TV Shows We Used To Watch - BBC Juke Box Jury 1959-67 | Flickr Paul Townsend By: Paul Townsend TV Shows We Used To Watch - BBC Juke Box Jury 1959-67 Classic 1950s and 60s pop music show in which a panel votes hit or miss on the new releases they are played. David Jacobs presents, with Nina and Frederick, Jill Ireland and David McCallum on the panel. The show - in which assorted celebrities rated new single releases a 'hit' or a 'miss' - began on US Television in 1948 starring Hollywood DJ Peter Potter. One of the highlights of the show's history was when The Beatles appeared on December 7th 1963. They rated songs by artists including Billy Fury, Elvis Presley and The Swinging Blue Jeans - all of which became hits. On the night, seven of the Beatles' predictions were right and three were wrong. The show's format was very simple: a panel of four guests would listen to a batch of the latest pop singles and judge them a hit or a miss.

The fact that the programme was performance-free meant that during a song the camera would pan around the studio audience, linger on the celebrity panel or cut back to the show's host, originally the DJ David Jacobs, to no great purpose. Despite this lack of visual interest, the show proved extremely popular, with a weekly audience peaking at around 12 million, while an appearance by the Rolling Stones as the panellists attracted 10,000 requests for tickets for the programme's recording. The most famous guests to appear on the show were The Beatles, who generated such pandemonium that the audience drowned out much of what they said. It was axed towards the end of 1967 after falling ratings, but revived on two occasions, the first time with Noel Edmonds as presenter (in 1979), and the second time with Jools Holland (from 1989 to 1990). The theme music for the show was called "Hit and Miss" and was performed by "The John Barry Seven". The following clip is a section from a programme in 1960.

Nina and Frederik were a Danish popular singing duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their repertoire consisted of a blend of folk music, calypsos and standards. The duo consisted of Frederik, Baron van Pallandt and his wife at the time Nina van Pallandt. Nina and Frederik began singing together at the age of four, but since Frederik's father was the Dutch ambassador to Denmark, his family moved away and the children lost contact with each other. However in 1957 he re-established contact with Nina at her parents home and one evening played his guitar for her. To his surprise Nina began singing to it, and it was at that moment that they decided to sing together. Originally they sang only for their friends, and occasionally at house parties. This led to them being asked to perform at charity shows and soon they were in demand professionally. On 1 July 1957, the duo made their professional show business debut in Copenhagen's top night club, Mon Coeur. Within a matter of months they had become great favourites throughout Europe.

They married in September 1960 and in 1961 had their own series on British Television, Nina and Frederik at home. Their earliest known single was "Jamaica Farewell"/"Come Back Liza", both Calypso songs, issued in 1959 on Pye International 7N 25021, but showing a 1957 'recording first published' date. Their album, Nina and Frederik, charted at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart in February 1960. Their follow-up collection, also entitled Nina and Frederik, but featuring completely different songs, peaked at number 11 in the UK chart in May 1961. In 1963 they spent three weeks performing at the Savoy Hotel, and in December of the same year they gave a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, and made guest appearances on the panel of Juke Box Jury. Jill Ireland and David McCallum David Keith McCallum, Jr. (born 19 September 1933) is a Scottish actor and musician.

He is best known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., as interdimensional operative Steel in Sapphire & Steel, and Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard in the series NCIS. He was married to actress Jill Ireland from 1957 to 1967. They had three sons: Paul, Jason - an adopted son who died from an accidental drug overdose in 1989 - and Valentine. He introduced Ireland to Charles Bronson when both were filming The Great Escape. A few years later, she left McCallum and married Bronson. He has been married to Katherine Carpenter since 1967. They have a son, Peter, and a daughter, Sophie. David and Katherine McCallum are active with charitable organizations that support the United States Marine Corps: Katherine's father was a Marine who served in the Battle of Iwo Jima, and her brother lost his life in the Vietnam War. David and Katherine McCallum live in New York.

