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The Big Show
The Everly Brothers(Don and Phil)
Sal Mineo
Tab Hunter
Col Joye and the Joy Boys
Johnny Rebb and the Rebels
The Delltones
Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays
Johnny Devlin
Princess Rora
Promoter-Lee Gordon
Melbourne Festival Hall May 28th
Sydney Stadium Sydney May 29th and 30th
Brisbane Festival Hall June 1st and 2nd
This tour was the first for the Everly brothers who had successful hit records at the time like Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Suzie, All I have to is Dream, Bird Dog, Problems and others. Tab Hunter who had an big hit in 1957 with Young Love and had been in successful movies like Damn Yankees, The Sea Chase, the Girl He Left behind, Gunmmn's Walk etc. Sal Mineo had been in successful movies like Rebel Without A Cause, Somebody Up there Likes Me, Giant, Tonka etc and had 2 top 40 hits including Start Movin in 1957 and on this tour played drums. This was the first tour for the Delltones an Sydney group who was formed in 1958 which they had been performing around Sydney and had auditioned for Sydney Radio DJ Bob Rogers @ 2GB studios and phoned alan heffernan who worked with lee Gordon for the group to show their stuff and went to his office to perform their act which they were booked on the tour. This was the second tour for Col joye and the Joy Boys and was in the charts at this time with Bye Bye baby. This was the 4th Big Show tour for Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays and had done an tour of New Zealand that was promoted by Harry M Miler. This was Johnny Devlin's first Australian tour as he was born in New Zealand and had been successful as he recorded on the Prestige label owned by Phil Warren as well as being the King of NZ rock and an NZ tour with his band the Devils caused great excitement among teenagers. Lee gordon invited Devlin to be on the tour as Devlin aimed to be successful in Australia and he became successful in Australia after this tour which he is still based here to this day. This was Johnny Rebb and the Rebel's second tour and princess rora's first tour as Lee Gordon had an soft spot for her as she had an support act in New Zealand for the Tommy Sands,the Platters and Frankie Avalon. The tour was an huge success which when they arrived in Sydney 200 teenage girls mobbed them @ Mascot airport which they were in an airline for more than half an hour which they gave autographs and photographs to the fans and on the afternoon of the first sydney show they appeared at Nicholson's store on George Street for an promotion which the crows went completely out of hans that caused the huge street front windows be smashed and arrived n brisbane May 31st @ Eagle Farm Airport
Sunday, January 6, 2013
The Everly Brothers/Sal Mineo/Tab Hunter 1959 Australian tour
The Big Show
The Everly Brothers(Don and Phil)
Sal Mineo
Tab Hunter
Col Joye and the Joy Boys
Johnny Rebb and the Rebels
The Delltones
Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays
Johnny Devlin
Princess Rora
Promoter-Lee Gordon
Melbourne Festival Hall May 28th
Sydney Stadium Sydney May 29th and 30th
Brisbane Festival Hall June 1st and 2nd
This tour was the first for the Everly brothers who had successful hit records at the time like Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Suzie, All I have to is Dream, Bird Dog, Problems and others. Tab Hunter who had an big hit in 1957 with Young Love and had been in successful movies like Damn Yankees, The Sea Chase, the Girl He Left behind, Gunmmn's Walk etc. Sal Mineo had been in successful movies like Rebel Without A Cause, Somebody Up there Likes Me, Giant, Tonka etc and had 2 top 40 hits including Start Movin in 1957 and on this tour played drums. This was the first tour for the Delltones an Sydney group who was formed in 1958 which they had been performing around Sydney and had auditioned for Sydney Radio DJ Bob Rogers @ 2GB studios and phoned alan heffernan who worked with lee Gordon for the group to show their stuff and went to his office to perform their act which they were booked on the tour. This was the second tour for Col joye and the Joy Boys and was in the charts at this time with Bye Bye baby. This was the 4th Big Show tour for Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays and had done an tour of New Zealand that was promoted by Harry M Miler. This was Johnny Devlin's first Australian tour as he was born in New Zealand and had been successful as he recorded on the Prestige label owned by Phil Warren as well as being the King of NZ rock and an NZ tour with his band the Devils caused great excitement among teenagers. Lee gordon invited Devlin to be on the tour as Devlin aimed to be successful in Australia and he became successful in Australia after this tour which he is still based here to this day. This was Johnny Rebb and the Rebel's second tour and princess rora's first tour as Lee Gordon had an soft spot for her as she had an support act in New Zealand for the Tommy Sands,the Platters and Frankie Avalon. The tour was an huge success which when they arrived in Sydney 200 teenage girls mobbed them @ Mascot airport which they were in an airline for more than half an hour which they gave autographs and photographs to the fans and on the afternoon of the first sydney show they appeared at Nicholson's store on George Street for an promotion which the crows went completely out of hans that caused the huge street front windows be smashed and arrived n brisbane May 31st @ Eagle Farm Airport
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Was in front row at this convert June 1 in Brisbane and called on stage by Tab Hunter when he sang "Young Love". Photo was on front page of next day's paper. Would love to have a copy of photo. Anyone out ther who can help?
ReplyDeleteI will go to the State Lirbary and check it out for you. Do you know which paper it was?
DeleteDear Rockinluke
DeleteWow! Did not really expect anyone out there could help. The paper was the Courier Mail. I recall the photo was headed "Dawn's Big Night'.Thank you so much for your interest. I have tried to track down a copy of this front page but no success. As I now live in the Whitsundays I cannot pop into the State Library, unfortunately.
Kind regards
Dawn
Hello Dawn,
ReplyDeleteI have great news to tell you that is I have founded the photo from the Courier Mail at the State Library as well as the picture of you and another girl.
Again, am so very grateful for the trouble you went to on my behalf. A million thanks. Have contacted the Library and requested a copy.
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Dawn
H! I saw this in Melbourne at Festival Hall. Tab Hunter was pathetic, and almost booed off the stage. Sal Mineo was sweet and ineffectual. The Everley Brothers were good, of course. And the other Aussie acts just fine. But who the audience went wild for was Johnny O'Keefe, who came on just before interval, last of the local 'supporting' acts. They clearly knew him already, though I didn't until then. (I was in my twenties; it was the teens who knew him.) The adulation was well deserved. He was a ball of raw energy, gave it his all. Everyone was saying he should have been the headline act. He had been largely unknown until then, only just discovered by the teenagers ... but after that he was famous.
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