JOHNNY O'KEEFE

Johnny O'Keefe was born in the eastern Sydney suburb of Bondi Junction on 19 January 1935. He was the second of three children of Raymond Moran O'Keefe and Thelma Edna Kennedy. He was raised as a Catholic and attended the local Catholic primary school, followed by secondary schooling at Waverley College in nearby Waverley. Johnny had a solid musical background and listened to the radio almost constantly at home although he did not often sing around the house. His parents were both good singers. His mother was an excellent pianist and his father occasionally played in a jazz band. O'Keefe had already begun performing at dances and 'socials' while at high school, but his interest in music blossomed after he left school. A strong early musical influence was the American singer Johnnie Ray, who toured Australia to great acclaim in the 1950s and O'Keefe began his singing career as a Ray impersonator. 

The first turning point in O'Keefe's career was in early 1953, when he began singing with the quintet of jazz accordionist Gus Merzi at charity dances. During these appearances, O'Keefe would sing his specialty, Johnny Ray's "Cry", while wearing a pair of trick glasses which would squirt water over the audience. Radio personality Harry Griffiths, who met O'Keefe at this time, remembered him as "a bad-tempered ratbag" who often argued with Merzi, although Merzi commented that they never clashed over music. Recognising Johnny's potential, Merzi began tutoring him on piano, encouraging him to broaden his repertoire and helping him to refine his stagecraft. O'Keefe became a regular singer with the Merzi quintet and performed with them every Sunday at the charity shows they performed at the Bondi Auditorium. The tenacious O'Keefe performed his routine no matter how small the audience, sometimes braving the rotten eggs and fruit thrown at him by local louts.

Merzi also managed to get O'Keefe a regular spot on the 2UW live radio show Saturday Night Dancing. Up to this point he had performed for free, simply to gain experience, but his first paid engagement as a singer was as a Johnny Ray impersonator, performing on the Bathurst radio station 2BS, for which he was paid £17 plus expenses. Johnny O'Keefe's life changed irrevocably after seeing and hearing Bill Haley singing "Rock Around the Clock" in the film Blackboard Jungle in June 1955. He realised immediately that this was the style of music he wanted to perform, and from this point on he dedicated himself single-mindedly to becoming a rock 'n' roll singer and a star.

Although he was perhaps an unlikely candidate for stardom, he pursued it relentlessly for the next two decades and it is a tribute to his tenacity that, in large measure, his dream was achieved: by 1960 he had become the most popular and successful singer in Australia and a major TV star. Australian rock historian Ian McFarlane succinctly described O'Keefe's qualities in his article on the singer in the Encyclopedia of Australian Rock & Pop:"J.O'K was the first to admit that he was a limited singer, but he possessed an incredible drive, a fierce ambition to succeed, a tireless facility for self-promotion, a tremendous flair for showmanship and a larrikin spirit that was irrepressible."

In September 1956 O'Keefe and his friend Dave Owen (an American-born tenor sax player) formed Australia's first rock'n'roll band, The Dee Jays. The original lineup of the group was; Kevin Norton (guitar), Keith Williams (bass) and Johnny "Catfish" Purser (drums). Norton left soon after the band formed and he was replaced by Indonesian-born guitarist Lou Casch. Johnny Greenan joined the Dee Jays on tenor saxophone, replacing John Balkin. This was the band that supported a tour by Little Richard and his band.

Casch's contribution to O'Keefe's sound, both live and on record, was considerable. He was born in Ambon in 1924, grew up in Aceh and Jakarta, began playing guitar at an early age, and became a dedicated jazz musician. He came to Australia under the Colombo Plan in 1952 to study Medicine at the University of Sydney. He was introduced to O'Keefe by Keith Williams, whom he had known from a jazz trio in which they played. At their first meeting O'Keefe played Casch a selection of rock'n'roll records and asked him to imitate the guitar playing, which he was easily able to do. Impressed, O'Keefe offered him the job and handed him a pile of records, saying "Here, learn these. The dance is on Saturday night."

