JOHNNY NOBLE

Johnny Noble was born in Muswellbrook NSW in 1946. He made a solid start in the early 1960s with his various groups and solo singles. He appeared on national televisions shows such as Bandstand and Sing Sing Sing and also won NBN Newcastle Star Quest. As a solo artist he recorded on the Linda Lee label, a subsidiary of Festival, along with other acts like Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Laurie Wade's Cavaliers and Jackie Weaver. Johnny Noble was lead singer in two 1960s bands Johnny Noble and the Mods and Johnny Noble and The Incas who recorded on the Linda Lee label. 

Noble was initially the vocalist for The Aztecs which later became Billy Thorpe’s permanent backing group. Aztec's guitarist Vince Melouney remembers: ''We used to play about once a week and every Sunday afternoon or something like that. One day, the manager of Surf City, John Harrigan introduced us to this blond-headed fella called Billy Thorpe. He wanted Billy to be the singer in our band, even though we had a singer, Johnny Noble. Johnny came from Newcastle and wasn't crazy about living in Sydney- he was more of a family man, so he took off back home and Billy joined the band. In 1964 he appeared on the album 'Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs with Poison Ivy & Introducing Johnny Noble'. Side one is all Aztecs tracks and side two is Johnny Noble and his band The Mods. Later John was resident vocalist compare at the Western Suburbs Leagues Club and band vocalist and compare at the Newcastle Workers Club, working with local and international artists. Johnny Noble died in 2024.

SINGLES

''That'll Be All Right / This Little Girl'' [with The Mods] 1964 Linda Lee

''Lonely City (#34) / Tough Enough'' 1964 Linda Lee
''Like I've Never Been Gone / My Prayer'' [with The Incas] 1965 Linda Lee

EPs

'Lonely City' 1965 Linda Lee

ALBUMS
'Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs Introducing Johnny Noble – Poison Ivy' 1964 Linda Lee

References

https://www.top100singles.net