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AMERICAWANTS U.K.ARTISTESTHE Rave Drain continues.

British agents handling top teenage ravesare constantly being phoned by American bookerswho want to buy British-following the successof the Beatles.

Dave Clark, accom-panied by organist MikeSmith, flies out thisweek -end as a result ofan urgent transatlanticphone call from theAssociated Booking Cor-poration. Dave will doTV, radio and press andpromotional work inNew York in connectionwith Glad All Over andhis about -to -be releasedfirst LP.

Dave was offered anengagement at the Par-amount, Broadway,from March 27 but hadto turn it down becausehe will then be in themiddle of _a Britishvariety tour (March 16at Empire, Liverpool,for a week; March 23week at Hippodrome,Birmingham; 34 onenight stands fromMarch 29 to May 6).Then the five tour Scan-dinavia; Holland, Ger-many and Belgium. Butbefore starting theirsummer season inBlackpool the DaveClark Five may go toAmerica to appear on

the Ed Sullivan Showand for a Carnegie Hallconcert.

Dusty Springfield re-turned this week -endfrom a 36 hours visit toAmerica where shelined up a three -weekstour of U.S.A. startingin April. She'll stayawhile in New York forfour concert dates anda probable recordingsession with Americanmusicians.

Bern Elliott and theFenmen (whose Moneywill be released inU.S.A. during March)fly to New York onApril 7 for four days ofTV and promotions.

The Tornados (whoseTelstar topped theAmerican charts a yearago) will make theirfirst American visit andtour with a big packageshow next October.

Heinz' You WereThere is about to be re-leased in America andif this catches on, he toowill be making the tripacross the water.

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WHAT'S WRONG WITHTHE TV POP SOUND

IREAD that many pop artistes are disappointed with the lowsound level on their TV shows. I'm inclined to think that

as long as the technicians get a good clear picture, theycouldn't care less about the quality of the sound. But havingseen the excellent performances of some of these stars ontour, it is annoying to see the way they work just as hardon TV but are foiled by low -powered mikes. As long as thisbutchery of their acts continues. I can understand why theyprefer miming on television.-R. STEEN, 39 Mill Lane,Wallasey, Cheshire.

BUDDY HOLLY

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I'MSURE that if Buddy Holly's

"Not fade away" was to bere-released in competition with

the Rolling Stones' version, it wouldout -run the opposition for charthonours-and prove conclusivelyhow the standard of pop music hasso sadly declined over the pastfew years.-Brian Pitts. 36, LeysGardens, Cockfosters, Herts.

ORIGINALSISN'T it time the Rolling Stones

recorded some original material.Their last two singles have

been previously recorded-"Comeon." by Chuck Berry and "I wannabe your man" by the Beatles.Their next, "Not fade away" hasbeen done by Holly and theCrickets. Even on their currentE.P., at least three tracks werePreviously issued - "Bye byeJohnny." by Berry; "Poison Ivy"and "Money." After all, they AREa top R and B group and shouldfind something original. - PatrickTurton, 27 Glaisdale Grove, South-coates Lane. Hull, East Yorks.

RIPPERSMANCHESTER'S answers to

Jack the Ripper have done itagain. Doris Troy's soft

bluesy "Just one look," with itssubtle backing, was the best recordof its kind for years. The Hollies're -hash, is surely the worst froma British twang and thud group.What's the point of doing a "cover"if it is worse than the original.Other thump and scream groupsfail, too, having given guitars-only treatments to numbers whichfeatured many other instrumentsin the originals. Unfortunately,stupid and fickle people rush outin their thousands to buy thesehighly inferior covers.-Malcolm R.Pavey, 27, Shipley Road, [field,Crawley, Sussex.

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BE YOURSELF

LIKE Cliff Richard but whathappened to him on that Pal-ladium T.V. show? He was a

cross between Elvis, Billy Furyand the Beatles, via the yeah, yeah.Cliff is at his best on ballads, socome on Cliff be yourself. Incident-ally, I'd say the biggest screamsat the moment are for theBeatles, Presley and Cliff inBritain; and for Presley, theBeatles and Bobby Vinton in theStates.-John Steirs, 11, QueenStreet, Alverston, Lancashire.

MONOPOLY

IS the .South getting jealous ofthe North's monopoly on popgroups? Are they trying to

build the Dave Clark Five intosomething they are not? I've justheard "Bits and Pieces" and asfor this group toppling theBeatles . . . well, just read thenewspapers. Incidentally, youcredit the Clark Five for theorgan "boom," but surely thecredit goes to the Tornados.-J. Walsh, 35, Morand Street,Everton, Liverpool 5.

CLIFF RICHARD - he suffered on a recent Palladiumappearance.

CATCH -PHRASE

WHAT will the next favouritecatch -phrase be in pop music?Now it must be "Come on"-

by the Rolling Stones, with TommyRoe also. And "Come on home"by the Springfields. It's also usedin many other records. It hasrisen with Merseybeat so if thissound fades, if ever it does, whatwill the next phrase be?.-AlanFisher, 49, West Drive, Scale Hall,Lancaster,

SIMILAR

I THOUGHT Dave Clark's "Gladall over" was great, but I

think his latest is very similarto Doug Sheldon's "Your Ma saidYOU cried in your sleep last night."Dave's a good artiste, but I thinkhe can do better than this.-Sebastlen Harrison, 49, KensalHouse, Ladbroke Grove, NorthKensington, London, W.10.

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Cilia They Call HerA Female Beatle

IT'S indefinable, this-IL business of sorting outwhether a performer hasthat real star quality. It'ssimply something you sense-and I was sure it was therethe first time I met up withCilia Black.

Why so sure? A variety ofreasons. The way she talks,the assured manner, theDEFINITE opinions. The wayshe understands the popbusiness. Enthusiasm. Thestriking looks-that bee -hiveof marmalade -coloured "hur".

The way she is entirelyHERSELF - and hang allthose who don't accept herfor herself.

OPPOSITIONShe had only the one

record when I first encoun-tered her. "Love of theLoved"-a good debut disc,blessed by the golden touchof Beatles Lennon andMcCartney as composers.Cilia showed, I thought, thatshe was about to put someof the pretty-pretty, English -rose singers to utter dis-grace and rout.

Then "Anyone Who Had AHeart". Great song. But sois Dionne Warwick a finesinger. I had doubts. I don'tlike "cover" jobs much, any-way. And the "afficionadoset" seemed dead setAGAINST Cilia's version.

by PETER

JONESBut David Jacobs leapt off

the fence to boost Cilia'sinterpretation. And that wasit-the fastest -rising singleby any girl anywhere inmany years.

Says Cilia: "I love theDionne Warwick version. Butthis song was too good forme to turn down. I didn'tthink it would be a big hit,because it's such a goodnumber. But you have totake a chance if you reallybelieve in a song . . ."

Even now, still visiblyshaken at her success, Ciliadisplays a way-out person-ality. Says: "No I can't stickto a formula. I'd like tomake follow-up discs of may-be out-and-out R and B, orblues, or calypso, or gospel.I'll have to start talking hardnow to persuade them to letme . . ."

Talking is something whichappeals to Cilia.

"After the first record, Imet up with John and PaulBeatle. They said they wereworking on a new one forme. 'Too late', I said. 'Maybenext time-but my new oneis an American song.' Thatshook 'em. They should havebeen faster off the mark . .."

In fact, she is almostanother Beatle in personalityand style. She's a mate ofmost of the Liverpool topgroups. She remembersbeing called up on stage atthe Cavern, in the days whenshe was Swingin' Cilia White,and belting out "Summertime" with the Beatles.

"What key?" asked John."Oh a Yale key", said Cilia.

Ringo Starr and Ciliafrequently argue. Mostlyabout which one has the"thicker" Liverpool accent.Difference between them isslight, but Cilia already hasthe knack of taking off adozen different accents.

