"Denim and Lace" is a song by Australian pop singer

Marty Rhone Marty Rhone (born Karel Lawrence van Rhoon, 7 May 1948, Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies) is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, actor and talent manager. In July 1975 his single, " Denim and Lace", peaked at No. 8 on the Australian Kent Musi ...

. It was released in July 1975 as the lead single from his debut studio album, of the same name. It is co-written by Laurence Lister and Francis Lyons, who also produced it for

EMI Music EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...

. "Denim and Lace" peaked at number eight on the Australian

Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July ...

singles chart.

Background

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on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2013. Rhone had spent the previous year or two as an actor – both in music theatre and TV dramas. "Denim and Lace" was used to re-launch his singing career. It was co-written by Laurence "Roy" Lister and Francis "Shad" Lyons. Lister was an A&R agent for Leeds Music while Lyons was a country music artist. Both also produced the single.

Reception

'' Cash Box magazine'' said "Marty Rhone sets an aggressive vocal against a choppy strut beat, sounding a bit like the Everly Brothers at times and Neil Sedaka at other points. A very simple story, equally simple catchy melody line, clean production and a good, high echoing hook combine for almost assured AM airplay."

Track listing

7" single (MS-115) *Side A "Denim and Lace" (Laurence Lister, Francis Lyons) - 5:19 *Side B "Take Me" - 3:36

Charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Reflist 1975 singles 1975 songs EMI Records singles