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Single:
Midnight Bus entered the Australian singles chart* on 30 October 1972 and peaked at #31.
Album:
The song is on Going Places (Just For Fun) by Johnny Chester, recorded with Jigsaw, released in 1972.
Songwriter:
John D Loudermilk
Producer:
Johnny Chester
Record label of Australian release:
Fable
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS SONG BELOW – Midnight Bus by Betty McQuade
Wikipedia:
Johnny Chester started his career in 1959 singing rock ‘n roll music with The Jaywoods, changing to country music in 1969. He toured nationally with the Beatles, Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette and Charley Pride.
During his career, Johnny led various groups including Johnny Chester & The Chessmen, Johnny Chester & Jigsaw, and Johnny Chester & Hotspur. With Jigsaw, he had five top 30 hit singles 1971-1974: Gwen (Congratulations), Shame and Scandal, Midnight Bus, World’s Greatest Mum and She’s My Kind of Woman.
Chester hosted various TV series: Teen Time on GLV-10 Gippsland (1963–64), Teen Scene on ABC TV (1964–65) and Country Road on ABC TV (1977–78). He also worked as a radio announcer on 3UZ Melbourne and ABC Radio.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Chester
Lyrics:
Me and my baby left on the midnight bus
Pulled out of Durham and left in a cloud of dust
Headed for the border of North and South Caroline
This time tomorrow she’ll be mine
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BONUS
Midnight Bus by Betty McQuade first entered the Australian singles chart* on 9 December 1961 and peaked at #29. A re-release entered the chart on 16 October 1965 and peaked at #68.
Wikipedia:
Betty McQuade was an Australian rock & roll and pop singer whose career took off after moving from Brisbane to Melbourne in 1960, when she joined The Thunderbirds. The following year she signed with Astor Records as a solo singer, releasing her versions of Wanda Jackson’s Tongue Tied and John D. Loudermilk’s Midnight Bus, on which she was backed by the Thunderbirds. Loudermilk himself described McQuade’s recording as the “definitive killer version” of the song.
Betty appeared regularly on Australian TV shows through the early 1960s. In 1962 she joined with the Premiers and released her final record on the Astor label, Bobby, Bobby, Bobby. She then joined the Go!! label, who reissued Midnight Bus and a further single, Blue Train.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_McQuade
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