Confidence is important toa star. Cilia has that . . .

a -plenty. Remember her"Juke Box Jury" appear-ances? She lammed into theunfortunate Heinz and mademillions sit up, for once, andreally take notice.

Confidencc shows, too, inthe way she dresses. Someselections are outrageous.But being DIFFERENT isanother part of the businessof being a star.

NO CONCEIT

Yes, confidence shows. Butnot conceit. Says Cilia: "I'vea lot to learn. Sometimes itfrightens me how muchthere is I don't know about

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the singing business. I watchsome of the experiencedartistes on stage and wonderif I could find enough nerveto ask how they do it . . ."

Does Cilia think she helpscement the theory that girlsare in for a better time inthe charts in future? "Sure,it's fab", she says. She rarelyuses a sentence without"fab" included-because lifeIS "fab" for her now.

BOOKINGS"Dusty Springfield, Kathy

Kirby, and those all -girlgroups . . . great. It's allhappening. We'll all have toget together and have a realhen party some time."

Cilia now has a full date -book right through to May13 when she opens in theLondon Palladium revue,along with fellow Liverpud-lian Frankie Vaughan-andthis will run through to thepantomime season.

A Number One disc and aPalladium season inside afew months of striking outas a fully -professional singer.

It's . . . what's that wordagain . . . ah, yes-"FAB". CILLA BLACK surprised everybody - most of all herself!

THE BIG BASS MANby LANGLEY

THERE'S a bouncy newbass sound running

through many of the recentBritish pop discs - and,armed with magnifying glassand bloodhound, I set out totrack down the man respon-sible . . . background guitar-ist Eric Ford.

Now Eric is tied up onrecording sessions most daysfrom nine in the morningtill ten at night. A toughbut, he says, "exhilarating"life. He lumbers four guitarsand an amplifier round threestudios a day and also copessingle - handed with parkingproblems.

Four GuitarsI met him at 8.30 a.m. one

Saturday. No five-day weekfor Eiic. I asked "Why fourguitars?"

He said: "Studio musicaldirectors are constantly look-ing for new sounds and Iwas lucky coming up witha six - string bass developedby the Burns company. Thesix strings give a wider com-pass than the normal four -string instrument and theshorter neck gives me greaterflexibility."

DubbingOn the Kathy Kirby "Secret

Love" track, Eric used twoguitars - accoustic electricfor the band accompanimentsession and dubbed six -string bass on a subsequentsession.

Dubbing is quite a tech-nique in itself - you have tolisten to the original trackthrough earphones and playin the new bass part.

"Kathy is one of myfavourite artistes", said Eric."I've known her since weworked together with DennyBoyce at the London Lyceum- she has bags of band ex-perience and becomes 'one ofthe boys' in the studio.

"And I believe Dusty

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Eric said the hectic busi-ness of so many sessionsmeant he forgot many ofthem . . . but he did likeEden Kane's work on "BoysCry".

Apart from accompanyingsessions, Eric is kept busy

with commercials on whichhe also used the new bassguitar sound. But he's reti-cent about his work in thebackground of some of thebeat group records. "Thereare some sessions I just don'tdiscuss", he said.

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expect take over of one ofBritain's oldest disc labels by U.S.giant C.B.S.

* * *Andrew Oldham amends his

statement to me that by Decemberhe'll be the UK's top A & R man-"Make it November" he said thisweek! . . . Alex Harvey's SoulBand make their TV debut onthe R & J and R & B showMarch 3rd . . Marquee club tomove to 90 Wardour Street inMarch-new premises are largerand promise much.

* * *Sammy Davis arrives het e

March 9 . . . top girl singer racehotting up . . Ray Charles willreturn to UK end April for filmand tour . . . Millie Martin starsin BBC -2 production "Kiss MeKate" on gala opening night April20

Philips make a bold bid toenter the Blue Beat race with asingle by Millie-"Lollipop"-she'shad many BB hits on her formerlabel Island . . . CWa Black didn'tthink "Anyone" was chart material

* * *Brian Epstein carries a press

cuttings book titled "The Wonder-ful World of the Beatles" . .

Dave Clark attempting to do aJim Clark-hope he doesn't namethe car after his new single . . .

. . pop music's non-smokersinclude Dusty Springfield, CliffRichard and Billy J. Kramer . .

Decca recording executive MarcelStellman says of Honor Blackman'ssinging voice - "A cross betweenJulie London and MarleneDietrich."

Doesn't DJ Bill Crozier know thatRose Brennan had a hit with 'Talldark stranger"? . . . expectexciting news of Jess Conrad'sfilm and recording plans soon . . .

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show first new thinking in discshow for many moons . . . ChrisSandford given up acting forsinging . . . Joe Brown reportedto earn £1,000 a week when hisnew musical opens.

Lesley Gore taking actinglessons . . . Freddie Garrity hasdog called Sapper . . . RollingStones made breakfast food TVcommercial . . . . TV chocolateplug mane by Janice Nicholls.

Disappointing-Dave Clark's "Bitsand Pieces" . . . Pete Best's stagewear-Suede Cubans and shot -goldItalian suits . . . Ace recordingengineer Glyn Johns also managesDecca group The Presidents . . .

Vince Hills "If you know" pennedby Nina Simone .

***Last week's story of Peter and

the Wolves a group from theFenton -Weill guitar f a c t o r yprompted a telephone call fromIan Leigh manager of another Peterand the Wolves, this time fromEdmonton. The latter group alreadyhave a disc contract with Deccaand their first single due for re-lease shortly. Peter No. 1 willpresumably have to look for a newname. How about Ray and theDalesmen?

On Saturday (22nd) BBC pro-ducer Derek Chinnery hosted bigparty . . . Peter Jay leaves forU.S. holiday on March 1 . . .

Crystals filmed Tv snow withAlan Freeman at Wembley bowlingalley which your columnist usesfor excercise every Saturday

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DJ Colin Hamilton leaving 208 toreturn to BBC's "Roundabout" . .

Frank Renault whose LowreyOrgan tour ended in London thisweek would appreciate anyinformation about the late RalphKinder who taught him to play inPhiladelphia in the 30's.

At Ethel Merman's Londonopening Lizbeth Welch, PeterButterworth, Tommy Steele, Joyceand Lionel Blair. Alma Cogan,Vera Lynn, Norman Newell, MaxBygraves, Lionel Bart, JohnGregson and many others. MissMerman is superb.

***Andrew Oldham recorded singles

by British singers Steve Marriottand Doug Gibbons in States-watchfor them, especially the Marriotttitled "I cried" written by TonyCalder and Oldham.

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THE FORGOTTENKINGS OF BEAT

AS has possibly been observed before, it is all happeningin Hamburg. There is more big beat per square yard on

the Reeperbahn, with its nest of clubs, than in most othercities in Europe. And, of course, groups like the Beatles,Gerry and the Pacemakers and the Searchers cut their molarson experience gained from long hours in clubs like the Starand the Top Ten.

But despite those starrynames, two other Britishproducts are the biggesttalking -points in Germany.They are King -Size Taylorand Tony Sheridan. Both arcreleased, disc - wise, here onthe Polydor label, whichmeans there's a danger thatthese two talents may notget the publicity they de-serve.

Herewith a fair slab ofblack - and - white to putthis matter right.

Tony Sheridan. I remem-ber, was a talented guitarist,Norwich - born, skiffle -

grounded, long before theGermans realised his abilities.But his break was too slowcoming in Britain. He spreadhis wings. . . .

BEATLESTo Germany, where he had

the privilege of employingthe then largely unknownBeatles as his backing groupon "My Bonnie". Tony was"guv'nor" in Hamburg inthose days. British groupslined up to watch him workand learn a few wrinklesabout beat -purveying. Ironic-ally, he didn't register hereat all until Polydor released"Bonnie" and got it into thecharts on the strength of theBeatles' backing sounds.

