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| Melody Maker Readers Poll (1962)... |
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For 74 years the "Melody Maker" was the weekly 'trade paper' for the dance band and jazz musician as well as all those interested in the modern music scene. One of it's continuing features and talking points were the annual Readers Polls where readers voted under different categories for individual musicians, singers, big bands and a host of other categories. The annual jazz polls were a major event in the jazz world but were also an important historical record of the state of British jazz through the years and preserve some of the historical perspective on British Jazz. This page carries the full results of the 1962 poll published on February 16th, 1963. |
There was a separate British trad jazz poll for this year won by Chris Barber's band. |
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Musician of the year 1 Tubby Hayes 2 Johnny Dankworth 3 Humphrey Lyttelton 4 Joe Harriott 5 Sandy Brown 6 Tommy Whittle 7 Ted Heath 8 Bruce Turner 9 Ronnie Scott 5 Humphrey Lyttelton 10 Don Rendell... Trombone 1 Keith Christie 2 George Chisholm 3 John Picard 4 Don Lusher 5 Ken Wray 6 John Mumford 7 Eddie Harvey 8 Roy Crimmins 9 Chris Barber... Vibes 1 Tubby Hayes 2 Bill Le Sage 3 Lennie Best 4 Martin Slavin 5 Alan Branscombe... Bass 1 Johnny Hawkesworth 2 Kenny Napper 3 Lennie Bush 4 Spike Heatley 5 Brian Brocklehurst 6 Malcolm Cecil 7 Coleridge Goode 8 Jack Fallon 9 Tony Archer... Arranger 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Dave Lindup 3 Kenny Graham 4 Tubby Hayes 5 Johnny Keating 6 Bill Le Sage 7 Ted Heath... Male singer 1 Matt Monro 2 George Melly 3 Bobby Breen 4 Barry Keith 5 Clinton Ford 6 Danny Williams 7 Roy Castle...
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 Johnny Dankworth Big band 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Ted Heath 3 Colin Hulme 4 John Williams... Clarinet 1 Sandy Brown 2 Vic Ash 3 Tony Coe 4 Colin Hulme 5 Bruce Turner 6 Henry MacKenzie 7 Archie Semple 8 Wally Fawkes 9 Acker Bilk... Alto sax 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Bruce Turner 3 Joe Harriott 4 Tony Coe 5= Harold McNair 5= Graham Bond 9 Tubby Hayes... Baritone sax 1 Ronnie Ross 2 Harry Klein 3 Joe Temperley 4 Tubby Hayes 5 Alan Spencer... Female Singer 1 Cleo Laine 2 Dinah Keyes 3 Shirley Bassey 4 Annie Ross 5 Marion Williams 6 Rosemary Squires 7 Mavis Taylor...
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Small combo 1 Tubby Hayes 2 Joe Harriott 3 Humphrey Lyttelton 4 Bruce Turner 5 Tony Coe 6 Fairweather-Brown 7 Tony Kinsey 8 Don Rendell 9 Ronnie Scott 10 Tommy Whittle... Tenor sax 1 Tubby Hayes 2 Danny Moss 3 Ronnie Scott 4 Don Rendell 5 Tony Coe 6 Tommy Whittle 7 Art Ellefson 8 Stan Richards 9 Dick Morrissey 10 Jimmy Skidmore... Piano 1 Dudley Moore 2 Lennie Felix 3 Stan Tracey 4 Terry Shannon 5 Dave Lee 6 Brian Auger 7 Ian Armit 8 Bill Le Sage 9 Alan Branscombe... Other instruments 1 Shake Keane (Flugelhorn) 2 Alan Haven (Organ) 3 Ron Snyder (Tuba) 4 Don Rendell (Soprano sax) 5 Jimmy Deuchar (Mellophone) 6 Humphrey Lyttelton (Tenor horn) 7 Max Geldray (Harmonica) 8 Kenny Baker (Flugelhorn)... Composer 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Tubby Hayes 3 Kenny Graham 4 Sandy Brown 5 Joe Harriott 6 Bill Le Sage 7 Johnny Scott 8= Humphrey Lyttelton 8= Dudley Moore... Vocal group 1 Polka Dots (The Polka Dots won outright)
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 Tubby Hayes Trumpet 1 Humphrey Lyttelton 2 Jimmy Deuchar 3 Shake Keane 4 Kenny Baker 5 Bert Courtley 6 Al Fairweather 7 Dougie Roberts 8 Les Condon 9= Eddie Blair 9= Kenny Wheeler... Flute 1 Johnny Scott 2 Tubby Hayes 3 Harold McNair 4 Phil Goody 5 Roy East... Guitar 1 Dave Goldberg 2 Diz Disley 3 Alexis Korner 4 Bert Weedon 5 Ike Isaacs 6 Ken Sykora 7 Ray Dempsey 8= Dennis Newey 8= Tony Pitts... New Star 1 Alan Haven 2 Graham Bond 3 Brian Auger 4 Shake Keane 5= Gordon Beck 5= Tony Coe 7 Dudley Moore 8 Bobby Wellins... Drums 1 Phil Seamen 2 Allan Ganley 3 Tony Kinsey 4 Eddie Taylor 5 Kenny Clare... |