Col Joye

Col Joye

Col Joye (b. 1939 as Colin Jacobsen) is an Australian popular entertainer and entrepreneur. He was the first Australian rock and roll singer to have number one records in Australia and the first Australian to reach the American Billboard charts, with Bye Bye Baby, Stagger Lee, and Oh Yeah Uh Huh, in 1959.

With his brothers Kevin and Keith, recording as "Col Joye and the Joyboys", and as a solo artist, Col Joye enjoyed a series of number one hits in the early 1960s in Australia. He was an original member of Brian Henderson's "Bandstand" television program and was on the air there for fourteen years. After the Beatles took music by storm, Col Joye's popularity leveled off, and it was not until 1973 that he had another hit record, Heaven Is My Woman's Love.

In the interim, Col and Kevin built an influential entertainment management, publishing, and recording business, working with artists including the Bee Gees and their brother Andy Gibb; the business, Jacobsen Entertainment, continues today, with Col Joye and Kevin Jacobsen as principal members.

Col Joye won several music awards including two ARIA Music Awards and he earned numerous gold and platinum records; he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1988, the first year of such inductions. In 1983 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for his entertainment and philanthropic work. He also is featured on an Australian stamp honoring the greatest Australian music. He continues to perform and record pop and country music today.