This disc, incidentally, hasalso sold over quarter of amillion in the States... againbecause of the Beatles beingon the label.

He next joined Vince Tay-lor's backing group, latermeeting Brian Bennett andLicorice Locking and forminga trio which backed CliffRichard, Vince Eager, ConwayTwitty, Johnny Preston, GeneVincent.

STUPIDProducer Jack Good fea-

tured Tony on "Oh Boy",forerunner of the telly -beatshows. "There should havebeen others", says Tony."But I went a bit haywireand turned up late, or forgotmy guitar or something. Iwas stupid. And Jack Goodwas much more patient withme than he should havebeen."

Then a Mr. Koschmieder,of Hamburg, booked Tonywith a rock group for theKaiser Kellar Club in Ger-many - a club originallyplayed by the Beatles. Thefirst real rock outfit in Ger-many, this. He moved on tothe Top Ten Club, then theStar, where he is still resi-dent and has shared billswith Ray Charles, BrendaLee. Little Richard, DuaneEddy, Everlys and so on.Observed Ray Charles: "Ireally dug this group. Thisboy Sheridan sings with alot of soul..."

Now King - Size Taylor,once front - man (and whata front!) of the Dominoesbut now leading the Shakerson the grounds that it is aneasier name to sell. He's aLiverpudlian, who went toLiverpool College of Art.

He also came up through

the skiffle days with a group,"The James Boys". They de-veloped into Taylor and theDominoes and did well inthe Liverpool beat scene untilnearly eighteen months agowhen they went to Hamburgto the Star Club.

They flitted between Ger-many and Britain for a while,finding more and moregroups growing up in Liver-pool each time they returned.In March, 1963, they returnedto the Star Club wherethey're still going strong,though occasionally able toreturn to liven the Liverpoolscene.

Says King - Size: "We'reglad in one way that Wecannot be classified as yetanother Liverpool sound, be-cause we developed our styleaway from the Liverpoolscene."

TRENDSAgain, it's odd that so

many "visiting" Britishartistes should rave aboutKing - Size and his giant -size talent, yet he staysvirtually unknown in Britain.

These two stars have pion-eered plenty in the beatscene. They've been respon-sible for the development ofseveral of the top groups inBritain, simply through set-ting trends along the Reeper-bahn - trends which havebeen eagerly followed.

In these two personalities,Polydor have potentialMoney - spinners. Personally,I'd like to see Tony andKing - Size really get thepublicity and acclaim theydeserve here in their owncountry.

Just hope I've helped a bitwith this story, that's all.

TONY SHERIDAN - hitting it big in the States with"My Bonnie."

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Nevertheless they are prob-ably the world's top femalegroup at the moment interms of sales. Only theRonettes and the Shirellessell anything like as many asthe Crystals. And of courseit was the success of theCrystals that paved the wayfor the similarly -styled Ron-ettes.

TOUR

The girls themselves a r eengaged in an extensive tourwith Joe Brown, Heinz, Man-fred Mann etc. And enjoyingevery minute of it. And theirnew disc "I wonder" lookslike a worthy follow up to,their last few hits here.

The Crystals themselves'started out as a five oeceteam with ideas of becominga vocal group. They wouldmeet and rehearse, until oneday Phil Spector heard themin their New York studiosand immediately took an in-terest in them and wantedto sign them up.

IDEAS

"We thought that he was abit young though," the girlstold me. "He had such ideasand plans, and eventually wesigned up with him. We cutour first disc called 'There'sno other' back in May '61. Itwasn't released until Septem-ber of that year, but it madethe U.S. Top Twenty."

"Then we cut 'Uptown,'and that was an even biggerhit. We thought we were setup when we found out ourthird disc was to be 'He hitme (and it felt like a kiss).'We didn't like that one. Afterwe had cut it we absolutelyhated it. Still do. Phil was soparticular about the arrange.ment and the sound that wehad a terrible session.

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"What made it worse wasthat after a few weeks hadgone by and the disc wasissued it was selling well. Butthe kids at school startedsinging it, and their teachersheard them. They didn't likethe title and lyrics so theParent Teachers' Associationgot it banned."

"He hit me" reached No.107 in Cash Box on August18. It was issued on July 21,and on August 25 "He's arebel" was issued after "Hehit me" was banned. So theCrystals didn't have muchluck with that one despitethe glowing reviews that allthe music mags gave it.

NEW YORK

The first three Crystalsdiscs were cut in New York,and only one of them"There's no other" was issuedin Britain at the time. Thatwas on the Parlophone label."He's a rebel" and the sub-sequent releases up until"Little boy" were cut in Cal-ifornia, "Little boy" and "Iwonder" were cut in NewYork again.

UNAFFECTEDThe Crystals themselves

are a bunch of unaffectedgirls who have been dashingaround London sightseeingduring their spare moments.There are four Crystals atthe moment - La La Brooks,Dee Dee Kennibrew, BarbaraAlston and the new girl, ex -dancer Frances Collins. Thetwo ex -Crystals are PatWright, founder -member ofthe group who left becauseshe wanted to continue her

studies. She thought of thegroup's name, but wasn't veryinterested in Show Businesssay the other girls.

RAGE"But we are though . . . "The other was dropped

when four -girl groups becamethe rage. Another reason forher leaving was to get mar-ried. The favourite artistesof the girls are the Shirelles,Sam Cooke, the Impressions,Major Lance, Jerry Butlerand Dionne Warwick.

"We like the Beatles, butwe would have got to the tophere with 'Then he kissedme' if it hadn't been for'She loves you' . . . theysaid laughingly.

FAVOURITE

Their favourite of theirown numbers is "He's arebel," and all the girls liketheir music to be calledrhythm and blues ratherthan rock. They say theyare a very happy group,unlike a lot of teams whohave tasted tremendous suc-cess and they reckon thatthey want to develop a dif-ferent style from the onethey already have. They plana maturer approach, in factthey greatly admire theMcGuire Sisters for the waythey have become evergreenentertainers.

Just for the record, noneof the girls is married. "We'dlike to be though," they say.But -to do that the girlswould have to give up theircareer with the fabulousCrystals.

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MITCH MURRAY with the original BIG THREE.

Mitch Murrayand some song-

writing tips"QONGS," says MitchLi Murray, "are very per-

sonal animals. They appealto spontaneous emotions andtherefore there cannot beany strict rules for writingthem'? And Mr. Murray shouldknow what he is talkingabout.

He has built a vast bank balancefrom his writing in the past yearor so-and now he passes on somehints to beginners in a very read-able and well -presented book.

CATCHY

Mitch reveals that the wordsusually come first with him. Heprefers to express his words withthe music-and he normally triesto start with a catchy title. "Thetitle is very important-it is vitalto put it at the beginning at.d endof every verse."

He says songs should tell stories.And. as with most hits, they shouldbe simple and original. "At notime should the meaning or con-tinuity be sacrificed for the sakeof a rhyme. There are alwaysways of 'Fiddling'-as with theword 'better,' when you can alwaysuse two smaller words like 'gether' or 'let her.'

"And DON'T," he says, "usehackneyed rhymes such as 'loveand turtle dove' or 'arms andcharms.' This shows poor, lazythinking. It is unprofessional.

CONTRAST"The opening of your song should

hit people squarely between theeyes; it should make them sit upand listen. When you've capturedtheir imagination, go ahead andtell the story. The middle eightshould be something of a contrastand the conclusion should be acomplete conclusion and, if not ahappy one, then at least a hopeful.one. No song should end withoutthe hope of a happy prospect. Onlyvery rarely does a miserable songsell."

By PETERJONES

Mitch presumes: "You have, likeme, no musical knowledge at all.It may surprise you to know thatmost of our top songwriters are inthe same boat.

