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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 1947 poll published on December 27th, 1947. (There was no MM Poll in 1948) |
There are newcomers at the top of the tenor sax and guitar sections. Last year Tommy Whittle was placed eleventh, and Dave Goldberg, who was beaten by Ivor Mairants last year, reverses the decision this time. There is a change in the section devoted to miscellaneous instruments. Stephane Grappelly has been ousted by swing-accordionist Tito Burns, and since Tito finished runner up in the small band section, he should be feeling very pleased. |
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Favourite Bandleader 1 Ted Heath 2 Geraldo 3 Vic Lewis 4 Jimmy Miller 5 Harry Parry 6 Carl Barriteau 7 Joe Loss 8 Teddy Foster 9 Harry Davis 10 Harry Leader 11 Billy Cotton 12 Harry Roy 13 Tito Burns 14 Woolf Phillips 15 Paul Fenoulhet 16 Harry Gold... Alto sax 1 Harry Hayes 2 Ronnie Chamberlain 3 Freddy Gardner 4 Bertie King 5 Les Gilbert 6 Reg Owen 7 Doug Robinson 8 Ken Mackintosh 9 Wally Stott... Bass 1 Charlie Short 2 Jack Fallon 3 Coleridge Goode 4 Jack Collier 5 Joe Nussbaum 6 Maurice Bass 7 Hank Hobson 8 Arthur Maden 9 Johnny Quest... Guitar 1 Dave Goldberg 2 Ivor Mairants 3 Pete Chilver 4 Frank Deniz 5 Archie Slavin 6 Bert Weedon 7 Lauderic Caton 8 Ike Isaacs 9 Alan Metcalfe 10 Vic Lewis... Any Other Instruments 1 Tito Burns (accordion) 2 Stephane Grappelly (violin) 3 Roy Marsh (xylophone) 4 Ron Chamberlain (sop sax) 5 Robin Richmond (organ) 6 Jack Parnell (vibraharp) 7 Jack Simpson (marimba, vibes) 8 Dave Shand (baritone sax) 10 Derek Neville (baritone sax) 11 Reg Owen (soprano sax) 12 Lorna Martin (accordion)... |
Trumpet 1 Kenny Baker 2 Dave Wilkins 3 Duncan Whyte 4 Reg Arnold 5 Tommy McQuater 6 Freddy Clayton 7 Humphrey Lyttelton 8 Eddie Calvert 9 Nat Gonella 10 Denis Rose 11 Jimmy Watson 12 Grisha Farfel 13 Cyril Ellis 14 Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson 15 Chick Smith... Tenor sax 1 Tommy Whittle 2 Jimmy Skidmore 3 Ronnie Scott 4 Johnny Gray 5 Aubrey Frank 6 Reg Dare 7 Harry Gold 8 Keith Bird 9 Fred Ballerini 10 Kathleen Stobart... Clarinet 1 Carl Barriteau 2 Harry Parry 3 Frank Weir 4 Sid Phillips 5 Nat Temple 6 Cliff Townshend 7 Reg Owen 8 Ronnie Chamberlain 9 Doug Robinson 10 Jackie Bonser... Trombone 1 George Chisholm 2 Woolf Phillips 3 Jock Bain 4 Ladd Busby 5 Geoff Love 6 Harry Roche 7 Jackie Armstrong 8 Don Macaffer 9 Jimmy Wilson 10 Nobby Clarke 11 Bill Hawkins... Drums 1 Jack Parnell 2 Jock Cummings 3 George Fierstone 4 Eric Delaney 5 Norman Burns 6 Peter Coleman 7 Micky Greeve 8 Tony Crombie 9 Frankie King 10 Dave Fullerton 11 Ray Ellington 12 Maurice Burman... |
 Small Combinations 1 Jack Parnell Quartet 2 Tito Burns Accordn. Club Band 3 Harry Gold Pieces of Eight 4 Harry Parry and his Sextet 5 Kenny Baker Swing Group 6 Howard Lucraft and his Music 7 Harry Hayes and his Band 8 Frank Weir and his Orchestra 9 Ray Ellington Quartet 10 Sid Phillips and his Band 11 Jack Simpson and his Sextet 12 George Webb's Dixielanders 13 Cyril Stapleton Orchestra 14 The Geraldo Tip-Toppers 15 Robin Richmond and his Organ Grinder's Swing... Swing Bands 1 Ted Heath 2 Geraldo 3 The Squadronaires 4 Vic Lewis 5 Tommy Sampson 6 Oscar Rabin 7 Teddy Foster 8 The Skyrockets 9 Joe Loss 10 Harry Gold 11 Carl Barriteau 12 Frank Weir 13 Harry Parry 14 Harry Leader 15 Cyril Stapleton 16 Leslie Douglas 17 Sid Phillips 18 Blue Rockets 19 Tito Burns 20 Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson 21 Eric Winstone 22 Harry Roy 23 Lou Preager 24 Harry Hayes 25 Billy Cotton... Male Vocalist 1 Benny Lee 2 Steve Conway 3 Denny Dennis 4 Paul Carpenter 5 Ray Ellington 6 Denny Vaughan 7 Dick James 8 Alan Dean 9 Jack Parnell 10 Johnny Green 11 Howard Jones 12 Bob Dale 13 Archie Lewis 14 Vic Lewis 15 Jimmy Miller... |
 Sweet Bands 1 Geraldo 2 Cyril Stapleton 3 Ted Heath 4 Peter Yorke 5 The Skyrockets 6 Billy Ternent 7 Joe Loss 8 Maurice Winnick 9 The Squadronaires 10 Oscar Rabin 11 Vic Lewis 12 Stanley Black 13 Victor Silvester 14 Harry Leader 15 Paul Adam 16 Frank Weir 17 George Melachrino 18 Jack White 19 Eric Winstone 20 The Stardusters 21 Tommy Sampson 22 Sidney Lipton 23 Mantovani 24 Howard Lucraft 25 Carroll Gibbons... Piano 1 George Shearing 2 Norman Stenfalt 3 Ralph Sharon 4 Billy Munn 5 Pat Dodd 6 Ronnie Aldrich 7 Steve Race 8 Ken Thorne 9 Dick Katz 10 Malcolm Lockyer 11 Hamish Menzies 12 Bernie Fenton 13= Billy McGuffie 13= Maurice Arnold 15 Sid Bright 16 Billy Penrose 17 Denny Vaughan 18 Eddie Palmer... Female Vocalist 1 Anne Shelton 2 Carole Carr 3 Elizabeth Batey 4 Doreen Stephens 5 Terry Devon 6 Doreen Lundy 7 Dinah Kaye 8 Paula Green 9 Bette Roberts 10 Doreen Henry 11 Dorothy Squires 12 Rita Williams 13 Vera Lynn 14 Sally Douglas 15 Helen Mack... |