Judith Anne Stone AM (born 1 January 1942) is an Australian pop and country music singer. For much of the 1960s she was a regular performer on the music variety ''

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'', Stone's top 20 singles on the national charts are "I'll Step Down" (No. 19, February 1962), "4,003,221 Tears from Now" (April 1964), "Born a Woman" (No. 3, September 1966) and " Would You Lay with Me" (No. 2, June 1974). On the

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List of June 2006, Stone was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia, with the citation, "For service to the community as an entertainer at fundraising events for a range of charitable organisations, and as a singer."

Early life

Stone grew up in the Sydney suburb of Granville. Note:
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of Stone appears in the article. She has two younger sisters, Joyce and Janice. Note: Describes Stone as a 17-year-old: implying she was born in 1944. From a young age she sang country music at home and her parents bought her a guitar, which she learned to play.

Career

In her early teens Stone entered and won a local talent contest and was noticed by an attendee,

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. By November 1956 she had joined his touring performance troupe, the Reg Lindsay Show, and stayed for 18 months. In July 1957 a reviewer of Lindsay's show in

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for '' The Biz'' wrote that "Little Judy Stone, of Granville, was very pleasing in her turn." Stone hired

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as her talent agent. She described meeting him, "I used to sing, with a heavy guitar, Western style numbers. Once I met Kevin he gave me one instruction: 'Throw that guitar out the window.' Although I did not throw it out any window, I am now singing without any of my own musical accompaniment." Jacobsen's older brother,

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, was an established pop singer and regular performer on ''

'', a TV music show. Stone supported his group, Joye and the Joy Boys, on their tours of South Australia, Victoria and Queensland. Stone, as a young performer, had been billed as "The Cowgirl from Granville" but on her first appearance on ''Bandstand'' she was mistakenly announced as "The

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from Granville". By May 1961 she had also appeared on other TV music shows, ''Teen Time'' and ''

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''. Jacobsen had Stone signed with

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and in June 1961 she issued her debut single, "You're Driving Me Mad" – a cover version of the 1958 song by United States singer,

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. For the track she was backed by the Joy Boys. In August she relocated to Melbourne, for three months, to appear on Graham Kennedy's ''

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'' variety TV show. She expected that "While in Melbourne most of my shows will be adult performances, which will be a change from the present teenagers' shows." Her third single, "I'll Step Down", was released in February 1962 and became a top 10 hit in Sydney and top 20 in Brisbane. ''The Biz'' correspondent compared it to her earlier single, "Although very different to 'You're Driving Me Mad', this still possesses the inimitable style of this great little local star." Also in that year Stone issued her debut album, ''I'll Step Down'', on Festival. In 1963 she recorded "It Takes a Lot (To Make Me Cry)" on which the

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(

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, Robin and

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) sing backup vocals; it was released as a single in July. Her seventh single, "4,003,221 Tears from Now", was released in April 1964. It is a cover version of the 1963 single by US singer Kerri Downs (aka Mary Lou Kiernan). According to Australian musicologist,

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, it "became Stone's most popular release of the 1960s. The heart-wrenching ballad...

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peaked at #8 in Sydney and #7 in Melbourne." Aside from her solo releases, Stone was often teamed with Col Joye in duets for singles, extended plays and albums. McFarlane found their work "contained cutesy material like 'Young and Healthy', 'Angry' and 'Side by Side'." In early 1965 Stone with Col Joye and the Joy Boys undertook a tour of Japan for two months. In September 1966 she covered " Born a Woman" by US singer, Sandy Posey. It was a top 10 hit in Sydney. From the late 1960s and into the early 1970s Stone "consolidated on her early pop successes with regular appearances on the club and country music circuits." Later singles included, "Mare Mare Mare" (January 1974), "

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" (No. 2, June 1974), "Silver Wings and Golden Rings" (February 1975) and "

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" (May 1976). In 2007 Stone performed a duet with Scottish singer-songwriter Isla Grant on the track "What's a Girl to Do?" for Grant's album, ''Down Memory Lane''.

Personal life

On 25 February 1966, Stone married fellow musician,

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. The de Kroo brothers, Leo and Doug, were a duo who also appeared on ''Bandstand'' and other pop music shows. The marriage ended in divorce five years later, Stone reflected, "I blamed myself when it ended, then I realized something its taken a long time to learn – singing is my life... I don't have a social life – there simply isn't time – but I don't get lonely; I have my family." In January 1992 Stone was diagnosed with

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, at the same time as her fellow ''Bandstand'' regular, Peter Allen. Both Stone and Allen were operated on the same day by the same surgeon. In June Stone was still in recovery when she learned of Allen's death, she recalled that after the operation "He came into my room to see me because he was going back to the States and I just wanted to give him a big hug — he looked so ill." On the Queen's Birthday Honours List of June 2006, Stone was awarded a

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, with the citation, "For service to the community as an entertainer at fundraising events for a range of charitable organisations, and as a singer." In January 2014 she was made

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Ambassador for regional celebrations in Laurieton, Wauchope and Port Macquarie.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

* ''I Cried'' – (June 1964)

Singles

Other singles

Awards and nominations

King of Pop Awards

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. The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978. , - , 1972 , herself , Best Dressed Female , , -

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the

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), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Judy Stone won nine awards in that time. (wins only) , - , 1981 , Judy Stone , Country Female of the Year , , - , 1982 , Judy Stone , Country Female of the Year , , - , 1983 , Judy Stone , Country Female of the Year , , - , 1984 , Judy Stone , Country Female Entertainer of the Year , , - , 1985 , Judy Stone , Country Female Entertainer of the Year , , - , 1986 , Judy Stone , Country Female Entertainer of the Year , , - , 1987 , Judy Stone , Country Female Entertainer of the Year , , - , 1988 , Judy Stone , Country Female Entertainer of the Year , , - , 2007 , Judy Stone , Hall of Fame , , -

References

* Noel McGrath's Australian Encyclopaedia of Rock & Pop, 1978 * An Australian Rock Discography, Chris Spencer, 1990, Moonlight Publishing * The Who's Who of Australian Rock, Chris Spencer, Moonlight Publishing

External links

*
Judy Stone webpage
ATA All Star Artist {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Judy 1942 births Living people Australian country singers Australian women pop singers Logie Award winners Singers from Sydney