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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, · DECEMBER 6, 1958.

CYRIL STAPLETON

Column

GROWING OLD-WITH LPs

Here is an intriguing thought: the only way for vocalists to grow old gracefully is to retire from the burly-burly of the 78 Hit Parade and concentrale on building up a following on LPs.

Failure to do so may explain such fallen idols as Frankie Laine, Guy Mitchell, Johnnie Ray, and others.

Growing old much more gracfully than most is Frank Sinatra, indisputably King of the Albums. So many Hit Parade veterans have joined him. The tempo may be slower-but there are fewer revolutions!

THERE

were

some very strange omiasions in Tommy Steele's "This Is Your Life" ou B.B.C. TV last week,

Where WITC the LWu me who pushed Tommy lo fame --

John his managers,

Kennedy the and LRITY Parnes? Did B.B.C.

that decido

come were publicity methods forgottent

best

And where was the lovelight to Steele's eyes Ann Donague? Many viewers, after reading bout that widely publicised romance, must have wondered if the engagement has been broken off.

A spokesman at the Stools uffice describes the programme - not inaccurately as "rather

weld." He wouldn't comment on the omission of Miss Dona gue."

Tommy," he remarked, " rather touchy.

Official word from

"This is Your Life" came from one of the investigators

member of "Only a limited

have figured in people who Steele's life story could be in- cluded. There just wasn't room for Miss Donaguo."

But nobody could blarne Miss Donague and Mesurs. Parries and Kennedy if they felt a trifle injured.

They should have modingd the title to "This Is Only Part Of Your Life."

PICK OF THE JAZZ DISCS

By NOEL GOODWIN

MEL' HENKE: "Dig Mei Henke" (Contemporary LAU. 12112; 124: UP). Debut tor a 43-year-old pianist from Chi- engo with an original, distina- thye

CHICO HAMILTON; Chico Hamilton Quintet (Vogue LAE. 12085; 12m. LP). Swing soft, swing low with the splendid group 1ed by 37-year-old drummer Chico Hamilton, obr time partner of Gerry Mulligan, doesn't have to be load style grown from tradi- "Jars

to be good" is Hamilton'a moito, tional roots, but liable to spring

hilt in He proves it up to the sudden surprises of technique and Ideas. A dozen numbers, these 13 numbers, played with awang with mostly well-known favourites intelligence and given a novel twist, with cap- style. able support from galtar, bass,

and drums.

ON THE BOOKSTALLS

NOW

HEYOND

THE MOUN- TAINS by Alexander Naratı,

Two Polisir brothers, released from a labour camp, attempt escape across Russian. border into Persia in 1942. A slyry of passion, excitement, with bi-

realistic 1.ant,

glimpses primitive Oriental Russia.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 15)

30

ex-

• IDLE ON PARADE, by Will Camp:

The humillating but

Ilfe tremely entertaining Army of Guardian Fanning sensitive, amorous, but not very

the Guards himself in soldierly young man who finds end of World War II. the

(MacGibbon & Kee, 15).

at

Graham Greene's

latest:-

a sharp dig at James Bond!

JUST how Secret can your Service get? I suppose if we were to make

top.

a list of the world's most romantic trades espionage would come

Graham Greene, for example, the tall, blue-eyed. novelist who is usually concerned exclusively with sin and guilt, is fascinated by spies.

More, he seems to think they are funay. And it makes a nice change to be able to share a joke with Graham Greche.

He has written "An Entertainment"-his first for seven years--a novel called OUR MAN IN HAVANA (Heinemann, 158.), which is calculated to take the Mickey out of every Secret Service thriller that has ever been written. Particularly it has been dedicated to the torpedoing of Mr Ian Fleming.

I

PARTON'S ISLAND, by

Fleming (remember?) In- Cleaner he has been hired for a teeny weeny Hitle`mon hi a high to Paul Darcy Boles.

vented મૈં handsome sexy, the British Secret Service. He bowler hat two inchies

show the enormous stalo} and Two teenage boys in Alabama debonair, ruthless spyman called gets lots more lolly.

