(Buddy Knox)
Australia
#49 Melbourne
Single on the Go! label by
Billy Adams (William Tregonning), former lead singer of
Melbourne band The Checkmates and a regular on The Go!! Show.
Adams’s biggest hit was Slow Down Sandy (1965, #12 Melbourne), and another single Dancing In Your Eyes (1966) charted in Brisbane (#24) and Perth (#37).
Billy Adams Go! singles discography:
Slow Down Sandy (Quinteros)/Alone (Brite) 1965
I Think I’m Gonna Kill Myself (Knox)/Shirley Lee (Trammell) 1965
Lookin’ For Love (Orbison-Nelson)/All Time Loser (Sparks) 1966
Dancing In Your Eyes (Bradley-Mason)/Come Dance With
Me (Quinteros) 1966
Change Your Mind/I Fall To You 1966
References: 1. Second Wave discography. 2. Milesago’s Billy Adams page (citing Ian McFarlane). 3. The Go!! Show from LaurieAllen.net [archived page].
(Buddy Knox)
USA
Single on Epic, B-side of Bewitched.
Paul Evans: As a songwriter, known for co-writing Bobby Vinton’s Roses Are Red (My Love) (1962, #1 USA) and The Kalin Twins’ When (1958, #5 USA).
As a singer he released Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat (1959, #9 USA), Happy-Go-Lucky-Me (1960, #10 USA) and Hello, This Is Joanie (1979, #6 UK; a hit in some Australian cities). Show Folk got some airplay in Australia and charted in Perth. (I cannot tell a lie: I mention it because it’s an old favourite of mine.)
References, further reading: 1. PaulEvans.com is worth visiting (and he answers his emails!). 2. Paul Evans at Wikipedia.
(Buddy Knox)
USA
Original version
#55 USA #13 Melbourne #20 Brisbane
Buddy Knox (1933-1999) was a contemporary of fellow Texans Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly. His first and biggest hit, Party Doll (1957 #1 USA), was recorded at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis NM, where Buddy Holly first recorded successfully.
Hula Love (1957, #9 USA), also written by Knox, followed the upbeat rockabilly style of Party Doll. Knox continued to record in a country music vein throughout the 60s, first at Liberty with Snuff Garrett who produced his last charting mainstream single Lovey Dovey (1961, #25 USA), and later with United Artists in Nashville where Sonny Curtis wrote and arranged his country favourite Gypsy Man, produced by Bob Montgomery.
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