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The kick-start for his career as a pop star came in early 1966 when The Easybeats visited Perth. They gave Johnny the ultimate seal of approval by presenting him with one of their new songs. "Step Back", co-written by Stevie Wright and George Young and it was issued as a single in May 1966, backed by a foot-stomping cover of The Strangeloves' "Cara-lyn". Luckily for Johnny, Clarion had just signed a distribution deal with Sydney's Festival Records, and with Festival's added promotional clout and its national distribution network, the single became a double-sided #1 hit in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. It was so successful, according to Noel McGrath, that it became the second biggest-selling Australian single of the Sixties, surpassed only by Normie Rowe's double-sided mega-hit "Que Sera Sera" / "Shakin' All Over".
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