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Well, I don't suppose you can sing the Ding Dong Song, too?

Credit card to Casey Sung.

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The Hit Parade By Ted Thomas

ΑΤΤ MONROE got

Mhis first singing

break here in Hong- kong, and is now hailed as one of Britain's best song stylists.

"Por.

On his latest release trait of My Love" Matt does a smooth and professional job, which, with the support it de- serves could be a Hit Parader within weeks.

THERE'LL be many a broken

heart in, the Bobby Darin Fan Club next year when ́their number one boy ex- changes voR'S with another well-known personality in the popular music field, Sandra Dec.

Sandra Dee too has a large following here in Hongkong and so now maybe the two supporting organisations can get together!

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1. Are You Lonesome Tonight-Elvis Presley. 2. Come Back to Me My Love-Mark Dinning.

3. Romantica-Jane Morgan.

4. To Each his Own-The Platters.

5. Look for a Star-Garry Mills.

6. You Mean Everything to Me-Neil Sedaka.

7. Itsy Bitsy Yellow Polka Dot Bikini-Brian Hyland.

8. Tell Laura I Love Her-Ray Peterson.

9. I wish I'd never been born-Patti Page.

10. Melodie D'Amour-Paul Anka.

11. Come Back Silly Girl-Steve Lawrence.

12. My mind has a mind off its own-Connie Francis.

13. No-Dodie Stevens.

14. The Clickity Clack Song-Brian Hyland.

15. Charming Billy-Johnny Preston.

16. Summer's gone-Paul Anka.

17. I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus-Paul Anka. 18. Tell me one more time-Conway Twitty. 19. I'll save the last dance for you-Damita Jo. 20. My girl Josephine-Fats Domino.

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and "Rockin' J Bells" by Little Bobby Rey. (Ouch!)

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›ECORD sales in Britain are fast, and the

Retailing

■ Ezy majority of the sufferers are

the traditional jam fans.

about every record cut by the Platters these days winds up at the top of the Hit Parade and there's

think that their reason to latest "To Each His Own" will do otherwise.

no

I've always felt that the Platters have a

learn lot to from their predecessors, The Inkspots, and to my mind at least this record proves it .convincingly.

MORE

Christmas

singles:

"The Angel and the Stranger" Lyn Cornel, backed by "Christmas Stecking": "Tweetle's Twistmas Twouble" by Mel Blanc: “White Christ- mas" by Emile Ford. "In Jerusalem," by Gracie Fields

The surprising pre-Christ. mas slump in record sales is thought to be due to the trad Jazz club boom, where young people unable to afford both a record and a club membership choose the live entertainment.

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DAT Boone's attempt to get

back into the Top Twenty stream is marked with his "Dear most

release recent John."

with A favourite

service- men everywhere, this record is assured of lots of plays in if request programmes nowhere else, but whether this

to lift will be enough

the sales sufficiently to land it in

the

the magic twenty is open argument.

to

to

Pat brings nothing new this sentimental and treacly tale of a Jilted soldier, except at a point where he abandons into the melody and breaks recitation.

Pat Boone lovers won't care It up anyway-they'll lap

the other side along with

the "Alabam" much more In old Pat vein.

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HITS HERE AND THERE DEPARTMENT

America:

1. "Stay," by Maurice

llams.

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2. "Are You Lonesome To-

night," by Elvis Presley. Britain:

1. "It's Now Or Never" by

Elvis Presley.

2. "Save The Last Dance For

Me," by The Drifters.

17-21

CLUB MAILBOX

EAR EDITOR,

DEAR

As a club member 'I take the

initiative of voicing my

opinion regarding the pages devoted to the 17/21 Club.

Hesk all matrbers of the Club to send in their opinions as to

whether they are for or against what I am about to state: As in all clubs, the majority rules, so I would appreciate it if the editer would let us members have the final results of the voting.

PAGE I: In my opinion stories published on this page are very good and very helpful in increasing our general knowledge. But there may be members who coject to what I have to say, so would thote who ɖɔ cɔject plæse submit any citernative. PAGE 2 & 3: "Notes en Noues by Carl Mvat” in my opinion occupies a lot of useful space, that could be replaced by articles cf more interest by club murbers er by some pro- fessional writer.

PAGE 4: "Stories 1or Boys and Girls." In my opinion is mis- placed in the club publication. The space provided for the above mentioned could be substituted by drawings and car- toons by members.

The Canic strips on this page could do for the moment until the

Editor received more original work from members. Well members, this is my opinion. Let the Editor have yours

and in this say, we can improve the club publication.

A. H. AHMED.

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I am rather at a loss to understand your use of this word; or perhaps you did not know that Carl is a member of our staff.— ED.

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Dear Editor, Would you please kindly explain the word “beatnik". I have looked through many dictionaries but cannot find the meaning. What is the origin? What is the difference between "beatnik talk" and ours?

H. Brown.

Well, I am hardly surprised that the meaning of the word “beatnik" is not given in any dictionaries.

- But before I offer what I understand the word to mean, per- haps some of you members might like to give your interpretation of this word that is strictly of your time and age.-ED.

Reel Corner

DON'T Do tales.

KATE O'REILLY

believe that the glass slipper fits only in fairy

Sixteen-year-old Sharon Hugeny stepped straight from a Little Theatre group audition into a top role in Warner-Pathe's forthcoming release PARRISH-with handsome, blonde Troy Donahue as her leading man.

Sharon, at school in the San Fernando Valley, had had fiɔ professional acting experience, although she had the determina- tion and the talent to make the stage her career. She had ap- peared in junior high school amateur productions and on the advice of her teachers and a family friend had joined a Little Theatre group in Hollywood.

Leap year baby.

but

Sharon Hugeny

A Warner Bros. talent scout saw her in a - performante for the group, and offered

her a, screen test. Pert, pretty, brunette Sharon not only got ̄a contract

in the role

Delmer the Daves Technicolor picture. She time experiences that would last joined a cast which included the average girl-a-life-time. Claudette Colbert, Karl Malden, She was taken out of higa Dean Jagger, and bright new school, and placed in the studio's screen, personalities Connie school. Never out of California Stevens and Diane McBain. before, she was flown by jet- The screen's Leap Year Cin- her first plane ride-to Hartford, derella was born on February Connecticut, played her first 29, 1944, in Los Angeles, and scene before a camera, signed first autograph and had theoretically has had only four her birthdays! In fact she signed her her first picture in the paper. Warner Bros. contract on her She also got her first screen kiss from Troy Donahue, against fourth official birthday.

In the days following this, rivalry from Connie Stevens and Sharon had a month full of first- Diane McBain in the picture.

Remember This!

Credit card to Edmund Chan. AN