Evan Jones

James Evan Jones is an Australian musician and photographer. Together with his brother Idris Jones he wrote "The Pushbike Song" for pop group, the Mixtures, which became a number-one hit in Australia.

Background James Evan Jones, was born in 1948 in Adelaide. He was a singer-guitarist for the Gingerbread Men, a local pop music band from the mid-1960s, before his career was interrupted by military service in Vietnam. Both Jones brothers wrote the Mixture's track, "The Pushbike Song",

Career In 1977 two songs Jones had written were released by Graham Cornes as a single, "I Gotta Girl" backed with "Untying the Laces" (J & B Records).

In 1981, backed by the band Y Knot, he issued a single, "Mm! Mm! Don't Cha Love Summertime!" which reached No. 85 on the Australian Single Charts.

Discography Albums Title Album details Trudy Released: 1972 Format: LP Label: Raven (RNLP-102)

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Year Title Peak chartpositions AUS 1972 "Little Black Spider"/"Shoo Fly Shoo" - "Jesus Song"/"All Men Are Equal" - 1976 "Damn' Ya Darlin" (with Idris) - 1981 "Mm! Mm! Don't Cha Love Summertime" (As Evan Jones and Y Knot) 85 ""And I Wish You Were Staying Forever" -