| Number 842 | 1 March 1963 | |
| cover | Say Wonderful Things; Britain's Entry for the Eurovision Song Contest | 1 |
| cover | Cliff Richard is on Top of the World these Days, Touring Britain in Person and in the Film ‘Summer Holiday.' He Also Still Occupies Four Places in the NME Charts! | 1 |
| cover | Bobby Vee has advanced to No. 3 in the NME Chart with ‘The Night Has a Thousand Eyes' | 1 |
| cover | Elvis Presley Has Made the Charts Again, with ‘One Broken Heart for Sale,' from His New Film ‘It Happened at World's Fair,' while His ‘Girls Girls Girls' Film Is Generally Released Next Week. | 1 |
| Derek Johnson and Sandy Gardiner | Tommy Roe Admits He Copied Holly. | 2 |
| NME | From You to Us | 2 |
| N.A. | Who's Where: One Nighters (from March 1) Cliff Richard, Shadows: Friday-Romford Ritz; Saturday-Portsmouth Guildhall; Sunday-Plymouth ABC; Monday-Exeter ABC; Wednesday-Croydon ABC; Thursday-Kingston ABC Helen Shapiro, The Beatles, Danny Williams, Kenny Lynch: Friday-Southport Odron; Saturday-Sheffield City Hall; Sunday-Hanley Gaumont Brian Hyland, Little Eva: Friday-Hanley Victoria Hall; Saturday-Bradford Gaumont; Sunday-Blackburn George Hall |
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| Ian Dove | Bobby Vee Had to Learn ‘Eyes' Again! | 3 |
| Alan Smith | The Cascades | 3 |
| I.D. | Ella Throws ‘Loop De Loop' Away | 3 |
| Keith Fordyce | Singles Reviews Little Eva: "Let's Turkey Trot" / "Old Smokey Locomotion" (London) Mel Torme: "Yes Indeed" / "Her Face"/"Carnival" Nat ‘King' Cole: "All Over the World" / "Nothing Goes Up" (Capitol) Dean Martin: "Melodie D'Amour" / "Cha Cha Cha D'Amour" (Capitol) Julie Grant: "Count on Me" / "The Only Then" Gene McDaniels: "The Puzzle" / "Cry Baby Cry" (Liberty) Dion: "Ruby Baby" / "Sandy" (Stateside) |
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| Allen Evans | LP's Summer Holiday, Cliff Richard (Columbia) I'll Remember You, Frankie Ifield (Columbia) Girls! Girls! Girls!, Elvis Presley (RCA) Sinatra-Basie, Frank Sinatra West Side Story, Soundtrack Out of the Shadows, The Shadows (Columbia) On Stage with the George Mitchell Minstrels (HMV) South Pacific, Soundtrack (RCA) Black and White Minstrel Show, George Mitchell (HMV) Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets (Liberty) |
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| N.A. | First the in Song For Europe | 4 |
| N.A. | Mary's Day May Come | 4 |
| N.A. | Potted Pops | 4 |
| NME | NME Top Thirty "Please Please Me," The Beatles (Parlophone) "The Wayward Wind," Frank Ifield (Columbia) "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes," Bobby Vee (Liberty) "Summer Holiday," Cliff Richard (Columbia) "Loop De Loop," Frankie Vaughan (Phillips) |
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| NME | Best Selling Pop Records in US "Walk Like A Man," Four Seasons "Ruby Baby," Dion "Hey Paula," Paula and Paula "Rhythm of The Rain," Cascades "Walk Right In," Rooftop Singers |
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| NME | Best Selling Sheet Music in Britain "Please Please Me" (Dick James) "Bachelor Boy" (Elstree) "The Wayward Wind" (Lafleur) "Diamonds" (Frankie Day and Hunter) "Island of Dreams" (Chappell) |