Their first performance was at Stones Cabaret in the beach side suburb of Coogee, and by early 1957 they were playing four dances a week and also performing on Saturdays in the interval between films at the Embassy Theatre, Manly. O'Keefe and the Dee Jays quickly attracted a strong local following, due in large measure to O'Keefe's magnetic personality and his dynamic stage performances. O'Keefe's 'trademark' was his flamboyant stage attire, which included gold lame jackets and brightly coloured suits trimmed with fake fur. Many of these outfits were made for him by Sydney 'showbiz' costumier Len Taylor, although one famous red suit trimmed with leopard-print velvet cuffs and lapels (now in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney) was reputedly made by his mother Thelma.

At the time Casch joined the band, they were promoting their own dances at local venues such as the Balmain Workingmen's Institute and Stone's Cabaret. The enterprising O'Keefe was involved in every aspect of the group's career including hiring the halls, placing ads in the local newspapers and putting up posters. "O'Keefe was the promoter, singer, bouncer, door attendant, sold the ice creams, mixed the drinks and cleaned the halls, while working during the days at his father's furniture store."

At the time, rock 'n' roll and its followers in Sydney often found themselves at odds with non-aficionados. According to Lou Casch, on one occasion, while O'Keefe and the Dee Jays played at an upstairs dance venue in Newtown, an "Italian wedding" reception was also taking place downstairs. Some of the dance patrons came to blows with wedding guests in the men's toilets, and within minutes the fight had erupted into a full-scale riot that spilled out into the street, with police eventually calling in the Navy Shore Patrol to help restore order. It was this incident, according to Lou Casch, that inspired O'Keefe's signature tune, "Wild One". While the song is credited officially to Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe, and Dave Owens, some sources suggest that O'Keefe was not directly involved in the composition. Sydney disc jockey Tony Withers was credited with helping to get radio airplay for the song but writer credits on subsequent versions often omit Withers, who later worked in the United Kingdom on pirate stations Radio Atlanta and, as Tony Windsor, on Radio London.

Johnny O'Keefe first met Bill Haley during his tour in 1957 in Australia. Haley was impressed by O'Keefe, giving him a song to record ("You Hit The Wrong Note, Billy Goat") and recommending him to Ken Taylor, A&R manager of leading local record company Festival Records. Taylor, however, failed to act on Haley's advice, so O'Keefe then famously took matters into his own hands and began telling the local press that he had in fact been signed to Festival. Anxious not to lose face, Taylor auditioned O'Keefe and signed him to the label. O'Keefe's debut single (issued as a 78rpm record), "You Hit The Wrong Note, Billy Goat" b/w "The Chicken Song", was released in July 1957 but it failed to chart and sold poorly, as did the follow-up, "Love Letters In The Sand" – which O'Keefe later described as the worst record of his career.

By this time O'Keefe had become a close friend of the music concert promoter, Lee Gordon, and their popularity really took off when O'Keefe and the Dee Jays were installed as the featured support act for Gordon's famous "Big Show" concert bills at the Sydney Stadium. These "Big Show" concerts were landmarks in Australian popular entertainment, being among the first tours to feature leading overseas rock'n'roll stars, including Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis; Gordon also toured many top jazz acts of the day, including the first visits to Australia by black jazz artists such as Louis Armstrong. O'Keefe and the Dee Jays' first major break was a support spot on Lee Gordon's first "Big Show" rock'n'roll tour, which starred Little Richard, Gene Vincent, and Eddie Cochran. When Gene Vincent and his band were stranded in Honolulu on their way to Australia, Gordon contacted O'Keefe and asked him to fill in for Vincent for the first night of the tour in Wollongong. This was followed by another support spot on the second all-star Big Show, which included The Crickets (with lead singer Buddy Holly on his first and only Australian tour), Jerry Lee Lewis and Paul Anka.