"But buy a tape - recorder. Afine investment - never trust yourmemory or you may lose a hitsong."

Once you have your song, youtry to find fault with it. Check thatthe words are "singable", withoutunconscious tongue - twisters. Ifit's all right, then the next stage isthe demonstration disc.

The demonstration disc is. basic-ally, to be uncluttered with sound.It's a showcase for the song. MitchPoints out that sending a manu-script to a publisher is useless be-cause most of them feel a pieceof paper tells them nothing at all.Use a good vocalist and a good localgroup.

Mitch writes: "Then you're off.Good luck, and don't give in tooeasily. The boys at the top are theones with determination (and alittle talent)."

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And some sample lyrics to whichthe budding writer is invited to addmusic; plus some music which re-quires lyrics.

Through it all, Mitch's goodsense of humour shines through. Avalue for money publication.

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I (who have nothing); How canyou tell; My special dream; Yol(Columbia SEG 8296).

FOLLOWING up Shir:ey's recentmajor hit comes this EP ofthe same title. As usual the

lady is powerful and dramatic indelivery and is aided by goodmaterial. A must for her countlessfans.

* * * *RAY CHARLES

Busted; 01' man time; No one;Without love (HMV 7EG 8841).

THE Ray Charles hit with theentertaining lyric kicks off hislatest EP offering. Naturalist

It will click saieswise and conedmake the best sellers. Ray is ingood voice on all tracks. Yes, awinner.

* * * *

HE SMASH HIT E.P'sADAM FAITH

The first time; So long baby;We are in love; Made for me(Parlophone GEP 8893).

SOME really good stuff fromAdam Faith on this one. Goodto see him high in the charts

again these days after a quietishspell. He is one of our outstandingpop artistes and has the appeal tolast just as long as he wants tocontinue singing. A worthy additionfor any collection.* * * *

THE CHIFFONSA love so fine; One fine day;

Da doo ron ion; The loco -motion;It's my party (Stateside SE 1012).

FIVE tracks on this one fromthe Chiffons. In addition totheir own best seller they in-

clude three hits taken to the topby other artistes. Should prove to

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* * * *TRINI LOPEZRosita; Sinner not a saint; Wherecan my baby be; Only in mydreams (Stateside SE 1013).

SOME older material from TriniLopez. It's good but not asexciting as his "If I had a

hammer," etc., of more recentvintage. Should appeal to the realenthusiasts for his work ratherthan those who buy the best sellersonly.

* * *LITTLE STEVIE WONDER

I call It pretty music but the oilpeople call it the blues; WorkoutStevie Workout; Money talk (State-side SE 1014).

LITTLE Stevie Wonder performshis vocal and instrumental

gymnastics on this latest release.I don't rate him the "genius" thatsome do but he certainly is anoutstanding artiste as this EPshows. The "feel' he has for asong does credit to his tenderyears.

* * *JAMES BROWN

Prisoner of love; Choo-choo;These foolish things; Feel it (Lon-don RE 1410).

NOT really what I expected o:James Brown. I had heardgreat tales of his album

recorded live at the Apollo inHarlem, New York, where he singsout and out R & B. This, thoughgood, is probably a little toosmoothly polished for the fans whoare awaiting his R&B material.First track each side is vocal whilethe others are instrumental.

* *FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS

Sally Ann; Camptown races;Lonely boy; Short shorts (ColumbiaSEG 8287).

ZANY FREDDIE and his matesthe Dreamers get their teethinto three numbers as featured

in the film "What a crazy world."The fourth track is thrown in forgood measure. "Sally Ann" and"Short shorts" were recentlydemonstrated by the lads on"Thank your lucky stars" and thedisc is already selling a bomb.Amusing and most entertainingstuff.

* * * *

THE SHADOWSShindig; It's been a blue day;

Sleepwalk; Theme from a filletedPlace (Columbia SEG 8286).T;IOUR popular items from ther Shadows library are destined

to enter the charts as usual.The fans will be familiar withthese treatments and will also beadding them to their collectionsjust as soon as possible. It justcan't miss.

* * * *GENE PITNEY

24 hours from Tuisa; Town with-out pity; Mecca; Every breatntone (Unites Artists UEP 1(101).

ACOLLECTION of hits by U.S.star Gene Pitney which must.hit the best sellers. Gene has

never been s tst.y tar away fromour charts and in fact aid ex-tremely well with 'Mecca ' anti"Town without pity" recendiwithout hitting the jackpot. But"24 hours from Tulsa" made itin a big big way. All three areincluded in this most attractivePackage.

* * * *MARCIE BLANE

You gave my number to Billy;Told you so; Little Miss fool;Ragtime sound (London RE -U1413).

APLEASING quartet of songsfrom the young miss whovisited us briefly last year. I

won't set the pop world aflameimmediately but it should snowbalin sales once fans begin to play itto their friends. Cute in looks andwith a cute voice is Miss Blane.I look forward to hearing more ofher in the near future.

* * *KEN DODD

Still; Remember I love you;Come to me; Eight by ten(Columbia SEG 8297).

TOP comedian and top singeris Ken Dodd. When he isclowning it is difficult to im-

agine him as the melodious voicedsinger who regularly hits thecharts and when he reverses rolesthe same feeling is apparent. But.happily, both sets of fans likeboth sides of his career. "Still'was recently a best seller for himand the EP will therefore attractbig sales.

* * * *

THE BEATLES in Miami (R.M. picture, Dezo Hoffman).

BEATLESAll my loving; Ask me why;

Money; P.S. I love you (Porto -phone GEP 8891).

WHAT'S the use! Before areviewer can get around tohearing any Beatles disc, let

alone review it, It's at the top, orwell up the charts. This one is noexception. It's good Beatles andthat means very good.* * * * *

CLIFF RICHARD AND THESHADOWS

La mer; Boum; J'attendral;C'est sl boo (Columbia SEG 8290).

CLIFFcontinues to spread hisinternational wings. This timehe gives us a touch of French

as he sings these standard songsfrom that country. The Shadowsplay in "British" as usual. Anotherbig seller for this powerful team.Cliff is in good voice and theShads as polished as ever.

* * * *

GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERSYou'll never walk alone; Jam-

balaya; Chills; A shot of rhythmand blues (Columbia SEG 8295).'ESOP LIR tracks from Gerry'sr recent and best-selling album

should attract the customerswith a lower budget who havebeen unable to splash out for theLP. A nice mixture, well per-formed, which must stay amongthe top EP's for a long, long time.

* * * * *DARLENE LOVE

Wan 'tii my Bobby gets home;Take it from me; The boy I'mgonna marry; PAying for keeps(London RE -U 1411).

ANOTHER of Phil Spector's out-standing artistes is DarleneLove. These four tracks show

off her talent in fine style. If yesdig the Ronettes, Crystals etc.,then you will most certainly gofor this one. The first track isParticularly good.

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THE BEATLES WITHTONY SHERIDAN

Cry For A Shadow; Why (Poly-dor 52 275).

THE first Beatles instrumentalto be issued here is an oldaffair from Polydor. Never-

theless. the Harrison -Lennon com-position is a good enough tuneand performance, and sounds asthough it was recorded while theBeatles were under the influence ofShadows. Must sell well. Flip isa Tony Sheridan vocal that's nonetoo hot.TOP FIFTY TIP

LINDA DOLLHe Don't Want Your Love Any-

more; Boney Moroney (Piccadilly351667).

EXTREMELY catchy and com-mercial number from Lindawho is making a minor come-

back -although she's still onlynineteen. Good number, vibrantvocal work and plenty of all-roundappeal. Should make the charts,and could be a very big hit. Flipis a beaty version of the oldLarry Williams hit. Well -performedand different.TOP FIFTY TIP

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Dawn (Go Away); No Surfin'Today (Philips BF 1317).