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| N.A. | Elvis: New Disc Contract Worth Million Pounds! World Fair Film Delayed Carroll Tour Limits TV, Radio Production Anka Pays Fortune for His Own Discs Brian Hyland in Saturday Club Shirley Bassy Town Opening Helen Shapiro Misses Shows American Label Signs Ex-Ellington Singer Harris and Meehan, Leyton and Vincent to Make Joint Tour Anthony Newley Records in US Acker Bilk Bossa Nova Conway Returning to Cotton TV Show |
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| N.A. | Fury Fans Will Go to Billy's Concert Free! First BBC-TV Spectacular for Cliff and Richards Chubby Checker Booked to Eire Vee on Just for Fun EP Maureen Evan Starts First LP Disc Jockey Join Jury Mancini's New Hit May Win Oscar Craig Douglas Cancels Dates Dolores Gray Palladium TV Chucks on the Scene |
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| Alan Smith | Judy Cried at Herself | 8 |
| Chris Williams | Our Big Freeze Makes Spotnicks Feel at Home | 8 |
| Ian Dove | Everlys' Mystery? There Isn't One-Says Ian Dove | 8 |
| Mike Hellicar | When Acker Met David | 9 |
| Nat Hentoff | Break for Cliff in States | 9 |
| Andy Gray | We've Never Had Cliff So Good! | 10 |
| The Alley Cat | Tail-Pieces | 12 |
| N.A. | All Star March Hit Parade | 12 |
| Ryan Fischer-Werner, Spring 2008 | ||
| Number 843 | 8 March 1963 | |
| (cover page) | The Original Checkmates "You've Got to Have a Gimmick Today" | 1 |
| N.A. | NME Map: Concert Dates | 2 |
| Johnson, Derek | Do We Want ELVIS Here? | 3 |
| Hellicar, Mike | After Tonsil removal surgery, Craig Douglas will sing again | 3 |
| Fordyce, Keith | Singles Review Ray Charles: "Don't Set Me Free" / "The Brightest Smile in Town" (HMV) Mike Sarne: "Code of Love" / "Are You Satisfied" (Parlophone) Barbara Windsor: "Sparrows Can't Sing" / "On Mother Kelly's Doorstep" (HMV) Andy Williams: "Can't Get Used to Loosing You" / " Days of Wine" (CBS) Steve Lawrence: "Don't Be Afraid Little Darlin'" / "Don't Come Running Back" (CBS) Chubby Checker: "Let's Limbo Some More" / "Twenty Miles" (Cameo-Parkway) Buddy Holly: "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" / "Slippin' and Slidin' " (Coral) Frankie Avalon: "My Ex Best Friend" / "First Love Never Dies"(Pye) Karl Denver: "Can You Forgive Me" / "Love from a Heart of Gold" (Decca) Jerry Lee Lewis: "Good Golly Miss Molly" / "I Can't Trust You in My Arms Anymore" (London) Shirley Sands: "It Was Always You" / "If You Should Leave Me" (HMV) Don Charles: "Angel of Love" / "Lucky Star" (Decca) Nancy Sinatra: "I See the Moon" / "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (Reprise) |
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| Evans, Allen | LPs Review Chubby Checker, Limbo Party (Cameo-Parkway) Chubby Checker and Dee Dee Sharp, Down to Earth (Cameo-Parkway) Richard Chamberlain, Richard Chamberlain Sings (MGM) Kenny Lynch, Up on the Roof (HMV) Peggy Lee, Bewitching – Lee! (Capitol) Pat Thomas, Desafinado (MGM) Stan Getz, Big Band Bossa Nova (Verve) Russ Conway, Something for Mum (Columbia) |
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| NME | Top Thirty 1. "Summer Holiday," Cliff Richards (Columbia) 2. "Please Please Me," The Beatles (Parlophone) 3. "That's What Love Will Do," Joe Brown (Picadilly) 4. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes," Bobby Vee (Liberty) 5. "Like I've Never Been Gone," Billy Furry (Decca) |
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| NME | Best Selling Sheet Music in Britain 1. "Please Please Me" (Dick James) 2. "The Wayward Wind" (Lafleur) 3. "Bachelor Boy" (Elstree) 4. "Island of Dreams" (Chappell) 5. "Hava Nagila" (Leeds) |