Jill Dorothy Ireland (April 24, 1936 – May 18, 1990) was an English actress, best known for her many films with her second husband, Charles Bronson. Ireland was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1984. After her diagnosis, Ireland wrote two books chronicling her battle with the disease (at the time of her death, she was writing a third book) and became a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. In 1988, she testified before Congress about medical costs and was awarded the Medal of Courage from then-President Ronald Reagan. On May 18, 1990, Ireland died of breast cancer at her home in Malibu, California. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Jill Ireland has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1991, Jill Clayburgh portrayed Ireland in the made-for-television movie Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story, which told of her later years, including her fight with cancer.

David Lewis Jacobs CBE (born 19 May 1926) is a British actor and broadcaster who rose to prominence as presenter of the peak-time BBC Television show Juke Box Jury and of the BBC Radio 4 political forum, Any Questions? Jacobs was born in London and educated at Strand School. He served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1947, and first broadcast on Navy Mixture in 1944. He became an announcer with the British Forces Broadcasting Service and was chief announcer on Radio SEAC in Ceylon (1945-47). He was later assistant-station director. A BBC staff announcer in the early 1950s, his voice eerily intoned the title for many of the 53 episodes of the popular space adventure series Journey Into Space. He also played no fewer than 22 acting parts in the course of the series. He also broadcast on Radio Luxembourg. Jacobs became best known as presenter of Juke Box Jury on BBC television between 1959 and 1967.

He was one of the four original presenters of Top of the Pops when it started in 1964. He had earlier, between 1957 and 1961, established the chart show format of the Light Programme's Pick of the Pops, to which he briefly returned in 1962. Between 1957 and 1966 Jacobs was the presenter of A Song for Europe and did the UK commentary at several Eurovision Song Contests. He hosted the popular panel game What's My Line? when it was revived on BBC2 from 1973 to 1974. In 1973 he hosted a short-lived version of the American game show The Who, What, or Where Game. From December 1967 until July 1983 Jacobs chaired the influential Radio 4 live topical debate programme Any Questions? One episode notoriously descended into chaos when some of the audience heckled Enoch Powell: they were evicted, and a stone was thrown through the stained-glass window of the church from which the programme was being broadcast. Jacobs later for a time presented a similar series called Questions for TVS.

Jacobs appeared as himself in the 1974 film Stardust, compèring a 1960s award ceremony. He also appeared as himself in an episode of the BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, where he played the presenter of a fictional home improvement show. Done David Jacobs dead: host of Pick of the Pops, Jukebox Jury and Any Questions? dies aged 87 | Daily Mail Online comments David Jacobs has died just weeks after leaving his Radio 2 show because of ill health at the age of 87 David Jacobs died yesterday at the age of 87, less than a month after leaving his Radio 2 show because of ill health. The broadcaster, who was one of the original Top Of The Pops presenters, had been fighting liver cancer for two years. He also had Parkinson’s disease. Jacobs joined the BBC shortly after the Second World War, and rose to fame as the host of television show Juke Box Jury and Radio 4’s Any Questions? He stood down from his Sunday radio show, The David Jacobs Collection, last month after 16 years.

He told listeners he was leaving ‘with sadness’, but added: ‘Rest assured, I will be back from time to time.’ A BBC spokesman said Jacobs died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family. Tony Hall, director general of the BBC, said: ‘I’m very sad indeed to hear the news about David. As a young and avid viewer of Jukebox Jury, I remember him every week scoring the hits and misses. ‘And I was still listening to him just last month as he fronted his show The David Jacobs Collection on Radio 2. RELATED ARTICLES Share ‘He was one of the great broadcast personalities, and we shall all miss him tremendously.’ Helen Boaden, controller of BBC Radio, said: ‘From Juke Box Jury to Melodies For You on Radio 2, David’s effortless presenting style belied his consummate professionalism. A photograph taken of David Jacobs in 1956. The veteran broadcaster died today surrounded by his family He joined the BBC shortly after the end of the Second World War and rose to fame as host of television show Juke Box Jury and Radio 4’s Any Questions?

