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Saturday 11 March 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Retia Favia, Judy Geeson, Pete Murray, David Symonds
Casting voter: Linda Jackson)
Producer: Travers Thorneloe
Records played:
Lady Love – Vontastics (Stateside)
Got To Find A Reason – Three People (Decca)
Chicken Feed – Millie Small (Fontana)
It’s All Over – Cliff Richard (Columbia)
Puppet on a String – Sandie Shaw (Pye)
Arnold Layne – Pink Floyd (Columbia)
Stranger – Dave Berry (Decca)
All – James Darren (Warner) -
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Saturday 29 April 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded 22 April 1967)
Panel: Vikki Carr, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Anneke Wills
Casting voter: Anna Double
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
Samantha’s Mine – Spectrum (RCA)
Love is a Feeling – Milva (Major Minor)
I Got Rhythm – Happenings (Stateside)
Euston Station – Barbara Ruskin (Parlophone)
Bowling Green – Everly Brothers (Warner)
24 Sycamore – Wayne Fontana (Fontana)
Just One More Chance – Outer Limits (Decca) HIT -
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Saturday 13 May 1967, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded)
Panel: Anita Harris, Roy Hudd, Leila Pasha, Cliff Richard
Casting voter: Sue Mornie
Producer: Colin Charman
Records played:
Use Me – Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers (Parlophone)
Walking in the Rain – Walker Bros (Philips)
My Old Car – Lee Dorsey (Stateside)
Love Eyes – Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)
Okay! – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch (Fontana)
Two Streets – Val Doonican (Decca)
Yesterday’s Papers – Chris Farlowe (Immediate) -
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. -
285
Saturday 16 January 1965, 5.15-5.40pm
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Maureen Cleave, Rupert Davies, Richard Wattis
Producer: Stewart Morris
Records played:
Michelle – Morgan James Duo (Philips) MISS (3-1)
Funny How Love Can Be – Ivy League (Piccadilly) HIT (3-1)
Long After Tonight Is All Over – Jimmy Radcliffe (Musicor) HIT (all)
Tired Of Waiting For You – The Kinks (Pye) MISS (3-1)
Bombay Duckling – Ted Heath & his Music (Decca) MISS (3-1)
Come See About Me – The Supremes (Motown single played, then on Stateside) HIT (all)
And The Heavens Cried – Vince Hill (Columbia) MISS (2-1 second jury)
Now I’m Alone – The Gamblers (Decca) MISS (3-0 second jury)
Artist fees £283.10 (incl 30g for each panel member, so David Jacobs is £157.10)
Copyright is £155
Telerecording is £60
Total £498.10, budget allocation is £500. -
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Saturday 13 February 1965, 5.15.-5.40pm
(Recorded 6 February)
Panel: Brian Epstein, Marianne Faithfull, Adrienne Posta, Ted Ray
Producer: Stewart Morris
Records played:
Teardrops In The Rain – Joe Brown (Pye)
Golden Lights – Twinkle (Decca) (Mystery Guest)
My Funny Valentine – Buddy Greco (Columbia)
Honey I Need – Pretty Things (Fontana) 0.48
I Must Be Seeing Things – Gene Pitney (Stateside) (Mystery Guest)
In The Meantime – Georgie Fame (Columbia)
I’ll Stop At Nothing – Sandie Shaw (Pye) (Mystery Guest)
The In Crowd – Dobie Gray (London)
Ted Ray paid 30g
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Saturday 25 April 1964, 5.55-6.30pm
Panel: Honor Blackman, Dick Emery, Alan Freeman, Mia Farrow
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Mexican Drummer Man – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (Stateside) MISS
In Love – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Show You Mean It Too – Me & Them (Pye) MISS
The Matador – Major Lance (Columbia) HIT
You’re My World – Cilla Black (Parlophone) HIT
She’s My Girl – Bobby Shafto (Parlophone) HIT
