'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 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

Continuing our Top Ten of 2024, at number 2... Johnny Rotten on Juke Box Jury in 1979, hosted by Noel Edmunds. It went, well, sort of how you might imagine. | 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

#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