Now he has something elsu sends it to London by way of find a river island all to thum j James Bond in Coronation Year. selves. The tale of how adults Bond belongs to the best clubs, to worry about. He has to worry the diplomatic bag, saying that outsiders shatter this orders the best meals, knows about Keeping London supplied it is a secret weapon that has

-been built on a nearby island. ant dream-world comes nearer to

one with News. about champagnes that no

London is excited. "Fiendish, Hut his daughter profits, Huckleberry Finn than anything else has heard of, dresses with

and father becomes a member of isn't it," says the Chief, remov- written for years. (Hodder, 15s.). contemptuoue good taste,

drops

Pepper on the top of the English Club, and she is ing his black monocla

London send Wormold 战 vodka, just like Noel Coward. able to keep the Chief of Police

more or less at bay. So the secretary (embarrassing) and a Band also has an unruly lock Wormolds rise in the world. radio operator (even moro of hair, an intriguing scar, and Moanwhile, what to tell London? embarrassing)

THE TOP SIX

WHAT LONDON IS READING

edition HE new

of Dr Zhivago is expected to reach the

and shops soon, many booksellers are now taking orders. These have been included in the Even- ing Standard list of best sellers in London during inst that week, with the result the great Russian novel ogain takes top place in the po- pularity poll.

Previous week's position shown in brackets; novels marked with an asterisk. 1-Dr Zhivago." Boris Pas-

tornak (2), 2-The King Must Die.* Mary Ronault (1). 3-As the Tree Falls. Doris

Lealie (3). 4Parkinson's Law.

Northcote Parkinson,

C. A

5 Tho Rainbow and the Rose. Nevilo Shute (4). KID ORY: "Tailgate" (Good

Murder. of 6-Anatomy 12104: 12, Time

Jazz LAG. LP).

Robert Traver. Trombonist Ory, now 72, in driving form with his Creole Jazz Band on a valuable new disc of 10 reissues from 1944-5 recordings. Some of his bost and

revivalist New

"Sonny OBLUES SINGERS: Terry and Brownie McGhee in

12. London" (Nixa NJL.18; LP). A reminder of the two endearing folk-singers who toured kritain last May and June. Twelve SOUZA, Belt- accompanied

on guitar harmonica, Instinct with the deep feeling and spirit of the Negro Blues.

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

Orleans jazz, with clarinettists Darnel! Howard and Omer Simon knocking off dazzling solos.

Cumplied with the co-opera- tion of Army and Navy Glores, Foytes Harrods Hatchards, W. II. Smith and Son and the Times Bookshop.

-(London Express Servlet).

Strictly Vocal

THE REAL SENTIMENTAL OR CRYING-IN-YOUR-BEER TYPE SONGS

ARE GENERALLY HEARD IN THE

KITCHEN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE TRUE TIL DEATH SONG IS

DYING OUT

DIVORCE IS

EASIER THESE DAYS.

WHEN THE FAMILY

CANARY THROWS

HER VOICE OFF KEY AND GIVES A WIGGLE,

SHE IS ABOUT TO BUST LOOSE WITH

THE LATEST,

JUKE BOX GEM.

SOMETHING CLASSY TO DRAPE ON THE GRAND PIANO -

THE TORCH SINGER.

ca WWORLD BIBINS RESERVED.

I STIRAL MATURES

27-16

THE ROOF RAISER WHO

WARNS YOU THAT SOME OF THESE DAYS

YOU'RE GOING TO

MISS HER.

M

05

he attracts wonen. He lails im- One day Wormold, In despair, things mercifully, is tortgred a lot by draws the component parts murder,

de enemies, but none the less of a vacuum cleaner (including deaths. survives all, giving the impres-

sion that he is one of Princess Margaret's favourite dancing partners,

Crumpled

Craham Greene

has sat

THE NEW BOOKS.

Bod terriblo

happen

mayhem, mysterious

sudden

by Nancy Spain

out to show that spзmen are very different. (Simple Spymen, as you might say.) He admits he has not known "more than a dozen" In his life. Bull, Secret Service Trainers. they were all very different from James Bond.

All ends in a happy shambles, attractive house in Kensington, when Wormold

sharply with pekingese called Fanny brought back to England, is and a very intellectual daughter given the OB.E. and becomes a who paints. lecturer at a school

Studio for young

The daughter lives in a at the bottom of the 'garden," and is not yet married. Mrs Appleby has another daughter however (who is continually producing enchanting grand children) and at least one son., ;-

True, gay.