BEST from the boys for quitea while -it's also near thetop in the States. A pretty

falsetto -filed effort from the groupon their new label which maybring them a well -deserved changeof luck. Dawn by the way is agirl's name, whom the lads con-sider to be too good foz them..Flip is a typical Four Seasonstype number with lots of falsettoand bass. Slow again. And a deaththeme.TOP FIFTY TIP

THE PARAMOUNTS

Little Bitty Pretty One; A Cer-tain Girl (Parlophone R 5107).

THE old gospel -orientated blueshit is given a frantic beattreatment from the Para -

mounts. They had a middle sizedseller with "Poison Ivy" and theycould do better with this excitingversion of the oldie. Good stuff forthe kids. Flip is an old ErnieK -Doe number in which theirR & B feeling comes throughstrongly.

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JOHNNY KIDD ANDTHE PIRATES

Always And Ever; Dr. Feelgood(HMV POP 1269).

JOHNNY'S newie doesn't havethe crashing beat of his lastfew, but after a few plays the

insistent version of the oldiesounds like a hit of the first order.Well -presented and well performedand a lot different from whatJohnny's fans may expect. Flip isa beaty version of the ever -popular R & B number.

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DUTCH SWING COLLEGE BANDand a slow trod affair. Probablywon't mean much here exceptwith- the mainstream men. "OldAmsterdam"/"Bel Ami." PhilipsBF 1314.TOMMY SCOTT and a gentle beat

Penned by Johnny Worththis could be a steady seller. "Whowill it be"/"If it's me that youwant." Decca F 11839.EDDIE HEYWOOD and a numberfor Paul Newman fans. The gentletheme could do well. "The prize"!"Li'l darlin'." Stateside SS 264.

JIMMY NICOL and Pye's firstblue beat attempt. Not bad, butmay get lost. "Humpty Dumpty"/"Night train." Pye 15623.THE JOY STRINGS are the Salva-tion Army beat team. And theymake a fine job of the catchy beatynumber which grows on you. "It'san open secret"/"We're going toset the world a singing." RegalZonophone RZ501.

THE VENTURES and a drivinginstrumental with plenty of beat.Dance fans will love it. "Penetra-tion"/"Solar Race." Liberty LIB10142.

JIM AND MONICA and a beatyversion of the Little Richard oldie"Slippin' & Slidin'." Flip is thebacking to the same tune. StatesideSS 266.

THE EAGLES change their styleslightly for the up -beat "Andorra."Good atmosphere and very Play-able. Flip is "Moonstruck." Pye15613.

THE SHAKERS and a revival ofthe Fats Domino rocker "Wholelotta lovin'." Flip is Diddley's "Ican tell." Two beaty sides.Polydor 52 272.

MARK PETERS and a brightbreezy bouncer called "Cindy'sgonna cry." Flip is "Show her."Oriole CB 1909.

GARY CRISS and a sweet andgentle ballad called "Sweet warm.and soft." Apt title, with a goodmelody. Flip is "Little Joe."Stateside SS 265.TERRY LIGHTFOOT and a smoothtraddie with lots of appeal -couldbe a minor hit with some luck"Fuiiyama" / "No Dolly No."Columbia DB 7219.BOBBY BARE and a lovelycountry styled commercial bit. Ahit in the U.S.A., worthy of onehere but we don't think so. "Mil-ler's cave/"Jeannie's last kiss."RCA Victor 1387.JOHNNY MATHIS and a delicatetypical Mathis styled delivery. Notoutstanding though. "Bye bye Bar-bara"/"A great night for crying."HMV POP 1267.VINCE EAGER makes a swinginggospel version of the folksy num-ber could do well. "We shall notbe moved"/"It's only make be-lieve." Piccadilly 35157.SONNY CURTIS and an amusingeffort from a member of theCrickets. Not really for buyingthough. "A Beatle I want to be"/"So used to loving you." ColpixPX 11024.

JOEY AND THE GENTLEMENand a smooth vocal beater withsome potential. Well -performed."Like I love you"/"I'll never letYOU go." Fontana TF444.TONY RIVERS AND THE CAST-AWAYS and a throbbing beaterwithout much originality. But theboys have potential. "I love theway YOU walk"/"I love you."Columba DB 7224.ANDY CAVELL and a great R & Bstyled ditty. His best to date and apotential hit "Tell the truth"/"Shut up." Pye 15610.CLINTON FORD and a trad styledNew Orleans affair. Perky andbright and definitely a good seller."Southtown USA"/"Honey baby."Coumbia DB 7220.THE SWANS and a cash -in withan average femme vocal withoutmuch appeal except for the title."The boy with the beatle haircut"!"Please hurry home." Cameo -Park-way C. 302.

FREDDY and an emotional balladcalled "Son won't you come back."Not commercial in the least. Poly-dor 52 905.RUFUS THOMAS turns up againwith a R & B dog dance. Not hisbest. "Can your monkey do thedog"/"I want to get married."London HLK 9850.AL MARTINO is always popularand the recent revival should sellthis tender ballad. "I love youmore and more every day"/"I'mliving my heaven with you."Capitol CL 15337.FRANCOISE HARDY and a R &B type backing to the Perry Comonumber. She's capable of a lot bet-ter this French songstress. "Catcha falling star"/"Only friends."Pye 15612.EZZ RECO with various others onEMI's blue beat affair. Good stuffwith more than a tinge of Calypso."Little girl"/"The bluest beat"Columbia DB 7222.

SUE THOMPSON doesn't havemuch luck here, and we don't thinkthis will alter things. Perky andgay. "Big Daddy"/"I'd like to knowyou better." Hickory 1240.THE CAREFREES: We Love YouBeatles: Hot Blooded Lover. Thegroup get to town on the gimmickaffair. Just another cash -in. OrioleCB 1916.GENE VINCENT: Humpity Dum-pily; A Love 'Em And Leave 'EmKinds Guy. Good one from GeneVincent with lots of appeal.Columbia DB 7218.THE HUSTLERS: Be True To You;You Can't Sit Down. Good vocalgroup beater from the potentialhitmakers. Mercury MF 807.THE EXOTICS: Cross My Heart:Ooh-La-Lah. Good blue beat soundon this danceable effort from theteam. Decca F 11850.THE SAPPHIRES: Who Do YouLove; Oh So Soon. Pretty sadvocal group effort 'from the U.S.femme hitmakers. Stateside SS 267.JESS CONRAD: Tempted; PussyCat. Powerful affair from Jess -hemay do well with this tunefulnumber. Columbia DB 7223.

VARIOUS ARTISTES: Anyone WhoHad A Heart; 5-4-3-2-1; Over You;Bits and Pieces; Little Children;I'm The Lonely One. Good ren-derings, all of them. Top Six 2.PETER AND GORDON: A WorldWithout Love; If I Were You. ALennon -McCartney ballad composi-tion that could do well. Not toostrong in beat value. ColumbiaDB7225.

CONNIE FRANCIS: Blue Winter;Souvenirs. She performs the songwell, but it doesn't sound tco com-mercial. MGM 1224.BURR BAILEY: Chahawki; YouMade Me Cry. Burr, with Joe Meekgets a good sound on this Redskintype number. Gimmicky. DeccaF 11846.BOBBY GOLDSBORO: See TheFunny Little Clown; Hello Loser.A corny well -performed build-up.ballad. Could do OK. UnitedArtistes UP 1046.TONY STARR: I'll Take A Rocket;The Next Train. Beaty number,good vocal but nothing outstandingabout it. Decca F 11847.ERROL DIXON: Rocks In MyPillow; Give Me More Time. Asolid earthy effort that deservesattention. Oriole CB 1914.VICKY BAKER: No More FoolishStories; Darling Say The Word.Good vocal but not a commercialsong. Big beat ballad. LondonHLU 9856.TOMMY TUCKER: Hi -HeelSneakers; I Don't Want Cha. Rand B number, subtle stuff thatwill appeal to specialists. Pye Int.25238.

