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Saturday 28 January 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Casting voter: Ellen Hannavy
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Records played:
Michael (The Lover) – Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band (Piccadilly)
This Is My Song – Petula Clark (Pye)
Holiday In Waikiki – Steve Darbishire (Decca)
Niki Hoeky – P J Proby (Liberty)
A Clown Am I – Johnny Hackett (Decca)
The Beat Goes On – Sonny & Cher (Atlantic) -
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Saturday 23 April 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Barbara Hawkins (Dixie Cups), Samantha Juste, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Savile
Casting voter: Terry Hillman
Producer: Terry Henebery
The Big Hurt – Del Shannon (Liberty) HIT
I Wanna Go Home – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) HIT (Casting vote)
Love Ya Illya – Angela & the Fans (Pye) HIT
My Girl At The Dance – Frank D’Rone (CBS) HIT
I Could Make You Fall In Love -Rockin’ Berries (Piccadilly) HIT
Rhapsody In The Rain – Lou Christie (MGM) HIT
I Do – Goldie (Fontana) HIT
Stop Her On Sight – Edwin Starr (Polydor) HIT -
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Saturday 24 December 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded 17 December 1966)
Panel: The Seekers (Judith Durham, Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley, Athol Guy)
Casting voter: Linda Shiel
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Records played:
Listen To My Heart – The Bats (Decca)
Single Girl – Sandy Posey (MGM)
The Rising Of The Moon – Tinkers (Pye)
Sitting In The Park – Georgie Fame (Columbia)
From A Distance (P F Sloan) – Odin’s People (Major Minor)
Love In The Open Air (McCartney) – Tudor Minstrels (Decca)
Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies) – Cher (Liberty)
The Angel And The Stranger – Eddy Arnold (RCA) -
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Saturday 15 February 1964, 5.40-6.05
Panel: Lesley Duncan, Steve Race, Sally Smith, Pete Murray
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Just One Look – Hollies (Columbia) HIT
I Love You Because – Jim Reeves (RCA) MISS
Tell Me When – Applejacks (Decca) HIT
That Girl Belongs To Yesterday – Gene Pitney (United Artists) HIT
She’s Sorry – Bobby Vee (Liberty) MISS
If You Love Me – Jackie Trent (Piccadilly) HIT
Little Children – Billy J Kramer & Dakotas (Parlophone) HIT -
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Saturday 6 June 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Charlie Drake, Diana Dors, Bunny Lewis, Jessie Matthews
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
Bama Lama Bama Loo – Little Richard (London) HIT
I Like The Look Of You – Fortunes (Decca) HIT
I Love You Too – Matt Monro (Parlophone) MISS
Liza Jane – Davie Jones & the King Bees (Vocalion) MISS
When You Walk In The Room – Jackie de Shannon (Liberty) HIT
Why Not Tonight – Mojos (Decca) MISS
If You Don’t Know – Don Charles (HMV) HIT
Liza Jane was David Bowie’s first single. R&B track with David on vocals and tenor sax. Only Charlie Drake voted the record a hit! Mrs Dale didn’t like it. David Bowie was in Hot Seat
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Saturday 14 November 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Joe Brown, Terence Edmond, Jackie De Shannon +1
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Softly In The Night – Three Bells (Columbia) MISS
We’ll Sing In The Sunshine – Lancastrians (Pye) HIT
Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) MISS
One Heart Between Two –Dave Berry (Decca) HIT
Oh Oh Seven – Dora Bryan (Fontana) HIT
Somewhere – P J Proby (Liberty) HIT -
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Saturday 26 January 1963
Panel: Jane Asher, Carroll Baker, Brian Hyland, Pete Murray
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Keep A Walkin’ – Bobby Darin (London) HIT
Queen For Tonight – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
Take Your Time – Jess Conrad (Columbia) MISS
My Own True Love – Danny Williams (HMV) HIT
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes – Bobby Vee (Liberty) HIT
Little Girl – Steve Aliamo (Pye) MISS
The Lonely Bull – Jack Jones (London) HIT
Gonna Take A Chance – Tommy Roe (HMV) HIT
Bahia Bossa Nova – Barbara Law (Decca) MISS
Followed by PC Dixon episode, The Bitter Taste Of Youth
On Juke Box Jury, Pete Murray quipped, “If Helen Shapiro’s voice gets any lower, she’ll be giving Paul Robeson a run for his money.”
NME, 1 February 1963PFTP 240163
After a year’s careful viewing of JBJ, I should like to nominate the following team to counteract the sort of pretentious drivel which is normally talked on the programme.
Mai Zetterling, Spike Milligan, Elaine Stritch and David Kossoff with Eric Sykes to stand by and David Tomlinson as a sleeping partner.
A consolation prize to Pete Murray who really belongs to us eggheads but doesn’t like to say so.
J D Palmer, Manchester 19PFTP 140263
My team would be Jane Asher as she always knows her mind and sticks to it; Carole Carr because she knows a good song or tune; Steve Race for his technical knowhow; and Sid James because, well, he is just Sid James. As reserves, Judith Chalmers and Jimmy Young.
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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 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
Bobby Tomorrow – Bobby Vee (Liberty) HIT -
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Saturday 23 November 1963, 6.05-6.30pm
Panel: Cilla Black, Sid James, Don Moss, Anna Quayle
Producer: Neville Wortman (8-3)
I Want To Hold Your Hand – Beatles (Parlophone) HIT
Anyone Else – Gene McDaniels (Liberty) HIT
Beautiful Dreamer – John Leyton (HMV) HIT
I Like What You Do – Pat Boone (London) MISS
It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World – Shirelles (Pye International) MISS
Bad Girl – Neil Sedaka (RCA) HIT
If You Gotta Pick A Baby – Glenda Collins (HMV) HIT
The Banjo Song – Mike Hurst (Philips) HIT
Bless ’Em All – Jane Morgan (Colpix) MISS
That Boy Of Mine – Breakaways (Pye) HIT
Since We Fell In Love – Bobby Rydell (Cameo Parkway) HIT
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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 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 7 April 1962
Panel: Sam Costa, Jack Jackson, June Marlow, Brenda Lee
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
A Night At Daddy Gee’s – Curtis Lee (London) MISS
Matelot – Donna Douglas (Piccadilly) MISS
I’m Gonna Clip Your Wings – Frankie Vaughan (Philips) HIT
I Will – Vic Dana (Liberty) MISS
Nut Rocker – B Bumble & the Stingers (Top Rank) HIT
Johnny Angel – Patti Lynn (Fontana) HIT
She Can’t Find Her Keys – Paul Petersen (Pye) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: A Night At Daddy Gee’s (Lee), Johnny Angel (Fabares), King Of Clowns (Sedaka)
At the time, David Jacobs on Radio Luxembourg on Wednesday at 9.30 with David Jacobs Plays The Pops, on Thursday at 9 with Startime, and on Saturday at 10 with The David Jacobs Show.
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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
Once In A Lifetime – Sammy Davis Jr (Reprise) HIT -
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Saturday 18 August 1962
Panel: Ray Conniff, Jean Metcalfe, Sylvia Syms, Eric Sykes
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Hully Gully – Don Costa (CBS) MISS
Teenage Idol – Rick Nelson (London) MISS
Will I What – Mike Sarne (Parlophone) HIT
What Now My Love – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) HIT
The Locomotion – Little Eva (London) HIT
Don’t That Beat All – Adam Faith (Parlophone) MISS
So Wrong – Patsy Cline (Brunswick) MISS
Sheila – Tommy Roe (HMV) HIT
To Love And Be Loved – Vic Dana (Liberty) HIT -
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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 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