You’re The One – Kathy Kirby (Decca) HIT
Rain Rain Go Away – Eden Kane (Fontana) MISS -
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Saturday 23 May 1964, 5.40-6.05pm
Panel: Stratford Johns, Jean Metcalfe, Lance Percival, Polly Perkins
Producer: Barry Langford
Records played:
Can You Do It – Contours (Stateside) MISS
Nobody I Know – Peter and Gordon (Columbia) HIT
Funny Things – Redcaps (Decca) MISS
Hello Dolly – Louis Armstrong (London) HIT
Ramona – Bachelors (Decca) HIT
Near You – Migil Five (Pye) HIT
Keep On Lovin’ Me – Kaye Sisters (Philips) MISS -
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 22 August 1964, 5.55-6.20pm
Panel: Bernard Bresslaw, Derek Johnson, Brenda Lee, Ginette Spanier
Producer: Barry Langford
Records Played:
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Jimmy Smith (Verve)
Come To Me – Julie Grant (Pye)
Can’t Hear You No More – Lulu (Decca)
I Want So Much To Know You – Alan David (Decca)
It’s Gonna Be Alright – Gerry & The Pacemakers (Columbia)
Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes (Stateside)
Shop Around – Helen Shapiro (Columbia)
Tell Me Why – Me & Them (Pye)
Chills & Fever – Tom Jones (Decca) -
269
Saturday 26 September 1964, 5.45-6.10pm
Panel: Roy Castle, Pete Murray, Adrienne Posta, Georgia Brown
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On – Little Richard (Stateside) HIT
The Twelfth Of Never – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
The Weaver – Pendulums (Pye) HIT
Don’t Walk Away – Kathy Kirby (Decca) MISS
Don’t Let Her Get Away – John Leyton (HMV) MISS
Look Homeward Angel – Fortunes (Decca) HIT
Always Something There To Remind Me – Sandie Shaw (Pye) HIT
I’m On The Outside Lookin’ In – Little Anthony & the Imperials (United Artists) MISS
RT 240964
27,000 jukeboxes in UK and over 1,000 panellists so far.
Discs chosen with “a good beat, a strong melody and excellence of performance”
12m viewers and 700 letters a week.
Panel is right two times out of three
David Jacobs: “Nobody has pretended that JBJ was an authoritative programme of predictions. It is intended simply to be jolly good entertainment based on discs.” -
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Saturday 3 October 1964, 5.45-610pm
Panel: Jane Asher, Alan Freeman, Gene Pitney, Julie Rogers
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Sha La La – Manfred Mann (HMV) HIT
What’s Easy For Two Is So Hard For One – Mary Wells (Stateside) HIT
Google Eye – Nashville Teens (Decca) MISS
I Love The Way You Love – Millie (Fontana) HIT
Cousin Of Mine – Sam Cooke (RCA) MISS
Now We’re Thru – Poets (Decca) MISS
Baby Love – Supremes (Stateside) HIT
La La La La La – Blendells (Reprise) MISS
She Wants T’Swim – Chubby Checker (Cameo Parkway) MISS -
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Saturday 31 October 1964, 5.45-6.10pm
Panel: Petula Clark, Marianne Faithfull, Stubby Kaye, Don Wardell
Producer: Neville Wortman
Susie-Q – Frankie Vaughan (Philips) MISS
I Keep Forgettin’ – Hi-Fis (Pye) MISS
I Wish I’d Never Loved You – Helen Shapiro (Columbia) HIT
Tango – The Mark Five (Fontana) MISS
There’s A Heartache Following Me – Jim Reeves (RCA) HIT
Over Susanne – Tommy Bruce (Columbia) MISS
I’m Gonna Be Strong – Gene Pitney (Stateside) HITMarianne Faithfull: “I’d like it at a party if I was stoned.” Of Tango by The Mark Five
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Saturday 19 December 1964, 5.15-5.40pm
(Recorded 12 December)
Panel: Marianne Faithfull, Sheila Hancock, Tony Hatch, Kenneth Williams
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
California Bound – Ronny & the Daytones (Stateside)
Lollipops And Roses – Danny Williams (HMV) 1.43
It Isn’t There – Swinging Blue Jeans (HMV)
Jive Jimmy – The Socialites (Warner)
Lookin’ For Love – Hummelflugs (Pye)
If I Fell – Keely Smith (Reprise)
