(1937-04-13) 13 April 1937 (age 87) Sydney, Australia
Genres
Pop, rock and roll, country
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
musician
businessman
Instrument(s)
Guitar, vocals
Years active
1959–present
Musical artist
Colin Frederick JacobsenAM (born 13 April 1937), better known by his stage name Col Joye, is an Australian pioneer rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur with a career spanning almost sixty-five years, starting from the late 50s. Joye was the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a number one record Australia-wide, and experienced a string of chart successes in the early Australian rock and roll scene, performing with his then band the Joy Boys (formerly KJ Quintet).
Frederick Jacobsen AM (born 13 April 1937), better known by his stage name ColJoye, is an Australian pioneer rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur...
Prudent Joye (1913–1980), French athlete ColJoye (born 1937), Australian rock musician Samantha Joye (born 1965), American oceanographer Dan Joye (born...
variety programs, including Bandstand, and toured as a support act for ColJoye and the Joy Boys. Little Pattie was entertaining troops during the Vietnam...
older brother, ColJoye, was an established pop singer and regular performer on Bandstand, a TV music show. Stone supported his group, Joye and the Joy Boys...
instrumental group. They performed on their own and as a backing band for ColJoye. They had chart success with releases such as top ten singles "Smokey Mokes"...
followed Andy to Australia with the hope of forming a band there. With ColJoye producing, Andy, Alderson, and Stringer recorded a number of Andy's compositions...
Entertainment Group Along with brothers ColJoye and Keith, he was a member of the Australian 1960s band ColJoye and The Joyboys which achieved four No...
degree before working as a jackaroo. In 1973 he played the guitar with ColJoye and the Joy Boys. McNamara first joined the ABC in 1974, in the industrial...
Through his songwriting, Barry sparked the interest of Australian star ColJoye, who helped the brothers get a recording deal in 1963 with Festival Records...
Gold Coast area. By September 1962, Gibb managed to audition songs to ColJoye. The Gibb family moved to Sydney at the start of 1963. Around the same...
Australia's "Big Three" acts of the 1950s: Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays, ColJoye and the Joy Boys and Dig Richards and the R'Jays. Festival's sales trebled...
Town on TEN-10. It ran in direct competition with Bandstand on TCN-9 and ColJoye on ATN-7. Walter Learning of The Canberra Times compared the three shows...
in addition to footballers Sironen and Boland, also featured musician ColJoye, athlete and actress Lisa Forrest, cricketer Greg Matthews and TV presenter...
their own country's surf scene were the Joy Boys, backing band for singer ColJoye; their hit "Murphy the Surfie" from 1963 was later covered by the Surfaris...
of Chaos (Serj Tankian) Full Tilt Boogie Band (Janis Joplin) Joy Boys (ColJoye) Manassas (Stephen Stills) Miami Sound Machine (Gloria Estefan) Mink DeVille...
the program on a national concert tour of Australia. The tour featured ColJoye, Lonnie Lee, Judy Stone, Ray Columbus & the Invaders, Lucky Starr, Billy...
Various Sydney inductees into the ARIA Hall of Fame include Johnny O'Keefe, ColJoye (& The Joy Boys), Billy Thorpe (the original Aztecs formed in Sydney),...
The song is ranked No. 78 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 songs of 1959. ColJoye released a version as a single in Australia in 1964. Olivia Newton-John...
were used by many well-known Australian pop and rock groups including ColJoye & The Joy Boys. The company also made one of the first sponsorship deals...
Darin The Beach Boys Gerry and the Pacemakers Peter, Paul and Mary The Beatles Bob Dylan The Who Johnny Devlin Johnny O'Keefe ColJoye and the Joy Boys....
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