Col Joye

Personal life and death In 1990, while pruning a neighbour's tree with a chainsaw as a favour, Joye slipped and fell six metres onto brick paving below, striking his head and falling into a coma, as well as sustaining serious lower back and shoulder injuries. Initially given a poor prognosis, he eventually recovered to start performing and touring again in 1998.

Joye died in Sydney on 5 August 2025, at the age of 89.

Honours, awards and recognition On 8 June 1981, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his entertainment and philanthropic work. In 1988, the ARIA Music Awards in 1988, inducted Joye into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

Country Music Association Awards (CMAA) In 1974, Joye won a CMAA award for "Top Selling Album of the Year".

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Mo Awards Joye won two Mo Awards.

(wins only) 1980 Col Joye John Campbell Fellowship Award 1988 Col Joye Most Outstanding Club Act

Others In 1998, Australia Post issued a special-edition set of twelve stamps celebrating the early years of Australian rock and roll, featuring Australian hit songs from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. One of the stamps commemorated Joye, based on the song "Oh Yeah Uh Huh". Australia Post wrote that "Each of them said something about us, and told the rest of the world this is what popular culture sounds like, and it has an Australian accent".

In 2010, "Bye Bye Baby" (1959) was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia register. The curator's notes commented that:

There is not a lot to this pop song, written by American Frank McNulty, other than a catchy title hook. The lyrics are about the singer saying goodbye to his girlfriend and how lonely he will be without her until the next time they meet. The original recording was made using a nylon string guitar, bass (wonderfully out of tune in the beginning) and minimalist drums with Col Joye almost whispering the vocals (as he had a cold at the time). This is the released version, with added celeste and 'ooh-ahh' backing vocals from the Sapphires, presumably to give it a little more musical interest.

Discography Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions AUS Jump with Joye Released: 1959 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FM-6010) Songs That Rocked the Stadium Released: 1959 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FL-7152) The Golden Boy Released: 1960 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FL-7225) Joy to the World Released: 1961 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FL-30636) Col Joye Sings His Solid Gold Hits Released: 1961 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FL-30644) Joyride Released: 1961 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FL-30692) Col Joye and the Ballad Released: 1962 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FL-30801) Col and Judy with Orchestra(with Judy Stone) Released: 1962 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FL-30901) Classics of Rock Released: 1963 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FL-31078) Stomp Around the Clock Released: 1964 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FL-) Rock'n Roll Classics Released: 1964 Format: LP Label: Seven Seas (MH-182) Rock Classics No. 2 Released: 1964 Format: LP Label: Festival Records (FL-) The Exciting Big Beat – The Best Hit Parade Released: 1965 Format: LP Label: Seven Seas (SET-29) Joy Boys In Tokyo Released: 1965 Format: LP Label: Seven Seas (SET-30) For the Good Times Released: 1972 Format: LP Label: Ata Records (L 25210) — Heaven Is My Woman's Love Released: 1973 Format: LP Label: Ata Records (L 35036) — For You Released: 1975 Format: LP Label: Ata Records (L 35489) — Truck Stop(with Bob Purtell, Laurie Allen and Jim Cooper) Released: 1976 Format: LP Label: Ata Records (L 35943) — A Little Bit of Country (with Little Pattie) Released: 1978 Format: LP Label: Pisces (L27031) 86 Back to Rock 'n' Roll Released: 1990 Format: LP, CD Label: Ata Records (D 30233) —

Charting compilation albums + List of albums, with Australian chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions AUS "The Garden"(as Australia Too) 1985 22

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