BILL BLACK'S COMBO: Comin'On; Soft Winds. Typical stuff fromthe sax led team. Beaty anddanceable. London HLU 9855.MARILYN POWELL: All My Lov-ing; After The Party. A goodnumber that's a bit over -played.She sings well. Fontana TF 448.THE HEARTS: Dear Abby; PartTwo. Average vocal group withshrill femme sound, and beltingappeal. Stateside SS 268.BARRY AND THE TAMERLANES:Roberta; Butterfly. Pretty beatballad which may get lost here.Good vocal harmony. Warner WB124.

THE MAJORS: Ooh Wee Baby;I'll Be There. High-pitched falsettofrom the U.S. hitmakers. Not theirbest. Liberty 66009.BUDDY BRITTEN AND THEREGENTS: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah; I

Guess I'm In The Way. Goodgroup, good sound. Beaty effortcould do very well. Oriole CB

19DEnN.NY MITCHELL AND THESOUNDSATIONS: I've Been Crying;For You Love. Good vocal beaterwith much potential. Likely hit.Decca F 11848.RAMONA KING: It's In His Kiss;It Couldn't Happen To A NicerGuy. Pleasant big beat balladfrom the thrush. Could go well.Warner Brothers WB 125.PEPPI: So Used To Loving You;Don't Trust My Friend. Fast beatnumber from Peppi, the acetwister. Danceable. Fontana TF 446.

DEL SHANNONMary Jane; Stains On My

Letter (Stateside SS 269).LABEL change for consistent hit -

maker Del who must make thecharts with this plaintive

typical effort which features loadsof good backing and vocal workfrom all concerned. One of Del'sbest for a long time too. Flip is ajerky commercial styled numberwith clear vocal work.TOP FIFTY TIP

CHAD STUART ANDJEREMY CLYDE

Like I Love You Today: EarlyIn The Morning (Ember S 1861..

THE popular twosome haveanother good number here onthis different type of folksy

beat ballad which should be aneven bigger hit than their ''Yes-terday's Gone". Soft appealingvocal work, and a good chartchance. Flip is a good reading ofthe old folk number.TOP FIFTY TIPTHE INDIANS

Always In My Heart; MoonlightAnd Shadows (RCA -Victor 1388).

FORMERLY Los Indios Tabs-iaros, the highly successfulteam have a new single out

which should do very well,although we don't think it willrepeat the success of "MarieElena", Similarly styled, andagain more for the adult recordbuyer. Flip is similar too, butgreat stuff.TOP FIFTY TIP

THE SHADOWSTheme For Young Lovers; This

Hammer (Columbia DB 7231).AFTER a relative failure with

"Geronimo", the Shads turnback the clock in style with

this easy on the ear treatment ofa number from the film "WonderfulLife". It's a delicate soundingslower -than -usual number whichshould give them a pretty big hitonce more. Flip is the boys ownarrangement of the familiar tune.Vocal too.TOP FIFTY TIPLESLEY DUNCAN

You Kissed Me Boy; Tell Me(Parlophone R 5016).

LESLIE hasn't been on therecord scene too long but thisone may well estatlish her.

It's a slow-ish delicate beat balladwith a very catchy flavour andplenty of hit sounds about it. Weliked it, and reckon it could easilybe a suprise hit. Flip is anothercatchy well -performed ballad.TOP FIFTY TIP

THE RIVIERASCalifornia Sun; HB Goose Step

(Pye Int. 25237).COMING up fast in the States

is this semi -vocal. semi -instrumental number from the

bluest' beat group. It's an exciting"Let's Dance" type affair thatmust be a hit here with a fewgood plugs. R & B fans will gofor this. Grows considerably onYOU. Flip is an organ instrumentala la Johnny and The Hurricanes.TOP FIFTY TIP

BOBBY DARINI Wonder Who's Kissing Her

Now; As Long As I'm Singing(Capitol CL 15538).

OBBY takes the oldie and couldB easily have his first blg hitfor some time with it. It's a

plaintive country style renderingof the number with some verytypical piano in the background.Good stuff with that indefinablesomething. Big band on the fastswinging flip which contrasts wellwith side one.TOP FIFTY TIP

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of the hit tune"EXODUS" -Ernest Ranglin

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The ORIGINAL GENUINE BLUE-

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New release:"Daddy Rolling Stone" Derek Martin WI -308

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IN pour the letters. Most of them say howDARE Bobby Vee imitate the Beatles!

So let's set the record straight: Bobby is notsorry about his latest Liberty single She's Sorrywhich is based on the Beatles' sound.

Why on earth should hebe?

Consider this: Where didthe Beatles get the vocabu-lary of their songs from (allthose "yeahs" and "babies"and "twists")? Where didthey get the inspiration fortheir rhythm-and-blues andballad melodies and chordsequences from? Where didthey get their drum kits andelectrified guitars from?

The answer, of course, isAmerica. Without the in-fluence of American popmusic the Beatles wouldsimply be four haircuts andfour unusual jackets.

Now an American-BobbyVee-has used the distinctiveBeatles sound (which issimilar to many Americangroup sounds of eight yearsago when Bobby was 12 andmost of today's Beatles fanswere far too young to knowwhat was happening on theU.S. beat scene) and loads ofBritish fans are crying, ineffect, "Stop Thief!"

To which the answer isNonsense! THIS is thecountry that is notorious forhaving local performers cashin on established Americanhits by "covering" them(i.e. copying them andsyphoning off the sales).Bobby Vee has had it doneto him (Marty Wilde did aversion of Rubber Ball) andat the moment there is a

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particularly choice exampleat the top of the charts:Cilia Black's Anyone WhoHad A Heart is pulling inall the money over herewhile the version shecopied, by Dionne Warwick,languishes at the bottom ofthe table.

Bobby has covered norecord. She's Sorry is similarin _style to the Beatles' SheLoves You but it is not acopy, not an attempt to takesales away from anotherrecord.

This is Bobby's view: "Ihave the feeling that thisis the sound that will bearound for quite a while andif that is what people wantto hear I am happy to giveit to them.

"I love the Beatles. A yearand a half ago I did aconcert in Birkenhead andheard the Merseyside soundfor the first time. I believethey were playing nearbybut I didn't hear them inperson. I did buy their recordof Love Me Do, though. Itook it back to my recordcompany, Liberty, andsuggested they release it.They didn't want to know!

BOBBY VEE talks about "She's Sorry."

"Well, in the last fewmonths the pop scene in theStates was getting so dull.Something was needed toliven it up and the Beatlesprovided the answer. I thinka lot more singers will beusing a Beatles -type sound.I'd hate to be, say thefourth guy to do it. I thinkI got in at the right time.A month ago I recorded awhole album, Sounds FromEngland. It's a tribute tothe great Liverpool soundand I made the albumbecause I have a greatadmiration for the Beatlesand the other British groups.You know, it's easy to get

in a rut, and I was. ThisBeatles sound has helped meget out of the rut, and I'mgrateful."

And having said that,there didn't seem much elseto say about She's Sorry (onwhich Bobby does a bit ofdouble -tracking and has acouple of guys to help himget the group sound) so weturned the conversation toBobby's latest LP; I Remem-ber Buddy Holly. How welldoes Bobby rememberBuddy?

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A LOOK AT THE U.S. CHARTS-VAST RISING U.S. hits include "My Heart Belongs To Only You"r -Bobby Vinton; "The Way You Do The Things You Do"-

The Temptations; "What The Nitty Gritty Is"-Shirley Ellis;"Needles And Pins"-The Searchers; "Shoop Shoop Song"-BettyEverett; "Hoochie Coochie Man"-Dion; "Nadine"-Chuck Berry.

