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Daily Mirror newspaper cuttings
We have received a very interesting batch of Daily Mirror newspaper cuttings from Alex.
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Daily Mirror newspaper cutting
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Your Submissions
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In the audience
I was in the audience in about 1967. I remember Spencer Davis, a huge favourite of mine was on the panel. They shot two shows on the one day but I don’t remember who the other panellists were. My godfather Bob Warman was a cameraman at the time so he zoomed in on me several times throughout both shows. I remember sneaking out a very pale pink lipstick which we put on when we reached the BBC Centre at White City (I think). Unlike today, schoolgirls of 14 didn’t wear make-up in those days!
Lorna E.
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Press Cuttings
We have added a new category for submissions of Newspaper & Magazine cuttings, called Press Cuttings.
The first submission is “Buy British!” from The Daily Mirror, 1959. Yes it is on topic.
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Buy British!
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The Stringbeat Years: Songs accompanied by John Barry – new CD Box Set
The Stringbeat Years Songs accompanied by John Barry Now available!
The Stringbeat Years: Songs accompanied by John Barry
Now available, a 4-CD box-set comprising of 144 tracks, a 24-page booklet (replete with period photographs and comprehensive notes) and including ten bonus tracks (among them the CD debut of the first ever cover version of a John Barry instrumental composition).
Featuring – for the first time – the film versions of ‘Mix me a Person’, ‘The Time has Come’, and ‘What a Whopper’ (slightly shortened). There’s also an unique opportunity to hear the original version of ‘Ah, Poor Little Baby’, making its premiere appearance on CD.
The box-set is limited to 500 copies and is only £16.99 post-free in the UK, so don’t miss out!
It is available direct from this website!£16.99 post-free in the UK
£19.99 anywhere else in the worldOrder now!
https://paypal.me/Geoffers007Let us know if you aren’t able to do this and we’ll work out another way.
Track listing below Read more…
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One More Time – documentary about 60s and 70s session players
One More Time is a work in progress documentary which tells the story of the musicians who worked on studio sessions during the sixties and seventies. Several former members of The JB7 have taken part.
Project director Alan Boyd would very much appreciate it if you would check out the website at
https://www.onemoretimedocumentary.com/
and also visit, like, and share the facebook page at
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383
Saturday 7 January 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Programme started 9 minutes late
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384
Saturday 14 January 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Casting voter: Margaret Payne
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Here Comes My Baby – Tremeloes (CBS)
Beautiful Dream – Twiggy (Ember)
Release Me – Engelbert Humperdinck (Decca) MISS
One Step At A Time – Madeline Bell (Philips)
I’ve Been A Bad Bad Boy – Paul Jones (HMV)
A Friend Of Mine – Anglitans (CBS)
98.6 – Keith (Mercury)
Peek-A-Boo – New Vaudeville Band (Fontana) -
385
Saturday 21 January 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Producer: Albert Stevenson
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386
Saturday 28 January 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Casting voter: Ellen Hannavy
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Records played:
Michael (The Lover) – Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band (Piccadilly)
This Is My Song – Petula Clark (Pye)
Holiday In Waikiki – Steve Darbishire (Decca)
Niki Hoeky – P J Proby (Liberty)
A Clown Am I – Johnny Hackett (Decca)
The Beat Goes On – Sonny & Cher (Atlantic) -
387
Saturday 4 February 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Casting voter: Roddy Calman
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Records played:
There’s a Kind of Hush – Herman’s Hermits (Columbia) (1.10)
Indescribably Blue – Elvis Presley (RCA) (1.15)
Reach the Top – West Coast Delegation (Deram) (1.10)
Ride, Ride, Ride – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) (0.45)
Mellow Yellow – Donovan (Pye 7N 17267) (1.15)
Stay With Me – Walker Bros (Philips) (1.12) -
388
Saturday 11 February 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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389
Saturday 18 February 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded 11 February 1967)
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Casting voter: Julie McGill
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
Records played:
Peculiar Situation – Young Idea (Columbia)
So Nice (Summer Samba) –Andy Williams (CBS)
Keep It Out Of Sight – Paul and Barry Ryan (Decca)
I’ll Try Anything – Dusty Springfield (Philips)
Daddy’s Little Girl – Al Martino (Capitol)
So Good – Roy Orbison (London)
Georgy Girl – Seekers (Columbia) -
390
Saturday 25 February 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile, Penny Valentine, Virgina Wetherell
Casting voter: Dave Porter
Producer: James Moir
Records played:
Goodnight Sleep Tight – Quiet Five (CBS)
