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FRANK SINATRA, who is visiting Europe this summer for thepremiere of his " Kings Go Forth," the film which has been made

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ANNE SHELTON was one of the many star visitors to visit JOHNNIE RAY in hisdressing room at the London Palladium on Monday, after he had made yet anotherappearance at this theatre. As always, he was a very welcome visitor with the fans.BELOW (centre): CLIFF (1.) and CLAUDE TRENIER meet DICKIE VALENTINE.The Treniers are at the London Palladium with their eight -piece rock 'n' roll group.BELOW (left): CONNIE FRANCIS is far from " Sorry Now " that her currentrecording has stayed at No. 2 position in the charts for two weeks, making it a double,as she is also in the American best sellers with her disc of " Who's Sorry Now."BELOW (right): MARION RYAN and DAVID WHITFIELD appeared together in lastweek's " Jack Jackson Show," and although they sing for rival labels, they have always

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2 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday. May 9, 1958,

CHUCK JUMPS TO SWEET 16 INREADERS who stud y the

weekly best selling p o precords in the States charts willhave noticed that quite frequentlynames crop up which meanprecisely nothing to the fans overhere. And they disappear withoutever achieving any sort of reputa-tion in this country.

An exception to this state of affairshas occurred with the advent ofChuck Berry who, over the pastyears, has established a firm foot-hold in the best-sellers, in which hecontinually appears with the regu-larity of a season -ticket holder.

He hit the Stateside headlines withsuch recordings as " Maybellene "(his first really big seller), " SchoolDay," " Rock 'n' Roll Music " and"Roll Over, Beethoven," all of whichenjoyed enormous sales across theAtlantic.

Although issued in this country,they didn't achieve any greatdegree of popularity, with theslight exception of " School Day,"which did make a very fleetingappearance in the British charts.But it had difficulty in competing

against the big British version byDon Lang and his Frantic Five. Andthe principal reason for the failureof Maybellene " was that the lyriccontained a certain amount ofadvertising, making it unsuitable forbroadcasting here.

Recently Chuck has enjoyed hisbiggest success so far in America,when his " Sweet Little Sixteen " shotinto second position in the U.S.charts. Like nearly all the numbershe sings, this is one of his own com-positions.

But there's something different

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about this Berry recording . . . foronce it's beginning to create a stirin Britain, where this week it standsat " Sweet Sixteen " in the NMEchart. It looks, in fact, as thoughMr. Berry has really arrived, so faras British record enthusiasts areconcerned.

A comparative newcomer to the

(Week commencing May 11)RUBY MURRAY, FOUR JONES

Birmingham Hippodrome.MICKEY KATZ

BILLY COTTON AND HIS BAND Brighton Hippodrome.Gloucester Regal. KAYE SISTERS

BETTY SMITH, CHERRY WAINER, Leeds Empire.THE FOUR OTHERS JOHNNIE RAY, THE TRENIERSLondon Metropolitan London Palladium

RONNIE HARRIS MARVIN RAIWATERLeicester Palace. Newcastle Empire.

MILLTOPPERSManchester Hippodrome.

TERRY DENE & HIS DENE.-ACES,EDNA SAVAGEEdinburgh Empire.

MICHAEL HOLLIDAY,PETER CRAWFORD TRIOGlasgow Empire.

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Friday: Nottingham Odeon; Saturday:Bournemouth Gaumont; Sunday:Croydon Davis; Tuesday: GlasgowOdeon; Wednesday: Leeds Odeon;Thursday: Liverpool Odeon.

big-time, Chuck is not without showbusiness experience. He was work-ing as a little-known singer -guitaristaround the Chicago area for severalyears before the break came. Thiswas an offer from a rhythm -and -owes record label called Cness,one of whose representatives spottedhim in the club where he was appear-in

Rock specialist Alan Freed en-thused wildly about this newdisc-overy, and began playingChuck's records on his disc -jockeysessions. He then signed the young-ster to appear in several of his tour-ing package shows and concerts, andalso signed him to appear on thecoast -to -coast "Alan Freed Showon television.

Chuck's reputation increased;rapidly and the next developmentsaw him signing to appear in a film," Rock, Rock, Rock," with whichFreed was associated.

Moviegoers may recall hisdynamic presentation of " YouCan't Catch Me " in this picture.Before he became a nation-wide

favourite in America, Chuck was:already recognised as one of thatcountry's most outstanding r -&-h;exponents, and his name hadappeared on many occasions in thecharts devoted to this specialisedidiom.

Now he is in demand in all themost exclusive spots in the States andhas performed in the majority oftheir most celebrated niteries andsupper -clubs, in addition to guestingon various important TV shows.

Chuck Berry is an artist whoseemotional exuberance and pulsatingrhythm have rocketed him to famein America, and are now having asimilar effect in this country.

He is living proof of the conten-tion that, even though rock 'n' rollmay not be as strong as it used tobe, the idiom has produced its owncrop of international stars, who willremain in the limelight for manyyears to come

It's my belief that Chuck'smagnetic singing still will be a featureof the hit parade, when the expres-sion " rock 'n' roll " is as outdatedas " jitterbug."

At this very moment, Chuck issitting back and smiling at thethought of his latest recording hover-ing on the verge of the best-sellerslists in the States. This week, Bill-board shows his "Johnny B.Goode "1" Around And Around " atposition No. 22, having arrived thereliterally from nowhere. Chances areit will be in the American TopTwenty next week.

DEREK JOHNSON

(L. to r.): Guy Mitchell. Frankie Vaughan, Mindy Carson and MitchMiller, who met in the American Columbia recording studios inNew York recently. London photographer Joe Matthews took this

picture while in America.

Mindy's welcome backEARLY last June a glamorous American singer whose talents were

little known on this side of the Atlantic visited Britain for twomajor television appearances.

They were so successful that anopen invitation to return wheneverpossible was extended to her. MindyCarson, sophisticated songstress whocreated such an indelible impressionon televiewers last year, hasfinally found time to accept it.

A starring role in the Broadwaymusical, The Body Beautiful,"kept her in America. That over,Mindy was due to arrive at LondonAirport yesterday (Thursday) andwill be on our ATV screens againthis week -end in " Sunday Night AtThe London Palladium" and on May17 in " Saturday Spectacular."

TV SeriesDespite her TV success here, how-

ever, Mindy still doesn't seem toenjoy the same high degree of popu-larity in Britain as she does in herown country, where she's had herown 26 -week "Embassy Clubseries for the ABC-TV network,and has also been featured in twolong-term radio series -the thrice -weekly " Mindy Carson Sings " forNBC and twice -weekly " MindyCarson Show " on CBS.

Record hits seem to have eludedher here, too, though she's had quitea number of titles released by Philips(off the American Columbia label).

She enjoyed success In the U.S.with " The Fish " and " WakeThe Town And TeN The People,"

neither of which " moved inBritain.A contributory factor towards

Mindy's success in the States on bothstage and screen is her beautiful face(and figure to match !). The Sculp-tors' and Artists' Association ofAmerica chose her as " The GirlWith The Most Perfectly MouldedFeatures," and their sound reason-ing won't be questioned after you'veseen her on youi- TV screens this

week -end !Some of you may already know

that Mindy is married to musicpublisher Eddie Joy, who alsohappens to be Guy Mitchell'smanager. They have two daughters-Judy and Cathy -to whom Mindydevotes all her spare hours.

