Melody Maker Readers Poll (1964)...

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 1964 poll published on February 20th, 1965.		1964 For the fourth year in a row Tubby Hayes was voted 'Musician of the Year'. As in previous years the indivudual poll segments were dominated by Tubby Hayes and Johnny Dankworth. Hayes achieved five "firsts" and three "seconds", Dankworth three "firsts" and two "seconds". New sections in the poll this year for the first time were 'Blues Artist', 'R&B Group' and 'Organ'.
Musician of the year 1 Tubby Hayes 2 Johnny Dankworth 3 Ronnie Scott 4 Joe Harriott... Trombone 1 Keith Christie 2 Chris Barber 3 George Chisholm 4 Ken Wray 5 Don Lusher... Vibes 1 Tubby Hayes 2 Bill Le Sage 3 Ron Gleaves 4 Mike Hugg... Bass 1 Spike Heatley 2 Johnny Hawkesworth 3 Malcolm Cecil 4 Kenny Napper 5= Lennie Bush 5= Coleridge Goode 7= Rick Laird 7= Vic Pitt 7= Brian Brocklehurst... Arranger 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Tubby Hayes 3 Harry South 4 Kenny Graham 5 Bill Le Sage... Organ 1 Alan Haven 2 Georgie Fame 3 Graham Bond 4 Manfred Mann 5 Sandy Brown... Male singer 1 Matt Monro 2 Long John Baldry 3 Bobby Breen 4 George Melly 5 Georgie Fame...	Johnny Dankworth Big band 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Tubby Hayes 3 Ted Heath 4= Humphrey Lyttelton 4= Joe Loss 4= Harry South... Clarinet 1 Sandy Brown 2 Vic Ash 3 Acker Bilk 4 Monty Sunshine 5 Bruce Turner 6 Archie Semple 7 Tony Coe... Alto sax 1 Joe Harriott 2 Johnny Dankworth 3 Bruce Turner 4 Tony Coe 5 Graham Bond... Piano 1 Stan Tracey 2 Lennie Felix 3 Terry Shannon 4 Ian Armit 5= Dudley Moore 5= Fred Hunt 5= Bill Le Sage 5= Ron Weatherburn... Vocal group 1 Polka Dots 2 Morgan James Duo...	Small combo 1 Tubby Hayes 2 Joe Harriott 3 Ronnie Scott 4 Dick Morrissey 5 Freddy Randall 6= Alex Welsh 6= Stan Tracey 8 Humphrey Lyttelton 9 Tony Kinsey... Tenor sax 1 Tubby Hayes 2 Ronnie Scott 3 Danny Moss 4 Dick Morrissey 5 Tony Coe... Baritone sax 1 Ronnie Ross 2 Joe Temperley 3 Johnny Barnes 3 Harry Klein... Other instruments 1 Shake Keane (Flugelhorn) 2 Jimmy Deuchar (Mellophone)... Composer 1 Johnny Dankworth 2 Tubby Hayes 3 Ian Hamer... R&B Group 1 Georgie Fame 2 Rolling Stones 3 Manfred Mann 4 Long John Baldry 5 Alexis Korner 6 Animals 7 Graham Bond 8 Zoot Money... Female Singer 1 Cleo Laine 2 Annie Ross 3 Ottilie Patterson 4 Millicent Martin 5 Shirley Bassey 6 Joy Marshall...	Tubby Hayes Trumpet 1 Jimmy Deuchar 2 Humphrey Lyttelton 3 Shake Keane 4 Freddy Randall 5 Kenny Ball 6 Kenny Baker... Flute 1 Tubby Hayes 2 Johnny Scott... Guitar 1 Ernest Ranglin 2 Dave Goldberg 3 Diz Disley 4 Alexis Korner... Blues Artist 1 Long John Baldry 2 Georgie Fame 3 Alexis Korner 4 Ottilie Patterson... New Star 1 Ernest Ranglin 2 Roy Budd 3 Shake Keane 4 Ian Carr... Drums 1 Allan Ganley 2 Phil Seamen 3 Ronnie Stephenson 4= Eddie Taylor 4= Tony Kinsey 6 Kenny Clare 7 Lennie Hastings...

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