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| N.A. | Hits of Cliff, Shadows on Super Album Patsy Cline Killed in Air Crash Acker Bilk Records Paramor-Lewis Tune Tornados' Paris date confirmed Beatles wax three more More dates for Adam Faith's Concert Itinerary Del Shannon to do Albert Hall Kenny Ball's jazzmen to appear in film Ivor Novello awards panel named Carl-Alan Winners announced Craig Douglas cancelled performances due to surgery Ronnie Carroll's Discoverer and Personal Manager Eddie Lee Dies |
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| N.A. | Russ Conway "Parade of the Pops" on air again Bobby Rydell here next week; Paul, Paula sought |
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| N.A. | "Sing It Again" return for another 13 weeks Sammy-Davis in BBC-TV Special U.S. radio station seek Heath music Song contest stars on ITV Vernons, Valentine set for seaside Brenda Lee will record "Here Come The Girls" David Jacobs comperes Charity Concert Hayley in Royal show EMI ‘45' mark deleted from catalogue numbers Leyton and Berry in Summer Sunday Series Jess Conrad Records for Old Label (Decca) |
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| Johnson, Derek | Welcome back, BRENDA! | 8 |
| Smith, Alan | The Happy Bachelors stay at #13 on NME charts | 8 |
| Readers | From YOU to US | 8 |
| Johnson, Derek | It's go, go, go – says Frank Ifield | 9 |
| N.A. | Dusty Springfield talks about ‘jury' | 9 |
| Hentoff, Nat | American Airmail | 9 |
| N.A. | Chris Montez and Tommy Roe Twist into Britain | 10 |
| Smith, Allan | Beatles Almost Threw "Please Please Me" Away | 10 |
| The Alley Cat | Tail-Pieces | 12 |
| Gray, Andy | New Thrill – Musical ‘Black Nativity' | 12 |
| Malia Franklin-Apted, Spring 2008 | ||
| Number 844 | 15 March 1963 | |
| (cover page) | Chubby Checker / Bobby Rydell | 1 |
| Mike Hellicar | Brenda Lee Says ‘Thanks' to Readers for Her Birthday Present | 2 |
| Alan Smith | Sinatra Has a ‘Shrine' in U.S.A. | 2 |
| Mark Gale | Cheers for Brenda's Ballad | 2 |
| Derek Johnson | Shadows Re-recorded ‘Foot Tapper' for Single | 3 |
| A.G. | Film Script Unkind to Connie | 3 |
| Chris Williams | Rydell Big Act Now! | 3 |
| Keith Fordyce | Singles Review The Tornados: "Robot" / "Life on Venus" (Decca) Connie Francis: "Follow the Boys" / "To-night's My Night" (MGM) Bobby Rydell: "Butterfly Baby" / "Love Is Blind" (Cameo Parkway) Ben E. King: "How Can I Forget" / "Gloria Gloria" (London) Acker Bilk: "Manana Pasado Manana" / "Trinidad Dad!" (Columbia) Kenny Lynch: "Misery" / "Shut the Door" (HMV) Four Seasons: "Walk Like a Man" / "Lucky Ladybug" (Stateside) Tommy Roe: "The Folk Singer" / "Count on Me" (HMV) Miracles: "You Really Got a Hold on Me"/ "Happy Landing" (Oriole) Larry Moon: "Tia Juana-Ball" / "She Lied" (Ember) Orlons: "South Street" / "Them Terrible Boots" (Cameo Parkway) Everly Brothers: "So It Will Always Be"/ Nancy's Minuet" (Warner Bros.) |
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| NME | Top Thirty 1. "Summer Holiday," Cliff Richards (Columbia) 2. "Please Please Me," Beatles (Parlophone) 3. "Like I've Never Been Gone," Billy Fury (Decca) 4. "Foot Tapper," Shadows (Columbia) 5. "That's What Love Will Do," Joe Brown (Piccadilly) |
