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BILLY J. KRAMER and the DAKOTAS, the highly successful team from Manchester and Liverpool, are still at No. 1 with "BAD TO ME", keeping their stable mates, the BEATLES, at No. 3-much to the surprise ofeveryone at the NRM. (NRM Picture by DEZO HOFFMANN.)

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SURF KINGARE the Honeys the girl friends

of the Beach Boys ? " Surfin'Down the Swanee River," theHoneys' current release, wasarranged by Brian Wilson, theoldest of the three brothers who arepart of the group the Beach Boys.He has become quite an accom-plished composer, writing such hitsas "Surfiye U.S.A.," " Surfin' "and " Surfin' Safari," all composedby him with the aid of MichaelLove, who is his cousin and isanother of the Beach Boys. WithRoger Christian he composed "ShutDown," another U.S. hit, for thegroup. The "B" side to the Sur-faris hit, "Wipeout," called "SurferJoe," is another from his pen.That's not all. With Jan Berry, ofJan and Dean fame, he composed" Surf City," which Jan and Deantook to the No. 1 spot in the U.S.Well done, Brian ! The Beach Boysmust surely be the AmericanBeatles ! - JOHN BRANDOW,Green Gore, Northwood, Middle-sex.

GIRL GROUPSTHANK you for the article on the

Crystals, Shirelles and especiallythe Chiffons. Nowadays, with theLiverpool sound in full swing, onedoesn't hear so much about theseswinging girls. I do hope thatwithin the next few months they willbe touring here. Together with atour and a little more publicity,more of these girls might get some-where in the charts.-D. ORTON,7 Lewitt Close, Stocking FarmEstate, Leicester.

DON & PHILLOOKING through some back -

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UNORIGINAL NEWIESI WAS looking at the new releases

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For example: "Amor, Amor,"Elaine Delmar; "If I Had aHammer," Trini Lopez; " Poisonivy," The Puppets ; "Teddy Bears'Picnic"/"Jeannie With the LightBrown Hair," Jackie Lynton;" Secret Love," Danny Williams;" Just In Case," Fourmost; " Oh,What a Guy," Maureen Evans;" Frankie and Johnny," SamCooke; "Que Sera Sera," The HighKeys ; "Searchin'," Hollies;" Marie's Wedding," Ted Heath ;"Summertime, Summertime," For-tunes; "Allentown Jail," Letter-men ; " Painted Tainted Rose," AlMartino ; " Jezebel," Rob E.G.;" Yes," Johnny Sandon.-COLINR. FENN, 49 Burford Gardens,Palmers Green, N.13.

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when this doll Carol Elvinwalks into a room, it is a mostinteresting sight indeed. She isclearly in good shape all the time.She has expressive eyes and adark, casual hair styling. She hasthat model look . . .

But I am now telling you thatthis doll Carol Elvin wishes tobe known as a TOM -BOY. I tellher: "If you are called 'Tom',then the make-up people havedone a very good job on you".The "boy" bit I regard as plainridiculous.

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Carol then says: "If anybodydescribes me as sweet or demure,I feel insulted. I believe in work-ing very hard indeed on stage-andI come off feeling as if I've beenin a shower bath.

"There are quite enough girlsdoing the sophisticated stuff with-out me joining in. In any case,the boys prefer you if you are nottoo glamorous and so, I think, dothe girls. They really don't wantto envy you."

I've an idea that Carol is goingto make a big noise on the discscene. Her first out now is "'CosI Know", backed with "C'monOver", for Columbia. She wrotethe top side and it shows off herforceful vocal style.

R fir, B STYLEBut the determined yet Doll -like

Carol has an even bigger claim tofame. She busted up the maledomination of the Star Club inHamburg. She went over, playedher rhythm 'n' blues -styled guitar,sang her lungs to straining point-and went over extremely well.

Until very recently, she handledall her own business affairs. Croy-don -born and 23 on August 28, shewas dancer, band vocalist, principalgirl in panto, choreographer, con-cert party star-and a regular inworking men's clubs. Now she hasa manager, Dave Forrester.

She brushed with the Germanpolice not long ago. It was her

Decidedly attractive CAROL ELVIN has made a big impressionPeter Jones, talentwise. Chances are you will also dig.

second trip to the Star Club, ahaunt known to many Britishgroups, but didn't have time to geta work permit.

"One night the police marchedin They wouldn't let anybodyleave the place and escorted meout in front of the audience. Afterfour hours' grilling in the policestation, they let me go . . . onthe understanding that I flewstraight home, got a permit, andthen flew back."

Carol hates airplanes.She has now been in show busi-

ness non-stop since she was 15,including a spell with the famedIvy Benson all -girl orchestra.

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without a microphone. I used tofling myself about the stage as well.In fact, the first time I sang withIvy I sent the sax section flying.

"But Ivy didn't sack me. Shetaught me that it was better tostand still and sing in tune, ratherthan try to knock myself, and thesaxes, out every time."

Being a very much "with it"doll, Carol digs Peggy Lee, RayCharles, the Beatles, Brenda Lee-and Betty Hutton, for obvious ex-plosive reasons.

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CLIFF RICHARD has been five years a star. To celebrate the occasion we review his career alongside.Cliff has come a long, long way since he started out, and is set for many years to come. Above wehave a fine new portrait of Cliff and elsewhere on the page a recent shot of him at the Palladium with

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Northern bunkBILL MABRY

SOUTHERN Sounds '63 Showat the Tower Ballroom, New

Brighton has been cancelled due tothe recent fire there. It looks as ifthe ballroom will be closed untilnext season The Finals of the'Kings Of Big Beat' Contest whichwere to be held at the Tower Ball-room will now take place at theGrosvenor, Wallasey .... Billy J.Kramer and the Dakotas were notpresent on the 'Mersey Beat' Boatlast Sunday as they had to travel toBirmingham to record this Satur-day's ` Lucky Stars ' ....Beatles,Gerry and the Pacemakers, TheFourmosts and Tommy Quickley onthe bill at the Odeon, Southportthis week . . . . Will the Searcherstop the LP chart? .wood' by lan and the Zodiacs' re-leased August 16th ... 'Yes' Ow'Magic Potion' by Johnny Sandonand the Remo Four released Ang-us! 23rd ....`It's Love That ReallyCounts' Ow 'Fortune Teller' ByThe Merseybeats now on release

.The Mojos disc 'They Say' c w'Forever' released August 30th,'Hello Little Girl' by The Fourmostreleased August 30th, a Lennon -McCartney number ....Disc byThe Escorts due in September ....Fabulously successful 'Let's BeatHunger' dance at the Graftonrooms recently-starring The Den-nisons. Earl Preston and the T.T's.SO17111. Webb and the Cascades andMark Peters and the Silhouettes....Mark Peters and the Silhou-ettes and The Four Clefs for theStar Club Hamburg .. .. AR TV's'The Merseyside Story' has over 30Liverpool groups in it and will bescreened on Christmas Day ....The Cavern Club on BBC's 'To-night' on Monday, 2nd SeptemberThis week, BBC documentary unit,led by Don Howarth, filming withthe Beatles for 'The Beatles Story'to be screened next month ....Derry Wilkie of The Pressmen re -'may appeared with Alexis Korner's

