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Saturday 16 March 1963
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Angela Douglas, David Gell, Sid James
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Punish Her – Mike Preston (Decca) HIT
Walk Like A Man – Four Seasons (Stateside) HIT
Tomorrow Is Another Day – Maureen Evans (Oriole) MISS
Cigarettes And Coffee Blues – Marty Robbins (Fontana) HIT
Them Terrible Boots – Orlons (Cameo Parkway) HIT
Follow The Boys – Connie Francis (MGM) MISS
Misery – Kenny Lynch (HMV) HIT
Say I Won’t Be There – Springfields (Philips) MISS
Can You Forgive Me – Karl Denver (Decca) MISS
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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 30 March 1963
Panel: Jimmy Henney, Hattie Jacques, Eric Sykes, Margaret Whiting
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Call Me B’wana – Bob Hope (United Artists) MISS
The Boy I Used To Know – Jan Burnette (Oriole) MISS
Nobody’s Darlin’ But Mine – Frank Ifield (Columbia) HIT
Keep On Dancing – Brian Poole & the Tremeloes (Decca) HIT
It Looks Like They’re In Love – Cleo Laine (Fontana) HIT
Manana Pasado Manana – Acker Bilk (Columbia) HIT
My Love – Christine Campbell (Parlophone) MISS
On Broadway – Drifters (London) HIT
My Little Baby – Mike Berry (HMV) MISS
Margaret Whiting had million seller with Billy Reid’s Tree In The Meadow
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Saturday 13 April 1963
Panel: Arthur Askey, Steve Race, Sabrina, June Thorburn
From what I recall, Sabrina didn’t say a word.
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
It’s A Pity To Say Goodnight – Donna Douglas (Pye) HIT
Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad About My Baby – The Cookies (London) MISS
More – Danny Williams (HMV) HIT
Scarlett O’Hara – Jet Harris & Tony Meehan (Decca) MISS
Here I Stand – The Ripchords (CBS) MISS
Young Lovers – Paul & Paula (Philips) MISS
Watermelon Man – Mongo Santamaria (Riverside) HIT
Some Other Guy – Big Three (Decca) MISS
Night Cry – Bert Weedon (HMV) HIT
According to Mark Lewisohn, From Me To You was played.
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Saturday 20 April 1963
Panel: Alan Dell, Louise Dunn, Harry Fowler, Julia Lockwood
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
The Girl I Love – Matt Monro (Parlophone) HIT
What Are Boys Made Of – The Percells (HMV) HIT
There’s No Such Thing As Love – Anthony Newley (Decca) HIT
Like Lazy – Barry Alldis (Decca) MISS
Two Kinds Of Teardrops – Del Shannon (London) MISS
Woe Is Me – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
Call Me Irresponsible – Frank Sinatra (Reprise) HIT
Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love – Tommy Bruce (Columbia) HIT
She’s New To You – Susan Maughan (Philips) MISS
Gone With The Wind – Duprees (London) MISS
There Are 8,000,000 Cossack Melodies And This Is One Of Them – Group X (Fontana) HIT
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Saturday 11 May 1963
Panel: Carole Carr, Angela Douglas, Del Shannon, Johnny Tillotson
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Run Run Senorita – Wanderers (United Artists) HIT
Make Up Your Mind – Buddy Greco (Columbia) HIT
When Will You Say I Love You – Billy Fury (Decca) HIT
What’s All That About – Zephyrs (Decca) MISS
Let’s Go Steady Again – Neil Sedaka (RCA) MISS
Take These Chains From My Heart – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
The Bird On The Second Floor – Bernard Cribbins (Parlophone) HIT
So Little Time – Andy Williams (CBS) HIT
Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart – Furys (Stateside) MISS
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Saturday 18 May 1963
Panel: Jacqui Chan, Polly Elwes, Don Moss +1
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Lovers Lane – Pat Boone (London) HIT
I Like It – Gerry & the Pacemakers (Columbia) HIT
Melancholy Me – Jackie Trent (Piccadilly) MISS
Ice Cream Man – Tornados (Decca) HIT
Forget Him – Bobby Rydell (Cameo-Parkway) MISS
He’s The One – Billie Davis (Decca) HIT
Just Before Dawn – Ned Miller (London) MISS
Early Night – Kiki Dee (Fontana) HIT
Don’t Make My Baby Blue – Frankie Laine (CBS) HIT
IF You Wanna Be Happy – Jimmy Soul (Stateside) HIT
Vini Vini – Chris Barber’s Jazz Band (Columbia) MISS
Every panellist on Saturday’s Juke Box Jury voted current Bobby Rydell release a miss – but it was already in the NME hit parade! NME, 24 May 1963 – single Forget Him. Was this a recorded show?
