Col Joye AM (born Colin Frederick Jacobsen in Sydney on 13 April 1936; died 5 August 2025) was a pioneering Australian rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur with a career spanning almost sixty-seven years, starting from the late 1950s. Remembered as the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a number one record Australia-wide, he experienced a string of chart successes in the early Australian rock and roll scene, performing with his band the Joy Boys (formerly KJ Quintet). Joye's popularity levelled off after the changes to the music scene associated with th… read more
Col Joye AM (born Colin Frederick Jacobsen in Sydney on 13 April 1936; died 5 August 2025) was a pioneering Australian rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur with a career spanning almost sixty-seven years, starting from the late 1950s. Remembered as the first Australian rock and r… read more
Col Joye AM (born Colin Frederick Jacobsen in Sydney on 13 April 1936; died 5 August 2025) was a pioneering Australian rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur with a career spanning almost sixty-seven years, starting from the late 1950s. Remembered as the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a number one record Australia-wide, he experienced a … read more