Blues Incorporated ....The Denni-sons, Johnny Sandon and the RemoFour. Billy J. Kramer and theDakotas on the Tommy Roe Tour. . . . Johnny Kidd and the Pirateswell liked on Merseyside ... Hollie.sa great success at Liverpool's Loc-arno recently.... Music publisherFranklin Boyd was in Liverpoollast week and contracted a localsongwriter ....Freddie Starr andthe Midnighters have disbanded-but lead vocalist Freddie may formanother group ....Liverpool's FourJust Men with Manchester's Mc-Kiernon Agency ... The Chantsfor the ABC, Blackpool next month-also on the bill, Helen Shapiro....Watch out for 'Dance, Dance,Dance' by Dave Lee and theStaggerlees....First Decca disc bySheffield's Dave Berry and theCruisers released September 711s....Coronation Street's WalterPotts (Chris Sanford) visited theMersey Beat scene recently ....Jimmy Crawford and the Messen-gers have a new release mid-Sep-tember....Danny and the Asteroidshave reformed as The Asteroids....EP taken from the SearchersLP to be released soon LPfrom Freddie and the Dreamers duein September ....When will Gerryand the Pacemakers have an LPrelease? Mersey Beat LP nowin the best selling charts ....Flip -side of Beryl Marsden's disc nowthe 'A' side ...Next release forThe Rolling Stones - 'Money'?....As one of the first Liverpud-lians ever to visit London's 'Scene'Club, I was knocked out by theplace-and have suggested toeveryone in Scouseland to go therewhen they visit London. In fact, alot of Merseysiders are eager tosee The Rolling StonesThe Beatles be appearing at theCavern in October? By that timethe club will have been enlarged....Why is it that there is an

opinion that Northerners detest

Southern groups? In the main thisis untrue. Northerners likeGOOD beat music wherever itconies from ....Over 150 differentMerseyside outfits have been namedin the NRM during the past year-there really are over 250 groupson Merseyside I hope to see'Fingertips' by Little Stevie Won-der enter the Merseyside charts.... Beatles, Swinging Blue JeansGerry and the Pacemakers, BillyJ. Kramer and the Dakotas, Faron'sflamingo's, Kingsize Taylor andthe Dominoes etc rarely appearon Merseyside these days ....There are over 30 different fanclubs for local groups in the 'Pool.... To the reader who thinks Iwrite 'Propaganda'-I always wel-come news from groups anywhere,beat groups throughout the countrycan receive publicity if they writeto me at 14a Childwall Parade,Liverpool 14.

HOW CLIFFROSE TO FAMEDavid Griffiths spotlights the early days

HOW spottable is a potential star? Somewhere, walkingaround in London or Liverpool or maybe Scunthorpe, isthe next big £2,000 a week star. His (or possibly her) photomay already have appeared in the NRM. There's possiblybeen an appearance or two on radio or television and the oddbooking in clubs.

Contrary to the cynical belief of those who like to sneer atteenage tastes, it's not just a matter of spending a lot ofmoney on publicity, of making a few magic show biz incan-tations, such as Hey Presto or Shazam!, and lo and beholdyou've got a Star! No, you can spend a fortune on promo-tion, but to succeed you've got to have the right commodity.Like The Beatles-and who, one year ago, could have pre-dicted their success?

Or Cliff Richard. Who, five years ago, thought that Cliffwould become a top recording artist, radio and TV performer,big -draw stage act, and film star? Not even MauriceWoodruff.

Yet there were signs, clues to bepicked up by the alert and percep-tive student of public taste. Hereare a few of them from the casehistory of Harry Roger Webb, bornLucknow, India, October 14 (a finedate, also used by General Eisen-hower, and the writer of thisarticle), 1940, who became CliffRichard, London, August, 1958.

ERRORA teenage show was being put on

at the Gauniont, Shepherds Bush.Harry Webb had just formed hisown rock group after leaving askittle group in his home town ofHoddesdon, Herts. The new outfitwas called The Drifters. They wereall very young, very keen, and-naturally-rather ignorant about thebusiness. Their name, for example,was an error, since there wasalready an established and success-ful American group called TheDrifters. So, shortly after HarryWebb became Cliff Richard, TheDrifters became The Shadows.Anyway, the group was so en-thusiastic that they offered toappear without pay, which was adeal highly acceptable to thetheatre manager. But he knewtalent when he heard it, and notonly gave them a repeat bookingwith pay, he also got an agent,George Ganjou, along to hear them.That situation was the first clue thatCliff and The Shadows had some-thing extraordinary.

Second clue : The agent fixedthem an audition to record forNorrie Paramor. Third clue :

Norrie immediately agreed to givethem a recording date.

REACTIONIt was the speed of reaction to

Cliff by so many different peoplein the industry that was the greatestsign of the fame to come. TV pro-ducer Jack Good heard Cliff, andforthwith booked him onto the 'OhBoy!" rock shows. I watched Cliffduring rehearsals for his firstappearance. He told me that if hewas successful he would definitecontinue in show bit iness. Hereckoned he stood a fairly goodchance of being able to make areasonable living as a rock singer.Anyway, he added, he was youngenough (nearly 18) to be able toafford to take a chance on doingwhat he liked to do most. Ifthings didn't work out-well, hecould always go back to someroutine job as a clerk or something.But he said he'd already done wellenough to encourage him.

He was a pleasant lad withoutany pretensions. I liked him andmy reaction was typical ; otherjournalists, fellow artists and im-presarios wished him well.

While Cliff sang at this rehearsal,I noticed somebody teasing a well-known agent, saying that he'dslipped up in not signing Cliff.This boy, said the teaser, was goingto be a big star. Although the agentnever did get a percentage of Cliff,he made no attempt to belittleCliff's potential. He contentedhimself with boasting that he'dknown all about Cliff's talent for along time (which, in fact, was moreof a confession than a boast, sincethe agent had apparently donenothing with this knowledge). Andremember that Cliff, at this time,was completely unknown to thegeneral public.

DUALITYThat September his first record

came out and got three stars in theRecord Mirror (in the same issueDean Martin, Perry Como, LonnieDonegan and Pat Boone got five-star ratings), and was enthusiastic-ally, though not ravingly, reviewed." Schoolboy Crush," the "B" side,got most attention. The side thatdid make it, " Move It," was de-scribed as being dominated by TheDrifters: " From start to finish,guitars and rhythm maintain a tre-mendous beat."

A few days later, YvonneCrombie went to report, for theRecord Mirror, the opening of ajuke box showroom. There werelots of artists there, some of themwell known. But she took one lookat Cliff, took him over to a jukebox, and had our photographertake the first picture to appear inthe press of Cliff. Instant recog-nition of star quality once again.

Cliff came up to the RecordMirror office and talked about hishopes to Dick Tatham, who de-scribed him as " an ordinary,average, quietly -spoken lad who, in

of Cliff'scareer...

conversation, gives no sign of theriot he reputedly zips up on stage."

STARBy the end of September, thanks

largely to the brilliance of "OhBoy !" Cliff was a star. Hisrecord was in the top ten. He wasgetting regular TV bookings, andthe big tours were being lined up.Several times I journeyed to Hack-ney to watch " Oh Boy !" go outon a Saturday evening. The showmoved very fast and was packedwith stars, some of them American.It was always Cliff who drove thegirlies frantic. He was sexy (heused to bend over the microphoneand sing at it as though it were agirl he was about to kiss), but,unlike some of the other rockers,he wasn't crude with it.

