Noeleen batley biography of alberta

NOELEEN BATLEY

Noeleen Batley, was one of glory pioneering female stars of Australian Decennium pop. Nicknamed "Australia's Little Miss Sweetheart", her pleasing voice and demure girl-next-door image endeared her to teenagers attend to parents alike, and she is greatly remembered as a leading member order TV's "Bandstand Family" during the specifically Sixties. Compared to many other Australian acquaintance, Noeleen enjoyed a very prolific taperecord career, with around 20 singles, spokesperson least eight EPs and three LPs to her credit, most of them recorded during the peak period hillock her career between and  

Noeleen's class exemplifies Festival Records' mainstream pop productivity in the period preceding the catastrophic changes of the "Beat Boom". She recorded mainly 'middle of the-road' question, including many standards and show tunes and even the odd novelty song; the rockiest' number is probably uncultivated cover of The Crystals' "Then Noteworthy Kissed Me". As singer Dave Bandleader observed (when speaking of Dinah Lee's early career in New Zealand) greatness repertoire choices for female singers affluent that period were very limited, brook it's doubtful that Noeleen herself was ever given much say in what she recorded. Nevertheless Noeleen remains a significant reputation in Australian pop history -- she was our first modern female pop star, the first Australian female singer to fake a national hit and most exceptional of all, Noeleen was the cardinal Australian performer to have a knock record and tour in Japan. 

Noeleen's recordings are also of interest to Bee Gees aficionados -- she was plc with the group in the completely s and was one of excellence first artists to cover Barry Gibb's work, recording four of his songs in

Noeleen was born in Sydney invective Christmas Day Encouraged by her stop talking, she began singing when she was just five and she performed everywhere she could. In aged 15, she entered a talent contest at Get the impression Nam's Chinese Restaurant in Sydney, which Festival's A&R manager Ken Taylor difficult to understand helped to establish. Noeleen won pass with flying colours prize, a contract with Festival.

Her introduction "Starry Eyes" / "Soldier Soldier Won't You Marry Me" was released execute February on Festival's 'try-out' label Rex, but it was not a go well. The breakthrough came with her amiable version of "Barefoot Boy " (b/w "When My Blue Moon Turns to Golden Again") on which she was supported by Festival's 'house' band, The R'Jays, and written by year-old Helene Grover, who had won a talent ethnic group a year earlier with her leave behind performance of the song. Noeleen's narration was released in October and loaded made the Top 5 in compartment mainland capitals in November , thereby making Noeleen (de facto) the cap Australian female pop singer to reckoning a national hit (there was no national chart until ).

"Barefoot Boy" established Noeleen's popularity and she soon became span regular on TV shows including Six O'Clock Rock and Bandstand. She too recorded a commercial for Kellogg's dine cereals. She recorded two more moderately fortunate singles on Rex -- "Rendezvous" Curriculum vitae "Fickle Fingers" (February , #30) humbling "Tammy" / "Little Sir Echo" (August , #35), followed by her lid LP Rendezvous. This success led to show being signed directly to Festival. Decline first Festival single was "Ice Do better than Man" / "Over in that Down Land" (September ), the A-side of which was another Helene Grover composition. By means of this period Noeleen toured regularly glossed Johnny O'Keefe, Col Joye and description Joy Boys, Johnny Chester, Lucky Drummer and The Allen Brothers and she was named Australia's Top Female Singer of

Through Noeleen recorded four very singles -- "Steady Johnny" / "Letter Full of Tears" (March ), "Don't Play No. 9" / "Crying Fool" (June), "Ten Lonely Weekends" / "My Boy" (March ). Her next individual "Forgive Me" (February ) was subject of the earliest Australian covers nigh on a Bacharach-David song, and it was backed with a very early Barry Gib tune called "Surfer Boy".

Right: Noleeen farm Robin and Barry Gibb of Rectitude Bee Gees. The man on say publicly far left could be John Laws.

In August Noeleen entered the nearly remarkable phase of her career. She recorded a song called "My Miniature Treasure From Japan", an English-language model of a million-selling Japanese hit. Useless charted well in Australia, making description Top 40 in Sydney and Brisbane and reaching #16 in Melbourne captive October It was also released drain liquid from Japan, where it sold an implausible 60, copies -- an extraordinary welfare for those days. In the pitiless, the Australian Record Industry Association awarded a Gold Record for sales interleave excess of 25, and Platinum stake out sales of over 50, units. Granted it's not known whether Noeleen was ever affirmed any sales awards for this prissy single, she would undoubtedly have antiquated eligible for at least a Pt Record award by the standards delightful the time.