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7 would lore to tour Britain'says

PERRY COMOthrough JEAN BACH, hissecretary, who talkedto DEREK JOHNSON in

London last weekSO enthralled is Perry Como with his new-found

popularity in this country that he wouldwillingly come to Britain if the right opportunitywere to present itself.

This challenge to British impresarios was delivered byPerry's secretary and personal assistant, Jean Bach, when shepaid a fleeting visit to London last week. It was when I calledupon her at the Savoy Hotel that she dispelled the theory ofPerry being a complete isolationist, whom we here can neverhope to see in the flesh.

"Perry is very excited about theway in which he has caught onover here," explained Jean, " andhe would very much like to playfor his British fans in person. Ofcourse, he is severely restricted bythe demands of his weekly tele-vision show.

Possible" But he does get a few weeks off

in the summer, so if the right offercame along, there is no reason atall why you shouldn't see him here."

She pointed out that if a visit toBritain could be negotiated, Perrywould insist upon bringing his wifeand family.

" He never goes any place withoutthem," she told me. Here was proofpositive of the legend which hasgrown around Como, that he isstrictly a family man.

" Perry is quite content merelydoing the weekly TV show," con-tinued Jean. " In fact, I can't re-member him making any other form

of personal appearance on the stageover the last ten years. Except forbenefits - being extremely warm-hearted, he plays a lot of those."

I began to realise that we shouldconsider ourselves most fortunateif Perry did decide to pay us avisit.He would certainly be establishing

a precedent by departing from hisnormal policy. I next questionedJean Bach about the background tothe TV show, which has become sopopular on two Continents.

" There's no doubt about the factthat Perry is quite the biggest thingin American television for the thirdyear running," she said.

" This is a terrific burden to carry.You see, we all realise that the onlydirection in which we can now go isdownwards. We are already plan-ning ahead into next year, and wehope that, by united effort, we canstay on top.

Jean went on to explain that thebasis of the Como show's greatsuccess is teamwork. " We areblessed with a tremendous organisa-tion. For example, the orchestra

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" In fact, the show has as itsfoundation a collection of talentedpeople working smoothly together." Perry has the greatest respect for

other people connected with theshow. He realises that they are allspecialists in their own fields, so henever interferes with their work. Heusually abides by their decisions,too.

Friendly" In this way, rehearsals are never

particularly exciting. There's afriendly atmosphere the whole timeand not once have I witnessed ascene or even a minor display oftemperament. And believe me, thisis most unusual in American tele-vision !

" If Perry does feel strongly onsome issues, which bring him In-to disagreement with someone, hewill approach the matter very tact-fully and say, ' Couldn't we possi-bly do this in another way ? 'It's really a sort of iron hand ina velvet glove ' technique."I have frequently read pen portraits

of Perry Como, in which it is sug-gested that there are two sides tohis character-that he is a relaxedfamily man at home, but a ruthlessbusiness tycoon in the office.

I put this picture to secretaryJean, asking whether it is true thathe is the centre of an enormousbusiness syndicate, controllinghundreds of people like puppets ona string.

Jean was quite amazed at thissuggestion. " Maybe I get a dif-ferent viewpoint from my position,"she replied, " but I certainly don'tsee him in that light.

" He is a terribly uncomplicatedman, completely dedicated to his

work and his family. That's reallyall there is to him.

" It is perfectly true that he isa shrewd business man, both carefuland cautious. But he is also modestand humble-and, like I've alreadytold you, he has a great respect forother people's jobs and so far aspossible he likes to delegate hisbusiness responsibilities.

" His heart is completely inshow business. He never goes outany place, catching his entertain-ment on TV. He is an avidviewer." He discusses all the problems

and complications of his show withthe family and is always wide openfor their suggestions. In fact, theyalways help him to pick his songtitles-both for television and re-cording. For instance, it was hiseldest boy who chose Hot Diggity,'and you know how successful thatbecame !"

Jean said she found it difficult toanalyse the reason for his pOpularity,but thought it was principally' be-cause. his appeal embraces all agegroups.

" You see, the youngsters of to-day look upon many singers ofPerry's generation as squares',"she declared. " But because hecaters for all tastes, the kids havegrown to trust him."I learned with amusement that one

of Perry's biggest fans is the three-year -old daughter of the NME's NewYork correspondent, Nat Hentoff ;she also likes Dean Martin, whomshe thinks must be a friend ofComo's, since he sounds vaguely likePerry !

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that Jean was speaking with thegreatest sincerity in her praise of herboss, Perry Como.

She has been working with him forseveral years, so she should knowhim as well as anyone. She hasabsolutely no hesitation in nominat-ing him a genuinely great guy."

" When the Como show firstappeared on the television screens,it was scheduled opposite a verystrong programme, The JackieGleason Show '," said Jean. " Mostpeople thought Perry's format wasso innocuous, that Gleason wasbound to win.

" But it didn't work out that way,and the viewing audience which Perrynow amasses regularly must be thegreatest of any show in the world."

I took with me this final partingshot from Jean Bach: " Now thathe is so acclaimed internationally,Perry has a fantastic reputation tolive up to. It's terribly hard work,believe me.

" But it's also extremely thrill-ing. He is very happy about theenthusiasm of his British fans, andrealises that he owes them a greatdebt. We all hope that he willhave the chance of paying it inperson."u.SiesufteWsevessNesoWesiesso~

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seated pianist, 15 -year -old JackieDennis has proved at Plymouth thathe has a mammoth -sized personality.In true show business style he hasmade good capital of an odd situa-tion.

He has done only TV and concertshitherto, so the Theatre Royal topbilling at Plymouth, with its twoshows a night, could have been some-thing of an ordeal for him, speciallyas he was not the original choice,but a substitute for Tommy Steele !

Thus Jackie made' his variety debuta month earlier than expected. Hespent the week -end rehearsing. Know-ing that he was playing to anaudience' of Steele fans, he slanted hisact to emphasise the rock angle.

There will be more ballads whenhis tour really starts in June, said hismanager Evelyn Taylor.

Opening with " From This MomentOn," he swung into " Rockin'Through The Rye." As well as hisown hit " La Dee Dah " and newrelease " My Dream," Jackie includesother people's successes-" Oh Boy "and " Diana "-the latter making animpressive finale.

To the opening houses at Ply-mouth he certainly had appeal,backed by The Steelmen with off-stage assistance from The Kentones.He reeled through his numbersquickly, with a minimum of talkingand revealed a voice unusually strongin the low register. He gave agood growl in some phrases in therock numbers, which drew screamsfrom the clappers and stampers.

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NOT the slightest doubtabout the recipient of my

big, big bouquet of the week.It's orchestra leader CyrilStapleton. His waxing of anumber called " Teenage Lul-laby " is just fabulous !

This composition is distinctive,different, a treat to the ear. Itcombines a beat with a catchytune, and the arrangement is out-standing, both musically and com-mercially.

Instrumentals aren't always the bestbets for the hit parade but this isa disc with a unique sound, andcould be a big success in the waythat " Main Title " caught theimagination of record buyers, and" Hot Toddy " before that.

Punchy brass, muted brass, velvetstrings, and a chorus echoing sofar, far away, are blended to per-fection.

You must hear this platter whetheryou're a square, a round or even atriangle; it's a treat for anybody andeverybody. A worthy winner fromDecca.