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Saturday 25 May 1963
Panel: Eva Bartok, Sam Costa, Jimmy Henney, Nancy SpainProducer: Neville Wortman
Records played:Faraway Places – Bachelors (Decca) HIT
Don’t Try To Fight It Baby – Eydie Gorme (CBS) MISS
You Can Never Stop Me Loving You – Kenny Lynch (HMV) HIT
Hoe Down – Johnny Dankworth (Fontana) MISS
Falling – Roy Orbison (London) HIT
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore (Mercury) MISS
Why Do We Have To Wait So Long – Adam Wade (Columbia) HIT
That’s How Heartaches Are Made – Julie Grant (Pye) MISS
On The Scene – Les Reed (Pye) HIT
Don’t Try To Change Me – Crickets (Liberty) HIT
Soulville – Dinah Washington (Columbia) HIT
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Saturday 1 June 1963
Panel: Tony Meehan, Barbara Murray, Pete Murray, Annie Ross
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Around And Around – Lonnie Jay & the Jaynes (Stateside) MISS
Danke Schoen – Craig Douglas (Decca) MISS
Gravy Waltz – Millicent Martin (Parlophone) MISS
Riviera Cafe – Lance Percival (Parlophone) HIT
Atlantis – Shadows (Columbia) HIT
Tomorrow Night – Eden Kane (Fontana) MISS
See If She Cares – Faron’s Flamingos (Oriole) HIT
Sally – Tubby Hayes Quartet (Fontana) MISS
Blue On Blue – Bobby Vinton (Columbia) MISS
Da Doo Ron Ron – Crystals (London) HIT
(I Love You) Don’t You Forget It – Perry Como (RCA) MISS
Love Is A Ball – Billy Eckstine & Damita Jo (Mercury) MISS
It’s Been Nice – Everly Brothers (Warner) HIT
Keith Fordyce said on Lucky Stars last Saturday that Craig Douglas, Mark Wynter and Jimmy Justice were better singers than Rick Nelson.
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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 15 June 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Juliette Greco, Jean Metcalfe, Peter Sellers, Maurice Woodruff
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Little Latin Lupe Lu – Righteous Brothers (London) HIT
Smile – Sammy Davis Jr (Reprise) HIT
Ain’t Gonna Kiss Ya – Simone Jackson (Pye) HIT
Sukiyaki – Kyu Sakamoto (HMV) HIT
Kiss And Run – Tommy Roe (HMV) HIT
Moonlight Tango – Acker Bilk (Columbia) HIT
Nature’s Time For Love – Joe Brown (Pye) HIT
The Good Life – Tony Bennett (CBS) HIT
This Empty Place – Dionne Warwick (Stateside) HIT
The Wild Wind – Danny Williams (HMV) MISS
Cry Baby – Mal Ryder (Decca) MISS
A Beggar In Love – Clinton Ford (Columbia) MISS
9 straight hits!
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Saturday 22 June 1963, 6.35-7pm
Panel: Jane Asher, Sandy Baron, Alan Dell, Dorothy Peterson
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Walkin’ Tall – Adam Faith (Parlophone) HIT
Little Miss Fool – Marcie Blane (Decca) MISS
Confessin’ – Frank Ifield (Columbia) HIT
There’s A Place – Kestrels (Piccadilly) HIT
Valentino – Petula Clark (Pye) MISS
I Know A Man – Rolf Harris (Columbia) HIT
Every Step Of The Way – Johnny Mathis (CBS) HIT
I’ll Cut Your Tail Off – John Leyton (HMV) HIT
I Really Don’t Want To Know – Little Esther Phillips (Ember) HIT
Rip Van Winkle – Steve Race (Parlophone) MISS
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Saturday 20 July 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Keith Fordyce, France Nuyen, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Yes I Do – Pete Maclaine & the Clan (Decca) MISS
You Don’t Have To Be A Baby To Cry – Caravelles (Decca) MISS
Rock Me In The Cradle Of Love – Dee Dee Sharp (Cameo-Parkway) HIT
Taxi – Harry Robinson Crew (Decca) MISS
In Summer – Billy Fury (Decca) HIT
All I Want To Do Is Run – Elektras (United Artists) MISS
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Count Basie (Reprise) MISS
After You’ve Gone – Alice Babs (Fontana) MISS
Don’t Blow Us Up – Clay Morton (Decca) MISS
Green Green – New Christy Minstrels (CBS) MISS
Pete Maclaine: “I wrote Yes I Do in a Merseybeat style and it was voted a Miss largely because Kenneth Williams didn’t like it. Keith Fordyce thought it was okay. We knew it was going to be on and we were working in Prestatyn that night. We ran round the corner and knocked on the first house, explained who we were and that our record was going to be played. They asked us what it was called and they told us that it had already been on and had been voted a Miss, so we went to the pub.”
250763 Record Retailer
Two Philips salesmen and Don Moss did a Juke Box Jury at Catford School. They voted The Verdict Is Guilty by Susan Maughan a hit (of course). -
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Saturday 27 July 1963, 6.35-7pm
Panel: Carole Deene, David Gell, Nancy Spain, Paul Wallace
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Angie – Gregory Phillips (Pye) HIT
Valentina – Spotnicks (Oriole) MISS
My True Confession – Brook Benton (Mercury) HIT
Like The Big Guys Do – Harry H Corbett (Pye) HIT
The Verdict Is Guilty – Susan Maughan (Philips) HIT
Bad To Me – Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas (Parlophone) HIT
The Song Of Rome – Van Doren (Decca) MISS
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Saturday 3 August 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Angela Douglas, Jimmy Henney, Janette Scott, Jimmy Young
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Sally – Rockin’ Henri & the Hayseeds (Decca) MISS
It’s Time We Parted – Bobby Rydell (Cameo-Parkway) MISS
Just Tell Him Jane Said Hello – Gerri Granger (London) MISS
Don Diddley – Bobby Rio (Stateside) HIT
I’m Tellin You Now – Freddie & the Dreamers (Columbia) HIT
Come Blow Your Horn – Frank Sinatra (Reprise) MISS
Still – Karl Denver (Decca) HIT
Ooh I Can’t – Jan & Kelly (Philips) HIT
Mama Don’t Allow – Rooftop Singers (Fontana) HIT
I Know – Beryl Marsden (Decca) MISS
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Saturday 10 August 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Carole Carr, Ted King, Barbara Windsor, Graham Hill
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
I Won’t Miss You – Dev Douglas (Parlophone) MISS
I Want To Stay Here – Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme (CBS) HIT
Accidents Will Happen – Patsy Ann Noble (Columbia) HIT
It’s All In The Game – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
When The Saints Go Marching In – Pinky & Perky (Columbia) MISS
Let Me Tell You – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Whispering – Bachelors (Decca) HIT
Running To You – Mark Wynter (Pye) HIT
Whisper Wonderful Words – Christine Quaife (Oriole) MISS
I Do – Chris Ravel & The Ravers (Decca) MISS
Steptoe And Son – Joe Loss & his Orchestra (HMV) HIT
Mark was behind the screen
Chubby Checker might be the other panel member.
