Kevin Shegog & The Gold-Toppers - One Small Photograph (1961)

Rex Franklin And Noeline Anderson - One Small Photograph (1961)

(Kevin Shegog)
 New Zealand
Later version

On EP Hillbilly Hit Parade December 1961 by veteran New Zealand husband-and-wife country music duo also known as Rex And Noelene Franklin.

Further reading: 1. Rex Franklin profile at AudioCulture. 2. Notes at reissue label Bear Family, about the collection A Real New Zealand Cowboy Song [archived page] which includes One Small Photograph.

Dorothy Baker - One Small Photograph (1962)

(Kevin Shegog)
 Australia
Later version

Track on W&G album Dorothy Baker.

Melbourne singer Dorothy Baker took another Kevin Shegog song, Darling, onto the charts in January 1963 (#27 Melbourne).

She also charted at #5 in Melbourne with I’m The Girl From Wolverton Mountain, a cover of Jo Ann Campbell’s answer song.

The Blue Mountain Boys - One Small Photograph Of You (1962)

(Kevin Shegog)
 UK
Later version

Single on Oriole October 1962 by Liverpool country music band. They had a residency at the Black Cat Club in London Road, and played lunchtime and Country Night gigs at The Cavern.

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Liverpool had the biggest country music scene in Europe which, unfortunately, tended to be overshadowed by the success of the Beatles and the Mersey Sound. As one Mersey musician pointed out: “Before rock’n’roll I’d been into Country and Western music. Actually, in Liverpool everybody
used to play Country and Western …”

Bill Harry, Bigger Than The Beatles (2009)

See, for example, David Bedford’s long list Liverpool Country Groups & Artists – 1960s onwards at the blog for his book The Country of Liverpool – Nashville of The North.

Further reading: “Nashville of the North: when country music ruled Liverpool”, Liverpool Post, 30 March 2024.

The Singing Kettles - One Small Photograph

(Kevin Shegog)
 Australia
Later version

On the album We Three. Going by the serial number, released some time in 1969-1973.

Bill, Ross and Max Kettle, Tasmanian country music trio recording from 1961, on the mainland from 1969. Max died in 1971, but Bill and Ross continued performing together until 1988. The Kettles were admitted to the Roll of Renown at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 2005. 

Further reading: 1. Singing Kettles biography from Bellbird Music [archived page]. 2. Singing Kettles at discogs.com.

Johnny Chester & Hotspur - One Small Photograph Of You (1980)

(Kevin Shegog)
 Australia
Later version

On the album Johnny Chester & Hotspur.

Melbourne singer, guitarist and songwriter Johnny Chester started out with the Chessmen in the late 50s, performing at dances he organised in the northern suburbs. Signed to Melbourne’s W&G label, he had a number of Top 10 hits in Melbourne from 1961. He became a disc jockey with Top 40 station 3UZ in 1966, and built a successful national career in country music from the 1970s. His website is at JohnnyChester.com.

Ambush - One Small Photograph

(Kevin Shegog)
 Australia
Later version

Not Sydney rock band Ambush, but more likely a lesser-known bush band of the same name formed on the NSW Central Coast in the late 80s.

Thanks to Steve Massey of the Australian Suburban Rock band Ambush [archived page].