BBC - Juke Box Jury - 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 1962 Programmes. Room for Rop Comments.
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Saturday 6 January 1962
Panel: Sam Costa, Alan Freeman, Sandu Scott, Nancy Spain
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
He’s Old Enough To Know Better – Crickets (London)
Small Sad Sam – Phil McLean (Top Rank)
D-Darling – Anthony Newley (Decca)
Happy Jose – Dave Appell (Columbia)
Jeannie – Danny Williams (HMV)
Forget Me Not – Eden Kane (Decca)
Crying In The Rain – Everly Brothers (Warner)
Especially For The Young – Perry Como (RCA)
Spin-A-Disc with Brook Denning: Happy Jose (Dave Appell), You’re Following Me (Breedlove), Revenge (Benton)
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Saturday 13 January 1962
Panel: Shirley Bassey, Susan Castle, Kenneth Hume, Moss Parker
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Norman – Carol Deene (HMV) MISS
Susan Castle was a model.
Moss Parker had written There’ll Always Be An England
Daily Mirror 200262
How pleased I was to see that Carol Deene’s Norman reached the Top 20 despite the dreadful panning it got on JBJ recently. Songwriter Moss Parker, the jury member who put a clothes peg on his nose to express his opinion of the record, and the other members who all made detrimental remarks about Norman made one of the biggest gaffes in the history of the programme.
Incidentally, how many Misses registered by JBJ have turned out to be Hits?
Mrs WB, SheffieldDavid Jacobs in NME Annual 1963: “Regrettably, Carole was backstage in the hot seat and so you can imagine how embarrassed we all were. To be candid, I think those three members – Shirley Bassey, her husband Kenneth Hume and Moss Parker – went beyond the proper bounds of criticism and were just plain rude. What made matters worse was that a former jury had voted Carol’s previous record a Miss, again when she was in the hot seat.”
After roasting by panel, DJ said “Well, I liked it anyway!” and Carol Deene gave him a kiss.
“I felt terrible. I just watched the audience’s reaction from behind the screen. They were laughing at the slating.”
“I’d love to appear on JBJ but I’d never be unfair to another artist on a record.”
Carole Deene82 complaints to the BBC, then 200 letters to DJ.
Record sold 10,000 the week after JBJ.
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Saturday 20 January 1962
Panel: Alan Freeman, Jimmy Henney, Miriam Karlin, June Thorburn
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Hurry On Back To Love – Johnny Kidd (HMV)
I’m Counting On You – Petula Clark (Pye)
La Bamba – Ritchie Valens (London reissue)
A Pocketful Of Miracles – Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
Rock-A-Hula Baby – Elvis Presley (RCA)
Bobbikins – Mrs Mills (Parlophone)
A Little Bitty Tear – Burl Ives (Brunswick)
Wimoweh – Karl Denver Trio (Decca)
Kidd was behind panel
In Juke Box Jury’s teenage panel tomorrow, Norrie Paramor’s daughters, Caroline and June.
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Saturday 27 January 1962
Panel: Shirley Eaton, Frank Muir, Pete Murray, Viera
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Don’t Stop – Twist – Frankie Vaughan (Philips)
Walk With Me My Angel – Don Charles (Decca)
Babette – Tommy Bruce (Columbia)
Break It To Me Gently – Brenda Lee (Brunswick)
Newcastle Twist – Lord Rockingham’s XI (Decca)
Softly As I Leave You – Matt Monro (Parlophone) MISS
Lessons In Love – Allisons (Fontana)
Free Me – Johnny Preston (Mercury)
PM: Matt is a wonderful singer and puts a great deal of feeling into a song. Anyone else singing Softly and it would been have a Miss.
Spin-A-Disc with Carole Carr: So Deep (Lee), Free Me (Preston), Don’t Stop-Twist
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Saturday 3 February 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Denis Norden, Barbara Shelley, Steve Race
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Twistin’ The Night Away – Sam Cooke (RCA) HIT
Tell Me What He Said – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
I’ll See You In My Dreams – Pat Boone (London) MISS
Goodnight Irene – Springfields (Philips) MISS
Let’s Start All Over Again – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) HIT
March Of The Siamese Children – Kenny Ball (Pye) HIT
Love Me Warm And Tender – Paul Anka (RCA) MISS
Don’t Cry On My Shoulder – Connie Francis (MGM) MISS
Spin-A-Disc with Alan Dell: Chip Chip, Baby It’s You, Blue Skies (Johnny Rivers)
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Saturday 10 February 1962
Panel: Frances Bennett, Leslie Crowther, Alan Dell, Monica Evans
Producer: Harry Carlisle
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Not A Shining Example
Don’t the audience in JBJ ever polish their footwear? Without exception every foot is encased in a totally uncared-for covering. Please issue these people with shoe-cleaning outfits before the camera sees them.
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Saturday 17 February 1962
Panel: Petula Clark, George Elrick, Jean Metcalfe, Jimmy Young
Producer: Harry Carlisle
PFTP 120462
During the JBJ of 17 February, a record of Shenandoah was played, the tune of which was ‘arranged’. Do you think that a code of honour could be arranged amongst arrangers at least to leave sea shanties alone in this respect?
R D Smith, Master Mariner, HindheadPFTP 030562
May I say a few words in support of Capt R D Smith. Once a sea shanty is arranged, it ceases to be a shanty as, unless it is rendered in exactly the same metre, it cannot fulfil is only function, which is to coordinate the efforts of the sailors in their various tasks about the ship.
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Saturday 24 February 1962
Panel: Paul Anka, Carole Carr, Tony Orlando, Sheila Tracy
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
I’m The Greatest – Frankie Townsend (Fontana) HIT
Please Don’t Ask About Barbara – Bobby Vee (Liberty) HIT
Hello First Love – Susan Singer (Oriole) MISS
What Kind Of Fool Am I – Sammy Davis Jr (Reprise) MISS
Duke Of Earl – Gene Chandler (Columbia) MISS
Wonderful Land – Shadows (Columbia) HIT
Letter Full Of Tears – Billy Fury (Decca) HIT
I Ain’t Got Nobody – Buddy Greco (Fontana) HIT
Dream Baby – Roy Orbison (London) HIT
Paul Anka and Tony Orlando on Juke Box Jury voted Gene Chandler’s Duke Of Earl a miss, but your Alley Cat disagrees.