Cliff Richard was in the 100th edition of Thank Your Lucky Stars.
Disc-jockey David Jacobs a little disappointed with Beatles’ new single.
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Saturday 17 August 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Pat Boone, Polly Elwes, Carol Ann Ford, Vic Lewis
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Martian Hop – Ran-Dells (London) HIT
Two Silhouettes – Del Shannon (London) MISS
Don’t Do Me Any Favours – Rose Brennan (Philips) MISS
Your Baby’s Gone Surfin’ – Duane Eddy (RCA) HIT
Searchin’ – Hollies (Parlophone) MISS (all four)
It’s Over – Mike Stephen (Decca) HIT
Look At Him – Connie Francis (MGM) MISS
A Little Like Lovin’ – Cascades (RCA) HIT
I’m Wondering – Statesmen (Decca) MISS
My Baby Loves To Dance – Chris Montez (London) HIT
Dum Dum Dee Dum – Johnny Cymbal (London) HIT
Drownin’ My Sorrows was Connie Francis A-side in US.
Norman Jopling wrote a piece about the Hollies, A Hit Despite JBJ, for Record Mirror
Pat Boone urged fans to buy the original by the Coasters. (He should talk!)On Lucky Stars, Chubby Checker twisted up a storm.
NME, 23 August 1963Around this time, there was a summer series on Grampian, Dad, You’re A Square
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Saturday 24 August 1963, 6.35-7pm
Panel: Tom Courtenay, Little Peggy March, Peter Noble, Joan Turner
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
The Dreamer – Neil Sedaka (RCA) HIT
Judy’s Turn To Cry – Lesley Gore (Mercury) HIT
She Loves You – The Beatles (Parlophone) HIT
A Doodlin’ Song – Peggy Lee (Capitol) MISS
You Must Be Jokin’ – Wee Willie Harris (HMV) HIT
Wait ’Til My Bobby Gets Home – Darlene Love (London) MISS
Frankie And Johnny – Sam Cooke (RCA) HIT
Summertime, Summertime – The Fortunes (Decca) MISS
The +1 is almost certainly Joan Turner. Hilarious but turned the programme into The Joan Turner Show Rest of panel not amused. She was doing a DJ show for the Light Programme.
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Saturday 31 August 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Terence Edmond, Jean Metcalfe, Don Moss, Polly Perkins
Photo of Polly Perkins in RT!
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
You’re Gonna Need My Loving – Jimmy Justice (Pye) HIT
Wishing – Buddy Holly (Coral) HIT
It Hurts To Be Sixteen – Andrea Carroll (London) MISS
No One – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
A Day Without You – Danny Williams (HMV) MISS
Applejack – Jet Harris & Tony Meehan (Decca) HIT
Hey There Lonely Boy – Ruby & the Romantics (London) HIT
I’m So Glad I Found Her – Craig Douglas (Decca) HIT
Humdrum Blues – Elaine Delmar (Columbia) MISS
The Kind Of Boy You Can’t Forget – Raindrops (London) HIT
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Saturday 7 September 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Jane Asher, Alan Freeman, Tommy Roe, Shirley Anne Field
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Please Don’t Stop – Mike Sarne (Parlophone) HIT
Then He Kissed Me – Crystals (London) HIT
Secondhand – Wilfrid Brambell (Parlophone) MISS
Do You Love Me – Brian Poole & the Tremeloes (Decca) HIT
Nine Out Of Ten Girls – Kaye Sisters (Philips) MISS
Yakka Hula Hickey Dula – Dutch Swing College Band (Philips) MISS
Sally Ann – Joe Brown (Piccadilly) HIT
Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee – Osmond Brothers (MGM) MISS
Everybody Monkey – Freddie Cannon (Stateside) HIT
Love Me With All Your Heart – Kestrels (Pye) MISS
Memphis Tennesssee – Dave Berry & the Cruisers (Decca) MISS
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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 28 September 1963, 6.05-6.35pm
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Jess Conrad, Peter Murray, Barbara Windsor
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Heartaches On The Way – Terry Stafford (Stateside) MISS
Be My Baby – Grazina (Frame) (HMV) MISS
Dragonfly – Tornados (Decca) HIT
Yesterday’s Gone – Chad & Jeremy (Ember) HIT
Miss You – Jimmy Young (Columbia) HIT
Love Of The Loved – Cilla Black (Parlophone) HIT
I’ll Take You Home – Drifters (London) HIT
Magic Carpet – Dakotas (Parlophone) MISS
My Resistance Is Low – Buddy Britten & the Regents (Oriole) MISS
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Saturday 16 November 1963, 6.05-6.35pm
Panel: Jane Asher, Linda Christian, Alan Dell, Edmund Purdom
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Glad All Over – Dave Clark Five (Columbia) HIT
Kansas City – Trini Lopez (Reprise) MISS
I’m In Love – Fourmost (Parlophone) HIT
Don’t Wait Too Long – Tony Bennett (CBS) MISS
Guitar’d And Feather’d – Duane Eddy (RCA) HIT
I Can Dance – Brian Poole & the Tremeloes (Decca) HIT
Talk Back Trembling Lips – Johnny Tillotson (MGM) HIT
All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle – Dora Bryan (Fontana) HIT
Money – Bern Elliott & The Fenmen (Decca) HIT
If Edmund Purdom hasn’t heard of Tony Bennett, why appear on Juke Box Jury?
