John Michael O'Keefe (19 January 1935 – 6 October 1978) was an Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the early 1950s. A pioneer of Rock...

Australian rock and roll song written by Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe, and Dave Owens. While most sources state that O'Keefe was directly involved in composing...

based on Johnny O'Keefe's life, the characters of O'Keefe and of his mother Thelma perform "Mockingbird" as part of a sequence dramatizing O'Keefe's 1975...

roll singer Johnny O'Keefe. He attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, and then studied arts and law at the University of Sydney. O'Keefe was married...

awards to promote the live entertainment industry in New South Wales. Johnny O'Keefe became chairman in 1976, and decided the awards should become an Australia-wide...

Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe is a two part Australian dramatisation about the life of musician Johnny O'Keefe from his peak success in the 1950s...

role in the early career of pioneering Australian rock'n'roll singer Johnny O'Keefe, serving as his manager. Many parts of Gordon's life story remain sketchy...

Hamilton's 1962 Vee Jay single "Move & Groove" was the original version of Johnny O'Keefe's 1963 Australian hit "Move Baby Move. In 1963, Thunder linked up with...

Merriman as compère and Johnny O'Keefe and his band The Dee Jays as guests. The Dee Jays consisted of Dave Owens (tenor sax), Johnny "Greeno" Greenan (baritone...

Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee, near friends Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. In 1978, they moved to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. They had often stayed...

by disc jockeys of the time. He also replaced Johnny O'Keefe as the MC of Saturday Rock while O'Keefe was in the USA. In the 1960s, with the onslaught...

Glory). Haley has been portrayed by: John Paramor in Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe (1985) Michael Daingerfield in Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story...

rock'n'roll singer Johnny O'Keefe was engaged as the label's A&R manager. Although he was still contracted to Festival Records at the time, O'Keefe was able to...

salesperson. Barry O'Keefe was the brother of the late rock singer, Johnny O'Keefe, who died in 1978. Their parents sent both brothers to Waverley College...

tour followed the album's release. The collection included a cover of Johnny O'Keefe's "Wild One" (here titled "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" and three original...

24 August 2011. Anderson, Aoife (13 November 2007). "Name change: 'Johnny O'Keefe' doesn't have the star quality of 'Jonathan Rhys Meyers'". Irish Independent...

Graduates with Nancy Eichorn - Lonnie Lee Johnny Devlin and the Devils Col Joye and the Joy Boys - perform Johnny O'Keefe and the DJs - appears last, joined...

O'Keefe left, and the remaining trio changed their name to The Crescents. Johnny O'Keefe became their manager, and promoted his young vocalists with live performances...

December 2010. Bell, Adam (12 February 2016). "INXS' Michael Hutchence and Johnny O'Keefe lie at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens". The Daily Telegraph. Archived...

traditional black gospel sound. One month after the initial release, Johnny O'Keefe performed the song on his Australian TV show Six O'Clock Rock. He released...

musician. He performed on pop music programs, Six O'Clock Rock, Bandstand, Johnny O'Keefe Show, Sing Sing Sing, Saturday Date, and Woody's Teen Time. He issued...

Bandstand and Six O'Clock Rock, in which he briefly hosted taking over from Johnny O'Keefe, he was the first star to entertain troops in Vietnam. Lucky Starr was...

Legend of the Wild One is an Australian musical based on the life of Johnny O'Keefe. It premiered in Melbourne at the State Theatre in December 2000, before...

Kinks, Fela Kuti, John Lennon, Udo Lindenberg, Bob Marley (twice), Johnny O'Keefe, The Seekers, Dusty Springfield (twice), Donna Summer, The Temptations...

the Last Dance for Me" by Johnny O'Keefe, "Six White Boomers" by Rolf Harris, "Got a Zack in the Back of Me Pocket" by Johnny Devlin and The Bricks with...

Terry and The Graham Kennedy Show during the early 1960s. He replaced Johnny O'Keefe for a stint as national host on TV pop music show, Sing, Sing, Sing...

performers (Richard Marx and Michael McDonald). The Peter Allen and Johnny O'Keefe duets are built around archive recordings, with new vocals added by...

vocalization The Shout, a 1978 film by Jerzy Skolimowski Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe, 1986 television movie about the Australian singer Shout (film), a 1991...

Bell) in 1960. Other notable cover versions are by: Roy Orbison (1962) Johnny O'Keefe (1964) Ray Price(1968) Elvis Presley (1973). Solomon King recorded the...

Year Nominee / work Award Result 1980 INXS Johnny O'Keefe New Talent Nominated 1982 Shabooh Shoobah Best Australian Album Nominated "One Thing" Best Australian...