quitting because there's nowhere to go in show business here" LAST finally Sunday blew night his was the He night had Paul Wayne top. an engagement to sing at Canberra and he felt the stage lighting wasn't good enough. It was, for 22-year-old Paul, the end of the road. He vowed then and there to quit show business. And this week he set about carrying out the promise he made to himself. His manager, John Lamb, set about cancelling as many of his commitments as possible, and he will sing only an average of once a week until the end of November. After that, nothing. It has been a hectic week for Paul. After the bald announcement early this week that he was getting out of the business his phone ran hot with Press, radio and television people wanting him to enlarge on the subject. He steadfastly refused until yesterday. Then twisting his lean frame uncomfortably in an easy chair in his manager's ter how good you are you ness in Australia. "I'm quitting because there's office, he finally confessed: nowhere "It's a to rat go in race. show No busi- mat- Why still have to do rotten, degrading jobs. "You can make a nice lot of money but if you're feel miserable afterwards." Just doing mind. conscientious, a about You proper go know as out job I you're of am, and your you you not Paul Transition Paul was strictly a teenage entertainer until about a year ago. Since then he has made a successful transition into the more adult field and has become solidly established in the club circuit. He has been working an average of six nights a week, and that work might take him to as many as 10 clubs. "It's all right if you're simply prepared to sing a couple of songs, take the money and go home," he said. "But you never get a chance to develop. Take Wayne Newton, for instance; he has one act which has taken him about 17 years to develop. "He knows exactly what he can do, he gets excellent presentation and works with By Jock Veitch giving first class musicians. has made him a star. "But, with very few ceptions, you get none those things in the circuit. "You depend on things, the microphones, lighting and the musicians. You're very lucky if The Cavern swings again From Michael Housego in London LIVERPOOL'S Cavern Beatles, Billy J. and others got their start "It has never done 'SO well, even in the early days when the Beatles were starting up," said - Mr David Block, a spokesman for the club which was reopened recently at a cost of $25,000. "It is packed every night and we keep having to turn people away." Paul Wayne... lonely, life is singing up This strike all three working properly for you. ex- "The microphones are of something you just can't club depend on. You have to take pot luck. The lighting is three something else; often there the simply isn't any, other times they just turn a blinding you spotlight on you and leave it there. "And if you have bad musicians you go through hell. If you're no good because you've got bad musioians the audience blames you. "In one club I think they let the saxophonist play the drums and in another the drummer didn't even have a snare drum. I just took my microphone as far away from him as possible and sang by myself. A joy "On the other hand you just need one or two good sympathetic musicians and your job becomes a joy. "I did a week recently at the Associated Motor Club in the city where they had good microphones, lights and musicians. I was properly presented and supported and I loved it. "For the first time in months I enjoyed going to work. It was a pleasure, not a chore. But jobs like that are the exception." It was also an incredibly lonely life, he said. A singer would dash into a club, do his act and dash out again. He hardly ever got to know anybody. The staffs at the clubs tended not to get to know the entertainers. Paul was a lift mechanic before he became a singer but he has no intention of returning to that trade. "I'm pretty certain to go into an agency business," he said. "I'll be quite happy to work at a desk for a while. "Anyway, I have a bit of money put aside. I'm not rich but I'm not flat broke. My position certainly isn't desperate." How does he feel about working for an agency which will send singers out into the world he hates? "That's their worry," he said. "It isn't going to be mine." WATCH out for the Monkees. Their first record is getting the biggest disc promotion for years in Sydney. All the disc jockeys have been given toy monkeys and there's a big party to launch their "Last Train to Clarksville" and "Take a Giant Step," a big hit in America. The Monkees are a group formed for the highly successful U.S. TV show, "The Monkees," a Goonish comedy series concerning the antics of a pop group. TA-AR is in the midst of recording two L.P.'s. One pop, the other Club - where the Kramer, the Merseybeats is swinging again. The Cavern collapsed through lack of funds and was closed for weeks before someone else bought it. "It was crowded right from the opening party. Many people did not get the attention we would have liked to have given them because of the number of gate-crashers." added Mr Block.