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Saturday 16 January 1960, 6-6.30pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Anthea Askey, Jimmy Henney, Joni James, Eric Robinson
Records played:
The Big Hurt – Maureen Evans (Oriole)
Pretty Blue Eyes – Craig Douglas (Top Rank)
El Paso – Marty Robbins (Fontana)
My Little Budgie – Bruce Forsyth (Parlophone)
Point of No Return – Diana Dors (Pye)
Where Or When – Dion and the Belmonts (London)
Silver Shoes – Winifred Atwell (Decca)
Misty – Johnny Mathis
“In a recent Juke Box Jury in the States,” said her husband Tony Aquaviva, who is the musical director of the Symphony of the Year, “Joni (James) held out against the rest of the panel about one number which they condemned and within two weeks it was right at the top.” She was said to be the first pop singer to appear at Carnegie Hall with a full symphony orchestra. Has eight gold and two platinum (over 2 million) records.
Anthea Askey, daughter of famous actor/comedian Arthur, was an actress; Jimmy Henney a DJ and TV presenter; Joni James an American singer; Eric Robinson a bandleader and musical director, much seen on BBC TV.
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Saturday 27 February 1960, 6-6.30pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Lorrae Desmond, Alan Freeman, Eric Sykes, Henrietta Tiarks
Records played:
Wild One – Bobby Rydell (Columbia)
Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be – Max Bygraves (Decca)
Wish – Stevie Marsh (Decca)
Mi Amor – David Hughes (Top Rank) Side set
Tops In Pops (Staccato’s Theme, Oh Carol, Why) – Winifred Atwell (Decca)
Heartbeat – England Sisters (HMV) HIT
A Year Ago Tonight – Paul Byron (Decca)
Lady Luck – Lloyd Price (HMV)
Camera script unused: Buskers’ Time (Bob Miller)
The England Sisters are Betty, Julie and Hazel Dunderdale from Goole, father a sausage manufacturer. Backed by John Barry Seven.
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Saturday 24 September 1960
Panel: Catherine Boyle, Don Moss, Peggy Mount, Eric Sykes
Records played:
Just For A Thrill – Kay Starr (Capitol)
Is There Any Chance – Marty Robbins (Fontana)
Nicolette – Winifred Atwell (Decca)
My Love For You – Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
Never On Sunday – Chaquito (Fontana)
Never On Sunday – Lyn Cornell (Decca)
If I Were a Bell – Sarah Vaughan and Joe Williams with Count Basie & his Orchestra (Columbia)
Delia Gone – Pat Boone (London)
Stay With Me – Ed Townsend (Warner)
Taken from camera script. All may not have been played.
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Monday 22 June 1959, 7.30-7.55pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Mandy Miller, Pete Murray, Eric Sykes, Shani Wallis
Records played:
Waterloo – Stonewall Jackson (Philips)
Waterloo – The Mudlarks (Columbia)
I’m Gonna Change Him – Cathy Carr (Roulette)
The Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll – Winifred Atwell (Decca)
I Know – Perry Como (RCA)
What A Diff’rence A Day Made – Dinah Washington (Mercury)
Bobby Sox To Stockings – Frankie Avalon (HMV)
Marshal Marshal – Gar Bacon (Fontana)
Camera script unused: All My Sorrows, Driftin’ , Along Came Jones. Camera script has final record Don’t Forget by Hughie Green. Also, An Anonymous Letter by June Valli for Dinah Washington.
No show on Monday 29 June 1959 because of the Star Ballroom Championships from Earls Court.
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Saturday 17 October 1959, 6.50-7.15pm
Chairman: David Jacobs
Panel: Alma Cogan, Louie Ramsay, Jimmy Savile, Digby Wolfe
Records played:
Destiny – Henry Rene (London)
Put Your Head On My Shoulder – Paul Anka (Columbia)
What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For – Emile Ford (Pye)
Teach Me – David Hughes (Top Rank)
Candlewick – Winifred Atwell (Decca)
My Only Love – Allan Bruce (Fontana)
Oh Carol – Neil Sedaka (RCA) -
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Saturday 6 April 1963
Panel: Alan Freeman, Dolores Gray, Barbara Windsor, Jimmy Young
Producer: Harry Carlisle
Records played:
He’s So Fine – The Chiffons (Stateside) HIT
Mississippi Mud – Winifred Atwell (Pye) HIT
Heartbreak Avenue – Patsy Ann Noble (Columbia) MISS
Do The Bird – Dee Dee Sharp (Cameo Parkway) HIT
Casanova – Petula Clark (Pye) MISS
Casablanca – Kenny Ball (Pye) HIT
I Will Follow Him – Little Peggy March (RCA) HIT
La Malaguena – Caterina Valente (Decca) MISS
Tomcat – Rooftop Singers (Fontana) HIT
I’m Gonna Let My Hair Down – Vernons Girls (Decca) MISS
Half A Sixpence – Billy Cotton & Kathie Kay (Columbia) MISS