Cat. No. 2544: JOHNNY CHESTER AND THE LONESOME HEARTS ~ WHAT YOU HEAR IS WHAT YOU GET. HOMESPUN HSCD 008.

TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK.

JOHNNY CHESTER IS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A “LEGEND” OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC SCENE. HE STARTED HIS CAREER IN 1959 SINGING ROCK’N’ROLL WITH A GROUP CALLED THE JAYWOODS, LATER RENAMED THE CHESSMEN. HIS FIRST RECORDINGS WERE MADE FOR MELBOURNE LABEL W&G RECORDS WITH BACKING BY THE THUNDERBIRDS. HIS LATER RECORDINGS FOR W&G INCLUDED BACKING BY THE CHESSMEN. IN 1968 HE JOINED WITH JIGSAW AND RELEASED SEVERAL POP HITS. IN 1969 HE CHANGED ALLEGIANCE TURNING TO COUNTRY MUSIC WHERE HE HAS ENJOYED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AND REMAINS WITH COUNTRY MUSIC TO THIS DAY. OVER HIS CAREER JOHNNY HAS RELEASED OVER 50 SINGLES & OVER 35 ALBUMS WITH VARYING DEGREE OF SUCCESS AND REMAINS ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST POPULAR ARTISTS. V. GOOD ****

TRACK LISTINGS: I’m On The Road / She’d Rather Not Know / Vegemite Kisses / Under Western Skies / Cute Bootscooter / The Chance / Make It To The Bell / Missing / You / Drive Away / Too Close To The Edge / Not Done Yet / The Rock ‘N’ Roll Years.

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