Ferrets - Janie May (1977)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1977:

The Ferrets' promo-video for the hit single 'Janie May' (November, 1977), taken from the 1977 album 'Dreams Of A Love'.

Note: Before the Ferrets, singer Bill Miller played in Buster Brown, which featured Angry Anderson (later of Rose Tattoo) and Phil Rudd (later of AC/DC).


Band Origin: Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Track: Janie May
Album: Dreams Of A Love
Composed By:
Produced By: Ian 'Molly' Meldrum
Label: Mushroom
Chart Position: # 25 (Australia)
Release Date: November, 1977
LInks:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ferrets_(band)
- billmillermusic.com/index.html

Line-up:

Bill Miller - Vocals, Guitar
[ Buster Brown (1974-1975) -- Ferrets (1975-1978) -- Billy Miller and The Great Blokes (1979--1982) -- The Spaniards (1983--1986) -- Interchange Bench (1993--1998) -- The Dave Graney Show (1998--2004) -- Dave Graney 'n' The Lurid Yellow Mist (2004-?) ]

Jane Miller --- Backing Vocals, Keyboards

Pam Miller --- Backing Vocals

David Springfield --- Guitar
[ Ferrets (1975-1978) -- The Spaniards (1983-1986) ]

Rick Brewer - Drums
[ The Third Party -- The Zoot (1969-1971) -- I'Tambu -- Jim Keays' Southern Cross -- The Ferrets (1976-1978) -- Motivators ]


Kenneth Firth --- Bass

David Springfield --- Guitar

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NZOZ NZOZ1977 1977 Australia Late Seventies 1970's 1970s 70's 70s

Extended Tags:

Musical Terms: Rock, Pop, Aussie, Old Australian Band

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ferrets
• 1977
• Australia
• Late
• Seventies

[anonwebserfer]

its a breezy tune pop like acoustic soft psychedelia pop.

[nzoz1977]

@anonwebserfer not a bad style, considering Billy the singer was a member of hard-rock band Buster Brown (pre-Rose Tattoo)

[nzoz1977]

@nzoz1977 BB also featured Phil Rudd, later of AC/DC...

[tomohawktom]

@tomohawktom Also, Frankston line.

[tomohawktom]

Shit song. Awesome train.

[creativeengineer]

This was a HUGE hit on Oz in 77. I remember. It was part of me growing up... 18 years old. Thanks for putting that on. The chicks are spunky, too.

[LittleRainbowBubbles]

my name is in this song my name is janie

[MrsBabyChipmunk]

i like this song cuase it has my name in it yeah hi my name is janie woooo

[woofmanning123]

Long time no see, best band ever for lyrics. Peter Robertson

[tramman82]

I could be wrong, but I rekon the train is on the Frankston line going over Mordialloc creek at the start of the vid