FRANKIE DAVIDSON IS A SEASONED OZ ENTERTAINER KNOWN MOSTLY FOR HIS NOVELTY HITS. HE HAS HAD MAJOR TOP 40 HITS WITH "GIMME DAT DING", "THE BALL-BEARING BIRD", "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO SEE KINGS CROSS", "I LOVE A SUNBURNT FOOTBALL"...AND MORE. IN FACT, ONLY ONE SINGLE WAS OUTSIDE THE TOP 40 "MY HOME TOWN" WHICH ONLY GOT TO #57!THE SINGLES HIT LIST:
I Care for You – 1960 #32
Just For Today – 1961 #33
Yabba Dabba Doo – 1962 #21
Have You Ever Been to See King's Cross – 1962 #6
(I Wanna Stay In) My Home Town – 1962 #57
Broken Wings – 1964 #36
Hector, The Trash Collector – 1968 #35
Wonderful Day To Fall In Love – 1969 #15
Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It – 1969 #39
Gimme Dat Ding – 1970 #10
The Ball-Bearing Bird – 1971 #22
50,000,000 Blowflies Can't Be Wrong – 1973 #26
I Love A Sunburnt Football – 1973 #6
The Aussie Barbeque Song – 1981 #17
SOME OF FRANKIE'S SONGS HAVE MADE IT TO C.D. BUT NO COMPANY HAS PLACED THEM ON ANY KIND OF C.D. ANTHOLOGY. FOR DOWNLOAD IS AN OLD W&G SINGLE "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO SEE KINGS CROSS":
http://rapidshare.com/files/186906964/Frankie_Davidson_-_Have_You_Ever_Been_to_See_Kings_Cross__single_mix_.mp3
According to a contributor called Alan K. who has corresponded with me regularly about many Ozzie songs, Frankie Davidson was informed about this site posting. Frankie then told Alan to tell me that his hit "Have You Ever Been To Kings Cross" was on three C.D.'s:
1 I've Been Everywhere
2 Toss Another Shrimp On The Barbie
3 The Entertainer In Action
Frankie is chuffed to know that people still regard his work in high esteem.
I remember the Moonee Ponds Town Hall in Melbourne in the 50's. There was Max Bostock's band, and singers Dorothy Baker, Norman Erskine, Frankie Davidson, Ron Lees. In those days it was compulsory to go to the Moonee Ponds Town Hall on Saturday nights, and Zigfield's in Hawthorn on Thursday nights. All the good sorts used to go to both these places.
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