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Rowe's pop music career was effectively ended by his time in Vietnam and, in his absence, Ronnie Burns and John Farnham (then billed as Johnny Farnham) replaced him as King of Pop. The strong anti-war sentiment of the period affected him, and like many Vietnam vets, Rowe suffered considerably because of his service.
Australian singer Normie Rowe's cover of "Tell Him I'm Not Home" was released as a B-side single in November 1965. It peaked at No. 3 on the Australian Singles chart and was a top 5 hit in most Australian mainland capitals, reaching No. 4 in Sydney, No. 2 in Melbourne, No. 2 in Adelaide and No. 1 in Melbourne. [ 10 ]
Australian pop singer Normie Rowe's 1965 recording of "Que Sera, Sera", which was produced by Pat Aulton on the Sunshine Record label (Sunshine QK 1103), was the biggest hit of his career, "the biggest Australian rock 'n roll hit of 1965", [32] and is reputed to be the biggest-selling Australian single of the 1960s. [33]
Marcie Jones started as a teenager with The Thunderbirds at Canterbury Ballroom and Preston Town Hall in Melbourne, Australia, in the early 1960s. She then went on to perform with Normie Rowe's band The Playboys and appeared on the "Go-Show". She issued five singles from 1965 to 1967 on the Sunshine label with some minor chart success.
Top 25 singles of 1965 < 1964 1966 > Other Australian top charts for 1965 top 25 albums Australian number-one charts of 1965 albums singles The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1965. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1965. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards ...
Procession were formed in October 1967 by members of two earlier Australasian pop groups, Normie Rowe's long-time backing band, the Playboys, and New Zealand group, the Librettos.
The song was referenced in a 1975 song by The Guess Who titled "When The Band Was Singin' 'Shakin' All Over'". "Shakin' All Over" was featured several times in the UK TV series Heartbeat (1992 - 2007) (usually the version by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates ) and in the first ever episode of the UK TV series The Royal on 19 January 2003.
Go-Set ran a pop poll to determine the 'King of Pop', which was first won by Normie Rowe for 1967–1968. [14] [16] [29] Farnham's 1968 singles were "Underneath the Arches" and "I Don't Want to Love You"; each peaked at #6. [4] In 1969, Farnham released his album Everybody Oughta Sing a Song, which peaked at No. 12 on the Australian albums charts.