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.
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.
Hold Back The Night
Jon English Lyrics
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Bernie Taupin I walk a night beat I walk for miles and I…
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Dobbs Dead I am surrounded by life and the world ahead Electric light…
Giant I've been looking for an answer in the sky Can you…
Graham Parker Hold back the night, turn on the light Don't wanna dream…
Graham Parker The Rumour Hold back the night Turn on the light Don't wanna dream abou…
Graham Parker & The Rumour & Graham Parker Hold back the night Turn on the light Don't wanna dream abou…
Graham Parker And The Rumour Hold back the night, turn on the light Don't wanna dream…
I Am Kloot Hold back the night The streets are filled with laughter S…
J-Love I don't really Want to rush But I got time To kill Thinking …
Robin Beck I don't wanna leave you alone I don't wanna beg you…
Rykarda Parasol The story never checked out I heard too many versions What t…
Sinéad O'Connor I want to walk Into the light Day has turned…
The Trammps Hold back the night, turn on the lights Don't wanna dream…
V.A. Mirror mirror Who are you inside my wall Its you you I thin…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Jon English:
20-20 Hindsight Busker - I mean, what have we gotta get a…
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…
Brand New Day Last night I had a dream that the world was…
By Firelight We met in the forest As midnight grew near-ear And we…
Carmilla Carmilla are you still there-ere, I heard you whisperin' on…
Chained To The Middle Oh yeah! Workin' man with his life in his hands wants…
Every Time I Sing A Love Song It's always nice to find A little love along the…
Fancy This Busker - Hey, there she is. Hello. Angel - Hello. Busker -…
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 & Gladrags Ever seen a blind man cross the road Tryin' to make…
Hollywood 7 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…
i Walkin' through the city early mornin' Sunday, feelin' fine …
Josephine Oh Jo-osephine, well you won't fi-ind your dream At the loca…
Just The Way I Am Walkin' through the city early mornin' Sunday, feelin' fine …
Laughing At The Guru Well I was walkin' along just the other day I got…
Lay It All Down When someday-ay, you wake up feelin' ba-ad The best you had,…
Love Goes On One-two, one-two-three-four, one-two Well-a, ooh-ee love goe…
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…
No Turning Back If you think there's a reason, for live and let…
Oh Paris He learned early if you want somebody, go all the…
One Thing Leads To Another Angel - One thing leads to another. Some things can never…
Play With Fire Oh girl you've got your diamonds And you've got your pretty…
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…
Six Ribbons (Remastered) If I were a minstrel I'd sing you six love…
Some People Well I know lots of the in-crowd, I like to…
Space Shanty New year aw yeah no stopping the fire Still fighting through…
Straight from the Heart I could start dreamin' but it never ends As long as…
Superstar Hello-o Ah, hi, how are you man, I'm not too bright Look…
The Shining The Colorado Ballroom is alive tonight Masked people waitin'…
Thief in the Night I've got my li-ife, you've got your li-ife We don't see…
Turn The Page On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha You can…
Walk Across The World And when you walked away-ay The world and I were ready…
Words Are Not Enough Words are not enough To show the way I feel…
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Stacy Petrie
I loved him from such a young age. Met him once and he was an absolute gentleman.
Tim Anon
Quality man.
Christel Sjöstrand
Still love you 😘
Shellgrit
Such a gifted entertainer. Always humble and was so good to see in concert. Always put on a great show and was so energetic. So sadly missed Jon
lapalad
This is my favourite Jon English song, such great memories of a great man.
•Suger bomb•
I love you Jon English thank you for the memories you'll always have a place in my heart
Eli Therese Gran
This is a really good version, and one of my favorites - along with so many of his songs,
Thank you David for sharing ;)
David Gillies
Thanks Eli
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I met Jon English at the Casino last year and it will be in my memory forever in my eyes he was a true legend and a fantastic artist what a masterpiece
Carmen Johnson
I will always love Jon 💞 and forever miss him!