Johnny Cash Australian Tour 1959

Promoter- Lee Gordon(the Big SHow) Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two(Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant) Gene Vincent The Playmates Bobby Day Robin Luke Frankie Sardo Col joye and The Joy Boys dates- Melbourne Festival Hall April 15th 1959 Hobart City Hall April 16th 1959 Sydney Stadium April 17th and 18th 1959 Brisbane Milton Tennis Court April 20th 1959 Newcastle Stadium April 21st 1959 The April 1959 Australian tour was the first for Johnny CAsh who had been on the scene since 1955 when he began recording for Sun Records with hits like Cry Cry Cry, I Walk The Line, Ballad Of A Teenage Queen, Hey Porter, Folsom Prison Blues, Home Of the Blues etc and signed up to the Columbia label in 1958 which his first hit for the label was All over Again, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, What Do I Care etc. This was Gene Vincent's second Australian tour as he had been in Australia for the famous 1957 with Little Richard and Eddie Cochran and had broken up with the Blue Caps in November 1958 and had his final top 40 hit in the USA late 1957 with Dance to the Bop which he still record but would have not any more hits. Bobby Day (aka Byrd) had been around the music since the 40's as he sang with the Hollywood Flames, was an member of the singing duo Bob and Earl and he formed his own group the Satellites in 1957 which the only big solo hit that he had was Rockin Robin that was number 2 in the USA in 1958 and it's an rock classic to this day which has been recorded by many artists including the Henchmen(Australian group), Michael Jackson, the Hollies and many others. the Playmates with Chic Hetti, Donny Conn and Morey Carr had been perfroming together since early the early 50's in Westbury, Connecticut and in 1958 signed up with Roulette label which their big hit was Beep Beep that went to number 4 in the USA which sold over an million copies as well as having other top 40 hits Jo Anne and Don't Go Home. Robin Luke had been on the scene since 1958 with the top 5 hit Suzie Darlin that was released on the International label that eventually was on the Dot label. Frankie Sardo had an single out on the ABC Paramount label called Fake Out and had been on the famous Winter Dance Party which led to the tragic plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper @ Clear Lake Iowa on February 3rd 1959. This tour was the first for Col Joye and the Joy Boys who had started out as the KJ Quintet which included his brother Kevin Jacobsen playing around Sydney @ local dances and became Col joye and the Joy Boys which it added Keith Jacobsen(Col and Kevin's brother) at the suggestion of an clairvoyant and eventually playing at the Jazzarama concert as well as playing the Capitol Theatre in sydney and began recording for festival in 1958 which they released an EP and their first single "Stagger Lee"(the Lloyd Price song) but failed to sell. It was after this tour that they released the 2nd single Bye Bye Baby in May that would become their first big hit number 1 in Sydney, no 3 in Melbourne and no 2 in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth and the rest is australian music history. 10,000 people attended the brisbane show.