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" Out Of My Mind " is a conven-tional rocker, fairly fast, but onlyaverage material.

PRESLEYTwo sure-fire big sellers, and one

could -be, for RCA have arrived inthe post this week. Elvis Presley isalready in the frame with " WearMy Ring Around Your Neck," afast, thumping rock job that fordshim in his craziest mood.

Coupling, "Doncha Think It'sTime," is slower, sexier, and repeatsyet again a tune that Elvis has fea-tured so many times with differentlyrics, including " Don't Be Cruel."

COMOShouldn't be very long before

Perry Como's RCA waxing of" Kewpie Doll " is also high in thehit parade. A good disc, but to myears, only half as good as FrankieVaughan's version for Philips.

There's going to be a big battlebetween these two stars for thehonours on this cute, punchy andamusing ditty.I fancy Frankie will win in the

long run. His disc is much moreexciting than Perry's, and the Britishlad catches the gay fairground moodwhich the song demands.

Como, on the other hand, is hisusual smooth, casual self, whichmakes for good listening but wasteshalf the potential of this particularsong.

The ffipside of the Como recordis a mellow, melodious waltz, "DanceOnly With Me." Delightful backingfrom the Mitchell Ayres orchestraand the Ray Charles Singers.

GIBSONThe could -be from RCA is Don

Gibson's " Oh Lonesome Me." Thisis a song that Don penned himselfand combines a fast beat with wordsand music of c -and -w inspiration.

By KEITH GOODWIN

BESTjazz interpretation I've

yet heard of the impressiveMY FAIR LADY score is bydrummer Shelly Manne and hisFriends (Vogue LAC 12100).This has been America's topselling jazz album for severalmonths, and It's certainly a finerecord. Pianist Andre Previn, athroughful, expressive musician, isthe principal soloist, and there arealso some nice spots by bassistLeroy Vinnegar. Highly recom-mended

riNDER the title MY FAIR1,-) LADY LOVES JAZZ (HMVDLP 1181) pianist Billy Taylorand his trio present the by -nowwell-known tunes from the showwith an orchestra under the direc-tion of Quincy Jones. A neatand colourful programme, theconcise arrangements also offerscope for solo blowing by An-thony Ortega, Don Elliott, JimmyCleveland and Ernie Royal.Good!

ATTACKING trumpet byJimmie Deuchar, more intro-

vert blowing by colleague DizzyReece, and some tasteful baritonework by Tubby Hayes with threecombos under the direction ofpianist-sibist Victor Feldman (nowresident in America) makeTRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE(Tempo TAP 19) a valuable addi-tion to the British jazz recordlibrary. Definitely worth a spin !

* * *11400D music in the Duke El.IT" lington manner is my-andyours, I hope-cup of welcometea, and the nine provocative titleson SOLITUDE (Philips BBL7229) leave little to be desired.The scores are impeccably per-formed, and the distinctive solosounds of Paul Gonsalves, HaroldBaker, Ray Nance, Harry Carney,Johnny Hodges, and JimmyHamilton add to the enjoyment.A One album !

Frank, Keely, Billywonder trio

CYRIL STAPLETON and PETULA CLARK lookpleased with life. They both have recordings reviewedin this issue, Cyril's on the left and Pet's in the

EP reviews on page 10.

Repetitious but not boring; catchyand easily remembered.

Don has a manly open-air voicethat I think you'll like. " I Can'tStop Lovin' You" is pure c -and -wmaterial, slow but quite agreeable.

WAYNEThere's home-made coverage of

" Oh Lonesome Me " from TerryWayne on the Columbia label. Thebeat is not so effective as on theAmerican disc, but Terry's per-formance is well up to standard, andyou'll get your money's worth if yougo for this version.

" There's Only One Of You " givesTerry a chance to display his abilitiesas a relaxed vocalist, and this he doesfull well. It's a happy melody with aLatin-American rhythm.

CHERRY

A SPOT of inspired casting at Capitol, wherethey have brought Frank Sinatra, Keely

Smith and Billy May together on one disc. "HowAre Ya' Fixed For Love ?" has a robust swing toit, providing the ideal vehicle for Sinatra in his '

most devastating vocal form.Keely Smith turns in a performance to match that

of " The King " and the big hand accompanimentfrom Mr. May is unobtrusive, but nevertheless makesa valuable contribution to what is a one hundred per ,

cent. successful production.Both songs on this disc are from Sammy Kahn and

Jimmy Van Heusen, which is a guarantee that bothwords and music are top quality.

In this instance the words especially deserve topmarks. "Nothing In Common " is another medium -paced swinger, laced with quiet humour that follows atheme similar to the oldie, " Let's Call The WholeThing Off."

I just can't even hazard a guess as to the hitpotential of this record, but anyone investing in itwill get full value for money, and then some.

But . . take a listen to thecoupling, " Comes Lave." This is asong that gives Alma a chance todisplay the artistry of which she isreadily capable.

The opening leans towards thejazz idiom, later the number bursts

A lovely song that deserves moreattention than it is getting is" Another Time, Another Place."And Don Cherry's waxing of itdeserves your attention.

Don has only had one hit overhere (" Band Of Gold ") but hisclear, manly tones and sensitive in-terpretation have provided many agood platter. And this is one such.Do hear it if you can.

The melody is excellent and thelyric good, though not too stronglycommercial.Pleasant to find a British song on

the flipover, "The Golden Age,"which was featured in the " TheGolden Disc " film. Don's perform-ance makes this song sound farbetter than I have previously heard itsound. Ray Coniff and Orchestraprovide a fine backing.

JAMESJoni James has a pleasant song on

her latest disc for MGM. " LoveWorks Miracles " has an easy, re-laxed beat, a pretty melody andlyrics which once more praise thatwondrous thing called " love."

Worth a listen, but I reckon thesong Is just a bit too easy-going tomake an impression.

Flipside carries the dreamilyromantic ballad " Never Till Now.Tender and sincere, warm and con-vincing.

DESMONDAfter flirting with some wild, wild

skiffle numbers, very competently,too, Lorrae Desmond returns to herfirst love-the romantic ballad.Which is something else she can copewith very competently.

" The Secret Of Happiness " couldbe a big song, given enough ex-posure, and Lorrae stands as good achance as any of collecting thehonours. Bob Sharpies provides alush string and chorus backing.

Miss Desmond comes in close tothe microphone for an intimateinterpretation of the Rodgers andHart number Down By The River."

BEATTIEWith tonsils like Tennessee Ernie's,

Paul Beattie commands the attentionfrom the beginning of a song." Wanderlust " provides a perfectsetting for the deep brown voice; thenumber races along at a steady gallopand has a rugged he-man quality.

A pity that a voice like this hasso far not attracted much attention.The coupling is more likely to do

the trick for Paul-a gimmicky rockjob called "Me Please Me." Sadthat such talent has to be wasted onsuch unworthy material.

COGANFor HMV, Alma Cogan sings

" Stairway Of Love," with the back-ing of the Frank Cordell Orchestra.Being a happy ditty it is well suitedto Alma, but there's nothing specialabout the presentation or arrange-ment to pick this version out fromthe many others.

Wit

forth for a few bars into wildan ing.Unfortunately, it just ain't com-

merical, but this is Alma at her mostimpressive, and I'm glad that she isgetting the opportunity to wax a fewsongs of this type.