COAXEDEverybody liked him then, and

they still do. But it hasn't beenall that easy being a Nice Guy onand off stage. There's always adanger in being modest, polite andunassuming. It might be taken forsoftness, and no star can get bywith a wishy-washy personality.There probably have been rathertoo many publicity photos of Cliffwith his mouth hanging slacklyopen, but they are the result of afundamental honesty in the man ;he simply can't bear smiling toorder. It's too insincere. Honestyseems to be important to Cliff.When interviewed, his replies arealways direct without any flannel.If he can. he tells you what you wantto know, and he tells you truthfullywhat he's thinking. He doesn't tryto kid anybody, including himself.

This straightforward approach tohis job, and to life in general, hassometimes caused him slight trouble(as when he was coaxed into shoot-ing his mouth off about SouthAfrican racialism ; he was just try-ing to oblige journalists and wasnot trying to suggest that his viewswere in any way expert), but it hasenabled him to keep his balancewhen surrounded by hangers-on,adulatory fans and luxury.

SUCCESSESAt the end of five years that has e

included some tremendous successes(gold discs, "best singer" awards,American and Continental triumphs,and two profitable films. " TheYoung Ones " and " Summer Holi-day 7), Cliff can look back inwonderment and gratitude, can sur-vey the present with contentment,and can look forward-a trifleapprehensively, like everybody-tohis next five years. They will befar more carefully planned thanthe last five. They are unlikely tobe as spectacularly successful. Forone thing, there's not much left forhim to do that will have such bigappeal. (His own ambition is todo some serious acting, which canhardly have the impact of being ateenage rock idol).

And for another thing. the publicis fickle and new stars are comingup all the time. Somewhere, walk-ing around, is the next CliffRichard.

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'AN ITCH FOR ACTINGTHAT'S WHAT HAS GOT INTO 'JUST LIKE EDDIE' STAR HEINZMAKE no mistake-Heinz is regarding the success of his current

hit, " Just Like Eddie," as merely the start of things to come.He doubts if he'll ever give up singing, but he's determined toget in on the big-time acting kick.

Now quite a few of our pop singers say this, along with thebit about being " all-round entertainers." Heinz has already donesomething about his histrionic future. . . .

On November 17, a film goes out on the Rank circuit Itfeatures Heinz. It also features the Tornados-so the title "Fare-well Performance" is extra meaningful. Says Heinz: "Not exactlya huge acting part . . . but a distinct start. It gave me thatitch to get more acting."

Also out before the end of theyear : " Live It Up," which linesHeinz up with Kenny Ball andNancy Spain, though not in a sing-ing trio ! Heinz again gets a faircrack of acting, though he says:" The part had to be reducedbecause I was touring with JerryLee Lewis at the time-and thatmeant a lot of travelling."

And plans are being finalised nowfor a half-hour Euroscan Produc-tion called "A Swinging Location,"which will prominently featureHeinz on outdoor locations roundLondon. Looks like the Tornadoswill be featured once again. Thisproduction will run for half anhour and get national distribution.

So the matey Heinz has alreadygone a fair way since becoming asolo singer. Three films ain't hay.no matter how small the parts maybe.

Said Heinz: "Really, the thing Iwant to do next is a big televisionplay. As an actor, not a singerwho also says a few lines. Forthat reason, I'm keen to get insome drama lessons-just so I'dbe ready for auy break that mightcome.

WORKED ON"I've been told that it's very hard

to combine, properly, the job ofacting with singing. Well, I thinkthis business has a lot to do with

your manager. Just as long as hedoesn't get you so involved withwork you can't do either properly,then you're all right.

"My manager, Joe Meek, isdetermined not to let this happen.He thinks it can be worked so thatI don't miss out on anything.

APPLAUSE"You know something ? I don't

think I mind what I do in showbusiness . . . just as long as 1don't have to leave the performingside. I love the stage anti the lightsand the atmosphere and theapplause.

"The filming I've done so farhas been really marvellous. Allthose technicians-they don't carewhether you've got a record in theHit Parade or not. They acceptyou as being one of them. Theyhelp out however they can. All ofthem . . . really friendly ! It'sbeen real fun, I assure you."

If Heinz is thus made to appearan enthusiast-well, that's all right.too. He IS an enthusiast. Thingshave settled down for him now,on the disc scene, but I happen toknow he had to put up with some

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LANGLEY

JOHNSON

pretty rough treatment when he firstwent out on a solo career. Sure,he was green, inexperienced, lack-ing in complete confidence in hisabilities.

INSULTSBut the insults called out from

time to time went pretty much toofar, I'd have said.

Now he has the confidence. Andconfidence harnessed to enthusiasmis a potent quality to add to basictalents.

There's an L.P. on the way, plusthese films, plus a tour with TommyRoe and Billy J. Kramer. Heinzand his manager -mate Joe Meekhave come a long way in a shorttime.

THE GREAT 13 -DAYWELL, it's over. After weeks

of impatient waiting forcountless thousands of big beatfans, the beat festival of all beatfestivals rocked the rocking cityof Liverpool last Saturday.

Thousands of fans flocked tothe Stanley Stadium to see, hearand mingle with their favouritestars and, despite early drizzleand threatening clouds, the sunfinally shone through clearly toround off the perfect day.

No fewer than twenty-six starattractions kept the entertainmentgoing all day long as the fansTwisted, Stomped (Cavern style, ofcourse), or did the Blues betweenhot dogs and autograph hunts.

No ComplaintsNot one customer voiced a com-

plaint. The proceedings ran assmoothly as clockwork with theminimum interference from "grem-lins" such as blown fuses.

Had the weather been morepromising, the promoters, AlanWilliams and Spencer Mason, wouldhave had problems with over-crowding, but the threat of rainkept the crowd to below capacity.

Something that stood out a mileas the groups played their pro-grammes is that Liverpool has stilla load of talent which could makeit big on record. A tremendousstandard of performance through-out the day, non-stop, was the feastfor all the fans present.

Raised RoofNaturally the star performers who

have clicked on record proved thebiggest attractions of the day, butthe local teams who shared thestage also raised the roof.

Biggest of the home-grown talentsuccesses were undoubtedly Billy J.Kramer and the Dakotas and theSearchers. And a wonderfullywarm welcome was awarded to thebig three Southern attractions, prov-ing that the Liverpool fans, thoughloyal to their own, can appreciatetalent from outside. I'm sure thatMike Same, John Leyton andAlexis Korner won't forget the rous-ing support their programmesreceived.

Among the other artists of localattractions were the Big Three, theHollies, the Undertakers, the Mer-se,1 beats, the Escorts, Sonny Webband the Cascades, the Panthers, EarlPreston and the T.T.s, Rory Stormand the Hurricanes, Ian and the

Zodiacs, the Cordells, the Beat-combers, the Easybeats, the ChrisNova Combo and the Young Ones,several of whom have alreadycarved out their first record suc-cesses and who seem destined forfurther success. And again, withall of these groups, the talent wasoutstanding, and more than wellreceived by the vast audience.

Big WayIt's probably a little unfair of

me to single out some artists forspecial mention here, but thesepeople I will now mention haveimpressed me greatly on severaloccasions or on one hearing only.

First there is Lee Curtis, who, 1am convinced, once given the rightrecord, will hit the top in a verybig way and become one of theoutstanding attractions on therecord scene. His group, the All -Stars, despite their recent personnelchanges, are also of promisingtalent.

