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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 1958 poll published on January 3rd, 1959. The Jazz Couriers, with Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott, took the British jazz world by storm in 1958 and won the top small combo place. Besides winning the tenor sax section Tubby Hayes featured in six other sections of the poll including baritone sax, vibes, flute, composer, arranger and fifth place for musician of the year... |
Don Rendell slid to third place in the tenor sax section with evergreen Jimmy Skidmore again in second place. Last year winners Dill Jones and Ken Sykora both won again with increased margins although still a winner vibes player Bill Le Sage was now being pressured by Tubby Hayes. Johnny Dankworth retained his four top spots and had no serious challenger among the modern alto saxophone players - Joe Harriott was a long way away in third place behind Bruce Turner. George Chisholm continued a long run of success in the trombone section with Keith Christie yet again in the runner up place. Stan Tracey continued to make progress in the piano poll moving up to 4th place from 11th in 1957. Johnny Dankworth dominated the 1958 scene winning five top spots: Alto sax, big band, composer and arranger as well as being voted Musician of the Year. |
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 Johnny Dankworth Musician of the year 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Humphrey Lyttelton 3 Ronnie Ross 4 Ted Heath 5 Tubby Hayes 6 Chris Barber 7 Acker Bilk 8 Eric Delaney 9 Kenny Baker 10= Tony Coe 10= Ken Moule 12= Dill Jones 12= Allan Ganley 12= Alex Welsh... Trombone 1 George Chisholm 2 Keith Christie 3 Chris Barber 4 Don Lusher 5 John Picard 6 Roy Crimmins 7 Ken Wray 8 Eddie Harvey 9 Laurie Monk 10= Don Lang 10= Mac Duncan 12 Johnny Bennett... Bass 1 Johnny Hawkesworth 2 Lennie Bush 3 Kenny Napper 4 Brian Brocklehurst 5 Arthur Watts 6 Bill Reid 7= Mickey Ashman 7= Eric Dawson 9 Dick Smith 10 Phil Bates 11= Jim Bray 11= Sammy Stokes 11= Coleridge goode 11= Bill Sutcliffe 15= Pete Blannin 15= Joe Muddel... Arranger 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Ken Moule 3 Johnny Keating 4 Eddie Harvey 5 Dave Lindup 6 Kenny Graham 7 Bill Le Sage 8 Wally Stott 9 Tubby Hayes 10 Ronnie Roullier... |
Clarinet 1 Vic Ash 2 Monty Sunshine 3 Dave Shepherd 4 Sandy Brown 5 Tony Coe 6 Archie Semple 7 Henry Mackenzie 8 Sid Phillips 9 Terry Lightfoot 10 Wally Fawkes 11 Cy Laurie 12 Acker Bilk 13= Keith Bird 13= Bruce Turner 13= Carl Barriteau ... Alto sax 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Bruce Turner 3 Joe Harriott 4 Tony Coe 5 Ronnie Ross 6 Derek Humble... Baritone sax 1 Ronnie Ross 2 Harry Klein 3 Joe Temperley 4= Tubby Hayes 4= Benny Green 6 Buddy Featherstonhaugh... Vibes 1 Bill Le Sage 2 Tubby Hayes 3 Stan Tracey 4 Lennie Best 5 Martin Slavin 6 Roy Marsh 7 Reg