You must hear

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Last ThisWeek1 1 WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN

Marvin Rainwater (MGM)2 2 WHO'S SORRY NOW

Connie Francis (MGM)5 3 A WONDERFUL TIME UP

THERE Pat Boone ( London)13 4 WEAR MY RING

Elvis Presley (RCA)3 5 SWINGIN' SHEPHERD

BLUES Ted Heath (Decca)7 6 LOLLIPOP

Chordettes (London)12 7 TOM HARK

Elias & his Zig Zag JiveFlutes (Columbia)

16 8 GRAND COOLIE DAMLonnie Donegan (Pye-Nixa)

6 9 TEQUILAThe Champs (London)

11 10 LOLLIPOPMudlarks (Columbia)

8 11 BREATHLESSJerry Lee Lewis (London)

4 12 MAGIC MOMENTSPerry Como (RCA)

13 13 IT'S TOO SOON TOKNOW Pat Boone ( London)

15 14 TO BE LOVEDMalcolm Vaughan (HMV)

10 15 MAYBE BABYCrickets (Coral)

26 16 SWEET LITTLESIXTEEN

Chuck Berry (London)17 17 I MAY NEVER PASS THIS

WAY AGAINRobert Earl (Philips)

19 18 LA DEE DAHJackie Dennis (Decca)

18 19 NAIROBITommy Steele (Decca)

- 20 THE CLOUDS WILLSOON ROLL BY

Tony Brent (Columbia)9 21 DON'T Elvis Presley (RCA)

25 22 HAPPY GUITARTommy Steele (Decca)

24 23 APRIL LOVEPat Boone (London)

20 24 MANDYEddie Calvert (Columbia)

- 25 KEWPIE DOLLPerry Como (RCA)

27 26 CATCH A FALLING STARPerry Como (RCA)

- 26 KEWPIE DOLLFrankie Vaughan (Philips)

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28 29 YOU NEED HANDS/TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM

Max Bygraves (Decca)- 30 ON THE STREET WHERE

YOU LIVEVic Damone (Philips)

BEST SELLING SHEETMUSIC IN BRITAIN

(Week ending May 6)Last This

Week2 1 MAGIC MOMENTS

(Chappell) 2s.4 2I MAY NEVER PASS THIS

WAY AGAIN (Chappell) 2s. 6d.1 3 SWING'S' SHEPHERD

- BLUES (Sherwin) 2s.3 4 APRIL LOVE (Robbins) 2s.5 5 CATCH A FALLING STAR

(Feldman) 2s.6 6 TO BE LOVED (Duchess) 2s.8 7 WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN

(Sheldon) 2s.12 8 LOLLIPOP ( Anglo-Pic ) 2s.

7 9 SUGARTIME (Southern) 2s.11 10 OH, OH, I'M FALLING IN

LOVE AGAIN (Sterling) 2s.9 11 MANDY (PANSY)

(World Wide) 2s.10 12 THE STORY OF MY LIFE

(Sterling) 2s.14 13 TEQUILA (Challenge) 2s.17 14 TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM

(CinephoniC) 2s.13 13 NAIROBI (Leeds) 2s.16 18 A WONDERFUL TIME UP

THERE (Morris) 2s.15 17 ALL THE WAY (Barton) 2s.22 18 WHY DON'T THEY UNDER-

STAND (Henderson) 25.-19 WHO'S SORRY NOW

(Feldman) 2s.20 20 FORGOTTEN DREAMS

(Mills Music) 23. 6d.- 21 GRAND COOLIE DAM

(Essex) 2s.23 22 YOU NEED HANDS

(Lakeview) 2s.- 23 A VERY PRECIOUS LOVE

(Blossom) 2s.19 24 MAYBE, BABY (Southern) 25.21 24 RAUNCHY (Aberbach) 2s.

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Last ThisWeek1 1 Witch Doctor David Seville9 2 All I Have To Do Is Dream

Everly Brothers2 3 Wear My Ring Elvis Presley3 4 Twilight Time Platters4 5 He's Got The Whole World In

Ills Hands Laurie London6 8 Book Of Love Monotones

11 7 Oh, Lonesome Me/I Can't StopLoving You Don Gibson

5 8 Tequila The Champs17 9 Return To Me Dean Martin8 10 A Wonderful Time Up There /

It's Too Soon To KnowPat Boone

10 11 Lollipop Chordettes7 12 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It /

Believe What You SayRicky Nelson

13 13 Who's Sorry Now Connie Francis- 14 Looking Back Nat " King " Cole16 15 Crazy Love/Let The Bells Keep

Ringing Paul Anka18 18 Kewpie Doll Perry Como14 17 Billy Kathy Linden- 18 Chanson D'Amour

Art & Dotty Todd12 19 Catch A Failing Star / Magic

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NAT HENTOFF reports from America

NO DICTATORS

FOR BELAFONTEHARRY BELAFONTE on-." phasises in "Redboog" maga-zine: "Nobody dictates to me.RCA -Victor makes the recordingsthat I want to make, not what theywant to make. I tell my agents theplaces where I want to be seen,then they arrange it.

The reason I sometimes haven'tappeared on television for over a yearIs that I refuse to be on any networkunless I'm on the kind of programmethat will show my work and talentsto the best advantage."

Belafonte blasted the music worldas being " full of middlemen, ex-ploiters and hangers-on who getinto an area of control and dictat-ing."

Belafonte added: " they all resistedme in the beginning; then whenpeople began to like me, the bigcorporations hurried in to takeadvantage. Now they accept me onmy own basis - so I work withthem." . .

Gerry Mulligan, happy with hisnew quartet with Art Farmer, HenryGrimes and Dave Bailey is likely toappear in a United Artists film," The Barbara Graham Story's . . .

Actress Lizabeth Scott has her firstvocal album out on Vik .. Anothermovie actress is heading for records.After a recent appearance on thePerry Como show, Maureen O'Harawas approached by RCA -Victor tomake an album . . . Tony Martin,having appeared 18 times at theFlamingo in Las Vegas, is reportedto have now signed a lifetimecontract . . .

Says Jimmie Rodgers, one of thisseason's hottest singers, to the NewYork " Sunday News ": " Shakingisn't my style although it's provedto be money -making. But I've doneokay without it. Besides, it's toughto shake while you're sitting down."

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talks about shaking.

(He usually works sitting on a stool). ments. Tommy's greatest thrill isAs for the future, Jimmie says: being asked for his autograph " . . .

" I'd like to try all phases of show About Presley, Tommy says:business, especially a Broadway " That Elvis sends me. He sure canshow. I know I'll need a lot of sing down-to-earth, good old Amen -coaching but I'm willing to learn." can blues" . . .His favourite singers are Frank Pat Boone will be graduated fromSinatra and Peggy Lee; he writes Columbia June 3, two days after hissongs, and plays piano for enjoy- 24th birthday. He and disc -jockeyment . . .

(right),

Another non -shaker is TommySands. Reports Liza Wilson in the"American Weekly ": " He juststands there, hands in pockets whenhe doesn't have his guitar, and singswith sincerity and a slight Louisianaaccent. He is always neatly andconservatively groomed . . . Hisfirst big spending splurge consistedof a convertible car and a charcoalgrey silk suit . . .

"He and Mum live in a five -roomapartment in Los Angeles, butalready he's dreaming about a housewith a pool. There are a lot ofdates but, so far, no romantic agree.