Next a young lady of sixteen whogot one of the best receptions of theday. She is Beryl Marsden, whois also brimful of potential.

Two groups next who I have seenbefore and look forward to seeingagain are Johnny Sandon and theRemo 4 and the Mojos (formerlythe Nomads). These two groups arealso destined for success once thefans get to hear their particularstyle of beat music.

Saturday was my first viewing ofPete McClaipe and the Clan and Iwas mightily impressed with theirpolish. A most slick yet relaxedpresentation.

My old chum Freddie Starrturned up in the evening and,although not listed as a performer,was persuaded to appear. A tre-mendous artist so vital that he hasto be seen to be believed. Anotherbig star in the making.

Although I have singled out afew names for special mention, letme assure you that the standardwas consistently high throughoutand had time and space permittedvirtually all taking part would havehad 'rave" write-ups.

Handling the compering choresthroughout the day were KennethCope and the Cavern's own BobWooler. Both kept the programmerolling smoothly.

B -Day was a day to remember. Ihope the promoters will make it atleast an annual event and take itaround the country so that allrecord fans have an opportunity tohave a real day's entertainment theywill never forget.

JIMMY WATSON.

The HOLLIES (although from rival Manchester) are considered to be"locals", and have a vast Liverpool following. (NRM Picture by

DEZ 0 HOFFMAN N.)

One of B -Day's top attractions were the SEARCHERS, who thrilledthe crowds with their successful items on single and LP.

HEINZ indulges in another favourite pastime-tinkering with motorcycles!

BIRMINGHAM BEATBy ALAN STINTON

THE question which must be formingin the minds of readers of this

column right now is, "O.K., so thereare good groups in Birmingham. Why.then, aren't they in the charts ? " Theanswer to this is fairly simple.

In spite of the mass contract signingswhich took place recently, the fact re-mains that the Midlands has, as yet, hadonly two and a half tries for chartsuccess.

The New Rockin' Berries made thedisc scene about five weeks back with"Wah Wah Wah Woo," giving mostcritics an attack of the banal superla-tives in the process. Regardless. Deccaplugged it unmercifully, which washardly the sensible thing to have donein view of the disc's great flip side,'This, called " *Wain' Berry Stomp."really does deserve a chance. The plaintruth, though, is that the disc is stillhovering just under the top 50.

The Redcaps, from Walsall, made avery neat job of the Isley standard." Shout," which only just missed theNRM Top Fifty. Great things are ex-pected of these boys.

The "half try" was made by theLondon -based Bruisers, who soared inwith "Bine Girl". As the boys are allBrumrnies, we can claim at least a halfshare in their success.

So there it is; in these days of in-credible competition, 20 per cent suc-cess isn't so very bad; and it must beremembered that the newly -acquiredgears of the E.M.I. organisation, thoseforged in Birmingham, aren't even inmotion yet ! -

E.M.I's Columbia label does, in fact,plan an all-out Birmingham beat discblitz for the autumn, featuring discs byall of the recently -signed groups. Thefirst release will be from Keith Powelland the Valets and will appear onSeptember 20th. One week later, the solodisc cut by Pat Wayne, vocalist with theRockin' Jaymen is out, and the nextweek the Jaymen themselves hit theshops. The rest of the batch will thenfollow at a steady rate, and it is difficultto believe that none of these discs, thework of the Midlands' top talent, willhit it really big.

An interesting point about the "BrumBeat" groups on Columbia, is that mostof them are under the personal manage-ment of Mr. Bob Smith, the young agentwho, in NRM last June, promised to putat least five Midlands groups into thecharts, before the end of the year. Thevigorous Mr. Smith looks like havinghis efforts rewarded very soon as theblast-off day approaches.

Birmingham's answer to the "Cavern",the "Brum Beat Cluh" is also one ofMr. Smith's brainchilds, and he makesit quite clear that as regards puttingBirmingham on the map, he is by nomeans finished yet. Amongst his latestmoves is the signing of two leadingsongwriters - Bob McNally and JohnChesterton-to write material speciallyfor Midlands artists. In addition, he plansto see to it that his artists have the verybest in clothes, equipment and transport.As he told me last week. "Only the bestis good enough for the lads becausethey are big stars now. My 'phone neverstops ringing and I get offers from allover the country for them to appear.The "Brum Beat Club" has alreadyamassed a membership of over six hun-dred in two weeks, and some of the new,up and coming talent I have found toplay there has been amazingly good."With scene -shifters like Bob Smitharound, it is certain that the Second Citywill do much to fulfil It's promises.

BOB SMITH, who manages manyBirmingham groups.

Gerry Levene and the Avengers aredue down at Decca again any time now.This time it will be to cut two sides forrelease as a single.

The Rockin' Jaymen have been offereda two -month tour with the Beatles, alsobookings in Manchester and Leeds,

Keith Powell and the Valets have beenworking the Royal Aquarium, Great Yar-mouth and the Hippodrome, Lowestoft,with Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers.

Carl and the Cheetahs cut their sidesfor Columbia on Sunday. 25th Septem-ber; followed into the studios a few dayslater by Mike Sheridan and the NightRiders.

The Motions, from Southampton. aremaking great headway at the "BrumBeat Club", mainly due to the fact thattheir leader plays a mean piano. Theboys are all now Birmingham residents.

HEINZ

On The AirHEINZ (Just Like Eddie)

makes his first live BBCbroadcast on September 11 inParade of the Pops. Three dayslater lie appears in ITV's LuckyStars Summer Spin.

For his third film, A Swing-ing Location (due out in Novem-ber), Heinz will be accom-panied by his regular group, theSaints, but also in the film arethe Tornados, from whence hecame.

TWILIGHTS

JOIN PAULRUMOURS have been flying

around that the Twilightshave broken up.

"Not so," says singer PaulRaven, "they've simply splitfrom their manager, Peter Akin.They are now singing with ire."

Page Six

KENNY FORHONG KONG

KFNM,'BALL, who has

nodded to the Far E. withsuch recordings as. S.M.,March of the Siamese Childrenand Chinatown now becomesthe first British' jazz group totour that area.

After the band gets throughthe American and New Zealandtours in September and October,Kenny and the lamen arrivein Hong Kong on October 30

a nine -day tour that willinclude Manila, Singapore andKuala Lumpur.

MARAUDERS'GOT AT'

Tn. MARAUDERS havebeen rather harras.d during

Iasi thh, mass guitarist heathSherre has been sent toCoventry by mi... MryMartin, Danny Davis and BorthSargent.

On Monday, Kenny lost hisown cuff -links and left his guitarin the Birmingham TV studios.

On Tuesday night, he left allthe group's stage shoes in theCavern Club, Liverpool, andthey .1 to drive back ten milesto gm them.

On Wednesday, he lost RreMartin's valuable fountain pen,and kept them waiting while hespent an hour changing a wheeloo the group's van.

Thursday night, at Afirincham,was the Iasi straw, thoughhardly Kenny's ffiult. Hisamplifier exploded and filled thestam with smoke.

On Friday, the Maraudersmare to London for a recordmg.ssion. They were defighted tofind, that, during the course ofthe day, Kenny had collectedtr. parking tickets. But thatwas not what Kenny wanted.

Their Maris suceess Mustclinging

What.his week at 50),

That's I Want, has,brought them a number of radiobookings including a guestannearance in Pop Go TheBeatles on September 17.

