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284
Saturday 9 January 1965, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: David Healy, Pete Murray, Peggy Mount, Dusty Springfield
Producer: Stewart Morris
Records played:
Here She Comes – Tymes (Pye) HIT (3-1)
The Special Years – Val Doonican (Decca) HIT (all)
Invisible Tears – Elaine & Derek (Decca) MISS (all)
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Cilla Black (Parlophone) 0.54 HIT (all)
Everybody Knows – Dave Clark Five (Columbia) HIT (3-1)
Across The Street – Craig Douglas (Fontana) MISS (all)
Makin’ Whoopee – Ray Charles (HMV) MISS (3-0 second jury)
Dance Dance Dance – Beach Boys (Capitol) HIT (3-0 second jury)
Ain’t It The Truth – Mary Wells (Stateside) HIT (all)
Audience Research Report
Audience was 22%, and 9% watching ITV
Reaction index of 51 (average 54 for series)
“Juke Box Jury appealed very much more to viewers under 20 but at the same time reaction to this particular edition was not unduly enthusiastic.”
Teenagers thought that there were too many records of a type that would never make the charts. (Actually, untrue in this instance!)
The teenagers had little time for anyone not of their generation or musical persuasion.
The most popular personality was the one member who openly admitted her ignorance of pop music – Peggy Mount. Viewers admired her honesty and found her likeable and forthright.
Pete Murray disliked for his “stupid fooling around” and “disastrous attempts at humour”.
Dusty was criticised for her “inarticulate mumblings” and her “quite grotesque makeup”.
David Healy didn’t make an impression either way.
The majority found the ‘candid camera’ shots of the audience a most attractive feature. -
231
Saturday 4 January 1964
Panel: Dora Bryan, David Gell, Peter Sellers, Cilla Black
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
That Boy John – Billie Davis (Columbia) HIT
Acapulco 1922 – Johnny B Great (Decca) MISS
Fever – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
I’m The One – Gerry & the Pacemakers (Columbia) HIT
No Strings – Mike Preston (Decca) MISS
Baby I Love You – Ronettes (London) HIT
That Lucky Old Sun – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT -
240
Saturday 7 March 1964, 5.40-6.05
Panel: Annette, Terence Edmond, Karen Elliott, Bob Monkhouse
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Baby Don’t You Cry – Ray Charles (HMV) MISS
Bad Time – Roulettes (Parlophone) HIT
Unchained Melody – Jimmy Young (Decca) HIT
I Know – Chick Graham (Decca) MISS
Like I Love You Today – Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde (Ember) HIT
Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley (RCA) HIT
Tennessee Waltz – Alma Cogan (Columbia) MISS
I’ve Been Crying – Denny Mitchell & the Soundstations (Decca) HIT
Bob Monkhouse on Today in Jan 1962 had called the show Junk Box Jury.
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257
Saturday 4 July 1964, 7.10-7.35pm
(Recorded 27 June, just before Stones on Top Of The Pops)
Panel: The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts)
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
Tobacco Road – Nashville Teens (Decca) MISS
I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself – Dusty Springfield (Philips) HIT
Just For You – Freddie & the Dreamers (Columbia) HIT
My Baby Don’t Dig Me – Ray Charles (HMV) MISS
Play Me A Sad Song – Christine Holmes (Mercury) MISS
Someday We’re Gonna Love Again – The Searchers (Pye) HIT
There’s Gold In The Mountains – Elvis Presley (RCA) (No vote taken)
The Ferris Wheel – Everly Brothers (Warner) MISS
Info from the TV Pop Diaries website:
The band had to be brought into the studio by armoured truck to be able to get through the crowd outside. Producer Barry Langford later said it took two hours for the band to get out of their transport and ready to record the show. The band had misbehaved during rehearsals, until Brian Jones, sensing David Jacob’s annoyance, cracked the whip and the band behaved during the actual recording. Barry Langford talking to Disc magazine predicted “we expect a minimum viewing audience of twenty million as compared with the regular eleven or twelve million. We have already had over 8000 applications for the 500 tickets available”. Normally the audience in attendance would be 150 only and broadcast from Television Centre, studio 2, so a larger studio had to be used. Because there was an odd number of jurors this week the teenage panel was dropped. Also dropped was the usual hit or miss board, while a new but temporary set design was employed. Among the records they judged was a new Elvis disc, The Zephyrs and The Nashville Teens ‘Tobacco Road’.