Broadcaster David Jacobs pictured with musician and singer Eartha Kitt and singer Lita Roza before they appeared on Juke Box Jury in 1960 ‘David was a true broadcasting legend, as well as one of the industry’s best-loved personalities, and he will be sorely missed by his devoted listeners. Our deepest sympathy goes to his family.’ Bob Shennan, controller of BBC Radio 2, said: ‘David was a legend in broadcasting, not only for the Radio 2 audience, but for the whole population. ‘He was a true giant of the BBC, whose career spanned seven decades on radio and television. His broadcast hallmarks were great taste, authority and warmth. Wedding day: Broadcaster David Jacobs married his third wife, Lindsay, in 1979 ‘I am sure his audience will feel they have lost a friend, as we all do here at Radio 2.’ Jacobs was married three times, first to Patricia Bradlaw in 1949. The couple had three daughters and a son, who died. They divorced in 1972.

He married Caroline Munro, who was two decades his junior, in 1975, but she died in a car crash the same year. He married his third wife, Lindsay Stuart-Hutcheson, in 1979. Jacobs was born in Streatham Hill, south London, and left school at 14, performing various odd jobs before joining the Royal Navy. He made his debut on the airwaves with a programme called Navy Mixture. After the end of the war, he became an announcer and newsreader at the BBC. Music commentator Norman Lebrecht described Jacobs as a presenter with ‘dulcet tones’ and ‘crisp diction’, who was ‘always immaculately dressed’. James Naughie, Terry Wogan, David Jacobs and John Humpheries pictured outside Broadcasting House David Jacobs, pictured with radio DJ Chris Evans, was for half a century a prolific and hugely popular broadcaster He spent nearly seven decades as a radio and television broadcaster, continuing until his last Radio 2 show on August 4 this year. He was honoured with a mention in the Radio Academy Hall of Fame in 2005, and received the Sony Gold Award for outstanding contribution to radio in 1984.

He was given the CBE in 1996, and was appointed deputy lieutenant and subsequently high steward for the Royal Borough of Kingston. As well as his long career at the BBC, he also hosted a show on Radio Luxembourg sponsored by Fyffe’s bananas, in which he asked newlywed couples innuendo-laden questions. He also made forays into acting, starring as Laurie in a 1951 BBC adaptation of Little Women, and taking a cameo role in Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em. A LIFE OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY: THE MAIL'S TV CRITIC CHRISTOPHER STEVENS PAYS TRIBUTE TO DAVID JACOBS David Jacobs arriving at BBC Radio 2 has been described as a true broadcasting legend David Jacobs, who died yesterday at the age of 87 after a career in radio and TV spanning 70 years, possessed a voice that combined charm with breathless excitement. He was always fluent and urbane, yet an undercurrent of enthusiasm was bubbling away in everything he said. This unique combination made him one of the most popular figures on the air.

It was impossible to feel miserable when Jacobs was talking – he had an inexhaustible zest for life that communicated itself to everyone. It was an unforced talent that made him the natural presenter for a wide range of shows, from Juke Box Jury and Top Of The Pops on television, to Any Questions and Housewife’s Choice on radio. And it was a talent he didn’t even realise he had, until his commanding officer pointed it out during the Second World War. Jacobs had joined the Royal Navy in 1944 and that year he performed some impressions on a Forces radio show called Navy Mixture. By all accounts the impressions were bad, but his speaking voice when he introduced himself earned him a posting to Radio SEAC in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, where he became an announcer. After the war, that led to a job as a newsreader with the BBC World Service, where his career was derailed: Jacobs, an inveterate giggler, was sacked for laughing during a bulletin. He tried his hand as an actor, but the broadcasting bug had bitten him and he got a job with Radio Luxembourg in the early Fifties.