OVERLANDERS

TOUR DATESTT'S all happening for the

Overlanders since their miresappearance in last Saturday'sYour Lucky Mari.

Ness month they join shortScottish tem (Glasgow, Kirk-caldy and with theBeath, They can he heard inSunday's Easy Bea,

And thewre tailing off thesummer n with concertannearances at 'Drumm' IS.-tend., 15), Smiths. (22) andWeslon-superAlare (29).

R & B SIGNINGTHE Dick Whitehead Band,

veering towards rh ythm andblues, bas signed r. and b.singer J. B. McCoy from Mid-dlesbrough. He makes his debutat the Marquee, London, nextTuesday.

BARBER BANDNEW RECORD

Holds this for a record titterMe UmertaiMY Human

Relationships

It's o. literal translation of theGerman title of the Kurt Weiltune that is Chris Barber's latestoffering, out this week onColumbia. But it was con-sidered just a little too far ut,so they have made a ft, trans-lation a. are calling the di.You lust Can't Win.

GLENDA C.IN FRENCH

GLENDACOLLINS moves in

on Pelt. Clark land onPo 22, when she flies toParis far concerts and to risordfour of her songs in phoneticFrench for release on a French

NEW RECORD MIRROR. Week.ending September 7, 1963

What's Wrong With Girl" THANK HEAVEN For Little Girls "-that's how the song

goes. But it seems the sentiments expressed byMaurice Chevalier and company are not agreeable to theBritish record buyers. For, at present, the charts are girl -starved and have been for the last few months.

Brenda Lee seems to be holding the fort alone. Onlyoccasional glimpses from girls like Leslie Gore, Billie Davisand to a lesser extent Susan Maughan have supported MissDynamite.

Last year the NRM Top 50 wassplattered wffi females like CaroleDeem, Connie Francis, PetulaClmh, Katy Lester, Shirley WIS.,

ShapiraHelen nd the old faithfulsBrenda .d Susan. The invasioncontinued right up until the begin.nie of this year when MaureenEvnans woke 'Cr the "sleeper" "Like

Why then have the British discbuyers stopped 'buying recordingsby the song thrushes who aremaintainingehe high standard theysat

NO RETURNTake the ease of Carole Deene,

who up to this year was a con-istent fringe chart entrant, and

her disc o£ "Let Me Do It MyWay" which made no impressional all. This particular disc was farbetter than anything she hadmevionsly done, bet the Deanetrademark was wearing off thecharts and ffist. There is nothing1, her new release "I Want ToStay Here" that suggests a returnto the charts Mr Carole.

The latest from the former"Queen of Pop" Connie Er.cis is

catchy ditty eelted "Look AtHim" which deserves a high chartrating-but I doubt very much ifit will get it. Connie made it biglast summer with "Vacation" butthe follow, "NMI. Q.,'failed to click. too did lamnext three platters. r'Gonna Be

Little

Warm This Winter," "Follow TheSees"Mllow rodmtLV''' "" My

Petrda Clark is an artist who haslard over the ythrs with a sffinwof disc successes here in Britain.But her feats while Me resided

V

here are nothing thntharedwith her current achievements onthe Con The British

rco'vrer:fie'CZITnelf orrrurth:; fa"117.I think she did the right thing, she=91,yfullY appreciated in her own

Her dims too have improved

fdliZte.'ireryhthirigdfrPo?Raiato "Valentino. was wim,, endher latest "Let Me Tell You" is atremendous numbr. tee Ye Tweeddeserved a number one mreag andher double sided "Charioasa.nova" should have reached ahightv Man osition. If an,' afith

it her every disc in the Top20, it is Mrs Claude Wolfe-PetClark.

OFF BEATAmerican siming star Hefty

Lester caused an upset in thecharts when her "Love Letters.stormed into the tom Five andremained there for 019110 weeks.Very few gave this pounding balladwith the off -beat arrangement anearibly chance of succeeding butit dumbfounded everyone. Sincethen Keay Be, done precious littlecharini.. The long awaited follow.

BRENDA .,,E,E,, is of Me regirl char[

PETULA CLARK, although a reasonably consistent charto take her discs as high as they deserve.

oneseent

ecess, fails

Singers ?Ce to the higgie was "But Not ForMe" wffich hum amend Me mowerreaches of the charts for a coupleof weeks, but since that disc Me

me of Ketty Lester has not beenen in the Top -SA It is not for

want of good discs from Kettyeither, her "This Land Is YourLand" is one of the finest VVelnumbers around.

ROCK BOTTOMHelen SBectce has laded m

ably sleft the chaffs during th

hase latter

half of last year. Mimi successeshave come her way through 'KeepAway From Other Guts," "lleenFor Tonight" and

Kie Is ble.

but Helen's last waxing "NotResponsible" hasnt yert made ashowing. Compared with herthat.' hits, Helen has hit rockbottom, and after the comparativefailure of "Woe Is Ale"-herfinest disc to date, hold littlehope for the future.

Shirley Basset' had a tremendoussuccess with the powerful 'WhetNow Sly Love?" but is anothernothing since" case. After her

the "As Long As He Needs Me,""You'll Never Know," and "I'llGet By" hits of a couple of yearsback Miss Massey has loss a lot ofground. It is not surrdising whenColumbia issued her nothing -newVerSiOn of "What Kind Of FoolAm II" recently. It seems to methat the reason for Shirky's declineis junt rack of 01151551.

Four girls who are continually inthe public , through mg..,radio and TV dates are MillicentMartin. Kathy Kirby, Cleo - Laineand Patsy Anne Noble.

TOO GOODKathy

Kirby, eurremig nsskdrn "Stars and Garters," semo,

to be moving in the right directionwith "Dance On" but this disc took

s time in getting to the Marls.If was just too good to miss. Sotoo, I thought was Katin'sprevious waxing "Big Man" which

Kamost heavily plugged: Oct it

missed comoletely.Cleo and Patsy continually have

dates 011 sound and vision butnever make the Marts. Cleo, our1-111750l inn singer, had a hit somelime back he "Emelt AnswerTo Me", but has failed to followthis up. Even the soothing "ItLeeks Like They're In Love", abig favourite with the deeriths.couldn't kick up a storm.

The biggest task confronting anyartist, male or female, is gettinga follow-up disc to emulate itspredecessor in the charts. Thegirls who recently seem to havefailed include: Maureen Evans,1.01055 Coder, Hayley Mills, LindaScoff, tugs Grant and Sus.

THUMBS DOWNFinally hose who have brought

thIline -.wigs only to have the

umbs doom from the public.Jan Pumnette, an Oriole recordingstar with great potential. Dee

wwhose "Bird" disc battledwith the Girls in the 40'sfor a wank weeks but didn'tget what it deserved-a T. Wposition. Rom Brennan, a powetrclsinger if ever There was one,'hasn't yet made i big evert withrepeated brilliant discs and ouranswer to Brenda Lee. Mn,131055i, Jones has yet PO 1505 the

The biggest injustice I think

Dagirl artist is that of Australian

orothy Baker,Dorothy's record of "Try Being

Nice To Me," has missed com-pletely-and I'm not sexpristh, ftis jut, a routine ballad and has

f the qualities of a hit,although it is beautifully sung.Give a listen to he other side ofthe di. "A Little Like Loving"Dust recorded by the Cascades astheir new "A" ode) and then

decide whether In rejectd Orrs five

Vgionfigf"down

nsolicge

ceder." Her

better and Take than that of theDorothy'. Take a tip and giveDorothy's version a heaving.

