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Whole loft SuccessMARVIN RAINWATER (left top) is certainly pleasing the Britishdisc fans with his " Whole Lotta Woman," which has gone up fromNo. 11 to No. 5 in the charts this week, and thus added anothername to the hall of Top Ten fame. He is due to make a visit

to this country next month and is certain of a great welcome.

JTJALMA COGAN (above) has won the " Sugar -time " race by several lengths for the simple reasonthat her version of this catchy ditty is not theonly one in this week's charts, but has jumped ten

places from No. 26 to No. 16.

JACKIE DENNIS (right) has something to do theHighland Fling for and to look heavenwards inthankfulness as his first record, " La Dee Dah,'has made the biggest jump of the week from No.21 to No. 8 ! This puts another teenager in theTop Ten, and we wonder if other rock singers will

be deserting their jeans for the kilt !

AI 43BUDDY HOLLY and THE CRICKETS (Joe B.Mauldin, bass, and Jerry Allison, drums) were indevastating form when they tele-recorded their partin the BBC -TV's " Off The Record " show, whichwas seen last night, Thursday. Buddy (seen sing-ing with hii guitar) and The Crickets, have no lessthan three numbersin the best selling charts.

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They're all famous record stars, butTHERE is an old -established fallacy that whatever originates in America subsequently

finds its way across the Atlantic to Britain. That may have been true a decade or soago, but it is far from being an accurate assessment of today's state of musical affairs.

The reason stems largely from an ancient belief that any-thing American in show business is automatically superior toits British equivalent. These days we are becoming infinitelymore discriminating in sorting the wheat from the chaff -and in so doing, many sub -standard American recordings fallby the wayside.

Unfortunately, in these dayswhen the gimmick is the all-important ingredient in a hit re-cord, many artists of great artisticand musical value also tend to getleft on the shelf.

And when a British artist producesa cover version of an Americansong, which is equally as good as theoriginal, it stands to reason that itwill enjoy a greater degree of suc-cess -for not only will it benefitfrom " live " exploitation by thesinger concerned, but the local fansare obviously going to rally to thesupport of a home -produced artist,rather than one they have neverseen.

An outstanding ease in pointoccurred recently with the popularhit " The Story Of My Life."Every British version managed tofind its way into the best-sellerslist, yet the original waxing by MartyRobbins was a distinct also-ran.

But in the States, Marty (whoincidentally also composed thesong) is an extremely well-knownperformer in the country-and-

western idiom although he hasnever succeeded in getting off theground here.A young singer, currently all the

rage in the States, is Johnny Mathis.He has been likened to practicallyevery big star in the business anda general assessment of opinionseems to place his style between thatof Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme.

Popular in U. S.But the truth is that he is un-

mistakably Johnny Mathis and no-one else. America latched on eagerlyto his earlier recordings of suchnumbers as " Chances Are," " It'sNot For Me To Say " and" Wonderful, Wonderful " (and tohis LP under this latter title), and itwas generally believed that he mightwell establish himself in Britain withhis " Wild Is The Wind " disc, butso far it has meant very little.

As we have already said, in manycases, it is not so much a questionof the artists themselves failing toregister here, so much as their songsbeing covered by British counter -

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CHRIS BARBER BANDMonday: Humphrey Lyttelton Club,London; Wednesday: White Hart,Southall; Thursday: Town Hall,Wimbledon.

JOHNNY DANKWORTH ORCHESTRASaturday: Corn Exchange, Chelms-ford.

March 28)TERRY LIGHTFOOT'S JAZZMEN

Friday: Co-operative Ballroom, Ad-dlestone; Saturday: Jazz Club, WoodGreen; Sunday: Thames Hotel,Hampton Court; Thursday: Hum-phrey Lyttelton Club, London.

RONNIE ALDRICH ANI) THESQUADRONAIRESFriday: City IIall, Cardiff; Saturday:U.S.A.F., Burtonwood; Thursday: St.George's Hall, St. Peterport, Guern-sey.

ERIC SILK'S- SOUTHERN JAZZBANDFriday: Southern Jazz Club, Leyton-stone; Saturday: Cy Laurie Club,Piccadilly.

VIC LEWIS ORCHESTRASaturday: Kings Hall, Herne Bay.

SUNDAY6 Beaver Club; 6.15 You Lucky

People; 6.45 Accordion Time; 7 Big BenBanjo Band; 7.30 The Winifred AtwellShow , 8 Stringing Along ; 8.30 TakeYour Pick; 9 Roxy Time; -9.15 Ella andLouis; 9.30 Cream of the Pops; 10Record Rendezvous; 10.30 HumphreyLyttelton Show; 11 Top Twenty.MONDAY

6 Requests; 8 Show Business; 9Bing Sings; 9.15 Song Hits of theCentury ; 9.45 Rosemary Clooney andHi -Los ; 10 Jack Jackson; 10.30 TopPops of Tomorrow; 11 Talking Points;11.05 Bible Christian Programme; 11.15Frank and Ernest; 11.30 The WorldTomorrow.TUESDAY

6 Requests; S Spike Harrigan; 8.30Scottish Requests; 9 Alma CoganShow; 9.15 Linger Awhile; 9.45 To-morrow's. Top Ten; 10 The CapitolShow; 10.30 Fontana Fan Fare; 11Revival Time; 11.30 The World To-morrow.WEDNESDAY

6 Requests; 8 Something in the Air;

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WRY AREN'Tparts. Yet in the case of Chas.McDevitt's famous " Freight Train,"the reverse happened - and theStateside plaudits finally went toRusty Draper.

This was because he interpretedthe number to suit the currentwhims of the Americans who werenot used to our down-to-earth skiffletreatment. Draper, however, hasinvariably failed to impress theBritish record buyers, despite hisconsistent sales across the water.

Although the situation is nowrapidly finding a level, there hasbeen a clear dividing line betweenBritain and America on the issueof what we might call " commercialfolk music." We acquired our ownderivation, which we called skiffle,while over there they expanded ontheir c -&-w theme.

TOMMY SANDS

That is why Marty Robbins hasnever succeeded to any extent here,and another singer in the same cate-gory is Bobby Helms, whose originalrecordings of " My Special Angel,"" No Other Baby," and " Jingle BellRock " were all very big in America-though it is only fair to say thatBritish cover versions of the firsttwo, by Malcolm Vaughan and TheVipers, did not assist Bobby'schances in Britain.

On several occasions the Stateshave tried to steer a middle coursebetween skiffle and c -&-w, one oftheir more recent efforts being abeat number called " White SilverSands," which was recorded togood effect here by Don Lang.But in the U.S., the song was a

tremendous hit, the man responsiblebeing Don Rondo. Don is another

American product, whoenjoys spasmodic hits,but whose name meansprecisely nothing to 99out of 100 Englishmen.

It is noticeable thatthe greater majority ofAmerican singers whopossess a big reputationin the States but whomean little here, arethose who have nevervisited these shores.Which goes to showhow personal contactboosts an artist'sprestige !

American singers whohave never been hereand whose names wouldscarcely cause the raiseof an eyebrow in thispart of the world, areRoy Hamilton and VicDamone. Vic especiallyhas had some excep-tionally fine records re-leased here, the current

issue being " The Gift Of Love "-but he's never got into the TopTwenty.

One of the saddest situations inshow business today is the fact thata man who must rank in the world'stop ten all-round musical enter-tainers is so little known in Britain.

8.30 Smash Hits; 9 The Voice ofRomance (Mario Lanza); 9.15 Cugat'sCarnival; 9.45 Favourites Old and New;10 Record Show; 11 Baek To The Bible;11.30 The Hour of Decision.THURSDAY

6 Requests; 8 The Harry JamesShow; 8.30 Lucky Number; 9 SongParade; 9.15 Song Hits of the Century;9.45 Favourites Old and New; 10 It'sRecord Time; 10.45 Italy Sings; 11 OldFashioned Revival Hour; 11.30 RadioBible Class.

FRIDAY6 Requests; 8 Shilling A Second;

8.30 Tops With You; 9 Sporting Chal-lenge; 9.15 Dickle Valentine Show; 9.30The Dick Haymes Show; 9.45 GodfreyWinn's Concert; 10.15 Record Hop; 11The Voice of Prophecy; 11.30 StillWaters.

SATURDAY6 Requests; 7 Rhythm on the Range;

7.30 Intrigue; 8 Jamboree; 10 IrishRequests; 10.30 Spin with the Stars;11 Bringing Christ to the Nations;11.30 Jack Jackson.

