Mighty Good: Recordings from the Television Series Boy Meets Girl

EDITORIAL REVIEWS
As the follow-up to Oh Boy!, much was expected of Boy Meets Girls when it began its 26 episode run on 12th September 1959. Producer Jack Good had been the driving force behind the BBC's pivotal 1957 yoof programme Six-Five Special but the BBC had refused to allow Good to realise his original plan which was to create Britain's first fast-paced rock 'n' roll show. The BBC preferred a magazine-style format and although the show was a groundbreaking attempt for the time, Good and director Rita Gillespie quit when it became clear that the show was becoming increasingly watered down. Pitching his idea to independent television company ABC, Good was allowed to prep two editions of his fast-paced rock 'n' roll show idea for broadcast in June 1958. Utilising Rita Gillespie and Six-Five Special scriptwriter Trevor Peacock, Good explained We want to have the fastest show on TV and we'll try out new ideas like getting a full choir to sing rock 'n' roll. It'll be an audience show and we'll make it 100 per cent for teenagers. No catering for anyone else ! Two episodes were broadcast on June 15th and June 29th and went well enough that the show was confirmed for a series beginning on September 13th 1958. Marty Wilde was to be utilised as something of a focal point for the series but the singer who gained the most from the early shows was a youngster who had recorded his debut single on July 24th 1958 at EMI Studio 2. The release of Move It! at the end of August coincided nicely with the start of the Oh Boy! series and while the show and it's artists created a sensation, it was Cliff Richard who was the major discovery of the series. Sixty four years later his chart and concert successes continue even if his recorded output lacks the dynamite of his early work.

Disc 1
1: Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight - Marty Wilde
2: She's Got It - Little Tony
3: I Can't Help It - Little Tony
4: Broken-hearted Melody - Lyn Cornell
5: I'll Do the Same for You - Marty Wilde & Little Tony
6: Forty Miles of Bad Road - The Firing Squad
7: So High So Low - Marty Wilde
8: Here Comes Summer - Marty Wilde
9: Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
10: I Got Stripes - Johnny Cash
11: Five Feet High and Rising - Johnny Cash
12: Down By the Riverside - Marty Wilde
13: I'm Gonna Get Married - Marty Wilde
14: ('Til) I Kissed You - Mary Richmond and Ann O'Brien
15: What Is Love - The Vernon Girls
16: Like Young - Cherry Wainer
17: Just a Little Too Much - Marty Wilde
18: That Is Rock and Roll - Marty Wilde
19: When I Fall in Love - Marty Wilde
20: As Time Goes By - Marty Wilde
21: Teenage Tears - Marty Wilde
22: The Three Bells - Marty Wilde
23: April Love - Marty Wilde & Joyce Wilde
24: I Walk the Line Intro - The Firing Squad
25: Wont'cha Come Home - Marty Wilde
26: Forty Days - Little Tony
27: Hully Gully - Marty Wilde
28: In the Mood - The Firing Squad
29: Marty Wilde & Red Price Chat - Marty Wilde & Red Price
30: Too Good - Little Tony
31: I Walk the Line End of Part 1 - The Firing Squad
32: I Walk the Line End of Part 2 - The Firing Squad
33: Marty Introducing Gene Vincent - Marty Wilde
34: Rocky Road Blues - Gene Vincent
35: Frankie and Johnnie - Gene Vincent
36: Marty and Gene Chat - Marty Wilde & Gene Vincent
37: Wild Cat - Gene Vincent
38: Right Here On Earth - Gene Vincent
39: Closing Chat/I Walk the Line - The Firing Squad