Alma Cogan's "Tell Him" wasevery bit as good as the two hitversions and even had the dosenova favourite "Fly Me To The

r'Xii:1"gathe flip, bill

tru:.The l.ri victim of unfairnew isAmerican blues Onger Mary Wells.Mary's "Two LOV550" w voted

rtIhn:

best female

ro;

discride

!la is s'oror, lull inn;XX

,h.eation of her sex in the

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Well that., it, a detailed look etthe girl dthafion-record-mse ofcorthe. I rust cath understand whyaround 90 per cent of the wettingsby girl artists are failing. I -must

ores ori ore that their excep-tionally highstandard of last year

still ring maintained. So whyignore them now?

Surely it asn't go,o the Wagewhere all Mc boys arc getting tiredcf the girls on wax. If this is themu rep osition is more seriousthan I firs,hought. It any readerhas any ak complaint against

fdtrlosrerort. please write In and

Iv the ne ire ht's call enthis "ieedem" red make it another"good dear for girls." There's stilltime with the glut of new releases.

Although HELEN SHAPIRO has been turning outsome of her best -ever waxings recently the ars-tamers don't come running. Can you tell us why

the girls are slipping? (NRM Picture.)

Three pictures of artists highlypopular in the folk music field andcurrently hot in the HOOTE-NANNY craze. Top are theHIGHWAYMEN, below them theinteresting PETER, PAUL andMARY team and, finally MISSJOAN BAEZ. See story top right.

NEW RECORD MIRROR, Weekonding September 7, 1963

AMERICA's LATEST CRAZE

ARTHUR ALEXANDER sadly re -virtually unknown here

despite some fair singles success.His every record is of the highestquality and he will undoubtedlymake that big break -through oneday. We advise you to hear any

of the discs listed alongside.

P(ge Seven

HOOTENANNY IS BIG IN THE STATES-BUT CAN IT DO THE SAME THING HERE?

HOOTENANNY-the biggest thing W American pop music today.The biggest stirrer -up of enthusiasm rime the earliest days of

reek 'n' roll. And, my the experts, it's all gonna happen here, too.Right now the American radio networks are full to the top with

hootenannies: the ARC television show "Hootenanny" is topped inthe ratings by "Ben Casey. only; one station puts out hootenanny24 hours a day; and a whale new crap of folk artists are being"discovered" week by week.

Spearheading it all, loot -wise, arePete, Paul and Mary, the NewChristy Minstrels, the Limeliters,the Chad Mitchell Trio, the High-waymen and the fantastic goon Baez.

REVITALISEDReports "Billboard": "It's re-

vitalised the one -righter aand concert

nother area that hootenanniesnave brought alive are the coffee-houses, thbse s sit-less dens thathavethning up in large cities allacross the nation. It is in the coffee-houses that young folk acts havea chance of getting discovered andwhere the hootenanny scene is hotand fervid."

Right.. Now let's get down to adefinition of precisely what "hootmnanny" is. And the expert summary

a performance comp..

triglee'fotk a which the

singing or by clapping their hand.s.Biggest fans in the States are the

con fraternitis. They teenykicked off the folk revival, chang-ing over from jazz and roth ringfrom

or three years ago.Though the hit -di. makers are

W011 enmigh known, there ate shows

on tour in the States which attractstanding -room -only business-with-out a single big name in theGlenn Yarborough, formerly withthert h carved twhole new threer for himself bygoing out solo at the head of onepakage.

Condng up is a teartay hoote.nanny festival in New; York m partof the Long Island Fart. Featuredthere Mil be the Highwaymen, theTamers, lady Henske, the °Wards,the Grandison Singers the Realists

tr' Ide re liters', ° too-ant"Amateurrtr swirT-

winsl'I'"p7oCierrn7s.stageoil

RECORDSThere are at least a dozen diem

out with the word "hootenffiny"in the title. There are L.P.s avaihable on most of the major labels-

's2d IT07,7'Le°rte°L1V.pro-

of the scene are Peter,Paul and Mary, the Kingstons andJoan tracer-mainly because of theirdisc successes. But every collegethrtions seems to be of newfollmick groups-all of 'em reembering that the Kingston Trio and

3IM LEAS. 3= WITHAT'S

MY PLANTHE BEAT BOYS

DECCR

THE ACE

IN THE HOLELEON MACAULIFF

BECCFI

MEMPHIS

TENNESSEE

DAVE BERRY &THE CRUISERS

DECCII

JEALOUSY WILL

GET YOU NOWHERE

BRIAN DIAMONDAND THE CUTTERS

LIECCA

BECAUSE I

LOVE YOUROY HASTINGS

OHM

WHY DON'T YOU

BELIEVE METHE DUPREES

12:22

THESE

FOOLISH THINGS

JAMES BROWN &THE FAMOUS FLAMES

I DON'T

WANNABRUCE CHANNEL

o h0

PUSH A

LITTLE HARDERTHEarAS

THEN HE

KISSED METHE CRYSTALS

BIRO

STOMPIN'

JOHNNY ANDTHE VIBRATONES

THE Crt CA BE ORD ,OMPANT LIMITED DEC.th OUSE ALBERT EMBAN ENT LONDON S E 1

the Highwaymen started right thereon the college doorstep.

But what A Ike pmition here sofar, Remember how the Highway-men hit thchowe with "NO heel"two years back, pushing LonnieDonegan oM of the way in theprocess. Since then, t.y've hadseve rat discs of the bihe-hut no real success. The list King-ston Trio of was five years ago with"Tom Dooley". Peter, Paul andMary have had three American TopTen dism-"If I Had A Hammer""ea (the Magic Dragon)" mil'Blowin' In The

ri 7Wind"-a"nd"

two

r'7;aAr'ry"aneterl ga dHere, so tar ... nothing:

FRINGEJoan Bare has appmred here on

album, selling merely to the special-. fringe.

Britain's homegrown forksey

1,7roupsorlon'tfaren particularly well;

though they ch.ged their styletrztollVdyTihic,.Bachelors have had

That's the scene to date. Canthignew craze catch on in Britain to

pdr,t, KINGSTON.happenli rasT amongA000tff

happenbig on this side of the Atlantic? We'll just have to wait and wet

the some sun. us America? Top pop folk believe hooten.thAfter arc there have been four surf- will be very big, commercially, rightrinhgerdeco,etude ininoothooes ch:orts,..,orfloando ,hoeoreoinootoritsoin.

very

,thodin,ILitylt hap.

Me -111 just wMt and see... Igoing on round these islands.

THE GREAT UNKNOWNS

No.11-ARTHUR ALEXANDER

IN comparatively Few new R & B artists,,teer,Z11,77Z R & B scene, tie compared with the yearsIrons 1955.1958.

But one who has been singing on disc for no longer thaneighteen months but who has built up a fantaslic reputation isArthur Alexander. Arthur is probably in a class of his own in theblues field - he has no paralle or comparison men on routinerock numbers.

