Shout! The Legend of the Wild One
| Shout! The Legend of the Wild One | |
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| Book |
John-Michael Howson David Mitchell Melvyn Morrow |
| Productions | 2000 |
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| Soundtrack album by Australian Cast featuring David Campbell | ||||
| Released | March 2001 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll music Stage and Screen | |||
| Label | Epic Records | |||
| Producer | Amber Jacobsen, Col Joye, Kevin Jacobsen, Chris Dickie, David Campbell, Ken Laing | |||
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Shout! The Legend of the Wild One is an Australian musical based on the life of Johnny O'Keefe. It debuted in 2000 in a production directed by Richard Wherrett featuring David Campbell and has been much revived.
In the mid 1970s Johnny O'Keefe shows his new fiancé to see the Sydney Stadium before it is demolished. He begins to reminisce about his life, growing up in Sydney and falling for Marianne, a German immigrant. When he hears Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets he discovers a passion for rock music and persuades Lee Gordon to promote him.
O'Keefe becomes famous and successful. But he is involved in a car crash and fails to crack the US market. He and Gordon fall out, his marriage collapses and Gordon dies.
However O'Keefe makes a comeback in the 1970s.
Shout! The Legend of The Wild One original cast recording was released in March 2001. The album was certified gold in Australia. It received the ARIA Award for Best Original Cast/Show Album in 2001.
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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