Que Sera Sera – Earl Royce & the Olympics (Columbia) -
185
Saturday 9 February 1963
Panel: Anthea Askey, Arthur Askey, Steve Race, Anne Rogers
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Summer Holiday – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
That Was The Week That Was – Millicent Martin (Parlophone) MISS
One Day – Matt Monro (Parlophone) HIT
Pin A Medal On Joey – James Darren (Pye) MISS
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo – Richard Chamberlain (MGM) HIT
Cupboard Love – John Leyton (HMV) HIT
What Kind Of Fool Am I – Shirley Bassey (Columbia) HIT
Come On And Love Me – Freddy Cannon (Stateside) MISS -
187
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 16 March 1963
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Angela Douglas, David Gell, Sid James
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Punish Her – Mike Preston (Decca) HIT
Walk Like A Man – Four Seasons (Stateside) HIT
Tomorrow Is Another Day – Maureen Evans (Oriole) MISS
Cigarettes And Coffee Blues – Marty Robbins (Fontana) HIT
Them Terrible Boots – Orlons (Cameo Parkway) HIT
Follow The Boys – Connie Francis (MGM) MISS
Misery – Kenny Lynch (HMV) HIT
Say I Won’t Be There – Springfields (Philips) MISS
Can You Forgive Me – Karl Denver (Decca) MISS
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196
Saturday 4 May 1963
Panel: Dora Bryan, Judith Chalmers, Pete Murray, Andy Williams
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
Remember Diana – Paul Anka (RCA) MISS
Ups And Downs Of Love – Freddie Cannon (Stateside) MISS
What A Guy – Raindrops (London) MISS
Foolish Little Girl – Shirelles (Stateside) HIT
Diane – Joe Harnell & his Orchestra (London) HIT
Lucky Lips – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
Swing That Hammer – Mike Cotton’s Jazzmen (Columbia) HIT
The Last Leaf – Cascades (Warner) HIT
Bee Bom – Sammy Davis Jr (Reprise) MISS
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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 -
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Saturday 18 May 1963
Panel: Jacqui Chan, Polly Elwes, Don Moss +1
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Lovers Lane – Pat Boone (London) HIT
I Like It – Gerry & the Pacemakers (Columbia) HIT
Melancholy Me – Jackie Trent (Piccadilly) MISS
Ice Cream Man – Tornados (Decca) HIT
Forget Him – Bobby Rydell (Cameo-Parkway) MISS
He’s The One – Billie Davis (Decca) HIT
Just Before Dawn – Ned Miller (London) MISS
Early Night – Kiki Dee (Fontana) HIT
Don’t Make My Baby Blue – Frankie Laine (CBS) HIT
IF You Wanna Be Happy – Jimmy Soul (Stateside) HIT
Vini Vini – Chris Barber’s Jazz Band (Columbia) MISS
Every panellist on Saturday’s Juke Box Jury voted current Bobby Rydell release a miss – but it was already in the NME hit parade! NME, 24 May 1963 – single Forget Him. Was this a recorded show?
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200
Saturday 1 June 1963
Panel: Tony Meehan, Barbara Murray, Pete Murray, Annie Ross
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Around And Around – Lonnie Jay & the Jaynes (Stateside) MISS
Danke Schoen – Craig Douglas (Decca) MISS
Gravy Waltz – Millicent Martin (Parlophone) MISS
Riviera Cafe – Lance Percival (Parlophone) HIT
Atlantis – Shadows (Columbia) HIT
Tomorrow Night – Eden Kane (Fontana) MISS
See If She Cares – Faron’s Flamingos (Oriole) HIT
Sally – Tubby Hayes Quartet (Fontana) MISS
Blue On Blue – Bobby Vinton (Columbia) MISS
Da Doo Ron Ron – Crystals (London) HIT
(I Love You) Don’t You Forget It – Perry Como (RCA) MISS
Love Is A Ball – Billy Eckstine & Damita Jo (Mercury) MISS
It’s Been Nice – Everly Brothers (Warner) HIT
Keith Fordyce said on Lucky Stars last Saturday that Craig Douglas, Mark Wynter and Jimmy Justice were better singers than Rick Nelson.