One of his favourite interviews was with Frank Sinatra, then notorious for his stormy marriage to Hollywood goddess Ava Gardner. Jacobs, a peerless raconteur, loved to recall Sinatra’s first words as he walked into the studio: ‘If you mention Ava I’ll push the microphone down your throat.’ Telling the story, Jacobs would pause and then add, in his laconic way: ‘So I didn’t mention Ava Gardner!’ A fan of all kinds of popular music, Jacobs returned to the BBC to present Pick Of The Pops on the Light Programme in 1957. He also commentated on the Eurovision Song Contest, before launching the BBC’s first TV pop format, Juke Box Jury, in 1959. The show featured a panel of pop stars, record producers and celebrities, who listened to a series of new releases and then predicted whether the single would be a ‘hit’ or a ‘miss’. Family tragedy: With his son Jeremy, who died in 1973. Here they are together looking at Jacobs' records The format itself was hit-and-miss, because the judges got it wrong at least as often as they got it right.

But it was essential viewing for years, thanks to Jacobs’s likeable persona. When the Beatles came on the show at the height of Beatlemania, Jacobs strolled across to the audience of squealing teenage girls, just minutes before the band was set to appear, and appealed for calm in his amiable way. ‘We’d much rather hear what the Beatles have to say than all of you screaming,’ he suggested, and achieved what the band never could – a calm, attentive audience. Friends to the stars: Jacobs with actress Ami McDonald (left) and Helen Shapiro (right) Everyone liked him, partly because of that irrepressible laugh, which was still getting him into trouble. Benny Hill asked him to work as his straight man: Jacobs lasted a week before he was fired for constant giggling. He became a close friend of Peter Sellers; their children went to the same primary school in Roehampton. They worked on several TV projects together, including a version of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, called Curiouser and Curiouser.

‘I did things with him badly,’ Jacobs admitted, ‘because I couldn’t keep a straight face.’ Legend: The Beatles appeared on Juke Box Jury with broadcaster David Jacobs in 1963 He was one of the original presenters of Top Of The Pops in 1964, but when Juke Box Jury ended three years later he felt he had become too square for the psychedelic music scene. Switching to Radio 2, he settled into the career he would enjoy for the rest of his life, as the friendliest voice on radio. That was not an act: he found something to like in everyone he met, and through his role as chairman of Any Questions, the political discussion programme on Radio 4, he forged close bonds with both the right-wing MP Enoch Powell and the hard-left union leader Hugh Scanlon. All his life he regarded himself as a boy from Streatham, south London, who had got lucky. Broadcaster David Jacobs with his wife Lindsay who he married in 1979.

Over the years he life was marred with tragedy after his son and second wife were killed But tragedy struck when his 19-year-old son Jeremy was killed while working on a kibbutz in 1973. A year later, his 23-year marriage to his wife Patricia was dissolved. They had three daughters. The following year Jacobs and his new wife Caroline, 27, who had been his personal assistant at the BBC, were involved in a car accident in Spain. Caroline was killed almost instantly when a lorry ploughed into the back of their hire car, in Fuengirola on the Costa Del Sol. Jacobs was shattered. He published a book about his lost bride in 1978, and spoke of her to the end of his life. He remarried in 1979, to his third wife Lindsay, 68. All his life he remained a little starstruck.

Among his almost infinite fund of stories, one favourite was about introducing Judy Garland at a variety club dinner, and telling the Hollywood superstar, ‘I’ve been in love with you for many years … though I have to admit I haven’t always been faithful.’ That got a huge laugh, but as Jacobs sat down, his neighbour – former prime minister Clement Attlee – leant over and hissed in his ear, ‘Who is Judy Garland?’ For once, the broadcaster was speechless. He continued broadcasting almost to the very end. The David Jacobs Collection, a late-night blend of classic jazz and show songs, was a Radio 2 favourite on Sundays from 1998 until August this year, when liver cancer and Parkinson’s disease forced him to step back from the microphone. Even at 87, he hated to be idle. ‘I’m very keen on working,’ he said. ‘I think it’s very important. You’ve got to do something.’ David Jacobs did that ‘something’ superbly well – he talked. And his voice put a smile on the country’s face.

