Jeff St. John (Jeffrey Leo Newton, 22 April 1946 – 6 March 2018), was an Au… Read Full Bio ↴Jeff St. John (Jeffrey Leo Newton, 22 April 1946 – 6 March 2018), was an Australian musician and singer who gained fame for top ten hits with Teach Me How to Fly (1970), Big Time Operator (1967) and A Fool in Love (1977). aka Jeff St John.

Jeff St John was born in Newtown, Sydney and attended Cleveland Street Boys High School in Surry Hills, New South Wales. He was born with spina bifida and spent much of his life in a wheel chair..

He appeared with a number of bands during the late 1960s and early 1970s including; John The Syndicate aka The Wild Oats (1965), The Id (1966–67) with Bob Bertles (tenor sax '67), Jeff St John & Yama (1967–68), Jeff St John & Copperwine (1969-72), with Harry Brus (bass 70-72) and Wendy Saddington (co-lead vocals 70-71), Jeff St John Band (1972–73) and, Red Cloud (1975-76).

In 1980 he was the subject of an episode of the documentary series The Australians presented by Peter Luck. The episode was titled "Jeff St. John - Rock 'n' Roll Man".

In 1988 as part of Australian Bicentenary celebrations along with many other Australian celebrities, Jeff St John took part in a video shoot at Ayers Rock called Celebration of a Nation.

St John was involved in educating people about disabilities and was a member of spina bifida support group MOSAIC. Jeff appeared at the opening of the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney where he sang the Australian National Anthem.

Jeff St John died on 6 March 2018, at his home in Perth, Western Australia.

Children Of The Storm
Jeff St. John Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Children Of The Storm' by these artists:

Lancer We're children of the storm The ivory tower's fall A new kin…
Vasen Käsi We are the children of the storm In the heat of…
Virgin Steele Forget in Fire, tempered in STEEL, CHILDREN OF THE STORM Nev…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Jeff St. John:

A Fool In Love You made an art out of love 'em and leave…
All My Friends Are Getting Married Natalie, you are my Natalie Natalie, you’re all I wanna be …
Big Time Operator These days I feel I'm fightin' Everything in sight I'm fight…
Devil Got My Woman I'd rather be the devil, Than I would be my woman's…

Fool In Love You made an art out of love 'em and leave…
Honky Tonk Women She's a honky tonk woman Give me, give me, give me…
Hummingbird I'm headed for the treeline Where the only thing they love …
I Wanna Be A Survivor So messed up, I want you here In my room, I…
Jailhouse Rock The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison…
Levon Levon wears his war wound like a crown He calls his…
Nothing Comes Easy If I did not love you so I would not go…
Reach Out Nothing changes with the moon only the shades of emptiness w…
Reach Out And Touch Me When you go through a day And the things that people…
Rock 'N' Roll Man You got a lotta love from the crowd tonight Now you…
Rock N Roll Man Back in the old days I remember well Rock 'n Roll…
St John's Chariot Ut queant laxis So that our mouths be opened I learned my…
Superstition Superstition ain't the way Superstition ain't the way Supers…
Survivor You were glad when you hit the ground I was sad…
Teach Me How To Fly Teach me how to worship You Father God Father God Teach…
You Got Me Hummin' Every time the tears falls in your eyes I'll be by…

You're No Good How can you be so dark and disgusting When she's all…

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