Summer Gold: John St Peeters, 'You, You're the One'

John St Peeters is one of those guys: he sometimes (well, twice) tickled the charts’ arse, had his fans, kept his options open, still works, he’s only 61 FFS. Born Johnny Lo Piccolo, the child of Richmond greengrocers* back when Richmond’s population was totally (well, it seemed that way) Mediterranean, he was an entertainer as a child performing mainly on accordion. I can imagine (I won’t say I’m imagining right, but I know you’re imagining what I’m imagining). He toured the world and made his mark, then as a handsome adult came back to Australia to be a different kind of star. He was sufficiently ubiquitous that one of TISM’s members took the name ‘Jon St Peenis’; TISM had bigger hits than John St Peeters, but less of a sustained career (but they were much, much MUCH funnier).

* Without going into great detail I would like to add there is a heartwarming story in the Melbourne press in the 1960s re three deaf and dumb adult Lo Piccolos and their parents, allowed to migrate to Australia sponsored by their brothers, all Richmond greengrocers. It was charming.