Memories Are Made Of This – Val Doonican (Decca)
Tickle Me – Alan Price Set (Decca)
Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone – Supremes (Tamla-Motown)
I Hear A Rhapsody – The Majority (Decca F 12573)
I’m Going Out (The Same Way I Came In) – Kiki Dee (Fontana)
Darlin’ Be Home Soon – Lovin’ Spoonful (Kama Sutra) -
391
Saturday 4 March 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Moss Hannaman, Geraldine Sherman
Producer: James Moir
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392
Saturday 11 March 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Retia Favia, Judy Geeson, Pete Murray, David Symonds
Casting voter: Linda Jackson)
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
Records played:
Lady Love – Vontastics (Stateside)
Got To Find A Reason – Three People (Decca)
Chicken Feed – Millie Small (Fontana)
It’s All Over – Cliff Richard (Columbia)
Puppet on a String – Sandie Shaw (Pye)
Arnold Layne – Pink Floyd (Columbia)
Stranger – Dave Berry (Decca)
All – James Darren (Warner) -
393
Saturday 18 March 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Maggie Clews, Simon Dee, Julia Foster, Alan Freeman
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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394
Saturday 25 March 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Lulu, Jayne Mansfield, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Casting voter: June Flower
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
Records played:
Bernadette – Four Tops (Tamla-Motown)
Sunday For Tea – Peter & Gordon (Columbia)
I’m Gonna Get Me A Gun – Cat Stevens (Deram)
Humming Bird – Jackie Trent (Pye)
Ha, Ha, Said The Clown – Manfred Mann (Fontana)
Because I Love You – Georgie Fame (CBS)
If You Go Away – Shirley Bassey (United Artists) (1.32 played!) -
395
Saturday 1 April 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Virginia Ironside, Una Stubbs
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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396
Saturday 8 April 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Mike D’Abo, Polly Devlin, Maggie London, Jimmy Savile
(Mike d’Abo & Maggie London were husband and wife at the time)
Producer: Colin Charman
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397
Saturday 15 April 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Charlotte Bingham, Ray Davies, Pete Murray, Nyree Dawn Porter
Casting voter: Penny Wood
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
You’re The Love – Sixpence (London)
This Hand Don’t Fit The Glove – Terry Reid & the Jaywalkers (Columbia)
A Girl Without A Boy – Sheila Southern (Pye)
Gonna Give Her All The Love I’ve Got – Jimmy Ruffin (Tamla-Motown)
I Can Fly – The Herd (Fontana)
My Cup Runneth Over – Max Bygraves (Pye)
High Hopes – Gnomes of Zurich (CBS)
I Know What It’s Like To Love Her – Sounds Bob Rogers (CBS) -
398
Saturday 22 April 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Gerald Harper, Paul Jones, Janet Munro, Andee Silver
Casting voter: Jennifer Bennington
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
Western Union – Searchers (Pye)
Peanuts And Chewy Macs – Cymbaline (Mercury)
The First Cut Is The Deepest – P.P.Arnold (Immediate)
Silence Is Golden – Tremeloes (CBS)
Rhyme By Rhyme – Kenny Young (Fontana)
Pictures of Lily – The Who (Track)
Get Me To The World On Time – Electric Prunes (Reprise) -
399
Saturday 29 April 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded 22 April 1967)
Panel: Vikki Carr, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Anneke Wills
Casting voter: Anna Double
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
Samantha’s Mine – Spectrum (RCA)
Love is a Feeling – Milva (Major Minor)
I Got Rhythm – Happenings (Stateside)
Euston Station – Barbara Ruskin (Parlophone)
Bowling Green – Everly Brothers (Warner)
24 Sycamore – Wayne Fontana (Fontana)
Just One More Chance – Outer Limits (Decca) HIT -
400
Saturday 6 May 1967, listed as 5.15-5.40pm
but because of Grandstand overrunning – Davis Cup and tennis from Bournemouth, it was only on for 14m 56s.
Panel: Isobel Black, Val Doonican, Alan Freeman, Sandie Shaw
Casting voter: Stevie Arnold
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
The Happening – Supremes (Tamla-Motown) (1.15)
Roses of Picardy – Vince Hill (Columbia) (1.20)
Sweet Pea – Manfred Mann (Fontana) (1.06)
The Love Machine – Elvis Presley (RCA) (0.52) -
401
Saturday 13 May 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Anita Harris, Roy Hudd, Leila Pasha, Cliff Richard
Casting voter: Sue Mornie
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
Use Me – Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers (Parlophone)
Walking in the Rain – Walker Bros (Philips)
My Old Car – Lee Dorsey (Stateside)
Love Eyes – Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)
Okay! – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch (Fontana)
Two Streets – Val Doonican (Decca)
Yesterday’s Papers – Chris Farlowe (Immediate) -
402
Saturday 20 May 1967, 5.25-5.50pm
Panel: Leslie Crowther, Julie Felix, Kenny Everett, Kiki Dee
Sally O’Keefe, casting vote
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
Too Many Fish in the Sea – Mitch Ryder
Give Me Time – Dusty Springfield
Night of the Long Grass – The Troggs
Don’t Sleep in the Subway – Petula Clark
There Goes My Everything – Engelbert Humperdinck
Once In A Million – Chapter Five
When I Was Young – Animals
According to Television’s Greatest Hits, 5.1m viewers and position 15.
