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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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Saturday 2 April 1960, 6-6.30pm
(Recorded 26.3.60)
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Frankie Day, Wolf Mankowitz, Eric Skyes
Produced by Russell Turner
Directed by Johnnie Gilbert
Records played:
String Along – Fabian (HMV)
Sweet Nuthin’s – Brenda Lee (Brunswick)
I Wish It Were You – Dennis Lotis (Columbia)
Don’t Throw Away All Those Teardrops – Frankie Avalon (HMV)
Footsteps – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) Side set
O Dio Mio – Joan Regan (Pye)
This Magic Moment – The Drifters (London)
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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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Monday 13 July 1959
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Petula Clark, Pete Murray, Susan Stranks, Eric Sykes
Producer: Russell Turner
Records played:
Scotland The Brave – Edmundo Ros (Decca)
Mary Ann Thomas – Bobby Freeman (London)
The Wonder Of You – Ronnie Hilton (HMV)
The Wonder Of You – Ray Peterson (RCA)
Wonderful You – Ronnie Carroll (Philips)
La Plume De Ma Tante – Hugo & Luigi (RCA)
Moody – The Poni-Tails (HMV)
Ragtime Cowboy Joe – David Seville & the Chipmunks (London)
Camera script unused: Tiger (Fabian)
No show on Monday 20 July 1959 because of Royal International Horse Show.
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Saturday 19 December 1959, 6.50-7.15pm
(Recorded)
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Catherine Boyle Patricia Bredin, Gary Miller, Eric Sykes
Records played:
Lotta Piano – Martinas & his Music (Columbia)
Too Young – Bill Forbes (Columbia)
Talk That Talk – Jackie Wilson (Coral)
The Singing Piano – Tolchard Evans & his Singing Piano (Decca)
Holiday Of Love – King Sisters (Capitol)
Reveille Rock – Johnny & the Hurricanes (London)
It Must Have Been Something Wonderful – Ronnie Carroll (Philips)
I Wish That I Could Be Father Christmas – Lenny the Lion with Terry Hall (Parlophone)
Mary’s Boy Child – Nina & Frederik
“Starting in the new year every alternate transmission will be telerecorded the previous Saturday, immediately following the live presentation.” (NME, 4 December 1959)Eric Sykes on Reveille Rock: “That would work. I would have to get up to turn the darn thing off.”Feature on David Jacobs, NME, 25 December 1959:
Juke Box Jury is excellent musical entertainment for the whole family. And it’s done far more for pop music than most people think. The records we play are more or less all made with the teenage market in mind. But on Juke Box Jury, viewers have seen adults voicing approval of the very same discs – the adults being the panel, of course. The net result is that the Jury has encouraged people to be far more tolerant towards pop discs. It has also stopped a lot of parents sneering at pop music and made them realise that it is an everyday part of their children’s lives. -
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Saturday 20 June 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Jane Asher, Anne Heywood, Davy Kaye, Stirling Moss
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
It’s So Exciting – Sinners (Columbia) MISS
A Sad Story – George Bean (Decca) MISS
Long Tall Sally – Beatles (Parlophone EP track) HIT
Tears And Roses – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
You’ll Be Mine – Long John Baldry (United Artists) HIT
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Saturday 2 March 1963
Panel: Alan Dell, Harry H Corbett, Dusty Springfield, Millicent Martin
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Look Out Chattanooga – Johnnie Ray (Brunswick) HIT
Count On Me – Julie Grant (Pye) HIT
The Desperadoes – Cambridge Strings (Decca) MISS
One Broken Heart For Sale – Elvis Presley (RCA) HIT
He’s Got The Power – Exciters (United Artists) HIT
Say Wonderful Things – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
Foot Tapper – Shadows (Columbia) HIT
Our Day Will Come – Ruby & the Romantics (London) MISS
Darkest Street In Town – Jimmy Clanton (Stateside) MISS
Harry H Corbett raved about Our Day Will Come and said there was a lot of good music coming from America. (Brian O’Connell)
PFTP 070363
Why do members of the JBJ panel have to be so sarcastic to each other? This spoils an otherwise enjoyable programme.
Miss B Bellis (16), HolywellPFTP 070363
Could we have some pictures of pretty girls? The concentration seems to be on expressionless head-nodders. Often the subjects chosen are bizarre in styles, ranging from near beatnik to femme fatale, while others are undeniably plain. Where is the warmth, sparkle and vivacity that we associate with youth. Surely there are pretty girls in the JJB audience who could charm our eyes, even though our ears are suffering.