Alley Cat, 2 March 1962The Shadows went to No. l with ‘Wonderful Land’, written by Jerry Lordan: “I got the first phrase and it took me six months to get to the middle. I knew it had to have a second part and I couldn’t think of anything. The Shadows did it marvellously and Norrie Paramor added strings very sympathetically. I thought it was fantastic but it didn’t get a unanimous vote on Juke Box Jury.”
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Saturday 3 March 1962
Panel: Buddy Greco, June Thorburn, Bobby Vee, Shani Wallis
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
A Diabolical Twist – Max Bygraves (Decca) HIT
Lone Rider – John Leyton (HMV) MISS
When The Lights Go Out – Bobby Breen (Fontana) MISS
A Lady Loves – Eartha Kitt (MGM) MISS
One More Time – Danny Peppermint (London) MISS
The Turk – Judd Proctor (Parlophone) MISS
She’s Got You – Alma Cogan (Columbia) HIT
You Never Talked About Me – Del Shannon (London) HIT
Hey! Baby – Bruce Channel (Mercury) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: You Never Talked About Me – Del Shannon (London), She’s Got You (Cline), Lucky Star (Vincent)
Bobby Vee: “I only did Juke Box Jury two or three times. It was an upbeat show and people were generally positive about the records. We never heard the records first and I enjoyed it. I was 20 and I felt I knew everything so it was no trouble.”
Peter Prichard for The Grade Organisation 010362
Saturday matinee for Scapa are at 5.30 but “the management have said that they would release Pete from a matinee if he could do JBJ wearing the naval uniform he appears in Scapa.”
File note: “I think the idea of Pete in his uniform (though a good idea) is going just a little too far. As you know the present arrangement is that David gives the credit plug himself during the introduction of the panellists and this is obviously a much stronger plug than the normal voice ‘off’ at the end of a programme but further than that I don’t think we could go.” -
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Saturday 10 March 1962
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Alan Freeman, Steve Race, Lita Roza
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Spin-A-Disc: Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night (Dino), Drums Are My Beat, Jeepers Creepers (Hayley Mills)
140462 Spin Along, Alan Freeman host. Had panel for new releases.
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Saturday 17 March 1962
Panel: Carole Gray, Millicent Martin, Edward J Mason, Ray Orchard
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Come Down The Mountain Katy Daley – Rose Brennan (Philips) MISS
It’s A Young World – Rick Nelson (London) HIT
Evil Eye – Al Saxon (Piccadilly) HIT (Saxon guest)
Afrikaan Beat – Cyril Stapleton (Decca) HIT
Speak To Me Pretty – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) MISS
She’s Everything (I Wanted You To Be) – Ral Donner (Parlophone) MISS
It’s All Over Now – Shane Fenton & the Fentones (Parlophone) HIT
B’wna Nina – Tokens (RCA) MISS
Her Royal Majesty – Jimmy Darren (Pye) HIT
Millicent Martin by arrangement with Associated British Picture Corporation
Ted Mason was the lead writer for The Archers.
Had teenage daughters which kept him from “being a square”First appearance for Carole Gray. Judging by a press comment, she was knowledgeable about sheet music.
Al Saxon in the hot seat: “This is the fourth time one of my discs has been played on JBJ. Two of the others got the thumbs down but the other was voted a hit. As things turned out, the Hit did very well indeed, so I place a lot of importance on the jury’s verdict. I think most artists do.”
Ray Orchard: The big attraction for the record companies is that during the programme the viewer is really concentrating on each number and deciding, maybe subconsciously, whether or not to buy the disc.
Programme has 14m viewers and if 1 in 1,000 decides to buy a Miss, that is still 14,000 sales.
Only Harry Carlisle and DJ heard the records first. The panel heard them for the first time on air.
Vincent Donnelly feature, Evening Times 210362The film producer Donovan Winter saw JBJ on 17 March and he was impressed by a girl left of the screen on the second panel. “When I saw this girl, I realised that she had everything I wanted for the lead part in my new picture.” She had a mixture of innocence and .tremendous attraction. It was to be an X cert film about a young provincial girl falling into the hands of a London gang. The show had been recorded but no record had been kept of the names.
Evening News, 300462David Jacobs also doing Startime, David Jacobs Plays The Pops and The Chocolate Time Show, all on Radio Luxembourg.
DJ says he hears all the new records each week. “Not all of the records, mark you, but a part of each one. After about 10 seconds, I know whether I want to play it or not. If I’m not impressed after a quick hearing, then the average listener won’t be.”
Bunny Lewis, DJ’s agent often on panel. “Pure coincidence” says DJ who doesn’t select the panel.
DJ: “It is not intended to be an authoritative programme of predictions.”
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Saturday 24 March 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Pete Murray, Barbara Shelley, Jimmy Young
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
One Mint Julep – Sarah Vaughan (Columbia) MISS
What’s Your Name – Don & Juan (London) MISS
Two Of A Kind – Sue Thompson (Polydor) MISS
Slow Twistin’ – Chubby Checker (Columbia) HIT
The Party’s Over – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) HIT
Take Five – Carmen McRae with Dave Brubeck Quartet (Fontana) MISS
The Great Matchmaker – Grant Tracy (Ember) HIT
Love Letters – Ketty Lester (London) MISS
Love Is A Wonderful Thing – Paddy Roberts (Decca) HIT
Pete Murray appearing in Steps at Adelphi, London
Spin-A-Disc: When The Cats Come Twistin’ In (Mike Pedicin Quintet, HMV), Young World (Nelson), Clown Shoes (Burnette)
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Saturday 31 March 1962
Panel: Jane Asher, Alan Dell, Jimmy Henney, Jean Metcalfe
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Everybody’s Twistin’ – Frank Sinatra (Reprise) MISS
A Girl Has To Know – G-Clefs (London) MISS
Shout, Shout – Ernie Maresca (London) MISS
The Wonderful World Of The Young – Danny Williams (HMV) HIT
Cutty Sark – John Barry Seven (Columbia) HIT
Clown Shoes – Johnny Burnette (Liberty) MISS
Nicola – Steve Race (Parlophone) MISS
Sweet Thursday – Johnny Mathis (Fontana) MISS
When The Cats Come Twistin’ In – Mike Pedicin Quintet (HMV) HIT
What Now My Love – Jane Morgan (London) MISS
Johnny Burnette was about to tour the UK and was behind the panel. He had very smart hair (a la Ricky Nelson and Everly Brothers) and was very smartly dressed. Boxer’s physique.
