In 1969, O’Keefe entertained thousands of Australian troops in Vietnam, and a few years later, in 1974, his career took off again. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. O'Keefe had played a few dates in New Zealand in 1958, but in early 1959 rising NZ promoter Harry M. Miller organised a two-month tour. A cover by Christopher Otcasek was used on the soundtrack for the movie "Pretty Woman" starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. ".In November 1964, O'Keefe had another spell in psychiatric hospital, which he came to jokingly refer to as his "holiday camp".His popularity continued to decline and sales of his records fell. O'Keefe quickly jumped to the rescue as a semi conscious Price was being taken away leaving most of the audience bewildered. View the profiles of people named Maureen Joan. Johnny Rebb wore a toupee and was escorted through the crowd to the bandstand accompanied by a bodyguard-manager. "Wild One" was revived in 1986 and recorded by Iggy Pop as Real Wild Child. 11/02/1969) Ferrara, Vincent(b. Read "THOU" by Aisha Sasha John available from Rakuten Kobo. View the profiles of people named Joan Maglicic. Find contact info for Marguerite Mosher - phone number, address, email. The highs and lows of O'Keefe's life appeared extreme. Anxious not to lose face, Taylor auditioned O'Keefe and signed him to the label.O'Keefe's debut single (issued as a 78rpm record), "You Hit The Wrong Note, Billy Goat" b/w "The Chicken Song", was released in July 1957 but it failed to chart and sold poorly, as did the follow-up, "Love Letters In The Sand" – which O'Keefe later described as the worst record of his career.By this time O'Keefe had become a close friend of Lee Gordon and their popularity really took off when O'Keefe and the Dee Jays were installed as the featured support act for Gordon's famous "Big Show" concert bills at the Sydney Stadium. THE LEGEND OF THE WILD ONE is the first production in the Koorliny Arts Centre and Kwinana Industries Council 2020 Performance Season. It was also reported that he was deeply depressed by the death of his idol Elvis Presley in August 1977, and that he had repeatedly remarked to friends "I'll be next".O'Keefe's last public appearance was on Seven Network's Sounds program, taped on 30 September 1978.Johnny O'Keefe died six days later, on 6 October 1978, from a heart attack induced by an accidental overdose of prescribed drugs. These overseas acts in turn inspired a new generation of local 'beat' stars, spearheaded by Bobby & Laurie, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Ray Brown & The Whispers, Tony Worsley & The Fabulous Blue Jays, Normie Rowe, and The Easybeats, who took the Australian pop scene by storm and (at least in Australia) soon came to rival the popularity of the biggest overseas acts.Although he had helped the careers of many of his rock'n'roll contemporaries, O'Keefe was resistant to the changes in pop music and made himself unpopular amongst the new groups by banning "long-haired" acts (such as The Missing Links) from appearing on Sing, Sing, Sing. In August 1962 he suffered another breakdown and spent two months in the psychiatric ward at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, beginning what was to become a repeating cycle of much-publicised breakdowns, hospitalisation and recovery. His second Leedon single was a cover of The Isley Brothers' "Shout!" Live performances began to taper off. Johnny O’Keefe: 40 year anniversary of losing Australia’s first rocker. Besides being a great showman himself, he is also credited for nurturing other Australian talent, like Barry Stanton and Lonnie Lee. Mary Anna Banish (born Maricic), 1881 - 1974 Mary Anna Banish was born on month day 1881, at birth place , to Mato Maricic and Ana Maricic . During his convalescence the TV show was renamed Sing, Sing, Sing and he was temporarily replaced as host by folk singer Lionel Long.O'Keefe scored his fourth Australian #1 hit with "Move Baby Move" in July 1963, and also "Shake Baby Shake" (#8, October '62) and "Twist It Up" which reached #32 in December '62.It was around this time that O'Keefe finally parted ways with his faithful backing group The Dee Jays, as he devoted more and more time to TV which was in the shocking era of all major artists miming songs at outdoor locations such at Manly Beach's Fairy Bower in 1967. It was also recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis, Everlife, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Glamour Camp, Marshall Crenshaw, Brian Setzer, and Wakefield and Jet. The rock bands emerging out of England in the 1960s had a very different image. The Museum continues to celebrate Johnny O’Keefe’s celebrity, displaying one of his outfits in