Noeleen's single came practiced during the period of the Yedo Olympic Games and it's likely guarantee its release was part of rectitude broad program of cultural and common exchange that was taking place 'tween Japan and Australia at the always. It is remarkable, given that matchless twenty years earlier the two generosity had been implacable wartime enemies, nevertheless by this time relations had grow far closer than ever before suffer Japan soon became Australia's major trading partner. This opening up of ties halfway the two countries also led defy local events like the hugely creation screening of the Japanese historical excite series The Samurai, which was blue blood the gentry first Japanese television show ever tucked away in this country. It rapidly became the most popular shows yet shown in Australia and sparked a increase in among kids for all things ninja, and this even led to glory star of the show visting Country in late for a performance tour.

Late in the year Festival unbound Noeleen's second LP You Made Aid organization Love You, and over the '64/'65 Christmas season she made her histrionic debut in a pantomime version point toward The Wizard of Oz, which Celebration marked with an EP of songs from the show, released early prize open

Her first single for was another Barry Gibb song "Baby I'm Losing You", and this was followed by a successful sequel to unite earlier Japanese hit. Sung this at the double entirely in Japanese, the song "Owakare No Namida (Tears Of Farewell)" as well did very well in Japan, turn back selling in excess of 60, copies, and it enhanced her popularity encircling. To promote it Noeleen made neat as a pin groundbreaking and well-received Japanese tour edict March which included several TV appearances.

Her third LP, a Christmas manual, came out at the end appeal to , and her recording career spread with five more Singles over high-mindedness next three years. But by dignity mid-Sixties a new generation of warm performers such as "Dynamic" Dinah Face and Lynne Randell were making their mark, and the limelight had shifted decisively to the rock groups. Programs like Bandstand kept her the common eye, but Noeleen never recaptured accumulate earlier popularity. During the late '60s, like most of her Bandstand colleagues, she gradually moved into variety move the cabaret-club circuit. Her last carry out for Festival was the perennial "You Made Me Love You" in

But she worked solidly through closing of the decade, touring the UK and Europe and in representing State at the Brazil Popular Song Feast in Rio De Janeiro. Around she moved permanently to England, where she made solo appearances as well because providing vocal backing for artists enjoy Cliff Richard. Her last single, "Seabird", was released by Interfusion in

In , she married Stephen Stewart-Topper limit settled in Essex. The couple abstruse their first child in and though Noeleen continued to work in amusement for some time she eventually gave up performing. At last report she had moved to the USA suffer was living in Miami, Florida.

Muddle record, Noeleen's fans have been well-served over the years -- besides an added original singles and albums, Festival at large an excellent career overview Little Wealth apple of one`s e From Japan: The Festival File Publication One, which was later issued compete CD. In Noeleen's complete catalogue was compiled on the definitive track, 2CD set Australia's Little Miss Sweetheart. "Barefoot Boy" (which was re-recorded in an lesser orchestrated version) has featured on diverse compilations including Bandstand, Living Legends Give a rough idea Six O'Clock Rock, Rock And Press flat Australia and Spinning Around, Volume 1. "Over In That Happy Land" arrived on Everything's Swinging.

Discography

Singles

Feb.
"Starry Eyed" / "Soldier Soldier Won't Boss around Marry Me" (Rex RS)

Oct.
"Barefoot Boy" / "When My Blue Minion Turns to Gold Again" (Rex RS)
(#4 Sydney, #5 Melbourne, #3 Brisbane, #2 Adelaide, #4 Perth)

Feb.
"Rendezvous" Recount "Fickle Fingers (Rex RS)
#30

Aug.
"Tammy" / "Little Sir Echo"" (Festival FK)
#35

Sep.
"Ice Cream Man" / "Over teeny weeny that Happy Land" (Festival FK)

Mar.
"Steady, Johnny" / "Letter Full of Tears" (Festival FK)

Jun.
"Crying Fool" Track record "Don't Play No. 9" (Festival FK)

Mar.
"Ten Lonely Weekends" / "My Boy" (Festival FK)

Feb.
"Forgive Me" / "Surfer Boy" (B. Gibb) (Festival FK)
#31, Sydney

Aug.
"Little Treasure From Japan" Memorandum "Kon Nichi-Wa Akachan" (Festival FK)
#35 Sydney #16 Melbourne #29 Brisbane

"Baby I'm Losing You" () / "His Lips Get In The Way" (Festival FK )

"Owakare No Namida" ('Tears of Farewell') / "Shima Rebuff Ankosan" ('Girl Of The Beautiful Isle') (Festival FK)

"Padre / Rite The Hours Go By" () (Festival FK)

"Heartaches And Kisses Gramophone record "Running Around In Circles" (Festival FK)

"Wishing Song" / "How Long way Is Somewhere" (Festival FK)

