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Saturday 16 January 1960, 6-6.30pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Anthea Askey, Jimmy Henney, Joni James, Eric Robinson
Records played:
The Big Hurt – Maureen Evans (Oriole)
Pretty Blue Eyes – Craig Douglas (Top Rank)
El Paso – Marty Robbins (Fontana)
My Little Budgie – Bruce Forsyth (Parlophone)
Point of No Return – Diana Dors (Pye)
Where Or When – Dion and the Belmonts (London)
Silver Shoes – Winifred Atwell (Decca)
Misty – Johnny Mathis
“In a recent Juke Box Jury in the States,” said her husband Tony Aquaviva, who is the musical director of the Symphony of the Year, “Joni (James) held out against the rest of the panel about one number which they condemned and within two weeks it was right at the top.” She was said to be the first pop singer to appear at Carnegie Hall with a full symphony orchestra. Has eight gold and two platinum (over 2 million) records.
Anthea Askey, daughter of famous actor/comedian Arthur, was an actress; Jimmy Henney a DJ and TV presenter; Joni James an American singer; Eric Robinson a bandleader and musical director, much seen on BBC TV.
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Saturday 19 March 1960, 6-6.28pm
(Recorded 12.3.60)
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Sam Costa, Lord Donegall, Lee Hamilton, Ted Ray
Produced by Russell Turner
Directed by Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Jackie – The Swingers (Vogue)
Puppy Love – Paul Anka (Columbia)
With These Hands – Shirley Bassey (Columbia)
Fings Ain’t Wot they Used T’Be – Billy Cotton (Columbia)
You Are Beautiful – Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
Midnight Special – Paul Evans (London)
Camera script unused: Mumbles (Johnny Bachelor)
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Saturday 24 September 1960
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Don Moss, Peggy Mount, Eric Sykes
Records played:
Just For A Thrill – Kay Starr (Capitol)
Is There Any Chance – Marty Robbins (Fontana)
Nicolette – Winifred Atwell (Decca)
My Love For You – Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
Never On Sunday – Chaquito (Fontana)
Never On Sunday – Lyn Cornell (Decca)
If I Were a Bell – Sarah Vaughan and Joe Williams with Count Basie & his Orchestra (Columbia)
Delia Gone – Pat Boone (London)
Stay With Me – Ed Townsend (Warner)
Taken from camera script. All may not have been played.
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Monday 27 July 1959
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Petula Clark, Pete Murray, Susan Stranks, Eric Sykes
Camera script: Petula Clark, Garry Miller, Pete Murray, Susan Stranks
Records played:
Crossfire – Johnny & the Hurricanes (London)
Someone – Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
Audie – The Inadequates (Capitol)
Sinner Man – Tommy Sands (Capitol)
Twixt 12 And 20 – Pat Boone (London) 1’35”
Just Keep It Up – Dee Clark (London)
You Threw A Dart – Ersel Hickey (Fontana)
Camera script says Don’t Forget – Hughie Green played and Bei Mir by Louis Prima & Keely Smith not used. They scheduled more records than they needed and then they could have recorded comments on more records before editing for broadcast.
No show on Bank Holiday Monday 3 August 1959 because of the Beaulieu Jazz Festival
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Saturday 24 October 1959, 6.50-7.15pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Winifred Atwell, Paul Carpenter, Sandra Dorne, Digby Wolfe
Records played:
Shout – Isley Brothers (RCA)
Lonely Street – Chris Martin (HMV)
Heartaches By The Number – Guy Mitchell (Philips)
The Best Of Everything – Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
Tucumcari – Jimmie Rodgers (Columbia)
I’ll Stay Single – Jerry Lordan (Parlophone)
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Saturday 2 February 1963
Panel: Sean Connery, Diana Dors, Jean Metcalfe, Mike Sarne
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
I’m In Love – Buddy Greco (Columbia) HIT
Like I’ve Never Been Gone – Billy Fury (Decca) HIT
Boss Guitar – Duane Eddy (RCA) HIT
Hey Paula – Paul & Paula (Philips) MISS
That’s What Love Will Do – Joe Brown (Piccadilly) HIT
Ooh ’e Didn’t – Jan & Kelly (Philips) HIT
What Will Mary Say – Johnny Mathis (CBS) MISS
The World Of Lonely People – Jimmy Justice (Pye) MISS
Oo La La Limbo – Danny & the Juniors (London) HIT
Dr No star, Sean Connery said ‘No’ to most Juke Box Jury discs.
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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 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 31 March 1962
Panel: Jane Asher, Alan Dell, Jimmy Henney, Jean Metcalfe
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Everybody’s Twistin’ – Frank Sinatra (Reprise) MISS
A Girl Has To Know – G-Clefs (London) MISS
Shout, Shout – Ernie Maresca (London) MISS
The Wonderful World Of The Young – Danny Williams (HMV) HIT
Cutty Sark – John Barry Seven (Columbia) HIT
Clown Shoes – Johnny Burnette (Liberty) MISS
Nicola – Steve Race (Parlophone) MISS
Sweet Thursday – Johnny Mathis (Fontana) MISS
When The Cats Come Twistin’ In – Mike Pedicin Quintet (HMV) HIT
What Now My Love – Jane Morgan (London) MISS
Johnny Burnette was about to tour the UK and was behind the panel. He had very smart hair (a la Ricky Nelson and Everly Brothers) and was very smartly dressed. Boxer’s physique.
Spin-A-Disc: Slow Twistin’, What’s Your Name, Nut Rocker (BB)
Tomorrow’s Juke Box Jury is Harry Carlisle’s last production: third Johnnie Stewart stint from April 7.
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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 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 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 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 9 December 1961
Panel: Jane Asher, Acker Bilk, Alan Freeman, Julie Wilson
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
The Lion Sleeps Tonight – Tokens (RCA)
Son This Is She – John Leyton (HMV) MISS
What A Crazy World We’re Livin’ In – Joe Brown (Pye)
Surprisin’ – Joan Regan (Pye)
Run To Him – Bobby Vee (London)
Doin’ The Racoon – Laurie Johnson (Pye)
My Kind Of Christmas – Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
Walk On By – Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury)
March Of The Angels – Big Ben Banjo Band (Columbia)
Julie Wilson at the Talk Of The Town
On Saturday, simultaneous appearances by Acker Bilk on ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’ and ‘Juke Box Jury’.
Alley Cat, 15 December 1961Spin-A-Disc wth Peppermint Twist, Please Don’t Go, Run To Him, Forgotten Dreams (Russ Conway)