Spin-A-Disc: Slow Twistin’, What’s Your Name, Nut Rocker (BB)
Tomorrow’s Juke Box Jury is Harry Carlisle’s last production: third Johnnie Stewart stint from April 7.
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Saturday 7 April 1962
Panel: Sam Costa, Jack Jackson, June Marlow, Brenda Lee
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
A Night At Daddy Gee’s – Curtis Lee (London) MISS
Matelot – Donna Douglas (Piccadilly) MISS
I’m Gonna Clip Your Wings – Frankie Vaughan (Philips) HIT
I Will – Vic Dana (Liberty) MISS
Nut Rocker – B Bumble & the Stingers (Top Rank) HIT
Johnny Angel – Patti Lynn (Fontana) HIT
She Can’t Find Her Keys – Paul Petersen (Pye) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: A Night At Daddy Gee’s (Lee), Johnny Angel (Fabares), King Of Clowns (Sedaka)
At the time, David Jacobs on Radio Luxembourg on Wednesday at 9.30 with David Jacobs Plays The Pops, on Thursday at 9 with Startime, and on Saturday at 10 with The David Jacobs Show.
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Saturday 14 April 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Robert Farnon, Sid James, Miriam Karlin
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Baby Doll Twist – Susan Maughan (Philips) MISS
Caterina – Perry Como (RCA) MISS
Lover Please – Vernons Girls (Decca) HIT
Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You – Connie Francis (MGM) MISS
Striped Purple Shirt – Alan Klein (Oriole) MISS
Big Man In A Big House – Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury) MISS
Ave Maria – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) MISS
Theme From Ben Casey – Ted Heath (Decca) MISS
Mashed Potato Time – Dee Dee Sharp (Columbia) MISS
Spin-A-Disc with Jimmy Henney: Big Man In A Big House, Caterina (Como), Sgts 3 March (Caiola)
Big mistake having Miriam Karlin on the same Juke Box Jury panel as Sidney James.
Alley Cat, 13 April 1962Jean Owen (later Samantha Jones) of the Vernons: “JBJ was my very first television show and it was Lover Please that they were listening to and we just had to sit there smiling. Carole Carr who was a singer was on the panel and Gilbert Harding too. They put us behind a panel so the actual panel didn’t know that we were there. We thought it might be a Miss but it was a Hit. I had had visions of Gilbert Harding saying dreadful things about it but he was fine. It was genuine, we came in late and they definitely didn’t know we were there.”
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Saturday 21 April 1962
Panel: Alma Cogan, Neil Sedaka, Nina and Frederik
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
What’d I Say – Bobby Darin (London) HIT
Twist Twist Senora – Gary US Bonds (Top Rank) HIT
Silver Threads And Golden Needles – Springfields (Philips) HIT
Tavern In The Town – Terry Lightfoot (Columbia) HIT
Let’s Talk About Love – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
Time Beat – Ray Cathode (Parlophone) MISS
Tears Broke Out On Me – Eddy Arnold (RCA) HIT
Cowboy Jock From Skye – Andy Stewart (Top Rank) MISS
Shake The Hand Of A Fool – Johnny Hallyday (Philips) HIT
In a Persian Market – Cy Laurie HIT
Ray Cathode aka George Martin. Press report headlined Electronic Sounds as it made use of the Radiophonic Workshop
Spin-A-Disc with Alvin Twist (Chipmunks), Tears Broke Out On Me (Eddy Arnold) and Shake The Hand Of A Fool (Johnny Hallyday, Philips)
Listening to Helen Shapiro on Juke Box Jury, Alma Cogan thought it was a boy.
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Saturday 28 April 1962
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Johnny Burnette, Alan Freeman, Jean Metcalfe
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
As You Like It – Adam Faith (Parlophone) HIT
Funny Way Of Laughin’ – Burl Ives (Brunswick) MISS
Lonely City – John Leyton (HMV) HIT
When’s He Gonna Kiss Me – Candy Sparling (Piccadilly) MISS
Quando Quando Quando – Pat Boone (London) HIT
Down The Lane – Max Bygraves (Decca) HIT
A Picture Of You – Joe Brown & the Bruvvers (Piccadilly) MISS
Ginny Come Lately – Brian Hyland (HMV) HIT
Last Night Was Made For Love – Billy Fury (Decca) MISS
This programme was either recorded or they needed a fast car as Johnny Burnette was at the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth that night.
