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404
Saturday 3 June 1967, 5.10-5.35pm
Panel: Amanda Barrie, Bernard Cribbins, Annie Nightingale, Vince Hill
Juliet Bishop, casting vote
Producer: David Mallet
Records played:
Him Or Me, What’s It Gonna Be – Paul Revere & the Raiders
What Good Am I – Cilla Black
Strange Brew – Cream
I’ll Come Runnin’ – Cliff Richard
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Reaching for the Impossible – Dennis Lotis (Polydor 56171)
With A Little Help From My Friends – Young Idea (Columbia) -
412
Saturday 5 August 1967, 5.40-6.10pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Mike Quinn, Barbara Windsor
Pip Trew (casting vote)
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
My Mammy – King Brothers (Page One)
Thank the Lord for the Nighttime – Neil Diamond
I Wanna Go Back There Again – Truly Smith (Decca)
The Happening (H-D-H) – Herb Alpert
Portobello Road – Spectrum (RCA)
A Girl Like You – Young Rascals
Sticks and Stones – Warm Sounds (Immediate)
Lonesome Road – The Wonder Who
Craise Finton Kirk – Johnnie Young (Polydor) -
349
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 -
360
Saturday 23 July 1966, 5.30-6pm
Panel: Katie Boyle, Paul Jones, Brian Matthew, Penny Valentine
Casting voter: Colin Hobbs
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
Records played:
The World’s Been Good To Me Tonight – Young Idea
Tell Her I’m Not Home – Ike & Tina Turner
In My Memory – Claude Francois
Visions – Cliff Richard
Hanky Panky – Tommy James
Don’t Come Runnin’ To Me – Madeline Bell
I Saw Her Again – Mamas & Papas
I Want You – Bob Dylan
Where Did We Go Wrong – Sands Of Time
Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby – Suzie & Big Dee Irwin (Polydor) -
382
Saturday 31 December 1966, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Simon Dee, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Jimmy Savile
Casting voter: Nick Hallett
Producer: Albert Stevenson
Records played:
Hard Lovin’(Kerr, Peel) – Richard Kerr (Decca)
The Eggplant That Ate Chicago – Dr West’s Medicine Show & Junk Band (CBS)
Listen To the River Roll Along – Wee Willie Harris (Polydor)
Sugar Town –Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)
Matthew and Son – Cat Stevens (Deram)
I’m A Believer – Monkees (RCA)
You and Me (Tubbs) – H T (Polydor) -
42
Saturday 23 April 1960, 6-6.30pm
(Recorded 16.4.60)
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: David Hughes, Pete Murray, Jack Payne, Eric Sykes
Records played:
When You Lose The One You Love – Joanie, Johnny & Hal (Capitol)
Like Love – Lynn Cornell (Decca)
Heart of A Teenage Girl – Craig Douglas (Top Rank)
Apple Green – June Valli (Mercury)
Wake Me When It’s Over – Andy Williams (London)
Cantiamo Al Amore – Ines Taddio (Polydor)
Big Iron – Marty Robbins (Fontana)
Camera script: Steady Date (Three Bells)
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11
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)
Johnny Reb – Johnny Horton (Philips) -
252
Saturday 30 May 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Ken Dodd, Pete Murray, Rosemary Nicols, Marjorie Proops
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
Alright Baby – Quotations (Decca) HIT
Hello Dolly – Frankie Vaughan (Philips) HIT
La-Den-Da-Da –Gene Vincent (Columbia) MISS
Chapel Of Love – Dixie Cups (Pye Int) HIT
Ain’t She Sweet – Tony Sheridan & the Beatles (Polydor) HIT
I Don’t Want To Be Hurt Anymore – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol) HIT
Like Dreamers Do – Applejacks (Decca) HIT
Ken Dodd: I gave everybody top marks. One thing any entertainer needs is encouragement. That’s why Liverpool and Merseyside has produced so many famous showbiz people. It is a huge list, why, Merseyside audiences always give you a good gee, they applaud you if you look like you are having a go.
The waxwork dummies of the Beatles prepared by Mme Tussaud’s were displayed on the show.
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114
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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124
Saturday 16 December 1961
Panel: Charlie Chester, Alan Dell, Sandu Scott, Barbara Shelley
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Peppermint Twist – Joey Dee & the Starliters (Columbia)
Turn Around Look At Me – Glen Campbell (Top Rank)
Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night – Doug Sheldon (Decca)
Make Up – Tom Carney (Polydor)
Multiplication – Bobby Darin (London)
Please Mr Postman – Marvelettes (Fontana)
Lonely Boy – Benny Hill (Pye)
The Language Of Love – John D Loudermilk (RCA)
Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer – Beryl Bryden and Monty Sunshine (Columbia)Spin-A-Disc: Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night (Dino), The Avenger (Duane Eddy), Multiplication
Times editorial, 231261
The be-laurelled ten change at a scampering pace. No number can hope for an annual sovereignty, and the survival of a song depends on a disc in the home, the café and the youth club. The nation has become a Juke Box Jury with one verdict rapidly succeeding another.