Tributes flow after Juke Box Jury presenter David Jacobs dies at 87 | Television & radio | The Guardian Tributes flow after Juke Box Jury presenter David Jacobs dies at 87 Jacobs, whose broadcasting career spanned several decades, dies at home surrounded by his family David Jacobs joined the BBC in 1947 as a newsreader following broadcasting work in the Royal Navy. Photograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty Images Monday 2 September 2013 20.07 EDT First published on Monday 2 September 2013 20.07 EDT Close This article is 3 years old Tributes were paid on Monday night to David Jacobs, whose broadcasting career over the course of several decades saw him become a household name thanks to his relaxed presentation of peak-time radio and television programmes including Juke Box Jury, What's My Line? and Any Questions? Jacobs, who had been treated for liver cancer and Parkinson's disease in recent years and stepped down from his weekly Radio 2 programme last month because of ill health, died at home surrounded by members of his family, the BBC said in a statement. He was 87.

He joined the BBC in 1947 as a newsreader following broadcasting work in the Royal Navy. But he was sacked after giggling at a news item. He went on to become a freelance disc jockey, radio actor and host of the television music panel show Juke Box Jury, as well as one of the original presenters of Top of the Pops. A Sony Gold award for outstanding contribution to radio came in 1984, and admission to the Sony Hall of Fame 11 years later. He was made a CBE in 1996 for services to broadcasting and for work with charities including cancer and alcohol advice groups. It was announced in July that Jacobs would step down from his Radio 2 show, which he had hosted for 16 years, after a final edition on 4 August. Among those paying tribute was the disc jockey Tony Blackburn, who said on Twitter: "Very sad to hear that David Jacobs has passed away, another great broadcaster no longer with us. I'm proud to have known him. RIP David." Music presenter Bob Harris told followers: "So very sad to hear the news about David Jacobs, my friend and mentor.

He gave me my first-ever mention on the radio on my 15th birthday." The BBC director general, Tony Hall, described Jacobs as "one of the great broadcast personalities", adding: "As a young and avid viewer of Jukebox Jury, I remember him every week scoring the hits and misses. "And I was still listening to him just last month as he fronted his show The David Jacobs Collection on Radio 2." Bob Shennan, controller of BBC Radio 2, 6 Music, Asian Network and popular music, said: "David was a legend in broadcasting, not only for the Radio 2 audience, but for the whole population. He was a true giant of the BBC, whose career spanned seven decades on radio and television. "His broadcast hallmarks were great taste, authority and warmth. I am sure his audience will feel they have lost a friend, as we all do here at Radio 2." Helen Boaden, controller of BBC Radio, said: "From Jukebox Jury to Melodies For You on Radio 2, David's effortless presenting style belied his consummate professionalism." Jacobs's life was marked by tragedy.

His only son, Jeremy, was killed in an accident in Israel at the age of 19. Two years later his second wife, Caroline, was killed in a road accident in Spain, carrying their unborn child, only weeks after their marriage. Jacobs married Patricia Bradlaw in 1949. There were three daughters and the son Jeremy, who died after being hit by a lorry in 1973. After his second wife Caroline died, he married Lindsay Stuart-Hutcheson in 1979. He is survived by three daughters from his first marriage. Juke Box Jury chairman who went on to keep leading politicians in line on radio's Any Questions?

Published: 2 Sep 2013 Juke Box Jury host stepped down from presenting Radio 2 show last month due to ill health Published: 2 Sep 2013 Frank Whately writes: The versatility and spirit of David Jacobs had an impact beyond broadcasting Published: 5 Sep 2013 Paul Bailey writes: I was lastingly impressed by the courtesy and unforced charm of David Jacobs Published: 6 Sep 2013 Beatles Interview: Juke Box Jury 12/7/1963 - Beatles Interviews Database (Beatles vote by holding up cards. Consensus: HIT) Song heard: Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Bluejeans RINGO: "I liked it. I thought it was good. But it's not as good as the original by Chan Romero. It still swings, and it should sell. I hope it does, anyway." GEORGE: "I think it could possibly be a hit, because I know for a fact that The Hippy Shake's a very popular song around here.

