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Saturday 6 February 1960, 6-6.30pm (recorded 30.1.60)
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Michael Craig, Wolf Mankowitz, Nancy Spain, Henrietta Tiarks (Recorded 30.1.60)
Records played:
I Love a Violin – Petula Clark (Pye)
Youthful Years – Danny Williams (HMV)
The Happy Muleteer – Mike Desmond (Top Rank)
Hit and Miss – John Barry (Columbia) — side set
He’ll Have To Go – Jim Reeves
Oh Judy – Jimmy Isle (Top Rank)
Time and The River – Nat King Cole (Capitol)
Camera script unused: Sure Fire Love (Billie Anthony)
Michael Craig was a popular actor; Wolf Mankowitz a writer; Nancy Spain a writer and newspaper columnist; Henrietta Tiarks was a debutante who later, after marriage, became the Duchess of Bedford.
John Barry was the mystery guest. His record, Hit and Miss by The John Barry Seven plus Four, was voted a hit, and became the show’s signature tune from the following week onwards.
On the same day (9.30 to 10.15 p.m.) David Jacobs was hosting the Eurovision UK final. The contestants were Bryan Johnson, Ronnie Carroll, Vince Eager, David Hughes, Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, Marion Keene, Don Lang, Benny Lee, Dennis Lotis, Lita Roza and Malcolm Vaughan.
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Saturday 25 November 1961
Panel: Morey Amsterdam, Carole Carr, Jack Jackson, Mandy Miller
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
So Long Baby – Del Shannon (London)
Tennessee Flat Top Box – Johnny Cash (Philips) Badly received
Image, Part 1 – Hank Levine (HMV)
Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody – Aretha Franklin (Fontana)
The Charleston – Temperance Seven (Parlophone)
The Baby Boy – Harry Belafonte (RCA)
Watch Your Step – John Barry (Columbia)
Johnny Will – Pat Boone (London)
Spin-A-Disc with Denny Piercy: So Long Baby, Johnny Will, I Don’t Know Why (Linda Scott), Goodbye Cruel World
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“I can admit it now,” says David Jacobs, “After my very first morning on Housewives Choice, I wrote over 30 fan letters – all addressed to myself – just in case no one else did.”