Cat. No. VV 1050: BETTY McQUADE ~ MIDNIGHT BUS. RAVEN RV-09.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

BETTY McQUADE BEGAN SINGING IN TALENT SHOWS AND IN CLUBS WINNING A MAJOR TALENT SHOW AT BRISBANE CITY HALL IN 1956 WHEN SHE WAS 15 YEARS OF AGE. SHE MOVED TO MELBOURNE IN 1960 AND TEAMED UP WITH WITH "THE THUNDERBIRDS" REPLACING JUDY CANNON.

THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BETTY SIGNED WITH ASTOR RECORDS AS A SOLO SINGER RELEASING HER VERSIONS OF THE WANDA JACKSON RECORDING, "TONGUE TIED" AND JOHN D. LOUDERMILK'S "MIDNIGHT BUS" ON WHICH SHE WAS BACKED BY "THE THUNDERBIRDS". THE LATTER SONG REACHED MOST REGIONAL CHARTS IN AUSTRALIA, AND HAS BEEN REISSUED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS LATER VOTED IN A NEWSPAPER POLL AS THE #1 ROCK SONG OF THE 20TH CENTURY IN AUSTRALIA. LOUDERMILK HIMSELF DESCRIBED BETTY'S VERSION AS THE "DEFINITIVE KILLER VERSION" OF THE SONG.

BETTY APPEARED REGULARLY ON AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE EARLY 1960s. IN 1962, SHE JOINED WITH "THE PREMIERS" AND RELEASED HER FINAL RECORD ON THE ASTOR LABEL, "BOBBY, BOBBY, BOBBY", ANOTHER LOUDERMILK SONG. BETTY LATER JOINED THE GO!! LABEL WHO REISSUED "MIDNIGHT BUS" AND A FURTHER SINGLE, "BLUE TRAIN"

BETTY RETURNED TO QUEENSLAND IN 1966, AND PERFORMED REGULARLY IN CLUBS WIDENING HER REPERTOIRE TO INCLUDE POP STANDARDS AND BALLADS. SHE RETIRED IN 1968 BUT LATER RETURNED TO SINGING IN SMALL CLUBS. IN 1983, BETTY RETURNED TO MELBOURNE AND BEGAN PERFORMING AT ROCK'N'ROLL REVIVAL EVENTS AS WELL AS GUESTING ON TV SHOWS. SHE CONTINUED TO PERFORM INTO THE 2000s UNTIL HER FINAL PERFORMANCE ON 22 SEPTEMBER, 2007. BETTY PASSED AWAY ON 26 DECEMBER, 2011 AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.

THIS 1981 SIX TRACK RAVEN RECORDS RELEASE FEATURES THE BEST OF BETTY'S RECORDINGS. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY, VERY MINOR SOILING AND THE RECORD IS VIRTUALLY IN MINT CONDITION.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Midnight Bus / Blue Train / Beauty Is Just Skin Deep. Side 2 - Tongue Tied / You Make Me Mad / Bobby, Bobby, Bobby.

7" VINYL RECORD