** You will note from the above info that the Rolling Stones also heard The Zephyrs (‘A little bit of soap’).
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273
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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197
Saturday 11 May 1963
Panel: Carole Carr, Angela Douglas, Del Shannon, Johnny Tillotson
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Run Run Senorita – Wanderers (United Artists) HIT
Make Up Your Mind – Buddy Greco (Columbia) HIT
When Will You Say I Love You – Billy Fury (Decca) HIT
What’s All That About – Zephyrs (Decca) MISS
Let’s Go Steady Again – Neil Sedaka (RCA) MISS
Take These Chains From My Heart – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
The Bird On The Second Floor – Bernard Cribbins (Parlophone) HIT
So Little Time – Andy Williams (CBS) HIT
Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart – Furys (Stateside) MISS
Mother Please – Jo Ann Campbell (Cameo-Parkway) MISS -
213
Saturday 31 August 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Terence Edmond, Jean Metcalfe, Don Moss, Polly Perkins
Photo of Polly Perkins in RT!
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
You’re Gonna Need My Loving – Jimmy Justice (Pye) HIT
Wishing – Buddy Holly (Coral) HIT
It Hurts To Be Sixteen – Andrea Carroll (London) MISS
No One – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
A Day Without You – Danny Williams (HMV) MISS
Applejack – Jet Harris & Tony Meehan (Decca) HIT
Hey There Lonely Boy – Ruby & the Romantics (London) HIT
I’m So Glad I Found Her – Craig Douglas (Decca) HIT
Humdrum Blues – Elaine Delmar (Columbia) MISS
The Kind Of Boy You Can’t Forget – Raindrops (London) HIT
First One – Rikki Allen Trio (Decca) MISS -
221
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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146
Saturday 12 May 1962
Panel: Jean Metcalfe, Harry Rabinowitz, Leila Williams, Harry Fowler
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Hide Nor Hair – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
Besame Mucho – Jet Harris (Decca) HIT
How Can I Meet Her – Everly Brothers (Warner) HIT
The Right Thing To Say – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol) MISS
Deep In The Heart Of Texas – Duane Eddy (RCA) HIT
Concerto For Dreamers – Russ Conway (Columbia) HIT
Crazy Twist – Jack Hammer (Oriole) MISS
The Green Leaves Of Summer – Kenny Ball (Pye) HIT
Big Big Baby – Doug Sheldon (Decca) MISS
C’est Si Bon – Dean Martin (Capitol) MISS
Spin-A-Disc: Born To Cry, C’Est Si Bon (Dean Martin), How Can I Meet Her
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150
Saturday 9 June 1962
Panel: Dora Bryan, David Rose, Anne Shelton, Alan Freeman
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Let’s All Swing Like The Birdies Swing – Buddy Greco (Columbia) HIT
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles (HMV) MISS
Conscience – James Darren (Pye) MISS
Hit Record – Tommy Steele (Decca) HIT
A Steel Guitar And A Glass Of Wine – Paul Anka (RCA) MISS
Theme From Dr Kildare – Richard Chamberlain (MGM) HIT
South Sea Bubble – Tony Osborne (HMV) MISS -
163
Saturday 8 September 1962, 6.30-7pm
by now (Recorded)
Panel: Dick Emery, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Alan Freeman, Joan Darling
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
I’m The Girl From Wolverton Mountain – Jo Ann Campbell (Columbia) MISS
Lollipops And Roses – Doug Sheldon (Decca) MISS
No Love But Your Love – Marion Ryan (Columbia) MISS
A Taste Of Honey – Victor Feldman (Fontana) MISS
It Started All Over Again – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
You Don’t Know Me – Ray Charles (HMV) HIT
Hercules – Frankie Vaughan (Philips) MISS
Blue Weekend – Karl Denver (Decca) MISS
Forgive Me – Babs Tino (London) HIT
Steve Race to Johnnie Stewart, 130962,
“Rumour has it that you are taking over JBJ, a programme which I did apparently with some success under Stewart Morris, but have not got near with Billy Cotton, nor do I seem likely to. If you are really taking over the show again, would you make sure I am on the list please.” -
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)