JOHNNY COOPER - USA & Ozeanien

Eine zufällige Namensgleichheit hat drei völlig unterschiedliche Interpreten in diesem Thread zusammengeführt. Zwecks besserer Übersicht und Vergleichsmöglichkeit folgen Kurz-Bio und Single-Disco der jeweiligen Interpreten aus den USA, Neuseeland und Australien, wobei der neueste Wissenstand berücksichtigt wurde.

01.)
Noch immer keine Kurz-Bio:
Von diesem Johnny Cooper der aus, oder aus der Gegend um Chicago sein Betätigungsfeld hatte und in diesem Thread die meisten Singles auf sich vereinigen konnte, gibt es weiterhin keine persönlichen Daten.
Seine Singles:
RU LU
?? 58....6754....JOHNNY COOPER..Why Oh Why/My Heart Is Changed
ERMINE
01 62....E–37....JOHNNY COOPER..I Found Love With You (S-1533)/Rivalry (S-1534)
02 62....45-E-38 - DPC 6208 A….JOHNNY COOPER..Little Bride (S 2058)/DPC 6208 B….Dumb Dumb Bunny (S 2059)
09 62....40....JOHNNY COOPER..While You're Young (SIDE A ZTSC 83658)/Diggity Doggety (SIDE B ZTSC 83659)
12 62....E - 42....JOHNNY COOPER..Bonnie Do (ZTSC 87842)/Love Is A Treasure (ZTSC 87843)
03 63....E - 44....JOHNNY COOPER..Oreo (ZTSC 88271)/Flame Of Love (ZTSC 88272)
TOODLIN TOWN
09 65….8200….JOHNNY COOPER Arr. & Cond. by Larry Nestor..Her Mother Read Her Diary (3136)/This Time (3137)
CHALLENGE
03 67….59356….JOHNNY COOPER..Must You Be So Good (45-1391)/Water Colored Sky (45-1392)
BARRINGTON
08 67….ABR-5003….JOHNNY COOPER..Fallout (ZTSC-126391)/I'll Follow (ZTSC-126392)
PLANTATION
12 69….PL-41….JOHNNY COOPER..Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind (711-775)/detto……nur Promo
Noch ein klärender Hinweis zu ERMINE, CORTLAND, DELTA, weil bereits so viel hin- und hervermutet wurde. Der Übernahme-Hinweis auf der kanadischen DELTA "Recorded by Cortland Records" bedeutet lediglich, dass diese Titel bei der Firma Cortland eingespielt wurden und ERMINE gehörte zur Firma Cortland. In den USA gab es definitiv keine Johnny Cooper-Single auf dem Label CORTLAND, ein Label, welches auch zur Firma Cortland gehörte.
02.)
Kurz-Bio:
Neuseeland's sehr populärer lokaler Rocknroll-König Johnny Cooper, auch mit dem Ehrentitel "Maori Cowboy" ausgestattet, wurde 1929 als Johnny Tahu Cooper geboren und verstarb am 4. September 2014 im 86. Lebensjahr.
Seine Singles:
HIS MASTER'S VOICE (NZ) (78er)
10 55....HR.62....JOHNNY COOPER—Vocal With Ken Avery And His Rockin' Rhythm..(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (OAN.117)/Blackberry Boogie (OAN.118)
HIS MASTER'S VOICE (NZ)
?? 56....7MM.061....JOHNNY COOPER and MARGARET FRANCIS Accompanied by the Range Riders..One By One (7XTAN.115)/Look What You've Done (To My Heart) (7XTAN.116)
10 56....7MM.069....JOHNNY COOPER And His Range Riders With The Tawharu Quintette..Shifting, Whispering Sands (7XTAN.131)/JOHNNY COOPER—Vocal And His Range Riders..Fallen Angel (7XTAN.132)
05 56....7MM.070....JOHNNY COOPER (Vocal) With Don Richardson's Festival Five..See You Later Alligator (7XTAN.133)/Paper Boy (7XTAN.134)
12 56....45-HR.77....JOHNNY COOPER And MARGARET FRANCIS Accompanied by the Range Riders..Prison Without Walls (7XTAN.147)/Someday You'll Call My Name (7XTAN.148)
03 57....45-HR.79....JOHNNY COOPER and MARGARET FRANCIS With The Range Riders..Walking Around In Circles (7XTAN.151)/Are You Mine (7XTAN.152)
10 57....45-HR.88....JOHNNY COOPER Vocal With Instrumental Accomp. ..Giddy Up A Ding-Dong (7XOAN.171)/Pie Cart Rock And Roll (7XOAN.172)
03.)
Kurz mag stimmen, aber Bio?
Der australische Sänger und Gitarrist Johnny Cooper begann in den frühen Sechziger-Jahren als Sänger und Gitarrist bei diversen australischen Bands und machte sich 1965 selbständig. Er spezialisierte sich auf das Covern von alten Rocknroll-Songs, die er mit seiner Band rund um Melbourne, angeblich hinein bis ins 21. Jahrhundert, live zum besten gab. Plattenaufnahmen waren eher sekundär.
Seine Singles:
IN (AUS)
?? 65....IN-S-2453....JOHNNY COOPER..Farmer John/Donna
?? 65....IN-S-2507....JOHNNY COOPER..She's Got It/I Got To Wondering
?? 66....S-2578....JOHNNY COOPER..Lonely Blue Boy/I Gotta Go

Keep Searchin'
Gerd

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Oktober 1957

Johnny Cooper Nr. 3) kam aus Australien, aus
Melbourne:

Aus
https://www.sunshinesecrets.co…oper-story

„ Johnny Cooper was born in Melbourne on July 7th, 1946 and lived in Albert Park until the age of 9, when the family moved to Elphinstone. When Johnny was 15 his father was posted to Malaya, but it was decided that it would be best to leave Johnny in Melbourne. He went to live with his great grandmother in Albert Park, then he moved in with his grandmother in Richmond, which was a pretty rough area at the time.
Johnny started hanging around with the wrong crowd in Richmond and got up to some mischief, but managed to stay out of trouble with the law. He attended Northcote High School and despite almost getting expelled, he made it into the yearbook along with some other students who would go onto careers in the music business including Normie Rowe, Wayne Duncan (Daddy Cool), Mal Clarke (the Blue Jays), and Doug Trevor.

In September 1964 Johnny Cooper & the Saxons were one of the support acts on the Billy J Kramer tour of Australia. The group appeared on the shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Not long after this tour, Johnny became dissatisfied with the musical direction of the Saxons and he left the group to go solo. Brian de Courcy approached him to be his manager and he accepted. De Courcy was an important person on the Melbourne scene at that time because he ran town hall dances at more than 40 venues. De Courcy also secured a recording contract for Johnny with W&G. Backed by the Strangers, Johnny recorded his first single Farmer John/Donna, which was released in October 1965. The disc was issued on the In label, which was a subsidiary of W&G.

During 1967 Johnny was getting increasingly disappointed with the entertainment business and decided he needed to get out. He had a wife and young child to support and he needed a job which provided a much more secure income. He joined Victorian Railways and became Assistant Station Master at Lalor, a small town in country Victoria. Johnny recalls how he felt at this time:
“I never looked back, I just went on with my life. I still played guitar for myself and friends. It was a really cool job.”

In 2004 Johnny’s marriage broke up and he moved back to Melbourne.“

September 1962

September 1965

Siehe #10 (1968?), #11, #14