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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)
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Saturday 30 January 1965, 5.15.-5.40pm
(Recorded 23 January)
Panel: Paul Anka, Stubby Kaye, Ann Sidney, Julie Samuel
Producer: Stewart Morris
Records played:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – The Animals (Columbia)
You’re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You – Dean Martin (Reprise)
I Cry Alone – Jackie Lee (Decca)
Stop Feelin’ Sorry For Yourself – Adam Faith (Parlophone) 0.59
Thanks a Lot – Brenda Lee (Brunswick)
Stairway to a Star – Shelley (Pye) Written by Miki Dallon
It Hurts So Much – Jim Reeves (RCA)
He’s The One For Me – Tammy St John (Pye)
Tell Her No – The Zombies (Decca) 1.06
Programme was not billed in RT due to arrangements for Churchill’s funeral.
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Saturday 2 April 1960, 6-6.30pm
(Recorded 26.3.60)
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Frankie Day, Wolf Mankowitz, Eric Skyes
Produced by Russell Turner
Directed by Johnnie Gilbert
Records played:
String Along – Fabian (HMV)
Sweet Nuthin’s – Brenda Lee (Brunswick)
I Wish It Were You – Dennis Lotis (Columbia)
Don’t Throw Away All Those Teardrops – Frankie Avalon (HMV)
Footsteps – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) Side set
O Dio Mio – Joan Regan (Pye)
This Magic Moment – The Drifters (London)
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Saturday 2 July 1960
(Duration 35m 20s)
Panel: Anthea Askey, Carmen Dragon, Pete Murray, Ed Robertson
Records played:
Bill Bailey – Bobby Darin (London) HIT (3-1)
Train of Love – Alma Cogan (HMV) HIT (4-0)
Jellied Eels – Joe Brown (Decca) HIT (4-0)
I’m Sorry – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) MISS (1-3)
Joey’s Song – Michael Hill HIT (Parlophone) (4-0)
Rosie Lee – Roy Castle (Philips) HIT (3-1)
Only The Lonely – Roy Orbison (London) MISS (1-3)
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini – Brian Hyland (London) MISS (0-4)
? – Paul Hampton MISS (1-3)
Camera script: Angry (Marty Wilde)
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Saturday 1 October 1960
Panel: Judy Carne, Petula Clark, George Chisholm, Eric Sykes or Chris Holm
Records played:
Alive Alive Oh! – Dick Jordan (Oriole) 1.56
North To Alaska – Johnny Horton (Philips) 1.28
I Want To Be Wanted – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) 1.55
Bohemia Rag – Chris Barber’s Jazz Band (Columbia) 1.11
The Big Triangle – The Galaxies (Capitol) 1.32
Shortnin’ Bread – The Viscounts (Pye) 1.38
Restless – Johnny Kidd & the Pirates (HMV) 1.00
Seven Women – Frankie Laine (Philips) 1.30
Teardrops Are Falling – Al Kasha (Coral) 1.05
Taken from camera script. All may not have been played.
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Saturday 28 March 1964, 5.55-6.30pm
Panel: Arthur Askey, Ted King, Beverley Todd, Shirley Eaton
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Baby Let Me Take You Home – Animals (Columbia) MISS
Think – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
Don’t Throw Your Love Away – Searchers (Pye) HIT
I’m On Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis (Philips) MISS
Stand By Me – Kenny Lynch (HMV) HIT
Got My Mojo Workin’ – Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers (Parlophone) HIT
Silly Boy – Craig Douglas (Fontana) HIT
Regular panellist Nancy Spain died on the way to the Grand National, 210364
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Saturday 29 August 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Susan Baker, Millicent Martin, Jimmy Savile, Stanley Unwin
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
Hey Hey Hey – Tammy St John (Pye)
Seven Daffodils – Cherokees (Columbia)
Is It True – Brenda Lee (Brunswick)
Young Love – Bo & Peep (Decca)
Rhythm & Greens – Shadows (Columbia)
I Didn’t Mean To Hurt You – Rockin’ Berries (Pye)
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Saturday 14 November 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Joe Brown, Terence Edmond, Jackie De Shannon +1
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Softly In The Night – Three Bells (Columbia) MISS
We’ll Sing In The Sunshine – Lancastrians (Pye) HIT
Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) MISS
One Heart Between Two –Dave Berry (Decca) HIT
Oh Oh Seven – Dora Bryan (Fontana) HIT
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Saturday 5 January 1963
Panel: Alan Freeman, Spike Milligan, Anne Shelton, Eric Sykes
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Dance The Bossa Nova – Frankie Avalon (Pye) HIT
Don’t You Ever Change Your Mind – Patsy Ann Noble (Columbia) HIT
Diamonds – Jet Harris & Tony Meehan (Decca) HIT
All Alone Am I – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
It’s Up To You – Rick Nelson (London) MISS
Some Kinda Fun – Chris Montez (London) HIT
Bossa Nova USA – Dave Brubeck (CBS) MISS
Little Town Flirt – Del Shannon (London) HIT
I Will Follow Him – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Dick James was told Please Please Me would be reviewed on this show
For the first time, Eric Sykes wore a hearing aid on television. He felt he needed it to hear the records properly. Several papers commented on his hearing loss.
