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Saturday 30 April 1960, 6-6.30pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Buddy Kaye, Humphrey Lyttelton, Gary Miller, Johnny Preston
Records played:
Chicken Thief – Kalin Twins (Brunswick)
Sweet Dreams – Dave Sampson (Columbia)
16 Reasons – Connie Stevens (Warner)
Chattanooga Choo Choo – Ernie Fields (London)
The Fight – Marty Wilde (Philips) Side set
Tom Pillibi – Jacqueline Boyer (Columbia)
Who Was That Lady – Dean Martin (Capitol)
Camera script: Little Christine (Dick Jordan), Got A Girl (Four Preps)
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Saturday 5 September 1964, 5.55-6.20pm
Panel: Anthony Booth, Diane Cilento, Laurie Henshaw, Barbara Roscoe
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
Bread And Butter – Barry St John (Decca)
Walk Away – Matt Monro (Parlophone)
Head Over Heels – Mike Rabin & the Demons (Columbia)
Love, Let Me Not Hunger – Jan Burnette (Oriole)
Chills & Fever – Tom Jones (Decca)
Only One Such As You – Adam Faith (Parlophone)
My Kind Of Town – Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
The Mexican Boy – Marty Wilde (Decca) -
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Saturday 29 September 1962
Panel: Liz Fraser, Stan Stennett, Tony Withers, Dawn Addams
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
The Longest Day – Mitch Miller (CBS) MISS
Ever Since You Said Goodbye – Marty Wilde (Philips) HIT
Moonglow – Sarah Vaughan (Columbia) MISS
Junk Shop – Harry H Corbett (Pye) HIT
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow – Johnny Crawford (London) MISS
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow – Christine Quaife (Oriole) HIT
Lover – Johnny De Little (Columbia) HIT
A Wonderful Dream – Majors (London) MISS
Pretty Jenny – Jess Conrad (Decca) HIT
Letter from Beatrice Chalmers, Falkirk in Record Retailer: “Through your columns, may I, a record assistant, appeal to David Jacobs to put Juke Box Jury on a little later on Saturday evenings. You see, throughout the week, we are asked for records by the buying public but every often the only clue is ‘Three of them voted it a miss’ or some actress thought it was ‘smashing’ or it has ‘girl’ or ‘moon’ or ‘twist’ in the title. We want to to hear the programmes too but we do work for our wages and the boss pays us to serve customers until 6pm eery Saturday.” (041062)
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Saturday 8 July 1961
Panel: Jack Jackson, Sam Costa, Helen Winston, Diane Aubrey
Helen Winston’s photo in RT
Records played:
With You In Mind – Alma Cogan (Columbia)
Old Smokie – Johnny & the Hurricanes (London)
I’m Comin’ On Back To You – Jackie Wilson (Coral)
You Always Hurt The One You Love – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry (Pye)
Book Of Love – Doug Sheldon (Decca)
Hide And Seek – Marty Wilde (Philips)
It’s All Happening –Mike Preston (Decca)
‘Juke Box Jury’ raved about Alma Cogan’s latest disc and liked Marty Wilde’s new one too. Only EMI disc-jockey Sam Costa didn’t like EMI singer Tommy Bruce’s latest disc.
Alley Cat, 14 July 1961Record Retailer says that panel was divided about Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry but they defy opinions to vote it a hit.
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Saturday 21 October 1961
Panel: Adam Faith, Alan Freeman, Helen Shapiro, Jane Asher
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
His Latest Flame – Elvis Presley (RCA)
Heartaches – Marcels (Pye)
Fool No 1 – Brenda Lee (Brunswick)
Sewers Of The Strand – Spike Milligan (Parlophone)
Bambino – Springfields (Philips)
Tomorrow’s Clown – Marty Wilde (Philips)
My Friend The Sea – Petula Clark (Pye)
Bridge Of Love – Joe Dowell ()
Time Has Come – Adam Faith (Parlophone)
Do It Yourself – Josh MacRae (Pye)
Spin-A-Disc: Take Good Care Of My Baby, Fool No.1, His Latest Flame
From 1961 there was the innovation of the Hot Seat, where one of the artists whose records had been reviewed would be interviewed, one the first of these being Spike Milligan. His record was Sideways Through the Sewers of the Strand, though it is hard to imagine that the discussion stayed on the subject in hand for long, given Milligan’s propensity for anarchy. Both Helen and Jane were 15.
“If my home is anything to judge by, everything stops for Juke Box Jury and every schoolboy can name 20 pop singers, even if he remains lamentably ignorant of the name of the Prime Minister, or the advantages and disadvantages of joining the Common Market.”
The Times, “From a correspondent”Helen Shapiro: “You had no idea what they were going to play and you heard the tracks for the first time live on air. I loved doing that. It was great fun. It was not like now when everybody slags off everybody else. We were much nicer in those days and if you didn’t care for something you said it in a nice way, but I thoroughly enjoyed doing it.”
Mike McCartney: “We watched Juke Box Jury religiously, especially when Jane Asher was. She was young, beautiful, had a well-cultured, Dad-admired accent and when she smiled, the set lit up. Paul and I both fancied her.”
Jane’s agent, Neil Landor: “She is vivacious, articulate, and really enjoys pop music and has very definite views on what she likes and dislikes plus the ability to express them intelligently.”
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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