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404
Saturday 3 June 1967, 5.10-5.35pm
Panel: Amanda Barrie, Bernard Cribbins, Annie Nightingale, Vince Hill
Juliet Bishop, casting vote
Producer: David Mallet
Records played:
Him Or Me, What’s It Gonna Be – Paul Revere & the Raiders
What Good Am I – Cilla Black
Strange Brew – Cream
I’ll Come Runnin’ – Cliff Richard
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Reaching for the Impossible – Dennis Lotis (Polydor 56171)
With A Little Help From My Friends – Young Idea (Columbia) -
405
Saturday 10 June 1967, 5.10-5.35pm
Panel: Isobel Black, Georgia Brown, Gene Pitney, Lance Percival
Michael Lester, casting vote
Producer: David Mallet
Records played by:
Shake – Otis Redding
You Only Live Twice – Nancy Sinatra
Seven Rooms of Gloom – Four Tops
What to do with Laurie – Lionel Morton (Philips)
Here Comes The Nice – Small Faces
She’s Leaving Home – David and Jonathan
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Saturday 17 June 1967, 5.10-5.35pm
Panel: Rolf Harris, Charlotte Rampling, David Symonds, Jackie Trent
John Summerhayes (casting voter)
Producer: Colin Charmant
Records played:
See Emily Play – Pink Floyd
Every Single Day – Two Of Each (Decca)
Alternate Title – Monkees
All For Me Grog – Dubliners
Up Up And Away – Johnny Mann
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407
Saturday 24 June 1967, 5.10-5.35pm
(Recorded 17.6.67)
Panel: Dawn Addams, Pete Murray, Del Shannon, Sheila Steafel
Andrew Hardy (casting voter)
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played by:
Tremblin’ – Swinging Blue Jeans
Your Love Is Everywhere – Jackie Trent
The Writing On The Wall – Warren Mitchell (CBS)
Let’s Pretend – Lulu
Moanin’ – Chris Farlowe
Sugar Let’s Shing a Ling – Shirley Ellis
Claire – Paul & Barry Ryan
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408
Saturday 1 July 1967, 6-6.25pm
Panel: Chris Denning, Janette Scott, Mel Tormé, Penny Valentine
June Smith (casting vote)
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
Shake, Rattle & Roll – Arthur Conley
Annabella – John Walker
Tally Man – Jeff Beck
Tonight In Tokyo – Sandie Shaw
All You Need Is Love – Beatles
Sacred Love – Breakaways
Bye Bye Baby – Symbols (President)
A Man and a Woman – Mike Sammes Singers
No show 8 July 1967 due to Wimbledon
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409
Saturday 15 July 1967, 5.50-6.15pm
Panel: Annette André, Adam Faith, Ray Fell, Selena Jones
Producer: Colin Charman
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410
Saturday 22 July 1967, 5.40-6.10pm
Panel: Maggie Clews, Adam Faith, Anita Harris, Billy Walker
Producer: Colin Charman
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411
Saturday 29 July 1967, 5.40-6.10pm
Panel: Beverley Adams, Engelbert Humperdinck, Lulu, Ted Ray
Peter Holman (casting vote)
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
It’s a Happening Thing – Peanut Butter Conspiracy (CBS)
Time Seller – Spencer Davis Group
Long-Legged Girl – Elvis Presley
Excerpt From A Teenage Opera – Keith West (2.02 played)
The House That Jack Built – Alan Price
The Music Attracts Me – Claire Terry (Fonatana)
You Keep Me Hangin’ On – Vanilla Fudge
A Bad Night – Cat Stevens
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412
Saturday 5 August 1967, 5.40-6.10pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Mike Quinn, Barbara Windsor
Pip Trew (casting vote)
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
My Mammy – King Brothers (Page One)
Thank the Lord for the Nighttime – Neil Diamond
I Wanna Go Back There Again – Truly Smith (Decca)
The Happening (H-D-H) – Herb Alpert
Portobello Road – Spectrum (RCA)
A Girl Like You – Young Rascals
Sticks and Stones – Warm Sounds (Immediate)
Lonesome Road – The Wonder Who
Craise Finton Kirk – Johnnie Young (Polydor) -
413
Saturday 12 August 1967, 5.40-6.10pm
Panel: Moss Hannaman, Bruce Johnston, Libby Morris, John Walker
Jackie Bangs, casting vote
Producer: James Moir
Records played:
Omaha – Moby Grape
Pleasant Valley Sunday – Monkees
The Day I Met Marie – Cliff Richard
On Love – Skip Bifferty
The World We Knew – Frank Sinatra
Thinkin’ Ain’t For Me – Paul Jones
My Love of a Lifetime – Danny Street
The Idol – Fortunes
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414
Saturday 19 August 1967, 5.45-6.10pm
(Recorded 12.8.67)
Panel: Vince Hill, Pik-Sen Lim, Beryl Reid, David Symonds
Christine Price, casting vote
