Colin Frederick JacobsenAM (born 13 April 1937), better known by his stage name Col Joye, is an Australian pioneer rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur with a career spanning almost sixty-five years. Joye was the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a number one record Australia-wide, and experienced a string of chart successes in the early Australian rock and roll scene, performing with his then band the Joy Boys (formerly KJ Quintet).
Graduating school, prior to stardom, he worked as a jewellery salesman.[3]
Musical careeredit
Jacobson started performing and recording in the late 1950s with his backing band, originally called the KJ Quintet, the predecessor of what would become the Joy Boys,[3] which included his brothers Kevin and Keith.[4]
As Col Joye he enjoyed a string of hits on the local and national singles charts of Australia beginning in 1959. Joye's first single, "Stagger Lee" was a cover of the Lloyd Price US original. However, his third single "Bye Bye Baby" (written by American Frank McNulty[5]) reached No.3 on the Australian Kent Music Report charts in 1959, followed by "Rockin Rollin Clementine" also peaking at No. 3.[4] His fifth single, "Oh Yeah Uh Huh",[1] became his most successful, peaking at No. 1. He also had other charting singles, including "Yes Sir That's My Baby" peaking at No. 5 nationally.
Joye was an original member of the television program Bandstand, and appeared regularly on the show over a fourteen year period. He toured Australia with fellow acts that where featured on the program, including Judy Stone, the De Kroo Brothers, Sandy Scott and Little Pattie. Joye's popularity levelled off after the changes to the music scene associated with the rise of the Beatles, and it was not until 1973 that he had another hit record, with "Heaven Is My Woman's Love" reaching No. 1 on the Go-Set charts that year.[4]
He has also recorded various other cross-over styles such as country music.[2]
Entrepreneurshipedit
During the period between personal musical successes in the late 50s and early 1960s, Col and Kevin Jacobsen built an influential entertainment management, publishing and recording business, including ATA Studios in Glebe, New South Wales. This business worked with developing and promoting artists including the Bee Gees, and their brother Andy Gibb.[1] Their promotions company, Jacobsen Entertainment, continued into the 2000s, with Col and Kevin remaining as principal directors.[6]
Personal lifeedit
In 1990, while pruning a neighbour's tree with a chainsaw as a favour, Joye slipped and fell six metres onto brick paving below, striking his head and falling into a coma, as well as sustaining serious lower back and shoulder injuries. Initially given a poor prognosis, he eventually recovered to start performing and touring again in 1998.[7]
Honours, awards and recognitionedit
On 8 June 1981, he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for his entertainment and philanthropic work.[8]
The Country Music Awards (CMAA), are an annual awards ceremony celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. It commenced in 1973, the following year Joye won an award for "Top Selling Album of the Year"[9]
Year
Nominee / work
Award
Result (wins only)
1974
Heaven Is My Woman's Love
Top Selling Album of the Year
Won
Mo Awardsedit
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Col Joye won two awards in that time.[10]
Year
Nominee / work
Award
Result (wins only)
1980
Col Joye
John Campbell Fellowship Award
Won
1988
Col Joye
Most Outstanding Club Act
Won
Othersedit
In 1998, Australia Post issued a special-edition set of twelve stamps celebrating the early years of Australian rock and roll, featuring Australian hit songs from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. One of the stamps commemorated Joye, based on the song "Oh Yeah Uh Huh". Australia Post wrote that "Each of them said something about us, and told the rest of the world this is what popular culture sounds like, and it has an Australian accent".[11]
In 2010, "Bye Bye Baby" (1959), by Col Joye and the Joy Boys was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia register.[12][13] The curator's notes said of "Bye Bye Baby", "There is not a lot to this pop song, written by American Frank McNulty, other than a catchy title hook. The lyrics are about the singer saying goodbye to his girlfriend and how lonely he will be without her until the next time they meet. The original recording was made using a nylon string guitar, bass (wonderfully out of tune in the beginning) and minimalist drums with Col Joye almost whispering the vocals (as he had a cold at the time). This is the released version, with added celeste and 'ooh-ahh' backing vocals from the Sapphires, presumably to give it a little more musical interest."[5]
Backing vocals on "Bye Bye Baby" were by male trio The Sapphires.[12] The Sapphires were Duke Finlay, Tony Garrick and Ned Hussey,[14] a Sydney vocal trio formed in 1957, used as backing group for many Australian artists on studio recordings in the early 1960s. They also appeared in Lee Gordon concert shows, and wrote some songs.[15][16][a]
^ abLaird, Ross. "The First Wave: Australian rock & pop recordings, 1955-1963" (PDF). Subtitled "A complete discography, including listings of newsreel and television footage, documentation and other archival materials held by ScreenSound Australia.