Spin-A-Disc: Twist Twist Senora, Quando Quando Quando and Hermit (Ben E King)
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Saturday 5 May 1962
Panel: Dora Bryan, John Leyton, Pete Murray, Rosemary Squires
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Run Romance Run – Bruce Channel (Mercury) MISS
St Louis Blues – Glen Mason MISS
I’m Lookin’ Out The Window – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
The Lady Wants To Twist – Steve Lawrence (CBS) MISS
I Don’t Know Why – Eden Kane (Decca) HIT
Unsquare Dance – Dave Brubeck Quartet (CBS) MISS
Good Luck Charm – Elvis Presley (RCA) HIT
Swingin’ In The Rain – Norman Vaughan (Pye) HIT
Whistlin’ For The Moon – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Spin-A-Disc (SAD): Hide Nor Hair, Good Luck Charm –Run Romance Run (Channel)
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Saturday 12 May 1962
Panel: Jean Metcalfe, Harry Rabinowitz, Leila Williams, Harry Fowler
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Hide Nor Hair – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
Besame Mucho – Jet Harris (Decca) HIT
How Can I Meet Her – Everly Brothers (Warner) HIT
The Right Thing To Say – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol) MISS
Deep In The Heart Of Texas – Duane Eddy (RCA) HIT
Concerto For Dreamers – Russ Conway (Columbia) HIT
Crazy Twist – Jack Hammer (Oriole) MISS
The Green Leaves Of Summer – Kenny Ball (Pye) HIT
Big Big Baby – Doug Sheldon (Decca) MISS
C’est Si Bon – Dean Martin (Capitol) MISS
Spin-A-Disc: Born To Cry, C’Est Si Bon (Dean Martin), How Can I Meet Her
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Saturday 19 May 1962
Panel: Jane Asher, Sean Connery, Janet Munro, Steve Race
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Born To Cry – Dion (HMV) HIT
I Love Her Still – Mark Wynter (Decca) MISS
Rag Trade Rag – Gordon Franks (Parlophone) HIT
It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’ – Johnny Tillotson (London) MISS
The Stripper – David Rose (MGM) MISS
Far Away – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) HIT
You Do Something to Me – Errol Garner (Philips) HIT
Ain’t That Funny – Jimmy Justice (Pye) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: Deep In The Heart, It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’, Soldier Boy
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Saturday 26 May 1962
Panel: Rupert Davies, Vera Day, Eartha Kitt, Jimmy Young
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
I Shoulda Listened To Mama – Jimmy Crawford (Columbia) MISS
When Love Comes Around – Matt Monro (Parlophone) HIT
Johnny Get Angry – Carol Deene (HMV) MISS
I’ll Be Seeing You – Frank Sinatra (Reprise) MISS
Just A Little Love – Karl Denver Trio (Decca) MISS
Stranger On The Shore – Drifters (London) MISS
Stranger On The Shore – Andy Williams (CBS) MISS
Sharing You – Bobby Vee (Liberty) MISS
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Saturday 2 June 1962
Panel: Alan Dell, Helen Shapiro, Terry-Thomas, June Thorburn
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Number One Man – Bruce Channel (Mercury) MISS
Highland Wedding – Johnny Keating and his Orchestra (Piccadilly) HIT
The Crowd – Roy Orbison (London) MISS
I’m Just A Baby – Louise Cordet (Decca) MISS
I Wish That We Were Married – Ronnie and the Hilites (Pye) MISS
Everybody’s Gotta Ya-Ya – Viscounts (Pye) HIT
Theme From The Inspector – Ferrante & Teicher (HMV) MISS
Yes My Darling Daughter – Eydie Gorme (CBS) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: Drummin’ Up A Storm, Dr Kildare (Chamberlain, Conscience
RT note “Applications for tickets for this show cannot be entertained until further notice.”
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Saturday 9 June 1962
Panel: Dora Bryan, David Rose, Anne Shelton, Alan Freeman
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Let’s All Swing Like The Birdies Swing – Buddy Greco (Columbia) HIT
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles (HMV) MISS
Conscience – James Darren (Pye) MISS
Hit Record – Tommy Steele (Decca) HIT
A Steel Guitar And A Glass Of Wine – Paul Anka (RCA) MISS
Theme From Dr Kildare – Richard Chamberlain (MGM) HIT
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Saturday 16 June 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Anne Heywood, Nelson Riddle, Pete Murray
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Our Favourite Melodies – Craig Douglas (Columbia) HIT
Crazy Words, Crazy Tune – Dorothy Provine (Warner) HIT
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) HIT
Here Comes That Feeling – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
Cryin’ For The Moon – Leo Maguire (Parlophone) MISS
Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon (Stateside) MISS
Ai Di La – Emilio Pericoli (Warner) HIT
Ya Ya Twist – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: Crazy Words (Provine), Having A Party (Cooke), Feeling (Brenda Lee)
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Saturday 23 June 1962
Panel: Arthur Askey, Bill Crozier, Jean Metcalfe, Juliet Mills
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Show Me The Way To Go Home – Frank D’Rone (Mercury) HIT
Tears – Danny Williams (HMV) HIT
Having A Party – Sam Cooke (RCA) MISS
I Bent My Assagai – Charlie Drake (Parlophone) HIT
April In Paris – Mr Pollard (Piccadilly) MISS
Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way – Georgia Brown (Decca) MISS
Cindy’s Birthday – Johnny Crawford (Pye) MISS
Spin-A-Disc: Palisades, Steel Men (Dean), Show Me (D’Rone)
RT billing:
Neither cat nor square, Arthur Askey’s standpoint with regards to the pops is probably best described as commonsensical and, of course, humorous. Also on the panel are Jean Metcalfe and Bill Crozier, two experts on discs who are usually at opposing ends of the Family Favourites link.
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Saturday 30 June 1962
Panel: Jenny Angeloglou, Jimmy Henney, Stubby Kaye, Miriam Karlin
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Swinging Gently – Earl Grant (Brunswick) HIT
Rome – Anne Shelton (Philips) HIT
I Remember You – Frank Ifield (Columbia) HIT
Right Said Fred – Bernard Cribbins (Parlophone) HIT
Marianna – Johnny Mathis (CBS) MISS
Cannonball – Johnny Dankworth (Columbia) HIT
Frank Ifield: “I know the panel voted I Remember You a resounding hit. I didn’t see it myself but I was working in Bristol and the audience told me about it. I sang I Remember You about four or five times that night so I suddenly felt like an overnight sensation.”
Should professional artists have only part of their records played on Juke Box Jury – to be criticised by an unqualified panel?