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Saturday 8 June 1963, 6.35-7pm
Panel: Liz Fraser, Millicent Martin, Lance Percival, Jimmy Young
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Hey Mama – Frankie Vaughan (Philips) HIT
Ain’t That A Shame – Four Seasons (Stateside) HIT
Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol) HIT
To Give My Love To You – Cloda Rogers (Decca) MISS
Black Cloud – Chubby Checker (Cameo-Parkway) MISS
Indian Love Call – Karl Denver (Decca) MISS
Rondo – Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen (Pye) HIT
Bobby Tomorrow – Bobby Vee (Liberty) HIT -
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Saturday 15 June 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Juliette Greco, Jean Metcalfe, Peter Sellers, Maurice Woodruff
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Little Latin Lupe Lu – Righteous Brothers (London) HIT
Smile – Sammy Davis Jr (Reprise) HIT
Ain’t Gonna Kiss Ya – Simone Jackson (Pye) HIT
Sukiyaki – Kyu Sakamoto (HMV) HIT
Kiss And Run – Tommy Roe (HMV) HIT
Moonlight Tango – Acker Bilk (Columbia) HIT
Nature’s Time For Love – Joe Brown (Pye) HIT
The Good Life – Tony Bennett (CBS) HIT
This Empty Place – Dionne Warwick (Stateside) HIT
The Wild Wind – Danny Williams (HMV) MISS
Cry Baby – Mal Ryder (Decca) MISS
A Beggar In Love – Clinton Ford (Columbia) MISS
9 straight hits!
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205
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 3 August 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Angela Douglas, Jimmy Henney, Janette Scott, Jimmy Young
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Sally – Rockin’ Henri & the Hayseeds (Decca) MISS
It’s Time We Parted – Bobby Rydell (Cameo-Parkway) MISS
Just Tell Him Jane Said Hello – Gerri Granger (London) MISS
Don Diddley – Bobby Rio (Stateside) HIT
I’m Tellin You Now – Freddie & the Dreamers (Columbia) HIT
Come Blow Your Horn – Frank Sinatra (Reprise) MISS
Still – Karl Denver (Decca) HIT
Ooh I Can’t – Jan & Kelly (Philips) HIT
Mama Don’t Allow – Rooftop Singers (Fontana) HIT
I Know – Beryl Marsden (Decca) MISS
Looking For Love – Earl Sinks (Capitol) MISS -
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Saturday 7 September 1963, 6-6.35pm
Panel: Jane Asher, Alan Freeman, Tommy Roe, Shirley Anne Field
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Please Don’t Stop – Mike Sarne (Parlophone) HIT
Then He Kissed Me – Crystals (London) HIT
Secondhand – Wilfrid Brambell (Parlophone) MISS
Do You Love Me – Brian Poole & the Tremeloes (Decca) HIT
Nine Out Of Ten Girls – Kaye Sisters (Philips) MISS
Yakka Hula Hickey Dula – Dutch Swing College Band (Philips) MISS
Sally Ann – Joe Brown (Piccadilly) HIT
Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee – Osmond Brothers (MGM) MISS
Everybody Monkey – Freddie Cannon (Stateside) HIT
Love Me With All Your Heart – Kestrels (Pye) MISS
Memphis Tennesssee – Dave Berry & the Cruisers (Decca) MISS
Jealousy Will Get You Nowhere – Brian Diamond & the Cutters (Decca) HIT -
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Saturday 28 September 1963, 6.05-6.35pm
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Jess Conrad, Peter Murray, Barbara Windsor
Producer: Richard Evans
Records played:
Heartaches On The Way – Terry Stafford (Stateside) MISS
Be My Baby – Grazina (Frame) (HMV) MISS
Dragonfly – Tornados (Decca) HIT
Yesterday’s Gone – Chad & Jeremy (Ember) HIT
Miss You – Jimmy Young (Columbia) HIT
Love Of The Loved – Cilla Black (Parlophone) HIT
I’ll Take You Home – Drifters (London) HIT
Magic Carpet – Dakotas (Parlophone) MISS
My Resistance Is Low – Buddy Britten & the Regents (Oriole) MISS
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Saturday 16 June 1962
Panel: Carole Carr, Anne Heywood, Nelson Riddle, Pete Murray