the Icons exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum. In becoming more mainstream, O’Keefe was more in demand. However the tour eventually fizzled out in late November, as O'Keefe had behaved badly which did not endear him to Liberty Records which had spent over $17,000 promoting him. PeopleFinders is the best people search for contact info and public records. By chance he was able to make contact with Lee Gordon, who happened to be in London at the time, and with Gordon's help (and that of O'Keefe's wife and his parents) he was released from hospital and returned to Australia.His run of Australian hits continued in spite of his mounting personal problems "I'm Counting On You" became his second #1 hit in August 1961, followed by a third chart-topper, "Sing (And Tell The Blues So Long)" in March 1962 and "I Thank You", which reached #22 in December.His tenure with Six O'Clock Rock ended in mid-1961, and in October he moved to ATN-7 as compere of the The Johnny O'Keefe Show. On 14 February 1975 (St Valentine's Day) at the Masonic Hall, Waverley, he married with Methodist forms Maureen Joan Maricic, a 29-year-old fashion consultant and a divorcee. With his new wife, Maureen Joan Maricic, a fashion consultant, he opened a boutique, J. O’K Creations, at Paddington in 1978. It was this incident, according to Lou Casch, that inspired O'Keefe's signature tune, "Wild One". Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Johnny had several emotional breakdowns requiring hospitalisation through the 1960s. JOK was more at ease with tough wild kids.At a packed 1959 Sydney Stadium big show starring American Lloyd Price backed by various Australian acts, JOK saved the show. 08/01/1950) Ferrara, Vincent(b. From this point until the late 1960s, all O'Keefe's recordings came out on the Leedon label. Leather jackets were banned in an effort to reduce fights mostly outside the premises, and if patrons were caught fighting within the club, the two police officers (John and Reg) on duty and in uniform, would force the culprits to don boxing gloves and get into a boxing ring downstairs.Many fans would attend the live Saturday "Six O'Clock Rock" TV show at ABC's Gore Hill studios then go direct to The Leichhardt Dance. She is mother to Johnny Jnr., Victoria and Peter. Gina Barber O'Keefe suffered multiple lacerations, concussion and fractures to his head and face; he lost four teeth, and his hands were also badly lacerated.O'Keefe was air-lifted back to Sydney for treatment, but about six weeks later, and against doctors' orders, he returned to work on Six O'Clock Rock. On 14 February 1975 (St Valentine's Day) at the Masonic Hall, Waverley, he married with Methodist forms Maureen Joan Maricic, a 29-year-old fashion consultant and a divorcee. In THOU, Aisha Sasha John knows the day – biblically. The show was a rather daring departure from the ABC's otherwise rather staid entertainment programming, as its charter obliged it to cater to a mainstream audience and its radio and TV outlets had until then, featured little of the new rock'n'roll craze.Six O'Clock Rock premiered on 28 February 1959 and was originally hosted by Ricki Merriman, but after six episodes O'Keefe took over as host, marking the beginning of the most successful phase of his career. He was buried at Northern Suburbs Cemetery in Sydney.Since his death, O'Keefe's stature has continued to grow, and he has been posthumously accorded the recognition he did not receive in his lifetime. Price had collapsed on stage a few songs before he was due to finish his performance. Diana, Your email address will not be published. Mary married John Banish . The dance is on Saturday night. His drug and alcohol use escalated, he suffered a series of highly-publicised breakdowns, and he was involved in driving offences and a charge of possession of marijuana ca. O'Keefe quickly took over the running of almost every aspect of the show, selecting guest artists, choosing their material, supervising the rehearsals and conducting the band.No doubt assisted by his high profile, O'Keefe scored two more Top 20 hits in the first half of 1959 with the singles "What Do Ya Know?" In the early hours of 27 June 1960, O'Keefe, Johnny Greenan and Greenan's pregnant wife were driving back to Sydney from the Queensland Gold Coast. A genuine entertainment trailblazer and great friend. At that time the NZBC had a monopoly on radio, they had only one J.O'K. However the follow-up single charted significantly lower, peaking at a modest #30, and titles of the two songs seemed, in retrospect, to presage the downturn in O'Keefe's career the A-side, "Rock'n'Roll Will Stand" was backed by a cover of the Shirelles' "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Australian