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and recorded another four singles: ‘Pretty Keen Teen’ / ‘My Secret’ / ‘Too Much’ / ‘Ever Since’ and a collaboration with The Barry
Sisters on the single ‘Knocking on the Right Front Door.’ The only single that had a chart entry in Australia was ‘First Kiss’ which entered Melbourne at number 32.
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Biographical Service - Volume 8 -1977 Page 1178 From there he formed a partnership with another Australian, Chris Bell (whose father insisted that they be billed as a brother act under the name of Allen), which led to Australian television, a tour of the
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December 1961, they released the singles ‘No Fooling’ and ‘Be An Angel Darling.’ Two months later, they released the singles ‘Baby Loves Me’ and ‘Firefly.’ Lastly, they released ‘There’s Never Been a Girl Like You’ and ‘Ain’t Misbehaving’ in August 1962.
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