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Saturday 30 July 1960
Panel: Anthea Askey, Arthur Askey, Susan Franks, Peter Haigh
Records played:
The Sheik Of Chicago (Mustafa) – Four Lads (Philips)
Quiet – Baby Dolls (Warner)
Naughty – Charlie Drake (Parlophone)
Long Ago Last Summer – Diana Trask (Philips)
Walking To New Orleans – Fats Domino (London)
Down By The River – Rosemary Lane (Philips) side set
Image of a Girl – Mark Wynter (Decca)
Image of a Girl – Nelson Keene (HMV)
Sweet Tooth – Les Howard (Columbia)
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Saturday 21 March 1964, 5.40-6.05
Panel: Kathy Kirby, Henry Mancini, Jean Metcalfe, Spike Milligan
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Why Did You Bring Him To The Dance – Peter’s Faces (Piccadilly) MISS
Only You – Mark Wynter (Pye) (not given)
I’m In Love With You – Golden Crusaders (Columbia) HIT
Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing – Linda Saxone (Pye) HIT
I’ve Got That Feeling – Orchids (Decca) HIT
Worried Guy – Johnny Tillotson (MGM) MISS
Tired, Broken And Busted – Duffy Power (Parlophone) MISS
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Saturday 24 October 1964. 5.45-6.10pm
Panel: Sid James, Andrew Oldham, Marchioness of Tavistock, Diana Dors
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Hide’n’Seek – Thyrds (Decca)
Smack Dab In The Middle – Ray Charles (HMV)
Losing You – Dusty Springfield (Philips)
Black Girl – Four Pennies (Philips)
A Boy I Used To Know – Andee Silver (HMV)
All Day And All Of The Night – Kinks (Pye)
And I Love Her – Mark Wynter (Pye)
I Don’t Know What Time It Was – Gloria Roma (Decca)
Bad Blood – Paramounts (Parlophone)
David Jacobs was also in the Light Programme thriller, Follow That Man
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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 10 August 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Carole Carr, Ted King, Barbara Windsor, Graham Hill
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
I Won’t Miss You – Dev Douglas (Parlophone) MISS
I Want To Stay Here – Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme (CBS) HIT
Accidents Will Happen – Patsy Ann Noble (Columbia) HIT
It’s All In The Game – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
When The Saints Go Marching In – Pinky & Perky (Columbia) MISS
Let Me Tell You – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Whispering – Bachelors (Decca) HIT
Running To You – Mark Wynter (Pye) HIT
Whisper Wonderful Words – Christine Quaife (Oriole) MISS
I Do – Chris Ravel & The Ravers (Decca) MISS
Steptoe And Son – Joe Loss & his Orchestra (HMV) HIT
Mark was behind the screen
Chubby Checker might be the other panel member.
Cliff Richard was in the 100th edition of Thank Your Lucky Stars.
Disc-jockey David Jacobs a little disappointed with Beatles’ new single.
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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 19 May 1962
Panel: Jane Asher, Sean Connery, Janet Munro, Steve Race
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Born To Cry – Dion (HMV) HIT
I Love Her Still – Mark Wynter (Decca) MISS
Rag Trade Rag – Gordon Franks (Parlophone) HIT
It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’ – Johnny Tillotson (London) MISS
The Stripper – David Rose (MGM) MISS
Far Away – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) HIT
You Do Something to Me – Errol Garner (Philips) HIT
Ain’t That Funny – Jimmy Justice (Pye) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: Deep In The Heart, It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’, Soldier Boy
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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.”