Friday, December 29, 2023

Jon English [R.I.P.] - Discography - [Australian Artist]

Jon English - Discography

Jonathan James English
Born: 26 March 1949 - Died: 9 March 2016
R.I.P.

Jonathan James "Jon" English (26 March 1949 – 9 March 2016) was an English-born Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He emigrated from England to Australia with his parents in 1961. He was an early vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Sebastian Hardie but left to take on the role of Judas Iscariot in the Australian version of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar from May 1972, which was broadcast on television.[2] English was also a noted solo singer; his Australian top twenty hit singles include "Turn the Page", "Hollywood Seven", "Words are Not Enough", "Six Ribbons" and "Hot Town".

English was acclaimed for his starring role in the 1978 Australian TV series Against the Wind – he won the TV Week Logie Award for 'Best New Talent in Australia'. He also co-wrote and performed the score with Mario Millo (ex-Sebastian Hardie). The series had international release, known as Mot alla vindar (1980) in Swedish, where "Six Ribbons" was released as a single, both single and the soundtrack album peaked at No.1 on the Norwegian charts; the first single, "Six Ribbons" and the album, peaked at No.4 on the Swedish charts.

6 comments:

PB said...

Just visited here....and...wow.

Thank you

Ozzieguy said...

Hello PB
Jon was such a nice guy, I adored not only his music but also his acting. He was brilliant. R.I.P Jon

PB said...

In the 70s I could have almost imagined English fronting a band like Deep Purple. Would have been awesome. Maybe it was his theatre background, but his interpretive skills as a singer were among the best of the era.

Ozzieguy said...

Hello PB
Oh yes, Jon was terrific in his theatre work, I truly loved all of what I saw him doing. And his singing was awesome, I loved his music.
Best Wishes
Ozzieguy

Chris said...

Hello, These links are all to MediaFire which dont work. Cheers

Ozzieguy said...

Thank you Chris.
It will take a fair amount of time to fix because everytime that group seem to change things as well.