Juke Box Jury

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Juke Box Jury


-Based on the American show Jukebox Jury
-Throughout it's run, it featured celebrity guests on a rotating weekly panel judging the hit potential of recent releases

Format
-Took a format where a guest panel reviewed new record releases in a 25 minute program.
-David Jacobs hosted it and asked 4 celebs each week to judge newly released records. The song would be declared a 'hit' or 'miss'

History
-First broadcasted on June 1, 1959
-Moved to Sept. 3, 1959 due to it's immediate popularity
-Original panel consisted of Pete Murray, Alma Coogan, Gary Miller and Susan Stranks. Frequent 'jurors' included Katie Boyle and Cilla Black. There were also other entertainers who appeared on the show, such as:  Thoraa Hird, Alfred Hitchcock, Spike Milligan, Lonnie Donnegan, Johnny Mathis, Roy Orbison, David McCallum
-On Dec. 7, 1963, the panel was all 4 members of The Beatles.
-On July 4, 1964, the panel consisted of all 5 members of The Rolling Stones

Jurors

1959-1967

1959
-Pete Murray
-Petula Clark
-Alma Coogan
-Jayne Mansfield

1960
-Alan Freeman
-Cyril Shack
-Annette Funicello
-Judy Carne
-Wolf Mankowitz

1961
-Beatrice Lillie
-Cliff Richard
-Jane Asher
-Acker Bilk
-Helen Shapiro

1962
-Paul Anka
-Johnny Mathis
-Petula Clark
-Jean Metcalfe
-Miriam Karlin

1963
-Sean Connery
-Cilla Black
-Albert Finney
-Dusty Springfield
-The Beatles

1964
-Dave Clark
-Peter Sellers
-George Harrison
-Ringo Starr
-Marianne Faithfull
-The Rolling Stones

-Twiggy

1979
-Joan Collins

1989
-Isaac Hayes

1990
-Bootsy Collins

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