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ably magnificent ! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you EllaFitzgerald-indisputable " Queen " among jazz singers and one of thefinest entertainers of our time!

Ella's the girl who, in companywith the celebrated Jazz At ThePhilharmonic stars, completelywowed an expectant yet criticalcapacity audience at the mammothGaumont State, Kilburn, onFriday evening. And what afantastic show this turned out tobe !

By the tame Ella appeared onstage, excitement had reached near -fever pitch. The start of her pro-gramme was delayed for severalminutes while an adoring audienceunanimously applauded this uniqueand unrivalled " living legend " ofsong.

But as soon as Ella began tosing, we knew in a flash that ouradvance applause was more thanjustified.

Her selectedsongs ? Tastefully

PAT TOPS POLLDick Clark just won the popularitypoll in " Scholastic Magazine " whichhas more than a million youngreaders . .

Pat recently told columnist EarlWilson: " Last year in college Istudied music for the first time andthis year I had a course in chambermusic. I got to thinking that myrock 'n' roll records were payingfor my chamber music course " . . .

Pat's brother, Nick Todd, has en-listed in the army after recordingsome more s.des for Dot . .

From YOU to USJULIE DAVIES, of St. Austell,

Cornwell, writes:In an interview on BBC "Pano-

rama" last week, Lonnie Doneganattributed his success to " guts," saidthere were other skiffle stars earningbig money and admitted that he onlystrums the guitar.

Yet this is the same star who hasbeen labelled "conceited" and "bighead " by the Press, whp have alsoreported him to remark: " There isno other skiffle group today."

The trouble with Lonnie's criticsis that they have no sense ofhumour.* * *Miss M. SMITH, of Dundee, Angus,

writes:On behalf of a number of Dundee

teenagers, I would like to convey ourapologies to Tommy Steele admirersin Edinburgh and Newcastle who,because of the over -enthusiasm inDundee, missed his performance.

Tommy put over a terrific per-formance and didn't deserve what hegot. Only now, when the damage isdone, do we all realise how stupidand selfish it all was.* * *WAYNE SAXON writes from Crew-

kerne, Somerset:Reader Irene, who says British

singers can beat the lot, must beeither stone deaf, square or blindlypatriotic.

Maybe I'm biased, but I wouldnever bother to buy a British record.With such terrific U.S. artists as ElvisPresley, Ricky Nelson, The Sil-houettes, The Crescendos, The RoyalTeens and Chuck Willis, what is thepoint of buying third-rate "coverdiscs" or mediocre English originals ?

* * *L. BAGENSTOS, of Southport,

Laws, writes:Although Liberace was thinner,

forgetful of Mom, and had changed

his act on the last visit, he gained alot of new fans among my friends.

But older fans like myself couldn'thelp feeling bewildered to think thathe is trying to change his act in mid-stream.

He should know better than tryand turn round on such a high anddelicately balanced thing as thepedestal of fame !

EDWARD BARRANSMorden, Surrey:Derek Johnson is to be con-

gratulated on the " My Fair Lady "disc round -up, but what pleased memost of all was that he gave duecredit to the orchestral LP by PercyFaith.

His work in the light music fieldis unequalled and his backings forvocalists unsurpassed. I have heldthis view for the past five years.

If anyone is in doubt of hissupremacy, I recommend that theylisten to his " My. Fair Lady,"" Passport To Romance " or "Kis-met" LPs. Personally, I considerthe latter to be the greatest evermade.

*writes from

* * *DAVID McLAY, of Eston, Yorks,

writes:Now that Frankie Laine's new

record of " My Girl And A Prayer "has been acclaimed as " record ofthe week " by the announcers atRadio Luxembourg, perhaps he willagain enter the British hit parade.

From an old fan, good luck, Mr.Rhythm !* * *ALAN KENDRICK writes from

Macclesfield, Cheshire:I can never understand why Charlie

Gracie has never made a record ofhis " Guitar Boogie." I have seenhim playing this on the varietystage, and others who have heard itmust agree that it's simply terrific.

standards well knit into a variedand balanced programme. Therewas "Sunday," her opener and aforetaste of things to come ; thena bouncy "Foggy Days," followedby an unquestionably superb" These Foolish Things."And so it went on. A string of

wonderful songs-" Squeeze Me,"" Midnight Sun," " The Lady Is ATramp," " That Old Black Magic,"" Caravan."

For me, the highspot was Ella'sexpressive interpretation of the lovely" Porgy, I Is Your Woman Now "and a close second was " St. LouisBlues "-outstanding for some bril-liant and often witty " scat " singing.

ENCORENaturally enough, there had to he

an encore and " Stompin' At TheSavoy," with more " scat " singing,was an ideal choice.

Among the " blowing " soloists. I

unhesitatingly single out alto-tenoristSonny Stittt for premier honours.

His ballad workout (on alto)during the moving " Loverinan "was almost dramatic in itsemotional intensity.On tenor, he played kicking,

attacking solos with a front-line com-pleted by terrorist Coleman Hawkinsand trumpeter Roy Eldridge.

Hawk's slow, melodic " IndianSummer " reached a state of sheerperfection via a warm, limpid toneand a succession of beautifullyexecuted ideas. Eldridge, too, justi-fied the " giant " tag with his melan-choly meanderings on the chords of"I Can't Get Started."

Tenorist Stan Getz appeared in aquintet with Dizzy Gillespie. Theballad medley produced a remarkablyfine and often pretty " You're Blase "by a " cool," relaxed, and excep-tionally creative Getz; some search-ing, thoughtful and technically bril-liant trumpet by Dizzy ; and pleasant

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Within the trio, bassist Ray Brownpicked out some firm, big -tonednotes, on tunes like " Sweet GeorgiaBrown " and " Swinging On A Star "and Herb Ellis came through as aninventive soloist and a noteworthyrhythm guitarist.

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Friday, May 9, 1955 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS 9

At the London Palladium

MAURICE KINN on the LAS VEGAS and HOLLYWOOD sceneRAY SENDS 'EM

HOME HAPPY Ballads beat up Frank's voicerf HE comparative quietness

of Britain is certainly apleasant relief-after a hecticStateside tour which involved25,000 miles of f l y i n g,cranuned with an abundanceof star-studded nights.

The reputation that Las Vegasis the world's most hectic enter-tainment playground was certainlyvery much in evidence last month.Just imagine having the choice(inside a one -mile radius) ofFrank Sinatra, Ton y Martin,Frankie Laine, Jayne Mansfield,Gordon MacRae, Mickey Rooney,Martha Raye, Joe E. Lewis andPatrice Wymore - with somecolourful personalities appearingat various lounge bars, to namebut a few-the Mary Kaye Trio,Red Norvo and his Quintet, AlMorgan, Louis Prima and KeelySmith, Johnny Denis with NettaRogers and Dick Conlin° !

'rfaryoiorrykeft,

RACK for his sixth stint in sixyears at the London Pal-

ladium, Johnnie Ray has new andold songs for his once againdelighted customers this and nextweek.

Oldies were greeted by screamsand applause and such sure -tire beatnumbers as "Yes Tonight Josephine,"" Such A Night," " Up Above MyHead" got the audience slapping outtime and enjoying itself.