Alley Cat, 22 November 1963
Dee Dee Sharp not able to appear and replaced by Jane Asher at last minute
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Saturday 14 December 1963
Panel: Neal Arden, Catherine Boyle, Freddie Garrity, Gay Emma
Producer: Neville Wortman (3-6)
Records played:
Dance With Me – Kestrels (Piccadilly) HIT
The Shelter Of Your Arms – Sammy Davis Jr (Reprise) MISS
Your Turn To Cry – Bruisers (Parlophone) MISS
Let Us Make Our Own Mistakes – Brian Hyland (HMV) MISS
Beatle Crazy – Bill Clifton (Decca) HIT
March Of The Victors – Ted Heath & his Orchestra (Decca) MISS
Via Veneto – Dean Martin (Reprise) MISS
Hello Love – Julie Grant (Pye) HIT
I Wish You A Merry Christmas – Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva (Colpix) MISS
Beatle Crazy (Record Retailer, 191263) – “A Yank’s view of the Beatle mania (sic). Amusing, well-performed and off-beat enough to stake a high placing, chart-wise.”
Juke Box Jury originator Peter Potter wants to replace David Jacobs for one show.
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Saturday 6 January 1962
Panel: Sam Costa, Alan Freeman, Sandu Scott, Nancy Spain
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
He’s Old Enough To Know Better – Crickets (London)
Small Sad Sam – Phil McLean (Top Rank)
D-Darling – Anthony Newley (Decca)
Happy Jose – Dave Appell (Columbia)
Jeannie – Danny Williams (HMV)
Forget Me Not – Eden Kane (Decca)
Crying In The Rain – Everly Brothers (Warner)
Especially For The Young – Perry Como (RCA)
Spin-A-Disc with Brook Denning: Happy Jose (Dave Appell), You’re Following Me (Breedlove), Revenge (Benton)
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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 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 3 March 1962
Panel: Buddy Greco, June Thorburn, Bobby Vee, Shani Wallis
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
A Diabolical Twist – Max Bygraves (Decca) HIT
Lone Rider – John Leyton (HMV) MISS
When The Lights Go Out – Bobby Breen (Fontana) MISS
A Lady Loves – Eartha Kitt (MGM) MISS
One More Time – Danny Peppermint (London) MISS
The Turk – Judd Proctor (Parlophone) MISS
She’s Got You – Alma Cogan (Columbia) HIT
You Never Talked About Me – Del Shannon (London) HIT
Hey! Baby – Bruce Channel (Mercury) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: You Never Talked About Me – Del Shannon (London), She’s Got You (Cline), Lucky Star (Vincent)
Bobby Vee: “I only did Juke Box Jury two or three times. It was an upbeat show and people were generally positive about the records. We never heard the records first and I enjoyed it. I was 20 and I felt I knew everything so it was no trouble.”
Peter Prichard for The Grade Organisation 010362
Saturday matinee for Scapa are at 5.30 but “the management have said that they would release Pete from a matinee if he could do JBJ wearing the naval uniform he appears in Scapa.”
File note: “I think the idea of Pete in his uniform (though a good idea) is going just a little too far. As you know the present arrangement is that David gives the credit plug himself during the introduction of the panellists and this is obviously a much stronger plug than the normal voice ‘off’ at the end of a programme but further than that I don’t think we could go.” -
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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 14 April 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Robert Farnon, Sid James, Miriam Karlin
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Baby Doll Twist – Susan Maughan (Philips) MISS
Caterina – Perry Como (RCA) MISS
Lover Please – Vernons Girls (Decca) HIT
Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You – Connie Francis (MGM) MISS
Striped Purple Shirt – Alan Klein (Oriole) MISS
Big Man In A Big House – Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury) MISS
Ave Maria – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) MISS
Theme From Ben Casey – Ted Heath (Decca) MISS
Mashed Potato Time – Dee Dee Sharp (Columbia) MISS
Spin-A-Disc with Jimmy Henney: Big Man In A Big House, Caterina (Como), Sgts 3 March (Caiola)
Big mistake having Miriam Karlin on the same Juke Box Jury panel as Sidney James.
Alley Cat, 13 April 1962Jean Owen (later Samantha Jones) of the Vernons: “JBJ was my very first television show and it was Lover Please that they were listening to and we just had to sit there smiling. Carole Carr who was a singer was on the panel and Gilbert Harding too. They put us behind a panel so the actual panel didn’t know that we were there. We thought it might be a Miss but it was a Hit. I had had visions of Gilbert Harding saying dreadful things about it but he was fine. It was genuine, we came in late and they definitely didn’t know we were there.”
