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Johnny Devlin

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John Lockett Devlin (born 11 May 1938), generally known as Johnny Devlin, is an influential early New Zealand-born Australian rock musician, known as "New Zealand's answer to Elvis Presley". [1]

61 relations: Auckland, Bandstand (Australia), Barry Stanton, Bee Gees, Benny Award, Bill Haley, Billy Graham, Blue Suede Shoes, Christchurch, City of Blue Mountains, Claude Papesch, Coca-Cola, Coronary artery bypass surgery, Elvis Presley, Festival Records, Gisborne, New Zealand, Heartbreak Hotel, Here, There & Everywhere (company), Jazz, Jimmy Lloyd, Johnny O'Keefe, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Lee Gordon (promoter), Leedon Records, Lloyd Price, Mabel Howard, Marton, New Zealand, Masterton, Max Merritt, Napier, New Zealand, New South Wales, New Zealand Music Awards, New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, New Zealand Order of Merit, North Island, Ohakune, Palmerston North, Phil Warren (promoter), Point Chevalier, Raetihi, Ray Columbus, Robert Kerridge, Rock and roll, Rock Around the Clock, Rock Around the Clock (film), Six O'Clock Rock, South Island, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Sydney, Tauranga, ..., The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, The Go!! Show, The New Zealand Herald, Variety Artists Club of New Zealand, Walter Nash, Wellington, Whanganui, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, 1974 British Commonwealth Games, 2008 New Year Honours (New Zealand). Expand index (11 more) »

Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Bandstand (Australia)

Bandstand, was an Australian pop music, variety television show which screened from November 1958 to June 1972.

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Barry Stanton

Barry John Stanton (23 January 1941 – 21 January 2018) was an English-Australian rock and roll musician.

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Bee Gees

The Bee Gees --> were a pop music group formed in 1958.

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Benny Award

The Benny Award is the highest honour that can be bestowed to a New Zealand variety entertainer.

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Bill Haley

William John Clifton Haley (July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician.

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Billy Graham

William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist, a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s.

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Blue Suede Shoes

"Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock-and-roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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City of Blue Mountains

The City of Blue Mountains is a local government area of New South Wales, Australia, governed by the Blue Mountains City Council.

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Claude Papesch

Claude Papesch was a multi-instrumentalist from New Zealand.

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Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola, or Coke (also Pemberton's Cola at certain Georgian vendors), is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company.

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Coronary artery bypass surgery

Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage") surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery, is a surgical procedure to restore normal blood flow to an obstructed coronary artery.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Festival Records

Festival Records (later known as Festival Mushroom Records) was an Australian recording and publishing company founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005.

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Gisborne, New Zealand

Gisborne (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa "Great standing place of Kiwa") is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District (or Gisborne Region).

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Heartbreak Hotel

"Heartbreak Hotel" is a song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley.

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Here, There & Everywhere (company)

Here, There & Everywhere (HT&E), formerly known as APN News & Media, is an Australian media company.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jimmy Lloyd

James "Jimmy" Lloyd (5 July 1939 – 22 March 2013) was an English boxer.

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Johnny O'Keefe

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

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Lawdy Miss Clawdy

"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" is a rhythm and blues song by New Orleans singer/songwriter Lloyd Price that "grandly introduced The New Orleans Sound".

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Lee Gordon (promoter)

Lee Gordon (born Leon Lazar Gevorshner, March 8, 1923– November 7, 1963) was an American entrepreneur and rock and roll promoter who worked extensively in Australia in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Leedon Records

Leedon Records was an Australian record label active from 1958 to 1969.

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Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price (born March 9, 1933) is an American R&B vocalist, known as "Mr.

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Mabel Howard

Mabel Bowden Howard (18 April 1894 – 23 June 1972) was a well-known New Zealand trade unionist and politician.

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Marton, New Zealand

Marton is a town in the Rangitikei district of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Masterton

Masterton (Whakaoriori) is a large town in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local government district).

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Max Merritt

Max Merritt (born Maxwell James Merritt, 30 April 1941 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist who is renowned as an interpreter of soul music and R&B.

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Napier, New Zealand

Napier (Ahuriri) is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New Zealand Music Awards

The New Zealand Music Awards are conferred annually by Recorded Music NZ, for outstanding artistic and technical achievements in the recording field.

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New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame is a figurative hall of fame dedicated to noteworthy musicians from New Zealand.

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New Zealand Order of Merit

The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of chivalry in New Zealand's honours system.

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North Island

The North Island (Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the slightly larger but much less populous South Island by Cook Strait.

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Ohakune

Ohakune is a small town in the North Island of New Zealand, situated 215 kilometres north of Wellington and 292 kilometres south of Auckland.

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Palmerston North

Palmerston North (Te Papa-i-Oea) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatu-Wanganui region.

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Phil Warren (promoter)

Philip "Phil" Reece Warren (1938/39 – 23 January 2002) was a New Zealand music promoter, manager, agent and later a politician.

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Point Chevalier

Point Chevalier is a suburb and peninsula in the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand.

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Raetihi

Raetihi is a town in the central North Island of New Zealand.

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Ray Columbus

Raymond John Patrick Columbus (4 November 1942 – 29 November 2016) was a New Zealand Benny Award-winning singer and songwriter, television host, music manager and entertainer, with a career spanning six decades.

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Robert Kerridge

Sir Robert James Kerridge (30 October 1901 – 26 April 1979) was a New Zealand businessman, cinema proprietor, film distributor, tourism promoter and entrepreneur.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Rock Around the Clock

"Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter being under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952.

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Rock Around the Clock (film)

Rock Around the Clock is the title of a 1956 musical film that featured Bill Haley and His Comets along with Alan Freed, the Platters, Tony Martinez and His Band and Freddie Bell and His Bellboys.

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Six O'Clock Rock

Six O'Clock Rock was an Australian Rock and Roll television show which showed on ABC from 28 February 1959 to 1962 and was broadcast at 6PM on Saturday evenings.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney

St Vincent's Hospital is located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, an inner suburb of Sydney.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Tauranga

Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers were an American country-influenced rock and roll duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing.

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The Go!! Show

The Go!! Show (also known simply as Go!!) was an Australian popular music television series which aired on ATV-10 Melbourne from August 1964 to August 1967.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.

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Variety Artists Club of New Zealand

The Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc (VAC) is a non-for-profit organisation and show business club.

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Walter Nash

Sir Walter Nash (12 February 1882 – 4 June 1968) was a British-born New Zealand politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960.

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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Whanganui

Whanganui, also spelt Wanganui, is a city on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (sometimes rendered "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On") is a song written by Dave "Curlee" Williams and usually credited to him and James Faye "Roy" Hall.

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1974 British Commonwealth Games

The 1974 British Commonwealth Games were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974.

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2008 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

The 2008 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2007 and the beginning of 2008.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Devlin

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