Arthur himself comes fromSheffield, Alabama, where be hasbeen rising for all of his 21 years.It was there in a hotel that he wasdiscovered by A & R man Noel

br;be'rec'ate'hiM WonderWhec, You Are Tonight "at Dream

I" flopped in the States, buthis latent, p.rez,3.4,1,11:0E,vez

makingie the hundred Be. week-end has already sold nearly as

The ammo, which made the top °"" Or"(he """

LP charts in tth States, consistedtwelve tracks including " You STATUE

Better .0,0 On" but no othersingle material. All the rest were An E "Alexander the Great"

maff, who heard me sarg, and hart pop songs wins a heavy -As a colour cover ofwore sc Imowenr e,rs

townsfolkhaAdl Mo

heardh

5:013. ,s eon, thTteo ermriliextr,r ea event, Greek oolathheo, ofjoatAle,Landeic0000df

Arthoyor mni

a setonitiooes,, thoZhad won revel

compareoffior, tpe, soolois;

BetterLaudon c oono,taoi gw,,ohis,o " Jon::

fitoveojoy.lts nnm he turned adawso thboyughoot h,e000headidooletooltseiolof o Been,""Anna,",s.

azd,suggestion

else original. for a sHome

econd volume would

FLIP SIDES Na,a,as me vs. hit obviously thoto have " Sokliers ofHis fits[ taste of hit parade dorm n Char L.P. That and ono " ettd

l Hang My Head and Cry" sold and "Dream Girl" the tracks.inritathwoassowthooen hiosyfiorsot.o.disco,fomr Doe,: ,retty well here-well enough to All we hope is that Arthur can

Op," shot iMo the U.S. TOP ssue the next U.S. hit "Go Home lust make more discs - theThmty rr Wona' a haaa tent n GM'S" You're the Remora" The lies we've heard so far have been

dtt:ffii:eda,

Sell'. ell' here rrrficfic Smfir/cj. C W number cloth Arthur is the one to appeal to the Britishen he hot. in the

19P1li enough, .1111.11, 1" Pas"' "11' ricked up. It was Gilled from his market Arthur won't Great

a

lee-jays came mote

was the Bobby Edwards just great. And it I. ere f them

Unknown ;ma mom"interested in. The ffip, "A Shot of um'Rhythm nog Bt....-. upbeat Ne more releases though have Hen just be greatexciter-culled plays on the radioand in dance halls long after thedisc had renoisassuedoo. ooirrodfacint "Shot

dance halls until the Johnny Kiddversion was ireued.

Sad fact vats that althoughJoh.y's version made our top 50,the fantastic Alexander version

sadildes''''omrkeany

n Int norm'fivinrg'

wrffrOpromising.t

issued two moreAlexander dim. They were

"Sarreor Love" a. "Yin

ove On LP." The first wasArthur's follow-up U.S. single andit made thenotto half of the U..Marts. Whe it fell out the flip -side "whore Have You Been "-rated by me his best-leapt into thetop hundred and leak ha pd

great coupling, too, sold P50.07well here.

MECCA LYCEUM WA 371, fMrtni6MON., OCTOBER ONE NIGHT ONLY

BANDS pap 841 BARDSBRIAN POOLE AND THE TREMELOES

BARRON KNIGHTSDANNY STORM .. THE FORTUNES

THE CLIFTONESThe Souvenirs The Hustlers The Beat Society7.30-12 Midnight * Advanre 5/.. Now on sale * Be,,, 5/6

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OEMIKE SARNEPlease Don't Say; Now You'veMoved (Parlophone R 5060)

NOTparticularly typical of

Mike Same, but neverthe-less it's his best disc since"Come Outside" in our opinion.Catchy and bright but with atinge of sadness about it, and agood tune with some perkyvocalisms from Mike. He tellshis girl not to say anything shedoesn't mean. Well, we thinkthis'll bring Mike back into thetop twenty-and we mean it.

Slower flip with Mike singingrather drowsily on the side that'sat last different. Good lyricwith a sad atmosphere and nota particularly playable "B" side.But never mind it's not the "B"side that sells the disc.

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TOP 20 TIPJOE BROWN AND

THE BRUVVERSSally Ann; There's Only OneOf You (Piccadilly 35138)

LATESTfrom consistent Joe

has a slow intro. with theBruvvers doing a load of workon the number. It's a country -styled beat number with somegood performance work fromall of the boys. But it's notanother "That's What LoveWill Do".

Flip is if anything more com-mercial. It's a goodly chart -styled number with a guitar riffrunning through it, and somefair vocal work from Joe. Thisshould be the "A" side.

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TOP 20 TIPMIKE SARNE is strongly tippedfor success but JOE BROWN isadvised to flip his disc forgreater success. (Both NRM

Pictures.)

E SARNE NEWIE--

RUIN Off FORM!SARAH VAUGHANI Believe In You; HoneysuckleRose (Columbia DB 7103)

THIS is taken from the long -player "The Explosive Side of

Sarah Vaughan". A kind of swing-ing cabaret sort of number butwe're afraid that Sarah takes thevocal gymnastics a bit too far.Medium tempo, but she sounds asthough she's singing just to hear thesound of her own voice, morethan to interpret the lyric.

From the same L.P. comes theflip-backing is also by BennyCarter. It's far better than side one,gentler but again not too com-mercial,

THREE

ROY HASTINGSBecause I Love You,' Learning TheGame (Decca F 11728)

RATHER peculiar song titles.Mainly because they are both

titles of numbers waxed by BuddyHolly. Yet neither are the Hollynumbers. The top side is an off -beatballad with Roy sounding likeFrankie Vaughan in parts. It'sslow-ish and there's a femmechorus on the adult number. Nottoo commercial.

Flip is faster with Roy singingthe song composed by two gents bythe names of Garrick and Jackson.But whole slabs of tune as well asthe title are very close to Buddy's" Learning the Game."

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THE NOVASPush A Little Harder; Oh, GeeBaby (RCA Victor 1360)ANOTHER of those femme group

efforts that have entered ourcharts via such teams as theChiffons and the Crystals. Thisone is typical with a jerky vocaldelivery from the girls and a strongblues beat in the background. May-be not a chart disc, but one for

the dance halls. Good sales onthis 'un.

Flip is a slower number with alot of feeling injected into it bythe girls. Not too bad but not ascommercial as side one.

THREE

JOEY DEEDance, Dance, Dance; Let's HaveA Party (Columbia DB 7102)

LATESTfrom Joey Dee is a fair

old thing with a lot of appeal,and Joey singing with a femmechorus that's yelling the title everyhalf -second. A bit monotonous butvery exciting and very good fordancing as one might expect. Lookout for this one in the lower endof the charts - it could give himhis come -back hit here.

The flip is not the Presley/WandaJackson number but a new onewith a strong beat and a mediumtempo. And, of course, a femmechorus helping things out alongthe way.

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BRIAN DIMONDJealousy Will Get You Nowhere;Brady Brady (Decca F 11724)PRODUCED by Bunny Lewis for

Ritz recordings this one is abeaty affair with Brian supportedby the Cutters. It's a good lyricwith the story of the thwarted boytrying to get his own back. Maybethe lyric is a little TOO pointedfor the song to have a great appeal.But the song will sell well.

Flip is a bit of a square-dancynumber with Brian sounding ratherdifferent on the number whichfeatures banjo -type sounds and allthe ingredients. Good stuff.