^"The Sapphires – Aberdeen (Abilene) (1962, Vinyl)". Discogs (in German). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ abcKent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 18. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 22. ISBN0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
November 04, 2023
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Colin Frederick Jacobsen AM born 13 April 1937 better known by his stage name Col Joye is an Australian pioneer rock singer songwriter musician and entrepreneur with a career spanning almost sixty five years Joye was the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a number one record Australia wide and experienced a string of chart successes in the early Australian rock and roll scene performing with his then band the Joy Boys formerly KJ Quintet Col JoyeAMBirth nameColin Frederick JacobsenBorn 1937 04 13 13 April 1937 age 86 Sydney AustraliaGenresPop rock and roll countryOccupation s SingersongwritermusicianbusinessmanInstrument s Guitar vocalsYears active1959 present Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Musical career 3 Entrepreneurship 4 Personal life 5 Honours awards and recognition 5 1 Country Music Awards CMAA 5 2 Mo Awards 5 3 Others 6 Discography 6 1 Studio albums 6 2 Charting compilation albums 6 3 Charting singles 6 3 1 Other singles 7 Footnotes 8 ReferencesEarly life and education editColin Jacobsen was born in Sydney New South Wales 1 on 13 April 1937 2 Graduating school prior to stardom he worked as a jewellery salesman 3 Musical career editJacobson started performing and recording in the late 1950s with his backing band originally called the KJ Quintet the predecessor of what would become the Joy Boys 3 which included his brothers Kevin and Keith 4 As Col Joye he enjoyed a string of hits on the local and national singles charts of Australia beginning in 1959 Joye s first single Stagger Lee was a cover of the Lloyd Price US original However his third single Bye Bye Baby written by American Frank McNulty 5 reached No 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report charts in 1959 followed by Rockin Rollin Clementine also peaking at No 3 4 His fifth single Oh Yeah Uh Huh 1 became his most successful peaking at No 1 He also had other charting singles including Yes Sir That s My Baby peaking at No 5 nationally Joye was an original member of the television program Bandstand and appeared regularly on the show over a fourteen year period He toured Australia with fellow acts that where featured on the program including Judy Stone the De Kroo Brothers Sandy Scott and Little Pattie Joye s popularity levelled off after the changes to the music scene associated with the rise of the Beatles and it was not until 1973 that he had another hit record with Heaven Is My Woman s Love reaching No 1 on the Go Set charts that year 4 He has also recorded various other cross over styles such as country music 2 Entrepreneurship editDuring the period between personal musical successes in the late 50s and early 1960s Col and Kevin Jacobsen built an influential entertainment management publishing and recording business including ATA Studios in Glebe New South Wales This business worked with developing and promoting artists including the Bee Gees and their brother Andy Gibb 1 Their promotions company Jacobsen Entertainment continued into the 2000s with Col and Kevin remaining as principal directors 6 Personal life editIn 1990 while pruning a neighbour s tree with a chainsaw as a favour Joye slipped and fell six metres onto brick paving below striking his head and falling into a coma as well as sustaining serious lower back and shoulder injuries Initially given a poor prognosis he eventually recovered to start performing and touring again in 1998 7 Honours awards and recognition editOn 8 June 1981 he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for his entertainment and philanthropic work 8 The ARIA Music Awards in 1988 inducted Joye into the ARIA Hall of Fame Year Nominee work Award Result1988 Col Joye ARIA Hall of Fame InductedCountry Music Awards CMAA edit The Country Music Awards CMAA are an annual awards ceremony celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry It commenced in 1973 the following year Joye won an award for Top Selling Album of the Year 9 Year Nominee work Award Result wins only 1974 Heaven Is My Woman s Love Top Selling Album of the Year WonMo Awards edit The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards commonly known informally as the Mo Awards were annual Australian entertainment industry awards They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016 Col Joye won two awards in that time 10 Year Nominee work Award Result wins only 1980 Col Joye John Campbell Fellowship Award Won1988 Col Joye Most Outstanding Club Act WonOthers edit In 1998 Australia Post issued a special edition set of twelve stamps celebrating the early years of Australian rock