New Musical Express | May 1959

1 May 1959    
Williamson, David Lloyd Price has a perfect alibi for being noisy [7 brothers and sisters will make you loud] 2
Marlowe, Dave Ricky Nelson is still scared of girls [gets three phone calls a meal for a date] 3
Goodwin, Keith Lonnie Donegan’s lost film mistery is solved [disappeared for 2 years, Donegan opens with "Light fingers"] 3
  Cliff Richard BBC-TV bedut set for next week [TV starts more one-nighters] 7
Keniston, Tony Antohony Newley isn’t IDLE in the hit parade [Actor who doesn’t want to be in the hit parade] 8
Wedge, Don Marino Marini will leave his money in England- for son’s schooling [Italian Pianist tours Britain and wants his kids to go there] 8
Keiston, Tony Terry Dene didn’t hear the boos [He was making too much noise himself] 10
Johnson, Derek Big test for Dennis Lotis [ends his West End show] 10
     
8 May 1959    
Johnson, Derek It’s great to be here [interview with Conway Twitty] 2
Johnson, Derek The Kaye Sisters talk about Frankie Vaughan, and he talks about them [They worked together and liked it] 2-3
Wynn, James Talent makes Paul Anka rich [Paul Anka is the richest teen in show business] 3
  TV channels in Pop battle [ABC’s and BBC both focus on pop chart toppers] 6
Johnson, Derek Summer Stars of 1959 8 predictions of who’s going to hit it big  
Goodwin, Keith Johnny Cash is still waiting [wants to go to Britain] 9
  "I’d miss the screams," admits Cliff Richards, "but I could do with out them" 10
     
13 May 1959    
Johnson, Derek Jazzmen Fared Best [Basie, Como, Fitzgerald, Prima, Stapleton] 2
Goodwin, Keith Frankie Avalon adds ballads to his beat [All America talks about British hit, "venus"] 3
  Dorris Day still hopes to come to Britain [has a blood ailment] 6
  A star filled Whitsun for viewers, listeners and theater-goers alike [pop music takes over TV radio and variety stage] 7
Johnson, Derek Russ Conway’s piano was too tuneful for "Roulette" [Piano too "in tune" to record] 8
George, Dennis Paul Anka wins great victory [British tour off to great start] 9
  Sinatra’s LP makes the Top Thirty "Come dance with me" 10
27 May 1959    
  Question time with Cliff Richard  
Johnson, Derek Eddie Fisher [Is Britain still happy hunting ground?] 3
Wedge, Don The world’s most travelled teenagers- Paul Anka [Been around the world at 18] 3
  Disc stars dominate Manchester’s First Royal variety performance; lots of stars [Cliff and Marty Wilde to sing for Queen] 6-7
Goodwin, Keith They want to appear in Britain [McGuire Sisters ambition] 8
Goodwin, Keith America’s least teenage sensation, [Fabian; Now known for crime and Police history; That will change soon] 10
     
29 May 1959    
Goodwin, Keith Fats Domino gives "Margie" a new lease of life [originally a 1920’s tune] 3
Wayne, John Ricky Nelson as an actor [Quick on the draw in "Rio Bravo"] 3
  Eddie Fisher reveals exciting British projects and ambitions [most publicized singer talks to the press] 6
  Johnnie Ray has plans to tele-recod 39 shows here [most ambitious recording project in Britain by American] 7
Johnson, Derek Disclands’ surprising partnership [Louis Prima and Keely Smith; Glamor and beauty] 8
Johnson, Derek Everly Brothers [They can’t be beaten] 10
  ojones on Friday, March 5, 1999 at 14:31:09