Producer: James Moir
Records played:
Don’t You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby – Jimmy Ruffin
There I Go – Vikki Carr
Pattern People – Bystanders
Good Times – Eric Burdon and The Animals
Black Velvet Band – Dubliners
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415
Saturday 26 August 1967, 5.45-6.10pm
Panel: Tony Blackburn, Tsai Chin, Jessie Matthews, Cat Stevens
Maurice Peacock, casting vote
Producer: David O’Clee
Records played:
Reflections – Diana Moss & Supremes
Love – The Virgin Sleep (Deram)
Flowers in the Rain – The Move
Try My World – Georgie Fame
Gilbert Green – Gerry Marsden (CBS)
Ma Vie (My Life) – Anni Anderson (Mercury)
Keep On Believin’ – The Lovin’ (Page One)
Opening of Radio 1, hence Blackburn and The Move
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416
Saturday 2 September 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded 26 August)
Panel: Georgie Fame, Beatrice Lillie, Keith Skues, Viviane Ventura
Gordon Middleton, casting vote
Producer: David O’Clee
Records played:
I Dig Rock And Roll Music – Peter, Paul and Mary
Ode To Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry
So Long Dad – Manfred Mann
Huff Puff – Mickey Dolenz (London)
The Impossible Years – Wayne Fontana
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417
Saturday 9 September 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Yolanda Bavan, Jennifer Lewis, Brian Matthew, P J Proby
Kathy McBrearty (casting vote)
Producer: David O’Clee
Records played:
I’ll Never Need More Than This – Ike and Tina Turner
Sunflower, Sunflower – P F Sloan
The Letter – The Box Tops
Thoroughly Modern Millie – Julie Andrews
Love Bug, Leave My Heart Alone – Martha & the Vandellas
Pashionella Grundy – Bill Niles (Decca)
Anything Goes – Harper’s Bizarre -
418
Saturday 16 September 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Dave Cash, Annette Day, Neil McCallum, Majorie Proops
Barbara Reaney, casting vote
Producer: David O’Clee
Records played:
Unexpected Mirrors – Jimmy Powell (Decca)
When Will The Good Apples Fall – Seekers
Linda Loves Linda – Floribunda Rose (Piccadilly)
The Cat In The Window – Petula Clark
My Baby Cried All Night Long – Lee Hazlewood
Theme For A New Love – Davy Jones (Pye)
Love Letters in the Sand – Vince Hill -
419
Saturday 23 September 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Kiki Dee, James Fox, Clement Freud, Penny Valentine
Producer: David O’Clee
Records played:
Your Servant Stephen – Peep Show (Polydor) MISS (1-3)
Moves to Wednesdays from next week.
Dee Time is the replacement show on Saturdays. Dee Time currently on midweek was moved from Manchester to London and Juke Box Jury was moved to Manchester.
Producer David Bell said that there would be a new voting system for tiebreakers. The studio audience would have a button to press if they thought a record was going to be a hit.
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420
Wednesday 27 September 1967, 6.35-7pm
Panel: Joan Bakewell, Alan Freeman, Mike Newman, Sandie Shaw
Hot seat – Alexander Bell, Anita Harris
Producer: David Bell
Records played:
Zabadak! – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch
Alexander Bell Believes – Alexander Bell (CBS)
Lightning’s Girl – Nancy Sinatra
Theme One – George Martin Orchestra
Playground – Anita Harris -
422
Wednesday 11 October 1967, 6.35-7pm (Recorded)
Panel: Ronnie Corbett, Jimmy Savile, Sheila Steafel, Anita Harris
Producer: David Bell
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423
Wednesday 18 October 1967, 6.35-7pm
Panel: Ted Ray, Penny Valentine, Scott McKenzie, Tony Hall (possibly)
Producer: David Bell
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424
Wednesday 25 October 1967, 6.35-7pm
Panel: Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent, Stuart Henry
Producer: David Bell
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425
Wednesday 1 November 1967, 6.35-7pm
Panel: Reg Presley, Mickie Most + 2
Producer: David Bell
No show on 8 November 1967, boxing: Henry Cooper v Billy Walker
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426
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427
Wednesday 22 November 1967, 6.30-7pm
Panel: Peter Murray, Long John Baldry, Felice Taylor, Jean Metcalfe
Producer: David Bell
Daily Mirror 231167
“The BBC are to drop JBJ at the end of next month. The show – TV’s longest-running pop programme has been screened without a break for eight years.”