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| NME | Best Selling Sheet Music in Britain 1. "Island of Dreams" (Chappell) 2. "Please Please Me" (Dick James) 3. "Summer Holiday" (Elstree) 4. "The Wayward Wind" (Lafleur) 5. "Bachelor Boy" (Elstree) |
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| Davis to Stay Longer; Nat Cole, Paul, Paula Visits On Canada to Boost Cliff's ‘Holiday' Eric Delaney Rejoins Pye Journalist ‘Dare' Disk ‘Startime' Returns: Alma Cogan Topper Pop-Liners Palladium Hat-Trick for Ifield Elvis Presley Film Delayed Oriole to Release Independent Discs U.S. Teenage Star Coming Tragedy Hits ‘Grand Ole Opry' Again Annie Ross: Cabaret Brook Brothers Together Again Chevalier Coming Craig's Test Karl Denver's Son Killed Stars Booked for New Radio Series Susan Maughan in Klein Film? |
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| Many U.S. Stars Due for Heath TV Series Ken Mackintosh to Broadcast from New Venue Murray New ‘Lucky Stars' Compere Brenda Lee's ‘Girls' Date Heinz Burt's Second Film ‘Swing' Changes Kenny Ball: April Venues Beatles Booked for Major Tour Springs' Nashville LP Out Next Month Harris and Meehan Waxing Follow-up ‘On the Town' Stage Debut Next Month Two Frank Sinatras on Reprise Label Pericoli for Italy in Eurovision Frankie Vaughan ‘Playtime' D-J On Light Twice Newley's U.S. Disc Tipped Castle to Sign with Frank Mancini on ‘Juke Jury' Cribbins Sought for Four Films Alba and Yana Singing Afloat |
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| Ian Dove | Originator Buddy Holly Lives On! | 8 |
| Readers | From You to Us | 8 |
| N.A. | The London Sullivan Show | 8 |
| Derek Johnson | Elvis and Britain | 9 |
| Allen Evans | EP's | 9 |
| Darin Is Chosen | 9 | |
| Bruce Charlton | John Leyton: Singing Cowboy? | 9 |
| Andy Gray | Screams Acclaim Beatles, Montez, Roe | 10 |
| Tony Crawley | Shirley Bassey: Fabulous Plus! Joe Brown's Hit Disc Ran Too Short, So They Slipped in Some Shakespeare! |
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| The Alley Cat | Tail-Pieces | 12 |
| Guin Frehling, Spring 2008 | ||
| Number 845 | 22 March 1963 | |
| cover | Elvis: Your Answer | 1 |
| NME | Fabulous! Ray Charles Don't Set Me Free | 1 |
| NME | Kenny Lynch Misery | 1 |
| N.A. | From You To Us | 2 |
| N.A. | Tommy Steele Will Know Today | 2 |
| N.A. | Little Eva: What a Tonic! | 2 |
| Allen Evans | EP's | 2 |
| Derek Johnson | London A-and-R man Saw Elvis at Work | 3 |
| N.A. | Wanted: Elvis Here | 3 |
| Lionel Cocks | It Succeeds! | 3 |
| Keith Fordyce | Singles Reviews The Springfields: "Say I Won't Be There" / "Little Boat" (Philips) Marty Robbins: "Cigarettes and Coffee Blues" / "Teenager's Dad" (CBS) Mike Preston: "Punish Her" / "From the Very First Rose" (Decca) Tommy Steele: "Flash, Bang, Wallop!" / "She's Too Far above Me" (Decca) Mark Wynter: "Aladdin's Lamp" / "It Can Happen any Day" (Pye) Maureen Evans: "Tomorrow Is another Day" / "Acapulco Mexico" (Oriole) Mike Berry: "My Little Baby" / "You'll Do It You'll Fall In Love" (HMV) Shirley Jackson: "Don't Play Me a Love Song" / "You Gotta Love and Be Loved" (Decca) Lonnie Donegan: "Losing by a Hair" / "Trumpet Sounds" (Pye) The Chucks: "Mul-Ber-Ry Bush" / "That's All I Needed" (Decca) Marty Wilde: "No! Dance with Me" / "Little Miss Happiness" (Philips) |
