| No. 708 | 5 August 1960 | |
| (cover page) | Photographs of: Cliff Richard, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Adam Faith, The Shadows, Lonnie Donegan, Michael Cox | 1 |
| N.A. | From You to Us [Readers’ letters] | 2 |
| Johnson, Derek | Tin Pan Alley’s Shop Window is Radio Luxembourg [Announcer Ernie Williams on Radio Luxembourg] | 2-3 |
| Goodwin, Keith | Bassey’s Back with Big Bart Ballad [Shirley Bassey, “As Long as He Needs Me” from Bart’s Oliver!] | 3 |
| Fordyce, Keith | Covers the singles: Sweet, Dreamy Frankie Avalon, Gay,
Debonair Guy Mitchell Frankie Avalon: “Where Are You” / “Tuxedo Junction” (HMV) Guy Mitchell: “Silver Moon upon the Golden Sand” / “My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You” (Philips) Mark Wynter: “Image of a Girl” / “Glory of Love” (Decca) Johnnie Ray: “Tell Me” / “Don’t Leave Me Now” (Philips) Terry Dene: “Geraldine” / “Love Me or Leave Me” (Oriole) Diana Trask: “Long Ago Last Summer” / “Turn to Me” (Philips) Ray Ellington: “Jump Over” / “The Madison” (Ember) Jimmy Edwards: “I’ve Never Seen a Straight Banana” / “Rhymes” (Fontana) Jo Ann Campbell: “Bobby Bobby Bobby” / “A Kookie Little Paradise” (HMV) Ray Coniff: “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” / “Paradise” (Philips) The Brothers Four: “Ellie Lou” / “My Tani” (Philips) |
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| Fordyce, Keith | Potted Pops: Pete Fountain: “Sentimental Journey” / “Columbus Stockade Blues” (Coral) Andre Previn: “Like Love” / “Love Me or Leave Me” (Philips) The Ventures: “Home” / “Walk, Don’t Run” (Top Rank) |
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| NME | Top Thirty 1. “Please Don’t Tease,” Cliff Richard (Columbia) 2. “Good Timin’,” Jimmy Jones (MGM) 3. “Shakin’ All Over,” Johnny Kidd (HMV) 4. “Mess of Blues,” Elvis Presley (RCA) 5. “Apache,” The Shadows (Columbia) |
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| NME | Best Selling Sheet Music in
Britain 1. “Love is Like a Violin” (Keith Prowse) 2. “Paper Roses” (Leeds) 3. “Summer Place” (Blossom) 4. “Please Don’t Tease” (Belinda) 5. “Polkadot Bikini” (Feldman-Mogul) |
5 |
| NME | Best Selling Pop Records in
U.S. 1. “I’m Sorry,” Brenda Lee 2. “Polkadot Bikini,” Brian Hyland 3. “It’s Now or Never,” Elvis Presley 4. “Only the Lonely,” Roy Orbison 5. “Alley-Oop,” Hollywood Argyles |
5 |
| N.A. | Big Plans for Christmas Matinee Beat Shows [negotiated
by Larry Parnes] Connie Francis Pleads with D-Js—‘Please don’t play my record!’ [trying to suppress “Robot Man,” not yet released in U.S. ] Records to Cost a Little More Ella in Film [Ella Fitzgerald] Coles’ Flying Visit [Nat King Cole and family] BBC-TV Capture U.S. Entertainer [Hoagy Carmichael] U.S. Release for Next Cox Disc [Michael Cox] Bruce Airing [Tommy Bruce on television] Dalli for Vegas [Toni Dalli] Twice-Daily Disc Request Spot [on BBC radio] |