It is being replaced by a new show, with Alan Freeman and produced by Terry Henebery, who made Simon Dee a household name. According to the paper, Juke Box Jury has been “under criticism for some time. Many people in the music business feel it can make or break a new record too easily.”
The successor was called All Systems Freeman. Alan Freeman would sit at a control panel, play the latest records, bring in film and live acts and interview performers. Members of the public will get the chance to give their opinions on new records. The 25 minute show will be recorded in Manchester on Wednesdays and transmitted on Friday evenings.
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428
Wednesday 29 November 1967, 6.30-7pm
Panel: J.J. Jackson, Les Reed, Aimi MacDonald, Penny Valentine
Producer: David Bell
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429
Wednesday 6 December 1967, 6.30-7pm
Panel: Tony Blackburn, Justin de Villeneuve, Julie Felix, Twiggy
Producer: David Bell
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430
Wednesday 13 December 1967, 6.30-7pm
Panel: Hattie Jacques, Barry Mason Emperor Rosko +1
Producer: David Bell
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431
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432 (Final programme)
Wednesday 27 December 1967, 5.20-5.50pm
Panel: “Four guest celebrities” (RT)
Pete Murray and Susan Stranks (both from first show), Eric Sykes and Lulu
Producer: David Bell
Records played:
Honey Chile – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Lantern Light – Peter and the Wolves
Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt – Billy Fury
I Can Take or Leave Your Loving – Herman’s Hermits
Mr Second Class – Spencer Davis Group
For Your Information – The Cedars
Don’t Change It – Ferns Brass Foundry.
The ‘Hot Seat’ guest was Spencer Davis.
David Jacobs to Tom Sloan 291267: “JBJ was a good friend and although I’m glad to be moving on, good friends are hard to come by and not unnaturally I will miss it and all it meant to me. One thing JBJ provided, apart from the entertainment, was a patch of sanity in a rather odd world of pop. Just occasionally, some very sensible things were said, but most important, it was an enormous amount of fun. I hope the viewers will miss it as much as I will.”
David Jacobs did miss JBJ but he had already started presenting Any Questions. He was with that programme 17 years. “They said they’d give me a dinner. I said that once I’d had the knife in my back, I didn’t want the fork too.”
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333
Saturday 1 January 1966, 5.15-5.45pm
Panel: Max Bygraves family with Uncle Eric
Max Bygraves, Maxine Bygraves, Anthony Bygraves, Eric Sykes
Producer: Stewart Morris
Records played:
Love Bug – Jack Jones (London)
Girl – St Louis Union (Decca)
Sound Of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel (CBS)
Getting Nowhere – Friday Browne (Parlophone)
Wait – Frankie Vaughan (Philips)
Another Year, Another Love, Another Heartache – Julie Rogers (Mercury)
Michelle – Overlanders (Pye)
Creation – Rick And Sandy (Decca)
Dream Child – Toni Eden (United Artists)
What Do You Say About That – Phase 4 (Fab) -
334
Saturday 8 January 1966, 5.15-5.45pm
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Paul Jones, Pete Murray, Dee Dee Warwick
Producer: Stewart Morris
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335
Saturday 15 January 1966, 5.15-5.45pm
Panel: Tito Burns, Libby Morris, Veronica Strong, Colin Blunstone
Producer: Stewart Morris
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336
Saturday 22 January 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Peter Cook, Bryan Forbes, Dudley Moore, Nanette Newman
Producer: Stewart Morris
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337
Saturday 29 January 1966, 5.15-5.45pm
Panel: Spencer Davis, Maurice Kinn, Marion Ryan, Sara Leighton
Teenage casting vote panellist: David Rose
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
There Isn’t Anything – Gidian (Columbia) HIT
Sha-la-la-la-leee – The Small Faces – Decca
It’s All Right – The Hot Springs – Columbia
I’ll never Quite Get Over You – Billy Fury – Decca
You Baby – Jackie Trent – Pye
My Garden of Love – Benny Hill – Pye
There Isn’t Anything – Gidian – Columbia
Waiting Hero For Someone – Neil Landon – Decca
Teenage Failure – Chad and Jeremy – CBS
A Walk in the Black Forest – Salona Jones – Columbia
David Rose’s story of an appearance on Juke Box Jury
David Rose on Juke Box Jury We are indebted to David Rose, a teenage casting vote panellist on an episode of Juke Box Jury in January 1966. Not only has he provided us with his story of that day, but also exceedingly rare photos of his appearance, taken by his grandfather, via tripod aimed directly at the family TV set. This was about the only way of getting a memento of a TV appearance in those days, well before home video and with no chance of subsequent video or DVD releases:
Presented by the very un-hip, slightly balding, 40-year-old David Jacobs, Juke Box Jury was panel show where four show business guests (the word “celebrity” had yet to be invented!) reviewed new record releases. David Jacobs would push a button on a juke box and a record would play whist the cameras randomly roved around the audience’s smiling faces, bored-looking panellists and various tapping feet and nodding heads – it was a pretty pedestrian show even by the standards of 60s telly. When the record was faded out after about a minute-and-a-half the four panellists would make inane comments and try to forecast whether it would be a “hit” or a “miss”. A hit was signalled with a “Ding” from a hotel porter’s bell, whilst a miss garnered a low farty noise from a hidden source under the desk. In the event of a tie the deciding vote was made by three members of the audience sitting in the front row who would each hold up a large circular disc with “Hit” on one side and “Miss” on the other.
