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283
Saturday 2 January 1965, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded 26 December 1964)
Panel: Val Doonican, Charlie Drake, Fenella Fielding, Twinkle
Producer: Stewart Morris
Records played:
What In The World’s Come Over You – Rockin’ Berries (Piccadilly) HIT
Come Tomorrow – Manfred Mann (HMV) HIT
The Heart That You Break – Gitte (Columbia) MISS
Goodbye Charlie – Pat Boone (Dot) MISS
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Righteous Brothers (London) MISS (60 seconds)
If You Love Him – Joanie Sommers (Warner) HIT
Dear Heart – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
Round And Round – Dickie Rock (Pye) HIT Written by Peter Lee Stirling
The Promised Land – Chuck Berry (Pye International) HIT (58 seconds)
Neville Wortman: “The panel only heard what was played on the programme. We only played a minute of a record but if a record was rather unusual, we might choose something other than the beginning. The Righteous Brothers’ You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ would be an example of that. You want to give the panel a real flavour of what the music is all about. It’s like being a good publisher – they can tell from the first few lines of an unsolicited manuscript if it is something they want.”
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248
Saturday 2 May 1964, 5.55-6.30pm
Panel: Maureen Cleave, Freddie Garrity, Dick Haymes, Barbara Windsor
P J Proby, mystery guest
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Brazilian Shake – Tom Springfield Combo (Philips) MISS 3-1
You Might As Well Forget Him – Tommy Quickly (Piccadilly) HIT 3-2
Hold Me – P J Proby (Decca) HIT
Skin – Allan Sherman (Warner) MISS 3-2
We Will Make Love (Remake) – Russ Hamilton (Ember) MISS 3-1
One And One Is Two – Mike Shannon and the Strangers (Philips) MISS 3-1
No Particular Place To Go – Chuck Berry HIT 4-0
Someone, Someone – Brian Poole and the Tremeloes HIT 4-0
You Are Here – Carvelles (Fontana) MISS 3-1
P J Proby: “When Hold Me came out, I was sure it was going to be a Miss on JBJ because Dick Haymes was on the panel. I’d done a rock version of his beautiful ballad and when I shook hands with him, I said, ‘I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry.’ I told him afterwards, ‘I can sing ballads, you just haven’t heard me yet.’ He said, ‘I was in the era of crooners and we had to sing like that. You’re with the Beatles now and you’ve done a great job.’ I thought, ‘If the Beatles accept me, if Dick Haymes accepts me, I’ll stick around.”
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263
Saturday 15 August 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Max Bacon, Caroline Charles, Maureen Cleave, Laurence Harvey
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
Twelve Steps To Love – Brian Poole & the Tremeloes (Decca) HIT
Kelly – Wayne Gibson (Pye) MISS
You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry (Pye International) HIT
Promise You’ll Tell Her – Swinging Blue Jeans (HMV) HIT
It’s Gotta Be – Ray Singer (Ember) MISS
Who Can I Turn To – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) MISS
I’ll Give You Loving – One & One (Decca) MISS