New U.S. releases include "Our Everlasting Love"-Ruby AndThe Romantics; "Run Run Run"-Supremes; "Jailer Bring MeWater"-Trint Lopez; "Lazy Lady"-Fats Domino; "CurfewLover"-Essex; "Hand It Over"-Chuck Jackson; "Searchin"'-AceCannon; "Where Does Love Go"-Freddie Scott; "Journey To TheStars"-Ventures; "I Lied"-Jimmy Holiday; "Fair WeatherLover"-Solitaires; "I Wanna Be Your Man"- Rolling Stones;"When I See My Baby Smile"-Bobby Day; and "Beatle Crazy"-Bill Clifton. "The Man In You"-Miracles; "Yes Sir That's MyBaby"-Ruth Brown.

First for a long while from the Coasters titled "T'aint Nothin'To Me." It's a blues comedy number 'live' from their AppolloSaturday Night L.P. with other Atco artistes. Tipped by tradepapers. "Anyone Who Had a Heart." L.P. from Dionne Warwick,"Live at the Royal" from James Brown two R & BL.P's out this week. Nina Simone signed for Philips. From thefabulous Major Lance comes his first L.P. titled "Um Urn Um UrnUm Um". It features his previous hits plus the Impressions number"It's All Right". But as he sounds exactly the same as theImpressions, why cut this number? N.J.

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DAWN (GO AWAY)4 (4) Four Seasons (Philips)

JAVA.5 (6) Al Hirt (RCA Victor)

YOU DON'T OWN ME*3 (8) Leslie Gore (Mercury)

CALIFORNIA SUN10 (4) The Rivieras (Riviera) 30NAVY BLUE14 (4) Diane Relay(20th Century Fox)

STOP AND THINK IT OVER12 (4) Dale & Grace (Montet) 32UM, UM, UM, UM, UM. UM,*6 (8) Major Lance (Okeh) 33PLEASE PLEASE ME.24 (3) Beatles (Vee-Jay)

GOOD NEWS. 3420 (3) Sam Cooke(RCA -Victor)

SEE THE FUNNY LITTLECLOWN17 (4) Bobby Goldsboro(Unart)

I LOVE YOU MORE ANDMORE EVERY DAY22 (3) Al. Martino (Capitol)

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I ONLY WANT TO BEWITH YOU.19 (5) Dusty Springfield(Philips)

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FOR YOU*9 (9) Rick Nelson (Decca)

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WITH THE BEATLES(1) The Beatles (Parlophone)PLEASE PLEASE ME(2) The Beatles (Parlophone)

WEST SIDE STORY(4) Sound Trac.c (CBS)HOW DO YOU LIKE IT(3) Gerry & The Pacemakers

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THE SHADOWS GREATESTHITS(8) The Shadows (Columbia)MEET THE SEARCHERS(6) The Searchers (Pye)BORN FREE(5) Frank Ifield (Columbia)IN DREAMS(9) Roy Orbison (London)STAY WITH THE HOLLIES(13) The Hollies (Parlophone)FREDDIE & THEDREAMERS(7) Freddie & The Dreamers(Columbia)KENNY BALL'S GOLDENHITS(15) Kenny Ball (Pye)

AT THE DROP OFANOTHER HAT(17) Michael Flanders &

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15 (14) Trini Lopez (Reprise)SUGAR AND SPICE(-) Searchers (Pye)BO DIDDLEY'S BEACHPARTY(18) Bo Diddley (Pye)FOLK FESTIVAL OF THE

18 BLUES(19) Various Artistes (Pye)

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KISSIN' COUSINS- (1) Elvis Presley(RCA -Victor)

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ABIGAIL BEECHER*32 (3) Freddy Cannon(Warner Brothers)

I WISH YOU LOVE.34 (3) Gloria Lynne(Everest)

A FOOL NEVER LEARNS15 (7) Andy Williams(Columbia)

OH BABY DON'T YOUWEEP31 (4) James Brown (King)

A LETTER FROM SHERRY29 (5) Dale Ward (Dot)

GLAD ALL OVER43 (2) Dave Clark Five(Epic)

LIVE WIRE44 (2) Martha and theVandePas (Gordy)

HELLO DOLLY- (1) Louis Armstrong (Kapp)

THERE! I'VE SAID ITAGAIN*21 (13) Bobbie Vinton (Epic)

BLUE WINTER47 (2) Connie Francis (MGM)

LOUIE LOUIE*23 (15) Kingsmen (Wand)

MY BONNIE49 (2) Beatles with TonySheridan (MGM)

IT'S ALL IN THE GAME25 (6) Cliff Richard (Epic)

BIRD DANCE BEAT- (1) Trashmen (Garrett)

CAN YOUR MONKEY DOTHE DOG45 (2) Rufus Thomas (Stax)

SOUTHTOWN U.S.A.33 (5) Dixiebelles(Sound -Stage)

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WHAT'S EASY FOR TWO50 (2) Mary Wells (Motown)

MY TRUE CARRIE LOVE- (1) Nat Cole (Capitol)

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SMOKE GETS IN YOUREYES(5) Platters

AS I LOVE YOU(2) Shirley Basso,

I GOT STUNG/ONE NIGHT(1) Elvis Presley

DOES YOUR CHEWINGGUM LOSE ITS FLAVOUR(3) Lonnie Donegan

TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVEHIM(4) Teddy Bears

PUB WITH NO BEER(9) Slim Dust),

PETITE FLEUR(16) Chris Barber

THE BEATLES No. 1(6) The Beatles (Parlophone)

YOU'LL NEVER WALKALONE(11) Gerry & The Pacemakers(Columbia)SWEETS FOR MY SWEET(9) The Searchers (Pye)AT THE CAVERN

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CHUCK AND BO Vol. 312 (14) Chuck Berry &

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14IN DREAMS(16) Roy Orbison (London)

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ALL OF A SUDDEN MYHEART SINGS(10) Paul Anka

BABY FACE(7) Little Richard

STAGGER LEE(18) Lloyd Price

24 HOURS FROM TULSA(-) Gene Pitney(United Artists)

HUNGRY FOR LOVE(-) The Searchers(PYe)

FOURMOST SOUND(-) The Fourmost(Parlophone)LIVE IT UP(12) Heinz (Decca)HOW DO YOU DO IT(13) Gerry & The Pacemakers(Columbia)SONG FOR EUROPE(-) Matt Monro (Parlophone)

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CHART CHATTERrLENTY of fast movement this week. Cilia takes over the

number one spot after only a week's stay by the Bachelors.while Brian Poole, Dave Clark, Dusty Springfield and Eden

Kane all shoot up the lists. The Rolling Stones crash in with theirfine rendering of "Not fade away," closely followed by severalother big names like Billy J. Kramer, the Hollies and Heinz.

Biggest surprise of the week must me "It's an open secret" bythe Joy Strings making the charts. This Salvation Army beat dischas had a lot of publicity, and could mean an even bigger hitfor Joy herself, and the once big -hit record company Regel Zono-phone which now deals exclusively with Salvation Army discs.

Andy Williams and Maureen Evans are two of the classiersingers to make the charts, while Mary May makes it with thethird version of the lovely "Anyone who had a heart." Freddie andthe Dreamers look like having their fourth big hit in a row with"Over you," but a lot of people feel it's not as good as some oftheir discs.