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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 5 May 1962
Panel: Dora Bryan, John Leyton, Pete Murray, Rosemary Squires
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Run Romance Run – Bruce Channel (Mercury) MISS
St Louis Blues – Glen Mason MISS
I’m Lookin’ Out The Window – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
The Lady Wants To Twist – Steve Lawrence (CBS) MISS
I Don’t Know Why – Eden Kane (Decca) HIT
Unsquare Dance – Dave Brubeck Quartet (CBS) MISS
Good Luck Charm – Elvis Presley (RCA) HIT
Swingin’ In The Rain – Norman Vaughan (Pye) HIT
Whistlin’ For The Moon – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Spin-A-Disc (SAD): Hide Nor Hair, Good Luck Charm –Run Romance Run (Channel)
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Saturday 12 May 1962
Panel: Jean Metcalfe, Harry Rabinowitz, Leila Williams, Harry Fowler
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Hide Nor Hair – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
Besame Mucho – Jet Harris (Decca) HIT
How Can I Meet Her – Everly Brothers (Warner) HIT
The Right Thing To Say – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol) MISS
Deep In The Heart Of Texas – Duane Eddy (RCA) HIT
Concerto For Dreamers – Russ Conway (Columbia) HIT
Crazy Twist – Jack Hammer (Oriole) MISS
The Green Leaves Of Summer – Kenny Ball (Pye) HIT
Big Big Baby – Doug Sheldon (Decca) MISS
C’est Si Bon – Dean Martin (Capitol) MISS
Spin-A-Disc: Born To Cry, C’Est Si Bon (Dean Martin), How Can I Meet Her
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Saturday 19 May 1962
Panel: Jane Asher, Sean Connery, Janet Munro, Steve Race
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Born To Cry – Dion (HMV) HIT
I Love Her Still – Mark Wynter (Decca) MISS
Rag Trade Rag – Gordon Franks (Parlophone) HIT
It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’ – Johnny Tillotson (London) MISS
The Stripper – David Rose (MGM) MISS
Far Away – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) HIT
You Do Something to Me – Errol Garner (Philips) HIT
Ain’t That Funny – Jimmy Justice (Pye) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: Deep In The Heart, It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’, Soldier Boy
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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 2 June 1962
Panel: Alan Dell, Helen Shapiro, Terry-Thomas, June Thorburn
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Number One Man – Bruce Channel (Mercury) MISS
Highland Wedding – Johnny Keating and his Orchestra (Piccadilly) HIT
The Crowd – Roy Orbison (London) MISS
I’m Just A Baby – Louise Cordet (Decca) MISS
I Wish That We Were Married – Ronnie and the Hilites (Pye) MISS
Everybody’s Gotta Ya-Ya – Viscounts (Pye) HIT
Theme From The Inspector – Ferrante & Teicher (HMV) MISS
Yes My Darling Daughter – Eydie Gorme (CBS) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: Drummin’ Up A Storm, Dr Kildare (Chamberlain, Conscience
RT note “Applications for tickets for this show cannot be entertained until further notice.”
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Saturday 9 June 1962
Panel: Dora Bryan, David Rose, Anne Shelton, Alan Freeman
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Let’s All Swing Like The Birdies Swing – Buddy Greco (Columbia) HIT
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles (HMV) MISS
Conscience – James Darren (Pye) MISS
Hit Record – Tommy Steele (Decca) HIT
A Steel Guitar And A Glass Of Wine – Paul Anka (RCA) MISS
Theme From Dr Kildare – Richard Chamberlain (MGM) HIT
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Saturday 23 June 1962
Panel: Arthur Askey, Bill Crozier, Jean Metcalfe, Juliet Mills
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Show Me The Way To Go Home – Frank D’Rone (Mercury) HIT
Tears – Danny Williams (HMV) HIT
Having A Party – Sam Cooke (RCA) MISS
I Bent My Assagai – Charlie Drake (Parlophone) HIT
April In Paris – Mr Pollard (Piccadilly) MISS
Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way – Georgia Brown (Decca) MISS
Cindy’s Birthday – Johnny Crawford (Pye) MISS
Spin-A-Disc: Palisades, Steel Men (Dean), Show Me (D’Rone)
RT billing:
Neither cat nor square, Arthur Askey’s standpoint with regards to the pops is probably best described as commonsensical and, of course, humorous. Also on the panel are Jean Metcalfe and Bill Crozier, two experts on discs who are usually at opposing ends of the Family Favourites link.
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Saturday 7 July 1962
Panel: Jane Asher, Roy Castle, Rosemary Clooney, Ted King
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Wicked Woman – Don Lang (Decca) MISS
Little Miss Lonely – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
Laughin’ The Blues – Sheb Wooley (MGM) HIT
But Not For Me – Ketty Lester (London) HIT
Doesn’t Anybody Make Short Movies Anymore – Col James (Oriole) HIT
In A Persian Market – George Chisholm (Philips) HIT
Sweet And Lovely – Allisons (Fontana) MISS
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Neil Sedaka (RCA) HIT
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Saturday 14 July 1962
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Jack Jackson, Godfrey Winn, Maureen Cleave
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
I’m Moving On – Beryl Bryden (Columbia) MISS
Little Bitty Pretty One – Clyde McPhatter (Mercury) HIT
Once Upon A Dream – Billy Fury (Decca) HIT
That Noise – Anthony Newley (Decca) HIT
Where Are You – Dinah Washington (Columbia) MISS
Things – Bobby Darin (London) HIT
Football Results – Michael Bentine (Parlophone) MISS
Gotta See Baby Tonight – Acker Bilk (Columbia) HIT
Not Never Not Now – Suzy Cope (HMV) MISS
Chills – Tony Orlando (Columbia) MISS
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Saturday 21 July 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Alan Freeman, Sheila Hancock, Gary Miller
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Vacation – Connie Francis (MGM) HIT
Under The Bamboo Tree – Clinton Ford (Oriole) MISS
’S Wonderful – Ray Conniff (CBS) MISS
I’ll Always Be In Love With You – Ella Fitzgerald (HMV) MISS
How Many Nights – Alan Fielding (Decca) MISS
Outbreak Of Murder – Gordon Franks (Parlophone) HIT
Johnny Summertime – Susan Singer (Oriole) MISS
Fortune Teller – Bobby Curtola (London) HIT
Welcome Home Baby – Brook Brothers (Pye) HIT
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I watch with amusement when the jurors are obviously wrestling with their own consciences but are anxious to put in a good word for an indifferent piece.