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| Allen Evans | LP Reviews Bobby Vee: Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Eddie Cochran: Eddie Cochran Memory Album The Crickets: Something Old, New, Blue, Else Fats Domino: Just Domino Jet Harris: Honey Hit Parade Rooftop Singers: Walk Right In Sammy Davis Jr: At the Coconut Grove |
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| NME | Top 5 Singles "Summer Holiday," Cliff Richard (Columbia) "Foot Tapper," Shadows (Columbia) "Like I've Never Been Gone," Billy Fury (Decca) "Please Please Me," Beatles (Parlophone) "That's What Love Will Do," Joe Brown (Piccadilly) |
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| NME | Top 5 Sheet Music "Summer Holiday" (Elstree) "Island of Dreams" (Chappell) "Please Please Me" (Dick James) "The Night Has a Thousand Eves" (Aberbach) "Say Wonderful Things" (Ardmore and Beechwood) |
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| N.A. | Billy Fury Fans at LP Session Dickie Valentine move to Philips Tornados Shake Up Cliff to Make Next Film Later this Year Pacemakers' big Mersey booking Maughan, Wallis for Palladium show Leyton's Israel Trip Postponed Tornados film for visual juke box Lorne Greene coming Ball Helps Bilk Pop-liners Heinz Burt Film Named Margaret Whiting on ‘Juke Jury' Presley and Sandra Dee---Film Co-stars Helen Shapiro in ‘Stars' again Russ Conway's New Recording Manager Montez ballroom tour dates set ‘Stop the World' provincial tour |
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| NME | Orbison May Join Beatles in Duane Eddy's Place Steele Musical on Decca LP Ifield Waxes 23 New Songs For ATV Series Second ‘Novello' Win for Acker Bilk Tune Rydell to Wax British Tunes Oriole plans album series Dolores records Palladium tune Cribbins film Pop Stars Aid the Starving Ronnie Carroll May Join Wife in Show Castle-Sinatra Deal Settled Sammy Davis: Good Friday Concerts Brenda Back on ‘Lucky Stars' Matt Monro in ‘Go Man Go' Kenton On Anglia TV |
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| N.A. | Ray Charles Seeks Talent | 8 |
| Derek Johnson | Question-time with Roy Orbison | 8 |
| N.A. | Gerry, Pacemakers from Beatle-land! | 8 |
| Alan Smith | Ronnie Carroll Still Says, ‘I Think Our Song Will Win' | 9 |
| Mike Hellicar | Jet, Tony Have Great Act | 9 |
| Don Wedge | BBC Pop Show Needed Climax | 10 |
| N.A. | Eddie Calvert Plays Erica, the Best in Bossa-Nova | 10 |
| N.A. | The Beatles – Gerry and the Pacemakers | 11 |
| N.A. | Aladdin's Lamp, Mark Wynter | 12 |
| Colin Geil, Spring 2008 | ||
| Number 846 | 29 March 1963 | |
| Cover | Billy Fury Writes about Tornados | 1 |
| NA | Cliff (and others) Leave Elvis Behind | 1 |
| NA | Losing by a Hair: Lonnie Donegan | 1 |
| Allan Evans | EPs Roy Orbison Upton (London) Del Shannon Swiss Maid (London) Louise Cordet Sweet Beat (Decca) Mark Wynter, Joe Brown Just for Fun (Pye) Jerry Jee Lewis Sweet Little Sixteen (London) Spotnicks Orange Blossom (Oriole) |
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| NA | Ned Miller's Rush Album Surprises | 2 |
| NA | Cascades' LP Ready, Too | 2 |
| NA | Two Hits on One Record! Sung by Putula Clark | 3 |
| Ian Dove | New to the Charts: Johnny Cymbal Praises Low-note Man | 3 |
| NA | Miss Skeeter Davis Begins with "End" | 3 |
| Russ Conway, Bert Weedon |
A Lack of Power on New Ifield Disc… | 4 |
