Evan Jones (musician)

Evan Jones
Birth name	James Evan Jones[1]
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar

Evan Jones is an Australian musician and photographer. Together with his brother Idris he wrote "The Pushbike Song".[2]

Jones was in an Adelaide band called the Gingerbread Men before his career was interrupted by military service in Vietnam.[2] Also in the band was Idris Jones, Tony McNicoll and Dean Birbeck. They released a single in the 60s, "Looking At You" / "Goodnight" (1965, W&G).

Idris Jones was later a member of The Mixtures. The Jones brothers wrote their song "The Pushbike Song" which was released by the band in 1970. The song charted internationally and reached #1 in Australia.[3]

In 1977 two songs he had written were released by Graham Cornes as a single, "I Gotta Girl" backed with "Untying the Laces" (J & B Records).[4]

In 1981, backed by the band Y Knot, he had a hit with the single "Mm! Mm! Don't Cha Love Summertime!" which reached #85 on the Australian Single Charts.[5]

Jones worked as a children's television host, appearing on Here's Humphrey, C'mon Kids and Cartoon Connection.[6]

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
Trudy	Released: 1972 Format: LP Label: Raven (RNLP-102)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
		AUS [5]
1972	"Little Black Spider"/"Shoo Fly Shoo"	-
	"Jesus Song"/"All Men Are Equal"	-
1976	"Damn' Ya Darlin" (with Idris)	-
1981	"Mm! Mm! Don't Cha Love Summertime" (As Evan Jones and Y Knot)	85
	""And I Wish You Were Staying Forever"	-

References

1. "Photos a new stage in James' life", Guardian Messenger, 5 October 2003
2. Teague, Ric (2015). Born on Anzac Day. Rosenberg Publishing. ISBN 9781925078619.
3. "Hits of the world", Billboard, 1 May 1971
4. "1977, English, Sound, Recorded music edition: I gotta girl / Evan Jones ; [performed by] Graham Cornes. Untying the laces / Evan Jones ; [performed by] Graham Cornes [sound recording].", Trove Listing, National Library of Australia
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 160. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
6. "Hear, hear", Sunday Mail, 5 October 2003