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Our Favourite Melodies – Craig Douglas (Columbia) HIT
Crazy Words, Crazy Tune – Dorothy Provine (Warner) HIT
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) HIT
Here Comes That Feeling – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
Cryin’ For The Moon – Leo Maguire (Parlophone) MISS
Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon (Stateside) MISS
Ai Di La – Emilio Pericoli (Warner) HIT
Ya Ya Twist – Petula Clark (Pye) HIT
Spin-A-Disc: Crazy Words (Provine), Having A Party (Cooke), Feeling (Brenda Lee)
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Saturday 4 August 1962
Panel: Rose Brennan, Brian Rix, Jimmy Young, Susan Hampshire
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Records played:
Yesterday (check title) – Polka Dots (Philips) MISS
Seven Day Weekend – U S Bonds (Stateside) HIT
Steptoe And Son – Geoff Love (Columbia) HIT
Goody Goody – Frank Sinatra (Reprise) MISS
The Cure – Smitty Williams (MGM) MISS
I Sat Back And Let It Happen – Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury) HIT
Swahili Papa – Springfields (Philips) HIT
Sealed With A Kiss – Brian Hyland (HMV) HIT
Little Sue – Dowlands (Oriole) MISS
Producer Neville Wortman had joined the BBC after a spell as a cartoonist for ITV and time on Cool For Cats: “I was hoping to ease my way into the BBC. Twist had become one of the rages and I was going to direct a programme on that with Barry Lupino whose sister was Ida Lupino, the American film star. He got smashed up in a car accident and Johnnie Stewart was brought in. He had been doing Juke Box Jury and so he came out of that. The twist didn’t last very long and nor did the show. It was nicely shot though, a good show.”
Producer Neville Wortman: “I was asked to pick it up as it had got very staid. It had become more of a family show than something for teenagers. Bill Cotton Jr and I were the two youngest producers at the BBC – I was just under 30.”
Producer Neville Wortman: “I was determined to get more interesting panellists on Juke Box Jury, some people who had a real interest in popular music. I tried to build up really good panels and I filmed it in a different way too as I placed the cameras in unusual positions. I featured a lot more of the audience and got their expressions. We used to look for characters and I would get people out looking for characters whom we could invite to the show. We would walk to someone in the street and say, “Please come”. We were fighting head on with Thank Your Lucky Stars. They had a great style of programming for teenagers and I knew Philip Jones very well. They had a very stylish programme and Juke Box Jury wasn’t that. We were fighting for our lives with that programme. The BBC wanted to grab an audience at six and they thought that if you had them then, you should have them through the evening.”
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Saturday 1 September 1962
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Jimmy Henney, Robert Morley, Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch appearing in Sail Away at the Savoy
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Hey There – Buddy Greco (Columbia) HIT
It’ll Be Me – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
Can You Waddle – Spartans (Stateside) MISS
It Might As Well Rain Until September – Carole King (London) MISS
Little Diane – Dion (Stateside) MISS
We Won’t Say Goodbye – Kaye Sisters (Philips) MISS
Devil Woman – Marty Robbins (CBS) HIT
Jumble Sale – Petula Clark (Pye) MISS
What’s Gonna Happen When Summer’s Done – Freddy Cannon (Stateside) MISS
Dance With Mr Domino – Fats Domino (London) MISS
Voted misses on tomorrow’s Juke Box Jury – Petula Clark’s Jumble Sale, Dion’s Little Diane, Fat Domino’s Dance With Mr Domino and the Kaye Sisters’ Goodbye.