Their first EP, 'Shakin' At The Stadium', included JOK's signature tune "Wild One", co-written by O'Keefe with Greenan, Owens and top Sydney DJ Tony Withers. This became his first hit in March 1958, peaking at #20 on the newly established Sydney Top 40 (at this time there was no national pop chart in Australia). Although it was claimed that it was recorded live at the Stadium, it was in fact a studio recording, overdubbed with the sound of a real Stadium audience. O'Keefe issued three more singles during 1958: "Over The Mountain" b/w Lawdy Miss Clawdy", "So Tough" b/w That'll Be Alright" (a cover of The Cuff Links song which reached #12 in Sydney) and "I Ain't Gonna Do It" b/w "Could This Be Magic?" O'Keefe had played a few dates in New Zealand in 1958, but in early 1959 rising NZ promoter Harry M. Miller organised a two-month tour. O'Keefe took the staid NZ music scene by storm, although he was banned from playing at some halls and faced problems getting airplay. At that time the NZBC had a monopoly on radio, they had only one J.O'K. record in their library, and they refused to play his new single "Wild One" - although a hastily issued version by NZ rocker Johnny Devlin was played. O'Keefe also toyed with the local press, playing on Lou Casch's exotic appearance by telling journalists that Casch was the son of an Arrernte Aboriginal chieftain from Ayers Rock (Uluru) and that Casch's hand-built guitar was made from mulga wood.

The event cemented O'Keefe's status as Australia's top pop star came just after the NZ tour ended. In early 1959 ABC hired Johnny O'Keefe & The Dee Jays as the resident band for its new one-hour live television show Six O'Clock Rock which featured local artists. The show was a rather daring departure from the ABC's otherwise rather staid entertainment programming, as its charter obliged it to cater to a mainstream audience and its radio and TV outlets had until then, featured little of the new rock'n'roll craze. Six O'Clock Rock premiered on 28 February 1959 and was originally hosted by Ricki Merriman, but after six episodes O'Keefe took over as host, marking the beginning of the most successful phase of his career. O'Keefe quickly took over the running of almost every aspect of the show, selecting guest artists, choosing their material, supervising the rehearsals and conducting the band. No doubt assisted by his high profile, O'Keefe scored two more Top 20 hits in the first half of 1959 with the singles "What Do Ya Know?" b/w "Peek-A-Boo" (#12, March 1959) and "Why Do They Doubt Our Love?" b/w "You Excite Me" (#9, May 1959).

At this point O'Keefe switched to Festival's new subsidiary Leedon Records. The former independent label had been established by Lee Gordon, and was distributed by Festival. It had had some minor success but by 1959 Gordon was in financial trouble and he sold the label to Festival. From this point until the late 1960s, all O'Keefe's recordings came out on the Leedon label. He scored another hit in late 1959 with his first Leedon single, "Swanee River" / "The Steady Game" (#12, Oct. 1959). Boosted by his TV profile, O'Keefe's next two singles became two of the biggest and most enduring hits of his career. His second Leedon single was a cover of The Isley Brothers' "Shout!" (b/w "What'd I Say"), which reached #3 in November 1959, and it was followed by his first #1 single, "She's My Baby" / "Own True Self", in January 1960.

"She's My Baby" had been recorded in Los Angeles with producer Snuff Garrett during O'Keefe's first visit to the United States in October 1959. It was recorded at a 5-song session at Goldstar recording studios in Hollywood on 5 November 1959 ("She's My Baby", "It's Too Late", "Own True Self", "Ready For You" and "Come On"). His decision to try his luck in the USA was strongly opposed by his friend and mentor Lee Gordon but the ever-ambitious O'Keefe had already set his sights on breaking into the American market, and in L.A. he met with record executive Mickey Shaw who introduced him to executives of Liberty Records. In February 1960 O'Keefe returned to the U.S. for a promotional tour, where he was promoted as "The Boomerang Boy", and much to his chagrin, O'Keefe was obliged to give boomerang throwing exhibitions. According to Ian McFarlane, Liberty offered to pay $5 to anyone who could throw further than the singer, but they had to pay out many times at one exhibition when O'Keefe turned up drunk.

O'Keefe undertook a gruelling tour that visited 35 states, but he made little impact, although "She's My Baby" reputedly sold more than 100,000 copies in the USA, and the flipside, "It's Too Late" briefly reached #1 in New Orleans. However the tour eventually fizzled out in late November, as O'Keefe had behaved badly which did not endear him to Liberty Records which had spent over $17,000 promoting him. He returned to the US in March 1960 to complete his contract, but after one final session at Goldstar on the 17th of that month which produced ''Don't You Know'' and ''Take My Hand'', Liberty did not renew his contract and he returned to Australia. He scored another #1 hit in August 1960 with "Don't You Know"/"Come On And Take My Hand", and the next single, "Ready For You"/"Save The Last Dance For Me", reached #4 in November.

