Chart entered : 19 February 1960
Chart peak : 22
Number of hits : 16
It would be another couple of years before Frank really stormed the charts but he put an early marker down with this one.
Frank was born to Australian parents in Coventry in 1937. They re-located to the rural district of Dural in New South Wales in 1946 and worked a farm. Frank would milk the cows. He was a big fan of country music and started yodelling in imitation of stars such as Hank Snow. He made his first record in Australia "Did You See My Daddy Over There" in 1950 aged 13 but he broke through in 1959 with "True" a melodramatic ballad written by Sydney-based songwriter Elaine Goddard delivered in his sturdy baritone. At the end of that year he decided to try his luck in Blighty and made the chart with his first single.
"Lucky Devil" is a catchy Buddy Holly-like pop song with some nice piano work behind Frank's macho tones. It comes in below the two minute mark but got the job done.
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