BILLY ADAMS

Billy Adams whose real name was William Tregonning (born in 1942) started his pop career as lead singer of Melbourne rock'n'roll band The Checkmates from 1961-63. He became popular on the local dance and disco scene in the mid-60s, and this led to regular appearances on The Go!! Show and a recording contract with the Go!! label in which he recorded five singles between 1965 and 1966. Billy was perhaps not the greatest singer, but he was a competent and personable performer. His trademark was his outlandish bouffant hairdo which, according to Noel McGrath, ''he was eventually obliged to trim back after hundreds of letters of complaint from Go!! Show viewers''. Billy's only hit was a cover of Eddy Quinteros' 1960 hit "Slow Down Sandy" which was also released in NZ. His four subsequent singles failed to chart, with the exception of ''Dancing In Your Eyes'' which scraped into the lower reaches of the Top 100 and he eventually left the music scene and took a job in promotions with a major Melbourne department store. He died on November 18, 2015, in Penrith, New South Wales.

SINGLES

''Slow Down Sandy (#39) / Alone'' 1965 Go!!
''I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself / Shirley Lee'' 1965 Go!!
''Lookin' For Love / All Time Loser'' 1966 Go!!
''Dancing In Your Eyes (#82) / Come Dance With Me'' 1966 Go!!
''Change Your Mind / I Fall To You'' 1966 Go!!

References

http://www.milesago.com/artists/adams-billy.htm

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/