NOELEEN BATLEY

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Noeline Batley's breakthrough came with her winsome version of "Barefoot Boy " on which she was backed by Festival's 'house' band, The R'Jays, and written by 16-year-old Helen Grover, who had won a talent contest a year earlier with her own performance of the song.

Noeleen's version was released in October and it made the top 5 in all mainland capitals in November 1960, thereby making Noeleen the first Australian female pop singer to score a national hit