In January 1961 O'Keefe attempted another tour of the United States, but it was also unsuccessful. By this time he was reaching the limits of his physical and mental endurance. Given the severe head injuries he had sustained in a car crash, it is also possible that O'Keefe was suffering from undiagnosed neurological trauma which may have affected his personality and contributed to his later mental health and drug issues, and these problems were undoubtedly exacerbated by his heavy drug and alcohol use. His run of Australian hits continued in spite of his mounting personal problems. "I'm Counting On You" became his second #1 hit in August 1961, followed by a third chart-topper, "Sing (And Tell The Blues So Long)" in March 1962, and "I Thank You", which reached #22 in December.

O'Keefe's tenure with Six O'Clock Rock ended in mid-1961, and in October he moved to ATN-7 as compere of the Johnny O'Keefe Show. The show was a major success, but this only added to his already hectic workload and increased the pressure on him. In August 1962 he suffered another breakdown and spent two months in the psychiatric ward at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, beginning what was to become a repeating cycle of much-publicised breakdowns, hospitalisation and recovery. During his convalescence the TV show was renamed Sing, Sing, Sing and he was temporarily replaced as host by folk singer Lionel Long. O'Keefe scored his fourth Australian #1 hit with "Move Baby Move" in July 1963, and also "Shake Baby Shake" (#8, October 1963) and "Twist It Up" which reached #32 in December 1963.

It was around this time that O'Keefe finally parted ways with his faithful backing group the Dee Jays, as he devoted more and more time to TV. It was an era in which many major artists mimed songs at outdoor locations, such at Manly Beach's Fairy Bower in 1967. Live performances began to taper off. The Dee Jays stayed together, however, and continued performing until 1980. Fearing that O'Keefe might have to be replaced as compere, the Seven network renamed O'Keefe's TV show as Sing Sing Sing in February 1963 but its popularity continued. By late 1963, however, a new music trend from the UK known as Merseybeat was gaining momentum. Within a few months the emergence of the new wave of guitar/vocal groups led by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones ushered in a new era in popular music, and their advent signalled the start of a rapid decline in O'Keefe's career. These overseas acts in turn inspired a new generation of local 'beat' stars, spearheaded by Bobby & Laurie, Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Ray Brown & The Whispers, Tony Worsley & The Fabulous Blue Jays, Normie Rowe and The Easybeats, who took the Australian pop scene by storm and (at least in Australia) soon came to rival the popularity of the biggest overseas acts.

Although he had helped the careers of many of his rock'n'roll contemporaries, O'Keefe was resistant to the changes in pop music and made himself unpopular amongst the new groups by banning "long-haired" acts (such as The Missing Links) from appearing on Sing, Sing, Sing. O'Keefe was alienated by the new developments in pop music, and he later described this period as "the biggest downer in my career". Another major blow to O'Keefe was the sudden death of his partner and friend Lee Gordon, who died from a heart attack in London on 7 November 1963. O'Keefe's last major hit of the Sixties came in April 1964 (two months before the Beatles toured Australia) when "She Wears My Ring" reached #2 on the singles chart. However the follow-up single charted significantly lower, peaking at a modest #30, and titles of the two songs seemed, in retrospect, to presage the downturn in O'Keefe's career the A-side, "Rock'n'Roll Will Stand" was backed by a cover of the Shirelles' "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?". His popularity continued to decline and sales of his records fell. Sing, Sing, Sing was eventually cancelled in October 1965.

O'Keefe doggedly continued recording new singles during the later 1960s, but only three made it into the Top 40 "Sun's Gonna Shine Tomorrow"(#38, May 1966), "Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw" (#28, August 1966) and a re-release of "She's May Baby" which reached #22 in August 1969.

During 1969 O'Keefe toured Vietnam to entertain Australian troops stationed there. On the business front, he signed a new contract with Festival at the end of 1969 and continued to record and release singles, but it was not until July 1972 that he finally scored another hit with a re-recorded version of 1958 hit "So Tough", which reached #7 in September that year. In January 1973 O'Keefe performed at the second Sunbury Pop Festival. MC Paul Hogan introduced him as a "newcomer" and urged the crowd to "give him a go", and although he was at first greeted with some jeering and booing, by the end of his set he had completely won over the crowd. In early 1974 he scored his last big hit with a version of the old Inez and Charlie Foxx hit "Mockingbird", recorded as a duet with vocalist Margaret McLaren. It became his 29th Australian hit, reaching #8 nationally in April 1974.