So on 29th January we all – about 40 of us – met at the church hall, which was right behind the church, and while we were waiting for the coaches to arrive Pat, our organiser, said that the BBC had told them that for this new series instead of the three audience members holding up Hit and Miss discs, they were trying out having a young fifth panellist to give a “teenager’s view” and make the casting vote in the event of a tie – and, would they pick a member of our party to be that extra member of the panel.
David Rose on Juke Box Jury A vote resulted in me being chosen to be the guinea pig. How that happened I can’t remember but I’m sure I didn’t volunteer. Maybe it was because I was dressed for the part — I was wearing a shirt from which I’d removed the collar and cuffs and dyed them black, whilst the body of the shirt I’d dyed purple. I stitched it all back together again – by hand! – and wore it with a yellow tie and my new first made-to-measure suit with twelve-inch flares and flared cuffs in a bright fawn corduroy with a bright red lining. I felt the bee’s knees! Sadly, it wasn’t colour TV in those days.
As soon as we arrived at the BBC TV Theatre (now the Shepherd’s Bush Empire) they asked me to fill out a release form with my name and contact details – and to write my name in capital letters on another sheet, before being whisked into the makeup room to emerge a few minutes later looking like I’d arrived fresh from the Bahamas.
In the green room I met my fellow panellists. There was Spencer Davis (of the Spencer David Group who had hit number one that week with “Keep on Running”); and Marion Ryan, a pretty blonde singer who had no hits but was still famous – probably because she was a pretty blonde singer. (She was also the mother of twins Paul and Barry Ryan who would be famous in their own right in the 1970s.)
Also in the green room I met Alan Freeman (one of the top djs on the BBC), Haley Mills (film star) and Marianne Faithfull – they were all there for the next episode of Juke Box Jury, which was to be recorded immediately after ours went out live.
David Rose on Juke Box Jury I was ushered onto the stage to cheers of approval from the club and shook David Jacob’s hand before taking my seat behind my name, which they had obviously just put together from plastic letters slotted into a black velvet stand.
We then did a short run-through of a couple of records, chat and voting and then a man with a clip board and head set chatted to the audience about when to clap and to be “natural” and not to look into the camera if it was pointing at them – and then he counted down from ten, at 5.15 the theme music started – conveniently called “Hit and Miss”, performed by Ted Heath and his Orchestra.
During the programme I was called on several times to give my esteemed “teenage opinion” and vote – but the record that stood out for me was “I’ll Never Quite Get Over You” sung by Billy Fury. After some chat from the panel the record had two “Hits” and two “Misses”. The celebrity panel was split. My moment had arrived…
“So let’s see what our teenager makes of this one…” said David Jacobs, “over to you, David.”
David Rose on Juke Box Jury I loved Billy Fury. Before the Beatles came along I wanted to be Billy Fury; then I wanted to be John Lennon – but, strangely, never Paul McCartney, Elvis or Cliff. I used to mime in my bedroom mirror “Halfway To Paradise” and “Jealousy” and I even sported a Billy Fury quiff. So it was a no-brainer. I said I loved the song, the orchestra, the words… and it would be a huge hit.
Meanwhile, back at home, my grandparents were watching the show. Grandpa set up his camera on a tripod and started to take photographs of the tiny TV screen. I contacted the BBC to see if the show exists in the archives but as the programme went out live, it seems no record of it exists – except my grandfather’s snaps.
David Rose, June 2020.
