Talk:Col Joye

Factual inaccuracy

Dear all. Where was the citation for "Joye sustained serious lower back and shoulder injuries when he fell while cleaning the gutters at his home."? At the time, the media reported Joye as having been 60 feet (not six metres) up in the air, pruning a neighbour's tree with a chainsaw as a favour, when yes (don't laugh) he cut the branch he was standing on and fell onto brick pavers below, striking his head (falling into a coma, from which he luckily recovered), among other parts of his body.

To my knowledge, if memory serves me correctly they reported he has permanently lost his sense of smell (as well as having sustained temporary short-term memory loss) due to brain damage caused by the fall.

As I no longer have a copy of the newspaper clipping, I have amended the description of the incident, as described by Col Joye himself here -> www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1745834.htm, leaving the "lower back and shoulder injuries" part intact. Johnr_roberts 23:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Bad, bad text

He was the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a No 1 Record Australia-wide, with "Bye Bye Baby" (no wait, that was a No.3), followed by "Clementine" (that also peaked at No.3), "Oh Yeah Uh Huh" (his fourth single, it did peak at No.1, but "Fools Like Me" as his third single didn't make the Top 40 Australia-wide) and "Yes Sir That's My Baby" (this was actually his eighth single, and it only peaked at No.5 nationally). It is therefore factually incorrect to claim that Col Joye was the first Australian performer to have four consecutive national No.1 hits. However, four of his first eight singles did go to No.1 in Sydney.

The above (apart from the bolding) is what's in the article at the moment. We cannot have this "stream of consciousness" style of writing in an encyclopedia. Nor do we need to debate the facts - that's what talk pages are for, amongst other things. I have no idea what the facts are, but if someone can review this and improve the text, that would be great. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 06:12, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

I just tagged the front page with a copy edit template - I couldn't agree more.68.144.172.8 (talk) 00:23, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Done. This was real messy. An anon IP mussed with the existing text around the time of Jack's original post, really confusing what was there previously. I have tried to fix it up, but don't know the exact details, so if someone knows better or has good refs, please go ahead and fix it further. At least it makes sense now. --jjron (talk) 08:17, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Discography?

There must be a rational explanation for this, and I'll probably kick myself when I see it.

The text says

Joye enjoyed a string of hits on the local and national singles charts of Australia beginning in 1959..; his third single "Bye Bye Baby" reached No.3 on the Australian Kent Music Report charts in 1959, followed by "Rockin Rollin Clementine" also peaking at No. 3.[3] His fifth single, "Oh Yeah Uh Huh", became his most successful, peaking at No. 1. He also had other charting singles, including "Yes Sir That's My Baby" peaking at No. 5 nationally.

So why does the singles discography list only three charting singles, all from the 1970s?

Lyn50 (talk) 06:18, 6 April 2021 (UTC)