In August 1974 O'Keefe put together a package tour called "The Good Old Days of Rock'n'Roll" which featured many of his old friends including Dinah Lee, Johnny Devlin, Lonnie Lee, Jade Hurley, Barry Stanton, Tony Brady and Laurel Lea. It premiered at St George Leagues Club in Sydney and continued successfully for the next four years. O'Keefe continued to issue singles, including a cover of the Harry Vanda-George Young song "Saturday Night", originally recorded by The Easybeats. It was reported that he was deeply depressed by the death of his idol Elvis Presley in August 1977, and that he had repeatedly remarked to friends "I'll be next". O'Keefe's last public appearance was on Seven Network's Sounds program, taped on 30 September 1978, six days prior to his death.  Johnny O'Keefe died from a drug overdose on 6 October 1978. He was buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium in Sydney. In 1988 Johnny O'Keefe was posthumously inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

SINGLES

''(You Hit The Wrong Note) Billy Goat / I'm Still Alive (The Chicken Song)'' [with The Dee Jays] 1957 Festival

''Am I Blue / Love Letters In The Sand'' [with The Dee Jays] 1957 Festival
''Lawdy, Miss Clawdy / Over The Mountain'' (#24) [with The Dee Jays] 1958 Festival
''So Tough (#16) / That'll Be Allright'' (#48) [with The Dee Jays] 1958 Festival
''I Ain't A Gonna Do It (#44) / Could This Be Magic'' [with The Dee Jays] 1958 Festival
''Peek-A-Boo (#66) / What Da Ya Know!'' (#2) [with The Dee Jays] 1959 Festival
''You Excite Me (#36) / Why Do They Doubt Our Love'' (#8) [with The Dee Jays] 1959 Festival
''Swan-ee River (#12) / Steady Game'' [with The Dee Jays] 1959 Leedon
''Shout Part I / Shout Part II / What'd I Say'' (#2) [with The Dee Jays and The Delltones] 1959 Leedon
''She's My Baby (#1) / Own True Self'' 1959 Lee Gordon
'' It's Too Late / Jubilee'' 1960 Lee Gordon
''Come On And Take My Hand (#1) / Don't You Know (Pretty Baby)'' 1960 Lee Gordon

'' Ready For You (#10) / Save The Last Dance For Me'' 1960 Lee Gordon
''Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / I Believe'' 1961 Leedon
''I'm Counting On You (#1) / Right Now!'' 1961 Leedon
''Sing! (#6) / To Love'' 1962 Leedon
''Yes, Indeed I Do (#38) / Keep A Walkin' 1962 Leedon
'' I Thank You / Heaven Sent'' 1962 Leedon
''Move, Baby, Move (#1) / You'll Never Cherish A Love So True (Until You Lose It)'' 1963 Leedon
''Shake, Baby, Shake (#19) / Good Luck Charm'' 1963 Leedon
''Twist It Up (#44) / Twist And Shout'' 1963 Leedon
''She Wears My Ring (#9) / Let's Love Tonight'' 1964 Leedon
''Shout (Parts 1 And 2) / Come On And Take My Hand'' 1964 Leedon
''Rock 'N' Roll Will Stand (It Will Stand) (#25) / Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow'' 1964 Leedon
''Cry Cry Baby / Nobody Loves Me (Everybody Hates Me)'' 1965 Leedon
''The Sun's Gonna Shine Tomorrow (#51) / Mansion Over The Hilltop'' 1966 Leedon
''Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw (#54) / My Heart Belongs To Only You'' 1966 Leedon
''Hey, Girl / Don't Be Cruel'' 1966 Leedon
''Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Parts 1 And 2) / Ecstacy'' 1967 Leedon
''She's My Baby (#12) / She Wears My Ring'' 1969 Festival
''Confessions Of A Lonely Man (#46) / To Love Somebody'' 1970 Festival
''I Am Blessed / Sing (And Tell The Blues So Long)'' 1971 Festival
'' (You've Got Me) Dangling On A String / Keep On Smiling'' 1972 Festival
''High Rollin' Man (#84) / My Lady (By The River)'' 1972 Festival
''So Tough (#7) / Holly Holy'' 1972 Festival
''Mockingbird (#8) / Soulshake'' [with Margaret McLaren and The Stuart Park Group] 1973 Festival
''Rock 'N' Roll Music (#75) / Mary Lee'' 1973 Festival