SUNDAY12 noon Waltz Time; 3 Highway Of

Melody; 5.05 Jack Benny; 7.05 PeopleAre Funny; 8.30 European Storybook;9.35 News and Sports; 10.30 Who'sYour Girl.MONDAY

11 a.m. Request Show; 12 noonMelody Mart; 1 Outpost Concert; 2.05Stickbuddy Jamboree; 3 One Man'sFamily; 3.30 Lone Ranger; 4 Requests;5 Quarter's Worth; 6 Music In TheAir; 7.05 $64,000 Question; 9 Holly-wood Music Hall.TUESDAY

11 a.m. Request Show; 12 noonMelody Mart; 3 One Man's Family;4 Requests; 6 Music In The Air; 7.05What's My Line; 9 Modern Jazz, 1958.WEDNESDAY

11 a.m. Request Show; 11.55 LesPaul; 12 noon Melody Mart; 3 OneMan's Family; 4 Requests; 5 'SOundTrack; Music In The Air; 7.05Grouch() Marx; 9.45 Johnny Dollar.

THURSDAY11 a.m. Request Show; 12 noon

Melody Mart; 3 One Man's Family; 4Requests; S In The Mood; 6 Music InThe Air; 7.30 21st Precinct; 8.30 XMinus One; 9.45 Melodia; 10.30 RequestShow.FRIDAY

11 a.m. Request Show; 11.55 Les Paul12 noon Good Friday Concert; 2.05Stickbuddy Jamboree; 2.30 Robert Q.Lewis; 3 One Man's Family; 4 Re-quests; 5 Music On Deck; 6 Music InThe Air; 7.05 Stuart Foster Show; 8.30Mystery Time; 9 Stars Of Jazz; 9.45Johnny Dollar; 10.05 Request Show.SATURDAY

11 a.m.Request Show; 12.30 WesternSwing; 1 Saturday Salute In Music;3.30 Galen Drake; 4 Request Show;6 Music In The Air; 7.30 SaturdayNight Country Style; 8.30 OperationE,ntertalmbent; 9 Music VieWs PromHollywood; 10.05 America's PopularMusic; 11.05 Request Show;

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a British Top Twenty listingJOHNSON I has eluded them

TIE DISC BITS

!ERE?GOGI GRANT RUSTY DRAPER

He is the great Sammy Davis, Jur.,who has a small nucleus of fol-lowers here, by virtue of his records.

But I fear that, until this coun-try has actually had an opportunityof seeing him in the flesh, he willremain unrecognised for his truevalue.I find it rather surprising that two

artists of the calibre of GordonMacrae and Billy Daniels should beso listless on discs here.

Billy's name is not nearly as im-portant on records as some of hisAmerican contemporaries.

I'd like to see and hear more ofGordon, too He's a personableyoung man, with a fine robust voice,

GORDON MACRAE

and he had two great starringvehicles in the film versions of" Oklahoma " and "Carousel."

But since then, Gordon hasvirtually ceased to exist, so faras we are concerned !In the rock contingent, Presley,

Domino and Richard are all-powerful internationally. But whenwe move down a step on the ladder,it seems that each country has itsown favourite homebrewed rocksters.

PATTI PAGE

There are several American beatsingers, capable of commandingfantastic fees over there, who havenever really meant very much outsidetheir own territory. The States hasbeen raving about " Presley suc-cessor," Tommy Sands, for months-but only in the past few weeks,has he begun to make his presencefelt here, by virtue of his " Sing BoySing " film, and the resultant sound-track LP

High climbersSam Cooke and Chuck Berry

climbed high in the American best-sellers lists, without achieving asimilar success here. Sam, in fact,

recently had a number -one U.S.best-seller, in the form of a songcalled " You Send Me " - butneither song nor singer repeated theformula in Britain.

And Chuck Berry has figured quitefrequently in the transatlantic tables-discs like " School Day," " RockAnd Roll Music " and his currenthit, " Sweet Little Sixteen " havespun their way to fame and fortunefor Mr. Berry-who remains strictlyisolationist so far as the Britishare concerned !

In comparing British top chartswith those across the pond, it isevident that vocal groups are con-siderably better sellers in Americathan here.A glance at the current situation

over there, shows several groupsthat most of us in Britain haven'teven heard of, such as The FourPreps, The Crescendos, and The

Although Sam Cooke proudly dis-plays his latest long -player issuedin America and stands in front ofhis U.S. Golden Record awardedfor " You Send Me," he has nevergot into the Top Twenty in this

country.

Royal Teens. They seem to bespringing up like mushrooms-oneassumes that in Britain there isn'tmushroom for them !

One of the most talented groups ofthe moment is The Four Lads, whoenjoy periodic visits to the U.S.sellers, though they have so farfailed to attain that distinction here.However, with a great new LP onthe market, " The Four Lads SingFrank Loesser," it's possible thatthe unpredictable fans may eventuallytake to them.

Among other groups who havemade the Top Twenty at home areThe Ames Brothers (their " Melodicd'Amour " was very strongly placeda few weeks back), and TheCoasters (one of whose outstandinghits was Searchin."). But their

effect upon British fans has not beenstartling

A young lady who must feelthat the British are rather an un-gallant race is Patti Page. Shehas been coming into our homes,through the medium of television,for over a yearMost surprisingly, this appears to

have made little difference to herstatus as a recording artistonly a short while ago, she had abig American hit with "Old CapeCod," but we have to dig into thearchives to find the last time sheregistered to any extent here.

Other girl singers sadly under-rated here are Gogi Grant (remem-ber-she had a top seller in " TheWayward Wiod," but Britain hasallowed her to slip into obscuritysince then); Jill Corey (who figuredin the American lists a month ortwo back, with " Love Me ToPieces "); Jane Morgan and GaleStorm.

Dinah, tooAnd, though she's never been a

stupendous record seller, 'Anal:Shore is one of the very top U.S.songstresses, by virtue of her regu-lar TV show. Now that it is beingshown by BBC -TV. it is to be hopedthat we shall all be able to acclaimher undoubted talent.

One other name springs to mind,for inclusion in this brief survey

. . Ella Fitzgerald-under-ratedin any language!It will be interesting to see what

effect her forthcoming visit toBritain, and particularly her im-portant Palladium TV spot, will haveupon Mr. Joe Public.

These, then, are just some of thepeople whom the Americans regardas top -bracket, but who do notreceive reciprocal recognition fromthese islands. But let's be fair.

Any American, looking at to-day's NME Charts, would pro-bably scratch his head in bewilder-ment and wonder who on earthMarion Ryan, Michael Hollidayand Jackie Dennis were

TOMMY STEELErrOMMY STEELE is well-known as a leader in the entertainment world,1- but the noted male fashion magazine, " The Outfitter," has deemedhim a Style Leader as well. Feature writer Roger Berkeley writes : " Duringa chat I had with Tommy Steele one significant point rapidly emerged. Heis a young man with an acute sense of dress. His flair for wearing what isright for him is not a recent development . . . It is something which, quiteobviously, has always been with him.

" With fame and fortune has come an opportunity to indulge hispassion for good clothes and he does so with a sense of adventure-coupledwith innate good taste and the sense to take advice where he thinks he needsit ... I had always imagined he had BEEN dressed. But here was Tommytelling me how he designed his own clothes, how the styles were what HEwanted .. he goes in for leisure clothes. That is why he has a dozen suitsof sports clothes in his wardrobe, dozens of cravats and over thirty sweaters.

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" Cashmere is one of his favourite materials. He has several suits incashmere, and they are in grey-medium and dark. His other informal suitsinclude mohair and solid worsteds."

He wears only white shirts (with striped ties) or shirts with a bluestripe (solid colour ties). He has a Tyrolean hat and several caps. Hewears nothing but suede shoes, except with tails, when he wears patentshoes. When he buys a suit he buys two shirts, a cravat and a tie to tone.

This is the advice he sends to other young men : " Be distinctive ; beindependent ; don't wear what everybody else is wearing, and rememberthat your hair is your own business. You are judged on smart appearancefrom your neck to your toes."

When Tommy steps out tomeet Royalty he looks verysmart in this full eveningdress of mid -night blue,and note the white gloves

he carries.

Tommy inspects his collection of embroideredshirts, which he favours for leisure wear.

This sock is in pink nylon with a musicalmotive-one of Tommy's own ideas.

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Sinatra always pulls out some-thing extra, and this album for

By ALLEN EVANSFontana is no exception. Soothromantic vocalising, with high-lights in " I Am Loved " and" Take My Love."

SAL(Sal Mineo singing Too Young;

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Best are rock-ish numbers like" Not Tomorrow, Not Tonight,"" Blue-eyed Baby," " Tattoo "and " Oh Marie." Mark Jeffreyorchestra is top rate.