6 |
| N.A. | London Cabaret Projects for Shirley Bassey and U.S. Stars ‘Lunch Box’ to be ATV Attraction |
6-7 |
| N.A. | Judy Garland U.K. Tour Discussed Going ‘Down Under’ with Donegan [tour in Australia and New Zealand] U.S. Film Company Seek Faith Subject [Adam Faith] Russ Conway Given First ‘Spectacular’ of His Own Emile Ford Predicament If Next Disc Is a Hit Crosby TV Talks [Bing Crosby] Liberace Date [on television] Jimmy Jones Tour Plans Go On, Despite Rivalry Free LPs for Forecasts [prizes for forecasting the week’s hits on Radio Luxembourg] Anderson Arrives [Ernestine Anderson] |
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| Charlton, Bruce | ‘Look for a Star’: the rejected song that has become an international hit [Garry Mills, Tony Hatch, “Look for a Star”] | 8 |
| N.A. | Star Quote by Bobby Darin | 8 |
| N.A. | Life-lines of Craig Douglas [biographical information] | 8 |
| Samwell, Ian | Concluding Ian Samwell’s U.S. Diary ‘Sammy in America ’: Brenda’s Sweet Somethin’ [Brenda Lee’s success in America ] | 8 |
| Wynn, James | Alma’s ‘Train’ Really Rocks [Alma Cogan, “Train of Love”] | 9 |
| Goodwin, Keith | David Whitfield Has to Relearn ‘Rose Marie’ [“Rose Marie,” prewar musical script] | 9 |
| Hentoff, Nat | Nat Hentoff reports in American Airmail: Bobby Darin Waxes Album at Copa [and other celebrity information/comments] | 9 |
| Johnson, Derek | Derek Johnson tries to solve the Paul Anka Mystery [regarding absences from hit parades] | 10 |
| N.A. | The Girl?—just an ‘Image’! The Rivals? Mark Wynter…and Nelson Keene [both artists have a version of “Image of a Girl”] | 10 |
| N.A. | Classified Advertisements/Personal Advertisements | 11 |
| The Alley Cat | Tail-Pieces [celebrity gossip/information/opinion] | 12 |
| Caroline Bahlman, Spring 2010 | ||
| No. 709 | 13 August 1960 | |
| Goodwin, Keith | The Amazing Ted Heath Band [15th anniversary] | 2 |
| Johnson, Derek | Bobby Darin Washed Up? Never! | 3 |
| Charlton, Bruce | Hold Everything… Johnny Ray is Coming Back. | 3 |
| Fordyce, Keith | Freddy Cannon Rock is Hard-Punching | 4 |
| Fordyce, Keith | Is Connie Francis Too Mechanical? | 4 |
| Fordyce, Keith | Steve Lawrence - On Another Label | 4 |
| NME | Best
Selling Records in Britain 1. "Please Don’t Tease," Cliff Richard (Columbia) 2. "Apache," The Shadows (Columbia) 3. "Mess of Blues," Elvis Presley (RCA) 4. "Good Timin," Jimmy Jones (MGM) 5. "Shakin' All Over," Johnny Kidd (HMV) |
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| NME | Best
Selling Sheet Music in Britain 1. "Love Is Like a Violin" (Keith Prowse) 2. "Please Don't Tease" (Belinda) 3. "Paper Roses" (Leeds) 4. "Summer Place" (Blossom) 5. "Polkadot Bikini" (Friedman-Mogal) |
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| n.a. | New U.S.
