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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 12 March 1960, 6-6.30pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Paul Carpenter, Peter Murray, June Sylvaine
Produced by Russell Turner
Directed by Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
It’s Nice To Go Trav’ling – Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
Stairway To Heaven – Neil Sedaka (RCA) HIT
Forget You – Milton Grayson (London)
My Old Man’s A Dustman – Lonnie Donegan (Pye)
(Welcome) New Lovers – Pat Boone (London)
Valentino – Connie Francis (MGM)
Paradise – Sammy Turner (London)Camera script unused: Beatnik Fly (Johnny & the Hurricanes) and I Believe In Love (Floyd Robinson)
On ‘Juke Box Jury’, David Jacobs claimed that John Barry’s ‘Hit And Miss’ was first BBC signature tune to enter charts. Alley Cat, 18 March 1960
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Saturday 14 May 1960
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Roy Castle, Russ Conway, Jeannette Sterke
Records played:
Step By Step – Steve Perry (HMV)
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Tommy Bruce (Columbia)
Cherry Pie – Skip & Flip
Robot Man – Connie Francis (MGM) Side set
I Wanna Go Home – Lonnie Donegan (Pye)
Sing Like An Angel – Jerry Lordan (Parlophone)
Paper Roses – Anita Bryant (London)
The Urge – Freddy Cannon (Top Rank)
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Saturday 20 August 1960
Panel: Alan Freeman, Dave King, Nancy Spain, Henrietta Tiarks
Records played:
Question – Emile Ford (Pye) HIT
Cinderella Jones – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Buttercup A Golden Hair – Dean Martin (Capitol) HIT
Film song from unfinished Something’s Got to Give with Marilyn Monroe
Lorelei – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) HIT
Eee-O-Eleven – Sammy Davis Jr (HMV) MISS
Tell Laura I Love Her – Ricky Valance (Columbia) MISS
In My Little Corner Of The World – Anita Bryant (London) MISS
Volare – Bobby Rydell (Columbia) MISS
Camera script: Gotta Get A Date – Frank Ifield (Columbia)
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Saturday 12 November 1960
Panel: Jill Ireland, David McCallum, Nina and Frederik
Records played:
Poetry in Motion – Johnny Tillotson HIT
Lively – Lonnie Donegan HIT
Till – Colin Day MISS (mystery guest)
Lonely Pup – Adam Faith MISS (2-2 but second jury voted 1-2)
Ol’ Macdonald – Frank Sinatra HIT
Eeny meeny miney mo – Pinky & Perky HIT
In Pursuit of Happiness – Adam Wade HIT
Honky Tonk Concerto – Joe ‘Mr. Piano’ Henderson MISS -
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Monday 15 June 1959, 7.30-7.55pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Alma Cogan, Gary Miller, Pete Murray, Mandy Miller
Records played:
Tallahassee Lassie – Freddie Cannon (Top Rank)
My Melancholy Baby – Tommy Edwards (MGM)
Lovey Dovey – Clyde McPhatter (London)
Sing Along – Gary Miller (Pye)
One Kiss – Jaye P Morgan (MGM)
Lonely Boy – Paul Anka (Columbia)
Battle Of New Orleans – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) 1.21
Battle Of New Orleans – Johnny Horton (Philips) 0.49
Camera script unused: I Know, Forty Days and Endlessly.
This programme got off to a false start with loss of vision. A caption was screened with the record Granada by Percy Smith. All was well after a minute.
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Saturday 5 September 1959, 6.55-7.15pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Cleo Laine, Eric Robinson, Susan Stranks, Eric Sykes
Records played:
I Ain’t Gonna Lead This Life – Frankie Vaughan (Philips)
Til I Kissed You – Everly Brothers (London)
Adonis – Petula Clark (Pye)
Sal’s Got A Sugar Lip – Lonnie Donegan (Pye)
Morgen – Ivo Robic (Polydor)
The Three Bells – The Browns (RCA)
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Saturday 21 November 1959, 6.50-7.15pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Alan Freeman, Joan Heal, Venetia Stevenson, Milton Subotsky
Records played:
Dear Daddy – Petula Clark (Pye)
While Paris Sleeps – Tony Osborne (HMV)
San Miguel – Lonnie Donegan (Pye)
The Village Of St Bernadette – Anne Shelton (Philips)
Ivy Will Cling – Arnold Stang (Fontana)
If I Had A Girl – Jerry Keller (London)
If You Were The Only Girl In The World – Steve Marsh (Decca)
Who Made The Morning – Max Bygraves (Decca)
True Love, True Love – Mudlarks (Columbia)
Only 18 seconds of Dear Daddy played, but 1 minute 43 seconds of Arnold Stang.