Disc 2
1: Mighty Good - Michael Cox
2: Black and White Thunderbird - The Vernon Girls
3: Ubangi Stomp - Marty Wilde
4: Marty Introduces Johnny Gentle - Marty Wilde
5: If I Had a Girl - Johnny Gentle
6: Be My Girl - Johnny Gentle
7: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Marty Wilde
8: Run Red Run - Marty Wilde
9: Marty Introduces Eddie Cochran - Marty Wilde
10: Hallelujah! I Love Her So - Eddie Cochran
11: C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
12: Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran
13: Marty and Eddie Chat - Marty Wilde/Eddie Cochran
14: Twenty Flight Rock - Eddie Cochran
15: Saturday Night in Tia Juana - Cherry Wainer
16: Let's Talk About Us - Marty Wilde
17: What About Us - The Vernon Girls
18: Some Kinda Earthquake - The Firing Squad
19: Smooth Operator - Lyn Cornell
20: Marty and Lyn Chat - Marty Wilde/Lyn Cornell
21: Turn My Back On You - Billy Fury
22: Marty and Billy Chat - Marty Wilde/Billy Fury
23: Colette - Marty Wilde/Billy Fury
24: I Wanna Be Loved - Marty Wilde
25: Marty Introduces Eddie Cochran - Marty Wilde
26: Money Honey - Eddie Cochran
27: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Eddie Cochran
28: Hallelujah! I Love Her So - Eddie Cochran
29: Closing Announcement - Eddie Cochran
30: Saturday Night in Tia Juana - Cherry Wainer
31: Mighty Good - Michael Cox
32: Colette - Marty Wilde/Billy Fury
33: I Don't Know - Lyn Cornell
34: Baby Let's Play House - Billy Fury
35: Hound Dog Man - Michael Cox
36: The Darktown Strutters Ball - Joe Brown
37: Be Mine - Marty Wilde
38: Mighty Cold - Billy Fury
39: Pretty Blue Eyes - Marty Wilde/Billy Fury
40: Southern Love - Ronnie Hawkins
41: Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
42: Milk Cow Blues - Eddie Cochran
43: The Song of Lotus Lee - Cherry Wainer

Disc 3
1: Bluejean Bop/Five Days, Five Days/Say Mama (Medley) - Gene Vincent
2: Be-bop-a-lula - Gene Vincent
3: Baby Blue - Gene Vincent
4: I Got a Baby - Gene Vincent
5: Summertime - Gene Vincent
6: Right Here On Earth - Gene Vincent
7: Too Much - Billy Fury
8: Big Time - Marty Wilde
9: Chicka Chicka Honey/If I Had a Girl (Fragment) - Jess Conrad
10: The Darktown Strutters Ball - Joe Brown
11: Beyond the Sea (Fragment) - Unknown Artist
12: Introduction - Marty Wilde
13: Say Mama - Gene Vincent
14: The Darktown Strutters Ball - Joe Brown
15: Baby Let's Play House - Billy Fury
16: What Do You Want - Adam Faith
17: Chicka Chicka Honey - Jess Conrad
18: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Marty Wilde
19: Hallelujah! I Love Her So - Eddie Cochran
20: Wild Cat - Gene Vincent
21: Rise and Shine - The Firing Squad
22: Colette - Marty Wilde/Billy Fury
23: Twenty Flight Rock - Eddie Cochran
24: Be-bop-a-lula - Gene Vincent
25: Johnny Rocco - Marty Wilde
26: We Like Boys - The Vernon Girls
27: Poor Me - Adam Faith
28: Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
29: Milk Cow Blues - Eddie Cochran
30: My Heart - Gene Vincent
31: Marty Chats With Gene and Eddie - Marty Wilde/Gene Vincent/Eddie Cochran
32: Dance in the Street - Gene Vincent
33: My Babe - Cast
34: Baby How I Cried - Billy Fury
35: I Don't Like You No More - Eddie Cochran
36: Sweet Little Sixteen - Eddie Cochran
37: Stood Up - Marty Wilde
38: My Heart - Gene Vincent
39: I've Got to Get to You Yet - Gene Vincent
40: White Lightning - Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent
41: Hard Headed Woman - Marty Wilde
42: Trouble - Marty Wilde
43: A Girl's Work Is Never Done - The Vernon Girls
44: I Can't Help It - Little Tony
45: Deutscher Rock 'N' Roll/Oom Pah Polka - The Vernon Girls
46: Ciao, Ciao Bambino - Cherry Wainer

Number of Discs: 3

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