BOULEVARD OF BROKENDREAMS

(Ferlin Husky sings Boulevard OfBroken Dreams; Bat Where AreYou ?; I'll Walk Alone; StormyITesithcr; It All Comes Back TO MeNow; Among My Souvenirs; Me AndMy Shadow; Out In The Cold Again;It's The Talk Of The Town; WhenI Lost You; I'll Never Smile Againand Here Am I, Broken Hearted).

This sincere singer, FerlinHusky, puts great feeling intothe rather sad ballads he's pickedfor this medley. He has a light,manly voice and gets expert back-ing from the Jordanaires (andMillie) singing group, and the

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Gordon Jenkins writes mostlyslow, dreamy orchestral arrange-ments for this Capitol album.Deep - throated French horns(nine, no less) set the sultrymood, which is the soothinglyromantic, with a bit of gusto for" Valencia," but best is " Sophis-ticated Lady." Jenkins is on pianofront time to, time.

PIANO REQUESTSRuss Conway has made a big

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`LOVE ME AGAIN' SINGTHAT big song hit of 1957,

" With All My Heart,"really started a fashion. "LoveMe Forever " and " AlwaysAnd Forever " were quickfollow-ups, and now there's animportant newcomer in thesame style, "Love Me Again."

There are at least three"big" recordings of this song,all by British artists of the firstrank-Eve Boswell, P e t u l aClark and Jimmy Young.

PET, EVEandJIMMYThe obvious one to consider first,

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The disappointment, surprisinglyenough, is in the singing. This isPet's poorest side for some time.

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It jars from the very first word,when " love " comes out as " larve,"and later on the high notes soundharsh and unpleasant. The result isthat words that are intended tosound passionate, rather tend tosound hysterical.

There's a world of difference onthe flipside, " In A Little Moment.'Here Pet is sincere and convincing,but the song does not come over withgreat impact on the first hearing.

It's a tale of farewell, the slowishpace being offset by a most attrac-tive rhythm.

JIMMY YOUNGJimmy Young's waxing of " Love

Me Again " has a particular im-portance, because it's his first sincehe moved to the Columbia label.He's made a first-class job of thisditty-warm, tender and sympathetic.And whether his voice has changedor it's due to being recorded indifferent studios, the Young vocalisinghas never sounded better.

The backing (by Bob Sharpies) issimple and straightforward, givingthe maximum opportunity to Jimmyto display his artistry.

On the coupling Norris Paramorsupplies the accompaniment andmakes a valuable contribution to "AVery Precious Love."

A good, medium -paced ballad,but I doubt if it is sufficiently com-mercial. Again Jimmy Young scorestop marks for his performance.

EVE BOSWELLLastly, the Eve Boswell disc of

" Love Me Again " on Parlophone.From the point of view of perform-ance and artistry this is on a parwith Jimmy Young, but collects myvote as the better of the two, fortwo reasons: firstly, there's a brilliantbacking from the Ron Goodwinorchestra and chorus, and secondly,this is more of a girl's song than aman's.

Not only do I recommend EveBoswell's version of " Love MeAgain " as the best, but there'sspecially good value on the flipsideof her disc, too.

Eve clicks into her gay, foot -tapping mood of " Sugarbush " and" Pickin' A Chicken," for thesimply titled " I Do."

DANNY, JUNIORSA sure-fire hit record from HMV

is " Rock 'n' Roll Is Here To Stay,"as waxed by Danny and The Juniors.I ain't arguin' with the sentiment,and I ain't denyin' that this is justwhat the doctor ordered - com-mercial -wise !

The opening and the greater partof the disc are a carbon copy of" At The Hop " with the wordschanged. It's noisy and unmusical,but it's great fun and it reallyGOES. Just the ingredients for atop tenner.

School Boy Romance " is slow,unoriginal and dominated by athumping r 'n' r piano. Just the in-gredients for the dustbin.

RONNIE HILTONA couple more versions of "I May

Neves Pass This Way Again " havecome along, and the Ronnie Hiltonwaxing for HMV must be rated as apotential big seller.

Ronnie's singing is relaxed, easyand a delight to the ear. His sensi-tive interpretation is beyondcriticism.Add to this the expert accompani-

ment from Frank Cordell and youhave a record that is worth everypenny of your money. The snag is

RAftl ' the ' tltdbett Earl versiont 1(11-1viewed last week) is equally as good.

I thought Ronnie's choice of the

Gershwin oldie " Love Walked In "as the coupling was rather surprising-until 1 heard it. Ronnie infusesnew life and meaning into the ever-green, and the originality of theFrank Cordell backing plays a bigpart.

GLEN MASONTackling a big, serious ballad, is a

new departure for Glen Mason, butI can't help feeling that " I MayNever Pass This Way Again " wasnot the right song with which tomake the change.

He makes a fair stab at it, but

GLEN MASON and RUBYMURRAY try to scare each otherduring a rehearsal for a " JackJackson Show." Glen tackles aballad for his latest record, reviewed

on this page.

hasn't the voice to put over such apowerful lyric with conviction.

Composer's credits on the flip -over go to " Mason and Carroll "which seems to suggest that flat -sharers Glen and Ronnie areextending their teamwork to song -writing. " A Moment Ago " Is aquiet, dreamy, fireside ditty.Charming, pleasant, relaxed ; a

worth -while addition to one's " softlights and sweet music " collection.That's a Parlophone release.

VOXPOPPERSSongs with a slow rock beat fall

all too easily into the trap of beingdull and miserable. A shining excep-tion to this is to be found onMercury, from a new group calledthe Voxpoppers.

Wishing For Your Love " isrelaxed rather than slow, the melodyhas a wistful appeal and an attrac-tive lilt.

I'd go so far as to tip this discas having an outside chance ofwinning hit parade honours.At least, the name of the group,

once heard, is not easily forgotten !" The Last Drag " is an ordinaryrock job, lifted out of the rut by anamusing lyric about a car that hasseen better days.

DEAN MARTINDean Martin has an outstanding

song in " Return To Me," a beautifulNeapolitan ballad. Mellow andmelodious, tuneful and tasteful.Dean's easy -flowing style fits thenumber perfectly-he doesn't soundquite so lazy as usual, which is agood thing. This "relaxed" businesscan be overdone.

" Forgetting You " has an easybeat to it, a pleasant tune, apleasant mood.In fact, it is pleasant in every way

-as a Ibtatkground.There's nothing special about the

song to make you remember it from

KEITH FORDYCE

ON SINGLESone minute to the next. That's fromCapitol.

KUF LINXAnother new group with a name

that has to be seen to be believed isThe Kuf Linx. On London Americanthese boys have a really bright andbreezy rock number, " So Tough."

Bags of beat, loads of go, and atune that is even quite catchy inplaces. If you dig the rock, don'tmiss this platter-it could be aresounding hit !" Whaecha Gonna Do " is more

ordinary, but is distinguished by thelead voice. Feller has a deep browntone which makes quite a changefrom the screaming falsettoes thathave been so in vogue lately.

JOE HENDERSON" Mandy " is used as the title for

the Joe Henderson waxing for thisnumber on Nixa. Joe's honky-tonkpiano gets support from Bill Shep,herd's music and the Beryl Stottchorus and the result is the mostcommercial version yet to be issued.

There's plenty of sparkle andgaiety, but it's thumped out soemphatically that the delicacy thatis an essential part of effervescencegoes for a button.

JAZZBy KEITH GOODWIN

ONTHE NIGHT of February

18, 1950, the late CharlieParker took his quintet to theSt. Nicholas Arena in New YorkCity ; someone had the fore-sight to record the affair on anordinary tape machine, but in-sufficient tape allowed the operatorto switch on the machine onlyfor the theme statements andBird's solos.

The results are included onBIRD AT ST. NICK'S (Melo-disc MLP 12-105), and, while therecording quality is atrocious andthe continuity rather scrappy, thealbum at least affords us anopportunity to hear the greatBird playing free -wheeling, down-to-earth jazz in an atmosphere ofstrict informality.

Anyone with a basic knowledgeof chord changes will soon beable to follow what's going on,but even so, you'll have to digrather deep into this set beforeyou can appreciate all the won-derful things Bird has to say ontracks like " Confirmation,"" Now's The Time," " HotHouse," " Scrapple From TheApple " and nine other tracks.

rj1HE first batch of recordingsI. from last year's Newport

Jazz Festival are now availableon the Columbia label, and thisweek we'll deal with just two ofthe seven albums. The RUBYBRAFF OCTET (33CX 10104) isthe best I've heard yet-a happy,spirited session, with outstandingsolos by trumpeter Ruby, tenoristSam Margolis, and great blowingby the inimitable Pee Wee Rus-sell on clarinet. Braff also shinesas a relaxed, amusing compere.The reverse of the record is takenup by a lengthy recital ofpleasant, if somewhat inconse-quential, piano solos by BOBBYHENDERSON.

