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Marty Rhone (born Karel Lawrence van Rhoon, 7 May 1948, Soerabaja,
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) 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
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Singles Chart. He had another hit in June 1977 with "
Mean Pair of Jeans "A Mean Pair of Jeans" is a song by Australian pop singer-songwriter Marty Rhone. It was released in Australia in March 1977 as the second single from his second studio album, ''Marty Rhone''. The song peaked at number ten on the Australia ...
", which reached No. 10. As an actor, he appeared on the Australian stage in ''
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'' (1972–73); on TV in ''
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'' (1974) and '' Class of '75'' (1975); and in the London theatre production of ''
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'' (1979–80) alongside
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. From late 1987 to August 1990, he was the business manager of a trio of brothers, the Australian boxing champions: Dean ( heavyweight class), Guy (
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) and
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(
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).


Career


1948-1960: Early life

Marty Rhone was born as Karel (or Karl) Lawrence van Rhoon on 7 May 1948 in Soerabaja,
Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
(later named Surabaya,
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). /sup> His father was Eddy Emile van Rhoon (born Soerakarta, Central Java, 1 July 1917), a clerk and former flying navigator in the Dutch East Indies navy during World War II. His mother was Judith Olive (née Bagshaw, born Sydney, 1 January 1929). She was a singer and actress, who met Eddy through the Sydney jazz scene; he was a visiting pianist while on leave. The couple married in 1947 and Judith accompanied Eddy to Soerabaja. The family migrated to Australia on 21 April 1950 and briefly lived in Sydney and
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, and then moved to Darwin. Eddy worked as a Communications Officer for the
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; he was stationed in Darwin from March 1951 until July 1957. The family remained in Darwin until mid-1960, by which time Rhone had a younger sister, Kymn Dale (born 1958) and brother, Martin Richard (born 1960). Rhone was taught piano by his father but he preferred singing. In August 1959, aged 11, he first performed publicly at Darwin's Mitchell Street Town Hall in ''Around the World in 80 Minutes'' – a charity variety concert – alongside his father on piano and his mother. After he finished primary school, the family moved to Sydney, where he attended Crows Nest Boys High School.


1961-1969: Early Career

In mid-1961, Rhone appeared on a talent quest segment of ATN7-TV series, ''
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'', and was offered a singing spot on a children's show, ''Kaper Kabaret''. In late 1965 he formed a band, The Blue Feelings, and they auditioned for an appearance on ''Saturday Date'', a teen music show. After the audition Spin Records owner, Nat Kipner, signed Rhone to a recording contract and the label issued his debut single, "Nature Boy", in February the following year. For his next two singles, "Thirteen Women" (April) and "I Want You Back Again", Rhone was backed by Spin Records label mates, The Soul Agents, a beat pop group. They had formed in 1964 and by 1966 consisted of Jerry Darmic on bass guitar, Roger Felice-Andrews on drums, John Green on guitar and Barry Kelly on organ. Rhone's fourth single, "She Is Mine", included the self-penned B-side, "Village Tapestry", which appeared in September. None of these singles charted on the ''
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'' National Top 40, however Australian musicologist,
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, described "Village Tapestry" as being "highly regarded among 1960s aficionados". In
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's book, ''Tomorrow Is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970'' (2006), the track was listed by Ian D. Marks as one of the 'Top 7 Proto-Psychedelic Australian Tracks from 1966'. Marks described it as "completely out of left field. With a gentle, almost medieval lilt, autoharps a-strumming and a charming spoken word verse—there was nothing like this released in Australia at the time. Melodic, evocative and delicate". During 1966 Marty Rhone and The Soul Agents supported
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on the United Kingdom rock group's tour of Australia. They also performed on the bill of the
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Show at the Sydney Stadium with
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and
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appearing. Rhone moved to Melbourne and issued five more singles on Spin Records but had "limited success".