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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 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 29 September 1962
Panel: Liz Fraser, Stan Stennett, Tony Withers, Dawn Addams
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
The Longest Day – Mitch Miller (CBS) MISS
Ever Since You Said Goodbye – Marty Wilde (Philips) HIT
Moonglow – Sarah Vaughan (Columbia) MISS
Junk Shop – Harry H Corbett (Pye) HIT
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow – Johnny Crawford (London) MISS
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow – Christine Quaife (Oriole) HIT
Lover – Johnny De Little (Columbia) HIT
A Wonderful Dream – Majors (London) MISS
Pretty Jenny – Jess Conrad (Decca) HIT
Letter from Beatrice Chalmers, Falkirk in Record Retailer: “Through your columns, may I, a record assistant, appeal to David Jacobs to put Juke Box Jury on a little later on Saturday evenings. You see, throughout the week, we are asked for records by the buying public but every often the only clue is ‘Three of them voted it a miss’ or some actress thought it was ‘smashing’ or it has ‘girl’ or ‘moon’ or ‘twist’ in the title. We want to to hear the programmes too but we do work for our wages and the boss pays us to serve customers until 6pm eery Saturday.” (041062)
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Saturday 6 October 1962, 6-6.30pm
Panel: Petula Clark, Hattie Jacques, Pete Murray, Eric Sykes
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Nicola – King Brothers (Parlophone) MISS
He Got What He Wanted – Little Richard (Mercury) HIT
Tender Is The Night – Gogi Grant (Ember) MISS
Madam Moscovitch – Clinton Ford (Oriole) MISS
Keep Away From Other Girls – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
Swing Low – Floyd Cramer (RCA) HIT
Oh Lonesome Me – Craig Douglas (Decca) HIT
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Saturday 13 October 1962
Panel: Angela Huth, Don Moss, Sid James, Ketty Lester
Angela Huth was a critic
Producer: Neville Wortman
Lovesick Blues – Frank Ifield (Columbia) HIT
Sweet Enough – Louise Cordet (Decca) MISS
Nothing Can Change This Love – Sam Cooke (RCA) HIT
Must Be Madison – Joe Loss (HMV) MISS
Gina – Johnny Mathis (CBS) HIT
Because Of Love – Billy Fury (Decca) MISS
Goodbye Joe – Alma Cogan (Columbia) MISS
No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile – Everly Brothers (Warner) HIT
Little Black Book – Jimmy Dean (CBS) HIT
Lonely Johnny – John Leyton (HMV) MISS
Cracked Eric Sykes on Juke Box Jury, “I saw Helen Shapiro on the Adam Faith TV show – with the sound turned off.”
Alley Cat, 12 October 1962PFTP 181062
Eager though I am to watch JBJ, it would make a change to have an all-teenage panel once in a while, not necessarily consisting of stars.
Many female panel members seem to be in a perpetual daze, unable to make any pertinent comment. Why not come down to earth?
It must be remembered that it is teenage opinion which makes or breaks these songs.
Peter Bundock, Boothville, NorthamptonNew Billy Fury, Louise Cordet and John Leyton releases voted misses on Juke Box Jury.
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Saturday 20 October 1962
Panel: Claire Bloom, Beryl Reid, Jimmy Young, Jess Conrad
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
The Things We Did Last Summer – Shelley Fabares (Pye) MISS
Love Me Tender – Richard Chamberlain (MGM) HIT
Playin’ Games – Connie Francis (MGM) HIT
I Left My Heart In San Francisco – Tony Bennett (CBS) HIT
Hully Gully Baby – Dovells (Cameo-Parkway) MISS
It’s My Way – Don Charles (Decca) MISS
When The Boys Get Together – Joannie Sommers (Warner) MISS
Warmed Over Kisses – Brian Hyland (HMV) HIT
Stories – Peppi (Decca) HIT
Connie Francis recorded Playin’ Games in 1956. B-side of I Was Such A Fool.
DJ presenting Wednesday Magazine on TV from 1.30 to 2pm
On Friday 26 October 1962, there was a Juke Box Jury evening at the Cheshunt Boys Club organised by Marsden’s Record Store. The guests were Johnnie Carson, Louise Cordet, Don Charles and Patti Lynn.
The panel was Norman Long (Ember), Mike Hitches (Pye), Joe Betteridge (Lugton’s) and Ron Lockyer (Southern Music).
The MC was Ray Orchard.
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Saturday 3 November 1962
Panel: Sam Costa, Pete Murray, June Thorburn +1
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Thief In The Night – Johnny Towers (Philips) MISS
I’m Gonna Change Everything – Jim Reeves (RCA) MISS
Slightly Out Of Tune – Mavis Rivers (Reprise) MISS
(Dance With The) Guitar Man – Duane Eddy (RCA) HIT
A Touch Of The OBJ’s – Bruce Forsyth (Pye) HIT
Tell Me Telstar – Patti Lynn (Fontana) MISS
Hail To The Conquering Hero – James Darren (Pye) MISS
Big Man – Kathy Kirby (Decca) MISS
That Stranger – Viscounts (Pye) HIT
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Saturday 10 November 1962
Panel: Jane Asher, George Hamilton, Stubby Kaye, Catherine Boyle
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
The Road – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Small World – Johnny Mathis (CBS) HIT
Sounds Like Locomotion – Sounds Inc (Decca) MISS
White Wedding – Sheila Southern (HMV) MISS
Eso Beso – Paul Anka (RCA) HIT
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – Anita Ray (MGM) HIT
Next Door To An Angel – Neil Sedaka (RCA) HIT
Pop Pop Pop-Pie – Sherrys (London) HIT
Believe I’m No Fool – Cloda Rogers (Decca) HIT
Cloda Rogers, 15 years old
Producer Neville Wortman: “Jane Asher was used a lot as she was so intelligent and bright and sparkling. She was so well in with the scene too. Lovely person.”