TOPICALHe got a neat hit of humour in

by singing " a song topical rightnow "-" Walking My Baby BackHome," showing that he could smile

-at the cruel fact that the bus strikeshould happen the day he opened.

New numbers are "All TheWay," Sinatra's hit, which besings with great sincerity ; "Love"(the Laine and Horne number);"Day By Day," an evergreenstandard which Doris Day used tosing way back; and "Shake AHand."He wound up his act as formerly,

with "Little White Cloud," " Cry "and the jubilee excitement -raiser" Walk And Talk With My Lord."He was well supported by the Pal-ladium orchestra under Reg Cole'sbaton.

As ever, Johnnie proved aboveaverage entertainment and sent hiscustomers away well pleased. Whatgreater praise can you give an artist?

ROCK STARSThe Treniers, a well -drilled, attack-

ing eightsome, sang and shouted theirway through a series of real rocknumbers, accompanying themselveson tenor sax (Don Hill, whose " Sor-rento " solo was superb), drums,piano, guitar, cowbells and otherthings.

Numbers included "Rocking IsOur Business," "Alcohol," "RockMe All Night Long," "We'reGonna Rock," "Rag Mop " and"Go, Go, Go."Throughout they keep up a

tremendous pace and work them-selves to well earned big applause

. . after the audience gets awnedto their verve and volume.

KEN GORDON.

StrainIn a brief stay at this fabulous

twenty-four hours daily non-stopactivity centre, inevitably the oppor-tunity of witnessing another perform-ance by Frank Sinatra was irresis-tible. However, it was quicklyapparent that when he is workingtwo shows daily in a night clubroom, Frank's voice wilts under thestrain.

In up -beat tempo numbers histremendous verve and rhythmicphrasing is not impaired-but withsolo ballads, " the voice " couldnot camouflage the difficulty hewas experiencing.Furthermore, this was the first

occasion when my favourite singingentertainer was disappointing-fromthe point of view of some ill-timedremarks in his act, lengthy talkingbetween numbers and a generalattitude which clearly indicated thathe was treating his audience in asomewhat condescending manner. -

Surprisingly, Frankie Laine (at theDunes Hotel) has -completely reno-vated his show. Every title in hiswell-balanced presentation was a hittune associated with him at one timeduring his career. The only excep-tion was a clever switch, when heplayed the backing track by theMichel Legrand Orchestra (from

DEAN FRANK JERI GORDONMARTIN SLNATRA SOUTHERN MacRAE

his recent " Foreign Affair " I.P,waxed in Paris) with Frankie singingto the lush accompaniment M. agreat musical ensemble.

Here's a round -up of the otherLas Vegas personalities this writerwas able to look at and listen to:for sauve vocal showmanship, TonyMartin still rates the top calibrelabel with a cabaret audience. Heeven reverts to playing a few barson the clarinet, besides dancing inproduction numbers and generallycausing the feminine heartbeats toflutter.

It is unfortunate that GordonMacRae has been denied a big -selling record, because here is a realnatture personable vocal star, clearlyputting to good use his years ofinvaluable experience-which cannotbe attained in days or months.

BrilliantThe absence of a hit disc also

minimises the international fame ofthe Mary Kaye Trio, .tptat cannotdeflate their brilliant Versatility,making this the most entertaining and Also the, musical scene inpleasurable threesome-Cciiers-to hit tat& Honolulu, itlesrd views of

Rogers, he is resident in the loungeof the Dunes Hotel for severalmonths, where they are greatfavourites. Johnny and Nettaalternate with singer -pianist -com-poser Al Morgan (of "JealousHeart' tame).Continuing the American music

scene view, the next location wasHollywood. There Dean Martinstarred for two weeks at the CoconutGrove, with the audience readinglike a " Who's- Who " of the filmworld. Seems that Dean has regret-tably set out to copy anything FrankSinatra does in the way of odiousremarks-which he even injectedbetween numbers. Dean directed hisefforts at his: many friends andassociates in attendance - but hisefforts would e been more appro-

ears.Regrettably, Mickey Rooney suf-

fered from the same fault that madehis first London Palladium visit afiasco-an unbalanced act. He isobviously a talented artist, but can-not regulate his offering to give- realsatisfaction . . . Jayne Mansfield isbigger than both of us .

Readers may remember theleader of a novelty quintet popularhere in the 'forties, led by JohnnyDenis. With his wife, Netta

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Springs -*here Sammy Davis,jnr., start:it-will be described.

several stars on .S. -TV screens,including Nat "King" C o 1 e,Laurie London, Eddie Gonne andSteve Lawrence, Pat Boone, PattiPage, Eddie Fisher and RickyNelson. Plus the unique ex-perience of witnessing the success-ful screen test by Jimmie Rodgersat the MGM Studios, where notedproducer Joe Pasternak revealedexciting plans for this fast risingnew vocal personality.

F'RANKIELAINE

priate if reserved for a privategathering. In a live performance,here's one singer still to prove thathe has the desire to present a goodact-being just the opposite toJerry Lewis -- in that he gives theminimum of his talents.

At the Crescendo on SunsetBoulevard, a night visit by the"Johnny Otis Show " was exhilerat-ing. The Three Tons Of Joy wereheavily loaded with dynamite, whilethe group whip up an electric atmos-phere - Otis proving a first-classleader with his singing, announce-ments and handling of various in-struments.

DifferentOne of the starring attractions, Jeri

Southern, is the classic example of a"Jekyll and Hyde" comparing herrecords with a live performance.Virtually devoid of any -personality,Jeri has considerably increased inweight-and is presumably singingher favourites, rather than anythinglikely to score with the majority ofher audience.

Although at the annual TV"Emmy" awards entertainment wasrestricted to a minimum, it is worthyof pr that Dinah Shore wasvoted o. V.Musical Personality', incom tion with Perry Como, ;be-sides veral other renowned singersand musical stars-but this was justew Lid for -.her magnificent screen

efforts.Friends in Britain have expressed

disappointment at two of her pro-grammes relayed by BBC-TV-whichmust be attributed to their editing andjeopardising the continuity by slash -

JOHNNY OTIS

ing the films. Also at the "Emmy"Awards, singer Polly Bergen pinedthe accolade for the top acting per-formance, with her portrayal ofHelen Morgan, in the TV version ofher lite. The genius of musicaldirector Leonard Bernstein was alsorecognised.

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Taking the MickeyTHE

best thing about MickeyKatz's slick -paced solo act

from the musical point of view Iswhen he recalls his days with thePaul Whiteman band.

Starting a five -week variety tourat Finsbury Park this week, theAmerican comedy musician brings onBritish trumpeter Murray Campbellto join him in some hot choruses in" Darktown Strutters Ball " and

St. Louis Blues."Then he lays aside his clarinet

for a few gags, and when he picksit up again it is to produce astream of pop songs with a specialYiddish slant.Numbers that come in for this

light-hearted treatment includeMule Train," " Mike McKatzer's

Band," " Davy Crockett" and theold Samba hit, " Tico Tico," whichhis now been disguised as " TickleTickle."

Murray Campbell has a solo spotin the 25 -minute act, playing a hornversion of " Chicago." He overdoesthe knee -bending, but his playing isfirst rate.

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10 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS Friday, May 9, 1958

On to NME's famous quiz platformwe welcome for the first time .

DORIS DAYQHow do you like being a free-

lance film -star after beingcontracted to one studio ?