| Keith Fordyce | Singles Rick Nelson: "You Don't Love Me Anymore" / "I've Got a Woman" (Brunswick) Ketty Lester: "Warm Summer Day" / "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (London) Steve Marriot: "Give Her My Regards" / "Imaginary Love" (Decca) Dave Clark Five: "The Mulberry Bush" / "Loop De Loop" (Columbia) Joe Loss: "Alpine Ride" / "Really Madison" (HMV) Beryl Bryden: "Big Daddy" / "I've Been Living with the Blues" (Columbia) Dick Kallman: "My Heart Remembers" / "They Didn't Believe Me" (HMV) Brenda Lee: "Losing You" / "All Alone Am I" (Brunswick) Brian Hyland: "If Mary's There" / "Remember Me" (HMV) Winifred Atwell: "Mississippi Mud" / "Bossa Nova Boogie" (Pye) Sheila Hancock: "My Last Cigarette" / "Landlord and Tenant" (Decca) Vernons Girls: "Do the Bird" / "I'm Gonna Let My Hair Down" (Decca) Ray Ellington: "Too Old to Cut the Mustard" / "She Lied" (Ember) |
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| Allen Evans | LP Reviews Joe Brown, Mark Wynter All Things Bright and Beautiful (Golden Cumca) Lena Lovely and Alive (RCA) Buddy Greco Buddy and Soul (Columbia) Andy Williams Warm and Willing (CBS) The Swingers Four Freshman (Capitol) Burl Ives Sunshine Is My Soul (Brunswick) |
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| NME | Best Selling Pop Records in Britain 1. "Foot Tapper," Shadows (Columbia) 2. "Summer Holiday," Cliff Richard (Columbia) 3. "How Do You Do It," Gerry and the Pacemakers (Columbia) 4. "From a Jack to a King," Ned Miller (London) 5. "Like I've Never Been Gone," Billy Fury (Decca) |
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| NME | Best Selling Pop Records in U.S. 1. "He's So Fine," Chiffons 2. "Our Day Will Come," Ruby and the Romantics 3. "The End of the World," Skeeter Davis 4. "South Street," Orions 5. "You're the Reason I'm Living," Bobby Darin |
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| NME | Best Selling Sheet Music in Britain 1. "Summer Holiday" (Elstree) 2. "Say Wonderful Things" (Ardmore & Beechwood) 3. "Foot Tapper" (Elstree) 4. "Island of Dreams" (Chappell) 5. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Aberbach) |
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| NA | Brown, Maughan, Wilde—in film? [All are virtually
certain for major roles in "What a Crazy World"] New Disc Signings: Patti Brook to Decca Americans at Heath Radio Recording In the chart-points for 1963's first quarter—Cliff, Ifield, Shadows, Tornados, Jet-Tony Lead Elvis! Frankie Vaughan BBC Concert Star Andy Williams plans visit to Britian Gerry, Pacemakers LP Next Month |
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| NA | More Dates Likely for American [Del Shannon] First Tour as Solo Artist [Heinz Burt] Fury LP day announced [Tornados Will Accompany Him on All Twelve Tracks] Lavern Back in Tornados Unique Disc from Pet [Petula Clark's "Chariot" Ed Sullivan Plans Second Show Here |
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| NA | Elvis: Continental Attempt to Bring Him Over | 8 |
| Mike Hellicar | Everlys Dispel those Rubbishy Rumors | 8 |
| NA | Married! Dion and Sue | 8 |
| Alan Smith | Tommy Roe Takes His Own "Doctor" On Tour | 9 |
| NA | Bick Ford: Will He Make the Charts? | 9 |
| Mike Hellicar | Is Mike the Good Luck Charm? Spring(field) fever | 10 |
| Derek Johnson | Hold tight, Sammy's Back! [Sammy Davis] | 10 |
| Cliff Richard | Don't Miss This! Cliff Richard Writes about Himself | 12 |
| Jeremy Goldman, Spring 2008 |
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