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Saturday 15 February 1964, 5.40-6.05
Panel: Lesley Duncan, Steve Race, Sally Smith, Pete Murray
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Just One Look – Hollies (Columbia) HIT
I Love You Because – Jim Reeves (RCA) MISS
Tell Me When – Applejacks (Decca) HIT
That Girl Belongs To Yesterday – Gene Pitney (United Artists) HIT
She’s Sorry – Bobby Vee (Liberty) MISS
If You Love Me – Jackie Trent (Piccadilly) HIT
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Saturday 26 January 1963
Panel: Jane Asher, Carroll Baker, Brian Hyland, Pete Murray
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Keep A Walkin’ – Bobby Darin (London) HIT
Queen For Tonight – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
Take Your Time – Jess Conrad (Columbia) MISS
My Own True Love – Danny Williams (HMV) HIT
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes – Bobby Vee (Liberty) HIT
Little Girl – Steve Aliamo (Pye) MISS
The Lonely Bull – Jack Jones (London) HIT
Gonna Take A Chance – Tommy Roe (HMV) HIT
Bahia Bossa Nova – Barbara Law (Decca) MISS
Followed by PC Dixon episode, The Bitter Taste Of Youth
On Juke Box Jury, Pete Murray quipped, “If Helen Shapiro’s voice gets any lower, she’ll be giving Paul Robeson a run for his money.”
NME, 1 February 1963PFTP 240163
After a year’s careful viewing of JBJ, I should like to nominate the following team to counteract the sort of pretentious drivel which is normally talked on the programme.
Mai Zetterling, Spike Milligan, Elaine Stritch and David Kossoff with Eric Sykes to stand by and David Tomlinson as a sleeping partner.
A consolation prize to Pete Murray who really belongs to us eggheads but doesn’t like to say so.
J D Palmer, Manchester 19PFTP 140263
My team would be Jane Asher as she always knows her mind and sticks to it; Carole Carr because she knows a good song or tune; Steve Race for his technical knowhow; and Sid James because, well, he is just Sid James. As reserves, Judith Chalmers and Jimmy Young.
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Saturday 8 June 1963, 6.35-7pm
Panel: Liz Fraser, Millicent Martin, Lance Percival, Jimmy Young
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Hey Mama – Frankie Vaughan (Philips) HIT
Ain’t That A Shame – Four Seasons (Stateside) HIT
Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol) HIT
To Give My Love To You – Cloda Rogers (Decca) MISS
Black Cloud – Chubby Checker (Cameo-Parkway) MISS
Indian Love Call – Karl Denver (Decca) MISS
Rondo – Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen (Pye) HIT
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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 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 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 July 1961
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Eydie Gormé, Bunny Lewis, Steve Lawrence
Quarter To Three – US Bonds (Top Rank)
Reach For The Stars – Shirley Bassey (Columbia)
Bonnie Banks – Davy Jones (Pye) HIT
I See You – Jess Conrad (Decca)
Something In The Air – Shani Wallis (Philips)
Girls – Johnny Burnette (London)
Teenage Concerto – Zack Lawrence (Parlophone)
Frenesi – Frances Faye (HMV)
How Many Tears – Bobby Vee (London)
A Matter Of Who – Roy Castle (Philips)
10 tracks!
On ‘Juke Box Jury’, Eydie Gormé claimed her Frenesi was better than Frances Faye’s version.
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Saturday 28 October 1961
Panel: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bunny Lewis, June Marlow, Jimmy Young
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
You’re Only Young Once –Fabian (HMV)
It Was A Lover And His Lass – Cleo Laine (Columbia)
Bristol Stomp – Dovells (Columbia)
Let True Love Begin – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol)
Midnight In Moscow – Kenny Ball (Pye)
Tall Dark Stranger – Rose Brennan (Philips)
Take Good Care Of My Baby – Bobby Vee (London)
I Never Had A Chance – Ricky Valance (Columbia)
Zsa Zsa Gabor billed as “special guest” – quite a change from Sam Costa
Spin-A-Disc: Under The Moon Of Love, Let True Love Begin, True True Love (Frankie Avalon) – with Peter WestZsa Zsa Gabor insisted that all the men on the show should wear a dinner jacket, and David Jacobs said, off the top of his head, that dinner jackets were never worn before 6.45 at Buckingham Palace.
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Saturday 9 December 1961
Panel: Jane Asher, Acker Bilk, Alan Freeman, Julie Wilson
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
The Lion Sleeps Tonight – Tokens (RCA)
Son This Is She – John Leyton (HMV) MISS
What A Crazy World We’re Livin’ In – Joe Brown (Pye)
Surprisin’ – Joan Regan (Pye)
Run To Him – Bobby Vee (London)
Doin’ The Racoon – Laurie Johnson (Pye)
My Kind Of Christmas – Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
Walk On By – Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury)
March Of The Angels – Big Ben Banjo Band (Columbia)
Julie Wilson at the Talk Of The Town
On Saturday, simultaneous appearances by Acker Bilk on ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’ and ‘Juke Box Jury’.
Alley Cat, 15 December 1961Spin-A-Disc wth Peppermint Twist, Please Don’t Go, Run To Him, Forgotten Dreams (Russ Conway)