Miss Winifred Williams, Liverpool 25Suggested fee for serial rights of David Jacobs’ magazine biography – £20,000.
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Saturday 6 July 1963, 7-7.25pm
Panel: Ian Carmichael, Alma Cogan, Steve Race, June Ritchie
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Patty Baby – Freddy Cannon (Stateside) MISS
Not Responsible – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
True Love – Richard Chamberlain (MGM) HIT
One Fine Day – Chiffons (Stateside) MISS
I Wonder – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
Ugly Bug Ball – Alex Welsh (Columbia) MISS
Mary Rose – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
The Times, 060763
I am a devotee of JBJ principally because the camera has such a quick eye for the mannerisms and reactions of the bewitched onlookers. There is an old English word for this condition, more expressive than ‘bewitched’. It is betwattled.On Juke Box Jury, Steve Race brilliantly summed up Brenda Lee last Saturday.
NME 12 July 1963On Lucky Stars, Brian Matthew didn’t have DJ’s assurance; guest disc-jockey Sam Costa most unfunny.
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Saturday 2 November 1963, 6.05-6.35pm
Panel: Cilla Black, Dick Haymes, Pete Murray, Yana
Pete Murray now billed as Peter Murray
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Saturday Night – New Christy Minstrels (CBS) MISS
I’ll Keep You Satisfied – Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas (Parlophone) HIT
The Father Of Girls – Anthony Newley (Decca) MISS
You Were Made For Me – Freddie & the Dreamers (Columbia) MISS
Freddie Garrity: “Cilla Black on JBJ said it sounded like Freda and the Dreamers so that speaks for itself. It sold 750,000 copies in the UK alone though.”
Don’t Talk To Him – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
Swinging On A Star – Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva (Colpix) HIT
The Long March – Ken Thorne & Ray Davies (HMV) MISS
Country Boy – Heinz (Decca) HIT
I Am – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
Heinz was behind the screen. Cilla said she didn’t like his voice, but said to him, “I like you though.”
Cilla Black paid 30g
Producer Neville Wortman: “I think Juke Box Jury launched Cilla Black’s career. It took her out from just being a singer to someone who can really relate to the public. She would say anything and she was like John Lennon in that respect. Brian Epstein also liked appearing but he wasn’t a natural performer although he was a good judge of music. He didn’t relate to cameras very well.”
Producer Neville Wortman: “Pete Murray wanted to be an actor, he got a silver medal at RADA and he is a very serious man. We did think of trying other presenters for Juke Box Jury like Pete, Alan Freeman and Jimmy Savile, but none of them would have been right. Jimmy Savile was a strange man and you never quite got to know him. Pete and David were great mates but they would have friendly arguments with each other in Juke Box Jury. David did think that Pete might take over the show but I don’t think that Pete ever wanted that. David went through to the end but he should have gone before.”
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Saturday 28 July 1962
Panel: Alan Dell, Shirley Eaton, Susan Franks, Jimmy Justice
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Dancin’ Party – Chubby Checker (Columbia) HIT
Come To Me – Ken Dodd (Columbia) HIT
Peter And The Wolf – Clyde Valley Stompers (Parlophone) MISS
Roses Are Red – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) HIT
Guitar Tango – Shadows (Columbia) HIT
The Lads O’Bonnie Scotland – Andy Stewart (HMV) MISS
Down The River Nile – John Leyton (HMV) HIT
To This Man – Lena Martell (HMV) MISS
Blitz Medley – Russ Conway (Columbia) MISS
Hardly anything pleased Jimmy Justice on Juke Box Jury.
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Saturday 27 October 1962
Panel: Polly Elwes, Sid James, Steve Race, Beryl Bryden
Producer: Neville Wortman
The Madison’s back in town – Billy Dawn and the Madison Mashers (CBS) HIT
(The only UK single released by this act.)
My Love And Devotion – Matt Monro (Parlophone) HIT
The Main Attraction – Pat Boone (London) MISS
Buttons And Bows – Tommy Bruce (Columbia) HIT
Heartaches – Patsy Cline (Brunswick) MISS
Desafinado – Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (HMV) MISS
If Only Tomorrow – Ronnie Carroll (Philips) MISS
It Only Took A Minute – Joe Brown (Piccadilly) MISS
James Hold The Ladder Steady – Sue Thompson (Fontana) HIT