THREE SS

FREDDIE CANNONEverybody Monkey; Oh Gloria(Stateside SS 220)AFTER the Bird came the

Monkey as the latest U.S. dancecraze. This one is a bit of a hitfor Freddie. It's sung to the tune

of "Peanut Butter" or "HullyGully" or many others. It's a bitof a poor effort for Freddie andhe's backed by a virile soundingmale chorus. "Act just like a mon-key," they say.

Flip is slow for Freddie. It's atortuous ballad and there's a touchof boredom about it. Not a badtune.

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STEVE CASSIDYEcstasy; I'm A Worryin' (EmberEMB S 177)

PLEASINGorchestral riff run-

ning through this song - notthe Ben E. King number by theway. It's a catchy beat -ballad witha pleasing tune and a bit of a BillyFury sound about the whole thing.The sound is rather "Latin" - andit's pretty commercial all the same.Good stuff that could sell if it getsthe plugs.

Same sort of sound on the flip,a less commercial affair with Steveagain in good vocal form and JohnBarry again providing the goodlybacking.

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LEON McAULIFFAce In The Hole; Night Life(Decca F 11676)

CORNYopening for this rather

peculiar disc with the accent onthe lyric which at least is different.It's well performed both by Leonand the backing group. Althoughit's 'square' and to a certain extentmoralising, we didn't mind it. Butdefinitely not a chart disc.

Flip is a far gentler type of thing,with quite a bit of appeal-more soin fact than side one. It's a 'sung'number as opposed to a 'spoken'number as the top side is. Goodbacking.

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THANKS FANSfor putting

SEARCHIN'in the top 50

so quickly

THE HOWESon Parlophone R5052

SHEFFIELD JOINS INONE

of the latest innovations onthe record scene is the produc-

tion of discs by independentproducers. Companies like Baton,Ritz, Four -Four and Belinda haveall sprung up to produce some ofthe more original British discs forquite a while.

Another is Perspective record-ings, a company with some verygood discs just made. Manager VicKeary has particular faith in oneby a vocal group called the

Debonairs. Like a lot of otherdiscs it's a group vocal effort --but one with many more differencesthan the average. For one thing itcomes from Sheffield, another cityjust beginning to be lit up by thebig beat torch.

Another difference is that the songthey have recorded for Parlophone,called "When True Love ConiesYour Way", happens to be one ofthe best British songs written for abeat group for a long, long time.

Just who are this group, and whyhave a lot of people a load ofconfidence in them?

FOUR YEARSAll of the boys are from Shef-

field, and have been together forfour years - only now have theyconsidered themselves good enoughto try and branch out nationallyinstead of locally. That is, afterplaying just as many ballroom andstage dates as they can, to gainas much experience as possible.And it sounds as though they'vehad a wealth of experience too,judging by the sound of their debutdisc.

Line-up of the group is GeorgeGill, lead guitarist and 20 years

old. He composed the "B" side oftheir disc. The "A" side by the waywas written by one Jack Grace,a well known Sheffield character.Rhythm guitarist is Charles Collier,20 years again, who drives thegroup around. Brothers John andDavis Riley ages 21 and 19respectively are both featured'regularly on solo singing spots,David playing bass guitar and Johnis the team's drummer.

FANATICSThe group themselves are all

keen sports fanatics and cannotresist fishing at almost every bitof water they see.

All we can say about this groupis that we don't really think they'llhave to fish very long for a hit -not if they make discs like "WhenTrue Love Comes Your Way" any-way....

The SHEFFIELD BEAT ! ! !THE

DEBONAIRS"When True Love Comes

Your Way"c/w "That's Right"PARLOPHONE R 5054

DAVE LEE &THE STAGGERLEES"Dance Dance Dance"

c/w "Love Me"ORIOLE CB 1864

ROCKIN' HENRI & THE HAYSEEDS"Sally" DECCA F 11700

Representation: Tony Cooper & Dave Stock Sheffield 24283Recording: Vic Keary & Pam Harmer PERivale 2505The SHEFFIELD scene is beginning to sprout. The NRM spotlightedthe area some months back and now things look like happening.

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TWO GREAT NEW FOLLOW-UPSCONTOURS 'DO YOU LOVE ME', HIT FOR BRIAN POOLE AND THE TREMELOES CRYSTALS

ALREADY IN U.S. TOP TWENTY WITH THE FABULOUS 'THEN HE KISSED ME'THE CRYSTALS

BRIAN POOLE and the TREMELOES are currently a very successful team-and we could say we told youso! Their latest is praised by our reviewing panel. (NRM Picture by DEZO HOFFMANN.)

BRIAN POOLE AND

THE TREMELOESDo You Love Me; Why Can'tYou Love Me (Decca F

11739)

LATEST from the "Twist AndShout" team is the Con-

tours' U.S. hit of about a yearback. There's not muchdifference between interpreta-tions of the song, and the boysput heart and soul into thefrantic beat number about thegirl who only loves her boywhen he learns to dance. Verywell performed and another hitfor the boys.

Another beat number on theflip-an entertaining sort ofaffair with plenty of goodlystuff thrown in everywhere.Tuneful and good.

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TOP 20 TIPJOHNNY AND THE

VIBRATIONSBinl Stompin' ; Movin' The Bird(Warner WB 107)

ADISC that comes with the cur-rent U.S. dance craze is this

vocal -and -organ heavy rock num-ber with a good riff on the organrunning through the typical treat-ment. it builds up and up and isa medium -paced atmospheric thingwith yelling and raucous sax workall over the place. Should sellpretty well with the teen dance set- a juke box cert.

Part two of the top side is theflip we think. It's much on thesame lines as side one, but withoutso much yelling. Quite entertain-ing.

THREE

THE DUPREESWhy Don't You Believe Me; MyDearest One (London HLU 9774)FROM one of the top U.S. groups

conies their interpretation ofan oldie that still flavours of theirfirst hit "You Belong To Me". Butit's a very musical sound despitethe falsetto thrown in here andthere. We think it'll sell well-thisslow pleasant group can't really gowrong. Should appeal a little moreto the adult fan.

Flip is much in the same stylewith the lead voice again supportedby loads of group choral work fromthe rest of the Duprees. It's prettygood and could well be a goodlyseller, as it is in the States.

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NORMAN ANDTHE INVADERS

Stacey; Our Wedding Day (UnitedArtists UP 1031)HIGHLY jangly piano and pound -

along rhythm here. A sort ofconcerto-ish effect, but with thebeat laid down. A fairly com-pelling sort of number-by Britishwriter Ernest Maxin-but it seemswell off the commercial run of to-day. Little variation all the waythrough . . . just that insistent,heavy-handed piano, mit guitar anddrums. Flip is similar in treatment,though dressed up in differenttempo and melodic line. It's all sortof unambitious.

THREE SSS

RON GOODWINMoonstrike; Midsummer(Parlophone R 5053)THEME from the telly -series for

one of the best light leaders inthe business. Trouble is the actualmelody lacks the persuasiveness ofsome of the others around todayand is more likely to sell over along period than whistle into thecharts. CI ev e r 1 y and brassilyarranged. Theme for the flip is live-lier and composed by Ron himself.Jangly approach which zips alongspecially well when the strings gethold of it.

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THE BEAT BOYSThat's My Platt; Third TimeLucky (Decca F 11730)FROM the latest group to crash

the scene is a merry sparklinglittle team with a goodly song anda catchy approach. They take thefast-ish number at a light pace, andcould easily make the charts with itif it catches on.

More of the same sound on theflip, a tuneful

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