1970-1977: Pop Peak

In March 1970, Rhone was conscripted for
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until 1972. During his service he attended the
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, as a member of their band, for 18 months. From April 1972 to July 1973 he acted in the Australian stage version of ''
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'' at The Richbrooke, Sydney with Rod Dunbar, Peita Toppano and
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. The Australian cast soundtrack album was issued as ''Godspell: a Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew'' on His Master's Voice. He attended the
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and in July 1973 he released a new single, "Goodbye in May". He composed the music for ''Ruzzante Returns from the Wars'', which starred
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and ran at the Parade Theatre, Kensington from May to June 1974 as a one-act play. It is based on the text of
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's ''Il Parlamento de Ruzante'', originally written in Italy during the mid-16th century. As a
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at the same venue, Rhone performed the music he had composed for ''
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'', a satirical play by another 16th-century Italian,
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. It had roles by Reg Gillam,
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and Ingrid Mason. Rhone followed with appearances on TV soap operas, ''
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'' (1974) and '' Class of '75'' (1975). By mid-1975 Rhone had signed with M7 Records and issued his next single, " Denim and Lace", which peaked at No. 8 on the Australian
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Singles Chart. It was promoted on the ''Class of '75'' soundtrack album. It was co-written by L Lister (aka Jack Aranda) and F Lyons (aka Shad Lyons). Lister and Lyons also produced Rhone's debut album, ''Denim and Lace'', recording at Alberts Studio 139. At the end of the year "Denim and Lace" was the second highest selling single in Australia. His next single, "Star Song", reached the Top 50, the next two were less successful, while the last one for the year, "On the Loose" reached the Top 40. Of the four singles, "On the Loose (Again)" – co-written by Brian Dawe and Steve Groves (ex- Tin Tin) – was used by Rhone to win the 1976 Australian Popular Song Festival and represented Australia at the
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. In June 1977 he had another hit with "
Mean Pair of Jeans "A Mean Pair of Jeans" is a song by Australian pop singer-songwriter Marty Rhone. It was released in Australia in March 1977 as the second single from his second studio album, ''Marty Rhone''. The song peaked at number ten on the Australia ...
", which reached No. 10. In July that year he issued his second album, ''Marty Rhone''.


1978-1986: London and Sydney

In July 1978 Rhone relocated to London. In June 1979, Rhone took the role of Lun Tha in the
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presentation of ''
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'' alongside
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and
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. By September 1981 he had returned to Sydney.


1987-2006 : business manager

In 1987 Rhone became a business manager for a trio of brothers, the Australian boxers: Dean, Guy and
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. In May 1988
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issued a ten-volume album series, ''Festival File'', including ''Village Tapestry: The Festival File Volume 9'' by Marty Rhone and The Soul Agents. Stuart Coupe reviewed the collection for ''
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'', "Never a big pop star, Marty Rhone will be remembered for a number of outstanding singles, a number of which were very advanced in style and production". In December 1988 Rhone organised the "Battle on the Beach" for January 1989 with Dean Waters, as Australian heavyweight champion, to fight New Zealand's title holder; and Guy, who had been stripped of his Australian light heavyweight title, due to fight another New Zealand champion. Meanwhile, Troy was waiting for an opportunity at the world
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junior middleweight title in February. From October 1988 to March 1993 Rhone promoted at least 16 boxing events. However, by August 1990 the Waters brothers had walked out, he complained "I've made a three-year investment in three fighters and they want to leave when two are on the brink of world titles ... I will demand substantial compensation in court and a seven-figure sum is a possibility".


2007-present: infrequent performances

Commencing in 2007, Rhone has performed a repertoire of tracks by
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; a gig at the Crown Casino, Melbourne, in late 2008 was filmed and broadcast in February the next year as ''Marty Rhone: A Tribute to Cliff Richard and The Shadows''. In 2009 he worked with fellow local artists,
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,
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,
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and John "Swanee" Swan to release a single, "Legends of the Southern Land". From April to July 2009 he continued the Richard tributes with The Dream Tour, which had Dean Bourne as US singer
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; An album titled ''Born to Rock'' was released digitally in May 2010. In May 2011 on the ''Cliff & Dusty'' presentation he performed with Sheena Crouch as UK pop singer
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; and in June 2012 with his own "musical theatre fantasy" covering Richard's and
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' material in ''Cliff Joins The Beatles''. In August 2016, Rhone released ''50th Anniversary Album'', a career spanning compilation album. In March 2017, Rhone released a new single titled "Graceland on the Line", commemorating 40 years since the death of
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.


Personal life

In January 1976 Marty Rhone married Rosa Merola; the couple have two sons.


Discography


Studio albums


Compilation albums


Extended plays


Singles


Awards and nominations


Go-Set Pop Poll

The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, ''
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'' and was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll during 1966 to 1972 of its readers to determine the most popular personalities. ! , - , 1967 , himself , Australian Acts: Male Singer , 7th , rowspan="2", Note: This PDF is 282 pages. , - , 1968 , himself , Australian Acts: Male Singer , 6th


Mo Awards

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), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Marty Rhone won one award in that time. (wins only) , - , 2010 , Marty Rhone , John Campbell Fellowship Award , , -


Notes

  1. ^For name as Karel Lawrence van Rhoon and birth date as 7 May 1948 see
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    , Australian Netherlands Migration Agreement, item No. A997, 1949/1668, and item with barcode 950972. For birthplace as Surabaya, former Netherlands East Indies see Summers. For name as Karl Lawrence Van-Rhoon see
    Australasian Performing Right Association APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwr ...
    . Other sources give first name as Carl.


References

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External links


Official website
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