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Saturday 8 February 1964, 5.40-6.05
Panel: Alan Freeman, Allan Sherman, Vivienne Taylor, Elke Sommer
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Bits and Pieces – Dave Clark Five (Columbia) HIT
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ – Louise Cordet (Decca) MISS
You Were There – Heinz (Decca) HIT
Let Me Go Lover – Kathy Kirby (Decca) HIT
I Wonder – Crystals (Decca) MISS
Over You – Freddie & the Dreamers (Columbia) HIT
Stay Awhile – Dusty Springfield (Philips) HIT -
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Saturday 4 July 1964, 7.10-7.35pm
(Recorded 27 June, just before Stones on Top Of The Pops)
Panel: The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts)
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
Tobacco Road – Nashville Teens (Decca) MISS
I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself – Dusty Springfield (Philips) HIT
Just For You – Freddie & the Dreamers (Columbia) HIT
My Baby Don’t Dig Me – Ray Charles (HMV) MISS
Play Me A Sad Song – Christine Holmes (Mercury) MISS
Someday We’re Gonna Love Again – The Searchers (Pye) HIT
There’s Gold In The Mountains – Elvis Presley (RCA) (No vote taken)
The Ferris Wheel – Everly Brothers (Warner) MISS
Info from the TV Pop Diaries website:
The band had to be brought into the studio by armoured truck to be able to get through the crowd outside. Producer Barry Langford later said it took two hours for the band to get out of their transport and ready to record the show. The band had misbehaved during rehearsals, until Brian Jones, sensing David Jacob’s annoyance, cracked the whip and the band behaved during the actual recording. Barry Langford talking to Disc magazine predicted “we expect a minimum viewing audience of twenty million as compared with the regular eleven or twelve million. We have already had over 8000 applications for the 500 tickets available”. Normally the audience in attendance would be 150 only and broadcast from Television Centre, studio 2, so a larger studio had to be used. Because there was an odd number of jurors this week the teenage panel was dropped. Also dropped was the usual hit or miss board, while a new but temporary set design was employed. Among the records they judged was a new Elvis disc, The Zephyrs and The Nashville Teens ‘Tobacco Road’.
** You will note from the above info that the Rolling Stones also heard The Zephyrs (‘A little bit of soap’).
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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
Looking For Love – Earl Sinks (Capitol) MISS -
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Saturday 2 November 1963, 6.05-6.35pm
Panel: Cilla Black, Dick Haymes, Pete Murray, Yana
Pete Murray now billed as Peter Murray
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Saturday Night – New Christy Minstrels (CBS) MISS
I’ll Keep You Satisfied – Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas (Parlophone) HIT
The Father Of Girls – Anthony Newley (Decca) MISS
You Were Made For Me – Freddie & the Dreamers (Columbia) MISS
Freddie Garrity: “Cilla Black on JBJ said it sounded like Freda and the Dreamers so that speaks for itself. It sold 750,000 copies in the UK alone though.”
Don’t Talk To Him – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
Swinging On A Star – Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva (Colpix) HIT
The Long March – Ken Thorne & Ray Davies (HMV) MISS
Country Boy – Heinz (Decca) HIT
I Am – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
Heinz was behind the screen. Cilla said she didn’t like his voice, but said to him, “I like you though.”
Cilla Black paid 30g
Producer Neville Wortman: “I think Juke Box Jury launched Cilla Black’s career. It took her out from just being a singer to someone who can really relate to the public. She would say anything and she was like John Lennon in that respect. Brian Epstein also liked appearing but he wasn’t a natural performer although he was a good judge of music. He didn’t relate to cameras very well.”
Producer Neville Wortman: “Pete Murray wanted to be an actor, he got a silver medal at RADA and he is a very serious man. We did think of trying other presenters for Juke Box Jury like Pete, Alan Freeman and Jimmy Savile, but none of them would have been right. Jimmy Savile was a strange man and you never quite got to know him. Pete and David were great mates but they would have friendly arguments with each other in Juke Box Jury. David did think that Pete might take over the show but I don’t think that Pete ever wanted that. David went through to the end but he should have gone before.”