the general concensusof opinion was that it was not nearly

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At that stage, Johnny's plans for acareer were uncertain and he en-rolled in a radio and televisionschool, hoping to become anannouncer.

But if his hopes were high, finan-ces were low ! He had to take a jobselling electrical appliances by dayin Memphis, Tennessee, saving hissinging for the hours after work.

A local boy named Elvis Presleywas causing quite a stir at that time

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Technically and artistically, I amcompelled to agree with the panel.The melody has already had a most

chequered career, and there will befew readers who were not familiarwith it long before this new RCAversion came on the market.

It first saw the light of day in1945, when a Frenchman named JeanVillard wrote the original tune, whichhe called " Les Trois Cloches "(which, I am assured, means " TheThree Bells ").

This was effectively recorded byEdith Piaf and Les Compagnons dela Chanson, a disc which to this veryday is still heavily requested.

Three years later, an English lyricwas written by Bert Reisfeld, and thesong was published as " The ThreeBells " i.i both Britain and America.

But later in the same year, cele-brated American lyricist Dick Man-ning came up with a totally dif-ferent set of English words, and thesong was then republished a

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