08
Monday 10 August 1959, 7.30-7.55pm
(Recorded)
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Jill Chadwick, Eric Sykes and all three Poni-Tails
Duration: 25’40”
Opened with 15 seconds of Born Too Late
Records played:
Lonesome – Chris Barber’s Jazz Band (Columbia) 1’48”
Only Sixteen – Craig Douglas (Top Rank)
Only Sixteen – Sam Cooke (HMV)
And The Angels Sing – Johnny Nash (ABC Paramount logged, HMV here)
All My Own – Richard Lyon (Fontana)
Lavender Blue – Sammy Turner (Decca)
Teenie Weenie Bikini – Upbeats (Pye International) 0’47”
Souvenirs – Barbara Evans (RCA)
Milk From The Coconut – Johnny Gentle (Philips)
Camera script: Souvenirs replaced My Unbreakable Heart
Jill Chadwick, a 22-year-old actress from Bury, had been a record plugger “so perhaps I do know something about hits and misses.” (Radio Times)
The Poni-Tails were also featured on Drumbeat, but not on that evening.