IN BRIEF: Don't miss a superbrecital of fluent trombone -

playing by poll -topper J. .1.

Johnson with Tommy Flanagan,Paul Chambers and Max Roachon FIRST PLACE (FontanaTFL 5005) . . . sample the ver-satility of the West Coast -basedAl Belletto Sextet, who appearboth as a vocal group and in-strumental combo on Capitol'sWHISPER NOT (T 901) . . .

enjoy the tenor work of BillPerkins on an otherwise dull anddisappointing set by the ex -Kenton sideman's octet onVogue's ON STAGE (LAE12078) . . . and lend an apprecia-tive ear to the instrumentalvoices of Jackie Cain and RoyKral on a fine Vogue programmetitled JACKIE AND ROY (VA160111).

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IT has so often been said thatthe songs of yesteryear are

of infinitely greater lastingvalue than the vast majority ofthe tunes written in compara-tively recent times.

To a degree, this is quitetrue, just as it is a fact that amajor percentage of thestandard " evergreens " whichcontinue to dominate the popmusic scene come from thepen of the great Irving Berlin-a superb tunesmith who hasalmost become a legend in hisown time !

Berlin is now celebrating his50th year as a songwriter-goldenyears from 1908 to 1958, duringwhich he has composed well overa thousand published songs. Theyhave been played and sung incountries scattered all over theglobe, establishing Berlin as one ofthe greatest individual talents themusic world has ever known.

70 candlesOn May 11, Berlin will be called

upon to take a deep breath in anattempt to blow out 70 candles ona king-sized birthday cake. Withluck, his British admirers may geta glimpse of this veritable genius ofsong, for lie has been invited toappear on a mammoth 90 -minutestribute on BBC -TV that day (asexclusively resealed in the NME twoweeks ago). Invitations have alsogone out to Frank Sinatra and BingCrosby.

To what can we attributeBerlin's continued success In thecomposing field ?First and foremost, he always

seems to know exactly what thepublic want at the right time.

Important, too, is his unerringability to extract the maximuminiount i( eaning from any sub-ject given him.

And finally, the delightful sim-plicity of his music and the forth-right directness of his lyrics areuniversally appealing.

Few people seem to realise thatBerlin was born in Russia. Theplace was Temum, on May II, 1888.He was just four when his family;migrated to America. His earlyinterest in music was encouraged by

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Berlin, snr., died when youngIrving was in his eighth year, andoutside of two years in grade school,his formal education was limited.Turning to music, he began song -writing as a singing waiter, gaininga fair measure of success with" Sadie Salome, Go Home " in 1907.

During the next year, Irving hada song published for the first time-" Mane From Sunny Italy "-fromwhich he earned 33 cents (2s. 6d.)by way of royalties. Then came aquartet of songs, one of which wasdestined to become one of the mostpopular in music history. The titles?" That Mysterious Rag," " That

ictlitt," the still -played461Et5tocilly'S' Doin; It," andtcourse-"Alexander's Ragtime Band-all written in 1911.

Seeking new avenues to explore,Irving branched out as a stageentertainer, building up an enviablereputation both in America andthroughout the rest of the world.

Came World War 1 and Irvingenlisted in the U.S. Army. He

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Scott.

attained the rank of InfantrySergeant at Camp Upton, LongIsland, New York, but his serviceactivities were rapidly pushed intothe background and it was in thesphere of entertainment that Irvingearned his reputation as a greatmorale builder.

During the 1914-18 war, hewrote and produced an all -soldierrevue titled " Yip, Yip, Yaphank "a show which included his well -remembered " Oh, How I HateTo Get Up In The Morning."

After 20 yearsIt's interesting to note, too, that

at this point in his career Irvingwrote a song which was not pub-lished until 20 years later-" GodBless America." He assigned royal-ties from it to Girl Guides and BoyScouts, and the figure realised isnow well over 100,000 dollars.

With the final all -clear heraldingthe end of hostilities in 1918, Irvingset up his own popular music pub-lishing house, and since then hascontinued to write and publish songsat an alarming rate.

In 1921, he was closely associatedwith the opening of the Music Box,a New York theatre for which hewrote a series of musical revuesbetween the years 1921-25. Hewrote, too, for the " Ziegfeld

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Follies " series in 1919-20-27, andhis songs were extensively featuredlater in numerous Broadwaymusical productions.

Those that immediately springto mind include " Face TheMusic," "As Thousands Cheer,"" Watch Your Step," "Annie GetYour Gun " and " Call MeMadam."One of Irving's best-known songs

is "Always," which he wrote in1925. This was the year in whichBerlin married Ellin Mackay, heiressto 30 -million dollar Postal Telegraphfortune, and "Always " bore thededication " To My Darling Wife."

He gavq her all rights of the songas a wedding Prege111, which wasjust another way of providing asubstantial income for always I

Moving out of the West Coastin 1935, Irving started a long anddistinguished series of Hollywoodengagements as a composer with thescore for the Fred Astaire -GingerRogers movie " Top Hat."

Refusing a cash fee for the job,he gambled on a percentage of theprofits and turned up trumps when' Cheek To Cheek," ' Isn't This ALovely Day " and the film's titlesong grossed 285,000 dollars forhim !

Two years later, he wrote thescore for another Hollywood film-musicial " On The Avenue," with

Dick Powell, Madeleine Carrolland Alice Faye.From it came such wonderful

songs as " I've Got My Love ToKeep Me Warm," " This Year'sKisses," " He Ain't Got Rhythm,"and " You're Laughing At Me."

His many other Hollywood filmsinclude " Follow The Fleet,"" Second Fiddle " (Rudy Vallee)," Holiday Inn " (Crosby), " BlueSkies," " White Christmas," and" Easter Parade " (Judy Garland)."Annie Get Your Gun " and " CallMe Madam," of course, were laterproduced as movies, too.

Inside story

Two, Berlin organised a star-studded company of professionalperformers from the Armed Forcesfor a top Hight show called" This Is The Army."After a long run in New York,

other major U.S. cities, and Europe,it was re -written for production asa film, and the entire profits fromboth ventures were distributed amongrelief agencies for the ArmedServices.

It would take far too long to listevery Berlin song that has enjoyedsuccess, but among those that youshould know are things like " WhiteChristmas " (the perennial BingCrosby hit), " What'll I Do,"" Remember ? " " Russian Lullaby,"" The Song Is Ended," " BlueSkies," " Snookey Ookums," "APretty Girl Is Like A Melody,"

When The Midnight Choo ChooLeaves For Alabam," " Soft LightsAnd Sweet Music," " Let's HaveAnother Cup Of Coffee," " Say ItWith Music," " Heat Wave," " TopHat, White Tie, and Tails," " Let'sFace The Music And Dance," " WeSaw The Sea," " Be Careful, It's MyHeart," " This Is The Army, Mr.Jones," " I Lost My Heart At TheStage Door Canteen," " They SayIt's Wonderful," " I Got The SunIn The Morning," " It Keeps ComingBack Like A Song," and manymore.

Very few major albums are with-out a Berlin tune in them, and re-cently Sarah Vaughan and BillyEckstine recorded " The Best OfIrving Berlin," a Mercury LPdevoted entirely to Berlin's hits.

Berlin now lives in New York,and proof that he is still active asa composer came with the releaseof the film " Sayonara " (starringMarlon Brando and Japaneseactresses Miki Taka and MiyoshiUmeki), for which he penned thetitle song.

Just as long as there is music inthe world, you can bet your lastha'penny that somewhere or other,people will be singing Irving Berlin'ssongs.

There's an interesting storyattached to the evergreen song," Easter Parade," that's worth tell-ing. MI Berlin had to do to writeit in 1933 was fashion lyrics to anunsuccessful tune titled " Smile AndShow Your Dimple," which he wrotein 1917 !

In 1938, Hollywood turned thetables on Berlin by making a filmabout him I It was only fitting thatthey should choose his first hit asthe title - "Alexander's RagtimeBand " - and Berlin added a newchapter to his colourful life storyby writing a new tune for thepicture, " Now It Can Be Told."

With the advent of World War

The Life -lines of PAT 800NFull name: Charles Eugene Boone.Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida.Birthday: June 1, 1934.Mother's occupation: Registered

nurse,Father's occupation: Building con-

tractor.Hair: Blonde.Eyes: Brown.Height: 6 ft.Weight: 185 lb.Brother: Nick, 22, who is recording

now under the name Nick Todd.His first release was " At TheHop."