Wale... Drums 1 Allan Ganley 2 Tony Kinsey 3 Ronnie Verrall 4 Eddie Taylor 5= Kenny Clare 5= Eric Delaney 7 Phil Seamen 8 Jack Parnell 9 Johnny Richardson 10 Lennie Hastings 11= Bill Eyden 11= Graham Burbidge 13=Bobby Orr 13= Stan Greig 15 Pete Appleby... Vocal group 1 Polka Dots 2 Mudlarks 3 Stargazers 4 Fraser-Hayes Quartet 5 Keynotes 6 Beverley Sisters 7 Michael Sammes Singers 8 Hedley Ward Trio 9 Group One 10= Kentones 10= Coronets 12 Five Dallas Boys 13= Four Jones Boys 13= Three Kaye Sisters... |
Small combo 1 Jazz Couriers 2 Humphrey Lyttelton 3 Chris Barber 4 Alex Welsh 5 Tony Kinsey 6 Jazz Makers 7 Terry Lightfoot 8 Dill Jones 9= Acker Bilk 9= EddieThompson 11 Ray Ellington 12= Ken Colyer 12= Johnny Dankworth Seven 14 Don Rendell 15 Al Fairweather / Sandy Brown 16 Bruce Turner 17= Kenny Ball 17= Mick Mulligan... Tenor sax 1 Tubby Hayes 2 Jimmy Skidmore 3 Don Rendell 4 Ronnie Scott 5 Tommy Whittle 6 Danny Moss 7 Art Ellefson 9 Bob Efford 10= Ronnie Ross 10= Kathy Stobart 11 Red Price... Other instruments 1 Johnny Scott (Flute) 2 Max Geldray (Harmonica) 3 Ron Chamberlain (Soprano sax) 4 John Bastable (Banjo) 5 Eddie Smith (Banjo) 6 Tubby Hayes (Flute) 7 Kenny Baker (Flugelhorn) 8 Camilleri (Accordian) 9 E O Pogson (Bass saxophone)... Composer 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Ken Moule 3 Kenny Graham 4 Humphrey Lyttelton 5 Johnny Keating 6 Tubby Hayes 7 Bill Le Sage 8 Eddie Harvey... Male singer 1 George Melly 2 Frankie Vaughan 3 Michael Holliday 4 Jeremy Lubbock 5 Dennis Lotis 6 Dickie Valentine 7 Lonnie Donegan 8 Gary Miller 9= Matt Monro 9= Malcolm Vaughan 11= Ray Ellington 11= Ronnie Carroll 13= Craig Douglas 13= Bobby Breen 13= Frank Holder 13= Ronnie Hilton 13= David Whitfield 13= Wee Willie Harris 13= Tony Brent 13= Johnny Grant 21 Cliff Richard... |
Big band 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Ted Heath 3 Humphrey Lyttelton 4 Kenny Baker 5 BBC Northern Dance Orchestra 6 Eric Delanry 7 Vic Lewis... Trumpet 1 Kenny Baker 2 Humphre Lyttelton 3 Bert Courtley 4 Dizzy Reece 5 Jimmy Deuchar 6 Alex Welsh 7 Dickie Hawdon 8 Bobby Pratt 9= Ken Colyer 9= Pat Halcox 11 Eddie Blair 12= Mick Mulligan 12= Al Fairweather 14= Kenny Ball 14= Eddie Calvert 16 Hank Shaw 17= Ken Sims 17= Les Condon... Piano 1 Dill Jones 2 Lennie Felix 3 Dave Lee 4 Stan Tracey 5 Eddie Thompson 6 Alan Clare 7 Fred Hunt 8= Ken Moule 8= Bill Le Sage 10 Terry Shannon 11 Norman Stenfalt 12 Johnny Parker 13 Ian Armit 14 Bill McGuffie 15 Dick Katz 16 Russ Conway... Guitar 1 Ken Sykora 2 Diz Disley 3 Bert Weedon 4 Dave Goldberg 5 Ike Isaacs 6 Ivor Mairants 7 Judd Proctor 8 Denny Wright 9 Lonnie Donegan 9 Tommy Steele 10 Roy Plummer... Female Singer 1 Cleo Laine 2 Ottilie Patterson 3 Rosemary Squires 4 Shirley Bassey 5 Lita Roza 6 Anne Shelton 7 Beryl Bryden 8 Marion Ryan 9 Alma Cogan 10= Maxine Daniels 10= Sheila Buxton 10= Josephine Stahl 13= Betty Smith 13= Eve Boswell 13= Kathie Kay... |