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Wednesday 4 October 1967, 6.35-7pm
Panel: Chris Denning, Julia Foster, Pat Gordine, Bob Monkhouse
David McWilliams, hot seat
Producer: David Bell
Records played:
You Keep Running Away – Four Tops
Excuse Me – Kiki Dee
Little Girl Lost And Found – Peter & the Wolves (MGM)
Trucker’s Prayer – Dave Dudley
Harlem Lady – David McWilliams
Fortuosity – Tommy Steele
The World of Broken Hearts – Amen Corner -
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Saturday 18 June 1960
(Ampex 110660)
Panel: Carole Carr, Millicent Martin, Eric Winstone, Digby Wolfe
Records played:
Swingin’ School – Bobby Rydell (Columbia)
Down Yonder – Johnny & the Hurricanes (London)
What A Mouth! – Tommy Steele (Decca)
Made You – Adam Faith (Parlophone)
Alley-Oop – Hollywood Argyles (London)
Make Love To Me – Kitty Kallen (Philips)
Another Sleepless Night – Jimmy Clanton (Top Rank)
Cry Hurtin’ Heart – Guy Mitchell (Philips)
Shakin’ All Over – Johnny Kidd & the Pirates (HMV) MISS
Ol’ Man River – Jerry Angelo (Parlophone)
Records taken from camera script so unlikely all were played.
Johnny Kidd was there
No show on 25 June 1960, Wimbledon and the Test Match
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Saturday 6 August 1960
(Ampex 300760)
Panel: Judy Huxtable, Bunny Lewis, Stirling Moss, Kenneth Wolstenholme
Records played:
You’re Thrilling – Johnny Angel (Parlophone) side set
I’ll Fly Away – Lonnie Sattin (Warner)
I’ve Never Seen A Straight Banana – Jimmy Edwards (Fontana)
This Place Called Home – Dorothy Squires (Decca)
Light Up The Sky – Tommy Steele
Theme From The Apartment – Ferrante & Teicher (London)
Unless You Mean It – Jess Conrad (Decca) side set
Silver Moon Upon The Golden Sands – Guy Mitchell (Philips) -
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Saturday 19 September 1959, 6.50-7.15pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Judy Carne, Petula Clark, Bill Maynard, Peter Noble
Reccords played:
I Want To Walk You Home – Shane Rimmer (Columbia)
Angel Face – Billy Fury (Decca)
Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (Pye)
Sleepwalk – Ken Mackintosh (HMV)
You Were Mine – Tommy Steele (Decca)
Someone To Love – Anthony Newley (Decca)
Mack The Knife – Bobby Darin (London) -
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Saturday 14 November 1959, 6.50-7.15pm
(Recorded 31 October 1959)
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Jeanne Baldwin, Bunny Lewis, Gary Miller, Venetia Stevenson
Records played:
Happy Little Caterpillar – Sam Tacit (Decca)
The Ways Of Love – Tommy Edwards (MGM)
Unforgettable – Dinah Washington (Mercury)
Fool’s Hall Of Fame – Pat Boone (London)
Little White Bull – Tommy Steele (Decca)
Talk To Me – Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
So Many Ways – Brook Benton (Mercury) -
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Saturday 23 March 1963
Panel: Jane Asher, Henry Mancini, Pete Murray, Marcie Blaine
Producer: Neville Wortman
Records played:
Baby Workout – Jackie Wilson (Coral) HIT
Don’t Play Me A Love Song – Shirley Jackson (Decca) MISS
Losing By A Hair – Lonnie Donegan (Pye) MISS
Losing You – Brenda Lee (Brunswick) HIT
The Jive Samba – Cannonball Adderley (Riverside) MISS
Flash, Bang, Wallop! – Tommy Steele (Decca) HIT
Why Do Lovers Break Each Other’s Hearts – Bob B Soxx & the Blue Jeans (London) HIT
Little Band Of Gold – James Gilreath (Pye) MISS
By Hook Or By Crook – Sandra Browne & the Boy Friends (Columbia) MISS
Aladdin’s Lamp – Mark Wynter (Pye) HITProducer Neville Wortman: “I went for all sorts of people. I went for Maria Callas at one point and her manager was horrified – there was a terrible silence at the end of the phone. He said, “You might just as well ask her to stand on her head.”
Producer Neville Wortman: “Steve Race was really good, he was an expert and could speak eruditely. Nancy Spain who wrote for the Daily Express was brilliant. She lived with Sheila Van Damn and they were killed in an air crash. Bunny Lewis wasn’t one of my choices but he certainly knew about the scene. Really we were looking for attractive personalities who could relate to an audience. Henry Mancini was a regular guest. He was marvellous and could speak knowledgably. Annie Ross was very good.”
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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 -
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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
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Saturday 15 July 1961
Panel: Paul Hollingdale, Lana Morris, Jimmy Young +1
Records played:
Tossin’ And Turnin’ – Bobby Lewis (Parlophone)
Adios My Love – Vera Lynn (MGM)
The Writing On The Wall – Tommy Steele (Decca)
Charlie Wasn’t There – Barbara Evans (Mercury)
After You’ve Gone – Emile Ford (Piccadilly)
Lucy’s Theme from Parrish – George Greeley (Warners)
Don’t You Know It – Adam Faith (Parlophone)
Our Little Doggie Ran Away – Rosemary Squires (HMV)
Take A Fool’s Advice – Nat ‘King’ Cole (Capitol)
PFTP 130761
Why do so many people in the audience have such vacant expressions on their faces? It seems as if the records were just another of those background noises, as indeed some of them are. I know that many of the records voted ‘hits’ would never be bought by the majority of us teenagers. A few of the ‘misses’ become favourite pops and soon we are singing them at home and at school.
If Pick Of The Pops were broadcast at an earlier time, how many more teenagers would be allowed to listen to it. May I congratulate David Jacobs on his excellent compering of these two programmes.
Anne McNab, 13¾, Glasgow