(Jim Thomas, Swansea, Wales).AWonderful 1 I've had a ballmaking " Pajama Game " forWarners, " Teacher's Pet " for

Paramount, and " Tunnel Of Love "for MGM. All different roles, musicalcomedy, light drama and downrightcomedy. I like variety and get it thisway.

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QDo you still consider record-Ing an important part of yourcareer ? (Jane Dobson, Alder-

shot, Hants.AMost certainly. I have somealbums on sale in Britain andI'm told my " A Very Precious

Love " single is becoming popular.I hope it is, because I loved record-ing it. It's a grand song.

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QI've read that with yourhusband Marty, and son Terry,you make up a great trio.

What do you like doing when you'retogether ? (Sally Richards, Glasgow,Scotland).

AWe play tennis, swim in ourpool, watch TV, go on cartrips, cook meals outdoors on

charcoal. It's all fun.

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Are you a big business womannow that you and your hus-band are heads of a film

production company ? (Harold John-son, Watford, Herts).

AHeavens no ! Marty is the bigbusiness man of the family.But we discuss our problems

together and I know he's a greathelp to me. Hope I am to him.

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Your marriage to MartyMelcher is now in its eighthhappy year. What do you at -

Q.

Q.

MARTY MEL-CHER, DorisDay's husband

and manager.

acknowledged as the

world's top femalescreen singing star

and consistent winner

of the NME popularity

polls. We are constantly receiving

letters asking questions about her

and here are the answers for you.tribute to its success ? (Rose Cohen,Birmingham).

ABeing together. Marty is sweet,considerate, encouraging -and he's always with me. He

looks after my affairs. I'm hopeless,can't even keep a cheque bookstraight. I'm not interested in money-as long as I have enough. Happi-ness is what counts.

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QDid your son Terry (of yourfirst marriage) accelerate yourthird marriage ? (Marian

Kirby, Aberdeen, Scotland).

QDo you think singing withbands is good experience fora singer ? (Tim Gray, Belfast,

Ireland).

ADefinitely. I sang with BobCrosby's and Les Brown'sbands-and although life was

hard, it gave me a wonderful founda-tion to build upon.

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You always look so happy.Are you ever sad ? (AnneMaxwell: Dagenham, Essex).

Yes. For instance, when I leftTerry at his boarding school

AI think so. Marty was my in Connecticut. On my wayagent and that brought him back to Hollywood, 3,000 miles away,around to our house quite a I got all pent up inside wondering

bit. He and Terry became good pals, how he'd be. Marty consoled me.One day Terry said to me: " I like He said I'd have a letter to say hehim. You do. What are you waiting was all right, and I did. Terry's 15for ?" I couldn't think of any now and quite a young man. But he'sanswer, so . . . still my baby.

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The Life -lines of MU 4111t4Blrthdate: July 30, 1941.Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada.Hair: Dark brown.Eyes: Brown.Family: Mother and father (a res-

taurant proprietor in Ottawa);sister Marion, aged 14, and brotherAndy Jr.

Education: Fisher Park High School.First public appearance: At the

Ocean Hotel, Massachusetts, doingan impression of Johnnie Ray-for35 dollars ! Paul was aged 12.

Other early show business activities:At school, he formed a vocal triowith two friends, which appearedat local functions and clubs as wellas school events.

Recording company: ABC -Para-mount (Columbia here).

U.S. recording manager: Don Costa.First hit record: " Diana."First British and American No. 1

record: " Diana."Other major disc hits here: "I Love

You Baby " and " You Are MyDestiny " (which also entered theU.S. hit parade).

Current U.S. hit: " Crazy Love "/

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" Let The Bells Keep Ringing."Most noteworthy disc achievement:

" Diana," apart from topping themillion sales mark in America, alsosold more than a million copiesin Britain ALONE!

Other disc achievements: Paulnotched consecutive Top Ten ap-pearances with his first three re-leases; "Diana" topped the Britishhit parade for nine weeks, andreached first place here before itdid in America ; he has personallywritten all his major hits.

Other honours: He is the firstCanadian solo singer ever to sella million copies of one record; anOttawa business association votedPaul " The Outstanding Citizen of1957."

Some of his compositions: "Diana"'" Don't Gamble With Love "; "Love You, Baby "; " Tell Me ThatYou Love Me "; " You Are MyDestiny "; " When I Stop LovingYou " ; " Crazy Love "; " Let TheBells Keep Ringing."

Some of Paul's songs recorded byother artists: " That's Right "-Micki Marto; " I Lost My LoveLast Night "-Johnny Nash ; " TheBells At My Wedding "-DickRoman.

Some of Paul's major U.S.-TV ap-pearances: On the Ed Sullivan,Perry Como, " Big Record," AlanFreed and " Cross Canada HitParade " shows.

Visits to Britain: For concerts,variety and a " Sunday Night AtThe London Palladium " TV ap-pearance during December, 1957;again for a second tour in Marchthis year.

Films: The forthcoming production" Let's Rock," in which Paul isseen singing one of his own com-positions, " Waiting Here ForYou."

Business organisations: Two musicpublishing houses which he runswith his father-Spanka Music andFlanka Music.

Instruments played: Piano and banjo.Favourite artists: Judy Garland,

Patti Page, Frank Sinatra andSammy Davis Jr.

Ambition: To write a hit song foreach of them.

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Is it true you called into adraper's shop on your wayhome from marrying Marty

Melcher in 1951-and bought curtainmaterial for your home ? (MiltonGarould, Bournemouth, Hants).

AYes, I did. Thought as we werepassing it would save anothertrip I

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QWhat are the chances of see-ing and hearing you in personin Britain ? (Cyril Feeney,

Walthamstow, London).AI've never been happy aboutstage appearances, and haveturned down offers in America

and for Britain, too. I guess I hadmy fill when singing with bands, incabaret and on stage. But maybe I'llchange.

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" MY FAIR LADY "Nixa's Pocket Edition " EP

series give you six stars singingsix hits. But only two come off:Gary Miller's version of " StreetWhere You Live," and MarionRyan's "V) ouldn't It Be Loverly?"Petula Clark turns " I've GrownAccustomed To His Face " (sungby Rex Harrison in the musical)into a bluesy number and LitaRoza's " I Could Have DancedAll Night " is too jerky. RayEllington's " Get Me To TheChurch On Time " and MaxMiller's breathless " With A LittleBit Of Luck " both miss themark.

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here. Rosemary Clooney andPaul Weston's Music combine fora lilting " I Could Have DancedAll Night "; Jo Stafford gives arousing " With a Little Bit OfLuck "; and Sammy Kaye swingsand sways " I've Grown Accus-tomed To Your Face." But thehit is Vic Damone's " On TheStreet Where You Live "-a realwinner.

VOCAL GEMS FROM" MY FAIR LADY "

Here's an excellent medley, wellsung and played by the PeterKnight Singers and Orchestra,on Parlophone. Indeed, CharlesYoung's " Street Where YouLive " is one of the finest you'llhear. Elizabeth Humphries sings" Loverly," " Rain In Spain "and " Danced All Night " withsoprano charm, and the choralnumbers are jolly and full oflife, with Stanley Flaum takingthe comedy numbers.

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Joe " Mr. Piano" Hendersongives a first rate piano record ofthe tunes-those mentioned above,except " The Rain In Spain " inplace of " Little Bit Of Luck."Joe's well-known dreamy style isideal. On Nixa.