Sisters: Margie (19) and Judy (15).Ancestry: Pat is the great -great -great -

great grandson of the legendaryAmerican pioneer Daniel Boone.

Education: David Lipscombe Collegeand North Texas State College. Heis now studying for his Bachelorof Science Degree at ColumbiaUniversity.

Favourite scholastic subject: English.Religion: Church of Christ.Wife: Shirley Foley, daughter of

famous American country-and-western singer, Red Foley.

Year of marriage: 1953.Children: Cherry (3), Linda Lee (2),

Deborah Ann (1) and Laura Gene(born early in February this year).

Recording company: Dot Records.First disc: " Two Hearts."Major disc hits: " I'll Be home,"

" Ain't That A Shame," " LongTall Sally," " Tutti Frutti," " IAlmost Lost My Mind," " FriendlyPersuasion," " Remember You'reMine," " There's a Goldmine InThe Sky," " Love Letters In TheS a n d," " Don't Forbid Me,""Bernadine," "When TheSwallows Come Back To Capis-trano."

Films: " Bernadine " and " AprilLove." He starts work very soonon his third-" Mardi Gras "-for20th Century -Fox.

Current British hit: " April Love "(No. 14).

Current U.S. hit: "A Wonderful TimeUp There "/" It's Too Soon ToKnow."

Favourite own record: " FriendlyPersuasion."

Some of his many U.S. poll honours:Early in his career, Pat was voted" Most Promising Male Vocalist OfThe Year " in the U.S. " CashBox " and " Billboard " magazinepolls ; in 1956, he became theyoungest entertainer ever to receivethe " Personality of the Year "award from members of the VarietyClubs of America.

Major British poll honours: In theNME, 1957, annual popularity poll,Pat was voted " World's Outstand-ing Popular Singer " and"Favourite American Male Singer."NME Managing Director, MauriceKinn, will present Pat with hisaward during his current Statesidetour.

Cigarettes, liquor: Does not smokeor drink.

Hobbies: Cartooning and swimming.He is also keen on most sports,and enjoys doing odd jobs aroundthe house when he's home.

Favourite singers: Bing Crosby,Perry Como and Frank Sinatra.

Pet extravagances: Little mechanicalthings like watches, radios, toycars, guns, etc.

Favourite clothes: Informal sportsclothes.

Pet hates: Unkindness, cruelty,hypocrisy, being pushed around ortaken advantage of, ingratitude andfalse accusations.

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A RELIABLE report indicates that 20th Century -Fox,concerned in case Pat Boone's TV series hurts his film

box office, offered ABC a million dollars for Boone's contract.The network refused . . .

Boone is in so solidly at ABC-TV that his company, CoogaMooga Productions, will producehis summer replacement while Patis filming " Mardi Gras" in Holly-wood.

Pat's contract renewal from his TVsponsor will probably be for 52weeks. Where Guy Mitchell and evenSinatra failed on TV this season,Boone succeeded.

Pat, incidentally, missed beinggraduated from Columbia in Febru-ary because he lacked three credits,which he's making up now. He's alsotaking acting lessons.

Johnnie Ray may record an albumin England. Preparatory talks havebeen held with Johnny Franz. Rayhas a new Columbia album releasehere-" Johnnie Ray in Las Vegas ". . . Issued at the same time isFrankie Laine's " Foreign Affair," inwhich Laine sings in French, Italian,Portugese. Spanish and English, withaccompaniment by Michel Legrandand recorded in Paris . . .

012151000070Elvis Presley leaves very little in

the can at Victor as he goes into theArmy. Victor plans to follow himwherever he's stationed, when theyneed new sides. Elvis was seen off byhis mentor, Colonel Tom Parker,who told Louella Parsons : " Mybusiness while Elvis is away will beto make sure his millions of fanswon't forget him. If I didn't work forhim all the time he is gone I wouldbe pretty ungrateful."

For what it's worth, EugeneGilbert, president of the GilbertYouth Research Organisation did asurvey of teenagers with, amongothers, the following results: "Presleyfans . . . are not joiners. Only 33per cent. of his most enthusiasticadmirers professed membership in aclub, society or other group operatedby their school, church or com-munity.

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Rosemary Clooney enjoys a joke with Perry Como during his TV show.

" Fans of Frank Sinatra, PerryComo and Pat Boone scored higher-about 50 per cent.-when it cameto joining. They also seemed to dobetter in school, receiving grades atleast one and one-half times higherthan the Presley followers " . . .

Guy Mitchell plans to put a downpayment on a 17,000 acre ranch inArizona to finally make his schoolfor problem boys a reality. He feels,reports Atra Baer of the "New YorkJournal American," that " workingand working hard at something youlike is the answer to delinquency. That

and getting closer to God . . . Andout in that Arizona country you canjust look around and get closer toGod than you thought you could get.I'm buying the ranch with my ownmoney.

" I could get help from show busi-ness friends who are interested, butI want to do it myself. It'll start outthis year just as a summer camp,because turning it into a full-timeschool right away would break me."

Frank Sinatra, says the "New YorkHerald Tribune," " Is consideringwithdrawing from the weekly tele-

FROM YOU TO USDAVID THOMPSON writes from

Kingston -on -Thames, Surrey:Ballads are coming back into popu-

larity, but only because there is nogood rock 'n' roll available. Rockhas changed from original music toa row which simply has a beat andnothing else.

Composers seem to have forgottenhow to write real rock numbers suchas " Race With The Devil," whichhas some really good guitar playing,and instead turn out monotonoustunes like " Maybe, Baby."

There are still a few good rocktunes written, but most of these arespoilt by unsuitable artists, and therest aren't publicised enough.

I would like to see a radio pro-gramme devoted entirely to genuinerock 'n' roll songs.

* * *Mrs. E. TURNER, of Sheffield,

writes:I'd like to congratulate Ronnie

Hilton on his wonderful performanceas Prince Florizel in the pantomime," Sleeping Beauty," at Sheffield.

He was a great success, and hisversion of " Banana Boat Song,"with his pianist Will Fyffe, jnr.,proved more than popular witheveryone.

His acting was excellent, his voicereally superb and when I met himbackstage, I was convinced that heis the most sincere and unaffectedsinger in the business.

*Miss .1. A. FOX writes from Chester:

I feel I must say a word of praisefor Ronnie Keene and his boys fordoing an excellent job when BuddyHolly's amplifier broke down atLiverpool last week.

Despite the shouts from the audi-ence, who were too thick-headed toappreciate his unfortunate position,he did his best to entertain the audi-ence while the amplifier was mended.

I sincerely hope that Buddy didn'ttake this display of bad manners tobe typical of all British teenagers.

MICHAEL ALLEN, of Salford,Lanes, writes:After hearing that Buddy Holly

and The Crickets had released theirfirst LP, nothing could prevent mefrom buying it. The record is filledwith top pops and the absence of" padding ' makes this real value formoney.

In my opinion, The Crickets areby far the most original group incurrent record lists. This week, theyhave four records in the Top Thirty,which is a grand achievement-butis it so surprising

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* * *A. FLYNN, of Leicester, writes:

Let's give Presley a rest and turnto Tommy Sands ! Here we havea pleasant teenager with a clear,strong voice and a brighter person-ality than the Pelvis.

If only he got the publicity Elvisgets, I'm sure he'd be tops here, too.

Tommy sings how he feels withoutmumbling over a microphone. Hehas his own gimmicks like Elvis, butI'm sure that he's better natured.

He looks and acts like a star anddoesn't walk with a " couldn't careless " slouch or wear a continuousscowl. So let's hear about thistalented discovery !

*CHRISTINE TREDINNICK, of

Lougliton, Essex, writes:I don't think anybody could be

happier than we Ray fans at themoment. Johnnie is making a suc-cessful recovery from his recentoperation, and soon we shall beseeing him in person in this country.

Now comes the exciting news thathe is to make another film-inBritain. I only wish we could giveback to Johnnie some of the hap-piness he has always given to hisfans.

* *GWEN DENYER, of London,

S.E.I8, writes:I'd like to say a big thank you

to Lonnie Donegan for giving ussuch a wonderful fan club get-together in London last week.

I know everyone was thrilled,especially when he sang to us, backedby a skiffle group made up of clubmembers.

DAVID MARSHALL, of Bourne-mouth, writes:If the record companies are uncer-

tain about what will be a hit andwhat will not, why don't they letthe public decide for them ? Afterall, it's the public who buys therecords.

