Lynne Randell
Lynne Randell | |
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Birth name | Lynne Randall |
Born | Liverpool, England | 14 December 1949
Origin | British |
Died | 8 June 2007 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 57)
Genres | Pop, soul, Northern soul |
Occupation(s) | Singer, personal assistant |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 1965–1969 |
Labels | HMV, CBS, Epic, Raven |
Lynne Randell (born Lynne Randall, 14 December 1949 – 8 June 2007) was an
Early life
Lynne Randell was born as Lynne Randall in Liverpool, England, in 1949 and had started primary school.[1][2] When five years old, her family migrated to Australia and settled in the Melbourne suburb of Murrumbeena. She later attended Mordialloc High School. She completed Form Three and won a talent quest at a school fete – the prize was a one-week engagement at Lorne on the Victorian surf coast.[2] At the age of 14, Randell started working for celebrity hairdresser Lillian Frank on a trial basis and promptly asked for annual holidays to fulfil her singing gig.[3][4] Frank required proof:
"Vell, if you're such a singer then sing for me and I will decide." The dryers were turned off ... I stood there and sang. At the end, everyone applauded and Lillian said, "That's very good dah-ling, you can have your holidays."[2]
At the Lorne Life Saving Club she sang with a band, The Spinning Wheels, and met a
Recording career
Randell was 'discovered' whilst working as a 14-year-old apprentice hairdresser for Lilian and Antonio Frank. One of Frank's regular customers was publicist, Carol West. Garry Spry, the manager of Australian
Randell left school and was signed to
Randell worked the dance scene and discothèques, usually backed by The Spinning Wheels, with her trendsetting clothes and mod style carefully orchestrated by manager, West.[8]
She just had a look ... I was told she had a good voice ... She's got a look that we try to make all the kids follow—whatever it happens to be: bell-bottom pants, backless dresses, striped tops—she's started quite a few fashion trends in Melbourne.
— Carol West[8]
Randell was marketed as Australia's Miss Mod and became the most popular female performer in the mid-1960s.[1][8] Teen magazine, Go-Set, had separate columns written by Meldrum and Rofe, it also ran a pop poll, with Randell voted 'Most Popular Female Vocal' in October 1966.[9] "Goin' Out of My Head" peaked at No. 16 on the Go-Set National Top 40 in November.[10]
On the back of her Australian success, Randell went to the United Kingdom and performed at Liverpool's
Her next single "That's a Hoe Down" / "I Need You Boy" appeared in 1967 and she won another 'Most Popular Female Vocal' from Go-Set pop poll in October.
Marriage
Randell married Abe Hoch, an Atlantic Records company executive, in 1969.[3] She provided a weekly column for Go-Set as their US correspondent – their home was the US office for Go-Set Publications – during 1970 and 1971.[9] In 1972, their son Jamieson Hoch was born. Abe Hoch later became head of Swan Song Records and they moved to London in 1976 where Randell had further health problems related to her methamphetamine addiction and prescriptions by doctors. This caused difficulties for their marriage and led to their divorce by the late 1970s.[3]
Later career and death
After the end of her marriage, Randell returned to Australia in 1980, then worked as a personal assistant to Meldrum, who was by then compère of Countdown, until 1986.[3][13] Randell worked for Seymour Stein of Sire Records as his personal assistant in New York during the late 1980s, living close to her son Jamieson.[3] Randell moved back to Melbourne in the 1990s and made occasional appearances in oldies concerts.
