Single:
Poison Ivy entered the Australian singles chart* on 9 May 1964 and peaked at #3. It was #18 on the Top 100 of 1964.
Songwriters:
Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Record label of Australian release:
Linda Lee
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
On Bandstand in 1964:
Wikipedia:
Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs formed in Sydney in 1963. They were active in two incarnations, the first as a beat band from 1963 to 1967, emerging in 1964 with their cover of Poison Ivy, which kept The Beatles from the top spot of the Sydney charts during the latter’s Australian tour.
After a brief solo career, Thorpe resurrected the Aztecs name in 1968 with a new line-up and a heavier rock direction influenced by guitarist Lobby Loyde. By the 1970s, the new Aztecs had become one of the most popular hard rock bands in the country with appearances at the Sunbury Pop Festival and hit songs such as Most People I Know (Think That I’m Crazy), before disbanding in 1973.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Thorpe_and_the_Aztecs
Lyrics:
She comes on like a rose
But everybody knows
She′ll get you in touch
You can look but you’d better not touch
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