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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 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 26 October 1963, 6.05-6.35pm
Panel: Brian Epstein, Jimmy Henney, Heather Sears, Barbara Young
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Sweet As Honey – Polly Perkins (Oriole) MISS
From Russia With Love – Craig Douglas (Decca) MISS
Little Eefin’ Annie – Joe Perkins (London) HIT
Busted – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
Secret Love – Kathy Kirby (Decca) HIT
It’s Almost Tomorrow – Mark Wynter (Pye) MISS
Jealous Heart – Ottilie Patterson (Columbia) MISS
What Kind Of Girl Are You – Dave Curtiss & the Tremors (Philips) MISS
My Friend Bobby – Pamela Blue (Decca) MISS
500 Miles Away From Home – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) MISS
Programme recorded previous week
Epstein paid 30gDavid Jacobs on Juke Box Jury didn’t know that Mark Wynter’s It’s Almost Tomorrow was a revival.
This was broadcast same time as Beatles on Thank Your Lucky Stars.
David Jacobs says, “A real juke box would be no good for this job: they take too long to select and play.”
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Saturday 24 March 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Pete Murray, Barbara Shelley, Jimmy Young
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
One Mint Julep – Sarah Vaughan (Columbia) MISS
What’s Your Name – Don & Juan (London) MISS
Two Of A Kind – Sue Thompson (Polydor) MISS
Slow Twistin’ – Chubby Checker (Columbia) HIT
The Party’s Over – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) HIT
Take Five – Carmen McRae with Dave Brubeck Quartet (Fontana) MISS
The Great Matchmaker – Grant Tracy (Ember) HIT
Love Letters – Ketty Lester (London) MISS
Love Is A Wonderful Thing – Paddy Roberts (Decca) HIT
Pete Murray appearing in Steps at Adelphi, London
Spin-A-Disc: When The Cats Come Twistin’ In (Mike Pedicin Quintet, HMV), Young World (Nelson), Clown Shoes (Burnette)
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Saturday 16 June 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Anne Heywood, Nelson Riddle, Pete Murray
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Our Favourite Melodies – Craig Douglas (Columbia) HIT
Crazy Words, Crazy Tune – Dorothy Provine (Warner) HIT
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) HIT
Here Comes That Feeling – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
Cryin’ For The Moon – Leo Maguire (Parlophone) MISS
Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon (Stateside) MISS
Ai Di La – Emilio Pericoli (Warner) HIT
Ya Ya Twist – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: Crazy Words (Provine), Having A Party (Cooke), Feeling (Brenda Lee)
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Saturday 30 December 1961
Panel: Carole Carr, Anita Harris, Sid James, Bunny Lewis
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Come Running – Marty Wilde (Philips)
Shalom – Eddie Fisher (HMV)
You’re Following Me – Peter Gordeno (Parlophone)
Bachelor In Paradise – Robert Holiday (HMV)
Lonesome No 1 – Don Gibson (RCA)
The Comancheros – Lonnie Donegan (Pye)
Mistakes – Kaye Sisters (Philips)
Revenge – Brook Benton (Mercury)
Big Ben Twist – Fats & the Chessmen (Pye)
Spin-A-Disc: Walk On By (Van Dyke), Turn Around (Campbell), Rock A Hula Baby,
BBC,-TV, 7.15-8pm, A Pair Of Jacks in which Jack Payne and Jack Jackson get together to discuss and demonstrate various aspects of popular music with Billy Fury, Woolf Phillips and Harry Rabinowitz. Producer: Richard Afton
In 1961, Benny Hill did a parody, Soap Box Jury where he impersonated David Jacobs and the whole panel. Fred Curry (Pete Murray) and Lady Edgware (Lady Isobel Barnett). There is a shot of all five together. It is on Benny Hill: The Lost Years (2005).
Programme was 19th in TV ratings, Dec 61