| 2 May 1958 |
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| n.a. |
Life lines of Lonnie
Donegan |
2 |
| Keith Goodwin |
Johnnie Ray…I’m yours
as long as you want me [interview] |
2 |
| Fordyce, Keith |
‘Fair’ Records by
Ronnie and Gary [‘My Fair Lady,’ Ronnie Hilton, Gary Miller] |
4 |
| n.a. |
Gold Disc and Major
Film Offer for Laurie London [EMI, Columbia Pictures] |
6 |
| n.a. |
Vaughan and Steele
Injured this Week [enthusiastic fans, bruises, torn hair, police escorts,
should precautions be taken?] |
6 |
| n.a. |
Frankie Vaughan Opens
PoW TV series, June 22 [Prince of Wales Theatre, series coincides with
release of film Wonderful Things] |
6 |
| n.a. |
Ella, JATP are here!
[Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Coleman
Hawkins] |
12 |
| n.a. |
‘My Fair Lady’ Discs
in Full [Film "…not comparable with other hit American Musicals,"
for lack of songs capable of solo release] |
8 |
| Johnson, Derek |
It’s the Greatest
Stage Musical Ever Written ["My Fair Lady"] |
10 |
| n.a. |
A Musical about the
Disc World [Expresso Bongo, story of "…the rise to fame of
a Tommy Steele-Like character"] |
13 |
| n.a. |
More Newcomers to
the charts [Robert Earl, "I May Never Pass this Way Again"] |
14 |
|
|
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| 9 May 1958 |
|
|
| n.a. |
Chuck Jumps to Sweet
16 in Charts [Chuck Berry, "Roll Over Beethoven," "Rock
and Roll Music," and "School Day."] |
2 |
| n.a. |
Frankie Vaughan to
Finance Scholarships [Vaughan agrees to finance the National Youth Orchestra
in England, and a similar organization in U.S.] |
6 |
| n.a. |
Top British fee offered
to Sinatra [British TV] |
7 |
| n.a. |
Donegan’s Irish Song
Banned by the BBC ["Nobody Loves Like an Irishman"] |
7 |
| n.a. |
Tommy Steele’s Lewisham
show canceled [misses two weeks, mauling inflicted by fans] |
7 |
| n.a. |
Doris Day Quiz Platform |
10 |
|
|
|
| 16 May 1958 |
|
|
| n.a. |
Dickie Valentine
Declares, ‘We Could Kill Rock, if…’ [whatever musicians do can be accepted
by fans. Says nothing wrong with rock, but declares he is not good at
it.] |
3 |
| Fordyce, Keith |
Everly Boys Change
Their Style [Everly Brothers] |
4 |
| n.a. |
Ronnie Hilton signed
for Pantomime |
6 |
| n.a. |
Billie Holiday coming
to London |
6 |
| n.a. |
Baby for Doris Day |
6 |
| n.a. |
Steele Bullfighter
in Third Film? [Tommy Steele] |
7 |
| n.a. |
Johnnie Ray Mystery:
Why No Permission for Drummer-till Now? [Musicians Union allows personal
drummer to work as part of accompanying band] |
7 |
| Goodwin, Keith |
Weary Shirley Is
Glad to Be Home [Shirley Bassey, six-month trip, Australia] |
8 |
| n.a. |
Britain Cannot Enjoy
Sammy’s Full Talent until He Appears Here [Davis] |
8 |
| n.a. |
Frank Hands Over
to Dean [Sinatra, role in new John Wayne movie, Dean Martin] |
9 |
| Goodwin, Keith |
He Won Fight for
His Life [Guy Mitchell] |
10 |
|
|
|
| 23 May 1958 |
|
|
| Johnson, Derek |
Rock 'n' Roll Must
Go [American song writers visit Britain, and declare war on Rock 'n' Roll:
Jule Styne, Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Alan Jay Lerner, & Meredith
Wilson] |
2 |
| n.a. |
David Seville, Johnnie
Mathis and Ella Fitzgerald are newcomers to the charts [Eartha Kitt, Nat
Cole. Mathis song played on the air at wrong speed!] |
3 |
| n.a. |
Lonnie Donegan Honored:
Chosen for Scot’s Royal Variety Show [honored by Queen and the Duke of
Edinburgh] |
6 |
| n.a. |
Johnnie Ray, Guy
Mitchell, Frankie Laine: their greatest hits on special LPs [Philips Records] |
6 |
| n.a. |
West End Stage project:
then Broadway and Hollywood plans [Tommy Steele, staged "Cinderella."
Role will not start until Steele recovers from exhaustion.] |
7 |
| n.a. |
Frankie Vaughan’s
Film Basis of Television show [ABC TV special] |
7 |
| n.a. |
Life-Lines of Max
Bygrave |
8 |
| n.a. |
Liverpool loves Guy
Mitchell |
8 |
| Goodwin, Keith |
Jerry Lee Lewis is
Here! [Analogies made between Lewis and Presley, Little Richard, and Pat
Boone] |
10 |
|
|
|
| 30 May 1958 |
|
|
| Govey, Charles |
Jerry Lee Lewis Was
the ‘wildest.’ [Lewis’ tour cut short. Review] |
2 |
| Goodwin, Keith |
Lonnie Donegan hits
out [skiffle is proclaimed dead] |
3 |
| n.a. |
Jerry Lee Lewis drops
bombshell [Lewis demands full salary for his tour, even though it was
cut short. Complications with his marital status to blame for cancellation.] |
6 |
| n.a. |
Frankie Vaughan and
David Hughes for Scottish Royal Stage Show [join Donegan at honors ceremony] |
6 |
| n.a. |
Presley, Boone outvoted
by Britain’s Frankie in poll [Vaughan voted "Top Screen Singing Star"
in Picturegoer’s annual awards] |
6 |
| n.a. |
Presley Posted to
Europe! Strong hopes of British concerts |
7 |
| n.a. |
Tommy Steele Plans |
7 |
| Johnson, Derek &
Franks, Vernon |
Blackpool’s All-Star
Rock |
8-9 |
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Oliver
Jones on Friday, March 5, 1999 |
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Edited
May 2005 |
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