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Saturday 7 July 1962
Panel: Jane Asher, Roy Castle, Rosemary Clooney, Ted King
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Wicked Woman – Don Lang (Decca) MISS
Little Miss Lonely – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
Laughin’ The Blues – Sheb Wooley (MGM) HIT
But Not For Me – Ketty Lester (London) HIT
Doesn’t Anybody Make Short Movies Anymore – Col James (Oriole) HIT
In A Persian Market – George Chisholm (Philips) HIT
Sweet And Lovely – Allisons (Fontana) MISS
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Neil Sedaka (RCA) HIT
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Saturday 14 July 1962
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Jack Jackson, Godfrey Winn, Maureen Cleave
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
I’m Moving On – Beryl Bryden (Columbia) MISS
Little Bitty Pretty One – Clyde McPhatter (Mercury) HIT
Once Upon A Dream – Billy Fury (Decca) HIT
That Noise – Anthony Newley (Decca) HIT
Where Are You – Dinah Washington (Columbia) MISS
Things – Bobby Darin (London) HIT
Football Results – Michael Bentine (Parlophone) MISS
Gotta See Baby Tonight – Acker Bilk (Columbia) HIT
Not Never Not Now – Suzy Cope (HMV) MISS
Chills – Tony Orlando (Columbia) MISS
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Saturday 21 July 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Alan Freeman, Sheila Hancock, Gary Miller
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Vacation – Connie Francis (MGM) HIT
Under The Bamboo Tree – Clinton Ford (Oriole) MISS
’S Wonderful – Ray Conniff (CBS) MISS
I’ll Always Be In Love With You – Ella Fitzgerald (HMV) MISS
How Many Nights – Alan Fielding (Decca) MISS
Outbreak Of Murder – Gordon Franks (Parlophone) HIT
Johnny Summertime – Susan Singer (Oriole) MISS
Fortune Teller – Bobby Curtola (London) HIT
Welcome Home Baby – Brook Brothers (Pye) HIT
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I watch with amusement when the jurors are obviously wrestling with their own consciences but are anxious to put in a good word for an indifferent piece.
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Saturday 28 July 1962
Panel: Alan Dell, Shirley Eaton, Susan Franks, Jimmy Justice
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Dancin’ Party – Chubby Checker (Columbia) HIT
Come To Me – Ken Dodd (Columbia) HIT
Peter And The Wolf – Clyde Valley Stompers (Parlophone) MISS
Roses Are Red – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
Guitar Tango – Shadows (Columbia) HIT
The Lads O’Bonnie Scotland – Andy Stewart (HMV) MISS
Down The River Nile – John Leyton (HMV) HIT
To This Man – Lena Martell (HMV) MISS
Blitz Medley – Russ Conway (Columbia) MISS
Hardly anything pleased Jimmy Justice on Juke Box Jury.
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Saturday 4 August 1962
Panel: Rose Brennan, Brian Rix, Jimmy Young, Susan Hampshire
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Yesterday (check title) – Polka Dots (Philips) MISS
Seven Day Weekend – U S Bonds (Stateside) HIT
Steptoe And Son – Geoff Love (Columbia) HIT
Goody Goody – Frank Sinatra (Reprise) MISS
The Cure – Smitty Williams (MGM) MISS
I Sat Back And Let It Happen – Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury) HIT
Swahili Papa – Springfields (Philips) HIT
Sealed With A Kiss – Brian Hyland (HMV) HIT
Little Sue – Dowlands (Oriole) MISS
Producer Neville Wortman had joined the BBC after a spell as a cartoonist for ITV and time on Cool For Cats: “I was hoping to ease my way into the BBC. Twist had become one of the rages and I was going to direct a programme on that with Barry Lupino whose sister was Ida Lupino, the American film star. He got smashed up in a car accident and Johnnie Stewart was brought in. He had been doing Juke Box Jury and so he came out of that. The twist didn’t last very long and nor did the show. It was nicely shot though, a good show.”
Producer Neville Wortman: “I was asked to pick it up as it had got very staid. It had become more of a family show than something for teenagers. Bill Cotton Jr and I were the two youngest producers at the BBC – I was just under 30.”
Producer Neville Wortman: “I was determined to get more interesting panellists on Juke Box Jury, some people who had a real interest in popular music. I tried to build up really good panels and I filmed it in a different way too as I placed the cameras in unusual positions. I featured a lot more of the audience and got their expressions. We used to look for characters and I would get people out looking for characters whom we could invite to the show. We would walk to someone in the street and say, “Please come”. We were fighting head on with Thank Your Lucky Stars. They had a great style of programming for teenagers and I knew Philip Jones very well. They had a very stylish programme and Juke Box Jury wasn’t that. We were fighting for our lives with that programme. The BBC wanted to grab an audience at six and they thought that if you had them then, you should have them through the evening.”
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Saturday 11 August 1962
Panel: Stubby Kaye, Bunny Lewis, Juliet Mills, Nancy Spain
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
So Do I – Kenny Ball (Pye) HIT
Shamrocker – Zen Tracy (Decca) HIT
Call Me Mr In-Between – Burl Ives (Brunswick) HIT
Some People – Jet Harris (Decca) MISS
Pick A Bale Of Cotton – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) HIT
I’ve Got To Learn To Forget – Susan Maughan (Philips) MISS
Ballad Of Paladin – Duane Eddy (RCA) HIT
Puff – Kenny Lynch (HMV) HIT
Quando Quando Quando – Joe Loss (HMV) HIT
Shirley Bassey’s next single, What Now My Love, with Nelson Riddle’s Orchestra is her best ever.
Alley Cat, 17 August 1962
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Saturday 18 August 1962
Panel: Ray Conniff, Jean Metcalfe, Sylvia Syms, Eric Sykes
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Hully Gully – Don Costa (CBS) MISS
Teenage Idol – Rick Nelson (London) MISS
Will I What – Mike Sarne (Parlophone) HIT
What Now My Love – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) HIT
The Locomotion – Little Eva (London) HIT
Don’t That Beat All – Adam Faith (Parlophone) MISS
So Wrong – Patsy Cline (Brunswick) MISS
Sheila – Tommy Roe (HMV) HIT
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Saturday 25 August 1962
Panel: Dora Bryan, Jack Jackson, Malou Pantera, David Tomlinson
DB in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at Prince’s
DT in Boeing-Boeing at Apollo
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Jazz Theme From Dr Kildare – Stan Getz (HMV) MISS
Don’t Let Me Stand In Your Way – Frankie Avalon (Pye) HIT
Tell All The World About You – Peggy Lee (Capitol) HIT
Your Tender Look – Joe Brown (Piccadilly) HIT
Party Lights – Stephen Sinclair (HMV) HIT
Hidden Persuasion – Frank Sinatra (Capitol) HIT
She’s Not You – Elvis Presley (RCA) HIT
Everynight – Paul Anka (RCA) HIT
Baby Baby – Perry Ford & the Sapphires (Decca) HIT
8 hits and one miss.
