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NOTES ON NOTES

Pat Boone... Paul Anka...Patti Page...and

‘A personality

Rebecca Pan is her name. She is a svelte, dark-

haired vivaciously attractive Shanghai-born. Chinese. She is also probably the most talented of modern entertainers of her race to come along in the last 15 years.

NEW.. MEMBERS

ROBERT LEE, 17, student, 11 Granville Circuit, 1st floor, Kowloon.

*

TOMMY LING, 18, stu- dent, 14 Homantis-street, 2nd floor, Kowloon,

★

PETER LAU, 18, student, 63 Taikoktsui-road, Peony House, North Block, ̄ ̄ 8th | floor, Kowloon.

POLLY NG, 18, student, 42 Bonham Strand East, 5th floor, Hongkong.

*

CHARLES TOO, 20, student, 6 O'Brien-road, 1st floor, Wanchai.

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WILLIAM LEWIS, 17, 9A Victory Avenue, Kow- loon.

* THERESA MA, 17, Chun Yeung - street, floor, Hongkong.

NEW

her

Rebecca started career primarily as a night-

that comes

through

*The Four Seasons", Never

On Sunday", "I Need You", "Mustapha" and "Yellow Cherries which I thought was club singer in Hongkong. the outstanding track on a very But her scope here was very fine album limited:

So seeing that she wasn't making much progress, Rebecca decided to exploit the very real

On Diamond LP 1004.

talent she knew she possessed. PATTI PAGE

So she became, in show busi- ness terminology, "a single". This is to say, she embarked on a career as a nightclub solo artiste. Her act had and still has a great deal of polish, and

a lot of class.

Today she has no equal among her Chinese rivals as a singer of modern songs.

She has appeared in night- clubs in Singapore, Colombo, Calcutta and Melbourne and is currently on another tour. Having expounded the fact that Rebecca Pan is a remark- able woman, now that she has just cut her let me tell you

first album It's entitled "The

Patti Page will not sing in Her Hongkong.

manager. Jack Rael cabled the mana- ger of the nightclub who made the offer saying Patti appreciated the offer, but at the same time rejected it.

Patti's only interest apparent- ly is to do some shopping-i she DOES comes here.

From the tone of the corres- pondence that came in from Manila, it appears that there is seme doubt as to whether she will visit these shores at all.

Four Seasons" and is the third Pat Boone

in a series of discs released on the Diamond label.

I for one will be surprised ́ Add the name of Pat Boone to if it doesn't outsell the offer- ings of her predecessors, Kong Ling and Mona Fong.

Rebecca's personality her warmth and sincerity-comes through well on this wax.

She sings in Mandarin, English, Japanese and Italian. She has a fine style and a fine voice. She is well worth listen-

90|ing to.

3rd

You'll hear her sing, among other tunes,

Dinky Toys No. 199

Austin Seven Countryman

This enchanting model, based on the traveller version of the well-known "baby" car, is equipped with "finger-tip" steering, 4-wheel suspension, windows, seats and steering wheel.

Length 2}*

DINKY TOYS No. 197 MORRIS-MINI TRAVELLER

(NOT ILLUSTRATED)

$2.99

Dinky Supertoys No. 949 Wayne School Bus

10.80

This handsome model has many special safety features Including traffic warning notices and red lights at front and rear, large emergency door and wide vision wind screen in the driver's compartment. It is fitted with windows, seats, steering wheel and bears the words "School Bur" at front and back,

Length 81*

the

the steadily growing list of top disc jockeys now heard over the Blue Network of Rediffusion.

I had the pleasure of listen. ing to Pat's audition tape at the studios earlier this week, and may I say now that I was thoroughly entertained.

on wax'

Vacalist Rebecca Pan

of preparing these tapes, but I didn't realise just how quickly they were to be re- leased.

Pro- Mike

Pat presents his programme in

a typically relaxed manner. Rediffusion's English title tune

Its chock full of good humour and anecdotes about the most successful people in the world of show business.

DINKY TOYS

Made in England by Moczana Lad

Of course who could be better qualified to tell you about people in the entertainment world than an entertainer himself. And Pat is one of the best.

He told me when he was here that he was in the process

grammes Manager, Ellery, told me that the Pat Boone Show would be of an hour's duration three times a week (Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays). The first day the series can be heard is on Tuesday, Sep- tember 5, at 6 pm.

Pat's theme song, incidental- ly, is "April Love". So stay tuned.

PAUL ANKA

Had

the

of pleasure meeting Poul Anka's father, Mr Andrew Anka last week.

He told me that there is every possibility that Paul will shortly be embarking on a Far Eastern tour and will visit Hongkong.

an

I know for certain that

made for Paul offer has been

to sing here. Mr Anka Snr will relay the offer to Paul's mana- ger. through, I will let you know right away.

If and when a reply comes

Hongkong Hit Parade

by Mitch

Well, the arrival of Patti Page has been with- in the realm of conjecture for a week now, but we hope that our latest in- formation will prove cor- rect. Patti is said to be landing in about two more weeks.

Frank Sinatra filming with members of the famed 'clan' has changed the title of "Bad-

Meredith

Elvis Presley, strange as it Neapolitan song) may seem, has hit the jackpot "It's Now or Never". in Italy with his version of

and

also

This

"Turnia а

Somentio,' а Sole Mio".

"Surrender" (otherwise known song is also a version of "O

TOP TUNES

Paul Anka Bobby Vee

.Al Caiola Damita Jo Fats Domino

Patti Page Pat Boone

Conway Twitty Neil Sedaka

1.

"Dance On Little Girl”

2.

"More Than I Can Say"

lands" to "Soldiers Three". MGM who own the title (from Rudyard Kipling's tale) may object.

3.

"Together"

Connie Francis

4.

"The Magnificent Seven"

5.

"I'll Be There"

They made a film of that name in 1951 with Stewart

6.

"Let The Four Winds Blow"

7.

"You'll Answer To Me"

Granger. Sinatra has how- ever, registered two more titles "Soldiers "Soldiers Five."

8.

"Moody River"

Four's

and

9.

10.

"Little Devil"

"A Million Teardrops"