Colin Frederick Jacobsen AM (born 13 April 1937), better known by his stage name Col Joye, is an Australian pioneer rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur with a career spanning almost sixty-seven years, starting from the late 50s.
[3] Jacobson started performing and recording in the late 1950s with his backing band, originally called the KJ Quintet, the predecessor of what would become the Joy Boys,[3] which included his brothers Kevin and Keith.
[6] The Sapphires were Duke Finlay, Tony Garrick and Ned Hussey,[7] initially starting as a Sydney vocal trio in 1957, Barry Carroll was added in 1960 to round out their sound (much like the Deltones ) and they were used as backing group for many Australian artists on studio recordings in the early 1960s.
He toured Australia with fellow acts that where featured on the program, including Judy Stone, the De Kroo Brothers, Sandy Scott and Little Pattie.
[2][4] During the period between personal musical successes in the late 50s and early 1960s, Col and Kevin Jacobsen built an influential entertainment management, publishing and recording business, including ATA Studios in Glebe, New South Wales.
[15] In 1990, while pruning a neighbour's tree with a chainsaw as a favour, Joye slipped and fell six metres onto brick paving below, striking his head and falling into a coma, as well as sustaining serious lower back and shoulder injuries.
[6][21] The curator's notes commented that: There is not a lot to this pop song, written by American Frank McNulty, other than a catchy title hook.
The original recording was made using a nylon string guitar, bass (wonderfully out of tune in the beginning) and minimalist drums with Col Joye almost whispering the vocals (as he had a cold at the time).