''Saturday Night (#100) / Over And Over'' 1974 Festival
''Full Blooded Natural Man / Taste The Wine'' 1975 Festival
''On The Road (#61) / Rock 'N' Roll Boogie'' 1975 Festival

''One Of Those Nights (#92) / Rock 'n' Roll Will Stand (It Will Stand)'' 1977

EPs

'Whole Lotta Shakin' [with The Dee Jays] 1957 Festival
'Shakin' At The Stadium' [with The Dee Jays] 1958 Festival
'Yours Johnny' [with The Dee Jays] 1958 Festival
'Six O'Clock Rock Vol. 1' [with The Dee Jays] 1959 Lee Gordon
'Jubilee' 1960 Lee Gordon
'Six O'Clock Rock Volume 2' 1960 Lee Gordon
'Six O'Clock Rock Vol: III' [with The Dee Jays] 1960 Lee Gordon
'Shakin' At The Stadium Vol. 2' [with The Dee Jays] 1961 Festival
'You Excite Me' [with The Dee Jays] 1961 Festival
'Take My Hand' 1961 Leedon
'Shout' 1961 Leedon
'I'm Counting On You' 1962 Leedon
'Twistin' With J. O'K' 1962 Leedon
'More Twistin' With Johnny O'Keefe' 1962 Leedon
'Right Now' 1962 Leedon
'Sing' 1962 Leedon
'Twistin Time' 1962 Leedon
'I Thank You' 1963 Leedon
'Johnny O'Keefe's So Tough!' 1963 Leedon
'J.OK Live!' [with The Dee Jays] 1963 Leedon
'Move, Baby, Move' 1963 Leedon
'Sing, Sing, Sing A Johnny O'Keefe Song' 1963 Leedon
'A Girl Needs To Love And Be Loved' 1964 Leedon
'The New Shout' 1964 Leedon
'Just A Closer Walk With Thee' 1964 Leedon
'Shake Baby Shake And Twist And Shout' 1964 Leedon
'She Wears My Ring' 1964 Leedon
'Don't Be Cruel' 1964 Leedon
'My Heart Belongs To Only You' 1964 Leedon
'Rock 'N' Roll Will Stand' 1964 Leedon
'Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go' 1965 Leedon
'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow' 1966 Leedon
'J. O'K' 1967 Leedon
'The Sun's Gonna Shine Tomorrow' 1967 Leedon
'She Wears My Ring' 1967 Leedon
'Buzz Buzz Buzz' 1969 Leedon
'She's My Baby' 1970 Festival
'Ooh Poo Pah Doo' 1971 Festival
'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' 1971 Festival

ALBUMS

'Johnny's Golden Album' [with The Dee Jays] 1958 Festival
'The Big Show' 1960 Leedon
'Shout' [with The Dee Jays] 1960 Leedon
'Twist 1961' Leedon

'I'm Still Alive' 1961 Leedon
'Come On!' 1962 Leedon

'The Good Old Days Of Rock & Roll' 1963 Universal
'About Love' 1963 Leedon
'Shake Baby Shake' 1963 Leedon

'The J.O'K. Sound' 1964 Leedon
'The Sun's Gonna Shine Tomorrow And Other J.O'K. Hits' 1966 Leedon
'Where The Action Is - Starring Johnny O'Keefe' 1967 Leedon
'Live On The Gold Coast' [with The Escorts] 1968 Calendar
'Collectors Items From The Rockin' 50's' 1969 Festival
'Johnny O'Keefe Live' 1973 Universal Summit

'jo'k' 1973 Calendar
'Johnny B.Goode '1974 Festival
'The Peppermint Twist' 1975 Festival
'The Living Legend Of Johnny O'Keefe' 1975 K-Tel

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_O%27Keefe

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