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Saturday 23 March 1963
Panel: Jane Asher, Henry Mancini, Pete Murray, Marcie Blaine
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Baby Workout – Jackie Wilson (Coral) HIT
Don’t Play Me A Love Song – Shirley Jackson (Decca) MISS
Losing By A Hair – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) MISS
Losing You – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
The Jive Samba – Cannonball Adderley (Riverside) MISS
Flash, Bang, Wallop! – Tommy Steele (Decca) HIT
Why Do Lovers Break Each Other’s Hearts – Bob B Soxx & the Blue Jeans (London) HIT
Little Band Of Gold – James Gilreath (Pye) MISS
By Hook Or By Crook – Sandra Browne & the Boy Friends (Columbia) MISS
Aladdin’s Lamp – Mark Wynter (Pye) HITProducer Neville Wortman: “I went for all sorts of people. I went for Maria Callas at one point and her manager was horrified – there was a terrible silence at the end of the phone. He said, “You might just as well ask her to stand on her head.”
Producer Neville Wortman: “Steve Race was really good, he was an expert and could speak eruditely. Nancy Spain who wrote for the Daily Express was brilliant. She lived with Sheila Van Damn and they were killed in an air crash. Bunny Lewis wasn’t one of my choices but he certainly knew about the scene. Really we were looking for attractive personalities who could relate to an audience. Henry Mancini was a regular guest. He was marvellous and could speak knowledgably. Annie Ross was very good.”
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Saturday 13 July 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Esma Cannon, Albert Finney, Pip Hinton, Bunny Lewis
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Come On Home – Springfields (Philips) HIT
Don’t Do That – Shane Fenton & the Fentones (Parlophone) HIT
He’s So Near – Maureen Scott (HMV) HIT
Too Late To Worry – Richard Anthony (Columbia) HIT
Not Too Young To Get Married – Bob B Soxx & the Blue Jeans (London) HIT
If I Ruled The World – Terry Lightfoot & his Jazzmen (Columbia) HIT
Busy Doing Nothing – Don Spencer (HMV) MISS
Easier Said Than Done – Essex (Columbia) MISS
Ring Of Fire – Johnny Cash (CBS) MISS
A Fool In Love – Jan Burnette (Oriole) MISS
Wipe Out – Surfaris (London) HIT
Summer Skies And Golden Sands – Overlanders (Pye) HIT
Maureen Scott was a London folk singer spotted by a Disney executive Jimmy Johnson and signed for Buena Vista, released here on HMV.
Albert Finney amateurish alongside Bunny Lewis on Juke Box Jury.
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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