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Saturday 2 January 1965, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded 26 December 1964)
Panel: Val Doonican, Charlie Drake, Fenella Fielding, Twinkle
Producer: Stewart Morris
Records played:
What In The World’s Come Over You – Rockin’ Berries (Piccadilly) HIT
Come Tomorrow – Manfred Mann (HMV) HIT
The Heart That You Break – Gitte (Columbia) MISS
Goodbye Charlie – Pat Boone (Dot) MISS
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Righteous Brothers (London) MISS (60 seconds)
If You Love Him – Joanie Sommers (Warner) HIT
Dear Heart – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
Round And Round – Dickie Rock (Pye) HIT Written by Peter Lee Stirling
The Promised Land – Chuck Berry (Pye International) HIT (58 seconds)
Neville Wortman: “The panel only heard what was played on the programme. We only played a minute of a record but if a record was rather unusual, we might choose something other than the beginning. The Righteous Brothers’ You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ would be an example of that. You want to give the panel a real flavour of what the music is all about. It’s like being a good publisher – they can tell from the first few lines of an unsolicited manuscript if it is something they want.”
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59
Saturday 17 September 1960
Panel: Capucine, Toni Eden, Jimmy Henney, Terence Morgan
Produced by Stewart Morris
Records played:
Move Two Mountains – Mudlarks (Columbia)
How About That – John Scott (Parlophone) MISS
I Didn’t Know The Guy Was Loaded – The Cannons (Decca) MISS
Strangers When We Meet – Dennis Lotis (Columbia) MISS
The Kiss – Dale Sisters (HMV) MISS
Chain Gang – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
Pineapple Princess – Annette (Pye International) HIT
Slowcoach – Kenny Lynch (HMV) HIT
Camera script unused: Goody Goody (Dave King) and Just For A Thrill (Kay Starr)
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244
Saturday 4 April 1964, 5.55-6.30pm
Panel: Julia Foster, Derek Johnson, Eric Sykes, Mary Travers
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Hubble Bubble Toil And Trouble – Manfred Mann (HMV) HIT
Angry At The Big Oak Tree – Frank Ifield (Columbia) HIT
Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby – Everly Brothers (Warner) HIT
Walk On By – Dionne Warwick (Pye Int) HIT
365 Rolling Stones – Andrew Oldham Orchestra (Decca) MISS
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ – Gerry & the Pacemakers (Columbia) HIT
She Loves Me – Jack Jones (London) MISS
Don’t Turn Around – Merseybeats (Fontana) HIT -
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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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259
Saturday 18 July 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Dora Bryan, Brian Epstein, Ian Hendry, Nancy Roberts
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
Huntingdon Beach – Van Doren (Decca) MISS
Rosie – Chubby Checker (Cameo Parkway) MISS
Lollipop – Glenda Collins (HMV) MISS
I Found Out The Hard Way – Four Pennies (Philips) HIT
I Want To Hold Your Hand – Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops (RCA) MISS
The Crying Game – Dave Berry (Decca) HIT
Handy Man – Del Shannon (Stateside) MISS
You’ll Never Get To Heaven – Dionne Warwick (Pye Int) HIT -
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Saturday 15 August 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Max Bacon, Caroline Charles, Maureen Cleave, Laurence Harvey
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
Twelve Steps To Love – Brian Poole & the Tremeloes (Decca) HIT
Kelly – Wayne Gibson (Pye) MISS
You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry (Pye International) HIT
Promise You’ll Tell Her – Swinging Blue Jeans (HMV) HIT
It’s Gotta Be – Ray Singer (Ember) MISS
Who Can I Turn To – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) MISS
I’ll Give You Loving – One & One (Decca) MISS -
267
Saturday 12 September 1964, 5.55-6.20pm
Panel: Dawn Addams, Bill Haley, Don Moss, Viviane Ventura
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
We’re Through – Hollies (Columbia) HIT
Don’t Cry Little Girl – Peter & the Headlines (Decca) MISS
When You Walk In The Room – Searchers (Pye) HIT
People Say – Dixie Cups (Pye International) MISS
Oh Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison (London) HIT
Ringo For President – Young World Singers (Brunswick) MISS
I Don’t Want To See You Again – Peter and Gordon (Columbia) HIT -
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Saturday 12 December 1964, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Lonnie Donegan, Shirley Eaton, Jimmy Edwards, Polly Elwes
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Now – Wolves (Pye) MISS
Getting Mighty Crowded – Betty Everett (Fontana) HIT
Walk Right Back – Mark & John (Decca) HIT
For Mama – Matt Monro (Parlophone) HIT
Love Me Darling – Howlin’ Wolf (Pye International) HIT
Et Meme – Francoise Hardy (Pye) MISS
While discussing Love Me Darling, Lonnie spat on the floor and said the Rolling Stones’ version of Howlin’ Wolf’s Little Red Rooster was a bowdlerisation of the song and a terrible version. Bill was very upset about that and when he met him, he said that was the pot calling the kettle black. They ended up as good friends.
Howlin’ Wolf the Mystery guest
Donegan said, “I don’t care of that kind of blues” that is electric blues. Part of the anti-electric feeling of trad people at the time. -
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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