NZ Music Month's Melodic Memories (2)

Johnny Cooper
(aka: The Maori Cowboy)

(1950s-?)
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You can listen to his Pie Cart Rock 'n' Roll here:

with his early-years band, The Range Riders
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Peter Lewis & the Trisonic

*(1950s-?)
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You can listen to their collaborative Four City Rock here:

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Glyn Tucker with Ian Lowe & the Tornados

(1960-?)
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You can listen to their I'm In Love here:

Glyn, with his future wife Carole, 1960
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The Four Fours

(late 50s- early 60s)*
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You can listen to their She's Gonna Get Me here:

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Sandy Tansley
(1957)
This one is a little different, because I could not find a copy of his recording - Resuscitation Rock - (although it is out there on records). There was apparently some dispute as to whether Sandy or Johnny Cooper was indeed the first artist to record a rock'n'roll song here. Sandy may have beaten Johnny by just a few weeks.