Daily Mirror 250862 with photograph
Lovely Italian actress Malou Pantera, 24, is on JBJ this evening – all because of her voice. TV producer Neville Wortman heard Malou presenting her late night disc show, Bonne Nuit, on the Light Programme. “A lovely voice,” he said, “I wonder what she looks like.” -
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Saturday 1 September 1962
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Jimmy Henney, Robert Morley, Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch appearing in Sail Away at the Savoy
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Hey There – Buddy Greco (Columbia) HIT
It’ll Be Me – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
Can You Waddle – Spartans (Stateside) MISS
It Might As Well Rain Until September – Carole King (London) MISS
Little Diane – Dion (Stateside) MISS
We Won’t Say Goodbye – Kaye Sisters (Philips) MISS
Devil Woman – Marty Robbins (CBS) HIT
Jumble Sale – Petula Clark (Pye) MISS
What’s Gonna Happen When Summer’s Done – Freddy Cannon (Stateside) MISS
Dance With Mr Domino – Fats Domino (London) MISS
Voted misses on tomorrow’s Juke Box Jury – Petula Clark’s Jumble Sale, Dion’s Little Diane, Fat Domino’s Dance With Mr Domino and the Kaye Sisters’ Goodbye.
Alley Cat, 31 August 1962
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Saturday 8 September 1962, 6.30-7pm
by now (Recorded)
Panel: Dick Emery, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Alan Freeman, Joan Darling
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
I’m The Girl From Wolverton Mountain – Jo Ann Campbell (Columbia) MISS
Lollipops And Roses – Doug Sheldon (Decca) MISS
No Love But Your Love – Marion Ryan (Columbia) MISS
A Taste Of Honey – Victor Feldman (Fontana) MISS
It Started All Over Again – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
You Don’t Know Me – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
Hercules – Frankie Vaughan (Philips) MISS
Blue Weekend – Karl Denver (Decca) MISS
Forgive Me – Babs Tino (London) HIT
Steve Race to Johnnie Stewart, 130962,
“Rumour has it that you are taking over JBJ, a programme which I did apparently with some success under Stewart Morris, but have not got near with Billy Cotton, nor do I seem likely to. If you are really taking over the show again, would you make sure I am on the list please.” -
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Saturday 15 September 1962
Panel: Rupert Davies, Dion, Fenella Fielding, Jane Asher
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Point Of No Return – Gene McDaniels (Liberty) HIT
There Is No Greater Love – Wanderers (MGM) MISS
Chattanooga Choo Choo – Xavier Cugat (Mercury) HIT
House To Let – Eden Kane (Decca) HIT
A Forever Kind Of Love – Bobby Vee (Liberty) HIT
Let’s Dance – Chris Montez (London) HIT
Ramblin’ Rose – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol) HIT
Don’t You Believe It – Andy Williams (CBS) HIT
Venus In Blue Jeans – Mark Wynter (Pye) HIT
Producer Neville Wortman: “I used to see the guests first to make sure that they had an interest in music per se. If they didn’t, there was no point in having them on the panel at all. I remember Rupert Davies brought a different slant on it. We were always trying to cater for the largest possible audience and not just a teenage audience. The audience for Thank Your Lucky Stars was mostly teenagers. The BBC has mostly broadcast programmes for the family.”
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Saturday 22 September 1962
Panel: Ian Carmichael, Hy Hazell, Mike Sarne, Dawn Addams
HH in Lock Up Your Daughters at Her Majesty’s
Producer: Neville Wortman
If A Man Answers – Bobby Darin (Capitol) HIT
Bobby’s Girl – Susan Maughan (Philips) HIT
Close To Cathy – Mike Clifford (United Artists) MISS
Rinky Dink – Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez (Pye) MISS
Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On – Johnny Tillotson (London) HIT
Sherry – Four Seasons (Stateside) MISS
Til Tomorrow – Kathie Kay (Columbia) MISS
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Saturday 29 September 1962
Panel: Liz Fraser, Stan Stennett, Tony Withers, Dawn Addams
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
The Longest Day – Mitch Miller (CBS) MISS
Ever Since You Said Goodbye – Marty Wilde (Philips) HIT
Moonglow – Sarah Vaughan (Columbia) MISS
Junk Shop – Harry H Corbett (Pye) HIT
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow – Johnny Crawford (London) MISS
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow – Christine Quaife (Oriole) HIT
Lover – Johnny De Little (Columbia) HIT
A Wonderful Dream – Majors (London) MISS
Pretty Jenny – Jess Conrad (Decca) HIT
Letter from Beatrice Chalmers, Falkirk in Record Retailer: “Through your columns, may I, a record assistant, appeal to David Jacobs to put Juke Box Jury on a little later on Saturday evenings. You see, throughout the week, we are asked for records by the buying public but every often the only clue is ‘Three of them voted it a miss’ or some actress thought it was ‘smashing’ or it has ‘girl’ or ‘moon’ or ‘twist’ in the title. We want to to hear the programmes too but we do work for our wages and the boss pays us to serve customers until 6pm eery Saturday.” (041062)
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Saturday 6 October 1962, 6-6.30pm
Panel: Petula Clark, Hattie Jacques, Pete Murray, Eric Sykes
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Nicola – King Brothers (Parlophone) MISS
He Got What He Wanted – Little Richard (Mercury) HIT
Tender Is The Night – Gogi Grant (Ember) MISS
Madam Moscovitch – Clinton Ford (Oriole) MISS
Keep Away From Other Girls – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
Swing Low – Floyd Cramer (RCA) HIT
Oh Lonesome Me – Craig Douglas (Decca) HIT
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Saturday 13 October 1962
Panel: Angela Huth, Don Moss, Sid James, Ketty Lester
Angela Huth was a critic
Producer: Neville Wortman
Lovesick Blues – Frank Ifield (Columbia) HIT
Sweet Enough – Louise Cordet (Decca) MISS
Nothing Can Change This Love – Sam Cooke (RCA) HIT
Must Be Madison – Joe Loss (HMV) MISS
Gina – Johnny Mathis (CBS) HIT
Because Of Love – Billy Fury (Decca) MISS
Goodbye Joe – Alma Cogan (Columbia) MISS
No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile – Everly Brothers (Warner) HIT
Little Black Book – Jimmy Dean (CBS) HIT
Lonely Johnny – John Leyton (HMV) MISS
Cracked Eric Sykes on Juke Box Jury, “I saw Helen Shapiro on the Adam Faith TV show – with the sound turned off.”