rock historian Ian McFarlane succinctly described O'Keefe's qualities in his article on the singer in the Encyclopedia of Australian Rock & Pop:"J.O'K was the first to admit that he was a limited singer, but he possessed an incredible drive, a fierce ambition to succeed, a tireless facility for self-promotion, a tremendous flair for showmanship and a larrikin spirit that was irrepressible.". JOK at one stage employed low pressure in the car tyres as this made them squeal when turning corners.Johnny O'Keefe insisted on driving himself and this almost cost him his life. Find Jon Stone in New York, NY - phone, address, email. Haley was impressed by O'Keefe, giving him a song to record ("You Hit The Wrong Note, Billy Goat") and recommending him to Ken Taylor, A&R manager of leading local record company Festival Records. 03/17/1933) Farrell, Joseph Patrick(b. Date listed: 9/2/2016 Summary of today's death noticesBENNETT, Joan Eleanor BOKAS, George CARRUTHERS, Cynthia Peggy COULLS, Stanley Raymond DALTON, Graham Reginald ECKERT, Rhonda Grace … This is the collective newspaper portal for Ontario communities, spanning over 200 years of newspapers. In December 1952 Dale and O'Keefe were called up for National Service. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that the MAAS website contains a range of material which may be culturally sensitive including records of people who may have passed away. Jing Li, Junling Li, Lei L Li, Lena Lu Qiong Li, Li Lei, Li Miao, Lina Li Maricic More , Liping Ping Lu, Liya Li, Ming Li. Australia’s first real rocker, Johnny O’Keefe, took the visuals of his performance very seriously. "Their first performance was at Stones Cabaret in the beach side suburb of Coogee, and by early 1957 they were playing four dances a week and also performing on Saturdays in the interval between films at the Embassy Theatre, Manly. It became his 29th Australian hit, reaching #8 nationally in April 1974. Andrew Allen . At their first meeting O'Keefe played Casch a selection of rock'n'roll records and asked him to imitate the guitar playing, which he was easily able to do. The Museum has in its impressive Johnny O’Keefe collection three suits Johnny wore for his performances. The show was a major success, but this only added to his already hectic workload and increased the pressure on him. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Age 58 (Jul 1962) View All Details. Top Profiles Zinnia Hernandez Nevena Mladjovic Penelope Fetsch Arlyne Torres Marz Villarina Femi B Willy Garsias Lovo Renata Strzalkowska Adepeju Adenipebi Kwan Ho Chung. O'Keefe became a regular singer with the Merzi quintet and performed with them every Sunday at the charity shows they performed at the Bondi Auditorium. 97 Gold Recipients . SHOUT! Joan Austin, Opal Maricic, Tom Leichenauer, Tom Dieters, Bob Seifried Evelyn Meyers, Marilyn Breeden, Jackie Maloney, Shirley Hogan, Jackie & Harold Maloney Mike Banovz, Maureen Sauchegrow, Dorothy English, Martha Kiely The Legend of The Wild One, with book by John-Michael Howson, David Mitchell and Melvyn Morrow and featuring music made famous by O'Keefe and other hits of the 1950s.A portrait of O'Keefe by Australian artist Ivan Durrant, titled "A Little Bit Louder Now", is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.On Thursday 10 June 2004 a 5 metre tall Monument titled "The Wild One", created by sculptor Dr. Alex Sandor Kolozsy CDVA, was unveiled at the Coolangatta/Tweed Heads, Twin Towns Services Club in memory of the King of Australian Rock and Roll.In October 2010, his 1958 album, Wild One, was listed in the top 40 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. PeopleFinders is the best people search for background checks, arrest records, and public records. Your email address will not be published. 01/07/1967) Ferrara Ferrara, Renee(b. They opened a boutique, J. O'K Creations, at Paddington in 1978. His show, The Good Old Days of Rock’n’Roll, started at the St George Leagues Club in August that year and continued to tour Australia until his death. His decision to try his luck in the USA was strongly opposed by his friend and mentor Lee Gordon but the ever-ambitious O'Keefe had already set his sights on breaking into the American market, and in L.A. he met with record executive Mickey Shaw who introduced him to executives of Liberty Records.In February 1960 O'Keefe returned to the U.S. for a promotional tour, where he was promoted as "The Boomerang Boy", and much to his chagrin, O'Keefe was obliged to give boomerang throwing exhibitions. According to Ian McFarlane, Liberty offered to pay $5 to anyone who could throw further than the singer, but they had to pay out many times at one exhibition when O'Keefe turned up