Cat. No. VV 1086: JOHNNY REBB AND HIS REBELS ~ SOME SWING, SOME SWEET. LEEDON LP-202.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
JOHNNY REBB (BORN DONALD JAMES DELBRIDGE) BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A COUNTRY & WESTERN SINGER. WITH THE ADVENT OF ROCK'N'ROLL IN AUSTRALIA HE SWITCHED HIS ALLEGIANCE TO ROCK'N'ROLL AND QUICKLY BECAME ONE OF THE TOP ROCK AND ROLLERS IN AUSTRALIA WITH TRACKS SUCH AS "HEY SHERIFF", A COVER OF THE RUSTY AND DOUG KERSHAW SONG, "ROCK ON", A COVER OF THE TRINI LOPEZ ROCKABILLY CLASSIC WHICH WAS ALMOST UNHEARD OF IN AUSTRALIA. OTHER RECORDINGS CONSISTED OF "PATHWAY TO PARADISE", "WALK THE BE-BOP WALK" AND "SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE". BECAUSE OF HIS MILD DEMEANOR HE WAS DUBBED THE GENTLEMAN OF ROCK'N'ROLL. WITH THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE BRITISH INVASION AND THE DEMISE OF ROCK'N'ROLL HE JOINED FORCES WITH TOP AUSTRALIAN SURFING GROUP, THE ATLANTICS AND RECORDED WITH THEM FOR A SHORT TIME. JOHNNY PASSED AWAY ON 28 JULY, 2014.
THIS ALBUM IS ANOTHER RARE AUSTRALIAN FIND. AN ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN PRESSING ON THE LEEDON LABEL. BOTH THE SLEEVE AND THE RECORD ARE IN VIRTUALLY MINT CONDITION WITH ALMOST NO SIGNS OF WEAR.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1: You Got What It Takes / We Belong Together / Hey Sheriff / All For The Love Of A Girl / Maybellene / Pathway To Paradise.
Side 2: Lonesome Road / Settin' The Woods On Fire / Ladder Of Love / Cry Baby / Right Here On Earth / Walk The Be-Bop Walk.
12" VINYL RECORD
Johnny Rebb, born Donald James Delbridge, (20 March 1939[1] – 28 July 2014[2]) was an Australian singer.
Rebb began as a country & western singer and was signed with Leedon Records and was dubbed the "Gentleman of Rock" by disc jockeys of the time.[3]
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 of rock'n'roll, Rebb began singing in the band The Atlantics and became their lead singer.[4]
