Song

I’m Counting on You: JOHNNY O’KEEFE

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Australian singles chart:
I’m Counting on You entered the Kent charts on 26 August 1961 and peaked at #1. It was #7 on the Top 100 of 1961.

Songwriter:
Alicia Evelyn

Record label of Australian release:
Leedon

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Pop Archives:
I’m Counting on You was one of three songs recorded by Johnny that were writting by prolific American songwriter Alicia Evelyn. The other two were I Thank You and Heaven Sent.
Johnny visited Alicia in New York after hearing I’m Counting On You being played on a piano in the offices of Aaron Schroeder Music. The two met again, with Johnny’s wife Maureen, in New York in 1973, and Alicia Evelyn visited the O’Keefes in Sydney in 1975, when she took part in the Johnny O’Keefe episode of This Is Your Life.
Read more: poparchives.com.au/johnny-okeefe/im-counting-on-you

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