What I suggest is this. A volun-tary body, consisting of between 50and 100 record fans scattered overthe country, should be employed bythe companies.

This body could listen to all thecommercial radio shows, and thenselect the records they consider mostlikely to be a success. I'm surethis would be an enormous help tothem.

* * *DAVID N1cLAY writes from

Middlesbrough:Being an ardent country-and-

western fan, I was very pleased to seeMarvin Rainwater climb into the hitparade with his " Whole LottaWoman."

The country music fans are beingbetter catered for now, with morerecord releases and radio shows.

But I wish someone would per-suade RCA to open their vast hill-billy library to British fans. Up tillnow, only one EP has been released.Great artists like Chester Atkins areas yet unheard on records over here.

GILLIAN BARKER, of Morden,Surrey, writes:Miss Carey's letter last week said

it was a pity Miss Lawson didn'tnotice Tommy Sands before she saw" Sing, Boy, Sing."

Miss Lawson is probably like me.I never judge anybody by just hear-ing them. I didn't go silly over" Teenage Crush," because I didn'tknow what Tommy looked like.

He may have pulled faces whilesinging and wiggled his hips, and thisis something I can't stand.

It wasn't until I saw " Sing. Boy,Sing " that I really thought Tommywas a worthy star.

* *CAROLE RUTLAND, of Kirkby,

writes:I would like to protest at the way

some singers are dealing with" Nairobi." They make it soundmore like an insult.

They put different words in andsing it out of tune. The only personthat seems to sing it properly isTommy Steele himself.

* * *SHIELA DARLEY writes from

Liverpool:I am always glad to listen to one

of Russ -Hamilton's records on theradio, but I'm sorry to say that ifI had to rely on the BBC disc -jockeys, I wouldn't hear him veryoften.

But thanks to Beryl Reid andLibby Morris, I manage to catch himquite a lot on Radio Luxembourg.

* * *" SKIFFLE FAN " writes from

Leamington, Warwicks:I have burned 227 photos of

Tommy Steele. Can anyone beatthis ?

vision scene next season. Sinatra willprobably terminate his series beforethe summer in favour of motionpicture work and a couple of specialone -hour musicals for ABC . . . Thesinger and the network are bound bya three-year contract, under whichABC is entitled to 49 per cent. of theperformer's earnings. Thus the net-work would share ownership of themovies Sinatra expects to film afterthe summer " . . .

From another source, columnistFrank Farrell, comes the announce-ment that Sinatra will conduct theNew York Philharmonic in a Madi-son Square Garden, New York, con-cert in October to raise money forthe Albert Einstein Medical Centrein Philadelphia in memory of the lateManie Sacks, TV executive and closefriend of Sinatra. Also likely toparticipate are Dinah Shore, PerryComo, Maria Callas and LenaHome . . .

5102170200Tony Bennett, reports Dorothy

Kilgallen, was offered a large motionpicture role if he'd remodel his nose.Bennett refused ... Another big breakfor Johnny Mathis, he goes into NewYork's Copacabana, May 8 . . .

Meredith Willson, whose " MusicMan " is the biggest Broadwaymusical hit of the season, turneddown a million dollars for the filmrights. He's going to make it himself.There'll soon be a London companyof " Music Man," and as of thiswriting. Willson has left for Londonto set it up . .

Patti Page's " The Big Record " TVshow ends June I1. No indicationsyet as to whether it'll return in thefall . . . Frank Sinatra's businessinterests continue to become morediversified. He has now boughtcontrol of three Pacific North-westradio stations for two million dollars.They're in Seattle, Portland andSpokane . . Mindy Carson's Broad-way starrer Body Beautiful," closedafter 60 performances at a loss of$310,000 to investors. Mindy maymake some London TV appearancesin May or later . . .

Al till:)1er with his wife Jeanette and his pianist, John Malachi, enroute for Liverpool on Sunday.

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Holliday atFinsbury ParkJUST how relaxed and nonchalant

can an artist afford to get,without appearing to adopt acouldn't -care -less attitude 2 That isthe question posed by MichaelHolliday at the Finsbury Park Em-pire this week. My answer wouldbe-thus far, but no farther !

I think Mike gets away with it,by virtue of his pleasant, easy-goingnature. if there is a fault to 'FM,it lies in the many private littlejokes that he seems to be havingwith himseif, during his announce-ments. But Mike has such a happydisposition, that you can't helpliking him, and quickly forgive himfor any seemingly non-professionaltouches.

His act consists of eight numbers,the latter half being batked by thePeter Crawford Trio, who earlierin the bill give a smooth andpolished display of their own. " TheStory Of My Life," needless to say,received rapturous applause, but I

particularly liked Mike's stirringinterpretation of the folk ballad," John Henry," and the warmth andsincerity of " Remember You'reMine."

Mike is essentially a quiet singer:Nothing hustles him, or causes himto abandon that lazy drawl. It isto his credit that, throughout hisact, you could have heard the pro-verbial pin drop in the theatre.

Here is an object lesson in howto sing properly.

DEREK JOHNSON.

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AL NIBBLER is the most re-markabie vocalist I've watched

on a theatre stage. We will cometo his voice later, but I havedeliberately said " watched " Inreference to his first -ever appearancein variety in Britain-at LiverpoolEmpire this week.

Never have I seen a singer soutterly immobile at a microphone.

1 know. he is blind, but I wouldhave thought, quite frankly, thatover his many years as an enter-tainer Al would have picked up somefluency in the use of his arms, hishands and even, by swaying or bend-ing his body.

Movements that would havebrought some change of mood tohis act.

They introduce him on a blue setto the thrilling " I've Got A RightTo Sing The Blues," then sweepinto " Daybreak."

When he sings " Do Nothin'Till You Hear From Me " Al getsthe house with him for the firsttime.Before you know he's finished it,

he breaks into an upbeat versionof " Hey ! Lover, Come Back ToMe," and I mean it just like that.

An Ellington medley, with JohnMalachi on piano as solo accompan-ist, doesn't quite click. But Al scoreswith " Unchained Melody " and thescat -sung " Because Of You."

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Gaumont on Tuesday evening, Buddy Holly reminiscedabout the past 25 days in Britain and, breaking into a broadtoothpaste grin, confessed happily : " Sure, we had a real ball !It was just great !"

The remaining two Crickets-bassist Joe B. Mauldin anddrummer Jerry Allison-noddedin agreement . . then sud-denly everybody was talkingat once !

"The country as a whole iswonderful and the fans are realnice to us," announced efferves-cent Jerry. Buddy cut in withan enthusiastic " You bet !" anddiminutive Joe B., perhaps thequietest member of this talentedtrio, just smiled thoughtfully andcocked a thumb up sign in mydirection.

Buddy took over for a whileas spokesman to recall some ofthe interesting things that hap-pened during the tour.Glancing through a date

schedule, he singled out the State,Kilburn, date earlier this month,and blurted out: " You knowwhat happened there ? I broke astring for the first time ! It kindof put us off -balance for a while,but everything went along finewhen I got it repaired."

At Southampton, he recalledseeing a lot of sailors in the audienceat the Gaumont Theatre, and movingdown the list to the Sheffield date, headded: " We played at the City Hall,and it was pretty confusing becausewe had people sitting behind us.We're not used to that. And anotherthing, the weather there was cold,and dark, and dismal-I didn't likethat "

Snow on Holly" You know, it snowed like mad

when we played at Nottingham, andthat wasn't too pleasant either," saidthe bespectacled Mr. Holly. Stillthumbing through the schedule, hestopped at the date marked Birming-ham, and looking slightly puzzled,asked himself: "Now what happenedthere ?"

" Oh, sure, I remember," he ex-claimed, as the quizzical expressionvanished. "We were taken roundthe Austin motor works, which wasquite a big kick. We spent abouthalf a day there going right fromthe foundries through to the assemblyrooms."

On the subject of fans, Buddychuckled quietly and murmured:"They were fine-nice, enthusiasticpeople, very receptive, and generallywell behaved.

" Mind you, some of them brokea couple of windows in my dres-sing room at Worcester trying toget autographs, but they didn'tmean any harm."Jerry Allison seemed eager to tell

me his impressions of Britain, andhe kicked off by saying: " Well,Keith, it was just like we expected-lots of historic buildings and narrowlittle streets. It was sort of quaintin many ways.

" We were either working ortravelling mast of the time, so wedidn't get a lot of time to ourselves.But when we were in London we gotto see all the real important placeslike the Tower of London, St. Paul'sCathedral, Big Ben, WestminsterAbbey and the Houses of Parliament.We saw the new Planetarium, too,but we didn't have time to go inside."