Alley Cat, 12 October 1962PFTP 181062
Eager though I am to watch JBJ, it would make a change to have an all-teenage panel once in a while, not necessarily consisting of stars.
Many female panel members seem to be in a perpetual daze, unable to make any pertinent comment. Why not come down to earth?
It must be remembered that it is teenage opinion which makes or breaks these songs.
Peter Bundock, Boothville, NorthamptonNew Billy Fury, Louise Cordet and John Leyton releases voted misses on Juke Box Jury.
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Saturday 20 October 1962
Panel: Claire Bloom, Beryl Reid, Jimmy Young, Jess Conrad
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
The Things We Did Last Summer – Shelley Fabares (Pye) MISS
Love Me Tender – Richard Chamberlain (MGM) HIT
Playin’ Games – Connie Francis (MGM) HIT
I Left My Heart In San Francisco – Tony Bennett (CBS) HIT
Hully Gully Baby – Dovells (Cameo-Parkway) MISS
It’s My Way – Don Charles (Decca) MISS
When The Boys Get Together – Joannie Sommers (Warner) MISS
Warmed Over Kisses – Brian Hyland (HMV) HIT
Stories – Peppi (Decca) HIT
Connie Francis recorded Playin’ Games in 1956. B-side of I Was Such A Fool.
DJ presenting Wednesday Magazine on TV from 1.30 to 2pm
On Friday 26 October 1962, there was a Juke Box Jury evening at the Cheshunt Boys Club organised by Marsden’s Record Store. The guests were Johnnie Carson, Louise Cordet, Don Charles and Patti Lynn.
The panel was Norman Long (Ember), Mike Hitches (Pye), Joe Betteridge (Lugton’s) and Ron Lockyer (Southern Music).
The MC was Ray Orchard.
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Saturday 27 October 1962
Panel: Polly Elwes, Sid James, Steve Race, Beryl Bryden
Producer: Neville Wortman
The Madison’s back in town – Billy Dawn and the Madison Mashers (CBS) HIT
(The only UK single released by this act.)
My Love And Devotion – Matt Monro (Parlophone) HIT
The Main Attraction – Pat Boone (London) MISS
Buttons And Bows – Tommy Bruce (Columbia) HIT
Heartaches – Patsy Cline (Brunswick) MISS
Desafinado – Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (HMV) MISS
If Only Tomorrow – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) MISS
It Only Took A Minute – Joe Brown (Piccadilly) MISS
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Saturday 3 November 1962
Panel: Sam Costa, Pete Murray, June Thorburn +1
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Thief In The Night – Johnny Towers (Philips) MISS
I’m Gonna Change Everything – Jim Reeves (RCA) MISS
Slightly Out Of Tune – Mavis Rivers (Reprise) MISS
(Dance With The) Guitar Man – Duane Eddy (RCA) HIT
A Touch Of The OBJ’s – Bruce Forsyth (Pye) HIT
Tell Me Telstar – Patti Lynn (Fontana) MISS
Hail To The Conquering Hero – James Darren (Pye) MISS
Big Man – Kathy Kirby (Decca) MISS
That Stranger – Viscounts (Pye) HIT
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Saturday 10 November 1962
Panel: Jane Asher, George Hamilton, Stubby Kaye, Catherine Boyle
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
The Road – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Small World – Johnny Mathis (CBS) HIT
Sounds Like Locomotion – Sounds Inc (Decca) MISS
White Wedding – Sheila Southern (HMV) MISS
Eso Beso – Paul Anka (RCA) HIT
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – Anita Ray (MGM) HIT
Next Door To An Angel – Neil Sedaka (RCA) HIT
Pop Pop Pop-Pie – Sherrys (London) HIT
Believe I’m No Fool – Cloda Rogers (Decca) HIT
Cloda Rogers, 15 years old
Producer Neville Wortman: “Jane Asher was used a lot as she was so intelligent and bright and sparkling. She was so well in with the scene too. Lovely person.”
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Saturday 17 November 1962, 6-6.30pm
Panel: Edie Adams, Alan Dell, Ian Carmichael, Alexandra Bastedo
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Together Wherever We Go – Beverley Sisters (Columbia) MISS
Up On The Roof – Kenny Lynch (HMV) HIT
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
You’ll Never Get Away From Me – Tony Bennett (CBS) MISS
Scales – B.Bumble & the Stingers (Stateside) HIT
Always You And Me – Russ Conway (Columbia) MISS
I’ve Been Everywhere – Mudlarks (Decca) HIT
Here’s Hopin’ – Carter-Lewis & the Southerners (Piccadilly) HIT
Baby Face – Bobby Darin (London) HIT
Memo from Head of Light Entertainment, Television
21 November 1962
“I would just like to remind you that Arthur Askey will be available for either Juke Box Jury or What’s My Line, in the Jan/March Quarter, and any use you can make of him during this period would be appreciated.”
