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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 30 April 1960, 6-6.30pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Buddy Kaye, Humphrey Lyttelton, Gary Miller, Johnny Preston
Records played:
Chicken Thief – Kalin Twins (Brunswick)
Sweet Dreams – Dave Sampson (Columbia)
16 Reasons – Connie Stevens (Warner)
Chattanooga Choo Choo – Ernie Fields (London)
The Fight – Marty Wilde (Philips) Side set
Tom Pillibi – Jacqueline Boyer (Columbia)
Who Was That Lady – Dean Martin (Capitol)
Camera script: Little Christine (Dick Jordan), Got A Girl (Four Preps)
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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 November 1959, 6.50-7.15pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Judy Carne, Peter Noble, Sylvie St Clair, Digby Wolfe
Records played:
Happy Prancer – Dance, Prancer & Nervous (Capitol)
Still Small Voice – Perry Como (RCA)
Loving Is A Way Of Living – Ilse Werner (Qualiton)
Just About This Time Tomorrow – Tony Reese (London)
The Meaning Of The Blues – Kalin Twins (Brunswick)
Among My Souvenirs – Connie Francis (MGM)
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Saturday 18 January 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Jane Asher, Vic Lewis, Robert Morley, Millicent Martin
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Have You Ever Been Lonely – Caravelles (Decca) HIT
Candy Man – Brian Poole & the Tremeloes (Decca) HIT
For You – Rick Nelson (Brunswick) MISS
On My Mind – Mike Berry (HMV) HIT
Until I Met You – Bobby Rydell (Cameo Parkway) MISS
Brian Poole was in the ‘hot seat’ and gave the panellists sticks of Candy!
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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 12 September 1964, 5.55-6.20pm
Panel: Dawn Addams, Bill Haley, Don Moss, Viviane Ventura
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
We’re Through – Hollies (Columbia) HIT
Don’t Cry Little Girl – Peter & the Headlines (Decca) MISS
When You Walk In The Room – Searchers (Pye) HIT
People Say – Dixie Cups (Pye International) MISS
Oh Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison (London) HIT
Ringo For President – Young World Singers (Brunswick) MISS
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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 2 March 1963
Panel: Alan Dell, Harry H Corbett, Dusty Springfield, Millicent Martin
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Look Out Chattanooga – Johnnie Ray (Brunswick) HIT
Count On Me – Julie Grant (Pye) HIT
The Desperadoes – Cambridge Strings (Decca) MISS
One Broken Heart For Sale – Elvis Presley (RCA) HIT
He’s Got The Power – Exciters (United Artists) HIT
Say Wonderful Things – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
Foot Tapper – Shadows (Columbia) HIT
Our Day Will Come – Ruby & the Romantics (London) MISS
Darkest Street In Town – Jimmy Clanton (Stateside) MISS
Harry H Corbett raved about Our Day Will Come and said there was a lot of good music coming from America. (Brian O’Connell)
PFTP 070363
Why do members of the JBJ panel have to be so sarcastic to each other? This spoils an otherwise enjoyable programme.
Miss B Bellis (16), HolywellPFTP 070363
Could we have some pictures of pretty girls? The concentration seems to be on expressionless head-nodders. Often the subjects chosen are bizarre in styles, ranging from near beatnik to femme fatale, while others are undeniably plain. Where is the warmth, sparkle and vivacity that we associate with youth. Surely there are pretty girls in the JJB audience who could charm our eyes, even though our ears are suffering.
Miss Winifred Williams, Liverpool 25Suggested fee for serial rights of David Jacobs’ magazine biography – £20,000.
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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 14 September 1963, 6-6.30pm
Panel: Sam Costa, Louise Dunn, Anne Nightingale, Bruce Prochnik
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
The First Time – Adam Faith & the Roulettes (Parlophone) HIT
Say You Do – Danny Storm (Pye) MISS
That Sunday, That Summer – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol) HIT
Like I Love You – Eden Kane (Fontana) MISS
Blue Velvet – Bobby Vinton (Columbia) MISS
Shindig – Shadows (Columbia) HIT
Straighten Up Your Heart – Barbara Lewis (London) MISS
Three Rows Over – Bobby Curtola (Decca) MISS
Blue Bayou – Roy Orbison (London) HIT
Everybody – Tommy Roe (HMV) MISS
One Mile Over, Two Miles Back – Bill Anderson (Brunswick) HIT
You’d Think He Didn’t Know Me – Sandra Browne (Columbia) HIT
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Saturday 21 September 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Dora Bryan, Alan Dell, Adam Faith, Caroline Mortimer
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Come And Join The Party – Keith Powell & the Valets (Columbia) HIT
Somebody Else’s Girl – Billy Fury (Decca) HIT
Point Panic – Surfaris (Brunswick) MISS
Lemon Tree – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) MISS
I (Who Have Nothing) – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) MISS
Everybody Shake – Grant Tracy (Decca) MISS
Sure My Love – Dave Ventura (Philips) MISS
I’ll Find You Again – Pat Boone (London) MISS
The Anvil Chorus – Freddie Randall Band (Parlophone) HIT
Sooner Or Later – Johnny Mathis (CBS) MISS
Gonna Make Him Mine – Orchids (Decca) MISS
Caroline Mortimer, daughter of John, currently filming Saturday Night Out
MM for 210963. Poll for top TV show. Thank Your Lucky Stars (68%), Juke Box Jury (10), TW3 (6), Steptoe (2), Sunday Night At LP (2), Black And White (1)
Valerie Harbottle from Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Disc 140963
“What on earth do these programme planners think they are playing at? For weeks and weeks I’ve looked forward to seeing Adam Faith on Juke Box Jury and Thank Your Lucky Stars and now he is to appear on each programme on the same day. Whose ridiculous idea was that?
“What makes it more infuriating is to find that his appearance on Thank Your Lucky Stars was deliberately brought forward a week. It seems that we Faith fans are being got at.”Disc 051063
F A Palmer, Cheshire.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 12 August 1961, 6.50-7.15pm
(because of Test Match)
Panel: From Tonight show, Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Fyfe Robertson, Kenneth Allsop
Producer: Bill Cotton Jr
Records played:
Pretty Little Angel Eyes – Curtis Lee (London)
Scared – The Castells (London)
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate – Frances Faye (Vogue)
I’ll Never Smile Again – Platters (Mercury)
Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker (Columbia)
I Fall To Pieces – Patsy Cline (Brunswick)
Ain’t Gonna Wash For A Week – Brook Brothers (Pye)
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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 11 November 1961
Panel: Adam Faith, John Leyton, Rita Tushingham, Leila Williams
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Come Along Please – Bob Wallis (Pye)
Crazy – Patsy Cline (Brunswick)
The Coffee Song – Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
The Door To Paradise – Bobby Rydell (Columbia)
The Savage – Shadows (Columbia)
Summer Day – Kari Lynn (Oriole)
Jubilee – Ken Jones (Parlophone)
Just A Twinkle – David Macbeth (Decca)
Do You Still Love Me – Pierce Rogers (Parlophone)
Spin-A-Disc: Big John, The Door To Paradise (Bobby Rydell), For Me And My Gal (Freddie Cannon)
Daily Express 250462
Michael Wale’s profile of Rita Tushingham: “Immediately after pleasing the intellectuals in A Taste Of Honey, she stunned them by appearing crop-haired on JBJ which has more sheer inanity per minute than anything I’ve ever heard.” -
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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.