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As Col Joye he enjoyed a string of hits on the local and national singles charts of Australia beginning in 1959. Joye's first single, " Stagger Lee " was a cover of the Lloyd Price US original. However, his third single "Bye Bye Baby" (written by American Frank McNulty [ 5 ] ) reached No.3 on the Australian Kent Music Report charts in 1959 ...
"Bye Bye Baby", a song from the 1949 Broadway musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes "Bye Bye Baby", a song written by American Frank McNulty and sung by Australian Col Joye in 1959 "Bye Bye Baby" (Mary Wells song), 1960 debut single by Motown singer Mary Wells Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance, her 1961 album
"Living Doll" is a song written by Lionel Bart made popular by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (then still known as 'the Drifters') in 1959. It was the top selling single in the UK in 1959. [ 4 ] It has topped the UK charts twice: in its original version in 1959 (their first number 1 single) and a new version recorded in 1986 in aid of Comic Relief .
The Joy Boys are an Australian instrumental group. [1] They performed on their own and as a backing band for Col Joye.They had chart success with releases such as top ten singles "Smokey Mokes" (1961) [2] and "Southern 'Rora" (1962).
Little Pattie's debut single was the double A-sided "He's My Blonde Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy" / "Stompin' at Maroubra", both co-written by Jay Justin and record producer Joe Halford, [9] [10] [11] [6] which used the surf music style and a dance style craze that was known as 'The Stomp'. [1]
The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1959. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1959. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report". #
Other hits Songs peaking at number two included "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston, "If I Had a Girl" by Rod Lauren, "What in the World's Come Over You" by Jack Scott, "Mule Skinner Blues" by The Fendermen, "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" by Brian Hyland, "I Found a New Love" / "Defenceless" by Lonnie Lee, "Please Don't Tease" by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, "Peter Gunn" by ...
The Crescents were invited to support Fabian [3] in October 1959 at the Sydney Stadium Big Shows along with O'Keefe, Col Joye, Lonnie Lee, and Johnny Devlin among others. [1] The stadium featured a revolving stage, which turned full circle in about three or four minutes.