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338
Saturday 5 February 1966, 5.50-6.15pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Marianne Faithfull, Alan Freeman, Jimmy Greaves, Hayley Mills
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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339
Saturday 12 February 1966, 5.50-6.15pm
Panel: Eddy Arnold, Lulu, Pete Murray, Barbara Windsor
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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340
Saturday 19 February 1966, 5.50-6.15pm
Panel: Eva Bartok, Mike Douglas, Manfred Mann, Emily Young
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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341
Saturday 26 February 1966, 5.50-6.15pm
Panel: Judy Geeson, Don Moss, Evelyn Taylor, Scott Walker
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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342
Saturday 5 March 1966, 5.50-6.15pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Eric Burdon, Briony Newton, Malou Pantera, Gene Pitney
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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343
Saturday 12 March 1966, 5.50-6.15pm
Panel: Bert Kaempfert, Brian Matthew, Patsy Ann Noble, Wendy Varnals
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
The Ballad of the Green Berets – S/Sgt Barry Sadler
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344
Saturday 19 March 1966, 5.50-6.15pm
(Recorded 12 March)
Panel: Jeannie Carson, Adam Faith, Shirley Anne Field, Jimmy Young
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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345
Saturday 26 March 1966, 5.50-6.15pm
Panel: Ray Davies, Adrienne Posta, Nina & Frederik
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
Twinkle Toes – Roy Orbison (London) HIT (4-0)
Nina & Frederik at The Savoy
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346
Saturday 2 April 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Vikki Carr, Millicent Martin, Pete Murray, Kenneth Williams
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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347
Saturday 9 April 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Dave Clark, Stubby Kaye, Sandie Shaw
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
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348
Saturday 16 April 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Simon Dee, Val Doonican, Rosemary Nicols, Julie Rogers
Producer: Terry Henebery
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349
Saturday 23 April 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Barbara Hawkins (Dixie Cups), Samantha Juste, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Savile
Casting voter: Terry Hillman
Producer: Terry Henebery
The Big Hurt – Del Shannon (Liberty) HIT
I Wanna Go Home – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) HIT (Casting vote)
Love Ya Illya – Angela & the Fans (Pye) HIT
My Girl At The Dance – Frank D’Rone (CBS) HIT
I Could Make You Fall In Love -Rockin’ Berries (Piccadilly) HIT
Rhapsody In The Rain – Lou Christie (MGM) HIT
I Do – Goldie (Fontana) HIT
Stop Her On Sight – Edwin Starr (Polydor) HIT -
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Saturday 30 April 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Judith Chalmers, Ian Fenner, Roy Hudd, Liz Fraser
Producer: Terry Henebery
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352
Saturday 14 May 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Frank de Vol, Helen Shapiro, Jimmy Weatherspoon, Janice Whiteman
Producer: Terry Henebery
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353
Saturday 21 May 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Maureen Cleave, Pamela Donald, Jonathan King, William Mann
Producer: Terry Henebery
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354
Saturday 28 May 1966, 5.05-5.35pm
Panel: Maurice Kinn, Trini Lopez, Lulu, William Mann
Producer: Terry Henebery
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355
Saturday 4 June 1966, 5.05-5.35pm
Panel: Eric Burdon, Petula Clark, Geraldine Sherman, Billy Walker
Casting voter: Stephen Dwight
Producer: Terry Henebery
Records played:
Hideaway – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch
Nobody Needs Your Love – Gene Pitney
Paperback Writer – Beatles (60 secs)
Don’t Answer Me – Cilla Black
Mame – Louis Armstrong
You’ve Made Your Choice – The Rothchilds (Mason, Williams, Fraser) Decca
Sunny Afternoon – Kinks
The Second Time Around – Tony Bennett
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Saturday 11 June 1966, 5.05-5.35pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Anne Allen, David Jay Black, Pete Murray, Suzanna Leigh
Casting voter: Janet Wakeling
Producer: Terry Henebery
Records played:
Please Don’t Sell My Daddy No More Wine – Cup O’Kindness (Parlophone)
It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s Man’s World – James Brown
The More I See You – Joy Marshall (Decca)
Sandy – Swingin’ Blue Jeans
Come And Get Me – Susan Maughan (60 secs)
Come And Get Me – Lisa Shane (75 secs)
Lana – Roy Orbison
A Street That Rhymes At 6am – Norma Tanega
No One Will Ever Know – Frank Ifield
Come Running Back – Dean Martin -
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Saturday 18 June 1966, 5.05-5.35pm
Panel: Ernestine Anderson, Richard Anthony, Sam Costa, Anne Nightingale
Casting voter: David Skinelay
Producer: Terry Henebery
Records played:
Getaway – Georgie Fame
Mama – Dave Berry
I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore – New York Public Library (Columbia)
Excuse Me Baby – Magic Lanterns (CBS)
Hello Lover – Jordan Christopher
Bus Stop – Hollies
Have I Stayed Too Long – Sonny & Cher
This Door Swings Both Ways – Herman’s Hermits
Keep The Freeway Open – Four Pennies -
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Saturday 25 June 1966, 5.05-5.35pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Susan Maughan, Betty Marsden, Denny Piercy, Gene Pitney
Casting voter: Suzanne Varney
Producer: Terry Henebery
Records played:
Aggravation – Chris Curtis
Come and Get Me – Jackie DeShannon
Just Outside The Door – Frugal Sound
To Show I Love You (Hatch) – Peter and Gordon