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This Fontana EP falls downonly on John Harvey's "StreetWhere You Live." DoreenHume's " . . . Danced All Night "is excellent. The males of theMichael Sammes singers givepunch to Little Bit Of Luck,"while the girls of the same groupare equally good in " Wouldn'tIt Be Loverly ? "

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take a side each of this light-hearted medley on HMV. Almais best in " Loverly," her dictionin " Danced All Night " beingtoo precise and her " Little Bitof Luck " needs a chorus behindher to give it the body it needs.Ronnie's " Street Where YouLive " is attractive, but his" I've Grown Accustomed To HerFace " is better.

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Jazzed up versions, with coolJohnny Dankworth's sax andpiano work in " Street." Othertunes aren't ideal for the over-loud band on this Parlophone EP

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Orchestra and vocalists (unnamed)give a wonderful medley of thetunes and this Columbia LP is thenearest to the Original Cast LPI've yet heard. All the numbersare covered, with the exception of" You Did It," " Just You Wait,"" Hymn To Him " and " WhyThe English ? " But the elevennumbers sung and played are firstclass and perhaps the best thingParamor has yet done.

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REFUSAL by the American Federation of Musicians to allowFrankie Vaughan's pianist Raymond Long to play for his TV

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The innumerable U.S. vocal starsvisiting Britain in the past ten yearshave never at any time been deniedthe privilege of using their ownaccompanists. Why then should theposition be different when in reverseespecially bearing in mind that sofew British singers get the oppor-tunity of working in America - orare able to afford the luxury oftravelling their own pianists ?

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According to U.S. publication- Cash Box," a tour of Britain byJackie Wilson commences July 1 ...A new publishing company has beenformed by Mike Todd, jnr., inAmerica ; titled Liza Music, Eliza-beth Taylor is a partner in thisventure . . . Appearing on RichardDimbleby's BBC -TV series " Pano-rama " last week, Lonnie Doneganwas asked what was essential to bea star performer ; his r e p I y-" Guts " ! . .

RCA was dubious about issuingPerry Como's U.S. hit " Kew pieDoll " here-until Philips rushedFrankie Vaughan's version on themarket , . . According to his father -manager, Bill London, after payingU.S. tax on salary Laurie Londonreceived from his TV appearance (onthe Ed. Sullivan Show), there wasvirtually nothing left . . . "Infantici-pating"-Mrs. Alan Jay Lerner, wifeof " My Fair Lady " lyric writ.

Arriving in London this week -endis composer Al Hoffman, who pennedboth sides of latest Jimmie Rodgersdisc-" Make Me A Miracle "/" Secretly " . . Strong bidding tosecure the " Eddie Fisher Show' forBritish TV screens next winter-alsoPat Boone's television series . . . AtAR -TV anniversary programme lastFriday, Don Lang congratulatedNME News Editor Don Wedge onour exclusive story that he wasleaving " 6.5 Special " . . .

British singer Johnny Johnston'scomposition " Red River Rose" hasbeen purchased for America bypublisher Lou Levy-and alreadywaxed on RCA there by AmesBrothers . . . Destined for the bestsellers-the Everly Brothers' " All IHave To Do Is Dream " ... VeteranBritish singer Sam Browne entershospital for a throat operation . . .

Looking considerably slimmer,Ella Fitzgerald's vocal artistry wassuperb in London Palladium ATV

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don's Tin Pan Alley have somany American music publishersinvaded this country virtuallysimultaneously. As reported lastweek, George Wiener arranged anassociation with Marlyn Musicchief Harry Lewis for outputhere of U.S. material. Perennialvisitor Lou Levy (Leeds -Duchess -Blossom - Challenge - Pickwickcompanies) has captured severalBritish compositions for variouspublishers for the U.S. market.

Frank Sinatra's renownedHollywood firm (Barton Music)is currently represented here bydirector Ben Barton, for con-ferences with Reg Connelly andother publishing houses, besidesfrequent visitors Jack Mills (chiefof Mills Music) and Howie Rich-mond (Essex Music president),who is also personal manager toDon Cherry.

Hill and Range are representedby Ben Starr and Edwin MorrisMusic by Sydney Kornheiserand Bobby Weiss; while powerfulindependent publishers includeRobert Mellin, Abe Olman, EddieJoy (Guy Mitchell and MindyCarson manager), besides BernieLang and Dick Gabbe (respec-tively managers of Johnnie Rayand The Treniers) who are bothinterested in different music pub-lishing concerns.

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Pearl Carr has returned fromconvalescing in Spain - and withTeddy Johnson is in variety at Liver-pool (May 26) . . . Striving for histenth " Gold Disc "-Pat Boone with" Sugar Moon "I" Cherie, I LoveYou " . Billy Ecicstine's " No OneBut You " and " Why Don't YouBelieve Me" (by Joni James) wereMGM's only hit parade successeshere in five years; how surprisingthat Marvin Rainwater and ConnieFrancis now occupy both top posi-tions ! . . .

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While Maurice Chevalier is cur-rently appearing in New York, asuggestion that he joins forces withLouis Armstrong (for an LP album)has been made . . , Howard Keelrefused an invitation to star in BBC -TV tribute to Irving Berlin pro-gramme this Sunday . . " ThisHappy Feeling " is title of latestDebbie Reynolds film and discrelease . . .

Columbia a & r manager NormanNewell planed 6,000 miles home fromSan Francisco last week-end-aftervisiting U.S. for Laurie London'srecent engagement there - . .America's best selling LP chart in-cludes four Frank Sinatra albums... Excepting the British Isles, Mitch

Miller's " River Kwai " disc is asmash hit in every Europeancountry . .

Lonnie Donegan and his groupattend the wedding of skiffle band-leader Dickie Bishop at Ealing today(Friday) . . . Sammy Cahn andJimmy Van Heusen (Academy Awardwinning song writers) penned theCapitol duet by Frank Sinatra andKeely Smith " Nothing In Common "-from the " Paris Holiday "starring Bob Hope . . HMV issuea vocal version of Swingin'Shepherd Blues "-by Ella Fitz-gerald-today . .

The Alley Cat has been floodedwith readers' LP cover dream titles,so here is a selection of some oftheir efforts-C. R. Evans of WestBromwich, includes " Lend Me YourComb" (Wee Willie Harris), "DamnYankees " (Ronnie Hilton) and "KissMe Kate " (Bing Crosby): fromNorwich, reader K. R. Westgatecomes up with Who's Sorry Now "(Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis):" Don't Forbid Me " (Lady Docker)is the suggestion of Richard Collin -son of Enfield NME writer KeithGoodwin provided a long list (manytitles unprintable), but you may likeArtie Shaw's "Oh, Oh, I'm FallingIn Love Again " and Lana Turner's" Love Letters "; Miss M. G. Mooreof Maidstone, sent in " Pick Your-self Up "-Tommy Steele: "MutualAdmiration Society" (Dean Martinand Dave King) is from Mr. A.Swain of -Chesterfield; "Teacher'sPet "-Laurie London and " LayDown Your Arms " (Elvis Presley)is the effort Of A. Y. Clayden ofRichmond (Surrey), while finally theprize entry (take a bow) W. Walstonof Cowes, I.O.W.)--" Lady Dockerat Monte Carlo sings ' I May NeverPass This Way Again ' " I

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