NOELEEN BATLEY

Noeleen Batley was born in Sydney on Christmas Day, 1943, and started singing at the age of five with her mother’s encouragement. As a child, she performed on radio shows like 2UE’s Youth Parade, 2UW’s Amateur Hour, and the ABC’s Rockville Junction. She entered many talent competitions, eventually winning her first recording contract with Festival Records in 1960 as a prize in a singing contest. Her debut record, ''Starry Eyed'', released on the Rex label in February 1960, wasn’t a hit, but her next release that September, ''Barefoot Boy'' by 16-year-old Helene Grover, became a huge success, charting in all mainland Australian capitals and staying on the charts for sixteen weeks. 

This made Batley the first Australian female pop singer with a national hit, leading to appearances on TV shows like Youth Show, Bandstand, and Six O’Clock Rock. In 1961, she was voted Australia’s Top Female Singer and toured with Jimmie Rodgers and The Everly Brothers. Managed by her mother, she toured New Zealand in 1964, continued recording with Festival until 1969, and then toured Europe and England. Settling in England in 1970, she kept performing, releasing her final record, ''Seabird'', on Interfusion in 1972. Batley married in 1975, had a child in 1976, and later lived in Essex, England, before moving to Miami, Florida.

SINGLES
''Starry Eyed / Soldier, Won't You Marry Me'' 1960 Rex
''Barefoot Boy (#9) / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold'' 1960 Rex
''Little Boy Blue (#9) / Between Two Trees'' 1961 Rex
''Rendezvous (#44) / Fickle Fingers'' 1961 Festival
''Tammy / Little Sir Echo'' 1961 Festival
''Ice Cream Man / Over In That Happy Land'' 1961 Festival
'' Steady Johnny / A Letter Full Of Tears'' 1962 Festival
''Cryin' Fool (#99) / Don't Play No. 9'' 1962 Festival
''Ten Lonely Weekends (#79) / My Boy'' 1963 Festival
''Forgive Me (#67) / Surfer Boy'' 1963 Festival
''Little Treasure From Japan (Kon-Nichi Wa Akachan'' (#39) 1964 Festival
''Padre / Watching The Hours Go By'' 1965 Festival
''Owakare - No - Namida (Tears Of Stars) / Shima - No - Ankosan (Girl Of The Beautiful Isle)'' 1965 Festival
''Baby, I'm Losing You / His Lips Get In The Way'' 1965 Festival
''Heartaches And Kisses / Running Around In Circles'' 1966 Festival
''To Be Myself / All Over The World (Dans Le Monde Entier)'' 1967 Festival
''How Far Is Somewhere / The Wishing Song'' 1967 Festival
''You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It / The Trolly Song'' 1968 Interfusion
''Seabird / Let It Stay This Way'' 1972 Interfusion

EPs

'Starry Eyed' 1960 Rex
'Merry Christmas From Noeleen Batley' 1961 Festival
'Noeleen Batley's Big Four' 1961 Festival
'Hi Lili Hi Lo' 1962 Festival
'Noeleen Sings For You' 1962 Festival
'Ten Lonely Weekends' 1963 Festival
'Forgive Me' 1964 Festival
'Little Treasure From Japan' 1965 Festival
'Noeleen Batley Starring In ' The Wizard Of Oz '1965 Festival

ALBUMS

'Rendezvous With Noeleen Batley' 1961 Rex
'Little Treasure From Japan' 1964 Festival

'You Made Me Love You' 1968 Festival

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noeleen_Batley

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