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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 6 July 1963, 7-7.25pm
Panel: Ian Carmichael, Alma Cogan, Steve Race, June Ritchie
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Patty Baby – Freddy Cannon (Stateside) MISS
Not Responsible – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
True Love – Richard Chamberlain (MGM) HIT
One Fine Day – Chiffons (Stateside) MISS
I Wonder – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
Ugly Bug Ball – Alex Welsh (Columbia) MISS
Mary Rose – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
The Times, 060763
I am a devotee of JBJ principally because the camera has such a quick eye for the mannerisms and reactions of the bewitched onlookers. There is an old English word for this condition, more expressive than ‘bewitched’. It is betwattled.On Juke Box Jury, Steve Race brilliantly summed up Brenda Lee last Saturday.
NME 12 July 1963On Lucky Stars, Brian Matthew didn’t have DJ’s assurance; guest disc-jockey Sam Costa most unfunny.
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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 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 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 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 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 21 October 1961
Panel: Adam Faith, Alan Freeman, Helen Shapiro, Jane Asher
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
His Latest Flame – Elvis Presley (RCA)
Heartaches – Marcels (Pye)
Fool No 1 – Brenda Lee (Brunswick)
Sewers Of The Strand – Spike Milligan (Parlophone)
Bambino – Springfields (Philips)
Tomorrow’s Clown – Marty Wilde (Philips)
My Friend The Sea – Petula Clark (Pye)
Bridge Of Love – Joe Dowell ()
Time Has Come – Adam Faith (Parlophone)
Do It Yourself – Josh MacRae (Pye)
Spin-A-Disc: Take Good Care Of My Baby, Fool No.1, His Latest Flame
From 1961 there was the innovation of the Hot Seat, where one of the artists whose records had been reviewed would be interviewed, one the first of these being Spike Milligan. His record was Sideways Through the Sewers of the Strand, though it is hard to imagine that the discussion stayed on the subject in hand for long, given Milligan’s propensity for anarchy. Both Helen and Jane were 15.
“If my home is anything to judge by, everything stops for Juke Box Jury and every schoolboy can name 20 pop singers, even if he remains lamentably ignorant of the name of the Prime Minister, or the advantages and disadvantages of joining the Common Market.”
The Times, “From a correspondent”Helen Shapiro: “You had no idea what they were going to play and you heard the tracks for the first time live on air. I loved doing that. It was great fun. It was not like now when everybody slags off everybody else. We were much nicer in those days and if you didn’t care for something you said it in a nice way, but I thoroughly enjoyed doing it.”
Mike McCartney: “We watched Juke Box Jury religiously, especially when Jane Asher was. She was young, beautiful, had a well-cultured, Dad-admired accent and when she smiled, the set lit up. Paul and I both fancied her.”
Jane’s agent, Neil Landor: “She is vivacious, articulate, and really enjoys pop music and has very definite views on what she likes and dislikes plus the ability to express them intelligently.”
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Saturday 28 December 1963
Panel: Polly Elwes, Matt Monro, Jimmy Savile, Adrienne Posta
Producer: Neville Wortman (5-4)
Records played:
My Baby Left Me – Dave Berry (Decca) HIT
Dumb Head – Sharades (Decca) MISS
Don’t Blame Me – Frank Ifield (Columbia) MISS
I Just Don’t Understand – Cresters (HMV) HIT
As Usual – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
Song Of Mexico – Tony Meehan (Decca) MISS
I’m Talkin’ About You – Jackie Lynton (Piccadilly) HIT
My Special Dream – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) HIT
Diana – Bachelors (Decca) MISS
Dumb Head also recorded by Ginny Arnell. Judging by ad in RR, KPM had faith in this song. It was produced by Joe Meek and the Sharades were the Ladybirds.
Matt’s wife Mickie had given him a special present for Christmas – Craig Douglas’ version of From Russia With Love.