NOELEEN BATLEY

Noeleen Batley was born in Sydney on Christmas Day, 1943, and began singing at the age of five with her mother's encouragement. As a child, she sang on radio shows such as 2UE's Youth Parade, 2UW's Amateur Hour and the ABC's Rockville Junction. She entered numerous talent competitions, and eventually won her first recording contract, with Festival Records, in 1960 as a prize in a singing competition. Batley's first record "Starry Eyed" was released on the Rex imprint in February 1960 but was not a success. However, her next record, released in September of the same year, achieved great chart success in all the Australian mainland capital cities: Brisbane #3, Sydney #4, Melbourne #5, Adelaide #2 and Perth #4. It was a recording of ''Barefoot Boy'', a song written by the then 16-year-old Helene Grover. It remained in the charts for sixteen weeks. 

With its success, Batley became the first Australian female pop singer to have a national hit song and began to appear on TV shows such as Youth Show, Bandstand and Six O'Clock Rock. In 1961, Batley was voted Australia's Top Female Singer and supported Jimmie Rodgers and The Everly Brothers on their tour of Australia. Her mother became her manager and together they completed a two-week tour of New Zealand in 1964. She continued to record for Festival until 1969, when she went on a tour of Europe and England. She eventually settled in England, in 1970, and continued to perform there. Her last recording, ''Seabird'' on the Interfusion label, was released in 1972. Batley married in 1975 and had a child in 1976. The family lived first in Essex, England, and then in 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/