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Aus 90 - Tribute To Jack Davey

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A Collection of Aussie Radio Shows No 90

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Two tribute shows to Jack Davey. One in 1973 and the other in 1986.

"John Andrew Davey" (8 February 1907 – 14 October 1959), known as Jack Davey, was a New Zealand-born singer and pioneering star of Australian radio in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Jack Davey was born John Andrew Davey on 8 February 1907 and educated at King's College, Auckland. Davey was the second son of Union Steam Ship Company captain Arthur Henry Davey and his wife Ella May, née Hunter. After leaving school, Davey worked in the haberdashery department of a large store, but left after a close friend and workmate died after falling down an open lift shaft.

He was also variously a sign writer, used car salesman and assistant stage theatre manager. His father, Arthur Henry Davey despairing of his son's future, took him to sea, in an attempt to establish a career for his son. After being given the hardest, most unpleasant jobs aboard ship, Davey decided the life of a sailor was not for him. Davey arrived in Sydney in 1931 aboard his father's ship, and decided to stay in Australia, and started his radio production company, Jack Davey Productions Lmt.

Davey soon had his own breakfast show, a daytime quiz, an evening variety programme and voiceover work for Fox Movietone newsreels. Abandoning his singing career, he adopted his trademark greeting of "Hi Ho, Everybody" and became Australia's highest paid and most popular radio performer, as a writer, producer, and host.…

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Tribute to Jack Davey - 1973

    No date given · 51 min

  2. Tribute to Jack Davey - John West 1986

    No date given · 58 min

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