Tour by Heath Band A-and-R Men Leave Pye Tour Names Radio Show D-J Galaxy Judy Garland One-nighter at London Palladium Sound Stand-ins Summer Premiere Flying Visit Soccer, or Spectaculars "208" Publishing Link Managing Director Leaves Saga Star Names — Star News |
6 |
| n.a. | Autumn
Variety Tour for Faith and Ford Doris Day, Johnnie Ray Label Switch Imminent |
6-7 |
| n.a. | Bing's
Irish TV Spectacular on Commercial Channels Stars, Dates of Mammoth Beat Show Announced Dates for Kidd Two TV Dates for Valentine Joan Regan’s New TV Series ' Pops' Show Extended Ryan Back on TV Quiz Our Cup for Pop Golfers TV Series Extended Whitfield Concert Kay Sisters Return to "Sunday Show" Anka Senior Here Top Rank Take-Over "Surprise" Move |
7 |
| Johnson, Derek | Is the Exciting Lloyd Price Losing His Excitement? | 8 |
| Hellicar, Mike | Meet the British Brothers Who Don’t Copy the Everly's [The Brooks Brothers, The Bachellors] | 8 |
| n.a. | Gene Vincent Tells What He Thinks about Elvis in Question-Time with the Stars | 9 |
| Hentnoff, Nat | Pat Boone Popular | 9 |
| n.a. | Lifeline of Freddy Cannon | 9 |
| Kidd, Johnny | Girls Who Gave Lads "Quivers Down the Membranes" Inspired My Hit | 10 |
| n.a. | Introducing Two New U.S. Songstresses [Anita Bryant, Ernestine Anderson] | 10 |
| n.a. | Over a Million Buy "Look for a Star" | 12 |
| n.a. | Ella's Songs in Background! | 12 |
| The Alley Cat | Tail-Pieces | 12 |
| n.a. | Marlon Brando Cabaret Singer! | 12 |
| Tristan Tew, 24 March 2004 | ||
| No. 710 | 19 August 1960 | |
| Johnson, Derek | Did Jerry
Lordon write ‘Apache’ for the Shadows?. [Jerry Lordon, The Shadows, "Apache"] Bryan Hyland's first LP [The Bashful Blonde] Ten Years of Fats Domino |
3 |
| Fordyce, Keith | Frankie Vaughan's In Paradise! | 4 |
| Fordyce, Keith | Lonnie Donegan Has Sure Hit | 4 |
| Fordyce, Keith | Pet Clark Tells Cinderella Story | 4 |
| 5 Best
Selling Pop Records in Britain 1. "Apache," The Shadows (Columbia) 2. "Please Don't Tease," Cliff Richard (Columbia) 3. "Mess of Blues," Elvis Presley (RCA) 4. "Because They're Young," Duane Eddy (London) 5. "Shakin' All Over," Johnny Kidd (HMV) |
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| 5 Best
Selling Sheet Music In Britain 1. "Paper Roses" (Leeds) 2. "Love is Like a Violin" (Keith Prowse) 3. "Please Don't Tease" (Belinda) 4. "Polkadot Bikini" (Friedman-Mogal) 5. "Summer Place" (Blossom) |
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| n.a. | Andrews
Sisters London Cabaret Season: Johnnie Ray Sought Disc Names Draw Capacity Crowds Garry Mills records under EMI Banner Ocean's Eleven' Premiere Judy Garland Plans to Stay The Shadows Honored by Celebration Lunch Vera Lynn's efficiency rewarded by donation to spastics Spectaculars' Every Other Saturday Enter the Dale Sisters London Could Be the Recording Capitol of the World' Death of U.S. Composer Shadows, King Bros. Parade Their Pops Alma Ill Again Donegan Renewing Contract with Pye Jury Duty for Lionel Bart Granada TV sign Jess Conrad Jimmy Jones Plans: Completion Soon Garry Mills for Norwegian concerts |
6 |
| n.a. | Bruce
Forsythe: ‘Spectaculars' not Palladium TV Paul Anka TV dates here next month |
6-7 |
| n.a. | Anthony
Newley's first series of television shows Adam Faith Concerts Unique Outlets for Doris Day? Star Array Visits ‘Saturday Club' Bassey's U.S. —TV Sullivan show? RCA Disc Contract for Lita Roza? D-j Jack Johnson's 208 Anniversary Jack Good produces touring rock show Pop personalities on parade at Radio Show Meet Max on Thursdays Sheila Buxton Showtime' TV date Jimmy Young's BBC disc-jockey series |