Response: “We tried him on What’s My Line once and he was no good. Took no trouble and taught us a lesson.” Cecil Maddon -
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Saturday 24 November 1962
Panel: Arther Askey, Dora Bryan, Kenneth Mars, Jean Metcalfe, Bobby Vee
Producer: Neville Wortman (Actually, Presented by…)
Records played:
Return To Sender – Elvis Presley (RCA) HIT
Island Of Dreams – Springfields (Philips) MISS
The Next Time – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
Fly Me To The Moon – Joe Harnell & his Orchestra (London) MISS
All Through The Night – Lynne Adams (Ember) MISS
Baby Take A Bow – Adam Faith (Parlophone) HIT
Where Have All The Flowers Gone – George Mitchell Singers (HMV) MISS
Don’t Light The Fire ’Til After Santa’s Gone – Terry Scott (Parlophone) MISS
Happiness Tree – Norman Vaughan (Pye) MISS
If You Were A Rock’n’Roll Record – Freddy Cannon (Stateside) HIT
Scott’s record was a B-side: A-side was My Brother.
Askey paid 30g, date given is 23.11.62
DailyMirror, 271162
The BBC dropped plans to replace JBJ with a big teenage show. The intention was to have a 45 minute show on the 6.5 Special formula with a 15 minute “disc verdict”. After looking a try out with guest star Bobby Vee, and The John Barry Orchestra, Tom Sloan decided to keep JBJ as it was.JBJ used to be from the Television Theatre but it is now produced from a studio at the Television Centre with only 100 seats. The waiting list for tickets closed in January and people have been waiting about a year for tickets.
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Saturday 1 December 1962
(Recorded Nov 23)
Panel: Arthur Askey, Johnny Mathis, Janette Scott, Helen Shapiro
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby – Little Eva (London) HIT
Go Away Little Girl – Ray Bennette (Decca) MISS
Me And My Shadow – Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr (Reprise) MISS
Jingle Bell Rock – Chubby Checker and Bobby Rydell (Cameo Parkway) MISS
Merry Christmas You Suckers – Paddy Roberts (Decca) MISS
He’s Got Love – Tommy Steele (Decca) HIT
Tell Me Again In The Morning – Anne Shelton (Philips) MISS
Tom Hark – Jimmy Powell (Decca) MISS
Askey paid 30g, Mathis the same.
Mathis highly critical of Tommy Steele disc in particular, resulting in a backlash.
Marty Wilde: “I liked watching JBJ more than being on it. You had to give opinions. Johnny Mathis gave opinions on some British artists and it did him a lot of harm. If you were a DJ you had to be careful too. If you were a singer, then the show was the kiss of death. If I had knocked the Beatles, it would have done for me, so I had to be more tactful. At the end of the day, people put their hearts and souls into making records and to hear them cut to shreds must have been terrible. I did knock a record, Wipe Out, by the Surfaris. I thought it was dreadful and I got such abusive letters that I knew I’d never do it again. Never tell the truth.”
Cracked Bob Hope: “For his next record, Tommy Steele is dedicating Come Outside to Johnny Mathis.”
NME, 4 January 1963Producer Neville Wortman: “I didn’t think that Johnny Mathis was going to be controversial at all. He was doing a BBC show for Yvonne Littlewood and I thought that he would be understanding and polite about the records. We all called him the African Queen (laughs). He started to let go, particularly on Tommy Steele, much to the shock of everyone really, that an American should be criticising our singers in this way.”
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Saturday 8 December 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Adam Faith, Edmund Purdom, Linda Ludgrove
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Pastures Of Plenty – Karl Denver (Decca) HIT
Dear Lonely Hearts – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol) MISS
Dance On – Shadows (Columbia) HIT
I’m Gonna Be Warm This Winter – Connie Francis (MGM) HIT
Big Noise From Winnetka – Cozy Cole (Coral) MISS
Your Cheatin’ Heart – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
Love Came To Me – Dion (Stateside) MISS
Don’t You Think It’s Time – Mike Berry (HMV) HIT
Chains – Cookies (London) HIT
Greenback Dollar – Lee Corvette (Decca) MISS
TW3 era
JBJ usually too easy, too unadventurous and the programme is invariably ruined by the comments of the panel.
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Saturday 15 December 1962
Panel: Lonnie Donegan, Nancy Spain, Ron Randell, Mai Zetterling
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
You Gotta Have Love – Cleo Laine (Fontana) HIT
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth – Dick Emery (Philips) MISS
How Did He Look – Ruby Murray (Columbia) MISS
Fly Over – Frank Barber (Ember) MISS
Comin’ Home Baby – Mel Torme (London) HIT
The Alley Cat Song – David Thorne (Stateside) HIT
The Hipster – Cyril Stapleton (Decca) HIT
Gonna Settle Down – Col James (Oriole) MISS
I’ll Cross My Fingers – Allisons (Fontana) HIT
I Can’t Help It – Johnny Tillotson (London) MISS
BBC drops plans to do a new big teenage show on Saturday evening.
Was to be produced by Neville Wortman and was to rival TYLS
JBJ said to have audience of 9m.
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Saturday 22 December 1962
Panel: Alma Cogan, Sheila Hancock, David Tomlinson, Jack Jackson
Sheila Hancock appearing in Rattle Of A Simple Man at Garrick
David Tomlinson still appearing in Boeing-Boeing
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
He Thinks I Still Care – Jaye P Morgan (MGM) HIT
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window – Baby Jane & the Rockabyes (United Artists) HIT
If This Should Be A Dream – Christine Campbell (Parlophone) MISS
Theme From The Dick Powell Show – Tony Hatch (Pye) HIT
White Christmas – Nina & Frederick (Columbia) HIT
Gospel Theme – Ted Heath ((Decca) HIT
Charmaine – Bachelors (Decca) MISS
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Saturday 29 December 1962
Panel: Shirley Anne Field, Robert Morley, Jimmy Young, Polly Elwes
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
A Very Good Year For Girls – Vic Dana (Liberty) MISS
The Gift Of Love – Ronnie Hilton (HMV) HIT
Big Girls Don’t Cry – Four Seasons (Stateside) HIT
Suki-Yaki – Kenny Ball (Pye) HIT
Love Me Forever – Paula Watson (No number yet) MISS
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah – Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (London) MISS
Globetrotter – Tornados (Decca) HIT
Butter Wouldn’t Melt In Your Mouth – Tommy Steele (Decca) HIT
Ruby Ann – Marty Robbins (CBS) HIT
I Saw Linda Yesterday – Doug Sheldon (Decca) MISS