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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.”
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Saturday 22 December 1962
Panel: Alma Cogan, Sheila Hancock, David Tomlinson, Jack Jackson
Sheila Hancock appearing in Rattle Of A Simple Man at Garrick
David Tomlinson still appearing in Boeing-Boeing
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
He Thinks I Still Care – Jaye P Morgan (MGM) HIT
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window – Baby Jane & the Rockabyes (United Artists) HIT
If This Should Be A Dream – Christine Campbell (Parlophone) MISS
Theme From The Dick Powell Show – Tony Hatch (Pye) HIT
White Christmas – Nina & Frederick (Columbia) HIT
Gospel Theme – Ted Heath ((Decca) HIT
Charmaine – Bachelors (Decca) MISS
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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
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Saturday 10 June 1961
Panel: Sonya Cordeau, Robert Morley, Cliff Richard, Anthea Askey (All making The Young Ones)
Records played:
Temptation – Everly Brothers (Warner)
Bee-Bom – Anthony Newley (Decca)
The Miracle Of You –Danny Williams (HMV)
The Man Who Invented Beer – Steve Benbow (Parlophone)
Breakin’ In A Brand New Broken Heart – Connie Francis (MGM)
Pancho – Max Harris (Fontana)
Life’s A Holiday – Frank Ifield (Columbia)
Stand By Me – Ben E King (London)Radio Times profile praises David Jacobs for his “adroit chairmanship”
Jacobs’ background includes being a stable lad, ice skater, junior announcer
He is chairman of the Spastics Charity and TV Personality of the Year
He says, “Never be afraid to admit a mistake. It shows you’re human.” -
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Saturday 24 June 1961
Panel: Shirley Bassey, Jimmy Henney, Jack Jackson, George Hamilton IV
Records played:
Near You – Robb Storme (Decca)
Get With It – Sandy Nelson (London)
Nature Boy – Bobby Darin (London)
Romeo – Petula Clark (Pye)
Baby Sittin’ – Bobby Angelo & the Tuxedos (HMV)
Three Swinging Chicks – Don Fox (Oriole)
You Got What I Like – Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers (Parlophone)
Many female hearts fluttered at George Hamilton (‘Juke Box Jury’, Saturday)
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Saturday 8 July 1961
Panel: Jack Jackson, Sam Costa, Helen Winston, Diane Aubrey
Helen Winston’s photo in RT
Records played:
With You In Mind – Alma Cogan (Columbia)
Old Smokie – Johnny & the Hurricanes (London)
I’m Comin’ On Back To You – Jackie Wilson (Coral)
You Always Hurt The One You Love – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry (Pye)
Book Of Love – Doug Sheldon (Decca)
Hide And Seek – Marty Wilde (Philips)
It’s All Happening –Mike Preston (Decca)
‘Juke Box Jury’ raved about Alma Cogan’s latest disc and liked Marty Wilde’s new one too. Only EMI disc-jockey Sam Costa didn’t like EMI singer Tommy Bruce’s latest disc.
Alley Cat, 14 July 1961Record Retailer says that panel was divided about Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry but they defy opinions to vote it a hit.
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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 2 September 1961, 6-6.25pm
Panel: Shirley Abicair, Scilla Gabel, Ray Orchard, Eric Sykes
Producer: Bill Cotton Jr
Records played:
Kon-Tiki – Shadows (Columbia)
Together – Connie Francis (MGM)
Get Lost – Eden Kane (Decca) MISS
Don’t Have Any More Mrs Moore – David Kossoff (Oriole)
Hurt – Timi Yuro (London)
Who Put The Bomp – Viscounts (Pye)
A Little Bit Of Soap – Jarmels (TopRank)
Cryin’ – Roy Orbison (London)
Well, I ask you. ‘Juke Box Jury’ voted Eden Kane’s ‘Get Lost’ a miss.
Alley Cat, 8 September 1961Eden Kane: “The record got exposure and that’s what mattered. It didn’t matter whether it was voted a hit or a miss as any publicity was good publicity in those days. The girl in Lady Antebellum was on one of those TV star search programmes and didn’t get through, so what do judges know?”
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Saturday 23 September 1961
Panel: Jane Asher, Janet Munro, Cyril Ornadel +1
Producer: Stewart Morris
Lonely For A Girl – Oliver Reed (Decca) HIT
Mexico – Tony Osborne (HMV)
Big Cold Wind – Pat Boone (London)
Muskrat – Everly Brothers (Warners)
One More Time – Sammy Davis Jr (Reprise)
Winkle Picker Stomp – Earl Guest (Columbia)
When Love Comes To Call – Tony Allen (Philips)
All These Things – Kestrels (Decca)
Sucu Sucu – Ted Heath (Decca)
Rosemary Squires in Aladdin at Weston-super-Mare
Askey paid 30g (file says 16.12.61)
Oliver Reed in hot seatRecord Retailer Top Tip, 28.09.61: Hard Hearted Hannah from the Temperance Seven (“no matter what happened to them at the weekend”)
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“How many viewers spotted TV actor Ian Hendry obviously enjoying himself in the audience of JBJ on 23 September. He appeared to be singing Sucu Sucu and revealing perhaps another talent undiscovered. How about him making a JBJ panellist sometime?”
