Normie Rowe - Going Home

Normie was probably the biggest singing star in Australia during the sixties, but a visit to the UK in 1966 - 1967 failed to give him any hits over here. This record featured a song by Yardbirds and Hollies' songsmith Graham Gouldman, and had one of the first ever picture covers for a UK single. Despite all that it failed to dent the charts.

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• mod
• freakbeat
• british
• UK
• sixties
• 60s
• 1967
• polydor

[burgwerfen]

he is a real aussie icon. still going strong good onya normie

[Luzielou]

This is fantastic, thanks for sharing it. Normie is the best ever.

[dariowestern]

Gorgeous song! :)

[mahatmacote]

Giorgio Gomelsky handled this artist, he of Rolling Stones and Yardbirds management previously. I have this 45, and like it a lot - the stop-go vocal style on it was quite cool, innovative like "m-m-my g-g-g-generation" was in its' time.

As we know, it didn't help this single anyway, because lack of airplay destined too many great records to obscurity. The other Stones connection by the way, was that The Australian Playboys were on the Immediate lable, Andrew Loog Oldham's concern. 

[bongerworld]

Nice song. I was in Oz in the sixties. He was promoted like he was gold. Unfortunately he had absolutely no talent whatever and was given short shrift in London, which at the time was the capital of music in the sixties. Sad, he was a nice guy. I preferred Billy Thorpe.

[angie4josh]

great classic!

[chrisgreycg]

they need to place Normie Rowe songs in a mainstream movie...people will have an interest in Normie Rowe. Normie Rowe Rocks!!!

[blueycarlton]

Reached No.17 Melbourne 1967.

[skinnyblinddude]

It's beautiful!