We used to do it ourselves." (John laughs comically, the crowd of fans cheer) GEORGE: "I know a lot of the groups around here do this song, and they're expecting somebody to come up with a new version of it. I think it could possibly be a hit. I like the way the Bluejeans did it, but I still prefer Chan Romero's version." JOHN: "Yeah, I think it'll be a hit because they sort of re-made it for the last one, and it's better. Especially without that banjo. I like Bill Harry's version as well. I think it'll be a small hit, at least." (laughter) PAUL: "I think it'll be a hit too, because I don't think it matters much about the Chan Romero record being greater, 'cuz I don't think many people will remember the fact that he did it, and he wrote it as well. You know, I don't think people will remember. They'll just think of it as a new song." (Beatles vote by holding up cards.

Consensus: HIT) Song heard: Did You Have A Happy Birthday - Paul Anka GEORGE: "Well, I had a happy birthday, yeah." (laughter) GEORGE: "But I mean, If I'd have heard the record first, I maybe would have cut that out." (laughter) GEORGE: "You know, I definitely don't like it. It's not for me. (jokingly) And I didn't get the flowers either that he sent me." (laughter) JOHN: (jokingly, at the top of his voice) "I LIKE IT !!!" (laughter) JOHN: "I don't like these sort of sob songs, and it sounds as though he's on tremelo, technically. You know, it sounds a bit wobbley. Anyway, I don't like it." PAUL: "Well, I don't like it either, because of that little crack in his voice.

He sounds, you know, off his head." (laughter) PAUL: "Instead of 'Happy Birthday' it's (comically) 'Woo woo woo!'" (laughter) PAUL: "It's a bit off, and I don't like it." RINGO: "Uhh, I didn't like it at all. It's such a big drag, man, the way it sounded, you know." (Beatles vote by holding up cards. Consensus: MISS) Song heard: The Nitty Gritty - Shirley Ellis JOHN: "Uhh yeah. I like it. I thought it was somebody else. I've never heard of Shirley Ellis. I like all those kind of things. I'll buy it. But I believe it won't be a hit." DAVID JACOBS: "Who did you think it was?" JOHN: "At first I thought it was Mary Wells. I liked that." PAUL: "The same as he said. In fact, I will say exactly the same 'cuz I agree with him. I love these kind of records but I don't think this one will be a hit, 'cuz I dunno...

It doesn't say anything." RINGO: "You know, we all like this sort of thing. I'd buy it, but I don't think it'll be a hit." GEORGE: "Well, it definitely won't be a hit, in England anyway. It probably will be, or probably is already in the States. But I don't think it'll be a hit. The public haven't got 'round to that sort of stuff yet. When they do, I mean, that would be..." DAVID JACOBS: "So, you mean you think that our teenagers are behind the Americans in their tastes?" GEORGE: "Yeah I mean, just lately they've been going for some more way-out stuff, and Rhythm and Blues, and THIS sort of thing we've always liked. We've liked it for years. And it still hasn't caught on in England." PAUL: "Well it's just that people who buy the records, their taste doesn't match the teenagers generally. Lots of teenagers love this kind of music but don't buy it, because they don't buy records." (Beatles vote by holding up cards.

Consensus: MISS) Song heard: I Can't Stop Talking About You - Steve And Eydie PAUL: "Uhh, yeah. I don't think it's a good'n. It's alright. That kind of thing is catchy. It may be catchy, but I just don't think it's good, generally." RINGO: "I like it, you know. I think she carries them, actually." (laughter) GEORGE: "I think it's equally as good as (sings) 'da de-de-de-de de-de da-deee.' It's great, I like it, the sort of relaxed style of both. Yeah, I like it and I think it's a hit." JOHN: "I don't like it as much as their last one. I don't even like it... I usually like everything Goffin and King write, but not this one. It's too sweet, you know. de-da-de, you know. A bit Christmassy, maybe. I don't like it, though. It'll be a vague hit." DAVID JACOBS: "A vague one." JOHN: "A vague hit." (Beatles vote by holding up cards.

