New World (band)

New World
Origin	Brisbane, Australia
Genres	Pop
Years active	1965–1976, 1988
Labels	Parlophone, Decca, RAK, EMI
Past members	John "Fuzzy" Lee Mel Noonan Robert Elford John Kane (later)

New World was an Australian pop group that existed from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. They are best known for their Top 10 hit single, "Tom-Tom Turnaround", which was released in 1971. Most of their biggest successes were written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.

The band was founded in Brisbane in 1965, by John "Fuzzy" Lee (born 9 March 1944, Ashtead, Surrey, England), Mel Noonan (born Melvin J. Noone, 10 November 1943, Sydney, Australia) and Robert Elford (born 13 April 1932, Townsville, Australia), and were billed as The New World Trio. In 1968, John Kane (born 18 April 1946, Glasgow, Scotland) joined the group, and by the end of the decade they were a popular act.

At the beginning of the 1970s, songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman booked the group on television. They also took the band to Europe, where record label owner Mickie Most signed them immediately to his imprint RAK. Their first single for RAK was a cover of Joe South’s "Rose Garden", which hit number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in 1971. A version of "Rose Garden" by country singer Lynn Anderson, released in late 1970, was an international number one hit single.

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