Johnny Young (born Johnny Benjamin Arthur de Jong 12 March 1947, Rotterdam, Netherlands)<!-- Birth details are verified by a number of sources, see note [A] below. Do not change without better references. --> is an Australian singer, composer, record producer, disc jockey, television producer and host. He had a number-one hit with the double-A-sided single, "Step Back" and a cover of the Strangeloves' "Cara-lyn" in 1966. He was concurrently the host of TV pop music program The Go!! Show. In the mid-1960s, he toured with the Rolling Stones and supported Roy Orbison.

Philippines controversy

In the early 1990s, Young learned that Terry Higgins, a former Young Talent Time studio director, had contracted HIV. and when it was raided, the Filipino authorities mistook Young for the owner and arrested him under charges of running an illegal AIDS clinic after accompanying Higgins. with Young, Dannii Minogue and Arena reminiscing via teleconferencing.

Personal life

Young was raised as the son of Fokke Jan de Jong and his wife Anna. They already had three children Cornelia, Antonia and Ferdinand. His mother had an affair while her husband was stationed in Indonesia, and Young's biological father was a singer, Johannes<!-- last name not seen in source -->.

EPs

  • Let It Be Me (Johnny Young & Kompany) – Clarion <small>(MCX 11205)</small> (1966)
  • Kiss Me Now (Johnny Young & Kompany) – Clarion <small>(MCX 11246)</small> (1966)
  • All My Loving – Clarion <small>(MCX 11251)</small> (April 1967)
  • Craise Finton Kirk – Clarion <small>(MCX 11379)</small> (1968)

Singles

Further reading

  • Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
  • Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. As from September 2010, the on-line version appears to have an 'Internal Service Error'.
  • Item PP135/2, De Jong, Anna Wilhelmina, Ferdinand, Johnny (migrant selection documents) at National Archives of Australia, page 4, includes a photo of De Jong, Johnny at age 11, taken before 23 May 1958.