About audiences, he concluded:" Real nice people - even theTeddy Boys, with their long hairand sideburns I enjoyed gettingfan mail at the theatre everynight, and always got a kick outof signing autographs. I reckonwe signed our names about 2,500times I"Joe B. Mauldin occupied the

speaker's chair to reminisce about theBritish entertainment scene. "In theStates we usually tour with packageshows that are made up entirely ofrock 'n' roll acts. Here, we went out

BUDDY HOLLY

with a real variety show-comedians,ballad singers, jazz bands and rock'n' rollers-and it made a nicechange. I enjoyed it immensely I

" By the way," he added, " welike your Lonnie Donegan realgood t We saw him at a midnightconcert in London and he wasgreat."Chris Barber and Ken Colyer

were there, too. This was the firsttime I had seen any dixieland bands,and I don't really care for that kindof music. They played real well,though."

Manager Norman Petty had beenexamining the date sheet while thiswas going on, and he suddenlyexclaimed: " Please convey ourthanks to Bert Betts, the soundengineer who travelled with us. Hedid a fine job. And, incidentally, thenatural accoustics at Bristol's ColstonHall and Newcastle City Hall wereexcellent !" Norman should know-he's a top-flight U.S. recordingengineer!

IncidentThe final shows at Hammersmith

provided an incident worth mention-ing. The Crickets bounded on stageto start their act, but Buddy'samplifier developed a fault, and theshow was held up for a few minutes.Norman fixed it-and The Cricketsexploded into action !

Almost as soon as the curtain wasrung down on their last show inBritain, Buddy and the boys werebundled into a waiting car that tookthem to London Airport. Fromthere-a non-stop flight to New Yorkwhere today (Friday) they open asix weeks nation-wide tour at theParamount Theatre.

Though young in years and stillcomparative newcomers to showbusiness, Buddy, Jerry and Joeshowed a remarkable aptitude fordoing the right things at the righttime during their British tour.

They've learned how to relaxand enjoy themselves when they'reworking, and that's why, we feel,their sparkling brand of full-blooded, down-to-earth entertain-ment will be of lasting value !

)k Paul AnkaBOY, am I tired Many folks will have you believe that

show business is a life of luxury, glamourkid yourself !

It can be one endless round ofwork and travel . . . and that'sjust what it's been for me duringmy past three weeks in Britain.

I'm not complaining, though ! I'veloved every minute of it. But I feela little sad that I've not been able totake any time off to see a little moreof your beautiful country.

I've not been able to catch muchof your local talent, either, apartfrom the artists who have been play-ing the tour with me. 1 respect themall tremendously, and we've all be-come firm friends.

Newexperience

This has been something of a newexperience for me, for we don't havevariety shows of this kind back inthe States. Rock is much more pre-valent over there and you certainlydon't get the type of show whichcaters for all tastes in music.

It's rock all the way, as in the" Big Show of 1957 " tour in whichI played in the States before I camehere.

I have been overwhelmed byaudience reaction here. Don't everlet anyone kid you that you Britisharen't as warm-hearted or demon-strative as the Americans.Frankly, I was amazed at the

warmth of the audiences over here,which are every bit as enthusiastic asat home-perhaps even more so.

Warmreception

I was told that 1 might find adifference in the type of audience Iwould encounter. That, for instance,the would be more appreciativethan anyone else. But I can'thonestly say that I have found thattrue. Reaction has been pretty con-sistent throughout.

There have been times when I havebeen greeted with warm, sustainedapplause, rather than screams orshouts-but I can't say this wasparticularly noticeable in any onearea. It's happened rather more at thebeginning of the week. 1 suppose theweekend is more the time when theteenagers go to the theatre to shouttheir heads off.

JERRYLEWIS speaks about his

12 -year -old son: " Gary has200 tons of talent. But it's goingto be hidden from now on untilhe grows up and graduates fromcollege. It's not only that I don'tlike most professional child actors.

" It's that Gary's going to havethe advantages of the education Ididn't have. I had to quit in thesecond grade of high school, notbecause I needed the money, butbecause I couldn't be happy un-less I was In show business. I'velived to regret it.

" I've had to adjust to situationsI could have coped with moreeasily It I had gone on in school."

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We've had a lot of fun whereverwe've gone. At the Davis Theatre,Croydon, for instance, it wasespecially exciting, because betweenhouses some CBC newsreel men camein and shot some film for showingon Canadian television on Mondaynight.

We invited some of the fans infrom outside the stage -door and theycongregated in the dressing -room tolend a little atmosphere to the film-and to let the folks at home seethat I have a certain following overhere I

Say, I'm supposed to tell you myimpressions of the British tour. Buteverything has been one mad rush,and I just haven't known where we'vebeen half the time.

Auto -tourWe hired a car to transport us

around the country and we werepretty fortunate in that our itinerarydidn't take us through any of thedistricts that were so badly hit bythe blizzards.

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the can as a wonderful souvenir ofBritain to take home. But I stillhaven't got Buckingham Palace-must get that before we take offfor the States II guess I'm looking forward to

being able to relax for a short time.And maybe I shall have the oppor-tunity of fulfilling a long-standingambtition. I've always wanted to seeFrank Sinatra perform in the flesh.

If he's playing anywhere nextweek, guess I'll hop a plane and seehim and pick up a few tips from themaster.

I hear tell that my new record hasjust been released in Canada and theStates. Both sides are my ownc beom-positions, but the one we shall

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going for is called " Crazy Love."We're hopeful that it might catch on-it's got the right sort of beat. Iexpect you'll be hearing it in Britainbefore long

Must say I've grown to like someof your really solid food dishes overhere. They tell me I'm still a grow-ing lad (well at only 5ft. 4in., I hopeI'm still growing !) so naturally, Ilike my food.

And believe me, it's perfectly truewhat they say about the roast beefof old England. I've become addictedto your tea -drinking habits, too-guess they'll wonder what's happenedwhen I start asking for tea at home

I'm really sorry to have to leaveyou all. Everyone has been so kindto me and all the fans have been sowonderful.Once or twice their enthusiasm has

bubbled over. Down in Brighton, Inearly had the shirt torn off myback, and we suffered a few brokenpanes of glass.

And up in Dundee, one of theaccompanying cars was tipped ontoits side in the scramble, but it wasonly by sheer weight of numbers.

Best behaviourGenerally speaking, however

strongly as they may feel, Britishaudiences are the most enthusiastic,yet best behaved and most disciplinedof any I have ever met.

Gee, I don't know when I shall beable to come back again. It dependson so many things that may happenback home. And then there's sometalk of a Scandinavian tour, but atthe moment, it's all very tentative.But that it willbe real soon.

But the time you read his, I shallbe back in America. But I want youto know that I shall have taken withme some thrilling memories of somereally great people-and the know-ledge that I have made a host of newfriends.

Goodbye for now. Thanksfor your support, and I hopethat I may have the oppor-tunity of seeing you again inthe very near future.

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Remember how the story was putout that, after the Munich airdisaster, Tommy would travel toSouth Africa by sea ? (Although hehad, in fact, decided to make thetrip out by boat long before thedisaster.)

He had originally intended to re-turn by air, though this was not sourgent after the plan for him toeSpear at the London Palladium hadfallen through. Now chances arethat, after concluding his SouthAfrica tour on Thursday, Tommywill be back in London by the week-end.

The final comment comes fromTommy's mother. Mrs. Hicks toldAn NME colleague: " When hephoned me last week -end, I askedhim whether he would fly home, andhe said it depended on how urgentlyhe was needed in Britain.

" I'd like to see him come backby boat-for the rest. But I've noobjection to him flying-his safetyis in the hands of the Almighty."

London agent Billy Marsh leavesfor New York this week-to view apossible feminine artist for BernardDelfont's summer season show atBrighton . . . The association ofCount Basie and Frankie Vaughan(at the last Royal Variety Show) wasrenewed in New York last Friday,when Frank visited the Basie orches-tra playing at BirdlandJody Garland's opening night at

Brooklyn Town and Country Clublast Thursday, Frank Sinatra madea special flight from Miami to at-tend . . .

During a cabaret performance inChicago last week, Sarah Vaughan'sentire night club act was recordedby Mercury; the audience includedSammy Davis, Inc. . . . After tour-ing the world with Johnnie Ray fortwo years as road manager, Lon-doner Glyn Jones remains here atconclusion of Johnnie's currentEuropean visit - rejoining the Lewand Leslie Grade office . . His ownU.S.-TV weekly series prevented PatBoone singing " April Love," atHollywood Academy Awards onWednesday of this week ; JimmieRodgers seized the opportunity oftaking his place . . .