I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love – Petula Clark
Can I Trust You – Bachelors
I’m Me – Blossom Dearie
Willow Tree – Ivy League
No show 2 July 1966 because of Wimbledon and Test Match
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360
Saturday 23 July 1966, 5.30-6pm
Panel: Katie Boyle, Paul Jones, Brian Matthew, Penny Valentine
Casting voter: Colin Hobbs
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
Records played:
The World’s Been Good To Me Tonight – Young Idea
Tell Her I’m Not Home – Ike & Tina Turner
In My Memory – Claude Francois
Visions – Cliff Richard
Hanky Panky – Tommy James
Don’t Come Runnin’ To Me – Madeline Bell
I Saw Her Again – Mamas & Papas
I Want You – Bob Dylan
Where Did We Go Wrong – Sands Of Time
Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby – Suzie & Big Dee Irwin (Polydor) -
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Saturday 30 July 1966, 5.40- 6.05pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Dave Cash, Susan Hampshire, Joy Marshall, Jackie Stewart
Casting voter: Linda Penn
Producer: Terry Henebery
Records played:
Kick Off – Bert Weedon
Headline News – Edwin Starr
I Feel Something In The Air – Cher
Yellow Submarine – Beatles
Friday’s Child – Nancy Sinatra
This and That – Tom Jones -
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Saturday 6 August 1966, 5.10-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Barry Alldis, Bernard Cribbins, Katy Medford, Rosemary Squires
Producer: Terry Henebery
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363
Saturday 13 August 1966, 5.10-5.40pm
Panel: Anthony Booth, Simon Dee, Sheila Southern, Viviane Ventura
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Records played:
It’s Too Soon To Know – Roy Orbison -
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Saturday 20 August 1966, 5.15-5.45pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Fred Emney, Don Moss, Patsy Ann Noble, Meg Wynn Owen
Producer: Albert Stevenson
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365
Saturday 27 August 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Juliet Harmer, Engelbert Humperdinck, Sarah Ward, Danny Wells
Producer: Terry Henebery
No show 3 September 1966, final of Gillette Cup
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366
Saturday 10 September 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Judith Arthy, Chris Farlowe, Pete Murray, Jackie Trent
Producer: Terry Henebery
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367
Saturday 17 September 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Fanny Cradock, Mike D’Abo, Chris Denning, Marian Montgomery
Producer: Terry Henebery
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368
Saturday 24 September 1966, 5.15-5.45pm
Panel: Jimmy Henney, Lulu, Reg Varney, Alma Cogan
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Alma Cogan was to be on the panel but was taken into hospital.
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369
Saturday 1 October 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Kenneth Horne, Lena Martell, Una Stubbs, Jimmy Young
Producer: Albert Stevenson
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370
Saturday 8 October 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Lionel Bart, Ronnie Carroll, Lynn Redgrave, Penny Valentine
Producer: Albert Stevenson
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371
Saturday 15 October 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Scott Hamilton, David Hughes, Julie Rogers, Truly Smith
Producer: Albert Stevenson
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372
Saturday 22 October 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Mike Felix, Marion Ryan, Sandie Shaw, Gary Stephens
Gary Stephens, New York DJ
Mike Felix, ex-Magil 5
Producer: Albert Stevenson
I aim to speed up the show so that we can feature up to 10 records. There should be about 65 seconds for comments after each disc. Some panellists go on and so the record quota has sometimes been reduced to six. Albert Stevenson, Disc, 221066
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373
Saturday 29 October 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Johnny Devlin, Adam Faith, Moira Lister, Rita Tushingham
Johnny Devlin, Aussie DJ and songwriter
Producer: Albert Stevenson
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374
Saturday 5 November 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Dave Clark, Julia Foster, Francoise Hardy, Brian Poole
Producer: Albert Stevenson
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375
Saturday 12 November 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Carole Carr, Bobby Goldsboro, Susan Maughan, Ted Rogers
Producer: Albert Stevenson
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376
Saturday 19 November 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Katie Boyle, Ron Goodwin, Mia Lewis, Peter Noone
Producer: Albert Stevenson
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377
Saturday 26 November 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Eric Burdon, Virginia Ironside, Cleo Laine, Brian Matthew
Casting voter: Dave Russon
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Records played:
Knight In Rusty Armour – Peter & Gordon (Columbia)
That’s Life – Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
Walk With Faith In Your Heart – Bachelors (Decca)
You Keep Me Hangin’ On – Supremes (Tamla-Motown)
There Won’t Be Many Comin’ Home – Roy Orbison (London)
East West – Herman’s Hermits (Columbia)
She’s Coming To Me (D & T O’Brien) – O’Brien Brothers (Major Minor) -
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Saturday 3 December 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Casting voter: Katerine Bodman
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Records played:
Never Knew Lovin’ Could Be So Doggone Good – Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers (Parlophone) HIT
Sunshine Superman – Donovan (Pye) HIT
In The Country – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
Colour My World – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Happy Jack – The Who (Reaction) HIT
If Every Day Was Like Christmas – Elvis Presley (RCA) HIT
Both Cliff Bennett and Donovan were guests
