'Juke Box Jury' premiered on 1st June 1959. 64 years ago today. The series ran from then until 1967. It was revived for one series in 1979 and a further two series in 1989/1990. The theme music was 'Hit and Miss' by John Barry. | TVARK

#OTD 1959: Juke Box Jury first aired. Each week David Jacobs played a selection of 7" singles on a large juke box to a panel of four celebrities. We don't seem to have the inaugural episode so here's a clip from 1960 instead. | BBC Archive

#OTD 1959: Juke Box Jury was broadcast for the first time hosted by David Jacobs. This clip is from a 1960 episode. It would run in this format until December 1967 and was revived in 1979 and again in 1989/90. | BBC Archive

#OTD 1959: Juke Box Jury first aired. Err...we don't seem to have that episode, here's a clip from 1960 instead. Connie Francis fans might want to give this a wide berth. | BBC Archive

On This Day 1979 📺 'Juke Box Jury' It's 'Juke Box Jury' and snotty punkster Johnny Rotten is put alongside three guests who all could easily be stereotyped by him as part of the "establishment". Just to set the mood music, this short clip misses out the review of the first record by Showaddywaddy, 'Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller', which the panel unanimously declared would be a 'Miss'. The second record "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer is again declared a 'Miss', as is Abba's 'Angeleyes'. All wrong! O

#OnThisDay 1960: "I think it'll be a hit, mainly because I think it's terrible" Blue Angel, Roy Orbison's follow-up to Only the Lonely, got rather short shrift on Juke Box Jury. | BBC Archive