Consensus: HIT) Song heard: Do You Really Love Me Too - Billy Fury DAVID JACOBS: "Do you really love me too, Ringo?" RINGO: "Not you." (laughter) RINGO: "I didn't like it, you know. I've never bought one of his records, but he's very popular, so it's just uhh... no." GEORGE: "Not bad, but it was okay, but I wouldn't buy it. And I thought the guitar is just exactly the same as Cliff's. In fact, it's only about a note difference." JOHN: "He just said the bit about the beginning, didn't he, being like Cliff's one. The tune's not bad. It's quite pleasant. It's one of those you gotta hear again... uhh, tomorrow." (laughter) PAUL: "I quite like it, and the same things John said jokingly.

The only thing I thought, as well as the guitar bit being like the Cliff Richard bit, the tune is just a little bit like (sings) 'Well I feed the cows and I milks the sheep and I...'" (laughter, followed by applause) PAUL: "But I still think it'll be a hit." (Beatles vote by holding up cards. Consensus: HIT) Song heard: There I've Said It Again - Bobby Vinton GEORGE: "Umm, it's quite nice, but I mean, I don't think the record buying public buys this sort of stuff, I mean, the majority -- which will make it a miss. But you know, it's quite alright. I wouldn't buy it me-self." JOHN: "Uhh, well, I dunno. What is Bobby Vinton doing? He's bringing the oldies back. He might do it, but people always cover them over here. But especially anything old. You know, everybody does it all at once. And he missed it with the last one here. (loudly, comically) I THINK HE'S GONNA MISS IT WITH THIS ONE TOO!!" (laughter) PAUL: "Umm, yeah.

I think the thing about bringing back old songs and doing them these days, teenagers don't really want old songs brought back. I'm sure they'd like to have songs that they can call their own instead of bringing back their mum and dad's songs." DAVID JACOBS: "Well now, just a minute. What about Frank Ifield and all that lot?" PAUL: "Yeah, okay." GEORGE: "What about Mule Train?" (laughter) PAUL: "Yeah well, you're probably right. But I'm sure that if you could get songs these days as GOOD as the old ones, only new songs, that would be ten times better." JOHN: "Frank Ifield... that's just practically the same as the old." DAVID JACOBS: "I might tell you that I'm terrified of disagreeing with you chaps, you know, in front of all these people. However, let's see what Ringo says. Ringo." RINGO: "I liked it, you know. It's nice and smooth. And if you're sort of staying in one night, put it on." (laughter) RINGO: "But yeah, right.

It won't sell." DAVID JACOBS: "Thank you, Don Juan Starr." (Beatles vote by holding up cards. Consensus: MISS) Song heard: Love Hit Me - The Orchids DAVID JACOBS: "Three Coventry school gils called the Orchids on 'Love Hit Me.' John Lennon." JOHN: "Well you know, it's just a big cop, or pinch. It sounds... If it had come out before the Crystals and the Ronettes it would've been great. They've even got that, what is it... castanets?" RINGO: "Tambourine." JOHN: (loudly, giggling) Tambourine, is THAT what it's called!!" (laughter) JOHN: "It's quite nice, but it's sort of the British version, you know, which... although the song's original, I think. But it sounds... doesn't sound right." PAUL: "It's okay. It sounds great for an English record, though, you know. Because about a year ago, if someone had brought this out and said 'Listen to this record,' I don't think you would've believed that it was an English one.

It's marvelous, the sound things. And I think it's great. I like it." RINGO: "It's good, you know. I wouldn't buy it. It may sell a few but not that many." (Beatles laugh) GEORGE: "I thought it was quite nice. I liked the idea of the British records sort of being on the way to boom-chicka-boom-chicka, all this. I like the American stuff like the Crystals, I mean, even though it is a pinch, you know. I'd rather they pinch the Crystals than carry on doing the stuff they've been doing." (Beatles vote by holding up cards. Consensus: MISS) DAVID JACOBS: "They say that it will be a miss, which in fact is most unfortunate, because we do have sitting in the audience three young ladies called The Orchids. Stand up, young ladies. There they are" (crowd applauds) GEORGE: (jokingly) "Sorry! Didn't mean it!!" JOHN: (switching his card) "I'll change it to hit!" (laughter) JOHN: "I'll buy it!