7 |
| Hellicar, Mike | Johnny Preston Has Reason to "Feel So Fine" | 8 |
| n.a. | Lionel Bart's Life-Lines | 8 |
| n.a. | Meet Television's Thursday Night Twosome: Shirley Jones & Jack Cassidy | 9 |
| Goodwin, Keith | Jazz discs | 9 |
| Hentoff, Nat | Big Things Expected of Donegan Disc | 9 |
| Goodwin, Keith | Record Buyers Are Loving "Laura" [Ricky Valance, "Tell Laura I Love Her"] | 10 |
| n.a. | A winner and Roy Orbison wrote it himself | 10 |
| The Alley Cat | Tail-Pieces: Adverse National Press publicity creates a hit! | 12 |
| Tristan Tew, March 2004 | ||
| No. 711 | 26 August 1960 | |
| Goodwin, Keith | EMI’s Norman Newell Has 16 Hits in 8 Months | 2 |
| Johnson, Derek | Norrie Paramor’s Amazing Year | 2 |
| Johnson, Derek | Happy Anniversary, Cliff [Richards] | 3 |
| n.a. | Last Tribute to the Great-Oscar Hammerstein | 3 |
| Fordyce, Keith | Promising New Discs by Three Hit Singers [Jimmy Jones, Tommy Bruce, Neil Sedaka] | 4 |
| Evans, Allen | Bart Musical Makes the Album of the Week [Lionel Bart, ‘Oliver’] | 4 |
| n.a. | Top 30 1."Apache," The Shadows 2."Please Don’t Tease," Cliff Richards 3."Because they’re Young," Duane Eddy 4. "Mess of Blues," Elvis Presley 5. "When Will I Be Loved," Everly Brothers |
5 |
| Wedge, Don | Everything Cheaper at Radio Show | 6 |
| Goodwin,Keith | Stars Cheer at Vaughan premiere[Frankie] | 6 |
| n.a. | ‘Dustman’Gives
Donegan his first Gold Disk[‘My Old Man’s a Dustman’, Lonnie Donegan] Micheal Cox goes to Third Label-HMV Malcolm McGrady Quits EMI Group [Top Rank Artist-Executive Moves] Emile Ford Dates Special Royal Variety Show in December New Season Como Guests [Rosemary Clooney, Crosby Brothers, "Perry Como Music Hall"] Kirby Stone Four in TV ‘Variety Show’ Hamerstein’s Unpublished Songs [Oscar] Freeman Becomes Big-Pay Dee-Jay [Alan] Pop Star in Panto [Michael Holliday, Rosemary Squires, Eddie Calvert] |
6 |
| Hentoff, Nat | Frankie Vaughan’s Next Film Set: 7 Year Contract | 7 |
| n.a. | Judy
Garland to Live in Britain Craig Douglas Italy-Bound More Films for Paul Anka Kings on 208 [the King Brothers] Mark Wynter to Tour with Jimmy Jones Presley’s U.S. Top Disc Cleared for Issue Here Steele Disc May Not be on Sale [Tommy] Decca Will Issue "Laura" Now! [Ray Peterson, "Tell Laura I Love Her"] Miles Davis Dates and Venues Same Title and Group- On Different Label [The Bobbettes] Eckstine Likely 1961 ‘Talk’ Star [Billy] |
7 |
| Goodwin, Keith | Calling All Film Producers Dickie Valentine is Ready, Willing and Able! | 8 |
| n.a. | Life-lines of Brenda lee | 8 |
| Hentoff, Nat | American
Airmail: Praise for Connie[Francis] Confusion in US Over Faith [Adam] |
8 |
| Johnson, Derek | August 26,1955 -My How Things Have Changed in 5 Years! Look Back in Wonder | 9 |
| n.a. | ‘Roses’ Hit Makes Everyone Happy [the Kaye sisters] | 9 |
| Wynn, James | Johnny Mathis is by no Mean on the Wane! | 10 |
| n.a. | Fendermen
Catch on Here, too Frankie and Marilyn Make Terrific Team [Vaughan and Monroe] Sinatra Heads an All-Star ‘Eleven’ [Frank, ‘Ocean’s Eleven’] Judy Holliday, Dean Martin Shine in ‘Bells’ ["Bells are Ringing"] |
10 |
| Hellicar, Mike | ‘Rose Marie’ Restricts David Whitfield | 12 |
| n.a. | Trio of Stars Behind U.S. Disc Sales Boom [Elvis, Brian Hyland, Dickie Valentine] | 12 |
| Lauren Vinokur, February 2004 | ||
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