Another cover version of LaurieLondon's success (" He's Got TheWhole World In His Hands ") hasbeen waxed by gospel singer MahaliaJackson for the U.S. market-shehas been performing the number foryears . . Is this a bid to be in-cluded in Scots Royal Show-a trum-pet solo called " Balmoral Melody "waxed on Philips by Murray Camp-bell ? . . . Although several majorlabels made Howard Keel lucrativeoffers, he finally signed with RCA ...

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pular rock singer Bill Kent, seen here with the Dene-Aces, is makinga good impression on his current variety tour around the country. TheDene-Aces are (I. to r.) Mick McDonough (guitar), Pete Elderfield

(bass), Terry Kennedy (guitar) and Laurie Calton (drums).

more than big brother Tommy earnedfrom his filmed life -story . . . Neverguilty of a bad performance, Nat

King " Cole has been widelypraised by Hollywood critics for hisacting-portraying W. C. Handy in" St. Louis Blues " film . . . WillTerry Dene's friendship with femalelawyer Nemone Lethbridge lead himto the Bar ?

Unusual package at the Desert Innin Las Vegas at the moment is" Newcomers of 1928," featuringPaul Whiteman, Rudy Vallee, HarryRichman and comedian BusterKeaton . . . With an increase ofballads in British hit parade, DavidWhitfield must still be wondering why" Cry My Heart " tearfully collapsed-especially with Mantovani orchestraco-starring . . . What are the chancesof comparable British success forrevival of " Who's Sorry Now "-Connie Francis's current "Billboard"Top Twenty entry . . .

No doubt that Show Biz soccerteam will be pleased that BuddyHolly and The Crickets have com-pleted their stage tour here-as mean-while they are without ex -Blackpoolfootballer Gary Miller, who appearedin the package show ... Not sinceRuss Hamilton's Gold Disc achieve-ment with "Rainbow" has a Britishsinger invaded the U.S. best sellers;but Laurie London (on Capitol)was in " Cash Box " charts at No.31 last week with " Whole World InHis Hands," despite cover recordingby Barbara McNair (Coral) . . . Be-cause Don Barbdur is ill with pneu-monia, The Four Freshmen have hadto cancel some American dates . . .

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Ringing " production, it seemedYana would be chosen for LondonPalladium revue (opening in May,with Harry Secombe starring)-butnow it appears a soprano singer isprobable choice of impresario ValParnell . . . Already ElizabethTaylor has been approached for herconsent to a film of Mike Todd'slife-story-which would include aprominent role for Eddie Fisher,who was best man at Todd -Taylorwedding . . , A recording sessionfor Eddie last Sunday was cancelled-in view of his grief at Mike Todd'sdeath the previous day, he flew withElizabeth Taylor to the funeral inChicago.

It seems that Dave King couldn'tmake up his mind whether to appearat Brighton Hippodrome this sum-mer but when he did, FrankieVaughan had already been signed. . . Although Johnnie Ray receivedtelegrams and fruit from his ex-wife Marilyn Morrison after hisrecent ear operation, they remain" good friends " only . . . Under-stood from a reliable source-JackJackson's ATV show will revertfrom Saturday to Sunday nights . . .

Next week (on April 3), Doris Daycelebrates her seventh wedding anni-versary to Marty Melcher . . . Whenlooking over names for the ScottishRoyal Variety Performance, willthe organisers consider the suita-bility of Glasgow -born skiffle kingLonnie Donegan ? . . . With musicby London -born Jule Styne, " SayDarling " is a new Broadway musicalopening next week-which co-starsVivian Blain and Johnny Desmond(featured vocalist with the wartimeGlenn Miller orchestra) . . .

When colleague Derek Johnson

called to say goodbye to Paul Ankathis week, the singer was beinginterviewed by a very square news-paper reporter; asked whether hefound any difference between Britishand American teenagers, Paul re-plied: "No, they're all about thesame age !" . . . Typically generousgesture by Alma Cogan-Act pay fortuition for 15 -year -old ChristineBurdett (winner of a vocal competi-tion at a fan club get-together) . . .

Renato Rascei, Italian comedian whocomposed " Arrivederci, Roma,"has a starring role in Mario Lanza'snew film, " Seven Hills OfRome " .

One of Charlie Kunz's last discs(on Decca) was to have been amedley of tunes from " My FairLady . .. Seems that Judy Garlandhas been reconciled with herhusband -manager Sid Luft; duringcurrent engagement in Brooklyn, Sidwas sitting at a table with herdaughter Liza Minelli-when Judyintroduced her to sing " Just An In -Between " . . . Joan Regan's newbaby will be pushed around in apram presented by Max Bygraves.

American Columbia Records pre-sident, Goddard Lieverson, plans tofly to London for the April 30opening of " My Fair Lady "; butpart -composer Frederick Loewe(recovering from a heart attacklast month) is unlikely to attend. . . It seems some artists are com-plaining about their billing in " 6.5Special " film . . . When Perry Comotook a break from his U.S. TVshow last week -end, his deputy wasRay Bolger-seen here in ATV's"Saturday.. Spectacular " the previousweek

Tommy Steele's eight -year -oldsister, Sandra (just recovered froma two -month illness) accompaniedher parents to the London openingof ' The Duke Wore Jeans " lastweek -end . . . For a recent engage-ment in Havana, message on hishotel wall read: " Welcome, JimmyDurante " - spelled out with 100cigars; because of recent incidentsthere, Liberace cancelled a bookingat 24 -hours' notice, while JanePowell took first plane out afterarriving there . . . As the Ted Heathband make so many non -vocalrecords these days, vocalist, Peter

PERRY COMO'S UNUSUALLowe will not be replaced . . .

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CONFESSIONS INAPRIL 'HIT PARADE'

"AT the age of 45, I'm too old to be commercial," says Perry Como."I still like a song that's sweet and simple." This is just one

of many frank comments he makes about himself, his hit songs, hisTV show, in the personal article he writes in the April HIT PARADE,out on sale next Tuesday.

Other stars who contribute to this bumper April issue include BuddyHolly, who tells of his plans to buy a British sports car ; Dickie Valentine(" I'm leaving rock 'n' roll to those who do it better "); and Paul Anka,who describes his slimming activities.

Writing about his new film, " The Duke Wore Jeans," Tommy Steelerecalls the night he got lost in the fog. Jim Dale answers questions abouthis public and private life on the " Witness Stand." Bandleader KenMackintosh talks about the fun he has with his off -beat hobbies of flyingand criminology.

The April HIT PARADE also contains all the latest stories and picturesof your favourite recording stars. Among them are Terry Dene, JerryLewis, Liberace, Pete Murray, Bill Justis, Mario Lanza, Ricky Nelson andThe McGuire Sisters.

On top of this, you get reviews of the new pop and jazz records, newsand gossip from the American film and recording studios, and facts andfigures about many famous musical personalities, including the homeaddresses of Hollywood movie stars.

Other regular features include readers' questions answered by the stars,letters and fan club pages, a quiz to test your knowledge, and the cashprize picture crossword competition.

And if you want to know who are the singers' favourite singers, readwhat Jimmie Rodgers, Patti Page, Laurie London, Vera Lynn and other bigstars say about the " Voice of Their Choice."

Packed with articles and pictures from the world of music and records,the April HIT PARADE is something every pop fan will want to have.

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strong entry into the best-sellingcharts, a TV and concert tour hereby Jimmie Rodgers must be con-sidered highly probable . . . Topublicise new Chordettes release here(their " Lollipop " disc is No. 3 inU.S. " Billboard " chart), the Deccacompany has sent out 10,000 lolli-pops with the note: "Some thingsweet for you-a top pop for thelolly 1"; or just suck it and see ?. . . Ray Anthony gets his first bigdramatic part opposite his singer wifeMamie Van Doren in " High SchoolConfidential " . .

Messages of congratulation on hisAmerican achievements went toFrankie Vaughan from recentCopenhagen conference of Philipsworld-wide a -and -r chiefs . . . DorisDay's husband, Marty Melcher, hassigned Jack Lewis (an airline pilot)for his Arwin recoid label, whichis to begin production soon . . .ABC-TV resident singer MaureenKershaw is expecting a " happyevent " ; she is married to BurtonBrown, former comedian now withthe Lew and Leslie Grade office . . .

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rer are expecting their fourth child inOctober . . . Will this revive therecent " kilt versus trews " contro-versy ?-Jackie Dennis wears thelatter for his " La Dee Dah "-spot in" 6.5 Special " film . . . Hardlybelievable is recent statement byJayne Mantfield-that she wears alarge diamond ring in order to drawattention to herself I

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