I'll buy two!" DAVID JACOBS: (laughs) JOHN: (comically) "I didn't know you were here!" DAVID JACOBS: (laughing) "John thinks it's a lousy trick but we'll get on to the next record." Song heard: I Think Of You - The Merseybeats (As time was running out in the program, the Beatles did not share their comments on this song, but simply held a quick vote. Consensus: HIT) DAVID JACOBS: "This is where I say that unfortunately we have to take our leave of you. So, on behalf of the Jury, that's John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. Don't forget to join the Beatles later at 8:10 on BBC television tonight. And join us at the usual time next week for another session of Juke Box Jury. Goodnight." Source: Transcribed by from audio copy of the television appearance Forrest Wickman Forrest Wickman is Slate’s culture editor overseeing music and movies coverage. Lennon: Well, you know, I used to go mad on Elvis, like all those groups. But not now. I don’t like this.

And I hate songs with “walk” and “talk” in it—you know, those lyrics. She walks, she talks. I don’t like that. And I don’t like the double beat—boom-cha boom-cha—that bit. It’s awful. Poor ol’ Elvis. … I’ve got all his early records and I keep playing them, thinking “He mustn’t make another like this.” But somebody said today he sounds like Bing Crosby now, and he does. Advertisement Miriam Makeba, “The Click Song” Lennon: If it was in English, it’d mean even less. It’s intriguing because it’s foreign, y’know … but you can pick ’em out a mile away, all the gimmicks and all the different styles. Paul & Paula, “First Quarrel” Lennon: Well, I like their first record, because I like the octave singing—her singing one above him—and it wasn’t bad. I didn’t buy it. And the second one, you know, wasn’t worth bothering. This has “Jim” in it. All these American records are always about Jim and Bobby and Alfred and all this. I don’t like it.

Advertisement Julie Grant, “Don’t Ever Let Me Down” Lennon: I can’t think of a thing to say. At the beginning I thought, you know, “Oh, it’s one of those with an intro,” but the intro wasn’t strong enough. David Jacobs, host: Do you like girls records or not? Lennon: Well, I like girl singers. I like The Shirelles and Chiffons, you know. They’re different. But I can’t think of any girl in particular. Jacobs: But not that particular record. Lennon: No. Tom Glazer, “On Top of Spaghetti” Lennon: I can’t stand these ‘all together now’ records. I like the idea of one shouting and one answering, but not that. I prefer the recent Little Eva [another song based on the “On Top of Old Smoky” melody]—“ Smokey Locomotion ,” folks. But not that. It’s like an outing. … A coach trip.

While some of Lennon’s criticisms may have been legitimate, it’s worth noting that many of the songs—including “On Top of Spaghetti,” The Tymes’ “ So Much in Love ,” and Elvis’ “Devil in Disguise”—did end up becoming hits. “Devil” went to No. 1 . Nevertheless, all four Beatles were invited to serve as the show’s panelists in December, at the first blush of Beatlemania. Appearing together before 23 million viewers, they were somewhat more charitable, judging nine of the 13 singles as “hits.” Unfortunately for them, one of the groups whose hit they judged a “miss” was seated in the audience. When the host pointed this out, John switched his card, announcing, “I’ll change it to ‘hit’!” (The audio of the appearance was lost for almost 50 years, but surfaced in 2011 .) Lennon’s original performance may have helped establish a certain rock-star pose that others subsequently adopted on the show. When the Rolling Stones appeared months later, they were even harsher.

“Nobody was particularly witty or anything,” Keith Richards later recalled, “ We just trashed every record they played .” John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, appeared on the show in June 1979 , but he didn’t even bother to stick around until the show was finished.

Question: Who was the original presenter of Juke Box Jury?
Answer: David Jacobs