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Saturday 30 September 1961
Panel: Jack Jackson, Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey +1
Producer: Stewart Morris
Records played:
Sweets For My Sweet – Drifters (London)
My Boomerang Won’t Come Back – Charlie Drake (Parlophone)
You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby – Bobby Darin (London)
Mexicali Rose – Karl Denver Trio (Decca)
The Hunch – The Jags (Decca)
Marriage Go Round – Tony Bennett (Philips)
What A Mess – Allisons (Fontana)
Wild Wind – John Leyton (Top Rank)
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Saturday 7 October 1961
Panel: Anne Aubrey, Carole Carr, Alan Dell +1
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles (HMV)
Don Quijote – Nick Villard (Pye)
Sad Movies – Sue Thompson (Polydor)
Brigitte Bardot – Achilles (Fontana)
When The Girl In Your Arms – Cliff Richard (Columbia)
Let’s Get Together – Hayley Mills (Decca)
Hey Look Me Over – Ronnie Hilton (HMV)
I Understand – G-Clefs (London)
When My Sugar Walks Down The Street – Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
Bluebird – Elaine and Derek (Parlophone)
Spin-A-Disc: Hit The Road Jack (Ray Charles, This Time (Troy Shondell), Come September (Santo & Johnny) (Pye), I’m A Moody Guy (Fenton), Walkin’ Back To Happiness (Shapiro)
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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)
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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 18 November 1961
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Petula Clark, Bunny Lewis +1
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
For Me And My Gal – Freddie Cannon (Top Rank)
Give Us A Kiss For Christmas – Lionel Bart (Decca)
I’ll Get By – Shirley Bassey (Columbia)
Toy Balloons – Russ Conway (Columbia)
My Heart Belongs To Only You – Jackie Wilson (Coral)
Revival – Chris Barber (Columbia)
Christmas Calypso – Tricia Marks (Parlophone)
Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie – Eddie Cochran (London)
Tonight – Ferrante & Teicher (HMV)
Spin-A-Disc: Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie (Cochran), Just Out Of Reach (Burke), What A Party (Domino)
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Saturday 2 December 1961
Panel: Jill Browne, Harry Fowler, Pete Murray, June Thorburn
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
You’ve Got To See Mamma – Kari Lynn (Oriole)
String Of Camels – Johnny Dankworth (Columbia)
Tonight – Ted Heath (Decca)
I’d Never Find Another You – Billy Fury (Decca)
Baby’s First Christmas – Connie Francis (MGM)
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen – Neil Sedaka (RCA)
Love Can Be – Lena Martell (HMV)
Happy Times – Tony Orlando (Fontana)
Spin-A-Disc with Ted King: Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, Baby’s First Christmas, A Thousand Feet Below (Terry Tyler), Let There Be Drums
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This was the first time JBJ had ventured out of the studios.
The BBC was having an At Home week in Portsmouth.
The audience was to include naval ratings, who were bound to be more vociferous than the usual teenage audience.
David Jacobs is ex navy himself, a Chatham rating.
Pete Murray has done 40 JBJs: “We are friends but what we say is sometimes slanderous to each other.”
Jill Browne is a third DJ as she is presenting her own BBC show.
After she was previously on JBJ (Programme 89), she was invited to make a record and it will be out soon.
When June Thorburn wants to slim, she puts on rock’n’roll records and jives away.David Jacobs was exasperated with Harry Fowler on ‘Juke Box Jury’.
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Saturday 16 December 1961
Panel: Charlie Chester, Alan Dell, Sandu Scott, Barbara Shelley
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Peppermint Twist – Joey Dee & the Starliters (Columbia)
Turn Around Look At Me – Glen Campbell (Top Rank)
Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night – Doug Sheldon (Decca)
Make Up – Tom Carney (Polydor)
Multiplication – Bobby Darin (London)
Please Mr Postman – Marvelettes (Fontana)
Lonely Boy – Benny Hill (Pye)
The Language Of Love – John D Loudermilk (RCA)
Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer – Beryl Bryden and Monty Sunshine (Columbia)Spin-A-Disc: Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night (Dino), The Avenger (Duane Eddy), Multiplication
Times editorial, 231261
The be-laurelled ten change at a scampering pace. No number can hope for an annual sovereignty, and the survival of a song depends on a disc in the home, the café and the youth club. The nation has become a Juke Box Jury with one verdict rapidly succeeding another. -
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Saturday 23 December 1961
Panel: Arthur Askey, Catherine Boyle, Rosemary Squires, Jimmy Young
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Kissin’ Twist – Jack Hammer (Oriole)
Tonight – Eddie Fisher (London)
Three Eyed Man – Buddy Knox (London)
Twistin’ The Mood – Joe Loss (HMV)
Hey Little Girl – Jess Conrad (Decca)
I’ve Gotta Stand Tall – Wynona Carr (Reprise)
The Avenger – Duane Eddy (London)
Find Another Fool – Glenda Collins (Decca)
Please Don’t Go – Ral Donner (Parlophone)
Spin-A-Disc: Lonely Christmas (Kerry Adams), Ember: Spanish Twist (Haley) London, London’s Skiffle Party
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Monday 26 December 1961, 11.55am-12.20pm
Panel: Jean Metcalfe, Hayley Mills, Pete Murray, Alan Rothwell
Records played:
Irresistible You – Bobby Darin (London)
Treasure Island – Garry Miles (Decca)
Mrs Mills Medley – Mrs Mills (Parlophone)
The Fool – Johnny Burnette (London)
The Young Ones – Cliff Richard (Columbia)
Mama Darling – Monty Babson (Palette)
Czardas – Nero & the Gladiators (Decca)
I Didn’t Figure On Him To Come Back – Trevor Peacock (Decca)
Maria – Roger Williams (London)
Spanish Twist – Bill Haley (London) MISS -
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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.