NOTE
SHION NO SON
By GARL MYATT
A new Lp and a letter
to
a new
star
SINGING is great fun! Children, especially know this and the zest with which they throw themselves into a song inspires everyone to join in with gusto.
First introduced by Kapp youngsters, this new album af- to play some of the tunes he had Records with an LP "Do- fords an inviting initiation into written. I really liked them! As "sing a matter of fact, I recorded several and I'm glad I did.
the ranks of those who
Re-Mi," the Sing-Along along". Children's Chorus, rang- (Available On Kapp KL-1234) ing in age from 9 to 14, present
in
their
latest long play "MORE New star
SONGS CHILDREN LOVE TO SING DO-RE-MI- FA-SOL-LA.”
They sing with such cheerful children and enthusiasm. that grown-ups alike will soon join them be familiar favourites: "I've "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah",
Been Working On The Railroad" and "Oh! Susanna".
A little
Three of them were Waitin' In School', 'Believe What You Say' and 'Just A Little Too Much'.
They did pretty well for both of us. His demonstration rendi- of tions were great!
re-
the
while ago one the most promising
cording stars in music world, namely Woods On Fire'. I am equally Johnny Burnette, was in- happy that he has recorded this
I was delighted when he be- gan recording for Liberty and 'Settin' The had his first hit
troduced to the public. Since then he has had two Along with these happy, catchy long plays and two big singles
as "You're Sixteen"
tunes are such delights "Swinging On A Star": "Davy Boy Sad”,
album.
He has a style all his own and each song comes off like you've never heard it before.
and "Little
a
LP
So now, in addition to being
successful
he's songwriter,
Crockett", "Que Sera Sera" and This is what Ricky Nelson had "made it as a performer. Con-
say about his first
gratulations, Johnny, and best of "Dreamin":-
luck from your good friend."
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yel- to low Polkadot Bikini".
For those who are unfamiliar "I first met Johnny Burnette with this sprighty group of when he came out to my house
RICK.
TWO NEW
Reel Corner MEMBERS
*OʻREILLY
다
Phil Green at work in his London "factory."
GREEN, "The Music Man" of British films, was
PHIL, GREEN, "The Move and understanding of music.
Today, with a life-time of conducting
and
composing
PREM KHEMANEY, 17, student, 42 Wyndham street, Hongkong.
ALICE KWOK, 17, student, 295 Hen- nessy-road, 3rd floor, Hongkong.
NEW STAR JOHNNY BURNETTE
STAMP NEWS
(B62)
162B)
Brain Teaser B.62 & 62B obliterators
Complete the following as in:
1. Cos T... the price
2. C
T... to throw
3.
C
T...a young
horse
covering
5. C
T... to talk
6.
C
T...3 two
4. C -T...an outside
wheel vehicle
7. C———T... abrupt, ·
8.
rude
C- T...a kind of bird
9. CT... 100th part
of a dollar
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behind him, he still holds that love and understanding. He's is also Britain's most prolific and most in-demand screen
music writer.
He began his career at the ready scaled many rungs in his tender age of 11 by dashing ladder of success.
home from school, gulping down
← quick meal, and racing to the
MUSICAL HISTORY
His success story since then
1 cal cinéma where he worked is now musical history, with the stand-in pianist accom- climax in 1956 when he won the Ivor Norello Award for film
3 a
panying silent films.
Three years later he won a music for the first time with his
scholarship 10 the Trinity College of Music. To eat while
theme from March Hare." So prolific, so in-demand that the industrious, London-born ne was studying, he played in Phil launches his musical day at a night-club-often until two of the unearthly hour of 5 o'clock
the morning, which in the morning!
force in
probably explains his ability to He rises, has a quick cap of
do wihout much sleep.
black coffee and within 15 At 19 he became the youngest minutes is tinkling at the key-
leader in Britain board in the basement-study-
orchestra
calls it 2
factory-of
his fashionable Regency-styled house in the heart of London.
when he appeared, resplendent he in his first dress suit, at Loa- don's Prince of Wales theatre. To get that dress suit he had to pawn his accordion
Phil Green is a prolific writer. And never has he been more prolific than in recent years.
So, by the time he was 20. During 1959 he composed 14 when many young men are still film scores and looks like in- wandering what to do with creasing this total in the 1960- the lives, Pail Green had al- 61 period.
istarsty
WITH
WITH the introduction of adhesives a hand- stamp of a pattern used in Great Britain bearing the office code B.62 was sent out.
The London GPO records known as having been used show that it was despatched during the period 1862 and on September 14, 1862 to 1891 when this type of ob- gether with two circular literator was generally with- datestamps.
drawn.
This obliterator was used solely for cancelling the ad-
As there is nothing in the
hesive stamps, the dated London records which indi- handstamps being used in cates that other B.62 ob- literators were sent out, it conjunction for datestamp- ing the covers.
is presumed that additional stamps were locally made.
In all, some 30 variations of the B.62 markings are
by RCHAN
Credit Card to Paul T. F. Chan.
In 1864 the Postmaster requested six obliterators bearing a B. 63 code to be used for cancelling sup- plementary mail matter; but : as B.63 had already been
allocated elsewhere, six 62B stamps were sent out. These were in general the B.62's until 1891.
use,
with
Though the 8.62 on cover is common enough, the 62B is almost a rarity: very few covers ore known bearing this strike..
Two other strikes, similar in character, known on ad- hesives but never on cover, are H.62 and 2 H62. There is no official record of such obliterators ever having been authorised for use, and they must be regarded as spuri-
ous.
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