Col Joye, First Australian Rock Musician to Appear on Billboard, Dies at 89

He broke into the US charts in 1959, topped Australian hits for decades, and paved the way for homegrown rock.
Col Joye, First Australian Rock Musician to Appear on Billboard, Dies at 89
Performer Col Joye in Sydney on July 30, 2004. AAP Image/Matthias Engesser
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Musician, entertainer and entrepreneur Col Joye has died aged 89, after a career that earned him dozens of gold and platinum records, studded with successive number one hits.

Joye was born Colin Jacobsen on April 13, 1939, in Sydney and left school at 14 to work as a salesman for a jeweller and start a band with his brothers Kevin and Keith.