Alley Cat, 31 August 1962
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Saturday 22 September 1962
Panel: Ian Carmichael, Hy Hazell, Mike Sarne, Dawn Addams
HH in Lock Up Your Daughters at Her Majesty’s
Producer: Neville Wortman
If A Man Answers – Bobby Darin (Capitol) HIT
Bobby’s Girl – Susan Maughan (Philips) HIT
Close To Cathy – Mike Clifford (United Artists) MISS
Rinky Dink – Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez (Pye) MISS
Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On – Johnny Tillotson (London) HIT
Sherry – Four Seasons (Stateside) MISS
Til Tomorrow – Kathie Kay (Columbia) MISS
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Saturday 17 November 1962, 6-6.30pm
Panel: Edie Adams, Alan Dell, Ian Carmichael, Alexandra Bastedo
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Together Wherever We Go – Beverley Sisters (Columbia) MISS
Up On The Roof – Kenny Lynch (HMV) HIT
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
You’ll Never Get Away From Me – Tony Bennett (CBS) MISS
Scales – B.Bumble & the Stingers (Stateside) HIT
Always You And Me – Russ Conway (Columbia) MISS
I’ve Been Everywhere – Mudlarks (Decca) HIT
Here’s Hopin’ – Carter-Lewis & the Southerners (Piccadilly) HIT
Baby Face – Bobby Darin (London) HIT
Memo from Head of Light Entertainment, Television
21 November 1962
“I would just like to remind you that Arthur Askey will be available for either Juke Box Jury or What’s My Line, in the Jan/March Quarter, and any use you can make of him during this period would be appreciated.”
Response: “We tried him on What’s My Line once and he was no good. Took no trouble and taught us a lesson.” Cecil Maddon -
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Saturday 24 November 1962
Panel: Arther Askey, Dora Bryan, Kenneth Mars, Jean Metcalfe, Bobby Vee
Producer: Neville Wortman (Actually, Presented by…)
Records played:
Return To Sender – Elvis Presley (RCA) HIT
Island Of Dreams – Springfields (Philips) MISS
The Next Time – Cliff Richard (Columbia) HIT
Fly Me To The Moon – Joe Harnell & his Orchestra (London) MISS
All Through The Night – Lynne Adams (Ember) MISS
Baby Take A Bow – Adam Faith (Parlophone) HIT
Where Have All The Flowers Gone – George Mitchell Singers (HMV) MISS
Don’t Light The Fire ’Til After Santa’s Gone – Terry Scott (Parlophone) MISS
Happiness Tree – Norman Vaughan (Pye) MISS
If You Were A Rock’n’Roll Record – Freddy Cannon (Stateside) HIT
Scott’s record was a B-side: A-side was My Brother.
Askey paid 30g, date given is 23.11.62
DailyMirror, 271162
The BBC dropped plans to replace JBJ with a big teenage show. The intention was to have a 45 minute show on the 6.5 Special formula with a 15 minute “disc verdict”. After looking a try out with guest star Bobby Vee, and The John Barry Orchestra, Tom Sloan decided to keep JBJ as it was.JBJ used to be from the Television Theatre but it is now produced from a studio at the Television Centre with only 100 seats. The waiting list for tickets closed in January and people have been waiting about a year for tickets.
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Saturday 29 December 1962
Panel: Shirley Anne Field, Robert Morley, Jimmy Young, Polly Elwes
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
A Very Good Year For Girls – Vic Dana (Liberty) MISS
The Gift Of Love – Ronnie Hilton (HMV) HIT
Big Girls Don’t Cry – Four Seasons (Stateside) HIT
Suki-Yaki – Kenny Ball (Pye) HIT
Love Me Forever – Paula Watson (No number yet) MISS
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah – Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (London) MISS
Globetrotter – Tornados (Decca) HIT
Butter Wouldn’t Melt In Your Mouth – Tommy Steele (Decca) HIT
Ruby Ann – Marty Robbins (CBS) HIT
I Saw Linda Yesterday – Doug Sheldon (Decca) MISS