Australian singles charts:
Pathway to Paradise entered the Kent charts on 20 June 1959 and peaked at #13. It was #78 on the Top 100 of 1959.
Album:
The song was included on the Johnny Rebb and His Rebels album Pathway to Paradise, the Leedon Anthology 1958-1960, released on CD in 1999.
Songwriters:
John Charter, Johnny Rebb, Sid McDonagh
Record label of Australian release:
Leedon
Sydney Morning Herald:
Johnny Rebb (real name Don Delbridge) was a country & western singer who was converted to rock & roll, inspired by Rock Around the Clock in the film Blackboard Jungle.
Don’s vocal range suited rock. He could growl, shout, sob and croon. He cut a swathe through local talent quests and soon had a manager, Syd McDonagh. Syd set about finding Delbridge a band, a record contract and a stage name, Johnny Rebb.
McDonagh approached ace keyboard player/music arranger John Charter to form the band. Charter agreed, if a record contract was in the offing. Johnny joined Sydney entrepreneur Lee Gordon’s Leedon and Lee Gordon labels, releasing a string of records, beginning with Noelene/Hey Sheriff. Their biggest hit was an original song in 1959, Pathway to Paradise.
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