Greene's spy in Havana 18 called Mr Wonmold. He cannot All of this fo sheer bliss, and even afford the local Engibh would have brought Mr Graham

personal He only drinks Greene my privato country club. daquiris. He does not care much award of the year of two down for food. Ho is perpetually oysters for the writer who has pleased me most in 1959 were it crumpled.

not for the fact that Josephine Blumenfeld, sister of Sir John Elliot of London Transport

He is worried about money all the time, because his daughter (who is a horse-mad teenager) ik So extravagant. Also she is faine, also has a book out this Airting with the horrid local Chief of Police.

Into Mr Wormold's shop one day (he sells vacuum cleaners, but not very successfully) comes dreadful British stronger in an exclusive tic, asking imper- Enent questions.

Before pear Mr Wormold cati say

"Atomic Pilc Suction

week.

Her pills

She often inds hereer at slightly loose end, and among other things files 10 Greece with a big business man called Harry. She takes a lot of air sickness pills.

One miauto Mis Appleby teels) fair, young. and tall, with a thrumming at the shoulder blades like angel's wing-and- a heavy list towards Harry. The well next,

Josephine Blumenfeld's book is called PIN A ROSE ON ME (Heinemann, 188, 06) and it 1 true and gay and touching, and here and there, too, so written that I am going to keep It. Need I say more?

It is all about a widow called Mrs Appleby who lives

By Harry Weinert

"WHAT HAPPENED.

TO THE BARBERSHOP QUARTET →

SOME LULLABY. SINGERS ́ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEIR VICTIM FALLS ASLEEP [A· SELF-DEFENCE.

THEY GREW

BEARDS

AND TOOK UP PROGRESSIVE

JAZZ !*.

THE OLD COW HAND

iS SINGING

TV VIEWERS TO SLEEP INSTEAD OF RIDING THE RANGE.

iran

the tranquilisers haye word off, and the mirror rollecta art, dark, wild, wingless woman with n green face,

All this is so gloriously true to lie that I rushed round congratulate her and found (Just as I had not. already guessed) that she was an attrac uve, derie widow, who was once married to the late Alan. Bolt, chairman of the Book Society,

Her house.

Her house is enchanting,” covered with wistarin, bltam, bago and other goodies. It is indeed Kensington, and at the bottom of the garden there is indeed a studio, contálning daughter called Susannah, who pants quite trilliantly, Sho has also a pokingese and a lot of adorable, but maddening, grandchildreni.

a

Hospitably she poured mea Scotch on the rocks, poured in- other der herself, and a sho raised it to her lips, felt Bat pa her back. I was horrified.

"Oh," she said, picking herself up "that's the awful sort of thing that is always happening, to me," The incident ⠀ was scarcely referred to again, "I am in a terrible slate of nerves,” she said "because I am Aying to America tonight,**

Why?

"Well, that's so awful too," she told me. "Just for fun, I mean, no one ever poca 10. America Just for fun, do they?"

STOP FRES8; I have just learned from America that Grace Metallona has stopped" **Tho writing her next novel Tight White Collar in order to do a film script entitled "Return- To Peyton Place."

.I

This serms to me an awful pity as my one idea has always been to keep out of Peyton Place, let alone return to i

FICTION SHELF

By LAURENCE MARKS -

● DADDY'S GONE A-HUNT- ING. BY Penelope Mortimer. Michael Joseph. '12s. Üd.

Love and neurosis In tho £5,000-a-year bracket, set in a Home Countles dormitory town where the well-heeled wives aro grass widows from Monday, tô Friday, Mire Mortimer reports" on the troubled femala ficart. with compassionate Irons.

● THE BYCAMORE TREE. BY Christina · · Brooke-Rase,/ Rocker

Wurg. 168,000

Caddish book reviewer: seduces novelist's wary (wife after muccessfully maing-him, for? defamation. An expert hatc!ut i job on the pretensions" and hypocrites of the Uterary world; As smart as a publisher's party, and ton times as witty, P

-{London Express "Service).