Randell went public about her methamphetamine addiction in 2004 in an interview with Peter Wilmoth of
Jamieson Hoch, 35, died of a brain haemorrhage on 24 July 2007 only weeks after he joined mourners at St Kilda beach where he spoke about his mother and scattered her ashes in the water.[15]
Discography
Albums
- Dynamic Lynne Randell – (Raven Records, 1986)
- Stranger in My Arms – (EM Records, 2004)
Extended plays
- CBS Presents Lynne Randell – (CBS, 1966)
- Ciao Baby – (CBS, 1967)
Singles
- U.S. releases
- "Ciao Baby" / "Stranger in My Arms" – Epic 5-10147 – (1967)
- "That's a Hoe Down" / "I Need You Boy" – Epic 5-10197 – (1967)
- "Wasn't It You" / "Grey Day" – Silvercloud Records 105 – (1968)
- "Right to Cry" / "An Open Letter" – Silvercloud Records 1002 – (1968)
- "The Right to Cry" / "An Open Letter" – ABC Records 11112 – (1968)
- "I Love My Dog" / "Mind Excursion" – Capitol 2683 – (1969)[16][17][18]
Charted singles
Year | Single | Chart Position |
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AUS[19] | ||
1965 | "I'll Come Running Over" | 31 |
"A Love Like You" | 47 | |
"Forever" | 60 | |
1966 | "Heart" | 41 |
"Goin' Out of My Head" | 34 | |
1967 | "Ciao Baby" | 8 |
"That's a Hoedown" | 55 | |
1968 | "An Open Letter" | - |
1969 | "I Love My Dog" | - |
TELEVISION
Year | Title | Performance | Type |
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1965 | Saturday Date | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1965 | Sing Sing Sing | Herself – Singer | TV series, 1 episode |
1965–1966 | Bandstand | Herself – Singer | TV series, 4 episodes |
1965–1967 | The Go!! Show | Herself – Singer | TV series, 28 episodes |
1966 | Kommotion | Herself | TV series |
1967 | Dig We Must | Herself – Guest | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
1969; 1980 | The Mike Walsh Show | Herself – Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1980 | The Mike Walsh Show | Guest - Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1981 | Australian Music Stars of the 60's | Herself – Archive clip | TV special |
1983 | Countdown Music & Video Awards | Herself sings "Ciao' Baby" | ABC TV special |
1983 | The Daryl Somers Show | Herself – Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1986 | Neighbours | Herself – Molly Meldrum's Assistant | TV series, 1 episode |
1987 | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Herself sings "Ciao Baby" | TV series, 1 episode |
1995 | Australian Women In Rock And Pop Music | Herself | TV Documentary |
1998 | When Rock Was Young: The 60's | Herself | TV special |
2003 | Love Is in the Air | Herself | ABC TV series, 1 episode 2: "She's Leaving Home" |
2014 | Ten News | Herself – Death report | TV series, 1 episode |
2014 | Nine News | Herself – Death report | TV series, 1 episode |
2014 | Seven News | Herself – Death report | TV series, 1 episode |
2014 | Sky News | Herself – Death report | TV series, 1 episode |
2014 | ABC News | Herself – Death report | TV series, 1 episode |
Awards and nominations
Go-Set Pop Poll
The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, Go-Set and was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll during 1966 to 1972 of its readers to determine the most popular personalities.[20]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1966 | herself | Female Vocal | 1st |
1967 | herself | Female Vocal | 1st |
1968 | herself | Female Vocal | 2nd |
1969 | herself | Female Vocal | 5th |
References
- General
- Jenkins, Jeff; ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1.
- ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the originalon 5 April 2004. Retrieved 21 August 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Noel McGrath's Australian Encyclopedia of Rock & Pop – Rigby Publishers – 1978
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[21] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltdin 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ^ a b c McFarlane "'Lynne Randell' entry". Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Retrieved 21 August 2010. - ^ a b c d e f Jenkins and Meldrum, pp. 42–60
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Kimball, Duncan (2007). "Lynne Randell". Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d Wilmoth, Peter (10 June 2007). "A star falls and the world is poorer for the passing". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ News Corporation). Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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- ^ Kimball, Duncan (2002). "Kommotion". Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7333-0750-8.
- ^ Portable Document Format(PDF)) on 4 September 2015. NOTE: This PDF is 282 pages.
- ^ Nimmervoll, Ed (9 November 1966). "Go-Set's National Top 40". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ a b ""Ciao Baby" – Lynne Randell (1967)". Sources of Australian Pop Records from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Pop Archives. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ Nimmervoll, Ed (7 June 1967). "Go-Set's National Top 40". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ a b "60s pop star Lynne Randell dies". ABC News Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). 9 June 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ Wilmoth, Peter (24 February 2004). "The amazing shrinking teenage pop star". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ Money, Lawrence; Carbone, Suzanne (27 July 2007). "Song sung blue: pop queen's son dies too". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ 45Cat Lynne Randell – Discography USA
- ^ Discogs Lynne Randell Releases
- ^ Discogs Silvercloud Records
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Forum – Chart Positions Pre 1989 Part 4 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
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External links
- Lynne Randell biography at Allmusic
- Lynne Randell discography at Discogs