Six Ribbons - The Ultimate Collection
Jon English (born Jonathan James English, 26 March 1949; died 9 March 2016)… Read Full Bio ↴Jon English (born Jonathan James English, 26 March 1949; died 9 March 2016) was an English-born Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor. English emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1961. He was an early vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Sebastian Hardie but left to take on the role of Judas Iscariot in the Australian version of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar from May 1972, which was broadcast on television. English is also a noted solo singer, his Australian top twenty hit singles include "Turn the Page", "Hollywood Seven", "Words are Not Enough", "Six Ribbons" and "Hot Town".

English was acclaimed for his starring role in the 1978 Australian TV series Against the Wind - he won the TV Week Logie Award for 'Best New Talent in Australia'. He also co-wrote and performed the score with Mario Millo (ex-Sebastian Hardie). The series had international release, known as Mot alla vindar (1980) in Scandinavia,[7] where both "Six Ribbons" and "Against the Wind" were released as singles, both singles and the soundtrack album peaked at #1 on the Norwegian charts; the first single, "Six Ribbons" and the album, peaked at #4 on the Swedish charts.

During 1983-1985, English won four Mo Awards with three consecutive 'Entertainer of the Year' awards and a further 'Male Vocal Performer' in 1985. English has performed in Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado and HMS Pinafore from 1984. Performances of Essgee Entertainment's productions of the Gilbert and Sullivan trilogy from 1994 to 1997 were broadcast on Australian TV, they were all released on VHS and subsequently on DVD.
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Six Ribbons - The Ultimate Collection
Jon English Lyrics


All Together Now Yeah! All together now Yesterday was a memory, of might ha…
Always The Busker One for the money and two for the show Three for…
Another Brand New Day Last night I had a dream that the world was…
Beating The Boards I′ve been drivin' out back in a 10 ton Mack,…
Behind Blue Eyes No one knows what it's like to be the bad…
Carmilla Carmilla are you still there-ere, I heard you whisperin' on…
Everytime I Sing A Love Song It's always nice to find A little love along the…
Get Your Love Right All my days and my gamblin' ways Their a part of…
Glass Houses Born, in forty-nine Part of a long-long line of roses and…
Handbags And Gladrags Ever seen a blind man cross the road Tryin' to make…
Hollywood Seven She came in one night from Omaha, worn out She never…
Hot Town So you think you're so refi-ined, ahead of your ti-ime Leavi…
Lay It All Down When someday-ay, you wake up feelin' ba-ad The best you had,…
Lovin' Arms If you could see me now The one who said that…
Minutes To Midnight Hah-hah-hah-hah-hah Well you can write to me your truth and …
Move Better In The Night I've got my li-ife, you've got your li-ife We don't see…
Oh Paris He learned early if you want somebody, go all the…
Same Old Feeling Again I came up to the flame of the candle I burned…
Sandcastles Oh, Your dark nights, hypnotize The look of love is in…
She Was Real She Was Real It was cold and it was dark, When I…
Six Ribbons If I were a minstrel, I?d sing you six love…
Some People (Have All the Fun) Well I know lots of the in-crowd, I like to…
Turn The Page On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha You can…
Words Are Not Enough Words are not enough To show the way I feel…


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