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Show BY LYN CONNELLY DURING the course of a recent interview, Andy Williams, after a successful season as Pat Boone's summer replacement, was asked if he was impatient for further success . . . Andy retorted: "When I was about eight the family fami-ly heard about a big Iowa State Fair. We set out in the old jalopy and drove hundreds of miles to get there. We found we were exactly ex-actly one year early. I've never been impatient since" . . . Steve Allen has switched from Coral to Dot records. The Billy May orchestra, which is owned by Ray Anthony (for in-person in-person appearance only) and which had previously been fronted by Sam Donahue, has undergone still another change . . . The band will henceforth tour under the baton of Frankle Lester, formerly vocalist with the Buddy Morrow ork . . . More and more foreign tunes are becoming the vogue these days . . . interspersed with rock'n roll, they're the hottest items on thj market. PLATTER CHATTER MERCURY: Ralph Marterie does his usual fine job on a good instrumental that Is destined for big things . . . It's "Pretend Cha-Cha" Cha-Cha" and Is as catchy as they come . . . Reverse has anothet good Instrumental with a change of pace called "Flighty" . . , Frank D'Rone has a good disk in "Keep Me In Your Heart" backed by "Who Am I to Say?" Thli boy has talent and we look foi him to hit big, if not with this, al least soon. CAPITOL: The Four Preps follow fol-low up their recent successes with a pair of good tunes from the movie "Gidget" . . . The title song takes up one side with " Cinderella" Cin-derella" covering it . . . Worth a spin. O |