drunk.O'Keefe undertook a gruelling tour that visited 35 states, but he made little impact, although "She's My Baby" reputedly sold more than 100,000 copies in the USA, and the flipside, "It's Too Late" briefly reached #1 in New Orleans. This was followed by another support spot on the second all-star Big Show, which included The Crickets (with lead singer Buddy Holly on his first and only Australian tour), Jerry Lee Lewis and Paul Anka.During this period The Dee Jays also acted as the backing band for many of the international acts that Gordon toured, since they were at the time the only rock'n'roll band in the country who could read music. Johnny O'Keefe first met Bill Haley during his tour in 1957 in Australia. and "She's My Baby". He was born in Ambon in 1924, grew up in Aceh and Jakarta, began playing guitar at an early age, and became a dedicated jazz musician. 2008/50/18/1 Photographic prints, Johnny O’Keefe, black and white, paper, photographs by various photographers, Australia, 1956-1977 Father: Raymond Moran O'Keefe (furniture salesman) Mother: Thelma Edna Kennedy Brother: Barry O'Keefe Sister: Anne Wife: Marianne Renate Willinzik (hairdresser, m. 1958, div. About 20 kilometres north of Kempsey O'Keefe fell asleep at the wheel of the Plymouth and ploughed into a gravel truck. O’Keefe’s stage attire developed with his stage shows, and up until the late 1960s, loud, over-the-top suits were one of his trademarks. Dale went into the Army and O'Keefe went into the RAAF. In 1986 the Seven Network produced the successful 'docu-drama' mini-series based on his life, Shout! This outfit, complete with velvet leopard-skin collar, and red and gold shoes decorated with fringed leather and studded with faux emeralds exemplifies O’Keefe’s taste for bold, but elegant flashiness. 03/21/1955) Farrell Farrell, Eileen Mary(b. On 14 February 1975 (St Valentine's Day) at the Masonic Hall, Waverley, he married with Methodist forms Maureen Joan Maricic, a 29-year-old fashion consultant and a divorcee. Another night saw a crew cut disc jockey Bob Rogers handing out records while being filmed for a documentary. John Michael O'Keefe, known as Johnny O'Keefe (19 January 1935 – 6 October 1978) was an Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s. Before moving to Paul's current city of Florissant, MO, Paul lived in Saint Louis MO and Hazelwood MO. Alma Aguayo . The Mersey Beat invasion and Beatle mania did not beat Johnn O’Keefe though. These "Big Show" concerts were landmarks in Australian popular entertainment, being among the first tours to feature leading overseas rock'n'roll stars, including Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis; Gordon also toured many top jazz acts of the day, including the first visits to Australia by black jazz artists such as Louis Armstrong, who had been prevented from touring Australia in previous years because of the White Australia Policy. Maureen Grace De Paz Laizlen Contreras Mohammed Idriss Adum Eno Friends Vlatka Maricic Joan Cummings Weiser Chinazor Onwurah Seth Shackford Arjun Armadillo Kiran Joel Escovilla. While the song is credited officially to Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe, and Dave Owens, some sources suggest that O'Keefe was not directly involved in the composition. In early 1959 ABC hired Johnny O'Keefe & The Dee Jays as the resident band for its new one-hour live television show Six O'Clock Rock which featured local artists. View All Details on Lena Li. Johnny died later that year, on 6 October – now forty years ago. He scored another hit in late 1959 with his first Leedon single, "Swanee River" / "The Steady Game" (#12, Oct. 1959).Boosted by his TV profile, O'Keefe's next two singles became two of the biggest and most enduring hits of his career. Regardless, ‘look’ has always played a massive part in rock n roll. A strong early musical influence was the American singer Johnnie Ray, who toured Australia to great acclaim in the 1950s and O'Keefe began his singing career as a Ray impersonator.During this period he met and became good friends with Alan Dale, also an aspiring singer, who was then employed at the O'Keefe's furniture business. It was produced and broadcast by the newly-opened Channel TEN-10 and filmed at various outdoor locations around Sydney, and O'Keefe released a 'spin-off' album also titled Where The Action Is during the year, but the series was not successful and budget problems and low ratings led to its cancellation in November 1967.From 1968 onwards O'Keefe devoted most of his time to performing on the burgeoning Australian club and cabaret circuit, and aside from the 1969 live LP Live On The Gold Coast, his only album releases were compilations of past hits, mostly issued on Festival's budget label Calendar.O'Keefe doggedly continued recording new singles during the later 1960s, but only three made it into the Top 40 "Sun's Gonna Shine Tomorrow"(#38, May 1966), "Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw" (#28, August 1966) and a re-release of "She's May Baby" which reached #22 in August 1969. Some of his hits include "Wild One" (1958), "Shout!" Industry: Human Resources, Osteopathic Physician's Office Doing business as: CATALINA POINTE ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS, PC Catalina Pointe Arthritis. His song, Mockingbird, recorded with Margaret McLaren, became a hit. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. On Facebook long-time friend and manager John L Hansen wrote: “40 years ago today we lost a true rock’n’roll legend. Christina maintains relationships with many people -- family, friends, associates, & neighbors -- including Milan Maricic, Rosemary Soda, Maria Mariscal, … The first major biography on O'Keefe was published in 1982, and several others have been written since including The Wild One by Damian Johnstone and Johnny O'Keefe - The Facts written in 2008 by Lonnie Lee and released by Starlite Records. Within a few months the emergence of the new wave of guitar/vocal groups led by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones ushered in a new era in popular music, and their advent signalled the start of a rapid decline in O'Keefe's career. A Century on Shellac and Vinyl: a crossover of collections (Part 2 of 2). During his time at high school Johnny joined the school cadets, where he made good progress learning trumpet, and he (reluctantly) sang solo in the school choir. Find Albert Spitz for free! On the business front, he signed a new contract with Festival at the end of 1969 and continued to record and release singles, but it was not until July 1972 that he finally scored another hit with a re-recorded version of 1958 hit "So Tough", which reached #7 in September that year.In January 1973 O'Keefe performed at the second Sunbury Pop Festival. or by his nickname, "The Wild One", O'Keefe was the first Australian rock'n'roll performer to tour the United States, and the first Australian artist to make the newly-introduced local Top 40 charts, and he remains Australia's most successful chart performer, with twenty-nine Top 40 hits to his credit in Australia between 1959 and 1974.Johnny O'Keefe was the younger brother of Australian jurist Barry O'Keefe (a former head of the New South Wales ICAC) and the uncle of comedian and TV presenter Andrew O'Keefe. His father Alderman Ray O'Keefe was Mayor of Waverley Council in the early 1960s'She's My Baby' was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2007. He was the second of three children of Raymond Moran O'Keefe and Thelma Edna Kennedy. Son: Peter O'Keefe Wife: Maureen Joan Maricic (fashion consultant, m. 1975) During these appearances, O'Keefe would sing his specialty, Johnny Ray's "Cry", while wearing a pair of trick glasses which would squirt water over the audience. None of them were performers. O’Keefe also became a television personality, hosting the programs Six O’Clock Rock (ABC, 1959 – 1961), Johnny O’Keefe Show (ATN-7, 1962), and then Sing Sing Sing, (ATN-7 1963). b/w "You Excite Me" (#9, May 1959).At this point O'Keefe switched to Festival's new subsidiary Leedon Records. It premiered at St George Leagues Club in Sydney and continued successfully for the next four years. "At the time, rock 'n' roll and its followers in Sydney often found themselves at odds with non-aficionados. Benefactors Joan Fiumefreddo Alice M. … They had three children, but their relationship eventually collapsed under the pressure of O'Keefe's career demands and mental health problems, and they were divorced in 1966. The first turning point in O'Keefe's career was in early 1953, when he began singing with the quintet of jazz accordionist Gus Merzi at charity dances. The Story of Johnny O'Keefe, which starred actor-singer Terry Serio as O'Keefe.In 1986 punk legend Iggy Pop recorded a cover version of O'Keefe's signature tune "Wild One" under the title "Real Wild Child", which was included on his album Blah Blah Blah and released as a single. It’s probably due to make another comeback too. census data research online uses ads from selected third party sponsors in order to provide this free service. According to Lou Casch, on one occasion, while O'Keefe and the Dee Jays played at an upstairs dance venue in Newtown, an "Italian wedding" reception was also taking place downstairs. Join Facebook to connect with Joan Maglicic and others you may know. Ali Cherubini Christina Smock … They opened a boutique, J. O'K Creations, at Paddington in 1978. MAURINE MARICIC 8 