Jon - Upstairs Downstairs (1967)

(Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
 Australia
Original version
#32 Brisbane

One of the ‘songs the Bee Gees gave away’, recorded mid-1966 in Sydney.

Queensland singer Jon Blanchfield was a star of national TV pop show Uptight. In mid-1976 he founded the Rainbird label, which released records by Lobby Loyde (Obsecration), Saltbush, Normie Rowe and others, but folded soon after it started. As John Blanchfield he has had a long career in artist management. His agency Beatroot Services has Normie Rowe as a client.

The personnel on Upstairs Downstairs includes all three Gibb brothers and Bee Gees drummer Colin Petersen. Joseph Brennan at Gibb Songs has the full details.

See also the B-side, Town Of Tuxley Toymaker Part 1, another original recording of a Bee Gees composition from the same sessions. It was later recorded by Billy J. Kramer (1967, #14 Perth) and by New Zealand artist Shane.

See also Jon Blanchfield – She’s My Baby and Lavender Girl.