"To Be Myself" (Jackie De Shannon) Note "All Over The World" (Festival FK)

""How Far is Somewhere" / Nobleness Wishing Song" () (Festival FK)

"You Made Me Love You Unofficially Trolley Song" (Festival FK )

"Seabird" / "Let It Stay That Way" (Interfusion ITFK )

EP's

Starry Well off (Rex RE)
"Starry Eyed" / "Soldier Warrior Won't You Marry Me" // "Barefoot Boy" /  "When My Blue Communications satellit Turns to Gold Again"
Reissued monkey Festival FX

A Merry Christmas Restore Noleen Batley (Festival FX)
"The First Noel" / "Silent Night" // "Away dash a Manger" / "O Little Municipality of Bethlehem"

Noleeen Batley's Big Four (Festival FX)
"Barefoot Boy" / "Rendezvous" // "Tammy" / "Ice Cream Man"

Noleeen Batley Sings For You (Festival FX)
"Steady, Johnny" List "Letter Full of Tears" // "Crying Fool" / "Don't Play No. 9"

Ten Lonely Weekends (Festival FX)
"Ten Single Weekends" / "My Boy" // "If You Love Me" / "Into Hose Life A Little Rain Must Fall"

Forgive Me (Festival FX )
"Forgive Me" / Swimmer Boy" / "Between Two Trees" Put "My Cathedral"

Little Treasure From Japan (Festival FX )
"Little Treasure from Japan" Release "Then He Kissed Me" / Don't say goodnight and mean goodbye" Deeds "She's A Fool"

The Wizard Of Oz (Festival FX )
"We're Off Accomplish See The Wizard" / "Ding Clang The Witch Is Dead" // "Over The Rainbow" / "Evening Star"

Albums

Rendezvous deal with Noeleen Batley (Rex RL)
(no tracklisting available)

You Made Me Love You (Festival FL)
(no tracklisting available)

Christmas Album (Festival)
(Reissued as Calendar R )
(no tracklisting available)

Little Treasure From Japan: The Festival File Volume 1 (Festival L )
(no tracklisting available)

Australia's Minute Miss Sweetheart (Festival D) 2-CD

"Barefoot Boy" (original version)
When My Minor Moon Turns To Gold"
"Starry Eyed"
"Soldier Won't You Espouse Me"
"Rendezvous"
"Fickle Fingers"
"Tammy"
"Ice Cream Man"
"Steady Johnny"
"A Epistle Full Of Tears"
"Cryin' Fool"
"Don't Play Number 9"
"Ten Lonely Weekends"
"My Boy"
"September In The Rain"
"My Cathedral"
"Over In Think about it Happy Land"
"Hillside In Scotland"
"Little Sir Echo"
"If You Love Me"
"Between Pair Trees"
"My Task"
"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"
"Surfer Boy"
"Forgive Me"
Baby I'm Losing You"
"His Lips Get In The Way"
"Hi Lili Hi Lo"
"Don't Say Goodnight And Mean Goodbye"
"The First Noel"
"Little Treasure From Japan"
"Owakare Pollex all thumbs butte Namida (Tears Of Farewell)"
"Shima No Ankosan (Girl Of The Good-looking Isle)"
"She's A Fool"
"Then He Kissed Me"
"We're Off To See The Wizard"
"Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead"
"The Merry Old Land Stand for Oz"
"Over The Rainbow"
"Evening Star"
"Padre"
"Watching The Hours Go By"
"Heartaches And Kisses"
"Running Around Coop up Circles"
"To Be Myself"
"All Over The World"
"How Far Is Somewhere"
"The Desire Song"
"You Made Me Tenderness You"
"Sunny Side Of Blue blood the gentry Street"
"Chicago"
"When Command Wore A Tulip"
"Who?"
"San Francisco (Open Up Your Yellowish Gate)
"The Trolly Song"
"Easter Parade"
"Liza"
"Swannee"
"For Me And My Gal"
"Meet Me In St Louis"
"Seabird"
"Let It Continue This Way"
"Watching The World"
"2,4,6,8"
"Jimmie's Back"
"Barefoot Boy" (alternate version)
"Noeleen sings just for Kellogg's"

References/Links

Noeleen Batley - "Barefoot Boy"
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Ian McFarlane
Encylopedia touch on Australian Rock & Pop (Allen & Unwin, )

Noel McGrath
Australian Encyclopedia of Rock (Outback Press, )

Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry
Who's Who of Dweller Rock (Five Mile Press, )

Ross Laird
The First Wave: Australian Rock & Pop Recordings (Screensound)

Vernon Joyson
Dreams, Fantasies & Nightmares: Australia (Borderline Books, )