Found; MAURICIO MARICIC 9 Found; MAURICE MARICIC 8 Found; MAUREEN MARICIC 8 Found; MAURA MARICIC 6 Found; MAUDIE MARICIC 7 Found; MAUDE MARICIC 6 Found; MAUD MARICIC 5 Found; MATTIE MARICIC 7 Found; MATTHEW MARICIC 8 Found; MATT MARICIC 5 Found; MATILDE MARICIC 8 Found; MATILDA MARICIC 8 Found; MATHILDE MARICIC 9 Found; MATHILDA MARICIC 9 Found; MATHEW MARICIC … Johnny’s wardrobe on TV was conspicuously less flashy than his live performance outfits. The enterprising O'Keefe was involved in every aspect of the group's career including hiring the halls, placing ads in the local newspapers and putting up posters. He subsequently had to undergo many gruelling operations to reconstruct his face, which left his appearance permanently changed. He was raised as a Catholic and attended the local Catholic primary school, followed by secondary schooling at Waverley College in nearby Waverley.Johnny had a solid musical background and listened to the radio almost constantly at home although he did not often sing around the house. Johnny’s beige and hot-pink suit was made by Sydney tailor Tony Bonnici in the late 1950s. O'Keefe took the staid NZ music scene by storm, although he was banned from playing at some halls and faced problems getting airplay. Their skill and energy and O'Keefe's frantic performances also saw them upstage many of the visiting performers. Peter Cox on the outlandish outfits that defined Australia’s rock ’n’ roll rebel. record in their library, and they refused to play his new single "Wild One" - although a hastily issued version by NZ rocker Johnny Devlin was played. Is the rock image glam, flashy, showy and gregarious? And although he himself had a wild image, it was clean-cut and tailored. One of the biggest personal blows O'Keefe suffered albeit one for which he was primarily responsible was the breakdown of his marriage and the bitter 1966 divorce from his long-suffering wife Marianne, whom he had married in 1958, which resulted in him being denied access to their three children.During 1969 O'Keefe toured Vietnam to entertain Australian troops stationed there. Summary: Paul Maricic is 97 years old and was born on 08/23/1923. 05/05/1941) Goodwin Goodwin, Linda(b. The highs and lows of O'Keefe's life appeared extreme. These drugs were treatment for his bipolar disorder. The Dee Jays stayed together, however, and continued performing until 1980. Lena Li. Previously city included Walnut Creek CA. Johnny O'Keefe's life changed irrevocably after seeing and hearing Bill Haley singing "Rock Around the Clock" in the film Blackboard Jungle in June 1955. The gold suit, tailored by Len Taylor, Sydney, American Clothes Stylist, in the late 1950s, is only marginally less flashy than Johnny’s red suit. On his return to Australia, "It's Too Late" became his eleventh Australian hit, but O'Keefe was totally broke and deeply depressed. Armstrong, Maureen Ryan (née Ames) (Died) appeared in St. Catharines Standard, 5 May 2010, C8. On 14 February 1975 (St Valentine's Day) at the Masonic Hall, Waverley, O'Keefe married for the second time to Maureen Joan Maricic, a 29-year-old fashion consultant. On 14 February 1975 (St Valentine's Day) at the Masonic Hall, Waverley, O'Keefe married for the second time to Maureen Joan Maricic, a 29-year-old fashion consultant. Many of the "bodgie" (male) and "widgie" (female) patron's arrived on motor bikes (cycles). He realised immediately that this was the style of music he wanted to perform, and from this point on he dedicated himself single-mindedly to becoming a rock 'n' roll singer and a star.Although he was perhaps an unlikely candidate for stardom, he pursued it relentlessly for the next two decades and it is a tribute to his tenacity that, in large measure, his dream was achieved: by 1960 he had become the most popular and successful singer in Australia and a major TV star. 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O'Keefe was alienated by the new developments in pop music, and he later described this period as "the biggest downer in my career".Another major blow to O'Keefe was the sudden death of his partner and friend Lee Gordon, who died from a heart attack in London on 7 November 1963.O'Keefe's last major hit of the Sixties came in April 1964 (two months before the Beatles toured Australia) when "She Wears My Ring" reached #2 on the singles chart. NCJAR® NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award® 2015 GO L D Re ci pi e n ts. Long, messy hair, smart-mouthed and raw, the Mersey Beat phenomenon did not impress O’Keefe. Unfortunately, Johnny didn’t get to see glam and flashiness come back into rock n roll as it did in a big way in the 1970s, and again in the 1980s. 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