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ANYONE WHO HAD AHEART2 (4) Cilia Black(Parlophone)

DIANE1 (6) The Bachelors (Decca)

NEEDLES AND PINS3 (7) The Searchers (Pye)

BITS AND PIECES19 (2) Dave Clark Five(Columbia)

I THINK OF YOU9 (7) The Merseybeats(Fontana)

I'M THE ONE4 (7) Gerry & ThePacemakers (Columbia)

5.4-3-2-15 (6) Manfred Mann (HMV)

CANDY MAN8 11 (5) Brian Poole & The

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I'M THE LONELY ONE8 (4) Cliff Richard & TheShadows (Columbia)

BABY I LOVE YOU13 (8) The Ronettes (London)

HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE6 (12) The Swinging BlueJeans (HMV)

BOYS CRY18 (5) Eden Kane (Fontana)

GLAD ALL dvEn10 (15) The Dave Clark Five(Columbia)

DON'T BLAME ME12 (8) Frank Ifield (Columbia)

FOR YOU14 (5) Rick Nelson(Brunswick)

I WANT TO HOLD YOURHAND15 (13) The Beatles(Parlophone)

STAY AWHILE30 (2) Dusty Springfield(Philips)

24 HOURS FROM TULSA16 (13) Gene Pitney(United Artists)

OVER YOU44 (2) Freddie and TheDreamers (Columbia)

BORNE ON THE WIND33 (2) Roy Orbison (London)

n EIGHT BY TEN22 (4) Kenn Dodd (Columbia)

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LET ME GO LOVER36 (2) Kathy Kirby (Decca)

I ONLY WANT TO BEWITH YOU17 (15) Dusty Springfield(Philips)

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I LOVE YOU BECAUSE45 (2) Jim Reeves(RCA -Victor)

NADINE27 (3) Chuck Berry (Pye)

SHE LOVES YOU23 (27) The Beatles(Parlophone)

NOT FADE AWAY- (1) Rolling Stones (Decca)

LOUIE LOUIE29 (5) Kingsmen (Pye)

STAY21 (15) The Hollies(Parlophone)

DO YOU REALLY LOVEME TOO?28 (9) Billy Fury (Decca)

WHISPERING25 (7) April Stevens &Nino Tempo (London)

LITTLE CHILDREN- (1) Billy J. Kramer andThe Dakotas (Parlophone)

WE ARE IN LOVE24 (12) Adam Faith(Parlophone)

I WANNA BE YOUR MAN31 (15) The Rolling Stones(Decca)

SWINGING ON A STAR26 (15) Big Dee Irwin(Colpix)

MY SPECIAL DREAM32 (6) Shirley Basses(Columbia)

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IF I RULED THE WORLD34 (18) Harry Secombe(Philips)

DOMINIQUE38 (13) The Singing Nun(Philips)

MY BABY LEFT ME37 (7) Dave Berry (Decca)

POISON IVY42 (7) The Paramounts(Parlophone)

I LOVE HOW YOU LOVEME- (1) Maureen Evans (Oriole)

IT'S AN OPEN SECRET- (1) Joy Strings(Regal-Zonophone)

ANYONE WHO HAD AHEART47 (3) Dionne Warwick (Pye)

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SECRET LOVE41 (17) Kathy Kirby (Decca)

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The SearchersLAST but by no means least of the Searchers is Chris Curtis, last one to join the group

but acknowledged by the others as their spokesman and leader. He moved to Liverpoolwith his parents at the tender age of four and has lived there ever since. He has beeninterested in music from a rather early age. In fact the first instrument he played was theviolin.

"But I don't talk about that. Nevertheless I grew pretty competent at it. In fact I've stillgot the old instrument lying around somewhere.""My musical tastes came

out very early in life ton.For instance I used to likeJosh White from a very ten-der age. From then I likednothing but blues. My tasteshaven't changed - therearen't many other forms ofmusic that I can stand. Idon't like British recordsusually, only American ones.My current favourite disc isDionne Warwick's "Anyonewho had a heart." I don'treally agree with the otherson musical things allthe time. But that doesn'tinclude work with the groupof course. We all pick outthe songs we would mostlike to record, and naturallyour first album "Meet T h eSearchers" had the best mat-erial on it although t h esecond was better recorded.

WRITING"Although we have only re-

corded "Sugar and spice" asan original - it was writtenby Tony Hatch - I mustadmit that I'd like to have ashot at writing some num-bers for the group myself.But I don't really knowmuch about the commercialside of recording work. Forinstance I thought that Pyehad made a big mistake inissuing the "Sweets for mysweet" EP. But it shot upinto the EP charts eventhough the single hadn't beena hit. The single itself waspicked by Pye out of the12 tracks we privately re-corded after we turned fullyprofessional last April. Theywere right. "Needles" was agamble as far as everyonewas concerned. But at leastit means that we'll be freeto change our styles arounda little now."

THIS WEEK

CHRIS CURTISPersonally Chris likes

blondes, London and Liver-pool, and like the others hasthe travel bug. Again hehasn't a driving licence. Hedoesn't like any form ofsport - he just isn't inter-ested in it, despite the otherswho actively support theirfavourite team, Everton. He'sprobably the most unusualcharacter in the Searchers-in fact anyone would be sur-prised to find him in a beat

group at all. But he has con-centrated everything on thegroup, and now t h eSearchers and their music ishis life.

He is one of the foulreasons why the Searcherslook like holding their topplace in the scene for manyyears to come. The otherthree reasons of course areJohn McNally, Tony Jacksonand Mike Pender.

It has been brought to our attention that we didnot give credit where credit was due last week in ourEden Kane story. It appears that Tommy Scott (above)was also very much involved in writing " Boys Cry."We regret that our information sources let us down.

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A LOOK AT THE WILD ONE

MICK JAGGER KEITH RICHARDS

HOW did it all start?-this controversial career of theRolling Stones? Well, starting point was in the Station

Hotel at Richmond, Surrey. In the late months of 1962 andspilling into 1963, a reputation was being built.

Six frantic youngsters, casual in dress and playing thebest R and B heard in Britain, pulled in crowds on theirweekly sessions-until it ended with hundreds being turnedaway each night. They also appeared weekly at Ealing andvarious other hot -beds of pioneering R and B interest.

But there was no sign of a record for the group in thosedays-and the group itself was unknown outside the Rand B clan.

And here we sound a trumpet on behalf of the RecordMirror. Giorgio Gomelsky, a film producer and promoter ofthe Station Hotel meetings, told this magazine that he wasfilming a session of the Rolling Stones . . . and wonderedif anyone was interested.

They were. Two Record Mirror writers hot -footed it toRichmond on Giorgio's recommendation. And were knockedout by what they heard and saw.

Note that there were then but SIX Rolling Stones. Pianoand Maraccas' player, Ian Stewart, dropped out to becomethe team's road manager, though he still often appearswith them in clubs and played on "Stoned," the bluesyinstrumental which was the flip of "I wanna be your man."

A glowing feature appeared in the Record Mirror, praisingthe boys' abilities to the skies. Next day, writer NormanJopling was beseiged by phone calls from all the majorrecord companies, asking if the boys were available forwaxing.

The answer was "Yes"-and the bidding for one ofBritain's hottest teams was to start. Decca won and havehad no cause for regrets. With "Come on," "I wanna be yourman" and now "Not fade away" all huge -selling hits, theStones have increased their popularity with each week.

And perhaps the biggest triumph of all-their EP, "TheRolling Stones," toppling the Beatles in the extended-playcharts.

But the Beatles are admirers of the Stones. John and Paulvisited the boys at Richmond and were greatly impressed-so much so that later they suggested the Stones shouldrecord "I wanna be your man." They also paved the wayfor the Stones to appear at Liverpool's Mecca of Beat, theCavern Club.

The boys have also been praised by THEIR idol, AmericanR and B artiste Bo Diddley, with whom they appeared whenhe toured here with the Everly Brothers-one of the mostsuccessful tours to date.

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THE ROLLING STONES at London's dockside, one of their favourite haunts.

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MICK JAGGER and KEITH RICHARDS. These two are the writing half of the team. Their most successful composition todate has been Gene Pitney's "That Girl Belongs To Yesterday," which recently made the U.S. top 50.

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