MARCIE JONES

Marcie started her singing career in 1960 at the age of fifteen with the Thunderbirds at the Canterbury Ballroom and Preston Town Hall. She then joined up with Normie Rowe and The Playboys. In 1964 she joined the cast of The Go!! Show the television show which was to make her a household name throughout Australia. Marcie appeared on every national TV variety show in Australia over four decades. She recorded five singles from 1965 to 1967 on the Sunshine label with some minor chart success.

In 1967 Marcie together with the Cook sisters Margaret, Beverley and Wendy formed' Marcie and the Cookies' which became the top female singing group in Australia. During 1969 and 1970, 'Marcie and the Cookies' performed extensively throughout Asia and Europe and toured the United Kingdom with Cliff Richard and the Shadows. Marcie decided to return home to Australia, leaving the Cook sisters to continue on as Cliff's backing singers and joined lead singer and guitarist Peter Williams formerly of The Groove in a new group called Spirit of Progress. Marcie Jones then resumed her solo career with a new manager and record label, Atlantic. She released an album and six singles between 1973 and 1976, the second of which, "Gonna Get Married" made the top 40.

In 1998, Marcie released a four track CD titled 'Pure Heart'. One of the tracks from this CD, her own composition "George Jones" written about her father, won her a nomination at the 1999 Victorian Country Music Awards for Best Female Singer. She has won further nominations in the same category for both the 2000 and 2001 awards singing her own songs "Butterfly of Love" and "Long Boots".

SINGLES

''I Just Can't Imagine / When A Girl Falls In Love'' 1965 Sunshine
''I Wanna Know / Quiet'' (#63) 1965 Sunshine
''Danny Boy / That Hurts'' 1966 Sunshine
''You Can't Bypass Love / (He's Gonna Be) Fine, Fine, Fine'' 1967 Sunshine
''That's The Way It Is (#99) / Big Lovers Come In Small Packages'' 1967 Sunshine
''Armed And Extremely Dangerous (#71) / Over The Rainbow'' 1973 Atlantic
''Gonna Get Married (#37) / I Found My Freedom'' 1973 Atlantic
''I Only Have Eyes For You / Gonna Make It'' 1974 Atlantic
''Space Captain / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You'' 1974 Atlantic
''Baby, I Need Your Lovin' / It Hurts So Good'' 1975 Atlantic
''Back Here In Your Arms Again / I Like Your Music'' 1976 Atlantic

''The Vow / Good For The Goose'' 2002 Pure Heart

EPs

'Pure Heart' 1998 Pure Heart

ALBUMS

'That Girl Jones' 1974 Atlantic

References

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