and roll featuring Australian hit songs from the late 1950s to the early 1970s One of the stamps commemorated Joye based on the song Oh Yeah Uh Huh Australia Post wrote that Each of them said something about us and told the rest of the world this is what popular culture sounds like and it has an Australian accent 11 In 2010 Bye Bye Baby 1959 by Col Joye and the Joy Boys was added to the National Film and Sound Archive s Sounds of Australia register 12 13 The curator s notes said of Bye Bye Baby There is not a lot to this pop song written by American Frank McNulty other than a catchy title hook The lyrics are about the singer saying goodbye to his girlfriend and how lonely he will be without her until the next time they meet The original recording was made using a nylon string guitar bass wonderfully out of tune in the beginning and minimalist drums with Col Joye almost whispering the vocals as he had a cold at the time This is the released version with added celeste and ooh ahh backing vocals from the Sapphires presumably to give it a little more musical interest 5 Backing vocals on Bye Bye Baby were by male trio The Sapphires 12 The Sapphires were Duke Finlay Tony Garrick and Ned Hussey 14 a Sydney vocal trio formed in 1957 used as backing group for many Australian artists on studio recordings in the early 1960s They also appeared in Lee Gordon concert shows and wrote some songs 15 16 a Discography editStudio albums edit List of albums with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositionsAUS 17 Songs That Rocked the Stadium Released 1959 Format LP Label Festival Records FL 7152 Joy to the World Released 1961 Format LP Label Festival Records FL20636 Col and Judy With Orchestra with Judy Stone Released 1962 Format LP Label Festival Records FL30901 For the Good Times Released 1972 Format LP Label Ata Records L 25210 Heaven Is My Woman s Love Released 1973 Format LP Label Ata Records L 35036 For You Released 1975 Format LP Label Ata Records L 35489 Truck Stop with Bob Purtell Laurie Allen and Jim Cooper Released 1976 Format LP Label Ata Records L 35943 A Little Bit of Country with Little Pattie Released 1978 Format LP Label Pisces L27031 86Back to Rock N Roll Released 1990 Format LP CD Label Ata Records D 30233 Charting compilation albums edit List of albums with Australian chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositionsAUS 17 The Very Best Released 1980 Format LP Label J amp B JB046 4720 Most Requested Songs Released 1984 Format LP Label J amp B JB174 20Charting singles edit List of singles with selected chart positions Year Title Peak chartpositionsAUS 17 1970 Come into My Life 561973 Heaven Is My Woman s Love 11978 Rock Around the Clock 94Other singles edit List of singles as featured artist with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positionsAUS 18 The Garden as Australia Too 1985 22Footnotes edit Not to be confused with a Melbourne instrumental group of the same name active between 1958 and 1964 led by guitarist Charles Osbourne 15 References edit a b c Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Guinness Publishing pp 1328 9 ISBN 0 85112 939 0 a b Col Joye Biography amp History AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 12 October 2017 a b Trove Trove nla gov au Retrieved 19 September 2021 a b c GO SET Magazine s Number One Singles in Australia 1966 1974 Poparchives com au Archived from the original on 25 May 2011 Retrieved 5 October 2017 a b Bye Bye Baby Aso gov au Retrieved 5 October 2017 Jacobsen Entertainment 19 August 2006 Archived from the original on 19 August 2006 Retrieved 19 September 2021 Talking Heads with Peter Thompson ABC Television 25 September 2006 Archived from the original on 1 December 2007 Retrieved 15 July 2008 It s an Honour Member of the Order of Australia 8 June 1981 CMAA Award Winners 2021 Retrieved 21 March 2021 MO Award Winners Mo Awards Retrieved 14 March 2022 Australian Stamps Rock Australia Australia Post 20 March 2001 Archived from the original on 11 September 2007 Retrieved 21 May 2008 a b The Sounds of Australia 2010 NFSA Retrieved 27 September 2022 Principal credits Bye Bye Baby 1959 Australian Screen Retrieved 27 September 2022 The Sapphires Australian Screen Retrieved 27 September 2022 a b Laird Ross The First Wave Australian rock amp pop recordings 1955 1963 PDF Subtitled A complete discography including listings of newsreel and television footage documentation and other archival materials held by ScreenSound Australia The Sapphires Aberdeen Abilene 1962 Vinyl Discogs in German 25 June 2022 Retrieved 27 September 2022 a b c Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 18 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 Illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 22 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 N B The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Col Joye amp oldid 1170683684, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
